​The Human Equivalent of a Male Seahorse

Summary: As one of the scientists working in a lab in NewDugWood, Philomena has been hard at work at developing a fertility concoction in order to help woman not only get pregnant, but carry the baby full-term without the many risks that follow. Unfortunately, most of the efforts taken to try this have been denied, and she is know at the near end of her rope. Luckily, a solutions has come to her, though the biggest problem is keeping it a secret from any prying eyes. All the while, dealing with a small romance and a greedy colleague of Philomena’s in this fic based on the film “Junior”. Bad summary aside, expect MPreg, romance and acts split into either 9 months/39 weeks. Criticism is much needed in order to approve:)

Prologue(Chapter One will be Posted Soon)

“Philomena… Philomena?”

“Hmmm?”

“Don’t you think you need to take a break?”

“…Why do you ask?”

“W-well, its just that you’ve hard at work since 5:30 this morning… Plus, you’ve haven’t taken any breaks in awhile…”

“… Perhaps. But, I’m so close Maxine… Once its done, then I’ll take a break.”

The scientist, known as Maxine, sighed as she watched her colleague, a young woman named Philomena Weber, work away at her own experiment. The time on the clock read 11:56 P.M., a time in which everyone working were either at home with their families or getting ready to pack up from the night shift, the same could be said for those who worked at the NewDugWood Valley Lab. That would have been the case for anyone else, except Philomena wasn’t one of those people: she didn’t have anyone to go home to, everyone knew that, but still… to spend nearly all day on just one experiment was just a bit much. Maxine was just one of the few who not only shown concern, but actually decided to check up on her once she realized the clacking of an old keyboard was still going on.

“Mena… Its 11:56 P.M.”

“…Yes it is… so?”

“So? Its almost midnight… It’s been nearly 7 hours. That is not healthy!” Maxine answered, nearly shouting.

“I know… but I’ll be done soon, so don’t worry about me…” Philomena answered, trying her best to word her response carefully. Maxine groaned again, her bag resting on the floor as her coat draped against her body like a cape.

“Mena…”

“Maxine, I’ll be alright. Besides, I’m not the only one who’s still here late… You also need to head home as well…”

“Sigh… Why can’t we both head out?”

“I don’t want to keep you waiting… You have your own home to get to and I have mine, so don’t worry… I’ll call you when I go, ok?”

“…Fine, fine. I’ll go home, but please don’t forget to call me when you do…” Maxine pleaded with her, to which she received a small smile as Philomena returned to her work.

“I won’t… I swear.”

“Ok… but before I go, I have just one question…”

Philomena soon looked up once more. “What’s the question?”

“…What exactly are you working on? You say you’re so close to being done, but what exactly is the experiment that you have been working that you declare is “so important”? I’m not trying to be mean or rude, I just want to know…”

“…Well, its a bit hard to explain, but remember that news article about how the number of infertile women had been going up in NewDugWood?”

“Oh yes I’ve had!”

“Well, that’s what the experiment is about: I’m hoping to create a serum which can not only help a woman carry the child to full-term, but also protect the unborn kid from any complications that often follow, well at least I hope so… I have yet to make sure its perfect. But hopefully, either the next time I come into work or in about one more day…”

“Ah I see. Well, that sounds like a wonderful idea Mena, and if anyone can figure it out, its most definitely you!” Maxine said, smiling proudly at Philomena as she started to get ready to leave.

“Heh… thanks Maxine. Take care.”

“I will. See you later.”

Philomena waved goodbye back as Maxine finally exited, the door slowly closing behind her. Once she was gone, Philomena got serious and got back to work. Her hands moved from the keyboard to several test tubes laid out in front, each containing a few liquids and samples needed. She poured each of the mixtures together with one another, stirring them as different colors emerged before pouring the results into a large beaker. Once the beaker was placed, she walked over to a drawer and fished out a pasteur pipette before reaching for the last ingredient needed: a small sample of Metformin. Squeezing the bulb of the pipette, the liquid bubbled up inside and made its temporary home within as Philomena slowly walked over to the beaker, anticipation building up inside her.

“Phew, alright Mena… just add the a drop of the sample, and get ready to stir for results…” Philomena mumbled to herself, her arm and hand shaking as she slowly moved it towards the opening, a bit of sweat dripping down her forehead.

“You’ve went through every color imaginable, all not carrying the result you are looking for, but perhaps… this one might be the one.”

Soon, the small drop made its way as Philomena slowly swished the beaker around with the palm of her hand before settling it down once more, waiting for the results to pop up as she wiped away the accumulating sweat, pleading slightly in a near whisper.

“Please… please work… Please, give me blue… Please, let this one be blue…”

Fingers were crossed as well as toes, as it settled down, the color quickly changed as the mixture turned from a bright orange to… a simple blue. Philomena looked, seeing if it would change as a means of trolling her even further… but it didn’t.

“It…worked? It, it worked! It worked!!”

Philomena cried out as she ran around the lab, a sense of celebration rushing through her suddenly. After all this time, all the failed results that either blew up in her face or did nothing were worth the effort as she had finally achieved her formula. She soon stopped to catch her breath as she smiled wide, taking the formula in order to place it in a safe place. Now there was only one thing left to do as she cleaned up her work, fixed herself up, and started to get ready to leave…

“I just need to test it out… But on who?”

Notes: This one is short since I didn’t want it to run on. If there is anything I need improving on, please let me know. Hopefully I’ll post chapter one soon, but until than, enjoy.

Info On 🌏, 🏖️ City, Steven, and His Friends and Family for Pink Entity AU

So in the previous post, I kinda went into details about the Entity and what it did to White and Yellow, what it tried to do to Blue, and what happened to the Pearls(well except Blue Pearl by mistake, but she does make it out with her 💎, so she’s 🆗). I also gave the AU the name Pink Entity, sorta like a fusion name… Though it’s pretty bland. Anyway, I decided to focus on 🌏 and what has relatively been going on after the bubble was launched to protect it and what life is like so far.

First is how 🌏 got bubbled. I kinda came up with an 💡 that somehow, Pink managed to launch a bubble(though its mostly to protect Blue from the Entity, since I this takes place before Pink got her colony… Though I’m not sure ^^;). The bubble surrounds the 🌏 for years, protecting it from any attacks the Entity may launch at it, though it is starting to get weak. Whenever it does, Pink makes attempts to launch more in order to keep it from falling apart, though the Entity is catching on, and is starting to try and lock Pink away further in her mind to keep her from doing so. The problem with this is how space might be explored without popping it so my best guess might be that the bubble might be expanded further to allow such things, enveloping others… Though that won’t work out well I think. But that’s the basic 💡…

Next is 🏖️ City. Things are, more or less, the same as in canon. Bill Dewey is still in office, though he is a bit different from his canon counterpart. He does care about 🏖️ City and its inhabitants, constantly trying to find ways to fix whatever problems or complaints they have. However… He’s not really good at it, usually coming up with the solution, only to have it fall apart on him. He only manages to get out of it through the help of Nanefua(when she isn’t working at 🐟 Stew 🍕). She’s the brain of the operations, making sure Dewey doesn’t screw up or talk out of his ass etc. Without her(though he won’t admit it out loud), Bill would have fallen apart. There is also how Bill is as a father to Buck: he’s a mix of the embarrassing but well-meaning and the kinda absent/neglectful single father. He wants to spend as much time as he can with Buck, but unfortunately has a bad perception of space, often times nearly smothering Buck or revealing some embarrassing personal secret of his from a young age. He also ends up missing out on a lot of events considered important to Buck but tries to make up for it. In short, their relationship as father and son is pretty close to nearly being strained.

Next is Greg. Greg still dropped out of college in order to try and become a rockstar, though before he does, he runs away from home after an argument with his parents(which may have turned physically between his dad) and ends up running into his cousin Andy. Despite the two starting to share heated words at the beginning(Andy probably heard about it from his own parents), they both managed to 🆒 down and Greg explained everything more clearly. Andy is, of course, unsure why Greg wishes to be a rockstar but decides to support him someway(he ends up doing so by agreeing to play some form of the 🥁). The two meet Marty(he’s less of an ass than in canon, but is still a jerk when he wants to be), who would become Greg’s manager, and despite Andy’s wariness towards him, Greg agrees to let him be on board on the promise of giving him 25% of the proceedings(it was originally 75% by Marty’s orders, but thanks to Andy’s “persuasion”, it was cut down). They start traveling, doing the usual tour(with Andy pretty much keeping his eye on Marty, and putting him in his place if he feels that the former is trying to pull wool over Greg’s eyes) and just like in the “Story for Steven”, they end up in 🏖️ City. While there, Greg ends up meeting a left shoulder 💎 Quartz soldier and Holly Blue Agate(before she became the manager of the Zoo)who was scouting the area and happened to come across the concert. Once the concert was over, Greg and this Quartz(who we’ll call Army Quartz- she’s a sweetheart though a bit rash and adventurous) start talking and generally get to know each other, as do Andy and Holly(though theirs is a slow burn since Holly is a bit more reluctant around humans)Marty also meets Vidalia, though their relationship doesn’t end up as close as the other two(lets just say, mention Marty around her, Vidalia will instantly mention having violent thoughts of what she would do to him if she saw him again). Now, they have to get back on the road, which of course causes reluctance in both Greg and Andy, though they end up doing so by Marty’s insistence and the both of the female gems convincing them(they do promise to meet up again whenever they get the chance, which is usually when they take breaks from touring and end up relaxing at 🏖️ City). During these, Greg goes on dates with Army Quartz while Andy tries to understand Holly a bit more and vice versa. Soon, she ends up getting pregnant right before the trio is slated to resume touring, which Greg didn’t know about until Holly came up with a 👶 Steven about 9 months after the last encounter between the two, which causes Greg to take responsibility and want to settle down in order to take care of the newborn(which Andy understood, though Marty was a bit 😠). Eventually, Marty agreed, but only till Steven reaches an age “where he doesn’t need to rely on his dad”(his words), which ended being about 14 years and when he starts high school. 

So, while Steven is attending high school, Marty is trying to get Greg and Marty back up to where they were before everything else, often times leaving Steven to be taken care of by Holly Blue, who ends up living with Vidalia, Yellowtail, Sour Cream, and Onion. Steven’s appearance ranges a bit differently from his canon appearance: his hair is similar to Smoky Quartz, he has heterochromia(left eye is like’s Gregs, right eye is a pale pink like his mom), and Shouldy’s 💎 is located on his left shoulder. There is also his outfit(since the Crystal Gems were never formed, he doesn’t have anything with a ⭐ on it), rather it’s just a black 🎽 version of one of his dad’s 👕 merch(the Mr.Universe one that 🌹 got) with a cuffed sleeve olive green jacket, a pair of fingerless gloves, ripped, slightly dirty cuffed blue jeans and black and white loosely tied sneakers. His personality is the same as in the show, though he does end prone to getting into trouble a bit(whenever it’s defending one of his friends or by other means) and is generally a bit more of a darer(always going on adventures with his friends or by himself) and ends up getting hurt but 🆗. 

His friends consist of Connie(more of a 😍 interest), Peedee(who he met at the Fry Shack), and Jeff(the kid Connie accidentally hurt in “Mindful Education”, though, in this version, Jeff is just the new kid and ends up getting into hijinks with the others). They’re considered the outcasts by the other students and some of the teens in 🏖️ City out of school, though it doesn’t bother them as much. They also go on some pretty crazy adventures(usually when Connie isn’t busy with other programs) into the woods or just around 🏖️ City, with Steven also has a job working at The Big Donut alongside Lars and Sadie and sometimes a side job at the 🏖️ City Funland(maybe distributing tokens or prizes). 

Steven may also begin having dreams about random gems still trapped on homeworld or maybe the diamonds(though I’ll elaborate on that a bit more in the future) and asking Holly if he can summon a weapon similar to his Auntie Holly. Alongside his friends, he may begin to start exploring whatever areas are around(ones containing gems who’ve run away from homeworld) using the warp pads(called interdimensional teleporters by Ronaldo). But as mentioned, more might be elaborated for later… As this is starting to get a bit too long^^;

Hopefully, I get to the gems who made it to 🌏 in the future post, and fix up whatever seems too much through you guys! 🙂

Some Fixer-Ups on the Steven Universe AU

So, I decided to go over the AU I made on the spot very late in the night… Like at 2:13 AM… ^^;

Anyway, so I had an 💡 a little earlier, mostly on the Entity and how it will fuse with Pink. I think that it will probably take on a humanoid form: one similar in height of Pink but is generally a blank slate until its fused. When they do, its… Its just a mess: some parts of Pink is present on the outside, like her hair, one of her eyes, and patches of her skin, but its mostly made up of the Entity: now its no longer a plain shape with no voice or features, its now a mirage of blues, purples, and deep shades of red mixing in and fading out(maybe to reflect how it feels but probably not) on the majority of the shared body. One of the eyes is just black, no pupils, no sclera… Nothing. Its also made modifications to Pink’s outfit for its own devices and pretty much screwed up Pink’s 💎 so that Pink can never unfuse from it nor take full control. There’s also the added features of claws, fangs, and tentacles used for impalements of other gems to poof them. Their voice is sorta of echoey and jagged, and there also feels like a second voice is trying to reach out, but is silenced the moment one word is said.

Next is how she turns White and Yellow, and simply put, maybe it uses mind rape on the two of them but probably uses all of it on Yellow. For White, it basically uses the tentacles to hold her down and use one of the newly formed claws to reach into White’s 💎. Basically, it’s like its scratching away at what makes White… well herself, reveling in hearing her scream/plead. Once it’s done, it removes its claws and tentacles off her body before fixing her up like a mall mannequin. Of course, it leaves just a small fragment of White’s free will like a game to 👀 how far she’ll go to free herself before her 💎 starts to crack, and eventually be forced back into the vacuum of her mind to prevent her form from being permanently destroyed… Kinda of fitting(to the Entity) for someone who demanded perfection from everyone else.

Next, for Yellow, it basically tackles her and holds her down before using its claws. Starting from the sides, I like to imagine the Entity slowly traveling the claws up, cutting deep as small shards fall(it’s making sure that it doesn’t poof Yellow), and just like White, it enjoys hearing her 😭 out for help until its finished. Once done, it basically holds Yellow’s head in place and stares into her eyes, showing images that can’t be explained, slowly breaking her until it feels fit to release her as a 😁 wreck unable to stop for fear of becoming a corrupted beast unable to think/remember who she is(similar to canon corrupted gems).

Finally, there’s Blue. Now, while the Entity isn’t able to turn Blue into its own twisted image(due to Pink somehow intervening and telling her to run), it does end up infecting Blue and nearly draining her of either half or all of her powers, to the point where she can only do stuff that serve as inconveniences at best. Her form is also slightly damaged, now no longer tall and foreboding, she’s roughly the size of an average human. Now she’s trapped on 🌏 with no way to face this creature, nor help her remaining family and rescue Pink from it with some of her court and her Pearl by her side.

There’s also to add how the Pearls made it to 🌏 before the bubble was set up: Pink Pearl was in the middle of nearly being mind wiped and turned sub servant to White(I like to imagine that being turned is what caused her eye injury) but is dropped by White when she gets tackled, so she makes it out with only cracks around her it. With White Pearl(our Pearl in canon) helping her, the two managed to escape while the Entity is busy. Yellow Pearl is also rescued in the midst of her 💎 being tortured: something she witnessed while running, reducing her to a bit of a stammering mess while fleeing on the ship alongside other gems.

So that’s pretty much what I have, hopefully, I’ll write more on life on the bubbled 🌏 and the inhabitants of 🏖️ City later on, but this was a revision of the earlier post from morning cause… Well, it was a mess. ^^;

I have a terrible 💡 for an SU AU

There’s no title, and many others probably had this same 💡 but did it twice better… But it kinda involves maybe the Diamonds, or one of their 💎 soldiers finding this strange stuff on the ground: like it’s unknown what it is, seems to be a plain splat but they take it anyway for some reason. They don’t 👀 a lot in it, they think it’s ⚰️, but still, keep it for some reason…

So Pink maybe finds it one day, maybe out of running away due to another outburst by one of the others… I’m not sure, but it’s by complete accident. And upon finding it, this ’entity’ starts speaking to her. Pink has no clue but generally starts to open up and talk back to it, first out of fear but eventually gets to know it better.

This kind of stuff continues every time Pink is left to her own devices: she goes to talk to the Entity and starts revealing stuff about Homeworld and the rest of the 💎 Authority. All while the Entity takes note of this… Of course, not for anything positive. I can’t explain, but this thing isn’t too fond over the fact that it was basically locked away despite calling for help and being experimented at times. So now it’s kinda bidding its time, waiting to find the right opportunity to get back. Along the way, it kinda manipulates Pink subtly by feeding her along about the other Diamonds, how to talk/stand up to them, how they aren’t fond of her… All while pretending to be this kind, helpful source for Pink to let out her feelings.

Then, Pink’s OG Pearl gets taken from her.

Pink is devastated, to which the Entity uses to its advantage. It manages to convince her of how to get her Pearl back through one sacred technique: fusion. Pink isn’t sure, mostly because of how exactly it might work, but the Entity assures her everything will be fine, and that’s its already found away around it. So they do….

The Entity, of course, uses Pink against the other Diamonds, not as an attempt to get back Pink Pearl, but as a way to get back at the Diamonds for its suffering: it forces White 💎 to be, essentially a statue, always in one place, 😁, but never in control of what she says or does. And if she does trying breaking out, she ends up with her 💎 beginning to crack until she essentially shatters herself.

Then, it forces Yellow to be ’happy’(as Pink had always wanted her to be): which meant carving a nice little Glasgow-esque grin on to her face and have her happy all the time. Similar to White, if Yellow falters, her form starts disappearing and wavering… Though in her case, she’ll probably end up corrupted.

Now, the Entity attempts to get to Blue, but Pink manages to get through and get Blue(albeit reluctantly) to leave her and head to 🌏. This also sounds off an alarm which causes some of the Gems on Homeworld to evacuate to 🌏 as well, like a last resort, in which Pink, fighting the Entity than surround the 🌏 in a bubble to protect it…

And that’s kinda of the gist. More on it later, but I do need to know if this needs any fixings… Cause this sounds like it sucks 😅

sir-traline:

things parents NEED to stop punishing their kids (especially neurodivergent kids) for:

  • struggling at school
  • having sleeping issues
  • being too tired or stressed to do chores
  • isolating themselves in their room
  • having poor hygiene
  • having a poor diet/ poor eating habits
  • getting distracted by their phones
  • not understanding what you’re saying to them
  • being scared or paranoid of seemingly odd things
  • not being able to get a job
  • trying to relieve their stress by relaxing in bed or talking to friends etc
  • hurting themselves
  • fidgeting/ stimming
  • not telling you every intimate detail of their lives, feelings & relationships
  • getting overwhelmed by things sometimes
  • wanting you to support them