#I bring you great tidings and clone angst

[julietalphakilo]

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Invader Zim Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Dib (Invader Zim), Professor Membrane, Concept!Dib (Invader Zim), Pilot!Dib (Invader Zim), Series!Dib (Invader Zim), ETF!Dib (Invader Zim), A Handful of Scientist OCs Additional Tags: Don't mind the OCs, They just exist to get bullied, Angst, Dehumanization, except like the opposite, Rehumanization?, Clones, Ghosts, Improper Use of Electroshock Therapy, questionable science, Possession, just a little bit though, No Beta, we die, we just straight up die, Don't copy to another site Series: Part 1 of Four Eyes (Times Four) Summary:

Professor Membrane's cloning project is successful.

AKA: You ruined a perfectly good laboratory is what you did. Look at it. It's got ghosts.

[stolen-pen-name23]

Creator Tag Game

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

Thank you for the tag @meantforinfinitesadness and @pandora15! This is so cute and fun!

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In The Waiting -  Obi-Wan finds himself waiting around for Anakin a lot throughout his Padawanship and through the Clone Wars, but he knows Anakin would do the same for him. OR five six times Obi-Wan waits for Anakin and the one time Anakin waits for Obi-Wan.

Listen, this is probably the best thing I’ve ever written. I’m very proud of this one. It’s my first five + one format (and oops it accidentally became a six + one), and I had so much fun writing every single chapter. I felt like I was able to get into the characters heads in this one. I wrote it faster than I wrote any other multi-chap fic. I haven’t released the whole thing yet, but it’s completely written and I’m releasing new chapters every Tuesday!

Skipping Stones - One year has passed since Qui-Gon’s death and Obi-Wan can’t bear to bring himself back to the temple knowing his Master won’t be there. Instead, he brings Anakin camping to “meditate.” Angst and fluff ensue.

This is the best one-shot I’ve ever written even though it’s my least popular fic lol. It’s a little more introspective and less action oriented than my other fics, so it was a slight style departure for me, which was fun to explore. I always struggle with endings, but I feel like this one ends perfectly. I don’t know, I think it’s a really sweet and somber little fic.

The Significance of Found Family - Obi-wan Kenobi and a roughly 17-year-old Anakin Skywalker crash land on a planet unknown to them both. The truth of Obi-wan Kenobi's past comes to light.

Okay I had to put this one here. This was the first fic I’ve ever written and it is by far my most popular fic. The hit count on this one is double my second most popular fic (which doesn’t matter, but I spend a lot of time studying social media and web analytics for my job, so I find this kind of thing fascinating). Anyway I really enjoyed writing this one and I revisit it from time to time even though I feel like I’ve significantly improved as a writer and some parts make me cringe now lol. I really liked writing Obi-Wan as someone who struggles with his attachments but is more self-aware of it than say a certain chosen one. I liked being able to lean into his character trait of being able to let go of things he loves or could love a great deal for the sake of his morals and ideals. I don’t know, it’s just fun to play with and I almost wish I had explored that more, but I don’t plan on going back and changing anything either.

Shore Leave - After a mission to free the ocean planet of Glee Anselm from Separatist control, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka and the clones under their command will be given shore leave. What happens when an incident from the mission starts to catch up with Obi-Wan?

This one was just a blast to write and it’s probably the one I revisit the most. I don’t know why, there’s nothing particularly special about it, it just became a comfort fic for me that I wrote for me, so I was thrilled when other people liked it too. It’s one of my earlier fics and the first time I wrote Ahsoka. I still don’t feel confident writing her character, but I think I did okay in this one. This one’s just a lot of fun all around.

Total Agreement - Anakin and Obi-Wan are in search of a Sith wayfinder that could turn the tides of the Clone Wars, but their search gets interrupted when they set off a booby trap in a Sith temple.

Once again, this fic was a blast to write. I feel like this is the first one where I got the dialogue between Anakin and Obi-Wan just right. I usually have a hard time writing them as anything other than best bros all the time, even though we know they had a lot of tension between them throughout their relationship. I feel like I was able to capture some of that tension for the first time in this fic, but it’s not so overpowering that it’s depressing to read. I think it also shows how Anakin’s fiery passion and desire to do the right thing can unwittingly hurt those around him which was very fun to explore. 

No pressure tags (and sorry if you’ve already been tagged!): @thenegoteator, @mahizli, @sued134, @sonderwalker, @littleoceanwhispers and literally anyone else who wants to be tagged! I mean it! I want to see y’alls stuff!