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Ian / Sìne

@vonaether.bsky.social

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Trinity Continuum Content Lead, World of Darkness dev, & etc. for Onyx Path Publishing. If you've ever used the White Wolf Wiki: You're welcome. VTMB's #X20Mod creator, Unofficial Patch contributor. All opinions my own. he/she

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · Oct 19

New intro thread!

Hi! I'm #bigender, which I put up front to explain the two names. I mostly go by "Ian" professionally, so don't get a lot of opportunity to take "Sìne" (sheena) out for a spin. He/she.

I do world-building, and dabble in graphic design, mostly for shitposting reasons.

Ian standing indoors in a grey hoodie, with curly red hair slightly past shoulder length

Sìne standing outdoors in the winter wearing a blue coat, glasses, curly red hair slightly past shoulder length, black cherry lip cream

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you for your service.

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 12h

Fantastic Four (2025)

A Superman poster featuring Superman Robot #4.

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 20h

Dragonlance did that! Tika Waylan was a barmaid at the Inn of the Last Home, got swept up in the War of the Lance, and then later returned to take over the inn.

Dragonlance's Tika Waylan, illustrated by Larry Elmore

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 20h

Wondering if you could somehow gamify one of those gear reduction setups where the final gear would take longer than the universe to rotate once.

Making a GOOGOL:1 Reduction with Lego Gears

YouTube video by Brick Experiment Channel

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 1d

pulled herself out of the billabong. “Crikey, it’s me ol’ cobber Dr. Solan.” She beckoned the doctor over. “You old cunt, c’mere and grab a coldie, I just threw a chook on the barbie.”
Dr. Solan nodded as she approached. “Thanks, Ravella. Had a sanger on the way over, and picked up some goon from a right galah on the way down. I’ve been flat out so was looking forward to a good frothy.”
Ravella tilted her stubby in acknowledgement. “Good on y

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 2d

Recently remembered the existence of William Comyns Beaumont, a guy who theorized that basically the entire ancient world was Britain. Atlantis? Britain. Athens? Sounds a lot like Bath, doesn't it? Jesus of Nazareth, more like Jesus of Somerset.

Comyns Beaumont - Wikipedia

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 2d

This meme but the money is blood and billionaires are vampire counts and Spider-Man is every peasant vampire

A two panel comic. In the first panel: Batman and Iron Man are fighting by throwing money at eatch other.
The second panel is identical, but Spider-Man is crawling on the ground collecting all their spilled money.

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 2d

omg you truly are an honorary träns

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

YES. 100%.

It was strong inspiration for us when we made Aether. Remind me to tell you about the Artilleryman's Vision.

The cover of Trinity Continuum: Aether, a tabletop RPG with lots of Victorian shenanigans, including Dracula, a Nikola Tesla who breached dimensions, and an invasion by Martians.

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

Pinocchio? THE AUDACITY

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

Kirsten Dunst, best known for her role as Counsellor Deanna Troi's older sister Kestra in a dream sequence from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Dark Page."

Kirsten Dunst with black contacts and a green jumpsuit, walking down the halls of the Enterprise, in a vision by Lwaxana Troi

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

So anyway, given their nature, I figure you could leave it to an ISO to exist outside of a binary.

#NewTattoo

An upper arm with an ISO symbol which combines both the male and female symbols.

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

We see in other media -- like Tron: Evolution or Tron: Uprising -- that there were two symbols. They're stylized versions of the ♀️ female and ♂️ male symbols.

A hexagon with a T representing female ISOs, and a hexagon with a chevron representing a male ISO

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

The only thing that really distinguishes one from another visually is that ISOs have a mark on their upper arm. Since Quorra is the last ISO, we only see hers in the film:

A hexagon with a sideways T shape, glowing on Quorra's upper arm.

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

In 2010's Tron: Legacy, there are essentially two kinds of programs: Basics, programs created by the User, who have defined roles and directives; and ISOs, programs that arose from the Sea of Simulation, evolved by the system itself. They have a higher degree of self-determination.

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Lee O'Connor @leeoconnor.bsky.social · 3d

Crime-busting, super-powered luchador masked Mexican wrestlers from the ‘Abberant: With Great Power….’ tabletop RPG from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. ‘The Justicieros’ here hunt down the cartels, only in this particular kind of mask and tights…
The book’s available in print and digital now.

Artwork of masked wrestlers punching through a wall.

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

ALT: a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

media.tenor.com

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

Tattoo Itch is my favourite site for indie tattoos

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 3d

a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

ALT: a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 4d

I knew it

Graffiti on a storefront, showing a gray alien looking at his hands, with the caption "humans aren't real"

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations!

Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 4d

Eight hours until my tattoo appointment!

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 5d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 5d

Yesterday while @rufflejax.bsky.social was getting tattooed, I was making an appointment for my own.

They told me to give them 48 hours notice if I want to cancel.

It is already past the 48 hour mark.

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Ian / Sìne @vonaether.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!