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theputterer · 8 months

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤

tagged by my friend @fortysevenswrites

this order is somewhat loose, it changes depending on my Mood.

gray areas

Gray, in all its varieties, serves as a perfect understanding of who Cassian Andor is. Gray gives Cassian Andor’s life meaning. It colors it, entirely. The life of Cassian Andor, from the ice-covered mountains of Fest, to the white sand beaches of Scarif, and all the gray areas in between.

to the surprise of absolutely fucking no one, gray areas continues to be my beloved, the first fic I posted and the OG Nonsense. while I don't think the prose is particularly noteworthy (some of it is quite good but you can also tell I was Possessed and just banging out the chapters like a machine), I'm still very proud of the plot and themes I managed to drag out of it. I am obsessed with the idea of the narrative explicitly telling you what is going to happen even while the character(s) don't know, and that happens a lot in this. (there is no way to change the ending). I think the original characters in this are also interesting, particularly Asori, Nerezza, and Taraja; and Zeferino, who many readers were stunningly fond of, lol. when I wrote it in 2016/2017 it was still in line with the "canon" backstory, something I did put some effort in. Andor has absolutely shut the door on that one but I think the story still holds up as an alternate take on what Cassian Andor's backstory could have been.

2. to meet beyond shadows

Five years after the Battle of Crait, the Resistance wages a fierce war against the First Order. Jedi Master Ben Organa-Solo guides the New Jedi Order in the war, and their fight against Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and his Knights. But there are evils waiting to be awakened. Words that must be said. Myths that must be realized. Brothers that must be confronted. The end is near. [Or: Ben Solo is not the one who becomes Kylo Ren, in this full TROS AU/rewrite.]

I return to this series a lot, my Sequel Trilogy AU in which Leia and Han had identical twin sons, expanding on the twin themes present thru Star Wars (literal twins but also metaphorical twins, good and evil, light and dark etc). one of them goes the Kylo Ren route while the other does not. my take on Kylo in the Sequel Trilogy is that he never had a chance with the uniqueness he couldn't help, and that he inherited all the worst traits of the Skywalkers, so it was fun to explore what might have happened if he had a brother who was his mirror, a brother who was the best of the Skywalkers yet loved him unconditionally still. I wrote a lot about brothers on opposite sides who still loved each other so desperately in the Nonsense, and this series built on that foundation. (Local Woman Who Is Not A Brother Constantly Writes About Brothers). Ben has a really great arc in this series that's one of the finest character arcs I've ever done, if not THE finest. and I so treasured the way multiple readers came to sympathize and understand Bail/Kylo and his ultimate ending, a character who was never interested in redemption but sort of stumbled into it anyway. this last story in the series is the biggest departure from the Sequel Trilogy as a whole (the other two mostly followed TFA and TLJ) and I think it's very good. I love the plot, the Old EU lore I borrowed from, the tragedy and the euphoria, seeing the end coming and being powerless to stop it, and the ultimate messages it shared. **chef's kiss** [my gravestone will probably read something like "here lies theputterer who died as she lived; trying to get people to read her Sequel Trilogy AU"] [honestly this fic might be the best I've ever written, at least Technically speaking]

3. death trembles to take us

Jyn has walked the Earth for over four thousand years, leading a team of warriors. They’ve fought in hundreds of battles, and died hundreds of times, returning to take up their weapons and fight again. They choose to fight for what they believe in, as the world turns and changes around them. But in Juba, they encounter an existential threat, one they have never seen before. And meanwhile, on the other side of the world, an assassin dies on a city street, only to rise again. [A THE OLD GUARD au]

the little story that could! a very self-indulgent AU that got such a lovely and gratifying response from the fandom(s). (special shoutout to the SEVERAL readers who gave this fic a shot even tho they'd never seen The Old Guard and/or didn't care for it lol). I am quite proud of it. it was fun to explore history and come up with backstories for the Rogue One gang that still meshed with what we know of them in canon. I like the themes and messages the story delivered. I would also be deeply remiss in not Once Again thanking @rifle-yes for the support and enthusiasm. at least half of the readers of this fic were drawn to it thanks to their efforts. I also don't think I would have attempted my Fringe AU without the readers of this story.

4. Lady Lazarus

A woman dies in Venice. That’s how the story goes. It’s very important they follow where the story goes. Where it’s supposed to go.

listen. I was also very surprised. I watched the Mission: Impossible movies for the first time this summer and totally fell in love with Ilsa Faust, this very cool and interesting spy with somewhat fluid loyalties. also the movies fucking rule. go see Dead Reckoning: Part One while it's still in theaters. as a known connoisseur of the Tragic Love Story, I ate that shit up and wrote a speculative story/ character study exploring Ilsa in the movie. prayer circle it becomes correct. I like the flow of this fic and the prose of it is quite nice and also all the resurrection bits. Rebecca Ferguson forever!!!

5. a ghost story

He looked at Fima. “The shadow; the man. What did he look like?” Fima swallowed, and Cassian did not like the way his son was looking at him, with something akin to wariness, something close to fear. “Like you.” [Or: a ghost story about fathers, sons, and the trauma of abandonment.]

I think all of my little short stories in the Nonsense Expanded Universe are nice and so this last spot could be interchangeable. but I am very fond of a ghost story, in that it is sweet and tragic and allows Cassian a bit of understanding with who Gabriel was, something he desperately needed and was very much paling in comparison to all he came to know about Serafima. also ghosts/hauntings are very fun.

tagging: @rifle-yes, @callioope @vaderkat @alecjmarsh and anyone else who wants to give it a shot!

#writing #my writing #my fic #personal #it remains very funny how i will go to bat for my fics any day of the week #but getting me to praise or even look at my original stories sends me into the ocean

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tljisthegoat · 2 days

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Not sure which is worse: Anidala or Reylollolol

The only (movie wise) glamorous romance in SW is Han & Leia, the OG :3

Hanleia is nice & all but you know what's better? Staying in your lane before you get ran off the road. Anidala & Reylo both have a beautifully complex but unfortunately tragic stories.

Hanleia shares this fate. They fought to bring back their son, Leia nearly gave up on Ben completely in TLJ, but Luke reassured her. Only for her son to "die in battle" in TROS, making her sacrifice in that movie and the OG trio's sacrifice fail to achieve their purpose.

Which is to make Ben Solo's return and happily ever after feel like a triumphant victory over evil bringing peace to The Skywalker Family (instead of ruining Star Wars irreparably by denying them a happy ending)

We're all fucked when it comes to SW romances in the movies.

#anon ask #reylo #anidala #hanleia

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drunk-on-starlight · 1 year

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The sequel trilogy is in conversation with the originals by default but it's perhaps at it's most blatant in The Last Jedi.

As I've said previously, almost every star wars character is a Luke, Leia or Han (with a few notable exceptions like Obi-Wan). In the sequels case, the "Luke" is Rey (and also Luke.) Therefore, the last jedi is a debate between the same two characters, the young (rey) and old (og luke), a debate that Rey ultimately wins.

Missing this framing is unfortunately common among fans and critics, leading to a common take that Luke was intended to be correct about the Jedi instead of...a guilty mess trying to cope. Hence many of the terrible takes about TroS, where people will insist it's against TLJ instead of a natural conclusion to the question it asked.

#Misc star wars #Star wars #Honestly I love all the sequels but tlj is such a rich film to watch. It has so much to say

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paper-sunflower-lane · 3 years

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Random Rebel Trooper: Ma’am, are these two bothering you?

Leia: Yes, but unfortunately, the blonde is my brother, and the other is the man I love; so I’m stuck with them,

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solocommaben · 4 years

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I fucking love Harrison Ford.

2015:

2020:

#star wars #star wars sequel trilogy #star wars og trilogy #harrison ford #han solo #greedo shootout #who shot first #ben solo #adam driver #han and ben in tros #force ghost or nah #i dont care #wtf is a force ghost #and i don't care #a new hope #the rise of skywalker #too funny #i wish harrison ford was my dad

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agir1ukn0w · 5 years

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Literally everyone else: Dark!Rey? What a novel idea!!!

OG Reylos:

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konakoro · 4 years

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Déjà vu

#star wars #star wars sequel trilogy #the rise of skywalker #tros #cloverfield #10 cloverfield lane #the cloverfield paradox #jj abrams #cloverfield paradox was an omen #we should've listened #also i'm now done posting about star wars i'm sorry followers #og cloverfield will always have a special place in my heart

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borderline-kylo · 4 years

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Now we know why Adam wasn’t present for any press tour. He was uncomfortable/upset with what happened. He didn’t want Redemption or rey//o. He’s said before he doesn’t like the Rey//o’s whatsoever. All they’ve done is harass and stalk him and his family.

Disgusting. Poor man.

#anti tros #anti reylo #adam driver #biggest og anti #he just wanted to play a villian #tros #anti jj abrams #star wars

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nightblightowl · 5 years

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God the energy around here is so so far off from how it was in the time of TFA. It’s so nice. I don’t even feel a little bit stressed about anything, I'm just coasting along, lurking, seeing some newer fans asking about all the gates, seeing those newer fans getting so excited and being able to enjoy reylo and SW so much more freely without much of the shit we’d been put through in the past. There’s so much more positivity. TFA era fandom was sucha dark fucking place, god... we loved it but sometimes it just made you miserable and the only reason most anyone stuck around is because you: 1) weren’t suffering alone. 2) were incredibly stubborn and 3) did it out of spite. XD But the fandom vibe right now? I feel so at peace, y’all. I haven’t seen anyone have to call themselves trash or have to justify themselves as a means of self preservation in a long while...

On the outside I'm just

and on the inside I'm like

so all in all, it’s great

#og reylo era #vs now #reylo #I'm so happy for the newer arrivals. enjoy this last installment with NOTHING STOPPING YOU >:D #just little thoughts today #star wars tros

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thatblackgirlnessieknowles · 4 years

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STAR WARS RUNS IN THE FAMILY

My mom came into our living room mad cause my dad won’t stop watching Star Wars only to find out I’m watching the Mandalorian 😐 Now she KNEW he was an OG die hard Star Wars fan when she met him cause that was one of their first dates, and he has passed the obsession unto me and my siblings so what’s with the attitude now sis???

#star wars #star wars the rise of skywalker #star wars blog #i love star wars #og fan #a new hope #reylo #kylo and rey #reylo network #reylo trash #tros #adam driver #kylo ren #daisy ridely #rey #skywalker #daddy and daughter #family

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kettterdams · 4 years

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anyways rey has Every Right to call herself a skywalker

#tros spoilers #the rise of skywalker spoilers #rey #rey skywalker #the rise of skywalker #tros #star wars #;caroline’s ogs #ch:rey #m:riseofskywalker #m:sequeltrilogy #f:starwars #type:text

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finalfantasyx · 4 years

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Just finished watching TROS and I AM NOT OKAY

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spinnenpfote6 · 4 years

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I feel like the ST will end up amongst us Reylos like the Original Spider-Man Trilogy: With TFA being the classic that started it all, TLJ being the slightly goofy but epic one that everyone loved and TROS being the weird, messy, bad and depressing one nobody talks about and everyone just kind of forgets only to dig it up for memes, crack vids and to make fun of every once in a while.

#tros spoilers #my thoughts #the force awakens #the last jedi #the rise of skywalker #og spider man trilogy #reylo #reylo fam #star wars #ben solo #rey #rey the scavenger #kylo ren #star wars st

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northrnfool · 4 years

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The Symbolism of Luke’s Lightsabers

(And why Chris and JJ don’t understand anything)

So TROS ends with Rey burying, what we’re told, are Luke and Leia’s lightsabers in what is suppose to be a symbolic healing of the original sin from the separation of the twins. Leaving aside the fact that Luke and Leia clearly weren’t traumatized by their separation and clearly grew up loved and well adjusted (and found each other anyways), thus making that ‘sin’ not so important, I can’t get over the twisted meaning behind the choice made regarding the lightsabers in this scene.

Here’s the problem: The two lightsabers that are buried are Leia’s and Anakin’s. Not Luke’s. The blue lightsaber doesn’t have the significance to Luke that we think it should. When Obi-Wan gives Luke that lightsaber, he also gives him a very edited story about who his father was (we all know he story). Luke goes on to use that blue lightsaber believing the man who owned it was a great Jedi who died a hero. When Vader cuts Luke’s hand off while revealing the truth about who his father really is, the image of his hand with the lightsaber getting brutally severed represents the end of the blissful ignorance and childlike belief that Luke had in an ideallic past. It’s literally a painful truth he learns. And in the process, also loses the symbol of the hero Jedi who he thought his father was in the loss of that lightsaber. It’s like a loss of innocence; much like we all go through, growing up.

Moving on to Return of the Jedi, Luke has now constructed his own lightsaber, which is a representation of his maturity and, as Vader points out, the completion of his Jedi training. We even see in the third movie how Luke has moved beyond being a scared young man to being more confident and self assured. He’s reached adulthood. The fact that it is even a different colour shows that he is indentifying himself differently; He is his own person. THAT is Luke’s lightsaber. And that’s the lightsaber he uses for the next 30 years.

The fact that Anakins lightsaber and not Luke’s is buried with Leia’s shows the writers are again pandering to what they think is important to the audience without really thinking through what would be important to the characters.

#star wars #post tros #luke skywalker #anakin skywalker #lightsaber #stupid writing #og trilogy #why am i doing this

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themetbrownie · 4 years

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No matter what happens, we will always have Reylo.

We built this ship! No one can take it away.

#reylo #reylo shippers #og reylo #tros #kylo ren #rey #star wars

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poly-space-nerds · 4 years

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can i just say that the one thing we learned from the pretty shit prequels and the absolute shit sequels is that no one should be allowed to make a star wars movie without Marcia Lucas editing.

#cmon we all know the og trilogy was only good cause of marcia lucas #star wars tros #star wars #tros #marcia lucas #star wars: rise of skywalker #sw

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