#except it's monday

[merlyn-bane]

WIP (Monday)

Who wants a little somethin' somethin' from the Werewolf AU?

There are, really, three types of natborn trainers on Kamino: those that had known Cody's template before and were loyal to—or at least respected—him, those that knew him and hated him, and those that didn't care either way. The second tended to be the most openly sadistic, but sometimes the first group could be the worst. Especially to Cody herself, who was pretty up front about the fact that she views Jango as a sort of subpar first draft.  There's one in particular that Cody's always butted heads with, one of the younger mercs that Cody often thinks only got this posting because his father did. Ragnar Vau. The man all but hero-worships Fett the way that’s only cute in cadets and makes no secret of the fact that he thinks the troopers to be little more than pale copies of a great man.  He takes especially poorly to Cody's assertion that she is none of those things—pale, a copy, or a man.

In case anyone forgot this particular AU is also T4T 😌😌

#codywan #codywan werewolf au #werewolf au #commander cody #rule 63 #wip #my wips #wip sunday #except it's monday

[bylightofdawn]

WIP Sunday Monday

Well since AO3 has been down all night, I decided to work on the next chapter of Seeds which I've been poking at off and on all week in between editing and then dealing with my family being in town. So this is technically cheating in that I didn't write it all today but it's also Monday we are already cheating. Jaster and a certain spoiler character have a very frank discussion with one another regarding the future. Know that by clicking the cut you are potentially going into spoiler territory for Seeds etc. It is super rough and not edited as always.

Hopefully, AO3 will be up tomorrow and I can work on posting the next chapter of a AWBST. But for now I"m going to put my devices away and maybe watch another episode of Strange New Worlds until bed time. And try to resist the overwhelming urge to rewatch Nimona at midnight. It's been a constant brainrot ever since Thursday when I watched it. I miiiiiiiiiiight have bought the graphic novel today because A03 was down and I couldn't explore fanfics for the fandom. >.>

“Welcome to my office.” Arla drawled laconically and accepted the bottle of ale from Jaster without comment.

If he was being honest with himself, he’d half expected her to reject it and he wouldn’t have blamed her in the least considering the treatment she’d faced at Death Watch’s hands.

Though he noted she hadn’t opened it just yet to prove that it wasn’t doctored in any way, he twisted the cap off his bottle and moved to sit on one of the benches near the edge of the terrace where he could look out over the city.

“Pretty daring of you to sit there. Aren’t you worried I might try and solve all of Tor Vizsla’s problems by shoving you off the top of this building?” Arla asked with cloying poison in her voice as she approached on silent feet. “You’re not wearing a jetpack or much in the way of armor.”

“I rarely wear one if I can avoid it. Not a big fan of them if I’m being honest.” Jaster murmured and took a measured sip from his ale. “As for my being worried about you tossing me off this rooftop, assuming you could overpower me, the defensive shields are built to prevent objects from penetrating it from both the inside and outside. I don’t think the Senate wants their guests to get tipsy and have unfortunate falls off the edge of their diplomatic quarters.”

That garnered a soft huff of laughter from the woman as she twisted the cap off of her bottle and tossed it at the edge of the terrace. Predictably, it bounced off the shield and clattered to the deck harmlessly.

“A girl can dream, I suppose.”

“See, those kinds of comments are enough to make a man nervous.”

“Good, you should be.” She arched one brow at him in a challenging manner and this time it was Jaster’s turn to bite back a snort of amusement.

“As fun as verbal sparring with you may be, Arla, I would like to have a real and honest conversation with you. So can we lay down our swords and talk like two adults?”

She narrowed her eyes at him and finally settled onto a nearby chaise lounge. “I’m listening.”

“I know you chaff under the restrictions put upon you here. So I would like to offer you a compromise. I am willing to write up a pardon as soon as the Jedi Healer declares you are fit to be released from their treatment and I will put you on the first ship back to Mandalore where my people will assist you in trying to transition into a new life wherever you want. You’ll be set up with a stipend until you can get your feet underneath you and settle into your new life. I don’t want to toss you out into the cold with no help or assistance, and I don’t want you to be left vulnerable to Death Watch tracking you down.”

“You aren’t worried about my voluntarily going back to them?”

“You may be a really good actress, but I think you’re being genuine with your anger and rejection of Vizsla’s zealotry. You’re also an incredibly strong woman, and I cannot see you volunteering to go back to such an abusive situation.”

Arla fought to keep her expression neutral but Jaster’s words…the offer he made, it actually touched her on a genuine level, and she felt emotion choke in her chest briefly. The temptation to take the out that he was offering…was almost overpowering.

She could…walk away from all of this.

But then, the anger and seething hatred that curled around her heart as a black chain tightened at the thought that Tor Vizsla still drew breath in this universe, which was unacceptable.

She took a long pull from the bottle to give herself a few moments. The spicy and sweet flavors of genuine Mandalorian ne'tra gal flooded her mouth, a comforting taste of home.

“What’s your price for this amnesty?” Arla finally asked with a jaded-looking smile.

“Nothing; I’m not going to make you trade for your future like it’s coin to be exchanged. Yes, it would be helpful if you were willing to give us intel into Death Watch, but I’m not going to hold this over your head as a bribe or as a threat.” Jaster stated with a matching cynical twist of his lips.

“And no, that’s not because I’m trying to impress you or make some high-handed gesture. You’re a child of Mandalore that was stolen away from your home and forced into a life you had zero say in. As Mand’alor it is my duty to see to it that you are returned back home and the debt that I owe your parents would demand I at least try and give you a proper headstart on the beginning of the next phase of your life.”

“Those are all very pretty words and noble proclamations but I learned a long time ago not to believe in people’s empty promises.” The blonde woman stated coolly

“Then let me have the chance to prove your worst assumptions about me and mine is incorrect. What does it cost you but a little time and potentially misplaced faith? If I disappoint your expectations, are you truly any worse off than where you started?” Jaster asked, making an expansive gesture with his free hand.

“Unless, of course, I was foolish and trusting enough to give you the intel you seek only for you to go back on your word.” Arla pointed out before taking another measured sip from her ale.

“You strike me as many things, Arla, but a fool isn’t one of them. If you decide to play ball with us but wish to wait to see if I am a man of my word first, so be it. That can wait until after the peace talks have finished and we return home.” He shrugged one shoulder and tilted his bottle in the direction of the city that glowed beyond the edges of the terrace’s lofty heights.

“I doubt Death Watch is going to uproot its entire operation in the next few weeks. I can be patient if that’s what you wish. Vizsla and I have been fighting this war almost as long as you have been alive. Right now, I want to try and focus on building a better future for our people and this place is the first step in that plan.”

“Aren’t you worried about Tor Vizsla putting a spanner in that plan?”

“Of course but I’ve done everything I can to try and minimize the ways he can impact the peace talks. All parties are aware Death Watch is here on the planet. Our people aren’t going about alone and presenting potential kidnapping targets for Vizsla and his thugs.”

“Inaction will only get you so far, eventually, he’s going to force your hand.”

“I know, which is why I’m hoping we can bait his impatience enough that he will force his hand first. I doubt he has the credits or support to sustain a prolonged war so far away from his home base. The CSF have cracked down on the local bounty hunter guilds and strongly advised them to not hand out any new bounties to Mandalorians for the near future. Apparently they didn’t appreciate the way we conducted our last hunt in Coruscanti space.” Jaster mused, voice as mild as a summer breeze which had Arla’s shoulders drawing up tense once again.

“Because you blatantly skirted the line of what is an allowable hunt when you murdered my friends.”

“As I have said, I am sorry for the deaths of your friends and had I known what Tor Vizsla’s recruitment tactics entailed, I would have approached the situation differently. But I’m not going to apologize for my people defending themselves. Your friends did have the option to lay down their weapons.”

“Like any self-respecting Mandalorian would lay down their weapons in such a situation.” This was said with a thinly veiled sneer.

“You may be right, I cannot say we would not have done the same thing had our situations been reversed. But that would have been our choice at the end of the day and you are ultimately responsible only for the choices you make. Hindsight is, as they say, twenty-twenty and we all must live with the consequences of our actions. Be they good or bad.”

#wip sunday #except it's monday #el writes #fanfic snippets #seeds for the future fic #jaster mereel #and mystery guest

[montereybayaquarium]

“Yay. Monday,” the fringehead said sarcastically.

#monterey bay aquarium #sarcastic fringehead #that's really their name #that's your Monday fun fact #totally Tomatoa vibes #what can we say except you're welcome

[andy-clutterbuck]

The Ones Who Live | 1x04 - What We

#HIS F A C E #Rick Grimes #* #rg #The Ones Who Live #E Y E S #time to drown #i probably didn't need all of these except i did #so #his n e c k #that face is the actual iron throne #let me present to you my doctoral thesis on beard burn #it's been a monday™ #and it's snowing #let me roll in the dumpster

[fevekko]

yaya sketch from a few days ago

#genshin impact #art #kaeya #fan art #school started last monday for me #genuinely made it through 3 days and i already want to die #trust there'll be more doodles posted soon LMAO i ain't payin' attention in any of those classes #except my art classes #love ya ms. b

[nandorsaccent]

say yes to heaven, say yes to me

#my obsession with this song... i will never get over it #anyways time to tag :p #lana del rey #honeymoon #lizzy grant #yes to heaven #say yes to heaven #sparkle jump rope queen #may jailer #jams #music #new music monday #except this is years old and it's friday #coquette #aesthetic #i guess lol #i'm gonna rb for a cleaner copy on my feed

[anna-scribbles]

in honor me turning twenty three, i give you: some old original notes about twenty three year old adrien from thirteen<3

#me turning 23: (thinking about my fanfiction) this is so meta #ml #anna rambles #thirteen #smh i haven’t even had an old abandoned nightmare house to haunt today… #23 year old adrien from thirteen i am so you today. you are me. except i’m having a much better birthday than you #taylor swift announced a new album for me. you’re having to clean mold and think abt ur childhood💔 #thinking also about 23 year old emilie agreste for related reasons. don’t worry about it #anyway feeling and acting normal. as always. #the day that anna scribbles turned twenty three was a monday in february chilly and bright. she didn’t do her homework. #<3

[ariadne-mouse]

help me Game Changer On Every Other Monday, you're my only hope

#today was long and tedious and annoying and not a whole lot got done #my body is tired like there was some great feat (there was not) #except perhaps surviving jumpscare monday #anyway time to go inhale some dropout tv #dropout tv #op

[samijey]

Sami Zayn - Monday Night RAW 11/03/2024

#sami zayn #wwe #wweedit #wwe raw #monday night raw #stuff i made #he's so important to me none of you gets it except that kid in the yeet shirt clapping in the back

[exhuastedpigeon]

The last time I went to confession I was hungover and had gone down on a girl for the first time the night before.

I wanted nothing more but absolution because that's what confession was supposed to give you, but when I walked out of the church twenty minutes later with my penance (praying the rosary 5 times and instructions to do some kind of service) I didn't feel absolved.

I felt worse. I felt this roiling pit of something in my stomach that didn't go away until the friend who I had my tongue inside of the night before found me on campus with a coffee and Timbits and her sweet smile. When she smiled at me I felt all the absolution I needed.

Because the priest at that church was never going to actually absolve me of my sins. Loving someone, being intimate with them, that isn't actually a sin.

The sin was telling me when I was 10 years old that people who love someone of the same sex are sinners.

The sin was letting me at just 14 years old hear some old women in a church basement say they thought all gay people were going to burn in hell.

The sin was never mine - it was the churches. And I am not going to grant the church absolution. No amount of prayers and acts of service can make up for the hatred I felt for myself the first time I realized I looked at girls the same way I looked at boys.

#just sitting here on my monday lunch hour thinking about catholic guilt and repression #for no reason at all #(except eddie diaz - he's the reason) #han rambles #prose #kind of?

[mdantics]

okay so backstory behind this, I was doing my usual routine and listening to my playlist while sketching, and this Tally Hall song comes on "The Bidding" and the first part gave me major Simon Vibes and immediately had to draw it, also I know it sucks, but is 11PM and I'm half asleep, plus my sketches are never good lmfao

#adventure time #simon petrikov #betty grof #golbetty #fionna and cake #sketch #my art #doodle #sketches #kind of tally hall? #not sure if I should put the tally hall tag or not #not exactly tally hall related except for the lyrics #Crappy Sketches Monday :D

[blitheringbongus]

Draw Mumbos boobs

#my art #mumbo jumbo fanart #hermitcraft fanart #hermitcraft #mumbo jumbo #mumbo tiddie monday #except it’s Saturday #asks #Grem :D #i know it’s you grem #god is disappointed in you…grem

[jessieren]

This is such a cool 70s cop vibe.. right down to the stance

I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m getting to quite like the tache.

Send help

#shaun evans #itv endeavour #endeavour morse #moustache mondays #moustachioed Mondays #that moustache though #the morsestache #I can’t believe I’m actually liking it #I hate the tache #except now I don’t #damn you Evans

[qulizalfos]

update: local writer Wrote.

i want to believe by (qulizalfos) on ao3

“The water,” Will says, crossing to Mike’s side. His hand, the one turned the shade of fresh ink, extends to cover Mike’s, and there’s that thing again, that sensation of something, nothing, everything. Sparks and warmth, and cool, steady constants and everything in between. Mike could stay here forever, but his throat is getting drier by the minute, so that’s probably not very realistic. will and mike survived the upside down which unfortunately forces them to confront their Shit capital S. official liza qulizalfos signed apology for ending the future is a benevolent black hole like that.

FOR @taeiris THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSANE ART which inspired this piece

if any of you remember, it's from this miwip wednesday!!!

tagging @elsbianism as promised!! hope you enjoy el!! thank you for your lovely reply to the post <33

#liza fics #honestly i might pin this #at least until the fear street fic comes out #because i'm Proud Of It #LMAO I SAID ITD BE OUT ON MONDAY! #liar. im a lying liar who lies #byler #byler fanfic #stranger things 5 #st5 speculation #<- except it's not a speculation because taeiris' ideas should be canon imo #and they are To Me

[a-box-full-of-eneco]

waterslide ~

#skitty #eneco #paint skitty #pkmn skitty #pkmn eneco #i forgot yesterday #skitty monday #except its tuesday

[raywritesthings]

The more I think about the series 3 finale, the more I think it should’ve been a four-parter, with an extra episode between “The Sound of Drums” and “Last of the Time Lords” in order to actually show the audience Martha walking the Earth and inspiring humanity rather than just telling us she did it and a single scene of her talking to some folks in London.

Maybe she picks Tom up at the beginning of this hypothetical third of four parts and he goes with her, completing the Martha-as-Doctor arc by giving her a companion (and a full episode and a half to explore their dynamic/romance instead of just a few scenes before this version of him is killed off). And then Martha wanting to try and make their relationship work even after the reset has so much more weight to it, because this is someone she spent a whole year with and got to know so well and even love. And spending a whole year traveling with Tom also helps her to make the decision to put an end to things with the Doctor at the end, because now she’s seen what it’s like to be around someone who sees her and respects her even while they’re going through an otherwise really awful time (and maybe the audience sees the difference and also gets just why how Ten acted during most of Martha’s run was terrible.)

The only other change I would make to the series 3 finale is in the last part, and specifically the bit where the people of Earth’s faith is used to dismantle the Master’s plan. Because it’s always bugged me how Martha puts all the work in only for the Doctor to get all glowy-Jesusfied. So I’d have it be her who gets the awesome powers. Because Martha’s the one the people of Earth saw evading the Master and inspiring them and being a total badass (like Tom says in canon, they say *Martha* is going to save the world, not the Doctor). And she uses those powers to restore the Doctor and fix the TARDIS, because Martha is a healer, not a soldier. And everything else can proceed about the same as it did, but it’s Martha who gets that awesome moment because she deserved it.

#martha jones #doctor who #i just think she deserved to have it all before her mic drop exit #is that so much to ask #rtd era #ended with each companion getting temporary awesome powers #except for her and i think that’s unfair #also really who would’ve said no to more tom ellis come on #certainly not martha #emerson rants #martha monday