#WARRIORS OF THE STARS series

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Series: WARRIORS OF THE STARS Name: Cleric Hunter Puresoul Gender: cis man (he/him) Race: Elf from the Forbidden Lands Age: was around his early 40s before his first temporal loop Sexual orientation: gay demisexual Alignment/Covenant: Lawful evil/Ancient Gods Servant Special trait: Diabetes type 1. Should wear glasses. Seasonal depression. Several whip scars on his back. Very short-tempered. Always tired or angry. --- Job: Dark sorcerer Weapon of choice: Magic katana and magic wand Magic: Dark sorceries LV 4, Curse caster LV 4 Special skill: Colorless eyes, allow him to cast an improvised spell that will work only once. --- Enjoys: Crochet, discovering and studying forbidden and forgotten sorceries, winter Hates: Censorship, dragons, clerics --- Story: He can't remember his true name since he traded it for the curse of time-travelling. In his original timeline, he was a cleric hunter with the mission of assassinating Warrior of the Stars Stargazer but in the end, he spared his enemy's life and was accused of traition. After being imprisoned for 17 years, he was granted the chance of being absolved of his crime by hunting another traitor, Time Traveller "Tea". He has been waiting for this chance but his enemy-to-lovers bond with Stargazer will surely lead him to a bittersweet ending. --- Main series: WARRIORS OF THE STARS (still a script) CLERIC HUNTER PURESOUL (sketches in progress) Also: WORDLESS (Tumblr) A STEP BACK (Tumblr)

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Jadzia Dax out of uniform | part two part one

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...Spock, what's your favourite colour?

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Return of the Jedi // Ahsoka

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"Butcher this" "Butcher that" YES! ABSOLUTELY, WE LOVE BUTCHER!!

But what about Reaper? Leonard "Bones" McCoy? Skurge? Éomer, Marshal of Rohan? Julius Caesar, Caesar, Cupid, Kor, Mael? A random star wars cameo? Danny Gallagher?

We need to give Karl Urban our love all around.

If you wouldn't take him at his

And his

And his

And his

And his

And his

Then you don't deserve him at his

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

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curlfeather?....

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He's a lil guy

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Anakin & Letting Go

I always found it to be a little skeptical that Anakin could become a force ghost after it took Yoda, Qui Gon, and Obi-Wan learning and training how to do it, and I always thought “really? Anakin? Finding that level of peace and letting go?” But after this episode, seeing the care and lesson that he imparts upon Ahsoka that he learned so painfully, I understand it from him so much better. Vader was so stuck in his complete self-hatred that he allowed nobody who had known him before as Anakin to reach him (most notably Obi-Wan and Ahsoka) because of the overwhelming extent of his shame. It took his son, who had never known him and yet who still stood before him and believed in him, loved him, sacrificed himself for him, to call Anakin back from the depths of Vader. And this Anakin, let everything go to save his son and to allow his son to save him.

And it felt so impactful to get to see this mature post-Vader Anakin reaching out to Ahsoka to teach her this very hard-earned lesson that he took the very hard road to get. Because she has Vader in her. She is everything Anakin taught her, and we saw the behaviors that led Anakin to becoming Vader—the fear of losing his most cherished relationships—reaching out of Anakin very early in the clone wars (and before) and the two of them are both very aware that he imparted those lessons on her. And then we've seen across this season—and overtly in her clone wars flashbacks—that she believes she is inextricable from these traits.

I’ve always loved Anakin as a fictional character, getting to see his earnestness, his flawedness, and his intensity (to borrow Huyang’s very accurate adjective), but this episode brought a level of humanity to him that has moved me so deeply. Life is HARD, loss gets forced on all of us no matter what, and the lessons that we learn through mistakes that we made can be extremely painful because acknowledging and taking responsibility for hurting people is actually really painful for humans (not owning up to our actions is the emotionally easier choice and George Lucas has stated time and again that the Dark Side is about taking the short-term easier choices). But it ultimately means that learning from your mistakes is an actual choice you have to MAKE. And this is the core of Anakin’s lesson. He is teaching Ahsoka that she has to choose which lessons he has taught her that she will live by, but more than that, that she is empowered to be able to choose. Yes, she has everything that he taught her—the good and the bad—but she is not condemned to live out all of the lessons. 

And the beauty of it isn't just the lesson, but that Anakin gets to be the one to teach it to her. The betrayal that she experienced in discovering his fall, the taintedness that she has been portraying that she feels about herself, gets specifically addressed because if he figured it out, then she definitely can too. If he is more than just Vader, then she is too. And THAT is what the "Is that what this is about?" line is actually about. It's so so important that we get to see pre-Vader, Vader, and post-Vader across her vision because the point is that yes, Vader is a part of him, and that brilliant shot of the two of them glaring Sith eyes across the blade at each other did it's job in conveying that Ahsoka is capable of that darkness too, but you are not only the darkness. You get to choose. ("You're more than [death and destruction] because I'm more than that"). And more to the point, you have to choose. Because if you don't specifically choose to fight the dark, then you're ultimately choosing to fall into it. "Fight or die."

So for Anakin to be able to reach out to her one more time, to be able to love her the way he, as Vader, had refused to the last time when they met on Malachor, and to open with “you’re never too old to learn”, because god if he didn’t learn that the hard way too. And to be able to pass on to Ahsoka how to actually let go because he himself had only just finally been able to learn it as well, feels so powerful and poignant.

And that look of pride and wistful sadness that he gives her at the end? That both she and Luke were able to learn so quickly what took him so long? And that maybe, he may have helped save her from the worst traits that he imbued upon her? That’s him having let go of his own shame. He feels grief, he feels guilt—we can see it on his face—but what has happened has happened and he has accepted that, and finally learned that letting go doesn't mean it didn't happen, it means it doesn't have to define your actions going forward.

And finally, it’s also him letting go of ahsoka. By teaching her that she will choose her destiny, he has to accept that he cannot control it either. And he has. “There’s hope for you yet.” 

So yeah, Anakin learned to let go, and getting to see him here, in this headspace of acceptance and peace, practicing and understanding what it means to be a Jedi, was so unexpectedly cathartic and revelatory for me as viewer. 

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Ahsoka (2023)

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✨ May I interest you in some Dedede and Meta Knight as childhood friends? ✨

(ID: Kirby series fanart, Childhood Friends AU, of King Dedede and Meta Knight as kids interacting in various cute and wholesome scenarios, such as coloring, cloud-watching, sparring with sticks, overindulging on sweets, protecting each other from bullies, and more. Design-wise, young Dedede is short and chubby with a smaller beak and three feathers sticking up from the top of his head. He wears a pair of red overalls with gold buttons on the straps and a pocket on the front with a white two-finger peace sign. Young Meta Knight is maskless and similar in appearance to Kirby, save for his yellow eyes, dark blue complexion, and a pair of tiny wings on his back. Additional headcanons and worldbuilding for this AU under the cut. END ID.)

UPDATE 03/11/24: Added a scar to Meta's head.

(AU info updated as of 09/06/24.)

Started on 10/09/23, finished on 10/11/23. NOTE: This was originally posted on my deleted account on 10/11/23.

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-This AU primarily takes place within the Kirby gameverse (with a few superficial elements borrowed from external media), the timeline starting many, many decades before the events of Kirby's Dream Land, eventually catching up to and following the main games’ canon (with nods to side games and some unique events added here and there for character flavor). I am trying to stay canon-compliant, but I’m also making things up as I go and changing them as needed, so no promises I won’t just go completely off the rails the more I workshop things, haha.

-I'm leaving ages nebulous in this AU (both because the series itself doesn't really give characters canonical ages and to keep the timeline a bit looser narratively), but - for clarity's sake - we'll say Dedede and Meta are both the equivalent of 7-to-11 years old here, though they first met a little earlier...

-Meta Knight is just called Meta for now - he won’t earn his title until after he starts his overstars military training with the Galaxy Soldier Army (GSA) in his late teens.

-That hammer belongs to Dedede’s mama - a former pro-wrestler - and will someday be passed down to him (once he’s strong enough to actually pick it up).

-The Star Warriors/GSA inclusion in this AU (though crucial to Meta's storyline) is more for flavor than any major role. In this version, they are an intergalactic military group fighting various malignant forces across the universe, their reputation generally positive thanks to a genuine effort on their part to balance acts of war and defense with acts of philanthropy, relief aid, and compassion, well-known enough to reach even distant Popstar. Most known Star Warriors - Sir Dragato, Kit Cosmos, etc. - are either long since passed on or retired somewhere outside of the story (with a few exceptions we may learn about later...). Upon learning of the GSA in his youth, Meta becomes enamored with their deeds and longs to be a knight himself (not yet aware of the hardships involved in becoming one).

-The kids like to spar and roughouse in their free time, but they occasionally get proper training from Dedede’s papa - a retired knight himself with connections to the GSA, who’d settled in Dream Land with his wife just before they had their only son. Meta looks up to him with the same admiration he has for the Star Warriors. Dedede, however, doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with his well-meaning but rather strict father.

-In his early years, Meta is quite shy around people he doesn’t know well. In overwhelming situations, he tends to either shut down and go non-verbal or quietly slip away to recoup. That said, he is much more expressive around those he trusts, listening eagerly and chatting far more than he would otherwise. He also has a bit of an anger streak hidden just under all that resolve, though it takes a lot of prodding to bring it out...

-As a kid, Dedede is impulsive to a fault and likes to make wild plans that tend to put him and his buddies in precarious situations (when he can be bothered to actually follow through with them, that is). Meta is often the first to point out the flaws in said plans (if Para Dee doesn’t do it first) but inevitably ends up tagging along anyway, his wariness easily overturned by his curiosity.

-Meta is sometimes bullied by the bigger kids in the village due to his strange appearance and timid nature. Dedede is quick to step in and defend him, usually getting into scraps in the process. It will be a little while before either of them gain the respect of their peers…

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Series: FIGHTING NIGHTMARES AND FEARS Name: "Lost" Time Traveller Gender: cis man (he/him) Race: elf from the Southern Islands Age: around his 35s Sexual orientation: bisexual Alignment/Covenant: Chaotic Evil/none Special trait: depression (not treated), panic attacks, amnesia. Several scars, one bite mark on his right cheek, one across his neck, several healed knife cuts on his back, several cuts on his wrists, bite marks of a beast on his thorax and a deep cut on his left leg. --- Job: Cleric Weapon of choice: Ultra greatswords (Zweihander in particular) Magic: Curse caster LV 3 Special skill: Time-travelling, at the expense of his own memories --- Enjoys: Wood carving Hates: Rain --- Story: He can't remember his true name since he traded it for the gift (or the curse) of time-travelling. He got lost during his last time travel and appeared in the Nightmare World without a single memory so he self-proclaimed the new Guardian of the Nightmare. On rainy nights he dreams of a sad sorcerer with opaline eyes. --- Main series: WARRIORS OF THE STARS (still a script) FOUND FAMILY [Ko-fi] FIGHTING NIGHTMARES AND FEARS [Comicfury] BELLADONNA WOODLANDS (wip) DEMON WORSHIPPERS (still a script) Also: QUEER DETECTIVES [Ko-fi] SLOW TENDER SAMHAIN STORY [Ko-fi] ELLIS (featured as Tea) [Comicfury]

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Imagine if meta knight was there in that exact moment in that exact episode

If you know you know

Also Kirby right back at ya fans where are you

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nah, dude. you becoming a homicidal maniac overlord for 20 years has nothing to do with her trauma at all. it was just a phase.

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You're part of a legacy.