#sw rebels round 1

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Round 1 Poll 28

Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom and war

Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage

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Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 1 Poll K

*Soil that binds us

(Cypripedium Sabine and petunia)

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Dr. Temperance Brennan vs. Ahsoka Tano

Remember: don't vote on "who would win in a fight", but on "who, when given a task that fits her skillset and talents, would do that task better: more comprehensively, faster, with more pizzazz, with less collateral, etc."

Endorsements! "What is she good at?"

Dr. Temperance Brennan, Bones: She is a leading forensic anthropologist. She has 3 doctorates, is a best selling author, speaks at least 8 languages. And she’s an awesome mommy!

Ahsoka Tano, Star Wars: lightsaber duels, leading a resistance movement against a fascist government, using the Force

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ROUND 1 GROUP A

(Reminder of the criteria. Names are formatted as [dad name(s)] & [kid name(s)].)

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(way too many) thoughts on the ahsoka show

It was fine? I was really afraid there would be something I hated. And there was nothing I hated. Sad but true that that’s the bar for new SW material atm.

I really liked ep5; ep5 will probably get a rewatch. I liked the casting. The visuals were pretty cool. Huyang was a treasure.

So we’re really going with “the Force is in everyone so everyone can use the Force if you just try hard enough”? I… kind of hate that. That somehow feels ableist of me to say. But this is a heckin fantasy universe I feel like some people Really Are That Special, y’know?

Exception that proves the rule: A Force-less Sabine is still VERY SPECIAL. In Rebels, she can hold her own in a fight just as much as Kanan or Ezra. She’s extremely competent without the Force. She’s somehow less competent in this show

She really is just the worst here in ways that I do not remember her being in Rebels. I guess arguably Ezra was the one with Terminal Protagonist Syndrome in that show? And she caught it from him before he left?

I feel like what this season WANTED to be about – and honestly it’s the lowest hanging fruit possible for a show titled “Ahsoka” – is the tension between Ahsoka’s past / her relationship with her master and her future / her relationship with her apprentice. But I don’t think they actually hit a balance there, because they just did not make her relationship with her apprentice very compelling. Three reasons for this:

1. My bias. There are very few things that start with “Ahsoka &” that would get my attention more than “Ahsoka & Anakin.” Feel like I’m not alone on that one tho

2. Established canon. It’s already an uphill battle because Ahsoka and Sabine don’t have much of a relationship in Rebels. I’m honestly not sure they ever have a conversation. I remember Sabine being like “wow she’s cool much cooler than my idiot adopted brother”, and maybe that would be a place for a mentor figure relationship to start, if Sabine weren’t already DROWNING in mentor figures. It’s not that they have nothing in common, they are just straight up not a focal point of Rebels S2.

Hey you know who canonically has latent Force abilities? And maybe needs some training? And whom Ahsoka would have a Complicated feeling about without even needing a prior established relationship? Someone with mutually incompatible daddy issues? Someone deep enough in the cultural zeitgeist she literally would need no introduction?

Yes I KNOW it’s never gonna be canon and I should just go back to AO3 but it’s RIGHT THERE HRRRRRGGGGHHHHH

3. But a lot of the issues with Ahsoka & Sabine as a focal point are of the showmakers’ own creation. You’re telling me they have a relationship now? Fine, CONVINCE me of that:

First they shoot themselves in the foot by not giving us any information about how Sabine became Ahsoka’s apprentice originally. Why did Sabine want to become a Jedi when she didn’t want that in Rebels? DID she want to become a Jedi? What did she want to learn from Ahsoka? Why did Ahsoka decide to take an apprentice at that time and not any time before or after? How did she feel about it? And why pick Sabine, who is, and this is true, Not Very Good at the Force? Who approached whom, or did they run into each other accidentally? I suppose answering some of these questions might require answering “where was Ahsoka between 3 BBY and 4 ABY?” and they aren’t ready to do that yet, but guys. GUYS. If you’re trying to tell me how Ahsoka and Sabine fix their relationship, you gotta tell me why I care first.

I know I'm harping but I really cannot emphasize enough that "fuck it I'm gonna go round two on Found Family" is an arc-defining character beat for both Ahsoka AND Sabine and the fact that the audience doesn't get to see it really makes me question whether the powers that be themselves know what it looks like

Then we get vanishingly little information about why they broke up, and all of it is provided by Huyang. And what I’m picking up from what we have is “Sabine got too Revenge Quest-y, and Ahsoka got nervous.” I don’t even know where to begin here – maybe with the fact that if Sabine decided to go on a murder rampage, she wouldn’t need the Force, lol. We know Sabine’s family died, she wanted to go to Mandalore, and Ahsoka didn’t want her to. So… did Sabine go? How did she end up back on Lothal? Who left who? Was Ahsoka worried for Sabine’s safety, or that she was getting too Dark Side-y, or both? What juicy terrible intergenerational-trauma-driven things did they say to each other when they broke up? I want to compare and contrast this with Ahsoka leaving Anakin, but I do not have the information to do so because there are zero details and the info we DO have is from ANOTHER CHARACTER. Again, if this season is about this relationship, TELL ME WHY I CARE.

To me this is the same cardinal sin as Picard S1 – implying that some really interesting stuff happened when the audience wasn’t watching, and that it explains why the characters are behaving the way they are, and then… not disclosing that information. EXCEPT PICARD GAVE US MORE THAN THIS fjdghjfghjkhkd

I was not on Tumblr when I was watching Picard S1. Probably for the best.

But okay, they have a history, the show is gonna be about them, sure let’s move on. AND THEN THEY SPEND LIKE HALF THE EPISODES NOT EVEN IN THE SAME GALAXY. The time they do spend in the same room is 75% generic sniping. As someone who came into this way more invested in the Ahsoka & Anakin relationship, ep5 was very much NOW BACK TO THE GOOD PART

And the couple of beats they do have together have me going HUH? After ep2 I spent most of a day debating myself on whether there’s a missing scene, between Sabine getting stabbed and waking up in the hospital, where we see Ahsoka actually REACT. On one hand, Ahsoka would be upset, maybe we as the audience can fill in the gaps and we don’t need to spend time on it. On the other hand, maybe we do, tho? At the time I was thinking about how we haven’t seen Ahsoka truly emotionally vulnerable since TCW with the exception of “Shroud of Darkness” and maybe “Twilight of the Apprentice.” She has a very normal range of emotions, and she expresses them in very controlled ways, and I just wanna see what she looks like when that breaks down, ya know? What’s weird to me is that in ep4 when Ahsoka thinks Sabine is dead we do get this beat; she gets Real Mad there for a second. So maybe what we’re learning is it was a double beat and they should have cut the stabbing thing entirely I mean come on they had to have known they were gonna catch flack for that. Then again, having that moment shows the audience that Ahsoka does give a shit, more than she wants to admit and more than she typically shows Sabine, which is a fun compare/contrast with Anakin, and it might have given me a better understanding of the relationship if it had come earlier.

The other big beat is Sabine deciding to help the baddies. That is just such a devastatingly terrible decision. So bad, in fact, that I feel like we’re supposed to be drawing parallels to Anakin. Their whole “screw over the galaxy to save one person” thing. Except 1) Sabine is not Anakin and 2) in order for that to be interesting, Ahsoka needs more information than I think she has. She knows Padme died around the same time Anakin totally lost his shit, and that’s about it. Which is actually a fun little thought experiment: what assumptions does Ahsoka make about the causality there? The only people who could have given her more intel are Palpatine, Obi-Wan, and Vader – unlikely. So IF the show is about the lines between Anakin and Ahsoka and Sabine, Sabine’s choice here could be central to that, and crucially to Ahsoka’s understanding of that, except it’s just for the audience I guess?

I do really like that Ahsoka’s extremely chill about what Sabine did, though. Ahsoka “Eh Shit Happens” Tano. Somehow her lesson from all this is “masters support their apprentices literally no matter what. Citation: Mine did.” That’s an unhinged take and I expect nothing less from my blorbo.

WHICH IS WHY WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST GOTTEN A FLASHBACK TO THE SITUATION IN WHICH AHSOKA DIDN’T SUPPORT SABINE HRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH

I realize that I’m really tearing into this thing pretty much just for not being something it isn’t. Like, it’s not BAD. But maybe its weaknesses stem from not committing to being about any one thing. It’s kind of about intergenerational trauma, it’s kind of a Rebels Part Two, it’s kind of a Filoniverse installment, it’s kind of a worldbuilding exercise. And that’s not necessarily too much material for an 8-hour show. It’s more like the powers that be DECIDED that was too much material.

TLDR, footage of me after pretty much everything star wars that’s come out since the Disney acquisition:

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MLWTBB: Business Is Business

aka the (continued) journey into my self insert nonsense✨

chapter summary: more drinking and chaotic rounds of “Truth or Dare” lead to a wild night at Cid’s that culminates with Omega and Cid having to take matters into their own hands.

notes: this is a continuation of my story, “My Life With The Bad Batch”; I highly recommend reading that first before this one! I created a few new planets for this story. I’m also not 100% versed in SW terminology, so forgive me if some things are labeled incorrectly! each chapter will be rated accordingly, as opposed to the overall fic. lastly, there is romance in this story. hope you enjoy! 💙

add. notes: this chapter was edited and proofread by my sis @jam-n-ham! thanks sis!! 😋💙 this is also the end of the story! I hope you all enjoyed my take on “Infested” and will hopefully get a good chuckle out of this absolutely insane ending 😜 (also I totally based the boys’ drunken states off this comic I made a while back if you’re curious 😁)

Chapter 5 (final), 5200+ words, rated T (for alcohol consumption, drunkenness, suggestive themes, and [mostly] consensual drunken smooching, it’s absolute chaos 😂)

previous chapters: Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4

✨MLWTBB masterlist✨

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After everyone had gone through the first round of Truth or Dare, it was decided that they would continue the game, but with an added twist: nobody got to choose whether they did truth or dare, it was up to the person asking which one it would be. This led to some interesting scenarios, most of them involving more drinking. It was clear that several, if not all of the boys were going to end up intoxicated by the end of the night. And surprisingly, Hannah seemed to be heading in that direction as well. Whether it was her choosing to rebel against her own standards or just pure ignorance was uncertain.

Or maybe it was just the fact that she had an acute love of sweet things.

“I have a truth question for Hannah!” Wrecker loudly stated at one point.

“Alright,” Hannah responded with a giggle. “Go for it.”

“Ok, ok, so... just a... what is the word... hyper, uhh... hypo...”

“Hypothetical,” Tech interjected.

“Yeah, yeah, that,” Wrecker said while pointing at Tech. “Hypothetical situation. But...” His cheeks began to grow a bit red. “Let’s say ya never got together with Hunter. Who’d be your other choice?”

Hannah’s eyes grew wide, and she sputtered and snickered behind her hands. Hunter looked at Wrecker with a raised eyebrow, and Wrecker shrugged in response. “I just wanna know!” he plainly said.

“Oh, come on,” Hannah said, still snickering a bit. “That’s not fair.”

“What, do ya not have an answer?” Echo asked, then mockingly added, “Or is it ‘not possible to even fathom it’?”

All the drinks Hannah had were definitely starting to affect her by then, as evidenced by the extra goofy giggles she was making. “Oh, well, I mean... I wouldn’t say that...”

“So you do have a second choice then,” Tech stated.

Hannah’s only response was a sly look and a smirk.

“Well then, you gotta tell us!” Wrecker exclaimed.

“We won’t get jealous, we swear,” Echo added. “Right, Hunter?” He elbowed Hunter in the arm for emphasis.

Surprisingly, Hunter didn’t seem that bothered and shrugged. “Sure. I have nuthin’ to be jealous of.”

Smirk still on her face, Hannah looked between the three potential candidates equally. She already knew the answer, but wanted to build the suspense a bit more. Some more snickers erupted from her throat, followed by a long sigh. Then her eyes landed on the one she was thinking of, and she gestured to him proudly. “It’s you, Wrecker,” she plainly stated.

Immediately, Wrecker’s eyes nearly popped out of his head, and he almost fell off his seat. “Wh-what? Really? Me??”

Hannah had half her face covered to muffle her laughter and hide her blush, but she nodded to him in reassurance.

“I thought that was quite obvious,” Tech stated with a shrug.

“Really??” Wrecker exclaimed in disbelief. His entire head was quickly turning red, and he looked between the others, who all seemed to agree with Tech. Even Omega. “I... I thought she’d say Echo!” he eventually stuttered out.

Echo sputtered and shook his head. “Nah, there’s no way it’d be me.”

“Honestly, I thought she’d pick Echo at first too,” Hunter admitted. “But she sees too much of her sister in him to think that way. Also, she likes guys with extra broad shoulders.” He smugly took a big sip of his drink and smirked.

Wrecker had now entered a completely dumbfounded state, his head still red with embarrassment. He couldn’t even look at Hannah, he was so flustered.

“At least we can all agree it wouldn’t be me,” Tech stated, also taking a sip of his drink.

“Aww, Smarty Pants...” Hannah pouted and reached over to grab his arm. “It’s not like that, I--”

“No, no,” Tech interjected, wagging a finger. “No need to defend yourself. I’m not offended in any way. I’m actually quite content simply being friends with you, Hannah.”

“Oh yeah?” Hannah cocked her head curiously. “You mean that? Is that the truth?”

Tech returned the curious look. “Are you asking me as part of the game?”

Hannah’s eyes squinted and her lips curled up into a playful smile. “Yes. I am.”

Tech’s eyes also squinted, and he studied her face for a moment before responding. “Then yes, I am telling the truth. Our friendship is sufficient for me. Although, I wouldn’t turn down a request for anything more, if you were ever curious.”

The smile on Hannah’s face grew, and she snickered once again. “Fair enough.” She took a big swig from her bottle and sat it down with a satisfied sigh.

“Sweetheart, you keep chuggin’ that stuff like that, you’re gonna regret it,” Hunter pointed out.

“Pfft, nahhh,” Hannah responded with a wave of her hand. “You heard what Cid said. I’m not gonna overdo it. You worry too much.” As if trying to defy him, Hannah took yet another big swig. Then her face turned down in both confusion and disappointment. The bottle left her lips turned upside down, with only a few drops leaking from the end.

“Oh boy,” Omega said, shaking her head.

Hannah continued to look at the bottle with confusion, almost like she couldn’t even fathom it being empty. She pouted and gently set the bottle on the counter, like she was laying it to rest, and let out a disappointed sigh. “Wonder if Cid has another one of these,” she said as she began looking through the bottles on the back wall.

“Seriously?” Hunter said in a stern tone.

“Bah, leave her alone, Hunter,” Echo said while nudging Hunter in the arm. “She’ll be fine, like she said.”

“Don’t exactly trust your opinion right now, Echo,” Hunter responded. He could literally smell how buzzed Echo was and shook his head at him.

“Well, speakin’ as Hannah’s second choice,” Wrecker proudly began, seemingly over his flustered state finally. “I think she should do whatever she wants! She deserves it! She deserves all the good things! She’s the best!” His tone was proud, but it was obvious he was a bit emotional as well. It was also very obvious to Hunter that he too was quite buzzed.

Quirky giggles erupted from Hannah and she flopped across the counter with her chin in her hands. “Oh, stop, you guys are too much.” The flush on her cheeks coupled with the almost glossed-over look in her eyes signaled to Hunter that she was also starting to feel the effects of all the alcohol she’d had, despite how little the bottle had contained. That or all the sugar was giving her the same effect, as sugar was known to do for her. Perhaps it was a combination of both. Either way, Hunter knew she would regret it in the morning, but there was nothing he could do now.  

“You would think after all this time,” Tech began. “It wouldn’t be such a surprise to hear such things from us.”

“Hannah has a hard time taking compliments,” Omega said. “She’s always been that way.”

“Thank you, Baby Girl,” Hannah said with a nod. “It’s very true. I mean...” She snickered to herself and shook her head. “Still boggles my mind that some of you think I’m attractive...”

Wrecker scoffed. “What’dya mean?”

“Hannah genuinely doesn’t think she’s attractive,” Hunter responded. “Like, at all. Never has.”

Echo sputtered and scoffed, while Tech clicked his tongue and shook his head in disapproval. Wrecker looked like he was about to have a conniption.  

“Hannah, you’re a beautiful soul, inside and out, and don’t you forget it,” Echo said in a serious tone.

“Yeah!” Wrecker exclaimed. He genuinely sounded upset. “You’re like, one of the prettiest ladies I’ve ever seen! How do ya not see that?”

“Attractiveness is determined solely by one’s own opinion,” Tech began as he adjusted his goggles. “And clearly, it sounds as though every one of us here can agree that you squarely fall into that category, Hannah. There’s no denying it.”

If Hannah turned any redder from their words, she would’ve melded into her own hair. Her face was completely hidden behind her hands, and it was hard to tell whether she was laughing or crying. “Stoooooop, you guyyyyys...”

“We’re simply stating facts,” Tech continued. “And as you well know, there’s no arguing with logic.”

“We’re right, and that’s that!” Wrecker added with a hard nod.

“If anything, we’re the ones not good enough for you, bestie,” Echo said after taking a sip of his drink.

Hannah practically threw her hands away from her face and looked at Echo with disgust. “Shut. Up. You shut up.” She scoffed and looked between all four of the boys, gesturing to each of them before continuing. “Listen, all – and when I say all, I mean all – all Clones are attractive. That’s just fact. Regs,” she gestured to Echo. “Absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful. Perfect. And don’t you say a word about your prosthetics, they deter nothing, ok.”

Even in his drunken state, Echo became quite flustered at the compliment and began turning a vivid shade of pink.

“And hello!” Hannah continued, throwing her arms out wide. “Altered Clones? Equally handsome and perfect. Tech?” She gestured to Tech, who smiled at being addressed. “Handsome. Wrecker?” She gestured to Wrecker, who grinned proudly. “Haaaandsome. And...” She wandered over by Hunter and stopped for a moment, her mouth curling up into a smug grin. “Stars help me, you know what I think about you, Lord Handsomeness.” She bit her lower lip seductively, and a small smirk grew on Hunter’s lips.

“Would you call this a logical fact, then?” Tech inquired.

“Yes, I would!” Hannah replied, unnecessarily loud. “My gosh. I’m right, dang it. Screw everyone who thinks otherwise. You guys are hot, ok. I’m right.” She began to giggle for no reason and looked between the four of them again, her words slurring a bit as she spoke. “Look, I’ll just say it, ok. I’ve already done it with him,” she pointed to Hunter, then turned to the other three. “But, just sayin’, I would totally smooch all of you, ok. I really would.”

Wrecker let out a gleeful chuckle, while Tech looked at Hannah curiously. Hunter also looked at her curiously, but with more concern. Then Echo shook his head and laughed. “No ya wouldn’t,” he said before taking another drink.

“Oh, yes I would,” Hannah said with as much seriousness as she could muster. She leaned against the counter in front of Echo and stared him down with an almost deranged serious expression.

“Yeah?” Echo sat his cup down and leaned in towards Hannah with his arms crossed. “Prove it then.”

There was a gasp from Wrecker, followed by a loud chuckle. Hunter stopped in the middle of taking a drink and stared at Echo coldly. A smirk began to grow on Hannah’s face. “Is that a dare?” she asked slowly.

“Maybe,” Echo replied, equally slow.

“It’s not his turn,” Hunter quickly retorted, with a deep scowl on his face.

“Tech, you dare her to do it!” Wrecker practically shouted.

“What?” Hunter exclaimed.

“I will not,” Tech promptly replied, which made Hunter sigh with relief. “However...” He adjusted his goggles, and a sly smile grew on his face. “I dare Echo to ask her to do it.”

Hunter’s eyes bugged out for a moment, and Wrecker threw his head back with a loud cackle. Echo’s lips began to grow into a smug smirk, and he chuckled softly. “She won’t do it... but I dare you anyway.”

The room went silent in anticipation of Hannah’s response. Her eyes were still glued to Echo, staring him down with intensity. Then without a word, Hannah proudly began walking around the counter in Echo’s direction. Hunter almost felt like stopping her, but didn’t want to cause a scene. Echo remained with his arms crossed and simply watched her approach. She stopped in front of him for only a few seconds, the smirk still plastered on her face. Then quickly but gently, Hannah reached out and grabbed Echo’s face to pull him in for a kiss on the lips. Immediately, Echo’s eyes bugged out and they remained so even after Hannah broke away. His entire head began to flush pink, and he was left in an extremely dumbfounded state.

“Proof,” Hannah teased, booping Echo on the nose.

“Well done,” Tech said with an approving nod.

“Oh, I’m not done yet, Smarty Pants,” Hannah replied, earning her a curious look from Tech. She stepped over to him and leaned down closer to his face. “I said I would smooch all of you, remember?”

“Oh!” Tech blinked rapidly and began to blush a bit. “Yes, I suppose--” He was cut off by Hannah pressing her lips to his, giggling while she did so. His eyes blinked rapidly again after the kiss ended, and he cleared his throat awkwardly. “W-Well then... I can’t say I have any complaints about my choice of dare so far.”

Hannah continued to giggle, then turned her attention to Wrecker, who looked like he was about to explode with excitement. “Oho, yeah, let’s go, missy!” he exclaimed, rubbing his hands together excitedly.

“Come ‘ere, Big Guy!” Hannah said as she threw her arms out towards him. She was quickly grabbed and pulled against Wrecker, and her hands squeezed his cheeks as she planted a big kiss on his lips. Wrecker intentionally kept her pressed against him longer than the others, and there was concern about whether or not he would even let her go. Hannah had to almost forcibly break away from him, and the two of them went into a massive fit of elated giggles afterwards.

“Oh, I’ve been wantin’ to do that for so long,” Wrecker admitted, but quickly realized what he’d just said and leaned down to whisper, “Uhh, but don’t tell Hunter that.”

“I’m preeeeetty sure he heard you, Wrecker,” Omega pointed out, literally pointing at Hunter. They could see he was now facing towards the counter with a visible scowl and frown.

“D’awww,” Hannah said, sauntering over to him. “Is someone feeling jealous?” she teased with an exaggerated pout.

Try as he might to hide it, Hunter was clearly seething inside. “Why would I?” he bluntly replied before taking a sip of his drink.

“Good answer.” Hannah waited until he’d set his drink down, then grabbed Hunter by the shoulder and forcibly turned him around to face her. She gave him a hard look, which morphed into a sly smirk. Hunter was still scowling, but looked at her curiously. Then Hannah shoved him back against the counter and swung her leg over to straddle him. Her lips practically attacked his, and they went into an intense flurry of passionate kisses. Hunter had to keep one arm on the counter just to keep from falling out of his seat. Wrecker kept a hand over Omega’s face to shield her from the intense display, while Echo got out of his seat entirely, not wanting to be anywhere near that nonsense.

By the time they’d finished, Hunter was left a panting mess, visibly sweating from the experience. Hannah barely had any breath herself and stared into his eyes fervently. “Don’t forget which one of you I chose, Sergeant,” she amorously whispered before sliding off his lap.

Internally, Hunter was cursing the fact that everyone else was there, or things might’ve gone even farther with her. His chest continued to heave even after she’d walked away, and he was very glad he’d chosen to keep his codpiece on. After wiping the sweat from his face, Hunter grabbed his cup and quickly downed the rest of his drink. He hadn’t intended on drinking the whole thing, but well, it seemed like getting drunk was the only way he was going to handle the rest of the night.

And things definitely went crazier from that moment on. More drinks were had, and soon enough, Omega was the only sober one left in the parlor. A brief dance party broke out thanks to Hannah’s encouragement, with everyone ending up on the floor together for at least a couple of songs. Even though it was out of drunkenness, Omega really enjoyed having her whole family be silly together and just bond for a while.

Echo and Tech eventually ended up in a one-sided heated conversation, with Echo loudly airing much of his life grievances without remorse. Tech mostly sat and listened to his brother, but any time he did respond, it was always in a different language that Echo didn’t know.  

Wrecker was content with just dancing for a while, although he often accompanied it with loud, boisterous singing that was mostly off key. He also randomly went around hugging everybody and emotionally telling them how much he loved them, which nobody seemed to mind.

Hannah and Hunter were practically glued at the hip from the moment they hit the dance floor. They easily spent the longest time there, dancing with each other to every song that played – fast, slow, and everything in between – all while taking turns muttering sweet nothings and suggestive comments that would cause each other to chuckle or giggle profusely. If one of them wanted to do something else, they’d drag the other with them by the hand. Even when Hannah had to take a refresher break, Hunter waited outside the door like a lonely dog and excitedly dragged her back to the dance floor when she was done. There also, of course, was a lot of smooching done between them.

The night went on, and soon, Cid decided it was time to close up the parlor for the night. She’d been in her office cleaning up and fixing the mess Roland had left, while practically going insane from all the ruckus going on outside her door. But she also couldn’t bring herself to stop it. Life had been cruel to all of them recently, and some recompense was deserved. Just this once, she would let them do whatever they wanted; she owed them that much. And if they broke anything, she’d just berate them for it later.  

Barely a second went by after Cid had gotten out of her seat to leave before there was a loud crash. Similar noises had been heard throughout the night, but this one sounded like something had actually broken. Cid rolled her eyes and grumbled. She was surprised it took that long for something bad to happen.

As she exited the hallway into the parlor, Cid was met with absolute chaos. Empty cups and bottles littered the floor, and there had definitely been a few spills. Wrecker was lying across one of the game tables, going back and forth between groaning and attempting to sing along with the music. Tech was yelling at one of the game machines in Huttese – Cid recognized the language solely from the curse words he was using. Echo and Hunter were in some sort of skirmish, although it looked like Hunter was trying to hold Echo back more than anything. And Hannah was huddled on the floor sobbing next to a knocked over trash can, with Omega doing her best to comfort her.

“What in the name of the Hutts is goin’ on in here?!” Cid exclaimed, immediately drawing everyone’s attention.

Wrecker tried to speak, but his speech was too slurred to understand, and he slowly rolled off the game table and came crashing down on the floor with a loud thud. Tech maintained his position and seemed to be attempting to explain the situation, but was going back and forth between speaking in Huttese and some other language, so Cid only understood about half of what he was saying.  

Thankfully, Omega came over and was able to clarify everything. Apparently, Hannah had gone a little crazy with her dancing and ended up kicking over the trash can, which made her incredibly upset. Echo blamed the trash can for getting in Hannah’s way and was hellbent on beating it up for upsetting Hannah. Hunter believed that would only make things worse and didn’t want to get in trouble with the trash can, so he was trying to keep Echo away from it.

“I’m sorry, Cid, I’m so sorry!” Hannah wailed. “It’s all my fault, I’m the wooooorst!”

“No, you’re not!” Echo angrily exclaimed. “For kriff’s sake! It’s his fault!” He harshly pointed at the overturned trash can with his scomp. “He’s a piece’a shit! I’ll kill ‘im! Lemme at ‘im!”

“Would ya just stop, Echo?!” Hunter shouted, yanking Echo by the arm. His tone was downright desperate, and it looked like he was on the verge of tears. “You don’t have to do this! We can figure somethin’ else out! I’ll fix it, I promise! I can fix this! Please!”  

“Alright, enough!!” Cid yelled. Immediately, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her. The only sound was the loud music blaring through the jukebox, which Cid practically punched to turn it off. “Party’s over! Everyone’s going home!” She turned her attention to Omega. “Tiny! Help me round up these drunk fools!”

Omega gave Cid a respectful salute. “Yes, ma’am!” Then she went over and began practically scraping Wrecker up off the floor.

After shoving past Echo and Hunter, Cid walked over to the still-sniffling Hannah and lifted her onto her feet. “Everyone form a chain. Whoever’s hand you’re given, do not let it go. You understand?”

Everyone nodded in response. Then Cid began linking everyone together by hand, starting with Hannah, then Hunter, then Echo, then Tech, then Wrecker. Omega was in charge of bringing up the rear and making sure everyone stayed in the chain. Cid took the lead, keeping a grip on Hannah’s hand, and they all exited the parlor together like a very awkward-looking human train.

Everything was fine until they started going up the stairs to Hannah’s apartment. As expected, Hannah was the most upset about it, going so far as to start crying again about halfway up. Hunter tried to stay cool, but he wasn’t much better than Hannah, as it seemed like whatever emotion she was experiencing would affect him in a similar manner. Echo and Tech continued to rant about random things, although Echo was the only one able to be understood. And Wrecker was continuing to drunkenly sing, even without any music. Omega was practically shoving him up the stairs, her small arms never leaving his backside for even a second.

When they finally got up to Hannah’s apartment, Cid dragged them all inside, which ended up with Wrecker once again flopping on the floor. Cid assigned Omega to get Hannah into bed while she took care of the boys. Omega took Hannah by the hand and began leading her to her bedroom, but there was another person still attached to her. With a loud groan, Cid came over and practically ripped Hunter away, which made both him and Hannah very upset. Hannah reached out for Hunter as she was dragged away by Omega, while Cid had to literally hold Hunter back to keep him from following.

“Noooo, I need him, Omega, I need him,” Hannah cried as she was brought into her bedroom. Omega reassured her that she could see him again in the morning, but it wasn’t good enough. Hannah continued to cry as Omega helped her change clothes, with the little girl doing her best to assure her big sister that everything was ok.

Then Hannah suddenly let out a loud gasp. “My bag! My bag! I left it at the parlor! Nooooooo!” She threw her head back with a loud wail, and Omega quickly tried to shush her.

“I’ll go get it!” Omega told her, taking her by the hands. “Just stay here, ok? I’ll be right back with it, I promise.”

Hannah sniffled and pouted, but gave Omega a nod. Then the little girl quickly ran out of the room, not even bothering to shut the door behind her.  

As soon as Omega was gone, Hannah’s sniffles began to diminish, and her pout was replaced with a sly smile. Chuckling softly to herself, Hannah sneaked over to her door and peeked around the corner to see what was going on. Cid was still in the middle of getting the boys settled and had her back turned in Hannah’s direction. Echo was already curled up in a messy blanket burrito on the floor, snoring softly. Tech and Wrecker were in some sort of argument about who got to sleep on the couch, which Cid was trying to deal with. And Hunter was simply sitting hunched over on one of the kitchen stools in a very solemn position.

In the quietest tone she could make, Hannah spoke Hunter’s name. Almost immediately, he perked up and began looking for the source. His face lit up when he spotted Hannah, and she motioned for him to be quiet before beckoning him to come to her with one finger. Hunter briefly checked to make sure Cid wasn’t looking before sneaking over. As soon as he was close enough, Hannah grabbed Hunter by the arm and yanked him inside the room, shutting the door behind her.

Once the door was shut, Hunter pulled Hannah against him and happily nuzzled her, which made her giggle profusely. They stayed there for only a moment before Hannah took Hunter by the hands and pulled him further into the room. He gave no resistance and simply followed with a smitten look plastered on his face.

Then Hunter was suddenly shoved backwards and flopped onto Hannah’s bed on his back. It briefly confused him, but then Hannah came rolling up next to him. Her entire body crawled on top of him, and she met his gaze as their noses gently pressed together. “Hey,” she said with a playful look in her eyes.

“Hey,” Hunter responded, giving her an equally playful look.

Both of them broke out into soft giggles before Hannah firmly pressed her lips to Hunter’s.

Out in the main room, Cid had finally gotten Tech and Wrecker settled down into the couch and was ready to move on to the last Clone. But he was nowhere to be found. She quickly checked the refresher, but he wasn’t there either. That’s when Omega finally returned, with Hannah’s bag in tow.  

Cid quickly began piecing things together. “Oh boy...”

Omega began to be berated for leaving her post, but she was adamant about bringing Hannah’s bag back. Everything happened so quickly after that, Cid barely had time to register it all. Without waiting for a response, Omega immediately began heading for Hannah’s bedroom. Cid began to panic, but didn’t want to get too loud in case the others woke up, so she just started flailing and quietly shouting at Omega to wait. But Omega didn’t listen. She was already at the door to Hannah’s bedroom.

Simultaneously, Cid rushed up to grab Omega as the little girl innocently pressed the button to open the bedroom door. The door slid open without remorse. And the sight they immediately witnessed made them both stop in their tracks.

“Awww!” Omega cooed sweetly.

To Cid’s greatest relief, Hannah and Hunter were curled up next to each other in the bed, fully clothed and sound asleep. The sigh of relief she let out could’ve been heard throughout the city. “I’m gettin' too old for this crap,” she grumbled as she hobbled over to a stool to sit down.

After changing into her own pajamas for the night, Omega returned to the still-overwhelmed Cid and placed a hand on her leg. “You didn’t have to stay,” Omega told her.

“I also didn’t have to bring everybody up here either,” Cid replied, her head resting on one of her clawed hands. “But what can I say? Guess I’ve gotten used to the idea of giving favors without recompense.”

Omega smiled at her, then fondly looked over at her sleeping brothers. “Sometimes all you need is to know that someone is ok. That’s rewarding enough, isn’t it?”  

From her position, Cid could see into Hannah’s bedroom and was just able to make out the sleeping forms of Hannah and Hunter on the bed. A small smile crept onto her face without even realizing it. “Wouldn’t know. I try not to get too attached. Emphasis on the try.”  

The smile on Omega’s face grew, and Cid proudly patted her on the head before standing up. “They’re all yours now, Tiny,” Cid said as she walked to the front door. “Make sure they all drink plenty of water in the morning.” When she got to the door, she stopped briefly. “Oh, and if any of ‘em ask? This was all you. Keep me out of it.”

“Understood,” Omega replied with a small salute.

“Good girl.” Cid began to leave, but after getting to the stairs, Omega stopped her again.

“Thank you, Cid,” Omega said, peeking around the corner of the door. “For... for everything.”

Cid kept her back to the small girl so she wouldn’t see the fond smile that had grown on her reptilian face. “Just keep doin’ what you’re doin’, kid. That’s all the thanks I need.”

Omega watched Cid head down the stairs until she was completely out of sight before returning inside the apartment. A loud yawn left her throat, which made her realize just how tired she was. But she couldn’t go to bed just yet. With her last bit of energy, Omega double checked that her brothers were settled in for the night, tucking in their blankets and making sure they were comfortable. An extra pillow was gently tucked under Echo’s head. And sweet, gentle kisses were placed on each of the Clones’ cheeks.

Returning to the bedroom, Omega took a moment to just admire the sight of Hannah and Hunter asleep together. Hunter had passed out flat on his back, but had one arm tightly held around Hannah at his side. Hannah’s face was barely visible due to it being crammed into Hunter’s shoulder and partially concealed by the arm she had slung around Hunter’s neck. Omega had caught them napping in similar positions before, but this time, she could join them, which delighted her greatly.

As carefully as she could, Omega crawled into the bed, opposite the side Hannah was on. She eased up next to her brother, just barely close enough to touch his side. Hunter’s arm was resting high on the pillows, so Omega could wedge her head underneath it. But just as she was getting settled, Hunter’s arm suddenly came swooping down and wrapped around Omega, pulling her closer to him. Omega let out a small squeak and checked to make sure her brother was still asleep, which he seemed to be.  

Then Hannah’s arm suddenly left its spot around Hunter’s neck and flopped across his chest. Her hand came to rest on Omega’s shoulder and seemed to almost grab onto it. Barely able to hold back a giggle, Omega gently took Hannah’s hand and repositioned it so both of their hands were clasped and lying on Hunter’s chest. From what little she could see of Hannah’s face, Omega swore she saw her big sister break out into a contented smile. It didn’t take long at all for the little girl to join her siblings in peaceful sleep.

The next day was undoubtedly going to be full of moaning, griping, and overall unpleasantness for the entire family. But Omega was ready for it. She knew they could handle it. Her family could handle anything as long as they were together. And nothing or nobody was ever going to change that.

TO BE CONTINUED

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odds for the sw asks, please?

oooh so I've already answered a few odds, they're floating around my blog, so I rounded up the ones I haven't gotten to yet.

1. which era do you find most compelling?

anything pre-ot but I also don't know anything about the high republic. but the rebels/rogue one/obi-wan kenobi era is my favourite!

3. (old) republic or confederacy of independent systems (separatists)

not sure what this is asking tbh? If it's asking which I prefer,,,, well. yes a sith lord is running both of em but we literally saw the separatists testing weapons of mass planetary destruction in tcw (among other things), so like?? idk that this is a "wow both sides are functionally indistinguishable" situation yet

11. how do you feel about porgs?

neutral, cute lil creachers I guess

13. if you could swap places with any character for a day, who would you swap with?

Jocasta!!!!! let me in the jedi archives!!!!

19. if you could pilot any ship in the galaxy, which would you choose?

I would simply not because I can barely pilot a bicycle and the concept of space travel terrifies me

21.do you have any star wars ocs? 

a few, though they're not super developed yet 👀 this is my girl Matas Aliim

25. which is more important to you: visual effects or sound effects?

hhhhhhhhhh one the one hand I like drawing the visual effects on the other hand the lightsaber noise is iconic. It just has to be a good partnership I think.

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✩ SW: Clone Wars Recs ✩

Instead of clogging up my weekly fic round up with Clone Wars recs, I decided to just make a separate rec list.

I haven’t had a chance to read some of the more epic fandom-favourite CW fics since I’m only on season 4. All the fics in this list are still a fun read though! Also Obi-Wan centric. Because I’m a simp and I can’t hide it.

Lies About Jedi by SniperAnon (The_Big_Reveal)

“Wait a fucking second,” burst out CT-9886, “You’re taking me up there to-”

“To guilt trip a Jedi High General of the GAR into taking a nap? Yes. So keep the hat on. Nobody wears those except the new guys. Makes you look extra shiny.”

Enforced Convalescence by BigFatBumblebee

Obi-Wan Kenobi is possibly one of the busiest people in the Galaxy during the Clone Wars, but he is indeed only human. It takes an embarrassing amount of people to convince him of this when he falls ill, as humans occasionally do.

For his part, at the age of 36 Obi-Wan finally learns that illnesses don't actually just go away if you ignore them really hard. But that's not for lack of trying.

The More I Live the More I See this Life is Not About Me by K_R_Closson

After touching a mysterious artifact, Cody's general is suddenly a child with the memories to match. Cody has to coax a suspicious adolescent back to base without alerting the nearby Separatists of their presence.

Reversing his general's age an easier fix than Cody thought it would be, but he didn't factor in the possibility that Obi-Wan might not want to give up his self in order to become General Kenobi again. It'd be easier to think if he didn't have an insidious voice in his head, whispering to him to distrust the Jedi.

The Vode by RoseThorn14

It didn't really take much to convince the Vode to rebel against the Kaminoans.

And it was only a little more effort for them to organise themselves into a government that would be accepted by the Republic.

Convincing the newly crowned King Cody to take a Jedi spouse was a different story. However, sometimes you needed to bit the blaster fire and invoke centuries old laws to ensure that the Senate won't stab you and the four million warriors you are responsible for in the back.

Poor Obi-Wan Kenobi just so happens to be unfortunate enough to be caught in the crossfire.

Or: A universe where Jango Fett actually takes responsibility for his people and acts like the Mandalorian he should. And just so happens to mess up all of Palpatine's plans in the process

A Prayer for Strength in Adversity by Project0506

Part 1 of the Soft Wars series

The vode form a Prayer Circle for Cody.  He's not dying or anything.  They just clocked his Jedi.

A slightly alternate first day of a first deployment.

Naked and Not Paid by biscuitlevitation

In which the clones are united in pursuit of a greater purpose: to see Obi-Wan Kenobi shirtless.

Capture the Flag by Artemis_Neardos

It's all fun and games, but a good portion of the galaxy is fairly certain that at least part of the GAR has quietly lost its mind. Obi-Wan isn't completely sure what's going on. His men are having fun and no ones getting hurt, so he has no problem playing along.

Bell Collar by Millberry_5

The 212th is sick and tired of getting startled and almost pulling their blasters on their own general. They have a solution for this.

Obi-Wan is somewhat willing to play along for the sake of his men's morale.

Misunderstandings are Born of Miscommunication  by Fic_Request_Blog

Or the one where Kenobi is blind and no one remembers to tell the clones.

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Opening Lines

I was tagged by @leafy-m ! Thank you so much this was actually really fun (and made me realize just how much stuff i have written) 

rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories. (If you have less than 20, just list them all!) See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line. Tag some people to play the next round!

1-      Sometimes the best place to be when looking for new sights, or a wandering witch, is lost. ( The Wandering Witch )

2-      The warm night cast a dark blanket around the edge of town in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains, only broken by the flickering lights of fireflies, and the headlights of an old—but reliable—pickup truck. (Chasing Leads)

3-      Early in the morning, when the sky bled a deep purple and faded into red as the suns approached the horizon, a sandstorm hit. (The Sea, Chapter 15 of Pieces, Places and Spaces)

4-      “Did you know, a thousand years ago, these mountains were completely dead?” (Team Rose Gold (revamp))

5-      Beeping from the holochron interrupted Fennec’s second meal for the third time in an hour. (wip, tbobf chpt 5 and 6 rewrite)

6-      ‘Hey—you dropped something, sir’ (Wip, SW rebels comic)

7-      All the wind whipping up sand all around his hovel couldn’t deafen the excited little shrieks of the boy climbing up the cliff for afternoon drinks. (WIP, deep dive into Luke Skywalker)

8-      Tiny rocks slid and tumbled down into the pool far below Din’s feet. (And There Were Stars)

9-      Luke drops all of his shopping bags to the ground almost in time to the apartment door clicking shut. (I Want It All)

10-   When a modified, untagged N-1 starship hailed them from heart knows where, Bo-Katan didn’t know what to think. (Hand Holding, chapter 14 of Pieces, Places and Spaces)

11-   The darksaber is haunted. (Pieces, Places and Spaces)

12-   In Boba’s room, near the back of the palace, music played. (Pieces, Places and Spaces)

13-   Despite what others were led to believe, Din did not use the Darksaber.

14-   Their footsteps echoed in the dark stone ruins.

15-   “Ok that does not make any sense.”

16-   Waves of a hazy warmth pulled Din deeper into blissful quiet.

17-   There was barely a knock at Luke’s door before it opened.

18-   “So. This does it for you?”

19-   Paz Vizsla had found his way to Fett’s palace, which meant Din was up against a wall the second they were alone. (its good to see you again)

20-   It starts off as fatigue (The Favored Mand’alor)

 Trends – uhhh well tis mostly star wars (Din Djarin, beLOVED) and things I haven’t finished and original stuff :0

Also predominantly either very short sentences that are supposed to grab attention or longer, more descriptive ones. 

Favorite line – uhhhhh I love 2 4 and 7 <3 <3

Thank you so much again! For the next round I’ll tag @soulswimmr and @thechaospilot (No pressure) and anyone else who wants to do it :0

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Writing tag game -- tagged by @lessattitudemorealtitude

how many works do you have on Ao3?

Discounting podfic on which I’m listed as a co-author, 24.  My concept writing doesn’t go to AO3 and the vast majority of my Narnia fic was never cross-posted there.  (Or reposted there, actually, I think most of it pre-dates the AO3.)

what’s your total Ao3 word count?

1,050,810.  oh, huh, I didn’t actually realize I’d passed the one million word mark (probably with Crown).

what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

all of these ended up being Star Wars, which is not a huge surprise.  Morning will probably reach Dirt in the next couple of updates, I’d guess.

Immutable, or, Five Times Obi-Wan Kenobi Compromised His Jedi Ethics for Anakin Skywalker -- this is not the oldest Star Wars fic on there, but I think it’s the second oldest. people just really like 5 times fic.

Wake the Storm - did you know that when I started Wake I assumed it was a very niche trope in what was, at the time, a pretty dead fandom? the kudos count on Wake actually outnumbers Gambit by more than 1600 kudos, so the number of people who go from Wake to Gambit is a lot lower than you might think.

Queen's Gambit - a significantly lower kudos count than Wake or Immutable.  Gambit’s such a weirdo of a story, tbh, I can’t be surprised by anything about Gambit anymore.

On the Edge of the Devil's Backbone - about 600 kudos less than Gambit, so less difference between Gambit and Backbone than between Wake and Gambit.

Dirt in the Machine - another older fic.  I’d rewrite this one if I cared enough to do so, because it’s not at my current standards (Immutable isn’t either, for that matter) and I kind of wince every time I get comments on it.  this is the first one of the top five to have below 1K kudos.

do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I’ll usually respond to direct questions, but I very, very seldom respond to comments in general.  This is an old standing policy of mine that’s now more than a decade old -- it used to be I’d wait twenty-four hours before responding, then I’d respond right before the next chapter went up, and for a while I’d only respond to comments on the first few chapters of a story.  Now I just mostly do not.  The reasons for this are: (1) many, many years ago, I lost my temper pretty badly at a comment on a fic of mine (this was pre-AO3, this was back in my LJ days), and after that I moved to the “wait twenty-four hours” response so I didn’t say anything without thinking about it, (2) I do go back and reread comments but I hate rereading my own responses, (3) I prefer to know the comments numbers on my fic are all from actual comments and not from me saying “thanks for reading!”, (4) I can’t take that kind of responsibility for answering every single comment, man.

what’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Of stuff I’ve written in the past ten years? (I can’t really remember before that.)  Maybe Backbone, because it ends on that pretty upbeat “yay team we’re going to be rebels now!” note.  or Devil’s in the Details (other side part 1), though I don’t really want to consider it a finished fic even though it’s technically finished; it has another “yay team we’re back together (minus Ezra)” ending.  I tend to end on complicated and reasonably open endings, not like...happy endings.

what’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

probably Gambit for the “everything is super fucked up” factor and also the fact that I never wrote the sequel. plus it ended with the entire Wake trio split up in a whole new universe, plus back in the Gambitverse Amidala not able to go back to Naboo, Ahsoka shunned, Palpatine’s new empire, Rex trapped in the Gambitverse, etc.

do you write crossovers?

I did in my Narnia days. I don’t anymore. Working in widespread fandoms like Star Wars or the MCU is basically like writing crossover fic within the same universe, anyway.

have you ever received hate on a fic?

*hysterical laughter*

...yes. yes I have. it’s the reason every time I get a comment notification on Gambit or Wake I freeze in absolute terror. people HATE Wake and Gambit.  I hate to say never, but I will probably never write those characters or in that series again.

do you write smut? if so, what kind?

not really?  I’ve done relatively non-explicit sex but it’s not something I’m super comfortable writing, especially in recent years. I’m much more likely to do a fade to black.

have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think Gambit got scraped once when it was still in progress and my response was something along the lines of “good luck, bro,” given the whole “still in progress” thing.

have you ever had a fic translated?

I’ve gotten a couple of translation requests but I can’t recall if anything’s ever been translated.  (Or if I responded to them...I know a few I forgot to respond.)

have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, back in my Narnia days.  Some SW concept writing and that ended so badly that I’ll never co-write again.

what’s your all-time favourite ship?

Kanan/Hera, of course!

what’s a wip that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

gods, Dust in the Air, my Narnia Last Battle AU.  Back when I started it in 2008 or so I didn’t have the self-control or discipline I do now, even if I had a lot of the worldbuilding ability and the ability to conceive of if not execute long plot arcs, and I broke off more than I could chew.  If I ever went back to it I’d probably have to do a complete rewrite and it has the unique problem among my WIPs of being the last major fic I wrote in present tense -- I now write exclusively in past tense.  The bones of the story are good, I’d just have to go back to the bones and not just pick up where I left off.

what are your writing strengths?

Plot, worldbuilding/environment, action.  I also do genuinely think I’m very good at characterization too, but I think they’re all inter-related.  (Except the action, that’s me alone.  I love writing action and I generally get a lot of compliments on my action scenes.)  look, I know it’s conceited, but I’m good and I know I’m good, and I’m good in a pretty well-rounded way for the genre I write.

what are your writing weaknesses?

brevity. can’t do it.

honestly, there are others, but I don’t write stories where they’d come up.  I think I have a tendency to get to bogged down in dialogue in a way that I’ve never quite solved.  I also let my emotions take over too much and not in the good fannish way, in the “I’m having a fucked up relationship with canon or fandom and it’s affecting my ability to work” way.

what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

please stop having your Asgardians speak Latin for magic, man, that’s my feeling on it.

okay, my feelings on it for me -- I’ve sprinkled bits and pieces of Huttese, Twi’leki, and tee-tiny bits of other stuff here and there in fic.  I’d not be comfortable doing more than that because the only other language that I really feel comfortable doing anything significant in is Latin, and even then I’d hesitate. also, like, Latin! not a language that comes up in the fandoms I write in.  even then, like -- any extended dialogue should be intelligible to the audience, and I don’t expect my audience to be able read anything other than English; I’d rather just say “they switched to Twi’leki to say” or something similar.

what was the first fandom you wrote for?

like, online? Harry Potter. for things that I didn’t post online because I didn’t know what fic was yet? probably either The 10th Kingdom or The Mummy.

what’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

On the Edge of the Devil’s Backbone.  I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever written, I think it’s the most tightly plotted, I think it’s got the best worldbuilding, I think it’s remarkably consistent thematically, and it was, at the time, a fic that I was very devoted to finishing or dying trying, because I was going through it at the time and some of it was connected to the fic.

I don’t tag people, but please go for if you want!

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Fan Fic Writer Review

I was tagged by @findswoman , so here goes:

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Just 13 right now. I’m still in the process of uploading my work from the Jedi Council Forum’s fan fiction boards.

2. What’s your total AO3 wordcount?

102, 123 words

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Just one: Star Wars

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Wolf Brother

Shadow of a Doubt

Date Night

The Beginning of Honor

“All the Joy, but Not the Care”

Wolf Brother is an AU in which Ezra was raised by Loth-wolves, Shadow of a Doubt and Date Night are Kanera stories, Beginning of Honor is a Zeb backstory, and All the Joy is Kanan angst set during “Jedi Night”.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do my best to. RL has been hectic lately (as in the last year and a half :P) so I don’t always get to it right away, but I do try.

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Definitely All the Joy, but not the Care, which ends with Kanan going knowingly and willingly to his own death after Palpatine tempts him with a vision of a happy future with Hera and Jacen.

7. Do you write crossovers? If so what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

A long time ago, when my daughter was into My Little Pony, I started writing a SW/Equestria Girls crossover called Friendship Is Galactic. I did some crossover fanart for it as well.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, thankfully.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

I don’t. It took me a long time to write my first kiss and I’m still working my way up to my first “fade-to-black” scene.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, I haven’t.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Back in the day when I first started writing fic, I did a lot of collaboration and round robins. Sadly, most of them are lost to truncation on the JCF boards.

13. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Kanera, without a doubt!

14. What’s a wip that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

A story that I have on JCF, called All Our Yesterdays about what happens to Ezra after the Rebels finale. (spoiler: he escapes the Chimaera and crashes in the Unknown Regions, but loses his memory in the process). It kind of got away from me with multiple “cool ideas” that didn’t necessarily add to the story and there was just so much time to fill between events (somewhere between 5 and 10 years😜). Every now and then I get a wild hare to work on it, which usually ends in utter frustration at my inability to make it workable.

15. What are your writing strengths?

I think my strengths are in writing family/friendship dynamics, characterization, and dialogue. I think I do pretty well with humor, too.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Action scenes are tough for me to write, and while I feel I do well with light romance, I’m still getting the hang of “heavier” romance scenes.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I’m not fluent enough in any RL languages to work them into my writing (and it really wouldn’t make sense in the GFFA), but I’ve learned quite a bit of Mando’a in the course of writing my Sabine-centric stories and I feel pretty comfortable using a word or sentence of it to add to a story.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars

19. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Oh, hmm….like @findswoman I feel like this is like choosing a favorite child! Of my stories on AO3, I’m going to say it’s a tie between All the Joy, but Not the Care and Beginning of Honor. I’m very proud of All the Joy, because it turned out almost exactly the way I had imagined it. It’s a bit more dramatic than most of the stories I usually write, too, and I was happy that I was able to pull off something serious. And I am proud of Beginning for the amount of worldbuilding and character creation that went into it.

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The contestants have been finalized! Here's the bracket lineup!

So how this is going to work is, there's going to be 8 polls a day, starting tomorrow, until we hit semifinals. That means we'll do group A, B, C, D, then side AB, then side CD, then all the quarterfinals together. I'll update the images whenever we hit a new round.

Plain text Round 1 matchups under the cut:

(As a reminder, groups are formatted as [Dad name] & [Kid name]. So if there's multiple of either dads or kids, they'll use the word 'and.' Think of the ampersand like a separator.)

Group A

Bruno & Team Bucciarati (JJBA:GW) vs. Kanan & Ezra (SW Rebels)

Tony Stark & Peter Parker (MCU) vs. Lin & Asami, Mako, Bolin, Korra (LoK)

Balsa Yonsa & Chagun (MGotS) vs. Thancred & Ryne (FFXIV)

Aizawa & class 1A (MHA) vs. C!Philza & crew (DSMP)

Sojiro Sakura & the Phantom Thieves (Persona 5) vs. Tommy "Big Man" & Gus (Sweet Tooth)

Finn & Leif (FE) vs. Sandor & Arya (GoT)

Axel/Lea & Roxas and Xion + King Mickey and Riku (KH) vs. Artemy & Sticky and Murky (Pathologic)

Joel & Ellie (TLoU) vs. Darkwing Duck & Gosalyn Mallard (Darkwing Duck)

Group B

Pyrrha & Nona (TLT) vs. Kelsier and Vin (Mistborn)

Fukuzawa & Ranpo (BSD) vs. Miss Honey & Matilda (Matilda)

Jack Wynand & the Little Sisters (Bioshock) vs. Scar & Mei Chang (FMA)

Eda Clawthorne & King and Luz (TOH) vs. John Silver & Jim Hawkins (Treasure Planet)

Logan & Kitty and Jubilee (Wolverine) vs. Geralt & Ciri (Witcher)

Donquixote "Rosinante" Corazon & Law (OP) vs. Rouxls Kaard & Lancer (Deltarune)

Sully & Boo (Monsters Inc) vs. Simon & Marceline (AT)

Din & Grogu (The Mandalorian) vs. Bobby Singer & Sam and Dean (SPN)

Group C

Welt Yang & March 7th and the Trailblazer (Honkai Star Rail) vs. Jim Hopper & Eleven (Stranger Things)

Ingo & Irida and protagonist (PLA) vs. Gregor Samsa & Emil Sinclair (Limbus Company)

Nanami Kento & Itadori Yuuji (JJK) vs. Meta Knight & Kirby (Kirby)

Phoenix Wright & Trucy (AA) vs. Shirou & Michuri (BNA)

Yuugo and Lucas & 50 kids (The Promised Neverland) vs. Stan Pines & Dipper and Mabel (GF)

Date & Mizuki (AI:TSF) vs. Peabody & Sherman

Cabalena and Jowd & Lynne (Ghost Trick) vs. Pigsy and Tang & MK (LMK)

Kiryu & Haruka (+others) (Yakuza) vs. Tenmyouji & Quark (Zero Escape)

Group D

Silco & Jinx (Arcane) vs. Guts & Schierke (Berserk)

RGB & Hero (TPoH) vs. Father Garcia & John (FAITH)

Sam and Max & The Geek (Sam and Max) vs. Tom Wachowski & Sonic (Sonic movie)

Rei and Kazuki & Mira (BD) vs. Daud & Billie Lurk (Dishonored)

Chongi-re, Numeri and Butler (TRPC) vs. Jacob Holland & Maisie (The Sea Beast)

Reigen & Mob (MP100) vs. Maedros and Maglor & Elrond and Elros (Silmarillion)

Jean Valjean & Cosette (Les Miserables) vs. Loid & Anya (Spy x Family)

Batman & Robins (Batman) vs. Kurogane & Syaoran (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle)

[self-proclaimed-chaotic-good]

Survivors of Unfair Choices (1) | First Order!Poe Dameron x Resistance!Reader |

Words: 1175

A/N: So it took some time for me to get this out, but it’s finally here! I wondered how dark I would want to write Poe and decided to do this take instead. There are some alterations with his background so as to make some sense on why he’s with the First Order. And that whole thing about Poe being a spice runner? Gone. Taglist is open.

Warning: SW-verse typical violence, minor swearing, a lot of flashbacks

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You watched as a U-Wing slowly descended, your BB-unit at your side looking up at you in worry. There were still injuries that had not properly healed from the crash, but it wasn’t anything that the doctors back at base couldn’t fix. You clutched onto a small object in your hand as the ramp opened, revealing a small rescue unit spilling out to help you on board and grabbing your belongings while others were investigating the crash site. The object felt cold without its owner attached to it and for a moment, you wondered again why he had given it to you.

“Thank the Maker you’re alright, commander!” The pilot said with a wide smile.

“Yeah, it was pretty close,” you said, sitting down while the medic looked over your injuries, “Could have been worse. Everyone’s alright though, yeah?”

He nodded. “Your team brought everyone back without any further trouble. To think that you were out here on your own…,” he sighed and shook his head, “I can’t even last a day without talking to anyone.”

“Well, I wasn’t completely alone.” You opened your hand and traced the small metal cylinder with your thumb before pocketting it.

“Right, BB was with you,” the pilot went on, “That’s one loyal droid you’ve got there. I’ll send a mechanic I know to check if the little one’s alright as well once we touch base.”

“Thank you.”

“No problem. Your team’s gonna be ecstatic once they see you back.”

The rest of the flight was mostly the pilot talking stories to you or his crew. They wanted to know what happened and how you were able to survive so long. Two months, according to the rotation of the planet that the base was on. You didn’t realize it had been that long. Being on that planet, deep in the forest with him and the droids, felt like existing in a bubble. Time was different and fluctuated. There were times where it felt like months, and times where it felt like only days. When it was time to finally leave, you were reminded that there was a galaxy at war beyond that bubble. And you and him were on opposite sides of that war.

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The smell of burning meat woke you up, a heavy fur blanket covering up to your chin. A droid… no, two droids were whirring away while a human voice was replying softly. You slowly sat up, being mindful of your injuries that were suddenly bandaged up. Your BB unit squealed and rolled over to your side, scanning you over for any signs of distress.

“You’re awake,” the man said.

You blinked, adjusting to your new surroundings. It wasn’t just any man. It was First Order Commander Poe Dameron. You jumped, your hand automatically going to your side for your blaster. The other commander simply sighed and waved your blaster in your face. BB screeched, putting itself between you and Commander Dameron.

“Relax, little guy, I won’t do anything,” he said, tossing the blaster to the side, “And it would be wise if your master would do the same. We’re stranded out here. Together. Whether you like it or not.”

He looked at you with dark eyes that dared you to challenge him. Your face was stuck in a frown, but you nodded despite yourself. You could only assume that there was something wrong with his ship as well for him to remain here with you and being civilized. Commander Dameron walked back to the fire and checked on the meat that looked to be a native bird the size of his head.

“Thank you…,” you said hoarsely before clearing your throat, “... about the bandage… I guess.”

You shifted around to push yourself up, when Commander Dameron jumped back up and pushed your shoulder down. “You’re injured. What do you need?”

“Water.”

He nodded, rifling through your emergency pack and took out a water canteen. You winced as you settled back down, taking the canteen with a grateful nod. As the lukewarm liquid ran down your dry throat, you took the time to look at your surroundings. Broken metal pieces dragged over and propped up to use as a windshield on one side of the makeshift camp with tall thick trees covering the other. The camp was on a relatively flat and dry area and should be safe enough from potential predators, if this planet had any.

“What happened?” you asked as he handed you a stick of meat.

“You crashed when you tried to lose me, then my fuel and engine busted when I tried to go after you,” he said.

You sniffed the meat and took a tentative nibble. “You’re surprisingly relaxed about all of this. Thought you’d threaten to kill me or whatever, unless you’re playing the long game.”

Commander Dameron grunted. “I’m only doing what’s necessary,” he said, taking a big bite of his nearly burned bird.

“Yeah? Spreading the tyranny of the First Order under the ruling of a man child taking his childhood trauma out on the galaxy is necessary?” you said without thinking.

BB looked up at you, but you weren’t sure whether it was in shock or exasperation. It varies with this small round droid. Commander Dameron’s BB-unit rolled over and let out a series of angry beeps before a small compartment opened and a lighter flickered on.

“Enough, buddy. I didn’t expect much from an ignorant rebel, anyways,” Commander Dameron muttered.

You scoffed, a thousand insults that you had acquired throughout your travels across the galaxy bubbled to the surface and threatened to spill out, but you held yourself back. You were already injured and getting yourself worked up would probably make you sick. A fever was already on its way and your stomach had lost all appetite. Why did you have to get stuck on a planet with Commander Poe Dameron out of all people?

You forced yourself to finish off eating, not knowing when you would be able to eat anything else later, and concentrated on healing up instead. Commander Dameron had kept to himself the rest of the day, going out and leaving his BB-unit behind to get more dry wood for the fire and fiddling with his communicator that was damaged from the crash. When he had left the camp, you asked your droid to see if they could get a signal out for help, hoping that the control center were already trying to find your location.

After two days of rest, you tried to walk about on your own. Not too far, just around the campsite. While cleaning your wounds and replacing the bandaged, you wondered when and how Commander Dameron had patched you up in the first place. The thought shouldn’t make you feel embarrassed, but your cheeks started to heat anyways. To think an enemy had seen you at your most vulnerable point. He could have killed you. He was dead set ready to days ago. Perhaps he was waiting until his people came for him before shooting you down.

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Taglist:  @megzdoodle @psychoticobsession @thescarletknight2014

[nny11writes]

can you do a fic rec for family oriented tcw fics? I feel like I've read everything lol

Hey anon, thanks for stopping by! I can certainly try, but I’m not sure exactly what you mean by family oriented. Just, like, generally across the genres Imma try. But I will say as I was doing this, several of these are not strictly TCWs. Some are actually outside that completely but still include the main trio and Padme as major characters so I’ve put them in here in case you’d like to give them a whirl.

My absolute #1 suggestion for under appreciated family fics:“Where I’ve Always Been” series by Gabby (Kirahsoka) 

It’s not clone wars exclusive, it does build from TCW’s forwards and is both a barrissoka fic and semi-medieval AU. But you wanna talk family oriented? This series is THE BEST FUCKING THING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone comes together and there’s a constant focus on family first. Gabby does a great job at address the ups and downs of family, and always writes relationships that are either A. Healthy as Fuck and Beautiful, or B. Unhealthy With Everyone Involved Trying. I love this series. I could probably write a whole fucking long ass post about this series lol! It’s got god damned everything, Luminara is amazing, Obi-Wan is fantastic, the original characters I would die for. The thing that might be lacking for you in here is there isn’t a lot of Padme or Anakin. There’s more Anakin than Padme, but he’s really not a main character of this series. Ahsoka, Barriss, and their daughters really become the focal point but I’m not lying when I say basically everyone fucking shows up to this one. It’s amazing and I beg you to give it the chance it deserves, it’s SUPRA, and you will understand what the hell I mean when you get in deep enough lol!

Also straight up, up front, Mylordshesacactus and alexkablob have both written some fantastic barrissoka fics that often also have a focus on family (looking at you Brave AU and Beauty and the Beast AU). If you haven’t looked at their stuff, and don’t mind the barrissoka, I think their works are fantastic!

NOW ONTO THE REST OF THE RECS

“Stuck in the Middle With You” by victoria_p (musesfool)  is a fucking delight of the trio having to share a bed platonicly (or however that’s spelled ig??). It’s got great humor and the way the three of them are just so well written is excellent. I love re-reading this one!

"Sometimes a family is a cultural anthropologist, a PoliSci PhD, a snippy sophomore, a golden cat, a Snorkie, and a guy who just wants to build a really smart robot” by all these lovelies: bessyboo, cantarina, exmanhater, forzandopod, heartequals (savvygambols), Opalsong, reena_jenkins, sophinisba, theleanansidhe!!! This is actually a pod fic/audio book, but I have trouble listening to stories so I am SO glad they included a transcript. This shit is gold! It’s sweet, it’s funny, it’s ridiculous. Anakin and Ahsoka run a youtube channel for “Waffle or Waffle Not!” where they pour various things into a waffle iron to see what works. Padme and Obi-Wan show up too, as it is obianidala. I know that’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love this fic and the dynamics between everyone.

“The Living Force” by mathelode (engmaresh) is quick look at Anakin teaching Ahsoka how to choose insects and bugs to eat. There’s some crude humor (barf jokes mostly) but I do like the way Anakin and Ahsoka interact!

“Of Love and Family” by Ferith12 is exactly what is says on the tin. All about Ahsoka and the family she finds along the way.

“Saw The Waves But Not The Tides” by Meiloorun  is a bit dialogue heavy but focuses on Anakin and Rex talking about war and family when they get a transmission from Mandalore. It’s a really nice fic to me, feels cozy!

“Little One” by Fawkes_Rinzler  is a great Plo Koon & Ahsoka Tano fic about sharing a language together. They’re family and this is the hill I will DIE ON.

Parts 3-5 of the “Pesky Birthday Gifts” by peskylilcritterare short and sweet little slice of life fics that aren’t explicitly family oriented but I read then that way. It’s totally possible the rest of the series is great too, I just haven’t had as much interest to read them/look at them (some of it is fan art I think).

I know this is not a TCW only fic recs, but! I swear my stand by these days, “Of Queens, Knights, and Pawns” and “Shifting Sands” are both fantastic Leia centered fics by chancecraz! There’s a lot of focus on what makes family, and family relationships/importance in both of them so I’d highly recommend them. They are VERY long, and there is plenty of drama and angst inside so it’s not family in that fluffy happy fam way all the time. Vader, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka are all major players, as is Rex. But it /is/ more OG and Rebels than TCW. Still I’d say give them a read!

The “Jedi Shmi AU” series by MirandaTam covers more than just TCW, but a lot of it does take place during that time frame. There’s some great Tatooine culture building in the series and I really love the way the characters are imagined in this AU. “Shwiya Root Soap” by sharkcar is a great look at the dynamic between Obi-Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka, and Padme. It’s a relaxed feeling fic to me. No high angst drama, and a lot of really nice long hold points with characters working through a lot. There’s still some action and romance etc, so it’s not sedate. A well balanced one I think! It is 1st person PoV which I know can throw some folks off but I think it’s fantastic.“The Light You Leave Behind” by laventadorn is a post Ahsoka leaving the order fic, and did in large part plant the seeds of Padme Says No, which exploded after I saw a post here on tumblr that was *mwah*. It is unfinished with the last update in 2016, I still rec it! It’s got a good mix of things going on genre wise, and I love the way Padme was written in this one.

The whole “b sides (SW lawyer AU)” by triviaseesaw (ladydaredevil)  kicks ASS. It is a daredevil AU but you don’t have to know anything about that to enjoy it. I also really like that this one is multiple SW fandom friendly. There are stories focusing on prequels, og, and sequels, as well as the animated series but you can sort of pick and choose which ones you want to actually follow. There’s fluff, drama, angst, the whole nine yards dude. There’s a lot of focus on what is family and how to connect with one another. It is vaderkin status tho so just a heads up!Okay, look, “good opinion once lost”  also by triviaseesaw (ladydaredevil) isn’t completely a family oriented fic, it is a barrissoka fic. But there is still family stuff involved! It is a Pride and Prejudice AU, and while I will admit I never got into P&P, I love this story and I had to rec it

Alright, I need to just rec all of triviaseesaw (ladydaredevil)’s stuff. While some of it is more romance focused, almost everything still includes a good cast of people in really unique and fun AU’s and settings. This is probably not what you’re look for but I realized I was gonna rec more of their work and so here’s the link.“all the words you do not speak” listed via orphan_account, is not a happy family fic. It is hurt/comfort post Rako Hardeen, but it focuses on the Trio and their bonds so I think it would still work out.

The “Circle ‘round the Sun” by risinggreatness is one that I remember loving. I went nuts every time I saw that series name pop up in my emails as updated. But I will also be honest, it’s got so many entries that it’s all become a mush of “oh HELL yeah” in my head. Like, I wanna go feral over the characters and relations but I can’t explain why. I do know that it deals across a lot of times and relationships which is part of why I liked it, but it is focused on TCW.