#bi-species danny

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OC Bio: Dee Davis

Full Name: Dawn Marie Davis

Alias: Dee

Age: 15-18(15 around the events of s1)

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah

Birthday: Feb 2

Faceclaim: Emily Rudd

Fandom(s): Stranger Things

Species/Race: Caucasian

Languages: English

Occupation: Student, arcade worker(briefly in between s2-s3), Chinese restaurant server(s3)

Orientation/Sexuality: cis and bi

Body Build: on the smaller side of average

Height: 5′1″

Weight: 115lbs

Skin Color: pale with freckles

Hair Style: s1-s2: long hair, usually in a low braid or high ponytail s3-onward: shag cut

Hair Color: ashy dark blonde/light mousy brown

Eye Color: green

Body Modifications: multiple ear piercings(after s1), nose piercing(between s2-s3), nipple piercings(after s1)

Preferred Clothing: mostly old oversized band tees, flannel, old jeans cuffed at the bottom with either converse or combat boots. as the series goes on, she begins to take inspiration from goth, punk, and metalhead fashion, such as leather jackets, battle vests, fishnets, tighter pants, and mini skirts.

Abilities: hand-to-hand combat(taught by her brother who has a blackbelt in karate), knife and gun experience, lockpicking.

Field of expertise: transcribing, breaking and entering, hiding and escaping

Affiliations: Hellfire Club, The Party(from s3 onward)

Biography:

Dee is the youngest child of the Davis family. Her father is active duty in the Army until the events of season 2, and her mother is an old hippie who is scatterbrained but very kind. She also has an older brother by the name of Daniel, who goes by the nickname of Danny. Because of Don Davis(her father’s) job, she and the rest of the family grew up moving to different places every few years throughout her childhood, including a brief stint overseas. Around 1983, the Davis parents get a divorce, with Don and Dee settling in Hawkins, Indiana for Don’s new job at Hawkins National Lab, and Deborah(her mother) and Danny settling nearby in Indianapolis, so that the kids can see each other whenever they want.

Dee doesn’t fit in around Hawkins, which she’s quite used to. Luckily, the town misfit, Eddie Munson, takes a liking to her after meeting her by chance in the woods before the start of the ‘83-’84 school year, and she becomes a fixture around the Hellfire Club, the D&D club at Hawkins High run by Munson, though she herself doesn’t play.

Dee is aware of some of the strange phenomena happening around Hawkins, but she doesn’t get the full story on it until later seasons. During the events of season 1, she’s in Bradley’s Big Buy when Eleven steals several boxes of Eggos, witnessing her breaking the door with her mind. She also notices all the strange disappearances around that time, noting that such things are uncommon in a small town like Hawkins, due to her own experiences in similar small towns.

After her father loses his job due to the events of season 2 shutting down Hawkins Lab, she’s forced to first take a job at the local arcade to help with money while her father finds stable work outside of the military. Later, before the events of season 3, she takes a better-paying job at Starcourt Mall, at the Imperial Panda Chinese restaurant in the food court.

In the summer of ‘85, she becomes involved in the strange occurrences around town when she joins the “Scoops Troop” - the group of Steve Harrington, Dustin Henderson, Robin Buckley, and Erica Sinclair, investigating the strange Russian transmission that Dustin’s “Cerebro” radio picked up. Her keen perception and knowledge of military goings-on from her father help the group navigate the underground Russian base, and she assists the Party in both escaping said base, and fighting the Mind Flayer. After the Mind Flayer is defeated, she begins to keep a new journal, where she writes about everyone’s experiences with the Upside Down, including interviews from those involved, as well as strengths and weaknesses of the different monsters they’ve dealt with. She brings it with her on future excursions, making sure to log as much information as she can, both to help their own chances of survival, but also to keep a record of what’s happened in case they fail.

The fall after the events of season 3, she and Munson become involved romantically, after a long and storied friendship. During the events of season 4, she helps both protect Eddie from the angry townspeople, as well as works with the Party to stop Vecna. Unfortunately, she is unable to prevent the death of her boyfriend, as well as the death/revival of Max Mayfield, a longtime friend of hers from her time as a worker at the arcade.

Personality:

Dee’s most noticeable personality trait is how quiet she is. She is well-known to most of Hawkins for not talking much, and always having her head in a book or notebook, reading and writing, and supposedly ignoring everything around her. However, while she is naturally a quiet and soft-spoken individual, a lot of this is a front. She has a personality quite similar to her older brother, Danny: both the Davis siblings love to drink, smoke, cuss, fight, cause problems, and party. However, While Danny is open about these things, Dee hides them, putting on a persona of “quiet girl who keeps her head down and does as she’s told”, to keep herself out of the trouble Danny tends to get himself into. As such, she has a reputation for being the “responsible” one of whatever group she tends to be in. She’s also the type who shows her favor toward others through gentle ribbing, being quite the wise cracker once she gets to know someone. However, she also has a strong temper, and extremely dislikes being threatened or made to feel less-than, and will likely respond to such things with violence, especially if there’s a crowd(”People don’t fuck with you if they think you’re crazy enough to break their nose at the slightest provocation.”) Overall, she’s a difficult person to get to know, but once she’s familiar with someone and likes them, she’s fairly loyal to them.

Tropes: 

'80s Hair: In between the events of season 2 and season 3, she trades her long hair in ponytails for a time period-accurate rocker shag cut, which she keeps for the rest of the series.

Badass Bookworm: Dee loves to read and is almost always seen with a book, but she’ll also fight anyone who crosses her or her loved ones without a second though.

Because You Were Nice to Me: She is often the most loyal to those who treat her with kindness, being willing to make their enemies hers if she likes them enough.

Beware the Quiet Ones: Most of Hawkins High knows her as “the girl who never talks, but who broke Carol Perkin’s nose in the cafeteria because Carol dumped a carton of chocolate milk on her”.

Big Brother Worship: Because her family moved around so much, and because of her own introversion, Danny was Dee’s only friend for a very long time(until the divorce and subsequent move to Hawkins). Danny and Dee do fight, like siblings do, but Dee is always in his corner with(almost) anything he does, usually being the one to bail him out of jail or any other unsavory situation he finds himself in.

Cigarette of Anxiety: Dee is already a chain smoker, but the habit gets worse and the amount of cigarettes she smokes goes up the more stressed she is. Seasons 3 and 4 see her smoking like a chimney when she’s able.

Combat Pragmatist: Dee is not above fighting dirty to win any fights she’s in. She’ll bite, she’ll scratch, she’ll kick below the belt, she’ll run away and hide only to attack while her opponent’s back is turned. She has no qualms with any of it. The goal of any fight she’s in is to win, at any cost.

Cowardly Lion: She is understandably terrified of things relating to the Upside Down during the events of season 3 and 4, but though she complains and bellyaches about her fears, she never hesitates to be one of the first to rush to the aid or defense of anyone who needs it during these situations. This ends up going away entirely by the end of Season 4, with her becoming almost suicidally unhesitant to throwing herself in the line of danger to protect others.

Creepy Loner Girl: What most of Hawkins thinks she is. The Hellfire Club, the Party, and a few others know that’s only one facet to her.

Dad the Veteran: Dee’s father, Donald “Don” Davis, is active duty military until the shutdown of Hawkins National Laboratory. Because of the circumstances of the shutdown, he is offered a chance for honorable discharge, and he takes it, being tired of the constant moving and secrecy. Because of his military experience, Dee knows quite a bit of related information, which comes in handy during the events of the show.

Daddy's Girl: She’s not particularly close to either parent at the start of the series, but she clearly favors her father over her mother. Though her mother Deborah is kinder and more present for her children, and Don is more hands-off and less present overall, Dee chooses to live with her father after their divorce, specifically because he pays less attention, which she prefers(”hard to get caught doing crime when nobody’s looking out for that behavior”). Over the course of the series, they do become closer, in their own way.

Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: During the scene where the kids shoot fireworks at the Mind Flayer, Dee screams at the creature to “go fuck itself”. During the events of the story “The Search for Heather Cooper”, when the group comes across a Demogorgon in the wild, she uses a lighter and a can of hairspray as a makeshift flamethrower to take it down, and after its death, she coldly comments that she “hoped it hurt like a motherfucker.”

Do Not Call Me "Paul": Her first name is Dawn, but she does not like that name and will correct anyone using it almost immediately, nor will she respond to anyone using it. It’s a huge source of contention between her and her mother Deborah, who only calls her by her first name.

Establishing Character Moment: The first time her future lover, Eddie Munson, meets her, she’s sitting atop a picnic table she “found” out in the woods(Eddie’s selling area specifically), writing in a journal and listening to something loud on her Walkman, while also smoking a bowl of weed from a custom hand-blown pipe she brought with her from her time living in California. Eddie’s almost immediately smitten.

Expository Hairstyle Change: Dee’s haircut during the time in between seasons 2 and 3 is meant to show a bit of personal growth, both in her coming into her own as a budding woman, as well as bringing her into the era proper. Beforehand, she has long hair that she simply braids or pulls into a ponytail to not have to worry about it, but the closer she gets to her friend(and crush at this point) Eddie, the more she wants to express herself in her own way.

Everyone Can See It: Once Dee becomes part of the Party as of the end of season 3, multiple members of said Party begin trying to get her and Eddie to confess their feelings to each other. Steve and Robin, who found out through a conversation during the truth serum, both push Dee to be more open to him, and Dustin and Mike, who find out through simply watching the two react to each other, try to push Eddie to do the same, assuring him that he is in fact good enough for her.

The Face: For Danny, mostly. Being the “good Davis kid,” she tends to be the one bailing him out, and though most of Hawkins High is wary of her, most adults around town see her as a quiet but well-behaved young lady, looking out for her rebellious older brother. Officer Callahan is one of the only ones who sees through her ruse, but nobody else believes him.

Fictional Fan, Real Celebrity: She has multiple posters in her room of her favorite musicians that she thinks are handsome, including Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen, and (to the teasing of Munson) Jon Bon Jovi.

Fire-Forged Friends: How she becomes friends with Steve, Robin, and the others from the Scoops Troop, and the Party in general.

First Friend: Eddie Munson becomes the first friend she ever makes outside of her own older brother.

Friendless Background: Before Eddie pulls her into the Hellfire Club.

Hyper-Awareness: An important part of Dee’s personality is her keen perception. She tends to notice small details that are often overlooked by others, such as Hopper’s bracelet in season 1, and that though most of the Upside Down’s weaknesses are based around fire, they still don’t seem to like water that much either.

I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship: Her excuse for refusing to tell Eddie about her crush on him. (it does not, in fact, ruin their friendship.)

Insult of Endearment: The more she likes someone, the more likely she is to crack jokes at their expense. Eddie’s musical tastes are a common target, as is Steve and Danny’s thickheadedness, and some of Dustin’s more annoying quirks(she gets particularly annoyed at his tendency to call everything “(blank)-Gate” in season 4). The only exception to this rule is Officer Callahan, who she insults out of her dislike for cops, him especially.

Jade-Colored Glasses: Dee becomes extremely jaded after the events of season 4. Losing her boyfriend and one of her other closest friends causes a hardening of her heart that strongly influences how she behaves and interacts with others during both the events of “The Search for Heather Cooper” as well as the (upcoming) events of season 5.

Laughing Mad: Dee has a mental breakdown during season 3, specifically while Dustin and Suzie sing the Neverending Story theme while the car she’s riding in is being chased by the Mind Flayer, including both hysterical laughter and tears.

Last-Name Basis: Because of her experience growing up as a military brat, she tends to refer to people this way. As she gets closer to certain people, this can and often does change.

Mature Younger Sibling: Compared to Danny, who is known for being reckless and a troublemaker, Dee is seen as such. It’s partially a ruse, as Dee is just as much of a troublemaker as her brother - just better at not getting caught.

Military Brat: Dee spent most of her childhood moving from military base to military base because of her father’s enlistment.

Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold: To most of Hawkins, Dee is a weirdo, an introvert, and prefers to be by herself. To those who know Dee, she’s loyal, emotional, and cares deeply for those who are in trouble.

My Beloved Smother: Dee loves her mother dearly, but finds her incredibly overbearing and refuses to live with her after her parents split. She and her mother have very conflicting personalities, and Deborah’s refusal to respect her name change and her interests in favor of trying to push her to be more “girly” has strained their relationship.

New Transfer Student: She starts attending Hawkins High at the beginning of the ‘83-’84 school year.

No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: She gives this to several people, including both Carol Perkins(who bullied her in the cafeteria at school), and Carol’s boyfriend Tommy H.(who attacked her outside school as payback for what she did to Carol)

No Social Skills: Before she gets comfortable with someone, she has this issue. She’s quite awkward, stuttering and refusing eye contact, speaking in as small sentences as she can get away with.

Odd Friendship: With several people, including Chief of Police Hopper, a local nurse at Hawkins PD by the name of Heather Cooper(a friend’s OC), and later on, Steve Harrington.

Parental Neglect/Obliviousness: Both of the Davis parents love their children very much, but neither are particularly great at being parents. Don Davis tends to throw himself entirely into his work, ignoring household duties and his family to focus on his job. Deborah is more involved with her children’s lives, but not by much; she is often too busy trying to sort her own life issues out to give either child too much attention, and she tends to try to mold them into the children she wants them to be, as opposed to letting them be themselves. As a result, Dee isn’t particularly close to either parent, which she honestly prefers anyways.

Pint-sized Powerhouse: Though she’s a very small young woman, she’s not only strong, she also knows how to use several other factors to her advantage in a scuffle.

Plausible Deniability: A running joke between her and her father is this phrase. Don cannot talk about his work with his children, as it’s usually classified to civilians, and Dee doesn’t tell him about what she gets up to when he’s not around. When Dee begins to get involved in the supernatural happenings around Hawkins, she has to invoke this to her father, to protect him.

The Power of Acting: Many of the adults around town, including most of Hawkins PD(with the exception of Officer Callahan, who Dee dislikes a lot), see Dee as a well-behaved and dutiful child because of this.

The Quiet One: Even after getting to know people, Dee tends to be one of the more silent ones in a conversation. She’s better at one-on-one conversation, but even so, she prefers to sit quietly and enjoy the company of her loved ones as opposed to being an active participant.

Rebellious Spirit: Dee is prone to this. She loves to smoke, drink, and cause problems, including vandalism and theft. She’s also great at hiding it.

The Reliable One: Dee is this to her own family. Even before her parents’ divorce, she was usually the one around the house handling most of the cooking, cleaning, and bailing Danny out of trouble. It doesn’t change when it’s just her and her father, either.

Shrinking Violet: Dee is quite shy and introverted, and will usually keep to herself in a crowd unless it’s especially important.

Siblings In Crime: Dee and Danny are this in spades. The main difference between the two, is Dee is better at avoiding the authorities than her older brother.

The Sneaky Guy: Dee uses her small stature to her advantage, being able to fit into small spaces and hiding easily. She’s also handy at lockpicking, and tends to be quite the eavesdropper. She’s modeled after what I know of the Rogue class in D&D(i dont know much admittedly lmao), so she fills those kinds of roles when necessary during plot stuff.

Spotting the Thread: Dee is naturally a very perceptive person, and usually one of the first to notice when something isn’t quite right.

Team Mom: She’s one of the first to leap into action when anyone in the party, especially the younger ones, are in trouble. She also tries to keep supplies on hand to help the others, such as a basic first-aid kit and emergency rations and water.

Tragic Keepsake: After Eddie’s death, she takes his bandana and rings as a keepsake. She also ends up with his battle vest, but she gifts it to Dustin in the end.

Violently Protective Girlfriend: Though it never ends up actually happening, she’s threatened to fight many of Eddie’s rivals and enemies for him, including Jason Carver. Eddie never allows her to, as he is always concerned that his own reputation will cause her trouble, but she doesn’t really care.

Vitriolic Best Buds: The best way to know if someone friends with Dee is if she teases them mercilessly. She and Eddie are this even after becoming a couple.

[aikoiya]

I have one thing to say.

Not everyone has to be freaking bi!

If a character is straight, then let them be straight. If a character is gay, then let them be gay. If a character is bi, then let them be bi!

I am getting so tired of people portraying Danny Fenton or Clark Cent or Bruce Wayne as gay or bisexual just so they can smush them together with a guy!

I especially hate it because Clark is canonically married to Lois & has a son! I hate infidelity!

I get it, you ship it, but that doesn't mean you have to shove it down everyone's throats!

It shows just how hypersexualized the whole concept is & highlights the fact that male characters just can't seem to have healthy relationships with other male characters without being shipped together!

Now, this isn't something against bisexuality itself, I'm just getting tired to seeing it everywhere I look, no matter where I turn to. Especially with characters who never show that sort of interest.

Like, Dash Baxter, I totally get being bi. He's definitely got that vibe & there's even a small amount of evidence to support it. Same with Vlad Masters.

You couldn't convince me that those 2 aren't some shade of non-straight.

Even Tim Drake has some evidence to support the idea of him being bi.

But Danny, Clark, & Bruce?? No, just no. They have never, as far as I am aware, been portrayed with any sort of interest in other guys & when SuperBat is endorsed so heavily it feels... I don't know... like the only reason that it's done is because hot guys are hot, so they're hotter together & that... it just doesn't have any soul.

Also, I actually don't like the idea of Jon, Kon, Clark, or Kara being gay because, keep in mind, their species is critically endangered. If they don't end up reproducing, that's just 1 more generation closer to total extinction.

My issue is that it keeps getting inserted into situations where it is not needed nor wanted.

[aimlovesmusic]

Name: Danny

Age: 14

Bday: late winter

Gender: male

Personality: aloof, calm, friendly, stubborn

Nicknames: Dan, lil dude

Sexuality: bi

Species: chimera

Family: Zill, Priscilla (parents)

Bff:  

Crush:  

least fav person:

Powers/abilities: same as his dad

Voice: Tyler the creator see you again

Appearance:

Bonus:

[lamilanomagazine]

Udine, ricerca clandestina di vestigia della prima guerra mondiale: controlli nella "Zona Carnia"

Udine, ricerca clandestina di vestigia della prima guerra mondiale: controlli nella "Zona Carnia". I Carabinieri del Nucleo per la Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale di Udine hanno organizzato, in collaborazione con i colleghi Carabinieri forestali del Centro Anticrimine Natura – Distaccamento di Tolmezzo, in uno dei punti più combattuti della "Zona Carnia" nei pressi del Passo di Monte Croce Carnico, nell'Alta Valle del But, un servizio di perlustrazione mirato alla prevenzione e alla eventuale repressione di reati commessi ai danni del patrimonio culturale relativo alla Grande Guerra. La ricerca dei cimeli della prima guerra mondiale Un’area vasta, compresa tra il Pal Grande, il Freikofel ed il Pal Piccolo dove, per tutta l'estate del 1915 e fino a marzo del 1916, italiani ed austro-ungarici combatterono furiosamente, trasformando queste splendide montagne carniche in scenari di guerra. Sono molti i cosiddetti “recuperanti”, appassionati di vestigia della Grande Guerra, che si armano di strumenti, come i metal detector, per rinvenire nel terreno oggetti afferenti a quelle particolari vicende storiche.  Bisogna però fare attenzione perché, nello specifico settore, esiste una normativa che, a partire dal Codice dei Beni Culturali e del Paesaggio che recepisce la normativa nazionale di settore (L. n° 78 del 7 marzo 2001, “Tutela del patrimonio storico della prima guerra mondiale”), passando attraverso la legge regionale n. 11/2013 del FVG, stabilisce regole precise per approcciarsi a questa affascinante attività che dev’essere innanzitutto svolta al di fuori di “aree archeologiche” e nei siti individuati quali “cimiteri di guerra” dov’è assolutamente vietata. Cosa è permesso La raccolta e la ricerca di beni mobili di questa natura è consentita, purché si tratti di reperti e cimeli individuabili a vista o affioranti dal suolo (la legge vieta esplicitamente il distacco e l'appropriazione d'iscrizioni e cippi della Grande Guerra). Inoltre, chiunque rinvenga o possieda reperti mobili o cimeli relativi al fronte terrestre della Prima Guerra Mondiale “di notevole valore storico o documentario” deve ottemperare all'obbligo di comunicazione, entro sessanta giorni dal ritrovamento, al Comune del luogo della raccolta, indicandone la natura, la quantità e, ove nota, la provenienza potendosi configurare, in caso contrario, il reato previsto dall’art. 518-bis (furto di beni culturali) che sanziona anche la condotta di chi si impossessa di beni culturali appartenenti allo Stato, in quanto rinvenuti nel sottosuolo. Cosa non è permesso È di fondamentale importanza la correttezza di comportamento da parte di coloro che ricercano questo tipo di materiale, perché la mancata comunicazione del rinvenimento alle Autorità preposte, che sarebbe buona regola effettuare in maniera tempestiva, determina la nefasta conseguenza di perdere informazioni utili a ricostruire le vicende storiche di quel tragico periodo della storia nazionale che rappresenterebbe un’ulteriore ferita alla memoria dei tanti caduti, nel caso di specie, del fronte carnico. Va da sé che lo scavo è assolutamente vietato in quanto rientrante nel divieto espresso dall’art. 175 del Codice dei Beni Culturali e del Paesaggio che proibisce – in assenza di concessione - l’effettuazione di opere per il ritrovamento di beni culturali.  Alcuni esempi Le previsioni appena citate non derogano alla responsabilità penale di detenzione di materiale bellico o esplosivo, condotta che configura altre fattispecie penali e nelle quali, in epoca recente, era ad esempio incappato un “ricercante” goriziano nella cui abitazione del capoluogo isontino era stato individuato un vero e proprio arsenale composto da 85 ordigni bellici carichi e un migliaio di cartucce, tutti individuati attraverso un’attività clandestina di metal-detecting. In quel caso era scattato l’arresto per lo sconsiderato ricercante ad opera dei Carabinieri del TPC. L’attività di controllo si è conclusa senza che venissero rilevate particolari criticità ma il monitoraggio in quota proseguirà per tutta l’estate e vedrà coinvolti, oltre al Nucleo TPC di Udine ed al Centro Anticrimine Natura Distaccamento di Tolmezzo - nella comune ottica di prevenire e reprimere i reati commessi ai danni del patrimonio culturale e di garantire una sempre più forte tutela della natura ed una prossimità a tutti i fruitori della montagna ed alla cittadinanza in generale - anche la locale Arma Territoriale ed il Nucleo Elicotteri Carabinieri di Belluno. Read the full article

[mabelcococups]

( New Adoptable recently got from @red-is-red​ She was so cute! >w< please go support her)

Also thank you @silverscale12​ for helping me with name! >w<

Name: Sara C. Souffle N.Name: Lady tease Age: 25 Gender: Female Sexual: Bi Pet: Bear (Danny the bear)

Personality: Quirky and Flirt, Sweet and pleasant. Home: Mansion in the forest (For good reason for her pet bear to explore the outdoors Height: 7.5 Weight: unknown Birthday: March 15, 2020 Dislikes: Hate people who use their friends to see her, or push them to go with them. Likes: She loves to perform, she loves to make friends, and she loves her to hug people when she feels like it. She loves to go on walks, sometimes stops people who are hurting others. Job: Entertainer and model species: Chocolate truffle abilities: (working progress) family: 2 brothers and 1 mother enemies: Mystery friends: everyone fears: kinda being alone in the dark, or the fear of losing someone close to her. strengths: she courageous weaknesses: (working progress) back story: (will be coming out soon)

list of oc: THEY ARE SO CUTE!! please follow these people and support them, they are amazing people! 

Izzy belongs to @munbearbun​

Susie belongs to @themarshmellowsnowqueen​

Crow belongs to @alavidere​

Sam belongs to @littlelambcrispy​

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[c-h-pictures]

Showing my friend that Doctor Who is inclusive (This will contain spoilers for this year’s Doctor Who series (Series 12) if you haven’t watched it yet for any reason)

The Doctor - the person the show is named after - has two female incarnations, one of which is a woman of colour

The Master/Missy has been played by both a female, and a male of colour (pictures in order of introduction)

Half of the current TARDIS team is of colour

There have been companions of colour in multiple serieses.

Onto the LGBTQ+ community

(Characters in order of appearance, if I’ve forgotten any, please tell me. I haven’t watched the older modern who for a while so I might have forgotten some)

Captain Jack Harkness (A male): (Not watched Torchwood so I’m not sure about how serious their relationship is) and Ianto (a male)

(Can’t remember a lot of them because I really haven’t watched for a while so please help me if you can)

Clara Oswald is bi. (Danny Pink and Jane Austen)

Bill Potts is openly lesbian.

The timelords can change their gender completely.

Timelords, an entire species, of which the main character and many side characters are, are part of the trans community. (You can either say that they’re trans or genderfluid, but genderfluid definately works the best)

[baldobranco]

Tema di agosto: Intervista, by Beatrice Zampetti - scritta da Barnaba Benedetti

L’immaginazione è una facoltà straordinaria propria della mente umana, ma forse non è usuale figurarla come un’arma a doppio taglio. Se infatti da un lato è il motore che, incessantemente, spinge e sprona il progresso delle scienze e la carica espressiva delle arti, dall’altro, se non viene debitamente domesticata, può prendere scompostamente il sopravvento nell’equilibrio psichico, convincendo una mente di quanto più irreale e strampalato possa essere – per l’appunto – immaginato. La profonda convinzione di un individuo in lapalissiane assurdità genera, nel migliore dei casi, un moto d’ilarità in chi ne venga a conoscenza; nel peggiore dei casi, tuttavia, può dar vita a uno spaventoso effetto a valanga, nel caso in cui chi ne sia convinto goda di un certo grado di autorevolezza, espandendosi diffusamente nella popolazione, divenendo talora idea dominante e permanendo nel substrato culturale per generazioni. Abbiamo cercato di smentire almeno una tra queste assurdità, fallendo clamorosamente.

INTERVISTA AL GRIGIO

B: Buongiorno un corno! Slegatemi su-bi-to!

G: Ora non è possibile. La procedura è iniziata. Non sentirà alcun dolore, e al suo ritorno non avrà alcuna memoria di ciò che sta accadendo.

B: Per l’amor del cielo, sono il cronista, sono qui per l’intervista!

G: Oh, ci perdoni. Pensavamo fosse il soggetto dell’esperimento. Prego, è libero dalle cinghie, ci segua…ecco, si sieda pure qui, di fianco alla centralina di comando.

B: Santo cielo, ci siete arrivati, finalmente. E dire che dovreste essere organismi senzienti!

G: Lo siamo per certo, tuttavia ciò non può eliminare ogni probabilità d’errore.

B: Certo, certo, ora mi calmo. Abbia pazienza, non è piacevole trovarsi legato senza preavviso a un tavolo da vivisezione. A dire il vero, non sarebbe piacevole nemmeno con largo preavviso. Fate così con tutti i soggetti dei vostri esperimenti?

G: Sì, è la procedura standard. Sulla base delle circostanze è previsto un eventuale tentativo di contatto preliminare attraverso la psiche del soggetto; successivamente si procede al prelievo vero e proprio. Una volta conclusa la fase di studio, il soggetto viene rilasciato con minime – preferibilmente nulle – tracce visibili della procedura.

B: Vi rendete conto che in questo modo terrorizzate chiunque venga in contatto con voi?

G: che cosa significa terrorizzare?

B: Spaventare, atterrire… no, non mi capirebbe…

G: Non eseguiamo alcuna procedura particolarmente pericolosa per i soggetti, questo è garantito dal protocollo.

B: D’accordo, cercherò di spiegarlo al mio ritorno. Signor Grigio… beh, come posso chiamarla?

G: Non è rilevante, l’identità individuale è trascurabile nella nostra cultura. Signor Grigio va benissimo, qualunque cosa significhi.

B: Allora, signor Grigio, chiariamo subito un punto. Da quanto tempo siete qui?

G: Siamo qui già da molto, molto tempo.

B: Una risposta dal misterioso sapore cinematografico. Permetta, che cosa ci fate, dunque, qui?

G: Studiamo e aumentiamo la nostra conoscenza e comprensione dell’universo. Non vedo altri motivi per cui dovremmo sostare in questo pianeta.

B: Chiaro. Ma gli altri pianeti, allora? Non c’è dell’altro da studiare? L’universo, come sapete di sicuro, è immenso: come mai il pianeta Terra sembra essere così prediletto da voi?

G: Non è affatto prediletto, sa? Nostri simili stanno eseguendo attività analoghe alle nostre su di altri sistemi stellari, su di altre forme di vita. Tuttavia, limitatamente al Sistema Solare, l’unica forma di vita complessa si trova sul pianeta Terra, ed ecco spiegato perché avete l’impressione d’essere oggetti di studio eletti.

B: Aspetti, lei ha detto che siamo l’unica forma di vita complessa del Sistema Solare. Non vorrà forse insinuare che esistono altre forme di vita, semplici, nel nostro sistema?

G: Non sono autorizzato a riferire informazioni di classe A.

B: Capisco, si tenga pure i propri segreti; non tutti, però, spero. Confesso che, da bambino, il vostro aspetto mi impressionava come nient’altro. Avete una linea inusualmente umanoide, ma snaturata in qualche modo: colorito grigio, testa molto grande, occhi grandi e neri e bocca piccola e inespressiva. È forse il risultato di un’evoluzione convergente?

G: Chiarirei prima di tutto che, per quanto ci riguarda, è il vostro aspetto a risultare grigioide. Ad ogni modo, è probabile che quanto lei afferma sia corretto. Dopotutto sopravviviamo nel vostro pianeta da millenni, quindi nel nostro pianeta d’origine le condizioni in cui la vita si è sviluppata e ha proliferato non possono essere che molto simili; dunque è probabile che abbiamo assunto un aspetto simile al vostro, benché voi lo riteniate impropriamente mostruoso.

B: Si è spiegato. Nella vostra attività di studio è previsto l’anonimato? Voglio dire, sembrerebbe di sì, poiché non vi siete mai dichiarati pubblicamente alle autorità, e tuttavia praticamente ogni persona al mondo sa di voi, tanto che siete divenuti parte integrante della nostra cultura urbana.

G: Come le ho già detto, l’individualità è irrilevante, e perciò lo è anche l’anonimato. Inoltre, forse lei conosce qual è il genere di attività che eseguiamo, nel dettaglio?

B: No, certo che no.

G: Ecco, appunto: voi non sapete che cosa facciamo. Sapete che vi studiamo, d’accordo, e tanto basti. La nostra tecnologia e le nostre procedure non vi sono note, né è previsto che lo siano.

B: Chiaro, ma allora perché rapire le persone? Non sarebbe più onesto richiederne il consenso informato?

G: Beh, la sua è un’obiezione legittima. Ci abbiamo provato, ripetutamente. Inizialmente non eravate in grado di comprendere il nostro linguaggio, dunque abbiamo dovuto attendere. Quando la vostra civiltà si è sufficientemente evoluta per poterci comprendere, siete divenuti pericolosi e ostili. Quindi abbiamo optato per quello che voi chiamate rapimento, ma che non ha nulla a che vedere con il reato descritto nei vostri codici. Potremmo piuttosto definirlo un prelievo di un campione biologico, che viene conservato per un periodo limitato prima dell’inevitabile e previsto rilascio, in condizioni di totale incolumità.

B: Eseguite tutte le operazioni di studio in questi vostri velivoli a forma di disco?

G: Sì, sostanzialmente tutte. Cerchiamo di scendere al suolo il meno possibile, solo quando è strettamente necessario. Come le ho detto, abbiamo ragione di ritenervi una forma di vita alquanto aggressiva, sia interspecie che intraspecie.

B: Vorrei poterle dare torto. Vi è mai capitata qualche sorta d’incidente, con le cavie o con i velivoli?

G: Non cavie, per favore, ma oggetti di studio. Comunque non è mai accaduto nulla di veramente rilevante. La maggior parte dei problemi con i soggetti sono dovuti a risvegli traumatici e a stati di panico incontrollato alla nostra vista, il cui susseguente stato di agitazione può causare gravi danni alla nostra strumentazione. Non ci risultano invece incidenti a carico dei velivoli.

B: Dunque non è avvenuto alcun incidente, per esempio, a Roswell, nel 1947?

G: Non è presente nei nostri registri. Probabilmente avete preso un abbaglio: è tipico della vostra specie dare spiegazioni fantasiose agli avvenimenti per diletto o per ricercare l’attenzione altrui.

B: Ben poco lusinghiero da parte vostra. Poco male, è l’ora di lasciarci.

G: Ma certo. Possiamo rilasciarla dove preferisce. Che ne dice della sua camera da letto?

B: Grazie, ma non vorrei allarmare il vicinato, qui sulla strada va benissimo. Buon proseguimento!

[iamidentical]

15 for 15 tag

I was tagged by the marvelous @maple-writes! Thanks!

The rule is to answer the following 15 questions about one of your characters, and then tag 15 people. I'll be doing it for my character Danny.

1. What is your full name?

Daniel Yaesawa.

2. What does your full name mean?

Nothing in particular. My parents just liked the name Daniel, I guess. I never really asked them.

3. Do you have any other names/nicknames?

Pretty much everybody calls me Danny. That's it for nicknames. I don't have a middle name or anything, even though I always wanted one.

4. What is your gender?

I'm a cis guy.

5. What is your sexuality?

Gay. I used to think I was bi, but that's just not me. My boyfriend Geordie is bi, though.

6. Where are you from?

I was born and raised in BC, Canada. I moved from Atlas to Vernon when I was ten. [Author's note: Vernon is a real town. Atlas is not.]

7. How old are you?

I'm seventeen.

8. What is your magical form/what species are you?

Just a regular human, unfortunately.

9. What does your human form look like?

You mean my regular self? Just kidding. I'm Asian, I have short dark hair and medium brown skin, and I'm about 5'10".

10. What's your aesthetic?

I... don't really have one.

11. Who's your best friend?

The other guys on my track team are my close friends, but if I had to pick just one it would be Rob.

12. Would you ever get a piercing or a tattoo?

No. My parents would flip.

13. When are you happiest?

When I'm running, or when I'm with Geordie.

14. What is your biggest secret?

I don't really know... I don't think about stuff like that a lot. I guess I'm still kind of in the closet, so it might be that, but I don't think that's it. My biggest secret is probably that my parents fight constantly, and that's why I lit out of there this summer. Oh, and I hitchhiked here to Atlas. If I let that get out, the police will think I'm a murderer. Which I'm not. So.

15. What was your first impression of [insert character here]?

(I'm picking Cleo.)

I first met her at high school, when she was just starting grade eight and I was already in grade nine. She was Geordie's little sister, so I didn't give her much thought, but I saw her in the school play, Singin' in the Rain, and she was really good as Kathy. I guess that's when I really made my first impression of her. A dancing, singing sort of fairy person, I guess? Sounds a bit dumb, but it's true.

I'm tagging @thebloodstainedquill, @approximately12lbs-of-ducks, @cupcakeswriting, @quill-and-ink-writer, @grimmwrites, @griffinwriting, and anybody else who wants to do it because I can't think of 15 people to tag!

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hell yeah I am a Harper stan too! I've been wanting to know more about her since chapter one and frankly we should at least have the option of being flirty with her bc why not. I just want to spend more time with her, that's all. and thank you so much for the Harper x f!MC fics you're writing, I know there is like three of us and shoe lace on this boat, but your writing is very much appreciated

Awww thank you sweetheart! It means a lot to me, seriously! ❤ I'm so bitter with PB for the poor writing of most female characters (let's be honest, the majority of them isn't truly part of the main plot which is disappointing, see Mona and my sweet neglected Ximena) and the unfair ratio of female LIs: like why we get just one almost all the time? One and hugely paywalled...that's bullshit! Especially in a book like Open Heart where there are tons of female characters but so far only Jackie is a LI. I'm not entirely sure Kyra is one too since she lacks explicitly romantic options after the initial flirt: sadly she seems more like.. the usual bestie? And she has cancer: that could be a warning sign for us 😕 they turned Aurora in the new Xanthe, paired Sienna with Danny so Harper would be -theorically- the only logic option: bi and straighties have Ethan? Give us the Chief 😅You're right: Harper stans are so rare, we're a protected species! But she reminds me of Mira (Banerji: they lost such an opportunity to bring her back it's unbelievable!), one of the most underrated yet inspiring female LIs ever 😯 So if fanfic is the only way to "set things right" with neglected choices female, I'm more than happy to bring it on! 💪

[bells-of-black-sunday]

how do demons work in monster verse?

//I only rlly have what species of demon Danny is and how half-demons work, but I’ll talk some more about them below-

Nightmares are a species of demon that cannot be born through normal sexual reproductive means, they are demons born in concentrated areas of human suffering. (They don’t have wombs or mammary glands though gender is meaningless to demons in general) Their presence brings vivid night terrors, hallucinations, grogginess, sleep paralysis, sleep death, anxiety, etc. and they can sustain themselves that way if there’s enough people suffering around them. If there’s not they have to feed on humans or animals. Though they usually choose humans due to the easy nature of it and of course in modern monster verse, people opt into their bodies being used to sustain monsters that can physically only survive off of human consumption. Their birth lines usually are sustained through half-demon offspring that if born from a demon mother, are some of the strongest mixed species out there, but if born from a human mother are weaker than imps as most half-demons are. This leads to a lot of arranged marriages in some circles of hell to preserve nightmare birth lines as one would preserve royal bloodlines in human culture. 

Dream Weavers come from a demon "mother” typically a succubus or incubus due to their compatibility with all demon species and a nightmare “father”. Their abilities make them able to form their bodes however they wish aside from a few keystone features, create dreams of any kind, create illusions of any kind that can be interacted with, blend into their surroundings, and if they expend all their energy they can pull certain objects from dreams effectively making a clone of it. Their presence creates the same mess that Nightmares make just with the added threat that they can invade dreams and make certain aspects a reality. They’re nocturnal, unable to be out during the day due to their photosensitive eyes and skin. They’re typically winged, short horns, long or short tails as well as having a few traits that they inherit from the demon who gave birth to them. In the case of succubi, they’re typically more “human” looking with long ears,  a spade at the end of their tails, and sometimes even hooves. They can reproduce but it typically can only be with Dream Weavers, succubi or incubi, and whatever their parent is. Typically dream weaver birth lines are royal in some capacity, whether it be one of the major ones connected to the demon princes and princesses or smaller royal lines in rural circles of hell.

Dream Eaters, what Danny is, is typically what you get when any demon reproduces with a human. A being that’s weaker than an imp, but stronger than the average human. They’re not desired among demon society and depending on the town, they’re undesired among human society as well. They can’t change their form beyond masking how they look as another bi-pedal creature, they can’t feed off of suffering like Nightmares, they can’t invade or make dreams like Dream Weavers can and their presence isn’t nearly as bad as Dream Weavers or Nightmares. Their presence only causes bad dreams, that’s mainly to create what some primarily feed on aka dreams in general. They can eat dreams both good and bad making them perfect for certain lines of work where there’s plenty of nightmares to be feasted upon. Of course some choose to opt for the more predatory approach of feeding on humans, but for the most part since they’re born into human society typically they go for places where they can sustain themselves in a more productive way especially in modern monster verse where everyone gets along for the most part. Just like all demon and human offspring they are sterile, unable to reproduce in any capacity. They typically resemble imps with their flat noses, large ears and short horns, but they do hold the coloration and multiple eyes that’s typical of nightmares. Some even have multiple tails or paws/hooves, but for the most part they resemble more of a human wearing sfx makeup than your average demon. 

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I Bis sono creature magiche che vivono esclusivamente nelle Alpi orientali, in particolare sulle pentici dei monti della Val di Sole nel Trentino-Alto Adige. Questi animali sono una particolare specie di drago alato dalle piccolissime dimensioni, generalmente riempiono il palmo di una mano o in rari casi raggiungono la grandezza di un gatto di media stazza, con piccole ma robuste ali che gli danno una grande destrezza nel volo, occhi molto grandi, morbidi lineamenti, piccoli artigli resistenti ma poco affilati che utilizzano come utensili e altrettanto piccoli denti che come si deduce dai brillanti colori delle sue dure scaglie, sono in grado di iniettare un particolare tipo di veleno che nonostante sia doloroso, raramente crea danni prolungati nell’essere umano. Il Bis è onnivoro e la sua dieta è composta prevalentemente da frutta o insetti che cacciano durante il volo e successivamente mangiano nei loro nidi, che generalmente si trovano in posti particolarmente riparati,

e quindi tendono ad evitare l’uomo ma data la sua spiccata territorialità, non sono rari i casi di persone attaccate per essersi avvicinarti troppo alla sua tana.

 Infatti sebbene queste creature nonostante non possano emettere fuoco sono in grado di esalare delle piccole scintille multicolore, molto luminose e calde; prodotte dalla momentanea combustione del loro veleno, che utilizzano sia riscaldarsi nelle rigide notti di inverno sia per spaventare e ustionare i predatori 

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‘The Masked Singer’ Spoilers: Russian Dolls Are

 Russian nesting dolls

“The Masked Singer” welcomed back after a two-week absence the celebrities in Group A on April 14. While this is only episode 6 of season 5, it is already the Group A final. Vying to continue on in the competition are three contenders who have been part of Group A since they first performed on March 10 — Robopine, Russian Dolls and Seashell — plus the Wild Card entry Orca, who first sang on March 24.

That episode marked the end of the line for Raccoon, who turned out to be “Machete” star Danny Trejo. He was bounced from the show after his cover of “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash failed to ignite any passion from the four judges (Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke).

Conversely, Russian Dolls once again wowed the panel with their cover of the Shawn Mendes hit “Wonder.” We’ve watched that performance as well as their March 10 debut with “Man in the Mirror” by Michael Jackson. Keep reading if you want to know the real name of the Russian Dolls.

Forget the panel guesses that the Russian Dolls are Boyz II Men or Lady A. We’ve added together both their individual clues and the collective ones about all the celebrities taking part on season 5 of “The Masked Singer” and are sure we know who is hidden inside the Russian Dolls costumes.

SEE ‘The Masked Singer’ spoilers: Orca is …

We think that hiding these these nesting dolls decorated with three flowers are the members of another trio, the Hanson Brothers (Isaac, Taylor and Zac).

In the first clues package we saw the brothers’ initials in the stylized spelling of the sign “Mizfitz Toy Store,” which also signals another connection to the brothers. Hanson made one of their first TV appearances on Carman’s “Yo Kidz” way back in 1994.

Three years later Hanson soared to the top of the charts with “Mmmbop.” That catchy tune sold 1.5 million copies and was certified platinum. Collectively, the season 5 contestants on “The Masked Singer” have released nine singles that achieved such sales.

In week 3, we saw a letterman jacket emblazoned with an “M” – we read that as a reference this mega-hit, which bagged Hanson three Grammy nominations: Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Best Pop Duo/Group. As a whole, this season’s contestants have contended for music’s top prize 26 times.

SEE ‘The Masked Singer’ spoilers: Robopine is …

Collectively this season’s contestants have moved 55 million albums; Hanson account for a whopping 16 million of that total. The contestants can brag of 25 gold and platinum discs; Hanson’s debut studio album, “Middle of Nowhere,” went quadruple platinum.

Their star burned bright for several years but faded after Hanson changed record companies in 2000. They were soon dropped by their new label, which would explain the mention by the Russian Dolls of “being put on a shelf.”

Those shots of snow in the first video package put us in mind of Hanson’s first Christmas album, “Snowed In.”

Besides performing with his brothers, Taylor also fronts the band Tinted Windows, which would account for one of the Russian Dolls saying he also does his own thing.

SEE ‘The Masked Singer’ spoilers: Seashell is …

Zac was in a motorcycle accident in 2019 that resulted in him, like the Russian Doll in week 3, being “rushed to the hospital.”

We will only find out if we were right that the Russian Dolls are Hanson when they are unmasked. That will happen if they loses a popular vote or win the show. Do you think we are correct in our guess about the real name of the Russian Dolls? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section with your best guesses.

A Catalan-German research team has succeeded in using a three-shell 'matryoshka' architecture to solve a long-standing problem in chemical synthesis. The researchers from Girona and Ulm have developed a three-dimensional construct of nested molecules, which is best imagined as a soccer ball stuck in a hula hoop, which in turn is embedded in a cage. With the help of this molecular 'matryoshka', the molecular soccer balls can be converted with record efficiency into products that are used in the latest generation of solar cells.

Fullerenes are unique chemical species. Their structure and shape resemble a soccer ball. Yet they consist of pure carbon - more precisely, an extremely thin layer that is only one atom thick. Organic solar cells of the latest generation use specifically functionalised forms of these molecular soccer balls as transporters of charge. 'Until now, the production of precisely functionalised fullerenes has been very difficult due to the formation of a large number of unwanted by-products. The target molecules therefore have to be painstakingly purified, which is an impediment for their widespread application,' explains Max von Delius, head of the Institute of Organic Chemistry I at Ulm University. The international research team led by Professor Xavi Ribas from the University of Girona and Professor Max von Delius has developed a highly selective method for functionalising the fullerene C60 in a way that does not require any complex purification steps and, overall, achieves a yield of over 90% for a so called trans-3 bisadduct - a new record. The three-shell nanoreactor, which is reminiscent of a 'matryoshka' doll, has now been published in the prestigious journal Nature Chemistry.

A 'matryoshka' is a Russian doll made of thinly-carved wood. It consists of a series of increasingly smaller wooden dolls that are nested inside each other. 'With the molecular matryoshka, our research team has succeeded in "nesting" different chemical reaction spaces within each other in a similar way,' explains Professor Xavi Ribas. At the centre of this reaction space is the football-shaped fullerene molecule that is to be chemically modified. This is surrounded by a rotating 'nanohoop', which is restricted by the outer shell in its rotation in one dimension and therefore shields parts of the fullerene surface from the reagents. The chemical 'hula hoop' consists of cyclic organic compounds that form a stable ring-shaped molecular structure. The construct of football and nanohoop is in turn embedded in a molecular 'cage' that forms the outer layer of the matryoshka. The reaction space is closed at the top and bottom, but has a 'window' on each of the four sides through which the functionalisation reagents can enter the nanoreactor.

For the chemical realisation of the matryoshka principle, the molecular architects made use of special chemical forces such as 'pi-pi' interactions, which act between the 'soccer ball', 'hoop' and 'cage' and thus give the structure both support and at the same time a certain degree of flexibility. 'In supramolecular chemistry, a special field of organic chemistry, the encapsulation of chemical species within others is known as a host-guest architecture. With our "matryoshka" design, we have succeeded for the first time in using a three-shell host-guest system for solving a problem of chemical synthesis,' say Ernest Ubasart (University of Girona) and Oleg Borodin (Ulm University), who were involved in the study as lead authors.

The multi-shell nanoreactor has the task of precisely selecting which carbon binding sites of the fullerene are accessible for chemical modification. This functionalisation is achieved via so-called addition reactions that install chemical appendages carrying specific functional groups. The researchers highlight that 'using the "matryoshka" architecture, [they] were able to synthesise certain fullerene bis-adducts in perfect purity, whereas conventional reactions of this type give rise to more than a dozen undesirable reaction products.'

Eureka moment during international conferenceThe German-Catalan collaboration also has a unique story of how it came to be. 'Xavi Ribas and I met at an international research conference and participated in the "poster session". I quickly noticed a poster by Carles Fuertes, a member of Xavi’s research group. It had the same objective as the project we were presenting, but was based on a completely different molecular design,' says Professor Max von Delius. The common theme was the precise functionalisation of the C60 molecule. While the Ulm team was researching a suitable 'nanohoop' solution, Professor Xavi Ribas' group at the University of Girona was working on a 'cage' concept. Both approaches on their own, however, left certain aspects to be desired. So why not combine the two designs? 'This scientific collaboration was incredibly exciting for all of us. I still remember how excited we were and kept running back and forth between the two posters,' Ribas recalls this particular 'eureka' experience. In the end, the researchers not only achieved the 'soccer ball, hoop and cage' solution, but also realised that a scientific collaboration is much more than the sum of its parts.

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[polisamongusamaryllis]

Gen 1 Character List, Part One

Pictures made with this Picrew: https://picrew.me/image_maker/479995

Monika

Age: 21

Gender: Female (she/her)

Sexuality: Bi

Species: Imposter

Race: Shapeshifter

David

Age: 24

Gender: Demiboy (he/him/they/them)

Sexuality: Demi/bi

Species: Human

Race: Caucasian

Romaine

Age: 23

Gender: Nonbinary (she/her/vae/vaer)

Sexuality: Ace/pan

Species: Human

Race: Latina

Carmen

Age: 23

Gender: Female (she/her)

Sexuality: Lesbian

Species: Human

Race: Caucasian

Danni

Age: 19

Gender: Nonbinary (he/him)

Sexuality: NBLM

Species: Human

Race: African American/Caucasian

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#Repost @corriere • • • • • • Un gruppo di ragazzi, forse minorenni, ha violato un nido di tartaruga marina Caretta Caretta a Castiglione della Pescaia. Il gesto è stato deliberato: per arrivare al nido hanno scavalcato la recinzione eretta per isolarlo e rimosso la grata che lo proteggeva, poi hanno scavato portando alla luce una parte delle uova. Alcune sono state persino messe dentro un secchiello, come se i saccheggiatori volessero portarsele via. Un gesto sconsiderato che ha avuto conseguenze gravissime: almeno quattordici delle ottantuno uova sono andate perse, mentre per le altre, spiegano gli esperti, non resta che sperare in un mezzo miracolo. La gravità del fatto è resa ancor più evidente da un dato: la Caretta Caretta è fortemente minacciata in tutto il Mediterraneo e, nelle nostre acque, è a un passo dall'estinzione. A dare l'allarme, pochi giorni fa, è stato il guardiano di uno stabilimento che sorge a poca distanza: è stato lui a sentire il gruppetto aggirare le protezioni che circondavano il nido. Le sue urla hanno messo in fuga i saccheggiatori e attirato l'attenzione di un altro gruppo di giovani, che si è subito avvicinato per dare una mano. Insieme, il guardiano e i ragazzi hanno cercato di rimettere le uova sotto la sabbia. Avevano buone intenzioni, senza dubbio, ma gli esperti temono che così facendo abbiano fatto, involontariamente, ulteriori danni. Intanto, è scattata la denuncia: i carabinieri forestali di Grosseto hanno aperto un’indagine per individuare i ragazzi che hanno violato il nido, anche grazie alla testimonianza del custode. Nel nostro codice penale esiste un apposito reato per chi maltratta o uccide specie protette (il 544 bis e ter), che prevede la reclusione da tre a diciotto mesi o una multa da 5mila a 30mila euro. «Siamo intenzionati a vedere questi ragazzi puniti anche solo perché possano avere la giusta lezione dalla vita», dicono da Tartamare, l’associazione che si occupa dei nidi di tartaruga marina in Maremma e Val di Cornia, «ricordiamo che per il figlio minore in sede civile a risponderne è sempre il genitore». Tutta la storia, e le testimonianze degli esperti, sul Corriere Fiorentino di oggi, nell'articolo a cura d https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4jk_EItM1/?igshid=1tv3s8mudp4gy