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i made a sequel

#obi-wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #ahsoka tano #star wars #the clone wars #art #humour #yoda's gaggle of idiots #masters and padawans

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Lady Galadriel, 02.2024

My favorite overpowered, scary, tall elf. Women, am I right?

#galadriel #tolkien #lotr #the movies #art

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Being on Tumblr from ten years ago until now and seeing how it’s aged is so funny. When I first got here everything was like “haha lol so random, superwholock, taquitos, tumblr university!” but today I just scrolled past three different memes about tax season

#this is tumblr

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Then there are the whispers of a clone frozen in stasis. A medic trying to save his brothers, only to wake up and realise he is the last, all his brothers are gone. They are just rumours. No one's sure if they are true or not, until one day.

One day where Kix sitting in a cantina in the outer rim, where he sees a group of people gathered around a holo. He pays no mind to it at first, that is, until he hears someone say a familiar name. A name he hasn't heard spoken out loud in a long time. A brothers name.

So he gets closer, and he sees what the group of people are looking at. It's the photo. The photo that Rex had hanging on the wall of his office, the one of him, Fives, Echo and Cody. The photo that Fives always said made him and Echo Rex's favourites. Kix remembers that holo, he remembers the battle when it was taken. Remembers it was just after Fives and Echo had gotten back from Arc training. Remembers that he was just behind the camera, waiting to chew Fives out; because 'even if you have ARC training now. It doesn't mean that you can go and do stupid risky shit all the time trying to impress the shinies.'

Kix is drawn from the memories of ghosts when he feels someone tap him on the arm. It's a young girl with big blue familiar looking eyes, and she says that she thinks it cool that he looks exactly like the brave soldiers she learnt about in school. She asks him if his grandfather was a clone, if he knew any clones, if he's heard any stories of the clones. Kix stares at the girl for a moment, thinking about another girl with curious blue eyes, before he answers her. He tells her that he is a clone, that he has so many stories that he can't even count them.

With wide eyes, the girl drags him closer to the holo and pointing at it asks him if he knows the clones in the photo.

And Kix, looking at the holo, thinks of the old mando'a that they used to say; Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum. 'I'm still alive, but you are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal.'

So he tells the girl.

He tells her how they were his brothers. He tells her how he was apart of the 501st. He tells her how they fought for freedom. He tells her how they were always finding ways to laugh during the war. He tells her how they adopted the jedi into their family. He tells her how no matter how bad things got the clones knew they would be okay as long as they had eachother. He tells her their names.

The more stories he tells the more people listen. And word spreads. The Clones are not all gone. There is one left. And he's telling the stories of the clones, the stories that, when there where millions of clone alive no one wanted to hear. But they want to hear them now, they want to know the clones now. They want to know the worriors that fought for freedom and laid down the foundations for everything after. They clones story may be a tragedy, but it will not be forgotten.

The Vode will be remembered.

#star wars #the clone wars #kix #oh no. feelings #fanfic #ficlet

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i love being a star wars fan. yes, i spend all my free time thinking about star wars. no, i don't know anything that happens there. yes, i have very extensive knowledge on coruscant lower-level fauna. no, i don't understand the timeline but objectively it's not even my fault. of course i've read through traviss' mado'a language guide and dictionary. does anyone understand hyperlanes. don't ask me about their military ranking system or i will jump out of the window

#star wars #life of a fanfic writer #so true though

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My friend sent me a pic of this baby cow, and it made me think of what baby banthas might look like. 🥺 Hence this drawing. I bet he had some baby bantha friends on Tatooine.

This is the cow pic that inspired the drawing lol look at this little guy

#star wars #obi-wan kenobi #aww this is adorable #art

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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

#cool stuff #voyager 1 #nasa

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Tolkien literally said that the embodiment of hope in Middle Earth, the single guy who personally sails, wears, and for all intents and purposes is the Star of Hope in the night sky, was tired of all the struggles of this world and wanted to see what the next would offer…but he stayed for love of his wife. And he sails home to her every morning and she flies up to meet him.

And then people expect me to be normal about Eärendil and Elwing??

#tolkien #silmarillion #earendil #elwing #many many feels

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WHO IS THIS PEET BLOKE? Why does he wear so many socks? Why does he have talons? What mysterious trauma led to him hiding in the woods? Inquiring minds want to know! (He adopts children at the drop of a hat and has a Mysterious Past TM (I think??) so clearly he is a fun character.)

HAHA HELLO!!! I received two asks (including this one) about the dear Sockman within minutes of each other, so that was fun XD Glad to see that my obsession with Peet has become Noticeable!

Okayokay, so, Peet is this lovely man:

He’s eating SOUP LOOK AT HIM!!!

His real name is Artham, but for an undisclosed reason he goes by Peet. He wears socks in order to cover up/hide his hands, which don’t… really look like human hands.

You can see that they resemble something a lot more creature-y, and he doesn’t like to show them off. The socks are a good way to hide them—everyone just thinks he’s weird for wearing them over his hands, and they don’t suspect a reason for it.

As to the reason he has talons… if I answered, that would give away many many spoilers, so I will refrain unless you tell me otherwise 😅 Same with his trauma!

YES HE LOVES KIDS!!! He has a special fondness for Janner, Tink, and Leeli, the main characters of The Wingfeather Saga. He’s super protective of them and just… so sweet 🥺 Later in the book series (the tv show is pretty new and there’s only one season so far) he ends up befriending even more children, and it’s the SWEETEST THING AAAAAAAAAAAAH

Mysterious indeed! You don’t really find out exactly who he is/what happened to him until the end of the third book, so he definitely kept me on my toes! He’s an awesome character, and I think—for the most part—he was written really, really well :) There’s a reason he’s now my second favorite character, after all.

Ajsgajsgajfsjagsjsgs this ask was delightful and made me laugh, thank you so so much for sending it!!

#the wingfeather saga #peet the sockman #i do not go here #but he sounds like a cool dude #thanks for answering!

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I use this celebrimbor concept in my gil-galad fic but Celebrimbor isn’t the mc so it’s not expanded upon, but also, I wanna talk about it.

So, as a concept; Celebrimbor makes fake plants.

It’s mostly a crack headcanon because Celebrimbor is an Inventor (*cough* mad scientist *cough*) and Inventors always make practical stuff that looks normal. Like, Celebrimbor opens the inside of a fake plant in front of Galadriel (who didn’t notice the fake plant was so…mechanical), and now Galadriel doesn’t trust any of the fake plants in Eregion. Are they all decorative? Do they all have secret compartments? Who knows! (Celebrimbor refuses to tell her which are decorative-fake and which are hidden-knife-fake)

It escalates to the point where Gil-Galad gets gifted a Fake Plant and after tugging on a rubber leaf (per the instruction manual), the whole pot opens to reveal an ornate set of well-made daggers.

Elrond also gets gifts inside Fake Plants. Narvi, too, who thinks it’s hilarious.

At one point, Celebrimbor discovers a way to make the fake plant leaves sway in the wind without the stiffness of rubber, and a new type of silicone that feels leafy to the touch if prepared properly. Galadriel’s paranoia grows as the Fake Plants get more realistic.

Love the idea of Celebrimbor and the classic “Inventor Makes Hidden Compartment Inside Harmless Things” trope. I think it’s just the right amount of harmless, accidentally threatening, and Mad Scientist to fit Celebrimbor’s character.

#tolkien #silmarillion #celebrimbor #galadriel #humour

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*hugs you back*

#asked and answered #afaroffsong

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Been doing lots of fanfic research tonight, so here we are (I fudged a bit by leaving out some of the 'how fast can [character] run' ones because there were a LOT):

boxcar

4 of 7 marvel power grid

how fast can norman osborn run

how fast can thor run

how fast does a freight train go

Tagging @musewrangler, @ladysongmaster, and @ramblingsofachristiannerd if y'all want to join in.

Tag Game: last five google searches

This looks like a fun tag game! Alright, the rules are simple. Go to your search history, find the last 5 things you've googled for a fic and share them.

Liver pâté and popular side dishes

Correct spelling of the word 'straitjacket'

Lyrics of Who's Afraid of Little Old Me

Medieval torture devices

French terms of endearment

Any guesses for the fics I'm working on? ;)

Tagging just about everybody but please don't hesitate to join if you want to: @ourdramaqueen @therulerofallpotatos @nonamemanga @persephoneed @ablatheringblatherskite @thetornadodream @onlyelaine @suchaladyy @itshype @wincestation @bithablu @cosmic-lullaby @beri-allen @realmermaid333 @realisticintentions @nouklea @penelopwgarcia @iamfandomcrazy @badmoodbatflowers @juju-or-anya

#tag game #life of a fanfic writer

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The cut was already scabbed over, but Harry scowled anxiously at it all the same when he noticed where Norman was looking.

Tagging @bunnyscar back, plus @rainintheevening if you want to join in.

WIP Tag Game

Rules: If you are tagged, you have to work on your WIP until you write a sentence that contains at least one word from the sentence given to you by the person who tagged you. Then post that sentence and tag as many people as you want. Tag-backs are not only allowed, but encouraged! >:)

I've been tagged roughly a bajillion times over the past couple of months, but haven't done much about it because I've been on a writing hiatus in the wake of finishing the first draft of my WIP. But I'm trying to get back into writing regularly, so I'm going to start a new thread, and tag back everybody who tagged me! >:D

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It didn't take a genius to understand what Qui-Gon was getting at.

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The dead became one with the Force, and the Force was a Jedi's constant companion.

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And yet, Obi-Wan still couldn't shake the feeling of abandonment.

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And if he didn't leave even the slightest crack open for the Force to seep through, that meant Qui-Gon couldn't reach him either.

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A child with his fingers in his ears, demanding to know why no one would talk to him.

@bunnyscar

Accept the shame, then let it go.

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Learn from them, and they will help you grow.

@bunnyscar

Taking a deep breath, Obi-Wan envisioned his lungs filling with stale air from the years he had languished here on Tatooine.

@kraytwriter

Opening eyes he hadn't realized he'd closed, Obi-Wan turned to look at Qui-Gon again.

@kraytwriter

“I was there.”

@kraytwriter

All he could see was his master's eyes, full of sympathy and compassion, understanding and acceptance.

Lol, all of the words I chose were very boring and generic, but there you go XD And yes, if I mentioned your name multiple times, consider yourself tagged that many times.

#tag game #writing

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"Did you pick a fight with a tree?" Harry asked, looking both worried and a little amused.

Tagging @bunnyscar back (are you writing about Ents??) and @ladysongmaster.

WIP Tag Game

Rules: If you are tagged, you have to work on your WIP until you write a sentence that contains at least one word from the sentence given to you by the person who tagged you. Then post that sentence and tag as many people as you want. Tag-backs are not only allowed, but encouraged! >:)

Starting a new one of these because I kinda slacked off when my computer exploded, and in the meantime got tagged a whole bunch. So here goes, consider yourself tagged as many times as I mention your name!

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They were so close; he could feel it.

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You saw what he did in D.C.

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Maybe that was all he could think about, every time he looked at Bucky Barnes’s face.

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He’ll be with Captain America.

@bunnyscar

There was something about him, even just in the way he held himself, that made it easy to believe he had it all under control.

@bunnyscar

That went a long way towards convincing him that there was more to Barnes than just a deadly assassin.

@bunnyscar

He stared down at his hands, clasped on top of the table in front of him.

@bunnyscar

His leg jiggled up and down nervously.

#tag game #writing

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Of course, that was when the clear sky clouded over and it started raining.

Tagging @griseldabanks back, plus @thisistheendtimes.

Last Sentence/Tag Game

Thanks to @thescrapwitch and @cycas for the tag!

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Been a busy weekend and I haven't been able to write for a couple days, but here's the latest sentence from my current WIP, wherein Maedhros is That Dad Who Didn't Want A Cat:

Just before the door slams, he thinks he hears the creature on Caranthir’s lap let out a smug mewl.

Which comes out to...19 words. Whew! It looks like a lot of people I'd want to tag already have been, so I'm not going to get to nineteen, but I'll do some.

No-pressure tags: @winterinhimring @sweetteaanddragons @jaz-the-bard @leucisticpuffin @eleneressea @potatoobsessed999 @youareunbearable

#tag game #writing

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#star wars #the clone wars #obi-wan kenobi #ahsoka tano #yoda's gaggle of idiots #art #masters and padawans #aww this is adorable

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Norman didn't have a good angle to punch him back, at least not in a way that wouldn't permanently cripple him, and it still made him uneasy every time he was tempted to use his full strength against someone who wasn't enhanced.

Thanks for the tag! Tagging @griseldabanks back, and adding @musewrangler because it's been a while since I've pestered you. (:<

WIP Tag Game

Rules: If you are tagged, you have to work on your WIP until you write a sentence that contains at least one word from the sentence given to you by the person who tagged you. Then post that sentence and tag as many people as you want. Tag-backs are not only allowed, but encouraged! >:)

Starting a new one of these because I kinda slacked off when my computer exploded, and in the meantime got tagged a whole bunch. So here goes, consider yourself tagged as many times as I mention your name!

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They were so close; he could feel it.

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You saw what he did in D.C.

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Maybe that was all he could think about, every time he looked at Bucky Barnes’s face.

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He’ll be with Captain America.

@bunnyscar

There was something about him, even just in the way he held himself, that made it easy to believe he had it all under control.

@bunnyscar

That went a long way towards convincing him that there was more to Barnes than just a deadly assassin.

@bunnyscar

He stared down at his hands, clasped on top of the table in front of him.

@bunnyscar

His leg jiggled up and down nervously.

#tag game #writing