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The Best Banana Joke of 1894

Max: How many bananas does it take?

Dennis: I don't know. Four?

Max: Seven!

There’s something lurking in the brush…

Hello! Welcome to my second Clangen blog! I’m trying something a bit different here, so sorry if it seems at all weird!!!

Basic idea:

This story mainly follows Riverbreak, a Thrushclan she-cat whom, alongside 4 others, established The Valley Optimist mission. The mission’s goal is to prove safety within the notoriously dangerous grass valley below the clans’ mountain home, said to house a monstrous beast dubbed “The Greattooth”. Though, Riverbreak’s true hope with the Optimists is to re-find all the unfairly exiled cats from the clans, who had been sent to perish in the Greattooth’s jaws. All seems well for the optimists, until tragedy hits the clans, and the only reasonable blame falls on the four’s heads.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: There will be a lot of bl0od and stuff, d4ad cats, child/kit d4ath, yk… this may not be the best to read if that is a sensitivity!!! They may also be some storylines regarding toxic relationships, a lot of murder (for some reason my clangen is just senselessly violent), terminality, and uh yeah.

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Elongated lore explanation:

The setting of this storyline takes place in Pleistocene North America. I tried my best to align the period from which animals show up, though let me know if any species end up time/location switching by accident! Domestic cats obviously aren’t supposed to be in this time period, and the clans are, to an extent, aware of this fact.

By word of legends passed down through generations, cats once walked among forests of concrete and safety, and were looked after by a higher being, of whom were named the Ancients (twolegs). For a long time, cats were content in life, but the Ancients’ numbers quickly outgrew what the world could sustain, and soon, all walks of life reaped the consequences.

Desperate for a solution, and with new advances, the ancients engineered a rift through to new (though we know them as old) lands, and they settled, bringing their feline subjects alongside them. For some time, life went on, but with this newfound land, the ancients grew greedy, and their new home one more began to wither. At the sight of it, the Stars, the creators and protectors of all space and time, grew furious at the animals. This world was not theirs to destroy, and when the ancients refused to back away, the Stars wiped them off the map. The cats never saw their lords again.

At the fall of their former superiors, the crestfallen housecats were left to fend for their own. Many split off into clusters and colonies, spreading far, far out from each other in hopes to rebuild. One clutter came to the Highpeaks, and settled down forming a clan on and beneath each of the five along its outer rim: Wishclan on the Easternmost peak, with an expansive lake on their territory -Bloomclan to the west border of Wishclan, with a boggish, forested landscape - Thrushclan in the centre of the five, with tundras and a camp towering above their peak’s great cliffs - Wolverineclan to the west of Thrushclan, their territory a mix of Tundra and expansive pine forests - and Lionclan at the Westernmost peak, hunting and weaving their way through water-carved caves and abandoned Beastclaw (Ground Sloth) burrows, building a life almost entirely beneath the surface.

Seeing the error and destruction of their former lords’ constant consumption, the clans firmly turned away from their old ways of life, swearing never to take more than the earth could provide, and never to recieve without giving back to the world that sustained them. They devoted themselves entirely to the Stars - to Starclan.

Other info:

Moons here are going to vary in length and quality from time to time, depending on how important/eventful a moon is. They may also be spaced out into episodes or parts instead of single uploads (example: moon 0)

If you’re referring to me (the author/OP), feel free to use the name Nana :D

Character asks WILL be a part of how I convey the plot cuz I just like drawing them and it makes my job easier PLEASE ASK THE CHARACTERS STUFF PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

I don’t really have a set end for this. I have conclusions to arcs, but not the story as a whole, so endings may be a bit messy.

re; these tags i just wanted to give u context cuz i am Normal™ abt disco elysium

^ THIS is shivers (has banger quotes. its basically ur character Communicating With The City)

^ and THIS is pain threshold (The Pain Guy)

This is a post to dispel misinformation regarding the commonly spread idea that some trans women will, once a month, get cramps and mood swings just like when us cis women have our periods.

This is categorically untrue and a potentially harmful message to be telling trans women.

To start, let's explore period cramps themselves and how they work. Period cramps are caused by the uterus contracting in order to expel its thick lining. The hormone actually responsible for telling your body to do these muscle crampings are called prostaglandins, and some women produce too much of it, worsening their cramps. (Source)

Now, both males and females have prostaglandins. But the way they're employed is very different if you do not have a uterus. As the body uses prostaglandins for a variety of things, it isn't something regulated by our endocrine systems. It's (generally) produced where it's needed, when it's needed, and there are different kinds with different functions. In females, the uterus itself produces the prostaglandins in order to get rid of its lining. So a male body has no reason, ever, to create prostaglandins for the sake of an organ it does not possess during a cycle it is not experiencing. (Source)

This should probably explain why, under no circumstances, even when on hormone therapy, trans women would be experiencing these forms of cramps.

And yet, some trans women do cramp. And some cis women without periods - or uteruses altogether! - do as well. What's up with that?

Well, in women with IUDs who no longer get periods, the IUD itself can be an irritant. I've had three IUDs myself (two different varieties) and I can tell you that first year was hellish. I was constantly cramping and bleeding. Though I'm not one of the lucky ones to have my periods stop entirely.

Here's the thing, though; IUDs don't stop you from producing hormones and experiencing that influx which normally accompanies a period. So yeah, you'll be moody, your gut may hurt, but it isn't uterine cramps causing that. Further explanation below.

In women who have had hysterectomies, the fact that trauma to the body causes prostaglandins to release can explain why, for a while after, the area may be cramping. Prostaglandins can also irritate the bowels, causing the intestines to cramp, which are notably in a similar area to the uterus.

There's also evidence that having an organ removed causes the mind to create phantom sensations, which could make someone think they're feeling period cramps. These are, however, hallucinations and should subside as time goes on. (Source)

To read more about the many reasons for cramps without a period, this page written by and for women with hysterectomies is very informative. A lot of those reasons apply to men and trans women as well.

Now onto trans women specifically. Why would a trans women experience cramping in regular intervals if it isn't the body mimicking a period?

Well, lots of reasons, as explained in the link above.

But here's probably the most common one.

Have you heard of period poops? Well, I definitely can vouch for the fact that, on my period, my shits are very different. This is actually because both estrogen and progesterone (as well as prostaglandins) affect your intestines. More specifically, large influxes of either hormone irritate your bowels, potentially leading to painful cramps and constipation. If you're a trans women getting regular injections, you don't have a "cycle" per se, but you do have a period of time where a large amount of estrogen/progesterone is suddenly circulating through your body. That's going to rock the boat a little. So yeah, HRT can give you PMS-like symptoms as well as bowel cramps. (Source)

This isn't really comparable to a period, but if you want to call it that, I can't stop you.

TL;DR trans women have no uterus, which means no uterus cramps. Trans women on HRT may find that estrogen and/or progesterone irritate their bowels and give them gastrointestinal cramping.

I Will Be Making And Posting Fanfiction Prompts For Others To Use, Feel Free To Expand Upon Them And Create Your Own Ideas Based On Them.

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I Will Also Be Doing Pokemon Content With My Self Insert, As He's Shanghai'd Into Doing Work As A Professor's Assistant.

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