#the way hera is so Normal about her baby boy

[nectaric]

❛  happy father’s day to you, mother.  ❜ ares to hera

hera laughed, a charming, mirthful sound so rare for the queen of the gods. she raised a hand, patting ares on the cheek affectionately. "thank you, dear. its about time someone acknowledged my extra efforts around here. now, be a good boy and make sure you say something to your father before we all develop complexes about this."

[audreyscribes]

Ω PJO DEMIGOD HEADCANONS:💀 PERSEPHONE: QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD, GODDESS OF SPRING, THE DEAD, THE UNDERWORLD, GRAIN, AND NATURE 💐 (PART 1)

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is PART 1 of the Persephone Demigod Headcanons. Due to the size limit of Tumblr, I had to split the entire work into two. [LINK TO PART 2 HERE] Hi everyone! It took me a bit to figure it out but here's what everyone has been waiting for! Persephone is just 1 out of the 4 works I have planned and written for, and these works will be categorized as the MISCELLANEOUS GODS due to not the fact these gods are minor or anything, but because I did mention this in an ask before and it's easier to think about due to the canon PJO world building. These works will be a bit more loose since I'm taking a shot in the wild so hopefully you guys like it. Thanks for reading!!

*Disclaimer: mentions of unusual births, life and death*

People have been wondering if Persephone would have a demigod of her own, considering Hades has his own children, but also it’s slightly more believable if people know about the story of Adonis. However, there are very limited ways that the goddess would give birth to a demigod, since she’s very loyal and in love with Hades, and vise-versa.  

How you could’ve been born:

You really could’ve been born normally where Persephone’s eyes fell upon a mortal, when it was during Spring or Summer, or when the autumn and winter months have been delayed. 

Honestly, I can see this going for either gender of mortal: If your mortal parent is male, Hades couldn’t have done much because he knows Persephone’s preferences are strict and the last human she fell in love was Adonis, that Aphrodhite herself loved as well, so, Hades worrying about her being (repeatedly) unfaithful is very rare so your mortal male parent is the exception. So don’t expect any or more demigod siblings of Persephone. Not totally out of Hades’ ire, but given how many demigod children he has, he really doesn’t say anything. If your mortal parent is female, I can see it being this unusual birthing process where some sort of guidance is required: maybe Persephone offered a seed that your female mortal parent swallowed and boom, you were born. 

You’re a cabbage patch baby or a rose baby. or you’re born from a Peach. Turnip baby. Any plant based births. Quite literally. Don’t ask how this exactly works, but it involves the blood, sweat, and tears of your mortal parent planting the seed that Persephone gave/helped and raised you together. 

There’s a story where a woman ate a red and white rose to give birth, and I don't think that's not off the books for Persephone to do. Offering the flowers or something for your mortal parent to eat and boom, here you are-

You were either or an orphan, a completely child/baby that was near earth or had died, and you underwent the same process that (Zagreus)  Dionysus underwent with the weird death-rebirth thing; where you were (SOMEHOW) taken in by Persephone physically then reborn as a child of Perseophone when she gave birth to you. Since you technically died, you lost half of your mortal self because of the whole dying thing, but was replaced with Persephone’s godly portion.

That said, you’re not probably a double demigod if you went through the whole rebirth thing: where before you were a demigod child that died before Persephone gave you a new life. If you are however, oh boy, the Fates have something planned for you and it will not be an easy/happy life for you; doomed or tortured by the narrative. Your happy ending will have to be earned and fought with blood and tears. Afterall, the more powerful the demigod, the less easy it is for them.

 Either way, I don’t really see Hades targeting you on the level Hera does to the children of Zeus; though you still might want to refer to Hades (very) politely as Lord Hades or Godly Step Father. Just good manners, you know.

Regardless, everyone at camp is very confused and looking at you in a mixture of wonder, uncertainty, fear, amongst a few. When you get claimed, it’s like Spring has arrived, even when it’s Autumn or Winter. Nature blooms all around you with such vitality no one has seen before, with flowers, grains, and crops sprouting underneath your feet and all around you. Once the claim is over, if it’s Autumn/Winter, the world reverts back and everyone can see the rot that surrounds them except for you as you walk. 

Everyone expects you to be either a “Flower prince[ss]”, a soft person like Spring, or “A Prince[ss] of the Underworld”, terrifying like your mother. However, while you may lean one than the other, you can be both. Afterall, Persephone may be one to bring growth and fertility to the earth, and everything, she is also just as much as Kore that lends to herself being the Goddess of the Underworld and the dead where destruction follows. On the other hand, it’s a pretty cool thought where you’re wearing a crown of flowers and being all soft looking but switch to something darker with the flower petals falling off, to reveal a crown of thorns with the shadows curling around you to almost seem like your face is a skull, and vise-versa. You do you.

When you walk on the earth, you’ll sprout flowers and plants underneath your feet but as soon as you raise your foot to step away, the plants will wither and die, leaving rot behind. Sort of like the God of the Forest walking in Studio Ghibli’s “Princess Mononoke” .

[PART 2 TO PERSEPHONE DEMIGOD HEADCANONS HERE]

[mars-barsz]

In this essay I will talk about how Rick could have made Jason a more interesting character to more people

Im not joking, Drews is next and why she really wasnt that bad of a person, just a traumatized teen

CW FOR MAJOR SPOILERS IF YOU HAVENT FINISHED ALL THE BOOKS!!!!

Starting off I fully believe most people didn't like Jason because he was a random new guy, like we were expecting Percy and got some amnesiac and didn't get to see out hero happy and living his life for the entire book, and he was so confused most the time, because he fully didn't remember anything, he wasn't even given the same fake memories to try and act normal, he didn't know his own name when he woke up on that bus, we had to personality to go off of at the start, because HE DIDNT KNOW WHO HE WAS! People always say Leo was the best out of the lost trio and that's because so many people could relate to him, he used humor to cover stuff up, like everyone's favorite mc did (Percy). Piper had her own struggles, like finding out who she thought was her boyfriend, didn't know who she was, she was being manipulated and her dad was being held hostage as she was told to kill her friends, and she AND Leo were in a WILDERNESS SCHOOL. A. WILDERNESS. SCHOOL. I got off topic, sorry, but piper had so many of her own stuff she was working through in the way she thought was correct, by lying and hiding things. Jason had nothing, he knew he didn't remember anything and he was sad. Leo had a personality and was content separate to them, obviously he had issues but he was the most similar to Percy, so fans liked him the most (imo)

Now, onto how rick could have made Jason better

made him actually an awesome fighter, he killed monsters with his bare hands and was raised by wolves since two, he should have been equal to or even better than Percy with muscle memory and all, which yeah he had but he still should have had a more feral side to him, he was said to climb the ranks at camp Jupiter and was a bit more wild than other romans, I think it would have been interesting to see Jason use his instincts more and be a little feral when he lost his memory, not having his camp Jupiter training but muscle memory and instincts to guide him and keep him going

He should have been more separated from Percy, he was not a comparison to Percy and I don't like that was how he was written, I don't have much to say about this but I really didn't like when they both sat at the head of the table

He should have gotten his memories back like percy did, He never got to learn who he was or what he stood for in the past because he never got to get those back, even after the war ended hera/juno didnt return them, which I think would have made a really interesting ending to TLH, or getting them during the quest or something, but he dies without knowing who he was, only a pawn for the gods

Have had mention of him previously, like a picture thalia had and thats why she even agreed to bring annabeth, because she reminded her of jason, or just that she even HAD a little brother so readers could have had a fun plot twist and even more of a heart warming reuniting scene

Adding to that a bit i think thalia and jason really should have had more time together, like maybe in toa mentioning that thalia had been visiting jason when she could to catch up on lost time, to be siblings again and try to live as normally as possible. (off topic but i think the jason/luke comparisons are 50/50, i like others seeing it and Thalia at first but removing the idea immediately because at one point she liked luke and jason is her baby brother)

Let him be awake during fight scenes

I think jason could have grown more, and adapted a mix of fighting, a bit roman, a bit greek, and a bit feral, to match how his life was

when we see him in toa i think it would have been fun to see how much he had grown, experimenting with new styles (maybe a bit more alt considering his older sister, but he was at a boys school so maybe outside of it?) Just, growing into himself and not focusing on the gods as much, he lived and died for them, without much in return

Let us know who his friends were before he lost his memories, like have percy seens people asking around or being asked if he had seen a blonde gut about yae high, named jason, just stuff like that to show he had a community or at least someone who truly cared he was gone

Ik it was more of a list but yk, also sorry for the lack of punctuation, i forget it exists unless its an excessive amounts of commas, i like commas, and forget to capitalize my I's

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

[nexxocatt]

THUNDER SAGA & WISDOM SAGA RANTS!!

Genuinely how can I live my life normally after this. Like,, HOW.

Anyway,,,

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

TWs/CWs: swearing, mentions of violence and death ig. If you're uncomfortable click off any time!

And without further ado, let's gooo!!

THUNDER SAGA

- Gosh, 'Suffering' is maybe probably most definitely my second fav song (after 'Thunder Bringer' ofc) in this saga. It's just so GOOD UGHH!!! I'm utterly OBSESSED with whoever voices Penelope/Siren Penelope cause they just sound ETHEREAL. Also the amount of memes with the "You know I'm too shy" is astounding. Def my fav part of the song.

- I hc that Ody, in 'Different Beast', when he said "You are no wife of mine!" that he pulled an "erm, actually-" and basically: "Nah cuz you got a few details ab my wife wrong, homie. You see, her ponytail's tips actually reach 3.5 cm lower than that, plus you got the shade of her eye color wrong. And gods she'd never wear that tunic without matching earrings!" Homie's obsessed lmao.

- Oh. My. God. KJ. KJ! THE ABSOLUTE QUEEN GAHH!!! The fucking growl Scylla had on "Give up your honor and wraith!" Made me literally almost fall over. I had a ton of fun just dancing to KJ's vocals. My GOD that's beautiful💯💯

- Tell me y'all can hear the absolute desperation in Eury's voice at the start😭 bro does NOT wanna believe his home bro Ody just gave up six men's lives like that. Also not Jay bringing back the "This is the home of the wind god" bullshit like pls I cried enough at 'Monster'😭😭 And not Eury turning Ody's words around by saying "I'M JUST A MAN!" then stabbing a cow, like HOMIE. WHY.

- Here comes Zeus the party crasher everyone! Yippee! But no, seriously, I've had 'Thunder Bringer' stuck in my head for a while cuz my boy Luke Holt's vocals be giving me shivers. Imma cry cause the absolute pain and crack in Ody's voice when he says "I know..." like,, 😭😭 Also the animatics where the crew just attacks Ody and the dude just accepts his fate are CRIMINAL. Ain't nobody asking me to cry today bro🙏🙏

WISDOM SAGA

- Gotta be my fav saga yet. The "Watchu gonna do about it, champ?" line was delivered PERFECTLY🙌🙌 Ayron is the absolute Top G. Also Miguel's voice for Telemachus is just UGHH SO GOOD!!! Also Tele be like: "STAY BEHIND ME MOM I'LL PROTECT YOU!!🤺🤺🤺"

- Let's fucking go Athena is back on track, baby! Literally LOVE both hers and Antinuos' vocals. They were ON. TOP. I couldn't help but giggle at Tele's "Woah,, that is so sick!!" Like he's my baby boy I love him smmmm!!!

- I ain't got no shit on Athena no more. Home girl's just guilty frfr. "You're a good kid." "Thanks!" AHHHH THEM>>> Anyway, great song. I love Athena now. I don't hold no grudge against her anymore, no siree. She my homie now💪💪

- WANGUI. THE LEGEND FRFR. They could never make me like Calypso but Barbara served. I listened to 'Love In Paradise' on my headphones and did not expect to hear Polites' voice in my left ear and Eury's in my right😭😭 The time-dive was LEGENDARY (haha.) and Ody's screams then him just yelling "ATHENA!!" cause he doesn't have anyone else to call for help was heartbreaking 💔

- Ahhh the fact that Jorge got his dad to voice Hephaestus is so cute <33 And Mr. PAM-PAM was right. Luke Holt's BEASTMODE ZEUS IS PHENOMENAL. I adored the transition between 'Warrior Of The Mind' and 'Legenday' after Zeus supposedly struck Athena down, which were – by the looks of the animatic shown in the livestream – the memories that got the goddess determined to stand back up💪💪 The way Ares' voice almost broke when he asked "Is she dead..?" broke me like😭😭 And whoever voices Hera is an absolute legend how the fuck is your voice that HEAVENLY😳

Also pls let the 'Silly Saga' be a thing, I had all the vids from Jorge's Disney Princess Era plus the Jimmy Neutron specials stuck inside my head non-stop for daysss🙏

Ooh and if we're lucky (and Jorge wants to ofc) maybe we'll get an album with cut songs! That would be amazing!! No pressure for the team tho, whatever they choose will be respected by everyone!

Also guys dw Athena's not dead, goddesses can't die you silly geese🙃 She's just injured n I'm absolutely sure we'll hear more of her in the upcoming Sagas! ^^

That's all for now! Take care y'all!! Stream the Wisdom Saga NYEOW👿👺!!!!

[flower1622]

Unfinished Fanfics (p.1)

. The goddess not so ordinary

Ships: Annabeth/Percy, Padme/Anakin, Original Character/Original Character, Diego/Matilda, Goku/Chichi, Sasuke/Hinata/Naruto, Nico/Will, Boomer/Bubbles, Blossom/Brick, Buttercup/Butch, Adrien/Marinette, Achilles/Patroclus, Merlin/Arthur, Harry/Draco, Albus/Scorpius, Boruto/Sumire

Friendship: Hercules and Iolaus

A baby was born called Selena. She was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Eris, jealous of her sister, threw Selena to the human world. Now, Selena has to live a life like a "human". After many years, Selena finds a Greek Academy. But she didn't expect that one of the heroes, descendants of gods and witches, could be swayed by the dark side. That person would be considered by the gods as the hero of the prophecy. Selena would need to figure out who was it to help the person not to become what the gods feared.

. Kronos knew Luke would sacrifice himself, so Kronos splits in two and his other part possesses another body.

. Annabeth dies. Nico and Will have their lifes connected. So, if Will dies, Nico dies too.

. Clarisse and Percy stay together in the sequel. They adopt Selena's baby.

. The heroes got turned into vampires and they want to turn the people they love.

. Brothers and Sisters

I thought about a story that a popular girl at school called Claire would be the center of attention of two handsome popular boys, called Cody and Zack. They are both rivals. But, what they don't know is that they are actually wizards, born from the same Dad.

- Cody will be a kind and smart guy who everyone likes. He would have green eyes and blonde hair. He would like Claire.

- Zack would be a sassy and evil guy who everyone would fear and admire. He would have green eyes and black hair. He would like Claire.

- Claire would be a kind and smart cheerleader who everyone likes and adores. She would be a witch. She would have an evil twin sister called Meredith, something that she doesn't know. She would have brown hair and brown eyes. She would like Cody.

- Meredith would be a smart and evil girl who everyone fears, admires and hates. She would be a powerful witch who hates Claire and likes Cody. She and Claire would be rivals.

-  Brittany would be Claire's best friend. She would be a smart and funny black girl with black eyes and black hair. She likes to dance Hip Hop. Brittany would be a normal girl. She would be like a precious sister to Claire, like a rock that holds Claire. If something happened to her, Claire would be very devastated.

- Zack and Cody would have a best friend called Michael. Michael would be a nice and strong athlete boy. He would like Brittany. He would be like a bridge that connects Zack and Cody. He would stop the brothes' fights. Michael would have dark eyes and dark hair.

- In the end, Meredith would be with Cody and Claire would be with Zack. Brittany would be with Michael.

. Bites to Suck

In another world, a band called BTS was very famous. But, there was something nobody knew about them. They were vampires, except for one: Namjoon. The other members were very protective of Namjoon and very obsessed with him too. Everything he did, they were always watching him. Even though Namjoon was their leader, he still had a kind heart and many people use him because of it. They try to protect him in the best way possible. But after being turned evil, they want to turn him. Each one of them has a special power.

[lollahazadi]

Zeb x Y/N (Your Name)

It's been days since you were on a mission with Sabine in search of clues in favor of the rebellion at the request of Hera. Days eating portion, days not seeing the others on the team and especially not seeing Zeb. Your lasat friend who you cherish and you wonder if he's okay, if he's on truce with Ezra and Chopper (you made the humanoid swear not to get into friction with the two in your absence and that he needed to channel his anger with other things).

On the planet where you and your Mandalorian friend were, it was dawn, around 2:35 am. You were the only one awake on that starry night, you rolled on your inflatable mattress from right to left, you played a trick on your body, closing your eyes and no sleep came. With his insomnia and his holocommunicator, he decided to give his favorite lasat a call (at least as far as you know, he was the only one in the galaxy as that living species).

***

In the room where there was a fifteen-year-old blue-haired boy sleeping peacefully with ear plugs, without it, it would be humanly impossible for Ezra to resist the nocturnal snoring and grunts of his chubby and purple friend. Zeb slept like a giant baby. Until his holocommunicator dances to the touch on top of the bedside table, forcing him to wake up from his pleasant sleep, his eyes opened very unwillingly and he stretched in the bunk, looked up and realized that the boy did not seem to be bothered by the call from the device and soon he could see why. "Karabast…" he mumbled cracking his back feeling flustered "It's 2:37am, who's gonna want anything at that time???" When he dragged himself over to the dresser he saw that the call belonged to none other than you. Without delay he answered quickly and eager to listen, since it had been a while since they had looked at each other's faces. her small body casts a bluish tint in the transmission, leaving Zeb with what looked like a frown, now turned into a smile.

"Hi Zeb! Goodnight, did I… wake you up?" you wanted to know shy. Zeb responds promptly avoiding embarrassment. " Hello Y/n ! Karabast, Good to see you! "Garazeb say with happiness notorius, make you look him and smiles and roll your eyes " Don't worry about it Y/n, actually I wasn't even sleeping" . You knew it was a lie and you stare at him pretending to be serious. "Garazeb…?". you stare at him wanting the unvarnished truth. Zeb is nervous with her gaze that looked deep into him, he found her eyes beautiful and inviting, like a sweet one-way dive, but they weren't so attractive when the purpose was to extract the truth.

"Don't look at me like that…please" Zeb begged with his ears drooping and teeth grinding. "If you really haven't slept, why is there drool in the corner of your mouth, is your beard wrinkled and your eyes are droopy?" You asked denouncing him, he awkwardly wiped spittle with the back of his hand and quickly straightened his beard. "Okay, okay, I guess I really was sleeping" he scratched his head confessing. "and I was sleeping well by the way, I needed it for a while, you know. A lot on my mind, you know how it is, me here, you there, wondering if you're okay, if you're happy or if you need something, hungry or …" He says with a short laugh. You are moved and laugh: "Oooown Zeb, you miss me do you?" you question. Embarrassed Zeb tries to formulate: "uh..eh… also, bu-but… Ah, you know that, don't you? you're one of us, you're part of the family and…you're missed, it's normal."

" Oh Zeb, I'm very happy that you think so, but you forgot that Sabine is with me" you laugh " You mean that I miss her more? that I'm more important ?" You play with Zeb's head, the poor guy takes it seriously and still responds "No! I'm not disrespecting Sabine, you're twisting my words…" "So tell me what I didn't understand" you were curious "Explain it to me" you laugh, Zeb says: "You are different, I can talk to all of you, but you in particular, I feel that I can trust you deeply, we can talk nonsense together, share secrets, do you understand me?" you kindly answer "Of course I understand Zeb, I know that you don't discredit any of us and I also feel that I can trust you with whatever I need" You smile at each other as Zeb stares at your silhouette from head to toe remembering how beautiful you are and always missed giving you a hug or your shoulder, touching you in any way.

You look back at him and remember that you always felt protected with Zeb's size, when he used his body as a shield to save you from gunfire, or explosions or even his own hug was enough. Do you want to know the good news: "So Zeb? Is everything okay out there? Are you managing to manage without two less?" "Oh, so far so good Y/n. Nothing unusual, Chopper is the same insufferable trash can, Hera and Kanan are taking care of everything as usual and Ezra, Ah, Y/n, believes he bought ear plugs with Vizago? Said I snored like a Bantha and that I was keeping him awake, I almost choked him…" "Zeb… what did I say about not messing with Ezra?" "I know I know, it's because sometimes he ask to have a missing skull or a one-way ticket to the other side, if you know what I mean?" You laugh: "Zeb, killing Ezra won't help anything, you know. Just let him go and stay calm and do your things, okay?" Zeb groans and agrees "Okay, I'll try not to squash him in a thousand. How about you guys, are you okay there?" "Okay, we're at full steam around here, or we were since it's dawn and Sabine is sleeping, nothing unusual here" You finish with a yawn, indicating that it's time to rest." Well, I'm going Zeb, I could stay here all night with you, but I'd fall asleep on the floor."

"All right, you need to sleep, I need to sleep hehe" Zeb says and says goodbye to you "Good night, sleep well and any insomnia, you may be calling me" "Thanks Zeb, if you need me I'll be here too" You smile "Goodnight, see you all soon and especially see you Garazeb soon." You blink before hanging up.

Zeb lets out a smile as he puts the holocommunicator on top of the bedside table, he lies back down until he gets into a comfortable position to sleep the rest of his night. He finds that Ezra is still sound asleep, not even the light from the device bothers him. Then Zeb closes his eyes and naturally his desire to sleep appears and he could take advantage of the remaining hours to rest.

[musicfeedsmysoul12]

Here’s a quick blurb I also have as a ‘meet the staff’ thing for the Astoria stuff. It was done because I wanted to try and write them in a fun way. It’s not good but you meet the ocs, and kind of get a vibe.

I think a part of this was also ‘hey I’m gonna pair up all the love interests’ to actually… I have to dig more for the notes. It also has references to Havenfall and others because Lovestruck liked to have crossovers to!

Meet the Staff

Melody jogged into the elevator, feeling her heart beating pretty fast from her jog through HERA’s lobby. The selkie adjusted her jacket and gave a grin to her companion in the elevator.

“Hey Mandy, what’s up?” Amanda, or Mandy, was a fellow worker in the same office as Melody. The freckled redhead had moved to New York from Ireland as a kid thanks to her mother being a werewolf who had found a mate in New York’s bigger pack. Mandy wasn’t a werewolf but was very knowledgeable about the various supernatural which came in hand at HERA.

“Mum’s having a new baby and she wants ta maybe turn me.” Mandy’s accent was deeper then normal- probably had been turning these thoughts over for a while.

“Well damn. You going to?” asked Melody.

“Dinnae know.” Mandy sighed. “Big choice ta do.” Melody nodded and was mostly silent as they went to their floor. It wasn’t like Mandy to be pensive. The woman usually was joking and teasing people. But she was very thoughtful as they rode the elevator. It was strange.

When they got to their floor, Suzan was waiting in the elevator lobby. Suzan was another employee in their office, and she did not get along with Melody. Everyone agreed it was probably because they were rivals for the agent track part of the company and both desperately wanted to be an agent.

“Oi, Conners. Need the report on that incident last week. Another happened and it’s on my desk.” said Suzan, the woman shoving her princess curls out of her face with a scowl. Melody did not ask why she had the hair if she hated it and scowled back.

“Seriously? I handed it over to Code Black when we figured out it was random imps doing it. That’s their division.” Suzan shrugged and Melody sighed.

“It’s in my top drawer, let’s go and get it.” Mandy walked off, a grin slowly forming on her face. Melody watched that with a mental groan.

At least she was acting like herself.

Walking through the office, Melody took a moment to say hello to their intern, Billy. Billy was a young Australian whose mother had been part of HERA much like Melody’s own mother. They had even died the same day, and Melody considered Billy to be under her wing due to this. The nerdy boy awkwardly shoved his glasses up his nose as he returned the greeting before running off to intercept Lucy the bike messenger who always delivered stuff to their floor. She had no idea what went on and no one wanted her to get a glimpse of anything she shouldn’t.

Melody got out the file from the week before to hand it over to Suzan who took it with a nod and walked off as Clara Dupain sighed, loudly.

“Why am I on Hercules duty this week?” the French woman asked loudly as she undid her bun and began redoing it,her normal way of saying she was annoyed with something.

“I ain’t bloody doing it!” Jeff called out from his own cubicle, the Englishman standing up and pointing dramatically. “He already hit on my wife-”

“Sit down.” his wife told him. Candice rolled her eyes at her husband’s posturing. “He did not hit on me. He’s an asshole but he was more interested in my arms rather than my assets you idiot.”

“But love-”

“Shut up Jeff.” the entire office said, the most common response to his theatrics.

“Fine, since you all say so.” He sat down and pouted dramatically while May snickered from her seat next to Melody.

“Never a dull moment.”

[the-firebird69]

Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) (Official Video)

Used to sing this to me and he was upset and he thought it was me as Brandi there was it was and I was running around the party second mad at me and I laughed and then he was angry and he left soon after and he was upset he didn't know what to do with me and said I was beautiful to me and other people are making me talk to them and he says making you talk to them use the force. Hello it's looks normal the way it comes out but he's always been thinking about it and he knows about the locket and someone takes it to the Alps and tries to transfer some data and we think it's from spying on the max very deep and we heard 4000 and he's going wow and you calculate how big the Earth was and his big success because of it and he's got a name for it too and he knows about this area and the agent who dies that is a friend of theirs and they heard him pretty bad hurt him pretty bad so after Bond but he's not the one. And the locket goes to spain for a Time from there. And returns to the United States it's locking my dad gave me and that's Ken the mental patient same with Camilla she's a mental patient how's it feel I feel good give me a good feeling keep doing it you're not going to be able to talk to him ever and it has a picture of me in it and he's seen it and says you just look like a baby and it's true I didn't tell you it was me or not and he says sometimes you can tell and with me I was awkward but you might be right you look like a normal baby I look like a weird baby you look weird you have hair oh yeah strange you know big cuz I wanted to. So he's making jokes that he was bigger than he was he was like 3 ft tall and he was in a ball it's time to come out so he push his feet out you see these feet. We have some other things supposed while it's a little fun but you know it's more fun when you're not screwing around him

Hera Zues it's always thinking of Gloucester in that area and me and that other girl was there but it's not her he's thinking of it's because it's all around the ships and he was really exposed to the ocean there and he was in danger that's not why though there's a reason and it's because I was there loving him for who he was he's going with people and getting along and and is helping them and really he was good to people

He was very good people it was nice and gave them food and didn't have tons of money and they were nice back and it works but boy it was some of them were hard time this guy Kenny Paradise was tough too much ridiculous he was demanding things he said it was bad

Thor Freya

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[antiloreolympus]

maybe im just stupid but i dont see what was so wrong in the canvas/discover version of lo that rachel did a complete 180 on it?? like wow persephone has a personality and a normal sex life for a girl her age, hades actually was sympathetic and a half way decent king, hera wasnt a hypocritical creep, artemis was actually persephone's friend, they actually bothered to talk to each other and banter, but no all of that was taken out. like whyyy 😭

It's probably because it was shorter. I believe RS said something about the canvas LO would've been less than 100 episodes. RS probably had to add a lot if she was going to meet webtoons' standards for a contract.

I did like most of personalities from what I saw and Apollo being a terrible boyfriend/ex would've been better compared to Persephone just having no relationship experience at all. That way Apollo is still a villain in the story and the story can still tackle themes of abuse.

The one thing that was probably an issue is Hades. In the pilot, he sent Demeter a gift for her baby shower even though he didn't know that baby was Persephone. I'm glad RS removed that because that would've been a whole layer of creepy.

He completely cut off Minthe financially, which doesn't make him look as good compared to current LO Hades. He also just seemed a lot more rude imo but can still considered a 'soft boy'. However, I did prefer how he did cut things off with Minthe instead of having an emotional affair.

[shemarmooresfedora]

Hera

Summary: You are struggling to come to terms with your postpartum body.

Pairing: Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader

Content/Warnings: hurt/comfort, internal negative thoughts about body image (postpartum!reader), semi-graphic descriptions of labor and postpartum symptoms, mentions of sex

Word Count: 1.7k

A/N: based on this anon request! disclaimer: i have never had a child but i tried my best to do research and make this as accurate as possible

Masterlist

JJ had gotten pregnant her second time a few months before you. You both had been pregnancy buddies through all your trimesters. She was there for all your cravings, crying, and cramps and so was your loving husband, Spencer.

So when you went to go visit her and the new baby, you hadn’t been expecting her to go back to her old shape so quickly. It had only been a week since she had Michael and she looked like she could model for a poshy swimsuit magazine that’s largest size is a small.

You were a little self-conscious about your size comparison standing next to her but you cut yourself some slack. You still had a baby inside of you, your body would snap right back after, right?

-

Wrong.

You and Spencer welcomed into the world a beautiful healthy baby boy, Elliot Morgan Reid.

You had to endure a grueling eight hour labor because baby Elliot did not want to come out just yet. The doctors were on the verge of sending you in for an emergency c-section when he finally decided it was his time to come out.

However, he was a relatively big baby and your body could not adjust enough to accommodate him so he ended up tearing you on his way out. You had to get stitches which further added to the pain of the day.

The look on Spencer’s face when he was holding your precious little boy was all worth it though. You held Elliot close and snuggled with the new addition to your little family.

-

You were standing in front of the bathroom mirror a week postpartum, exactly as JJ had been. Your extra belly skin was still as flabby as ever, your eye bags were dark from lack of sleep, and your vagina was in constant fucking pain.

You had to wear these extra thick pads that were more like diapers and rubbing cool aloe vera down there was your only temporary relief.

Elliot was also having trouble latching on to breastfeed so he had to repeatedly reattach himself, resulting in extra sore nipples.

You looked at yourself once again in the mirror, wearing a nursing bra and sweatpants. Your hair was greasy because you were always too exhausted or too in pain to shower. How sexy.

-

Spencer was too busy trying to take care of the baby and you to notice your bubbling insecurities.

It started small at first. Spencer would wrap his arms around you at night like usual but you were scared he would feel your flabby skin so you would always roll away, feigning restlessness.

Then, you would only change in the bathroom with the door locked.

Before Spencer could even put some deep thought into the matter, he would be interrupted by Elliot crying or his phone ringing for a consult on a case from the team.

-

Today was the day you were cleared to have sex or any other physical activity by the doctor. Your stitches had healed and the pain had decreased but you still hardly felt like yourself.

You doubted you would even fit into any of your old lingerie without bursting the seams. So, you pretended not to remember.

You entered the kitchen where Spencer was feeding Elliot a bottle and burping him.

“Hey, love,” Spencer greeted you, “How did you sleep?”

You shrugged, preparing a cup of tea for you.

“I was thinking since Wednesdays used to be our normal date night before Elliot and Penelope has been dying to babysit that we could go out tonight?” he offered.

“I don’t think I’m ready to leave Elliot just yet,” you quickly made an excuse, “Penelope can come visit over here if she wants.”

“Oh um okay,” Spencer replied, thoroughly confused.

Spencer was in no way going to pressure you into having sex if you weren’t ready but it was just a little unexpected because you were constantly trying to jump his bones before. He would have thought you would have this date marked with a big red circle on your calendar.

-

JJ and Will were having a party to break in the pool at their new house since they had moved in during the winter.

You spent all morning cooking food to bring, packing the diaper bag full of stuff Elliot would need, and rubbing him in probably too much sunscreen to avoid your little baby boy burning.

You were almost so excited that you forgot you would have to put on a swimsuit too. You looked through your drawer for anything that would hide the most skin possible but your past self loved her body. Where did she go and would she ever return?

Spencer was waiting outside your bedroom with Elliot, now used to you wanting privacy to change.

You exited the bedroom, still in your regular clothes and handed him the bag of food you made and the diaper bag.

“Aren’t you going to get dressed?” he asked, holding Elliot on his hip.

“I’m not going anymore,” you spoke softly.

“Why not?” he furrowed his brow.

“I just don’t feel like it,” you lied.

“But you were looking forward to it,” he seemed so concerned.

“Well, I changed my mind, Spencer,” you snapped, “Is that not allowed?”

“I guess it is,” he sighed, “You know the address if you decide to come. Elliot, wave bye-bye to Momma.”

“Bye, El,” you kissed his head before retreating back into your bedroom and under the covers where you couldn’t be seen.

-

Spencer expressed his concerns about you to JJ at the pool party and she recommended Mommy & Me classes at the local park that she used to take.

Spencer really couldn’t see the problem from your point of view because he always thought your body was beautiful.

Spencer returned home with Elliot, hopeful that he had found a way to make his miserable wife feel better because it killed him to see you like this.

“Love,” Spencer passed you Elliot as you reached for him, “JJ was telling me all about these Mommy & Me classes at the park where you go on walks, do yoga, and just talk with the other moms. I think it sounds like a great idea for you,” he encouraged.

Spencer immediately began to reanalyze his words when he saw the tears form in your eyes.

“O-or you can hang out with JJ. I think she does this soulcycle thing in the morning. You could meet some new people,” he nervously rambled.

You began to bawl even harder.

“Oh god, I’ve somehow made this worse,” he grimaced.

You were sobbing so forcibly that you began to hyperventilate, “You— think — I’m — so — fat — and — need — to — work — out.”

Elliot’s onesie was getting drenched in your rivers of tears.

“No, I don’t,” Spencer frantically insisted, “When did I ever say that?”

“You just said I need to start doing things that JJ does and well, look at me, how could you not think that,” you wailed.

You were crying so loudly that Spencer couldn’t even get a word of rebuttal in so instead, he opted to pull you close until you were cried out.

About 15 minutes later, the violent sobs were replaced with meek sniffles. Elliot had fallen asleep in your arms and you were ready to do the same, pressed against Spencer’s chest.

Spencer tentatively stroked your hair and spoke softly, “Love, may I talk now?”

You nodded slightly, not looking up to him.

“I’m so sorry I ever gave you the impression that I thought your body was no longer good enough. I’m also sorry that I haven’t paid enough attention to you to stop you from thinking that as well. How could I do anything else besides absolutely worship the body that created our child?”

“But JJ looked like a supermodel after her pregnancy and I can barely fit into my baggiest clothes,” you explained.

“So?” Spencer asked, “Your body went through something extremely intense. No one expects you to go back to your old body type right away or ever for that matter. Please don’t compare yourself to others because everyone is different. Your body is the least of my concerns because I will love it and you unconditionally forever. My concern right now is the happiness and well-being of my wife who has sacrificed 9 months of pain and counting so we could have the adorable little baby that we’ve always dreamed of.”

You looked down at Elliot in your arms, sucking his pacifier as he napped, “He is pretty cute, isn’t he?”

“He got that from you,” Spencer smiled.

“Oh shut up,” you laughed softly, “This boy is going to have curly brown hair and we all know it.”

Spencer was silent for a few moments which caused you to look up at him.

“You already know that I’ve always admired and loved you but seeing what you have gone through during the pregnancy,” Spencer started to get choked up, “My respect and love for you has only increased and I didn’t even know that was possible. You are just the most brave, selfless, and beautiful wife and mother to my child that I could ever ask for and I will never let you forget that. You remind me of Hera, the goddess of family, marriage, and childbirth. Although she was known for being a bit smiteful, I think she just had a lot on her plate with seven kids and an arrogant husband named Zeus. She was the queen of heaven and I think of you as the same. You are a warrior goddess and any scars you have just show your strength.”

You wiped his tears away with your thumb, replacing them with a soft kiss.

“I’m supposed to be consoling you,” he laughed dejectedly, “I just feel like this is all my fault. I’m a profiler and I missed all the emotional turmoil my own wife was going through.”

“First of all, you’re a profiler on paternity leave and I always tell you not to profile me so you were just respecting my rules. Second of all, you are an amazing and supportive husband and I always knew you still loved me in the back of my mind but I just couldn’t stop the negative thoughts until now,” you grabbed his hand and squeezed it.

“If they ever come back, promise you’ll tell me?” Spencer asked.

You nodded.

“I would get to do the two things I love most, talking about how great my wife is and disproving inaccuracies,” he smiled widely.

A/N: anon! if you’re out there, i would love to know what you thought about the fic! or anyone else for that matter :)

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[wint-er]

Trans!Jason Grace Headcanons

Because @speedytherandom made a post about it and I had Inspiration™. This sort of a bullet fic idk this turned into something. I’m going with afab and ftm for this btw. He also doesn’t die in this situation but that's really subtle so it doesn't really affect the hcs

Was Originally Amara Grace (This means Love and the name originated in ancient Greece so I thought it fitted)

Because he was taken so young he didn’t really know what being trans for a long time.

Luckily because he spent all his time with the wolves, they didn’t really mind him having his hair short and wearing traditionally boy clothes because it made it easier for him to train

He never really knew why he liked dressing like that, it just made him feel more comfortable so he never really questioned it.

Once he got to New Rome he had to grow his hair out because it was too short to tie back,

She/Her pronouns made him uncomfortable, the same as being called Amara but he didn’t know why so he didn’t really do anything about it.

He didn’t get too much dysphoria when puberty started, because they were so active his chest never really got too big and he would wear sports bras because it was more comfortable than the normal one so that helped a bit.

He got his first period around the same time Reyna arrived and he completely freaked out and got some pretty awful dysphoria from that.

Around the time of the titan war he started questioning more intensely about why she/her pronouns made him uncomfortable, he decided to talk to Reyna about it

They looked into it together and figured out that he was trans

Jason didn’t really want to come out to camp but Reyna started using he/him pronouns when they were alone together, especially while they were trying to come up with a name

They settled on Jason because of his ties to Hera and because Jason said it felt right.

After the titan war the first thing Jason did as praetor was come out and cut his hair short.

He also started sort of a gsa to help other younger campers

This was also when Reyna came out as a Ace Lesbian (Oh look at that all of a sudden its wormed its way into my personal head canons universe-)

He started taking hormones that same Summer.

When Hera did the switching thing, she made sure that he remembered himself as Jason Grace, the same as the rest of the kids on the bus.

This is the one of the only redeeming things Hera did according to Annabeth

She also left the knowledge that he was trans so that he knew to talk to someone and get hormones

Unfortunately Jason didn’t know who to talk to at camp to get them and didn’t quite feel safe coming out there yet so for most of tlh he went without them.

Jason came out to Piper and Leo during one of their heart to hearts while settling down for the night.

Leo gave him a hug and told him that he was proud of him and thanked him for trusting him enough to tell him.

Piper also gave him a hug and also asked if he had any pads/tampons on him because A) She was on her period and needed more and B) because if he didn’t she would buy extra at the supermarket.

They all cried.

There was a little bit of confusion with Thalia but she got over it pretty quick as there was a trans girl in the hunt. (Also shes a They/Them Lesbian)

Thalia also said that he was a very handsome boy but he was an even cuter baby

Jason may have cried at that.

Once they got back to camp he went and spoke to Will Solace in the infirmary about taking hormones again.

Cue epic bonding moment

When Jason came out on the Argo 2 the response were positive, Percy clapped him on the shoulder and grinned at him

Annabeth thanked him for trusting them enough to tell them

Frank was also really supportive

Hazel needed a bit of help understanding but otherwise was really supportive.

During the c*pid scene, after the whole drama thing Jason came out to Nico and offered his support by saying that the 7 were really supportive and until he was ready to come out to others he would be there to help him and support him.

Got his bottom surgery before the events of burning maze

And plans to get top surgery at some point in the future

Jason also spoke to Mr D about a more permanent way of taking hormones because he sometimes forgot, so Mr D is considering helping

(He totally is not trying to bribe Mr D into it, no, definitely not.)

So yeah that's all I’ve got, hopefully this was good, I may also do ones where he interacts with the other characters I hc as LGBTQIA+ (aka a lot of them)

[alexeithegoat]

For the character bingo, I'm not gonna ask about Kanan cos I already know your opinion on him, but what about the rest of the Ghost crew?

Thank you for the ask, my friend! 🌻☀️

And you are so right, I am not normal about Kanan.

I love the Ghost Crew, they are honestly the best. Here’s my thoughts under the cut.

Let’s start off in order with General Hera Syndulla herself!

I love this woman so much, she is definitely my second fav and one of my favourite SW characters of all time. She’s incredible, brave and cares so much. I’d love to have a mother or spouse like Hera, honestly. Not to mention that she is so strong for being a single parent as I only ever had one parent in my life. She is one of my biggest inspirations.

Next is Chopper, our loveable murder-bot menace.

He is like if a Chihuahua was bigger and absent from morals. He will kill you and he will complain about the mess afterwards. I love him more than words can say.

Time for the icon that is Garazeb Orrelios.

First actual Lasat shown on screen and he is absolutely incredible. He gives off so much cool-uncle-living-in-your-parents-basement vibes and I like him for that. I do wish that he got a little more character exploration like Sabine did but still, he is marvellous and I love him sm. also Zeb and Sabine is the best dynamic, change my mind.

Next on the list is, speaking of, Sabine Wren herself.

Sabine slowly became one of my favourites over the course of SWR. She cares a lot and is ridiculously creative. I love her carefree attitude and would absolutely be scared by her IRL. She’s cool, colourful and works so well with every member of the Crew. I cannot wait to see her in love action.

Where is he? Where’s our boy? Ezra Bridger???

I love him. He came such a long way from the beginning and is a fantastically written character. Taylor Gray did such a good job with him, I am honestly in love. He’s like the little brother I never wanted because I already have three. Would kill for him. Filoni better bring him back or there will be blood.

And last but not least, Jacen Syndulla.

Lil’ dude, pretty cool guy! Haven’t seen much of him, so I can’t really say. But if he’s Hera’s son, he’s bound to be amazing. He looks a little funky though. Still, baby of the squad, definitely played catch with Zeb and Kallus. Probably became a sick pilot.

Thank you for bearing with me and getting to the end! Any chance I get to talk about my love for the Ghost Crew, I will take it. And thank you again for sending the ask, you are amazing. 💜

from this ask game!

[zelenacat]

When We Were Young- An Obitine Story- Chapter 30

Satine didn’t look up at the footsteps approaching. She had tried to take back some power by not eating, but she knew that couldn’t last long, so Satine gobbled everything up that she could get.

“Duchess?”

Satine rolled over, ignoring the Count.

“Duchess?”

“Stop bothering me, Dooku.” she huffed.

“It’s us, Satine.” Anakin announced.

The Duchess rolled over so quickly she fell onto the floor.

“Ben?” 

“Yes, darling,” Obi-Wan was already at the bars, “I’m here.”

Satine opened her mouth to tell him about the baby, but her lips trembled, there were too many ears.

“Let me in.” the Jedi ordered.

“Master Kenobi-”

“We’re friends, Hondo,” Obi-Wan asked, “aren’t we?”

“So it’s true then,” the pirate crossed his arms, “the children.”

“I met them,” Dooku added, answering first, “two redheads and two blondes.”

Satine growled. Anakin told the Count to shut up.

“Alright,” Hondo waved his hand, “I’ll allow it.”

Her Jedi burst through the cell door.

The Duchess reached out, “Obi!”

“Satine.” he embraced her.

Tears pricked at Satine’s eyes, her Obi-Wan was here, everything was going to be okay now.

“Lady Khaami,” Obi-Wan shook her hand, “thank you for staying.”

“Of course, Master Jedi,” Khaami smiled, “ladies are loyal to their mistresses.”

Dooku snorted. Satine lifted her head enough to see Anakin smash the Count’s head into the bars using the force.

Obi-Wan helped Satine onto the chaise, keeping an arm around her at all times.

“That’s long enough, Kenobi.”

Ignoring Hondo, the Jedi placed his forehead on Satine’s.

“Kenobi-”

“Marry me when the war is over.” Obi-Wan whispered.

“I will,” Satine guided the Jedi’s hand to her stomach, “you have my word.”

Anakin came in then and had to physically pull Obi-Wan off Satine, both Jedi were near tears.

“Look after her,” Anakin charged Khaami, “please.”

“I shall, Master Jedi,” the lady nodded, “to the best of my ability.”

Hondo helped lead Dooku out with the Jedi, but came back to Satine when he finished, by then Vizsla was gone as well.

“You have so far denied the rumors publicly about you and Kenobi having children,” he sat outside the bars, “but I have some friends who told me you paid for false birth certificates, six of them.”

Satine sighed, but it was Khaami who spoke.

“Can you imagine the scandal,” she asked, “a high profile politician and a famous Jedi General, not to mention old prejudices and what the Duchess’ enemies would do to her?”

“I am sorry, Duchess, truly, I am,” Hondo apologized, “we will try to make your stay as comfortable as possible.”

“Thank you,” Satine mumbled.

“Senator Amidala is in charge of working out a deal, so have faith,” Hondo stood, “but if you need extra blankets, food, anything-”

“What about medical needs?”

The pirate was taken aback.

“The Duchess is expecting,” Khaami explained, “that’s why Master Kenobi was loath to leave her.”

Hondo sighed.

“You still are our hope for ransom, Your Grace,” the pirate crossed his arms, “we’ll see what the Senator can do.”

The pirate stood and made to leave.

“Hondo?” Satine asked.

The criminal turned back around.

“Is there any way you will set me free, besides financially?”

Hondo sighed, “Master Kenobi is a dear friend of mine, but no, I don’t think-”

“The Queen of Zygerria is my second cousin,” I tell him, “my great aunt leads the Alderaanian House of Cortess, and my cousin, Theala Vandron, could certainly help me if she wished.”

Ohnaka raised his eyebrows.

“Can you get me communication with them,” Satine begged, “or Senator Amidala?”

The pirate sighed, “I will not show my favoritism for you, Duchess, though your offer does sound intriguing.”

Hondo left and Satine sighed.

“It’s alright, Your Grace,” Khaami smiled sadly, helping the Duchess stand, “this is surely going to be resolved.”

It took a month for a deal to be brokered, and it involved offering a Mandalorian trade contact to the pirates. Satine was horrified.

“The Duke of Sundari clearly had his reservations,” Hondo gestured, “but at least he signed it.”

The cell doors opened and Satine stood.

“I wish to bathe and change outfits.” she announced.

A couple of the pirates groaned.

“Alright,” Hondo sighed, “take your lady with you.”

The warm water felt so good to the Duchess, who was surprised to see that her baby bump was already noticeable.

“I’ll see if they have anything to help with that.” Khaami nodded.

“Thank you.”

Khaami returned with a shirt that was far too big for her.

“Why-”

“It’ll hide it,” the lady assured, “they only had pants,”

Satine caught a glance of herself in a mirror before leaving the room. She looked surprisingly well, she had been a good prisoner. Satine ate her food, slept, and cried. Her face had an unusual pallor to it and she noticed a couple strands of gray in her hair, but other than that Satine looked normal. The Duchess wondered what the cameras would see.

“Come, Satine,” Khaami took her arm, “it’s time.”

There was a Mandalorian delegation outside to meet her, Jaym and many of her personal guards all bowed as she stepped out, but then Satine noticed her son.

“Korkyrach,” the Duchess stumbled to him, “my boy, my boy.”

“You’re alright, Lady Mother,” he whispered, “you’re safe now.”

Next, Korkie kissed Khaami’s hand, and told her that Mandalore was most appreciative.

“Of course, Your Grace, it was my duty.”

Hondo cleared his throat. Satine turned, keeping an arm around her son.

“We look forward to working with you,” he smiled, “I will tell you we make great allies.”

“You are pardoned, Hondo,” Satine raised an eyebrow, “for your crimes against Mandalore. We certainly hope you can live up to your word.”

And with that she boarded her ship. Satine didn’t heave a sigh of relief until they took off. Then, she laid her head on Korkie’s shoulder.

“Did they treat you well?” he wondered.

“Friends of your father’s,” Satine mumbled quietly, “not awful, although I only got one bath.”

Korkie tried to smile at her use of humor.

“It’s alright, son of mine,” Satine whispered, “I am alright.”

The Duke of Sundari tightened his grip around his mother.

“When can I see your siblings?” the Duchess asked.

“Tristan is coming after school, and Mara’s waiting at the palace,” Korkie assured, “father is going to bring Tyra and the twins secretly tonight.”

Satine nodded, happy that she would get to see her family.

“The press is going to go crazy once we arrive,” Khaami warned, “I’ve seen a couple feeds already.”

The Duchess sighed.

“We’ll be okay,” Korkie assured, “you can walk, right?”

“Yes, my boy,” Satine straightened, “I can.”

Once they landed, the Duchess stood and took Korkie’s arm, Khaami kept a hand on her lady’s back, and they were lowered into the fray.

“Your Grace-”

“Duchess, what do you think-”

Cameras flashed, Satine winced.

“Your Grace, how would you describe-”

“Duchess-”

The guards and to push reporters aside so that Satine could get on the speeder to the palace.

“I hope this is alright,” Korkie whispered, “we wanted them to see you were alive.”

“I am.” Satine responded.

Khaami’s daughter and husband were waiting on the platform and the lady squealed when she saw them. A smile came to Satine’s face, Khaami had been so helpful these past few months, she deserved some happiness.

When the palace doors closed behind her, Satine nearly collapsed.

“Parna!”

The two embraced.

“Med bay,” Korkie told the lady, “just to be sure.”

“Hera will oversee it,” Satine decided.

The nurse was happy to see Satine, but as soon as she drew the examining curtain closed, Hera asked what was wrong.

“I’m pregnant again.” the Duchess whispered.

Hera’s eyes went wide.

“I know it’s a short time after,” Satine frowned, “will there be problems?”

The nurse hesitated, “It will be very hard on your body, and I am firmly against a corset this time.”

“A girdle?” the Duchess ventured.

Hera shook her head, “Let’s just get you a regular test, and how far along do you think you are?”

Satine frowned, “Eight, nine weeks?”

Hera pulled up Satine’s shirt and looked down at her stomach, “You’re kinda noticeable.”

“With twins it usually was three or four months.” the Duchess remembered.

“I’ll get that test,” Hera nodded, “I have some theories.”

When they got the results, Satine vomited. Hera sighed.

“I expected triplets,” she confessed, “but does your family have a history of multiple children at once?”

“My sister and I are twins,” Satine explained, “but really? Three?”

“Two boys and a girl,” Hera said, checking the test, “I suggest you take this one carefully.”

“I will.”

“We’ll give you a sonogram,” the nurse stood, “triplets are higher risk, and I don’t mean to be rude, but you’re older now.”

“I’m almost thirty-seven,” Satine swallowed, “believe me, I know.”

At that moment, Parna called out that she had Korkie and Mara with her.

“Come!” the Duchess ordered.

Satine told the kids to close their eyes, but Parna gasped when she saw the Duchess and easing the children into the truth didn’t happen.

“Mother-”

“Your father knows,” Satine held up her hands, “he came to see me in prison.”

Mara sighed, “A Jedi Council Master, his noble Mandalorian wife, and their seven children.”

“Nine,” Satine swallowed, “it's triplets.” Korkie looked horrified.

“I’ll be alright, son of mine,” the Duchess took her son’s hand, “Hera is running some tests, but tell Tristan and Tyra when they arrive.”

Korkie kissed his mother’s cheek and said he would do so, then Mara squeezed her mother’s hand.

“We’re quite a large family.” she winked.

“What till you tell your father about the triplets,” Satine sighed, “if he faints, we’ll bring him here.”

The kids laughed.

“I love you both.” the Duchess smiled.

“We love you too, Lady Mother.”

There were three children in her womb, two boys and a girl. Satine sighed, this was going to be difficult.

“All done,” the nurse smiled, “we’ll do another one in a couple of weeks.”

“Thank you, Hera,” the Duchess sat up, “we’ll see how this one goes.”

The nurse wagged her finger, “No corsets.” 

“No corsets.” Satine agreed.

The Duchess spent the rest of the day in bed, and it was marvelous. The kitchens had made her favorite food, traditional Mandalorian cuisine was famous for meaty delights, and Satine did not complain. There was also her favorite imported juice and sweet fruits for dessert. The Duchess finished her meal with a happy sigh as Obi-Wan burst through the door.

“Darling,” Satine smiled, “how are you?”

The Jedi’s eyes went wide, flustered, “How are you?”

Satine laughed, “Well.”

  Korkie guided his father into the room.

“I can’t believe it,” Tyra giggled, holding Lyra, “more little cuties!”

“Bring me my little cuties,” Satine held out her arms, “even my grown ones.”

Mara and Tyra handed her Jinn and Lyra.

“My oh my,” the Duchess grinned, “are you girls teething?”

Jynn and Lyra cooed happily, arms reaching up for Satine’s neck.

“You too, Tyra.” Satine ordered.

The eldest daughter kissed her mother’s cheek and sat at the end of the bed next to her father. Mara was on her left, and Korkie on her right.

“Come, Tristan.”

Her son obeyed, crawling onto the edge of the bed on Obi-Wan’s other side.

“So,” he began, “have you picked out any names yet?”

“No, actually,” Satine grinned, “but we’re open for suggestions.”

Everyone started talking at once, and Obi-Wan caught Satine’s eye.

“Alright, then,” the Duchess held up her hands, letting the twins crawl around, “there’s one more piece of information you need to know.”

Suddenly, all the children were quiet.

“Two boys and a girl.”

Cheers went up and Satine felt wholly happy. There was a warmth in her belly that wasn’t the triplets, Obi-Wan looked the same way. He held out his hand and the Duchess took it.

“I like Sylvian,” Korkie confessed, “for a boy.”

“Ooh.” Mara clapped.

“What about Jacen?” Tyra suggested.

“I like that.” Tristan agreed.

“Both suggestions are good,” Obi-Wan smiled, “but what about a girl’s name?”

No one came up with anything that really stuck, so instead, Satine asked how long her family could stay.

Tyra threw up her arms in the air, “We have the weekend off!” 

“I just have some homework,” Tristan confessed, “but otherwise I’m good.”

“I’d love to stay with you, Lady Mother,” Mara’s face flinched, “I don’t have a trainer anymore.”

“Of course, Darling,” Satine held out her arms, “you can be one of my ladies!”

Mara was delighted.

“What about you, Kork?” Tyra teased.

Korkie shot Tyra a look, “I have work to catch up on.”

Obi-Wan burst into laughter.

“Nice try, son.”

Korkie shrank, “What?”

“I heard that Master Mundi’s daughter Kara has a date this weekend.”

Mara squealed, Tristan snorted.

“You know what Tristan,” Korkie crossed his arms, “how long did it take you to get Sori’s comm info?”

“Oh, you think you’re so funny!”

Mara and Tyra traded looks.

“Tyra Satine,” the Duchess began, “do you know who Sori is?”

“Yes, actually,” Tyra nodded, “Mara and I met her in the underground, she’s the heir to Zygerria, Cousin Miraj’s daughter.”

“She’s a better fighter than Tristan.” Mara added.

“You don’t know that!”

Mara raised an eyebrow.

“How’s Boba, Mara?” Tristan snapped back.

Mara crossed her arms the same way Korkie had, going on the defensive.

“He’s fine, but if you really cared, you should ask Tyra about her Sith Lord in training.”

“Don’t call him that,” Tyra pouted, “he betrayed his father and saved my life!”

Obi-Wan sighed, Satine laughed.

“Oh, Children,” she shook her head, “I’m glad you can tease each other.”

“It’s what siblings do,” Obi-Wan smiled, “or, so I’ve heard.”

Satine’s comm rang, and Obi-Wan pulled it to his hand.

“It’s from Padme.”

Satine hesitated, “Respond.”

“OH MY GOD, SATINE-”

“Padme, calm down.”

The Senator sighed and looked around.

“Oh, hi, children.”

“Hi, Auntie Padme!”

“Yo,” Anakin walked into the frame, “have you told her yet?”

Padme huffed, “Ani, you ruined the surprise!”

“Told me what?” Satine frowned.

The Senator smiled like a giddy girl, “I’m having twins.”

A moment of silence, then joyous clapping and cheers.

“Congrats, Auntie Padme!”

“Yay!”

“Obi-Wan, can you believe it,” Anakin grinned, “I’m gonna be a Dad!”

Obi-Wan snorted.

“It’s a wonderful thing, Anakin.”

“What are you having?” Satine asked Padme.

“A boy and a girl.” 

Satine gasped, “We can dress all the babies up in matching outfits!”

“Oh, that would be cute,” Padme agreed, “do you know what you’re having?”

“Two boys and a girl.” Anakin looked horrified, “Triplets?”

Obi-Wan laughed, “After six a few more seems like nothing.”

“Oh really,” Satine huffed, “well then you better know how to change diapers.”

There was laughter all around, just as there was all weekend. Satine and her family played garden games, had picnics, sang, danced, and even teased Korkie about his date when he came back.

“Okay, very funny.”

It was a shame when Obi-Wan, Tyra, and the baby twins went back to Coruscant. Then Korkie and Tristan went back to school, Mara became her lady, and Satine went back to work.

“We have a problem,” the Prime Minister frowned, “it’s about your weekend off.”

“My ladies cleared my schedule,” Satine frowned, “it was free.”

“Yes,” Jaru Djarin sighed, “but the palace staff ignited the rumors about you and the Master Jedi, and the possible children.”

“What?”

“Someone overheard palace gossip and published it,” Jaru handed Satine a newspaper, “and it’s very bad.”

Alarms blared in Satine’s head. 

“No-”

The palace alarms went off.

“What?” the Duchess jumped up.

Jaym’s voice appeared over the intercom, “All guards to defense stations, Seperatist ships are approaching.”

The palace went into lockdown, and Satine told all the palace staff to shelter in the cellars. 

“Your Grace,” Parna puffed, “they need you in the broadcasting room.”

The Duchess and Prime Minister both gave speeches just as the first fires were shot.

“Stay calm,” the Prime Minister urged, “stay calm and find shelter.”

The conscripted soldiers from the program that Satine had put in place were sent out to usher people inside and defend the ground. Still, the Duchess was relieved when the Jedi arrived.

“This is Jedi Master Skywalker from the Jedi Temple,” a familiar voice echoed from the outside speakers, “do not be afraid, reinforcements are here.”

Mara ran to her mother, fighting against a stream of people going in the opposite direction.

“The guards are covering the windows,” she panted, “and Auntie Bo called, there’s an uprising in the underworld.”

Satine’s eyes went wide.

“Lady Mother, I know these people,” Mara cried, “I know I can help!”

The Duchess wanted to wail, “I don’t know if I can be parted from you.”

“I’ll be safe, Lady Mother,” Mara promised, “please let me go.”

Satine embraced her daughter tightly.

“My mother’s old armor is in the jewel room,” the Duchess straightened, “Parna will help you into it.”

The next thing Satine did was comm Korkie and Tristan, both of whom were sheltering in place at their schools. She knew they would very likely be safe, but Satine was still worried. Motherhood, it was annoying.

“Momdalore?” her comm beeped.

The Duchess picked it up, “Yes, Ahsoka?”

“Maul is coming to kill you, but Obi-Wan is close behind.”

The Duchess heaved a shaky breath.

“Tyra and Master Vos are coming too, they’re going to the underworld.”

Satine heaved a sigh of relief, but then her comm flew from her hand. Darth Maul crushed the device beneath his fingers, sneering at Satine.

“Duchess.” he growled.

 Satine raised her chin, “I’m not afraid of you.”

“You should be.” Maul droned.

Then, he picked her up by the throat, using the force, and flung her backward. She only flew a couple of feet back into the wall, but God, it hurt.

“Maul!”

Satine’s vision was blurry, but she saw a tall shape with orange hair approaching Darth Maul.

“Kenobi,” the monster smiled, pulling Satine back to his feet, “so good to see you.”

The Duchess began to vomit.

“I’ll cut your head off this time, Maul.” Obi-Wan warned.

“You’ve said that before,” the Zabrak waved dismissively, “but now, I will make you watch as I kill your Duchess.”

That’s when the Duchess realized she was reaching for her shock caltrops hidden in a pouch in her right pocket.

“Don’t touch her Maul.” Obi-Wan warned.

The Sith just laughed in response. Satine shoved her frame into Maul’s feet, causing a shift in his balance. Obi-Wan pounced, throwing her out of the way.

“Kenobi!”

Satine crawled towards the first room she saw, using the door handle to pull herself up. After spitting the remaining bile out of her throat, Satine pushed herself inside. It was a red lounge room. The Duchess sprinkled the electric caltrops in front of the door and flopped down on the couch. Her head was still slightly fuzzy and she was worried about the triplets.

“Sleep,” Satine whispered to herself, “sleep.”

She drifted in and out of consciousness to the sound of lightsabers clashing. She was finally woken up from her slumber by one word.

“Duchess.”

Satine looked up just in time to see a blue flare of light protrude from Maul’s chest. The Zabrak looked surprised, but then, he smiled.

“Ben?”

Obi-Wan threw the Sith’s body to the side and embraced her.

“Oh, Ben!”

“It’s alright, Satine,” the Jedi whispered, “you’re okay.”

Obi-Wan's comm rang.

“Dad, it’s Tyra, the Maul pulled the plug on you and Mom.”

Satine frowned, “What?”

“He likely got it from Dooku and was waiting to release it,” Quinlan added, “they sent a picture around.”

“Of us?” Obi-Wan asked.

“Yes,” Tyra answered, “from after we were taken.”

The Duchess closed her eyes, willing this to be a nightmare.

“Oh, and Mara’s with us,” Master Vos informed, “although she was hit hard on the head.”

“No!” Satine gasped.

“Prepare for a new kind of battle,” Tyra warned, “this is gonna be bad.”

[bedlamsbard]

All right, reactions to Mando 2.05, “The Jedi”, in...semi-coherent form. Spoilers, obvs. I hated this episode, so keep scrolling now if you don’t want to see negativity.  This is not in any kind of order except stream-of-conscious.

again, I reiterate, spoilers.

again, I reiterate, this is REALLY negative.

Rosario Dawson...yikes.

how...did Bo-Katan know that Ahsoka was on Corvus? are they in contact? since when? Ahsoka seems to have been on Corvus for long enough to be a nuisance to the Magistrate (Morgan Elsbeth), but normally Ahsoka is very efficient and she just...really does not seem to be here? I did not get the impression she was planning on sticking around for any period of time.

(the same could be true for Frog Lady and Bo-Katan on Trask several episodes back. that wasn’t a convert, that was three Mandalorians hanging around the port in cloaks. I guess they could be doing that on the regular, but? would the Empire not then be more worried about being attacked by Mandalorians?)

there was only ever a very, very slim chance that I was going to be happy with any translation of Ahsoka from animation to live action.  I am on record as thinking that animation is the medium for Star Wars and that live action is always going to be a weaker medium than animation and that a lot of things that can be done in animation just cannot be translated to live action in any meaningful form.  I knew Ahsoka’s fighting style couldn’t translate to live action convincingly (here’s what I said about the mo-capped duel in TCW); it never occurred to me that they couldn’t pull off TOGRUTA given that Shaak Ti, you know, exists, and also there are so many excellent Ahsoka cosplayers.

(Consider KM Creations’ excellent silicone lekku (S7), which have beautiful movement; the cosplayer behind that is CallMeSnips and her epilogue prototype is from SWCC is in there somewhere.  I think Rei Kennex’s are latex (you can tell they don’t have much movement) but at least they’re the right length.  I think Ahsoka94′s are also latex (again with the movement); this is her Mortis vision grown-up Ahsoka.)

AND YES, THE LEKKU/MONTRALS WERE A DEAL-BREAKER FOR ME.

I feel very “you have made your bed and now you have to die in it” about that -- apparently the reasoning is for stunts and movement, but for me here’s the thing: her lekku length wasn’t optional.  This is not the equivalent of changing a hair style, which some people seem to think (believe me, I have read so many hot takes); this is like...I’m trying to think of a good comparison.  Like putting Peter Mayhew or Joonas Suotamo in a wig because Chewie’s head was too hard for the actor to see out of, or giving them normal human hands because they can’t grip with the Wookiee hands.

Also your main character wears a helmet at all times that (if it’s anything like my Mandalorian helmet) is pretty poor visibility and full body armor and THIS was your breaking point for stunts?

Ahsoka’s lekku and montrals grow as she ages. These are about S7 length; as @reena-jenkins put it, THEY DE-AGED HER HEAD.  Ahsoka fans coming in know this.  PEOPLE SAW THE REBELS EPILOGUE.

I wonder how many of the people being self-righteous about being totally fine about Ahsoka’s lekku are the same people who claim that Katee Sackhoff is too young to play Bo-Katan.

this also puts them in a weird position in regards to the inevitable merchandise: do they go with normal Ahsoka from TCW and Rebels, the one everyone is familiar with, or do they go with these stunted lekku?

(I can’t believe they’re going to make Her Universe sell merch with this Ahsoka on it. it’s not going to happen but I wish HU was going to be petty enough to not sell any nu!Ahsoka merch.)

Here is some nice art of how Ahsoka’s lekku and montral should have looked.

hoo boy were those prosthetics also just Bad.

“but the stunts” buddy I’m sure Pedro Pascal and his various stunt doubles aren’t having a great time in full armor with almost no visibility either

if you’re going to put the character in, do it right

YOU CAN’T CHEAT

look, I am really, really aural -- the best example I can give is that even though intellectually I know that Matt Lanter and Hayden Christensen both play Anakin Skywalker, I literally cannot parse them as both being the same Anakin Skywalker and for that reason TCW and the PT don’t exist for the same continuity for me.  (This also goes for Ewan McGregor and James Arnold Taylor, Natalie Portman and Cat Taber, and Samuel L. Jackson and TC Carson. I can kinda cope with the multiple Palpatine VAs. Yes, the decision to use Hayden and Sam in Ahsoka’s vision in “Shattered,” even blending into Matt’s voice from Hayden’s, threw me so badly I couldn’t take the vision seriously.)  Ashley Eckstein has a very distinctive voice, and moreover has been the only person to ever voice Ahsoka up to this point (even in the Ahsoka novel audiobook). Barring a MIRACLE I was never going to be able to parse another actress’s voice as Ahsoka’s, solely because of how my brain works.

I could probably have parsed someone else’s face because animated Ahsoka is pretty stylized but the voice thing is a huge problem for me because of how aural I am.

(I say this but when Squadrons did a more live action-style Hera -- knowing they mo-capped Vanessa Marshall I think they used Vanessa’s face for Hera’s, which is also what it looks like on the revised art and face sculpt for the Black Series Hera -- I kind of had a meltdown about it (for...weird reasons). And that was the same VA.)

(The timeskip between TCW and Rogue One, then Rebels, probably saved Saw Gerrera for me here, but he was also never a main character.)

can you believe that Sam Witwer’s Maul got more live action respect than Ashley Eckstein’s Ahsoka

I love Sam’s Maul but wow

this is particularly jarring because Dave Filoni and Ashley Eckstein always seemed like they were friends? I realize that this gets skewed by how little of their actual lives we see online, but that is the vibe that I’ve gotten from interviews and social media posts.

can you believe that TROS gave more respect to Ashley Eckstein’s Ahsoka than Dave Filoni’s Mando episode did (here is her statement on TROS.)

back in March, when the Dawson casting rumors first dropped (or leaked, as the case may be), Ashley posted a statement about it saying that she was not involved in The Mandalorian. she has over the years been very vocal about desperately wanting to play live-action Ahsoka, who is a character solely associated with her up until today, and honestly this just breaks my heart.

I am not the massive Ashley Eckstein fan that many Ahsoka fans are, but I have never heard anything bad about her (I saw her at my hotel at SWCC while I was waiting for my roommate to arrive! that’s the closest I’ve ever gotten to her, a distance of about six feet), and I really desperately hope that someone told her about this beforehand and she didn’t find out from watching the episode.

Also, while I’m here talking about Ashley Eckstein, the characterization here was extremely off, in that specific way that happens when a writer/director is working with their absolute favorite character, DAVE FILONI. I do trust Ashley to course-correct Dave on Ahsoka (in the same way we’ve heard about Sam Witwer pushing back on people about Maul), and that...was not happening here.  (I think Katee Sachoff said something similar to this about Bo-Katan in her interview last week, as well.)

how did you get Bo-Katan so right and Ahsoka so wrong

look, Dave Filoni is truly living up to George Lucas’s legacy in that he can story tell pretty well but he’s not actually that great at nitty-gritty of writing and directing. (none of the really good TCW episodes are his.)

this episode made me think of A Friend in Need (which he directed) which is not, like, a BAD episode but quite notoriously includes the Bo-Katan ass-slap and also Ahsoka beheading four Mandalorians at once.

it also includes a helpless village of oppressed and exploited Asian-coded civilians who are there mostly as background scenery so the bad guys can be bad and the heroes can feel righteous

I’ll come back to that one

the level of violence in this episode was...weird. honestly, too high? in a way that probably would not have registered if it was anyone but Ahsoka. look, I am an animated shows person. I know TCW and Rebels inside and out. I know that neither one is particularly shy about killing off faceless bad guys (though if you watch Rebels S1 compared to Rebels S4 they really dial back the amount of fatal violence the main characters commit in the last season, lol).  But this felt off for Ahsoka in a way I can’t really articulate.

why is Ahsoka attacking a random Mandalorian (her allies are Mandalorians!) who is walking through the woods WITH A BABY? WITHOUT WARNING?

part of that is just her movement -- when they animated her for TCW back in 2008, they made a deliberate decision to give her mannerisms and movement and a fighting style that a human can’t do because she isn’t human and animation can do that. which means that they hobbled themselves when they came to translating her to live action because uh a human can’t do that.

something about her lightsaber blades looked really, really wrong and I can’t put my finger on what. it’s like they just used the illuminated blades of the stunt sabers but didn’t do the extra CGI that the films do? I don’t know.

Ahsoka did a LOT of dramatic posing and what WAS that?

Dave can’t direct live action, that’s what that was

since when can you canonically convey that much information mind to mind

are Ahsoka and Grogu a dyad in the Force (I know the answer is no but also: what? what was happening?)

the only people we’ve seen who can do that sort of thing are Quinlan Vos and Cal Kestis, who both have the rare talent for telemetry, and even that’s not mind to mind communication, that’s touching a thing and going “YIKES”

you are telling me that Ahsoka Tano, whom six months ago we saw take on Darth Maul, a whole barrage of Mandalorian warriors, and her entire clone trooper battalion and walk away without a scratch, had to work up a sweat fighting one woman with a spear

you do know that we all saw TCW and Rebels right

and here’s the problem! this episode makes zero sense if you HAVE seen TCW and Rebels because (1) she doesn’t look right (2) she doesn’t fight right (3) timelines? we’ve never heard of them? (4) is Thrawn back? did you find the Chimaera? (you all do remember that Ezra and Thrawn aren’t out there alone and are in fact with a 40,000 man crewed star destroyer right) (5) did you NOT find them? (6) are you even looking? (7) this is supposed to be AFTER the Rebels epilogue unless you’ve decided to take advantage of that specific ending scene not being super specifically dated and if it’s before IT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE! because I desperately hate that epilogue and its implications EVEN AS IT IS! (8) why would you call this episode “The Jedi” when since 2013 Ahsoka’s whole thing has been not being a Jedi

to be fair I’m pretty sure S7 tried very hard to course correct that but unfortunately, they could not because the rest of canon exists

are you still trying to deny me grown Ahsoka and Rex when we know you got Temuera back for a five second shot of Boba

to be fair I would have the same aural problems with Temuera voicing Rex because that’s Dee Bradley Baker as far as I’m concerned (I reiterate that this is because of how my brain process character and sound, not anythign else)

if you haven’t seen TCW and Rebels this is a random Jedi wandering around for no specific reason namedropping a completely random person who has no prior significance unless it’s going to turn up later

this entire show has consisted of namedropping random people and things with no prior significance within the show itself and it remains entirely unclear whether they’re ever going to have significance within the show itself

look, I can buy Ahsoka not wanting to train the kid both for her stated reasons and for some implied stuff from earlier on in canon (the kids in the Ahsoka novel, the babies from Future of the Force), even what happened with Ezra, and obviously she has Plans and cannot haul a baby around with her when that baby is going to be a baby for an indeterminate amount of time

which honestly is something that ought to come up because even if Ahsoka wanted to train the kid by the time she grew old and died he might, if we were very lucky, have advanced to being essentially a pre-teen and then would be on his own again? this is also true for Din.

lol sure go cast yourself out into the Force, I’m sure there’s absolutely not a single darksider still wandering around the galaxy who might perk up at “ooh, free apprentice!”

I’m literally starting to think that this show takes place in an alternate universe where Luke and Leia either don’t exist or died at some point in the OT

me, baffled, last season: you’re telling me Cara Dune, Alderaanian, had never heard of the Jedi? was she not keeping up with whatever Leia Organa was doing? was the Rebel Alliance actually big enough that PEOPLE IN IT HADN’T HEARD OF LUKE SKYWALKER?

what...is Luke doing right now. isn’t he training Leia?

WHAT HAS AHSOKA BEEN DOING FOR TEN YEARS are we seriously supposed to believe she peaced out of the Rebel Alliance after Malachor and whatever the hell they’re going to make that out to be (honestly at this point I’m betting on “they will never touch it”)

does or does Ahsoka not know that Luke exists

hoo boy can you just see them trying to cast a younger Luke, or do you think they’d CGI de-age Mark Hamill?

oh yeah let’s go through this again in a season with someone else playing young Luke, let’s, I’m not emotionally invested in that so I’m prepared to be entertained

hasn’t Sebastian Stan been floated (even if just on Twitter) for young Luke?

why are these not-imperials on this planet. what are they doing here. what’s the point.

 why is the planet...being burned? I was half-expecting, like, normal deforestation (in terms of logging for lumber) but I’m also a bit ??? about this.

since when is beskar resistant to lightsabers, I thought cortosis was the only thing that was? whatever, it’s new canon, they can do whatever they want. (ETA: apparently that’s been true for a while; I am more a Jedi person than a Mandalorian one as far as the EU goes and my Mandalorian lore is my weakest point.)

dear god were these fight scenes bad

I did spot Morai and I appreciated the tookas

okay, I am taking the next thing out of bullet points because I was really, really upset by it, and as an Asian-American woman it affects me directly.

I was really, really shaken by the use of village of (space) Asian people who were portrayed solely as background victims to be tortured and exploited.  Star Wars has a long history of Orientalism, and some of it I can look away from and some of I can’t.  Mando especially has a very bad track record with its treatment of Asian characters (Fennec Shand), and in recent years the rest of Star Wars live action has also been pretty bad about it; I will never forget how shaken and upset I was by Paige Tico’s death at the beginning of TLJ, and Rose’s sidelining in TROS was a lot to deal with. There has also been some pretty appalling anti-Asian racism from the Mandalorian fandom that I have seen in regards towards casting rumors about Sabine (which brought me to the point of tears as recently as yesterday).

I had been braced for Rosario Dawson Ahsoka because it’s been rumored for so long, if never officially confirmed by Lucasfilm, and after they pulled the original VA for Leia from Resistance a few years ago (without ever making an official statement but it was after she made really dismissive statements during the Kavanaugh hearings) I was still really hoping they’d pull Dawson for the transphobic assault allegations, or that the rumors were false, or...something.  I was not expecting the way that they treated the Asian civilian population here.  I kept hoping that there was going to be something, and it’s like they kept almost going there with Governor Wing (you want to make either his name or his position clear in the actual episode, maybe?) but then kept pulling back, which just made the whole population victims that had to be rescued by outsiders. And exploited, and tortured, and abused in general.

And yes, I’m aware the Magistrate/Morgan Elsbeth is an Asian-American woman.  That doesn’t make it better?  Since Ahsoka presumably kills her offscreen?

(Also Diana Lee Inosanto is a stunt performer and a fight choreographer, why is that fight scene so wooden, damn.)

okay back to bullet points to wrap up

I realize I haven’t said much about Din and the kid and that’s because they didn’t...do...much? I guess if you’re actually invested in them “YAY HE HAS FEELINGS” is a major thing but I’m not

I have flashes of being invested in Din, but the problem is that I never know what the hell this show is doing because it’s all over the place.  We are 5/8 of the way into season 2 and I have no idea what it’s trying to do: they keep setting stuff up and then not doing anything with it. I can make vague predictions based on what’s set up and based on my knowledge of canon, but this show is so weirdly set up and paced that I can never tell if they’re something for A Reason, for the lulz, or for the Aesthetic.

I feel extremely vindicated by the revelation a few weeks ago that Din grew up in a cult but I also straight-up feel like I spent the past year being gaslighted about what Mandalorians were, and that’s...not a great feeling. Do I think that the show is going to do anything with that? Fuck, I don’t know. I hope so. I know what I’d do as a writer. But I can’t predict anything they’re doing and that makes me really uneasy.

jeez, at least when George Lucas was making Star Wars you knew he was doing it to entertain himself and tell a specific story rather than constantly having to go back and wonder what story lines got compromised for a project down the road.

like, is this why they did mo-cap Ahsoka in S7, to brace us for live action Ahsoka here? I know they had already filmed Mando S2 before S1 came out. WHY THEY DIDN’T THEY REUSE LAUREN MARY KIM AS AHSOKA’S STUNT DOUBLE THEN? it’s not like she hasn’t stunted in Mando before?

if this was supposed to be a backdoor pilot to a Rebels sequel...I will flip a table

I enjoyed the Bad Batch eps in TCW S7 but knowing that there’s going to be a Bad Batch show I’m now wondering if they’re only in S7 to backdoor pilot that show

how far back does this go? did they put the Legacy of Mandalore story line in Rebels S4 solely to set up for this? especially considering that that’s the one thing in S4 that actually has saga weight and then they immediately got rid of everything it accomplished to set up for this?

I presume that this is the reason they refused to release the turnaround for Ahsoka’s epilogue look two years ago. apparently it doesn’t matter given they changed her entire epilogue color scheme and also her lekku and personality.

Look -- at the end of the day, there was only about a 2% chance I was ever going to like this episode, but I was holding out for it nevertheless. I do get surprised from time to time! I liked the Bo-Katan episode! This was, however, a hot mess. And yes: a lot of the things that bother me are not going to bother other people. (I haven’t seen anyone comment on the Asian villagers, for example.)

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Another day, another visitor. It was him again, as it always was in those years, but not often enough that the others would question his motives for doing so. In their eyes, all he was doing was trying to secure the peaceful relations with all of the other Titans, which was technically true to some degree.

Normally, Zeus would’ve long given up by now, but he didn't. He must’ve found something that had really caught his interest, or maybe he was just that enamored with her face? At this point, who knows?

Leto did end up reciprocating, but not without making him work for it. After all, he was quite appealing and he was far from just some vague and unknown entity. What harm would one quick night with him do?

She had thought that if she were to end up bearing a child, they’d only grow up to be a strong minor deity at most. She knew he was powerful; she’s seen it first hand, but she wasn’t expecting it to result into this. Then again, she’s not exactly weak either. Perhaps she had underestimated herself.

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“Apollo”

Something had awoken then, and darkness was all his eyes could see. Yet, despite this he wasn’t frightened. It was as if that somehow, inside this warm enclosed space, he knew he was safe. Then, there came another name, from the same soothing voice that had awoken him in the first place.

“Artemis”

Then he suddenly felt a pair of feet smash the side of his face, and so he eagerly kicked back.

“Oh-” “Oh my fates! You two are but a mere babe and yet, I can already feel your prowess…”

Fortunately, the voice let out a laugh, which was enough to distract the two deities and prevent them from trying to wrestle each other.

“You are certainly going to grow up to be someone very special, my precious twins”

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It happened, if this boy’s counting was right, in the dead of night. About seven months after the day he first heard his name, he heard a voice, but this time it was…different somehow, very different. The greeting spoken by this creature was already a little alarming in itself but its voice... how can one even begin to describe it? The stutters, the sneers and its hiss… Every syllable it spoke made Apollo’s skin crawl. It was as if this thing was inside the womb too, discordantly whispering into his ear.

He felt Leto, stiffen and so did the usually pushy Artemis. It was followed by a yell, and then all of a sudden, they were moving. The mother was now running for her life, desperately heaving, heart fiercely and rapidly beating.

Even when she had started to go into labor, every time the titan managed to temporarily outrun whatever was chasing her, the land she sat on would shake and tremble.

“I’m so sorry my Lady.” One of the lesser earth deities who had denied her rest said, bowing their head, almost as if they were ashamed of themselves. “But you are banned from giving birth on terra firma. All solid ground with roots in the earth is forbidden to accept you. The queen decrees it.”

No matter what she said, they would not budge. The most she’d get was a stuttering apology.

Now obviously the twins were absolutely livid. Their mother was in so much pain and they were completely helpless. Though, Apollo also couldn’t help but be more than a little…fascinated by all of this, if only for curiosity's sake.

The monster's chase went on for weeks on end, but not once did Leto give up, determined to give birth to her children. She continued to run, shapeshifting multiple times in order to hide and/or stay ahead of her pursuer.

...

The boy blinked.

He laid back-first on the ground amidst a field of golden flowers, the comforting darkness replaced by Helios' jarring afternoon rays. At first, he thought he was finally free from his mother's womb, but if so then where in the hades is she?

All he saw were seven breathtaking swans flying in circles around the sun above his head, and all he felt was the gentle push of the waves as the land beneath him rocked back and forth as if he were aboard some ship.

...

And then suddenly, he was back in the cozy abyss.

Despite not being able to see her son’s visions, Leto suddenly felt herself being drawn to a certain island.

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“Hear me, Delos, the drifting isle.” She began. “Please I beg of you, allow me to rest and give birth on your shore. You aren’t like the others; Hera’s rule doesn’t apply to you. Consider, if you do this you will have not just one, but two gods that will always be in your favor. Your name will be praised and remembered in history as the sacred birthplace of my twins, Lord Apollo and Lady Artemis.”

Arty came out quickly. Her brother? Not so much.

“Artemis…Artemis oh Artemis! I-I… He won’t come out.”

“Mother, you can do this. You have to do this! I believe in you.”

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…

..

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Apollo opened his eyes, and was greeted with a most beautiful sight; a glorious little orb in a sea of blue draping the world in its light. Beneath it was the face of a blonde young girl.

He tried to touch her, but his arms were too short. The fact that he was wrapped in some sort of blanket cocoon didn’t help either. Upon seeing his failed attempt to poke her, Artemis broke into one of the cutest and most genuine smiles he'll ever see.

He doesn't know how he knew she was his twin sister, he just knew.

“It’s alright Pollo.” She murmured, holding him close. “Those hissing noises are gone now. Mother’s okay. everything's going to be okay...”

He tilted his head to the side and sure enough, out of the corner of his eyes he saw a couple of goddesses assisting a very tired Leto. Despite the immense amount of ichor on the lower half of her body, she seems happy.

“Apollo…” he heard her lovingly whisper.

Then there was a different voice, ancient and calm.

“Here, drink this.”

It came from a Titan who introduced herself as Lady Themis. In her hand she held a cup and gently pressed its brim onto the baby’s lips, and it was filled with this strange amber liquid. He was was a little reluctant, but since neither Leto or Artemis was doing anything to stop it, he eventually drank.

The second he took a sip; all of his senses were enhanced a hundredfold, electricity spreading throughout his veins. Apollo grabbed the cup and finished that sweet delectable drink down to the very last drop. Before he knew it, this infant had now grown into a toddler fully capable of standing on his own two legs.

Themis took back the goblet, letting Leto pull both of the twins into one big hug. When she eventually let go, the god couldn’t help but rush over to Artemis and just laugh. She was surprised, but the goddess didn't stop him from dragging her along and chasing each other for the hell of it, enjoying what it feels like to move, talk, and sing.

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The kids were sitting down on the ground, a bit tired from all the running around. It was here that the god saw a mountain so tall it pierced through the clouds; an enormous and glorious white palace sitting on its peak.

The thought came to him as naturally as when he first recognized his twin.

“Being a minor deity isn’t enough.” He murmured. “We need to become one of them. We need to have a throne on Olympus”

Artemis raised an eyebrow.

“And how exactly do you plan on doing that?”

He simply shrugged, grinning.

“Only one way to find out”

Next (Not yet)

[kiwichaeng]

ToN spoilers ahead!!!

‘I really need to rant about the book and cry

-Percy and Annabeth going to New Rome for college and possibly settling there. 

-Piper moving on from the death of Jason and starting her life again in a peaceful environment. Not to mention her getting a girlfriend.

-Hazel and Frank ruling New Rome together. They are the children of dead and war. They can take on a whole army while holding hands and looking cute.Not to mention how Hazel is now no longer cursed and Frank’s lifeline isn’t tied to a piece of wood

-Leo getting 2 moms and a sister after everything he went through. He is happy and I am happy for him. 

-Calypso finally getting to experience the normal world and being a normal teenager for once.She deserves it after getting her heartbroken so many times by boys. For 3000 years she was stuck on Ogigiya. 

-Meg settling down in her old house with all her siblings and Lu is the most amazing thing ever. The girl went through abuse and saw so much at a tender age of 12. She realised that the beast was just in her head and she had to overcome it. 

-Apollo getting his throne and godhood back but not letting Zeus win by saying that even though it was a hard time he wouldn’t say it was a punishment. 

-Apollo visiting everyone in his Lester form even after getting his godhood back. 

-APOLLO GOT MEG A DAM UNICORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-The demigods of the imperial household have a long way to go. They are abused for so long but with Meg and Lu’s help they will learn to overcome it just like Meg

-Jason going to Elysium and Nico not summoning him realising Jason made his own choice. 

 -Solangelo. 

-NO ONE HITS MY BOYFRIEND AND NO ONE KILLS MY DAD!!!! 

-THE ABOVE LINE HAD ME ON MY KNEES

-Rick hinting on a Solangelo novel possibly by next year about their adventure in Taratarus. 

-Will being a supportive boyfriend and instead of stopping Nico, going on dangerous quests with him. 

-WILL IS A GLOW STICK!!

-’However, any time you take aim and prepare to fire your best shot, any time you seek to put your emotions into a song or poem, know that I am smiling on you. We are friends now. Call on me. I will be there for you’ These lines made me cry.

-Styx making Lestor realise the importance of promises.

-BABY ESTELLE!!!!!

-Athena and Artemis trusting Apollo to win his final battle. 

-Hera mourning Jason’s death...like I cried. 

-BTS WAS MENTIONED

I will add more when I think of them. For now its  just these