#but... idk age gaps au?

[sleepis4theweak]

Inspired by my mom pulling the emergency call cord in the hospital because I got the hiccups when I was like a day old.

[travis-this-dummy]

@pezhead

This is for pezhead’s CTIYS :)

It’s not the greatest and there’s not much lighting or shadows, but I still had a nice time colouring in these boys :)

(The lil’ portrait at the back, The one of Leo, Raph made that. I think in the post where Donnie finds Mikey’s sclera, Raph was like making a portrait of Leo, and I think he finished it)

Hope you like it Pezhead!

[theloveinc]

still thinking abt kiri’s emotionally intelligent son… things I have decided about him:

-hates wearing clothes and walks around the house in just underwear

-gamer like I said… YELLS into the microphone and u can hear it across the house

-probably has some weird side hustle selling stuff that you kinda… do but also don’t know about. He always has money tho???

-definitely has adhd / add and is always moving. bouncing on the couch, using kiri’s weights, etc.

-has long hair his whole life. Shaves himself bald occasionally to let it grow back and it’s the strangest thing.

[findafight]

Eddie's never met a Jedi. Of course he hasn't. But he's seen a Jedi, way back during the clone wars, when a battalion had helped after seppies had targeted civilian supply lines.

Eddie's pretty sure they were Kel Dor, what with the breathing apparatus. They'd worn tan and woody robes, long and elegant and flowing as they'd weaved between people, helping them stand or tending to wounds.

What had stood out to Eddie, watching this being that was supposedly a fierce warrior of light, was that they...were normal. They laughed and shrugged and cooed at babies, just like anyone else.

That was until the Jedi had raised their hands and lifted a two-tonne shipping crate into the air without so much as touching it. It frightened Eddie, then. Barely twenty and in the middle of a war his planet didn't want a part of. Beings that could lift and toss objects too heavy to move without machinery like they were playthings are not to be unwary of.

Of course. Eddie had spent a lot of the redistribution of rations effort around clones. They'd seemed...fine? While he is no stranger to speaking his mind he had thought well enough ahead that he probably shouldnt ask if they'd wanted to be there. Figured that might get him kicked off the project and he needed the money.

He listened instead. How they called each other things like Spoon and Duck and Trinity and Loopback as though they were names. Maybe they were. Eddie didn't know and didn't want to ask at the time.

But the Clones had been friendly, if formal. They spoke of their general with fondness and respect and a tinge of awe that felt appropriate to seeing what a Jedi was capable of frequently.

Eddie had liked them.

And then Empire Day came, and the Jedi were declared traitors and the galaxy as he knew it fell apart.

It never made much sense, from what Eddie had seen, for the Clones to kill the Jedi. But nobody asked Eddie, so Eddie didn't say. He did get sucked into the Rebellion though, and heard rumours about mind control and sith and a dozen other things.

So no. Eddie had never met a Jedi. But he'd seen one.

Chrissy had spoken about the rumoured Jedi (or-- not-jedi? She said they often refused the title) that stayed in the small Rebel enclave they've been helping. There were two, apparently. She'd met them, even, during a debrief where she'd been discussing how to better use their resources to help her contacts on the Freedom Trail. They'd barrelled in and spoken in such a way that Chrissy would have swore they were of the same mind, had they not been on opposite ends of the room.

"they were polite." Chrissy said, headtail twitching. "For people who interrupted an important meeting." Eddie'd laughed. "One, the Balosar man, he was very insistent that we delay our plans. The other, I think she was human? It's hard to tell, said the force was calling to them and very insistent about it during meditation."

"seriously? And the generals did it?"

"oh no. They argued for another twenty minutes before the not-Jedi threw up their arms and said, in unison Eddie!, 'The shipment will be lost if you go ahead with it. Better late than never, pricks.' and walked out."

So. On an abstract level, Eddie knew that whenever he entered the hangar bay to run maintenance or completely rebuild a ship, there was a chance for him to meet a former? Jedi.

He'd gotten well acquainted with a group of teenagers there, ones who were friends with the younger brother of the heir apparent to the region they were in and liked the make-believe games he ran in his off hours. But he never really thought about the Jedi that supposedly haunted the base until a woman shouted for Dustin, a rodian who was part of his little sheepies and had literal stars in his eyes when Eddie spoke, to come over. Dustin, the betrayer, jumped up and dashed off without even a word of goodbye.

"okay, so the head mechanic needs this-" she gestures to a small smuggling freighter that had seen far better days "hunk of junk out of the way so they can start work on a couple of x-wings. Steve and I figured we could help her out and get you to work on control of larger objects."

Eddie meandered casually over. Just to watch. Just to...see.

Dustin bounced on his feet. "Really? Woah! Where are we putting it?"

She pointed up, to the open vertical entry doors that created the roof of the hanger. "Steve's up there, he'll make sure if your control slips we don't crush the ship or anyone on the floor once you get it high, and he'll get it out and place it where it's supposed to go. I'll be here with you so you don't hurt yourself."

"I'm not gonna hurt myself."

She patted his head "yeah. Cuz I'm right here making sure."

"uhg. Almost wish I never learned you guys used to be Jedi."

"and who would train you then? No one. You and El would be sad little tooka kits all on your lonesome." She raised her voice to yell at the roof, "you ready Stevie?" and it should not have been loud enough to carry, the tone of an after thought, as though she already knew the answer and the question was just for the spectators, but the figure silhouetted waved.

Then, Dustin took a steadying breath, raised his arms, and closed his eyes. Slowly, the ship in front of him groaned and rose up. A crowd had formed, watching a magic thought extinct.

The woman's eyes darted between Dustin and the freighter, one hand loosely outstretched. It occurred to Eddie that neither wore the tunics and robes of Jedi. Dustin ran around in the mismatched pants and shirts of the Rebels' donations, while the woman wore deep greens. There were no dramatic sleeves that swished when they moved, just slightly loose fabric fastened by a belt and holster. He wonders if she ever wore them.

Dustin struggled for a moment, the ship quivering ten feet up, and the woman tensed slightly before he loosened. Eyes open, she deftly moved her arms up with the ship following, an ease in her movements that Dustin lacked. When she dropped her arms as well, the freighter stayed moving upwards, the other not-Jedi, Steve, likely taking over.

"good work for your first go." She said, draping an arm casually over Dustin's shoulders.

"I barely got it off the ground! Don't patronize me, Robin."

Eddie stepped in "considering I wouldn't even be able to move it sideways an inch, I'd say you did pretty well, Dustin."

The kid spun, just as the light comes shining back through as Steve maneuvered the ship out of the hangar. "Eddie! You saw?"

He scoffed "uh. Yes? Why didn't you tell me this is what you did when Im not around"

The woman-Robin, Eddie supposed, tensed. "It's not particularly safe to boast about it. Especially when it's not clear if you're alone."

Ah. Yeah. That did make sense. "Then why practice in a hangar with two dozen people around?"

She shrugged, and looked up. Eddie followed her sightlines and "wait is he gonna-" just as the figure that must be Steve launched himself off the edge of the open roof and towards them. He landed, he's leather jacket flapping behind him, and stood straight, grinning.

Robin laughed. "You'll give someone a heart attack one of these days, Steve."

"eh. No one's died so far."

Dustin smiled too "I'm getting pretty good at my controlled falls too! Oh, Steve, this is Eddie!"

And then Steve turned his gaze on Eddie, and his brain may have melted.

Steve looked like a spacer, windswept from the fall and leather jacket snug around his shoulders, two different holsters visible, his pants deliciously tight. He ran a hand through his hair, his antennapalps bobbing, and stuck it out for a shake.

"so, you're the great Eddie Munson Dustin hasn't shut up about? Good to meet you."

"mmhmm!" He forced his hand out to jerkily shake Steve's. Jeez. It was as though he'd never seen anyone beautiful before. His best friend was a Twilek dancer (and spy) for star's sake. He needed to get it together. Jedi didn't date, Eddie was pretty sure. Something about the force or power or devotion or something. He wasn't sure. He wasn't a Jedi. He wasn't a not-Jedi either.

Steve only smiled and turned back to Dustin. "So. Next time you need to let the Force flow. You're still trying to shove it, which never works. You direct it, like changing the course of a river."

"but not," Robin added seamlessly, and oh, wow, that was weird than you Chrissy "like a dam. Trying to block it won't give you strength. You're more..."

"using a log to ensure the water finds a different path."

"to go where you want it to go, do what you want it to do, without preventing it's natural flow."

"you guys are so annoying." Dustin huffed. "You know that? You can claim it's your Concordance of Fealty all you want but I know your freaky thing is not normal for it." He groaned. "But sometimes I feel when you guys, like, shape it. Change it. What the kark is that about? If I'm not supposed to dam it, how do I change it and use it like you do?"

Both grinned "We're older. Master the basics, we must, before attempting the advanced, young one." The voice Steve used was croaky, an impression.

Dustin pulled a face. "Don't quote Grandmaster Yoda at me!"

Robin and Steve laughed, leaning on each other. Suddenly, Eddie felt as though he was intruding. Though they hadn't told him to leave, they were sharing about...about a relative, Eddie guessed. Someone near to them and their almost-dead culture.

"I can quote him all I want, I drank enough of his atrocious tea to deserve it!"

"he's dead. You're going to sit here and insult your dead great-grandmaster, the last Grandmaster of the Order?"

Steve got Dustin in a headlock "while we mourn their loss, and acknowledge the pain of their untimely and unjust passing, we celebrate their memory. Yoda, the old frog, is one with the Force, and while I can wish for his guidance, I can also make fun of his vile cookies I had to eat at lineage dinners all I want."

"pretty sure they were barely considered edible for near-humans" Robin adds. She caught Eddie's eye, and winked. "Who's up for actually edible tea? Dustin can practice his fine control and pour for us.

Both Dustin and Steve groaned. "The kid is gonna spill all over us for fun, Bobbin."

Concept post Dustin discovers they're jedi

[oh-katsuki]

nanami in his early 40s, grey peppering his blond hair, who constantly insists that you’re too young. you’re just a silly girl. he’s too old for you. come back in 10 years. that’s what he tells you. tells you not to flirt with him like that, or hold him like that, or look at him like that. insists that you’re too young to know what you want and it’s certainly not him. you don’t want someone this old. you’re tricking yourself.

it’s hard. he doesn’t see you as a woman, or at least, he says he doesn’t. but you notice the way he looks at you, how riled up he gets when you press your body close like that. you’re not an idiot. so you tell him that you’re not too young. you’re 22. you tell him that you know exactly what you want as you straddle his lap between pretty thighs, as you run your hands up the lapels of his suit and he tries to play off your touch with that cool exterior of his. you’re a grown woman. deep down he knows it, but you want to prove it to him so badly.

[cryptidclaw]

I feel like people overreact a tad in regards to the age gap sometimes. Yes, when you are young (childhood, teenage and 20's) age gaps are really impactful and should be minded but the older you get, the less it matters? Idk, I feel like most people shouldn't be scandalized at a 8 year age gap if both parties are over 30 or something like that. Even so, in the specific case of RoC, Shrike and Fire don't become close friends until after they both are very much adults so like. I understand the concern but, it sounds a little silly.

No I completely agree, in RoC (and I'm pretty sure in canon too??) Fireheart is around 2 years old and Shriketail is around 2.5 years old when Swift dies. This makes Fire around 24 in human years and Shrike around 26. That is not a big age difference , and this is when they start being friends in RoC.

I do understand however that a lot of ppl find this kind of ship uncomfortable bec these cats will be around and live with eachother when one is a child/baby and the other is an adult. I personally have the rule that these kind of relationships are fine as long as the characters interact very little before they are both adults. Which is why I'm chill with LongFire, tho ig it is pushing it since Long does bully Fire as a child (and literally fights him).

Buuuuut, the age gap is one of the reasons I like younger Shrike, but it isn't the only one. I like Shrike being younger bec we can get to know him a lot more since he would interact with Fire more! I also feel like the younger age fits his asshole teen character lol.

[sneverussape]

running errands about town 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻💨

[yourlocaldisneyvillain]

It's funny that you say that minors are not welcome on your blog because you write adult content, but you write a fanfic in which a minor fucks an adult. very very funny ;)

if you bothered to read the fic you'd know she isn't a minor in it, she's 22 lol. anyway if you message me again you'll get blocked!

[lead-acetate]

I've been listening to Mamma Mia on repeat during my morning exercises (shut up) and I feel like there should be a Jangobi Mamma Mia AU?? or something. Jangobi with these vibes.

now, I haven't seen the movie, but I have read an X-Men Mamma Mia AU (shut up) and I feel like this is Jangobi level of absolutely ridiculous drama. this whole who is the parent, exes-to-lovers, some fucking island, yada yada yada, "how could resist you," "here I go again."

petition for the exasperated child to be Fox.

[hydrangea-bouquet]

Have you ever read a fic so good it was life changing and you would recommend it to anyone, even someone from outside your fandom? Like the fic is just so good you think even someone who knows next to nothing about the source material would enjoy it.

[dorkofspace]

Hi, why are the warrior cats family trees and relationships so messed up.

[chisatowo]

N. NEW BANDORI BAND???????

[lovesick-syrup-selfships]

soooo,,,, I recently got a new fictional crush I think, but I’m too afraid to selfship with them cause i’m like, 17 and they’re like, 7-8 years younger than me and like, idk I just know that If I wasn’t getting harrassed over my selfships now, i’d definately get harrassed over this one

[jeniffercheck]

Hi! wondering, how old are shiv and karolina in the parisverse?

i usually headcanon them about 9/10 years apart in age so shiv 27/28 and karolina 37/38??