#kyfbau ref

[fratboykate]

the way fratboykate (both the au and me lol) is getting fed lately proves god is a gay woman and she knows times are dire

[fratboykate]

the FBAU feelings her looks today gave me 😭😭😭 next update will be FBAU. for sure. this guarantees it. can't promise when because im SLAMMED with writing i need to deliver to different people for different projects right now but whenever it is...for all of you clamoring for FBAU to come back...you can singlehandedly thank today's press day for it lol

[fratboykate]

this is kate's phone bg in at least one of the aus. and yelena is like "........OH FFS KATE NO"

[fratboykate]

this is the most mom!fbau kate thing ive ever seen

[fratboykate]

Hey! I’m the anon that made that one sketch of Kate and Yelena a while ago. I haven’t been here for a while but I hope you are feeling better after the surgery Papi. Anyways, you’ve been making such good references about the wedding and I want so badly to read about it that I couldn’t help myself. I posted what I imagine would be a wedding FBAU picture. Hope it makes your day a little better!

AYYYYYYYYYYY THE TALENT LOL this is dope dude THANK YOU

[fratboykate]

But can we know about the wedding aesthethic? Where was it? What were their hairdos? Morning wedding or evening wedding? I can live off the vibes for a while until we get the full chapter

They get married in the Glenmere Mansion in Upstate NYC.

Ceremony is outside in that gazebo thing on the third picture.

Keep this fountain/garden in mind because it comes into play in the chapter:

And here's the interior for the reception. The first two are more to sort of set the vibe of the room but they wouldn't go for all white and long tables at all. There would be individual round and square tables and more of a "vibe" to the space like in the last picture.

[fratboykate]

Hey! Did you have in mind any particular outfits for FBAU wedding? I need to know because of reasons

M'kay so not at all exact references. This was a verrrrrry quick search to help sort of explain the vision.

For the wedding I imagine Yelena with an open back and a long train. Even though the back is open I think it would have hella detail on it somehow. Then, for the reception, she would change into something more comfortable. No train, nothing in her way. Just comfy. I see it being more form fitting and pencil skirt-y than loose and flowy.

Kate would have some snazzy blue suit. I see it on the shinier side. Not navy blue. I think it would be some sort of statement blue like this suit. Then for the reception she would take the bowtie out and go fuckboi mode by being hella dapper and opening a few buttons.

[fratboykate]

but it’s ugly 😭 oh and i’ve been wanting to ask you this. how does the baby have both of their genes if they’re both females? it’s there like a explanation for this in the fic universe? because in the real world this is not possible, at least not yet.

We live in a magical world where, in theory, we already have the scientific breakthroughs to give same-sex parents the ability to have biological children. It's been stuff that wasn't initlaly made specifically for that but that could be used for that as well. They mostly haven't moved to the practical phase of because 1) the cost is prohibitive and 2) there's a lot of "ethical" questions about it...which...there's worse things going in the world. Just do it lol.

There's a lot of different research going on right now that seems hella promising on that front. Here's some examples of what's going on:

-CRISPR: "CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. The essence of CRISPR is simple: it's a way of finding a specific bit of DNA inside a cell. After that, the next step in CRISPR gene editing is usually to alter that piece of DNA." This is a cool link about some of the CRISPR studies that are going with DNA editing on that are tangentially related to fertility.

-There's also In Vitro Gametogenesis (IVG). This is the biggest one because it can in theory "form a sperm cell from a cis woman’s stem cell or an egg cell from a cis man’s stem cells. It has already been perfected in mice, producing normal, healthy babies, but has not yet been tested on humans." It was created for another purpose but they figured out it could be used for this amongst other things.

-There's Maternal Spindle Transfer which has already been done successfully in humans. "In the procedure, the grouped-together DNA from a mother’s egg was removed and placed inside a donor egg from another woman, which had been emptied of its DNA. The donor’s egg with the mother’s genes was then fertilized and developed into an embryo that was transferred for pregnancy." In the inverse of this, there have been successful tests of removing genetic material from sperm and replacing it with other DNA. They just haven't made a live human baby with it yet as with this other case.

-There's the study into Primordial Germ Cells: "Pioneering stem cell research undertaken at the University of Cambridge in the U.K. and Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel were able to create primordial germ cells (PCGs)—which go on to become eggs and sperm—using human embryonic stem cells. While the same process had previously been carried out among rodents, this is the first time it has been successfully trialed with human matter, which could be entirely transformative for the future of conception."

Basically.........it's not far-fetched. It's a real thing that is out there it simply hasn't been made available to the public at large for XYZ reasons.

As far as the specific universe of the story: Yelena is a biochemist (undergrad) and biophysicists (PhD). This is LITERALLY her field.

What do Biophsyics do?: "Biophysicists study the relationships between physics and living things like DNA, blood proteins and genetics. They conduct applied research to develop products like medicine to improve our lives. They also develop tests used to detect disease, genetic disorders and other illnesses."

In my mind, Yelena and Melina had resources and connections in the scientific community to get Yelena and Kate into whatever the most advanced clinical human trial on this is. They both also added their brains into the process/had a hand in it. And..........that's how the Bishop Gene Juice was made lol