inonibird

[inonibird]

A lifetime passed before he awoke.

When consciousness stirred him from the starless void, overhead lights spiked his eyes, blinding him to his surroundings. He might as well have still been asleep, for all he could see.

He squinted on reflex. Reflex was all he could manage at the moment.

Voices murmured in the light.

“Oh, doctor? His eyes are open, but I do hope he’s actually awake this time.”

“Neural activity is stable. He should be conscious, if not communicative.”

“Well, then—hello, Grievous. Can you hear me? Or speak, for that matter?”

The voice was talking to him.

He could speak. Something told him he could, something beyond instinct, and just as instinct tried to work a nonexistent jaw, tongue and lips, the something beyond shut that nonsense down in a cold, precise instant. It had no words, yet it taught him how to generate them.

“Y...y-yes,” he managed to force out, and the sound grated on his senses, strident, discordant.

“Ah, wonderful.” The words oozed with palpable self-satisfaction. “You’ll be pleased to learn that the operation has been a success. There is truly nothing that cannot be accomplished with the proper application of a great deal of money.”

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Chapter 4 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#evening reblog #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Dr. Zorryx #Geonosis #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #we're finally here

[inonibird]

A lifetime passed before he awoke.

When consciousness stirred him from the starless void, overhead lights spiked his eyes, blinding him to his surroundings. He might as well have still been asleep, for all he could see.

He squinted on reflex. Reflex was all he could manage at the moment.

Voices murmured in the light.

“Oh, doctor? His eyes are open, but I do hope he’s actually awake this time.”

“Neural activity is stable. He should be conscious, if not communicative.”

“Well, then—hello, Grievous. Can you hear me? Or speak, for that matter?”

The voice was talking to him.

He could speak. Something told him he could, something beyond instinct, and just as instinct tried to work a nonexistent jaw, tongue and lips, the something beyond shut that nonsense down in a cold, precise instant. It had no words, yet it taught him how to generate them.

“Y...y-yes,” he managed to force out, and the sound grated on his senses, strident, discordant.

“Ah, wonderful.” The words oozed with palpable self-satisfaction. “You’ll be pleased to learn that the operation has been a success. There is truly nothing that cannot be accomplished with the proper application of a great deal of money.”

—

Chapter 4 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Dr. Zorryx #Geonosis #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #here we finally are #wow #hi Grievous #fyi guest comments are temporarily disabled across all of AO3 #bummer #if you want to comment and don’t have an account you can reply here

[inonibird]

Hey Inoni, I wanted to ask what happened to bentilais after the crash, since he survived the crash in the legends comics. Do we get to know what happened to him in your fanfic or how he survived? (if he survived in your fanfic)

Bentilais did indeed survive! (I couldn’t imagine changing that) However, it’s not easy to bring up in the context of Sahuldeem. In the original script it DOES get revealed (only to the reader), but I’m honestly still deciding whether to adapt that scene at all or shift things around to make mention of it at a different point. Will cross that bridge when I come to it. 🤔 That said, it would be interesting to explore what happened to Beni in the aftermath of the crash in, say, a short story. We shall seee~

#Inoni Answers #iph1s #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Bentilais san Sk’ar #fanfic #I have been very bad about Q&A for a while I’m so sorry

[inonibird]

“What if I told you that there was a way for you to fight again?”

_

Chapter 3 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#evening reblog #Inoni Art #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #San Hill #General Grievous backstory #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #tw: injury #tw: missing limbs #fanfic #Qymaen noooo ;_;

[inonibird]

“What if I told you that there was a way for you to fight again?”

_

Chapter 3 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#Inoni Art #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #tw: injury #tw: missing limbs #fanfic #do you know how long I've waited to draw this?? #how long I've stared at panels of The Eyes of Revolution?? #TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ALL THESE TUBES/WIRES ARE??? #this art works for chp 2 AND 3 honestly #didn't need to draw him in the bacta tank 2 times in a row :( #anyway time to brush up on my Grievous anatomy

[inonibird]

Hey, this is relevant again after 7 years~

Eclipse

#Inoni Art #self reblog #Stick Gods #old art #Egyptian gods #Ra #Thoth #gif warning

[inonibird]

Watching the Tales of the Empire trailer with no prior knowledge: “Meh.”

Spotting battle droids defoliating Dathomir: “…Wait. Could it be?”

Finally seeing the blue and green lightsabers: “HELLO THERE!!!”

#Inoni Talks #General Grievous #Star Wars #Tales of the Empire #gonna watch it for just the probable two minutes he’ll be featured #Grievous my beloved #for all I’ve continued working on Sahuldeem I have not kept up with SW stuff #still need to see the Huk in Bad Batch

[inonibird]

“So it wasn’t enough for them, to doom my people, to leave us broken, starving, dying? They had to come back for me—the Martyr—my Izvoshra—they had to finish me off, like this?!” A snarl escaped his chest, the ventilator working doubly hard to match his heaving breaths. “Well, I am not finished yet! They should have killed me themselves, face to face—the cowards—Jedi scum! I—I-I—they…” He broke off, wheezing, then began coughing furiously. His arm flinched in the direction of his face in a vain attempt to cover a mouth that was no longer whole or functional with a hand that wasn’t there. The coughs transformed into wracking, electronically distorted sobs, the anger to misery. “They—they took everything from me.”

San Hill’s smile faded, not out of sympathy, though perhaps there was a shred of pity buried in his rotten core. He gave Qymaen a minute to himself, who seemed to have forgotten the Muun was even there. When he did speak again, it was with gentle, silky menace, as he placed his hand on the outside of the bacta tank. “Grievous, my dear, old friend. You said it yourself a moment ago: you are not finished. You survived.”

“What sort of life is this?” demanded Qymaen, wretched. “I am useless to my people. I—I can’t return to them. I can’t fight. If I can’t fight, I-I am...nothing.”

San Hill leaned close to the transparisteel, breath pluming against its surface. “What if I told you that there was a way for you to fight again? To move. To run. To shoot. To kill.”

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Chapter 3 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#evening reblog #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Geonosis #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #(poor Qymaen)

[inonibird]

“So it wasn’t enough for them, to doom my people, to leave us broken, starving, dying? They had to come back for me—the Martyr—my Izvoshra—they had to finish me off, like this?!” A snarl escaped his chest, the ventilator working doubly hard to match his heaving breaths. “Well, I am not finished yet! They should have killed me themselves, face to face—the cowards—Jedi scum! I—I-I—they…” He broke off, wheezing, then began coughing furiously. His arm flinched in the direction of his face in a vain attempt to cover a mouth that was no longer whole or functional with a hand that wasn’t there. The coughs transformed into wracking, electronically distorted sobs, the anger to misery. “They—they took everything from me.”

San Hill’s smile faded, not out of sympathy, though perhaps there was a shred of pity buried in his rotten core. He gave Qymaen a minute to himself, who seemed to have forgotten the Muun was even there. When he did speak again, it was with gentle, silky menace, as he placed his hand on the outside of the bacta tank. “Grievous, my dear, old friend. You said it yourself a moment ago: you are not finished. You survived.”

“What sort of life is this?” demanded Qymaen, wretched. “I am useless to my people. I—I can’t return to them. I can’t fight. If I can’t fight, I-I am...nothing.”

San Hill leaned close to the transparisteel, breath pluming against its surface. “What if I told you that there was a way for you to fight again? To move. To run. To shoot. To kill.”

—

Chapter 3 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Geonosis #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #THIS IS IT #NO GOING BACK #(poor poor Qymaen)

[inonibird]

Thanks for including Sahuldeem! :)

PART 1 OF 2 (FICS ONLY)

Thank you so much to everyone that submitted recommendations this week! There was SO MUCH content, I have to split this week's summary into two parts! A comprehensive list of this week’s fic submissions can be found under the cut! Recommendations are organized by show/media, and any main pairings will be listed after the title.

✨ = 18+ content 🪐 = contains spoilers of a currently running show

Fics:

The Clone Wars: ✨ Rooftop Reunion (Commander Fox x f!Reader) by @wings-and-beskar ✨ Sweet True Lies (Commander Fox x OC Keeda Ionza) by @sleepingsun501 I Fits I Sits (Captain Rex x OC Mira) by @kimiheartblade Cyare (Clone Trooper Sister x f!Reader) by @imarvelatthestars It Happened Quiet by @mercurydancer An Unexpected Chance by @mercurydancer For This Republic I Will Bleed by @captora

The Bad Batch: ✨Stars Beyond Number (Echo x Riyo Chuchi, Gregor x OC Cerra Kilian) by @dystopicjumpsuit ✨ Exigency (Captain Howzer x f!Reader) by @the-rain-on-kamino 🪐 (TBB S3) She Walks in Starlight (Clone Trooper Sister x f!Reader) by @imarvelatthestars A Dead Traitor is a Good Traitor by @hellowkatey 🪐 (TBB S3) Revelation by RheaShay (AO3)

The Book of Boba Fett: ✨ Golden (Garsa Fwip x Fennec Shand) by @btwxsixesandsevens

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: Shattered Sunrise (Mace Windu x OC Danica Morrow) by @pickleprickle Sahuldeem by @inonibird Agwe by @jedi-valjean

Batman: Home Is Where the Heart Is by LittleLadybugs (AO3) The Lone Ranger Never Had To Deal With Bruce Wayne by @theskeptileptic Your Hands Are To Loud by BatFamily_shenanigans (AO3) Have We Met Before? by @lulurythmea Soft Robin, Sleepy Robin, Little Ball of Trauma by @iselsis Surprise by Racoonwriter (AO3) Patty Cake, Patty Cake, My Brother Ran Away by That_Hippie_Chick (AO3) Play it Again by @jazz020 The Cold (My Burning Promise) by BlueKappa (AO3) Brotherly Wisdom by @olivia-anderson-fanfic Late by breathingsentences (AO3) Not Him by @animemangasoul

Hetalia: Axis Powers: A Matter of Time by @cultureandseptember A Matter of Course by @cultureandseptember TELL ME A PIECE OF YOUR HISTORY by @cultureandseptember

Crossover AUs: Tanjiro & Kagome: A Taishō-Heisei Friendship (Demon Slayer X InuYasha Crossover) by Splashpointparabox (AO3) Life Anew (Batman X Detroit: Become Human Crossover) by BrickSheep (AO3) Steer Yourself (Any Direction You Choose) (The Clone Wars X The Murderbot Diaries Crossover) by antonomasia09 (AO3) The Five Tenets That Mandalorians Must Follow (and the One Thing Worth Breaking Them For) (The Mandalorian X The Murderbot Diaries Crossover) by @urisarang

#reblog #ff weekly summary #fic recs #Sahuldeem #some Star Wars fics if my followers are interested

[inonibird]

Soap adventures!! This is what I’ve been doing for the past few weeks, lol…and a lot more than what’s pictured here, actually. Lots of gifts and samples for friends and family! You can see I’ve been playing around with my Sahuldeem ideas (I think I’ll share the fragrance combos in a separate post for those), but also is now a good time to mention I’m playing Overwatch again after taking a break for a few years? Couldn’t resist using a few of my favorite heroes for inspiration. ;)

Anyway! Fun times! More to come (and candles, too). ^_^

#Inoni Talks #soap-making #melt and pour soap #Sahuldeem #Overwatch #Ulekni and Kuninda are so delicate I love them #Kushlal is great if you prefer SWEET soaps #those first two were tests and look annoyingly delicious #and then of course we have Zenyatta Ramattra Moira and Lúcio #look is anyone surprised I love Ramattra?? #like REMOTELY surprised???

[inonibird]

Qymaen woke to a wash of lurid green.

No part of what he experienced in his first minute of consciousness made sense to him. Warm liquid pressed in on all sides, pinning him in suspension, but it was too thick to be water. Numbness hung heavy through his body, though the slightest tension of muscles or flexing of joints sparked incredible pain that set him gasping. The sharp intake of air threw him into further confusion as he realized there was something on his face, something that aided almost aggressively in his breathing, pushing and pulling at his lungs with a mechanical hiss that made his scales crawl. There were other noises, all muffled: a bone-shivering, droning hum, the purr of circulating fluid, an ensemble of beeps sounding off at regular intervals. The rhythm of the beeping stuttered as he slowly blinked and took in his surroundings. A cavernous room loomed beyond his bubble of warmth, evocative of the subterranean entrance to Abesmi, but he could make out little more than that.

Nor did he care to.

He closed his eyes, trying to will this strange, painful world to slip away.

#evening reblog #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Geonosis #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #(psst if you're still reading and enjoying this series) #(go ahead and leave comments on AO3) #(comments are delicious)

[inonibird]

Qymaen woke to a wash of lurid green.

No part of what he experienced in his first minute of consciousness made sense to him. Warm liquid pressed in on all sides, pinning him in suspension, but it was too thick to be water. Numbness hung heavy through his body, though the slightest tension of muscles or flexing of joints sparked incredible pain that set him gasping. The sharp intake of air threw him into further confusion as he realized there was something on his face, something that aided almost aggressively in his breathing, pushing and pulling at his lungs with a mechanical hiss that made his scales crawl. There were other noises, all muffled: a bone-shivering, droning hum, the purr of circulating fluid, an ensemble of beeps sounding off at regular intervals. The rhythm of the beeping stuttered as he slowly blinked and took in his surroundings. A cavernous room loomed beyond his bubble of warmth, evocative of the subterranean entrance to Abesmi, but he could make out little more than that.

Nor did he care to.

He closed his eyes, trying to will this strange, painful world to slip away.

—

Chapter 2 of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #San Hill #Geonosis #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #and now: the bacta tank #(but first the saddest vision yet that was 100% foreshadowed) #(bonus points if you can find the earlier reference to this scene) #anyway #:'(

[inonibird]

Wait, candles are cool

but also consider:

s o a p ?

#Inoni Talks #guess this is a thing now #look I want to make things that smell nice #and gift them to my friends and family #(and make nerdy things for myself) #and soap sounds less intimidating than candles now that I've started that? #melt & pour specifically #I already have all these fragrances #hmmmmmMM

[inonibird]

An acrid billow of hot smoke penetrated the depths of his hood, and he turned away from the wind. They were close enough now that his maneuver scarcely managed to alleviate the choking reek; the wreckage of the Kaleesh shuttle scattered the waves all around their vessel, flames lashing through the darkness and warming the cool ocean air.

Small spotlights illuminated the choppy surface of the sea, guiding the aqua droids to their target, half-submerged in the water some distance from the bulk of the smoldering debris. He watched as they swam their cables out toward the bobbing, damaged cockpit, cracking its canopy open like a bivalve and clambering inside to secure the asset. The anchored cables began winching the droids back to the ship, a tortured screech of metal on metal in dire need of lubricant. With a gesture, he directed the IG-series units to step forward and help the aqua droids haul a tattered shape up over the side of the ship to drop, unresisting and dripping brine, at his feet.

Count Dooku stared down at a promise.

—

Chapter 1 (Prologue) of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#evening reblog #Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #Kaleesh #Count Dooku #San Hill #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #fanfic #phew

[inonibird]

An acrid billow of hot smoke penetrated the depths of his hood, and he turned away from the wind. They were close enough now that his maneuver scarcely managed to alleviate the choking reek; the wreckage of the Kaleesh shuttle scattered the waves all around their vessel, flames lashing through the darkness and warming the cool ocean air.

Small spotlights illuminated the choppy surface of the sea, guiding the aqua droids to their target, half-submerged in the water some distance from the bulk of the smoldering debris. He watched as they swam their cables out toward the bobbing, damaged cockpit, cracking its canopy open like a bivalve and clambering inside to secure the asset. The anchored cables began winching the droids back to the ship, a tortured screech of metal on metal in dire need of lubricant. With a gesture, he directed the IG-series units to step forward and help the aqua droids haul a tattered shape up over the side of the ship to drop, unresisting and dripping brine, at his feet.

Count Dooku stared down at a promise.

—

Chapter 1 (Prologue) of Part Six - Grievous of the Sahuldeem series is up!

#Inoni Writes #Sahuldeem #Star Wars #fanfic #Qymaen jai Sheelal #General Grievous backstory #Kaleesh #Count Dooku #San Hill #Part Six - Grievous #Sahuldeem spoilers #oh boy #here we go #if you thought this series was tragic before... #(wish there was a way to make a proper prologue but oh well) #(still love ya AO3)

[inonibird]

Guys this was not an idle threat

Me: Gosh, making my own candles would be a fun little project to try out sometime, maybe I should do it~ :3

Also me: Wouldn't it be neat if I made a bunch of unique scents that shared a theme or came from the same story? :3c

Also also me: Zigmash Simsu Kuninda Ulekni Seshu Zuulum Tukbrush Sandanul Nuurma Kushlal 83c

#self reblog #Inoni Talks #candle making #my very first pour #just testing #we’ll see how it goes when I light it in a few days lol #(also just a test scent)