#is that rinus? I think so.

[heksen-sabbat]

rutger hauer with cat for your dash ^^

[tiernomuffin]

I actually made this yesterday so I'm getting ahead of two months of doodles I haven't posted, but I really like it and couldn't wait

[we-just-havent-got-a-clue]

btw the reason my Doe Maar fixation came to a screeching halt and I did a 360 back to my Golden Earring fixation is because I saw a really pretty picture of Rinus Gerritsen

[dystini]

[em-writes-stuff-sometimes]

Em, that ask where you said that Babey thinks Daemon is extra sexy post-training sesh got me wondering... Correct me if I'm wrong, but in 'Terms, initially, Babey is reluctant about the physical aspect of her marriage to Daemon. Because, while she's basically been prepared for marriage her entire life, she's also sheltered. Every measure in the known world has been taken to ascertain that she is as "pure" as possible. So naturally, having Daemon Targaryen, of all people, be her first sexual experience is going to be jarring, to say the least, lol, even if she thinks he's a very pretty man.

We don't get her POV in "gevivys," so there's no way to say for certain if she felt that same initial spark of attraction that he did. But, she unequivocally loves banging her man now, so I guess I'm wondering... Is there a specific moment (or general turning point) in the story where you'd say that she goes from reluctant to down bad for him? I have a few in mind, but I really want to know your thoughts! <3 @spoolofblack

Heeeeeeey, B! What's shakin'?

This is such a good question, AND one that I actually had to spend a fair bit of time thinking about. You're absolutely right that her first experience being Daemon is a helluva first experience to have, given his reputation and predilections being what they are. At first, I honestly believe she's surprised that there is any pleasurable aspect to relations with a man. She's been raised to believe that intercourse is a) solely for the purposes of producing heirs for whomever she's married off to and b) for the man's pleasure, not her own. Thus, she doesn't expect to find anything satisfying about intimacy, and is surprised that she does.

I don't necessarily think she has a specific moment of turnaround, but the general vibe for me is that she progresses like this: willing enough but nervous/dubious at the prospect of what acts he's inviting her to do > motivated by the promise of feeling good and making him happy > experiencing genuine and autonomous desire for him. I think overall, we start to see the shift from that first stage into the second in donus rinus, then second to third by the end of ilibitsos. It's a gradual process rather than a snap, built from relative consistency re: continued intimacy between the two. I feel like until that moment of tenderness in the final chapter in ilibitsos, Babey holds back a bit; she gets plenty of Daemon's dominance and kinkery, but it isn't until that moment she is allowed to see his vulnerability. That changes things for her.

I'd be interested to hear your take, B! Thanks for the ask!

[joeynewgarden]

i am so sorry but i need all of you “xyz is happening in america and no one is talking about it but f1 is still racing” people to never speak on american issues again. y’all are so fucking loud and so fucking wrong.

americans, especially the texans and floridians who are impacted by these laws (like me), have been speaking up about it. we’ve been protesting, we’ve been organizing, we’ve been donating, we’ve been preparing for the worst. we’ve been screaming our lungs out at protests, we’ve been beaten, we’ve been arrested. just bc we’re not fucking writing essays on social media doesn’t mean no one is talking about it.

italy just elected another fascist as prime minister and no one is saying cancel imola or monza. britain is about to put a racist, genocidal sexual abuser on the throne and no one is saying cancel silverstone. all the antisemitic and islamaphobic shit that was happening in france for years and no one was calling to cancel paul ricard. have y’all seen what canada is doing to their indigenous and homeless populations? australia is still stealing aboriginal children and putting them in white homes, but y’all enjoyed melborne just fucking fine.

every time there is a human rights issue when it comes to racing, everyone says “let’s think of those impacted,” and rightfully so. but y’all NEVER do the same with americans. we didn’t ask for this, we didn’t want this, and we certainly didn’t vote for this, but somehow y’all seem to justify your ignorance about what is actually happening here under the guise of we “deserve it” for being american.

if you do not understand what it is like to live here while your rights are slowly stripped away, shut the fuck up, ESPECIALLY if you’re european. it is exhausting to come on here and watch a bitch who doesn’t even know what gerrymandering is, call me and my loved ones every name under the goddamn sun. you do not get to oh and ah about logan or jm or kyle or romain or rinus and call them names in the same breath.

enjoy miami. it’s a beautiful place with just a rich history and culture. florida is one of the most biodiverse places in north america. the state has become a racing powerhouse, many world class drivers being born here or calling this place home, and several of the world’s biggest races being held here. there are so many initiatives in florida to help women and people of color get into motorsports in any discipline, at any level. you can help support that.

y’all want to brag about the growth of motorsport, well it’s growing here, in america. you want our money and our tv ratings, but not our people, not our culture. and honestly? fuck you. have the week you deserve.

[paradoxcase]

QuCheanya post 3:

I have added an extra tense:

"Sideways" tense is for talking about things in other timelines. What I've discovered when trying to write this story is that this tense is actually quite necessary. You know the gay fanfiction problem? Where you have two participants in the sentence, and they both use the same pronouns, and sometimes it becomes hard to figure out which pronoun refers to which person? Well, time travel stories have an even worse version of the gay fanfiction problem, which is that sometimes two participants not only have the same pronouns, but also have the same name because they are both versions of the same person from different times, or different timelines, or something. I never realized it until now, but Homestuck actually handled this so seamlessly I never realized it was an issue. We have all the pesterlogs where people are specifically labeled with whether they are from the past, or the future, or the present, and we have people talking about "past Karkat" or "future Karkat", etc. which is basically exactly what QuCheanya does with noun tenses. And then in another place, we have an alternate timeline Dave being referred to as "feltsuit Dave" (ok, I can't remember if that term actually existed in canon or only in fandom, but he was identified in canon by the outfit he was wearing), Dave who comes back from the doomed timeline becomes Davesprite, Jade's dead dreamself becomes Jadesprite, etc. I remember people joking about how Homestuck was just all about coming up with new modifiers for "self", e.g. "dreamself", "past self", "spriteself", whatever, but the thing is, it needed to do this in order for all the time travel to make sense. And then at the end, we had that conversation between Vriska and (Vriska) which had the potential to be extremely confusing, but Hussie utilized a fandom meme to make it clear who was speaking when. Anyway, I digress. The point is, the noun tenses solve this gay time travel fanfiction problem pretty well.

I now have actual interlinears explicating the tense system:

Those are the simple past/present/future tenses. I think that use of rinu may be new content, but we'll get to that part later.

Here's an example of the time travel tenses in action:

Imagine, you're asked to design a conlang, and the next day someone shows up with a grammar of your conlang and the example sentences are actually about YOU.

-me indicates a noun is a title, so, neaSapfita just means "priestess" with a little p, while neaSapfitame means "Priestess" with a big P that has to precede someone's name. You can also stick on the back of regular names to mean Mr. or Mrs.

Here is an example with an embedded clause with a different tense:

And here is the "I don't like you" example spelled out in the document, complete with a sideways tense example:

Side note at this point, that I'm now no longer using tables to make these interlinears and instead using the dedicated package for linguistics examples, expex, which is why they look so much better, and why there are more of them. It's great.

That's it for today.

[champagnepodiums]

INDYCAR Social Media Gains: An Intro + Season Gains so far

I normally post these on Twitter but I thought maybe people would like to see them here/discuss them. I'd like to go through two things briefly before we get to the gains:

IndyCar gains are vastly different from F1 gains. IndyCar gets a tiny fraction of global viewers that F1 does so to look at IndyCar gains, you have to forget F1 numbers. They aren't a fair comparison and I won't compare them

Unlike F1, I track both IG and Twitter for IndyCar drivers. IndyCar drivers personally use Twitter more so I think the data is more interesting and frankly, I am one person so when I had to cut something from tracking, it was F1 Twitter.

If you saw my thread on Twitter today, those numbers are a different set so keep that in my

INDYCAR IG GAINS (SO FAR):

Agustin Canapino: +6,982 followers

Romain Grosjean: +5,212 followers

Pato O'Ward: +1,769 followers

Scott McLaughlin: +1,188 followers

Marcus Ericsson: +1,134 followers

Will Power: +967 followers

Marcus Armstrong: +818 followers

Conor Daly: +672 followers

Simon Pagenaud: +643 followers

Alexander Rossi: +423 followers

Alex Palou: +411 followers

Graham Rahal: +331 followers

Felix Rosenqvist: +316 followers

Kyle Kirkwood: +288 followers

Colton Herta: +191 followers

Scott Dixon: +172 followers

David Malukas: +167 followers

Jack Harvey: +164 followers

Helio Castroneves: +155 followers

Rinus VeeKay: +131 followers

Santino Ferrucci: +102 followers

Sting Ray Robb: +93 followers

Josef Newgarden: +91 followers

Callum Ilott: +82 followers

Benjamin Pedersen: -16 followers

Christian Lundgaard: -179 followers

Devlin DeFrancesco: -2,478 followers

INDYCAR TWITTER GAINS (SO FAR):

Romain Grosjean: +4,446 followers

Pato O'Ward: +2,102 followers

Agustin Canapino: +1,955 followers

Scott McLaughlin: +1,431 followers

Conor Daly: +562 followers

Callum Ilott: +524 followers

Marcus Armstrong: +310 followers

Sting Ray Robb: +253 followers

Colton Herta: +221 followers

Rinus VeeKay: +218 followers

Marcus Ericsson: +209 followers

Kyle Kirkwood: +194 followers

Alex Palou: +182 followers

Alexander Rossi: +172 followers

Jack Harvey: +139 followers

Devlin DeFrancesco: +125 followers

Josef Newgarden: +98 followers

Benjamin Pedersen: +95 followers

David Malukas: +89 followers

Felix Rosenqvist: +76 followers

Santino Ferrucci: +30 followers

Christian Lundgaard: +27 followers

Will Power: -33 followers

Simon Pagenaud: -68 followers

Scott Dixon: -77 followers

Graham Rahal: -154 followers

Helio Castroneves: -222 followers

Please let me know your thoughts on IndyCar driver's social media!

[flower-power3487]

not enough people love indycar on here so i’d like to pop in and say that i am Very Glad their racing season is starting again (i cried when i watched qualifying and idk why) and give my comments on the whole affair because i, like most people on the internet, enjoy sharing when no one asked for it.

but like that shit was wild!!!! two airborne cars, 6 race leaders, and a rookie with the first name sting ray (can’t decide what i think about that yet—i’ll have a definitive opinion by the end of the season). i don’t understand f1 so i can’t really argue that one is better than the other but i’m fairly certain that nothing that crazy happened at their race

but scotty mac and romain grosjean??? scotty does not mess up like that! i was standing on the couch yelling at that point (it scared my cat away) because what was that?? and my hatred for alexander rossi and scott dixon was fueled further because they did better than josef newgarden, a man i have loved for almost as long as his wife, whose engine was inspired by bus bros (yk cuz explosions); it was very punchy.

anyway. i was hoping for a penske or arrow mclaren win (except alexander rossi bc i am a hater) and instead marcus ericsson won. i like him so i wasn’t mad, but i was mad that scotty fricking wrecked himself. he was gonna go to the moon 😞

also i felt bad for rinus veekay bc he was continually screwed by josef newgarden but i also found it to be quite silly. obviously it wasn’t silly for rinus but josef was just kind of existing. i feel like rinus hates him but would never say anything about it. he silently fumes at josef’s success or something idk

AND THERES MORE (i can talk about indycar and its drivers for a billion years)!!!! pato o’ward’s social media was so hilarious. he’s so real for using this emoji 🤬 i use that emoji when i talk about alexander rossi and scott dixon 🤬🤬🤬

also can we talk about will power’s consistency?? i feel like scott dixon (🤬🤬) is the only one who gets credit for consistency, but will power was there. if i’m not mistaken—which i may be—will power finished in the top 10 in every race last year. he had more podiums than anyone else (9–alex palou and josef newgarden had second-most with 6) and it showed; that was how he won the championship. he only won one race, as opposed to the five wins of his teammate, and still beat him because he is consistently good. i can remember going to the indianapolis grand prix in 2017 (i thought it was earlier than that but accordions to wikipedia it was 2017) and sleeping through the entire race, waking up to find that will power had won. “good,” i said. “i wanted him to win.” up until my first 500, will power had won every indycar race i attended. he might not have the championship numbers that scott dixon has, but his other numbers say enough—5th most wins and highest number of podiums. his p7 finish on saturday wasn’t his best—not by a wide margin—but he was the best of team penske and that’s enough for me. anyway that’s it folks 🤗

[tyresdeg]

what would your ultimate indycar grid look like?

okayy so i went based around the current grid instead of starting from scratch because that would have been a mess. so this isn’t exactly how i would like it but like mostly alfhksla

CGR

Scott Dixon

Linus Lundqvist

Alex Palou

Marcus Armstrong

McLaren

Alexander Rossi

Pato O’Ward

Felix Rosenqvist

Andretti

Colton Herta

Kyle Kirkwood

Hunter McElrea

Marcus Ericsson

ECR

Christian Rasmussen

Rinus Veekay

RLL

Christian Lundgaard

Graham Rahal

Conor Daly

Foyt

Benjamin Pedersen

Oliver Askew

JHR

Agustin Canapino

David Malukas

Penske

Josef Newgarden

Callum Ilott

Scott McLaughlin

MSR

Tom Blomqvist

Simon Pagenaud

the current mclaren team is literally a dream so

only reason i’m keeping marcus at andretti is because i have to have someone i love to hate

david is bringing the money to jhr to make that place decent

i didn’t really want to get rid of will but he had to retire for callum lmaoo

i originally had callum at mclaren but i think he would fit best at penske. he’d be the only younger driver and he’d have opportunities in imsa, etc

[oddlovergirl]

Sale Headcanons

A'ight, so now here are my headcanons on the man with the spider-crab hairdo, Sale.

WARNING: contains some small mentions of a brain injury and surgical stuff.

His given name is Rinus, meaning "of the sea" in Latin. I was going to name him Luigi to compliment Zucchero's given name Mario, but then i decided to give him a water-themed name just because of the hilarity of someone whose name basically means "sea salt".

His birthdate is September 21st, 1976, making him 24 years old and a Virgo-Libra cusp.

Also as a form of irony for someone whose surname means "salt" in italian, he suffers from high-blood pressure and takes medicine for it. Yes, skinny people aren't immune to getting it, I shit ya not.

Because of said high-blood pressure, he avoids going to restaurants since their foods contain way more sodium than neccessary and learns how to perfectly cook meals on his own.

Being the more logical one of the two (espeically with how he's planning on becoming Capo with that ten-million lire compared to Zucchero's hedonistic desires), Sale is very frugal with his money.

I think he lives in a simple apartment room. It's worn-down looking, but it still serves its purpose well.

I think his stand ability represents his need to stop things in place so he can claim for an oppurtunity, considering his ambitious nature.

Because of Mista's bullets digging deep into his brain's left hemisphere, he has to spend several months to recover his motor control of his right body. Not to mention that he had to be shaved bald for the doctors to perform a vital crainotomy and had to wait until his hair grows back several months later so it can hide the definite surgery scar.

[dearestones]

Death Note Matchup: Matsuda Touta #3

Warnings: Fluff. 

@best-cell Request: Can I have a matchup please?

My appearance; I have long dyed blonde hair, grey eyes, and I’m pretty short! 5 ft. My name is Rinu. My hobbies are volunteering at primary schools, animal shelters, and veteran homes, cooking, volleyball, and cosplaying sfw animes.

About the match can it be romantic? I’d prefer a death note matchup and being paired with a male character! I’m a non-binary femme who uses she/they pronouns and I’m 18. My favorite characters are Light and L! I find their dynamic stimulating to watch.

5 positive traits about me are (so I’ve been told) I’m very caring, introverted, balance both logic and emotions, I don’t accept anything lower than perfect (from myself), and I’m very generous.

5 negative traits about me are I can be overly sensitive and in return overthink, I hold myself to a high standards and beat myself up when I don’t meet them, I have some trauma so it impacts my mental health and makes me overly paranoid, sometimes I isolate myself on accident when getting carried away in doing things alone, and I have a hard time working with others, especially people I find boring.

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After going through the information given, I believe that you are best paired with Matsuda Touta!

Touta is absolutely floored by your kindness. As a person who has to work with putting criminals behind bars and sometimes consoling the victims and their families, he finds it refreshing that you’re giving back to society by setting an example that many should follow. If he ever has time off of work, he would like to accompany you on these excursions for volunteering. After the both of you have worked to better your community, Touta will take you out to have some fun. (The first time he does this, he automatically thinks it’s a date, but if you tell him it’s not, he’ll laugh but be a little crushed. That’s okay, when you do start dating, you can redo your unofficial first date!)

Please cook for Touta. He’s not a bad cook, but he’s not a master chef either. He’s spent the majority of his day drinking coffee and reading files, please, he needs some good food in his system or he will pretty much faint from starvation. It doesn’t matter if you’re not the most wonderful cook in the world, either, he just wants something that’s made with love.

You cosplay? That’s such a cool hobby! Touta isn’t one for cosplaying himself, but he’s attended a few conventions back in the day. Plus, he likes to keep up with popular anime whenever he has the time. He’ll help with pictures and poses, but he will more than likely decline doing couples cosplay unless you ask real nicely and even then, he’s a little bit shy.

Touta likes that your kind and caring nature is tempered by an introverted and logical personality. It’s a good balance that even he has trouble incorporating into his dangerous lifestyle as a detective. More often than not, he appears to be a bumbling fool when compared to his colleagues, but with you, he feels comfortable being himself. He knows that you won’t be as quick to judge him. 

However, just because he knows that you aren’t going to judge him, that doesn’t mean that you should be so hard on yourself! Whenever he sees you trying to attain perfection, he’ll take you aside and help you relax. Depending on your decisions, maybe the both of you could talk it out or maybe he’ll prepare some tea to calm your nerves. Know that you’re perfect as you are for Touta, so don’t push yourself too hard, okay?

When Matsuda catches you isolating yourself, he’ll always be at your side or at the very least, remind you that he’s there for you. He knows that trauma is a touchy subject for some people, so he won’t pry about your mental health until you’re ready to confide in him. 

Furthermore, if you show signs of paranoia, he’ll ground you to reality by reminding you that your thoughts can be intrusive and to think things through. Don’t overthink! Just breathe and think logically. What you think may be a cause of harm for you, may be benign in real life. Take your time, Touta does not mind being you with if you ever regress into an episode. 

It’s okay if you want to work by yourself. Touta has had a fair share of working under superiors who would rather be left alone. What he’ll do is give you space when you need it most, but when he suspects that you may be overworking or unwittingly isolating yourself, he will intervene. Disturbing you at your work isn’t what he wants to do, but know that his actions are rooted in good intentions. 

Touta will do his best to understand you, but please know that you should also make the effort in making him comfortable in the relationship that both of you are trying to cultivate. Communicate, talk to each other about problems, and be there for each other even when things are at their most unbearable. 

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DEATH NOTE MASTERLIST

[tiernomuffin]

A Rinu I was too lazy to finish + little doodles :)

I don't know if they are friends, partners or related in some way but I think they love each other

[violetjedisylveon]

Uncle Organa

Summary: Bail Organa visits the Fulcrum cell, mostly to appease the tiny metal devil that's been hounding him to go see the baby.

Word count: 2.4k

Warnings: just brief mention of pregnancy

A/N: E. K. Johnston's description of Artoo as a little metal devil is something I will never let go. There is some iffy space/planet asteroid stuff in this that I don't really explain but, this is a story where Ahsoka and Kaeden have a kid with the force so, I assume your disbelief is already suspended. I'm weird and I do things that I think are cool so it's better if you just roll with the weirdness.

\ (ツ) /

Kaesoka Child AU link here.

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To say she was surprised to learn that Bail Organa would be visiting was an understatement, Ahsoka had panicked.

Everything was in decent order when the Senator arrived, but she was still nervous. She blamed her wild hormones for the panic as Rinu was greeting the Senator. She took comfort in Kaeden's presence next to her and the baby sitting between them, currently trying to eat her hand with her toothless mouth.

A loud, cheerful series of beeps reached her and she craned her neck to see Artoo speeding down the hall. The astromech rolled to a stop in front of her and beeped an excited greeting. His photoreceptor landed on Padmé sitting between them and he gave the equivalent of a droid chuckle. Ahsoka rolled her eyes at his childish behavior.

"Artoo!" She greeted the droid.

It was good to see the little guy, even if he poked fun at her private activities. Artoo beeped happily in response.

"Now she can finally talk to the real one." Zevra commented.

Ahsoka glared at her. So what if she missed the guy? It wasn't her fault he wormed his way into her heart.

"How've you been, little guy?" She asked.

Artoo told her how boring senate shit was and that he missed going on missions and being with Anakin and something about C-3PO not being the same and more annoying in recent years.

"I know, I miss him too." She patted his dome head gently.

He gave a sad whirl, then returned his attention to Padmé, immediately cheering up.

"You think she's cute? I suppose she's kinda cute." Ahsoka shrugged.

Artoo gave her a gentle zap for that. He beeped eagerly about how she was cuter than a Tooka kitten.

"Don't let the Aatoo hear you say that." Ahsoka warned.

As if the critter had been summoned, Aatoo suddenly materialized out of nowhere and hissed at Artoo. Artoo beeped aggressively at the Tooka and scared him off. Ahsoka sighed, course Artoo would pick a fight with a Tooka.

"Should I check the bed for Tooka droppings tonight?" Kaeden asked.

"I would." Ahsoka said.

The senator cleared his throat and Artoo did a droid equivalent of an eyeroll. Ahsoka hadn't even noticed the senator had entered.

"Senator Organa." She tried to stand up to greet the man, but he motioned for her to sit.

"I'm not here on business. Your friend has been pestering me to visit you since we got the message." Bail explained.

"Oh, good."

Ahsoka immediately slouched into the couch and was glad she hadn't felt like putting on more than a sweater and sweatpants. She would rather be comfortable right now.

"How are you holding up after, all that?" Bail asked with a general gesture towards Ahsoka, Kaeden and Padmé sitting between them, still chewing her hands.

"Well, whatever that was is way worse than I thought any pregnancy would be, and my dumb ass decided to go do it alone. I would not recommend it." Ahsoka groaned.

"Are you doing better now?" Bail asked.

Ahsoka raised a skeptical eyebrow.

"You said you weren't here on business." Kaeden said.

"Not incredibly important business." Bail admitted.

Ahsoka tossed her head back and groaned loudly. Kaeden gave her a quick kiss and offered to get her something to drink, offering caf to the senator. She had already hit her caf limit for the day, she wasn't supposed to have too much caf while breastfeeding.

Once Kaeden was off to the kitchen, Padmé finally noticed that there was a new person here and made cute little grabby hands at him. Ahsoka chuckled and picked up her daughter. She glanced at Bail and held Padmé out to him.

"Wanna hold her?"

XXX

Kaeden didn't bat an eye when she saw Padmé calmly sitting in Bail's arms. Her daughter was remarkably okay with unfamiliar people holding her, as of now anyway, it's not like she'd left their little base.

She handed a hot chocolate to Ahsoka and caf to the senator then took her seat next to her wife. Ahsoka leaned into her and she put an arm around her shoulders.

"I know I told you I wasn't here on business," Bail paused at Ahsoka's audible groan, "but there is something I figured best to talk with you about in person."

"Is there trouble?" Kaeden asked.

"No, it's nothing dangerous." Bail assured.

Padmé grabbed the edge of his cape and tugged on it gleefully. Bail took it in stride, he had a lot of experience with this. According to Artoo, he had given speeches and meetings with his daughter in his arms playing with his clothes or bottlefeeding her.

The little metal devil had even showed them some of the recordings.

"What I came here to tell you is that your shipmates' request has been granted, but I worry if you will have enough space for all of them." Bail said.

Kaeden glanced at Ahsoka, she sat up slightly, immediately more attentive. Zevra and Rinu had planned to make arrangements for their children to live with them. The kids were a joy and a help to have around, Xan was eager to learn and please, he was a great student for any subject. The issue of space was obvious.

There was only Rinu and Zevra's room, Ahsoka's, and now Kaeden's, overly crowded room, and Kaeden's former room which was part kids room, part storage. The ship was cramped too, with little opportunity for play or space to run around. With three kids, and soon to be a fourth, running around, they were gonna need a bigger space too.

And in Kaeden's own personal opinion, something that let her grow plants would be nice. She missed growing plants, she wanted to show Padmé how.

"Yes, we always knew we'd need more space." Ahsoka said.

Her wife leveled an even stare at the senator

"You already have something planned, don't you?" She guessed.

Who cared if it was Force shit, Kaeden loved watching Ahsoka guess what people were thinking. The little smirk on her face was absolutely everything.

Bail wasn't caught off guard by the question, he must've been used to it.

"Yes, fortunately, I was able to contact an old ally who has just what you need. She has several bases and storehouses stashed all over the outer rim, I haven't even heard of some of these systems, her family has been doing this for thousands of years, and she was more than willing to help." Bail said.

He motioned to Artoo, the little droid projected a hologram of three separate locations considered optimal for their cell.

"She selected three she thought would be best, but supplied a short list of others that you could use as well. You just need to alert her so she knows not to go there." Bail explained.

Kaeden gave the three locations a quick glance, there was one that caught her interest. It was based in a rather large asteroid, which had somehow in a process she had no hope of understanding, been made to have an atmosphere around it, it was a weak type one, but it meant the base couldn't be jeopardized by internal failings.

It was essentially an incredibly small, hollow planet, since the base ran through the insides of the space rock. What really piqued Kaeden's interest was the presence of plant life on the surface. It was only classified as an asteroid due to its size, which was already pretty big for an asteroid.

How this happened, again Kaeden was clueless, but she really liked that one. It would be like having a mini world of their own that, given it's extremely isolated location, would be completely unknown to the Empire, it was the perfect size for their group and maybe a few more, leaving them still with plenty of space.

We could raise our daughter on a 'planet' instead of old and rickety ships, we wouldn't need to constantly move around, we could have a home.

That base was stability.

"This is certainly a generous offer, who did you get this from?" Ahsoka asked.

Kaeden glanced away from the hologram back to the senator. He shifted from foot to foot.

"She requested not to be named, but I've done work with her before, she's incredibly reliable and hates the Empire with a passion, personally, I'd rather not get on her bad side." Bail then dawned a thoughtful expression.

"You may know of her actually, though I'm sure she'll be happy to introduce herself eventually. For now, her anonymity keeps her and her family safe, which I'm sure you understand." He said.

Kaeden looked at Padmé, still playing with the Senator's cape, and smiled. She understood now more than ever the desire to protect one's own. She didn't even need to look at Ahsoka to know her wife was feeling the same.

"We'll discuss it with Zevra and Rinu later." Ahsoka said.

Bail nodded.

"Now, onto less serious matters, my wife and I have a daughter of our own a few years older than yours, if you ever need anything, we want you to know that we will happily provide it." Bail said with a warm smile.

Kaeden got a funny feeling Ahsoka was about to say something dumb, and tapped her shoulder lightly. Ahsoka cocked her head to indicate she was listening. She leaned in close.

"Don't even think about it." She warned.

XXX

Padmé liked the stranger.

She didn't know why.

She just did.

He just felt good.

He felt warm and bright and happy and good.

He also felt… sleepy and uncomfortable under it all.

But it wasn't a bad sort of feeling.

She didn't feel any of the badness from him.

That was good.

She didn't like the badness.

It was cold and dark and lonely and empty and cold.

She didn't like cold.

Cold meant the badness, and there was too much of that for her liking.

She really didn't like the badness.

It made her feel sad.

She didn't like to feel sad, it made her cry.

She did not like the badness at all.

She liked the brightness more.

It was warm and bright and close and full and soft and gentle and peaceful and good. Very good.

The brightness felt like she was inside a star, she didn't know what a star was but that word felt right for the brightness.

The brightness liked it.

It told her it was like a star, bringing light and life and goodness and balance to everything around it and reaching far out.

The brightness told her many things, so many she figured she should not know them naturally, but who was she to argue with the brightness? It knew much more than she did.

So she laid back and listened to the calm voice of the brightness as she napped and played and ate and slept. It was always telling her something.

She did not know why the brightness had such an interest in her, but she did not care either. It could do what it wanted, it was the brightness and it was everywhere.

She could feel it everywhere, and that felt good. She could rely on it, cause it would be there even when she didn't need it.

She could sense a different brightness in everyone around her; everyone had some brightness in them, and they were all distinct. It was how she had learned how to tell them apart.

The biggest brightness was in her mom, but her brightness felt odd, it was dimmer than it should be. The brightness never told her why her mother was like that, only saying that she would learn soon enough. It didn't make sense to her.

The brightness was good, and it felt good, why hide it.

Padmé could feel her own unique brightness within herself, it was more like her mother's, but it was different, very different, she could tell that without being told.

But it didn't matter, she had all she needed with the brightness, her friends and her mothers. She didn't need anything else.

And she liked that.

XXX

Kaeden set Padmé down in her hanging cradle and gently swayed the basket back and forth for her. Behind her, Ahsoka, Rinu and Zevra were finalizing their decision

"So it's official, that's the one we want?" Ahsoka asked the two older women.

"Yes, even without all the benefits it has, who doesn't want to live on their own personal mini planet?" Zevra said enthusiastically.

The asteroid base had been picked as the best option, much to Kaeden's delight. A full review showed that it wasn't too far from some place with adequate medical care, but it also had its own fully equipped medical wing, with operating rooms and the like. The center of the base was a massive plain of nutrient rich dirt and rock with some rock formations scattered throughout it. She could grow whatever she wanted there.

It was self sufficient and had been fine without maintenance for centuries.

It was easily the best option.

"Alright, I'll let Bail know." Ahsoka said.

She moved to leave the room, but Zevra stopped her.

"I'll let him know, you go get some sleep." Zevra instructed sternly.

Ahsoka frowned at the woman and was clearly thinking about arguing, until Rinu stood beside her wife and gave her that look. Kaeden could only describe it as a sort of mom stare. Rinu was very good at it.

It was easy to forget that the Tholothian and Mirialan were older than them, and could tell them what to do every once and a while. The pair was usually right.

Ahsoka grumbled and muttered under her breath before giving her reluctantly permission for Zevra to report back in her place. Zevra gave her a friendly pat on the shoulder as she passed. Rinu bid them goodnight and left behind her wife.

Kaeden stifled a laugh at Ahsoka's grumpy expression, she was just like an upset Tooka sometimes.

"Are you grumpy?" She asked when Ahsoka slid into bed next to her.

Her wife huffed and crossed her arms. She's grumpy today.

Kaeden wrapped her arms around Ahsoka's torso and pulled her close, she rested her head on her shoulder and hummed softly.

"I like it when you aren't busy before bed." She said, kissing Ahsoka's cheek.

Ahsoka cracked, her tension and grumpiness melted away. She still didn't say anything, she must've been tired.

"Let's get to bed, Soka." Kaeden said.

She got Padmé from the hanging cradle and pulled the gate down on her crib. She set Padmé down and watched with a smile as she immediately gravitated towards her favorite blanket.

Ahsoka was already under the covers and half asleep once Kaeden got in next to her.

"Sweet dreams Soka." She whispered, turning out the lights.

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Force fuckery bullshit pregnancies are the worst thing ever, -1000/10 would not recommend - Ahsoka Tano, circa 16 BBY

Bail, and Breha, are just the first of Padmé's many, many aunts and uncles.

That asteroid planet thing is about twice the size of the Ceres asteroid btw.

Though Ahsoka and Kaeden are nominally adults, they still act like teenagers sometimes, thus Rinu and Zevra must parent their boss, don't get me wrong Ahsoka is very good at the fulcrum/spy/leading a rebel cell thing, but she is not the best at making sure she eats or sleeps.

Just so you know the contact is not Barriss! Definitely not Barriss and I am not trying to mess with you, it's not Barriss! She has a completely different role in the story😊!

That being said, this story is part of a larger story that spans a couple of fics and I kinda gotta work things out more with the one set earlier in the timeline, cause it impacts what happens here, it'll all work out and eventually you shall see all the stories unite! I've got a bunch of different but connected stories set in the same alternate universe which I fondly call "force fuckery bullshit spawned babies universe", there are a few of those guys running around, Padmé is just the newest.

For now updates might be a bit slower with this, sorry.

I kinda liked doing the universe galaxy from Padmé's lil baby perspective and the simple way she understands all these different complex things.

Happy pride month🌈

I hope you all have a good day, whatever that is for you!

VJS Out!

[anandrettisimp]

Okay, so combining a bunch of different sources, here’s the current indycar silly season status

All settled for next year

Team Penske: Power, Newgarden and McLauglin

Andretti Autosport: Herta, Kirkwood, Romain and DeFrancesco

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing: Rahal, Harvey and Lungaard

Waiting on ink

Dale Coyne Racing: Malukas is confirmed, Sato unknown but doesn’t have any other teams he can move to as a Honda man

Meyer Shank Racing: Pagenaud is confirmed, Castroneves needs to decide how many years in his new contract

Need a driver

McLaren: O’Ward and Rossi confirmed. Contention for the third seat: Rosenqvist, Veekay, Palou and Dixon (with Dixon being offered a stake in the team)

Juncos Hollinger Racing: Trying to nail down Ilott and have a second seat, no rumoured drivers as of yet, possibly a lights driver?

A.J. Foyt Racing: if Rokit stay expect Calderon back (full or road course only), probably a lights driver and maybe kellet?

Waiting on others

Ed Carpenter Racing: Daly’s in a multi year contract, Ed does ovals, if Veekay moves then maybe Ilott or lights driver

Chip Ganassi Racing: Marcus confirmed, Jimmie will be doing something maybe (it doesn’t sound like theyd replace him if he goes) but the real question is if Palou or Dixy are lured to McLaren then Rinus your likely shout

Paretta Autosport: I think we’ll know more once they’ve done their races and if they add more what their current plans are, I’d expect Simona involved.

[em-writes-stuff-sometimes]

Okay, last one for today I swear lol

I’m really excited to see if & how the changes to story impact Daemon’s role in & actions during the Dance. Like not just Reader + their child(ren?) but the facts that he is not Rhaenyra’s husband or Baela & Rhaena’s father.

I feel like the hardcore Daemyra shippers/“Daemon is really a misunderstood, nice guy!” peeps like to ignore the fact that Daemon is also promoting & defending himself and his biological children when he’s supporting Rhaenyra/the Blacks in the books & show.

I mean, he’s set it up so nicely; he becomes King Consort (all the fun, no paperwork!) and his daughter will be Queen after Rhaenyra. Boom. 🙌🤣

And he legit does see the Greens as a threat to his blood/family so part of why he loses patience with & lashes out at Rhaenyra in Ep 10 is because it’s not just her and her children that are at risk (from his pov anyway).

LOL I just realized that he and I might have similar outlook on that actually - a kind of “in Ep 4, I/he literally warned you about the thoughts + feelings of the smallfolk and you were all IDGAF. And, now you’re concerned about the ‘good of the realm’? Are you F***ing kidding me?!?”

FTR, before I get pelted by the anti Sara Hess brigade, I do think he loves her and he’s also looking out for him & his - thank god; self-sacrificing, “noble” heroes are so 2008 - and those two things are not mutually exclusive. Our lovely Em here has done an amazing job writing Daemon as he is - an awesome, insanely hot fantasy husband who is 🙌 in the fictional world of Westeros and who would be a toxic nightmare in 21st century real life. #realtalk #sorrynotsorry

Anywhoo (that wandered off, sorry!), it’ll be interesting to see how it turns out! You kinda hinted at one possible direction/consideration early on when Reader was pointing out that he wouldn’t become King through marrying her and he was all “ehhh, not necessarily. Rhaenyra’s kids are bastards sooo… 😉😜😎”

Plus, we have yet to see whether there’s any anger left towards Rhaenyra re: the events at the end of Donus Rinus. Obv he was more furious with Alicent but it felt like there was plenty of anger towards Rhaenyra as well.

It brings up all sorts of questions & hypotheticals like,

What has to happen to make Daemon & Reader definitively side with the Blacks? Is Daemon’s dislike of Otto and his & Reader’s love for Rhaenyra enough?

Do certain circumstances force them to choose a side?

Can there be a Dance without Daemon throwing all his weight behind Rhaenyra and the Blacks?

What would it look like for Daemon, Reader, & Fam to establish themselves as a “neutral” or defense-oriented (or even offense-oriented!) third party/group/claimant to the throne? Could they feasibly do so???

Hmmm… 😉 This is what I love most about fanfic - the what ifs! 😂

Oh, but absolutely - Daemon securing his own legacy doesn’t take away from the fact that he clearly loves Rhaenyra. I completely agree that there was more than love motivating him, and that’s okay - we can have more than one reason for doing something! Part of the reason I see motivating him to pursue Reader is because Rhaenyra has essentially screwed herself out of establishing the dynastic surety that had Viserys demand she marry in the first place; unlike his brother, he has no illusions about the paternity of his great-nephews, and is ultimately a little less motivated to see them ascend the throne when the time comes. They are bastards after all; and what’s more, everyone pretty much knows it.

If we adhere to the precedent set by Viserys’s decision to name Rhaenyra his heir, the technical next in line is actually Reader, which gives him a shot at a) ruling alongside her and b) having his heirs - his son - through her installed as the future of the Targaryen dynasty. Of course, this is a hypothetical; not suggesting anything plot-wise! It’s much less stress to hitch your wagon to the “unspoiled” cart, i.e. Reader, than to weather the inevitable questions of legitimacy that come with aligning so firmly with Rhaenyra. Daemon’s daughters’ claim to the Throne relies on passing off Jace and Luke and Joffrey as legitimate Velaryons, which naturally causes much of the conflict and weakens Rhaenyra’s position considerably. In this AU, Daemon has no such need to throw his lot in with Rhaenyra, as he’s got an advantageous back-up in Reader. I foresee this as shaping the levels to which he is prepared to go to see Rhaenyra’s position secured (both out of love and loyalty for her AND because her succession paves the way for Reader/his heirs in the far-off future), in that there is now a limit to how far he’ll take it. And he’ll be more inclined to be honest with her about her position; you’re right in that Rhaenyra tries to do this backflip in attitude when the time comes to strike hard, which would have frustrated him to no end.

I also imagine that the whole conflict at the end of the last instalment would be affecting his perception too, perhaps cooling him off to the prospect of seeing Rhaenyra ascend to power. Don’t get me wrong, he wants this because of his love for her AND for what it represents for his own legacy, but he’ll be in more of a position to acknowledge the errors she’s made in birthing illegitimate heirs and seemingly being so preoccupied with the thought of rule that she doesn’t quite prepare as stringently to rule. I’m not sure what consequences that will have long-term; we’ll have to wait and see!

You’ve provided me some excellent food for thought - some of this I hadn’t even really considered, but I suppose I’d better start haha! Thank you so much for such a critical look into Daemon, this will really help me out!