#regenerate damaged dna

[reality-detective]

Frankincense (Boswellia Carteri) and DNA Repair🧬 💉🤯

Frankincense, or Boswellia carteri, has been revered for its therapeutic properties across various cultures and religious texts, including the Bible. Its usage dates back thousands of years, cited for its capacity to heal and purify. Interestingly, modern scientific research has begun to uncover that the resin of Frankincense may have properties that contribute to cellular health, including DNA repair.

Properties of Frankincense:

Anti-inflammatory: Boswellic acids, the active compounds in frankincense, are known for their powerful anti-inflammatory effects.

Antioxidant: Frankincense is rich in antioxidants, which help protect cells from damage caused by free radicals.

DNA Repair:

Recent studies suggest that frankincense may contribute to DNA repair mechanisms. The presence of compounds in frankincense can potentially support the body's natural ability to heal and regenerate by:

Reducing Oxidative Stress:

Antioxidants in frankincense mitigate oxidative stress, which can damage DNA. By reducing such stress, frankincense helps preserve the integrity of genetic material.

Anti-inflammatory Effects:

Chronic inflammation can lead to DNA damage and subsequently, various diseases. The anti-inflammatory properties of frankincense reduce such risk factors, indirectly supporting DNA repair.

In the biblical narrative, particularly in texts like Genesis and the Book of Enoch, it's mentioned that fallen angels (Nephilim) sought to corrupt mankind's DNA. If seen from this perspective, the concept that frankincense—a substance already revered in biblical times—can contribute to restoring and repairing DNA is compelling and symbolic.

Purification: Frankincense has traditionally been seen as purifying. In the spiritual sense, using frankincense to "repair" DNA could symbolize the restoration of divine order and purity, aligning humanity closer to what some might interpret as the original creation by God.

Spiritual Healing: This idea ties into the broader spiritual and healing properties traditionally ascribed to Frankincense. It represents not just physical, but also metaphysical restoration.

A Fascinating Intersection: The intersection of ancient spiritual beliefs and modern scientific findings presents a fascinating scenario. The idea that a substance mentioned in the Bible as sacred and healing could, in fact, have properties that support DNA repair underscores the timeless nature of traditional wisdom, harmonizing with contemporary science. 🤔

[smallpwbbles]

More facts about Biolizard Shadow because I’ve been brainstorming stuff for the story lately

I’ve said it before but he’s so much more immature than canon Shadow, like imagine snapcube Shadow but WAY less chaotic and more trauma

He really doesn’t talk much and when he does it’s almost one worded answers, everyone gets so surprised and happy when he has a rare instance of carrying the conversation

From most liked to tolerates for his friends it’s Rouge, Omega, Amy, Sonic, Cream, Big, knuckles and then Tails (Sonic drops to the bottom VERY frequently)

Dude has insane regeneration abilities because of the Black arms DNA and chaos energy infused in him, if you somehow managed to cut off a limb it would grow back/he could reattach it quick. But cause his Black arms DNA is dormant pre Black doom meeting him again he relies on his chaos energy for healing which is faster for a regular persons healing

Dude loves lofi beats to relax/study to, honestly most lofi music he loves

As he was recovering from the amnesia he tended to dissociated a lot, if you traveled through any deserts zones you might see him and mistake him for a statue

I said he doesn’t need to eat but he actually really loves Amy’s cooking, he’d kill for her cooking but makes a point to not be obvious with how much he likes it

He’s like almost double the size he usually is in his black arms form, he hates it

He’s very fireproof, mostly the scales but you won’t be getting much damage by trying to burn him

Eclipse is in this au and is basically Black dooms son and right hand man, Shadow hates him of course and Eclipse hates him

He lost to hide and seek with Cream because she got creative and hid in his quills (don’t ask how he didn’t notice). He freaked the fuck out and almost started a man hunt for her which she stopped, she didn’t stop it sooner because she takes hide and seek very seriously

[pikahlua]

MHA Chapter 414 spoilers translations

This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.

1 前回までのあらすじ死柄木に勝つ事が、この戦いに勝つ事！しかし、圧倒的な崩壊と再生を前に、力比べを続けても勝ち目はない！そんな中、２代目が提唱したのは死柄木にOFAを譲渡し、精神の傷を攻撃するという一か八かの戦術。デクは受け継いだ力を手放す決意をする… ぜんかいまでのあらすじしがらきにかつことが、このたたかいにかつこと！しかし、あっとうてきなほうかいとさいせいをまえに、ちからくらべをつづけてもかちめはない！そんななか、２だいめがていしょうしたのはしがらきにワン・フォー・オールをじょうとし、せいしんのきずをこうげきするといういちかばちかのせんじゅつ。デクはうけついだちからをてばなすけついをする… zenkai ade no arasuji Shigaraki ni katsu koto ga, kono tatakai ni katsu koto! shikashi, attouteki na houkai to saisei wo mae ni, chikara kurabe wo tsudzuketemo kachime wa nai! sonna naka, 2daime ga teishou shita no wa Shigaraki ni WAN FOO OORU wo jouto shi, seishin no kizu wo kougeki suru to iu ichi ka bachi ka no senjutsu. DEKU wa uketsuida chikara wo tebanasu ketsui wo suru... Summary up until last time: To win against Shigaraki, [Deku must] win this battle! However, before [his] overwhelming decay and regeneration, even if the competition of strength continues, there is no way to win! Meanwhile, the Second proposed an all-or-nothing strategy of transferring OFA to Shigaraki to attack his spiritual wounds. Deku decides to let go of the power he inherited...

tagline 歪な挙動… いびつなきょどう… ibitsu na kyodou... Distorted behavior...

2 傷んでボロボロの身体を…黒鞭で無理矢理動かしてやがる いたんでボロボロのからだを…くろむちでむりやりうごかしてやがるitande BOROBORO no karada wo...kuromuchi de muriyari ugokashite yagaru "His damaged and battered body... He's using Black Whip to force it to move."

3 実戦からのアイデアを即応用…‼︎ じっせんからのアイデアをそくおうよう…‼︎ jissen kara no AIDEA wo sokuouyou...!! The immediate application of ideas from actual battles...!!

4 なんて使い方を…！ なんてつかいかたを…！ nante tsukai kata wo...! Such a way to use [them]...!

5 これでいい kore de ii "This is good."

1-2 僕がどうなろうとも ぼくがどうなろうとも boku ga dou narou tomo No matter what happens to me.

3-4 その為の…力だ そのための…ちからだ sono tame no...chikara da This power...is for that sake.

5 使命ではなく しめいではなく shimei de wa naku "It's not the mission,"

6 こいつ自身が抱く"個性"への憧れこそが こいつじしんがいだく"こせい"へのあこがれこそが koitsu jishin ga idaku "kosei" e no akogare koso ga "it's because of this guy's own admiration of quirks" (Note: While the line was cut off here, the line appears later in the chapter so I was able to get the full thing.)

7 OFAを輝かせる ワン・フォー・オールをかがやかせる WAN FOO OORU wo kagayakaseru "that he can make One For All shine."

tagline No.414　オーバーレイ　堀越耕平 ナンバー414　オーバーレイ　ほりこしこうへい NANBAA 414  OOBAAREI  Horikoshi Kouhei No. 414 Overlay Kouhei Horikoshi

8 「変速」無しで 「２ND」なしで 「2ND (kanji: hensoku)」 nashi de Without the Second (read as: Gear Shift),

9 死柄木のスピード攻略し… しがらきのスピードこうりゃくし… Shigaraki no SUPIIDO kouryaku shi... to capture Shigaraki at his speed...

10 ２代目を譲渡る ２だいめをぶつける 2daime wo butsukeru and hit (read as: transfer) him with the Second.

11 ーーーー…賭けるしかない… ーーーー…かけるしかない… ----...kakeru shika nai... ----...I have no choice but to bet...

1 ワン・フォー・オールを譲渡するには"渡したい"と思った相手にDNAを取り込ませる ワン・フォー・オールをじょうとするには"わたしたい"とおもったあいてにディーエンエーをとりこませる WAN FOO OORU wo jouto suru ni wa "watashitai" to omotta aite ni DII EN EE wo torikomaseru To transfer One For All, make the person I want to hand it over to take in DNA.

2 別にDNAを取り込められるなら何でも良いんだけどさ！ べつにディーエンエーをとりこめられるならなんでもいいんだけどさ！ betsu ni DII EN EE wo torikomerareru nara nandemo iinda kedo sa! Anything is fine so long as DNA is taken in!

3 ワン・フォー・オールは持ち主が"渡したい"と思った相手にしか譲渡されない ワン・フォー・オールはもちぬしが"わたしたい"とおもったあいてにしかじょうとされない WAN FOO OORU wa mochinushi ga "watashitai" to omotta aite ni shika jouto sarenai One For All can be transferred only to the person the owner wants to transfer it to.

4 無理矢理渡すことは出来るがね むりやりわたすことはできるがね muriyari watasu koto wa dekiru ga ne It can be given by force, though.

5 …俺とブルースで仮説を立てて……立証した …おれとブルースでかせつをたてて……りっしょうした ...ore to BURUUSU de kasetsu wo tatete......risshou shita "...Bruce and I came up with a hypothesis......and proved it."

6 懐かしいな なつかしいな natsukashii na "How nostalgic."

7 死んで尚使命に囚われてきた しんでなおしめいにとらわれてきた shinde nao shimei ni torawarete kita "I died, and still I'm a slave to my mission."

8 血を媒介に ちをばいかいに chi wo baikai ni With blood as a medium,

9 傷から"渡す" きずから"わたす" kizu kara "watasu" I'll pass it over from my wound.

10 でも死柄木は再生で傷が残らない でもしがらきはさいせいできずがのこらない demo Shigaraki wa saisei de kizu ga nokoranai But Shigaraki has no wounds remaining due to his regeneration.

11 傷ができるのは きずができるのは kizu ga dekiru no wa What can make a wound is...

12 接触の一瞬ーーー インパクトのいっしゅんーーー INPAKUTO (kanji: sesshoku) no isshun--- a moment of impact (read as: contact)---

13 反動でもう意識が保たない…！ はんどうでもういしきがもたない…！ handou de mou ishiki ga motanai...! Due to the recoil, I can't maintain consciousness anymore...!

14 確実に当てなきゃ かくじつにあてなきゃ kakujitsu ni atenakya I must be certain to hit him.

1 さっきの攻撃 さっきのこうげき sakki no kougeki That last attack.

2 何か　嫌なモノを感じた なんか　いやなモノをかんじた nanka iya na MONO wo kanjita Something...I felt something bad.

3 当たる直前咄嗟に切り離したが あたるちょくぜんとっさにきりはなしたが ataru chokuzen tossa ni kirihanashita ga I immediately detached [from him] just before it hit, but

4 まだ何か まだなにか mada nani ka there's still something

5 企んでいる たくらんでいる takurande iru he's plotting.

6 全身の砕ける痛み…呼吸困難… ぜんしんのくだけるいたみ…こきゅうこんなん… zenshin no kudakeru itami...kokyuu konnan... Crushing pain all over his body...difficulty breathing...

7 普通なら思考全てが生命維持に持っていかれる筈 ふつうならしこうすべてがせいめいいじにもっていかれるはず futsuu nara shikou subete ga seimei iji ni motte ikareru hazu If he's normal*, all of his thoughts should be [dedicated] to life support. (*Note: This word "normal" in this context means "typical, ordinary, usual," like if Izuku were to behave like most other people.)

8 ……普通なら……か… ……ふつうなら……か… ......futsuu nara......ka... ......If he's normal......huh...

9 いいさ何度だって壊してやる いいさなんどだってこわしてやる ii sa nando datte kowashite yaru "That's fine, I'll destroy no matter how many times it takes."

10 おまえも omae mo "[I'll destroy] you,"

11 この国も このくにも kono kuni mo "and this country,

12 全部 ぜんぶ zenbu "everything."

1 これで kore de With this,

2 渡す わたす watasu I'll pass it over.

3 殺す ころす korosu I'll kill you.

1 「煙幕」 「６TH」 「6TH (kanji: enmaku)」 6th (read as: Smokescreen)

2 俺が今一番使い所ないでしょ おれがいまいちばんつかいどころないでしょ ore ga ima ichiban tsukai dokoro nai desho But I'm the one with the least use right now.

3 何でーー⁉︎ なんでーー⁉︎ nande--!? "Why--!?"

4 ……「崩壊」を発動させれば… ……「ほうかい」をはつどうさせれば… ......「houkai」 wo hatsudou sasereba... "......If you let me activate Decay..."

5 何を企んでても なにをたくらんでても nani wo takurandete mo No matter what you're plotting,

6 お前は守らざるをーー おまえはまもらざるをーー you have no choice but to protect--

7 伝播防止で地面を抉って…！こんなデカイのをいつの間に でんぱぼうしでじめんをえぐって…！こんなデカイのをいつのまに denpa boushi de jimen wo egutte...! konna DEKAI no wo itsu no ma ni To prevent the spread, he gouged out the ground...! It's that big all of a sudden?

8 あの時　ふっとばされながら あのとき　ふっとばされながら ano toki futtobasare nagara It was then, while he was being blown away.

1 地中に黒鎖を出して ちちゅうにこくさをだして chichuu ni kokusa wo dashite He sent the black chains underground

2 地面を抉り分けていた！ じめんをえぐりわけていた！ jimen wo eguri wakete ita! and was gouging out the ground surface!

3 次に備えていた‼︎ つぎにそなえていた‼︎ tsugi ni sonaete ita!! He was preparing for what was next!!

4 雄英の崩壊対策か ゆうえいのほうかいたいさくか yuuei no houkai taisaku ka The countermeasures against UA's decay, huh?

1 マント… MANTO... His cape...

2 だけ……⁉︎ dake......!? only that......!?

3 スナイパー戦でXったデコイ⁉︎ スナイパーせんでXったデコイ⁉︎ SUNAIPAA-sen de Xtta DEKOI!? The decoy he used in the fight with the sniper!? (Note: Some of the words are cut off here. My translation assumes the X is 使 tsuka.)

4 だが「サーチ」の光は だが「サーチ」のひかりは daga 「SAACHI」 no hikari wa But it was the light of Search,

5 確かに"これ"をーーーー… たしかに"これ"をーーーー… tashika ni "kore" wo----... so surely "this" is----...

6 血…⁉︎血にサーチ反応⁉︎ ち…⁉︎ちにサーチはんのう⁉︎ chi...!? chi ni SAACHI hannou!? Blood...!? Search reacted to blood!?

7 待て…"この光"…緑谷じゃない！ まて…"このひかり"…みどりやじゃない！ mate..."kono hikari"...Midoriya ja nai! Wait...this light...it's not Midoriya!

8 ーーなら緑谷はどこに… ーーならみどりやはどこに… --nara Midoriya wa doko ni... --Then, where is Midoriya...

9 ーーー…そういう ---...sou iu ---...So that's

10 ことか koto ka what you--

1 遅い‼︎ おそい‼︎ osoi!! [Too] slow!!

2 「サーチ」は見た者の位置を認識する 「サーチ」はみたもののいちをにんしきする 「SAACHI」 wa mita mono no ichi wo ninshiki suru Search recognizes the locations of the ones it's seen.

4 見えてるぞ幽霊！ みえてるぞゆうれい！ mieteru zo yuurei! I can see you, ghosts!

3+5 サーチが継承者たちにも適用される可能性に賭けた サーチがけいしょうしゃたちにもてきようされるかのうせいにかけた SAACHI ga keishousha-tachi ni mo tekiyou sareru kanousei ni kaketa I bet on the possibility that Search would also be applied to the successors.

6-7 譲渡の意思を込めることで血に"分割"された２代目が宿る じょうとのいしをこめることでDNAに"ぶんかつ"された２だいめがやどる jouto no ishi wo komeru koto de DNA (kanji: chi) ni "bunkatsu" sareta 2daime ga yadoru By putting in my intent to transfer, the Second was divided and [now] dwells within [my] DNA (read as: blood). (Note: What he's saying here is that the Second dwells within Izuku's blood/DNA now, and because Izuku put a drop of blood on the cape, a part of the Second dwells in that drop of blood on the cape separate from the part of him that dwells in the blood Izuku still has on hand.)

8 それを直線に放出死柄木からは僕が見えなくなり それをちょくせんにほうしゅつしがらきからはぼくがみえなくなり sore wo chokusen ni houshutsu Shigaraki kara wa boku ga mienaku nari By ejecting it in a straight line [towards him] so Shigaraki becomes unable to see me,

9 接近の隙をつくれる せつきんのすきをつくれる setsukin no suki wo tsukureru I can make an opening to approach him.

10 見えてる事を逆利用し みえてることをぎゃくりようし mieteru koto wo gyaku riyou shi I took advantage of what he can see

11 煙幕でつくった えんまくでつくった enmaku de tsukutta and made a smokescreen.

12 距離誤認の不意撃ち！ きょりごにんのふいうち！ kyori gonin no fui uchi! A surprise attack from his misconception of the distance!

1 え…めちゃくちゃ凄い"個性"だらけじゃない…⁉︎ え…めちゃくちゃすごい"こせい"だらけじゃない…⁉︎ e...mechakucha sugoi "kosei" darake ja nai...!? Eh...aren't they all amazing quirks...!?

2 こいつ自身が抱く"個性"への憧れこそが こいつじしんがいだく"こせい"へのあこがれこそが koitsu jishin ga idaku "kosei" e no akogare koso ga It's because of this guy's own admiration of quirks.

3 〜〜〜〜…‼︎ ９代目 〜〜〜〜…‼︎ ９だいめ ~~~~...!! 9daime "~~~~...!! Ninth!"

4 ーー身体が ーーからだが --karada ga --[My] body

5-6 拒絶している きょぜつしている kyozetsu shite iru is rejecting. (Note: I think he means his body is going into rejection mode with all the protecting hands around him.)

7-8 これをくらってはいけないと kore wo kuratte wa ikenai to [I] must not take this [blow].

1 気に病むな きにやむな ki ni yamuna Don't worry.

2 元々只の幽霊さ もともとただのゆうれいさ motomoto tada no yuurei sa By nature, I'm just a ghost.

3 意識が取り込まれる… いしきがとりこまれる… ishiki ga torikomareru... My consciousness will be absorbed...

4 死柄木のモノに…なる前に…！ しがらきのモノに…なるまえに…！ Shigaraki no MONO ni...naru mae ni...! before I become...one of Shigaraki's...!

1 生で見ると…気色悪ィなァ なまでみると…きしょくわりィなァ nama de miru to...kishoku wariI naA Seeing you in person...you give me the creeps.

2 うわあ手の人ステ様の仲間だよねえ⁉︎ うわあてのひとステさまのなかまだよねえ⁉︎ uwaa te no hito SUTE-sama no nakama da yo nee!? "Wow, the hand person! You're comrades with Stain-sama, right!?"

3 ねえ⁉︎ nee!? "Right!?"

4 私も入れてよ！敵連合！ わたしもいれてよ！ヴィランれんごう！ watashi mo irete yo! VIRAN rengou! "Let me in too! The League of Villains!"

5 は… ha... "Hah..."

6 俺だって おれだって ore datte "Me, too."

1 ヒーローに…‼︎ HIIROO ni...!! "[I'll be] a hero...!!"

2 俺はステインに触発されてここにいる！ おれはステインにしょくはつされてここにいる！ ore wa SUTEIN ni shokuhatsu sarete koko ni iru! "I was inspired by Stain to be here!"

3 体育祭…⁉︎ たいいくさい…⁉︎ taiikusai...!? The sports festival...!?

4 轟くんとの2回戦… とどろきくんとの2かいせん… Todoroki-kun to no 2kaisen... The second bout with Todoroki-kun...

5 スピナー⁉︎ SUPINAA!? Spinner!?

6 何だ　これ なんだ　これ nanda kore What is this?

7 記憶が きおくが kioku ga Are the memories

8 交錯しているのか こうさくしているのか kousaku shite iru no ka intermingling?

1 ９代目 ９だいめ 9daime "Ninth,"

2 手を緩めるな‼︎ てをゆるめるな‼︎ te wo yurumeru na!! "don't let up!!"

3 ６代目…！ ６だいめ…！ 6daime...! "Sixth...!"

4 効いてるよ‼︎２代目がやった!!! きいてるよ‼︎２だいめがやった!!! kiiteru yo!! 2daime ga yatta!!! "It's working!! The Second did it!!!"

5-6 うぐ ugu "Ugh!"

7 けどまだ不充分だ！ けどまだふじゅうぶんだ！ kedo mada fujuubun da! "But it's still not enough!"

8 手を緩めるな‼︎ てをゆるめるな‼︎ te wo yurumeru na!! "Don't let up!!"

tagline 継承者を撃ち込め‼︎ けいしょうしゃをうちこめ‼︎ keishousha wo uchikome!! Fire away the successors!!

[xieliansbignaturals]

TGCF fic concept where Xie Lian's shackles can heal damaged body parts, regenerate blood and small amounts of tissue, etc., but regenerating a whole body part (like a finger or an organ) is beyond their capabilities. Every time Xie Lian loses a body part and can't retrieve it to reattach to himself, he has to go on with one foot, seven total fingers, dying and reviving every week from the lack of a liver, etc.

And then he figures out that what the shackles can do is heal and take ownership of a transplanted body part. If he hacks a foot off a corpse and ties it to his bloody stump of a leg, eventually, he'll be able to walk again. If he rummages around in a pig carcass for a liver in a pinch, eventually, he'll stop dying every week from that particular problem.

I think, to match the canonical effects of the shackles, once the transplanted body part is fully part of him, it's indistinguishable from the rest of his body. The shackles "heal" the skin color, DNA, blood type, etc. that's different from Xie Lian's. No evidence remains of the Ship of Theseus nature of his body. Xie Lian is the only one who knows.

[extrajigs]

The Atlantic's immune system yay!! BIG info dump below!

Basically when the blood ocean was created it was of course a conversion of all water within the Atlantic to living human blood. The blood of the caster to be exact. This came with the full mix of blood, not just the blood cells themselves. Plasma, immune cells, and even a small percentage of stem cells. For a short time after its revision, a vial of blood from the Atlantic would be indistinguishable from blood drawn from an average person. However while most of it DID decay and rot away it was eventually replaced! For the sanguine sea has a will to live all on its own and it will do what it has to to keep itself alive. Let's just say that magic radiation gave it a boost to adapt before it all would have just turned to sludge!

Also think of this as like a part one as it is not ALL of the bits and bobs.

The Main Gist

The immune system of the Atlantic has undergone slight changes from what goes on within the human body. While in the early days of the ocean, the cells within gorged and swarmed the masses of dead sea life, nowadays all that old death has long since sunk to the anoxic depths. Only the few top meters of blood hold onto the oxygen that can be grabbed directly from the air. This topmost layer is the bastion that these fellas defend and replenish, large colonies working in sync to make sure fresh blood is always around. Thus they are responsible for the bounty of the blood sea, as much as they try to eliminate it. Anything that has different DNA than the blood sea gets a not so warm welcome from it.

1. Shards

These are the scouts of the system, using two fins they meander through the blood at pretty reasonable speeds. The only senses the colonies have reacquired are those of scent and touch, the former for searching out anything strange in the blood column and the latter for when they bump into it. These guys are ill prepared to fight aside from a few acidic tendrils, but once detecting a foreign body they’ll turn tail and rush back to their main colonial swarm. If the poor animal they found out is lucky, it will have time to turn and flee before the cavalry arrives.

2. Marrow Worms

These are not the cavalry, in fact if you were to even poke these guys they are more likely to disintegrate into a plume of sadness. But do not think them worthless for their pitiful offense, for these are SUPPORTIVE WORMS! Being that the colony's individuals are derived from former immune cells, they never regained the ability to self replicate. If they were injured or simply degraded due to age, they could never repair or regenerate the cells they lost within their bodies. Luckily the marrow worm is here to save the day!

Let's say a shard is wounded, its fin torn from its body, whilst it is in no danger of bleeding out, it is in danger of becoming useless to the sea. The solution is that when the immune bodies of the sea take damage, they release a powerful chemical signal to call for aid. This draws in the marrow worms who will swarm the individual and spread their bodies over them like a hot slice of butter. The marrow worms function as mobile stem cells, sacrificing their own bodies to grow into the parts needed for the other members of the colony. Most will have every part of their body replaced throughout their lifetime. And there is a philosophical idea in there somewhere but it's time to get onto the stabby members of this band!

3. Tacks

These guys tend to stay by the main hubs of the colony, defending them from any threats that manage to get by. However they are quite eager to zip off through the blood once called upon by a scouting Shard. Their main weapon is a stabbing keratinized spike through which they inject a powerful mix of digestive enzymes. These same enzymes are used within the trailing tendrils they use to ensnare smaller intruders. With sheer force of numbers they attempt to use this acid to kill any animals they find, though luckily they are lacking in stamina so can be outrun if spotted early enough.

4. Hubs

These function as the housing for the most precious members of the colony, the marrowcores. They provide coverage for these most delicate structures as well as pumping fresh oxygen filled blood from the surface over the tendrils of marrow. Slowly swimming through the ocean they are eternally accompanied by huge swarms of supplementary organisms that feed and defend them at all costs. And with good reason! The hubs allow for the birth of new marrow worms and they are shepherded around as needed through the sea.

5. The Marrowcores

These are the true center of the ocean. Long spindled frames of bone from which long strands of marrow grow and waft. These feathered segments can break off and become new marrow worms, but the main job of these cores is to mass produce blood on a nigh unimaginable scale. So proficient are they, that that topmost layer of the ocean can be completely replaced every two months. Pretty important piece, but these individuals are the strangest of the whole lot, continuously losing and replacing parts yet holding onto some vague memory amongst themselves. Weird.

And that’s the first go of it! I hope ya like these fun lil guys!

[berryicet]

Bored, so I wrote some stickman speculative biology becus I'm a nerd

SKIN

The skin is the thickest layer on a stickman's body. It's tough, elastic, and more akin to tire rubber. It can absorb huge amounts of impact, which is why stickmen can survive seemingly devastating blows to their body.

Cuts and jabs, on the other hand, are way more destructive, as their skin regenerates very slowly. It can take up to years for a cut to fully close up (if it's a deep one) and shallow cuts can very easily open back up.

After a period of time, the skin can become stiff if not exercised. Fighting is like stretching, or a healthy exercise to prevent the skin from hardening and let blood flow through it. Of course, stickmen can fight for other reasons too, but it also has its health benefits for them.

Their pain receptors are dulled out and their nerves reserve under the skin. Pain shouldn't be registered until it starts reaching more critical tissues like muscles, organs or cartilages.

MUSCLES

The muscles are the second layer of the body. It's about half the thickness of the skin. However, the muscles are very strong and tough, since they need to constantly pull the skin when moving.

There's three types of muscles in the body: those connected to the skin, those connected to the cartilages, and intermediary.

Instead of having long stretched muscles connecting joints, they have many small, compact muscles all over their body. It lets them both bend their limbs and curl them like an octopus would (although not to the same extreme, as they could snap their cartilages like that)

Their shoulder and hip joints are very loose and lets them rotate their limbs in almost every direction in every way possible. Though it can still snap if strained too much.

CARTILAGES

So instead of bones, stickmen have cartilages (perhaps it could be said that stickmen are the result of cartilaginous fish evolving on land rather than bony fish). Again, this allows them a very large range of motion and flexibility and aids in absorbing shock and blows.

The cartilages are flatter; more like plates than cylindrical like bones. They can also wrap around organs to shield them.

FAT

They don't have any.

Stickmen have no way to store fat on their body, it all goes to the other organs or gets expelled. This is also a reason why stickmen have a much harder time dealing with hunger or going long periods of time without food.

Their body can start extracting fat from the stomach or skin, but with the consequences of making those organs start slowly shriveling up.

It does take a while to reach that state, since generally their bodies are pretty adept at conserving energy, but once it does, it can cause irreparable damage and lifelong digestive problems.

ORGANS

The most crucial organ is their brain. Besides sending impulses, controlling the muscles – everything a human brain already does, it also takes the role of the heart – pumping out blood. Essentially their heart and brain are conjoined, and the most effective way to kill a stickman is decapitation.

The rest of their organs are small and compressed, so as to conserve as much energy as possible when they work.

COLOUR

Stickmen's colouring is crucial to them. They have special cells that give them their skin colour. These cells also contain all their genetic information (essentially their DNA)

Usually, the offspring of two stickmen will have a combination of their parents colours, though brighter/more saturated colours will have dominance over other more neutral/toned down colours. It's a way to prevent all sticks' colours from becoming the same muddled tones of brown/gray a few generations down the line.

Sometimes the child can have the same colour as one of their parents (usually the dominant) when born, then grow into their true colour later in life.

The child can also inherit one of their grandparents colour instead.

There are also illnesses regarding their colours, such as mutations in the cells that turns them completely black or white (basically melanism/albinism). Terminal illnesses can also cause the cells to become discoloured.

Uhbb yeah that's all for now

Might add more later if it comes to me

[phantoms-lair]

88 for the crossover roulette.

Okay, this one took me a while

~~~~ "You really are like a cockroach aren't you?"

Vlad whirled around. No human should be in this place! Especially not one he didn't know. And he didn't recognize the tall lanky man one bit, though it was hard to make out his face covered by a hood. "How did you get in my house?"

"There are many ways to get into places Plasmius." he snarled.

Well that was that then. Whoever he was, he couldn't live. He created a duplicate behind the man, ready to strike him unawares-

Only to scream as the duplicate popped and incredible pain lanced through his body.

"Like it?" The stranger sneered, showing off his belt. "Improved model of the specter deflector. Little bit of the Plasmius Maximus built in too. Good luck using your powers for the next several hours." he crouched before Vlad's prone form. "Now where were we? Oh right, you being a cockroach. You do the stupidest shit and then you escape consequences by lying. You lie to your business partners before you rob them blind. You lied to Valerie about everything about ghosts. You like to yourself about how nothings ever your fault and that Mom would ever like you. You lie to Dad about being his friend while trying to kill him."

"Daniel?" Vlad gasped. The man pulled back his hood revealing a familiar face made foreign by age. This Danial was clearly an adult, though not a healthy one, gaunt and wary. "But the specter deflector?"

"Let me tell you a story Vlad. It has a sad beginning. Hell, it's sad all around, but the beginning packs a wallop. It start with a freak explosions at a fast food place causing the deaths of Maddie, Jack, and Jasmine Fenton, Sam Manson, and Tucker Foley. None of whom became ghosts after that. One survivor, who only survived because his half ghost body regenerated the damage, one Danial Fenton."

"Originally the next of kin to take him is was his Aunt Alicia, but since reconnecting with his 'best friend' Jack had wanted it changed to Vlad Masters. Maddie resisted at first, but after Vlad pretended to save Danny from Pariah Dark, again an incident he'd caused in the first place and again lying, she'd agreed."

"But Vlad wasn't as happy to have control of the boy as he once would have been. He'd blamed him for living when his mother hadn't. He wanted the boy to act grateful for even being in his presence when all the boy wanted was to have died with his loved ones. Needless to say it didn't work out. But did you give him to his Aunt? No. You decided you just needed a better version of him. You'd already been working at your cloning experiments, even if they weren't...built to last." He looked a tube containing a small girl sadly. "But you did the thing you did best besides lying. You got greedy."

"I was at your mercy. Obviously you could have harvest my DNA at your leisure and made a perfect clone, but you decided you wanted more. You decided to splice your own DNA in, so it would truly be 'your' son and that's where everything went wrong."

"You're the first halfa Vlad, but you know how first drafts are. Or maybe you don't, I doubt you ever did your own work. First drafts are messy and incomplete. And that's you as a halfa. Twenty years of experience, but Little Me was catching up to you in less that one. He was also good to go without any serious recovery time while you needed years of hospitalization and even then had flare ups. In terms of blending I was mayonnaise, kept stable and homogenous. You were oil and vinegar, constantly trying to separate. That's what the ecto acne was, you know. Not some skin condition like puberty gone wrong. It was your human body trying to purge itself of ghostly contaminants. Trying to reject Plasmius. And maybe you'd be healthier if you let it."

"But back to the point. You were an imperfect halfa. And you passed that along to the clones you made with your DNA. They failed even faster and you decided the solution was more power. You used me as a battery, draining my ectoplasm into your creation, damaging my body so much I can't create more. You essentially made me human again Vlad. But it still wasn't enough. And you decided it couldn't need much more, so you decided to transfer a bit of your own, only for your creation to take all of it."

"I guess credit where credit it due, you cured my death wish. I lived. I escaped and warned people. They didn't believe me of course. Thought I was mad with grief, especially Val. Until the attacks started. I don't know what the fuck you made with our combined DNA, but whatever it was it had both our memories and neither of our moral compasses, or at least any you pretend to have. It fed off death. And no one was ready for it. For a while I was imprisoned because it would pretend to be me and as such I was deemed a risk. But time helped that. I aged and it didn't. It's human form would always be 14 year old Danny Fenton while it's ghost form was a horrible amalgamation of us. It killed. It destroyed. Anything we did to keep it out it would eventually overpower. Until we decided to game the system."

"Time travel, Vlad. Remove the triggering incident. But not even Clockwork can change things all willy nilly. But what he did was seed things in the past to make the Observants of then panic and order him to fix it. Of course they did it by ordering my death, so Clocky had to work around that. Prove Little Me was worth the chance. Little Me ended up in my time and guess what you did Vlad? Can you guess? You lied again. Made up a whole sob story of how you were just trying to help me with my grief by surgically removing my ghost half and how my ghost half then attacked and stole yours and you'd spent all those years trying to fix it. And he believed you. He's burdened with guilt for a time that never happened and believes you're capable of changing and deserve a second chance. Your lies always work, don't they. But I know better. You can't lie to me, not anymore."

"But I'm not going to kill you Vlad, do you know why?"

"Because you're Daniel. I'm sure you're telling yourself something about how I'll suffer more alive, but the truth is you just can't bring yourself to do something like cold blooded killing." Vlad sneered.

"Wrong. You have no idea what I had to do to survive the hell you made." Danial smiled. "I just respect dibs."

"What? OW!" Vlad's body spasmed as something was forcefully injected into it. He looked up behind him and saw an older version of Valerie Grey, twirling a pressure injector, almost exactly like the ones he used to treat his symptoms when they reoccurred. (The scheming part of his brain realizing that would mean it wouldn't raise any alarms if marks from it were found on his body)

"A little compound based on one of the Fenton's projects. I strengthens ectoplasm and makes it stronger. It would be a real boost for past Danny or any other ghost. But for you? Well, your human form was barely holding it together with the ectoplasm you had."

Vlad whimpered, feeling the bubbling under his skin he recognized from his ectoacne only a hundred times worse.

"Goodbye Vlad." Valerie uncaringly stepped over his dying form and wrapped her arms around Danny, the two joining in a kiss.

"It worked." There was joy in Danny's voice for the first time in along time. "It really worked Val. The future, our loved ones, they're safe."

"They are." Valerie smiled down on him. "So we doing this?"

"Yeah. It's selfish, but I think we've both earned a little selfish." Danny pulled a USB and stuck it in Vlad's computer, Mikey's code rewriting several things. "There we go, edited to include another clone of me and one of you."

"How long are we going to have to be in those tube?" Val wrinkled her nose a little.

"Not long. The evidence we dropped off should get the investigation here in less than a day. Also I missed seeing you with long hair."

"It wasn't practical." Valerie grinned. "But Little You saw me with the buzzcut so I had to grow it back." Thankfully with all the wonders of the Infinite Realms, something to instantly grow hair was downright mundane and something Clockwork had been happy to maintain the timeline.

The story now was the story that had to be. If the Observants discovered they were manipulated they might undo their undo. But Vlad had to be handled and with the narrative the Observants had gotten they wouldn't do it themselves.

(Valerie had actually ranted about this, about how even in the lie Vlad had spun the Monster was half him, But the Observants had put all the blame on the mourning 14 year old. Typical.) The 'responsible' thing would be to let themselves fade from the timeline. Or barring that disappearing and starting new. But as Danny had said, they'd earned a bit of selfishness.

If they posed as clones of their past selves there was a chance their families would be contacted and taken in. It was a gamble. Maybe the authorities they'd contacted would destroy them or turn them over to the GiW. Maybe the Fentons or Damian Grey would see them as a violation of their children and reject them. But they'd take the gamble. It wasn't any worse than the one they'd just taken to save the future. And besides, their younger selves needed all thee help they could get

Sure Danny didn't have powers anymore, but he had the experience fighting his younger self had lacked. If everything worked out, not even Pariah Dark would have a chance against two Danny's working together.

~~~~

Future Danny, Valerie, and Clockwork: We'll seed these images to the Observants so they know all they have to do to save the future is prevent the explosion

Observants: Naturally there's only one way to fix this, KILL THE CHILD

Future Danny, Valerie, and Clockwork: *facepalm*

[shiut]

Homunculus Research (the kinda scientific edition)

Time for me to do the thing that I do where I think way too much about barely explained fictional science and try my best to apply actual science to it. For fun.

So, here is my biological summary for the homunculi of Rain Code, which will be mostly non-canon speculation.

What is a homunculus? A homunculus is an artificially created, cloned individual using the genetic information of a human for the purpose of developing immortality and regeneration applicable to military use.

What is a homunculus made of and how? A homunculus is created from gram-negative bacteria and human cells through complete recombinant DNA cloning. This technique is achieved through taking the genes of the human donor and incorporating the information into a bacterial chromosomal DNA and plasmid(the secondary circular DNA molecule of bacteria used for gene replication and transfer). Additionally, the incorporation of the enzyme telomerase and protein p53 is applied.

What contributes to a homunculus's regenerative properties and immortality? Homunculi exhibit accelerated initial growth and healing thanks to the bacterial hybridization of their cells. Bacteria have one of the fastest replication rates, and can replicate at a rate of about every 10 minutes compared to the average human cell's replication rate of every 24 hours. Gram-negative bacteria also have a complex layering of membrane that allow them to be more resistant to antibiotics and a more sturdy structure. Bacteria have the ability to go through inactivation, where they go into a state of metabolic dormancy that protect them and allow them to be able to wait out periods of extreme conditions and nutrient scarcity. Telomerase, the 'immortality enzyme', is utilized for its function in restoring the length of telomeres. Telomeres are a protective chromosomal cap that normally erode with each cell division, and it's this shortening that causes DNA damage and aging in humans. Telomerase repairs this erosion and allows cells to divide indefinitely. However, because of telomerase's link to increased rates of cancer, additional copies of the gene responsible for the production of p53 protein is also incorporated. P53 is a tumor suppressor that allows damaged cells to repair themselves before dividing, which prevents the spread of cancerous cells.

Why is homunculus blood pink? Gram-negative bacteria is identifiable for its bright pink color by using the gram staining method. This is because the characteristic cell wall structure of gram-negative bacteria which makes them so resilient also causes the bacteria to display the color of the safranin. Homunculus researchers may apply a gram staining process to the circulatory system of homunculi for the purpose of identification and observation.

Relevance of gram-negative bacteria in gene cloning and military research. The most commonly used strain of bacteria used in gene cloning research is the gram-negative bacteria such as e. coli for its ready availability, ease of growth and manipulation, and simplicity. Gram-negative bacteria such as e. coli has a history in military research, in cases such as a probiotic when an army surgeon isolated a strain found in a soldier who, unlike his comrades, did not develop an illness from an infectious outbreak.

What is the zombified state of imperfect homunculi? It is the result of cell inactivation that, while it is a protective measure for the cells, the slowed or halted metabolic state causes the low-functioning mental and physical faculties that present zombie-like symptoms, and is currently difficult to impossible to reverse in imperfect homunculi due to their varying degrees of cellular instability.

Why do imperfect homunculi require compounds found in human flesh for nutrients? Plasmid stability in DNA cloned cells is often influenced by the original donor's genotype. Imperfect homunculi cells may include defects in the cell division process where the stability of the human DNA contained in the cell plasmid results in incomplete DNA replication, whereas each division causes informational gaps in the gene and interrupt protein synthesis. These gaps can be filled and repaired by taking and incorporating the required information from a healthy human cell through the process of horizontal gene transfer. Human matter must be consumed and broken down in order for the homunculus cells to initiate this process. The lack of these nutrients can cause the homunculus cells to go into a state of inactivation.

Why are imperfect homunculi vulnerable to sunlight? UV has been known to exhibit antimicrobial effects. Many bacteria, especially gram-negative bacteria, are averse to sunlight. Exposure to the UV radiation in sunlight results in the damage or solar induced inactivation of unstable homunculus cells.

Written, hopefully, as simplified and concise as possible for readability. I feel like I'm forgetting more things I wanted to address, but maybe I'll just leave it here and just make more parts if I think of it :P

[sonicasura]

Kafka the Single Kaiju Dad

Here we are with the Single Dad iteration of the Like A Starfish AU! There are gonna be some differences involving this version unlike the other Skully related stuff. Let's get started with the setup.

Kafka gets his powers 6 months earlier than in canon specifically when he's asleep. Yup, I'm really going into our himbo's namesake with him waking up as a kaiju. Adding more to the chaos is that this happens during a sleepover with his Monster Sweeper coworkers.

No better way for Toku to sober up from a massive hangover then seeing your coworker's kaiju face. Kafka has a much larger starter support group to help figure out his new situation. (They only find about Tiny when someone suggests checking camera footage around the neighborhood.)

Anyway, it's a normal day at work about a week after the transformation. Things were looking up as Kafka gotten a pretty decent handle of staying human in public. And then someone accidentally fumbles with the Heat Saw right where his right arm is.

No better way to cause a massive panic then cutting your coworker's limb off. Kafka does grow a new one but there's still the severed arm to deal with. Thus they stuff the limb in a bag inside the corporate truck before their unaware substitute supervisor gets suspicious. (Kafka does have to lie about his cleaning suit being damaged.)

While they go back to work, the severed arm begins to change. It soon gains a life of its own as Tiny ain't the type to let anything go to waste. Something they are quick to learn when Kafka opens the back only to be met with a baby kaiju bearing similarities to his own.

Our himbo already knows who this whelp belongs to and where he came from. Kafka's lucky that he has a pretty big support group since he's gonna need a village to raise the newborn Skully. They're relieved the little baby is thankfully a docile little bundle in nature.

Skully here is physically different than the other iterations. Due to not gathering DNA from someone else, he looks much closer to Kafka's kaiju form in coloration and lacks his unique markings. (These are traits only developed by having a second 'parent' set of genetic code.)

Another thing is Skully can't take on a human form as he is pure kaiju in nature. (He'll need to ingest human blood from someone else.) Being born like this does come with a very unique perk. If Skully ingests material from certain kaiju then his form will immediately mimic their key abilities. Ex: No.10 gives advanced regeneration and boosted durability.

This ability is called 'Copycat' and allows him to even share this perk with others if in Combat Mode. Anyway Kafka ain't gonna join the Defense Force for obvious reasons. (He does help Reno get in though.) Skully will follow him and he's bound to go kaiju more often should the whelp be in danger.

That doesn't mean the chaos won't come for them. Weaker kaiju will immediately go after Skully thinking he's an easy meal. The Defense Force also get involved as No.8, the strongest recorded kaiju, having a whelp isn't something they can ignore.

Or the fact these monsters seem drawn to a certain sweeper's neighborhood. This Kafka is gonna have an interesting time when it comes to raising Skully. Luckily the kid ain't a picky eater and no one would care if stuff like kaiju meat goes missing from time to time.

@driokrine

[driftwithme]

Hopeful Pacific Rim Headcanons!!!!

Getting exposed to the anteverse made Raleigh healthier, somehow. The theory is that the breach did something to him when it scanned his genetic code, the same as Mako.

Newt and Hermann only know about it 'cause they drifted with that kaiju brain and recognised the strange part of their blood samples. They are also currently working on their memories to see if they can learn more about the kaijus and prevent another breach from happening.

Mako, Newt, Hermann and Raleigh are not entirely human anymore? They are not sure either way.

The closing of the breach, as violent and unexpected as it was, warped Earth time frame. It took LOCCENT some hours to notice that Sttiker Eureka seemed to be floating in the ocean as if nothing had happened. It didn't cure Pentecost like it happened with Raleigh, but it kept them (Stacker and Chuck) alive.

Herc doesn't believe in miracles and he doesn't give credit to the kaijus for the good in his life. For him, getting Chuck back is entirely a product of the skill of the rangers he works with. Humanity doing the impossible time and time and time again.

As an apology for defunding the jeager program and almost dooming humanity in the process, the United Nations kept the PPDC running. There's not enough money to return the jaeger program to what it was, so they all have to adapt.

The PPDC focus is on an hypothetically second invasion now.

J-techs work on creating a new mark of jaegers, smaller, safer, cheaper, but still enough to face a kaiji and win. There are some improvements they want to make as well, like a mechanism of defense that protect the jaeger limbs, maybe spikes or something like that; new escape-pods for the pilots; a kaiju dna detector/radar; and many more.

Along with the classic studies, K-science now includes a whole side dedicated on studying the social and possibly cultural aspects of the kaijus and the anteverse. Another side is dedicated to a better use of the kaiju remins and parts, lile studies on how to regenerate skin or reverse brain damage or use the same system of the kaijus to help the decontamination of the planet.

With the experience of former jaeger pilots, the program's updating the whole cadet training. New simulations based on double and even triple events with Slattern as a possible enemy, new fight techniques for underwater and on air scenarios, a basics of kaiju anatomy and strategies... The pilots also help with the majority of the research nd development of the other areas!

The UN also granted the PPDC the right of working independently of any nation and the exclusivity of jaeger creations. Super important to avoid military forces trying to create their own jaegers to use against mankind, or companies trying to use the drift technology for cold profit, with no ethics attached.

The PPDC allow teens above 16 years old to start their studies in ares like k-science and j-tech, but to join the jaeger pilots program the person must be 18 years old and only become legal rangers after their 22th birthday. Without the kaijus threatening the world, the PPDC has the luxury of going slow with the cadets, selecting only the best and even providing a lot of experience and grow before putting them in charge of a real jaeger. That's to prevent another Scott Hansen, or to prevent teens like Chuck and Raleigh from jumping into the fire before properly maturing, since there's no need of being in such a hurry.

The wall becomes a giant memorial, with artist allowed to practice their crafts on it as they pleased. It's also a reminder: humanity is not alone, the kaijus could come back. Yet, as long as the jaeger program exists, there's always hope to cancel the apocalypse, stop the clock.

[blueberryarchive]

File Name: The Hecate Project

Classification: Top Secret

Subject: 377

Background: Experiment #377, nicknamed Jungkook (Name provided on the birth certificate found in his chambers) is a classified research project initiated by the Cromwell Agency on September 1, 2023. The project is aimed at discovering the behaviors of this creature, the first hunted in almost two centuries, caught by the Cromwell Hunter Foundation.

The last subject, experiment #376, died due to the negligence of the hunters and scientists themselves.

The main objective of #377 is to find a way to make his DNA useful for operations under extreme and rigorous conditions. Including infiltration, night operations, and search for objects.

Among other objectives is the consideration of training the species for recruitment into the Cromwell Hunter Foundation.

Subject Profile

Code Name: Jungkook

Species: Homo Desmodus

Age: Appears in his 20s.

Physical characteristics: 5'10, aprox. 70kg, intensified senses, increased strength, agility, non-human flexibility, iris and cornea turn scarlet red after 6 o'clock.

Diet: Requires a minimum of 3.0 liters of human or animal blood to maintain physical abilities.

Intellectual Skills: Has the ability to communicate and understand two languages (Korean and English), knows how to read, write, and do basic mathematics.

Psychic abilities, such as controlling the mind. (On September 12, at 03:25 a.m., one of the scientists was found dead in the laboratory where 377 was located. The cameras show how a level 9 scientist, Göta Princeton, voluntarily takes the sedative given to Jungkook. The body was found by hunters Bronimir Ehmet and Máximo Felipe at 05:04 with 75% of its blood missing.

Additional Abilities: Can heal a wound of about 6.35mm in 1 second. Wounds that reach muscle or bone in 30 seconds. It can completely regenerate a limb in 36 hours.

Behaviors and conduct of the subject: The psychology department of the Cromwell Hunters has classified 377 as being quick to respond, conceited, and ribald (more notable towards the female sex). Good vocabulary and always looking for information. Aside from the incident with Dr. Göta Princeton, he has maintained good behavior when examined. Although, for precautionary reasons, he has been administered relaxants of about 20g every hour intramuscularly.

Security measures

Starting at dawn, the work area is kept under minimal light to reduce exposure and damage to the subject.

At least 6.5 liters of O-blood are required to be available in the area. For 377's diet and/or blood loss from one of the scientists.

To enter the subject's dome, an amount of about 25g of Lovatrim must first be administered and wait at least 45 minutes.

Note: Access to this file is restricted to personnel with Level 8 or higher security clearance. Unauthorized access will result in severe consequences.

Experiment #005 on Subject #377

Classification A

Background:

September 15, 2023. The Cromwell Hunter Foundation has chosen four candidates to do the seminal test. Two of the four candidates have died in the last 24 hours of entering the dome. One of the hunters refuses to enter, the last option has been trained for the project and has signed the assigned paperwork that gives Cromwell and Company complete autonomy in her decision to go inside the dome.

What appears on the following pages are the chronicles of the night of the 15th, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. The huntress meets 377 for the first time in the dome.

Jungkook's physical and mental behavior is different for the first time in the whole project. The eyes appear to be of a vibrant red.

For the first time we get a glance of the acicular canines.

[suzukiblu]

Fanfiction guessing game, any "whatever"?

Even if Kon was . . . whatever kind of person he'd have to be to actually want to change anything about himself, who says he even could? He's got Kryptonian DNA under a yellow sun and he's already built like a fucking truck anyway; he was born too big and too built and too undeniably masculine to ever pass, and it's only gotten worse as he's gotten older. Hormones meant for unenhanced humans wouldn't do shit to him, he's sure, and he's definitely not Kryptonian enough for whatever they might've used on Krypton, if that'd even work under a yellow sun anyway. And even if his body weren't mostly invulnerable and prone to healing damage to the point of near-regeneration, he can't imagine the procedure that would make him look anything like he . . . like he'd rather . . .

He'd look–fake. Obvious. Weird.

He'd look like a freak, probably.

Kon's already a freak. He doesn't need to go around making it obvious.

[darling-glitch]

𝑼𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓

[Tamaki Keigo]

[NSFW]

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

Reblog | Comment | Enjoy, ig

Warning! Spoilers. Slow burn. Drunken sex. Breeding sex. Desperate sex. Forgetful sex. Loveless sex. No strings attached. Plot sex. Strangers to Lovers Sex

"T-This just in..."

You were seated in your usual spot at your usual bar, subtly listening intently at what the reporter had to say.

"T-This- I can't believe- "

She kept on stuttering over her own words. It annoyed you at first, but then you realized that gasps and sobs joined the baffled reporter. Curiosity had you looking up at the screen.

"I-" she cleared her throat. "This just in. Pro Hero Hawks seems to be having a struggle fighting against League of Villains member: Dabi. The blue flames make it hard to see b- but we should only hope for the- ah!"

The reported was attacked and the camera went all fuzzy. More people in the bar started whispering and gossiping; overall worrying about their safety. Many left while others tried to drown their sorrows away with alcohol. You just sat there, finishing your drink, looking up at the fuzzing tv.

Life never was something to brag about to you. Your quirk had gotten you exactly where your parents wanted you to be. You were a graduate of medical school, supported by your Regeneration quirk. Basically, you rebuilt lost or damaged DNA.

Later that night you walked alone in the streets of rubble, shit and death. Some newbie heroes took care of the job, though it lasted hours. Hawks ended up in the hospital, wings joined in the rusty evening sky as nothing more than ashes. You'd met him before and rather enjoyed his "company". Met at the bar, a few drinks in, then woke up entangled with feathers and sheets.

A shame, really, to see such potential burn in the flames of his rival. Fuck you, she scolded Dabi for being such a dickhead.

Time skip. He was discharged about two days ago, the fight being something of the past. Weeks were wasted in the hospital where the constant reminder of his disappointment haunted him. He was told to take things easy but being sober was forcing him to nearly lose his sanity. He left for a bar. A bar he hadn't visited in quite some time, and he wasn't sure why.

Everywhere he walked people would gawk and stare. Some would even try to encourage him, but that always ruined his day even more. People pitied him now. A hero, who was supposed to save them.

Wearing a face mask and cap he took a seat at the far back. He asked for something strong and patiently waited.

"Everyone's fucking stupid," he heard you say from behind him, seated at your usual booth. At first, he didn't think you were talking to him. "Either people or blind, or luck is finally on your side." You took a sip. He glanced through the corner of his eyes, but still couldn't see you.

"What now? You gon pity me or some shit? Call me out for being such a fucking disappointment?"

"Why would I do that?" He turned his head over his shoulder and looked directly at the back of your head. "You did more than what I ever could've."

"Yet I still failed." You scoffed and downed your drink, the notified waiter refilling it within moments. "Something funny?"

"Just you thinking you're so special," you could feel him lifting his brows and twisted your head to look at him. Your arm rested atop the booths. Both your faces were really close.

"I'm not-"

"But you are," you swallowed more comfort-juice.

"I'm not-"

"But you are," he stayed quiet to avoid irritation. "Stop thinking you're so special just because some villain whooped your ass. Life happens and there's nothing you can do about it... except laugh it off and call out: 'Fuck you too'," his eyes softened after a moment's worth of pondering. Then he started to chuckle amusingly.

"Have we met?" He then asked, voice a mixture of pure depression and pure delight.

You shrugged. "You've had many, but I'm a lucky bitch who was railed by the Pro Hero Hawks." A seductive grin grinned and he lifted a brow. Your glass rested on your bottom lip and daring eyes looked up at him. "Guess you were just having a shitty day and needed some therapy."

He reached for his own drink and downed the burning liquid. "Guess you pop up exactly when I need you most, huh." You snickered and placed your empty glass down.

"Are you saying you're having a bad day?" Fuck, you were being a slut. Your finger traced circles on his shoulder, ignoring the threatening glare he sent your way. "Maybe you need some therapy."

You looked at him. Fuck, you looked at him.

And that's how you ended up under him, begging for more and pleading for him to stop. Hands clawing at his back as his mouth sucked, bit, gnawed, and kissed away at your body.

Both naked. Both steaming hot. Both already dripping with sweat. Both horny as life itself. Where exactly? He said it was his place, but you didn't quite remember it being as such. Didn't matter. Nothing mattered.

Nothing mattered other than his slick fucking fingers stretching you out mercilessly. Your hands gripped at his hair and pulled, groans and moans syncing sexually. He added his thumb to rub your clit. Your back arched and a string of curses cursed their way out your mouth. The common stranger would never take you for being so verbal.

And you weren't. Unless it was a frustrated, animalistic horny beast busy railing you into the fucking ground. You came all over his hand, his fingers dripping soaking wet with the evidence you proved of being ready. He did that. He made you feel so good your body erupted with sensational orgasm.

"I think- I'm starting- to remember you," he spoke between sloppy kisses, ignoring his desperation for air. You kept on kissing him back.

"How so?"

He pulled away and flipped you over, forcing you into doggy style. He took a moment; a painfully short moment, just to take all of you in. "Who the fuck wouldn't remember something as incredible as you?"

Your head dropped with a childish grin. Big, rough hands tightly gripped your sides. Your heartbeat beat faster and faster at the anticipating expectation of him filling you up. You weren't a virgin when he fucked you before, but his size made you feel like tearing everything possible. It had you anxiously excited.

"Ha!" You responded to his previous statement. "You haven't seen the least of my incredibility," you boasted. Then you felt it. A massive fucking cock just brushing over your dripping cunt. It slid between your folds, massaging your clit with every up and down movement.

His chest pressed up against your back, mouth close to your ear. You felt his hot breaths. You felt his tongue wetting your lobe. Shivers. Fucking shivers.

"Then show me."

Fuck! What better word to describe what he was doing to you? With no mercy and no time for taking a breath, he fucked himself deep into you. Pounding endlessly until you swore, he reached your cervix. A repeated motion of buckling his hips and gripping your waist. It drove you mad.

Again and again, he thrusted into you and then for absolutely no fucking reason... he stopped. Dick buried deep inside of you, you were hoisted up and pressed against him. Your back against his chest. Both standing on your knees, only you had a twitching cock inside of you.

"Show me exactly what makes you so memorable."

When you made your remark, you meant it in two ways. You were incredible. Your quirk, to be more specific. And when he uttered those words, it somehow managed to slip out doubled meaning as well.

When all he got was sympathy, you proved to him that life was cruel and there was no point bitching about that. Yet you lightened something that he didn't even know was there. A flame, perhaps? A glimpse of... motivation?

His arms were crossed over your body, each hand gripping a tit. your one hand reached to cup his cheek, while the other rested atop his hands. His nose nuzzled into your neck, pecking it softly.

"If I did that, you might not want to let me go."

You wanted him. Before it was only a hunch and even now you could've just been under the influence of his arousal, but you wanted him. And not just in the sexual way. You wanted him. Desperately.

"You thought I was going to let you go?" He tugged at a string in your mind that sent flutters into your tummy. One peck to the cheek and you were back on all fours, gripping onto the sheets and crying out cries of pleasure. Bouncing along to his beat. Taking him in inch by inch. Like a hawk in heat, he made you his.

His thrusts became sloppy and breaths even more rigid. He was close. You gasped and yelped all at once, feeling the sudden attachment of his finger fingering your clit. Over stimulation. Complete and utter rapture. Glee that made you feel wanted and adored. How could he have such an effect on you?

Your walls tightened and pussy juices squirted all over his pounding cock. Hawks himself then joined you in orgasm and filled you with his seed. Hot, sticky cum dripped from your cunt, sweat mixing in with it.

You were exhausted. He plucked himself from your clingy pussy and turned to sit on the edge of the bed. At first, you fell face first into the bed. You then caught your breath and adjusted your position to look at him. He sensed it and looked back at you.

No words. He simply crawled onto the bed and wrapped big strong arms around you. Gently, he shifted both your weights to lay on your sides; snuggled up against him. You felt hot, sure, but you also felt safe. You heard him chuckle with little amusement.

"Last time I held you I could at least cover you up," he mentioned towards his lost wings. The fluttering burned and you had a heavy sensation dropping in your chest. He pecked your forehead, but let go when you looked up at him.

"I want to show you how incredible I am now." You've decided. His head titled slightly to the side in confusion and he snickered.

"Thought we already established that, kid."

You pulled your lips into a thin line, but then shook your head. Sincerity in your eyes allowed him to understand how serious you were, and his expression softened. He looked at you and maintained focus on where you were touching him. Over his chest, down his sides. Across his back... until you touched the roots where his wings once were.

He cringed or flinched; you weren't sure. One hand went to his neck, and you pulled him in for a kiss. Something to distract him. Something to comfort him. Intimacy. Affection. Passion. All synced along to the kiss. You worked your magic. He didn't notice.

When you pulled away his forehead touched yours. You felt gingerly at the roots of his wings. You smiled. You started to giggle. He looked down on you and gave you a questioning look. You simply smiled up at him.

"And that smile?" As reply you gestured towards the bathroom. In specific the mirror. He felt like there was something on his face or some shit and decided to get up. You sat there, excitedly waiting for him to open his gift from you. It was honestly the least you could do for him.

He looked at his reflection and saw nothing out of the ordinary. He turned to the side and looked back at where you were sitting on the bed, shrugging. You motioned towards the mirror again, this time he only turned his head to examine his side figure.

H-How?

His eyes were wide, yours were closed. His mouth was agape, yours pulled up in a smug smile. His hands were near trembling, yours were ready to embrace him again. There they were. At his roots.

Two little bundles of freshly grown, scarlet-red feathers. An unforgettable favor.

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Hawks

[duboisdraws]

I have spent a lot of time trying to design this strange monster character. The idea is that they heal incredibly quickly and sort of flip inside out...? Sometimes I don't even know what I'm doing. I named them Val.

I designed this character while playing the Witcher 3. Witchers are made by combining humans with organs and mutagens from monsters to make them killing machines, and the whole thing is run by a bunch of 'schools'. I like the idea of some mad mage thinking he could do it better and doing his own combinations with grotesque results.  Val's main ability is their healing. During the combination process, their body began growing and replicating, almost turning inside-out, as the 'healing' wasn't detecting injury and was regenerating willy nilly. Once stabilized, Val is left with deformities, an extra arm, or leg, or even a face. This is their new default state, cutting off the extra limbs just makes them grow back. If too much damage is done, the body once again regenerates to an extreme degree, creating an awful creature of hundreds of faces and limbs and bodies. These limbs can be monstrous, presenting claws or spikes, as the monster DNA fights to become dominant. Val cannot be killed, simply contained, a sword jammed in the brain stem negates the healing, though once removed, the process starts again. I've played around a lot with the design and am never fully satisfied. I also like to imagine that they have a bit of magic the way witchers do, able to imbue small spells into Blair witch style stick statuettes and wicker dolls. Just things to make crops grow, or poison anyone who touches it, whatever really. They found refuge as the 'village witch', covering their body as to not scare humans, making a modest abode in a cave or simply shack. 

[wazzappp]

Resident Evil 7 Mold discussion / Theory

Ok so this is going to be split into a few pieces:

What IS the mold

Infection process details as well as details about why Ethan didn't fall under her control

Hivemind hiarchy and enemy management on Eveline's side of things.

What IS The Mold:

Ok so first things first the Mold isn't actually a mold. We know from part one of the R and D report page 3, the mold is actually a fungus that a shadowy organization called The Connections had been manipulating for their own bioweapon purposes. This fungus is called the Mutamycite and is derived from the Megamycite (which we learn about from resident evil 8). They just DECIDED to call it mold because IDK WHY FUCK YOU YOU FUCKERS MOLD AND FUNGI ARENT THE SAME YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE SCIENTISTS YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE ACCURATE AUGHHHHHHHH anyway for the sake of general understanding I'm mostly just gonna keep calling it 'the mold'

The Connections created Eveline through trial and error of exposing an embryo to this fungus. The various body parts we collect throughout the game for both the cure and the E-Necrotoxin are actually from her failed 'siblings'.

Infection Process:

We know from part 2 of the R and D report found in the labs/mines that Eveline's 'Molded' creatures can be created through her mycelium which she secretes through her tissue which is AWESOME FUCK YEA FUCK YES MY FRIEND MY BEST FRIEND MYCELIUM LETS GOOOOO.

Wer'e coming back to details about the mycelium in a minute because WHOOP WHOOP HIVEMIND MOMENT but the actual infection process needs more examination. The way it's described in part 2 R and D report, it sounds like Eveline can either spawn these molded or turn them from people (coming back to the spawning in a sec don't forget about it)

We know they can be turned because of both the note at the beginning of the game keeping track of those turned and dead, the deputy's half turned severed head in the fridge, and the pre release 'Opening Hour' teaser where we SEE someones body be taken over in real time.

The details of the infection process are in Infection Report 1. So here is what the actual report says and then what my reasoning of it is.

"Initial Infection The mold ingests nutrients from the subject's body to propagate itself, and slowly takes over cells within the body.

As a side effect of this, the infected subject gains remarkable regenerative abilities.

During experiments, we removed arms and legs from test subjects and found that they were able to coapt the amputated limbs in a matter of minutes."

Its my theory that the reason the Mold is able to both sidestep the immune system and to cause this regenerative effect is because the mold itself is mimicking the biological structures it runs into. As it works its way through the body, it's replacing everything that exists, so naturally if any damage occurs it can just regrow since replacing that tissue is what it was doing any way.

This gets interesting when you start including more than one species during this initial infection process. Like the Dimitrescu daughters. After death and insertion of the cadou parasite they were swarmed with flies until they covered their entire bodies. The mold was able to assimilate their DNA as well as the human DNA of the daughters themselves, allowing them to transition between the two.

It is ALSO very important to note that Ethan is under this level of infection for the majority of the game. He has an amazing degree of regeneration without the side effect of Eveline's control because he hasn't reached the mid stage infection, which is described next. Its pretty interesting how the time periods of how long it takes for Evelines control to take hold changes from person to person. 3 years after infection and Mia is still resisting, but the Bakers fell under her influence almost IMMEDIATLY based off of the 'Daughters' DLC. It looks like things kind of went?? back to normal?? for a second there but its pretty ambigous. This could rely on a variaty of factors ranging from Eveline's strength (she seems kind of tired at the end of the game. maybe less powerful than when she wasn't over extending herself) and the state of the tissue she's infecting.

I think it would make sense that the mold can infect Dead tissue faster than Living tissue because theres no immune response whatsoever. Maybe thats why Ethan was experiencing stage 2 symptoms after only 12 hours even with Eveline's weakened state taken into consideration.

"Mid-stage Infection Once the mold reaches the brain, the subject's thoughts become "in tune" with those of the E-Series asset.

If this state continues, the host will lose all sense of ego."

It is VERY interesting that apparently we can see this fungal structure in x rays, which we know because of Margurite Bakers doctors note. This is really awesome because that means the mycelium structures are spreading into the brain and maybe starting to integrate the host into the hive-mind even BEFORE complete integration/assimilation. I wonder what would happen if you killed someone mid integration? Would only the memories/functions of the part of the brain thats been integrated be shared or would it just not go through at all? Also this hive-mind component is going to come back later so don't forget this either.

"Complete Infection After every cell in the body has been taken over by the mold, the subject begins to lose their human form. Physical mutations differ from case to case, but all result in him or her acquiring incredible physical strength.

Containing a subject at this stage would be extremely difficult."

PHYSICAL MUTATIONS BABY LETS FUCKING GO. Ok so if the mold is just replicating itself in a way where its trying to mimic the structure of the original host, why do mutations happen? Because with increased replication there also comes an increased chance of mutation. Jack Baker gets more and more fucked up as the bossfights go on, finally appearing as a barely human monster for the final boathouse fight. THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO HIS BEING CUT IN HALF. The mold has a LOT to fix after that much damage has been done and with it comes an increased chance for mutation, plus when you take into account he's been 'killed' throughout the night, the mold making up his body has been put through a TREMENDOUS amount of strain.

We can also see after his death, while Ethan is chillin in a mold pillar, that his real consciousness is kept in the hive-mind Eveline has constructed for the area, which leads me to the next point.

Hive-mind hierarchy and enemy management on Eveline's side of things:

Ok remember the mycelium from earlier? I told you to remember them because it's coming back now. If you hadn't heard of this amazing part of fungi you're leaving fully educated now.

Mycelium are essentially the nervous system of a fungal colony. Just one spore can result in a network like this. Mushrooms are actually the fruiting part of a mycelium network, this is what goes on underneath the surface. You may have heard that clusters of mushrooms communicate with each other through their networks and this is true! In fact theres a colony of Armillara that spreads for over 2,000 acres (or 10 square kilometers) in Oregon. The uh. way they phrased it in the article was pretty disturbing tbh; "This was kind of a side project," Smith recalls. "We were looking at the boundaries of [fungal] individuals using genetic tests and the first year we didn't find the edge."

Mycelium communicate with their colony by exchanging information, sharing resources, and even hijacking other plants in the area as an early warning system for danger.

This is AWESOME because it means that Eveline's infection has indeed spread across the entirety of the Baker estate. Its assimilated all of the local plant life, all of the local wildlife (punching molded alligators into submission is badass) and appears to be able to spread through water as well (dead fish when re entering the boathouse after the ship section). Eveline has turned the entire area into her own fungal colony thats directly under her control.

So now we get to the nitty gritty about how this relates to the hive-mind hierarchy in the game. There appears to be not one but TWO hive-mind functions operating in this hellhole. Obviously we have the main hive-mind that Ethan Winters sees when he's stuck in that mold column. Because we see Eveline has been stored in the megamycite in the 'Shadows of Rose' DLC. it appears that this is like. a smaller hive-mind thats attached to the main one. If the megamycite's hive-mind was a house, this would be the shed; Separate but still connected. but I also propose that Marguerite has her own smaller, less complicated hive-mind for controlling her bug enemies.

During Marguerite's "Bug-pit" boss-fight, we can see that the bug enemies aren't just attacking at random, she's conducting them. This is just another one of Eveline's 'gifts'. I think she prioritizes mothers above most other family members. I think it would make sense because she was LITERALLY CREATED AS A VESSEL FOR MOTHER MIRANDA TO RESURRECT HER DEAD KID and theres further evidence in that she directly gifted Marguerite her dead siblings arm that can be used to make a cure that stops her from influencing someones mind (at least for a little while) for safekeeping (run on sentences my beloved).

Ok so back to the 'shed' analogy that I mentioned before. Theres a problem I noticed with the amount of people that go missing vs the amount of enemies Ethan fights throughout the game. We can see newspaper articles in the kitchen saying things like 'Over 20 missing in two years'. ETHAN FIGHTS. WAY MORE THAN 20 MOLDED. Even being generous that the news was wrong Ethans gotta be fighting what at least 90 Molded over the course of the game?? (im. so tempted to rewatch the whole thing and keep track of how many spawn. so tempted). Theres a simple answer to this problem. We know from the 'Shadows of Rose' DLC that grunt minds are stored in the hive as well as the more developed boss minds. I propose that these aren't new molded consciousnesses that Ethans fighting, its the same ones over and over again. Getting killed and sent back and respawned and killed and sent back and respawned over and over stuck in a rotating door of present in the real world and stuck in the 'shed'. The shed is the molded's own personal HELL they're just not mentally present enough to recognize it.

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Can Gallifreyans get cancer?

Can Gallifreyans get cancer?

🔬 Understanding Cancer

Before we explore the concept of Gallifreyan cancer, let's first talk about how cancer works for humans.

In human bodies, cancer begins when cells start to grow uncontrollably, bypassing the usual checks and balances of cell division. These rogue cells can form tumours, invade neighbouring tissues, and spread to other body parts through the bloodstream.

🌌 Gallifreyan View of Cancer: 'That's weird'

Historically, Gallifreyans have viewed cancer with a kind of pity and avoidance, probably due to a teaspoon full of ignorance that comes with their advanced biology. That's because their sophisticated cellular repair mechanisms provide natural protection against cancer - cancer is not really a thing for them.

Why not?

🌟 Lindos Cells

At the heart of Gallifreyan resilience is their internal repair system, which is powered by lindos cells (regeneration cells). When cellular damage is detected, the lindal gland triggers dormant stem cells to transform into specialised repair units. This response system ensures that abnormal cells are either repaired or completely renewed, preventing the unchecked growth that's characteristic of cancer.

🧬 DNA and Telomeres

In human biology, telomeres protect chromosome ends like little caps, but these wear down over time, leading to ageing and increased cancer risk. Gallifreyans, with their lindos-based telomeres, can regenerate these protective caps, dramatically slowing ageing and reducing cancer risks associated with telomere shortening.

However ...

🌀 When Protection Fails

Despite their advanced biology, Gallifreyans aren't immune to disease. A malfunction in the lindal gland, disruptions in artron energy, or errors in cell differentiation could result in Gallifreyan-specific cellular disorders. While not 'cancer' by human definition, these disorders mirror cancer’s impact through potentially uncontrollable cell growth or malfunction, though it's likely that regeneration would cure this.

Related (kind of, not really):

Do Time Lord-specific disabilities exist?: Types of disabilities specifically for Gallifreyans, both known and theoretical.

Can disabilities persist through regenerations?: The nature of inherent and regeneration-specific disabilities.

Hope that helped! 😃

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