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Day 14 - Grand Gesture

I did it! Finally did it! Got through ‘em all! This has been crazy fun. @kalluzebweddingplan, here is my final piece for the 14 Days of Kalluzeb Valentines prompt list. Somehow I don’t imagine this is what was meant by a grand gesture. Everybody else has been doing proposals, which has been lovely to read, of course, but me? I’m gonna end my run on wholesale slaughter. Because they are a battle couple, after all. :D (Yup. That’s me. Also, let’s just say Kallus has either made or acquired a new bo-rifle at this point because of reasons.)

Grand Gesture

 It was odd.

 One would think that, captured by stormtroopers, disarmed of one’s bo-rifle, and with a blaster pressed against one’s head, the emotion one might feel would be something along the lines of fear or anger or hatred.

 One, however, was not Garazeb Orrelios, and he felt none of those things.

 Well…maybe a little hatred. That was normal with bucketheads. But what he mostly felt was embarrassment over having been caught.

 Everybody had bad days, apparently.

 "Word just came through,“ the commander said to the trooper holding him at blaster point. “Summary execution. Spectre Four’s too dangerous to be left alive.”

 "I’ve been looking forward to this one,“ the woman said as she primed her blaster.

 "Hope the Ashla has pity on you bucketheads,” Zeb said with a sneer as he looked up at the stormtroopers. “Because my husband won’t.”

 Almost as if on cue, the sound of blaster fire sounded from somewhere in the barracks, followed quickly by an explosion and several screams.

 "Reinforcements!“ Zeb heard shouted over someone’s comm. "We need reinforcements! We’re taking heavy fire up here!”

 "How many intruders are there?“ the commander asked.

 "How many?” the voice on the other end of the comm repeated in disbelief.

 "One,“ Zeb said quietly, smirking to himself.

 The trooper tried to speak again, but was cut off by a fairly hideous scream. The troopers surrounding Zeb all began to fidget and chatter nervously, wondering what exactly it was that was happening out there. They had their answer soon enough when the blast doors blew apart.

 Several volleys of blaster fire rained through the smoke-filled entryway before a blur of motion shot through it, taking the wary stormtroopers by surprise. All Zeb could make out was the distinct golden streak of Kallus’ hair, along with the similar gold flash of an ignited bo-rifle.

 Alexsandr Kallus swept the room, nearly as quickly as Kanan or Ezra might have. He cut down swaths of troopers with ease and precision, his Imperial training in play against the very people who’d given it to him.

 It was only when his husband finally made his way to the knot of stormtroopers surrounding him that Zeb got a good look at the expression on his face. His amber eyes burned with an unbalanced rage, tinged with terror. He didn’t even give their enemies a chance to use Zeb against him. With an enraged roar, he laid into them, taking each trooper down with exacting prejudice.

 Once he’d finished them all off, he was left standing before Zeb, breathing hard and trembling with a shattered look of relief on his face.

 "Are you all right?” Alex demanded as he collapsed to his knees before him, throwing his arms around Zeb’s broad shoulders. “Are you all right?!”

 "I’m fine, love. I’m fine,“ he reassured him, nuzzling the side of his face against his husband’s. He felt a little bad to acknowledge the fact that he hadn’t considered just how badly Alex might take his capture.

 ”Stars. If I’d been even a second later…if I’d waited a moment longer, they- they might’ve-“

 "It didn’t happen. We’re okay,” he soothed the ex-Imperial, wanting to envelop him in a hug, but still unable to. “Gotta say, though, I wouldn’t mind gettin’ outta these binders.”

 "Right. Of course,“ his lover agreed, struggling to shake himself off as he went to remove said binders.

 "Guess we’ll be wantin’ to get outta here pretty quick, before more reinforcements show up.”

 Zeb caught a glimpse of Alex shaking his head as he retrieved Zeb’s bo-rifle from one of the fallen troopers. “Don’t be silly, ni ashkerra. There aren’t any more soldiers left in this installation.”

 The Lasat stared at his husband’s back a long moment, watching Alex steel himself to face him again. They weren’t done with this. He knew. It was something the human would need to talk about later, but for now…

 "Where are the others?“

 "Still back at the crash. I…I knew they would try to stop me,” Alex answered, still facing away from him.

 "Alex…are you tryin’ to tell me you just obliterated an entire Imperial garrison…just to save me?“

 "That is exactly what I am trying to tell you,” he said as he finally turned back to him, handing over his bo-rifle with a heavy set to his shoulders.

 "Whoa. I mean, I know you’re probably gonna get a complex over it, but karabast. That’s more'n a little hot,“ he said as he slung his weapon onto his back, and to his relief, his slightly aroused levity did manage to draw a small smile from his lover.

 "Well, I’m glad you approve, dear, but we really ought to be getting back to the others. They’ll be worried about you,” he said as he started to lead the way out.

 Before he could take more than a step, though, Zeb grabbed his arm, pulling him back into a fierce kiss, and for several moments, they remained like that, just relieved to be together again.

 "Thanks,“ Zeb whispered against his lips when they parted for air.

 "Always, my love,” he returned, fingers reaching up to trace briefly along the side of his face. “Please…don’t ever get captured again. I might not come save your sorry hide next time.”

 "Deal,“ Zeb said, even though they both knew not a word of it was true. Kallus would always come, just as Zeb would always come. No matter what might try to stand between them or tear them apart, they would always come for each other.

 The Empire had better watch its kriffing back.

And there’s that. I think I’ll probably collect these all on AO3 at some point, but for now, I’ve got another Valentine exchange to finish up this week, so enjoy these in the mean time. :D

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Same energy.

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An angsty sort of wingfic I wrote the other day✨

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A theory

Aziraphale has a loud sneeze. A literal dad sneeze. When Aziraphale sneezes, people get s c a r e d.

On the other hand...

Crowley has the tiniest, cutest, most feminine sneeze in the world.

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ineffable 3am fanfiction

“On a mortal level, how would you define love?”

Crowley shrugged, swerving slightly, as if caught off-guard. “I don’t know. Humans like kissing and sex and all but...yeah, I don’t know.”

“Well, those are merely gestures of something greater. Something more emotional, I suppose. Like friendship, but more.”

“Like us?”

Aziriphale swallowed nervously. “Well, when put that way, I do suppose...I mean...it would go without saying that...”

Without warning, Crowley leaned over and caught the angel’s lips in his.

“fOR GooDnESs’ saKe, wAtCH ThE fUCkiNG rOaD!”

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Are we just not going to talk about this or...

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As the crew worked on developing Hera and Kanan together, Filoni gave them some music to be inspired by. “There’s some songs I use to focus my mind on their relationship, in particular. Some lyrics that really…because I was always like, ‘How do I define for people what this relationship is?‘” he recalled. “I would get these songs and I’d tell the crew, ‘You have to listen to this song, listen to the lyrics, hear the lyrics. This is what she’s thinking, this is what she’s about.’ And then there are other symphonic pieces of music that I listen to and I’m like, ‘This really pulls it, the drama of what I feel these two are about.’ I really like these characters, I like the people that play them. I think they’ve just done a great job at bringing these characters to life. One day, maybe when we’re done, when we’re through, remind me and after the season and I’ll tell you what the songs were.”

- Star Wars Rebels Dave Filoni Explains Hera and Kanan’s Kiss on Nerdist by Amy Ratcliffe

So what you’re saying is…

Dave Filoni made a Kanera fanmix

Dave Filoni made a Kanera fanmix

Dave Filoni made a Kanera fanmix

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Obi-Wan & Anakin by Minss00

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Star Wars Rebels - Sabine’s Sketchbook

I like to sign my work using a starbird. It means “Sabine was here,” but only to me. I designed the look of it, but I took inspiration from the old legend. There’s a lot of meaning to the symbol. According to some, the starbird can never die–whenever it seems to be gone, it’s actually renewing itself in the heart of a nova. That’s what we’re fighting for. We’re going to restore the spirit of the Republic. Unlike the tyrants of the Imperial regime, the elected leaders of the Republic tried to represent all people fairly and equally. By giving the Republic a second birth we can make it even better than it was before! Every time the Empire sees the starbird, it will give them something to think about.  And something to be SCARED about!

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How much money would it take

To have Freddie Prince Jr. and/or Venessa Marshall re-record the “A New Dawn” audiobook?

I need this in my life…

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I challenged my best friend (who is not in the Phandom) to write a 'Dan proposes to Phil' fanfic, and based on the little she knows about them, she wrote this. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever read I'm crafting 😂

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So cute I'm ded

lovey dovey Kanan and Hera doodles

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Let’s go get Hera.

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This. Kills. Me.

Kanan didn't have to turn back and say that to Ezra, but he knew that he could be sacrificing himself, that he could be leaving for good. He wants to say goodbye, and so he says exactly what his master said to him, all those years ago. He knows that Ezra doesn't know what happened, but in that moment, "I'll be right behind you" is more meaningful than anything else he could have said.

Imagine Hera holding Ezra as he sobs after they send the transmission, and Ezra telling her that Kanan said "I'll be right behind you", and Hera having to close her eyes to keep herself from crying, because she knows what Kanan meant. She knows that she may never see him again.

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YOU DUN MESSED UP, ANAKIN

WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE COMMANDER

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I’VE BEEN THINKING...

… ABOUT THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OBI-WAN AND AHSOKA.

1) Ahsoka wasn’t chosen by Anakin, just like Obi-Wan wasn’t exactly chosen by Qui-Gon if you take JA into account (if you don’t, then the canon novel From a Certain Point of View does say no master was in any hurry to train him).

2) They left the Order as Padawans (again, if you take JA into account - if not, then Obi-Wan almost left the Order as a Padawan, though for very different reasons than Ahsoka).

3) They totally fight/disobey their Masters if said Masters do/say stupid stuff.

4) They befriend rebels and neutral people, and stick their noses into affairs that are none of the Republic’s concern (Melida/Daan if you count JA, Onderon, Mandalore, Felucia - Ahsoka really wanted to help the farmers).

5) Ahsoka uses Jar’Kai, Obi-Wan is pretty good at him himself (as opposed to Anakin who loses a hand one of the very rare times we see him trying to use two blades). 

(Aw gosh look at these two badass space peanuts I love them so much)

(GREEN LIGHTSABER JAR’KAI REVERSE GRIP GO OBI AND SOKA GO KICK THE BAD GUYS’ ASSES)

6) They have the same friends.               - Satine (whom isn’t Anakin’s friend)               - Bail Organa (still not Anakin’s friend)               - Chewbacca (stiiiiill not Anakin’s friend)               - Kanan (not Obi-Wan friend’s but practically worshipped him as a Padawan) and Ezra (briefly for Obi-Wan but it still counts, I’ll fight people on that)               - Ventress aka their n°1 murderous ex-Sith frenemy (kinda Anakin’s frenemy too but good ol’ Onhaka is definitely closer to Obi-Wan and Ahsoka)               - Hondo aka frenemy n°2 (kinda Anakin’s frenemy too but good ol’ Onhaka is definitely closer to Obi-Wan and Ahsoka)               - Anakin (Obi-Wan’s best friend, Ahsoka’s best friend, and guys seriously you should reconsider your tastes in best friends)

6) They have the same enemies.                - Grievous (Anakin saw him in person once and they didn’t even cross lightsabers)                - Maul (whom they bested in combat several times - Anakin NEVER SAW MAUL IN PERSON EXCEPT THAT ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS NINE AND SAFE IN A COCKPIT LIKE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY AHKDOLEJHFGJKGFRTY HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE)                - Pre Viszla (Anakin never met the dude)                - Death Watch in general (Anakin never fought Death Watch, agaiiiiiiin)                - DARTH FUCKING VADER AND THEY’RE BASICALLY THE ONLY JEDI TO FACE HIM AND WIN (Ahsoka lives, so it was at least a tie)

7) *sings* OH MY, MY MASTER DIED IN MY ARMS TONIGHT

(*still singing* Even though one of them is just undercover My master died in my arms tonight) 8) Look at these smiles they give each other *sobs* it’s not a similarity but I don’t give a shit.

(LOOK AT THIS SOFT SMILE AND THOSE GENTLE EYES GOD MY HEART)

(I couldn’t take a good screenshot for Ahsoka but go and watch the scene again, it’s the sweetest smile ever omg)

9) The high level of sass

“Where’s your army, Lady Tano?” “Busy defeating yours.” “It was so nice of your former masters to send you out alone and spare me the exertion of a proper fight. You’re not even a real Jedi.” “It’ll be a fair fight then. You’re only half a Sith.”                                                                              ―Darth Maul and Ahsoka Tano DUDES.  

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Light cannot exist without Darkness

Light Bright, bold Calling, Shining, Fleeting Flicker, Shadow, Doubt, Anger, Fear Enticing, Deceiving, Smothering Ravenous, seductive Darkness