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xiema · 3 months
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Daughter of the Outcast: Chapter 1
Fanfic: What if Che'ri accompanied Thrawn into exile?
"Basic"
"Sy Bisti"
"Cheunh"
Third eye
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Che'ri vowed not to cry, not in front of the assembled Syndic, who were watching the trial like hungry vultures on a piece of meat, and especially not in front of the patriarchs of the nine ruling families, who would announce their verdict any second. No, she would not shed any tears. But she could not suppress the trembling of her body. From the fear she felt at the prospect of an uncertain future, from the grief of losing everything she had ever known and from the coldness of the handcuffs that held her small hands together, making it impossible for her to move. Thrawn stood next to her right, his face like stone, one hand bound with the same handcuffs as hers. He remained silent, not begging, not trying to squirm into excuses. Everything that needed to be said had already been said. Even at her young age, little Chiss understood that this court hearing was just for show, the decision had already been made long before they were arrested.
"Since the existence of the Ascendancy, we Chiss have defended our territories. Any attacks and blood spilled, we repaid with all our might until our enemies were destroyed. However, there has always been one rule that has always honored our people. The rule that sets us apart from the monsters that threaten us and our children. Never, under any circumstances, do we resort to preemptive strikes." "Merit Adoptive Mitth'raw'nuruodo and navigator Che'ri are banned from the Chiss Ascendancy for breaking the highest of our commandments, as well as aiding. Any unauthorized return to the territories of the Ascendancy will be considered an attack on our territories and punished with appropriate severity. The Syndicure has spoken and so it shall be done."
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It was the first time she had seen humans. They resembled the Chiss in many ways and yet they seem so different. The eyes so dull, the foreheads too small, the shoulders narrower, not to mention the pink skin. To Che'ri, they looked like aliens through and through. And yet there was one among them who immediately caught her eye.
He was probably the youngest of the men, at least in rank he was below all the others. His posture gave that away; she had often seen it in newcomers. Looking down and stiff body, older soldiers were usually a little more relaxed. He wasn't wearing one of those funny hats that almost completely obscured the view of the eyes and made Che'ri wonder how anyone could see anything at all with those things on their face. Che'ri could feel those dull human eyes straining to examine their camp, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together while the others waited dully, doing nothing. That was the real reason he stood out, he wasn't just watching, he was seeing.
A blaster shot just inches past her head and drilled into the wood of the tree.
Che'ri cried out in shock. She immediately covered her mouth in the hope that she had not been heard, but she was not so lucky. One of the white soldiers pointed in her direction and fired. The blaster shot missed her by only a few centimetres. Che'ri slipped off the branch and fell to the ground. The impact was hard, but little Chiss quickly managed to pick herself up again and start running.
'Hide and stay down until I come for you,' Thrawn had said. Days in which they had studied the surroundings, in which they had prepared the scarecrow, set the traps. Days of planning and preparation, for nothing. Che'ri ran as fast as her feet could carry her, but a child remained a child, it wasn't long before the white soldiers had them cornered and surrounded, and not much longer before the green soldiers caught up.
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"Captain Parck, she's a child." At first, Eli thought he was dreaming. All this trouble over a child, a girl no older than ten. She was dressed in animal skins and her hair looked a little wild, but that was probably due to her escape. Frightened, she looked back and forth on the verge of tears. The stormtroopers surrounded her, threatening her with their blasters. The moment she realized she was surrounded, she had given up trying to escape.
"If that was her doing, it doesn't matter what she is."
"Sir, with all due respect, you don't seriously believe that a child could manage to attack us undetected, set all those traps and pull a grown man out of a crashed V-wing?"
"Then she's not alone, but she knows something and I want to know what." As if on cue, one of the stormtroopers approached with his weapon drawn. "Well then little one, who or what are you?" There was no answer from the frightened girl. Of course she didn't. What did Parck expect from holding a blaster in front of a child's nose, except that she shut down completely. He felt sorry for the little girl.
"Please Captain, it doesn't have to be like this, I could try to talk to her."
"And why would she talk to you?
"Because I'm not some faceless monster pointing a gun at her." In one fell swoop, Eli turned white as a sheet. He hasn't really just put his captain in his place, hads he? He, a simple cadet from the wilds of space. Was he tired of living? Of course, once again his mouth had to be faster than his brain, but he couldn't just stand by and watch a child being shot. For a moment, Parck seemed impressed, his challenging gaze daring Eli to continue, if he dared, but the cadet suddenly lacked confidence "....And .... I don't think she speaks Basic. The Chiss-" Eli stammered.
"The what?"
"The Chiss, sir," he repeated. "In the myths of my homeland, it is said that they spoke with traveling Sy Bisti."
"Very well, try your luck, Cadet Vanto, but if she makes one false move, the stormtroopers have orders to fire."
"Thank you, sir." Her eyes shifted wildly between the different men, even as Eli knelt on the ground in front of her to be at eye level with her. She couldn't manage to focus on just him. She did indeed resemble the descriptions of the Chiss from the legends, the blue skin, the glowing red eyes, perhaps this too was a truth among many myths. "Do you speak Sy Bisti?" She fixed him with a glare, the others no longer seemed interested in her and yet she nodded shyly. So the legends were true after all "What is your name?"
"Che'ri." She spoke slowly, her words laden with a thick accent, but he understood her.
"Che'ri. A beautiful name. I am Eli Vanto. Why are you here, Che'ri?" She hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say. Her eyes flickered past him for a brief moment, almost as if she was asking someone's permission, but there was no one behind Eli. Perhaps it was more a question of what she was allowed to say? Eli had to agree with the captain on this point, she was not alone on this planet.
"Pu-punishment."
"A punishment? For what?" She didn't answer and Eli sighed, "I can help you, but only if you tell me what's going on."
Parck paced up and down impatiently "So, what does she say?" He asked, annoyed.
"Not much. Just that she was punished, but not for what."
"I don't have time for this nonsense. We're getting off this rock."
"Sir, the camp, the unknown alien protocol demands-"
"We'll take the camp with us. I'm not going to endanger my people unnecessarily, not if there's an maniac of her kind running around out there." Parck leaned down a little towards the girl. "If she doesn't want to talk, she'll come with you. Does that satisfy your chivalry, Cadet Vanto?" Eli doesn't answer. One of the stormtroopers grabbed Che'ri, lifted her in probably the worst way Eli had ever seen someone lift a child and, with heavy protests, loaded her onto the Stikefast. The girl swung her fists around, kicking, crying and screaming, but the stormtrooper was unimpressed and Eli could do nothing but stand by and watch. As the last of the stormtroopers returned from scouting, Parck turned to him one last time. "Oh yes," it was a mocking tone that Eli didn't like at all, something like that always meant trouble. "Since you seem to be so fond of this little beast, you'll take care of her while she's on board."
Babysitter. Now Eli got to play babysitter too, this day really couldn't get any worse. And then for a Chiss he had thought only a few hours ago was nothing but legends. Was it really too much to ask to finish his training in peace? Apparently not. First this stupid field mission and now this. He only wanted to become supply officer, nothing more. It was enough that he was attracting the hatred of the crew because of this training trip, he didn't need another reason. A tug on his jacket brought Eli back to reality. Che'ri looked up at him in fear, as if she sensed what was going on inside the human. She had simply been dropped off in the hangar with him. Eli took a deep breath. What the hell was he thinking? He couldn't take his anger out on her, Che'ri was the least to blame of all of them, she was a victim of the situation, nothing more. The girl relaxed a little, her gaze lowered, and yet she didn't let go of his jacket. She seemed so lost. No wonder, first she was attacked by unknown soldiers and then kidnapped. But maybe there was something good about it, maybe the Empire could help her find her parents. Surely this punishment she had talked about was just a misunderstanding. Who would abandon a child on a deserted jungle planet?
The Empire would do that, that and probably much worse. Eli wasn't naive enough to justify the Empire's atrocities. It was a job, nothing more.
Eli shook off those thoughts and took Che'ri's hand in his. It was about time this child got some food, a warm shower and sleep, she would surely feel better after that.
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After she had finished showering, she immediately looked much more relaxed. Logically, there were no child-sized clothes on a Star Destroyer, so Eli had to improvise with the help of a uniform tunic and a belt. However, the result was impressive. Provided you were blind. In both eyes. Che'ri didn't seem particularly enthusiastic about her makeshift dress either. She eyed herself skeptically, but didn't complain. He then led her to the canteen, and once they had entered, everyone's eyes were on them and the whispering began. That alone was enough to make Che'ri hide behind his legs. This was already off to a good start. Calm on the outside, but not really feeling well himself on the inside, he took the little girl to an empty secluded table while he got them both something to eat, always making sure to keep an eye on them in case something happened.
"Hey Vanto." Eli was startled by the sudden salutation. It was Brick and Elena, two cadets who went to the academy with Eli. "Who's the girl, did they demote you to babysitter now?"
"Shut up, Brick."
"Wow, is that girl a Chiss? So they're real. Does she speak Basic?" Elena asked without taking her eyes off the little Chiss, which wasn't particularly surprising. Everyone who grew up on Lsatra knew the stories by heart, even if only a few actually believed them. Eli himself had always believed them; after all, there was a spark of truth in every lie. But actually having her in front of him seemed so surreal.
"No, just Sy Bisti." She sighed, a little disappointed. "Is it true that she killed soldiers?" came from Bick, and Eli couldn't help but look at him as if he'd asked if Corusant was something to eat.
"Look at her, she's what, ten years old?" how could anyone with a working brain believe she could kill someone?
"Yeah, but she's an alien, you can trust them."
A deep sigh was released "You should spend less time in the holonet and more time with people." That was the end of the conversation for Eli and he was glad when he could pick up their food and get away from them.
Throughout the meal, the little Chiss didn't say a word, answering questions only with a nod or a shake of her head, yet Eli noticed how she was furtively observing her entire surroundings. Being around so many strangers didn't seem to be new to her, and yet he could tell that something was bothering her. "Are you all right?" he asked cautiously, catching her attention again, which was currently focused everywhere but on her plate.
"Yeah, I've never been to a canteen before. It's kind of scary." she replied for the first time. It was only half the truth, but he left it at that. If he probed further, she would probably just shut down even more.
"We can leave if you want." he asked instead. Che'ri shook her head
"No, it's fine." she replied and continued to poke at her vegetables.
"You like the food?"
"It's ok."
"You're not exactly talkative, are you?" no answer "Can I ask you something anyway?" Again, she didn't move, which Eli took as a silent sign that she didn't mind. "Where are your parents?" Eli regretted the question the moment it left his lips as little Che'ri dropped her fork in shock. "Che'ri?" he tried to reach her, but the girl wouldn't budge. He was about to go over to her when she jumped up and ran out of the canteen without responding to his shouts and all eyes were on the cadet for the second time that day. Too perplexed to react, Eli looked after her. How could he have been so stupid?
Eli followed her, but when he was out of the canteen, he realized that she was no longer in sight. It had taken him less than 24 hours to lose her. He asked everyone he came across if they had seen the little alien, even though most of them only gave him a gruff 'no' or no answer at all. He wandered aimlessly for a good hour until he heard a quiet sob. He followed the sound to a droid camp. She was sitting there alone in the dark, crying barely audibly. You could tell how hard she was trying to hold back her tears when she realized he had come in, and even though he barely knew her, it somehow broke his heart to watch. Eli sat down on the floor with her "I'm sorry. But you can't just run away like that."
Che'ri didn't look at him. "I want to go home." she said, her voice ever so slightly raspy from crying. "I miss Thalias."
Thalias? Maybe her sister, Eli wanted to ask, but finally left it. It would probably only do more harm than good. "I'm sure the Empire will find a way to bring you home."
"You're lying." The accusation surprised Eli,
"Why do you think that?"
Che'ri cocked her head to the side, looking like she didn't quite know how she knew herself "You feel like it. All adults feel like this when they lie." she tried to explain. She found it hard to find the right words, or maybe she just didn't know the words in Sy Bisti.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Forget it."
"Che'ri-"
"I said forget it!"
Eli sighed again. It had been a long day for Che'ri, she'd been through a lot. Maybe she was just stressed and tired. That would probably be it. "You look pretty tired. How about we go to bed and I'm sure the world will look better tomorrow." He held out his hand to help her get up. At first she looked as if she wanted to object, but then something changed in her expression. Maybe it was tiredness, maybe it was the realization that she was alone, maybe it was the hope that he was right. Eli didn't know, but she agreed and grabbed his hand.
"Okay."
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Eli was glad when they reached the quarters. Due to a lack of options, she would be sleeping in his room. Fortunately, there were two beds, because he didn't think Che'ri would like sharing a bed with a stranger. She was already snuggled up in the blanket when he came out of the bathroom in his pyjamas. "You've hardly eaten anything. If you want, I can get you something quick."
"No, thanks."
"You sure?" He asked again.
"I don't need anything." With one movement, she pulled the blanket over her head and disappeared under the white sheets. Eli had to smile a little at that, it reminded him of himself when he was her age.
"If you say so. If you need anything, just wake me up, okay?" There was no reply, but Eli was sure she'd heard him. At the latest, when her stomach growled, she would come. He listened to her steady breaths for a while. She was sleeping peacefully. Basically, the Chiss weren't much different from humans, Eli thought to himself as he lay awake in bed for a good while longer. In the legends, they were always described as warriors, but Che'ri was a normal girl. She was no little murderess, he was sure of that. So despite everything, the question of who had killed the soldiers remained unanswered and Eli fervently hoped that he would never have to meet the creature that had done this.
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x3no9 · 5 months
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REPOSTED: I fixed Thrawn lol
Finished the longer Thranto fic..this is how it's going... 😉 Eli is gorgeous looking! I can't draw babies lol. I tried to find a more playful reference too.
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marroniere · 4 days
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fic: Admiral Fantastic, Thranto, mature
“I’m Thrawn,” says the boy.
He is…mostly Chiss-looking, save for the unusually floppy hair. He introduces himself in the purest Cheunh, with a distinctive Naporar accent.
He also does not seem to be intimidated by dozens of stormtroopers surrounding the ship, or by Dathomir’s typical landscapes and sounds: the distant roar of the rancors, the perpetual red mist enveloping everything. Today, it is so dense the valley has turned deep crimson.
Thrawn must be hallucinating. Perhaps socializing with the Great Mothers for too long does that to one. Perhaps not.
“I am Thrawn,” he corrects, not showing his surprise.
A wide, very recognizable smile blooms on the boy’s face.
“I know who you are. Dad named me after you!”
“Sir?” Captain Enoch asks. “What should we do with the intruders?”
Thrawn raises his eyes at Eli Vanto. Eli pretends to ignore the squad of stormtroopers.
This man is the Eli Vanto Thrawn knew—and yet he isn’t. Same tan skin. Same dark brown hair. Same eyes—Thrawn has never been able to determine whether they were brown or green; perhaps it depended on the lighting. But Thrawn recognizes neither the fine lines on Eli’s forehead and in the corners of his eyes nor the way Eli looks at him, as though trying to anticipate his next step.
With time, people change. It is only natural.
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horatio-fig · 8 months
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What are your thoughts on Thranto child fanfics? (Like any, bio or adopted)
Love them! I mean I love every kind of Thranto fic, but Thranto with kids just have some of the best fluff and angst (and sometimes spicy times 😏). In true Star Wars fashion I love it when people end up accidentally adopting kids but recently we have been blessed with some truly great Thranto bio kids fics and I have devoured them happily. 
Thank you my anonymous friend, you’ve got me thinking me about Thrawn and Eli as dads and I just had to draw it. 
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amukmuk · 5 months
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Ahh thank you so much for the tag @cacodaemonia life has been kicking me in the shins and this is just the pick me up I needed!
How many works do you have on ao3?
119
2. What's your total ao3 word count?
788,769
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Mostly Star Wars but within that I have written for The Clone Wars and the Thrawn trilogies.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Perception: My pride and joy - Commander Fox and Senator Riyo Chuchi overcome their own prejudices to bring about change in the galaxy. Got Your Back: A fic that is actually based off one of Caco's beautiful pieces! Bodyguard: My first ever Foxiyo fic! A story of Fox and Riyo falling in love softly while Fox serves as her bodyguard. One Day: My most recent long fic that is rexsoka. It's a modern au that is close to my heart, but I wish that I would have spaced the last two chapters apart more bc I think ppl thought the epilogue was the last chapter lol These Invisible Walls: I kind of forgot about this! When I wanted to write Perception, I demoed a few of the scenes that had been rolling around in my head here. Another awesome Foxiyo fic :)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I usually do, but as I said above I have been Going Through It so I haven't made it to many. I'm sorry if I haven't responded, but please know I love each and every one of your comments! <333
6. What is a fic that you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I think it would have to be Consequence it takes place in my Belonging verse which is a long-form series where Thrawn and Eli raise their adopted daughter. The entire series is angsty with fluffy endings, but Consequence ends with walking on egg shells. Thunhe is captured and tortured to try and get to her dads. In that time Eli blames Thrawn for her capture and their relationship takes a terrible turn.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
I think all my fics for the most part, but I think Perception probably has the happiest ending because EVERYONE is happy in the end.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Thankfully, no. I have been super blessed to have an amazing community of friends. <3
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
I do! Though I'm not sure how to describe it other than fluffy smut lol
10. Do you write crossovers?
Not really, no.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not to my knowledge, no!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope!
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Also nope! I am a one man band!
14. What's your all-time favorite ship?
Omg that's such a hard question. Foxiyo will always have a special place in my heart, but I think Thranto currently has my whole heart. I love how much depth they both have and I think it gives the fandom a lot of material.
15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
I'm not going to put this into the universe lol all wips will be finished!
16. What are you writing strengths?
I tend to be really hard on myself, but I think I'm halfway decent at writing dialogue.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Definitely syntax and grammar.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?
I'm not a fan. I think it's cool to use it if you intend for your reader to not know, or if there is enough context to figure it out, but otherwise nah.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Law and Order SVU. Barson forever babeeeyy
20. Favorite fic you've written?
Ooo I think it might still be Perception, but I really like the Belonging Universe.
No pressure tags: @owlpartytime, @roobgumball95, @thedistantstorm, @furiosophie
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seikilos-stele · 8 months
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Ah! You added this since last night!
I got so focused on the “younger” part that I forgot the AoH example. That’s tricky, because in AoH, Thrawn isn’t just older — he’s gone through extreme torture and has some severe symptoms as a result. When you push a character into the “elderly” range, you have to deal with the ableism and ageism that you get in the real world — fiercely intelligent characters who are no longer respected for it, who are considered senile by default. Independent soldiers who are seen as frail — and sometimes are. It’s a deeper category of angst, and maybe more affecting, because that lack of respect, that loneliness, is built into our society, and age comes for us all.
It’s a deeper category of angst. Going to be processing this all day.
A lot surprises me about fic, but one of the biggest shocks is how well-received Thrawn/Pellaeon is. No matter what era the fic is set, there is no stepping around the fact that these two guys are old. Yet, in a fandom that probably has an average age of 30 at the most, this mature relationship thrives!
Very cool.
Yeah, it’s kind of heartwarming 😆 I do think there’s way more emotional material for Thrawn/Pellaeon, and a more interesting dynamic than Thranto — but you can’t get past the fact that Eli is a young twink and Pellaeon is 70-something with a dad bod. It’ll be interesting to see if Ahsoka impacts the thranto fandom at all, with Thrawn explicitly in his 70s. Lars Mikkelsen is incredibly handsome but for a lot of people, attraction doesn’t seem to exist past the age of 25 😆
(Well, a lot of the fandom is young, and there’s nothing wrong with being attracted to people your own age. With books, it’s easier to get past that. Everyone can imagine Thrawn however they want. Those of us who know Thrawn is old and prefer him that way just have to suck it up)
But yeah, I really love Thrawn/Pellaeon and I’m glad it’s still going strong. It’s hard NOT to ship them. The strength of Pellaeon’s grief, how much he still misses Thrawn ten years later, the painful, conflicting emotions that come when he surpasses Thrawn’s legacy as a Grand Admiral — knowing he doesn’t have Thrawn’s genius, but still managing to broker peace when Thrawn couldn’t — aughhh. The Hand of Thrawn duology, more than anything, is what made me ship Thrawn/Pellaeon 😆 I love them. I see a lot of the Thrawn/Pellaeon dynamic echoed in Thranto fics, where people clearly crave that storyline and want to see it with Eli, too. It’s a shame that we didn’t get that (yet). In a perfect world Disney would just give Zahn a massive paycheck and carte blanche to tease out those storylines and develop his side characters to his heart’s content — I would love to see how Eli’s growth parallels Pellaeon’s and how it diverges (imo Eli doesn’t have Pellaeon’s knack for leadership, and as both a writer and a reader, I wouldn’t want to see Zahn write the same story over again — it would be more interesting to explore how Eli’s path changes, since he’s less of a leader/tactician and more of a mathematician). I would love to slip into a parallel universe where Zahn got to develop a cohesive trilogy with Nightswan as Thrawn’s nemesis in all three books. And I would especially love to see more from Faro. A Faro-centric trilogy — or just one novel — would be my dream. She’s a severely underrated character. Ar’alani as well, though tbh, I think Ar’alani works best when paired with Thrawn, and I would kill for a stand-alone novel that follows them on a mission.
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oenimo · 2 years
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I don't know if this counts for "gen ascendancy", because I realized only after writing that neither Un'hee or Eli show up in the Ascendancy books, but uhhhhhh have some father daughter bonding.
There's light Thranto, but Thrawn doesn't actually show up it's just like "dads" and it's "their" house, etc.
“Eli?”
The small voice surprised him, and he looked up from his questises. Thunhe, standing the doorway, looking meek, was the culprit.
“Yeah sweetheart?”
Even in the dark, he could tell she blushed a bit at the old term of endearment. She was a midager now, and had long started to tell him to cut it with the pet names. But when she was going to come to him in the middle of night, holding an old stuffed animal to her chest… he was going to go full in on the reassuring affection.
“I… I had a nightmare.”
Instantly, he put down the questis. Work could wait–technically, it should’ve already been put aside hours ago.
“Hey, alright. It’s okay. Do you want to stay here, or?”
One of her hands clenched around the plushie in her arms. “I… can you just come put me back to sleep? I know it’s stupid, but–”
“Hey. It’s not stupid.” He got to his feet, stretching with a few creaks and pops as he did, before heading over to meet her in the doorway. It wasn’t far between his and Thrawn's home office and her room, and soon he was tucking her back into the blankets, and brushing a stray blue hair out of her face.
“There. Safe and sound. Need anything else?”
She avoided his gaze, but nodded.
He gave it a minute, but… “Thunhe, you’re going to have to tell me what you’re looking for here, I can’t read your mind,” he said with a small chuckle.
She bit her lip. “Can–Can you stay? I just– I don’t want to be alone again, I don’t want to–” She took in a shuddering breath, and Eli felt his heart cracking.
“Of course, Thunhe.” Mentally, he did a quick check of his current clothes. He didn’t want to leave her to go change if she was this rattled. Luckily, he was in decently comfortable enough clothing. “Alright, scooch over so I can fit.”
Chuckling wetly, she scooched to one side of the bed, pulling her stuffed nightdragon closer to her chest. Eli pulled the covers over a bit, and relaxed back against the headboard.
It wasn’t long before his teenager had given up all pretense of aloofness, and instead curled into his side. Curled into the fetal position, with her arms tightly hugging her dragon and her head buried against him and the plushie’s soft fabric, he could almost see her transform back into the tiny malnourished and traumatized girl he’d first met years ago.
He let his arm drift into a soft curl around her shoulder, and rested his head against the propped-up pillows. He’d almost certainly have a crick in his everything when he woke up (stupid aging body), but he wasn’t going to risk waking his baby up.
He looked down at his daughter one more time, and wished he could get a picture of it. It was so rare nowadays that she left herself be his kid, let herself really and completely seek assurance from her dads. And she just looked so sweet.
Wait. He had a holocomm in his pocket.
Trying his best not to jostle her, he snuck his other hand into his pocket, and pulled out the holocomm. With the quick press of a button, he had the photo, and he sent it to his (main) personal questis. A second later, it was on its way to Thrawn as well, a sweet little surprise for him whenever he got off shift on the Patience.
And with that, he returned the comm to his pocket, rested his head further back against the pillows, and drifted off to sleep too.
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spectres-fulcrum · 2 years
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I did not expect to end Treason shipping Eli and Vah'nya, I fully expected to find them the typical shoed in pairing after the publishers saw the main pair to come out of the first book was gay.
But Zahn did great starting off with telling their feelings then showing their trust in each other. How deep it goes. How she trusts him to kill her and the little ones, how deep the trust is that Un'hee's mind knows to trust him. How he shares info with her. How he doesn't choose to see Thrawn at the end, but remains on the Steadfast when they're finally safe.
And the brainrot of the years to follow- because they have time. They have time to fall in love past their early crush and friendship. I have so much post Treason thoughts that I've only had in my mind for 11 hours but also-they have time and years and Thranto doesn't and it's so much funner to explore the time after Treason. At least until we get Ahsoka :/ But Ahsoka has so much room to screw so much up in my eyes. I'm terrified of Ahsoka screwing up my Rebels and Chiss families.
It's sweet to imagine them caring for Un'hee. Helping her through her trauma over the next couple years until she's calling them mom and dad and after their sights fade, they adopt her and give her a little sibling and she's never forced to babysit-they want her to be a teenager, but she spends hours with their bio kids, so gentle with them. So they never have to feel the harshness she and their parents went through. Un'hee is the gentlest big sister in the galaxy and it breaks their heart now shared hearts-because they remember the traumatized seven-year-old girl who clung to them, only trusting them and Ar'alani. And she'll do anything to protect their children from the darkness that threatens outside the walls of the life they all fought to have together.
But that's the point. They have each other, their family of four or five and that's all they've needed in the world. It's fun and sweet and that's why they're fun.
I have ideas and I kinda feel guilty because I started out shipping Thranto and I do but literally everyone does so I feel wrong to ship Eli with someone else but screw it. People ship Eli and Kallus. I can go the bi route and ship Eli and Vah'nya.
(I think what did me in was the hand thing in Treason. How he went to remove his from her shoulder and she grabbed it. It's my Pride and Prejudice era heart loving simple gestures like meaningful hand holding)
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experiment-000 · 1 year
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Does anyone else feel like they get less into shipping the older they get?
I'm currently attempting to compile my Ao3 statistics for 2022 (idk how to use any of the wrapped things) and I've noticed a theme that the majority of fics I read either had no ships, background ships only or if they did I didn't read them for the ship I just liked the summary so read them even though I was ambivalent to the ship.
In fact I feel like most of the fandoms I'm in nowadays fall into one of two categories -
Found Family
Ship I was into as a teen
So in 1) there's Star Wars (Disaster Lineage), Marvel (Irondad), Stranger Things (Dad Steve), Avatar (Gaang)
2) has Victuuri, Spuffy/Fuffy, Zutara, Thranto, Drarry, Wolfstar .
(and Wolfstar was a later OTP that I feel like I got into because of the marauders found family vibes and also all the them parenting Harry fics)
Then category 1) all those fandoms have major ships that I just sort of tolerate? I enjoy the fics with them in but just read them because of a lack of genfics and they generally have some found family alongside the shipping. So ships like Obikin, Codywan, Dinluke, Jangobi (Star Wars), Stucky, Avocados at Law, Peter/anyone (Marvel), Steddie, Stancy (Stranger Things).
Idk I feel like I haven't gained any otps in recent years and mostly find myself filtering by character/random and additional tags rather than ships on Ao3 nowadays.
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voidsaber · 2 years
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WIP title game
Rules:  post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips.
I wasn't tagged by anyone but I was bored so here are all my star wars related wips (oops it's all thrawn-related).
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au actor au behind the scenes
AU Babylon 5 AU thrawn
AU misfits au
AU Pacific Rim au
AU princess tutu sw xover
Ezra - The 7 dads of Ezra Bridger
grief (see also: "thron is sad... 2" and "thrawn grief ver3")
Homestuck Star Wars Xover (hopestuck)
Nightingale AU - Dawnsong
nightswan w DID
nightthrawn - glory
nightthrawn - how they meet aus
nightthrawn - pandemic au
nightthrawn - spicy oneshot oops
one shot nightthrawn cafe
post yeet but yiv is there too
Post Yeetening Tales
raw shark wars
Rebels Fix-It Rewrite (see also: "thrawn and ezra make a deal")
stuff and things
swanto - downfall (nightclub)
swanto - rebel eli au
swanto - retrograde pt2
Swanto - Thratatouille AU
thralani - chaos rising thralani
thralani - trans ziara
thranto - fairytales
thranto - library oneshot
thranto - prank war
thranto - university au
thrantoswan - accord v5
Thrawn meets Jacen Syndulla (a yeetening tale)
thrawn on tinder
threnra
[untitled swanto thing]
[untitled nightthrawn thing 1] (stuck)
[untitled nightthrawn thing 2] (cafe)
[untitled nightswan thing]
I am not tagging 38 people. someone save me my god.
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reythemandalor · 2 years
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Thrawn, lying in bed about to go to sleep: shall I turn off the light?
Eli: just a second
Thrawn: *lying down and closing his eyes*
Eli: *counting down to 00:00* 5...4...3..2..1
Eli, as he turns the light off: you missed our anniversary. Goodnight.
Thrawn: *sitting up at once*
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amikoroyaiart · 2 years
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Eli with Un'hee plus bonus Thrawn
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confuzing · 5 years
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Summary: First grade teacher Thrawn is having a parent-teacher conference with Un'hee's dad, who he has not met before.
Rating: General Audiences
Pairing: Thrawn/Eli Vanto pre-slash
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wildspaceyokel · 5 years
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Eli’s thing is sexy Dad Jokes.
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amukmuk · 1 month
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For the behind-the-scenes ask game!
For Belonging (just like. all of it, I can't pick just one):
7. What inspired the idea for the plot?
11. Was there a scene that you hadn't originally planned to include? Why did you decide to fit it in?
12. Was there a scene you wished you could have included? Why didn't it fit in?
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Hello, friend!!
7. What inspired the idea for the plot?
So, the first installation, Home, was written for a friend who was going through a tough time and I knew they loved a good Thranto!Dad story. From there I just fell in love with them and had to keep playing in the universe!
Green Soup and Ham was inspired by my own mother's terrible time making home made chicken noodle soup lol
I think the rest have all been little brain worms that have burrowed into my head and declared loudly to be written!
11. Was there a scene you hadn't originally planned to include? Why did you decide to fit it in?
Honestly, I never intended to include Granular at all. I knew I wanted Consequence to be 3 chapters. But, originally, when Eli dismisses Thrawn at the end of chapter 3 (you know, the part that killed all of us including me) he was supposed to turn to him and they were going to come back together to be a united front for Thunhe.
It just felt too easy to end it that way--like, Eli did awful terrible things and I think that he would have been spinning out to hard in the end to see his actions. So, the ending of Consequence was changed and Granular was born!
12. Was there a scene you wished you could have included? Why didn't it fit in?
Funny you ask this because the next installation has been at a standstill because I can't decide where to put it lol. It's a story of how Thunhe and Mid Captain Afwik have a sordid love affair (even though he is married and she is like a very junior officer). I think it fits best after Operation RomCom, but then I think I would have to rewrite their exchange in Consequence. OR, I could put it after Granular and it would be more improper coping mechanisms from Thunhe (which, truthfully, I feel bad writing about... again lol)
I don't know if that makes any sense, but thank you so much for the ask!! I love getting to talk about writing :D
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