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Hi! It's my first time posting here, I'm nervous, I don't even know how to use Tumblr.

But look, I made this Lapis Lazuli drawing, I hope you like it.

So as someone who's taken a college biology class with an entire unit dedicated to sex differentiation it's been bugging me immensely to see so many people (mostly on threads) say that "we're all female at conception" There's some truth to female anatomy being the "default baby" because it takes less developmental energy to create/maintain but "we're all female to start" is a way oversimplification of this to the point it's just not true. I'm not claiming to be an expert by any means but I would like to spread the knowledge I do have bc I think it's honestly cool as hell

To start I've seen this talked about a lot in relation to Trump trying to sign an executive order that categorizes people's sex by "the gametes they have at conception" There's so many issues with this. A zygote is not producing gametes at conception, it's a single cell. A zygote carries the genetic coding for which sex you are but genes are not the final determination and only make up part of your sex. For example, you may have an SRY gene which is the catalyst for male development but it may be damaged and not expressed. A person may present entirely as one sex but not be able to produce gametes, Sex isn't just one characteristic.

Once a fetus begins developing its organs it doesn't just start out with female anatomy which can then "become male anatomy if you have the genes for it" We actually start out with undifferentiated gonads (which are still not producing gametes) and two duct systems, one that can become the female reproductive organs and one that can become the male. They're called the Müllerian and Wolffian ducts. (Science illustration so you know I'm not just pulling this out of my ass)

This is where our genes come into play deciding if our gonads become ova or testes and which ducts develop into our reproductive organs. Shout out to all my intersex folks, a lot of intersex conditions become expressed at this stage of development. For example, a person with androgen insensitivity syndrome would have XY chromosomes but would have missing or non-functioning androgen receptors. This means their gonads become testes and the hormone that degrades the Mullerian ducts is released, but their body cannot use any androgens to continue male development. This means without androgens the wolffian ducts also degrade and the person would have external female genitalia and internal testes. My knowledge on the more micro-biology and chemical reactions part of sex determination is more limited so I can't really talk about it in a comprehensive way but I just wanted to share this really cool human fact.

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Since getting Tumblr I have so many more ways to procrastinate, a double edged sword perhaps.

SU Main cast redesigns

I recently got back into the SU fandom and got the urge to do some redesigns. So for my designs I wanted to do the crystal gems in the "Greg era" from before Steven was born.

I didn't change Young Greg at all but wanted to draw him as well. For Rose I thought she might have switched out from a dress to a flowy pant set for more comfort and mobility.

I took inspiration for Pearl from her pilot design. I love the design but feel like it doesn't match her personality as well as the main design so I tried to blend the two.

Amethyst I had the most ideas for, I thought since what is normally sold as citrine is just heat-treated amethyst, She might have some orange from being "over cooked" I also put her in a more casual outfit. I think jorts fit her much better than short shorts. I did forget she was much more of a kid in the Greg era but I think it still works.

I don't have much reasoning for Garnet, I just thought she looked really cool. I gave her hand wraps since she uses gauntlets and made her more muscular to show off her strength.

Please don't repost my art to other platforms!

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