#the mountain goes or i do

[thecoffeelorian]

Red Flags (Crosshair x Reader)

Premise: …If Lucasfilm really is taking the Fanboys’ Way Out (FWO) and un-aliving everybody, this can be canon instead. In any case, this is the official sequel to Understanding, and I'm going to do my best to see it through to a somewhat less abrupt end.

Story Notes/Warnings: All right, Lucasfilm...*sigh* ...Since you've more or less told me with your whole chest that Crosshair is perfectly healthy despite a lump in his head; visual sensitivity to light; growing hand tremors and an inability to shoot, so the only treatment he really needs is the Morality 101 class rather than going straight to emergency care...

...And that AZI-3 is now needed for absolutely nothing regarding the Clone Troopers in general, since Captain Rex totally overreacted about how dangerous the inhibitor chips were and probably even Wrecker would have just grown out of it after an hour...this is now classified as a Canon Divergent/No Retconning AU, because as an autistic woman, it's easier for me to function when the rules don't keep getting rewritten and I'm able to finish what I start in peace.

Warnings: ...Basically all of Crosshair's health issues in the whole series, because why leave so much as a single stone unturned?

Special Notes: I'll be going straight back to my longfics after this, and I really hope nobody expects me to just drop them and/or start over from scratch, because you might be disappointed there. 😅 Also, the header was made by @stars-n-spice.

No Pressure Tags: @shadow-rebel-223 @momojedi @mysticalgalaxysalad @littlefeatherr @moonstrider9904 @ah-prick24 @reader6898 @darkangel4121 @urmomsmattress @nevadastarrsworld @mohsicsu @beatthisbi @weirdest-lights @pachnouci-obuv @tink1221 @groguandthebadbatch @housepartyfortwo @donntmindmejustwandering @briefexpertdeer @ms-grassi @galaxyglittering and anybody still haunting the fanfic tags.

🍽 "eat up" is really the only blessing needed for this meal, as Omega is looking a little ashen and Crosshair is pretty much a dead man walking. It's better that they get started ahead of you anyway, as you're not exactly the type of host that neglects guests on purpose.

🍽 once each of them picks up their respective spoons, however, that's when things take a slight turn for the worse.

🍽 not only does Crosshair's hand shake something terrible, but whatever first taste he hoped to get today spills out onto the table long before he can even bring it to his mouth.

🍽 he answers this accident with a very loud curse word, a thing you would normally hear in the shipyards beyond your house, but not so much in the town.

🍽 nevertheless, as you see him grip at his forehead and wince, you're quick to offer him a napkin, as you know for a fact that you'd hate to be embarrassed in front of strangers, too.

🍽 whatever it takes to get this one calmed down.

🍽 thankfully, you're also not the only one paying attention here, because Omega wastes no time in coming over to assist. Meaning, at least in this situation, she's able to steady his hand just enough to get more than one spoonful into him. (Thank the Force.)

🍽 once he's calmed himself down a bit more, those tremors also lessen enough to allow himself to finish eating on his own. This allows Omega to go back and eat as well, especially with Crosshair insisting that no, he doesn't need her to be his nursery droid, please take care of yourself, too.

🍽 as you remind them in your most gentle tone possible, however...you have questions. Questions about where they came from, what they were doing before their escape, and who exactly might notice that they're missing.

🍽 Omega does most of the talking for this stage, though not without a hint of bitterness in her voice when she mentions the name Hemlock. According to her, as you are careful to not let yourself forget, it's almost a certainty that he's responsible for her brother's new 'condition', if not also the literal suffering of hundreds back in the place they call Tantiss.

🍽 at this same time, you hear her continue, he and a few of his former patients might also be the ones that come calling if you all don't leave soon. She mentions an island called Pabu, though she confesses to not knowing the name of the planet it's on. No matter what, though, they'll be trying to track her down and you need to leave soon.

🍽 we will, you're careful to promise her, not wanting to delay any action that could keep the three of you out of harm's way, but you still have a few more questions to ask.

🍽 first, why did the two of you get separated from the others in the first place?

🍽 and second...why does your brother keep gripping his head like that?

🍽 it's only after you ask this final question that Crosshair finally speaks up, the weight of a thousand crimes evident in his brief, three-word answer.

🍽 "It's my fault."

#star wars #the bad batch #the bad batch fanfiction #no retconning AU #tbb crosshair #tbb omega #tbb crosshair and omega #tbb crosshair x reader #tbb crosshair x you #canon divergence #star wars the bad batch #yes i'm freezing time in a bottle why do you ask? #the mountain goes or i do #tbb: red flags #bullet fic

[autumnblooms]

Chapter Three is out!!! Go read it and then see if you can spot the scene this goes with 👀

@mac-and-thefox

#also see if you can spot water!Dew’s inspiration that Mac and I were yelling about last night #the band ghost #I wanted to do a little more to this but I have a date tonight #so it goes up with the chapter! #my art #dewdrop ghoul #mountain ghoul #nameless ghouls #water ghoul dew #ghost band #strong for somebody else

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

On the left, Orog! 7 ft (2.1 m) tall, they're basically the underdark version of the mountain orc. However, while everyone else who goes to the underdark turns evil, these orcs just improved thier smithing and came back basically the same. just got a trade degree and a bit pale. Tougher and more knowledgeable than the average orc, that's the power of an honest education in a trade you enjoy. If you're interested in an orc that would be forklift certified, this one's for you!

On the right, Death Knight! Corrupted paladins brought back by dark magic. Used to be fighters and rangers too, but 5e changed that. They can't heal anymore, but spells like Hold Person or Command might interest you! The most famous knight even turned into one of this due to a tragic romance, they've got that corrupted good thing going on!

#orog #death knight #smash or pass #dnd 5e #dnd #d&d #5e #d&d 5e #seriously every single thing that goes from aboveground to underdark goes evil #from latent magic or mindflayers or torture or just the harsh survival conditions #and these orcs just went there and back unfazed #like just figured out smithing and better mining and came back 1000s of year later #bigger and stronger and ready to go back to thier old normal ways. just with better stuff now. fucking legends. #I mean yeah the book acts like they're meaner cause they started bullying thier weaker mountain orc cousins that didn't go to the caves #but that's kinda just normal behavior? as if those mountain orcs wouldnt do the same it the orogs came back weaker?

[luck-of-the-drawings]

smth smth about 'the thing that the character did that you thought was rly rly funny in the moment is actually linked to a terrible trauma that lies within said character.' or wahtever.

#jrwi show #jrwi fanart #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #made this within a short span of wahtever bc i gotta go up to the mountains for my stupid gay job tonight n im trying #nnot to frrRREAAAK THE FUCK OUUTTTTTTi dont wanna work but. get that bread we fuckin shall i guess #ONWARDS TO THE FISH TORMENT!! sometimes flowers feel pain when you trim them before their blossoming. atleast i imagine so #i used to draw gillion with loooong hair tied into a big ol braid. and then it was confirmed that he had short hair when he was little. #AT FIRST I WAS SAD. but then i realized the duality of. when they were little. gill had short hair. edyn had long hair. #AND NOW THEYRE OLDER. and gillion has long hair. and edyn has short hair #both mirroring eachother. looking up to eachother. subconsciously or not. they most certainly care. and most certainly miss eachother. #GILLION ALWAYS LOVED HOW LONG HAIR LOOKs. atleast i imagine so. he hasnt cut it since he left the undersea. sure he wanted to go back home #but even at the very start. he knew he was free in some way now. free to grow out his hair. an adventure would await him before he returns. #he knew it would be a while. so he cant let this go. he cant let this sought-after hair-length get cut away from him again #not yet. not yet. i like to think he loved music too. I SAW SOMETHING INTERESTING A BIT AGO #i see alot of ppl commenting on my baby gill comics like;'i wouldFIGHT this teacher i wanna KILL EM i want them DESTROYED #all very good and nice sentiments! i LOVE the energy here! and it would be nice. to have that catharsis #but the story of young tidestrider is not a story of catharsis. it is a story of agony and being so so small and so special and also so dum #and sucking so bad. and just being a kid and doing the things that a little kid does and so many tired tired people reacting badly to it #youre supposed to be the hero that will save us. our world hangs in the balance and you are the one who tips the scales. #YOU are supposed to SAVE US!! you NEED to SAVE US! CAN YOU PLEASE STOP SQUIRMING IN YOUR STUPID CHAIR!! #you'd think that young tidestrider ought to prevail. and be tucked someplace all safe and sound. #elders gone missing and rotting in a jail. their cultists nowhere around. but theres no happy endings. not here not now. #this tale is all sorrows n woes. you may dream that justice n peace win the day. but thats not how this story goes #BIG ideas for this lil baby gillion series. if anything i make ever gets disproven im killing myself in a well as to poison a water supply

[bleaksqueak]

While i work I've been listening to an LP of the Telltale Walking Dead Games (the ones with clementine, I do not care about the others lmao). Ages ago when I played these I was well aware/amused that part of season 2 takes place in Parker's Crossroads/Parker's Run because I grew up right next to it and the detail stood out to me. But I never caught the line of "We'll head to parker's run. It's just up the road from here" until just right now. So I had a sort of "wait, where the fuck are they supposed to be right now?" (search)

ARE YOU SHITTING ME LMAO So by process of elimination, since it's the only city with anything even remotely resembling a large home supply store, that would mean they're in my literal hometown. My tiny hometown in the middle of nowhere that's never in anything that barely anyone knows of. How in the fuck lmao

#shut up pu #random stuff #I guess Howe's would be our Co-Op #I moved away forever ago but my brain often still returns to that tiny town. the biggest city in henderson county. lmaoo #Did they just randomly pick a place on the map for the location... parker's crossroads/run surprised me but it's at least more of a thing #i'm upset with myself for never picking up on that before #sorry telltale but we never had a comic book store you have to go all the way over to the next county for that #also your geography's wrong it's east tennessee that has mountains #west tennessee is all hills #i'm being nitpicky but it's out of amusement #of all the places to end up in a zamboni apocalypse #my poor girl clem lucky she made it out at all #lmao I strongly dislike this series all BUT these games with clementine #and I love her so much #goes to show what a good likable character can do #anyway I'm upset that you don't get to go raid the dairyqueen in season 2 #maybe this is an odd thing to post about but I literally come from a #“the nearest starbucks is 40 minutes away” level of tiny nowhere town #and playing this game when it first came out only to realize this detail about a decade later made me spit my drink out

[silveredsticks]

Gavin Brindley's rookie match CBJ v Canes . 16 April 24 . photos by Ben Jackson . x & x

#seamus just there in the top one #mountain goat climbed to the summit of both a plastic arena seat and his own emotions #gavins grin as he goes by #i may never move on #which will make me have something in common w Seamus at least #gavin brindley #umich #cbj #hows everyones favourite red string fated mini sticks in the driveway strange little guy doing

[torgawl]

this is absolutely killing me *bombastic side eye, criminal offensive side eye playing in the background*

#zhongli probably thinks neuvillette will turn into that one kermit punch meme as soon as he lands eyes on him 😂 #this entire quest was peak humour #i really love genshin sometimes #also neuvi falling for a marketing strategy and ending up buying too much tea on the first time he goes out to another country is so him #there was so much going on during this quest #neuvi explaining an inside joke to wrio... that was so cynoesque ahjsgsjsgshs he's trying his best at fitting in 😭 cute #i love that old man so much #and the ladle?!!!!! picasso 🤌 #furina having a death note moment of reverse physchology trying to understand if zhongli knew who she was was only missing the #l's theme playing in the background #plus clorinde and navia being questionably lesbian in the mountain that was also nice 👍 #but i swear neuvi is so funny #what do you mean that man carried everyone's belongings and went to another country in half a day and managed to scare zhongli without #even trying agsjsh i'm gonna create a monsieur neuvillette fan club #he's the best ever #i need him to meet zhongli for scientific purposes. the world will stop when that day comes 😂 #i need to know what would happen #okay realistically neuvi would probably start wheezing the moment he saw the false vision #but still poking genshin so they give us the content we need they can't just tease us like this

[cath-piws]

iiiiiiiiii don’t know what to say except,,, spare me,,,,

(I love them ok)

#and the award for this week’s brainrot goes to….. #bro they make me so ill please if you want REQUEST SOME DOODLES I WANT TO DRAW THEM MORE #artwork #fanart #genshin impact #genshin #anime fanart #genshin art #queer hc #queer characters #moon carver #mountain shaper #moon carver x mountain shaper #moonmountain? #moonshaper? #oohh moonshaper’s nice #ALSO WHY NOT PLAYABLE? #their npc skins have potential but it physically hurt me when I had to draw their sleeves and MOON CARVER’S DANG ARM CUFFS #they look so ugly but I #kinda wanna do a hc redesign #so look out for that in the future #but anyways!

[hannahwashington]

mike's plot armour Needs to be nerfed sorry

#i know its not happening in the remaster bc that would take a Lot of work not necessary for remastering #but there are SOOOOO MANY points in sanitarium 2 where he SHOULD be able to be killed #youre telling me he gets grabbed/exploded/thrown about and he's just. fine? a little bruised #? a few cuts? #he should be able to get chomped a couple times at LEAST #but like. if he's not able to be killed before that point the game should #put a variety of different kills in the sanitorium. #sam not having her life threatened up to the endgame makes sense - she really wasnt doing much that put her in danger really #but mike goes to one of The most dangerous places on the mountain and the worst that can happen is him needing to be rescued by sam #he goes there TWICE even #also him cutting his fingers should have more consequences LOL #okay rant over bye #mike munroe #until dawn

[thecoffeelorian]

The Force-ening || S3 One-Shot

Brief Description: What if...Omega and the other Tantiss kids used the Force to call for help? Word Count: Less than 1k AO3:

Characters Included: Crosshair, Eva, Hunter, Omega, Commander Cody, Commander Wolffe, and others. Spoilers: Up to 3x11, because I am NEVER being nice to Rampart. Special Thanks: Inspired by Fireflye over on Twitter, though I also drew on some inspiration from a few Stephen King novels with just a smattering of Dune inspiration to wash it down. No Pressure Tags: @theosb0rnway @gun-roswell @nimata-beroya @skellymom @talesfrommedinastation @groguandthebadbatch and anyone else who likes spur-of-the-moment tales!

He had never expected to find himself so powerless in this moment, this former sniper.

Normally, the prime vantage point during a battle would have been his, as well as the glory of taking out the most dangerous of battle droids or rival gun turrets so that the fighting would ultimately shift in the Republic’s favor. One small but terribly important job to do, and with very little physical effort needed to complete it.

Thanks to the cold-blooded machinations of the Empire, however…he found himself staring blankly at the galactic maps and terrains before him, a sour feeling growing in the pit of his stomach while the two Commanders, Wolffe and Cody, tossed their limited intel between them like two natborn toddlers trying to catch the other’s ball. An extremely difficult mental exercise this time, though unfortunately, one with very little chance of the results they were looking for, as their missing link continued to be just that.

Missing.

That must have been exactly how this new enemy saw them now, truth be told. Just a bunch of overgrown toddlers, fully armed to the teeth, fully ready to organize any reinforcements they needed and fully prepared to fight…but with absolutely no clue as to where they needed to point their weapons.

How that kriffing Hemlock must be laughing at them all.

How quickly must he be declaring his early victory against them.

And, if the rising voices and shortening tempers were anything to go on…how easily he could have to just wait for them to start fighting each other.

Crosshair remembered letting out a loud sigh of frustration before pulling himself out of his seat, no longer able to look any of these XO’s in the face without being reminded of just how easy it had been to let this new enemy lull him into total obedience. Like if he just punished the right amount of “criminals”, the less likely this Imperial beast would think to feast upon his newly fallen corpse and actually try thinking of him as a friend instead...or whatever he was supposed to call the pale, sickly natborns who were given much more power than he could ever hope to have.

Well…not only did he have a grand total of zero friends back there, but Cross wasn’t exactly sure he had any support over here, either. Not when the comms that Omega should have had never turned on, the trackers he’d attempted to put in place were either removed or failed to hit their target, and any telltale chatter over the various media feeds continued to be slim to nothing. In fact, if he really wanted to hit the peak of pessimism, he could go off on a tangent and say that the universe itself had finally turned against him, because it sure as hell wasn’t gonna grant him or anyone else in this room any more favors. All he could really do, at least in the here and now, was go someplace quieter to clear his head and try meditating just as Omega had taught him back on the beach.

At least…that had been his thought until the strange smells came.

First, there was the sharp tang of antiseptic, the sterile smell of some medical facility, and then…meiloorun juice—?!

—CROSSHAIR HELP US—

—I THINK WE—

—CROSSHAIR PLEASE DON’T LET THEM—

—HELP US WE HAVE THE COORDINATES, IT’S—

—MAMMAAA—

—…Then…the next thing he knew, he had been propped up against an old artillery shell with half the higher-ups kneeling around him, his head spinning just a little as he gradually regained consciousness. Somebody had been using the Force to contact him. No...she had been using it to contact him for help. And if he had his head on straight these days, which hopefully, he did...he would be sure to answer.

“…you all right? Can you see me?!”

Hunter’s face slowly swam into view as the sense of something pressing against his head—sore, ha ha, why wouldn’t it be—finally became clear to him. A sense that came with the phantom feeling of several pairs of smaller hands patting nervously, or rather comfortingly, against his larger injured one.

Almost like…like they were letting him know not to be afraid, to stand up and get back into the thick of things because oh dear, they would certainly have to do the exact same thing if they wanted to live…and that was right before the strongest of these little sparks of life made itself known.

Before one more, somewhat bigger presence touched the edge of its forehead against his own at that moment, the touch of warmth rising there as though to counteract all of the colder shocks he had ever dealt with.

Before he not only sensed, but also knew, and then understood the message that this presence wished to deliver.

“I know where they’ve got her,” he panted, finding Hunter’s gaze and focusing on it to ground himself, if not also to make sure none of these other Troopers would start falling into anarchy.

“I know where they’ve got everyone. It’s Weyland.”

#the bad batch #the bad batch fanfiction #tbb spoilers #tbb crosshair #tbb omega #tbb crosshair and omega #tbb hunter #commander cody #commander wolffe #tbb eva #tbb jax #tbb bayrn #the mountain goes or i do

[finnpeach]

bro how the fuuuuuck do you guys write sexy sneeze fics bc I just want to write like full chapter fanfic with a fight or drama and build it up and then centre it around the cold but like no one wants to read it and tbh I don't even want to read it or write it bc it takes too long and I just want my horny out but I also have a lust for tension and plot and all that shit

#I JUST WANT R/OWAN TO SNEEZE ON A GODDAMN MOUNTAIN! WHY AM I WRITING A FIGHT SCENE! #I think its bc I want to write for very obscure fandoms like patrochi//les and t/og where I haven't seen like any fics written so im like o #I gotta do some world building some tension some plot #but really I just want him #to sneeze in a tent and have a cold #anyway #I think I will trim the fight scene and post as a like. side part bc there's no sneezing and its long #in my fic aelin fights rowan for like training purposes and she lands a fuckin HIT on him bc he's slow and sick and he gets moody about it #and then goes into the tent and thus commences the sneezing. but we don't need that

[doodlelupin]

god bless us, all of us/ we who learn to shun the light/ god bless all vampires every night

[Image ID: A tradional art work in black ink of two polaroids with text placed on top. The top polaroid shows a porch at night with two silhoutted figures in the foreground on the porch and one off in the yard. The bottom polaroid shows a closeup of a person smiling, cropped so only the bottom of their nose, mouth and the collar of their shirt are in frame. In the top right, middle left and bottom right, respectively, are 3 pieces of paper with the words "God bless all my old friends" "and god bless me too" "why pretend" written in a serifed font. End ID.]

#the mountain goats #steal smoked fish #is the song i believe #i cant think of other tags uhhhh oh well sbssjjsjs #i forgot how fun hand lettering is #also i know the bottom polaroid is a lil warped i forgot to flip my canvas till i was done so. dbndndjdjd #idk what to do #anyway my bf is v into tmg and put this song on Thee Playlist #and it goes so hard incredible song #traditional art #inktober #ink drawing #black and white #whatever dhdjjdjd im just gonna post it

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

ive never drawn a horse in my life dont talk to me rn

#ieytd #commander solaris #i picked up a pen (art) #my horse art...... she looks so pathetic all burnt and scabbed like that #i have put way too much thought into. everything abt her. #mostly the name and where she got it. but also like. how do you get a horse autistic about lasers #couldn't fit it on the page but i think it would be funny if wherever she came from was just. dangerous as hell. #the roc thing just like. happened every tuesday #sometimes a giant bird swoops down and picks you up and carries you away to eat you. that's just how it goes #also: zor is a dragon. that's why she needs to climb mountains. their cavern house.

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#its sort of funny. i think my medication is working pretty well. i feel stable in a way i never really have before #is it the dopamine stablizer or is it my ion channels? whos to say. it doesn't matter. but it also doesnt change some things #the ways i think and react negativly to change. but it makes it easier to deal with. i still experience this strange dispaire on the #weekends or anytime im not working. i think the oddest thing is thst i dont think ive ever been this consistenly sad #not in a depressed sort of way. just a passing thoughts make me tear up sort of way. it doesnt feel out of control. it just feels like a #prelude to grief i guess. bc my mum is still in the hospital and its so hard to kno what that means from halfway across the country #my sisters are both home right now. they both live within 3hrs of where we grew up. one sister lives in the city my mom goes to for #treatment. so they have the opportunity to see her more than me. i dunno if they do tho. we dont really talk. i dont kno if they're as sad #as i am. if im overreacting bc i cant physically see what's happening. what the feeling is in the room. not that she would probably complain #shes the suffer in silence type. my dad keeps texting us pics of our shitty lil sunroom that hes redoing #to make my mum a lil sanctuary. he must be sad too. its his wife. hes staying with her in the hospital rn. i dunno its so weird #when i talk to my counselor she assumes i find out info thru calls or talk to my sisters abt it and i gotta b like nah we dont really talk #i get my info thru text. i havent talked to my parents on the phone in like a month. i dunno we just dont talk. so i dont kno how to reach #out and be like yo so whats up? shoulf i plan on coming home this summer for a bit?? like??? #this is the disadvantage of leaving thr place where you grew up. probably when i finish my phd i should move closer to home #somewhere in the Appalachian mountains maybe. somewere in the eastern deciduous forrest. somewhere with thunderstorms. #but thats years from now. who knows what ill b doing. for now im just sad and tired and i dont quite kno what to do in the short or long #term bc im feeling the weight of my mental limitations rather intensely. but maybe im just being self limiting #whatever. i dont have a dead mum yet. shes not even on hospice care. things are just uncertain and dont look so hot #i just dont see how it can get better from here when chemo gave her secondary blood cancer and shes still full of tumors #i dont think im being that dramatic. it just objectively seems not great for survival #unrelated

[silo1013]

ascension is like the one situation i can’t get behind fix-its for because everything is so dread-inducingly unchangeable. we talk about how no matter what mulder did differently he wouldn’t have been able to save scully but it’s literally like that for everyone in the equation. all the events are on a completely fixed path. it’s so evil. this was always going to happen this was set in motion from the beginning there is no version of this scenario where everything turns out alright 😁

#they still would have been able to find scully if she hadn’t scanned the chip #mulder goes to skyland mountain alone and dies in a car accident #the consequences of challenging the syndicate are clearly stated so god forbid skinner or krycek or ANYONE tries to do the right thing #it’s so awful to watch but in a way that sucks you in #i <3 inescapable tragedy i <3 seeing bad things coming knowing there’s no way to stop them i <3 ‘there is no other version of this story’

[isfjmel-phleg]

🍽🍽🍽🍽

#random personal stuff #whining ahead feel free to ignore #Thursday nights used to be a lot of fun #somehow I feel like they've devolved into something stressful even though I don't think I'm doing anything different #I stress myself out making a full dinner for 3-4 people #try to convince the temperamental TV to stream our show #politely listen to conversations that are often hard to contribute to #wash a mountain of dishes after everyone goes #they always seem to have a good time! that's the important thing #not sure what MY problem is though #this should be a lot more fun than it has become #maybe I just have a bad attitude #the guests are happy and that's the point #it is my job to facilitate this get-together that we wouldn't be able to have otherwise and thereby provide social enrichment #it's successful it should feel more successful than it currently does #anyway enough of that good night everyone