#blue shadow virus

[bbygirl-obi]

i still can't get over how in the blue shadow virus arc of the clone wars, after a bunch of people were exposed to a dangerous virus, anakin arrived on the planet and ignored both his men (who he is legally responsible for as their commanding officer) and, even worse, ahsoka (his padawan who he is legally responsible for because she is a minor), so that he could run straight to padme's side....

never mind the fact that padme had a hazmat suit for a long while to protect her against the virus, while his men and ahsoka had been exposed for virtually the entire time and were significantly worse off than padme. like padme was still conscious at the time of the rescue, while ahsoka was completely down for the count long before that. never mind the fact that anakin was in contact with them both the entire time and absolutely knew that his padawan was out here struggling ten times more than his wife:

anakin's so absorbed in checking on padme that he doesn't even think to ask about his padawan or his men. it's padme who has to bring up ahsoka, who's being brought in on a different stretcher! only then does he even remember she exists, because even his own padawan is a mere afterthought compared to padme for him!

once she does, anakin does go to ahsoka's side, and he does a good job of reassuring and praising her. when he tries, he can be a pretty good mentor. but that's the key phrase: when he tries. and this episode makes it abundantly clear that if padme is in any amount of danger, even if it's a fraction of the danger that ahsoka is in, he will not try until someone else reminds him.

oh and and all while that's happening, obi-wan is the only one actually sitting with the troops!!!! even though they're anakin's troops!!

anyways prioritizing your wife, an actual adult, over the child in your care who was in significantly more danger, to the point that you have to be reminded of said child's existence, is.... not a great look. it certainly reflects how anakin's fixation on padme has become this all-encompassing thing.

these scenes are all around minute 20 of season 1 episode 18 by the way. check it out yourself, because it's absolutely bonkers.

#anakin and ahsoka #ahsoka tano #ahsoka #anakin skywalker #anakin #star wars #sw #the clone wars #tcw #blue shadow virus #mystery of a thousand moons #padme naberrie #padme #padme amidala #anidala #obi-wan kenobi #obi wan #obi wan kenobi #obi-wan #anakin and padme #ahsoka and anakin

[phoenixyfriend]

Ahsoka: If I had a credit for every time I got infected by something deadly that made the capillaries turn almost black just under the surface of my skin and nearly killed me, I would have two credits. Ahsoka: Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#ahsoka tano #the clone wars #blue shadow virus #mortis #phoenix talks #incorrect quotes

[jadespiral]

So we know Ahsoka knew about Padme and Anakin and I think she finds out during the blue shadow virus episodes.

Random tidbit I saw, Padme is about to tell Anakin she loves him and the call is cut off before he hears it. Ahsoka was right next to her, sure she could, have been out of it but I need that conversation lmao.

#blue shadow virus #ahsoka tano #anakin skywalker #padme amidala #secrets #badly kept secrets #the entire order knew but the end of the war

[fionajames]

HEY YOUR MOST RECENT ANSWERED ASK INSPIRED SOMETHING. can I request a little something on like Rex’s pov or something during the blue shadow virus, how he felt watching his brothers die from this biological warfare and stuff, pleeeeeeeeeeeease? ❤️ ily, Fi

(Yes, Fi is a clone commando from Republic Commandos, and that’s what I’m calling you now because Fi’s super duper cool)

-Sha 🫡

Look at me, inventing like 7 more clones.

You might hate me for this one.

As always, sorry its so short.

Please send requests!

💔I just lost the only person (SHA THATS U) that calls me Jamie 😭 but Fi sounds cool! Googled him, couldnt find much.

Ilyt Sha.

Rex felt a single tear roll down his cheek as he gently let his brother’s body fall away from his grasp. That was the third Clone they’d lost. The virus made his body ache and his throat was parched, but he didn’t care. His focus was on his brothers, and his sister.

Ahsoka was in the most danger, as she didn’t have the protection their helmets provided - even if it was small - and she was the youngest. Her body wasn’t fully adapted to protect itself from viruses. 

Rex stood, glancing to the Togruta and wincing at the bluish purple shade that was creeping along her skin. She looked like she’d been beaten black and blue, covered in ugly bruises. But Rex knew those weren’t bruises, they were something much worse.

He tore his gaze away, praying that his General would find an antidote in time. They quickly wandered off into the tunnels to destroy the remaining droids, and the movement only made him more sick.

He watched a trooper - a shiny named Hige with a sunny and optimistic personality - collapse in the tunnel, groaning as he leaned against the wall. Rex sighed, wrapping his brother up in a hug and heaving him to his feet. 

Wordlessly, the group kept moving.

Another tear fell from his eye when Hige dropped, but this time with the weight of death, not the weight of illness. He muttered a prayer as he closed his eyes, mourning the loss of a shiny, another brother. Hige’s batchmate -  Jiss - was crying too, but he was trying not to. Ahsoka managed to guide him away from the dead body, the group moving in sorrow.

Four.

Four of them were dead, and Rex knew that the number was going to grow, until he was one of them. It was funny to think that even in death, he was a number, in two ways. 

Minutes later they found a pair of droids. Ahsoka leaped forwards, slicing them to pieces, yet Rex could see how sluggish her movements were. She coughed.

As they moved to the next tunnel, the sound of someone falling echoed through the tunnel. Rex turned. Another shiny, gone. This one was Yui, a newly made friend of Jiss and Wez. Well, now, he was dead.

Rex tried to look away as Wez draped an arm over Jiss’ shoulders, pulling him along.

Five.

Soon the number grew to ten. 

Wez, Eig, Niner, Chip and Fri were the unfortunate others to die.

Now, Rex was pulling Jiss along.

He wasn’t sure which was worse, being amongst the dead littering the tunnels, or being the survivor. As he watched Jiss silently sob from the loss of his only friends, he felt his heart pang.

Rex held Ahsoka close to him as her body wracked with coughs. 

He wasn’t losing her, not her too.

He couldn’t.

But as he held Ahsoka close, he himself felt faint. His head throbbed, and his throat ached. Perhaps this was the feeling of death, creeping up on him?

Jiss hauled him to his feet and shook him.

His helmet was in the tunnel behind them somewhere, revealing his 501st blue curls and his eyes wide with worry. He was pleading with Rex. He was pleading with death himself.

And so Rex kept moving. He carried Ahsoka with him.

He was not going to be among the dead Jiss mourned.

He lived, if not for himself, but for his brothers.

And, for his sister.

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Hope you enjoyed!

Ily all!

#tcw #clones #clone troopers #anakin skywalker #501st legion #captain rex #ahsoka #clone wars #the clone wars #star wars #ahsoka tano #blue shadow virus #ka’ra writes ❤️

[quality-street-rat]

Watching the Blue Shadow Virus episodes and, given that Togruta (and therefore Ahsoka) are carnivorous (and putting aside the fact that I think the fact that AHSOKA IS A JUVENILE CARNIVORE IS ADORABLE) I think Ahsoka should have been free to do some biting while she was infected. You know, as a treat. 

#matt watches new things #ahsoka tano #togruta #juvenile carnivore #carnivorous beings #/silly #jedi #blue shadow virus #star wars #star wars the clone wars #the clone wars

[panther-os]

[insert essay about Anakin not showing care or concern for his men in this episode] anyway hc this trooper names himself Ben

#/incoherent noises/ #star wars the clone wars #star wars #tcw #mystery of a thousand moons #blue shadow virus #anakin skywalker critical #obi wan kenobi #clone troopers

[derickbatista31]

Clone ordnance specialist 

#clone ordnance specialist #bomb squad troopers #squad troopers #galactic republic #blue shadow virus #star wars fan art #star wars #artdigital #clone tober #clonewarsart #clone wars fan art #tcw #star wars art #artworld #star wars the clone wars #sketchwars #clonetober2022 #starwarstattoo #inkdrawing #kamino #illustration now #tattooinspiration #clone trooper art #clone army #kanobi #anakinskywalker #obi wan kenobi #naboo

[somestorythoughts]

When you’re a kids show so you’re not allowed to curse

#also rude anakin #anakin skywalker #obi wan kenobi #star wars #clone wars #also why did they take only one root?? #i know the plants have teeth but are you telling me you can't hold off some giant toothy plants? #you two? #what if one root didn't have enough juice? #blue shadow virus

[wolverina2002]

Fast enough

"No ship can make it in time."

That sentence should seal Padme´s fate, Rex´, Ahsoka´s, sentence everyone still trapped in that bunker to death. Communication hasn´t been answered for hours. The estimated time they have before the airborne virus kills them is almost up. They have the cure, but no way to reach the bunker in time. Even in the fastest ship Naboo has, it´s be three hours, and the fighters can´t transport the neccessary equipment.

Anakin takes two deep breaths. Shoves his grief down, down where it can´t hurt anyone and turn around. He ignores Obi-Wan calling after him and rushes into the hangar. Hurricane stirrs and clambers to his feet, white scales and blue skin rustling like dry paper. As if smelling Anakin´s distress, he turns his massive head to him. The dragon is eleven years old now, nine meters long and four meters at the shoulder, his fire hot enough to incinerate entire swaths of droids. Shakily, Anakin reaches out and presses his hand to the soft snout of the powerfull creature.

"I need you", he whispers desperatly. "Rex needs you."

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#dragons #star wars #blue shadow virus #read more on AO3

[refreshdaemon]

A genocidal mad scientist and a new female gungan character aren't enough to keep this episode from feeling like another stale entry into the series.

#Star Wars #The Clone Wars #Star Wars: The Clone Wars #Blue Shadow Virus

[phoenixyfriend]

If I had a nickel for every time Ahsoka got infected by something that made her veins stand out in dark colors against her skin, I would have two nickels, but it's weird that it happened twice.

#Ahsoka Tano #star wars #the clone wars #blue shadow virus #Mortis Arc #phoenix talks

[clonememesfrikyeah]

In the medbay:

Rex: “I swear to god kix if you come any closer to me I will projectile vomit all over you.”

Kix: *Doesn’t listen and gets projectial vomited on*

Kix:“…”

Rex: “I told you, but you thought I was lying, stupid dick, oh well, sucks to suck

#captain rex #clone trooper kix #incorrect star wars quotes #my post #Star Wars #tcw #the clone wars #I’m rly high rn forgive me if this is dumb #clone medic kix #coric is laughing his ass off at Kix with vomit on his shoes #Rex has had the blue shadow virus and enough

[burntblueberrywaffles]

Love when I’m making my SW posts in my insanity corner and someone goes: "you forgot about [thing that happened in clone wars]” Like no baby I didn’t forget I just don’t consider Clone Wars canon ❤️ Hope this helps.

#I didn’t even watch it lmao #I did pick up a lot from just being knee deep in the fandom and fanfics #but like nothing about clone wars is ever going to be a factor in my interpretation of the prequels #cause from what I’ve seen they fucked up MY BOY. MY BABYGIRL #I'm ok with some elements like Rex? Ahsoka? sure I fuck with them but Rush Clovis arc? Blue shadow virus arc? never heard of it thank you ❤ #star wars #star wars prequels #Anidala #anakin skywalker #padme Amidala #burntblueberrywaffles #Star Wars insanity hour

[itstimeforstarwars]

I think it would be funny to write a modern au where all the characters have jobs that I currently or formerly had but tbh I write to get away from work so it is unlikely to happen.

#chit chat #'the prequels gang get an unfulfilling job at the hardware store' #ahsoka is a waterer anakin works in the seasonal department cody is an rtm clerk obi wan is the assembly guy #padme works in houseplants i guess #rex could be appliances which is funny because theres a real life rex in appliances at my work #and everyone avoids helping in lumber like the blue shadow virus is over there

[canichangemyblogname]

CT-7567 “I am NOT training him” Rex CT-7567 “FML. This plan is shit” Rex CT-7567 “I have to babysit???” Rex

#I watched the blue shadow virus arc tonight #and after Obi Wan suggested someone train #Jar Jar Binks #in how to handle a blaster #Rex- rather adamantly- insisted ‘*I* am NOT training *him*.’ #Made me laugh