#cracken

[cracksh0t]

does nutcracker and bracken like eachother????

i feel like... the bracken would be very intrigued by the nutcracker while slightly intimidated. it stares too much for its comfort and doesnt react to the bracken's territorial advances the nutcracker is just trying to do it's job

[cyancatart]

THEY DID IT

[shorts-wars-confessions]

BRO HAVE YOU CHECKED ON THE STREAM THE TRAILER IS PRESTON AND BAM GETTING MARRIED AND PRESTONS ACTING A BIT MORE LIKE HIMSELF

Also the new date(?) Is the 28th or at least that's what my phones telling me lol

yea

[stasiaroze]

[amarriageoftrueminds]

thing I've realised which alters how I see the howling commandos:

if the actors' ages reflect the characters’ ages, then all of the Howlies are considerably older than Steve.

The youngest Howlie (after Bucky & Steve) would be eight years older than Steve (that's Monty). The oldest is eighteen years older.

So they're a bunch of guys in their 30s and 40s who voluntarily put themselves under the command of a clueless 25 year old whippersnapper who's never even been in the field before. 

Or, another way to put it: 

Bucky was asked to pick a team to put under Steve's command and he chose a bunch of much older, seasoned soldiers, because clearly a bunch of kids in their twenties couldn't be trusted to cope with this idiot.

[dicktat]

New merch design on or off

[cloudtaleblog]

i lvoe my baby boy

a swap au i have if someone wants me to yap about it

[incorrectstarwarslegendsquotes]

Being a ginger has plagued me my entire life. People say I smell like copper. I can get a sunburn indoors and night. According to recent legend, I have no soul.

half the EU

[marmakar]

The last part 6! Thanks everyone :D Now I don't know what else to do with my MH OCs, hm?

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

[morninkim]

anyone else just realise Carmilla is turning 10 years old this year????

[cracksh0t]

seeing people ship the bracken and nutcracker is very intriguing to me can we start calling it cracken

[cyancatart]

i should be asleep but instead i made this

i'm gonna try to go to sleep now

[shorts-wars-confessions]

I’m currently waiting for Pasta Man x Bam fics on ao3

Am I cooked?

-Vewn💉

same

[alphamecha-mkii]

Star Wars: LCG - Airen Cracken by Mariusz Gandzel

[from-a-legends-pov]

Star Wars Legends Spotlight: The Liberation of Coruscant

In this last week of writer signups for the From a Legends Point of View fanfiction event, we’ll be celebrating Legends by highlighting some key events, characters, and moments from the Legends continuity.

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Our next spotlight is the Liberation of Coruscant (the capital planet of both the former Republic and of the Galactic Empire) from the Empire in 7 ABY.

Why is this important?

While the Battle of Endor cleared the way for the establishment of the New Republic and the beginning of the end of the Empire, the Galactic Civil War wasn’t yet over. The celebrations and uprisings upon hearing of the Alliance victory at Endor were quickly put down, and much of the galaxy remained under an oppressive regime. With the death of the Emperor, various Imperial warlords battled for power and sought to declare themselves the successor to Palpatine or to at least amass enough territory to prevent the New Republic from gaining a foothold. On Coruscant, that person was Director of Imperial Intelligence Ysanne Isard (“Iceheart”).

As the seat of power for both the old Republic and the Empire, Coruscant had important strategic and symbolic value for the New Republic. The New Republic also reasoned that the sooner Coruscant could be taken, the faster the remainder of the Empire would fall.

Equally important is the way in which Coruscant was taken — not by the straightforward bombardment one might expect from a power like the Empire, but a combination of creative strategies involving Rebel spies, Black Sun gangsters, and Rogue Squadron pilots.

How does it happen?

As Han would say, this is where the fun begins. The major events take place in Michael Stackpole’s novel X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble, although parts are referred to in the following book X-Wing: The Krytos Trap (turns out “It’s a trap!” Isn’t just a saying for Bespin or Endor).

The New Republic gets things started by releasing 16 Black Sun criminals who were being held on Kessel and transporting them to Coruscant to distract the Imperials. Meanwhile, members of Rogue Squadron sneak onto Coruscant under various cover identities (Wedge Antilles and Pash Cracken as Imperial officers, Erisi Dlarit and Corran Horn as an Kuat noble and her attendant, other members of the squadron traveling with Mirax Terrik in the Pulsar Skate) and meet up with Rebel Intelligence contacts on planet (including Winter Retrac and Iella Wessiri). Their goal is to sabotage the planetary defenses long enough to enable a successful attack from the New Republic forces.

Their first sabotage attempt involves trying to insert sliced computer cores into all the major computers that control systems on Coruscant, to enable them to take control of the planet’s shields and bring them down when the New Republic forces arrive. While the initial part of the plan is successful, they are sold out to the Imperials by one of the Black Sun operatives on the team and have to go to plan B (and reveal Tycho Celchu, who was on-planet secretly to help with hideouts and espionage).

Their next attempt involves using a series of solar mirrors to cause a super storm — a huge electrical storm that disrupts power to the shields and enables Corran Horn to fly in and destroy the substation controlling the shields. That attempt is successful, and the New Republic attacks from the air and lands ground forces to take the planet. There are several tough battles on the ground, and General Han Solo sends in a special force led by Luke Skywalker to help take the Imperial Palace, where members of the Imperial High Command have barricaded themselves. The New Republic forces prevail, and the capital planet is now in the hands of the New Republic.

What’s next?

The liberation of Coruscant sets up several plots and themes that carry into other Legends materials, such as the Krytos virus that targets non-humans, Tycho Celchu being framed for murder, mistrust between humans and non-humans, Ysanne Isard as a major Imperial villain, and even the use of starfighter pilots in more of a spy or commando fashion rather than only in straight battles.

[amarriageoftrueminds]

thing I just realised about the Winter Soldier:

Nat said he had been sent on assassinations for the last 50 years.

That movie was released in 2014, but written/filmed in 2013.

50 years before 2013 was 1963.

An assassination in 1963.

His first ever hit was JFK.