(no subject)
Whee! You know you want more. Yes, it is I again, with more biological slash.
This time, the infection of a host cell by a virus came up in lesons - and again the bunnies bit. All about the attraction of the host cell's receptors to the virus' antigens - a match made in, well, disease. And all that stuff about how the virus uses the cell and ends up destroying it? When haven't we seen a relationship end up like that. *shakes head sadly*
And so! I present! Relatively short and incredibly insane.
Virus/Host Cell - The Anatomy of a Dysfunctional Relationship.
(POV of host cell.)
I should have known, really, as soon as I saw you coming. In retrospect I can hardly believe I was so stupid, so blind...but alas, such introspection is beyond me now.
I was blown away by the attraction I felt - the closer you came, the stronger and more undeniable it was. My receptors were tingling in anticipation - your protein antigens were just so specific to them. I would have died before refusing you.
And so, we came together, and the touch of you triggered such a reaction in me - it was bliss beyond any I had ever felt. You thrust your genetic material into me and I felt so filled and complete, and we became one.
Perfection.
Or so I thought.
But you didn’t really want me for me, did you? You fooled me, you only wanted me for my ribosomes - you never cared about me, ever. Ours was an abusive relationship - it degenerated, after that first blissful coupling, into something I hated, but I just couldn’t escape from. You wormed your way into my life, and I thought I loved you, and you me - ha. A fool indeed I was.
You used me, ruthlessly, for your own ends - you used my ribosomes for your own selfish protein synthesis, replicating your DNA and your oh-so-handsome protein capsid.
And then you were finished with me, you’d wrung out everything I had to offer - and you burst out, destroying me utterly. You went on your merry fucking way and left me a useless shell.
I hope you know I can never live again, not like before - I am but a dead, ruptured membrane, life and cytoplasm leaking away, along with any trust and love that remained in my heart. No more activity for me, no protein synthesis, no nothing. You ruined me!
And I can’t warn those that lie in your path, those who will be so easily seduced - after all, they’re like I was, complementary receptors and all.
So carefree, so willing, and you will destroy them too, you philanderer, leaving behind you an ever increasing debris of broken cells.
I hope you’re happy.
This time, the infection of a host cell by a virus came up in lesons - and again the bunnies bit. All about the attraction of the host cell's receptors to the virus' antigens - a match made in, well, disease. And all that stuff about how the virus uses the cell and ends up destroying it? When haven't we seen a relationship end up like that. *shakes head sadly*
And so! I present! Relatively short and incredibly insane.
Virus/Host Cell - The Anatomy of a Dysfunctional Relationship.
(POV of host cell.)
I should have known, really, as soon as I saw you coming. In retrospect I can hardly believe I was so stupid, so blind...but alas, such introspection is beyond me now.
I was blown away by the attraction I felt - the closer you came, the stronger and more undeniable it was. My receptors were tingling in anticipation - your protein antigens were just so specific to them. I would have died before refusing you.
And so, we came together, and the touch of you triggered such a reaction in me - it was bliss beyond any I had ever felt. You thrust your genetic material into me and I felt so filled and complete, and we became one.
Perfection.
Or so I thought.
But you didn’t really want me for me, did you? You fooled me, you only wanted me for my ribosomes - you never cared about me, ever. Ours was an abusive relationship - it degenerated, after that first blissful coupling, into something I hated, but I just couldn’t escape from. You wormed your way into my life, and I thought I loved you, and you me - ha. A fool indeed I was.
You used me, ruthlessly, for your own ends - you used my ribosomes for your own selfish protein synthesis, replicating your DNA and your oh-so-handsome protein capsid.
And then you were finished with me, you’d wrung out everything I had to offer - and you burst out, destroying me utterly. You went on your merry fucking way and left me a useless shell.
I hope you know I can never live again, not like before - I am but a dead, ruptured membrane, life and cytoplasm leaking away, along with any trust and love that remained in my heart. No more activity for me, no protein synthesis, no nothing. You ruined me!
And I can’t warn those that lie in your path, those who will be so easily seduced - after all, they’re like I was, complementary receptors and all.
So carefree, so willing, and you will destroy them too, you philanderer, leaving behind you an ever increasing debris of broken cells.
I hope you’re happy.