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[laelior]

Laelior (she/her).

Geologist. Awkward penguin.

Fandom nerd. Outdoors enthusiast. Science geek. Amateur baker. 

I like to play video games and watch shows (mostly sci-fi).

Sporadic writer and even more sporadic gif-maker.

Occasional mature (18+) content.

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My Gifs (potential spoilers for: Mass Effect, The Expanse, and Babylon 5)

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[cranberry-branflakes]

which heart did you get when you liked this post?

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when reblogging, please add the pride tags I've included! if not, anybody liking your reblog will only see regular tumblr hearts :)

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

have you ever had a beef with a teacher/prof

yes

no

hard to say

results

Voting ended onJun 3

[ms-demeanor]

How do you feel about driving?

I can drive, I am good at driving, I enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am good at driving, I do not enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am bad at driving, I enjoy driving.

I can drive, I am bad at driving, I do not enjoy driving.

I haven't learned to drive, I think I would enjoy driving.

I haven't learned to drive, I do not think I would enjoy driving.

I can't drive anymore, I was good at it, I enjoyed driving.

I can't drive anymore, I was good at it, I didn't enjoy it.

I can't drive anymore, I was bad at it, I enjoyed it.

I can't drive anymore, I was bad at it, I didn't enjoy it.

Voting ended onJun 4

[moved-please-leave-me-alone]

Alright your Discord avatar and tumblr avatar are locked in a closet for 7 minutes ala 7 Minutes In Heaven. What happens

[laelior]

Past few months have been A Lot. There's been some good things (professional license acquired!) and many more deeply stressful things (moving a loved one into memory care, death in the family, broken bones).

And I just need to. Write. Or something. But finding the time and energy for it is so hard.

I will write again. Some day.

But first, I need a goddamn break.

And to cuddle with this little chaos gremlin.

[pigeontheoneandonly]

Spent the drive into work inventing an in-universe manga for Mass Effect to support a conversation I want to write in this scene document that has been consuming my spare attention

[pigeontheoneandonly]

@jellisdraws this is not fishing for a cover per your comment lol, but I do feel like talking about it because I thought it was a cool idea. Here is the blurb I wrote after I got home to capture my thoughts:

Virtuous is a wildly popular and critically acclaimed manga series that started its run in 2170.

The basic premise is that a group of semi-immortal assassins reside on a mysterious space station on the edges of dark space, under the watchful eye of its conservator, an asari of great age known as the Director.   There are never more than ten (originally seven) assassins operating at any given time, named by each of the seven virtues.  Each assassin is a resurrected mortal, brought back by unknown forces, who had committed heinous acts in life. They are not permitted to die until they have used their newfound abilities to balance the scales, a path that is rarely straightforward or clear, and always surprising.   However, neither are they resurrected with a newfound sense of guilt or remorse; watching this evolution is part of the series appeal.

These past lives are slowly revealed over the course of each character’s narrative, closely tied to their search for atonement, using their skills to redress evil, though it is unknown which particular set of conditions will finally set them free. Some fight for thousands of years; others for only days.  Each assassin’s crime and atonement is loosely linked to their oppositional deadly sin (ex. the Humility character is immersed in situations involving pride). 

Seven years into the series, three additional virtue characters were added: Faith, Hope, and Love.  These characters have typically led morally bankrupt lives above and beyond even the usual criteria for a Virtue to manifest.  It is implied in the series that these virtue characters only appear in response to the demise of an appropriate mortal, and thus (unlike the original seven), not always active.  (Love in particular is known as one of the most vicious characters in the series, including the antagonists.)

Virtues have been portrayed by nearly every sentient species in the galaxy over the course of the manga’s run, and the only Virtue that is still alive from the original issue is Temperance.  There is constant speculation about her original life as well as her exit condition.

The series is beloved not only for the complex moral themes and intricate narratives, but because of the bittersweet tension of knowing every protagonist is fated to die as soon as they reach personal enlightenment and achieve atonement, which also brings closure to their previous life.  It also forces readers to confront “villains” (in the form of the protagonist Virtues) who never saw their actions as evil in life, and how the actions of their antagonists are seen in that light.  The story plays out against a dramatic an evolving galactic backdrop; though it has existed for less than twenty years real time, it spans several hundred years in-universe, with issues often skipping back and forth across the timeline to explore different phases of the characters’ lives.

Its human author pair is from Benning, and the artist is asari—one of the first alien artists to break into this very human art form.  While it borrows heavily from human religious themes, specifically Christian popular theology, it is also noted for its branching explorations of alien religious and philosophical beliefs, as the true nature of the Director and/or Virtue Station are never revealed, and both its characters and its fans frequently speculate on what drives the cycle of atonement, and what decides when an atonement is complete and the assassin can finally embrace death.

Faith’s Revenge, the final issue involving Faith Harkness, is acclaimed as not only among the best issues of the series, but the best manga issue published in its decade.  Its pyrrhic victory ending stunned fans, but was also noted as an almost perfect resolution to the arc.  (It’s also the particular Shepard I’m writing about’s favorite issue, partially because it’s just good, and partially because it resonates with her experience on Mindoir. And the subject of the conversation I want to write that started this entire train of thought. XD )

[jellisdraws]

Well that sounds fucking sick

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

make a bunch of wheels with bread/cheese/meat/vegetables/sauce/extra so that you can Spin for Sandwich

you're making a sandwich!! Spin THIS wheel 3-5 times for the toppings!

How is it!

good!!

it's alright

ew

EW

inedible

Results

Voting ended onJun 3

op note: I GOT JAM, JAM AND HOT SAUCE. IM DEAD.

[batsdotjpg]

tbh potato is easily in the top 10 reasons to live

[whumpologyy]

pick an injury to give to prev's character

a black eye

a bloody nose

broken ribs

dislocated shoulder

head injury

cigarette burns

whipping scars

broken ankle

bloody gashes

gunshot wound

Voting ended onMay 29

[laelior]

Day 1 at Casa Lae and this sweet little face is already out-gremlining my other chaos gremlin cat.

I fear the day those two actually meet face-to-face.

[laelior]

Bringing my mom's cat home with me and hoping it'll go over well with my cats.

So far the plan is to keep her in a separate room at first and let them sniff each other through the door. I brought some items from home that have my cats' smell on them and plan on showing my cats some items with her smell on them after a day or two. She's going to have her own litter box and her own food.

Folks who have introduced new cats to their homes, how long did you keep them separate before letting them interact? And what else can we do to help this go smoothly?

This is her, singing the song of her people on the way to my house:

[laelior]

[drelldreams]

how many shepard ocs do you have

one

two

3-4

5-6

7-9

10+

i've lost count

( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )

Voting ended onMay 19

i need to know mass effect fans

[serethereal]

deadbeat tumblr mutual

[miss-holloways]

The portent roll of all time fr 🙂‍↕️

[laelior]

Chewing the drywall because I was able to watch half of last night's cr4 and got as far as THAT MOVE by Marisha and have to wait until I'm done with work to finish the episode.