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do u think omegaverse acknowledges covid-19 and the generation of people who permanently lost their sense of smell like how are they all scenting each other now is the omegaverse economy in shambles

gayagendaofficial

actually pheromone sensing works differently from normal olfaction, since humans in our world don’t have a functioning vomeronasal organ (VNO), we don’t have any data on how covid-19 would affect a functioning VNO in omegaverse AUs

gaysie

Actually there is evidence that covid probably would affect the VNO and it stands to reason would accordingly impair its function. Briefly:

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid, can only infect cells expressing a certain protein called ACE2

ACE2 is expressed widely in nasal cavity epithelial cells but not in olfactory sensory neurons.

Seo et al. (2021) studied potential nasal targets for SARS-CoV-2 using golden hamsters as a model organism (commonly used as a proxy for humans in virology studies)

They found ACE2 expression in the main olfactory bulb epithelium (MOE, your “normal” nose organ) as well as the vomeronasal organ (VNO)

Several cell types in the VNO were able to be infected and they also found significant inflammatory activity (macrophage activation, apoptotic cells, etc)

The specifics of how covid actually causes dysosmia are not known for sure but epithelial damage by local inflammatory immune responses likely plays a role, especially because sensory neurons themselves are not affected (Bilinska, & Butowt, 2020). Therefore I would suggest a potential similar effect of VNO dysfunction as we see in the main olfactory bulb

From Seo et al.: “Considering the function of the VNO, infection and subsequent pathologic changes may affect the behavior of Syrian hamsters”

If it stands to reason that omegaverse individuals have functioning VNOs similar to members of the animal kingdom, then it is more than reasonable to conclude that covid may cause them to lose not only their main olfactory function, but also their VNO function as well

References: (1) (2)

In conclusion the omegaverse economy IS in shambles.

mahalidael

OP this is very well-written but im still hung up on how you came onstage dressed as a clown only to tear off the costume and reveal yourself as a biologist

nonbinarypastels

no but how much audacity and sheer entitlement do you have to have to tell people they need to stop posting their darkfic and porn fic and any other fic you don’t like to ao3 so you can have a safe space when ao3 was literally created as a safe space for writers to post their content without fear of it being randomly wiped out by pro-censorship assholes with an agenda like what has happened to plenty of other fic archives before?

“but a lot of us see ao3 as a safe space to get away from that kind of nasty content” - lol you can see the middle of a busy interstate as a safe space all you want too but that doesn’t mean that you get to walk into the road and scream at all the cars going by that they’re the ones infringing on your safe space either

ao3 is not, has never been, and will never be a site meant for nothing but children’s stories. you can “see it” like that as much as you want but there’s a difference between fiction and reality and that view of what ao3 is like is as fictional as the stories posted on it.

smokeymcbandit

Caveat your policies and principles, because there’s a mad difference between children’s stories and stories that are harmful across the board.

A lot of writers on ao3 don’t care to tag their stories appropriately, or consider the harm they perpetrate with their stories, or take responsibility for the harm they cause with their stories. It’s one thing to write whatever you want, it’s another to publish it, publicise it, and not take care enough to note if it’s harmful.

brydeswhale

Let’s be honest, a lot of supposed “dark fic” is generally just exploitive masturbatory fantasy. It’s often written by ppl who don’t care what bigotry they perpetuate, what harmful tropes they use, any of that, as long as they get their kicks.

You can write what you want, but if you choose to post it publicly, you need to be prepared for an audience that has its own opinions. And the audience might say, “This archive needs a better policy”.

elfwreck

The audience might - but AO3 wasn’t created for the audience. It was created for the authors, so they’d have a place to post their fics that kept getting thrown off of other sites.

You might think those sites were correct and some kinds of content shouldn’t be allowed in public anywhere. In which case, you might want to stay away from AO3, because it was explicitly and directly created to host stuff that was unacceptable elsewhere. That’s its core purpose.

Fics that aren’t tagged according to the archive’s rules can be reported. However, there’s not much tagging that’s actually required: Just the warnings (including the option of “choose not to warn,” meaning “not telling you if any of these things are here”) and a fandom. They can leave off the rating, and it’ll be sorted as if it were explicit.

AO3 was meant to be supportive of both “authors who want to tag major and minor pairings, every notable trope in the story, and several types of relationships” - and authors who tag NOTHING but the fandom and maybe a pairing. The “what tags are required?” debate was not new when AO3 was founded, more than 13 years ago. So they opted for a bare minimum of safety tags, added the option of adding a bunch more, and said “Reader Beware: We don’t require that tagging be complete.”

brydeswhale

Bitch, if AO3 was just for authors, it wouldn’t exist, because we all would have gotten off our own dicks years ago and realized we didn’t need public acclaim to enjoy writing.

elfwreck

It wasn’t created “just” for authors. But it was created for authors first, with the for-readers features being most focused on, “hey authors - how do you want your readers to find you?”

There’s a difference between wanting to share writing with a community and “needing public acclaim.”

We knew damn well when we set up AO3’s terms of service, that there would be people who decided, “I am NOT putting my writing on a site that hosts THAT AWFUL STUFF.” (At the time, we kind of assumed “That Awful Stuff” was “Voldemort victorious; Death Eater orgies abound” fics, not “Harry/Draco underage” fics, but we also knew that what’s considered “wrong” changes over time.) (Some of us remember when just saying you read slash could get you kicked out of a fandom’s locked email list.)

We weren’t really expecting demands that AO3 change its policies, because… those weren’t after-the-fact decisions? It wasn’t, “hey, let’s build an archive, and oh, I guess we’ll let the icky smut in too.” It was, “The icky smut keeps getting banned/ deleted/ forbidden/ removed because the mods got into a fight about what to allow…. what can we do about that? How about… an archive?”

Complaints that AO3 allows the stuff that AO3 was created to host will get zero results. No changes in policy; no open consideration; no public discussions.

AO3 is now one of the busiest fanfic sites on the internet, because it turns out, a LOT of people like a no-censorship approach. But if popularity wanes and only the ultra-kink-friendly people are still active… that’s fine. That’s what it’s for. Everyone else has a whole internet that will host their content.

colubrina

If you do not like AO3’s no-censorship policies, you are welcome to create your own site with heavier content restrictions. I believe the code is open source, so have at it.

kyraneko

They don’t want the pure-and-wholesome filth-free fic repository, they want the bullying.

caesarsaladinn

reading poetry forces you to ask wrenching, necessary, impossible questions, like "is the author stupid? or am I?"

#why not both?

parkayquarts

im not even the type of guy to go "actually it's frankenstein's MONSTER" because a painting by rembrandt or picasso or any other artist is often called "a rembrandt" or "a picasso" as shorthand. so in this respect frankenstein's monster can be considered "a frankenstein"

parkayquarts

darling I love your 8 foot tall patchwork flesh creature, it really livens up the place. is that an authentic frankenstein?

parkayquarts

it's only a true frankenstein if it was produced in the frankenstein region of switzerland. otherwise it's just a sparkling homunculus

portraitofadumbassonfire

Me being happy that one of the firefighters on the firefighter show is finally canonically Bi despite never watching a single episode:

tananais

belly and jeremiah in season two of the summer i turned pretty

#i finally watched s2 #is anyone else weirdly fixated on party!jere's whole “you don't have to hurt yourself to get my attention” moment #because that was?#weirdly hot #help i like a straight ship

twunkboyfriend

REBLOG if you are ASEXUAL, support ASEXUALS, or are SECRETLY 16 CATS IN A TRENCH COAT

mossdftba

I figured the Jolene loving site needed to see this

haven't seen you in my notes in ages but you're on it in like a minute the moment I reblog something that mentions ice hockey. genuinely inspiring. <3

I honestly very rarely go on Tumblr so I like to think it was a serendipitous lil coincidence ;)

xueyangapologist

time for an ancient tradition….. how many of these artists have you heard of? miraculously i’m at 42

#a solid 22

shiverandqueeef

Non-Canadians of tumblr!

pick the iconic canadian musician/band you've heard of (if any)

The Tragically Hip

The Guess Who

Jann Arden

Billy Talent

Gordon Lightfoot

Buffy St. Marie

Rough Trade

Arcade Fire

Roch Voisine

Protest the Hero

I'm Canadian but i wanna click a button (understandable. click away my friend)

Voting ended onAug 18, 2023

if you picked one of the options lemme know in the tags how you heard about them (or if you have a totally different canadian band you know and want to rant about!)

#though I know who Billy Talent and Arcade Fire are #I did not know they were Canadian #I have however listened to The Tragically Hip #and am super aware of their Canadian-ness

ryan-sometimes

If 2 barbies don’t scissor in the movie it’s not realistic

memeclassheroes

greywrenn

#‘el pastel promedio tiene tres leches’ es en realidad un error estadístico. El pastel promedio tiene 0 leches. Leches Georg#quien vive en una cueva y absorbe 10.000 leches al día#es un valor atípico qeu no debería haberse contado (via @deathbycoldopen)

tropical-lycan

Therapist: 'Zac Efron' Neil Josten isn't real, he can't hurt you!

Zac Efron Neil: :] I'm fine

Original meme

For those of you who don't have the context for this -> I said a while ago that I did not understand the 'Zac Efron Neil trend' for Neil, well...Apparently it isn't a trend and Nora Savavic did really headcanon him to be her Neil Josten actor

Source:

#loooooll nora your boy is 5'3

catboyfahey

i am a huge advocate of wylan van eck being a bitch i encourage and actively support it actually

#six of crows #yes i fell in a new fandom #hello tumblr

foxglves

my experience reading aftg was actually the biggest red flag that I was destined to be a sports fan because the entire time whenever they were talking about the mafia shit and like gay sex or whatever I would be like I DO NOT CARE. when will we go back to talking about Not Box Lacrosse. tell me more about how this struggling college sports team is going to fix their defense enough to win the championship. I don't care that your dad is trying to kill you please elaborate on how the divisional realignment is affecting your season

#tbh i came for the murder lacrosse #stayed for demisexual goodness #i could take or leave the mafia bits #still lmaoing at this pro co-ed sport having tiny 5'1 murderface andrew minyard be THE goalie #height? in pro sport? nah not necessary for these twinks