#kingofattolia

[teaforkenobi]

Nine (or however many) people you'd like to get to know better

Thank you for the tag, @heretolurkandnothingmore!

Last Song: "Sights" by London Grammar (Was listening because it's on my Obikin playlist, but it's also coincidentally one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands.)

Favorite Color: Cerulean! Not sure what it says about me that I picked both my favorite color and my favorite number as a child, but here we are.

Currently Watching: The Clone Wars. Almost done with season two, so lots of pain to go! :')

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Yes, yes, and yes. If I had to pick one, it would be spicy.

Relationship Status: Happily married! My wife and I met in my last fandom, and I moved to another country to be with her three years ago, so basically we're living our own fanfic.

Current Obsession: If you're on this blog, you're looking at it.

Last Thing You Googled: "font manager linux"

Tag a few friends, new and old: Well, I have no old friends on this shiny Tumblr, so they will all be new! @sendpseuds @underacalicosky @grapenehifics @betweensaintsandmonsters @kingofattolia @tideswept (No pressure, obviously.)

#wren says things #tag game

[hannibalheyes]

Hiya, I'm just here to ask if you're still active anymore. I'm not new to the AS&J fandom, but I just made Tumblr and I desperately need to know if now I'M the only one on here in the fandom lol

Hey!! I'm still very active on my main (Star Wars-focused) blog @kingofattolia but unfortunately the AS&J blog has seen better days. There's just so few of us that it's hard to keep up regular posts even though I am still obsessed with the boys!

#twiliaarts #talking #grace for ts #WEEEE (are not) OUT HERE #i would totally reblog stuff if there wer Stuff To Reblog #but tragically im not in my original content era for anything at all rn much less as&j

[a2on1break]

Tagged by @kraytwriter with some 'get to know' questions.

Last song I listened to: "The Answer" from Chris Tomlin. Played his latest CD in my truck as I drove home from church potluck and communion.

Currently reading: The Cestus Deception: A Clone Wars Novel by Steven Barnes. Yoda’s Secret War, a SW comic. Lots of Star Wars fanfic.

Currently watching: The Clone Wars, season 3. Finished season 2 of The Mandalorian, so on to Book of Boba Fett.

Current obsession: Is this not obvious? Star Wars. Obi-Wan and Anakin. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, particularly in my Promises of Fools AU. The clones. Captain Rex. Star Wars timelines. How to build a hyperdrive into a starship only somewhat bigger than a Delta 7. Life and What Comes After by @kingofattolia. Learning to write Star Wars as well as @kingofattolia. (Sorry, hun, is this too much attention? It is all true.) The Jedi. Mace Windu. Hugs. Fresh peaches.

Tagging @catkin-morgs, @enigmaabsolute, @mrgartist, and anyone who calls themselves part of Rogue Squadron!

(This is @rainintheevening Main, if you're wondering.)

#tag game #personal

[thenegoteator]

Hi! 2, 7, or 18 for the 25 more star wars asks please? I find this list pretty interesting and am curious to see what you think! Love your art btw :)

(aaah thank you!!! I've answered 2 and 18 in past asks so for the sake of brevity I'll only keep the answer for 7 here if that's ok!!)

7. what’s your favorite fan art/work? (bonus: reblog and tag the creator if you can)

ooooh there are so many!!!!! I can't choose!!!!!! this is outrageous!!!!! I went through my ao3 bookmarks but I honestly might have to come back and do one for art, bc this post is,,,, too long now I think

Rhapsody in Blue by @kckenobi it's about grief and healing and belonging and I'm not ok at ALL (modern au, 17 chapters, features both Obitine and Codywan)

the rainfall on geonosis series by ealcynn (I'm not sure if they're active on tumblr?) it puts the "war" in "clone wars", one of the earliest things I read in fandom, has a special place in my heart (2 works at 3 and 4 chapters respectively, gen, it's quite whumpy though so be ye warned)

time and time and time again by @giggles-and-freckles no one does Leia and Obi-Wan like abi and I'm so glad the Obi-Wan show took notes from her (could be canon-compliant but written before the Obi-Wan series, 2 chapters, gen)

when that day comes by @katierosefun star wars is a ghost story!!!!!! this one is too, kind of (modern au, 8/9 chapters, gen, I cried)

the mission reports series by @smilebackwards I remember this was one of the first works that was so good that I dared comment on it as a new fan, and then only a short time later I went back and saw that the author had added a new work!!!! felt like winning the lottery (qui-gon lives au, 2 completed oneshots, gen)

the padawan at war (again) series by @itstimeforstarwars I've been reading this one for so long that I probably don't fully remember all of why I love it but it's got one of the best characterisations of a what-if scenario I've ever seen. (deaging/time-travel, 3 works, one at 3 chapters, one at 13, and one at 45/47 I'm in awe)

the life and what comes after verse by @kingofattolia I read this years ago but I still think about it and the Mace characterisation - at some point he says something that literally made me lie down on the floor and go. ok this one healed me a little bit. amnesia trope but make it intricate. (3 works, one at 19 chapters, one at 7/?, and a oneshot, gen)

Forecast. by @outpastthemoat this reads like the prose equivalent of a track from the Narnia soundtrack. beautiful characterisation (Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan padawan years, oneshot, gen)

#she speaks #and answers #thank you!!!! #there are so many other good ones I wanted to say but this is longggg #anyway go read all of these skdlfjdsfs #fic rec #if i tagged you and we don't know each other hi pls ignore me i just really like your work

[narkinafive]

kingofattolia replied to your post “kingofattolia replied to your post “the better au where anakin...”

Obi-Wan holds out the longest because he will be DAMNED if some untrained, showoff civilian idiot foisted on him by politicians belongs in HIS systems army, some naive kid that will put his men in danger and he'll have to babysit, and even though he's heard of Anakin vaguely he pretends to be absolutely clueless (Anakin whomst??? never heard of her). Anakin's tendency to not follow orders specifically infuriates him but over time he realizes that Anakin's life has been the furthest thing from the cushy privilege he imagined, and that he truly does want to help people and make a difference, and that he truly is a mind-blowing pilot (almost TOO good... hmmm...) and they're thrown into a horrible situation in battle one day and save each other's lives and almost by accident they are best friends before Obi-Wan realizes anything has happened

lohikaar replied to your post “kingofattolia replied to your post “the better au where anakin...”

Ahsoka has merch, but so do many of the clones. For some reason, most battalions have at least a few troopers that avidly follow podracing. Obi-wan thinks that Anakin looks vaguely familiar before realizing that whenever he does bunk inspections, Anakin's face is plastered all over the barracks. The 212th has never had a higher number of troopers trying to join than it does when word gets out that Anakin Skywalker (*the* Anakin Skywalker!) is a pilot

so fuck whatever canon has going on, i want THIS au ONLY

#rep #kingofattolia #lokihaar #au #bye bye birdie au tag

[teresadelallo]

I drew my two favorite monarchs from the Attolia series because THEY ARE WONDERFUL. . . . . . #traditionalart #pencilandink #pencilart #pencilsketch #pencilandpaper #meganwhalenturner #attolia #queenofattolia #kingofattolia #eugenides #attoliaseries #attoliafanart https://www.instagram.com/p/CEAS-f5jMeI/?igshid=17u65nfypw4r1

#traditionalart #pencilandink #pencilart #pencilsketch #pencilandpaper #meganwhalenturner #attolia #queenofattolia #kingofattolia #eugenides #attoliaseries #attoliafanart

[berenshand]

sorry i know i'm late but THRONE OF GLASS IS SO ///BAD////

LITERALLY YES its one of those books that’s like............how did this even get published

#i only got halfway through but i hated that half with every fiber of my being #kingofattolia

[gffa]

(1/2) Hey GFFA question for you... I haven't read "Master and Apprentice" yet, but I've been following your metas avidly. I agree that Qui-Gon's half-baked desire to just start running around unilaterally fixing every injustice in the galaxy by force is CLEARLY not the way to go. Obviously there was lots of interesting discussion in "Queen's Shadow" as well about the ethics of working within a flawed system and accomplishing less vs. the dangers of going rogue as Padme grappled with her choices.

(2/2) In one of your metas you said something interesting about how the New Republic’s failure to thrive and fix the galaxy’s pervasive problems also showed the pitfalls of radically trashing the old system instead of affecting change from within. My question is: DO you think the Republic could have been saved/successfully reformed through internal activism (given the sheer scale of corruption, greed, and impotence near the end of the Clone Wars) and if so, HOW?

I HAVE BEEN TURNING THIS OVER AND OVER IN MY HEAD because it’s a really fascinating question to ask and, at the end of the day, I’m not sure there’s really an answer, partly because it’s complicated and we’re missing so many huge pieces of Star Wars and also, if there were easy answers, god knows we’d be doing them IRL already.I’ve been turning over the question, “How do you effect and keep actual social change?” and I keep coming back to one thing at the heart of it–you have to have a general public that has a majority of people onboard with it.  Without that, if the majority of the public doesn’t care or disagrees with a social change, eventually it’s going to fall through and revert back to the way it was before.  You can leeroy jenkins it all you want, but if there’s no system in place to support those changes, if there’s no public widespread demand for it, it’s going to revert within years, if not months.That’s the big problem with the Republic, that the general public was apathetic about holding senators to responsible law-making and law-enforcement.  There were pockets of people who were protesting things like the clones being a slave army (as the Propaganda book showed us) but they were not the majority, the majority of people seemed apathetic on it, so long as they didn’t have to fight.  I mean, even with Padme’s big speech to the Senate, slavery wasn’t a part of the conversation (despite that it was the perfect place to bring it up and she says nothing about this, show how little a part of the conversation this was), but instead about how “buying people is making us poor”.As important as Palpatine was to this whole process, he didn’t invent the corruption that was in the system.  I do tend to believe that the Republic could have been saved if he hadn’t been there, that the war polarized everything and took the good-hearted politician’s jobs from difficult to basically impossible, that the sheer scale of the war kept everyone from having the time or resources to do more than put out immediate tire fires and never getting time to address deeper roots of problems.  But, had the general public reached a consensus on an issue and been willing to hold the government to it, not even Palpatine’s manipulation of the system could have held up against the uniting of quadrillions of beings.This isn’t to say that individual action had no place, because people like Bail and Mon and Padme and the Jedi are working with the system, bettering it or helping people when they can, which is important to do.  Queen’s Shadow was fascinating because it did bring up the idea of going rogue politically (which was a much gentler version of what Qui-Gon seems to be suggesting), that she did basically do exactly that during TPM, she went around the Senate after they didn’t immediately act, and Padme pays for it for years, which stymies her ability to actually get anything done or help anyone, because she’s put on the outs for it.  It sets her back and she has to work really hard to gain trusted allies--and this is her full time job, to work on this kind of influence and policy-making.  And it’s difficult, but she does make some progress, she does make the galaxy a little better, through using the system so that their can actually stand.Without Palpatine’s influence, I think more instances of this could have helped steer the Republic back from the brink.  It would be harder towards the end of the war, once everything was so fucked up, but the whole point of the war was that everyone was pouring their energy in the wrong directions and becoming increasingly unwilling to listen to anyone else, so the Separatists just kept digging in their heels as much as the Republic did.  And that wouldn’t be easy to change.  For example, you know it was his influence that had the Senate voting for making negotiations with the Separatists illegal, which meant that both sides got further entrenched in their arguments.  You take Palpatine out of the equation and it doesn’t magically get fixed, but Padme and Bail and Mon’s efforts suddenly have a chance of reopening negotations, which has a chance of settling things with the Separatists.It does make things further complicated by some of the things happening in the war, though, like, a lot of people joined the Separatists because of disenfranchisement with the Republic, but they’re also part of a group that’s literally enslaving entire planets and murdering rulers.  They try to murder King Katuunko, they try to enslave Mon Cala, they funnel support to the Zygerrians who start up their slavery again, etc.  The Separatists don’t want to just be left alone, they planned to have war from the beginning, that’s how they were found out on Geonosis in the first place.Basically, once the war started, it got a hell of a lot harder to clean this mess up because the corruption got so much worse.  But I do think it was possible to have reformed the Republic through internal activism and working within the system, had Palpatine not been there.  We see glimpses of how people start to make a real difference through it (like Padme in QS, as a most recent example, or how the Jedi help free the people that the Separatists want to enslave), but the problem is that nobody knew Palpatine was evil.  We, the audience, through hindsight, foresight, and omniscient point of view know it, and sometimes it’s easy to forget that it’s not super obvious in-world, that the vast majority of people were entirely fooled by him, so their point of view looks like they have a chance to reform it through internal workings, they have a chance to make real, lasting help to people through crawling forward in progress, but they have no idea that Palpatine is roadblocking them and making it impossible.So, ultimately, the answer is yes and no.  The Republic was worth saving from the point of view of those who were in it, because the alternatives were far worse, there was no feasible alternative, the Separatists were oppressing more people, the Empire was the ultimate in oppressing people, even burning it all down and starting over DOESN’T FIX ALL THE PROBLEMS.You have to get widespread public sentiment (and willingness to actually enforce) onboard, you have to make sure the entire thing isn’t falling apart around you, you have to get the politicians to actually do their fucking jobs, and all of those are different roles done by different people and all of them need to be in place.  And, like, radical activism does sometimes have its place, but that’s when democratic options are off the table, which can be complicated to figure out when that is, but widespread public sentiment still has to be on your side for that to actually hold--like the worlds that don’t elect a senator and get a corrupt one, then, yes, radical activism might be your only option, to rebel against the non-elected government, but if the public of that world doesn’t really care, then all the leeroy jenkinsing it in the galaxy isn’t going to hold it in place and it’ll just revert right back to where you started.Without public sentiment being onboard, you’re doomed to fail.  And I think that was ultimately the far more difficult problem that never got fixed, because there’s no easy answer to it.  If there were, we’d already be living in a utopia, we wouldn’t have gone through the shit we went through in 2016 onward.  And who the public listens to, who they should listen to, who they’re willing to listen to, who has the experience to avoid a full on smear campaign, who has the experience to speak of these things and who should be governing the people, is a hell of a complicated thing.

#kingofattolia #republic #meta

[lady-feste-pendragon]

okay dude i gotta stand up and be counted on the picky about foods thing bc i am so with you. not regarding the chocolate flavoring thing, but uh yes bananas ARE bad!! all nuts except cashews ARE evil!! anything that's creamy and white is INEDIBLE!! how do you feel about yogurt? because i think its in the alfredo/mayo/cream cheese/sour cream/ranch family personally.

THANK YOU except i gotta disagree on the alfredo point alfredo is fantastic we stan

yogurt is on THIN ICE it is tolerable as long as it is STRONGLY FLAVORED with SOMETHING ELSE if i can taste the yogurt Tang(tm) i ain’t eatin it

Cantaloupe do not interact! LOVE the way it smells, but it tastes like rotting!!! i will TOLERATE slivered almonds in pastas and salads and i would frankly do unspeakable things for marzipan but NO THING ELSE!!! the only good melon is a watermelon! but watermelon Flavoring is BAD and WRoNG

Also what is with cola??? coke or pepsi either one they’re both gross

#baked fruit makes me Physically Ill i HAVE THrown up pie before!!! #the only cola i have ever been table to drink is tbh that cinnamon flavored pepsi from like 2002 that stuff was great #also boiled greens that is the Worst way to eat a vegetable #kingofattolia

[bpdanakins]

kingofattolia replied to your post “i think i could genuinely make an entire essay on bpd!anakin and bpd...”

DO ITTTT

sanbantaikarin replied to your post “i think i could genuinely make an entire essay on bpd!anakin and bpd...”

Do it do it do it

y’all i really appreciate this support djkhskjhd i’m so tempted but also worried i’ll get started and then end up too distracted to finish so keep that in mind but aaaaa

#kingofattolia #sanbantaikarin

[acollectionofhalftruths]

kingofattolia replied to your post “I wish we could see some other sets of Yoda lineages because the...”

I'M BEGINNING TO SUSPECT THEY'RE ALL LIKE THAT. there's probably a completely healthy, coherent lineage line of healers or archivists that we've never heard of, just doing their jobs, enjoying their healthy teacher/student relationships, serving the Force as best they can... i firmly believe that at least all Guardians are garbage fires though

HONESTLY!!

If there’s a whole network of non-public-facing Jedi librarians and medics (not generating nuclear levels of interpersonal conflict), that’s probably the main reason the whole Order hasn’t self-combusted by the Clone Wars. 

It must be something about being in the field and the expectations around it that chew up Guardians and spits them back out as hyper-competent dumpster children

#kingofattolia #gravity does not apply to jedi #a hot mess at all times

[kenobi]

kingofattolia replied to your post “am i really going to see dark phoenix out of sentimental love for xmfc...”

DO THEY SAVE JEAN OR KILL HER? I MUST KNOW BEFORE I CAN SEE IT

APPARENTLY the ending was “reshot” because it was too similar to another superhero movie (supposedly captain marvel).........and its the last movie.........my hopes are low

#kingofattolia #BUT I'LL STILL SEE IT..... #can they 'subvert my expectations' and let my girl live??

[narkinafive]

kingofattolia replied to your post “the better au where anakin becomes a galactic-famous podracer ”

THIS IS THE BASIS OF WHAT I LIKE TO CALL THE "BYE BYE BIRDIE" AU THAT LIVES IN MY HEAD. WHERE ANAKIN IS A PODRACING STAR AND A HOUSEHOLD NAME WHO VOLUNTEERS TO FIGHT IN THE CLONE WARS AS A PILOT. and the jedi are like "absolutely not that's stupid" but palpatine is like "the republic is losing heart, we NEED this for the PR and also you dont have a choice" so enormous crowds turn out to cheer wildly as steps onboard a star destroyer for the first time and the jedi and the clones are both like 'oh force this is going to be the most embarrassing disaster, a fancypants celebrity joining us' but then it turns out that he's Anakin and he wins the hearts of all the clones super quickly, etc etc & shenanigans ensue

never thought these two things would come together but here we are

ok but im crying... untapped fs pilot anakin rolling up to the grand army of the republic winning them all over IMMEDIATELy... im CRYINg ok obi wan and his padawan ahsoka, and ahsoka heads to the bridge one morning like “good morning master where are we deploying tod--IS...........IS THAT ANAKIN SKYWALKER.................”

#kingofattolia #rep #and then anakin signs her holoposter #bye bye birdie au tag

[teresadelallo]

"You don't think I can?" She didn't think he could. . . There are so many bits from this dance that I want to DRAW BUT IT'S SO HARD BECAUSE THESE CHARACTERS ARE SO VIVID AND I NEED TO MAKE THEM PERFECT. . . . #fanart #attolia #attoliaseries #kingofattolia #queenofattolia #eugenides #irene #pencilandpaper #pencilsketches #pencildrawing #blackandwhite #traditionalart #graphite https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ulU8jH61B/?igshid=o98sfr2qkf6b

#fanart #attolia #attoliaseries #kingofattolia #queenofattolia #eugenides #irene #pencilandpaper #pencilsketches #pencildrawing #blackandwhite #traditionalart #graphite

[bedlamsbard]

hey Bedlam i've got a question. so you own a truly massive and incredible amount of star wars clothing... i'm wondering where do you find all your jackets/shirts/etc.? all the official merch is painfully sequel-focused and generic, and google isnt helping me very much. could you by any chance point me toward where to go looking for any sources of prequels/obi-wan/tcw/rebels themed clothing?

Various places!  Right now I’m moving a bit away from the stuff that’s really overt and more towards subtle-but-still-fandom, just because I like having clothes I can actually wear to school and still look like a semi-responsible adult in.

For Rebels, at this stage, there’s basically nothing aside from fanart printed on shirts/scarves/etc from Society6 or Redbubble; there’s very little licensed clothing merch at the moment that’s from Rebels unless you’re super into Ahsoka, in which case you’re made.  But for the main Ghost crew?  Zip, nada, nothing.  File under: things I am desperate to throw money at, if only they existed.  (I would kill for Rebels to get even a 32nd of the merch that porgs get.)

Rebels Ahsoka:

Ahsoka faux leather jacket (Her Universe, now sold out in several sizes, not available in plus size) -- I have this one, it’s very cute and it’s relatively subtle.

Ahsoka one-piece swimsuit (Musterbrand, also available on Thinkgeek) -- I also have this one, and while I have not actually worn it out for various reasons, I have tried this one.  It does have a relatively high leg cut, which the photos on the models make clear; I’m a little wary to wear it out just because it feels like the shoulder straps might slip off easily (it’s not a racerback), but also I have rounded shoulders that make that a problem.

Her Universe also has various Rebels Ahsoka t-shirts at the moment, though they’ve sold down quite a bit since HU’s been having a lot of sales.

TCW and the PT are having a bit of a renaissance in the merch world right now, due to the fact that TPM’s twentieth anniversary is next year and TCW is having its ten year anniversary this year (and its revival next year!).  So this is a good time for PT-era merchandise.

Her Universe recently put out a TCW collection for the ten year anniversary, though a lot of it is already sold out on the HU website.  Some of the pieces, including the sold out ones, are also available on Hot Topic, but you do have to hunt them down individually, which can be a little frustrating.  The Anakin sweatshirt, for example, which is sold out on HU is available in all sizes on Hot Topic.

Her Universe also put out Ahsoka activewear earlier this year, which is mostly sold out on HU’s site (only the sports bra still seems to be available in some sizes), but which has all three items (sports bra, leggings, jacket) available on Hot Topic.  I have the sports bra and the leggings; I haven’t worn the bra yet but find the leggings to be really comfortable.

A handful of HU’s Padme items are still available -- it looks like the Naboo cardigan is in stock (also available in plus sizes), as is the Naboo skirt in some sizes (plus, mostly sold out).  These are both from last year’s SDCC collection.  I have the skirt, which hits at about knee length on me.

while Musterbrand mostly has OT and ST stuff at the moment (though a few of their Rogue One items are still in stock), they do have this neat Jedi cardigan.  They are, however, very pricey.  Some of their items are also available on ShopDisney, which has more frequent discounts.

Both ShopDisney and Hot Topic, as well as a few other merchandisers who mostly carry the same products), have some Forces of Destiny merchandise with PT and TCW characters, though they still skew OT/ST.  Some of these even have Hera and Sabine on them!  (Sabine has some solo designs, but Hera only appears in group designs.)  The Hot Topic designs (which I believe are all from Fifth Sun) have more variety than the ShopDisney ones.

Loungefly has some upcoming TPM merchandise that’s been announced and is available for preorder, but isn’t available yet.

There’s apparently a Padme wedding dress coming soon.

I own a lot of Elhoffer Design clothes; at the moment she doesn’t have any PT/TCW stuff, though she’s done PT stuff in the past and I believe she has a new Padme collection in the works.

Scavenger’s Outpost currently has some TCW spirit jerseys, which look very cool.  (They previously had dresses, but don’t carry them anymore.)

Po-Zu’s shoes are apparently great, though I haven’t bought any because I have pretty strange feet and am wary of buying them online at that price point.  (They did have a booth at SWCO last year, so hopefully they’ll be at SWCC next year.)  They mostly skew ST; I know a lot of Rey cosplayers who swear by their boots.  (They made the ones used in TFA.)

I suspect there’s going to be a lot more TCW/PT merch, both licensed and fanmade, over the next couple of years due to the anniversary and the TCW revival.  At the moment it’s still pretty barren (unless you’re really into Ahsoka); in my experience, when things are released they tend to move pretty fast because PT and TCW fans are desperate.  If you find something on HU you like but it’s sold out, it’s always worth checking Hot Topic, since their HU stuff moves much slower than on the main Her Universe site.  Same for Musterbrand, ShopDisney, and Thinkgeek.  (Though Disney’s recent sales have sold out most of their Musterbrand stuff -- some of it is also available on Amazon, though!  Sometimes you have to bounce around between sites to check where something’s in stock or sold out.)

For keeping up with releases, The Kessel Runway is THE place to follow for Star Wars fashion and jewelry releases, and The Wookiee Gunner does monthly roundups of animated series licensed and fanmade merch releases.

I hope this is helpful!

#you'd think with there being so little rebels merch I'd spend less money #you would be wrong #kingofattolia #bedlam answers