aquaticflames

[aquaticflames]

Snippet Sunday

Thank you SO MUCH for the tag @aquaticflames, your snippet was as always a devastating delight <3

“Right,” the medic drawls. “Well. All’s well that ends well, right?” The words are so wholly unexpected that Qui-Gon can do nothing but stare. “Melidaan ended up saving all our lives. Saved the Republic, really. Long story–” he waves a hand– “but I know what you Jedi are like. Will of the Force, and all that. You betray your padawan, and a few decades later the Sith lose the war. Can’t really blame you for that, can I?” For one brief, blinding moment, there is absolution. The Force is present in all things, bright in every motion. Every stride makes ripples in the river. Every thought casts prismatic reflections. What a gift it would be, to release his own actions into it! To share the burden of responsibility! It had not been him alone who’d walked away; he’d been influenced in the service of some later victory. It had not been him alone who’d left his padawan behind; it was a necessary sacrifice in service of the Republic. Casting him adrift from the Order had not been a mistake; it was a vital catalyst to what would become the eventual defeat of the Sith– What a privilege it would be, to absolve himself of such cruelty. What a relief. (The medic is watching him very carefully.) What an injustice.

ARGH forgot to tag- no-pressure tags for @bumbledees, @drauthor, @wanderingjedihistorian, @navigatorwrongway, @foreverchangingfandomsao3 and, just for fun, tossing it right back to @aquaticflames for totally selfless reasons, not like I'm DYING to see more or anything like that-

[aquaticflames]

Rebel

[aquaticflames]

nothing strange happening here folks. just two men headbonking and sharing a breath like cats tend to do. normal gar activities if i ever saw one.

[aquaticflames]

Snippet Sunday ✍️

Tysm @smoosey !!! LOVED your snippet <3

Little strokes, rubbed into his shoulder by Cody’s thumb. “No-one expects you to have it all figured out already. Least of all me– what do I know about any of this?” When Obi-Wan finds Cody’s eyes again, they are warm and unsure and earnest. It makes his heart kick in his chest – for me; how is that even possible? – and he laughs, incredulous and, in spite of himself, teary. “You seem to know exactly what to say.” “Doing something right then, thank Force for that.” Obi-Wan huffs, amused, brows pinching as a question forms on his tongue. Cody’s hand drops away. “Why do some of you do that? Thank the Force.” Cody blinks. “Why? Should I not, is it insensitive or something?” “Stars no, nothing like that. It’s just… uncommon, I suppose.” “Well,” Cody seems thrown for a moment, rolling the idea around in his head. “We might not be able to feel the Force like the Jedi, but– me personally, having faith – trusting in it – that’s easy anyway.” “How come?” His friend breathes a chuckle through lips caught in a handsome lopsided smile. “Because we see it through you,” He says, like it’s the simplest thing in the world. “And because you trust in it. That’s all I’ll ever need to have faith in it too.”

No-pressure tags for @shootingstarpilot , @foreverchangingfandomsao3 , @raphaerolo , @frostbitebakery , @snowywinterevenings 💓

[aquaticflames]

Snippet Sunday

Fussing around in the Hanahaki fic this weekend:

The next morning, Cody wakes with a petal on his pillow. It's small and soft and orange-gold, and barely larger than his thumbnail. But in the gray sterility of the barracks, the cramped solitude of his officer quarters, it's out of place. It's unmistakable. He stares at it, his body rattling to the beat of his heart like he's under the thunder of canonfire. With shaking hands, he tucks it into the collar of his blacks, and holds himself empty inside, and doesn't think of it, won't think of what it means — what it's meant, what it will mean, the blood on the mats, or the blank and strange manner of the reconditioned, the resected. He holds himself empty, shakes out his hands until they settle, and forgets.

Absolutely no pressure tags to @raphaerolo @aquaticflames @picktheonesthatlast @eightbitpale @frostbitebakery @snowywinterevenings (if you feel like it!) and also to anyone else who'd like to play :) I would love to see what everyone is working on!

[aquaticflames]

having a friend crush is so god damn embarrassing like yeah.... i like how you play toys and i think youre really cool..... and im scared to talk to you........do you wanna..... play toys with me too...... or something...... its whatever if not..... kicks a rock. Fuck my life dude

[aquaticflames]

WIP Wednesday

My hanahaki Codywan WIP has had me by the throat the last couple of weeks 👀

My actual last lines are spoilery, but this excerpt, I think, is fun:

Three years and a lifetime later, Cody stutters past what's left of Bloom on Felucia, the man's chest carved open under fire-lit skies. The work of a commando droid —a dying body split collarbone to hip. Under the torn-up teeth of shattered plastoid, Cody sees, his lungs are still moving. But it's too late, still, for him. His helmet is off, and Cody does not meet his eyes. Half a klik uphill, a gunship is waiting. The moment Cody's knees hit the deckplate, they're airborne. Carrion birds circle above. Seeing them, Cody feels a flush of fever. From the lurching and chaos of the LAAT/i racing to break atmo, Cody fires two shots. The birds scatter, in the twilight. And below —his brothers, unburied. Undisturbed, but not for long. In dreams, night after night, Cody recalls the heaving froth of blood at Bloom's lips, in the moment he saw him last. How it was nearly pink in the gloom— paler and greyer than his rose petals ever were.

I'm really chipping away at this one, but cheerleading greatlyy appreciated 🫶✨️

[aquaticflames]

knowledge long forgotten

got really into reading item descriptions on this playthrough. anyway did you know the silent princess is one of the only raw materials with a cooking effect to not explicitly list that effect in its description

[aquaticflames]

(2020-21) boil & waxer & younglings!

[aquaticflames]

reflection

ALSO commissions are open if you��re interested (info below)

[aquaticflames]

(2020-21) dinner party

[aquaticflames]

(2020) college AU

[aquaticflames]

GUYS HOT TOYS ANNOUNCED NEW OBI-WAN AND CODY FIGURES

[aquaticflames]

🌙 the 212th night

[aquaticflames]

omega

[aquaticflames]

I just remembered we still don't know where Cody is