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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
kelasparmak
kelasparmak

quick poll folks - can you just tell if you love someone romantically? or even if you’re interested in them romantically? or is it like a super vague guessing game between ‘i like you as a person and also your aesthetic’ and… whatever extra is involved in romance?

tinsnip

Even for people who aren’t aro, it’s super vague guessing game.
‘Am I in love? Do I like him or LIKE like him? Do I just want to have sex? I think about him a lot. Is that love? I mean, I don’t think I’d DIE for him, so is it REALLY love?’

Romance is super weird.

Or maybe that’s just me?

kelasparmak
tinsnip

Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, DS1920s
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Julian Bashir/Elim Garak
Characters: Julian Bashir, Elim Garak, Benjamin Sisko, Jadzia Dax, Odo, Kira Nerys, Miles O'Brien, and a variety of convenient characters, insectoid and otherwise
Additional Tags: AU, Alternate Universe, Genteel Interbellum, sort of, Jeeves and Wooster - Freeform, Wodehouse, Pastiche, done with love!

Chapter 4: newts and darts.

tinsnip

omg kelasparmark your tags <3
But YES
That was important to both me and to Lady – that the characters still be themselves. Or else it’s just Wodehouse fic! And that has a place, but it isn’t in the DS9 tag!
I’m glad the writing sounds right. I bathed in Wodehouse for months.
I should do that again…

Source: archiveofourown.org
speculative-evolution
typhlonectes

The oldest evidence for brood care in the fossil record comes from a specimen of Waptia fieldensis, an early arthropod relative of shrimp and lobsters. Waptia lived in what is now known as the Burgess Shale fossil deposit in Canada, which is dated to the Cambrian period – around 500 million years ago.

In 2015, five specimens of Waptia were found containing up to 24 eggs each. The eggs were relatively big: an average diameter of 2mm compared to the 8cm of the mother’s body length. This is an example of what scientists call “K-selection strategy of reproduction,” which means that Waptia laid relatively small clutches of eggs for an invertebrate, taking care of them for an extended period of time instead of leaving the offspring to fend for themselves.

Just like most arthropods, this early creature had a segmented body. The first segment, which protected its head, was split into two parts – what is known as a “bivalved carapace.” It was within this carapace, attached to the inner surface, that the animal kept its eggs…