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Mirabel & Vanellope

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading this!

My boyfriend and I have added to our Disney Descendants multi-crossover AU.

In addition to our original characters, we have established a timeline for the AU, and changed up the backstories of canon characters, one example being Vanellope Von Schweetz.

In our Disney Descendants AU, Vanellope Von Schweetz is actually Vanessa Madrigal, as she is Mirabel Madrigal's daughter. "Vanellope Von Schweetz" is her screen name. She was born right between Belle and the Beast's wedding and the formation of Auradon, making her, according to the timeline of our AU, three-and-a-half years older than Prince/King Ben(her exact date of birth is November 27, 1995) . She is one of a set of triplets, and she has two brothers. I will elaborate about them in another post.

She is one of the very first graduates/alumni of Auradon Prep(Class of 2014). At the time of the Descendants franchise, she is in university, studying mechanical engineering.

I will provide details of the events of the Wreck It Ralph movies in our AU in another post.

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It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Hirobel 90 Day Fiance

Good morning, afternoon, or evening! Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my post!

I am a huge fan of Disney, and I am also a huge fan of TLC reality shows, especially ones from the 90 Day Fiance Franchise.

Last night, while I was watching 90 day fiance, I thought that if they were adults in teh modern day, Mirabel and Hiro would make a perfect 90 Day Fiance couple!

What do you think? Please tell me in a reply or reblog below.

As always, thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to ready my post, and have a good day or night.

Good News Network

Scientists Grow Tree from 1,000-year-old Seed Found in Cave–May Be Lost Medicinal Plant in the Bible

Dr. Sallon and her team thought it was an extinct species known from history as Judean Balsam, but it turned out to be something called Tsor

"During an archaeological dig in a desert area north of Jerusalem 40 years ago, a seed was discovered which was determined to be in pristine condition but had obviously seen many a year.

Now, despite falling from its parent 1,000 years ago, it has grown into a mature tree, and botanists examining it believe it may be an extinct species that was used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years—even receiving a nod in the Bible.

Neither Israeli botanists, nor Dr. Sarah Sallon, a physician who founded the Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, could determine what species it was from simply from the seed covering. So they did what nature intended—they planted it.

Using a well-documented technique that saw 2,000-year-old date palm fruit pits germinate, Dr. Sallon soaked the seed in hormones, liquid fertilizer, and water, and then planted it in a pot of sterile seed; then waited.

Despite its genetic code being exposed to environmental stressors for over 1,000 years, the seed sprouted after 5 weeks. The shoot was protected by a caplike feature called an operculum. As the shoot grew, the operculum was shed—leaving something for the team to radiocarbon date. It narrowed down the age of the almost 10-centuries-old seed to between the years 993 an 1202.

Fast forward 14 years and the plant has become a 10-foot-tall tree. Dr. Sallon shared images of the tree, its bark, and its leaves with botanists around the world. One expert suggested it belonged to the genus Commiphora, found across the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Africa. A genetic analysis subsequently revealed this was the case, but a perfect match was lacking.

Pictured: The tree, now 14 years old.

Dr. Sallon and her team thought it was an extinct species known from history as Judean Balsam, but the best way to confirm that suspicion would be to have some aromatic traces similar to the resins of the myrrh tree to which it is related. However, no such fragrant compounds were detected.

Instead, the chemical analysis of the leaves identified a group of phytochemicals known as guggulterols which have been observed in a related species called Commiphora wightii that’s known to possess certain cancer-fighting properties in its resin.

A medicinal balm, the origin of which is not known, is mentioned in multiple historical texts including the Bible as ‘tsori,’ and rather than the fragrant Judean Balsam, it’s this tsori that Dr. Sallon and her team believe they have found.

They must wait until the tree, now 14 years old, produces flower or fruit to know for sure if it’s an extinct species, and if so, how to perhaps keep it alive.

Dr. Louise Colville, senior research leader in seed and stress biology at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London who wasn’t involved in the research, told CNN that it was a major accomplishment to grow a seed that old and possibly lead to a resurrection of this Biblical botanical.

“What’s surprising in this story is it was just a single seed and to be able to have one chance for that to germinate is extremely lucky,” she said.

“Working in a seed bank, seeing the potential for that extreme longevity gives us hope that banking and storing seeds that some at least will survive for very long periods of time.”"

-via Good News Network, October 8, 2024

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Note: This is such a good demonstration of why seed banks are so important!! They give us such real and massive hope for deextinction and the revival of endangered species.

Mirabel and Vanellope Part 3(Featuring Hiro)

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone who is reading this.

My boyfriend and I have updated our Descendants AU, and part of that included adding to or changing the backstories of canon Disney characters, some of the being Hiro Hamata and Vanellope Von Schweetz.

In our AU, Vanessa Madrigal, aka "Vanellope Von Schweetz" is the daughter of Mirabel Madrigal and Hiro Hamata.

Hiro met Mirabel while he was on a business trip in The Encanto, when they were ~20 years old, or around 3 years before the formation of Auaradon. The started dating soon after they met, and a few months into their relationship, Hiro's firm transferred locations, from Sanfransokyo to The Encanto. They then dated for 2 years, and on their 2nd anniversary, Hiro proposed to Mirabel in July of 1994. Mirabel said yes, and they married 6 months, in late January of 1995. A few months into marriage, Mini-Max informed Mirabel that she was expecting triplets. The new triplets were born a few days before the formation of Auaradon. I will provide more information on them in my next post

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Question

if anyone is reading my blog, may I please ask you, what is your opinoin on Yelena Belova?

I personally think she is very fun to watch, and acts in a realistic way considering her situation.

I did not state that you said that Kim Jong Un was a saint.

I really think people have forgotten just how bad things were under the Trump Administration. Literally every day there was news about some service being cut or someone terrible appointed somewhere they shouldn't be or what have you. He constantly flirted with WW3 and military dictatorship. It was such a blur of badness that there aren't big standouts for people to point to to make him "the XYZ president." it was everything. all the time. Why do we not remember this.

Ava and Oksana

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading this!

Last night, I posted about my Black Widow fanfiction. I tagged many characters from the Black Widow books by Margaret Stohl, as characters from those books are key characters in the story: Ava is the main character's daughter, Oksana is the main character's best friend's daughter, Dante and Sofi are the main character's best friend's kid siblings, and Alexei Romanov is the main character's adoptive brother/child(it's complicated).

The story is a meeting point between the MCU, Margaret Stohl novels, and Earth-730834.

Despite making many changes, like in the novels, Ava and Oksana are close friends in my fic.

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“But I knew no one. I was alone. No one cared. You might as well have left me to die.”

“You didn’t, did you?”

“Die? No, I didn’t. No thanks to you. Now I know I can only depend on myself.”

“Exactly.” Natasha shrugged. “You’re welcome.”

Ava Orlova

(Sometimes you just gotta cosplay obscure marvel characters that only @42wallaby-way-sydney and @yelenarooskaya know about. Also, will I ever be able to cosplay a character without doing something angsty? Apparently the answer is no)

Edit: I have decided to abridge the titles. As of the day I post this, I will decide on the new, shorter titles by the end of the day. Thank you for understanding.

New Fanfiction Changes: Titles

Good morning, afternoon, or evening.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my post.

Earlier, I have posted about my new black widow fanfiction, and how I have made some edits to it, and in the process changed it up.

One of the most notable changes I have made is to the title.

Originally, I had planned to release one fic, titled "The Widows Caretaker". However, I have changed my plans, to instead release a series of fics, to explains where it all starts and where it all ends up. As such, I have changed the titles, so they flow together in a series.

I have changed it to the red medic series.

The Red Medic is the protagonist Olgas vigilante alias.

As of now, here are the stories, in chronological order(in terms of setting):

Red Guardian and the Red Medic

Red Medic: On Becoming an Angel; Part 1

Red Medic: On Becoming an Angel; Part 2

Red Medic and the Red Widow

TLDR: "The Widows Caretaker" is now titled as the "Red Medic" series.

In my next post, I will explain changes I made to the setting. If you are a fan of the TV series Yellowstone, you will be excited to hear about this story!

Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my post. Have a good day or night.