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I’m definitely capable of atrocities but picking the mean dialogue option in a video game is just too far.
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Okay guys I got over myself. I need fic recs. If you have a fic rec for the original trilogy and our main dudes Luke, Leia, Han, and/or Chewy (and maybe even Darth Vader if it has at least one of the other characters), PLEASE PLEASE let me know!!! Send an ask, tag me on a rec list, reblog with your own rec list, put it in the tags of a reblog with my name on it, type it in the comments. The Void Is Hungry.
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So anyway I got back into Star Wars.
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Halo: A Beginner's Guide
For all of you newcomers out there, here's a list that I've wanted to do for a while now. For those who are new to Halo, likely introduced by the TV Show, and want to get into it, here's my 2 cents on how to ease into the franchise.
The Games
Play the original four games PLUS Halo Infinite in chronological order. The spin-off games (Reach, ODST, the Wars games and the Spartan games) are all completely optional, but they are there for people who want play other games that aren't centered around the Master Chief. I recommend just watching all of the cutscenes of Halo 5: Guardians in some supercut "movie" Youtube video, since the 5th game is... bad and, story wise, you're not missing much.
So in this order WITHOUT the spin-offs:
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo 4
Halo Infinite
If you want to play the games WITH the spin-offs included, then in this order:
Halo Wars
Halo Reach
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 2
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3
Halo: Spartan Assault
Halo: Spartan Strike (Note: This game takes place in two different time-periods, so just play this after Spartan Assault for convenience sake)
Halo 4
Halo Wars 2
Halo Infinite
My advice: Play the main four (+ Infinite) FIRST, then replay the main-games WITH the spin-offs in chronological-order.
Books & Comics
Here comes my favorite part!
Books
Halo: The Fall Of Reach, Halo: First Strike & Halo: Contact Harvest - The FIRST books in the entire franchise, these books set the stage for the entire setting of the Halo world. The first half of The Fall Of Reach is Master Chief's origin story, while the second half is about, well, "the fall of Reach." First Strike is a book that takes place in-between the first and second game AND, for a high-octane action-book, has a shocking amount of shipping material. And finally, Contact Harvest details the early years of the Human-Covenant War AND further fleshes out the Covenant as an antagonistic force by showing their side of things.
Halo: Silent Storm & Halo: Oblivion - For those who want MOAR Master Chief, these two books focus on a younger Chief fighting the Covenant in the earlier uears of the war. These two are probably my favorite Halo books thus far.
Halo: Ghosts Of Onyx & The Kilo-5 Trilogy - It's crucial to read Ghosts Of Onyx first BEFORE delving into Glasslands, the first book in The K5-Trilogy, since Glasslands takes place IMMEDIATELY after Ghosts Of Onyx. Anyways, these stories are for those who are bored of Master Chief and want to read about other, admittedly more fascinating Spartans. Kurt and Naomi are definitely among my favorite Spartans that aren't named "Master Chief," "Blue-Team" and "Silver-Team."
Halo Evolutions - An anthology book with each story taking place in some corner of the Halo universe or another, this is a book I recommend for world-building purposes.
Comics
Halo: The Graphic Novel - Just like Evolutions, Halo: The Graphic Novel is an anthology series thay tells different stories from different corners of the Halo universe for world-building purposes. These stories are all new stories and are NOT comic-adaptations of any of the stories in Evolutions, so don't worry about basically reading the same stories twice; The Graphic Novel has a similar concept, but all of the stories are different.
Halo: Blood Line - Black-Team is the coolest group of Spartans in the entire Spartan-II Program; they're group of misfit loners (who secretly have feelings for each other) who answer ONLY to ONI (the CIA of the Halo universe) and wear black suits of armor with roman-numerals etched onto their visors. They do cool-guy shit together, and this comic follows their story.
Other Material
Audio-Dramas
I Love Bees - Taking place in various different points in time, I Love Bees was an ARG that was turned into an audio-play long after it was deciphered. I won't spoil anything that happens, but I will say this: Shit gets kinda crazy.
Hunt The Truth - Another ARG. This fictional podcast was made to promote Halo 5: Guardians and... it's the best damn part to come out of that stinker of a game; Hunt The Truth's narrative is SO much more interesting than Halo 5's story, it HURTS. Anyways, it's about a reporter uncovering the truth of the Spartan-II Program as ONI starts a smear campaign against the Master Chief to cover their own asses.
Movies & Shows
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn - This web-film was promotional material for Halo 4 (as it's title suggests), and it follows a group teenaged military-school students going about their lives as Lasky, a confused cadet who is struggling to find a direction in life and live up to his family's reputation, grapples with the struggles of military-life in his academy.
Halo: The Series - If, by some off-chance, you WEREN'T introduced to Halo via the show, here's the recommendation. Form your own opinion, but here's my advice: Like what you want to like and don't follow the word of mouth.
Halo Legends - An anime anthology that, just like Evolutions and The Graphic Novel, world-builds the mythology of Halo by telling different, disconnected but ultimately in-continuity stories set within the game's universe. Odd One Out, Homecoming and The Package are my favorite shorts in the film.
Machinimas
Red Vs Blue - What else? Seasons 1 - 14 are my recommendations, don't watch anything else beyond that because it SERIOUSLY drops in quality. Just wait for it's final season, Season 20, to come out; you're not missing much with seasons 15 - 19.
The Spartan Legacy - A seriously underrated series. Made by a Youtuber under the name: 'Chronicler177,' The Spartan Legacy takes place in an alternate-continuity where Chief disappears and never comes back after the events of Halo 3. As a result, the Spartan-IVs and Vs (both of which are more interesting than in-canon; and the Spartan-Vs are a new creation within this web-show itself) are created to take his place.
WHEW! That's all, ladies and gents.
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Ooooh, okay, thank you so much!! I’ll be sure to check it out before hopping into the Halo grind again!! :D <3
Oh my goodness, so I'm playing through Halo (Masterchief collection) with another person and I'm trying to get fully absorbed in the lore. Do you have any recommendations of videos I could watch or any personal headcanons or lore dumps that you could give me so that I get attached to everyone?? Whenever you get the time, it would be really helpful!! (and perhaps emotionally devastating?? D.D idk I'm not past Halo 2 yet. :/ On that note, I would appreciate any warnings for spoilers but I understand that it's an old series so that's on me, ha ha!) <3 <3
For videos to watch - This one!
For Fic Recommendations:
Angell-117 and Married With A Super-Carrier by @authortobenamedlater.
My Stuff: A Star-Spangled Man..., Bride of the Reclaimer, The Early Years and Anthologies One & Two.
The Vaz/Naomi Collection by @makowrites.
Brevity, Seeing Triple and Homecoming by @ionlymadethissoicouldleaveanask.
For Visual Media: Paramount's Halo: The Live-Action Series, Halo Legends, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and Halo: The Fall Of Reach.
For Books: First Strike, Silent Storm & Oblivion, Halo Evolutions, Ghosts Of Onyx and The Kilo-5 Trilogy.
Hope this helps!!
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AU where Luke successfully makes it off the Death Star II with a slightly charred, mostly intact ex-Sith Lord
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So anyway I got back into Star Wars.
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This is a neutral post
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Feel free to stop here and rest before journeying to the posts below.
(Art by cannonbreed.)
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At first I was like: "Oh my gosh I don't know what to talk about, I feel like I've talked about everything already oh my goshhh"
INCORRECT
Here is A Waltz Is Still A Waltz: The Director's Commentary.
Cut to A Waltz Is Still A Waltz: The Director's Cut Commentary below for a play-by-play of the actual story with commentary. The following, A Waltz Is Still A Waltz: The Director's Commentary is simply behind-the-scenes of the creation and intent behind A Waltz Is Still A Waltz.
A Waltz Is Still A Waltz (known as WISW from now on) was definitely inspired by one of my favorite romance songs of all time, One Last Dance by Us the Duo. It is such a pretty song and it's based off a true story and it is just so sweet, I would definitely recommend listening to it (I'll put the spotify at the bottom for easy access). So anyway, I have these two Star Wars characters, right? Right. And I'm writing away at the OC-insert, but writing takes so long and these two characters are nowhere near meeting, but I like writing snippets that hopefully end up in fully-fledged chapters.
But I'm listening to this song and I'm listening (and mind you this happened a while ago so I really have no clue) and I try to write snippets as soon as they come to me or else they're gone forever, so I write down this little snippet. The whole thing is only a few hundred words and is supposed to be about them dancing alone on a warm night in their ship, just a cute little moment.
Two Problems with that.
One: Oh my gosh how do you write ppl that are dancing but not even dancing?? I sure as heck don't know which is why out of the (double checks) 736 words I wrote down, a grand total of 153 of them are about them dancing. Two paragraphs. I spend more time on them actually getting the tapes to play this music than I do on them actually, physically dancing. (I checked, it's 154 vs 153. Like!!! What???)
Do I have the power to go back and write more about them dancing? Yes.
Will I? AS SOON AS I FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRITE THESE TWO!!
Two: I haven't really?? Written the characters all that much?? Like Kirsi, definitely, we have some solid chapters down. Miikka?? I think I finally nailed down whether or not he was a ginger (a very defining feature, mind you) like, last month. Miikka has vibes right now. I don't know if that translates over to a fully-fleshed out personality.
Two-and-a-half-but-technically-Three: I don't?? write in Star Wars?? I've always wanted to, but a lot of fanfic writers are so good at navigating the universe and just throwing in (COMPLETELY CANON!!!) nonsense words for ordinary objects?? So I sit there gobsmacked trying to figure out the freaking parts of a spaceship that doesn't exist to write better. This whole thing is really just me trying to write Star Wars. I may have gone overboard.
Okay, here's the thing. I got a little over-excited about the music. If you were to ask me what this story is about, I would say "Oh, these two space travelers, my OCs Kirsi and Miikka, finally get some down time and get to know each other better before they're officially together." You, reading this now, now know this is merely the lie I tell myself to sleep at night. This is, in fact, a list of music and my very earnest attempt at making a fic Sound Like Star Wars. (how well it worked?? ...mmm.... debatable, I'll leave it up to the masses (all 8 ppl who looked at the piece I love y'all and would risk it all for y'all))
But mostly it's just about the different genres of music to be found in Star Wars.
Why?
Because I spent too. many. hours researching Star Wars music (to find waltz!! because surely Star Wars would have a different word for "waltz"!!!!!!) not to put everything I learned in a grand total of (double checks) 242 words out of the previously aforementioned 736.
Q: After hours and hours of searching, would you like to know what I learned?
A: STAR WARS HAS NO SPECIAL NAME FOR A WALTZ.
This, and the fact that the beloved soon-to-be couple only very crappily dance the waltz, is the core reason behind the name for the story: A Waltz (no matter how badly done, no matter what universe it comes from) Is Still A Waltz
But maybe you're here for A Waltz Is Still A Waltz: The Director's Cut Commentary.
(a la ASMR) Let's dive in, shall we?
Paragraph One: This is mainly just setting the scene. You can tell by the way I drop in the spaceship parts that I'm dipping my toes into the greater Star Wars dialogue. I am also setting up the reason that Miikka and Kirsi, our main characters, will be alone this evening despite their being a part of a whole crew. It is unclear what part of their journey this takes place in, but it can be safely assumed that it is still early on, as Miikka and Kirsi are not officially together at this point and Kirsi is still mostly working for the Rebellion under orders.
Paragraph Two: Here, I try to expand the world of Star Wars to include the people in it who are not, in fact, great heroes or the Skywalkers. As the longest paragraph in the piece, it is merely my love of giving the worlds to the ordinary people that live in it, as well as my heavy implication that the Crew of the Judgement Day can (and, perhaps, will) form a band in their free time. This is left up the discretion of the viewer, however, until I otherwise feel like it.
Paragraph Three: Transition. Going for montage, not doing a great job of it. One of these days I'll go back and beef it up a bit, but for right now it is left vague and up to the reader's imagination. My apologies, reader.
Paragraph Four: I went through the whole of Wookiepedia's many, many pages on Star Wars music. I had to write the word jizz in front of jazz because that's what it is. I must do all of this with a straight face. However, I also take the time to establish more of Miikka's character through his diverse music taste. This will help me in the future, although I cannot say how.
Paragraph Five: Here, I begin by continuing my foray into fake engineering by naming random parts of a ship that sound feasible. I do my best to consult Wookiepedia as well as using my best judgement to gauge what would actually get hit in a dogfight in space, but alas, I hate math, so here we are. I continue the idea of a montage for the audience and randomly reference a story to give the montage some weight/gravity (as in realistic, not as in serious). Unfortunately, I have no idea what story Miikka's is referring to because I have not come up with it yet. I eagerly await the day my creative juices flow properly that I might find out what it is.
Paragraph Six: In this paragraph, I try to account for Kirsi's alternate biology, as whether or not she actually has something passing for ears appears to still be up for debate. It has been brought up that they may use some form of echolocation. I don't delve into it here, but I try to be conscious of this fact as I'm writing from her POV as a Togrutan. Also, I love the feeling of heavy bass coming through the speakers in a car, and the way the whole car can shake, so I thought I would try and convey that here for some sense of reality/relatability in a spaceship.
Paragraph Seven: I need to work on Miikka's personality.
Paragraph Eight: Symphonic, in my opinion, is a lovely word. If I remember correctly, I almost used it twice in the same sentence. I know they say that you don't always have to go to a thesaurus, but damn if it isn't my BFF when I write.
Paragraph Nine: I like using parentheses for inner thoughts for some (but not all!) of my characters. I use it for other stories, but I don't believe they are posted. The only one that comes to mind is Dean's POV from Mara's story, but that is a long, long way from being finished. This is also my attempt at some relatable humor. Whether anyone other than me thought it was funny is up for debate, but I thoroughly enjoy it.
Paragraph Ten: Kirsi, I have decided, has a thing for gingers. Whether she knows this yet is up for debate.
Paragraph Eleven: I'm so down for consent questions. Nothing better. Also the juxtaposition of dirty-tired-mechanic Miikka with refined-polished-questions is *chef's kiss*.
Paragraph Twelve: THEY'RE FINALLY DANCING!! I personally love the idea of Miikka acting as a gentleman and recognizing that Kirsi can do whatever the hell she wants. I also love the idea that Kirsi recognizing this fact and choosing to stay with Miikka. (bc she loves him but neither of them know this yet shhh)
Paragraph Thirteen: Kirsi is crushing so hard and she doesn't even know it. But also the thought of dancing for fun when you aren't good at it?? Or even just swaying in place with the music?? Makes me melt every time. I really do need to go back and add more to this, just because I think it's sweet and the paragraphs are looking really thin. :/ Mixed feelings. Short and sweet? Or Sweet but too short??
Paragraph Fourteen: Oooh, not the beginning of "it doesn't feel like other people when it's you" that introverts understand. IDK if Kirsi is actually an introvert but the idea of Miikka becoming one of her inner inner circle is approaching and I watch it crash hit like a comet with great interest!
Paragraph Fifteen: Yeah, I definitely tried to lean into Togrutan biology this time. Leaves you in the middle of the action, but I think it's a nice ending.
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And, yeah, thank you so much for joining me. I know that was a lot, with me going off on the story (negative) for the first half and then me going off on the story (positive) for the second half. I appreciate everyone who took the time to read through it (and/or the story itself) and go on this venture with me. <3
I won't promise that every Director's Cut will be this lengthy, but I hope it was entertaining at the very least! :)
Kindly,
The Void
P.S. Below are links to the story (again) as well as the song referenced earlier (One Last Dance by Us the Duo)
P.P.S. I almost forgot! While the initial story was most likely created under the aforementioned song, a majority, if not most of, the editing was done under the repeated listening of the Up theme song, which, if that doesn't tell you something about the story, I don't know what will, ha ha!
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Fanfic Writers: Director’s Cut
Reblog this if you want readers to come into your ask box and ask for the “director’s commentary” on a particular story, section of a story, or set of lines. 
Or, send in a ⭐star⭐  to have the author select a section they’ve been dying to talk about!
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So anyway I did a thing today.
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Hellllooo, everyone! It's 20 Days Until Cal Kestis Week - a week dedicated to BD-1's very own emotional support Jedi!
24 prompts/7 days of art, fics, edits, virtual photography, and MORE for the ever-so-deserving Cal Kestis!
Come Join Us May 12th - 18th, 2024!!!
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I have LINKS
The PROMPT LIST - 6 days, 4 prompts each, with the 7th day as a free/catch up day!
( - and don't worry, you do NOT have to do every prompt or every day. Pick what vibes with you even if that's one day or two prompts combined or even just one prompt.)
The FAQ - a non-exhaustive list of questions and answers.
The AO3 COLLECTION - currently locked, will be unlocked May 11th.
The ASK BOX - got questions? comments? concerns? Don't be shy!
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Now I have RULES
No AI generated text or images will be promoted during this event.
All ships, genres, ratings, and formats are welcome just as long as they’re Cal-centric! (Does not mean Cal-POV, the focus just needs to be Cal.)
Any previews of art, fic, or other media will only be reblogged if they are SFW.
All works must be tagged with the appropriate ships and warnings.
If you are posting fanfiction on tumblr, any words beyond the first 500 must be under “read more.”
Works posted on tumblr will only be found/reblogged if they use the tag #calkestisweek2024 - that is the only tag being tracked.
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Pins
Change a single letter and change the word game
I want to play a game with you all.
You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.
Dirt
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like I get why anon isn't on but it still (╯_╰)
Because of that, here is another meme showing how much I love y'all:
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Get attacked!! ✨🌈SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING🌈
You probably have gotten this like four times over at least, but I wanted to take my turn in giving you some well deserved love. You're one of the first people that really made me feel comfortable and welcome on tumblr. So, thank you!
Keep being your amazing self!
I'm screaming this is literally so sweet!!!
I HAVE NOT GOTTEN THIS BEFORE BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY SO SWEET. IT'S JUST BEEN SITTING IN MY INBOX. AND WHEN I TELL YOU I ALMOST CRIED WHEN I SAW THIS. I ALMOST CRIED AGAIN SEEING THIS.
SORRY FOR YELLING IT'S LATE AND I'M TIRED BUT ALSO VERY VERY HAPPY!!!
"well deserved love" MUTUAL MY BELOVED!! (╥ ╥) <3 <3
That's so sweet to hear, I'm so happy you feel comfortable here on tumblr!! It sounds like you got on around the same time as me, so we've really been helping each other out. :)
ANYWAY THANK YOU SO MUCH HAVE A GOOD NIGHT I'LL STOP SCREAMING now. <3
Kindly,
The Void
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🌊🏕️ for kirsi!
The CREATOR!!! :D :D Thank you so much!!! :D <3
OOOOH, okay, okay!!
ATLA:
Mmm, okay, so she takes after her dad, so I'm gonna have to go with Earthbender. Kirsi definitely gives earthbender vibes, very dependable and on-the-ground type of person.
PJO:
PJO my beloved There's like a billion houses now, aren't there? I haven't checked in so long now I'm looking it up like I wasn't raised on this smh.
Okay, I'm back. I have no answer. I'm torn between Apollo and Hermes. Based off patronage, I'd probably have to go with Apollo, bc of medicine and the whole chariot in the sky vibes. But Hermes is also a pretty good candidate bc of, like, personality, messengers, more down-to-earth even tho he also flies?? IDK. My answer is. Undecided. IDK, maybe throw her to Hestia or something.
Um. Yeah, that's all.
Thank you once again!! :D
Kindly,
The Void
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✨ ST: What color shirt would they wear in Star Trek?
👑 DP: Which Disney Princess are they most like?
💿 TS: What (Lord Huron) era do they remind you of?
For Nate and Nora, please!
:O That was so fast!!
Nate and Nora!! They don't get enough love (by me). :D
Star Trek:
So, Nate would be a blue shirt... bc Medicine.
Nora would be a... gold shirt pre apocalypse and red shirt post apocalypse. Because now she gets to fight ppl. (*∩▽^*)
Disney Princess:
Nate would be... Snow White??? Rapunzel?? Maybe it's bc they're new that I'm having such a tough time... ๏_๏ IDK all man wants to do is hang out with his wife and find his kid and now he's adopting like everyone and may or may not be turning into a corpse it's been kind of a tough time for him. ¯\_(ꏿ.ꏿ)_/¯
Okay, okay, Nora I want to confidently mostly conf semi-confidently say is Merida. She feels very goal-driven and very violent. Merida vibes. Yeah. Yeah, let's go with that.
Lord Huron Album:
Oh, okay, this one feels easy. I feel like I can do this one.
Okay, so they're definitely Strange Trails vibes. Like, the vibes emanate off 'em. I don't know if I can differentiate it. Let me try.
Okay, okay, I think I did it. Nora is giving Strange Trails. Nate, however, gives off more of the Lonesome Dreams. Both on content of songs and strictly the names alone, those are the albums I would bestow upon them. Nora's definitely back from the dead and Nate's going through it, but he's still a hopeless romantic.
Alright, that took me a whole heck of a lotta time but it was a lot of fun. :D Thanks for the ask, Knight!!
Kindly,
The Void
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