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growmofo · 2 years

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haphazardcorvid · 6 months

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There's something sort of distorted with how grief is currently being seen and dealt with on the island + Qsmp.

I've been thinking about this for a while during the missing egg arc, but Bagi implying that Foolish wasn't that attached to Leo has finally pushed me into putting the thoughts into words.

I really don't like how several of the islanders - especially the new ones - view grief and expressions of grief. It's like they expect all grief to be big and loud and performative, and otherwise, it isn't as significant, or as important. Like how Bagi's expectations for sadness seem to be shaped by Bbh's very visual, obvious deterioration, and disregards that MAYBE, just MAYBE, not everyone is going to shove their feelings in your face when they barely know you? That some people may break down privately, where you are not privy to their thoughts, and you are not entitled to a public performance of that grief in order to verify that they do, in fact, care?

It's not just islanders who haven't spent much time with the eggs either - Forever himself said he thought that, ASIDE FROM BAGHERA AND BBH, everyone was simply moving on and living life without the eggs. Funnily enough, these are both players with skins that specifically denote emotional turmoil :). Does grief have to expressly visualised for people to acknowledge that it's there? That was particularly jarring as a Philza main, who's character was and is currently going through a drealisation and mental deterioration arc after going to suspicious coordinates (the birdcage) FOR THE SAKE OF HIS EGGS.

Most annoyingly it also bleeds into the fandom sometimes, despite the fact we have the benefit of meta awareness. I've seen posts or comments about how 'oh, bbh is the only one truly miserable about the eggs' 'other islanders aren't suffering about the kids like ___".

It's just striking having watched Fit, a person whom canonically struggles with outward expressions of vulnerable emotion due to his background but clearly deeply misses Ramon, who would fall into this 'unaffected' category because he's not giving showy public displays or monologues about his feelings. Or Phil, who to members of the island who haven't reached out to him on those topics, seems largely still like a strong rock to lean on because he plunged himself into propping up other islanders the moment he returned - but behind closed doors fell apart at Tallulah's letter and is clearly rapidly deteriorating as a character. Or Foolish, who maintains an upbeat character, retains his capacity to carry on moving, and lives as brightly as he can while SIMULTANEOUSLY being completely broken up internally about his daughter. You can see it in the way they talk about their kids, how they rush to collect any clues whenever they pop up, how many of them seem to be living in limbo, incapable of new changes and beginnings.

And alright. So that's not explicit to those other characters. But it should not have to be visually explicit for them to not degrade their grief. The assumption should not be that grief is either public or nonexistent. You are not entitled to flashy displays of feeling. Forthright and in your face emotion is not the baseline requirement for distress. Demeaning someone's attachment to their child because they aren't grieving in the RIGHT way for YOU, one that isn't visible enough to YOU, isn't excusable because 'oh I can't really see how that person is feeling though'. It's basic social understanding.

And of course they are aware of the mental and emotional states of their friends - who are also very visual with their grieving - above others, because those people are ALSO the ones that those like Bagi and Forever consistently interact with for prolonged periods of time. Have they actually really, deeply talked with all the other islanders about their internal state? No, of course not, they don't spend that much time with them and aren't that close. That's not bad or anything, that's life and relationships and very normal. But then what grounds do those assumptions of 'oh, there are parents who don't care' actually have? They themselves should be capable of acknowledging that they don't actually have insight into these other people, and they should not be using the expressions of grief from say Baghera and Bbh as a cudgel to cheapen and diminish that of others.

#Sorry that's a lot #It was all adding up slowly - just an awareness of a general disregard some people had for how others were processing the disappearance #But the fact that it didn't get resolved with time and in fact seems worse just pulled it out of me all at once #The Foolish and Bagi thing mainly #Just how being subtle in your distress leads particular people to brush it off or pretend you feel quite the opposite is frustrating #And soz kinda personal lmao #as a person who has struggled heavily mentally but has had it devalued using how others outwardly react to their own issues #It kinda resonated #Foosh you are valid and a brilliant father to me #qsmp #qsmp foolish #qsmp baghera #qsmp forever #qsmp bagi #qsmp eggs #qsmp philza #qsmp fitmc #qsmp badboyhalo #Edit - just to note this is about the characters and their interactions only #It would be stupid to be saying this about actual ccs lmao

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ihathbenobiwankenobied · 1 year

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soldier left behind

Part four of 212th Medic Skull Has Had Enough on ao3

Part one | Part two | Part Three | Part Four

Summary:

“I–” Obi-Wan started, then looked back toward the forest, “Cody didn’t come back.” He spat the words out so quickly, Skull could hardly follow.

(Or, yet another follow-up to Skull's infamous run-in with the 212th's newest secret couple. This time, an injured Cody is left in the forest and Obi-Wan, Skull, and new shiny medic Splint go to find him before nightfall.)

Word Count: 4,414

Chapter 1/2

Skull hated fighting, hated having to raise his blaster, even if it was the one thing he had been created to do. He supposed he had been trained to be a medic his whole life outside of being a soldier, so of course his first point of interest was not running aimlessly into a field of droids who were quite literally designed to kill him.

Skull swore under his breath as blaster fire whizzed past his head, cursed out General Skywalker for getting them into this position in the first place.

If General Kenobi was risky, Skywalker took it to another level; he was self-sacrificing but surprisingly confident about it. Skull was happy to not have been assigned as his medic, but that didn’t mean he was exempt from Skywalker’s abhorrent decisions.

Cody’s voice was loud through his comlink, commanding all of the troops to fall back, there were reinforcements coming in. Skull followed orders gladly and booked it away from the oncoming line of clankers, hoping his brothers would do the same; he would be the one to have to fix them up anyway.

Feet carrying him backward through a maze of thick, leafy trees, Skull heard the crackling sound of more orders from Cody through his comlink. He could barely hear over the continued blaster fire pelting into the tree trunks on all sides of him and the surrounding troopers.

“Toward basecamp!” Someone yelled, having heard the orders. Reorienting himself, he changed directions, feet catching on the tree roots that layered the forest bed in his haste.

He ran for longer than he had in a long time, lungs pulling in harsh, short breaths as he began to see the edges of a clearing ahead of him. No one spoke as they ran, equally unwilling to waste their breath on needless conversation. Skull sucked in a big breath, and pushed his legs to go faster as they approached the clearing; basecamp was only a quarter of a klick away from the edge of it, and Skull was more than willing to get there sooner rather than later.

By the time he and the other troopers could see the tents looming in the distance, Skull looked back to see a muddy group of twenty or so troopers, a few of them limping or holding an arm against their chest. Skull pulled his comlink to his face.

“Oxy, twenty of us incoming. I estimate three leg wounds, two troopers with blasts to the bicep and shoulder.” He liked to keep his counterpart informed and prepared; Force knew he was going to have to sit for at least a couple of minutes to regain he breath after having run so far.

“Noted.” Oxy answered immediately, “You alright there, Skully?” He stifled a laugh through the connection and Skull growled under his breath.

“You trying running four klicks away from clankers.” Skull said, breaths coming in faster.

“I’ll save a medical bed for you.” Oxy told him.

Skull didn’t bother responding, just slowed down considerably as he approached the first of the makeshift barracks. The men surrounding him did the same, stripping off their buckets to take a few breaths of fresh air, not quite as thick as it had been in the humid center of the jungle.

Approaching the small medical tent which sat beside the makeshift supply tent, Skull directed the injured men following him to triage with one of the shinies that had been brought on to work with him and Oxy. The shiny, Splint, looked on nervously as Skull directed the troops his way. It was his first time in the field, only having been surrounded with every piece of high-tech medical equipment in the galaxy.

Skull tried to offer him a reassuring smile, but he would be the first to admit he wasn’t feeling overly up to it as he sat heavily on a weapons crate outside the tent. “Is that it, Sir? Are there any still on the way?” Splint asked expectantly, his eyes tracing over the tree line in the distance, almost like he was waiting for more to pop out of it at any second.

They had gone in with forty, and barely twenty had returned; Skull knew what Splint was thinking.

Skull hated that he didn’t know if anyone was left behind, that he couldn’t save every single last one of his brothers, but the reality was, not everyone would make it, and that was something he had to live with as a medic.“I’m sorry– I don’t know. Just focus on what’s in front of you now, Splint, if they make it back, they make it back.”

Splint sighed, then saluted, “Of course, Sir.” He nodded once, then spun on his heel to join Oxy back in the tent.

Skull sat for another minute, then began to pull at his plates of armor. He worked better when he wasn’t constricted by layers of thick plastoid.

Once he had piled the plates beside himself, he was about to get up to head into the medical tent, but his eyes caught on something in the distance.

Alongside another large supply crate, both General Kenobi and Skywalker stood with their arms crossed, obviously in a very intense discussion over something. Skywalker held his head high and seemingly indignant. Kenobi looked equally frustrated, but instead of standing still, he paced back and forth, hand occasionally reaching up to stroke over his beard.

While the image wasn’t inherently unusual, the look on Kenobi’s face was not.

The General looked, for lack of a more dignified term, frantic.

Frantic wasn’t something a High General in the GAR often embodied, even in the face of a losing battle.

Skull stood slowly, watching as the two Generals spoke under their breath to each other, then parted ways with one last biting word from Skywalker. The younger Jedi strode off, confidence rolling off of him as he moved in the direction of the 501st barracks.

General Kenobi stood in place for a moment, forehead dropping into the palm of his hand.

Skull could hardly take it, seeing the General standing alone, clearly upset. Where was Cody? He glanced across the horizon, over the whole encampment, suddenly feeling a small pit form in his stomach as he watched Skywalker and Rex convening by a fire with a few other troopers from the 501st.

Cody would have been with the General if he had returned, Skull had no doubts about that. Which meant…

Skull abandoned his stripped armor, walking the short distance toward the supply crate where Obi-Wan had taken to staring off toward the forest line, much the way Splint had just minutes earlier.

“Uh, General, everything alright?” He asked tentatively as he approached Kenobi from behind.

The General startled, whipping around with wide eyes, mouth ajar.

“Oh!” He said quietly, then offered the most watery, insincere smile that Skull had ever witnessed in his life.

And they say Kenobi is the most convincing negotiator in the GAR, Skull thought, barely able to see past the sullen eyes and grim look that pressed at his face against his best efforts to shield it.

“I’m fine Skull; hardly even had to use my lightsaber.” Kenobi continued, almost automatic in his insistence that he was perfectly fine.

“Sir– I’m not talking about your physical state this time.” Skull placed a hand on Obi-Wan’s shoulder, hoping some grounding touch would do something to coax a moment of honesty out of his obstinate bones.

“I–” Obi-Wan started, then looked back toward the forest, “Cody didn’t come back.” He spat the words out so quickly, Skull could hardly follow.

Once he had a moment to process, Skull realized he was right, the Commander was missing.

“I sense– I think he is hurt, I can’t be certain– but I can’t leave him out there.”

“And Skywalker thinks you should?” Skull asked, almost dumbfounded that the younger Jedi even got an opinion on whether Cody was worth going back for or not.

“Not exactly– he thinks it dangerous, it’s getting dark, and the light will be completely gone by the time we get to him. We have no idea what position the separatists hold and–” Skull couldn’t take the rambling, the attempt to justify Skywalker’s opinion.

“Banthashit.” Skull said firmly. Kenobi looked at him, blinking once, “No way the seppies are going to be combing the forest in the dark if they think anything like Skywalker– their clankers can barely shoot straight in the daylight.”

The last comment at least got a small sniffle of acknowledgement from the General, but he still looked defeated, his worry evident. Skull pointed out toward the trees, “I’ll go with you out there all night if we need– I just need my armor and my kit.”

“Skull– please, don’t be ridiculous. We can’t go without backup. Anakin is right that this could be risky.” Obi-Wan said, voice trailing off at the end.

Anakin took enough risks of his own, Kenobi certainly was allowed to take a calculated one to save an irreplaceable Commander.

“Well, you’re in luck, I have a shiny who can join us.” Skull glanced back toward the medical tent. Sure, Oxy might be a little pissy to have to take on five injured troopers on his own, but the Commander’s life was just as important as any trooper’s was; he was a brother.

Obi-Wan looked him right in the eye.

“Are you sure, Skull? Cody is very capable– he could survive the night–” It was like Kenobi was trying to convince himself he should stay back. Skull wasn’t having it.

“So you’re going to act like this isn’t bothering you, Sir? I have seen– I know how you feel about him.”

Obi-Wan sighed and shook his head, “We should discuss this later.”

“Then we’re going?” Skull asked, and the General offered one affirming nod.

“Seriously, Skull? Those idiots need to get it together.” Oxy placed a fresh bacta patch over a trooper's bloody blaster wound on his shoulder. Splint looked on, albeit nervously. Skull had informed him that he would be joining him out in the rainforest.

“Oh believe me, I agree. I’m going to have to request individual medics for each of them at this rate.” Skull shook his head and strapped his medical kit over his shoulder, securing it as tightly as he could. “If we’re not back in three hours, notify Skywalker.”

With that, he motioned for Splint to follow, his own medkit strapped across his chest, and they headed out toward where Kenobi stood idly outside, not really looking at anything at all. He hardly looked dejected anymore, just… numb.

Skull hated it.

“You ready to go?” Skull asked tentatively, watching as Kenobi startled again.

“Yes– I’m ready. Are you the new medic?” Kenobi held out his hand to Splint, who looked alarmed at the offer.

“Oh–yes! I’m CT-3330.” Splint said sheepishly and shook the General’s hand firmly.

“Do you go by any other names…” Kenobi searched for something else to call him, something more than a serial number. Skull liked that about his General.

“It’s Splint, Sir. Thank you for asking.” Kenobi offered Splint a gentle smile, but it quickly faded when Skull cleared his throat.

“We need to head out; the faster we find him, the more likely he’s still alive.” Skull stepped forward leading the way into the quickly darkening forest.

Kenobi didn’t know the exact coordinates of where he had last seen Cody, but he had a general idea, a feeling. It had been in a small clearing just below a steep cliff. The General was convinced it could be seen from a klick away, but they had not such luck as they stepped over creaking roots and fallen branches that had taken blaster fire earlier.

They had all tried to com the commander, multiple times at this point, but none of them had received a response.

Kenobi was on edge; his usual poise and precise methods seemed to have all but disappeared. His moves were irrational, tugging the trio from place to place without any real logic.

Skull tried to not let his frustration show through, keeping calm as he followed closely behind the shivering General, but Splint, always tense, was becoming more vocal about needing to change their search route at the very least.

“I think we have already searched here– should we move farther east?” Splint suggested, but Kenobi just shook his head and shivered again in the cool night air. Skull should have reminded Kenobi to put on an extra few shirts under his tunic.

“I could swear it was close to this location. If I could just…” Think. Skull mentally filled in the rest of the sentence.

He understood, panic wasn’t a helpful tool when it came to memory, and he could tell the General was just barely holding it together. Skull did not miss the way Kenobi lost focus, eyes drifting across the distant layers of trees. He ground his teeth together loud enough that Skull could hear it.

“Sir, let’s stop for a minute. It’s late, I know this is stressful. Do you want to… meditate? Would that help?” Skull didn’t know much about Force-osik, but if it would help the General focus, he would suggest anything.

“You’re right, Skull, I’m not thinking clearly.” Kenobi said after a long pause, he glanced around and started toward a small patch of roots that wasn’t coated in mud. He sat down, crossing his legs together and taking a deep breath. “I’ll just be a few minutes.”

Skull didn’t watch, it felt private, and instead, looked through his medical supplies again, checking to see if there was an additional ration bar or some water he could offer the General before they continued the search. He didn’t find anything, and looked up to see Splint staring at the Jedi, wide eyed.

“Strange, huh?” He said as he clipped the med kit back together, acknowledging that seeing the Jedi hovering inches above the ground, deep behind a wall of meditative solitude.

“I’ve heard the Jedi are different, but this is…” Splint blinked a few times, then shook his head.

Kenobi dropped to the ground gracefully, bloodshot eyes opening slowly as he stood. While he didn’t look any less worried, his face was clearer, and more determined. He looked up toward the tops of the trees, then in each direction, hands tracing across the bark of the passing trees as he paced. “I know the way. It’s a klick north.”

Skull couldn’t believe it; he was starting to think Kenobi needed to meditate more often.

“Let’s get going then, there’s barely any light left.” Skull said, motioning for Splint to follow alongside him.

They followed their General closely, the last of the light seeping through the trees as they clamored across more tree roots and dense mud.

“Just up ahead.” Kenobi whispered suddenly, pointing toward a towering cliff that would have been much easier to see in broad daylight. The General picked up speed and the two medics followed his lead, stomping through a few deep craters of muddy sludge until they reached a small clearing at the base of the cliff.

There wasn’t much to look at in last of the light except for a few stacked boulders by the base of the cliff and several mangled trees clumped together. No sign of Cody in plain sight.

That’s a good sign, Skull reminded himself. If the Commander had been killed instantly or been completely debilitated, he wouldn’t have had the chance to take cover.

Kenobi stopped, and brought his finger up to his lips, eyes looking back and forth as he listened to the sounds of the jungle waiting to hear the metallic screeches of approaching clankers. Skull couldn’t hear anything other than the endless crackling of leaves and branches in the breeze and skittering animals. “Clear?” He asked the General, voice barely a whisper.

Kenobi nodded, and began to call out for the Commander, voice louder this time, “Cody? Commander?”

They waited patiently, all three men listening intently now for the Commander to say something, or to drag himself out into the open, but there was nothing.

Kenobi was back to looking distressed– no, frantic– again.

The General called out for Cody again, then again, each time his voice more desperate, until Skull placed a knowing hand on his shoulder, spinning him around. If the Commander wanted to say something, he would have, and they were wasting time. Kenobi was surprisingly irrational, his lack of composure becoming more apparent with every second passing.

It was alarming.

“General– let’s just take a look around.” He tried to sound encouraging, but Kenobi didn’t look satisfied with the suggestion.

So Skull pushed past him and toward the rocks at the base of the cliff which looked like an obvious place to take cover. He knelt down near an opening that looked large enough for someone to squeeze into, and began to consider climbing inside himself when–

“Uh– Skull?” Splint called for him tentatively and Skull whipped his head around, the lights on his bucket immediately landing on what Splint and the General were looking at: blood.

It was trailed across the dirt, and wouldn’t have been visible in the fading light. It led toward a similar cavern to the one Skull had been looking at, but only thinner.

Before Skull could walk over, Kenobi was already down on his knees, attempting to shuffle into the crawl space. Skull rushed over, pulling him back, “No, let Splint do it, he’s smaller than you.”

He hated to volunteer the shiny, but it was true, he was half a head shorter than Obi-Wan, and thinner than Skull due to his age. Thankfully, Splint didn’t hesitate, already shoving a hypo filled with painkillers into his belt.

“Obi-Wan?” Skull heard from behind the rocks. The voice was gruff, weak, and barely sounded like Cody, but it was him. Skull was almost relieved, but there was still the added factor of needing to remove him from the crawl space.

“I’m– I’m here my love.” Obi-Wan still knelt in the mud, eyes watering just around the corners. Skull tried to pretend he didn’t hear it, the admission was almost too blatant for him. Skull’s heart hurt hearing the desperation in the General’s tone.

“Splint is coming in, Commander. Let him give you the painkillers.” Skull said, once again dropping his medical kit onto the ground and throwing it open, “What are we looking at, Splint?” He asked, watching as the shiny disappeared deeper into the cavern.

There was a whimper, one that made the General cringe, eyes still wide, then Splint spoke muffled by the stones, “Two blaster wounds– one to the hip, the other to the shoulder, both on the left side. Concussion too. But I have no idea how he got in here.” Skull was mildly relieved, he had been expecting worse judging by the blood scraped across the ground, but blaster wounds were manageable.

“Can he stand?” Skull asked, but Splint was sure he couldn’t.

The General looked less relieved, and he spoke softly, “I can use the Force.”

“What?” Skull asked, not understanding what exactly the Force could be used for in the present.

Kenobi stood from his crouch and took a few steps back, adjusting his angle, “I can pull him out with the Force, hover him.” Kenobi answered, his focus regained.

Skull had seen him do it before in open air, but this was an entirely different situation, it was a tight cave, with little room for error.

“Are you sure?” Skull asked, but Kenobi shot him a look that spoke a thousand words. “Alright, Splint, get out of there.”

Once Splint had cleared the entrance, squeezing past the thin space between the rocks, Kenobi began, arms extended out in front of him, eyes narrowed and then closed.

His arms shook, then his whole body, and Skull watched the entrance to the cavern expectantly. For a moment, nothing happened.

Then Force-osik.

The General maneuvered Cody’s prone body through the tight opening, and though Cody let out a shattered scream with the movement, his body never scraped the sides of the stone.

Kenobi, his whole body shaking with the effort, slowly brought Cody’s body to rest on a less muddy patch, then collapsed onto his own knees, energy clearly spent.

“Kriff. Splint– get Kenobi sitting down, and a stim.” Skull wasn’t about to request that Splint try and carry the General back while he tried to handle Cody on his own.

Skull took to Cody’s side, eyeing the mess of dried blood across Cody’s forehead. While the blaster fire had hit his armor in multiple other places, he had been hit along his joints where the pieces of plastoid armor plating separated.

It must have been heavy fire, Skull thought. There was no way a clanker would be smart enough to hit those areas purposefully,

Cody’s eyes blinked open, breaths sucked in heavily as he recovered from being jostled. He looked up, blinking through the dirt in his eyelashes, and frowned. His eyes looked dull– drugged, really, Skull reminded himself. He had handed off the strongest dose of a painkiller-sedative concoction to Splint.

“Skull? Where’s–” Cody started hazily.

“Cody.” Skull’s head swiveled to find that Splint had been unsuccessful at getting the General sitting down; instead, Kenobi was staggering toward Cody, tripping into the mud, matted hair scattered over his forehead. He fell to his knees by Cody’s side, hand pressing into Cody’s instantaneously.

“Obi-Wan. You came back.” Splint looked at Skull, eyes filled with some concoction of shock and surprise. Skull supposed it was fair; generally, Sir, was a more appropriate term for a High General. Skull ignored the look, promising himself to explain later, and motioned to the still filled hypo in Splint’s grasp. The young trooper seemed to notice that he had yet to deliver the stim, and pressed the needle into Kenobi’s neck while the Jedi used a thumb on his other hand to wipe away some of the clotted blood still strewn across Cody’s forehead.

“Alright, Sir, you need to help me get this armor off of him before we head back to basecamp. We’ll get some bacta on him for now. Splint– get me bacta patches.”

Obi-Wan hesitated for a moment, still grasping at Cody’s hand, then he spoke to Cody softly. “Don’t panic, Codes,” Oh for the love of God, the nicknames were unbearable, “We’re just going to take these off.” Kenobi tapped at the plastoid armor of Cody’s chest.

The Commander looked at him lazily, then at Skull, worry spreading over his features suddenly.

“Here? I-I don’t know Obi-Wan…” The General’s cheeks grew redder than Skull could have ever imagined, and he refused to look in Skull’s direction.

“No!” Kenobi said firmly, then grumbled, “Just– we need to see the wounds. You need bacta.” Still not looking in Skull’s direction, the General reached for the chest plate, unclasping it at the sides with enough ease that Skull knew he had done it many times before.

How disgusting.

Skull started with the armor by his legs, leaving his boots on so they could try and drag him along if his pain was managed enough to walk.

Skull stripped him up to his waist, all but his codpiece, as Obi-Wan had removed all but his vambraces where his dead comlink was still attached. Awkwardly, not wanting to have to do it himself in front of Kenobi, Skull looked at the General hoping he would offer to remove the remaining piece of armor.

“Sir, can you take that off of him? I’ll need to see his hip.” Obi-Wan blinked at him, opened his mouth to say something, then abruptly shut his mouth and nodded. Skull could see his defined blush as he gently pulled the codpiece away and shimmied the pants of his blacks down past his hip bone.

Cody would never kriffing live this down once he found out when he was more lucid. Skull liked the idea of that just a little.

The blaster wound was bloody, skin torn and angry looking, but Skull couldn’t worry too much about it before he had access to better supplies; bacta patches were going to have to do.

“Splint did–”

“Right here, Skull.” Splint came into view, bacta patch already free of its packaging.

“Thank you.” He said, and positioned the patch over the wound. He had to press down to secure it and to get the bacta to react with the charred skin.

Cody clenched his teeth again, but a muffled whimper still made it through. The General winced, hand still holding back the waistband of Cody’s pants until Skull had covered the wound completely. Gently, Obi-Wan pulled the top of the pants back up, careful to avoid the wound.

“Kriffing hells.” Cody swore, voice slurring slightly as he flinched away from Skull’s touch as the medic moved to his shoulder, gently prodding at the edges of the inflamed blaster wound there.

“It’s okay, Codes.” Skull heard Obi-Wan whisper, his hand already entangled with Cody’s again.

Skull followed the same process, quickly taking the bacta patch from Splint and applying it with pressure. The Commander held in a groan, but physically recoiled away from Skull once the medic pulled away.

Skull moved backward, motioning for Splint to do the same, and let Cody ride out the last waves of pain. With his uninjured arm, he pressed a hand across his face and rubbed over his eyes. The General sat next to him, still looking exhausted and shaky from using the Force, but at the very least, the worry had drained from his eyes and turned into something more reverent as he let his fingers trail over Cody’s jawline for just a split second.

“They’re just like that, Splint– I’ll explain later.” He stood next to the shiny, who looked on with a mixture of disgust and fondness written across his features.

Skull concurred with that feeling.

“It’s… do they realize we’re here?” Splint asked, looking away.

“The vote is still out on that one– Cody still likes to pretend I don’t know they’re… a thing.” Skull let out a snort, smiling at Splint, then sighing when he realized they were still two klicks out from basecamp, were dealing with one half Force-exhausted Jedi, and a very loopy Commander.

Fucking kark it, it was going to be a long trip back.

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My mom wanted to watch Avatar 2 since it’s out on Disney plus now and I have a gripe. Neteyam should not have a fucking accent.

Whenever we hear dialogue in the movie we’re hearing one of three things; diegetic English (the recoms and humans), diegetic Navi (again, presence of the recoms), or non-diegetic English (most of the movie is this).

Neteyam is the ONLY Sully kid to have a Navi accent, why the fuck is that? He and Kiri are nearly the same age, and they were raised in the same circumstances by the same people. Lo’ak isn’t that much younger then them either, so I’m counting him too in this and his accent is also general American like Kiri’s.

It could be that the Navi accent in the non-diegetic English is signaling more fluency in Navi since Neytiri, the rest of the Omaticaya, and the Metkayina all speak with it and Jake is speaking with the American accent. But then, why do most the kids have the American accent? They’d be more fluent in Navi. If this was the case, I’d argue that the kid who’d have the strongest Navi accent should be Tuk, and the older kids would be the most fluent in English since Jake was still learning Navi when they were born.

I think the real reason that Neteyam has the accent is to more strongly draw the parallels between him and Neytiri vs Jake and Lo’ak. But hear me out, their names and hairstyles do that job just fine and adding the accent to ONLY Neteyam is unnecessary. Either none of the kids speak with an American accent or all of them do. Or if one kid has to have the Navi accent, it should be Tuk because of the age difference placing her in a fully Navi speaking household.

All this to say, whenever Lo’ak and Neteyam were talking I was bugged by the fact that Lo’ak spoke with an American accent and Neteyam spoke with Navi. That bugged me, they should have the same accent. Anyway, send post.

#Avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #avatar neteyam #avatar loak #sully family #idk it continually bugged meee #adding to this #spider should have a Navi accent when speaking with the recoms #idk how fluent he is in English compared to Navi #but his general vibe feels like he’d actively avoid speaking English at all #and over time this would lead to him developing an accent the few times he DOES speak English

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Setting Up Your First YouTube Ad Campaign: A Comprehensive Guide

As the second largest search engine globally, YouTube offers unparalleled opportunities for businesses to reach a vast array of audiences through advertising. From boosting brand awareness to enhancing engagement and driving sales, YouTube ads can be a powerful tool for achieving your marketing goals. If you're taking the plunge into the world of YouTube advertising for the first time, here's a comprehensive guide to setting up your first YouTube ad campaign.

Step 1: Understand the Different Types of YouTube Ads

Before setting up your YouTube ad campaign, familiarize yourself with the different types of YouTube ads: * Skippable in-stream ads: These ads appear before, during, or after a video. Viewers have the option to skip these ads after the first 5 seconds. * Non-skippable in-stream ads: These ads also appear before, during, or after a video but they last 15-20 seconds and viewers cannot skip them. * Discovery ads: These ads appear in search results when someone searches on YouTube or on the YouTube homepage and the watch page. * Bumper ads: These are non-skippable ads of 6 seconds that a viewer must watch before watching the desired video. Select the ad format that aligns with your goals, budget, and target audience.

Step 2: Set Up Your YouTube Channel and Google Ads Account

If you haven't done so yet, you'll need to set up a YouTube channel for your business. You'll also need a Google Ads account, as this is where you'll actually create, manage, and evaluate your YouTube ad campaigns.

Step 3: Create a New Campaign

Sign in to Google Ads and click on the "+ New Campaign" button. You'll be prompted to choose a campaign goal from options such as Sales, Leads, Website traffic, Product and brand consideration, and Brand awareness and reach. Select the one that aligns with the objectives for your ad campaign.

Step 4: Determine Your Ad Type and Budget

Next, you'll choose "Video" as your campaign type. After that, select the subtype of ad you wish to run — for example, a skippable in-stream ad or a non-skippable in-stream ad. Set your budget. You can choose a daily amount or a total amount for the campaign.

Step 5: Define Your Target Audience

Deciding who you want to reach is crucial. You can target your audience by demographic (age, gender, parental status, income), interests, search history, and more. You can also tailor your audience based on connections, remarketing, or customized audiences.

Step 6: Choose Your YouTube Video

To select the video you wish to promote, paste the URL of the video in the "Your YouTube video" section. Ensure the video is public or unlisted; private videos cannot be promoted.

Step 7: Configure Additional Settings

This includes defining where you want your ad to show up – YouTube search results, YouTube videos, and video partners on the display network. You can also determine the schedule for your ad, how often a viewer can see your ad, and set the maximum amount you want to pay each time someone views your ad.

Step 8: Implement Conversion Tracking

Conversion tracking allows you to see what happens after a customer interacts with your ads — whether they purchased your product, signed up for your newsletter, called your business, or downloaded your app.

Step 9: Review and Launch Your Campaign

Last but not least: review all your settings and make sure everything aligns with your goals. Once you're happy with everything, go ahead and click "Create Campaign."

Conclusion

Setting up your first YouTube ad campaign can seem daunting, but it’s a step-by-step process that can drive substantial results once correctly implemented. As your experience grows, continually monitor, tweak, and fine-tune your campaigns to achieve the optimal success rate for your business.

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What Makes a Great Lead Gen Ad?

When looking to generate leads, it’s important to make sure your ad is as effective as possible. A lot of people make the mistake of assuming that an ad will sell itself if the product or service being advertised is great, but that isn’t always the case. If you want your marketing efforts to pay off, you need to be on the lookout for what makes a great lead gen ad and do your best to include those elements in your own ads. We’ll cover what some of those elements are below.

Showcase the Value of Your Product An ad isn’t just an ad—it’s an investment in your business. Because of that, it makes sense to highlight exactly how much value your product provides to your target market. A good Lead Gen ad is one that showcases tangible results. Showcasing your product’s benefits will encourage potential customers to take action. Plus, doing so could get you higher engagement and lead generation than an ad with just a headline or logo.

Be Engaging, Informative, and Actionable The best lead generation ads inform potential customers, engage them with relevant messaging, and drive them to take action. Your audience is more likely to follow through on an ad if they can relate to it—and if they’re inspired to learn more or buy something. In our book, that’s good lead generation.

Create Optimal Lead Generation Ads It’s possible to create lead generation ads that are good—but only if you know what to do. The most common way of doing lead generation ads is through pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, but there are other ways as well. Use Calls-to-Action and Keep it Simple. The CTA is perhaps one of, if not THE most important factor in optimising your ad.

Write a Compelling Call-to-Action Since we’re talking about call-to-action buttons, it makes sense to begin with an example of a good one. The best ones do two things: make users feel something and point out exactly what they’ll get if they click on them. A good call-to-action button should be like a little story—one that will make your readers feel something. If you can evoke some sort of emotion in your user, then you have their attention. And once you have their attention, you need to tell them exactly what they’ll get when they click on your CTA button. You want to be as specific as possible here so that people know immediately whether or not your offer is for them.

Use Dynamic Keyword Insertion Inserting dynamic keyword insertion is one of many tricks in your lead generation toolkit. Dynamic keyword insertion helps you ensure that your ad and landing page are relevant to what people search for in Google.

Have an Effective Landing Page The landing page is what you direct your readers to after clicking on your ad. An effective landing page will persuade them to stay, read more, and ultimately convert into leads or sales. If you don’t have an effective landing page, it doesn’t matter how good your ads are — people will bounce off of your site and keep browsing the web.

Create an Attention Grabbing Ad Design The first thing you’ll want to do is pick a picture that grabs attention. A high-quality, professionally taken photo can make all of the difference. Next, you’ll want to have your headline and description ready and test different variations on Facebook until you find one that works best for your target audience. Finally, once everything is set up, be sure to check out how your ad performs over time!

Craft An Effective Headline Headlines have power. A single headline can make or break your business, so always put some thought into it. Your potential customers are looking at their phones many times per day and likely only glance at an ad for a few seconds before they move on with their lives. You need to grab their attention quickly to get them interested in what you’re offering.

GrowMOFO’s 3-step automated ad creation system makes digital marketing easy. Simply choose your budget, platform and then approve which ads you would like to run.

Reference Link: https://www.growmofo.com/what-makes-a-great-lead-gen-ad/

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Releasing the Force of Execution and Internet Showcasing Technique: Could Business people at any point Disregard Advertising?

Greetings, aggressive business visionary! Picture this - you have a splendid business thought, a stellar item, and a consuming enthusiasm to succeed. Be that as it may, here's the inquiry - might you at any point stand to disregard advertising? In the present hyper-serious world, compelling showcasing is the way to opening your business' maximum capacity. In this article, we'll jump into the significance of execution and web based advertising system for business visionaries like you. Prepare to outfit the force of promoting and drive your business higher than ever!

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