#master di

[ariadnes-red-thread]

Shadows of Ryloth

Summary: As the end nears, Master Di reflects and confronts his Captain about secrets poorly kept

Pairing: Keeli x Fem!OC (unnamed)

Warnings/Tags: Angst, Canon Character Deaths (implied)... otherwise none. I controlled myself this time.

Word Count: 785

A/N: Trying to fix my writer’s block with a little one-shot/drabble AU if Master Di had a padawan and she and the prettiest clone fell in love. NO Master/Padawan. All love between Di and the reader is familial. 

Ao3

Master Di had feigned ignorance for months now. He pretended he didn’t see the first moment that they had locked eyes and he just kept pretending after that. Maybe he should have intervened right away but the war pulled his attention from his Padawan. After all, she was nearly ready for her trials and had proved herself time and time again. He assumed the diliances of youth would fade as time went on. So he ignored it. Now though, he couldn’t pretend anymore. His Padawan and his commanding officer were embracing right in front of him. 

They were pressed against the shadows of the rocky terrain, oblivious to any eyes watching from the darkness of the night. It was a well hidden spot. Only someone who hadn’t been able to sleep and walked far from camp, perhaps to ease his own troubled mind, would have stumbled upon them. Unfortunately, that meant that Master Di watched as his padawan wept and Keeli pulled her into his arms.

“I don’t want to go.” She let out a small sob into his chest. “Not without you.”

“I know.” He ran a hand through her hair, tilting her face up to his. “But you have to. These are our orders.”

“But you and Master Di…” She stuttered.

“I will protect him and he will look after me. We’ll see you again soon but we need you to lead Cham and the resistance to safety.”

“You swear you’ll be okay?”

“Yes.” 

Master Di could hear what Keeli didn’t say, that as long as he knows that she is safe, he will be okay. He knew those unspoken words because he felt the same. He envied the Jedi who didn’t grow attached to their padawans. He couldn’t imagine feeling anything but a deep fatherly love for her and, when he thought about it, that had a lot to do about why he ignored the obvious, budding relationship between her and Keeli. He wanted her to be happy and he wanted her to be loved. He slipped back to his tent, leaving the couple alone in the dark.

She left with the first wave of refugees in the early morning light. In the chaos of the retreat, there was no time for goodbyes or soft words. Instead, Master Di and Keeli stood side-by-side, watching her retreat. She glanced over her shoulder, sending them a small wave. Keeli saluted her, letting his eyes linger just for a moment as she turned on the blurrg and began to lead the families over the mountain.

…

Now, they wait at the base of the ravine. Tension ripples through the men and small clicks echo off the walls like raindrops on stone as they check and recheck their weapons. Master Di stands next to his captain, the only one of the men who isn’t fidgeting. 

“Captain, I must confess. I saw you last night.” Master Di’s words are light but meaning is deeply intertwined with every syllable.

Keeli’s face reveals nothing. He isn’t going to flinch unless he is given no choice. So Master Di changes his course and meets him head on.

“With my Padawan.”

“Ah.” When Keeli finally flinches, it is no more than the slightest twitch of his jaw. Di smiles just a bit as he admires his Captain’s courage.

“Keeli,” He starts before the clone quickly speaks.

“If you’re looking for someone to blame, the fault is mine.”

“Right now?” Master Di guides Keeli’s eyes to the army of droids about to descend on them, marching down the middle of the ravine. “That is not my concern.”

Keeli gives him a small smile. Master Di finds himself wishing that they had more time. While that thought consumes him for a moment, Keeli speaks up.

“I know my role, General. I know where my focus needs to be.” Keeli chooses his words carefully. “But I can’t deny how I feel, especially when I feel it with all that I am. I live for her and I would die for her.”

“We’re not supposed to have attachments.” Master Di frowns as he turns his eyes towards the thankfully empty west ridge. She is safe, along with Cham and the twi’lek resistance. There is no time left for being precious. No time for worrying about what the Council would think. They are not here and they aren’t coming. “But she’s been like a daughter to me and I confess I feel the same.”

Keeli nods before he slides his helmet over his head.

“Well then…” His voice trails off as he focuses on the swell of B2s about to consume them.

The drone of the droids almost drowns out Di’s next words.

“Indeed.” 

Master Di ignites his lightsaber.

#the clone wars #the clone wars fanfiction #star wars the clone wars #tcw star wars #clone trooper x reader #captain keeli #keeli x reader #master ima gun di #ima-gun di #master di #tcw one shot #tcw drabble #keeli x you #ariadnes red thread #ariadnesredthread #ariadne writes #clone x oc #Keeli/reader #Captain keeli x reader

[pulcinello]

#this is my master thesis on The failmarriage of 2024: artashi #long post #(a part of me died making these gifs #I hate photoshop) #art donaldson #tashi duncan #*miei #challengers

[lazycranberrydoodles]

xie lian texts like a grandpa … i imagine pre confession their texts would be a graveyard of hua cheng’s failed attempts at flirting

xie lian's profile picture is from the manhua by starember / follow for more of hua cheng Ls

#xie lian: the water master died 💀 (used skull emoji to indicate death) #hua cheng: the water master died 💀 (lol) #xie lian uses the 😏 emoji on him one time and he has to stand up from his phone for a minute #cue the ‘no no you used the emoji correctly just dont uh. send it to anybody but me.’ from the cpr scene #i think xie lian would LOVE advice animals memes #he told me himself. btw. and he finds them in google images and his local facebook group #hua cheng would not normally use 😂 but he does so xie lian can understand him :) #they are so sillay #truthfully i think hua cheng would find current internet humor annoying but hes doing his best o7 #tgcf #hualian #tgcf spoilers #tian guan ci fu #xie lian #hua cheng #heaven official's blessing #hob #art #my art #doodle #mxtx

[jedi-starbird]

No one ever tells Obi-Wan that he is his Master's padawan.

Of course, for most people who had known Qui-Gon Jinn, telling someone else they resembled the the man would in fact be a thinly veiled insult. But still, Obi-Wan feels the absence of comparisons almost as strongly as he feels the absence of his Master.

There is no one for Obi-Wan to push against now, no strong presence at his side, ready to grab him by scruff and pull him back from another reckless stunt. It's an odd feeling. He has been set loose against his wishes. There is no one to his left and Anakin at his heels, but Anakin had needed, still needs, a strong, gentle figure for his prickly but sensitive heart. For even their worst bickering could not hold a candle to the scathing remarks he and Qui-Gon had shot at each other and Obi-Wan knows he cannot push and needle Anakin in the same way.

When Qui-Gon had been alive they had been an amusing, mirrored pair, the maverick and his rule-following padawan. Opposites clashing against each other, yet working together to complete the most difficult missions. Few saw that Qui-Gon's impertinence had indeed rubbed off on his padawan, cultivated from that small, angry initiate, because the only way to rebel against the rule-breaker had been to parrot the Council fastidiously. No one would ever get to see that again. Obi-Wan is one half of a mirrored pair trying to complete a routine on his own. What once was an impish, teasing compliance is now a betrayal of all his Master's values.

"How could Qui-Gon raise such a model Jedi?" He hears them say, "It's admirable that Master Kenobi was appointed to the Council despite his Master's maverick ways."

Padawan Kenobi would have yelled and kicked and screamed. Master Kenobi is serene. It should feel like an achievement. It feels like a disappointment.

Sometimes, Obi-Wan looks at the shape of the man he has moulded himself into, and aches to be his Master's padawan.

#I am so totally normal about them. (screaming crying throwing up) #anyway yeah obi wan has daddy issues but in a very specific way that's less i want a father figure and more i require an animal handler #hence why obi wan likes both alpha 17 and cody finally someone to tell him he's being an idiot and be bitchy with him he's missed this #giving the guilt boy MORE guilt complexes over honoring his masters legacy #but god really imagine you spend a decade making yourself the opposite of your master in a funny back and forth you both indulge in but the #BUT THEN!! he fucking dies and you're left alone occupying a dynamic carved for 2 people and everyone tells you they can't see any of your #dead master within you as if it's a joke. as if that's funny. as if that's a good thing. and people say he would be proud but would he? #would he be proud when everyone always tells you that you are the opposite of him? that you are everything he was not? #obi wan kenobi #qui gon jinn #qui gon and obi wan #disaster lineage #star wars

[radiance1]

Vlad has been asleep for a few centuries now, in a goddamn coffin that he specifically made just for that like the weird rich person he is. He was also, the phoenix king.

Or at the very least, one of them.

Honestly, Danny couldn't give less of a flying cheerio how long Vlad would sleep for if it wasn't an inconvenience to it.

But it was.

You see, he's the ghost prince, prince of the infinity realms, dragon of infinity, son of war and ward of time, etc, etc.

And somehow, he has bloody paperwork.

Even though the Infinite Realms fell into Anarchy eons ago.

So he honestly doesn't know why he has paperwork, and it's so much that Danny has been spending centuries doing it and he's so tired of it and then he remembered, hey? Who likes can do mountains of paperwork without breaking a sweat and could finish this way better than Danny could?

Vlad Masters.

Hasn't seen the guy after his mother died, don't know where exactly he is, but he isn't in his lair (yes Danny managed to get in, don't ask how) and Danny is going to find this man by the Ancients because he cannot deal with those anymore.

He barely even made a dent!

Anyways, so Danny goes over to Earth because he hasn't been there for a hot minute, and that's probably where Vlad is and uh, woah there is this really Earth cause it's lookin mighty different to how he saw it last time-

Why was the Earth currently covered in flames? Black flames that look mighty familiar to someone else's that he knows actually. You know, someone who should have been sleeping the centuries away instead of, oh he doesn't know.

Taking over the mortal world?

It even seems that Vlad got himself a goddamn cult too! How neat! How much time did it take you to assemble all these people Vlad? You even gave out pieces of your power when you could've been, oh, he doesn't know.

Helping him with paperwork?

So, he's kinda mad about this, pissed, actually. So, he goes to find where exactly Vlad is in this reign of madness, finds a literal crack in reality and just heads on through because he couldn't care less about that actually.

What he finds is not what he expected.

Cause you know Vlad? Phoenix king who is probably trying to take over the mortal world instead of helping him with paperwork and was supposed to be sleeping inside a coffin?

Yea scratch that. Because that isn't a coffin.

When the hell was Vlad sleeping inside a magical barrier-

And who the heck was that spamming Vlad's signature black flames while laughing manically, and who in the infinite realms were those guys who were currently fighting said spammer.

"What exactly, in the Infinite Realms, happened while I was doing paperwork?"

===

So, the Justice League is now combating a new world ending threat. Some cult who wants to cleanse the world in the name of their deity so they could hand it to him once he reawakens.

Which, apparently, might've been around for centuries, slowly preparing for this day which, dedicated, but not the good kind of dedication really.

So, back to the fight, they're fighting this possible immortal who's been taking over the bodies of each new head of the cult for centuries and, well, he genuinely had power to back him and his cult up.

Not really a shock there, to be fair, since he claimed his powers to originate from the sleeping deity who blessed him with a portion of his power.

Vlad didn't, bro just stole a portion of his power and claimed it as a blessing lawl. Not that the cult knew that-

So the Justice League managed to break their way into the place holding said sleeping deity that also acted as the base for the cult leader and, well. Yea he truly does have the power to back himself up and, if the magic users had anything to say about, a very magically powerful deity he follows too.

So they're kinda screwed if said Deity wakes up, they don't even know when he will actually, neither did the cult leader. He just will 'eventually' which isn't as descriptive as some (read: Batman) would like.

First things first, beat up and disband the cult, figure out a way to prevent the sleeping deity's awakening later.

So they were fighting a battle (shocker I know) with their forces spread between their world and the pocket dimension and things weren't looking quite as good as they hoped. Lots of causalities, both civilians, heroes and even villains alike, a whole lot of magic and powers being thrown about and the monologuing of the cult leader who was floating above said sleeping god.

You could even think it to be symbolic in some way, that he thinks himself above a god.

So, safe to say, in all of this chaos they weren't exactly expecting a new voice to join the fray.

"What exactly, in the Infinite Realms, happened while I was doing paperwork?"

And the owner of said voice, to be a goddamn dragon.

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #dcxdp #dc x dp crossover #Danny “I don't wanna do this paperwork no more” Phantom #Vlad “Sleeping for centuries cause the woman I loved and the Man I hate died and I don't care about nothing no more” Masters #Except that Vlad got found by some weird ass cult leader who was obsessed with his power and made a cult without his say so #And then also stole a portion of his power because he believed himself to be blessed by a god #A god who was and still is currently sleeping and probably doesn't even know who he is #He's also been splitting off even tinier pieces of Vlad's power to give to the followers #So yea #That's a thing #This all came about because I was imagining Dragon Danny slamming his tail into whatever Vlad is sleeping and telling him to wake up #Why? Originally no reason #but now it was for paperwork lmao

[hipsternumbertwo]

Favorite Angela Moments 6/∞: The ultimate Finishing Move

#angela giarratana #shayne topp #courtney miller #chanse mccrary #spencer agnew #smosh #smosh games #board af #moose master #smgifs #anggifs #instant fave #the last few minutes were truly insane #spencer was the only one to answer with a question but still died shortly after

[goodtimeswithgrian]

the dungeon master

#falls over and dies #tangotek #dungeon master tango #my art #hey can you tell ive been playing ac valhalla. asking for a friend #i dont think the goatee suits my tango. it fits pointier tangos soo well but not mine but it was worth a shot

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

Visions s2 really went: here are four new Jedi ladies and they're beautiful and old and gentle and badass and perfect.

#purple skinned mirialan jedi!!!! #another tholothian council master!!!! #badass white haired master who dies tragically!!!! #AND A DUAL-WIELDING BADASS JEDI GRANDMA WHO COOKS DELICIOUS FOOD #sw visions #sw visions s2 #star wars visions season 2 #rugal #bandits of golak #aau's song #journey to the dark head

[tack-tick]

I spent basically the entire prologue in the stage of grief called denial

#master detective archives: rain code #rain code spoilers #rain code #I legit went through the whole investigation and almost all the labyrinth waiting for them to come back #like surely they wouldn’t just die like that #surely not #legit the prologue is great at making me absolutely terrified of the corporation #how many detectives died just trying to even get into the city #and the fact that the hitman specifically choose burning to death #I am so scared of that corporation now they are the fuck around and find out types

[ashipiko]

<3 post sleepover mornings

#POST RAMBLE TIME #OK SO ASHI LIKE KINDA CANONICALLY HATES IDIA #ace knows that she hates a guy named gloomurai. leona knows she hates IDIA #already she wasn’t a v big fan of idia till she ended up bored in twst and downloaded a rhythm game and your usual gacha game for fun #and like in the gacha game there was a ranking event for her oshi…… #and based on how many points you scored in the event you get a percentage #SO IN ORDER TO LIKE….. IN A SENSE GROOVY A CARD YOU HAVE TO GET ANOTHER COPY OF IT THRU THE EVENT #and when Ashi woke up after cramming ranking because of the whole book 6 fiasco #she found out that she ranked 4.1%. A LITERAL ONE PLACE FROM GETTING THE CARD FOR HER OSHI #and who was it other than gloomurai! #so sometimes she gets him in co-op meetings and she gets SOOOOOO ANGRY #once ashi connects two and two……. she has her own very personal grudge #ace finds it very funny. leona finds it annoying that he has to babysit her whenever they see Idia in the halls #THATS A LOT OF TAGS AM I GONNA RUN OUT OF FANDOM TAGS UH OH #BUT YSAH!!! this is ashace after a sleepover and the morning where ashi’s in the mood to play some games #ace likes to watch <3 #(he tried her speed and while on master. died v quickly) #ashipiko draws ♪ #ashace #twstshi #ace trappola #ace trappola x oc #twst yume #twst #twisted wonderland #twst wonderland #twst ace #twst yuu #twst oc #twst oc x canon

[nerdyenby]

FSM “I’m gonna die” to do list (mild DR spoilers):

Make tomb

Make puzzles for tomb

Make riddle about puzzles for tomb

Make quest to find riddles about puzzles for tomb

Make clues for quest to find riddles about puzzles for tomb

Ingrave clues for quest to find riddles about puzzles for tomb into staff

Give staff to favorite son

Don’t tell son where the tomb is

Don’t tell son there’s an ingraving in the staff

Get realm crystal

Visit source dragons and beg for help to make sure the universe doesn’t collapse the second he’s dead

Hide said help (dragon cores) across the different realms

Hire some guy to build a temple

Hire a presumed other guy to paint the ceiling of the temple with maps to the hiding places of the dragon cores

Recruit/create presumed third guy who’s purpose of existence is to protect the temple

Make enchantment is that only one of his descendants can find the locations of the dragon cores

Don’t tell favorite son any of this, and definitely don’t tell least favorite son lmao

Tell favorite son it’s time to die and don’t tell him where you’re going

Die holding realm crystal whilst in tomb

#I haven’t seen s6 in a hot minute so this is probably a bit off lol #this guy definitely had a list of things to take care of and/or hide before he died tho and that’s funny to me #ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #dragons rising pt2 #first spinjitzu master #nerdy’s ninjago rambles

[skullinacowboyhat]

one with the Force. [click for details]

#swtor #oc: mai #yea she dies on ziost #skullie's sketches #my art #procreate #star wars #also i realised these colors are giving barbie and i don't mind it #mirialan #jedi master #sw oc

[persephsmultimuse]

#pour one out #listen to some jazz #the real rosie died 17 years ago today #just found that out #masters of the air #mota #robert rosenthal

[onelungmcclung]

#masters of the air #motaedit #hbowaredit #appletvgifs #hambone hamilton #at this point I'm quite attached to hambone because I thought he'd died a brutal terrifying death #therefore I spent the last few episodes relieved every time he showed up #so he cooked a cat. so what. #demarco will get over it one day #edit #**

[anavilante]

It's hard to wake up from a nightmare if you aren't even asleep.

#clegan #john egan #gale cleven #callum turner #austin butler #mota #masters of the air #eganven #mota edit #my mota edit #Gale was 42 years old when John died

[zarla-s]

I don't know if you're still into Star Control, but I remembered your art back in the day. You might be interested to know that the OG creators of Star Control are making a proper sequel. (Kickstarter: Free Stars: Children of Infinity.)

I AM ALWAYS INTO STAR CONTROL AND I DID SEE THIS!

I wanted to have it do a preview link but Tumblr DOES NOT LIKE THAT for some reason so you can see the Kickstarter here!

I've been following development for a while now and I'm intrigued about where it's going! It's still very hard for me to think of it as Free Stars and not Star Control, even though I know why they changed it, haha. I've got my eye on those enamel pin rewards, they'd look very nice on my hat...

#asks and answers #lordnarvi #star control 2 #free stars #children of infinity #the ur-quan masters #i want to imagine that's ZEX among the aliens there even though he clearly dies in the original game if you save the shofixti