Two Knights Rode Forth at Early Dawn

Ren With a Variable Number of es | 35 | she/they Queer Spacer, Occasional Writer I occasionally write/post about sex, so 🔞/MDNI please.

[arburi]

Hi, I'm Ren, René, Renée, or, if you're vowel-averse, Rn. I'm a she/they lesbian, and married.

I'm an astrophysicist and university professor who specializes in researching massive compact structures like white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. I also made the mistake of getting a math Ph.D. to go along with my astrophysics Ph.D., so you can also call me a mathematician if you want to make me suffer. I minored in geology way back in my undergrad, which is a far more interesting field.

I unapologetically like smut, leather kink, bondage, and age gap. That means if you're under 18, you need to hit that exit button. Come back when you're of legal age. Other details below the cut.

I mainly post about Mass Effect, Arcane/League of Legends, and Cyberpunk. You'll see other fandoms sprinkled in on occasion. I enjoy writing when I have time, though it's doubtful you'll see much of it unless you ask. If you've found me, it's probably because someone shared one of my lore posts or something else I wrote while waiting for my laundry to dry at 2:00 am. If you're looking for sources of F/M or M/M romance, you are going to be so disappointed. I like it when girls kiss. Or hit each other. Or hit each other and then kiss. Non-binaries and gender-non-conforming persons work too. So long as a man isn't involved, I'm probably good with it. Characters are dolls that you can play pretend with, smash together, and make kiss. Fiction doesn't mean endorsement.

Main ships you'll find here, if any, are: Mass Effect: Shepard / Samara Shepard / Liara Shepard / Aria Shepard / Ashley

Arcane/League of Legends: CaitVi / Piltover's Finest Caitlyn / Maddie Nolen Caitlyn / Ambessa

Cyberpunk: Female V / Judy Alvarez Female V / Meredith Stout

[gammaraydeath]

clocking in at the "nothing about the krogan makes sense" factory yet again

[arburi]

You're pushed to feel bad/renegade for not saving the krogan, but the games themselves continuously point to it being a Really Bad Idea.

Krogan are repeatedly shown to not be able to control their numbers, and when there's too many in a limited space, EDI says they become aggressive. Tuchanka was a nuclear wasteland before the genophage. Resources are limited, so what's the plan there? Tuchanka can't support a large population.

At the end of the war, every species will be vying to restore colonies, but resources again will be limited. Wrex (if alive) will outright say that he's already pressuring the Council for new worlds before the war is even over. If you destroy the cure, you can use Wrex's pulling out of krogan forces to infer that he was holding their contribution over the Council's heads.

Both he and Bakara say they'll lead the krogan into a diplomatic future, but that caters way too much to some Great Man/Woman ideology. I don't see two people leading the 2.1 billion krogan on Tuchanka alone, much less the ones also scattered across the galaxy.

No matter what choice you make, someone is going to die a pointless death. I feel bad for Wrex and Bakara, but I lean towards sabotaging the genophage cure as the long term option. BioWare constantly tells you how bad of an idea the cure is, then goes, "You're a very bad person for not curing it. Here's some extra punishment. :)"

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[arburi]

Sasha: "What are you doing?" Me: "Cringe posting on Tumblr." Sasha: "Aren't all Tumblr posts cringe posts?"

[arburi]

Every night can be church night when you have a body worship kink.

[arburi]

The problem with working across the road from your partner is that you never want to do the typical academic lunches that are expected from you.

"Hey, do you want to join us for sad sandwiches and salads?" you're asked.

But nooo, it's considered impolite to say you'd rather go eat waffles with the pretty lady across the street.

[yamino]

🤬

[arburi]

In 2019, I went to a Pride festival dressed in leather, hung out with a few other leather dykes, and generally just enjoyed the parade. Sweated my ass off, and got warm enough that I debated leaving early to go change into lighter clothes.

Two somewhat buzzed girls walked up to me, and complimented my outfit. They asked for photos, one with me "stepping" on them, and another with us recreating the "wall pin" pose. One of them was drunk enough to sneak a kiss on the latter. We talked for a bit, then went our separate ways.

I didn't get their names, nor give mine. Might sound silly, but I was (and still am, somewhat) worried about people cross-referencing things and getting me removed from my job.

It was a bit funny, though. I didn't know it then, but I'd just met the woman I'd marry for the first time.

Happy Pride

[avadaniels]

"Scrooge learns the true meaning of Bisexual Awareness Week" Make Some Noise Season 3 Episode 11

[timefortigers]

problem i have is whenever i read write say or hear "sugar baby" my brain is like oh yeah, i know what that is! pretty sure we can reliably derive meaning for this term based on other definitions that precede it in our internal lexicon, like "sugar glider" and "bush baby". we are definitely talking about some kind of small arboreal marsupial with large eyes. it's probably not ethical for this wealthy patron to be keeping one as a pet

[whitepeopletwitter]

[ramshacklefey]

No IDs, but these tags got me in a huff:

So ok look. The point is not the flared leg by itself. These cannot be yoga pants. These are, and you have to understand this if you are too young to have worn them, BLUE JEANS. And this was the last years before all jeans were 70% spandex.

They were denim, and they weren't bell bottoms. They hung loose from the knee in a way that would make a wizard envious. We all walked around like we were wearing hakama. And they dragged on the ground. That was important. Ragged cuffs. If your jeans weren't so long that they had ratty cuffs, they were embarrassingly short.

And the thing about denim is that it's a twill weave and it's cotton. So not only does it hold a lot of water, it wicks. Walking around in these suckers on a wet day could get you wet to the knees even if you never stepped in a puddle.

Then you'd go inside and take off your shoes and try to avoid letting your freezing, wet, filthy pant legs touch your skin.

Yoga pants. Hmf.

[elodieunderglass]

people in cold climates would have a tide line of white marks around their knees (if they were normal height) in the winter.

From wicking up road salt.

[taibhsearachd]

The visceral memory of that time is something that never leaves you. Everyone's jeans were many inches higher in the back than the front because you kept stepping on the hem and ripping it off. Your lower legs were so very cold. Every new pair of jeans literally enveloped your entire foot, they were so so long re: leg-to-waist ratio. Walking on a rainy day was a legitimate workout. You have no idea.

[cugzarui]

as a chemist i would like to say BWAHAHAHAHAHA

[alexseanchai]

image description at explainXKCD:

explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.

[flareonfloof]

its a bit easier for astronomers

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

NO! Where’s the non-metals and metaloids?!

[flareonfloof]

are they hydrogen or helium

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

oxygen, carbon, sulfur, xenon, iodine, neon, etc etc.

[flareonfloof]

ooo okay i see the confusion. you're listing off a bunch of metals there

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

…. You’re breaking my chemistry nerd brain. Hhhuuuhhhh???

[flareonfloof]

im an astrophysicist

[nerdynonnativenarnian]

but but, science is science?!

[flareonfloof]

and different fields of science have different conventions and definitions for their unique contexts

[katzeregi]

[oberonsson]

Dame Archer kicks McDougal’s Scots ass there in the rain at the Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire - August 11, 2018 - Photo by Douglas Herring

[anarcho-wormism-deactivated2019]

😮

[garrettauthor]

Oh NO.

[treacleaergia]

me, a sheltered noblewoman: Pray who is that brave knight? Dame Archer:*turns around* me: gasp! *instantly in love*

[dirtyriver]

Alicia Archer

[ex-sang-uination]

my bi heart………

[ohmightysmiter]

I’VE NEVER SEEN THE ADDED PICS

[hrefnatheravenqueen]

[nyx-belial]

*dies*

[garrettauthor]

Oh shit.

[notlostonanadventure]

GAY KNIGHTS

[unicornofdarknessstuff-deactiva]

Fellas I’m real gay

[thecarrott]

@0hheytherebigbadwolf HELP!!

[0hheytherebigbadwolf]

Every June this inevitably winds up back on my dash. And I appreciate that. And I will reblog it. Every time.

[overclockedopossum]

@defectivegembrain

[h0ney-guy]

Happy Pride Everyone!!!!!

[romans-art]

Kathryn Janeway done as That Picture of Katharine Hepburn. Maybe this is some more Killing Game stuff where Katrine is a dashing pilot during the interwar period idk

[arburi]

1 and 26 please!

1: If you had to dye your hair, what colour would you pick?

Probably a deep purple or green. I have very green eyes, so those colors would set them off nicely. I'd probably get a short cut/undercut too, just because my hair is getting a bit longer now and I don't know how well those colors would look in my typical ponytail. 26: Share one outlook you have on life?

There's an exercise sometimes done for undergraduate students in courses that start getting involved in quantum physics and other small-scale physics. They have a small box, palm-sized usually, that is very tightly sealed - nothing is getting in or out of it. Inside is a complex structure - layers, barricades, holes, etc - and a number small of objects inside. The students can feel the weight of the box, can hear the objects move around; tilting or flipping the box moves the objects inside.

In groups or alone, the students tilt the box around, and this helps them get an idea of the objects inside. More massive objects only move with more tilting, larger objects meet more barricades, etc. Only through invisible exploration can you discover the layered structure. Their job is to describe or draw what they think the objects are, how many there are, and to detail out the interior structure of the box. But they are to never open the box. Then they pass it around, getting a different box, and once everyone is finished they all compare. But they never find out what's actually inside. It's all inferred. Their only examination of the interior is by what they see outside. Naturally, they're going to be incorrect about some things. They might change their model based on what others say, or have their own ideas affirmed.

People and their lives are like those boxes. You can watch how a family interacts outside, and make suppositions on what's going on in their lives, but until you are in their home and seeing their dynamics for yourself, you don't actually know what's going on. For individuals, their outward self is different than their internal self. You can observe for as long as you want, but you're never really going to get a complete picture.

This is a long way of saying that it's important to not be judgemental in life. You don't know what's really going on with other people. How they are acting and what they are saying gives you an idea of what might be going on, but you shouldn't take that idea as fact.

[ale-tie]

POV: you're shorter than Alice

[arburi]

2 and 7?

2: In an emergency, who would you call?

If it's just me in an emergency? I'd call me wife. I know it sounds like the "duh, what an obvious answer" response, but I know Sash would help me get rid of a body if I asked her to - no questions asked. 7: Describe a dream you had recently.

I recently dreamt that I was in the middle of a long road trip, and forgot where I was supposed to be driving to. So I changed plans and started driving somewhere else, only to forget where I was going again. Two other people were in the car with me, but I absolutely had no idea who they were. Were they even consistently the same people? It feels like they might not have been.

I went from desert to forest to desert to forest, and when I realized at some point that I couldn't see the Sun, I woke up. Had a weird unsettled feeling in my stomach while I drank my morning tea.