If Jesus was born from a virgin birth, doesn’t that mean he has only an X chromosome. Wouldn’t that make him female?
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TRANS JESUS TRANS JESUS TRANS JESUS
I have taken 3 years of Theology, 1 of Apologetics, and 1 of Anatomy and Physiology and I’m honesty stumped by this one
Those species which are parthenogenic (i.e. self-fertilising, certain lizards, snakes, frogs and fish) the offspring is always genetically/physically female-typical. So yeah, if we were to take the nativity as a scientific story, a parthenogenic human pregnancy (still a scientific impossibility) would result in an AFAB child, and since that child has always been referred to as “he”, voila, trans jesus.
Nothing could make me more curious about your taxidermy than this.
I need this as a t-shirt as “zoologically improbable and/or terrifying to small children” sums me up.
Finally I know what I want inscribed on my tombstone when I die.
I remember the news article, this is the lion that was removed:
THAT IS FUCKING TERRIFYING
OH MY GOD THAT IS HORRIFIC
hahaha
I’M LAUGHING SO HARD OH MY GOD
I can’t remember the last time I actually laughed this hard at something on tumblr. Oh my shit.
ZOO-LOGICALLY IMPROBABLE DOESNT FUCKING COVER IT
I’ve reblogged this before, but not with the lion attached. OH GOD THAT LION
IT’S BACK WITH THE ACTUAL ANIMAL
AHHHHHH
Oh god, I recognize that lion.
It’s mentioned in Still Life:Adventures in Taxidermy by Melissa Milgrom (which I recommend).
This reminds me of that meme cat that’s like “how you feel when you’re wearing socks and step in water” that I spent 15 minutes trying to find a picture of on the internet but cannot.
Hey, do you guys remember the first scene we ever saw in Yuri on Ice? You know the very first one in the first episode. The one where we see Victor skate on a dim rink with Yuuri watching him and commentating on it as a narrator?
It’s been 11 episodes since that first scene but I think it remains relevant. In fact, I believe that it’s shown at the very beginning of the anime because it’s the beginning of the story - the story told by Yuuri about how meeting Victor changed his life. In a way the entire anime is told like someone recalling their past - like someone nostalgically looking back on their life.
So I went back to that scene and I noticed something interesting.
This line is in present tense.
Meaning that when Yuuri is looking back on his life and his journey to get where he is now, Victor is still with him.
Yuuri then switches back to past tense, which now serves as an introduction to the story he’s about to tell. It’s the story of how he always admired Victor, how he met him, how Victor became his coach and everything after that. We know that story - that’s the entire anime.
These 20 short seconds set the tone for the entire show.
There are only three short lines in this first sequence but I think they are hugely important bits of foreshadowing.
And that includes foreshadowing for the ending. Because look at Yuuri’s face and how happy he is - all thanks to Victor. The sequence ends with Yuuri wearing this expression:
Determination? Motivation? Confidence? All of the above?
It’s a subtle presentation of what Victor gave him - or rather, what Victor helped him find within himself. Notice how there’s nothing suggesting any negative feelings here?
That’s because Yuuri’s story will end well, without sadness or pain or regret and we can already tell just through this sequence.
Now, let me tie this back to episode 11.
Yuuri watches Victor throughout the Short Programs and concludes that Victor misses the sport and realizes that he can no longer keep him to himself, away from doing what he seems to love so much. He decides that he needs to let go of Victor after the Grand Prix Final.
Which leads him to say that infamous line:
And now, Yuuri expects Victor to just nod and say “Yes, I’ve wanted to go back to figure skating but I was afraid to tell you. I’m glad you understand, let’s split up after the final.” or some other BS like that.
And this is where that first screenshot, the first line ever pronounced in the show comes into play.
He never fails to surprise me.
Because Yuuri is so convinced that Victor wants to skate again, so sure that Victor can’t stay with him when he retires after the Grand Prix Final, that when Victor tells him that he doesn’t want to skate competitively anymore, that he wants to be with Yuurieven if he’s no longer his coach that it is nothing short of a surprise.
I just wanted to put that out there in case you were still worried about the outcome of that conversation.
Victor never fails to surprise Yuuri, his genuine, unconditional love being perhaps the greatest surprise of them all.