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SW Fanfic Recs: A Lil' Dose of Jacen/Tenel Ka

You're the Wrong I Need by hexterah: When Tenel Ka follows Jacen into the dark, they realize that they might be able to find a way out... so long as they are willing to do it together.

Traitors & Trades by KC10FltEng: Jacen has been pondering his upcoming sacrifice. As usual, he may have been overthinking things.

Five People Jacen Solo Still Loves by Lyraeinne: His heart is growing colder, but there are five embers left.

Sunshower by hexterah: Two years after his redemption, Jacen thinks about how everything directly around him is still affected.

#ficsinpics #gidgegraphic #gidgeblog #jacen solo #tenel ka #tenel ka djo #star wars legends #star wars expanded univesre #sweu #swlegends #swrecs #star wars fanfic recs #star wars fanfiction #starwarsediit #swedit

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SW Fanfic Recs: Spotlight on SpellCleaver

Deathmark: In a world torn apart by magic, necromancy and war, Luke wakes up in a strange place with a strange mark on his chest and no idea how he got there.

The Protégé: When his foster sister Pooja falls under the Empress's influence, Luke Naberrie is tasked with persuading her to come home.

Innocence Died Screaming: Luke is a stowaway, and that is all Darth Vader knows him to be.

Sparks: The nefarious burgler known as "Angel" was beneath Vader's notice… until the rumor of rebel ties began. Now it may mean a confrontation between father and son.

#luke skywalker #star wars fanfic recs #swrecs #gidgeblog #ficsinpics #gidgegraphic #fanfic recs

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DC Fanfic Recs: Grave Tales from LJ

Fly Robin Fly by Phoenix Angel Suyari: Death comes for the batfam circa OYL. The Titans bear witness.

Survival by JBMcDragon: All Tim has to do is survive. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?

The Sea is Just a Wetter Version of the Sky by Alexiel Neesan & The Protagonist: Jason Todd must be the bearer of the bad news that will put a crack in the center of Tam Fox's world.

Heart, Humble by Brown Betty: Jack Drake must grapple with his son's secrets tonight.

#batfics #batfam #tim drake #jason todd #tam fox #jack drake #dcrecs #ficsinpics #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic

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I love the hodge-podge casting that keeps rotating through my brain as I continue this journey on the dracula daily wagon. Most common re-occuring cast members include...

Tumblr's old man Dracula illustrations as Count Dracula

Keanu Reaves as Our Dear Friend Jonathan Harker (Dracula 1992)

Peta Wison as Mina (Just Now) Harker (the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing (Multiple circa 1960's Hammer Films)

Lucy is too pretty to be a real person, so my brain keeps providing the Classics Illustrated pictures of her in diaphonous gowns and dramatic poses.(This is why I need to see the 2013 series. Bc since Katie McGrath is also too pretty to be a real person, she's probably perf for the part.)

The otome options suitors of Lucy don't have particular appearances quite yet, but the amorphous cowboy-hat wearing blur that is Quincy is starting to look a lot like Owen Wilson due to Tumblr influence.

#dracula daily #count dracula #vampires #movies #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic #tho i concede this is meant to be a kinda crappy graphic

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ML Fanfic Recs: A Lil' Miraculous Fic

A Werecat in London by ThornQueen: After an unfortunate encounter with an akuma while in London, Adrien is forced to deal with an extremely unexpected, and furry, consequence.

First Dance, Second Chance by Taliax: After fighting by Ladybug's side as Aspik, Adrien finally has an excuse to connect with her. But when Gabriel voices concerns about Ladybug during a charity event, Adrien realizes she might need him for more than just one dance.

Technical Difficulties by therentyoupay: Ladybug gets trapped in an elevator with... Nino. { LoveSquare, brotp!MariNino, all-around-friendship!fic }

State of Grace by dragonsinparis: When Chat Noir is fatally wounded, Ladybug uses her Lucky Charm to open a portal to the underworld in order to go drag her partner back to the land of the living...even if his ghost is tagging along, telling her that this is a terrible idea.

#ficsinpics #mlrecs #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic #miraculous ladybug #ml fanart #mledit #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #ladynoir #ladrien #ml fanfic #miraculous ladybug fanfic recs

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SW Fanfic Recs: TCW-Set Anidala

Order 66-S by Disco Shop Girl: When Captain Rex recieves Order 66, he modifies it. His own version, Order 66-S, is for saving General Skywalker.

Pin up Problems by Rogue Darth Skywalker: Seeing your wife feature on the pin up nose art of Clone Force 99's transport ship is a sight bound to give a man some emotions. Pride. Jealousy. Among others. Which will win? Anakin sure doesn't know.

Your helment cracked by Disco Shop Girl: He'd been restrained, forced to watch while her helmet cracked and the Mon Calamari sea water threatened to drown her before his eyes. Now they're free. And alone. Set at the end of the Clone Wars season 4 Water War arc.

Breaking the Chains by Rogue Darth Skywalkera; Two years after Anakin was enslaved by the Zygerrian Queen, the Republic finally returns for him. This is the story of healing a broken hero.

#clone wars anakin is often written as more territorial than movie anakin #but i've enjoyed it here and there anyway #gidgegraphic #ficsinpics #swrecs #anakin skywalker #anidala #padme naberrie #padme amidala #star wars #star wars fanfic recs #star wars fanfic #starwarsedit #swedit

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SW Fanfic Recs: Yay, Some Padmé

They'll celebrate Our deaths with a national parade by Tomii: A Separatist!Padmé AU.

The Bitter Glass by Cyranothe2nd: Padme wakes from a coma 20 years after the events of RotS and finds a very different galaxy.

Padmé Says No by Nny11: When Padmé Amidala learns that Ahsoka has left the Order and will be on her own, she puts her foot down to bring the wayward former Jedi home.

A New Destiny by Julie Horwitz: Obi-Wan Kenobi is prevented from boarding Padmé's ship and everything changes.

Heirs of Light and Darkness by skywalkersamidala: Anakin Skywalker has at last been captured by the Empire. He expects to be killed, but Lady Padmé Amidala, the imperial heir, has other ideas.

There's a million reasons why I should give you up by shelivesfree: Grief-stricken with loneliness admid the Clone Wars, Padmé stumbles across something she wrote a long time ago... a list of sorts.

It's Like Deja Vu (All Over Again) by shadowsong26: When Padmé gets a do-over after her death, she finds history unfolding with slight differences from what she remembers.

#padme amidala #padme naberrie #padme naberie #padmeedit #anidala #anidalaedit #anakin skywalker #star wars #starwarsedit #swedit #star wars fanfiction #swrecs #star wars fanfic recs #ficsinpics #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic

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SW Fanfic Recs: Anakin Skywalker and the High Pressure, Extra Traumatic, Time-traveling Recovery from Sith-hood.

Out of the Dark Valley by Irhinoceri: Vader had only one regret, so when he went back to fix it, he didn’t give much thought to the life he would then have to live after correcting his mistake. A life on the run from the Empire he helped build.

New Light by Anemoia: Post-RotJ Anakin wakes up on a battlefield mid-Clone Wars. He’s a wreck, but a wreck determined to avoid the same mistakes.

A Second Chance by Alverrann: He was dying in Luke’s arms... and then he awoke in Dex’s diner, with a terrified Kenobi across from him.

Desecrate My Lungs by LoosingLetters: They’re calling it a vision from the Force. That’s the only explanation for what struck Anakin so suddenly. Why he’s forgotten to walk without prosthetic legs. Why the mere sight of the Jedi Temple sends him spiraling. Obi-Wan and Ahsoka struggle to help him, but even with that meager explanation, there’s still so much of the story–and Anakin–that they are missing.

Force of Many Sights Series by DAsObiQuiet: After his death as Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker has been given a chance to start over from the beginning. Specifically, his 9-year-old self's beginning. Sometimes second chances are harder than the first time around.

[Previous lists feat. The Force of Many Sights Series & Desecrate My Lungs.]

#anakinskywalkeredit #darthvaderedit #anakin skywalker #darth vader #ficsinpics #gidgegraphic #gidgeblog #swrecs #star wars fanfiction #padmeamidala #mara jade #yes that first fic is Luke/Mara #Yes you have to wait for it but its so very worth it #also most of these feature anidala #youre welcome

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SW Fanfic Recs: Some Oldschool L/M

Ocumwhowurst by Jedi Jesi Jiin: Luke Skywalker is a war hero, jedi master, and… werewolf?

Old Friends by Tarado: A wedding and a nosy question push Mara Jade to finally ask herself if she and Luke are even friends at all.

#swrecs #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic #ficsinpics #mara jade #luke skywalker #lukeskywalkeredit #marajadeedit #starwarsedit #star wars fanfic recs

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J a c e n . S o l o

(post-war)

#jacen solo #swedit #swlegends #sw legends #star wars expanded universe #star wars legends #new jedi order #gidgegraphic #gidgeblog #I wanna say dayenurose dared me to make a Jacen mood board #but tbh she just chit chatted with me about it and I ended up daring myself

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DC Fanfic Recs: Current Sources of Tim-Fix

Take It Back Now Y'all by TimTheToaster: A somewhat adult Tim finds himself in the past of rather young adult Bruce, a decidedly teen Dick, and a not-at-all-adult Jason. Tim tries to do the right thing. It's more complicated than he'd like.

A Hard Rain's-A Gonna Fall by loudestfandomsoftheworld: It takes a great man to see through one's fake identity, it takes an even greater amount of patience for Bruce Wayne, in other circles known as Batman, not to pop a bloodvessel and die of internal bleeding when he unmasks the most notorious stalker of the vigilante community as a literal child.

The Return by lurkinglurkerwholurks: What the comics neglected to cover after Bruce returns from being lost in time.

Well-Versed Replacement by sElkieNight60: On a wing and a prayer, the Bruce Wayne of an alternate dimension comes with hopes of spiriting Tim away. And things are bad enough that Tim might just let that happen.

#tim drake #bruce wayne #jason todd #timdrakeedit #batfamedit #batfam #batmanedit #batfam fanfic #batman fanficion #batman #red robin #nightwing #red hood #robin #dc red robin #ficsinpics #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic

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Marvel Fanfic Recs: Recent MCU Spider-Reads

The Chasm Between by TheSleepingOwl: When the Parkers fall into financial crisis, it's hard to pinpoint exactly what keeps Peter's mouth shut. But friends with a billionaire or no, Peter's determined to handle it on his own. (Even if, sustainably, he can't.)

unwinding orbits and songs for the moon by JBS_Forever: Peter is being haunted. He'd like to blame it on a concussion he had recently, but evidence points towards his old mentor having some ghostly Unfinished Business.

Cloak and Dagger by Velnetta: A Peter who knows Tony via internship is captured along with his mentor and Captain America. Can they escape without Peter letting on that he’s Spider-Man?

You're Like Me by the17thtearoom: Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy both got bitten, weeks apart, and one additional Spider-Person in New York made the world shift to accommodate the change. (Or, Miraculous Ladybug-style love square, but it's Gwen/Peter)

#marvelrecs #ficsinpics #gidgegraphic #gidgeblog #peterparkeredit #mcuedit #gwen stacy #iron dad and spider son #iron dad fic #tonystark #mcu fanfiction

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TID Fanfic Recs: Jem/Tessa by Majesta Moniet

Five Times Jem & Tessa Misplace Their Virginity: And the wedding night in which they actually lose it. (The title is telling, tbh.)

Hunters, Gatherers, and Conjurers: Percy Jackson AU. When Tessa arrives at Camp Half-Blood, all her hopes and expectations are riding on a warm bed and her first full night's rest in weeks. What she gets instead is a scratchy sleeping bag and a predawn encounter with a boy who seems more moonlight than mortal.

Incandescence: Drabbles and one-shots, largely set after Clockwork Prince and before Clockwork Princess.

Looking Glass: When Will finds a spell to lend Jem more of his strength, it comes with an unsettling side-effect. He's about to walk a very intimate mile in his parabatai's proverbial shoes.

#the infernal devices #tid #tidrecs #ficsinpics #gidgeblog #gidgegraphic #jem x tessa #jessa #jem carstairs #tessa gray #tid edit #the shadowhuter chronicles #somebody recently reminded me of my old love for this series and ship #so naturally I went on a cover making bender

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SW Fanfic Recs: Sadness & Significant Settings

relieved to lie in the wreckage by niniblack: The Republic is fallen and Padme is dead. Yet, Anakin Skywalker is... well, at least he's not a sith. But that may be too low a bar to help his newborn twins as they drift and hide from the Empire.

Outcry by DotColorful: A disasterous mission on Naboo leaves both Luke and Vader trapped in a nightmare of their own making.

Tatooine Has 13 Words for That by JackHawksmoor: There are thirteen words on Tatooine for this. For family ripped away and found again. For the sort of bonds that exist between parents and children who have spent so many years apart, and neither by choice. All it takes is Luke and Vader saying one of those words to each other for it to make all the difference.

the sun cannot fall from the sky by imadetheline: Father and son struggle in the wake of ESB as Luke discovers that he has inherrited a rare genetic disease from his mother's side.

#swedit #starwarsedit #lukeskywalkeredit #anakinskywalkeredit #luke skywalker #anakin skywalker #star wars #swrecs #gidgegraphic #gidgeblog #star wars fanfic #star wars fanfiction #sw fanfic #ficsinpics

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Gidge’s At-a-Glance Guide to DC Comics Continuity

(A Basic Intro that is Biased as Heck)

For ease of reading, all text of the powerpoint is included under the cut:

Gidge's At-a-Glance Guide to DC Comics Continuity

What a friggin’ lie. There is actually so much text to this. It’s not a “glance” hardly at all and I am sorry.

1950’s - 1970’s. In the Beginning

Comic writer's wrote comics bc fun! Adventure! Mythic characters! (Comic nerds call this “The Golden Age” and “The Silver Age”.)

And after... twenty years or so... writers and editors realized: Huh! When we tell stories with conflicting details about characters... people complain. A lot.

Maybe... we should tell stories that try to resolve some of these differences?

1985. Solution? Crisis!

There were temporary solutions, and attempts to just edit and write with more attention to detail… but in the end, editors went BIG.

So they had timey-whimey Spider-verse style story line (before “timey-whimey” was coined or “spider-verse” was a glimmer in Marvel’s eye.)They called this event “Crisis on Infinite Earths.”

Still 1985. Cha Cha Real Smooth

Basically: a big bunch of heroes get together to save their timeline. This finalizes what Actually Happened™ WITHIN the comic timeline.

The DC universe is BIG. They have lots of writers, characters, stories. Detail mismatches happen, man. But the continuity patch crossover is Epic, and it sells.

Image note: Why yes, you ARE looking at Uncle Sam, 2 Robins, and 1 daughter of Batman from an alternate universe. The times were rad.

2005. 2008. Cha Cha Again

So when enough continuity problems built up again, DC was like… y’know? That Crisis idea worked really well last time. Let’s just go again!

So it becomes A THING and meanwhile, Marvel is sitting with its convoluted history on the other side of the fence going “Well at least we don’t reset our continuity ever so many years like those OTHER guys.”

Circa 2009. Enter The Devil Didio

Head Honcho Editor in Chief Dan Didio decides that continuity patches via crisis are OUT. And total reboots of character history are IN.

He calls his crisis-that-is-not-a-crisis “Flashpoint” and tells all the DC writers to wrap up their story lines bc he’s about to throw 50+ years of the company’s life’s work into the garbage.

(No, I’m not still bitter about this after 13 yrs and counting, no not at all.)

2011. The New 52

DC ditches ALL of it’s ongoing titles to launch precisely 52 titles all starting at issue #1.

Everybody in the DC universe has brand new histories (and character- izations) that pretty much make NO sense.

But hey, at least the nuJustice League is drawn by Jim Lee, so everybody is lookin’ really, really pretty.

2016. DC Rebirth

Okay, guys. You can have SOME of your old continuity back. As a treat.

But not all of it. That would look like we’re admitting to a mistake or something. Can’t have THAT. No siree.

So… DC. How?? DO READ? What?

Despite EVERYTHING I just told you… don’t overthink it. Cool character? Go ahead and read. Cool cover? Pick it up if it moves you. You’re a smart cookie. You’ll figure it out.

New 52 is it’s own timeline.

Rebirth tries to squish nu52 and everything else together, kinda.

There are also Elseworlds (multiverse AU’s) But they will usually give you a heads up about what they are.

So just go forth and have fun, my dudes.

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SW Fanfic Recs: Somber Lil' Luke

Free to Fly by Mahina: Luke is nine and a slave in Jabba's palace when Darth Vader returns to fulfill an old promise. A linguistic misunderstanding keeps the sith lord in the dark about the child's identity, but their fates remain entwined.

Nothing Grows by Icarus_is_flying: Vader captures Obi-Wan and an infant Luke and whisks them away to his castle on Mustafar. (Lead up to a masterful Secret Garden!AU.)

Stand the Hazard by KeelieThompson1: When young Luke time travels to his father's past, Anakin Skywalker's career as a jedi abruptly ends. Naturally, a whole new chapter for the Skywalker family begins.

Momento Mori by planningconquest & Slx99: As part of deposing his former master, Darth Vader kills Palpatine's heir, the young Prince Luke. But now a new Force ghost haunts the Imperial Palace...

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