#force-sensitive rex

[itsgoldleaf]

RexObi Big Bang 2023!

Presenting my story for @rexobibang (a few days later than planned, but life gets in the way!) Check it out on ao3 below:

The Path Not Taken

Featuring beautiful art by @littledumplingwrites and @ryr-art!!!

Writing this fic was a journey and a half - I’ve never taken part in a Big Bang before and I learned a lot about writing (and planning!) a long-form fic over months - lots of things to take with me for next time. Life also got in the way a bit (losing my job was definitely a highlight) but we got there in the end!

I’d like to thank my wonderful artists for creating such amazing pieces - seeing things I’ve written come to life like this is such an honour 🧡 I’d also like to thank the @rexobibang mods for creating and running this fun event for this awesome rarepair 🧡

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“Please,” Rex says quietly. It’s desperate, a plea, almost lost in the jumble of cutlery and trays from the bussing station across the room.

“I’m not trying to out you, Rex,” Obi-Wan says softly, because he has to press otherwise they’ll get nowhere. “But you do need to address this. I’m not always going to be there to pretend it was me the next time you forget yourself. This is nothing to be afraid of; you’re remarkable, in fact. One of a kind.”

And that was the wrong thing to say.

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[stealingpotatoes]

I like the story’s where mando doesn’t realize that boba is a clone

watch this [combines ur asks]

(commission info // tip jar!)

[phantasm-echo]

Jedi Rex?? Jedi Rex :))

Guys do you think since omega is a clone and is blonde and was probably force sensitive that since Rex is also blonde he is also force sensitive— *gets shot*

[cc1010fox]

Cody: Guys! Come here for a sec! Fox: It's not that big of a deal... Wolffe: What's up? Bly: What's going on? Rex: Is everything ok? Cody: Tell them what you told me. Fox: ...Are you serious that you don't feel it? Wolffe: Feel what? Cody: Tell them. Fox, hesitant: ...You know how you can feel a target moving, even when you can't see it? Wolffe, Bly, and Rex: What!? Wolffe: No! Bly: You can feel your target moving? Rex: Do you know what you're describing!? Fox: You guys really don't feel that? Cody: No, because we can't feel the Force. Fox: That's not what that is...is it? Wolffe: That's exactly what that is! Bly: Are you joking right now!? Rex: Be right back. I'm getting Ahsoka. Fox: Wait, no! Cody, jogging off as well: Kenobi will be able to explain it to you. Wolffe, opening communication with Plo Koon: Wait until my general hears about this! Bly, typing out a message: Aayla isn't going to believe it! Fox, glowering: Guys...

[brokenphoenix99]

Force Sensitive!Cody/Commander Rex of the 212th. Sith Artefact-hunting gone wrong.

For @codex-week Day 7 - After The War and Art Prompt of "FOREST MAZE" BY KILIAN ENG

Force Sensitive clones were trained by the Jedi and paired with their own Clone Commanders. After the war, Knight Cody and Commander Rex continue hunting down Sith Artefacts and fighting the darkness in the galaxy.

One way or another Cody would get Rex to safety.... the Sith Temple hidden in the heart of the Forest Maze hadn't wanted to let them leave...

Also on ao3 HERE for better quality - right click on long hold, select 'preview'.

Close-up and art Inspiration under the cut.

Tiny art Tag list: @loverboy-havocboy @chaicilatte @elismor

Many thanks to @codex-week for hosting this awesome event! I had so much fun!! Now to catch up on all the other incredible entries!! 🧡💙

[lucysnowe]

ahsoka trailer review

[archivewriter1ont]

🤔,👻,💥, and 🛏 for the ask game!

Thanks for the asks! ❤️

🤔 Are there any new characters you want to write about?

I'm actually super excited about this! I just found out about the Febuwhump event, and one of the prompts is perfect for some new characters I've loved for a while but never written about. I'm a HUGE fan of the Pendergast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (my next cats will be named Vinnie and Aloysius) and have been thinking of writing a short fic about D'Agosta's reaction to Pendergast's sacrifice in Book 5: Brimstone. That will be posted in February but I'm already working on it so I can have time to get it as close to perfect as possible!

Another new kind of fic I might try to write is for C.J. Archer's Cleopatra Fox series, because as much as I love her slow-burn, low-spice detective stories, we are in book 9 (NINE) and there has been no real emotional progress and only two brief kisses that Cleo overthinks for the rest of that book and the next. Richard is perfect for her but she just won't admit to her pessimistic (and sometimes toxic-feminist) side that he's not like the guys she's seen in the past. I listen to the series on audio, and during the last book people at work actually thought I was mad at my spreadsheets but I was really just mentally shaking this girl by the shoulders like "Open your eyes, ma'am!" So (deep breath, don't continue the rant)...I would love to attempt a fix-it sort of thing where I finally get the resolution that I want and they go on happily solving crimes together, whether her family disowns her or not. Her family isn't particularly likable to begin with, except for Flossy who is a funny little dear, so I don't see where that's a huge issue.

Summary: If I write a Pendergast fic, I just want him and D'Agosta to acknowledge that at this point they are blood brothers, maybe for Aloysius to fess up a little about why he's so averse to hugs, and for them to admit that they would die for each other since they have each actually tried to like twice already. If I write a Cleo/Richard fic, I just want an honest admission by Cleo that she was wrong about love and that marriage to a man who she fell in love with at first sight who lets her do as she pleases and who "gets" her at a level that her family never could, would maybe not be so bad.

👻 Is there a new genre you'd like to write?

I'd actually like to try my hand at...I guess it's not really romance, because of the simple fact that I don't like what most romance/romantasy novels contain (to each his own, but I'ma pass). But stories like in The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie, in which the guy and the girl actually are perfect for each other and their souls mesh the minute they meet, like "Wow what took me so long to find you?" At the moment that's my Cleo Fox/Richard Armitage HC story, or Tech/Phee and Hunter/Sheona (OC) for the Bad Batch. In the case of the Batch, they all deserve a happily ever after. I'm just not sure how well I could write that kind of thing.

💥Is there a chapter, scene, or WIP you're most excited to write? Share a snippet or tell us about it!

Yes! I'm super excited about writing The Codex, which I've talked about a little already but will happily do so again at length. It's in the very beginning stages but I would love to get it done this year, especially with the TBB comics coming out!

Basic Idea: Near the beginning of the Clone Wars, Clone Force 99 is assigned by Commander Cody to escort Obi-Wan Kenobi to an unexplored Outer Rim planet. Their objective is to find an ancient Sith/Jedi relic that has been coming up in underworld chatter, an object known as the Codex. (It's actually a real thing in SW. The Codex focuses and enhances a being's Force potential but was lost for millennia.) Kenobi hasn't met the Batch before, but as soon as he does he senses something like Force sensitivity in Hunter.

Without prying too much, the general tries to discover what the sergeant's abilities may be as the mission goes on. (Think random questions and conversations regarding Force things about which Hunter has literally no clue. The poor sergeant thinks Cody gave them the crazy general, which he did, but for other reasons.) When they get to the temple, a dark Force user is already there for the relic and a nail-biting race for the artifact ensues through underground tunnels, light sabers and blasters lighting up the dark, like a crazy Preston&Child chase sequence. Lots of opportunities for the young Batch to prove their stuff as relatively new soldiers -- cave-ins and explosions for Wrecker, split-second thinking and obscure knowledge for Tech, and stuff to kill and make fun of for Crosshair. Hunter is dealing with his own issues because of the Force thing but he's also thrilled to be out in the field, tracking and getting the job done. (Another side effect is that Obi-Wan is in real fear for his life at one point, sees these boys causing chaos and destruction, having the time of their lives, and thinks that it should be illegal for that much energy and death-wishiness to be packed into four men. It's enough to supply the entire 7th Sky Corps but somehow they got all of it.)

The plot twist is that Kenobi is emphatically not the hero of the story. The Dark Force user takes the "room temperature challenge" courtesy of an unlikely person who used the Codex and surprised everyone, including himself.

I just think a Force-sensitive Hunter would be a fun character to explore, and I like the idea of the Bad Batch saving General-the-Sithslayer Kenobi. I also think that Obi-Wan would see the four young batchers (scrawny in too-big armor, fresh off Kamino, arguing amongst themselves with intense stray puppy vibes) and just go "Adopt" because he's been around Plo too long and it's turned up his own dad instincts. (If not precious kiddos, why precious kiddo shaped?)

🛏 Is there a new trope you'd like to write this year?

Do AUs count as tropes? Because buddy do I have some stuff I've been thinking about. I love the Modern Batch AU my sister came up with; I also have plenty of ideas for an "Order 66 didn't happen (or if it did it didn't work bc Cody is awesome)" kind of AU. There's another one I've been thinking about, which I've been calling my Rescued AU, that also includes a Force-sensitive Hunter, but the Bad Batchers are much younger than the other clones, Ahsoka is older, Fives lives and Echo is never blown up, and Rex and the command batch figure out who the Sith Lord is early on in the war. Somehow this saves the galaxy and everyone lives happily ever after.

If not AUs, I think the "presumed dead" trope is fun (for me, obviously not the characters). It was done well in Brimstone and I've had a WIP called Glory and Honor that's been collecting dust forever, in which Cody is presumed dead after a terrible campaign that was caused by either Krell or Tarkin (still not sure if it's going to be an Umbara alternate or take place in a more original setting). Kenobi is distraught because he was wounded and taken from the field before Cody disappeared, and has no way to know for sure if the commander was killed instantly as reported or if he was left to die slowly in the carnage. Cody obviously survives and fights his way back to his Jedi and his men, and gets a good swing or two in on the bad guy responsible (which is why I'm kind of hoping it's going to be Krell, so I can have Cody kill him off as he deserves).

If you read ALL of that, I applaud you. I am notoriously long-winded😂Sorry!

[fellthemarvelous]

Ahsoka parallels with Echo and Fives

Apologies for the low-quality gifs. I have low-quality talents.

The Jedi used as a weapon by forces stronger than her.

The clone used as a weapon by forces stronger than him. (Echo)

The Jedi who knew too much.

The clone who knew too much. (Fives)

The Jedi who was given a second chance at life.

The clone who was given a second chance at life. (Echo)

[enigmatist17]

Idea 1 and 2 spawned this, while in turn lead to this :)

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Kix wakes up screaming with his first breath.

He's alone so alone where are his brothers?! Why can't he move why can't he breathe why is he cold someone help him!

He's still screaming when he feels hands, the blood pounding through his veins drowning out hushed mando'a until someone clamps a hand over his mouth.

"Breathe vod'ika, you're not alone."

He knows that voice, it's his own but with a slight drawl on the mando'a.

Jesse, it's Jesse he knows Jesse

Jesse is young, younger than when they had first worked together but he knows Jesse. He gasps for air when Jesse moves his hand from his mouth, the ARC holding Kix's face in his hands as he tries to breathe between sobs.

"Focus on me, it's okay it's okay." Kix wants to snap out at his own words being spoken to him, but a second lifetime of being alone in a world where all his brothers had been long dead kept the sobs coming. He can hear there are others nearby, he can feel the warmth of their body heat, hands that rest on his trembling arms and legs for a moment before hurriedly being removed. It feels like hours before Kix stops sobbing, the medic coughing a little when Jesse finally moved back to give him a little bit of space.

There are dozens of brothers when he finally is able to focus on the room around him, some he knows and others he'd never gotten the chance to, but they all share the same look as they take in Kix and each other.

You have another chance, take it for yourselves my children

"We're alive." No one knows who spoke, but they voiced the same thought that ran through their minds. All of them turn to the door suddenly opens, revealing a brother who was just as shocked as everyone else was.

"This isn't a dream?" Kix idly recognizes them as one of the few assigned to Ahsoka's battalion, and before anyone can respond, a shadow falls over the clone.

"Is there any reason you are not in your assigned bunk?"

Oh...oh Sithspit they were back on Kamino.

"Uh, I, I thought this was my room." The trooper pulls off the nervous young clone off well as everyone in the room darts for their beds, having barely enough time to look asleep when the Kaminoan peers into the dark room with a disapproving tut. "It won't happen again."

"It had best not. Off with you, or you will be punished." The future 332nd trooper vanishes as the longneck stares at the room of "sleeping" troopers before shaking their head and closing the door.

"We need to be careful." Jesse spoke a few minutes after tense silence, everyone sitting up and looking over with matching frowns.

"We need to know when we are first." A splicer Kix recognized spoke up, the name Tracer flitting across his mind from another lifetime. "It will do us no good to try and do anything without knowing."

"Then that's the first order." The 501st stood on his bed, looking at the door for a moment before taking in a deep breath and exhaling. "I know it's been too long since we were this young, but we gather intel first before anything else. Go to classes, follow schedule, whatever the longnecks want until I find some of the others."

"We should find the Alpha's, they'll be able to go around without much interference." Someone points out, and there are some nods and murmurs as everyone agrees.

"Good call. Unless the longnecks are not around, we should use the signals to communicate." Jesse cuts in, and there are some more nods before he sighs. "Let's try and get some rest, and feel free to bunk up."

He doesn't need to say it, bunks carefully pushed together as those who found old friends and battalions clung together, and those who had no one as of yet sticking together to feel the life in each other.

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It's five years before the War.

Five years before they're given to Jetti to fight for a Republic that had never cared for them.

Eight years before they're ordered to turn on the Jetti they loved and cared for, paving the rise of an Empire.

The Kaminoans don't seem to notice the difference in their clones, just idly watching as they're put through what should be a normal day of studies and training. They don't see their training bots spliced to ignore absences in classes by the second day, so that brothers could sneak out of sight and have reunions that mostly ended in tears and countless apologies like they'd done after dying before. It felt more raw these reunions, able to feel the steady beating of hearts and the warmth of life as they cling to each other, promises of beskar that this time no one would die.

Is it a useless thought?

No, not this time.

By the end of the first day Rex suddenly appears in one of the few areas that allowed free time, eyes red as he scans the room. Fives is already darting over some tables and chairs to run to his captain, and the two go flying to the floor at the force of his hug. Neither of them knows who is crying more, Rex all but molding Fives to his body as he holds onto the man he'd last held in death, and Fives is so overwhelmed none of his jokes make it past whatever is lodged in his throat.

"Dramatic." No one had seen Wolffe behind the captain, and for the first time it's clear the difference between a generation one and two clone is, with Rex and Wolffe closer to the end of what natborns called "teenagers", while Fives and the others in the room were closer to mid-teen years. Wolffe kneels down beside the duo, and with a comforting hand on Rex's shoulder, the captain lets Fives go with a weak cough. "Come on, we need to get back before we raise suspicion."

"Sir, is Fox alright?" Thorn speaks up, and doesn't miss the way Fives flinches.

"No." Rex and Fives get to their feet, and share a quick hug before Rex steps back, Wolffe watching the way the Corrie's shoulders slump. "Still guilty, but right now we need to look past that."

"I already heard rumors we're going to take Kamino." A trooper from the 327th signs, not daring to speak aloud in case the longnecks were paying attention for once.

Well news travels quick.

"Stay on your toes, and when we strike you'll know." Rex signs, and he can see the men in the room perk at the news, some of them cracking knuckles while others grinned at the fight ahead.

"We need to move." Wolffe hissed, and with a firm nod Rex moves to the door, pausing to look back at the clones staring at the two.

"Stay strong."

He doesn't need to say it, but with emotions running high for everyone, the saying was a lifeline in that moment.

The Kaminoans wouldn't know what hit them soon enough.

[ravenhairedwaywanderer]

Man part 5 fucked me up

[beedee-wans]

please i just need an entire series of hayden as anakin and it being snippets of his training with obi-wan or ahsoka or the 501st like please i’m starving for happy anakin content

[phantasm-echo]

MORE DMW(S) AU THINGS

[genericficerblog]

Just remembered something

I have to update my Bad Batch S3 Bingo Card. We got FOUR confirmed and one more I underlined because we need more episodes to see if we get a Nala Se redemption arc.

[achingly-shy]

theory has been debunked but i am still in fucking awe holy shit holy shit holy shiiiiiit

[amalthiaph]

Ahsoka feels like every Star Wars fan's wet dream.

[sailforvalinor]

I CAN’T EVEN COMPREHEND WHAT I JUST WATCHED