#msm rambles

[gooblenoodle]

i think i've accidentally summoned the msm fandom here on tumblr..unexpected, but welcome..

[merlins-sexy-magic]

okay so the sex chromosomes are referred to as X and Y, and their combination determines a person's sex. typically, human females have two X chromosomes while males possess an XY pairing

when a baby is conceived, a mother can only pass on an X chromosome, because they only have X sex chromosomes. but a father can pass on either X or Y, which ultimately determines the sex of the baby. XX results in a daughter, and XY results in a son

but dragonlord abilities can only be passed on to a dragonlord's first born son, and will not be passed onto girls. this may present a problem if a dragonlord only ever has daughters

so what if, for dragonlords, there is a built-in failsafe for passing on dragonlord abilities?

what if dragonlords could only pass on the Y sex chromosome?? (resulting in only ever being able to have sons). or, at the very least, are heavily more likely to pass on the Y chromosome. this way, there is almost a certainty that they will have a son to pass their culture and abilities to

obviously this is grossly simplified, and doesn't include the possibility of those with chromosome abnormalities, other contributors to conceiving a child and their sex, or transgender people, but it's interesting to think that magic could affect biology and genetics like that, to ensure its bloodline survival

[moonstarmarauder]

With the amount of time I've spent trying to sleep I could have watched two episodes of Merlin.