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One last omegaverse au post because I just had the thought. Almost every single clone is an alpha. And those who aren't don't talk about it. They are all rendered essentially neutral anyway by the suppressants the Kaminoans use for them. They have practically no education about the dynamics. They definitely don't have sex ed. In their minds, clones come from tubes. They do know that there's a difference between them and everyone else when it comes to that, but being a clone is very much their identity, so it isn't something that they think about constantly.

How badly do you think they will all lose their minds when Fox announces one day that he's pregnant.

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@dinlukeweek day 2: Meet on Tatooine AU / Marriage Vows

slight culture difference on the weddings front...

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So Palpatine is found out to be the Sith and to having been playing the war on both sides.

The Senate is furious. They want to know how no one caught this earlier. They cannot admit that they didn't see anything, either, and were fully on board with almost everything Palpatine had said and done before. They cannot admit that they had been in the wrong.

They try to blame the Jedi. Some of it sticks, but not permanently, because the Jedi are like yo bro wtf we were on the battlefields for 99 percent of the time, we didn't have the time to stand there and stare at him, so they need to find even more scapegoats.

They turn to look at the Guard.

It's their job to protect the Republic! How did they not notice! They must've been in on it!

The Guard is like ????? okay sir first of all, we were too busy to be crawling around in the prisons and on the lower levels to ever even talk to the Chancellor during our entire lives, we weren't that important

But one of you has been reporting to the Chancellor. Doing his datawork for him. He must've noticed! How could he have not! Who was this one Guard!

It's Commander Fox.

The Senate wants to take Fox to the courts. But he is not there. The Guard goes Commander Fox who? Never heard of him. Are you sure that it's not just some ploy made by the Sith? Maybe he's someone who is just impersonating a Guard or something, we don't know. We have never had a Commander by that name in the Coruscant Guard

They interrogate the entire Guard for days, weeks. They all just say that there has never been a Commander Fox in the Guard. No one can find him. Commander Fox has never been seen without a helmet by anyone who is not a clone. They cannot verify who he is, if he is trying to hide among the other Guards

The Senate finds out that Commander Fox has brothers outside of the Guard. They bring them in. Cody and the others are just as confused by all of this as the rest of them. They know Fox exists. The Jedi keep reassuring them that everything will be okay if Fox comes forward, so they try to see if Fox is there. He is not. Cody goes to ask Thorn what is going on. Thorn looks him dead in the eyes and says he has never even heard of a Commander Fox before all of this. He just keeps staring at Cody with absolutely no expression when Cody tries to insist. No, never heard of Commander Fox before this. Are you sure you're okay Marshal Commander Sir? You've been in many close calls during the war. That scar looks rather nasty. Must've been quite a hit. Have you ever gone and checked it out? Could be a concussion.

Cody knows that Thorn knows that he got the scar on Kamino. Cody points this out. Thorn continues to look him in the eyes and flat out says no you didn't.

Cody looks at Thorn. Thorn looks at Cody.

Cody gives up.

All the other Guard Commanders say the same. To all of them. So do all the troopers, down to the newest shiny.

The Jedi try to go in and ask. It doesn't work. Their working theory is that being so close to the Sith has made them develope stronger mental shields. Maybe. Anyway no one is saying anything to them either. Yoda thinks this is hilarious. He keeps cackling behind his stick. Mace looks at him like bffr.

The Guard is firm in their stance. Commander Fox does not exist.

The Senate is still in an uproar about all of this. Bail looks at Padmé and Mon and goes you know what? I'm getting a headache from all of this. This is stupid. I'm going home. I suggest that all of you do the same. My wife said that we are renewing our vows and then taking another honeymoon. I'm going now goodbye.

Yeah, sure, Padmé and Mon say. They all pack up their things and go home the next day.

(The Organa family has a beautiful vacation home on the mountains. The sun is shining warmly but there is still snow at this time of the year. Some rare flowers are in the bloom amidst the ice on the rocky sides of the mountain. There's a view for a glacial lake from the front windows. The fire place is lit and the beds are warmed up and have thick blankets on them.

Fox sits in front of the fireplace, being sandwhiched between his wife and husband, and he looks out at the lake and takes a sip from the sugariest cup of hot chocolate that exists in the entire Galaxy.

Commander Fox does not exist.

Fox Organa does.

And he's on a vacation.

Please do not disturb)

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Reminder to myself that

Helix and Bones of 212th are fanon characters

Dooku is canonically not a Yan

Grandmaster and grandpadawan are not real terms when it comes to lineages

Padme and Anakin's marriage is not an open secret

Clones don't speak Mando'a

Cal Kestis and Caleb Dume weren't best friends before Order 66

Kote is not Cody's name

However, I will be ignoring these facts just because I can and no one can do anything to stop me

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Fives: Ok Cody, right hand blue Cody: *ends up on top of Obi-Wan* Cody: You're doing this on purpose aren't you? Echo: We stopped spinning ten turns ago. I'm surprised neither of you noticed

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AU where Dooku still leaves the Order but he’s not evil, and so Obi-Wan and Anakin and Ahsoka have this random crazy-rich old grandpa who swings by from his mansion every so often to have tea and discuss galactic events with Yoda and Mace, and also to chide his lineage about standing up straight and not slurping their soup.

This is especially hilarious given that I am 1000% sure Anakin and Ahsoka did stuff like having belching contests like, a lot, so I assume Snooty Grandpa showed up just as one was really getting going and somehow he was MOST disappointed in Obi-Wan for letting this happen. 

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Jedi Padawans have the classic sitcom bag-of-flour baby assignment to ensure they're prepared to look after young ones in emergency situations

this assessment is not one of the many canceled or postponed during the war

which means that when Ahsoka is abruptly deployed dirtside along with her Master, Grandmaster, and the 501st, she had to scramble to find an appropriate babysitter for her sack of flour

desperate, she tossed it to Commander Cody, who was staying aboard the Negotiator to oversee the campaign, with only a frantic list of the required steps to take care of it while she was gone

when she returns several days later, Cody has painted the sack 212th gold and constructed a sling to carry it around on his front while he keeps his hands free for work

judging by the rank pins attached to the front, the sack of flour is now a lieutenant

once Obi-Wan's heart eyes abate enough, though, it becomes clear to him that Cody and the 212th troopers have not understood that the sack of flour is not, in fact, a literal Jedi tubie

and none of the Jedi or their siblings in the 501st have the heart to correct them, so they let them keep the thing, stomping on the feet of anyone who tries to ask too many questions about their new mascot

once the war ends, Obi-Wan discreetly replaces the sack with a Jedi chrecheling in the middle of the night, having resigned himself to raising another too-young-Padawan

Reva, for her part, is all to happy to gleefully coat herself in flour for the occasion

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Another really funny plot concept for "Jedi leave the Republic for their own safety/survival well before the war hits" is that Dooku goes out, claims his title as Count of Serenno, and then just invites his entire ten-thousand-strong extended Jedi Family to join him.

Who's going to stop him? His planetary government, that he's in charge of and can easily convince that Jedi are a good thing for agriculture and education and medicine? The Republic?

Sidious is left staring because not only did he fail to make this rich old former Jedi fall, but the rich old former Jedi stole all the Jedi he was in charge of, including ten-year-old Skywalker.

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WIP (on the way home)

Every trace of the girl that had been getting to know had disappeared behind a polite facade. 

Her shoulder is pushed back and she locked her gaze with the Jedi Master, her eyes cold as she demanded to know what he was doing. Jango has heard nobles with less Authority in their voice. The hints of Tatooine accent leave her voice completely as she tells the Jedi that they are not following protocol.

 “you're setting a bad example Master Dooku," she said as she held herself with a confidence that he'd never seen on her before. “Bloodshed without the proper investigation and reasoning can only be unjust killing “

Master Dooku is startled at the use of his name but it does not show in his voice when he asks “You seem to have me at a disadvantage, Padawan?” 

That makes the Mandalorians stand up straighter, was she?  it would explain certain things but not others, if she was a padawan why didn't she have a Jedi master with her and why did she have a baby? She never made any sign as if she was uncomfortable with the child. They would have noticed if she just met them or was only there to keep them safe. if she was one she'd have been separated a long time ago.

 she winches at the title but answers “kenobi”

“Where is your master?" he asks his eyes to turn around as if he would have summoned them by asking.

“any Jedi that I would answer to has been long since gone “ her voice is dead as she answers

“apologies, may they be one with the force” the jedi responds with the first emotion they hear “do you need help getting back to the temple?" he asks, being weirdly polite considering the fact she just tore him a new one in front of their so-called ancient enemies.

Ben seems to contemplate that for a moment before answering “ i will have to decline, the force needs me here”

Dooku’s face makes a weird expression as if he was both amused and exasperated.

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Your name is Obi-Wan Kenobi, and you are twenty-five years old. Your Master has fallen to the saber of a Sith, and the boy he'd intended to replace you with is given to you as a padawan. He looks up at you with big eyes bluer than the color of Coruscant's noonday sky, and you don't know it yet, but you'll love him forever. It will lead you to ruin, but you wouldn't be able to save yourself from it even if you'd learned of what is to come.

He looks very small and very lost. You don't offer him your hand, but when you begin walking to your quarters and he hurries to catch up, you shorten the length of your strides so you can walk side-by-side. Easily, and without much effort at all, your steps synchronize and the pair of you are walking in perfect time. His shoulder brushes against your hip, and he looks up again to smile—just a small, uncertain little curve of a thing—at you.

You smile back, and inevitability closes its teeth around your throat.

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Cody, watching a toddler wave around a piece of flimsi: Uh...Where did the tubie come from? Thire: Fox. Cody: What'd he say he brought them to the office for? Thire: He didn't. Cody: Then how do you know--? Thire: If it's a tooka, Thorn brought it here. If it's a massiff, Hound brought it here. If it's a tubie, Fox brought it here. Cody: One of those things is not like the others... Thire: One of those vode is not like the others. Fox is an entity consisting entirely of caffeine and buir instincts. Cody: So why isn't he watching the tubie? Thire: Meetings. He knows I'll keep the tubie safe while he's gone. Soon enough, he'll be back to do what he does best, take responsibility for another person.

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"Commander Fox was wrong" this... "Commander Fox did nothing wrong" that...

Commander Fox was an enslaved man who acted as the leader of a fascist police force. He did everything in his power to do things the right way, but he was also extremely loyal and directly under the thumb of THE Darth Sidious at almost every moment. He and the majority of his force were heavily isolated from other clones on a day-to-day basis. Anakin had so much more independence and support, and even he became evil under Sidious's influence. Other clones in strictly controlled roles later chose to defect regardless of their position. We never got to see Fox's face in spite of him being one of the more significant commanders. He died quietly at the hand of Vader.

Fox's situation is beyond unprecedented. Because he's always in this oppressive environment, we never get to see who he is beneath the armor. There are no Jedi to know him on a deeper level, no people for him to fight for, no room to breathe. He has no agency, and his role is to constantly stomp on the agency of others.

Commander Fox is one of the most interesting clones we never fully get to know. Almost everyone oversimplifies who he is as a character or changes him fundamentally when using him in fan works. He deserves better from Star Wars fans and official writers alike. I will die on this hill.

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Palpatine: Sneezes

Fox, hiding in his vents, aiming a sniper through the slats: Bless you.

Palpatine, looking up: God?

Fox, cocking the sniper: You won't be seeing him where your going.

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After the Empire fall, Luke, Cal and Ezra meet up for the boys night out. At some point, they start comparing bounties on their heads.

Cal: Around 1,7 million.

Luke: That low? It was 6.2 on me.

Cal: Doesn't count, you were wanted alive. Daddy wanted his son back, mine was all because I was pain in the Empire's ass.

Luke: Yeah, yeah. What about you Ezra?

Ezra: If you sum it up, I think it was about 3.3 million.

Cal: Sum it up? What are you on about?

Ezra: It was 1.3 million on Ezra Bridger, 500 thousand on Dev Morgan, 800 thousand on, and I quote, "kid in orange going by the name Jabba the Hut", I managed to up Lando Carlissian's bounty by 300 thousand so I count it as mine and had the bounty of 112 thousand on the name Bromtitus, which I'm sure original commander Bromtitus had to thoroughly explain to his superiors.

Cal is confused at how Ezra was operating thruout his time.

Luke is confused cause math ain't mathing.

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Writing Star Wars time travel ft Boba Fett is interesting because he has NO motivation to save the galaxy from the Empire. The Empire was honestly a net gain for him, even if he doesn’t care about them as an institution. Literally he doesn’t care what’s up with the government because no matter who is in charge there are still bounties to hunt. And he’s part of the bounty hunters guild, which outlived the OG Republic AND the Empire. He’s literally just looking around like “damn I guess I can get revenge on a bunch of dead people now” while the other two idiots I sent through time with him shout at him to lock in and get back on task

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I forgot that Obi-Wan’s “so uncivilized” line is about blasters. Such a fuckin nerd. “A more elegant weapon for a more civilized age,“ like, Obi-Wan is a SWORD NERD. He’s the type of guy to know the difference between a katana and an odachi and he hates Han Solo for many reasons but one of them is that Han uses a blaster instead of a laser sword like a fucking casual

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Yaddle: Heard, I did, that give a Mandalorian a child, and they will treat it carefully.

Obi-Wan: *60 and bored and on the council still, to his annoyance, this close to retiring, perking up* Oh?

Yaddle: Yes. Test this theory, we should.

Obi-Wan: One of the clones? We already know they treat the kids careful.

Yaddle: Another. A Mandalorian from the bounty hunting sector, to the temple he’s come, to speak with Master Skywalker.

Obi-Wan: *knowing fully well Anakin is going to find this hilarious* Okay, let’s go find the cutest baby. I know just the one.

Twenty minutes later

Obi-Wan: *walking up to where Anakin is sitting with an awkward looking Mando in full armor, radiating nervousness while Luke and Mara crowd him on either side*

Anakin: *is less than pleased with his son and niece for crowding this poor boy, he’s far too nice for them*

Obi-Wan: Din Djarin?

Din: *looks up with shy hope that someone is coming to rescue him*

Obi-Wan: *gently hands him Grogu*

Din: ?????!!!!!!!????? *stands up, walks away with baby, finds empty place to sit, cuddles baby close and pets his little head*

Grogu: *cooing, leans into nice pets and gives baby babbles*

Din: 🥺🥺🥺 I’m a father now.

Yaddle: Right, the rumors were.

Obi-Wan: God I love Mandalorians.

Luke and Mara: ???????

Anakin: *wheezing he’s laughing so hard*