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Ahhh of course!! Both of those AUs originate from what I call the Deceitus Vortex, aka my friend @ghostkittypog and I got a little obsessed with an Alien!Janus au and since in WIBAR, Janus hasn't been introduced yet, we were like "What if WIBAR? But Deceitus!Janus?"

So essentially, Deceitus are a race of bug-like aliens operating under under a collective hive mind and have a similar structure to bees in that there is a "Queen Bee" that is viewed as a Leader of a Hive and all Deceitus underneath them are known as "Workers" and are seen as non-sentient, merely extensions of a Leader's will and might.

They tendency to invade and decimate other alien species due to an evolved hyper sense of distrust and aggression towards outsiders to their hive (stemming from centuries of generational trauma). They have the ability to absorb DNA and shapeshift, hence the moniker "Deceitus." In their true forms, they can range from 5-10 ft in size depending on if they are a worker or a leader, as well as some differences between hives. Workers use it/its pronouns, Leaders use they/them pronouns but generally as a whole Deceitus are very gender-neutral.

In terms of their involvement in the WIBAR verse, we decided they were supposedly wiped out of existence over a thousand years ago and are seen as a cosmic urban legend of sorts. Unbeknownst to the known universe, Deceitus hid away to less developed planets. Poor Earth not only has dealt with alien abductions, they also get invaded by giant alien bugs.

So the premise for Number 8 "WIBAR Except We Self Indulgently Place Deceitus Janus There" is that it takes place sometime after Making Adjustments and before Let My Mind Reset.

Janus is a worker Deceitus who is aware of humans/Earth through hive mind Deceitus shenanigans but hasn't actually visited Earth personally. Somehow, it gets stranded from the rest of its Hive, on a planet way off course from their usual routes, injured and alone.

It takes shelter into a space vessel that turns out to have a human inside and being the crafty critter it is...it decides to take on the form of a human and attempt to garner sympathy from the Human.

Simple, easy, solid plan except for one issue--it is unaware that humans are not like Deceitus and generally do not look exactly identical.

So, imagine being Virgil who hasn't seen another human for almost a whole year and once you do, it's something replicating your likeness to an unnerving degree and not only that, but it's speaking English to you.

Carpet sharks are so fun tbh, so like, 10/10 for being a fan of them but especially for liking Zebra sharks most! They're so.... OwO looking. Like, that's literally the only way I can describe them lol.

I mean, look at their adorable little faces!

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Anyway! To be Serious™ now because I'm a grown-up and grown-ups are serious... apparently-

Zebra sharks are the last surviving member of an entire shark family within the larger species of carpet shark. The Stegostomatidae family (the other member being the extinct Stegostoma Tethysiensis btw). Zebra sharks have the fancy Latin name of Stegostoma Tigrinum (Steg-o-stoma Tig-ri-num).

You can come across Zebra sharks throughout the tropics of the Indo-Pacific region, especially around coral reefs and sandy flat plains about 200 feet below sea level (62 metres).

The fun thing about Zebra sharks is they're actually kinda... well, not unique in their design but definitely pretty distinctive and easy to tell apart from other sharks that you'll find in the same geographic region.

They're kind of... rotund but like a cylinder instead of a ball. Their caudal fin (aka their tail) is low compared to other shark species and actually kind of accounts for about half their total body length. Actually, the way the caudal tail looks on a Zebra shark isn't too dissimilar to how the caudal tail of a Thresher shark looks! The difference is that the Zebra shark's caudal tail doesn't really have any height to it compared to that of the Thresher shark.

The Thresher shark just has a much, much longer caudal tail because that's what they use to hunt by whipping that bad boy and stunning (or outright killing) their prey.

Zebra shark caudal tail

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Thresher shark caudal tail

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The difference between the caudal fins of the Thresher shark and the Zebra shark is, essentially, that the Thresher shark's caudal fin has height to it whereas the Zebra shark's remains essentially the same height as the rest of its body.

Anyway!

Another neat thing about Zebra sharks is that they're nocturnal. They also are one of several shark species that can remain motionless without drowning which is cool (Great White could never lol). They don't really eat anything that big so they're not a danger to humans either; mainly molluscs, small bony fish, and crustaceans.

Unfortunately, the World Conservation Union has rated Zebra sharks as ENDANGERED because Zebra sharks are used for their meat, fins, and liver oil by fisheries across most of their geographic range. Except Australia actually because of their Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999. The EPBC protects several species of shark including the; Shortfin Mako; the Porbeagle; the Great White as well as many others.

What is kind of good at least is that, even though Zebra sharks are listed as Endangered currently, there's been some conservation work to try and increase their numbers in areas where they have declined due to over-fishing. One example is the StAR Project. The StAR project essentially is about trying to 'rewild' sharks into regions where their numbers have declined. With the Zebra shark, this is being done in the waters of the Indonesian Raja Ampat islands. With 19 countries working together on this project, it's kind of amazing.

The Sydney Sea Life Aquarium is part of a breeding project where, once the eggs are confirmed to have live embryos in them, are flown to Raja Ampat and placed into hatcheries so they can acclimatise to where they will (hopefully) hatch and become part of the biome. It's honestly amazing and I really recommend reading the news article about it here.

And speaking of young Zebra sharks, did you know that Zebra sharks typically grow to about 8 feet in length (8.2ft actually which is about 2.5m)?

Adult Zebra sharks have quite a distinctive coat pattern as well. In Australia they're also called Leopard sharks because of their light colouring with black spots.

Baby Zebra sharks however look completely different!

Up until they're about a metre in length (approx 3ft), Zebra sharks are brown with light vertical stripes and also lack the distinctive five length-wise ridges that adult Zebra sharks have down the length of their bodies.

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favorite headcanons about john and/or tuck and/or their backstories? bonus question: most likely hollanov scene for johntuck to recreate hehehe. :DD

HAPPY NEW YEAR ILY let’s pretend I answered this ask sooner lol. 

So I obviously have a lot of feelings about Tuck and the church, but I've been thinking his father may have actually sent him away following the death of his mother. We know Tuck was pretty young, and probably has very few memories of either parent. I think the idea that his father wanted him to be a priest may be a lie he’s told himself for most of his life. We know he longs for family and community, and the idea that his own remaining family abandoned him for pragmatic reasons instead of spiritual devotion would have left a deep psychological wound. Which is a thing I’m normal about!!!!!

John, on the other hand, has vivid memories of both his parents. Obviously the ones of his dad are traumatic, but I like to think his mom was alive through his mid teen years. He apprenticed with a blacksmith (carrying on the Nailer legacy, which as you know I’ve headcanoned as his mother’s family name, since I don’t think he’d continue using it if it was his father’s) to help support her. After she dies, he ventures into London for the first time. He's not interested in staying in one place for too long, which is why he finds short-term work where he can and doesn't let himself get tied down...until he meets Rob & Co. And I have some ideas about what he does between his first visit to London and the events of the show that I will be writing about in a new fic series hehe.

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Hello!! Honestly embroidery is my strong suit either, if you have Clip Studio you can find slavic patterns as brushes and it’s such a time savor! Here's where you can find the patterms <3

I was wondering if I could make a request with the prompt:

“you need someone.  let me be that person.  let me be what you need”

For something with Sam Winchester, pretty please!

Thank you so much! 💖

Game:  Put “📓” or some other version of a book emoji into my inbox and I’ll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven’t written but daydream about.

I had so many ideas for a post-TFP Sherlolly fic aka a take on Series 5 by yours truly...Essentially Sherlock and Molly finally became a couple but there was some angst waiting for them along the way...and Mary was...dun dun dun...ALIVE. Here are some snippets I wrote out a couple years back now... 

Scene 1: Sherlock finds out Molly helped Mary fake her death and feels betrayed

“Do you have any idea what you’ve done to John?” The guttural pain in Sherlock’s voice cut her to the bone, but she steeled herself and went on the offensive rather than kowtowing to his disparagement.

“Does John have any idea what he’s done to Mary?” Molly inquired brusquely with a pointed look, “She knows everything. Everything, Sherlock.”

“I’ve forgiven him for that,” Sherlock interjected tersely.

“Yes, well, that’s all good and well, but you’re not really the one who needs to forgive those crimes,” asserted Molly, her response infused with utter exasperation. 

Sherlock did not back down. “He’s still had to suffer the loss of her!” His voice carried throughout the room and cracked on the last syllable. Molly found herself fighting back tears.

“She was only supposed to be gone for a few months, six months, tops. But I’m pretty sure the whole cheating business threw a wrench in her plans to come home.” Molly bit her lip, brow furrowed, her anger intermingling with fear and sadness in equal measure.