#double cyrano

[canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit]

self inserting i guess

[ilovefredjones]

oh martin crimp’s adaptation of cyrano de bergerac we’re really in it now

[sightofsea]

prompt number 25 for those good omens bitches please AND thank you

thank you so much!!! tried to go for angst but failed. ah well, c'est la vie. it's the spirit of the thing.

25. “It hurts…” “what?” “Loving someone who doesn’t love you…”

“Well it does hurt, is the thing," Crowley says, restarting an argument that had been born outside the theater, raised on the way to the restaurant, and had been on a quick gap year over canapés.

Aziraphale stops fussing with the sleeves of his coat. “What?” 

“Loving someone who doesn’t love you, it hurts," Crowley clarifies. 

Aziraphale goes back to fussing. "Yes, I suppose it does," he says, then shakes his arms out. Perfect. "But I don't see what that has to do with how dreadful that production of Cyrano was."

Crowley holds the door open for him, and all the warm air inside the restaurant is quickly replaced with a brisk chill that bites the nostrils. Aziraphale says a quick thank you, and Crowley goes back to arguing. He walks along with a small jump in his step, shoulders to his ears as if trying to lift himself off the sidewalk. Aziraphale loops an arm around the demon's elbow, to keep him grounded.

"I'm just saying," Crowley says. "I'm all for criticism. Love criticism, me, but I don't think he was being that overdramatic. It really does feel like that sometimes."

"He was wailing!" Aziraphale argues back. "Rending his garments, throwing himself at the walls--I'm just saying, there's something to a subtle performance."

"Sub--subtle performance?" Crowley lets that percolate in delighted disbelief. "Bit rich coming from you."

Aziraphale's jaw pops open, feet's coming to a standstill, and he unhooks himself from Crowley's arm. "What's that supposed to mean?" he asks. It's intended to come off as mildly offended, but lilts a little to the left. Crowley stares at him, and Aziraphale tuts. "Oh...!" He stomps back up to Crowley and hooks their arms together again, bringing them back to their familiar trot. "That is besides the point."

"No it's not," Crowley says. "You love drama. You love those books where they go on in the hillside, waving poetic and, and diving off of cliffs."

"Yes, but that's books," Aziraphale says. "That's fiction in its purest form. This is performance, it must have some grounding in reality. You can't honestly say you've ever acted like that in the name of unrequited love."

Crowley hums, and is quiet for a few moments. They turn into a nearby park, and everybody considered mugging the flash bastard and his posh twat boyfriend suddenly find their wallets heavier and their thoughts elsewhere.

"Maybe I have," Crowley says, all mumbled and high pitched. "Who's to say?"

Aziraphale does a double take. "Really?" Crowley nods, looking straight ahead. Aziraphale hesitantly points to himself. "Over...?"

It's now Crowley's turn to do a double take. "Wh--no, over Napoleon. Yes, over you!"

"Oh, well that makes me feel terrible!" laments Aziraphale, who is beginning to feel something rise up within him that he's too proud to admit to but most would call 'flattered'. "That you did all that screaming and wailing over me."

Crowley shifts as if trying to shed his skin. "Mm."

"All that--all that rending of garments and throwing yourself about." Aziraphale puts his free hand on Crowley's hooked arm. He tuts. "And over me."

Crowley lets put a creaking sound of embarrassment, and tries to wave away his confession with his free hand. "Okay, that's not--"

"That you were overcome by...by such enormous affection and love," Aziraphale continues, near giddy with it now. "For me!"

Crowley stares at him, deadpan. "You're enjoying this."

"I'm not," lies Aziraphale. He schools his face as best he can--which is to say, quite portly. "I'm feeling...quite guilty."

"That's not your guilty face," Crowley says. "That's your...that's a different face. A smug face."

"Not smug," says Aziraphale, smugly.

"Delighted, then."

Aziraphale tuts, shaking his head. "Not in the least. I'm quite overcome with agony, as I imagine you were." Crowley hums in disbelief. "Again, over me."

"Alright, alright," says Crowley, who does his best to gesture wildly with one arm lovingly held captive. "I take it back. I take it all back. There was no wailing or garment rending or any of that. I was perfectly fine with it." He expects a response to come. When it doesn't, he turns to see Aziraphale looking distinctly put out. Something seizes in Crowley's chest, and the words come out before his brain can bar the door. "Okay, I screamed at a tree once about it. Does that satisfy you?"

"Mm," says Aziraphale, still displeased.

"Maybe had a...good cry, or three," admits Crowley.

Aziraphale softens. "Oh, did you really?" he asks, curiosity sliding from smug to concerned.

Crowley bristles at the genuine emotion. "Oh, what, and you didn't?" he asks defensively.

"No, I have," says Aziraphale, soberly. He blinks up at Crowley before surveying the landscape, no doubt imagining lonely nights and cold mornings scattered over many the millennia. Crowley imagines them as well.

"You...so...yeah," he says. He supposes he's won the argument, but it doesn't feel like it. "We both..."

"We've both suffered over each other," Aziraphale says. His voice is heavy with guilt, and not for the first time, the two of them think of the same thing. 

Crowley distinctly remembers the slam of the bookshop door, and winces at it. Sounds get clogged in the back of his throat. "Y-Yeah," he says. They walk along another few steps, before stopping. "Not...not any more, though," Crowley adds, half statement and half question. He brings his free hand over Aziraphale's.

Aziraphale squeezes his arm lightly and smiles. "No," he whispers. "Not any more."

Crowley smiles back--because it's dark and there's plausible deniability, because he's in love, who's to say--and moves to cup Aziraphale's face. Aziraphale's already ahead of him. The kiss to short, soft, and simple--a reassurance, more than a declaration. For a moment, there's a break in the chill night air, and all is warm.

They part, and continue their walk in tandem. "You still think the play was shit though, don't you?" Crowley asks.

"Not in so many words," Aziraphale admonishes, which is to say, yes.

[becausebuckley]

michelle's buddie fic recs: week 37!

another week, another list of brilliant brilliant fics <3 i hope you find some new favourites here!!

this is a mix of fics with all ratings and some include NSFW content. please take a look at both the ratings and the fic tags before reading!

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descendants of cyrano | letmetellyouaboutmyfeels/@letmetellyouaboutmyfeels | 55.3k | E

People have their characters romance each other all the time while playing Dungeons & Dragons. There's deep meaningful monologues and sometimes some crying. It's normal. "Normal" is definitely not the word for whatever Buck and Eddie are inflicting on the rest of the 118. i reread this for maybe the third time this week? idk the point is i've read it multiple times and it continues to be one of my favourite fics <3 the d&d bits are brilliant and i love buddie and the 118 friendships and everything!!

dreamverse | clairo_shade | 3.4k | T

If anyone asks—it’s Karen’s fault. That’s what Eddie is going to make sure is written on his gravestone when this colossal lapse in judgment ends with him burying himself six feet under. this is technically a double rec cause the sequel is also great!! fluff and humour is one of my favourite tags and this captures both perfectly <3

family (portrait) | ProsperDemeter/@prosperdemeter2 | 45.1k | T

realizing that the family that you need has been beside you all along. i love the family dynamics here, both the complex buckley family ones and the maddie & buck & jee & chim & eddie stuff. brilliant fic!

i'm hearing secret harmonies | Chash | 18k | T

When the firefighter walks into Eddie's coffeeshop, Eddie immediately knows two things about him: he's not human, and he's the love of Eddie's life. i love witch eddie so much!! the diaz family here is so lovely as well <3

life like a face between your palms | hattalove/ @hattalove | 9.6k | M

in which eddie is sweet, and buck is a little undone by it. sweet eddie my absolute most beloved <3 the tooth-rotting fluff tag has never been more accurate!

a place in the clouds | lesbianrobin/@lesbianrobin | 5.1k | G

the Diaz family make their way home. the ultimate eddie and chris moving to la roadtrip fic <3 i love their dynamic here so much!!

to hold you up | selfmythology| 4.6k| T

Five times Evan “Buck” Buckley cared for someone, and one time someone cared for him. i love the different friendships highlighted here and the buddie scene is so lovely!!

whatever you knead i'm just a massage away | znks/@znks | 3k | E

if your best friend doesn't reveal his secret physical therapist skills to help you out then what's the point what's the point indeed?? there's something so special and intimate about massage fics and this hits the spot perfectly <3

[jadeazora]

Joe Merrick got to play some of the upcoming DLC for the Indigo Disk! Here's his impressions video!

But some points from the article:

You start of by entering the Terarium in the Blueberry Academy with Lacey and Cyrano, and she explains what the Terarium projects the passage of time and the sky, and they have a mysterious globe at the top which allows for Terastalisation, but Cyrano can't seem to remember what it is made out of.

Lacey says the Terarium has four different habitats: the Polar, Savannah, Coastal, and Canyon quadrants. They house a variety of Pokémon, different in each area. In the Coastal one you'd find a lot of water Pokémon, and ones like Alolan Exeggutor on the beach, Polar is filled with Ice-types like Alolan Sandshrew & Beartic, the Savannah had ones like Kantonian Tauros, Doduo, and Canyon had ones like Alolan Geodude, Tyrogue and others. He notes that he saw both forms of Exeggutor too.

Area is larger than Kitakami, tho not quite as large as Paldea

There are some rest stops with some students hanging around but the big central one has all the amenities like the Pokemon Center station and TM Machine and all that.

Tera Raid Battle Crystals are found thru-out the area, large amounts of Pokémon and items everywhere. Tera Shards can be found in large batches. He says he picked up about 18 all in one batch. (Something I'm quite happy about, it was a pain grinding for shards.)

Trainers here seem to favor Double Battles. It's mentioned there are some Trainers that are pretty high-levelled like the Kitakami Ogre Clan, packing Lv70 teams carrying items, and using different strategies.

The trial they did in the trailers with your Dragon wasn't too tough, but BB League is another story. Amarys' battle was compared to later levels of the Battle Tower rather than a main-story battle, every Pokémon on her team had a means to counter any possible weakness.

Even if you have a Lv100 team, you may have the advantage, but it does mean less than it did in Pt1. The BB League can be done in any order, and he's curious how later parts of the story will go.

New TMs that are being added in The Indigo Disk include a mix of returning moves such as Expanding Force, Triple Axel, Skitter Smack, Meteor Beam, Breaking Swipe, Scorching Sands, Curse, Coaching, Electro Web and more, previously revealed new moves Upper Hand and Psychic Noise, and previously unknown moves like Supercharged Cell and Hard Press, a Steel-type move which does more damage the higher the target's Hit Points.

Music is very reminiscent of Unova's, with the wild battle theme being a remix of the old wild theme. There's inspiration from other regions too, but he says he can't disclose it right now.

Performance is mentioned as a weaker point, but I think we've come to expect that from SV at this point.

[firenati0n]

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[ruiyuki]

“Then, why don't you claim your own skies?”

The words ring in his head that morning of the ceremony. Thinking on this was unusual, really— the Drayster never mulled over things for long. In the days leading up however, Drayton couldn't help being reminded of the words said to him by that guy many months ago.

— —

Cyrano introduced him as a gym leader of the Galar region, visiting Blueberry Academy to train for a while in the Terarium.

“Yo, name's Raihan. Heard you're a dragon trainer too— care for a battle?”

A fellow dragon specialist, and Duraludon trainer too. They clicked instantly; having so much in common and being so similar in personality, it made League Club members do a double take. It wasn't before long that Drayton spent most of his class-skipping days hanging with Raihan in the Terarium during those few weeks.

They battled, they trained, and sometimes they just chatted over grub. Most of the time it was light-hearted: trading tips on dragon training, or stories of the strong trainers they've encountered. Other times, Raihan ranted off about the online beef he had with that Iono chick

(“The streamer girl? Yeah, we've met; she was invited here from Paldea last year. Girl's a whacky cuckoolander.” “Ugh, got that straight.”)

or jived Drayton about his League Club juniors.

(“Your girl Lacey is real cute.” “Yeah, that's her thing. Don't you think about trying anything though; her old man's Clay.” “The cowboy man? Damn.”)

It was only when the topic of rivals drifted along the daily conversation mill that vibes turned dour. A topic that Drayton avoided taking too seriously. There were feelings that never left him, never spoken aloud at Blueberry Academy. He wanted to keep it away, leave it on the shores of Unova miles from his small ocean sanctuary.

But Raihan never disparaged it. To Drayton's surprise, the other dragon tamer even had his own struggles to share, despite already reaching the status of 8th gym leader. He candidly described the child prodigy in his home region— the undefeated champion ever so popular and praised in the public eye.

It was a story Drayton knew all too well; he could recognize it in the undertone of Raihan's voice as he hit note for note the same emotions Drayton had felt too. So for the very first time since stepping foot upon Blueberry Academy, Drayton shared his own story— of his family, of the Opelucid Gym, of the Unova Champion.

Leon. Drayden. Iris.

These were the names that, although both Raihan and Drayton had much respect for them as pokemon trainers, never really made their smiles reach their eyes. The brighter big lights shine, the larger the shadows are cast behind them they say. Drayton's never found peace in that darkness, but it did make him feel better finding a kindred spirit in Raihan.

That is, until Raihan dropped the most mind-blowing take the Drayster's ever heard.

“It’s the same for you innit?— with Iris, I mean. There's always that someone you can't reach up to no matter how much you give your all— the ultimate rival. 'cept don't you think it could be that way 'cause you're playing the game with different rules?”

“Huh?”

“Leon was the strongest because his Pokemon are strong. Even if he's in a tight spot, he'd always manage to eek out a win because of that insane raw power of his pokemon. Battle instincts just come naturally to him y'know? But if you ask the man about how he uses his pokemon's abilities or setting up his next move? My mate gets lost quicker than Sonia can put a tracker on him, haha!”

“The Pokemon League's standard for single battles is great and all, but doubles is a whole different ball game. Singles is all about strength and endurance; double battles actually uses tactics. Just because a trainer is good at raising Pokemon to be strong doesn't always mean they'll be good at strategy. Honestly, it’s amazing how Leon stayed at the top for a decade 'til the new champ beat him.”

No matter how good Drayton was as Blueberry League Champion, at a school specialized in double battles, beating Iris was always a separate issue. The battle skills he was taught as a child, from his training by his grandfather at Opelucid Gym was all he had ever known when battling her. But truth be told, it never even occurred to him to level the playing field. It never occurred to him to think that he could.

“That's why I choose doubles in my gym. There are different ways to be strong as a trainer, it's just a matter of finding your own. 'sides, this school already specializes in double battles, why not put that to your advantage?”

Challenging Iris in a double battle… might just be the craziest idea Drayton has ever considered.

“The skies are big enough for all of us to fly— you just have to claim your territory, mate.”

— —

“Drayton, there you are!” Lacey's voice snaps him out of his reverie.

They've just finished the graduation ceremony. Long and arduous, the graduating students all decked out in Blueberry's cap and gown stood in the Terarium's Central Plaza waiting to be called up one by one to recieve a fancy sealed up paper. After the final speeches were said, cheers shouted and caps tossed, it was finally time for students to freely mill about in the celebratory energy.

“Yo. Congratulations, Miss Valedictorian.”

“Oh please, not you too. Crispin and the other League Club members have already said enough.” She pauses, lightly laughs as she approaches him. “And besides, I came here to congratulate you! Congratulations on graduating, Drayton.”

“Thanks, been a long time coming.”

“Yes… To be honest, I'm kinda surprised you made it this year…”

“Heh heh, aren't we all?” He took no offense to that, really. “Guess I just got my muse back this time 'round.”

Indeed, Drayton's change of pace didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the BB Elite Four. Perhaps it was the influence of the whole Kieran drama last year… or after that had cleared up, the subsequent sister school exchange event where the top BB League Club members got invited to Paldea to participate in a team competition. Lacey certainly noticed Drayton went back to skipping class when the Galarian gym leader was here, but at least he was motivated somewhat regularly after.

“I see… well I'm glad to hear that, Drayton. What are you planning to do after graduation?”

“Who knows… but I might have something in mind…”

“Something?”

“Don't worry about it.” He waves it off and ushers her ahead. “C'mon, lets take some photos with the club. It'll be our last ones here afterall.”

.

.

.

“By the way Drayster— if you ever find yourself in Galar, feel free to drop by Hammerlocke Stadium any time. We'll be happy to have ya.”

[dreamingpichu]

Currently I've been seeing a lot of people claim that Elesa is Lacey's mom or that Clay can't be her father. But I have evidence that disproves the former and evidence that proves the latter, as well as evidence of who Lacey's mom could actually be.

For starters, the line that people keep using as evidence that Elesa IS Lacey's mom doesn't even exist. Lacey never says it.

The other piece of evidence people use is that Lacey uses a Plusle and Minun in the first battle you have with her. However I think this is likely just to demonstrate that BBA exclusively does double battles. Plusle and Minun were introduced in gen 3 alongside double battles. Their abilities, Plus and Minus (abilities also being introduced in gen 3) benefit from being on the field together. With Lacey liking cute Pokémon it makes sense that she'd pick them to use occasionally.

Lastly, her home town is Nimbasa. However it's important to note that Nimbasa is only a short road and a bridge away from Driftveil. It's likely that Clay just lives in Nimbasa and goes to Driftveil for work, rather than living in Driftveil. Her living in Nimbasa doesn't automatically make Elesa her mother.

Next, I have evidence for why Clay is ABSOLUTELY Lacey's father. Starting with looking at appearances. Game Freak loves making it obvious when a character is related to other characters. They tend to look very similar. The only thing we know for sure is that Lacey's father is a Unovan gym leader. The male gym leaders in Unova are as follows:

Cilan

Chili

Cress

Burgh

Clay

Brycen

Drayden

Cheren

Marlon

We can already rule out the Striaton trio, as they're way too young to be having any children. We can rule out Drayden as well, as it's pretty obvious that Drayton is meant to be related to him in some way. If Lacey was also related to him, either her or Drayton would have mentioned it. That leaves Burgh, Clay, Brycen, Cheren, and Marlon as possible candidates. Based on appearances, Lacey shares the most similarities with...Clay. I've circled them here:

Finally, we have the obvious. Lacey's ace is Excadrill. The same as Clay.

Now, I believe I know who Lacey's mother may be. Of course I'm not claiming this as canon. Until Gamefreak decides to confirm anything (if they ever do), this is really just a headcanon.

Now, many people believe that Lacey's mother cannot be a gym leader, as Cyrano only mentions her father being a gym leader, not both parents. However, it's likely that he only mentioned her father because he's from Unova, and Lacey's mother is a gym leader from a different region. It's possible he's just not very familiar with other regions and their gym leaders.

Now which region is Lacey's mother from, you ask? Well, none other than our very own Paldea!

I propose that Lacey's mother is...

Tulip!

Now, I wouldn't just make a claim without evidence, so here's my evidence!

Now like I said, I'm not claiming this to be cannon. But the resemblance is VERY striking that I couldn't just ignore the similarities between the two. So, unless Gamefreak decides to reveal Lacey's mom and it isn't Tulip, my headcanon is that Tulip is Lacey's mother.

Sayonara, and goodnight.

[chaos-cousins]

Cyrano continues to piss me off. If Lacey doesn't want her personal info being shared, then don't share it!

Though, I'm a bit pumped at the chance to do a double battle. I haven't done those in a while.

[canwriteitbetterthanueverfeltit]

sometimes i scroll through my word doc and get to think "oh that was good/funny/cute" actually

[blueskilled]

⥫ Continued from here ⥭ ⥫ @vixletserenity ⥭

≼ ⌬ ≽

"Well, I do like to try to emphasize battling here at Blueberry Academy," Cyrano barked with a confident air. "I want to give young and talented trainers a chance to really flex their skills in a way that just isn't possible with a lot of battle leagues and gym challenges. I would argue that the fact you even have an outlet for double battles to begin with is rather forward thinking of your region! Oh... I'm rambling aren't I? If our clubs is a good way to drawn in students who have the battle skills but not the drive, I think I'll start using that in advertising... Hmm... Would you be willing to give a short testimony, Celly?"

Did he just give her a nickname without her permission? Why, yes he did.

[bradshaws-girl]

Top Gun Maverick Fic Recommendations  

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Bradshaws-girl

characters: Jake 'Hangman' Seresin, Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw, and Robert 'Bob' Floyd

updated: March 3rd

Jake 'hangman' Seresin

Opposites Attract: @topguncortez  (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Fly Boy @kryptonitejelly (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Gravediggers Daughter @honeypiehotchner (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Come Over Here and Overwhelm Me @anniesocsandgeneralstore

Kiddo @sinofwriting

In Too Deep @sunlightmurdock

This Love @roosterscock (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Better Man @sweetlittlegingy (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

The Good, The Bad, and The Working On it @crazyk-imagine  (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Tattoos @roostalicious

Operation Apollo @sunlightmurdock (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Signed Away @seresinhangmanjake (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Slow Burn @ereardon

Double Tap @rolycolysficrecs

I Wont Apologize @fandomxpreferences

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw

Sub-Rosa @sunlightmurdock (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Heat @clints-lucky-arrow (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

The Best Intentions @shaded-echoes 

Blooming @heartsofminds (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

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Trouble In Paradise @sunlightmurdock (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Talk To Me Lucky @callsignlucky 

Baby Lets Play House @seasonsbloom  (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Flight Risk @hufflepuffprincesse

My Future In You @sunlightmurdock  (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Chaos @ohtobeleah

Ceasefire @sunlightmurdock (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

His Little Girl @roosterscockpit (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Cyrano @hotgirlmav (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Are We Still Friends? @perpetuelledaydreaming (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)

Free Fallin @milkathedudz

No Mercy @youlightmeupfinn

The Parent Trap @sunlightmurdock

Robert 'Bob' Floyd

Sweetness and Light @randalsgrave

Till I See You Again @plentyoffandoms

Seeing You Again @thestagsheadsblog (contains some suggestive material)

Part Of A Family @3tabbiesandalab

Magnetism @wildbornsiren

Young Love @idunnoficsorsumthing  (some parts contain/will contain 18+ material)  

Cowgirls Don’t Cry @shaded-echoes 

Mean and Scary @stormiwaves

Teddy Bear @thesluttyarchivist

[summer-child-in-inaba]

Cyrano: I bet that piques your interest, doesn't it?

Goro: No.

Lacey: ... Um. Sir, I think it will be easier to understand how all that works after we go to the lower level. If you could put a little pin in that thought?

Goro: I just said I don't - oh whatever.

Cyrano: Always thinking ahead, aren't you Lacey? That does make sense - though. How about, as a little introduction to our school, you two have a battle?

Goro: ... Much more my speed.

Lacey: Uh - sure, okay! Oh - you have had a Double Battle before, right?

Goro: We've done a few practice rounds in Battle Studies, so I know the basics.

[cypanache]

for the fic writer asks: 5, 12, 19

5. What’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

So this is incredibly dangerous with me because the moment I say I will never write something … I wind up eating my words (see Prodigal, which was something I literally said I’d never write)

But I’ll give you two AUs which are a long way off from ever being more than a discord campfire story. One Obidala and one more Obianidala -adjacent both inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac which is my favorite play, but wildly different in tone.

Obidala — Think 90s romcom mashup of with a bit of You’ve Got Mail, a bit of Cyrano, and a sprinkling of Sabrina, where Anakin is a self-made mid-90s Silicon Valley whiz kid and Obi-Wan is his long suffering CFO/COO/fixer. Enter Padme as the journalist/tastemaker Anakin needs impress for ‘reasons’ and winds up blowing off. So Obi-Wan being the fixer he is … fixes it (a little too well), writing Padme a thoughtful apology in Anakin’s name and arranging for a behind the scenes look at the company’s operations, etc. Anakin runs into her and is instantly head over heels and asking Obi-Wan’s help because she’s totally out of his league. Padme is impressed. Anakin is smitten. Obi-Wan, who is just trying to keep this deal together, is slowly losing his mind … and his heart.

Obianidala adjacent — a totally different vibe let’s go to a Padme lives style AU set in a sort of vague post-wwii England (or something similar). Where Anakin was a pilot/double agent for the wrong side who died in dubious circumstances. Padme is his pregnant widow who has been left without his pension or answers. And Obi-Wan … is the “professor” (read ‘spy’) who Padme tracks down after she finds a half written love letter from her husband addressed to him … and Obi-Wan in his shared grief for the man they both loved and both feel betrayed by winds up inviting her to stay. And Padme, having nowhere else to go, does. Only the longer she lives with him, the more she gets to know him, comes to care for him, the more she can’t quite shake the feeling that there’s something vaguely familiar about the way he talks, the words he uses, the phrases, the passages he picks out to read …

12. Do you have a playlist for one of your current WIPs?

I have a playlist for every WIP that isn’t just a one shot. But by far the most carefully curated is the one for A Trap of Your Own Making, which was developed with the help of the amazing @vic3456 who is my musical soulmate. And if listened to in order will follow the arc of the entire story

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs

Here. Let’s do Wires. Which is a modern post RotS Padme lives au. Where the Jedi are cops and Padme is an ADA. (Think law & order meets Star Wars). Because I’ve talked about this a bit and everything else gets a little complicated to share.

nine months after mustafar

“Anakin’s going to ask for custody.”

“He can’t.”

It’s a stupid statement. And not just because Padme has spent the past nine months coming to terms with the fact that Anakin is apparently capable of more than she ever wanted to contemplate. She knows how this works, knows how her life will be viewed by the court compared to his. No current means of income, being investigated for ethics violations, with a support network that primarily consists of, well…

She glances over Mon’s shoulder to where Obi-Wan is currently walking Leia, while everyone pretends he can’t hear every word of the supposedly privileged conversation going on at the kitchen table …

… Best not to bring her ‘support network’ up at all if she can help it.

From the look on Mon’s face that’s not going to be an option. Knowing Anakin, his old training officer’s name is probably right at the top of the petition.

[crispinthecookofblueberry]

Ooo? Another Crispin! (Sorry if that’s the wrong way to phrase it, I must admit all of these… erm, different universes make me a bit confused!). Sorry for dropping by, thought I should pay you a visit on this, um, website thingy being your director and all…

That’s awesome, now we have double the cooking skills to make tasty snacks! :)

@director-cyrano

Oh, ah, director Cyrano! I didn't realize you were on rotomblr too.

Yeah, it's um...nice to see you too. Really. Totally.