#i rewatched that little bit so many times i love it sm

[imorphemi]

"And why would we have come running in at the first yelp?" "....because we care about each other." "Oh, f***ing sh**, we do? Amazing, does that apply to you as well?" "...I don't know..." "Oh, I think it does."

I absolutely love Fjord and Beau's friendship and bromance

[half-truths-and-hyperbole-louk]

Louk's Bad Batch rewatch part 9 batchersss

Let's do it 🤟

The Bad Batch 1x05

"I get my own comm device?" she's so excited and it's so big on her lil arm 🥺🤲

Wrecker working out with Gonky

Echo: "the jedi trusted him" Tech: "the jedi who are all dead" bro 💀 I mean he has a point but still

dad batch telling Omega her comm isn't a toy...

*2 seconds later* Omega sneaking off to use her comm as a toy 😂

Echo and Hunter mom and dad going through the rules with Omega

(fun fact my mum knows their rules because I say them to her lmao)

Tech's reaction to seeing Cid's place is literally "charming 👀" oml he's roasting her before he even meets her I love him sm

the two guys Ahsoka set free !!! on Oba diah !!!

Hunter: 'who is Cid?' Echo: 'I literally have no idea' 💀

Tech: "that would've been information to share earlier" brooo his sass level as at an all time high this ep 👑

TURN AROUND RN BOYS ITS NOT WORTH IT

Omega is so smart fr 💕

Echo mom grabbing Omega's hand before she touches the sharp thingy

CID WHY TF DO YOU HAVE CLONE HELMETS IN YOUR STUPID LITTLE OFFICE LIKE THEYRE DECORATIONS

I don't hate a lot of star wars characters, but Cid is definitely one of them now ngl

DONT DO IT BOYS IT'S A TRAP

Wrecker and Omega high five 💕💕💕💕

Cid called Wrecker "it" I'm- 😡

Wreckers headaches are getting worse 🥲🙃

I know someone has spoken about this before but I just cannot get over the way Omega hugs her little clone doll when she finds out some people are sold and treated like property 😭💔 it's like poetry but not the nice kind

Omega: "poor Muchi she looks scared" 🤲

another fun fact my dad says this all the time hehe oops (no my parents have not seen tbb)

oop Hunter dad told Omega to stay on the ship

shhh they're sneaking 🤫

I MISS THEM SO BAD THEYRE DOING MISSION THINGS LIKE "Echo, sitrep" idk it just feels so tcw I'm emotional 🥲

Wrecker hits his head count: 5

Hunter and Tech got the zappy net oop

Omega: "now she's a bad batcher" screaming, crying, kicking my feet, throwing myself across the room

Omega always calls for Hunter first 🥺

STOP ZAPPING OUR BOYS 😡

Wrecker trying to comfort the lil green baby 🥲

Tech's dramatic sigh count: 583

Omega has the brain cell this ep fr

THE TALKING WITHOUT WORDS GETS ME EVERY FREAKING TIME I SWEAR

ew get ur crusty feral slaver ass outta here, skug

lmao Echo shouting to Omega like 'we are unarmed pls arm us' 😂

WAIT I saw someone posting about this, if anyone knows what I'm talking about pls tag the op or something please !! but they were talking about how Echo seems so willing to work with Omega in the field, like he trusts her despite her being a child, possibly because he'd worked alongside Ahsoka as a child, like for him it's normal to work with a child soldier. so while the rest of the batch are like ??? how to talk to babies ??? Echo is giving her battlefield instructions and gives her a bit more 'freedom' (for lack of a better word) in the field

lmao Wrecker's way of distracting the guards is to take out some guy's ankles 💀

"I wasn't sneaking... I was unlocking" YESSSS OMEGAAAA 🥰💕👑🙌

screwdriver hand go brrr

Echo: "the rancor is Muchi???" 🤨🙃 poor baby just needs a nap fr

okay but Hunter just throws Echo's pack at him from like 10ft away 💀 then Wrecker immediately throws him his helmet 👀 yes I watched it multiple times 🤫

Echo again !! he straight up volunteers to take Omega with him 💕

Tech is an ipad kid

OMEGA GRABBING THE LITTLE GREEN BABY'S HAND 🥺

get them Muchi !! tear those slavers apart !!! (insert evil Nimona face)

Wrecker's big nod to slide his helmet over his face properly teehee

Wrecker hits his head count: 6

Hunter grabbing the whip. Hunter grabbing the whip. Hunter grabbing the whip. Hunter grabbing the-

do not ask me how many times I've watched this scene... just don't

but the answer is yes

anyway back to being normal lmao

Omega finding her laser bow 🙌 !!! + Echo mom calling aftet her lololol

Muchi thrashed that slaver pet fr

Wrecker: 'challenge accepted' *fights rancor*

Bib Fortuna and the guards for the ot vibes 🥰

Omega riding Muchi !!! very Fett of her hehe

"I'm good with secrets" yeah and I'm good at going to bed before 3am 🙄 pfft good with secrets my ass Ciddarin 😠

tysm for joining again friends 💕 I actually meant to post this yesterday but I fell asleep oopsie

but I'm running out of time lolol so I'm gonna have to watch a few eps a day now !!

who else is terrified for s3 👀

It's almost 3am and these are the only 2 pics I can find from this ep 🥲 feel free to reblog and add more 💕

[rickie-the-storyteller]

Meet the Writer Tag!

(Thank you so much to @mysticstarlightduck for tagging me! Sorry I took so long lol)

This is me!

(I don't normally wear this many accessories/jewellery lol. But I wish I did! I love it sm)

Three Fun Facts About Me:

I have never been in a relationship before. Ever. The only experience I have in that department is through other people's stories, not really my own. And by that, I mean that I'm used to watching my friends/people around me getting in and out of relationships, and listening to songs about romance and love and heartbreak... but not really relating to them due to not having any of those experiences myself (but it's alright, tho. It'll happen when it happens! In the meantime, I always have my made-up ships from my writing lol).

My favourite book growing up was "Matilda" by Roald Dahl. I thought Matilda was such a cool girl growing up lol. And lowkey relatable in a lot of ways. No, I wasn't a child genius. But she kind of fits into the archetype that I always found comfort in due to being that kind of person myself. Smart/intellectually curious, bookworm, introverted/independent, genuinely kind and has a heart in spite of being seen as cold by others (another example of this is Huey from Boondocks. Been rewatching some episodes of that show recently and wow... forgot how crazy it was lol. It's good, tho).

Christmas is my favourite holiday! 🎅❄️🎄I do get why some people may dislike it, I guess (like, my younger sister isn't a fan, and she's explained why... I get it. The over-commercialisation of it takes a lot of the "specialness" out of it, you know? Distracts from the actual meaning behind it and all. Plus, it can suck if you're just feeling sad and lonely during a time of celebration for everyone else. Aside from that, technically Easter is more significant if you look at it from the lens of which Christian holiday is most important). But I love the joyfulness and festiveness. Makes me feel all jolly and cosy inside. Plus, I love singing Christmas carols. And presents. And Christmas movies. I just love Christmas lol.

Favorite season:

Autumn. Or fall, as some others prefer to call it. That's when my birthday is!!

(Second place is summer because that's holiday season. Plus, that's when my sister's birthday is.)

Continent where I live:

I live in the UK, so Europe.

How I spend my (free) time:

Writing (duh)

Writeblr stuff (tag games, making OC playlists, answering questions, communicating with followers and having discussions with them about writing, etc)

YouTube (mainly watching videos... but I do want to start making videos myself at some point. Stay tuned for that, I guess)

Studying/school assignments (I'm in university)

Listening to music

Singing

Watching movies/TV shows

Reading

Eating lol

Are you published?

No. It'd be cool to be, though. Pretty sure I've mentioned this at least once before, but I want to self-publish the Stephanie Smith saga once I'm done with it.

Introvert or extrovert?

Introvert. 100% introvert lol. I feel most comfortable within myself when I'm by myself. As a kid, I was so painfully shy that the thought of going up to someone and asking a simple question would terrify me lol. As I got older, though, I was super duper lonely, and I realised that I had no real friends because I was keeping myself all closed off in a tight shell, so I'd literally force myself to open up and become more social and make friends with other kids. I practised it, like how you do with any skill. Now it's not so bad. I'd say I can carry a conversation with someone fairly well, even if I don't know them so well.

Favorite meal:

Ooooh.... this is hard. I love most foods lol.

I think I'll go with something a little bit more traditional. I'm Kenyan, and one of my favourite meals that I've grown up eating is chapatti and stew (any kind of stew, or soup. But my mum would usually make this stew with kidney beans. That was a big hit growing up). Haven't had it in almost a year, tho.

Aside from that, I love pizza. And Nandos.

Tagging: @clairelsonao3, @exquisitecrow, @mister-writes, @winterandwords, @mjparkerwriting, @e-everlasting-g, @erieautumnskies, @annethewittywriter, @writingwithfolklore, @ashwithapen

[c-kiddo]

I just watched all of scavengers reign today and I feel like I gotta tell u

I just had to consume all of the cool speculative biology at once,, that was my favorite just seeing so much all the time. I wanna study it. I'd love to hear ur thoughts, if you have any, just about it all, idk. I haven't seen anybody talking about it anywhere cmon guyss. I need to fester. So many emotions

(I also so agree about ghostbird and grace they remind me so much of them)

aa glad u liked it !! ive been scouring the tag on here just to see a few people talking about it lol, even looked on reddit a little bit ago but there wasnt much. also for sure for sure feel that about the speculative biology (rly love speculative biology sm, i recommend CM Kosemen if you want more of that. all tomorrows + all yesterdays are rly interesting. all tomorrows is more scifi horror-y but i rly like the dinosaur/pterosaur stuff in all yesterdays and treating prehistoric animals like the animals they are , which means theyre weird and fat and fuzzy a lot of the time.. i love the therizinosaurs from it lol theyre so cute) . but ye! honestly i think i need to rewatch it because theres so many cool moments when you're like huh thats a weird creature, and then see it fills some odd highly specific niche like collecting berries for another creature or blending into white pillar structures. its just all really cool .the detail is crazy, it looks like it mustve been so fun to work on. its just all pretty fantastic . . im thinking about it a lot.

(also yess sm , when they teamed up i was like No way just like acceptance by jeff vandermeer :-) kajnfkjankjfs autism coded)

[lovelykhaleesiii]

omg i just rewatched the little mermaid(plus the live action coming out in may/june eek so excited!) and aegon x mermaid!reader🤧 like one night he gets into an extremely heated argument with alicent abt him needing to get married soon and goes out to the docks in a fit of rage, drinking the whole time. when he gets to the docks, he just sits there for a while, venting to the peaceful night waters but little does he know his future wife is watching him curiously behind a rock🫣 her father warned her to always stay away from humans, that they’re dangerous and not to be trusted but she can’t help but gravitate towards this strange yet extremely handsome man. when he’s done ranting, he tries to get up but since he drank so much and is still a bit discombobulated, he slips, hitting his head against the deck, knocking him unconscious and falls into the water. she comes to his rescue immediately and brings him to the shore, but doesn’t leave just yet. she stays with him for the rest of the night, trying to keep him warm, and worrying for his well-being. throughout the night, she sings soft tunes to him and though she doesn’t know it, he had been awake for a while but didn’t want to open his eyes in fear that it was all in his head and that the beautiful voice and soft caresses would go away but he eventually opens his eyes and falls instantly head over heels for this mysterious gorgeous girl… then the whole plot of the little mermaid then he gets his girl and they have so so so many kids and live happily ever after together 😽 i am just so in love with disney storyline aus for hotd guys ugh it’s so perf for them! and it would 100% be the ‘she fell first but he fell harder’ trope, with him being just infatuated with his little mermaid princess bride once he got his hands on her!

girl this AU made my heart warm 🥺 but honestly I can actually see this !!!!! even like beauty and the beast type of AU I feel would suit Aegon soooo fucking well.

BUT YESSS!!! he’d swore it was real & when he tells his brothers or friends, they think he must’ve been pissed out of his mind!!!! but Aegon knows you were real, it had to be more than just a dream. he swore he could feel your touch & a kiss. and that’s when he sees y/n roaming the streets (once she gets her human legs) !!!!! OMG HE’D BE SO ECSTATIC TO SEE YOU!!! he takes you straight to the castle to be betrothed!!!!

🥺🥺🥺💗 I love this idea sm wtf !!! don’t mind me, I’ll be watching the little mermaid now 🤭

[bright-and-burning]

hi hello 👋 thoughts on batman? (I just put on the Lego batman movie and am about to pour another drink)

omg i love the lego batman movie sm !!!! watching that tipsy would fix me

he is for sure not my fave dc (dc here very general not like specific movies verse specific comics etc) guy (i say like i have like vast experience w this. i’ve just watched some of the older movies and then read quite a bit of fic. and a little bit of comics) but he is quite key to my fave guys (i really like all the robins!!!)

in terms of specific batmans in film… (CAVEAT: the most recent time i watched any of these was fall 2022 and most of these faaaar longer ago) i had batman (1966) on dvd as a kid, that one w the like . united nations officials’ heads exploding into colorful powder and the massive cartoonish bomb? and that’s very dear to me even tho me and my siblings made fun of it every time we watched

the nolan batman movies i actually didn’t see until i was in college lol. my one ex LOVED them. i don’t have like terribly strong opinions on them except that i love basically the entire cast. i read a really interesting essay abt like, the surveillance state and terror and the politics of that trilogy and that was really fascinating honestly. kind of shifted how i looked at them. like these for being nolan movies rather than for being batman movies if that makes sense; the appeal isn’t so much batman as a character as it is nolan as a director and his choices

the 80s batman and the affleck batman i have not touched so i don’t have any opinions there

LEGO BATMAN!!!!!! so so so good dude now i’m gonna have to rewatch. just like wonderfully whimsical and the way it doesn’t take itself terribly seriously i feel like frees the movie up to really get batman lol

i LOVED the batman for so many reasons. jeffrey wright <333 but i really felt like it captured batman as a character So Well while also being visually GORGEOUS. also when i watched it i shit you not an actual bat got into the room while we were watching in the dark at a really tense moment and it was terrifying. let me try to find a picture that doesn’t have anyone’s face in it…

ok here are some of our attempts at capturing it. it was eventually stunned via guitar case and caught under a family sized cereal box before being deposited in the front yard

[usamamoweek2024]

Meet the Creators - Kaito Scarlett

What username(s) and platform(s) can folx find you on? (Please include links!)

Kaito Scarlett on FFnet, Ao3 and Tumblr (@kaitoscarlett) :)

(Fun Fact) What is your favorite kind of potato?

Tough question! I can't live without potatoes <3 Hm...I'd say the usual ones as fries or chips. Preferably spicy and crispy. I could write an essay, but I'll just leave it like that.

How long have you been creating works in fandom spaces? How long have you been active in the SM fandom?

Hm... When I was younger I drew pictures of my favorite characters, but just for myself. Does that count? But I posted my first (still unfinished) Sailor Moon fic in July 2021. It's actually the first fan fiction I have ever written and I never thought I would write one myself. But here I am :)

What type(s) of creative works do you usually make? (fanfics, digital art, cosplay)

Fanfics, but I do occasionally draw.

What do you enjoy about creating for the SM fandom?

Another tough question! Maybe because I still love the characters and while I re-read and re-watched the manga and anime as a grown-up, I kind of felt a connection to especially Usagi, that was very different from when I was a kid. And Sailor Moon will always a have a special place in my heart. It's so cool to see so many other creators who feel the same and get inspired to create wonderful stories and art.

Are you strictly UsaMamo or do you create for other pairings as well?

For now, yes I am. And I don't think it's going to change. I'm a sucker for their relationship (:

What inspires you to create works for Usagi and Mamoru?

It all started, because I dove back into fan fiction after rewatching the anime and I just couldn't get enough. So I scrolled through fan fiction and became a little bit obsessed with so many great stories. Especially the ones in which the characters are grown-up. I've often thought about writing myself, but starting to write is kind of hard. I get inspired when I read other stories or an idea suddenly enters my mind.

But lately life has been quite stressful and I lost my writing groove. We'll see when I get it back.

Do you tend to work on multiple projects (WIPs) simultaneously or try to finish one at a time?

Since I have three unfinished fics at the moment, I'd say I work on multiple projects simultaneously. But I try to concentrate on one at a time. That's why I haven't updated my first fic for over a year.

Do you prefer large projects (chaptered fics, webtoons/zines, highly detailed art) or small projects (one-shots or simple art)?

Hm...I do like to read multi-chapter fics or a long one-shot. I enjoy the excitement of waiting for a new chapter. As for writing myself. I haven't written a one-shot, yet. So I'd say I prefer larger projects. That way I can write a shorter chapter and publish it instead of writing one long story, that I would probably never see the light of day, because I'm a lazy writer.

Are there any common themes, situations, tropes, or mediums in your work?

Maybe a bit of angst? Self-worth is a big topic, I would say. Struggles with adulthood? But I havent't analyzed my fics enough to say there are common themes. Though I'd say the start situation of our beloved couple in my fics is mostly the same/ very similar.

Is there anything you haven’t explored artistically and would like to try?

I want to draw more. And write a fake-dating-trope-story. Nothing else comes to my mind right now :)

[soulrph]

mun! mun!!! i just realized sth!! even though i love love LOVE you, i don't know ANYTHING abt you!! is that by choice, or do you have an about me page that im missing? i understand not sharing things on the internet if not!! i just thought id ask, since youre my favorite person regardless of whether you share more info abt u :D

hello my wonderful, kind, darling nonnie!! this is such a sweet thing to receive these days, thank you so much for taking the time to send this in!!

honestly, my mysterious vibes aren't deliberate or cautious, i'm not even a massively private person! i just like to drop memes and psas here, and then vanish into the clouds, leaving you wonderful angels confused and bewildered by my writings, but much more importantly, forever unaware of when i'll return. i'm like santa clause, but if santa clause didn't have a calendar and just showed up with presents sporadically, and more often than not presents that NOBODY asked for!

but i'm happy to share some little bits about me! so my name is blue, i'm currently going through a phase of making pancakes every time i'm stressed. i'm also very very busy right now with college work, although i'm approaching the end of it now! so i'm hoping to be back and posting much more often in october. it sucks a little bit because i wanted to write some autumn prompts, but alas, there's always next year! i'm currently writing up some dramatic prompts inspired by the shadow and bone season 2 trailer release; it's honestly a good thing that i'm not able to be around as much, because i'd end up writing prompts from the six of crows duology ENDLESSLY!

i also love rewatching shows. i don't know why, but i can't seem to watch the final ever episode of anything! like if i know a new season is coming out, i'll watch every episode aside from the last one in the latest season! thanks to tudum, i'm currently undecided about whether or not to rewatch shadow and bone, bridgerton or stranger things. it's a big decision! i run an rp blog alongside this one, and i recently started writing a multi, so that's an entire experience that really just enables me to add as many characters as i like. it's fantastic!

i don't know what else to say, it's like when someone says "tell me a little about yourself!" and suddenly you have no idea who you are! but always feel free to ask me stuff; i'm never not happy to see my inbox light go off! i'm just slower than a wet week of sundays when it comes to actually answering them!

anyway! ily nonnie!!!!! SM!!! you're a wonderful person and i hope you're having a fantastic weekend! be safe, be well, drink some water, and know that you are loved!

your loving friend,

blue.

[queen-boudicca]

Hello! I'm back with another installment of my nuwho rewatch! I bet you thought I was done. Well nice try. Anyway, here's Father's Day:

Father's Day

Bechdel test: pass (bridesmaid talking to bride when she gets out of the car)

Does someone die: yes lol

--

Not a huge fan of all the voiceovers but okay

I love Rose's outfit

Nine why did you take her to the day he dies? You could've taken her to any other time he was alive and you choose the one with the most risk of her trying to mess w the timeline

Ah nvm he took her to their wedding that's a lot better

Wow great job getting her name wrong when that guy literally just said it for you to repeat

Okay now going to the day he dies surely nothing will go wrong

The socialist worker posters saying "no third term for thatcher" fuck yeah you guys rock

Breaking vase as he dies very cinematic

Billie's acting is on point here

Actually both of them

And the vase doesn't break this time good metaphor

God her excitement as he's like who tf are you

And then the cut to nine

Ah yes the reavers or whatever they're called

Rose smiling w delight as he says the weirdest stuff

Rose awkwardly trying to fill the silence while nine's just staring god it's so good

Nine maybe that's a bit harsh tho

Giving very "every little thing" vibes here

"There's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man; that's the most important thing in the whole of creation" god it's my favorite shit when the doctor says stuff like that. "I think you look like giants", elevens speech about all the elements in the universe coming together to form you unique person, "are all people so much bigger on the inside" etc

The doctor's passion for everyone and everything, the way he views the world ugh I just love it sm

The conflict between them ugh I love it when companions and doctors have disagreements, and they don't just go along w everything the doctor says it's so realistic and such good characterization

"If I was going out with you—"

"Stop! Right there!"

"I'm just saying—"

"I know what you're saying, And we're not going there. At no point are we going anywhere near there. You aren't even aware that 'there' exists. I don't even wanna think about 'there' and believe me neither do you. There, for you is like... it's like the Bermuda triangle."

"Blimey you know how to flatter a bloke"

It's so good

Damn rip uncle Steven, auntie Lynn, and all the baxters gone but not forgotten

The dichotomy between the way Jackie views Pete when he's alive and when he's dead is very well done

That is a very dress. Many ruffles

Damn rip Dave, Sunita, bee, everyone from the lamb and flag gone but not forgotten

Love how Pete doesn't consider how it looks too show up to the wedding with a younger girl

Rose is not good at watching what she's saying

Must suck watching her parents relationship as it was rather than as she thought it was

Damn rip that kid's friends and parent gone but not forgotten

The way they do the parent disappearing is great

Like the kid literally and figuratively losing that support

Rose being like "haha he's come back for me oh shit there's a monster fuck"

Damn rip Stuart's dad gone but not forgotten

Damn rip that nun gone but not forgotten

Oh right they're called reapers not reavers

Love how the doctor immediately showing up and taking control

God the emotions in his voice the bbc didn't know what they had

Also Stuart love how monsters just showed up and killed your dad and your concern is a weird voice on the phone

Definitely what your priorities should be

Ey Pete starting to put the pieces together

Damn rip those people out for a walk and that parent and that cyclist and that child gone but not forgotten

And nine knowing how to solve the problem when he sees the car but still not telling Pete and being willing to sacrifice himself instead just bc he cares about rose I'm fine I'm okay

Tbh it's very impressive for Pete to put the pieces together like how tf did he realize that damn

"You seem to know what's going on"

"I give them impression, yeah"

The doctor trying to solve the imminent threat but when the couple ask him if he can save them, stopping what he was doing, and asking them about their lives

"I don't know what this is all about. And I know we're not important—"

"Who said you're not important? I've traveled to all sorts of places, done things you couldn't even imagine. But you two! Street corner, two in the morning, getting a taxi home. I've never had a life like that. Yes. I'll try and save you."

Done it again, king. God I love him this is so good

Oh yeah I forgot that kid was Mickey that's a bit weird tbh

Also Jackie already knows Mickey?

"Where I'm from, Jackie doesn't know how to work the timer on a video recorder"

"I showed her that last week... Point taken"

Nine talking to baby Rose my beloved

"Now rose, you're not going to bring about the end of the world, are you. Are you?"

"Jackie gave her to me to look after. How times change"

Love how concerned w paradoxes they are in this episode and how the reapers never turn up again

Nine asking her to tell him she's sorry and him beaming and basically immediately forgiving her

Nine without a jacket. Whore. Just standing there in your sweater like a harlot. For shame

Okay but if the reapers are here bc of the paradox why do they care about anything other than the church? Like why are they killing all these random people? Shouldn't they just go after Pete and Rose

I feel like killing all these people would cause more of a paradox bc now people who are supposed to be alive are dead but whatever who cares about the logic here (also not to mention that anything like this never happens in the episodes that take place in the present or future even though those times are just as much in the past for the doctor. But that's with every thing they always talk about re paradoxes so I'm not gonna be harsh specifically on this episode for that)

Yay Pete figured it out

Awkward for Jackie to overhear

Lol nine just walking away not wanting to deal with this relationship drama

Okay but like she didn't actually touch the baby? Like she held it but there were blankets between them?

Damn rip the doctor gone but not forgotten

Love how the reapers got in there to kill the doctor and fuck up the tardis but now they're stuck outside again?

Pete's so perceptive tbh

Good the emotions it's so good I'm dying

The family reunion, Pete telling them what he's going to do, oh no I'm crying

"I never read you those bedtime stories; I never took you on those picnics. I was never there for you. But I can do this for you. I can be a proper dad to you now."

"But it's not fair"

"I've had all these extra hours. No one else in the world has ever had that. And on top of that, I got to see you. And you're beautiful. How lucky am I, eh? Thanks for saving me."

And it ending with the vase shattering again

The bit where nine walks up behind her and we see him in the shot it's just *chef's kiss*

And Stuart's dad is here

And the way the story changed now as Jackie tells it again I'm fine I've just been crying for the past five minutes I'm okay

I can forgive the voiceover at the beginning bc then they repeat it at the end and it's very well done in general

All right, up next, the empty child/doctor dances, aka my all time favorite episode of doctor who!

[itsdelicate]

hey ojo!! okay so i realised that i completely forgot that we're both swifties lmao. so whats ur fav ts album/era? and do u love folklore or evermore more?

i heard the bp songs u liked and some of the musicals' soundtracks and i kinda really love phantom of the opera. def will watch that. also based off that i think maybe you'll find some songs u like in mitski's album "retired from sad new career in business"!! and from hozier, maybe try foreigner's god, would that i, shrike, and no plan? as for f+tm, i think you might like her most so just start w any album of hers!! i'm feeling very tentative ab recommending but i hope you like it ajkfjnjkm <3

AAHH i LOVE heartstopper!! i read the books before the show and im a major tao stan lol. have you read the books? also do you watch young royals (i feel like most ppl who've watched heartstopper, have also watched yr)? ive been meaning to watch anne with an e for ages cause everyone loves it and i love amybeth mcnulty sm too so i'll def give it a shot. my fav shows are all sitcoms. brooklyn 99 is my fav and i love modern family and new girl too!! im currently rewatching mofy for the millionth time lmao

it makes me so happy to hear you like these messages, i really love sending them and reading your replies!! it's been a bit of a slow week but tmrw im doing smth fun so i'm excited for that!! how ab you? hows your week been?

xxx ur secret santa <3

help agsjs that’s so funny my fav album’s rep! oooh era i think 1989 because being online on tumblr at that time was truly insane there was just So Much going on 😮‍💨 omg that’s so hard because as a whole album i think i like folklore more? but evermore has more individual songs higher up on my ranking, wbu!!

yee i’m so glad u liked it! omg no i’ll definitely check those out i always appreciate recs thank u!

YES omg!! ultimate comfort show i may or may not be on hstwt 🫣 i was at a convention recently and met kit, joe, will and bash they’re all so 🫶🫶🫶 a tao stan so true of you tbh!! ive seen so many people say he’s annoying which is just,,, anyway yes i have read the books! i used to read the webcomics years ago :’) omg i’ve seen one single episode of yr but i started it in the middle of my uni assessment period and i have to get back to it now that i’m free for a bit, have you seen it? yesss please do it’s such a beautiful show it makes my heart so 🥺 i love sitcoms! b99 and the good place were my top shows for some time! i haven’t seen modern family or new girl though! also speaking of shows i loved s2 of bridgerton sm kate and anthony <3 i wanna ask a question back if that’s okay! what are ur fav movies? 👀

stop that makes me so 😭😭 ooh what are you doing tomorrow? (if u wanna share!) my week’s been okay! the assignment was a bummer but i think i’ve come to terms with it LOL i’m going for a little weekend trip on sat (and getting another tat) so i’m excited about that!

[knockcare]

So I decided to rewatch Ranboos lore

MY SAD LITTLE ANGSTY OREO BOY NOW HES DEAD JUST LIKE REGULAR LORE 💔💔💔

(btw, sorry I can make lots of mistakes and misstypes) I decided to speak my thoughts in here cus I think people here more open and interested in talking and reading stuff. I have problems expressing my feelings about thing I love... But Im trying. Also wana be in here more.  So yeah!

I love his lore sm, I just found lots of stuff relateble, I think its so cool to see something in characters and reflect on that and. And also just interesting, and in a way very uniqie to what we seen before.

About his lore, hes been kinda first to do such... solo lore? I been there for long time but DAAMN its two years so its hard to remember stuff... But yes. Rewatching this got me back to when it all been so new. 

Also, early c!Ranboo phylosophy is just “you care so much about pixels🙄😫😭” (talking about lmenburg and “sides”)

The panic room! I seen it as well, very bad coping mechanism, and it kinda is, not just my interpretation? I still so clearly remember the moment c!ranboo was leaving the room and saying something “that was not good” saying about how he used to cope with things. And then he found something to comfort himself with (grass blocks!), instead of spiraling in the room, and then sometimes that room, that music, its still called for him, not letting just go so easily. It was so cool and important to see to me.. I think it was very good story about changing ways of coping, leaving unhealthy ones. I wonder what ranboo actually put something like this in it, or is it just how I see it. Anyways, it was very inspiring and cool.

BACK TO ANGST LOVER MOOD 

Also! The way how hes been talking to himself like from both sides? If you remember how he talked when been stressed, or you remember some animatics based on that, its actually cool. The way it shows his conflicting nature, the feeling of being lost, it was a cool way to show all there struggles and feelings. He stoped doing it cus he didnt wanted to missrepresent real stuff, and tried to make it clear, wich is good, just a bit sad we lost some traits of characters. Eh Im not bothered by thath!

OH AND MY GOD I remember how EVERY TIME JOINING STREAM WE WERE SO SCARED like literally it been so WOOOOO is it gonna be angst and pain and tears or no. I REMEMBER I ASKED TO HOLD MY HAND IN CHAT AND THERE WAS LIKE 10 OR SO PEOPLE RESPONDING.

Yeah I have some thoughts but also just wana scream about the amount of nostalgia Im getting from this rewatch session.

also THIS in his book. the context mind be SLIGHTLY different  probably not, but still holy-

I MISS HIS CHARACTER IM SO SAD. We been getting our blorbo content so often and one day its just stopped. Im very happy that ranboo having fun living his life and its natural that things not how they been back then, I just miss that silly little angsty character. 

I dont speculate on how many people put themselfs in character. But I just find it interesting how ranboo changed  himself, and how he just killed that silly oc of his and like then showed up this silly new ghostboo guy. I often myself reflect stuff about me in my characters, and its just cool to think theres someone doing the same and its the character you like a lot. Again, not speculating on seriouse stuuf or something, just fun thought. 

Well huh thats it, I think, maybe gonna chare my thoughts later again, since I still have tonns of lore vods to watch. So yeah!!! I just wana be in this place more.

[acanvasofabillionsuns]

hey,,,,,,, beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful angel,,, love my imperfections every angle,,, tomorrow comes and goes before you know (you know), so i just had to let you know:

slept through two of my classes again 😎 not consecutively this time and not quite as well as yesterday but it was still chill

also i wore a scarf (and like *flips hair* a super cute outfit) so i got to use that as a little pillow aklsjf;lsjdf

also speaking of my outfit like 3 people complimented my glasses!! :D one of them was one of my friends and she was like 'y'know meri your glasses are so cool' like IK TY :D

i got not one but two free cookies today y'all 👀

the food today was So Great like the worst bit was when i tried a softboiled egg and was like hm :/ but now i know i don't like soft boiled eggs so i got something out of it!! i also got a hardboiled egg too so it's okay alkjf;sldjf

and like for breakfast? taco with leftover meat n stuff from last night. dinner?? three tacos with leftover meat n stuff from last night + spanish rice, also leftover. all of it?? delicious!! i don't even think i reheated the meat long enough or maybe i just put too many refridgerated things on top of it bc there was like no warmth in any of my dinner tacos and y'know what they were still delicious!!!

also for lunch i had peas and cherry tomatoes and like??? yum???? i don't think i've had cold peas before today but i came home and ate the rest of them (bc they were! also leftovers! <3)

we had king cake cupcakes and they were v yummy!!!

we discussed the universal gravitation stuff in physics today and like *vibrates* this is so cool i love learning actually

also i played risk with a few peeps in one of my classes and none of us knew how to play the board game version <3 we only got through a single round of attacking each other but it was p fun so aksdjf;lke;ak

i've started rewatching galm's playthrough of hades bc rac's been playing it and man i forgot how good the music was!! like he reached asphodel and i was like 'i can't wait for him to get on the barge of death, that was so funky' and then he did and i was like OH YEAH, THIS SLAPS, THAT'S WHY I LIKED IT SM

today was my day for dishes and they were a bit of a struggle this evening when i was feeling down but when i got home from school then i was jamming out to music and it was so fun :]]

oh speaking of which my mood dropped for a good few hours this evening for hmmm a mix of minor reasons probably?? but bc i am so cool and snazzy and strong i simply pulled it back up 💪😎

i am wearing my gnome pjs :]

read some cool fics today!!! the one i mentioned last night is indeed the one i was looking for!! i finished the fic i was devouring yesterday and i've mainly been reading 3 others, one of which gave me Emotions, one of which is a lil different than my usual fare but interesting and i'm enjoying it, and then the last one i'm kind of playing chicken with myself al;sdkfjsa;df like it's a long fic and i don't think i want to read the whole thing but i'm also seeing how far i'll go until i'm like 'yeah i'm good now' aksdjf;lskdfja;se

[pugszler]

Bnha and/or bsd? For the ask game

aaand time for bsd! i am both ecstatic and mortified to talk aloud about these characters lmao 🙈 i'm putting this under a read more

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

okay let's just get this over with--it's akutagawa. he is also the answer to the rest of the following questions too okay post over /gen lmao

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

ah. err. uh. hm... well, besides my obvious answer, i guess almost everyone in the show has at least a Little bit of "baby" energy lol... can i say kyouka? i mean this in the Not-weirdest way Possible. she's just rlly fucking adorable. also, alternative answer is karl the raccoon :>

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

hm well i'm not too acquainted w/ the bsd fandom like even the slightest bit at all so idk exactly how (under)appreciated this character is but i kinda just have a feeling about it, but kunikida! i rlly like him and he makes me feel rlly happy in a way i don't quite understand yet... fuck man, i even kinda feel like i myself don't appreciate him enough! i need to focus on him more!

also i'm just gonna shout out odasaku here bc i Need to mention him somewhere on this post but idk where else to mention him lmao. i have a feeling he's a fandom favorite tho? ......i hope he is at least lmao. he should be a fan favorite.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

gin, altho i kinda bet she's prob a big fave for a lot of ppl too. and idk if she gets to have any more significant plot relevance post-s3 of the anime?

also my memory of the actual serious plot of the series is extremely foggy in my head so excuse me if this is a bad answer but i get rlly excited when ango shows up... altho tbh it's mostly just bc i love it when his voice actor jun fukuyama gets to voice meek-looking megane characters lmao. i know that ango does some major shit but i honestly can't remember if it was good shit or bad shit... ah well. i don't rlly think anyone in bsd is ever Only doing good shit so it's fine lmao

ALSO shout out to the minor anime-only character from s1 that kaito ishikawa got to voice for two eps before he got killed :(

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh haha i don't think i need to say anything here

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

dazai. tbh i'm not a big fan of him, but i don't necessarily hate him? it's rlly rlly difficult to hate him anyway since he's fucking hilarious and voiced by mamoru miyano so like. yeah. anyway he's always picking on EVERYONE and he's always one step ahead of Everyone and that annoys the fuck out of me so yeah man i'd mess w him if i could. he kinda rlly deserves it tbh. also it would be hilarious :)

oh and same for ranpo. he annoys me too bc he's mean but also i appreciate him Slightly more bc he's voiced by hiroshi kamiya.... i think it's p much Impossible for me to truly dislike any character that man voices lmao

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

well, ougai's a given.

there's also fitzgerald but i mostly just hate him bc he's annoying as fuck and i HATE that he didn't fucking die after sskk beat his ass and whoever tf is writing this series was like "yes, i think i will let fitzgerald live and give him more content and plot relevance :) MUCH MORE :))) hehe everybody loves this guy!" NOOO SHUT UP UGH.

also i don't remember who the fuck that one guy is with the hat (not chuuya, the other hat guy) or what the fuck he was doing (literally could not understand a Single thing about what he (or dazai) was doing in dead apple) but i don't like him. and i don't like that everyone else seems to like him? i have no idea what his deal is and i think he's annoying bye

(ask game post)

[case-files-and-wine]

so im rewatching apollo justice and you get live commentary (spoilers ofc, but this doesnt focus on the main story that much more on the little stuff i kinda missed the first time) 

4-1

-kristoph is nicer in the first half than i remember even with the backhanded compliments -“BULLETS!? WHERE!?” -love that apollos defence is that mr wright would NEVER do that (cue anime eyes) -apollos thinking sprite my beloved -apollos 2d sprites my beloved  -apollos objection, complete with the screen shaking effect and music is funnier than it should be -the OST goes hard -he has such a snarky inner monologue, quite similar to phoenix. ive heard a lot of apollos character got lost in translation so rip -phoenix and kristoph are both so dramatic. such tangled webs we weave my ass phoenix weve seen you cross examine a parrot -kristoph really said ‘his vibes were off’  -phoenix really revoked zaks right to call himself a dad. good.  -they really did not pull any punches in the intro case, excellent start. it all feels really ominous, with the music and beanix and. everything. (also its long under the cut)

4-2

- 

-they couldnt have handled phoenixs financial situation with less delicacy if they tried -phoenix has a fetish for being examined? -phoenix is emas drug dealer? -what is happening -ah yes the los angeles yakuza -i love ema im so glad shes a major character  -how the hell did she not know abt trucy -klavier is meaner than i remember -oh my god the stickler cross examination drags on for so long -also. hes a creep. not funny.  -klavier is meaner than i remember. what the fuck was that with wocky. (i remembered he said it but its actually so much worse in detail) -trucy talks to zaks portrait :((  -trucy is so much help shes the one who figured out the forehead thing at first -EMA SWEETHEART NO,

-she signs her name with a heart doodle i love her so much -trucy thinks the bullet looks tasty and i do not blame her one bit -apollo and trucy have so much sibling energy already -also props to trucy for not holding state v enigmar against klavier, she must have known the name if not recognize him by face -apollo definitely sounds a lot more amateurish in the beginning cases, prosecutions figured it out a long time back, later cases we can see hes much better at this; to think we couldve gotten a full apollo arc  -from what i hear this case sounds boring af to a lot of ppl which fair, i thought it was alright. we get one hell of an introduction to trucy and klavier, but i feel like if there were 5 cases in the game it wouldve balanced it out better somehow?  -this case has the vibes of. comic relief before the dramatic showdown except its one case too early 

4-3

-someone pointed out in another post how. fanfiction-y the beginning to this is. and theyre so right -hm. ‘exotic’. game came out in 2007. -apollo really, really wants a flatscreen -ah, diva klavier -why was daryans guitar stolen? did i miss sm? -ema sings on the witness stand?? i did not remember this asdfg -did not realise he canonically gets called a diva. 10/10 -trucy wants modern gladiatorial combat to be a thing -they couldnt have handled phoenixs financial situation with less delicacy if they tried -if apollo ever loses his badge hes going to learn to play the guitar -is ema a snackoo powered android? tune in to find out -so its a regular occurrence,

-im glad they acknowledge in game (sometimes) how goddamned ridiculous some of the lines are,

-this has so much klavier content... anyway he spends office hours daydreaming -and has given up on trying to explain his fancy ass office chair to ppl -

-sigh. racist klavier. why oh why. -must keep trucy away from small, round fish -oh my fucking god throw valant out of a window for giving us that tape how many times must we do this. and the mixing board.  -what is daryan’s motive? werent him and machi both world famous musicians why did they need more money?? -a LOT of klavier content. again, is there any reason why aj didnt have 5 cases? aj has so much plot potential (which is prob why 4-2 which contributed nothing feels out of place) and it became WASTED potential  4-4

-trucy is so funny, their investigation sections are the best -apollo has daddy issues,

-this feels like one of those excerpts from real court cases: 

-honestly i kinda agree with klavier there who licks stuff anymore pls dont -ema just does a kristoph impression unprompted to fuck w klavier?? he hasnt even been involved yet asdfgfdsasdf -vera is such a sweetheart she shouldve made a comeback in later games -trilogy ost how i have missed you -phoenix is exceptionally arrogant abt klavier being a novice just because for once no ones talked up the prosecution beforehand. i liked the pw trilogy ended on the note that phoenix has gained experience and is no longer a naive beginner but some of this feels ooc -although they really nailed the bitchy teen upstart thing -another one that feels like sm that would be said in a real court,

-valant just sounds like a broken tape record his response to all options is the same at some points -i really like valants panic sprite -phoenix being a snarky art critic yes -phoenix knows 3 flowers and has not realised that 2 out of 2 women hes dated also have flower names. hes unsure if those are roses -love that as soon as we switch to phoenix’s pov we see that he has exactly a quarter of a braincell.  -he feels bad that kristophs best friend is a rose (refer to the prev point) -”Your rose bites?!” -kristoph really bought a shovel off of ebay and dug his own grave giving us the nail polish huh  -literally what was zak thinking when he came back like. if you win then you ruin this guys life (who is taking care of HIS kid) AGAIN and that was the plan?? what. -ooh grand bracelet reveal i liked that. genuinely surprised me at the time. -and then it gets all serious with the proper plot progression, which i liked overall but it ended up feeling underwhelming because yknow. dual destinies came out instead of aj-2. from what i understand aj was received poorly at the time, mainly because of phoenix’s character in it, and tbh i get why ppl would be mad abt that. some things were just a bit too much/ too insulting to his character/ too ooc for them to laugh off (like trucy being the breadwinner), could be done way better while still keeping the beanix energy, but i overall liked beanix because of how many grey areas the whole game has. they went back to pretending everything was fine in dd which is what makes it bad, if theyd completed his arc... sigh. phoenix do you know what a terrible horrible no good very bad idea it is to hide the sibling thing. anyway. the ost goes hard. 

ps, i forgot to take screenshots while i was watching it, so i skipped around a bunch in this script

[sickness-health-all-that-shit]

my beautiful, darling, beloved rita, here are my 3 assumptions:

you’re the type to watch the same media over and over again and avoid consuming new content at all costs 📺

you’re one of those “shy at first, then when you get to know them they’re completely bonkers” kind of people 😜

you prefer cold weather to hot weather and winter to summer ❄️

macy my sweetest, thank you sm for sending me these!!🥰✨💖💖

you are pretty much spot on on all counts?? but allow me to elaborate:

this is true generally, though it has changed a bit lately. I've been watching a ton of hbo shows in the past few months through a streaming service I've gotten a subscription to. older shows, mostly! stuff I've been wanting to watch for years and never got around to. I have a really hard time getting into 'the hot new thing': if there's a show everyone's talking about as being amazing, there's a high likelihood I'll watch it in about...10 years or so? lol same with movies, really. I did spend a lot of last year rewatching shows I was obsessed with as a teenager, and there's nothing better than revisiting an old favourite, truly 😌

yeah 😁 it will get me a while to get bonkers bonkers with people, overthinking and second-guessing what I say being my constant companions ✨ but once I'm comfortable with you I'll fully talk your ear off and reveal just how truly unhinged my little brain is 🥰

I definitely prefer winter to summer, although I was so ready for winter to fuck off already as it was nearing to a close, bc really spring is my favourite season 💗 I live in a place where it never gets that cold in the winter (though it feels cold enough to me!) while the summers are absolutely boiling hot, so yeah give me winter any day. plus I love getting all cozy in my fluffy pjs under a mountain of blankets and my cat sleeping on top of me and keeping me warm ❤️

oof that got long didn't it 😅 see what I mean about point number 2? 😁 thanks again macy ilyyy <333

Send 3 assumptions and I'll tell you how many are right

[obwjam]

the tiniest jedi

okay folks, here we go... i’d like to introduce you all to my oc, Jedi Knight Jayla Nor’al! she is five inches tall, 22 years old and the former padawan of good ol’ yoda. she was knighted so she could fight in the clone wars, and now she’s off to help command her first-ever battalion! 

when i rewatched clone wars recently i basically took note of episodes where a tiny could fit into the plot (spoiler: there’s a lot lol) so this is part 1 of the first installment of me recreating the filoniverse into the obwjamverse

i hope y’all enjoy <3 love you all sm

the hidden enemy, part 1

>> part two

To say Jedi Knight Jayla Nor’al was nervous would be a tremendous understatement.

It had taken a lot of convincing that bordered on begging to get the council to agree to this. Having Anakin vouch for her seemed like a good idea in theory, but in practice it usually ended with Obi-Wan rubbing his eyes while the council fiercely debated the merits of Anakin’s argument. 

Anakin was always sticking up for her. She was a few years older than he was, but more than anyone, he understood what it was like to have a tough life. They first met one day when he was a padawan, no more than 13 years old. Obi-Wan was sent off on a mission by himself to retrieve a holocron and a disgruntled Anakin went to Yoda to continue his training. He was far more advanced than the group of younglings he was with, but before he could complain too much, something -- no, someone -- caught his eye.

She was standing on a table at all of five inches tall, arms crossed in a dim corner of the room. The other younglings were practicing basic combat stances. She looked rather bored with it all. Anakin would have probably glossed right over her if it wasn’t for the tunic she was wearing.

“Master Yoda, who is that?” Anakin asked while the group was taking a break. She had now sat down, cross-legged, with her eyes closed and her shoulders relaxed. He marveled at how her tiny silhouette almost blended in with the scenery entirely.

“My padawan, she is,” Yoda stated. 

“Padawan?” Anakin was shocked. Obi-Wan never told him Yoda had a padawan.

Yoda hummed. “Surprised, you are, hmm?”

Anakin could only nod as Yoda trotted over to her. “Well, it’s… she’s…”

“Padawan Nor’al, ready, you are?” he asked quietly. Anakin gasped at how Yoda practically towered over this tiny person. She calmly opened her eyes and gave a single nod.

“Younglings, gather here,” Yoda called out to the group. He nodded to Anakin, who curiously followed. He heard a couple of the other younglings snicker in disbelief. “Demonstrate Form III, my padawan will. Close attention to footwork, you must pay.”

Anakin’s eyes widened as a training remote whirred to life. To a normal-sized person, practicing with a remote could sting if you didn’t know know what you were doing. But she was not a normal-sized person. That remote must look like a tank to her!

“Master Yoda--” Anakin started, but Yoda held his hand up.

“You may begin.”

What Anakin witnessed next may or may not have changed his life. 

It was like she knew where the blasts were going before they were even fired. She was so quick that Anakin’s eyes could barely adjust to the blinding speed she seemed to be moving at. She firmly stood her ground as she deflected blast after blast, her eyes moving wildly as she deciphered the shooting pattern of the remote. She found her opening, charged forward, leaped up and sunk her lightsaber straight through the metal. The droid sputtered and sparked before falling to the table, lifeless. She hopped down and gave Yoda a small bow as if nothing had even happened.

“Thank you, padawan. Continue to practice, younglings. Much work to do, you have.”

Still in shock, the younglings picked up their sabers and began to practice, some yelping in surprise when the blasts stung at their legs. She had made it look so easy.

She was taking note of the younglings’ form when she paused to raise her eyebrow. Anakin was still standing there.

“Staring is rude,” she said shortly. Looking at her up close, Anakin could clearly see how she was nervously eyeing him.

“That was really cool,” he said, crouching down a bit so he didn’t loom too large. 

She gave a small smirk. “Master Yoda is a good teacher.”

“What’s your name?”

“I’m Jayla... Jayla Nor’al,” she said, giving Anakin heavy side-eye. What does he want?

“My name’s Anakin. I’m Master Kenobi’s padawan.”

“Anakin Skywalker?” she asked incredulously. “What -- what are you doing here?”

“My master is on a mission and didn’t want to take me.” 

She scoffed. “That’s silly. Padawans should always be with their masters to learn.”

“Tell that to Obi-Wan,” Anakin sighed. “Does Master Yoda take you on missions with him?”

Anakin’s lips pursed into a frown as she sat down, looking dejected. “Mostly, yeah. But sometimes I think he thinks I’m too… well… you know.”

“Too small.”

She gave him a surprised look. “Yeah.”

“A little ironic, coming from him.”

Jayla laughed. “You can’t say that!”

Anakin laughed back. “Sure I can.”

It was hard for Jayla to really grow close to anyone, no matter how hard she tried to befriend the others. Anakin knew exactly how that felt. The two were lonely, and they found each other. Their friendship only grew stronger as they got older -- Jayla helped Anakin learn to trust in the Force more and Anakin helped Jayla grow her confidence. Obi-Wan admired how well they complimented each other.

Yoda eventually began to take Jayla on more dangerous missions. Spending time with Anakin and Obi-Wan had diversified her skill set more than most padawans and, as the Jedi Council sensed the growing discourse between the light and the dark, Jayla and Anakin were both knighted so they could fight in the Clone War.

But everyone had underestimated the fierceness and enormity of the conflict.

It was evident from the beginning of her training that Jayla was fearless -- that she would not let her size stop her from doing anything. She was a fierce negotiator; a skilled fighter; she had a deep and powerful connection to the Force. And yet, her size was the very thing stopping the council from giving her any responsibilities outside of putting together training recordings, teaching younglings and spearheading negotiations.

“I can’t believe this,” Jayla groaned to Obi-Wan one rare quiet day on Coruscant. Anakin was off on a recon mission. Obi-Wan had duties to attend to, but he would always take a pause to talk with Jayla.

“If Master Yoda and the council feel this is for the best, then you need to listen.”

“I didn’t become a Jedi to play it safe. I just… I don’t understand why Yoda keeps babying me.”

“You’ve only recently become a Jedi knight,” Obi-Wan pointed out. “You need to be patient.”

“Yeah, the council did that so I could fight in the war.” Jayla got up, pacing around the windowsill. “I mean, it doesn’t make sense! I’m trained in combat. I have useful skills. I’ve been out there before, Obi-Wan! Why spend my entire life telling me ‘size matters not, hmm’, then use it as a reason to hold me back?”

Obi-Wan frowned. He hated how her frame seemed to get swallowed up by the bustling backdrop of the Republic captial outside.

“Can I be honest?” Obi-Wan asked slowly. Jayla’s expression softened as she plopped down, resting her elbows on her knees and meeting Obi-Wan’s gaze a few feet from her. 

“Always.” 

“Well, I shouldn’t really tell you this, but I think it’s important that you know. The council has its reservations, but they mostly agree that you are more than capable of being a general. It’s… it’s the Chancellor who has persuaded them into keeping you here.”

“The Chancellor? Why would he care?”

“It’s my understanding that many in the senate feel it would be a sign of weakness if you were to command a battalion.”

“That’s ridiculous! It’s not even the senate’s decision to make!” she cried.

“On military matters, it is. And until Chancellor Palpatine changes his mind, then I’m afraid there’s nothing that can be done.”

Jayla tried to forget about that conversation every time she got upset. But as the conflict raged on and Republic forces took beating after beating on the Outer Rim worlds, Obi-Wan felt the situation was becoming dire. It was less about who had strength and more about who had the tactical advantage. The better strategy. The better intelligence. 

Yoda too felt desperate. He was engulfed in the war and convinced that winning it was the only way to save the galaxy from certain doom. He heard the plight of his former padawan day after day, to the point where he began to question if his gut feeling was really right. He hadn’t been meditating as much lately. The Force always gave him the guidance he needed. Between Anakin, Obi-Wan and her own former master, the council was able to convince Palpatine that allowing her to lead stealth and recon missions was a perfectly reasonable starting point.

Since it was nearly impossible to plant a conventional spy into the droid army, Jalya and Anakin had conspired and came up with the idea of using her as a spy. Mace Windu was concerned about her being captured. Anakin argued that her life sign registered so faintly on scanners that capture wasn’t as easy as it seemed. Ki-Adi-Mundi feared she would get lost in the blur of so much violence. Obi-Wan said that all she needed was a wrist comm and someone to use as transportation and protection.

So after months of debating, planning, talking to Yoda and gear-building, the perfect situation had arisen. Today, it was finally going to happen.

And she… didn’t know how to feel.

She was accompanying Anakin and Obi-Wan on the Resolute to Christophsis, where the GAR was getting whalloped day after day. Most recently, a secret plan was thwarted before it had even gotten underway. It was obvious that the Separatists were somehow accessing Republic intelligence. And it was Jayla’s job to find out how.

“You’re not nervous, are you?”

From the comfort and privacy of sleeping quarters, she was perched pensively on Anakin’s shoulder; which, in retrospect, was probably a bad place to be with the way she was fiddling with her hands and bouncing her leg. 

“Don’t ask me that when you already know the answer,” Jayla mumbled. 

“I didn’t, actually, but thanks for confirming it for me.”

Jayla groaned. “I’m not nervous about going into the field.”

“Good. You shouldn’t be.”

“It’s…” she started, but couldn’t bring herself to admit. She was hoping Anakin could connect the dots.

“It’s… what? It’s the ship?” Anakin knew how much she hated flying.

“This isn’t my first Star Destroyer. It’s the starfighters that make me sick.”

“Okay, so it’s not the ship. Is it Obi-Wan?”

Jayla sniffed a laugh. “Why would it be Obi-Wan?”

“Well, it took a little bit of convincing to get him to agree to this.”

��You mean a lot of convincing,” she sighed. “I can personally guarantee you that Obi-Wan is not making me nervous.”

“Well, Tiny, I’m at a loss--” 

Anakin was cut off at the sound of his wrist comm beeping. She quickly grabbed onto a stray piece of his hair for support as he moved his arm up.

“Anakin, Jayla, come meet me at the bridge. Captain Rex will be arriving here shortly.”

“Copy that.” Anakin turned his head slightly to meet Jayla’s gaze, and the Force flashed in a brief moment of worry. Anakin furrowed his brows.

“You’re nervous about Rex?”

Jayla sucked in a deep breath. “No -- not particularly -- no. No, I’m not nervous about Rex.”

Anakin knew she was lying, but he wasn’t about to push it. After all, he didn’t want Obi-Wan lecturing him for being late. Again.

Jayla clung to Anakin’s robe as they made their way through the gray halls of the ship. Even from her perspective, the walls seemed suffocating, so Jayla kept her eyes trained on the ground, avoiding the gaze of every trooper that passed. The rigidness of clone armor was… off-putting.

As they approached the bridge doors, Jayla cautiously took a seat and closed her eyes. When all else failed, the Force was always there for her, guiding her and bringing her to a place where she felt at ease. Going into this mission with any apprehension would be fatal, and she knew it. The Force was pulling her toward the battlefield -- to Anakin, to Obi-Wan, to the citizens of the worlds they were helping to protect. The Jedi Order was her life, and that meant she was forever in service to the people of the galaxy that needed her. She was chosen by the will of the Force; bestowed this great power that so many lusted after. In the galaxy’s biggest conflict, she could finally start making a difference. She could finally be worthy of the gift she was given.

“There’s gonna be a lot of clones in there, you know.” Anakin’s tongue-in-cheek remark broke her from her meditation. “You could always turn back and let me and Obi-Wan handle this.”

Jayla sniffed a laugh. “And let you have all the fun? I’m alright, Anakin, I promise.” She paused, took one glance up at her giant friend, and stood up. “I’m ready for this.”

Anakin smirked. “Well then, here we go.”

The vastness and buzzing energy of the bridge brought about a sensation that Jayla would never get tired of. There were clones on the lower levels punching buttons and pulling levers; there were clones standing around tables, going over strategy and making sure they were ready for the fight. Then there was Obi-Wan, standing in front of a star map and pretending to read it. His mind was occupied with other things.

Anakin nodded his head to Obi-Wan. “Master.”

“Ah, Anakin. And here I thought you’d show up late.”

“For Tiny’s first mission as a general? I wouldn’t dream of it.”

“Is now really the best time to bring up nicknames?” Jayla groaned. It was times like these she was glad she was small; nobody could see her blush.

“I thought it’d help loosen the tension.”

“Sure you did.” She wasn’t going to admit it, but in his weird Skywalker way, it did help bring her back down to earth. This was her first mission as a military general. She outranked nearly everyone in the room. To the clones, that meant everything. Even if they didn’t want to listen to her… they had to.

It was then she noticed a tiny brown bag on the holotable below. Just poking out of the side was something that looked like armor. 

Armor fit for a tiny.

She slid off Anakin’s shoulder and flipped down to the holotable. Obi-Wan couldn’t help but grin as she pulled out two shoulder pads, two wrist guards, a pair of black gloves and a torso pad. They fit perfectly.

“We couldn’t have you going out in the field unprepared,” Obi-Wan said as she practiced some stances in her new armor.

“Huh. You look like a tiny Obi-Wan,” Anakin smiled.

“I thought we were done with the degrading comments,” you said smugly.

“Oh, very funny, you two. It’s a wonder the council took this long to allow you both to work together.”

Jayla was prepared for another quip when the main door slid open. Her eyes first fell on the wide shoulder wing, then to the Jaig eyes painted on his helmet. She had never seen clone armor quite like what Rex was wearing. She blinked and straightened her posture.

“Captain Rex. Nice of you to finally join us,” Anakin joked.

“Sorry sir. Needed to help Fives find his other blaster.”

“He lost it again?”

“...more like misplaced,” Rex clarified.

“Good to see your troops are on top of things, Anakin,” Obi-Wan quipped.

“Sorry sir,” Rex repeated. Jayla could sense… unease. “So, where’s the new general?”

Anakin’s lips curled into a smile. He had told Rex that the 501st was to be accompanied on this mission by a Jedi knight who was a master of stealth. When Rex asked who it was, Anakin refused to say. He wanted it to be a surprise.

“Rex, I’d like you to meet Jedi General Jayla Nor’al.”

Rex was glad he had kept his helmet on, because the look of confusion on his face would not have done him any more favors. 

“Uh… sir?” Rex asked cautiously, trying his best not to sound too lost. Is this some kind of joke?

“You know, I think it’s helpful to scan the entire room before saying something.”

Rex’s stomach dropped. That voice… that voice was coming from the holotable. Ever so slowly, he tilted his head down. He tried to keep his body language as neutral as possible, but he had a sinking feeling that all three Jedi in the room could sense his surprise.

“Oh,” was all Rex could utter for a moment. It was like this Jedi had stepped right out of a holoprojector and onto the table in front of him. This has to be some kind of test. She’s only a few inches tall! She won’t survive five seconds out on the battlefield. 

Anakin cleared his throat. Rex snapped back to attention.

“Right. Uh, sorry about that, sir,” Rex fumbled, giving this General Nor’al a nod of acknowledgment. “Nice… nice to meet you.”

Rex tensed up when Jayla ever so slightly rolled her eyes. He was surprised he could even see her do that.

“Likewise, Captain. General Skywalker has told me all about you.” She smiled softly when she sensed Rex’s heartbeat escalating. “All good things, of course.” 

She turned to Obi-Wan and, without either of them saying a word, Obi-Wan placed his hand next to Jayla and she casually stepped on, using his thumb for support as she was lifted up from the holotable.

“You’re going to be offering General Nor’al support in the field,” Obi-Wan said, tapping the holotable to life. “We’ve drawn up a plan to get her to the chief tactical droid stationed here to extract information and battle strategy.”

“I think we can finally turn the tide if we can get ahead of the Seps like they seem to keep getting ahead of us,” Jayla added. “Once I get the information, I’ll need an extraction team to get me out of there quickly.” Without warning, her tone shifted from stern to somber. “The last thing I need is to be caught by those stupid battle droids.”

Obi-Wan and Anakin exchanged a brief glance.

“I’ve got to finish some mission prep,” she said quickly. “When are we getting to Christophsis?”

“Should be there within the hour, sir,” Rex replied immediately. 

“Great.” She tried to peer through Rex’s helmet, but unsurprisingly, she only had the downturned expression plastered on the front to work with. Rex was not expecting to see a five-inch-tall Jedi -- that much was obvious. Her worry lied more in the possibility that she was embarrassing him just by being here. 

“I’m sure Anakin will become bored and come join us in, oh, five minutes or so,” Obi-Wan cut into her thoughts with a smug smile, throwing a glance to his friend as he walked out.

“For mission prep? You know me so well,” Anakin shot back with a smirk, turning back to the window. 

Before Obi-Wan left the room, he turned to Rex, who was all but frozen to his spot.

“Do come and join us when you’re done here,” he said shortly. Rex could only nod.

Once the doors finally closed behind him, he stiffly made his way to Anakin’s side and took off his helmet.

“Rex…” Anakin sighed, already prepared for the conversation they were about to have.

“Sir, you know I mean no disrespect…” Rex paused to see if Anakin would say something witty to that. He didn’t. “...but I’m not sure how well my men are going to respond to taking orders from someone who can fit in the palm of their hand. Especially someone who hasn’t done this before.”

“Rex, she’s a Jedi knight, just like me. She wouldn’t have achieved that rank if she wasn’t fully capable.”

“I--I believe you, General. It’s just… well, they’re used to the way things work. We’re used to a Jedi leading us through battle.”

“And she can’t do that?”

“Well, it’s not like she can cut through clankers like you or General Kenobi.”

Anakin was prepared for this, but it still didn’t change the awkwardness of the conversation. He knew how fierce of a Jedi she was. Rex didn’t. He was hoping this mission could change things. He knew as well as anyone else that a warrior of her size would wreak havoc against the Separatists if used properly. Plus, he knew how painfully boring it was to be stuck inside the temple all the time. He wanted this to work for her.

“Her strengths lie in other areas. She doesn’t need to cut through droids like me and Obi-Wan,” Anakin said, putting his hand on Rex’s shoulder. “Given the world she’s grown up in… the things she’s had to overcome… I’d say she’s the bravest out of all of us.”

Rex hummed and turned his gaze to the front of the ship. He never really grew tired of the swirling brilliant blue of hyperspace. He found himself wondering if it looked any different five inches off the ground.

“...I should go brief the men,” Rex said finally. 

“Yeah,” Anakin said, pursing his lips. “You probably should.”