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blondie20000 · 1 year

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Gone - Anakin Skywalker x Reader

AU where Anakin won the fight on Mustafar.

You can still remember that day like it was yesterday. You can remember the heat that smothered you, the sounds of lightsabers clashing and the screams that erupted from your throat when you saw your husband Anakin Skywalker plunge the lightsaber through Obi Wan Kenobi's chest.

You can see still your husband kicking his former mentor's body down into the lava, you can still feel Anakin's arms around you as he heaved your trembling form up. You can still remember the words that he whispered in your ear.

"Its over Y/N. "

He cupped your chin and smiled at you. The smile wasn't the genuine sweet smile you loved this smile is wicked and his eyes had a glint of madness in them seeing that look on your beloved's face made you feel like you wanted to throw up.

"Soon the Galaxy will be ours."

You didn't know how to respond to that you felt numb you were in shock so you remained silent as Anakin took you on to the ship.

You remembered the stares you received when you first came onboard you remembered the disgust that formed on Palpatine's face when his eyes first landed on you. They didn't want you here you were Anakin's weak spot and Palpatine didn't want his apprentice to be weak. Anakin sensed the growing discomfort but didn't comment on it he instead escorted you to his private quarters and told you to stay here until it is safe when by the word safe Anakin meant when the Emperor is dead.

After that you rarely saw your husband he was always busy when you did see him you remained quiet the shock from that tragic day still played in your mind. Anakin would try to talk to you, assure you everything was going to be okay but his words didn't reach you. He would try to hug you but you wouldn't respond you would sit with your face blank as Anakin did everything he can to bring you out of your shell.

You flinched when Anakin punched the wall with frustration he was starting to lose his patience with you.

"I miss you Y/N." He said his voice cracking. "Come back to me."

Part of you wanted to reach out to your husband but another part of you couldn't because every time you looked into his eyes all you can see is the younglings being killed, you can see Obi Wan tumbling into the lava, death all you saw was death.

It is a horrifying sight.

One day Anakin came storming into the room. His expression is thunderous.

"Palpatine." He growled.

You sighed as Anakin cursed the Emperor.

"The sooner he will be gone the better." He said through gritted teeth.

As he expressed his rage about the Emperor you turn your head towards his direction. For the first time in a while you found your voice.

"Why?"

He froze he turns and looks at you with wide eyes.

"Y/N?" '

You look up at him.

"Why did you do it? Why?"

He looks at the spot next to you on the bed. You nod giving him permission to sit down. He sits down. He reaches out with his hand towards you but then changes his mind and places his hands on his lap. He then clears his throat.

"I did it so I can protect you."

You shake your head with disbelief.

"You think this is protecting me?"

"I...I wasn't strong enough before I wasn't strong enough to save my mum I lost loads of my comrades...friends in the war and I..." His face screws up. "I couldn't lose you too."

"Anakin."

"I had to be strong I had to be strong for us I couldn't protect you then but now I can. When I reach my full potential I will kill the Emperor and I will be the ruler of the Galaxy. You will finally be safe." He smiles. "No more hiding, no more looking over our shoulder I will have the power to keep us both safe."

Your heart broke at his response the fear of losing you is clear in his voice. At that moment you didn't see a murderer you saw a scared young man doing everything he can to protect the ones he loved even if that meant becoming the thing he swore he would never become.

He did all that for you.

You were loss for words.

Eventually you cleared your throat.

"Ani... Why the younglings? They were innocent they didn't deserve to die!"

Anakin bites his lip and he lowers his head. It was silent for a few moments before he answered.

"If I didn't kill them he would have captured them, tortured them and possibly killed them."

"The Emperor?" You whispered.

He nods.

"Consider it as mercy."

You refused to consider it as that.

"I can't do that what...what you did was unforgivable."

"I know." He didn't argue with you on that. You can see the shame and guilt on his face.

"And Obi Wan?"

"He made his choice." Anakin spat out his voice bitter.

"He was your friend. Anakin...He was only trying to help you."

"He would have separated us." Anakin growled.

"No." You disagreed. "He was a good man."

"HE IS ONE OF THEM!" Anakin's voice rose to a shout. He abruptly stands up and points at you. "A JEDI! YOU SAW FOR YOURSELF WHAT THE JEDI ARE TRULY LIKE THAT IS WHY THEY NEEDED TO BE STOPPED THAT IS WHY OBI WAN NEEDED TO DIE. OPEN YOUR EYES Y/N!"

You stand up and glare at him.

"My eyes are perfectly fine and open thank you. It is you who is blind! This isn't right this is wrong this is all wrong! I understand your loss I understand your pain but this isn't the way you are not protecting me Anakin you are hurting me and..." You swallowed. "You are hurting yourself."

He shakes his head.

"No."

"Anakin please." You felt the tears forming in your eyes. "Stop this stop this madness you can still make this right we could get out of here we can start over...please! I need my Ani the one I fell in love with I...I miss him."

The tears roll down your cheeks. Anakin brushes the tears away with his finger. His other hand rests on your cheek.

"He never left." His voice softens. "I always been here Y/N...My love."

Your breath hitched as he leans towards you. His hot breath hits your face. His sky blue eyes lock onto yours. Gosh he looked beautiful despite everything that has happened you still couldn't resist him. When you looked through the darkness you could see the man you fell in love with he was still there he was still fighting. Maybe her husband wasn't fully gone maybe he could be saved maybe you and him can get out of this nightmare for good.

You both stare at each other for several seconds. Suddenly you pull Anakin forward and lock your lips with his. He responds and holds you tight. You both hungrily kiss each other the weeks of pent up emotions all came flooding out.

Anakin grips your hair and deepens the kiss. You moan and brush your leg against his. You felt the bulge in his pants as you brushed against him. You couldn't help but smirk at it but you also missed it and you badly wanted to remove his clothes and fuck him here and now and judging from his frustration you knew he felt the same.

You suddenly felt your dress shift. You look and see the sleeve slowly sliding down your shoulder.

Wait...

He is using the Force to remove your clothes!

You see him smirking at your surprised reaction. You roll your eyes at him.

"Funny." You huffed.

He laughs. You fold your arms and frown at him. Moments later he stops laughing and sighs heavily.

"Fine I'll do it the old fashioned way."

Once all the clothes are off you lie down with your husband on top of you. He looks you over and his eyes are wide and full of lust. He softly kisses you and smiles. That smile caused you to have butterflies in your stomach. You soon found yourself forgetting about the recent events as he started making his way down your body. You felt his lips graze your skin. You moan when he wraps his mouth around your nipple and sucks hard at it. You shuddered as his cool, wet tongue goes down your stomach. Suddenly everything around you didn't matter, this here now with him this is what mattered Anakin your Ani here making love to you.

"An...Ani!"

He looks down between your entrance. He then chuckled.

"You just couldn't help yourself huh?" His fingers trail along your wet swollen pussy. You tensed up and again moaned his name. "Don't worry." He grins. "Let me take care of that for you."

You suddenly gasp as you felt him coming inside you. You grip the sheets and you arch your back as he started to thrust you.

"That's it!" He says. "That's it baby yes...Yes!"

He started off slow and gentle at first but eventually he did pick up the pace the hunger he had for you came through with each thrust.

"Stars!" You groaned. "Ani...Oh that feels good don't stop keep going oh..."

You throw your head back against the board. A cry escapes your lips as he hits into your heat. He slams into you causing you to shake. You heard his chuckle coming from above he loved seeing you like this getting flustered and slowly falling apart. He would always gloat afterwards on quickly you would cum for him.

Speaking of that you can feel the heat forming at the bottom of your belly the need to release started to consume you.

"Ani I...I need to..."

"Not yet."

You shake your head.

"I really need..."

"No!" His tone surprised you. He then looks down at you. "Not until I say so."

You twisted and turned your body. The demand to release is making you crazy.

"Anakin...Anakin please." You begged. "I can't hold it in mu...MUCH LONGER!"

His lips tug upwards into a smile. His eyes sparkled with amusement. He is enjoying this.

You were shouting now begging him to let you cum. He responded with a laugh.

"I love it when you beg."

"ANAKIN THIS ISN'T FUNNY COME ON NOW STOP IT! "

Suddenly you felt something pressing down on your throat.

"Wha..."

You go to move your arms but you couldn't your arms are pinned above your head.

What is going on?

Your eyes widen as you started to lose your breath. You cough and gasp and you struggle against your restrains.

"Ani...I...I can't breathe."

What you saw next horrified you. Anakin watched you the amusement still on his face but that wasn't what shocked you what shocked you were his eyes his eyes have turned yellow!

"Anakin!" You cried out with horror.

He smirks and curls his fingers into a fist.

The pressure on your throat tightens. You suddenly realized what he is doing. He is using the Force on you, he is strangling you he is squeezing the life out of you!

He is trying to kill you!

Eventually darkness started to come in around the edges of your vision, your heart is banging against your chest, your breaths started to become shallow. You look up at your husband with tears pouring down your face.

"Ani..." You said your voice strangled. "You're hurting me."

Anakin's amusement slowly turns into shock and horror. His eyes widen when he realizes what he is doing to you. He quickly lowers his hand.

You gasp as the Force is removed from you. You bend over and cough. Your trembling body collapses and you cum all over the bedsheets.

"Y/N!" Anakin has come round your side. "Are you okay?"

You ignored him you kept coughing until you started to get your breath back. You took a deep shaky breath and winced at the pain. Your throat burned and you were sure there will be a bruise later.

"Y/N."

He touches your back. You immediately pull away from him.

"Don't touch me." You replied your voice hoarse.

"Y/N."

"I said DON'T TOUCH ME!" You screamed at him.

The tears are pouring out of you now. What he just did shocked you. He hurt you he tried to kill you!

You cursed to yourself how could you be so blind you knew he went to the dark side you knew the amount of power he had but you allowed for this to happen you allowed the power and control to get to his head you let this go too far. You did all that because you thought there was good in him.

You shake your head. You were wrong you were so damm wrong.

"Y/N." Tears started to form in his eyes. "I'm...I'm sorry I..."

"Get out."

"But Y/N."

"I SAID GET OUT! "

Anakin didn't argue with you he instead nods and stands up. Once he was dressed he slowly walked out of the room.

When the door closed you let out a scream. You cried and screamed in frustration and pain.

You buried your head into the pillow and sobbed. The darkness has taken your husband away from you and you couldn't do a damm thing about it.

For the first time in your life you felt hopeless.

Truly hopeless.

You see his face, his yellow eyes, the power he had over you. You see it all in your head playing over and over. It made you realize...

He was gone.

Anakin Skywalker was gone.

The End

#fanfiction #one shot #smut #fanfic #reader #reader insert #anakin x reader #anakin skywalker x reader #anakin skywalker x you #anakin skywalker #dark anakin #star wars prequels #star wars fanfiction #star wars #revenge of the sith #angst

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hellowkatey · 1 year

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for Angstpril Day 1: Liar Obi-Wan is asked to take on another facial transformation mission that may ruin his already-strained relationship with Anakin.

For the hundredth time, Obi-Wan wondered if he was doing the right thing.

By this point, Obi-Wan knew this thought was becoming performative. A dilemma posed for his own sanity. This was because he had precedent for this particular type of betrayal.

His relationship with Anakin never fully recovered from the last time he died.

This is different, he repeated to himself when he laid back on the medical table. There will be no theatrical falls or fake funerals. Anakin probably… hopefully… never find out this ever happened.

The large needles that pressed into his head stung far worse than the last time. Obi-Wan’s eyes screwed shut as the facial transformation program initiated.

You’re still lying to him, though.

As far as his former padawan knew, Obi-Wan was deployed in the Outer Rim. He even sent a message that his comms would be limited due to interference from the planet’s atmosphere. That technically was the case with his flagship and the men aboard.

Technically.

There were lots of technicalities these days. Obi-Wan was getting rather tired of them.

Droid casualties were technically not loss of lives.

Jedi were technically trained for battle situations.

Obi-Wan was technically not breaking his promise to Anakin that he wouldn’t lie to him again.

Yet, here he is. One room over from where he was born again as Rako Hardeen the last time he was asked to perform a mission that was technically for the good of the galaxy. Obi-Wan had to be the one to undergo the procedure because he was technically the only one who could play the part accurately.

The machines finally stopped whirring and the pressure subsided. Obi-Wan remained lying back with his eyes shut until the throbbing of his head started to reduce.

What-ifs were already flooding his head. What if…

…the chancellor figures it out?

…the 501st is deployed with the 212th?

…I truly am killed on this mission?

…Anakin finds out?

Obi-Wan swallowed hard, finally inching his eyes open to adjust to the fluorescent overhead lamps. A medical droid hummed with satisfaction and then handed him a mirror.

“Facial transformation is complete. I will be right back with the voice modulator, Master Kenobi,” the droid said and buzzed away.

Obi-Wan held the mirror's reflective side down for a long moment. His stomach turned just thinking about the face he would see staring back at him. Every ounce of the Jedi wanted to call the council and tell him he couldn’t do this. As much as he tried to convince himself the reward was greater than the risk, Obi-Wan wasn’t sure anything was worth the pain it would bring to Anakin and the irreparable damage it would do to their already-strained bond.

I’ve allowed this to go too far. Even if Obi-Wan wanted to stop things, he knew too many pieces were in motion. Now, it truly was more dangerous for him to bail than to go through with the mission.

Chancellor Palpatine had been raising too many red flags with the Jedi Council. They needed more intel on his movements, but there were very few close enough to the ruler that would be willing to report on his private matters. The council suggested asking Anakin, but Obi-Wan quickly shut down their request. Anakin was fiercely loyal to those he cared about— the Chancellor was one of those lucky people.

Obi-Wan slowly turned the mirror around. The clean-shaven face that gradually came into view was horrifically familiar in a way that felt like a saber to the gut. Obi-Wan’s fingers quivered as they traced down the vertical scar that nearly took his right eye.

Forgive me, padawan.

Anakin himself would never betray the Chancellor.

But… perhaps the Chancellor would reveal his true character to one he believed was Anakin.

#angstpril2023 #star wars #tcw #fic #liar #day1 #post-deception arc #trying to get back into writing by doing some flash fiction for angstpril #rako hardeen #obi-wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #chancellor palpatine

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sailor-hufflepuff · 1 year

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Fic ask meme! Do you have that one idea you've been wanting to write? If yes, what is it about? If no, what is the most enjoyable fic you have written?

I have several ideas on the back burner, since I’ve got so many WIPs already.

I’d love to write a Christmas Carol darklina story, where Alina has some sort of vision of what the Grisha suffered before the Fold, what it’s like in other countries at the time of her story, and what their lives will look like after Aleksander is gone.

I also think it would be fun to write a series of one shots in which we explore every possibility of Alina’s Marry, Fuck, Kill game. So one chapter she kills Nikolai, marries the Darkling, and screws Mal, and then in another chapter she marries Nikolai, screws the Darkling, and kills Mal. Etc. the fun would be in making each chapter totally unique.

I have technically started the very rough outline of a Star Wars AU that has Ben Solo searching the Galaxy for his grandfather in a world where Anakin Skywalker killed Palpatine the day he found out he was Sidious, and then disappeared, leaving Padme and Obiwan and co to patch the galaxy back together.

A Reylo modern AU where Ben meets Rey, the reason his father has been arrested for murder.

I’d LOVE to finish the superhero Grishaverse fic, once I can figure out how to write it. I think I might scrap the whole thing and start over, with a very different format.

The Officer’s Wife is the planned sequel to The Blacksmith’s Daughter, following an Alina and Aleksander navigating being drafted into the army as his stepmother’s family tries to have them killed.

So many ideas, so little time.

#fandom #fanfic #mine #ask #darklina #star wars #shadow and bone

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redrascal1 · 1 year

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In a few weeks time, it will be three years since the release of TROS and ultimately what I didn't realise at the time, was going to be the end of my love for SW, a love I'd had for over forty years.

I still find it hard to accept that they erased every single one of Lucas's heroes (except Lando) as well as killing off arguably the most fascinating and complex characters ever created in the saga. Worse, is why they did it.

They did it because Kylo Ren was stealing the show.

Tom Hiddleston stole the show in the Avengers/Thor films. The movies all had great actors, but Tom's sardonic, ruthless yet vulenrable Trickster god was the one who got the most fans. And therefore...he had to go. But Loki has returned on tv. Disney/Marvel realised they had killed off a potential cash cow, so they resurrected Loki.

DLF, however, seem to be stubbornly refusing to accept what a colossal mistake they have made. Instead of finding a way of bringing back Ben Solo, they are placating fans with tv series set in the past, and at the moment appear to have made a success of it. But ...how long can they live in the past?

Sooner or later they are going have to go beyond the good old days, and look to the future. And they have frankly, seriously damaged their future by killing of the most popular of the new characters created for the ST.

DLF decided that the ST must have a female protagonist, so Rey was created. Which is fine. But the problem was, her character was nowhere near as interesting as that of the 'antagonist'. It isn't Daisy Ridley's fault, as she had to play Rey as written, but it took TROS to prove just how uninteresting the characters of Rey, Finn and Poe are compared to Kylo.

The Trio do have their fans, I've seen a lot of them on SW forums, but outside us 'geeks'. Kylo is by far an away the most popular of the ST cast. It was proved by the official poll on DLF's own SW site, which he won by 81% of the votes....Rey got just 5%.

Finn, whose fans insist was meant to be leading man, got 1%.

The public took Adam Driver's unhappy anti villain to their hearts, and wanted more of him. Not the supposedly main protagonist.

And DLF chose to give them more of...Rey.

Because, as I've said before Abrams wanted Rey as a replacement for Kylo. She was supposed to be the 'more deserving' child of the Skywalkers, replacing their tainted flesh and blood. Take the excellent TLJ out of the saga and you have 'How Rey Stole the Skywalker Legacy - with their blessings'.

Rey won Han's admiration in five minutes in TFA. At the end of the film, it was Rey Leia hugged, not Chewie - she hugged a young woman she had never met, who would have perished at her orders if not for Finn, instead of the Wookie who had been another brother for thirty years.

And TROS hammered that home. Rey got the Skywalker sabres, the Falcon, the 'family name'. Supplementary material declared her as 'Han's true heir'. She had the same desert background as Luke, the same type of clothing. This is excruciating enough, but the fact that their real child was neglected, ignored, and targeted all his life by a predator makes it a truly unpleasant message - essentially Han and Leia screwed up, so they picked an upgrade. No wonder many real life abuse victims who identified with Kylo are unhappy about this.

It's not just unfair, it's disturbing.

At the end of the day, if DLF want to continue the story past the ST - and they are apparently now discussing this - they will have to hope that the future projects which will have to feature The Trio will be lucrative.

And will they? Because the poor reception TROS, the film meant to make everyone love Rey, recieved from the general public has proved unequivocally that people wanted more Kylo.Not more Rey, Rey, Rey. As well as proving that her character was at it's most interesting when interacting with him. Rey Palpatine can't carry her own film(s).

And outside fans on the JCF ...does anyone really want Finn/Rey? The sexual chemistry just isn't there, no matter what John and Daisy want. A 'reylo inspired' book has become a best seller. The Rise of Kylo Ren comic was a huge success.DLF threw away what could have been SW's most stirring and unforgettable romance, and their best character, in order to pander to a minority. No one's fault but theirs.

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david-talks-sw · 3 years

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I’m just thinking about how pathetic Sidious is, when you really look at the big picture.

He spends 13 years getting close to Anakin, pretending to be his friend, preparing him to be his next apprentice. The second he reveals himself to be a Sith, Anakin draws his lightsaber and gets ready to kill him. Palpatine needs to resort to using Pamé’s life as leverage.

He wipes out 95% of the Jedi Order! Hell yeah! Yoda just walks into his office and shoves him across the room, humiliating him.

He wears a mask for most of his life, spends 40 years pretending, trying to orchestrate the Jedi’s downfall and build the foundations of an Empire. And he finally made it! He’s the king of the world! He’s Napoleon! It takes the Jedi just 3 years of being genuine, being their kind selves and helping people to plant the seeds that’ll bring that Empire down. Hell, they did that without even trying, it was just a happy byproduct!

Palpatine's Empire lasted over 20 years! The Republic that the Jedi defended lasted for 1,000 years. Palpatine couldn’t even make it to a century.

He’s got Ezra Bridger in front of his parents, no way he doesn’t unlock the door to the World Between Worlds... Actually, Ezra is stronger than Palpatine gives him credit for, and lets go of his attachment.

Palpatine has his Death Star. It blows up whole planets, it is impregnable, the galaxy should tremble in fear. It gets destroyed by some rando farm boy who learned the term “the Force” the day before.

But it’s cool, right? He’s got a second Death Star. He’ll make it look defenseless, but actually it’s not. He puts the shield generator on a moon, with barely any defenses, because the only potential threats are the natives, who are fucking teddy bears. The teddy bears and, like, 20 rebels, blow up the shield.

He’s had a tight grip on Vader for the past two decades, there’s no way that Luke, this boy, can turn him. He’s not trying to kill Vader? Seriously? Then, what’s he gonna do? Love him to death? Pffft. Please. Luke’s love teaches his father to act out of compassion, and Anakin kills Vader and the Emperor.

Who cares? He awakens in his clone body, he got the last laugh-- Fuck! The body wasn’t ready and is rapidly aging and decaying! Anakin just condemned Palpatine to 30 years of pure agony!

After years of attempting to get a son/clone of himself, he finally manages to make one...! It’s not Force-sensitive. FuuuuuuUUUUUUU--

-- Whatever, he’ll bide his time. Let the Rebels and their “New Republic” think that they are at peace. He’ll come back! He’ll show ‘em! He’ll take back control...! The whole Sequel Trilogy takes place in the span of 1 year. The reign of the First Order over the galaxy is essentially a parenthesis in galactic history.

Screw it! He absorbed a dyad’s life force. He’s almost as powerful as the goddamn Mortis Gods! He’s wearing a sexy red & black Hugh Heffner bathrobe! Who’s gonna stop him? Huh? Some scavenger girl from nowhere? She can barely stand! And the Jedi are dead! The dead Jedi empower Rey, she kills Palpatine for good. The Final Order’s reign lasted less than a day. TROS is the Star Wars equivalent of Waterloo.

Sidious is so pathetic, I swear :D

And I’m glad LucasFilm keeps this character trait consistent, even in the Sequels and Rebels.

For all his power, for all his cunning... he keeps overlooking things like love, compassion, bravery, kindness and it keeps. screwing him. over.

He fails like all Sith do… by being arrogant.

Every single time. Cuz being evil is for morons, being good is where it’s really at.

I love it.

#star wars #Palpatine #sheev palpatine #darth sidious #sith

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reginaldqueribundus · 3 years

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Emperor Palpatine at Starbucks: Vader. Vader! Are you listening?

Darth Vader, who has spent the last four minutes trying to figure out how to drink a latte through his mask: What?

Palpatine: I said, that nerd over there said they could kick my ass!

Vader: And you want me to…?

Palpatine: Do something about it!! That’s literally your job!

Vader, scrolling through tumblr in his helmet: My job is to kill Jedi. They’re not a Jedi. Says here they’re a witch, actually. I don’t want to mess with witches. Dooku tried it once and they almost murked his ass. I’m going to learn from his mistakes.

Palpatine: Learn from your own! If you hadn’t cut Dooku’s head off we could be on Serenno right now enjoying custom-brewed Bothan roast café mocha, not this mass-produced swill that came from a plastic bag.

Vader: Oh my god, how many times are you going to bring that up? You literally told me to kill him. You were like, “DEWIT!” It’s actually a meme now, that’s how straightforward it was.

Palpatine: I was under a lot of stress! I had just watched a lot of my loyal employees get murdered in front of me!

Vader: In a kidnapping you arranged.

Palpatine: Shut up! Those handcuffs were on way too tight. I couldn’t think clearly.

Vader: Oh gee, I wonder what that’s like. Not being able to feel your hands. That must have been so hard for you.

Palpatine: Hrmph. [pause] And that barista got my name wrong.

Vader: You wouldn’t keep having that problem if you’d just use your first name. Pretty hard to screw that up. It’s phonetic.

Palpatine: Piss off! I don’t tell you to have them write Ani on your cup.

Vader: Don’t go there.

Palpatine: Hmph. You should have choked her to death.

Vader: The barista, or the harmless nerd?

Palpatine: Both.

Vader: Why don’t you kill them yourself with your special lightning hands?

Palpatine: I can’t just use them to zap every pestersome peon who crosses my path, it ruins the mystique!!

Vader: Calm down and drink your damn frappuccino. You’re giving me a headache and someone wouldn’t let me have a suit that injects painkillers into my bloodstream.

Palpatine: [scoffs] Because I’m not an idiot. You can’t kill Master Yoda while you’re whacked out of your head on Oxy.

Vader: [muttering] From what I heard, you couldn’t kill Master Yoda either. While stone cold sober.

Palpatine, knocking his frapp onto the floor: IT WAS A VERY LONG DAY!!!

(insp.)

#star wars #this...got away from me #darth vader #sheev palpatine #starbucks #my writing #a post by me™#fanfic

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ailelie · 4 years

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that time palpatine screwed up (and the galaxy was a better place for it)

Look. I know this idea is shit. I tried to give the idea away. Instead whenever I’m still for more than 30 seconds I start thinking about it. So here.

In another world, when Sheev hears the rumor of a strange pre-Jedi artifact, he doesn’t go to collect it himself. He sends someone who never returns and then decides to handle it later after his Empire plans reach fruition. In this world, however, he goes himself.

He finds the artifact on a dangerous world just beyond the reach of the Republic. The artifact activates upon touch.

The world grows large and scary around him.

A day or so passes without contact. He’d left his crew behind, not wanting to share what he was doing. One of them contacts the Senate for help. The 501st is closest.

(That was by design once. Another chance to connect with Anakin and pull him further into Darkness).

Anakin and his men search the planet. They do not find Palpatine. Anakin does find a Force-sensitive child whose eyes turn yellow when he cries.

A toddler is using the Dark side. He can’t kill a toddler. He isn’t sure he can give the child to the Jedi either, not if he is accessing the Dark side.

“What’s your name?” / “Zee” / “Zee?” / “NO! Zheeeeeeevuh.” / “Zhiva?” / “No!” / “Okay, Little Z, why don’t we try again after you’ve had a nap?”

Zee ends up sticking as the name everyone uses though as anything else leads to frustration and occasionally tears.

(Sheev knows he isn’t supposed to be 2 or 3 years old. He knows he has big plans. When he dreams, he remembers being big. But when he wakes, the memories waft away. He’s smarter than a toddler should be, but his brain cannot contain his adult mind so it all remains just out of reach. That’s more important than a name.)

Anakin and the 501st continue looking, but Palpatine is nowhere. He’s called back to Coruscant to report and join planning for what to do next. General consensus is that he’s been abducted by Separtists.

The Senate has not yet released that the Chancellor is missing.

Anakin contacts Padme about Zee and explains. “I can’t give him to the Jedi, not if he’s using the Dark side, but I can’t just leave him untrained and I’m not giving him to Dooku, Maul, or Ventress. I can’t.”

Padme has an absolutely terrible idea. She asks what the child looks like. “Blue eyes. Red hair.” Padme nods. “It’d have been better if he had brown hair, but if you wanted, we could say he’s ours.” “How? And won’t everyone know then?” “I have body doubles. We could say we’ve been hiding him. I know a doctor who would lie for me. But you’re right--if we did this, everyone would know about our marriage. How important is it that you keep this child safe and away from the Jedi? How else could we justify having him? If we tried to pass him off as an ordinary orphan, he’d have to go into the system.” Anakin is silent for a long moment. Then he asks, “What about the hair color? You said brown would be better.” “No one knows what your family looks like. Tell them your mother’s hair was red.” “Obi-Wan knows it wasn’t.” “Then we have to tell Obi-Wan.” Anakin breaks. “Angel, I can’t--” “How important is Zee?” Padme asks quietly and Anakin sighs. He can’t leave this strange child alone in the world. “I’ll try to meet with him before we reach Coruscant and explain.”

He does.

Obi-Wan stares at Anakin and feels the pinch of a headache between his eyes. “I honestly don’t know where to begin.” / “I shouldn’t have said--” / “No, I’m glad you told me. I just need a moment. You’re married?”

“This is a terrible plan,” Obi-Wan says flatly as he watches Zee sleep. “Padme came up with it,” Anakin argues. “That doesn’t make it better. I’m just more disappointed.”

In the end, however, he agrees to help by not contradicting Anakin’s claims about his mother’s hair and supporting the story that Padme was pregnant years ago, but complications demanded bed rest.

With the support of her family, handmaidens, a doctor, two Jedi, and a marriage license, the galaxy believes Padme’s claim over the child.

The upside is that everyone who thought they knew the difference between Padme and her body doubles are now uncertain in their ability to tell them apart.

The downside is that the galaxy takes one look at the two Jedi who claimed knowledge of her pregnancy and collectively decides Obi-Wan with his red hair is the more likely father.

Every refutation only makes them more certain. They could conduct a paternity test, but then their lie would be revealed.

The Jedi Council is not pleased with either Anakin for marrying Padme or Obi-Wan for possibly fathering her child. If they let the Council meet Zee, then Obi-Wan could possibly be absolved, but then the Council might discover Zee is Force-sensitive or, worse, that Zee accesses the Dark side.

(Obi-Wan to his growing dismay agrees that Zee does not belong among the Jedi. He trusts them more than Anakin, but agrees that they’d have no idea what to do with a possibly Sith toddler. Obi-Wan himself is entirely unsure what to do.)

Meanwhile, the Chancellor is still missing.

A report arrives that Dooku’s ship passed through the sector where the Chancellor went missing. It is a thin lead, but the only one they have. Consensus unwisely grows: Dooku abducted the Chancellor.

Meanwhile, Padme is getting really tired of all the press about her loose morals and journalists demanding she just admit Obi-Wan is Zee’s father. She smiles gracefully against the barrage, but Zee is exhausting and when he’s upset, her own emotions fall off-kilter (a side-effect of the Dark side, Obi-Wan explained) and one day she just snaps, “Shmi, Anakin’s mother, had red hair. He could be Zee’s father.”

She realizes her mistake as soon as the words pass her lips.

The press takes her statement as confirmation that she is bedding both Anakin and Obi-Wan. Since Anakin and Obi-Wan don’t seem to hate one another, however, a new rumor begins...

Clearly the three are a triad.

The Holonet starts spawning image after image of “proof.” Any smile or casual touch that has ever happened among the three is now evidence of their long-hidden love affair. The false names on the marriage license are explained, by these apparent experts, as a clever way to include all three partners in a Naboo-style wedding.

Meanwhile, Dooku learns from his spies that he has apparently abducted the Chancellor. As he has not, he is concerned.

But! He decides to use the disappearance to create a trap. He’ll pretend to have the Chancellor to lure some Jedi in and then kill or ransom them.

(This is when the rest of the galaxy learns Palpatine is missing.)

Obi-Wan, desperate to get away from the press and disappointing looks of the Council, volunteers to spring the obvious trap.

(Anakin wants to go. Padme points out that she cannot handle Zee alone. One of them has to stay with her. ....this has not helped the rumors about them being triad).

Obi-Wan gets to Dooku and demands to see the Chancellor. Combat ensues until Obi-Wan wins and Dooku, cuffed, admits he doesn’t have Palpatine.

He returns to Coruscant with Dooku and brings him before the Jedi Council. Dooku doesn’t reveal anything of import beyond his own lack of knowledge, but his capture does prompt a larger investigation.

While investigating into Palpatine to try and figure out who would have abducted him, a joint taskforce of the Senate and Jedi discover that he’s been orchestrating the entire war and that he’s a Sith.

Meanwhile, back at Padme’s, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme have been caring for Zee. Trying to help Zee control his emotions leads to Anakin figuring out how to better control his own; he sees his own issues more clearly when he finds them in someone else.

Padme is the one to explain that Zee needs to call her and Anakin “Mama” and “Daddy” or “Papa” for his own safety.

Zee, the little troll that he is, calls Obi-Wan “Papa” in public once when journalists are pressing a bit too close. It is uncertain if he did so because he felt unsafe and was just taking Padme’s earlier explanations to heart or because some deep (adult) part of him dislikes Obi-Wan and enjoys causing him pain.

Naturally, after that, there is nothing Anakin, Padme, or Obi-Wan can say to allay the rumors.

Meanwhile, with Dooku captured and Palpatine’s treachery revealed, the war is quickly brought to a close.

Anakin wants to rage about his former mentor, but is mindful of Zee and instead goes to Obi-Wan and Padme for help handling his sense of betrayal.

Zee has a horrible tantrum when peace is announced, though none of them can understand why.

Then Padme learns she is pregnant again.

The Council recommends that Anakin and Obi-Wan leave the Order. Anakin’s hurt for himself is lightened by his indignation for Obi-Wan. He apologizes, but Obi-Wan accepts his dismissal with a tired smile. The war is over. Zee is a difficult child to manage and Padme is pregnant. “The Force is guiding me to where I’m needed,” he says.

Anakin is especially grateful he stays when Padme learns she is having twins. (With no reason to hide now, she receives proper medical care).

Padme, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Zee return to Naboo where Padme’s family insists on a proper wedding for the three.

Obi-Wan is surprising sanguine about this. He says that he isn’t going to leave them and isn’t like he has anywhere else to go. A marriage is a promise; it needn’t be a romance. Besides, he has utterly given up on correcting the record.

So they get married all three of them.

When the twins are born, Anakin and Padme rope Obi-Wan into helping. As their husband, he is equally responsible they claim. Obi-Wan argues for the fun of it, but accepts that he will be “Papa” to Anakin’s “Daddy” and Padme’s “Mama.”

By the time the twins are a year old, their marriage is both promise and romance. Shared exhaustion, worry, and joy grows the love among them. The occasional grounding touch turns to comfort turns to desire. This is not the life any of them imagined having, but resistance is both painful and futile.

Obi-Wan doesn’t mean to fall in love with Anakin and Padme; it is an accident. But once he is in bed with them, Padme pressed against his front, Anakin’s forehead nearly touching hers, his leg hooked over Obi-Wan’s---and he’s watching them breathe as they sleep, he feels deeply at peace, like, after years of wandering and hoping, he has finally found where he belongs.

Years go by. Zee learns to use the Light side, but the Dark calls to him, especially in his dreams. He discovers that he is very, very good at manipulating others.

Maybe his parents instill enough of a moral compass within him that he uses his talents for the good of the galaxy.

Or maybe, as he grows, he discovers the adult he had once been. Maybe he resists, chooses to be Zee instead of Sheev. Or maybe he gives in. Becomes Sith.

Maybe, one day, Zee disappears just as a new, terrible power is rising.

Maybe, one day, while fighting back, Luke learns he is dueling his long-lost, presumed-dead older brother.

Or maybe Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme learn that Zee is actually Sheev with his youth restored. And, maybe Anakin goes out ahead, sacrificing himself in an attempt to get through to his one-time mentor and son.

Good, of course, ultimately wins out, but at what cost?

#star wars #fanfic #not!fic #obianidala #sheev palpatine #deaging #crack!fic

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joisbishmyoga · 7 months

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blackkat's newest ficlet on ao3 has the Jedi Council drunk and a mention of "stop doing paperwork, if we secede from the Republic again Bail's gonna laugh at us"

and

just

What a beautiful idea. The Jedi accidentally secede from the Republic because drunk paperwork, but since the Chancellor's banned negotiating with the Separatists, they can't rejoin.

Yoda: Hm. Stay on Coruscant, we cannot, then. Politically awkward, it is.

Someone: What are we going to do about the GAR? We can't just leave them to people who don't see them as sentient--

Yoda: Assigned to the Jedi, the GAR is. Purportedly paid for by the Jedi, they are--

Mace: *muttermutter* And how anybody's that stupid to think we could afford even one with their ten years room and board and training--

Yoda: SINCE ON THE PAPERWORK, OUR NAME IS, retain the clones, the Order must.

Mace: Ow.

Somebody: How is the investigation going on that, anyway?

Everybody else: *wordless noises expressing just how poorly it's going*

Yoda: Bureaucracy, a plague upon this galaxy, is.

#every day is screw palpatine over day #star wars #order 66 was stupid and in this essay i will

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darkisrising · 2 years

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happy anniversary!! love your fics, ive read some of them even four or five times. my question is, what are some ideas that have popped into your head but that you never got around to writing and maybe never will? like maybe some AUs that you thought would be fun or cool but that you probably wont end up writing? I get a lot of these, like ideas for AUs that arent fully fleshed out enough to actually write a whole fic about but that i enjoy thinking about and daydreaming about anyways.

Thank you!!! And I'm so happy you've enjoyed my stuff enough for multiple read-thrus. That's the best thing to hear as a writer 💖💜💖 Oh man, yeah, I have a graveyard of never-written ideas, some more cooked up than others. Let me see what I can dig out from ye olde wip folder.... Okay, these have made brief appearances on the BDL server so if you're on there, sorry, you might have seen this already. High school AU

This one I tried writing two times, so here are two different attempts at turning it into something:

When Luke was nine he went viral.

To Luke’s eyes it wasn’t even that impressive a video. Just something his dad was shooting of his afterschool training session in the backyard, something that they could play back later to examine all of Luke’s mistakes in excruciating detail.

And, according to General Anakin Skywalker, President Palpatine’s Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and a former baseball wunderkind himself, there was pretty much nothing but mistakes on those videos.

Still, there must have been something in his fastball that particular day. Some extra Skywalker Magic in the two seamer that reminded his dad of his own glory days— something he was proud enough to boast about to anyone but his own son— because he sent the clip off to an old buddy of his from the Air Force Academy who shared it with someone else they’d played with that was now coaching out in Montana until, somehow, it had ended up as a filler segment on ESPN college sports, of all things.

That’s when the college recruiters started calling.

Not officially, of course. There were rules about this kind of thing, and so the best they could offer his dad was a verbal agreement and a firm handshake. Still, he was the only kid on his Little League team— the only elementary school kid in all of Maryland maybe— that knew exactly where he’d be going to college outside of an overbearing parent’s expectations. As long as he didn’t completely screw everything up with terrible grades or a catastrophic injury, he would be playing for Mustafar U and that was pretty much that.

It should have been a relief, to have such a huge weight like the burden of his future taken off his shoulders, but if anything it gave his dad more fuel to add to his fire when he had enough time at home to turn a critical eye on the doings of his children.

“Think that’s good enough for Mustafar, Luke?” he’d ask after every bad game.

“Luke, you know that’s not gonna cut it at Mustafar,” he’d say for a report card that was anything less than sterling.

“He needs to back off,” Leia had growled once when they were in middle school and she was in her anti-authority grunge phase, scrawling little anarchy As all over their military mailings and swapping out the tennis bracelets their dad kept buying her for jewelry made by her purple-haired BFF out of paperclips and safety pins. “If he’s not careful he’s gonna give you a perfectionism complex that all the therapy in the world won’t be able to fix.”

“It’s fine,” he’d told his twin. “He just wants me to be the best I can be and I want that, too.”

“Hm,” she’d said, unconvinced, as she’d gone back to painting her nails black with a sharpie.

Anyway, it didn’t matter. Leia was Leia Skywalker: pusher of boundaries and eternal shit stirrer and Luke was Luke Skywalker: baseball prodigy, perfect student, and future pitcher for the Lavas. She could do things like stand up to their pervy biology teacher until he got kicked out of school and attend marches against the President’s executive order abolishing term limits on the presidency so that he could be voted into office for a third time, and bring home a win to their school’s debate team that simultaneously got her a gold trophy and temporarily put on the no-fly list. Luke couldn’t; not when any little fuck up meant having everything his father had ever wanted for him evaporate in the blink of an eye. He couldn't afford any distractions.

Which was— despite all of Leia’s muttered commentary— absolutely fine. He might yearn for more every now and then, especially when practice meant watching the sunset from the dirt of a pitcher's mound on a Friday night, knowing kids his age were hanging out and going on dates and making foolish choices that they could laugh off with their friends by the morning, but this was what his life was going to be like for the foreseeable future and he was trying to make peace with that.

He had made peace with that.

That is, until junior year started and a new transfer came to Tatooine Prep who had dark eyes, soft lips, and the bristling, optimistic beginnings of a mustache. Suddenly it was all Luke could think about every Friday night from the mound: hanging out with Din Djarin. Going on a date with Din Djarin. Making foolish choices with Din Djarin.

And he might have, too— and risked watching his carefully maintained GPA and strike out percentages take a turn for the worse— except one day he’d gotten to practice early to find him making out under the bleachers with Boba Fett, and the last thing Luke wanted was to piss off the school’s resident bad boy by making a move on his new boyfriend.

Boba had gotten there first, just like Leia had snatched Han Solo up freshman year when Luke was fumbling around in the dark with his sexuality like the little zygote queer that he was, still trying to understand why the sight of the opposing team in their uniform pants was doing things to him and why he'd spent years really, really, really, really wanting Han to be his friend.

Junior year bled into senior year and though the dawn of his final year feels painted with some strange euphoria— with the world, his world, poised on the finest of edges, a delicate place to be before the inevitable tip over into the rest of his life—- there was still plenty to mope about. Like seeing Boba with his arm thrown over Din’s shoulders during assemblies and walking in on them making out in the chem lab and knowing that that could have been him with Din if only he’d been a little faster and a lot more confident.

Boba's got confidence aplenty and he’s willing to make the moves Luke isn’t.

“I’ll fix you up with someone,” Leia offers one morning when they’re making the long walk from the student parking lot to the school and Luke catches sight of Din’s beaten up Razor Crest parked beneath a snow-laden tree with the windows all fogged up. * and then then there was this section, that doesn't share all the details of the above section, it was just another attempt at making something happen:

Luke’s good with parents, so he’s the one Boba and Din throw at Boba’s dad when he comes home sooner than expected.

“What am I supposed to say?” Luke had hissed as four strong palms shoved him up the basement stairs when the tread of boots overhead made it clear they were going to get caught unless some serious heroics happened and quick.

“You’ll figure it out,” Din had insisted while Boba growled “Better think of something, golden boy,” and then Luke was facing the frowning, stern face of one Jango Fett, school principal and all-around terrifying authority figure.

“Skywalker,” he says, both an identification of this unexpected teen in his home and a greeting all wrapped up in one.

“Sir,” Luke stammers back, like an idiot.

A suspicious narrowing of dark eyes and Luke can feel his face catch fire like the worst tell in all of fucking history. “I didn’t know you and Boba were friends.”

“Oh, yeah, sir. Great friends,” Luke lies. “Really, really great— hey, this is a *lovely* home you’ve got,” he says when some lingering upper middle class niceties finally catch up with his wandering mouth.

“Hm,” Mr. Fett says in reply. “Where’s my son, Skywalker?”

“Oh, well, he’s— um...” certainly not raiding your liquor shelf with his boyfriend for a party the Kryze sisters are throwing tonight that’s guaranteed to be the rager of the year, Luke is careful *not* to say. “Studying. That’s why I’m here, I’m helping him study,” and there, that’s absolutely a believable one, since Luke Skywalker, academic wunderkid and varsity baseball player would absolutely spend his free time taking on a hopeless case like Boba Fett, whose only real contribution to the bettering of their school up until now has been by setting fires in the guy’s bathroom that required a complete reno from the linoleum floors to the acoustic drop ceiling tiles.

“Studying?” Mr. Fett repeats with a frown.

“Yup!” Luke says with a bright, golden-boy grin.

“On a Friday.”

“Oh, well, yeah. Can’t ever study too much, that’s what I always say! Anyway, I should get back to it, just came into the kitchen for some—” his eyes land on the fridge— “Water! Love water, you know, hydration is *so* important. So I’m just gonna-- “

Squeezing past a Jango Fett that stares with unnerving stillness, arms crossed, Luke is lucky enough to intuit where the cups are with the first opened cabinet door. With shaking hands he fills the cup from the sink and can only pray that Mr. Fett doesn’t notice the way it slops over the rim when he takes a jittering sip.

From behind Mr.Fett he sees Din emerge from the basement and give Luke a thumbs up and he almost collapses with relief. Whatever the plan had been to get those bottles of tequila and scotch out of the house must be a success.

“Anyway, it was *fantastic* to see you,” Luke says a little too loudly if Mr. Fett’s wince and Din’s quiet, amused smirk is anything to go by.

“Hi, Mr. Fett,” Din greets politely, and this is one unexpected teenager in his house that the principal doesn’t bat an eye to.

“Din,” he says, greeting his son’s longtime boyfriend, and Luke gets a little pinch in his chest at that.

Leia says he’s a fucking headcase for falling in...love?— maybe, lust— definitely with Din Djarin when he’s practically had a tattoo on him that said “for use by Boba Fett ONLY” since he’d transferred into Tatooine High in freshman year. But now it’s gotten bad, to the point he’s willingly getting pulled into juvenile delinquent schemes masterminded by Boba just so he can spend a little extra time basking in the slow, steady, warm presence of Din a little longer. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic, but he has no regrets when Din throws his arm around Luke’s shoulder as they hurry out of the kitchen, whispering so that Boba’s dad can’t hear “Good work, golden boy,” and dammit even Boba’s much-hated nickname for Luke sounds so *good* when said in Din’s low voice.

“Happy to help.”

Boba’s waiting, leaning against the passenger side door of Din’s beater car. When Din gets close enough he snags him by the back of the collar and pulls him down into a very wet kiss. Even though seeing Din kissed to within an inch of his life by someone that’s *not* him is a sick, tight pain beyond any other, he’s not so immune to his hormones that the brief glimpse he gets of their tongues meeting doesn’t… do something to him. He turns away, hurrying down the black driveway before Boba notices anything incriminating like boners that Luke may or may not be starting to stir in his jeans.

“Where do you think you’re going, Skywalker?” Boba’s voice rings out behind him, and he turns to see them with their arms still wrapped around each other, Boba’s hands shoved down into Din’s back pockets like they live there or something.

“Oh, well.” Historically good kids like Luke have never warranted invitations to all-out ragers, especially not at the Kryze sisters’ place, and he knows the hierarchy of high school too well to even pretend he can follow Din into any old den of iniquity. “Home, I guess. But this was fun, maybe we can hang out again sometime.”

Boba might be short, but he’s got BDE if ever Luke has seen it personified, and the other boy is by Luke’s side in two strides, tops.

“Nah, I don’t think so.” Boba pulls Luke in, close enough that Luke can smell the faintest whiff of his sweat, the only tell that maybe he hadn’t felt as in control of this situation as he’s been letting on. “Tonight you’re with us.”

* Also my notes say that in this world Grogu is a kitten that Din finds? Huh. Anyway, that's one AU that will probably never see life outside these snippets.

#ask box #dark is thinking

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redrobinhoods · 3 years

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retrograde | chapter 1 | Foxiyo Week 2020

AO3 Link | 1,300 words (approx) | Chapter 2

A/N: This was meant to be a one-shot, but one shift later and I had a multi-chaptered story idea. Will be finishing this separately from my other Foxiyo week stories!

Story Summary: Captured and brutally tortured by an extremist group opposing Chancellor Palpatine, Fox returns home to Riyo to recover physically and mentally.

Agony: torture, trauma, heartbreak Day 3 @foxiyoweek

Riyo was jolted awake by a knock at her door. Shoving the blanket covered in used tissues off of her she ran to answer it without looking to see who it was.

“He’s alive.” Thorn said before the door had stopped moving. He swooped in to catch her when her legs gave out from under her. “He’s alive, Chuchi. We found him. He’s going to recover.”

She couldn’t find it in herself to formulate a response. Instead, she sunk her grip into the grooves in Thorn’s armor and sobbed in relief.

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Nearly two weeks later, Riyo was laying in the same spot as she had the night Thorn had come to her with the same blanket thrown over her body. But tonight, there were no tears of pain. There had been tears a few minutes ago, but they had been tears of happiness. Now, she had Fox cushioned in her chest, asleep.

When the door to her apartment slid open, Fox stirred in her arms. “I didn’t tell them anything.”

“We know.” Riyo cooed, bringing a hand up to stroke Fox’s head. “We know. You’re safe, Fox. I have you.” He felt unfamiliar to her touch. His regulation cut hair had been shaved by the medics, and despite the long bacta treatments the surgical scars that had saved his life were still raised and ugly. When Fox calmed under her touch, she turned to the man who had just entered the apartment. “Did they give you the report?”

“With a little intimidation, yes.” Thorn waved the datapad in the air. “Is he asleep?”

“I think so.”

“I don’t want to wake him. I have bad news.” Thorn sat down in the living room chair that sat catty corner to the couch. “His inhibitor chip was damaged.”

“His what?” Riyo hissed.

“Inhibitor chip, we all have them. Officially, they’re supposed to make us less aggressive. I think that’s stupid. My guess is that it blocks stressors in long term memory storage so that it’s harder for us to get PTSD. Either way, his is going crazy. The activity levels are way above resting. I have images from the scans, but I don’t think you want to see the state of his skull in them.”

Riyo’s fingers fell to the side of Fox’s face, where metal met her touch. “What did they do to his face?”

Thorn flinched. “Based on the stuff I saw in the room, I’d say they beat him with a pipe. He’s lucky to be alive.”

Riyo took in a deep breath and looked down at Fox’s face. The side pressed to her chest was unchanged, if still bruised, but around his other eye was a metal crescent that had replaced his shattered eye socket. The crescent stopped where his hairline began, turning into surgical scars. She didn’t want to know how many blows it had taken to break him like this. “And his eye?”

“Permanently blind. Too much trauma. The medics can replace it down the road with a cybernetic, think Wolffe’s eye, but it was the least of their concerns.”

Riyo bent over and pressed her lips to Fox’s forehead.

“I didn’t tell them anything.” Fox stirred under her touch.

“I know, love. We know. I am so proud of you.” She whispered reassurances until Fox stilled once more. “Why him?” She asked Thorn.

“He’s favored by the Chancellor. Seems like the beings who took him are part of this fringe group that thinks Sheev is a Separatist sympathizer. You know what I think of the man, but I think this group is crazy. He practically bleeds Coruscant red.” He paused, watching Fox breathe. “Do you want me to stay the night? In case you need help with him.”

“I would love that, Thorn. Could you help me get him into bed?”

Thorn nodded and rose. To Riyo’s surprise, Thorn slid his arms under Fox and lifted him up into a bridal carry as if he weighed no more than a child. She tried not to think of other times when Thorn would have had to carry his brothers like this. Rising from the couch, she led Thorn to her bedroom and pulled back the blankets so that he could lay Fox on her bed. Hovering over Thorn’s shoulder, she watched as he gently set Fox down on the sheets and began to remove his blacks.

“You don’t want your sheets to smell like a medical facility.” Thorn muttered as he gently stripped the fabric from Fox’s skin.

Riyo sighed. “Thank you.”

She watched as Fox’s eyes slowly blinked open then closed once more once he realized whose hands were on him. His torso had been spared lasting trauma, but when the pants of his blacks were removed she could see a patch of metal stretching up the center of his thigh. From the knee down, his leg was fully metal.

Thorn’s head tilted towards her when she swore.

Riyo raised a hand to her mouth, fighting back the repulsion. “Why?”

“Crushed every bone from the knee down.” Fox murmured. “Thought it would hurt me. Bunch of idiots. Couldn’t feel anything from L2 down.”

“What, were you keeping track of which vertebrae they broke?” Thorn scoffed.

“Yeah.” Fox admitted. “I was bored.”

Riyo bit down on the inside of her hand where Fox couldn’t see. “They broke your spine?”

“I’m a fucking cyborg now, Ri.”

She couldn’t help the laugh that bubbled up. Maybe it was nerves, maybe it was genuinely funny. “Any other injuries I should be aware of?”

“No. Though they were talking about castration right before the boys broke in, so you can thank Squad Cresh for saving our love life.”

Riyo thought that she would have blushed had Thorn not cracked up at that moment. “Oh yeah, Chuchi is going to walk right into the Corrie offices and shout ‘thanks for letting me screw your commander!’ I can see it now.”

Now they were all laughing. Riyo’s mind was screaming at her that this wasn’t funny; this was horrible and frankly a little embarrassing. But it was Thorn. Fox trusted Thorn. She trusted Thorn. He would keep their secrets.

Fox was the first to stop laughing, raising a hand to rub his eyes. “I need to sleep.”

“I’ll be on the couch.” Thorn gave Fox a reassuring smile and squeezed his shoulder before turning to the door.

“Thorn.” Riyo called after him. “Thank you.”

With a nod, Thorn stepped out of her bedroom, closing the door behind him.

Riyo waited a moment for his footsteps to fade before stripping off her clothes and throwing them into the laundry bag by her dresser. When she and Fox were both in their underwear, she curled up next to him in bed.

“Hey Riyo.”

“Hey Fox.” She reached over to lightly rest her fingers on his cheek, beneath the metal crescent. “How are you feeling?”

“You don’t want to know. Riyo?”

“Yes?”

“I love you.”

“I love you too.” She said without hesitation. The disfigurations on his flesh were repulsive, but it was still her Fox. She would grow past the apprehension to love each scar and mutilation just as much as she had loved his flesh when it was unmarred.

“Ri, I’m scared that I could hurt you in my sleep. If I have a nightmare-.”

“Then I’ll work on my dodging. I don’t care if I get hurt. I’ve been hurting for the past three weeks, since the day you were taken. Let me hold you, Fox.”

Fox hesitated for a moment before giving in and pressing himself against her chest. The metal on his face was cold on her breast, but she pulled him tight to her and cradled his head in her arms, whispering sweet nothings into his ear.

There were no nightmares that night.

#foxiyo #commander fox #riyo chuchi #commander thorn #foxiyoweek2020 #my fics #retrograde fic

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twilightofthe · 4 years

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What was your opinion of the Clovis arc? People I know either love it or hate it, no in between. I generally liked it but found it waayyy ooc.

Hey anon, thanks for the ask!!!!

AHSJFLSLALK OK SO UH. Wow. Clovis arc. Yiiiiiiikes ok so. I totally agree with you on the fandom divide and I also totally agree that everyone involved in it is rather OOC for my taste. That being said, that case of OOC is exactly why I personally do not like the arc that much at all.

(Please note that my following words are MY PERSONAL OPINIONS, and that anyone is free to disagree, in fact I welcome the discussion, and even if this is your favorite arc, please consider yourself welcome on my blog I hold nothing against those who might like it)

Part of me was gonna make a short and sweet point about how I don’t like that TCW has had both of its main female characters have unwanted kisses forced on them, and instead of teaching young girls watching to tell those kinds of people to fuck off and respect their bodies, we get: 1. Just let it happen, you both must kinda like each other anyway or 2. Stay still then sit back while your boyfriend beats him half to death

But actually turns out I wanted to spend all day writing an essay so now you get this. So far I’m gonna hit four points:

the show’s constant need for Vader foreshadowing sometimes tending to completely override Anakin’s current mindset and personality he should have at this point in the timeline as well as his preestablished characterization

the way TCW gave Anakin a giant dosage of toxic masculinity to try and please the pissy movie critics who didn’t like that he cried

the role of Padmé and how TCW tries to portray her as a “strong woman” by just having her constantly be irritated by and sometimes even look like she actively dislikes her husband while simultaneously have her act OOC so they can blame HER and her actions for Anakin’s reactions and anger and overall Fall

How I think this arc is not irredeemable and that with some fixes it could be done decently— decently, not well, because a lot of this arc’s problems are also due to preexisting writing choices throughout the show

(Ok whoops this turned into a half Clovis arc rant half entire TCW Anidala commentary)

So firstly I wanna start that yes, I am fully aware that TCW is meant to fill in the gaps between AOTC and ROTS and help explain why Anakin’s mindset in the final movie is what it is and justify his Fall. Of course we need to show some Vader foreshadowing throughout the series, and in some places it is executed very well, notably the Mortis arc, the Bad Batch arc, the Wrong Jedi arc, as well as others that I can’t cite off the top of my head currently because I might have a mild touch of heat exhaustion wooo I need to get off the beach.

But it also has some rather hamfisted Vader foreshadowing stuff too. Like, y’all know the fandom joke where it’s like “Anakin: *Accidentally Leaves The Toilet Seat Up*. The Background Music: *BLASTS the Imperial March*” but like, they actually really do that. Like the time where they have Anakin take out a terrorist about to blow up an entire ship full of people and then play the Imperial March afterwards and imply he’s a “cold-blooded killer” just to defend the moral purity of the two people who were gonna stand there and let the ship blow in the name of idealism.

I’m getting off topic but yeah, sometimes the show’s Vader foreshadowing makes sense, sometimes it’s pretty forced, and the Clovis arc DEFINITELY leans towards the forced side, and when they try to force more of Darth Vader into Anakin at a point where he shouldn’t quite be there yet, it screws with his entire character.

This is particularly shown in the majority of the show’s takes on Anakin’s relationship with Padmé. Namely, they tend to forget nearly the entirety of AOTC with the exception of the Tusken murder scene, then forget even more of ROTS up until the point where Anakin strangles her on Mustafar. Basically, they take the truth that it was Anakin’s unhealthy attachment to Padmé that sparked his Fall, but then they decide to run with it where almost every single interaction he has with her in the damn show is him being a toxic overbearing dick to her and her acting like she mildly tolerates him at most and definitely doesnt respect him as like, I guess a way of showing what happened on Mustafar is in character for them???? Ugh, I’ll explain further.

So with Anakin’s aggressive possessiveness towards her. We know Anakin has possession and attachment issues. We know he’s a clingy needy whiny anxious mess who’s constantly afraid of losing or driving away the few people he has pinned his entire happiness on. We know he leans unhealthily on Padmé to provide the majority of his emotional support. We know he’s convinced himself he can’t live without her. But never, NEVER is it seen in the movies where his possessiveness turns into outward aggression towards her or this douchey pushiness. Never does he treat her like his property, like she belongs to him.

Not until Mustafar.

Not until he’s raving, half out of his mind with the warring emotions over the atrocities he’s just committed, until he’s begging her to understand where he was coming from, begging her and the child to stay with him and justify his decision, until he sees Obi Wan and sees her backing away from him, leaving him, and he PANICS because oh no no no you can’t abandon me, I need you, doN’T YOU WALK AWAY FROM ME. And he lashes out and tries to force her to stay, punish her for leaving and doubting him, and he puts that hand around her throat.

And that is supposed to be when we know he’s crossed the line, when we’re supposed to be horrified, where we know he’s lost himself, because he has NEVER ACTED LIKE THAT BEFORE.

Now how does Anakin act before? In the movies? He’s deferential to Padmé in almost every other scene they’re in together.

In AOTC, yeah he stares at her a bit creepily from a distance, he says awkward things and does goofy stuff to impress her, but he does Not get in her face. The few times he does invade her space, she flat out tells him: stand back. Don’t look at me like that. Don’t say that. Don’t interrupt me. And Anakin always, always backs off, respects her wishes. He follows her lead and lets her call the shots both on Naboo when he’s supposed to be protecting her and when she organizes the Geonosis rescue and once they arrive where she flat out tells him “I’m a Senator, I’ll handle this, just back me up”, and he’s all but just “ok yes queen”.

But they aren’t married then. Fine, take ROTS. It’s a movie all about Anakin’s issues but even then, when he’s worried about Padmé dying, he tells her he’s worried and that he can’t lose her, but he still keeps a distance. He doesn’t constantly hover and loom over her. If anything, Padmé, both in ROTS and AOTC is always the one to approach Anakin and close the distance when there’s conflict. When Anakin is upset, he averts his eyes and distances himself, tries to draw in on himself and brood silently, and we’ve seen it in Palpatine sometimes (of course with bad motives but he still does), but Obi Wan and Padmé both especially needing to be the ones to come over, turn his face to them and be like “hey, look at me, I care about you, what’s wrong”. Padmé SAYS in ROTS when he’s feeling specifically conflicted about losing Padmé, “don’t shut me out” and has to come over to him because he’s retreated into a corner of the room to scowl angstily out the window. Anakin does NOT get overbearing and possessive of her or get in her face, not once in the films.

In the fucking show? The Clovis arc, while perhaps the worst offender, isn’t even close to being the first time Anakin has been overly pushy and aggressive with Padmé, or acting like she’s something he owns, From that time in the Senate Hostage ep where he’s bugging her about ditching work and all but acting like incels texting like “awww but babe my dick hurts :(”, from the FIRST Clovis disaster ep where he’s childishly trying to screw up Padmé’s mission, to the Clovis arc in season 6

And this is where they just roll right in with their “oh so Anakin’s an overbearing, entitled douche” bit with the interaction he has with Pads and he’s trying to talk her out of taking the Clovis assignment and he says something along the lines of “as your husband, I demand you don’t do this”.

Hwat. The Fuck.

What kind of caveman-esque, 1800’s-ass man of the house whom my wife must obediently serve kinda entitled-ass BULLSHIT?!?!?!?

Like, I’m sorry, I really am, but that is just completely out of left field and not like Anakin at all. I mean to the point that when he’s an evil Sith Lord trying to talk her into taking over the galaxy with him, EVEN THEN he does not include “Padmé you must join me because I’m your husband and you do as I say” sort of domineering assholerly.

Anakin does not push Padmé around. He does not TRY to assert authority over her or try and force her to do shit. Not only because she doesn’t put up with that kinda shit for a second, but because Anakin respects Padmé; he will treat her with respect. He always has, and sometimes like in this arc it really doesn’t feel like he does.

Now of course Padmé’s response to the “I own you” declaration is “fuck you, asshole, I do what I want” and doubling down on her decision, and then decides to go even harder on the mission if only to spite her douche husband (and we’ll get to Padmé’s characterization in a bit) which is a very different kind of Anidala conversation we see in the show as opposed to the movies (also discussed later).

Now, the reason for Anakin’s overbearing douchery ties directly into an overarching problem in TCW— honestly, one of the very few issues I have with this show, but the problem is that it touches nearly the entire thing —and that is they almost completely reworked Anakin’s personality to be more hyper-masculine alpha male.

This is a topic I’ve discussed on my blog before, but the gist is that in the movies, Anakin was not the typical male heroic protagonist and DEFINITELY not what people expected from Future Darth Vader The Masked Brutish Male Power Fantasy. He was awkward, he was shy, he was soft spoken, he was clumsy around the girl he liked, he was very openly romantic, he liked frolicking in fields and candlelit dinners and snuggling. Two of the most important people in his life were soft, feminine women and he openly loved them very dearly and very gently— and he deferred to them when he felt it was right, as I’ve mentioned before. He CRIED when he was upset and was messy and emotional. And fanboys hated this with a burning passion. They couldn’t project their power fantasy onto this!!!! The Anakin critics were a HUGE part of the mob who crucified the prequels to the point of chasing both Anakin actors practically out of the movie industry in general.

The Clone Wars writers were obviously petrified of this happening again. So their solution, as has always been Star Wars’s solution to hateful fans being upset about an innocent character, is to completely rework them, hide or retcon all the undesirable qualities, and act like everything was all fixed. Now don’t get me wrong, there are aspects of TCW Anakin that I adore. As I’ve also mentioned before, they got his humor, his cleverness, his eagerness to do the right thing, to help people, his relationship with Obi Wan and Ahsoka and his men, they got that all perfectly. But the rest??? TCW’s solution to the criticism of Movie!Anakin was to turn him into an agressive, dominant, violent shadow of everything “soft” he was in the movie

Now, he speaks loudly and more deeply. Now, he’s cocky and overconfident and while yes he was arrogant in the movies, now it’s dialed up to like an 11. He never cries, never even THINKS to show a negative emotion that’s not Manly Rage And Aggression(TM). And then there’s the way he is around the women in his life. No more awkwardness or shyness, now he makes jokes about being a “ladies man” and does whatever the fuck flirting he does with Miraj Scintel even though the Anakin from the movies would have needed like every scrap of his self control just to look at her without insta-murdering her face. And then there’s how he is with Ahsoka and Padmé. He is muuuuch more of a loud brash dudebro around them who pushes his weight and is kind of controlling and their solution is just to have the both of them be Strong Women(TM) who Fight Back whenever he tries it too hard with them.

With Ahsoka, it’s not too bad because it’s a brand new dynamic and she’s a rather agressive firecracker personality herself when we first meet her, so the constant Snips n’ Skyguy snipefest works for them. For Padmé? It just means that in far too many episodes they’re in there’s a point where Anakin says something Eh and Padmé gets mildly irritated to actually annoyed with him for it and she’ll talk down to him and then there’s an argument between them because he’s bullheaded and she’s a Strong Woman. Why do I consider these out of character?

In the movies, despite the flaws, Anidala is a couple who actually tries to communicate. Anakin feels open to speak about his troubles to Padmé and her to him (for the most part, she definitely has a savior complex and a tendency to squash her own shit so she can help deal with both Anakin’s and the galaxy’s at large) when they’re worried or concerned about something and they want to talk it out, so they’ll talk it out!

The problem with Anidala isn’t that they don’t communicate, it’s that they try but also only do it by halves because they hate fighting. They’ll talk, Anakin will say something that Padmé might disagree with— the fascism discussion in the Naboo field in AOTC, the question of whether the Republic is just or not in TPM —and she’ll try and correct him if she feels he’ll listen, but if he doubles down, she’ll go “ok you know what, agree to disagree, let’s not fight” and she subtly changes the subject because she hates fighting with him. If Pads says something Ani doesn’t like— telling Obi Wan about them in ROTS, some emotional advice she tries to give in both movies —he’ll flat out shut down and be like “I don’t want to talk about this, let’s drop it” and then seek out cuddles or affection as a distraction.

And that brings us back to the Clovis arc. The scene where the “as your husband” line occurs. Anakin is trying to talk Padmé out of doing this not because he’s jealous. Maybe he was jealous the first time he met Clovis and saw Padmé being all cute n’ fond with her old flame, but this time it seems almost entirely because last time ended in catastrophe and he’s genuinely worried for Padmé and feels she’s not thinking wisely, that she’s putting herself in danger.

However, Anakin is deciding to voice these concerns in Possessive Dudebro Pushing because of the aforementioned misguided Vader Foreshadowing and Toxic Masculinity. Padmé? Is not even CONSIDERING what he has to say, is just breezing on through and shutting him down at every turn and generally acting like he’s a dumbass who doesn’t have a clue about anything.

Now, it is very in character for Padmé Amidala to be all “I’m right, you’re wrong, fuck you don’t get in my way”. HOWEVER, they aren’t framing this as solely Padmé having a goal and bulldozing her way through the situation. That’s not how they frame this.

They frame this as: Padmé is embarrassed that she misjudged the situation wrong the last time and embarrassed even further that Anakin had to step in and get her out of trouble— which he brings up —and probably remembers that he made fun of her while he did it—

(Timing out to say that THAT scene was also OOC; they once more wanted a Vader parallel what with Anakin’s silhouette when he opens her cell door and the way Padmé’s sleeping pose is identical to Leia’s in ANH. But Anakin basically steps in and gives her this condescending-ass “awww the little wife’s gotten in over her head like I SAID she would, good thing I’m here to rescue her!” bit that’s really just MEAN. It’s not like him and Obi Wan’s/Ahsoka’s teasing snark whenever they have to pull each out of trouble, he’s just kicking her while she’s already down. Really, Anakin’s reaction should have been a lot less humorous and a lot more pissy; she didn’t listen to him, didn’t trust him, and ended up in danger because of it. It’d be a surly and upset “I told you so”, not an amused one.)

—and now it seems much more like Padmé is solely taking this assignment to spite Anakin for being a dick and to pettily prove that she knows what she’s doing rather than any sense or urge to do the right thing. And....... childish pettiness????? Is not Padmé. And yet, she has the entire immature “don’t tell me what to DO, Anakin” attitude this whole arc that amounts to WAY more than just the normal response she would have to his overcontrolling dickishness

And once again, it’s because she, like everyone else in the episode, seems to think the problem Anakin has is that he’s jealous of Clovis. He’s not, not really. He’s insecure, yes, but he also knows Clovis is a bag of dicks as well, and trusts that Padmé knows she’s better than that. His problem isn’t fears he’ll lose Padmé, it is entirely that Padmé isn’t listening to his concerns, doesn’t trust him, is going into a situation they both know is unwise, and he is frustrated he’s not in a position where he can look out for her since he feels she’s not looking out for herself. And, he’s not entirely wrong. Padmé IS being reckless and kind of irrational solely to prove a point. He just goes about it pretty much entirely the wrong way, which is what you can really say is the cause and effect formula for any problem Anakin Skywalker encounters and subsequently makes worse.

And then there’s That Scene. The one where Clovis tries to force a kiss on Padmé and Anakin freaks and almost kills him for it. I’ll start off by quoting another Tumblr user on that very scene by saying in regards to Clovis: “that bitch deserved that”. The almost murder? Maybe not that far, but the initial hitting for disrespecting someone’s “no”? Yep, that was deserved.

My first criticism is that Anakin shouldn’t have even had time to attack him because why the fuck wasn’t Padmé instantly kneeing him in the balls?!?! Like Padmé is not prone to violence immediately, no, but she can will and does defend herself immediately when she needs to— her right punch knocked someone tf out once when she was pissed —and she already gave him a warning that his advances were not welcomed.

Now, I am absolutely not victim blaming. I am NOT saying it is the fault of a woman (I’d be a hypocrite if I did and that’s all I’ll say on THAT), or of anyone when faced with sexual harassment, if they don’t fight back for whatever reason, no matter how capable of doing so they may be. What I’m saying is that considering her previous behavior and personality and the fact that the show NEVER goes deep enough into explaining heavy stuff like why victims might freeze or NOT fight back when faced with harassment, I feel like showing her not attempting to defend herself at all is kinda strange.

Now, Padmé’s utter passiveness to the situation aside, we’re going back into toxic masculinity and misunderstood interpretations of how Anakin displays possession. While I’ll repeat that Clovis deserved consequences for the forced kiss, Anakin going full caveman defending his property jealous rage just. Doesn’t feel right to me. Again, I think Anakin would probs hit him and put the fear of living god into him, maybe even I’d buy the attempted murder if they framed it as Anakin doing it because he hates those who force their will on others and disrespect women, but the whole that’s MY wife and you’re touching her shite just once more feels alpha male aggressive ridiculousness. Like again, I understand Anakin is possessive of Padmé, but not like this. I’m sorry, but I just cannot see that, him fighting over her like she’s a scrap of meat.

Like, I completely think she’s in the right tho to put them on a break after he does it though. That’s well within her right.

But then onto the FINAL part where after Clovis goofs and fucks them all over and then dies, she forgives him and blames herself for everything and apologizes. And like, that part I do see as in canon and character for her and for Anakin. He doesn’t like to admit his mistakes, her mistakes weigh on her and when she fails to fix or save someone, she falls into depression and upset and self-blame.

But the fact that Clovis died because Anakin dropped him? Anakin Skywalker, who scaled an entire elevator shaft carrying two people over his back who combined probs weighed more than Padmé and Clovis. Anakin Skywalker, who’s used the Force to lift tons of debris, who’s used it to hold back explosions, Anakin Skywalker, MOST POWERFUL FORCE USER IN HISTORY WHO TENDS TO RELY ON BRUTE STRENGTH FOR MOST SHIT ANYWAY. That Anakin couldn’t pull two people over a ledge?!?!?!?!? This has always bothered me.

Like to be honest; I feel this entire episode could have been so fixable too. Like keep Anakin’s obsessive worry over Padmé making a mistake, keep the best part of the arc which is his talk with Obi Wan where Obi Wan tries to connect with him and explain that he’s not alone, all Jedi have emotional struggles and have loved, if perhaps he wants to TALK to someone about it, Obi Wan is here for him, like that? That’s okay!

Just ugh ffs, get rid of the nasty Anakin treating Padmé like a naughty dog who won’t obey him and the Padmé purposely acting unwisely to spite Anakin plot. Have the entire conflict be both of them being upset that the other doesn’t trust them, doesn’t believe in their advice, keep Padmé’s speech about how marriages NEED trust and compromise to survive, take all of Anakin’s aggression towards Padmé and transfer it to aggression towards Clovis, like make the conflict him menacing the guy if he hurts Padmé again just because he’s being overprotective and “if you won’t look out for yourself I will” and Anakin getting constantly checked for not being able to control his emotions, Padmé can tell him off for being overprotective instead of overaggressive and his possessiveness can instead show through him arguing that he needs to keep her safe at all costs. THAT can be the argument.

And if they want the Vader foreshadowing? Like real, in-character Vader foreshadowing??? Tbh, drop the Clovis beatdown, drop the machoness towards Padmé, and just have Anakin blatantly DROP the douchebag at the end of the episode instead of his hand slipping. Make him choose to ACTIVELY kill Clovis. Like THAT, Anakin taking the law into his own hands and deciding that he knows best and this guy is dangerous and has fucked up one too many times, there being an opportunity where there’s an chance to save Clovis when they’re alone without Pads, “be a Jedi, Padmé wouldn’t want this, do the right thing” Clovis might say, and we can see Anakin’s face considering, and then he just “Long Live The King”s him and lets him fall and die, THAT is an in-character Vader foreshadowing.

Then at the end of the episode, we can have Anakin lie to her, say Clovis slipped, say it was too late, and Padmé can believe him, thank him for trying. Then there’s the same thing where Padmé apologizes, and we can have a callback to the convo about trust and she adds that she’s sorry that she didn’t trust him, and when she says that, we zoom in on Anakin’s guilty face.

There. That’s how I’d fix these episodes

And THERE, I think I’ve complained about everything, I am SO sorry for the gigantic ass post and response, I’ll add a read more once I’m on my laptop and not on the beach on mobile.

But yeah anon, I hope that satisfies your question xD

Once again, I welcome discussion if y’all either agree with me or if you have any differing opinions, I know my takes are far from hot for several people and I’m curious to see what others think!

#i’m SO sorry i got carried away but yeah this arc and one or two others (one in particular) are the only arcs that kiiinda set me off tbh #long post #ask #anon #one (1) hot mess #queen of my heart #star-crossed lovers #sw the clone wars #anidala #the clone wars

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girl-among-mts · 3 years

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Matchmaker, Matchmaker

“Would you stop your damn fidgeting?”

Rose glanced over at Poe, who snapped back to attention at Leia’s stern words.

“Sorry. I’m just,” Poe stretched his neck and cleared his throat. “I’m not so sure this is a good idea.”

“Oh hush,” Leia admonished, waving one ringed hand idly in the air, the other wrapped around the head of her cane. “Palpatine is dead. Agreeing to this treaty is a perfectly good idea.”

Poe gave a small start. “With the First Order? With him?!”

“He did save your life,” Rose muttered, watching the turbo-lift count up as the three ascended.

Poe shot her a dark look over Leia’s head, holding up a finger.

“Once! He saved our lives once! Every other time he tried to kill us. Kill you!”

“If you two don’t stop bickering I’ll send both of you back to the ship,” the old General muttered, silencing the pair.

Rose screwed her mouth shut, even if she were dying to let off some nervous energy by giving Poe a bit of lip.

Still, she didn’t want to cross the General. They’d all been through quite a lot the past few days, but Leia especially; her son and Rey having disappeared after the final battle.

Palpatine was defeated, that was true, but the First Order remained even if it were half in ruin after Exegol and all the in-fighting. Brokering peace between the New Alliance and the recently self-appointed Grand Marshal was certainly prudent, but it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park.

As the turbo-lift closed in on their destination, Rose sort of wished Leia would send her back to the ship. She wasn’t too thrilled at the idea of seeing General Hux again, even if he had been their spy.

He’d ferried intel over to her for months, with no idea it was the woman who’d bit him on the other end of the communique. He’d been their enemy, but keeping him in the dark still sorta felt like unfair deception.

Rose shifted her weight slightly, trying to quell her nerves.

Beside her, Leia could feel the jittery energy radiating off the young woman through the Force, similar but distinctly different than how her second-in-command was feeling. Poe was wary, itching for a fight; uneasy at the situation. Rose was all nervous anticipation.

Leia mentally patted herself on the back for bringing the young woman along.

Oh yes, she’d heard the stories. Heard all about how Rose had bitten the much-feared new leader of the First Order. She’d nearly choked on her tea from laughing so hard.

Now, Leia hoped seeing her again would throw off Hux’s game. Make him easier to read.

Just a friendly bit of psychological warfare, Leia thought, shooting Rose an enigmatic, tight-lipped smile as the lift came to a stop.

The doors parted with a pneumatic hiss revealing the austere meeting room beyond: dark table and chairs rimmed in silver.

Rather overly dramatic, the old General thought with a roll of her eyes, cane tapping against the durasteel floor as she stepped over the threshold.

“Ah, General,” came a smug, Imperial voice from across the room. “How good of you to come.”

Leia raised a bored eyebrow toward the other end of the long, sleek conference table.

Newly-minted Grand Marshal Hux stood at parade rest, flanked by his two most loyal officers.

He looked pale, haggard, no doubt the hangover that came with staging a coup.

She expected the man’s self-satisfied aura to ooze off him about as thick and as black as tar, but she was surprised to find his emotions under strict control, despite how easily he let his distaste play across his face.

Perhaps he’d learned a thing or two, having survived in her son’s shadow for so long.

“Wouldn’t be a good negotiator if I hadn't,” Leia shot back, pulling out one of the dreadfully uncomfortable-looking chairs with the end of her cane and plopping down to sit. Hux’s lip curled at her lack of decorum. Leia noticed the spike in ire, deciding to prod at it a bit further.

“You’ll pardon an old woman’s aching feet, won’t you?” she muttered, propping her legs up on an adjacent chair and sighing contentedly smacking her lips as she slumped back.

She watched intently as Hux sniffed in distaste, studying his muted emotions that bubbled occasionally to the surface before roiling under.

The man was as tightly wound as a timing belt.

Standing to her side, Poe was much less controlled when it came to his anger and mistrust, his emotions white-hot and roiling. Distaste emanated from the Grand Marshal as he gave the pilot a brief once-over, his cold eyes flashing in anger.

Well, Leia thought with no small amount of exasperation, that was going to pose a problem. She’d been counting on naming Poe her liaison between the New Alliance and the First Order. Cooperation to fix the crumbling galaxy would be a rather tough sell if the men wanted to murder each other.

And then Hux’s attention settled on Rose, and all his carefully buttoned-up control evaporated in an instant.

“What in the hell is she doing here?” he snarled, thrusting a gloved finger in Rose’s direction.

The young woman bristled.

“Hey! You better watch where you point that thing before it gets bitten off!”

Hux spluttered and gaped at her, expression contorting into incredulous ire.

“You- you-!”

Rose planted her hip, arms crossed. “Me what, exactly?”

Leia let out a low chuckle, scarcely believing her plan would work this well. Hux’s emotions were off the charts: annoyance, fury, embarrassment, and... something else.

Leia tried to get a grasp on the torrent rolling off them both.

Was it... intrigue?

Or... was that Rose?

The young engineer was obviously no fan of the Grand Marshal, but there was some undercurrent there.

Stars, Leia thought with startled wonder, watching the pair volley barbs back and forth. They were enjoying this.

Eventually, the old General cut in, clearing her throat.

“Rose," she said, as if it were her plan all along, "is my Ambassador to the First Order.”

The entire room fell silent.

Rose turned slowly toward her in open-mouthed shock.

“I’m... what?”

“Impossible” Hux barked, hands curled into fists, face flushed and looking quite like a petulance child. “That- that simply cannot work!”

“Oh, I don’t know about that,” Leia said, looking between the two and giving them both a slanted smile. “Seems to be working out well so far.”

#gingerrose #armitage hux #rose tico #leia organa #drabble

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eternalthenas · 4 years

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what bothers me the most about tros and what i’m most unable to accept is how jj managed to destroy and disrespect EVERY single character. even the ones who technically had “happy endings”🤡

ben - i feel like this one doesn’t even need to be said, but i’ll say it anyways. after years of emotional abuse from palpatine, it’s disheartening to see that jj gave no explanation as to why palpatine wanted ben (personal vendetta against the skywalkers i guess??) when it semed like he only needed rey AND that ben never really triumphed over palpatine in any way. it hurts to know that leia straight up had a vision about her son’s death but that she still seemingly gave up on him despite knowing that he was struggling and that she sent him off to train to be jedi with a luke, when apparently she could’ve done that herself. it’s disheartening that luke who believed even vader could be turned back to the light also gave up on his nephew, when he was just a boy no less. it’s disheartening that although he was the last skywalker (a fact only palpatine acknowledged!), none of his family nor his namesake reached out to help him. instead of telling the last skywalker to rise, they ignored him (as they had apparently done his whole life) in favor of a palpatine. ok. even though as the last skywalker, he really should’ve been the one to have the final kill against palpatine since it was HIS family that palpatine destroyed, he doesn’t. he’s motionless in a pit for the whole final battle. ok. that will never not leave a bad taste in my mouth. his whole family (except for han apparently i love him) gave up on him and clearly so did the writers. as a fan of the skywalkers and their story, this isn’t the ending i wanted for them. especially when luke and leia and han had given their lives to see him turn to the light. and for what? so he could be used as a plot device to conveniently bring rey back to life and then promptly die (even though they’re a force dryad and, according to jj’s own fucking canon, supposedly one) without any fanfare, emotional reaction whatsoever, or later mention? wtf? it’s disrespectful not only to ben solo, who is easily the best character in the sequel trilogy and one of the best characters in ALL of star wars, but it’s disrespectful to the entire skywalker line!! (and to adam driver, who deserved so much better than this shit. go get that oscar)

rey - by making her a palpatine, jj completely disregarded her arc. whatever your opinions about rey nobody, once they went with it, they never should’ve retconned it and turned her into a legacy character in the final film. it felt cheap. in my theater, there was no cheering about this reveal. because jj had never properly set it up and he didn’t even bother to reveal it an impactful way. but what’s most annoying about rey suddenly being a legacy character is that it completely disregards the fact that she was powerful on her OWN, without any famous blood making her that way. furthermore, by turning her into the chosen one and giving her the entire skywalker legacy (which felt like a slap in the face to the skywalkers imo), she did turn into a mary sue, one of the biggest complaints about her since day 1. she was overpowered, morally perfect, and never faced any failure. i struggled to root for her as the “hero” because i felt everything was handed to her on a silver platter. so not only did jj turn her into a mary sue and take her power away from her by turning her into a legacy, but he also destroyed the fact that her whole arc had been “seeking belonging” and a family. rather than having her final scenes be with her new found family, she ends the movie with her canon soulmate dead and no one but a droid by her side on a desert planet of all places. to add further insult to injury, she also disregards her family name even though they supposedly loved her and sacrificed themselves for her (despite the fact that they sold her but whatever) in favor of a last name of a guy she had barely known. she had more emotional connection to han or leia, but she didn’t take their last name. she took luke’s, the guy who had refused to teach her and who she had come to view in a more negative light towards the end of tlj. in this house i will not EVER be calling her rey sky- i can’t even say it🤢

finn - in all honestly, they screwed finn’s character arc in episode 1 when jj turned him into a lovesick sidekick who served as comedic relief. as a deserted stormtrooper, he could’ve had the most interesting storylines. and he should have. but apparently the writers forgot about him. although they mention his past BRIEFLY, it’s paid no real weight or attention. instead, he spends the whole movie once again trying to (possibly) confess his feeling for rey. and for what? probably just to bait finnrey fans and prove the character’s heterosexuality bc it goes absolutely nowhere. although we find out he’s force sensitive, that too is glossed over and has no lasting effect. he’s also made co general, which okay cool, but then he does nothing?? so while finn could have and should have been a main character with an interesting storyline, they turn him into your average run of the mill action hero with an occasional quip. john boyega, sweetie, i’m so sorry (but i guess that’s kind of what he wanted since he hated tlj, the only movie where he actually had a main role with any character growth?? idk)

poe - it’s once again evident that they originally intended to kill off poe bc he has no arc whatsoever. he gets a little backstory as a drug smuggler now ig, which really came out of left field considering the already established canon with his past as a pilot. he’s more of the same in this movie, except more unlikable than usual (imo). he’s still stubborn, occasionally funny, but mostly he just bickers with rey, which isn’t funny, at all necessary, and doesn’t add anything to the “trio’s” dynamic. he’s at his best when he’s with finn but then, of course, jj has to remind us of how straight he is every single scene so. another character like finn who could have been great, but with the lazy writing, he has no arc, no backstory, no character growth, so he’s just mediocrity personified and just kind of there.

zorii & jannah - both could’ve been awesome. both are just there for a brief introduction and to help the heroes with maybe one thing and that’s it. both deserved better.

the skywalkers - yeah jj really said a big fuck you to luke, leia, and anakin most of all. the WORST part of tros is the fact that it basically makes the previous six episodes useless. anakin’s redemption arc? what does it matter now? he didn’t successfully bring balance to the force. he didn’t successfully kill palpatine. and now his entire bloodline is dead. ok cool😎 thank you jj!!!! what a hopeful end to the skywalker saga!!!! i love seeing that anakin failed and wasn’t REALLY the chosen one. i love that luke and leia gave their legacy to a descendant of the guy who tried to tear apart and terrorized their family. that’s really nice. i love that anakin NEVER reached out to help his grandson who struggled with the dark just like he did. but that he came in just in time to tell palp’s granddaughter to rise😍 really hopeful, lovely ending. thanks again jj! thanks for making leia seem like a bad mother who sees visions about her son but just throws in the towel and doesn’t really try to help him?? wtf??? not my princess leia. also tros luke? truly the worst luke. i really have no other words, i’m just disappointed. jj let me down in every single way possible and ones i didn’t even realize he could.

palpatine - jj also managed to ruin the best star wars villain, a feat i didn’t even think possible. palpatine had always seemed scary to me because of his inhuman qualities. but in this one, he’s back with no explanation whatsoever. he just is. he somehow managed to survive (ok🙄) and furthermore he had a kid. what in the fuck? jj clearly read harry potter and the cursed child, but he clearly also forgot to read the reviews. NOBODY LIKES IT WHEN THE PREVIOUSLY UNTOUCHABLE/SCARY VILLAIN HAS A KID OUT OF NOWHERE. NOBODY. i seriously spent the entire movie wondering who the heck would sleep with him? that’s it. he didn’t seem menacing or at all like a threat. this movie genuinely had no stakes whatsoever (that’s why ben’s death feels so out of left field bc literally for what?! but i digress) also the final “fight” where rey kills him??? very lame. he supposedly survived all those years to be taken out like that?? no thank you, i’d like a refund.

in conclusion, thank you to jj for ruining my favorite franchise by killing off every last one of my favorite characters, destroying the skywalker legacy (& killing them off), ruining seriously every character, and leaving me with despair!!! while i’ll continue to watch star wars without including episode 9, it sucks that some of my joy is zapped from my favorite series. because this is how future generations will know star wars. with this shitty ending. and any future movies will have this canon. and that really fricking sucks. thanks, i hate it.

anyways feel free to message if you’re also in the depths of despair about how this all ended!! bc the more i think about it, the sadder/angrier i get.

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Our Captain Got A Promotion {Captain Rex}

pairing: rex x reader

warnings: N O N E, screw Order 66, EVERYONES ALIVE.

request: @lokiarmygeneral: I have been loving your stories so much! May I have a story? It's my birthday on April 20th. I was thinking about Commander Rex and his SO (or crush) celebrate his promotion and their birthday. It can be fluffy fully or with a steamy twist, and I'll leave that up to you. I'm a female, but the reader can stay neutral :). Thank you ever so much! Have a fantastic day and I hope you stay safe and healthy :)

@lokiarmygeneral happy birthday sweets! I hope you enjoy this piece! Also have an amazing day! Stay safe out there! Thank you for requesting! 💕🎂

*rex is so U G H, I’m pregnant*

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Following the events of the Siege of Mandalore and the fall of Sheev Palpatine. The clones have managed to take matter into their own hands and win the war, disabling their chips along the way. Fives was right all along and so was Kix. They manage to give the clones freedom with their discovery. It took Rex and 501st to complete the task at hand but it wasn’t impossible.

Now the GAR has become a body filled with hope for the whole galaxy. It has been an age of worry for every single being but now peace reigns, the Jedi is alive more than ever and the clones bask in their well deserved happiness.

You stand infront of your mirror, taking in your appearance. Today the 501st boys would be going to the 79s for two special reasons. Your Captain’s promotion and your birthday. Two special events for the boys. A knock on your door alerted you of a presence out of your quarters.

The door slid opened, Commander Rex stands there in his pressed greys. He fiddles with his gloved hands until he lifts his gaze to see you. There you stand infront of him, wearing a Y/F/C dress, it reaches just before your knees with no sleeves. Something Senator Padmé has lend you for the occasion.

“You...uh...erm..you look gorgeous” he says striding towards you. Rex stands now taking in your appearance, he usually sees you in your tunics and armor. Seeing you in a different attire doesn’t change the fact that you’re gorgeous.

The man remembers, “Happy Birthday Y/N” he smiles taking something from his pocket. A small velvet box lays on his hand. You stare at the box unaware of what lays inside. “I promised you after this whole war” he says opening the box. A ring band lays inside, your eyes watered.

As he puts the promise ring on your finger, you stare at the band. You remember too, “I have something for you aswell” you say turning around to grab the Commander’s gift. “What’s the occasion?” He smiles softly as he grabs the box. “Well, you’ve been given a promotion” you smile as he sets the box to open it. “About damn time if you ask me” you add as he opens it.

Rex’s lower lip quivers, inside the box lays a jacket. Common thing right? For Rex it isn’t. He remembers he saw it once, on a civvie pilot. Leathery and glossy. Black. Instead this one, is blue and grey. Just like his armor colors. His fingers run over the fabric.

“Come on, put it on” you say helping him out of his grey coat, a black tight undershirt which hugs his toned arms and muscles comes to view. As you drape the jacket over his shoulders he shrugs it on. You can’t help but stare.

“Knock knock! I’m sorry to bother but we have a place to be!” Kix says as he comes to view with the boys following closely. The bubble breaks and you blink nodding. “Let’s go” you smile grabbing Rex’s gloved hand trudging out of your quarters and out of your apartment building.

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The 501st arrives at 79s, it is filled with clone officers and the 212th along with 104th boys. Rex pulls you closer to his side as the group enters. “Let’s go find a table, Kix and Jesse will take care of the drinks” he calls over the loud music. You nod as Tup and Dogma follow. Rex finds a table on a secure corner for the group to couple in.

You sit with Rex by your side, a figure plops on your other side. “Fives!” the chorus of voice shout at the ARC trooper. The man chuckles as he drapes an arm over your shoulder. In a friendly manner of course. “Well if it isn’t the couple of the hour!” He barks as the boys cheer.

“Congratulations Captain! Or should I say Commander” Fives says wiggling his eyebrows at the now Commander. Rex nods in a thankful way, clearly the attention setting him off. You lay a hand on his thigh, rubbing circles over his knee.

“Now the most important event of the evening! Our officer here! The Birthday Girl!” Kix announces bringing drinks for everyone. The boys cheer as they clink their glasses and downed the drinks. You smile “thank you guys! I’m really happy to have you here. Each one of you” you say earning a smile from each trooper.

Your gaze meets Rex’s.

“Thank you” you whisper nuzzling your face against his shoulder taking his scent. The man grabs your hand softly tracing circles around your palm.

***

As the night passes by with cheers and drinks. Laughing and dancing. The men have gone tipsy leaving you and Rex in your booth. “Are you having fun?” He asks taking in your appearance, his hand coming to caress your face.

“Yes. It is enough, with you” you answer leaning towards his touch.

Something comes to life in Rex’s gaze. His golden gaze turning dark as his thumb graces your lower lip. “Let’s go home, shall we?” He asks and you nod scared of what you say. The Commander doesn’t bother saying goodbye to his men, eager to get home.

Fives and the rest of the company wiggle their eyebrows as they catch you and their Commander desserting them. “Let them have their fun” Fives laughs as the rest of the men keep drinking for themselves.

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Before the door has even closed Rex wraps his arms around you from behind. One inhale of his musky scent and you want to turn around. His right hand drops to your thigh, pulling up the dress that hangs so loose just above your knees.

You couldn't move even if you tried, like his fingers have short circuited your mind in the best possible way. He turns you around and tumble to your bedroom, his eyes searching yours.

Your lips lock as the trooper takes off his jacket dropping it on your floor. He tugs off your dress. You smile and kiss him back as he knew you would. With your lips you feel his mouth stretching wider than it should, fighting between a grinning and kissing. You’ve done this so many times and it keeps on getting better.

The neon lights that shined through your windows cast an angelical halo over Rex. His golden gaze meeting yours as you each get lost on each other’s skin. The night rages on as your limbs tangle around your bedsheets in a sea of love and passion.

***

When the sunlight baths the room in a glow Rex opens his eyes. Your sleeping form draped on the white sheets. Y/C hair sprawled over the pillow, he admires your sleeping face. He traces your faces softly with his fingertips. Admiring the love marks that have been his doing. Letting you sleep a little long rolls out of bed. Grabbing a pair of sweats which now hang loosely around his toned hips.

He moves softly down the stairs to the kitchen. He moved about the kitchen with the kind of smile on his face that couldn't hide the love that warmed him from within.

Twenty minutes later he had pancakes, raspberries and freshly squeezed juice on the side. By the time he got upstairs you were only just stirring. He laid the tray gently on your table and leaned in for a kiss, feeling a tingle spreading from his lips.

“Mesh’la, I have breakfast." You opened your sleepy eyes and a warm grin spread over your face.

"Rex, you didn’t had to do this" After another whiskery kiss Rex brought up the breakfast tray and set it before you.

“K’uur! I want to cherish you, my cy’are” he said. You smile with a mouthful of toast. The Commander admires your sleepy form. “You are the best Man and I’m so lucky” you say causing Rex to chuckle as he takes a seat behind you. Now you lay against his chest between his legs. You feel his fingers stroke your hair causing to yawn.

“Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum” I love you he says in his mando’a tongue, kissing your hairline. “I love you too, my brave Commander” you mumble nuzzling against his skin. The moment remains still, warmth and love oozing your gazes on each other.

***

K’uur - Hush!

Ni kar’tayl gar darasuum - I love you

Author’s Note: I hope you guys enjoy this! This was really cute to make and I enjoyed it! Also I’m sorry if the steamy part seems kinda idk...first time writing something like this and it ain’t the best! But I’ll work on it! Thank you guys for the support! You can leave feedback, I enjoy it! As always reblog and life for more content! Xx

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dragonrebelrose · 4 years

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TROS Reaction 12-20-19. AKA my 6 page long dissertation about why I really disliked TROS.

I didn’t think it would be this bad. I truly thought there would be some gleaming moments of redeemability, but no. It’s one...giant...shit-show. What a horrible blow to the end of not only the sequel trilogy and these characters but to everything that came before. It really takes skill to mess up this badly.

A little something nice though, was the guy I sat next to. Really nice (and cute too ^-^ ) and he offered me some of his candy (Buncha Crunch! My favorite!) before the film started and then throughout the film because he said, “Well this is consolation for having to sit next to me.” Aw I couldn’t have asked for a better seat partner, I didn’t even know him! And then when the film ended he knew I didn’t take it well and I cried and shook through many moments and he offered the rest of his candy and I said, “Thanks, I think I need it.” I asked him what he thought overall and he said, “C-3P0 was pretty funny.” I said, “Yeah I agree. I actually knew everything that happened before I saw it, and I thought it was a mess.” He chuckled and said, “Me too, but I didn’t want to say anything in case you liked it.” I said, “Oh, no, I didn’t really like it. But I gotta be honest, Ben Solo didn’t deserve to die. That’s just my opinion.” I think he was surprised by that but didn’t disagree. He just kinda nodded or something and then we said goodbye and he left with his buddies, who also seemed pretty unenthused by the whole movie. Hopefully I gave him something to think about with my comment, but he was really nice and I’m glad he sat next to me.

Pessimism aside for now, I’ll start by listing the things I liked. I gotta be honest, there’s not much here.

Reylo is canon! But, in my opinion, it was handled pretty badly. Ben’s death is only the start of the problems for it, but more on that later.

C-3P0 is funny I guess. Yes he is annoying sometimes like usual, but not more so than other times.

D-O is freaking adorable. Out of everything good I’ve listed I have no qualms with this one. His manner is cute, his speaking is very funny, and his actions are just precious.

Babu Frik is very cute too, just perfect! Lovely little puppet! Don’t know why he was shoehorned in at the end battle but whatever. We never saw him again.

Maz is a puppet now? Okay, cool. Wish that would’ve been the case since the beginning. You had the technology JJ.

The music is good, when it’s given its own time to shine and be noticed. I feel like I barely noticed it was there because sound effects just drowned it out. Really wasted, but still good nonetheless.

Leia’s death and how it affected Ben. Wow. This was the first moment I truly cried. This was handled very well by Adam Driver, and then Maz saying “Goodbye, Princess.” Ouch, that got me.

Ben talking to the memory of his father! This is something I did not know was in the movie and boy am I glad I wasn’t spoiled for it! THIS is where the really hard tears and sobbing came. I was literally shaking and shivering trying to keep it in so as not to disturb everyone else. This. Part. Was. Perfect. Ben looks at him like he wants to say “I love you,” and Han says out loud “I know.” *crazy screaming and crying* Out of all the things they got wrong for Ben in this film, THIS they got right!

Ben Solo is the Solo boy we always wanted. Running in with a t-shirt, gun slinging, blasting opponents without even looking. THIS is a true son of Solo! But of course they give him no lines except “Ow.” THAT was a bad idea.

And that’s it. Yes those are the only things I even remotely liked, but I have to be honest, each one of these has some kind of problem attached to it which sours the real enjoyment.

On to what I disliked. Strap in lads, this is going to be a long ride.

1. The pacing. OH. MY. GOSH. SLOW. THE. FUCK. DOWN. For fucks sake I couldn’t even process what the hell was happening before we were on to the next thing! This was the biggest problem with the movie, BY FAR. Yes I know the story is terrible, we’ll get to that, but the pacing just completely took me out of the movie. I couldn’t feel invested in anything because it was all in one ear and out the other like ten-fold!

And this is part of the issue I have with how Reylo was handled. It. Felt. So. Rushed. And. Unfinished. There weren’t enough scenes with them and the scenes we did get were so fast and then over with that it felt like no progress was being made at all! It felt, for lack of a better word, unearned. And I know, that’s not really the case since they’ve had plenty of build-up in the last 2 films, but there wasn’t enough time with them spent NOT fighting and hating each other and opposing each other. Yes, I know, Kylo kept trying to get Rey to take his hand, but it doesn’t feel genuine because even Kylo feels out of character, and Rey too, big time. Now this isn’t the actor’s faults, they did what they could with the shitty story they were given, so I put all this blame at JJ’s desk.

In any case the overall film pacing was too fast, too much, too soon, too many things onscreen, too many things happening at once, not enough character, not enough motivation, not enough letting scenes breathe and just play out naturally. Everything felt forced for the sake of the “plot.” Oh we gotta get this thing, and then that thing, to get this thing, so we can defeat these guys! LET. US. BREATHE.

2. The story. My gosh, they couldn’t have picked a worse storyline to follow. Everything truly felt like it was written by a fanboy who wanted to retcon everything in TLJ, even down to the dialogue. Everyone keeps saying to Rey “You’re a Palpatine.” But it sounds SO strange, like nobody says things like this. I get it, it’s a space fantasy, they talk weird mumbo jumbo but it just sounds like a fanboy ghost wrote this. Like we gotta have everyone know now she’s a Palpatine! You’re a Palpatine! You’re a Palpatine! Palpatine heir! All bow down to the Palpatine! Give me a break.

3. Yeah, let’s talk about Palps. The old raisin himself. You know, I never really liked ROTS, but Palps was always a great thing about it. He was sinister, diabolical, he had a plan and knew what to do with it. But this Palps. *le heavy sigh* What a waste this was. For one thing, the lightning effects that lights up his face is really annoying, even for someone who doesn’t get seizures, I can’t even imagine what it’s like for those who do, I’m so sorry. And like, he has this whole legion of Sith followers? The fuck? Where the hell were these guys before? I’m sure they existed BEFORE the last Sith Lord died, right?

I digress. I have a question though: why does he want Rey so much? Why didn’t he try to get his son to take over? Wouldn’t that have been easier? Also, WHO DID HE FUCK TO GET A SON?? HOW DID HIS SON GET AWAY FROM HIM?? WHY DID HIS SON APPARENTLY TURN TO THE LIGHT?? THERE’S TOO MANY QUESTIONS HERE AND NO GOOD EXPLANATIONS. AND NO DISNEY, I DON’T WANT A 10-PART COMIC ON THIS. GO FUCK YOURSELVES.

The only interesting thing about Palps in this film is that his face gets melted off like a Raiders of the Lost Ark knock-off. He better not be coming back. Ever again.

4. And hey, while we’re on the subject, let’s talk about Rey’s parents. So apparently they’re both good people. *le sigh* But what kind of good people leave their daughter alone on a harsh and unforgiving planet with a blubber guy? And don’t tell me they didn’t know he was an abusive asshole, they LIVED on Jakku, they HAD to have known him, ESPECIALLY if they truly were junk traders, they would have DEALT with him. Oh, and apparently the “I’ll come back for you sweetheart, I promise” line is changed up a bit and given to her father after all. No. Screw that. That line was meant for Ben, I don’t care how petty this sounds, this is terrible. So yeah, fuck Rey’s parents, I don’t care how “good” you try to make their intentions, they’re badly shoehorned in and they screw up anyway. Next.

5. Ben’s story and his fate. So yeah, obviously I hate that Ben died, but more than that I hate how his story was handled here. It was so rushed, it didn’t feel as natural as it should have. It needed time to BREATHE. A lot of time! And I feel like they really shafted Kylo/Ben’s story off to the side to give more time to the hereby named GoldenTrio. (You know who I mean...we’ll get to them.) It really seemed like JJ didn’t even care about Ben’s fate anymore, and just kind of put it in as an afterthought. His death scene? Not even given a fucking minute to process because WE GOT TO PARTAY. All in all, his whole story is so terribly sad that I don’t even know if I can watch TFA or TLJ anymore, knowing how it ends.

6. The GoldenTrio. Oh for fucks sake, JJ, you should have killed Poe off when you had the chance, because now the story is all about THEM. Boom! They’re literally front and center in the movie. I don’t even think Reylo gets as much screen time as them. I mean really, Ben’s death scene and Rey’s grieving gets 1.5 minutes, tops. GoldenTrio reunion and threesome hugging? 5 fucking minutes of nothing but them hugging. I’m not even exaggerating. (Okay maybe I am, but it’s given more focus and time to “breathe” than Ben Solo’s fucking death. I’m getting a headache remembering it.)

Hey, remember in ESB and ROTJ where the trio got split up and had their own story lines and own purposes to fulfill without each other hanging around (apart from Han and Leia because their story lines are interconnected)? Yeah, I miss that too.

Also, Rey keeps wandering off being “pulled” to something, and every...single...time, Finn is like “Rey, wait! Poe we gotta get her! rEy CoMe BaCk!!” This happens at least 5 times, pretty consecutively too. It gets old real fast. Boy do I miss the days of TLJ where people got to be away from each other to discover new things without interference.

Which leads me to another point: They tried to shove FinnRey in here while shitting on FinnRose quite literally. What. A. Slap. To. The. Face. This is horrible treatment, and I hope Kelly will never do another interview for Lucasfilm again. She doesn’t deserve this.

7. The Ending™. Wow. What a way to show that your characters haven’t progressed at all by showing them in the same environment that they started in. Let’s do an overview: Rey starts out alone on a desert planet and meets a droid that isn’t hers. Rey ends up alone on a desert planet with a droid that still isn’t hers. PROGRESSION 101!! *slaps forehead* I mean, don’t even get me started on the fact that Ben isn’t there with her and that literally one half of her soul is gone (how is she not in agony right now??), but then to add more salt to the wound she’s just like “oh yeah I must be the rightful successor to the Skywalker name, even tho I’m a Palps...makes sense to me!” Fuck off. You don’t deserve that title after hating Luke for not doing what you wanted him to do and for hating Ben for most of this movie too.

Can we also acknowledge that this is THE ABSOLUTE WORST POSSIBLE WAY TO END A 40 YEAR SAGA AND FAMILY LEGACY? So, Palps had a kid who had a kid. This kid is then deemed a-okay by the family that was affected most by Palps and they welcome her like the sunshine child she is, yet shun their own offspring for being damaged goods because he was being manipulated by said Palps. Okay, it’s official now, everyone’s an asshole...except Ben. He seemed to be the only one to understand his faults and right his wrongs and not be an idiot. Then the kid who was abused and manipulated is killed because “reasons” or “problematic” or whatever and the offspring of Palps lives while the family that Palps manipulated is ultimately gone forever because it’s last descendant wanted to save the offspring of Palps out of the goodness of his heart. Now the offspring of Palps doesn’t even give a flipping thank you and steals their name. wHaT a SaTiSfYiNg EnDiNg!!! Someone gag me.

8. Luke’s X-Wing being raised out of the water and it’s in perfect working condition. What. The. Fuck. I don’t know if you guys realize this, but this completely undermines Luke’s arc in TLJ. That X-Wing was sunk and dead to show that he had no desire to return to the outside world. He was staying on the island. For good. And he buried that thing in water to make sure he couldn’t use it ever again, but it was still visible to him to remind him of his conviction if ever he questioned it. But no. That thing is a-okay and ready to fly. No need for parts, there’s no rust or any sea salt corrosion, ready to go skipper! This was just added for easy call-backs to ESB but boy this had absolutely 0 weight to it. I literally yawned or looked at my watch around this part thinking “oh my gosh isn’t it over yet?” Pretty much sums up my entire experience.

9. Rose got shafted to appease the fanboys. This one needs no further explanation or analysis, it just sucks and has no real reason to exist.

10. Luke was barely in it and offered not that great advice. Poor Mark. His performance really peaked with TLJ and never went back up.

11. Rey is suddenly the Avatar now? You can now talk to all previous Jedi’s who existed? What buffoonery is this? Oh, but Ben doesn’t get a single. fucking. word. from Anakin, the man he looked up to. I’m so tired right now. What’s left?

12. The message changed from “it doesn’t matter if you’re a nobody, you’re a somebody to me” to “you’re a somebody with a bad bloodline, but that doesn’t define you (except when it totally does)”. That sort of message would be fine if it had been the message since TFA, but it wasn’t. The message since TFA was “I’m a nobody, but I can become a somebody regardless of my lineage or my childhood.” Why change the message in the 11th hour? To appease fanboys. Literally anything that makes no sense in this movie can be attributed to fanboys. There’s so much contradiction and hypocrisy in this film from both the narrative and the characters that it’s insulting.

13. Hux was utterly shafted too. What a waste of a well built up and conniving little bastard who in the end gets shot for shock value and laughs. It’s like what TLJ did but way worse because he’s actually killed. Hux as the spy? Just no.

14. Jannah was kind of wasted too, not enough screen time. I get her and Finn kind of bonding over being ex-stormtroopers, but it’s not really delved into. Also the whole “nature vs. machinery” thing kinda briefly shows up at the big battle and feels unearned too, because there was nothing before in this movie or others to suggest there was a war between the two.

15. Poe is treated more as the heir to Leia than Ben is. Poe gets to fly the falcon and gets to wreck it up (dishonoring who it belonged to before), gets to be by Leia’s deathbed, etc. Not earned at all.

16. The pointlessness of random cameos or thrown in references. Not a single person in my theater noticed John Williams as the bartender, nobody pointed out or said anything about any reference from previous movies, it was silent.

17. What the hell was even the point of the whole “Dark Rey” vision? Oh, she shows her scary pointy teeth ala Bilbo style. No thank you.

18. Why the hell does it feel like these characters aren’t the characters from TFA and TLJ? They feel so different and it’s noticeable.

19. Finn is Force sensitive. Literally tacked on like nobody wouldn’t notice. We noticed JJ. We notice everything.

20. Rey and Kylo/Ben fighting for way too much of the film and their interactions. Not enough caring or understanding, not enough longing looks, it feels like their romance was almost cut from the film entirely.

21. Oh yeah, Rey floating at the beginning? Looked stupid as hell. And the “Be with me” line? I thought maybe, just maybe, she meant Ben, but no. She’s trying to reach “her past selves” like the fucking Avatar and she’s even floating rocks around like Aang did. Ugh.

22. Anything else? Oh yeah, this movie sucks completely and wholly...FOR NOT GIVING ONE FUCKING LINE OF DIALOGUE TO BEN SOLO AFTER HE HAD BEEN REDEEMED. HOW HEARTLESS CAN YOU BE THAT YOU LET HIM DIE WITHOUT SAYING ONE FINAL THING?!?! DAMN J.J. YOU’RE STUPID.

And that’s it. Kudos if you read the whole thing. I ramble a lot.

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