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had to get this out before we collectively move on from coldplay ceo

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Star Wars | illustrated by Eric Hibbeler for Star Wars Unlimited

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If you have not yet heard, starvation in Gaza is worsening and people are still risking their lives just to access aid--nearly 100 people were killed seeking aid on Sunday. A UNWRA worker stated: “Everything around people at the moment is death, whether it’s bombs or strikes, children wasting away in front of their eyes from malnourishment, from dehydration, and dying.”

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Been hearing quite a lot of bad news lately. Apparently, the High Court won't let me post about the thing that's really on my mind. But I'm so down from this constant stream of evil winning.

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It was my birthday today. 36. By this time next year, I hope I'm... better? Afraid of setting big goals, so small ones. Read a book every month.

Praying. I need divine assistance. And maybe a sword.

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Watchmen (2009) Hot Take

I don't know if I'm going to get in trouble for this. Watchmen is a C-tier movie, at best. The dialogue, especially Rorschach's journal musings, are really cringeworthy. Like a teen writer trying to sound deep and edgy. Ozymandias calls himself the world's smartest man, but... well, when he went on his monologue about Alexander the Great, it sounded like Elon Musk trying to pretend he was the IRL Iron Man. Doctor Manhattan is an interesting concept, but something about the execution feels wrong to me. And the ending, with Oz winning...

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Like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

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The Warden✨🗡

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They must not be separated

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Eternity (Part 3 of 3)

All together now so we can all cry over this song!

;—; I don’t even know what to say for myself. You’re welcome? I’m sorry?

It fits them so well, but wow does it hurt. I intentionally don’t write much about the end if their story because of all the feels it’ll cause.

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Eurasian Red Squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (July 19, 2022).

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Certain right-wingers going full mask-off Nazi (Grok, Mush, Dump, that Fox News dude) is just a bit worse than England, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium et all downplaying—or worse, defending—their colonial empire histories. Or nations that worship murderer kings.

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Sorry for cutting in, but I had to take this one!

So, I'm writing a story that wildly diverges from swtor canon, so my OCs will be at different points in their lives. Not to mention, I'm just post-KotFE in my story. But here are my OCs and their ages.

A. Main timeline.

Vajra Devarath. Born 9 BTC. My Jedi Knight and Outlander. Currently 21 ATC in my story, so he'll be 31 shortly... though that's minus 5 so he's 26. In main, he'd be 37/31.

Mercei Tanniels. Imp Agent, secretly Lana Beniko. Her file is a lie. She's younger than she stated, born 11 BTC instead of 13. She's 35 in 21 ATC, and 40 in 27.

Kairegane Rooks. Sith Warrior. Same as Lana, though she died at 29 at Hoth, fighting Arcann. She nearly killed him.

Hekaten Kallig. Sith Inquisitor. 21 ATC: 41. 27 ATC: 48

Roban Queens. Trooper. Zakuulan Spy. 21 ATC: 37.

Juun Stede. Smuggler. 21 ATC: 38.

Devel Nirol. Consular. 21 ATC: 43.

Mark Fodorn. BH. 21 ATC: 45.

Theron and Jasme Shan are same age as Lana, as is Kira Carsen.

Ashton Shan. Theron's firstborn. In my story, Theron was a teen dad. Tried his best. Sorry, I had to give some reason why he kept Jasme distant from his life. And close-to-the-vest in general. In 21 ATC, I think he's 17.

B. In addition, I'm creating a secondary story, with a different cast. This is project intel, and I don't think it'll be as detailed as the main one. Timeline will be different here too.

Semar Kayn. Sith Warrior, male. He would've been 43, but died during the Zakuul war, killed by Lana and Cipher Nine.

Saskia Frye. Sith Inquisitor. Also would've been 43, but killed by Kayn on Ilum.

Jason Faye. Jedi Knight. Killed by Kayn right after Chapter 3, right after he'd killed the Emperor

Shani Carter. Jedi Consular. Jason's wife. She's the Outlander. 42 in 27 ATC.

Cyrus Tesham. Cipher Nine. Died in the fight against Semar.

Demran Harrengal. Hunter. Dies during KOTFE, executed for helping Kaliyo bomb the spire.

Miria Dooku. Trooper. Killed in the Zakuul war.

Kex Saint-Bartrand. Smuggler. 45 in 27 ATC.

SWTOR: How old are they now?

Thanks to @vexa-legacy for the tag.

No pressure tags for @starknstarwars, @shabre-legacy, @commander-krios, aaannd @shynmighty

In this interview, one of the devs (Caitlin), says that 7.6 is set to be at the end of 27 ATC/3626 BBY. So simple tiny tag game:

How old are your OCs in the current timeline?

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(paws through notes) Ok, here's what I had at the time of 6.3 --

"26 ATC -- mid 3627 to mid 3626 -- Onslaught 2019, Tasks at hand in Early 3626.  Then the resolution to the Satele Shan situation (delayed due to covid; came in December when it should have been May 2020)."

At that point, Eva was 31 and Theron was 39 (3 year natural age gap + 5 years of carbonite).

ELASTIC TIME due to the pandemic, the Broadsword transition, the strike etc etc etc.

Short answer (with spoilers for my series): In 27 ATC, Eva is 32, Theron is 40. However, I'm probably going to stretch out the timeline a bit to reach a compromise with what I had been tracking based on realtime (3623 BBY/30 ATC, wherein Eva is 35 and Theron is 43, and they have Argo). So somewhere in that bracket.

Fria the Consular (but not the Barsenthor) is 31, and she had been 19 at Yavin.

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Uhh... I killed everyone else:

Sith Warr: Dead at Norwan of Tython's hand on the way to the Emperor in Chapter 3

Norwan of Tython (JK)- Dead at Eternal Fleet

Baresenthor - Dead at Eternal Fleet

Gronn the Champion of the Great Hunt -- MIA/KIA at Rishi

Kallig -- Dead at Eternal Fleet at Norwan of Tython's hand (long fucked up story there)

Damasa Quo (trooper)- Dead on Alderaan in a battle against the Eternal Empire

Cipher Nine: killed by Theron Shan in a sniper duel on Ziost

Long-ass answer:

Originally, I had this running on 'normal time', so in theorycrafting land, I had reached 30 ATC (which runs mid 3623 BBY to mid 3622 BBY on my weirdo calendar based upon military campaign season).

So here was my draft of Elastic time:

27 ATC mid 3626 to mid 3625   32/40 --  Enclave in mid 3625.

28 ATC mid 3625 to mid 3624 – 33/41.  Legacy of the Sith Launch in early 3624. Malgus Captured.   

29 ATC mid 3624 to mid 3623 -34/40– Malgus interviewed.  Ruhnuk by the end of 3624.   Old Wounds, with the Malgus interview again. 

After a scare with Shae and a conversation with Theron, Eva finds herself pregnant.  She quickly delegates Fria to Voss.

30 ATC (mid 3623 to mid 3622): At the end of 3623 year, Argento arrives.  His mother is 35, and his father is 43. His mother's maternity leave is interrupted when he's about six months old. The Hidden Chain attack Port Nowhere, and then they go pick on Ord Mantell? Corso Riggs does not think so.

31 ATC -- Off to Hutta, at some point.

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So yeah, Argo is like 2 right now in the unadjusted timeline! What I might do is keep the sequence of events the same, just compress it. Back to the drawing board - I might just make 27 and 28 ATC in late 26/early 27 ATC and then 29 and 30 ATc into 27 cheating into 28 ATC for 7.8 and whatever the new plotline is.

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less than 4 hours to go!! wooo https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/topcow/crimson-sunstone-graphic-novel-stjepan-linda-sejic

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For a nation that claims to be proud of its millennia-long culture, often shouting that it's the oldest in the world, my nation sure is a hellhole.

For all the fanfare around king Ram—often called the ideal king—our politicians rule through intimidation, oppression, violence, and murder.

For all the talk of purity and morality, we have a society where sexual violence is rampant. Even allowed. A young woman lit herself on fire to protest the inaction against those who tried to sexually harass her.

For all the pretense at tolerance, we divide ourselves based on language, region, caste, and deity... let alone religion and politics. People fight each other for speaking different languages.

For all the sermons on spirituality, we are now famous as the nation of scammers. Everything is about money, no matter who gets hurt or destitute.

For all the chest-thumping about family values, we have honor-killings and domestic abuse. Of a father so ashamed to be outshined by his daughter that he killed her.

Worst of all, the system is too large and too greasy for any one person to change. We need a miracle. If any god is listening, we need help.

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07.13: everything goes right

@anidalaweeks day 1 prompt where Anakin and Padmé get to raise the twins and be happy.... my dream would be to draw a whole comig about this what-if. i didn't have time, so i did a piece that compiles all best memories from our favorite space romeo and juliet!! in my head, in this AU, Anakin leaves the Jedi Order after killing Palpatine and Padmé continues to fight for freedom across the galaxy. Anakin ends up working as a pilot and ativist (and a stay at home dad to). he loves his family dearly, no one tell him Leia will end up dating Han later on.