#same for CT!

[alevolpe]

Most disturbing screenshot from Crystal:

[archivistofnerddom]

So, I was just re-watching the Bad Batch intro arc of the Clone Wars, and a thought struck me.

When Anakin, Rex, Echo, and the Batch are trapped on that pipe, Anakin (sarcastically) asks if anyone has a brilliant idea for an escape attempt . . . and then Tech pipes up that he does have a brilliant idea (thank you so much for asking, General Skywalker). And it turns out that Tech’s idea is completely batshit (ha!) nuts and Utter Ludicrous (TM).

Like, Anakin’s just standing there, clearly thinking, “Wait, that was an option? Flying out on these lizard creatures was so far done on the list of possible solutions that I didn’t even consider it . . . and I’m always involved in coming up with the Ridiculous Plans (To Succeed). This is crazy, even for me.”

And then I realized — Tech just out-Anakin-Skywalker-ed Anakin Skywalker. He surprised the guy who is known across the galaxy as being the hero without fear. Anakin got a taste of what it’s like to deal with his improvisations and plans that shouldn’t work (but somehow do).

I really hope he had a moment of clarity and self-reflection, where he thought, “Oh, so this is what that feels like. Obi-Wan was right. Dealing with someone who has a penchant for Ridiculous Plans is stressful!”

And perhaps, Obi-Wan felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction back on Anaxes when Anakin’s realization rippled back to him through the Force.

[constellation-skirmishes]

the sillies

a: sooooooo... you and skyguy....

r: i have no idea what you're insinuating, commander

a: i literally just saw you walk out of his room without your armor, you freak

r: proof?

[singing-swan]

And yet, underneath it all your heart still beats on.

[ujalayi]

IT’S FIVES FRIDAY!! Friends it’s officially time to indulge™. Help me decide between…

A. Te Oyatug’yc Mand’alor

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Mand’alor who lives again! Or rather: Mand’alor the Resurrected

B. Te Mir’shebs Mirdala Mand’alor

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Mand’alor the Clever :3c

As always I’m very normal about Fives. Yes. Mandokarla. Mando’karta even. Same heart same blood…. 😵‍💫 Im ok <- (lying)

Fives is actually alive and well btw. His death was staged as an elaborate prank to strategically disappear and assassinate the chancellor btw. He united the clans btw. He restored Mandalore to its former glory and officially ended the civil war btw… He’s off Kamino, spent a lot of time in the sun, got some freckles, and is smiling more than ever btw…

Heavily inspired by @emperor-palpaminty ‘s mand’alor!fives here + here !! More than anything I want him to succeed and I want to read more about him… 5s 4 Mand’alor….

Detail shot for fun!!

[phasdraw]

heartbreaking: they trained a squid to have brand loyalty (read: i have been using the carbon roller exclusively since the switch to 3 bc i still can’t find a gun i like the way i do the kensa splattershot u_u)

[corollaservant]

saw a post on how Suguru doesn't enjoy kissing you after ingesting a bunch of disgusting curses..sure, he has ptsd — but i just dont think so.

i think he fucking loves kissing you, the way your soft mouth gently caresses his, the sweet taste from your lips, aftertaste of the candy you had, the silkiness of your mouth melting with his, tongues intertwined.

you take away the bitterness and make him reconsider the gift and curse phrase.

[nat-20s]

consider: the Doctor and the Mott-Noble-Temple family playing board games/ party games, especially if Donna and the Doctor get very intense/ competitive about it (see: Catherine and David on Graham Norton trying to remember their lines from Much Ado)

Oh my god they'd be the fucking WORST to play board games with. If you count big Finish as canon (which like all of Doctor Who, it's canon if I like it 💖) they've played backgammon together and the doctor cheats when he's losing. Monopoly gets BANNED from the household bc it's the closest The Doctor and Donna have come to straight up murdering each other.

[yukipri]

Howzer | CT-7569

Clonetober 2022 #25

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[tvckerwash]

you know a neat little bit of subtle world building I've always liked in the recollection trilogy + freelancer saga (that gets forgotten about in later seasons) is how the bgc + the freelancers (sans ct and lina) were the only characters to wear mark VI (or in caboose's case mark V) helmets. all other freelancer personnel and the UNSC in those seasons either wore ODST armor/helmets or marine armor, and idk I just think it was a neat little detail that showcases some level of consistency with the greater halo canon.

[lilybug-02]

Since apparently none of the classes in "the chara timeline" teach a lot about humans, does that mean that some of the students have harmless assumptions about humans?

Like, do some of them think all humans have red eyes, since the only two humans that have been to town have red eyes?

Yes, I do think Monsters have their own beliefs and assumptions of Humans. (And vice versa). This goes for my theories on the game and my AU.

Education regarding humans is EXTREMELY MINIMAL in Hometown. (Presumably for all of monster kind?)

Examples:

Window Child implies to have next to no human knowledge, while also implying Monsters do not contain blood:

The Human Book in the library was constantly used by Toriel. Suggesting she had little to no information on humans before hand. Seemingly, there are few books to carry information on humans:

The only other book mentioning Humans is The History of Humans and Monsters written by Historian/Teacher Gerson. This book is in Kris’ house, presumably to further educate the house about Humans:

Even Ralsei is perplexed by the actions of Kris the Human:

(Could this imply that Humans are just seen as that NonMagical? Weird dialogue…)

Overall the blatant disregard and lack of human information is VERY STRANGE, but INTENTIONAL. Monsters obviously fear Humans to some extent, as Noelle mentions.

———

Now regarding my Chara Timeline AU…

The biggest reasons for Humans and Monsters to isolate themselves from one another, is war and cultural suspicion.

Cities in my AU are better integrated and Colleges now allow Species co-op. But there is still A LOT of cultural unrest between the two races.

So yes, many of the Monsters in Hometown assume humans have red eyes and wear striped shirts… and possibly have a knack for being creepy. It’s all they really know…

[joltning]

for some reason this didn’t post. ct doodles with my fc

[sulevinen]

”I don’t want to do this.”

Alpha scoffed and patted him on the shoulder, lightly but still irritatingly enough for CT-7567 to shake the hand off.

”I know you don’t. But I think you two would be great friends.”

”I have a friend. I don’t need another.”

Alpha rolled his eyes and shook his head, not in disappointment but in amusement. At least CT-7567 hoped so.

”And Cody is a great friend to you. But I think you could use a friend who is more like you.”

”More like me?”, CT-7567 raised his eyebrows, and followed Alpha to the left, avoiding his hand trying to maneuver him.

”Yeah, like you. You’ll see.”

CT-7567 didn’t want to see. He wanted to go back to his bunk, take his datapad and hide under the covers until it was time to go to sleep. The blanket didn’t block out much of the noise his batchmates made in the room, but it did help him concentrate on the book he was reading.

Tyrannosaurus Rex, an apex predator, largest of all ancient carnivores…

CT-7567 lost himself to the thought and followed the sound of Alpha’s light footsteps. He got to page seven, which meant that the place Alpha was taking him was farther from the nearest training room than the facility next by. CT-7567 got curious and lifted his gaze from the floor, noticing that the lights had gotten dimmer and the usually loud noises of his brothers couldn’t carry on even as echoes through the vents.

”Where are we going?”, he asked, and Alpha gave him a reassuring smile.

”Don’t worry. It’s not far. It’s a secret hideout.”

”Hideout?”

Alpha hummed, and stopped in front of an unassuming door, like every other door in the facility. It was darkened by the edges by dust and what CT-7567 hoped wasn’t mold, but the air of the corridor felt moist enough to make it possible. He frowned up at Alpha, nodding at the door.

”Is that mold?”

”No”, Alpha said nonchalantly, punched the code in and smiled at him. ”Don’t worry.”

The door slid open with a slight creak, and Alpha led the way in. CT-7567 hesitated at the door a bit, but decided to trust Alpha and went inside. Alpha had lit the lights up, and they beamed from the ceiling white and cold like everything else on Kamino. CT-7567 looked around him, seeing nothing out of the ordinary for a simple room, but it was oddly empty and quiet.

”What is this place?”, he asked, looking out the window where the never-ending storm raged in the distance.

”This is the secret hideout”, Alpha said, but clarified at CT-7567’s angry frown, ”it’s an old bedroom I emptied and cleaned, to your standards.” Alpha had a weird expression on his face, something between smug and humble, but CT-7567 couldn’t remember what it was called in the book.

”I actually don’t know if it was a bedroom or an office or a medbay”, Alpha started rambling, moving around as if seeing the place for the first time. ”I found it with my batchmates when I was still a kid, even younger than you. And so far I don’t know if anyone else has been here. It was filled with junk and dirt and spiders, but I cleaned it for you.”

”For me?”, CT-7567 asked, and Alpha nodded.

”For you, and for your new friend.”

CT-7567 crossed his arms. ”Stop calling him my new friend.”

Alpha lifted his arms up, like surrendering, but not in a real way. Wolffe did it a lot when Cody was starting to get really angry at him, which just made Cody more pissed off. CT-7567 wasn’t really sure what was the point of it, but he guessed by what he had observed, that it was a false surrender to make the opponent calm down.

”I am calm”, he said, mostly to himself, and tapped his leg with his fingers. Alpha let out a chuckle and cleared his throat, making CT-7567’s shoulders instantly tense and go up his ears.

”Okay, hang out here for a bit, I’ll be right back. That okay with you?”, Alpha smiled at him, and CT-7567 gave him an uncertain nod. He really didn’t want Alpha to leave him alone, because usually it meant that people came to bully him, but this time by the sound of it, nobody could find him here. It didn’t make him any more relaxed though, and when he watched Alpha disappear behind the closed door, he wanted to run after him.

He’d just have to stay calm. He kept tapping his leg with his fingers, and looked outside, gently humming. The sound resonated nicely in his throat, and his voice wasn’t bad either. It was in perfect tune with the actual song from the holonet, and Cody had told him it was because he had perfect pitch. CT-7567 was yet to search on his datapad what it meant, because every time he meant to do it, it managed to slip his mind.

He sighed and sat down by the window, following the raindrops with his eyes. There were probably millions of them on the surface of the glass, all racing down, merging with each other or ceasing their trip completely. CT-7567 felt the static in his head quiet down the longer he stared at them, and he almost forgot the anxiety he was feeling about the new kid he’d have to meet. Almost.

The silence around him got disturbed by quiet chatter and footsteps outside the door, and CT-7567 hung his head low, preparing himself for meeting his ”new friend”.

The door opened with a creak, and at the sound of two sets of footsteps, CT-7567 raised his head and faced the cadet. He was glued to Alpha’s side, eyes flickering from CT-7567’s hair to his uniform, slightly squinting. When CT-7567 looked directly at his face, his eyes strayed away towards another direction.

He supposed this was CC-1010.

”This is CT-7567”, Alpha said, and CT-7567 got up, stood as straight as he could, and attempted to make eyecontact, but his eyes settled on CC-1010’s eyebrows.

CC-1010 looked up at Alpha, frowning slightly, and Alpha answered with a smile.

”He’s like you. His brain is wired the same way as yours: a little differently than the rest of us. I think you’d get along just fine.”

CT-7567 glanced from Alpha to CC-1010, seriously considering if Alpha knew CT-7567 at all. They were not the same.

”We’re not the same”, he decided to tell him, ”similar, but not the same.”

Alpha gave him a nod and stepped forward, attempting to take both of them by their shoulders, but like CT-7567, CC-1010 also avoided his touch. CT-7567 took a step forward just to not be so difficult, and looked at CC-1010 from below his eyebrows. His shoulders were tense, hands squeezed into tight fists and gaze on the ground: hardly eager to have a new friend either. CT-7567 glanced at Alpha, trying to look as disapproving as possible, but Alpha just kept talking his nonsense.

”I know that. But you’re more similar to each other than you’re to me or the other cadets. I thought this way you could have some company, maybe help each other with tasks and training, and maybe, maybe become friends.” Alpha looked sternly at CT-7567, and his fight or flight urge kicked in. He didn’t need any more friends. Cody was plenty, Cody was enough. He didn’t want any more friends. CT-7567 was sure Cody would agree with him if he was there. He decided to ask him later, so he could talk some sense into Alpha.

CT-7567 kept frowning at CC-1010, and he started looking more uncomfortable as the seconds went by. He faced the corner of the room, and Alpha humphed as he looked back at CT-7567.

”He’s always frowning. Nothing personal.”

Well, CT-7567 surely took that as personal.

CC-1010 kept looking away, and Alpha signaled CT-7567 to sit. He did, after giving him an angry glare, and kept staring at CC-1010, expecting him to turn around and sit as well, so they could begin whatever dumb activities Alpha had planned.

”Take your time”, Alpha spoke to CC-1010, and then leaned towards CT-7567: ”He’s a little shy. Why don’t you think about dinosaurs for a while?”

That CT-7567 was happy to do. He lowered his head, folded his hands on his lap, and fanned through his memory to get to page seven of his book. It was about Tyrannosaurus Rex’s diet, one of CT-7567’s favorite subjects.

After a moment which felt too short for thinking about the T-Rex, he heard a deep inhale and concentrated his eyes on CC-1010, who sat down as he exhaled.

”Easy now”, Alpha said, and CT-7567 glanced at him: he was being easy. He was being as easy as he could. It was up to CC-1010 if they could carry on with the start of their great friendship.

Alpha laid his hands on the floor, and CC-1010 copied him, eyes on the ground and rapidly blinking. CT-7567 dropped his head as well and got back to his book, but felt something tinge his forehead, and lifted his head to stare at CC-1010. He immediately looked away at Alpha.

”OK. You’re both okay now, yeah?”, Alpha said with a smile.

Then he cleared his throat suddenly, and CT-7567’s hands flinched instantly on his ears despite his efforts to make himself stop. He felt his cheeks and ears get hot and he looked down at the floor, hiding his hands in his lap.

”It’s OK.” Alpha kept saying that. It clearly wasn’t okay. They were in a strange room, that was too quiet and filled with static noise, covered in mold and had just been a residence to spiders. And he had to share it with this new cadet that was supposed to become his new friend. It was not okay.

Alpha tapped the ground next to CT-7567’s knee to get his attention, and he reluctantly complied. ”Like I said. You’re both okay. This is a safe space, like we discussed. Here you don’t have to hide your stims.”

CT-7567 gave him a quick nod and started picking at the palm of his hand. It had been opened and scarred and reopened and rescarred multiple times, by CT-7567’s nervous habit alone, and his trainer’s didn’t like it at all: but Alpha had approved, and Cody didn’t mind. So it was fine.

CT-7567 kept staring at the ground, thinking back to the memories of the times he had been at medbay, scolded by the medics and Kaminoans for ruining his skin. After the tenth visit, about nine too many, Cody had exploded at the medic and decided that from that moment forward he’d patch CT-7567’s hand whenever needed.

CT-7567 could always trust Cody. Everything would be okay as long as Cody was there.

He wanted Cody, now. Nothing was okay. Not this weird new stranger, not Alpha who forced him to make new friends, not this room that smelled like mold and spiderwebs. He wanted out.

He opened his mouth to tell that to Alpha, when he noticed that CC-1010 was hitting his hips with his eyes closed. CT-7567 tilted his head at him in confusion, then remembered that they were supposed to be stimming. CT-7567 glanced at Alpha who sat his eyes closed as well, and decided that disturbing the quiet moment of peace wouldn’t be looked at kindly by either of them. So CT-7567 decided to suck it up and close his eyes.

He started tapping his knees lightly with his fingertips, and almost involuntarily his body started slightly swaying from side to side. CT-7567 never quite knew why his body did that without him telling it to, but it was calming and helped him with the static in his head that came from silence. It quiets the quiet, he used to tell Cody, who didn’t really understand, but smiled at CT-7567 anyway. Like he always did.

CT-7567 slowed down his breathing, and listened to the raindrops and Alpha’s breathing in the room, and tried to ignore the sound CC-1010 was making. He opened his other eye a bit to see what in the universe he was doing that was so loud, but he was still hitting his hips with the faintest hint of a smile on his face. CT-7567 lifted his eyebrows and closed his eyes, keeping his mouth shut.

He wanted to feel happy too. He guessed that was what CC-1010 was feeling, why else would he be smiling? CT-7567 frowned and took a steady breath, his thoughts wandering through the many books he had memorized, and the songs Cody had played for him from the holonet.

One of them was his ultimate favorite. It was slow, it had a nice beat to it, a low bass sound and instruments that sounded like flutes. He started humming it quietly under his breath, adjusting his body’s movements to the melody and tapped the beat with his fingers.

He liked music. It was the only way to keep the static in his head to a minimum. It helped him concentrate, and remember things, and relax. It was soothing to his senses, it made the twitch of his hand more regulated as he listened to the beat of the drums, and sometimes he felt like he could almost see it as golden strings or sharp green peaks, like in a heart monitor, depending on it’s pace. He thought that music looked just as calming as it sounded.

Alpha’s quiet voice mumbled something in the background, but CT-7567 wasn’t ready to let go. He kept playing the song on loop, feeling it flow around him and through him and take his anxiety away. He shook off the weight from his shoulders, and the fatigue from keeping the stress in for so long finally overtook him, but he was able to relax and let it settle in his bones once he got to the end of the song.

The ground trembled under him and he heard Alpha laugh. He opened his eyes, very slowly, and faced CC-1010 again. His cheeks were slightly glistening, and his eyes weren’t as squinty and anxious anymore.

”You ready?”, Alpha asked, placing his hand on the ground next to CT-7567’s knee.

CT-7567 blinked. ”For… what?”, he asked, a slight stutter in his words.

”For sleep”, Alpha smiled, and got up as CT-7567 and CC-1010 glanced at each other simultaneosly. CC-1010 looked puzzled, mirroring CT-7567’s expression.

CT-7567 tried to collect his thoughts. ”You- we- we did all this, and now- sleep?” CT-7567 got up and dusted his pants, ”I thought that we’d-”

”You’re both tired, no? If you feel like it we can train or do math-”

”No thank you”, CT-7567 cut him off, and noticed a smile spreading on CC-1010’s lips. CT-7567 raised his eyebrows at him, and prided himself in getting someone to smile. Usually he wasn’t a fun or nice person to be around, but CC-1010 smiled at him, without having to tell him a single word.

It made CT-7567 feel a little less alone, so he offered his hand for CC-1010 to grab, and he did, shortly, before dusting his pants and getting in line with CT-7567 in front of Alpha.

”I’m proud of you two. I know it was just a few minutes in a closed space but- this is the first step into unlearning your mindset towards stimming. It feels good, doesn’t it? I saw how you both easened up, relaxed.”

CT-7567 chest bubbled with joy and an odd feeling of sadness. Finally, someone was proud of him for who he was, and was happy he had a way to relax himself. CT-7567 bit his cheeks to stop himself from getting emotional. The more you cry the more it hurts, the trainers’ voices echoed in his ears.

He glanced at CC-1010, who was looking at him, and he shrugged. CC-1010 copied him and opened his mouth for the first time.

”Yes. It felt nice.” CC-1010’s voice was so strained and quiet that CT-7567 wondered if he used it at all. CT-7567 nodded to his words in complete agreement, thinking it was even more than nice.

It was freeing.

”This room is for you two. I’ll make sure that you have your space and peace, so that you can do whatever, whenever, when you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed, or just want to be alone. You can also meet up here, if you ever need to, OK? This is for you two, only. I promise.”

CT-7567 glanced at CC-1010 and nodded, and CC-1010 took a deep breath and nodded back with a small smile. CT-7567 tried to reciprocate his clear message of amicability, but could only lift his eyebrows.

”Just us?”, CT-7567 frowned at Alpha to forget his bad attempt at smiling.

”Just you.”

CT-7567 looked around the empty room and felt distraught by it’s emptiness and complete isolation. He didn’t like being alone in it, not even with Alpha, and he didn’t know CC-1010 well enough to feel completely comfortable.

”Will we- will we be- could-”, CT-7567 started, trying to find his words. ”Could- Cody-”

”If you want to, you can ask someone to come with you. Mainly I meant this as a… secret lair of sorts, so that the Longnecks won’t find out what you’re doing. The trainers too. So, try to keep it lowkey, OK?”

”Okay”, CT-7567 said, next to him CC-1010 nodded. Alpha smiled as he turned around. ”Come on. I’ll take you to bed. And- remember, keep this a secret, OK? If a non-brother asks, you’re here to receive extra training. Understood?”

”Okay”, CT-7567 and CC-1010 said in perfect sync.

Part 1

[constellation-skirmishes]

they rotate the same 3 roasts every argument

c: you need to use some toner, vod.

r: you need to get some dick, vod.

(not cloneshipping. go away)

[ariulan]

Trying to keep a bit more consistency w how I draw them :^)

[bullseyelover]

noticed a while ago that dex has bullseye symbols on his gloves! he has them on both his right and left hand gloves. glad they included some more of the bullseye iconography in his costume besides the bullseye rings on his collarbones. i am still praying this is his prototype suit he made himself and he’ll get a better one later on in the show, because as much as i am trying to like this suit, it is just so ugly. i mean, if dex made it himself that’d explain why it looks so…fun? whimsical? looks like a person not in the right state of mind made??

maybe the symbols will be more visible in the final product of ddba, but right now they’re practically invisible so that begs the question on why’re they even there LMAO. maybe they’re going to make him ‘earn’ the bullseye symbol on his forehead even though he literally did already at the end of season three. i’m hoping this is a prototype, and then matt beats him in this fight and he is humiliated because matt hadn’t ever beaten him before (and nobody really ever has beaten him) so he comes back in the latter half of the first season with a better, more protective, (and sexy. dexy. ha. i mean what) and more classic bullseye costume and a stronger and renewed hatred for daredevil