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Fic Prompts: Star Wars Wednesday

(Back at it again with the Doom Vader au)

It was an old J-type 327 Nubian cruiser, like the kind her father had told her the rulers of Naboo used to use. Of course, Leia could see even from the control room that it had been heavily modified.

"Princess," General Rieekan said in a low voice, "The ship didn't transmit clearance codes. We don't know if they're friend or foe."

Leia felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up as she watched the black ship approach.

"I think the answer would probably be "yes", General," she murmured. Her eyes never left the screen. "It would be in our best interests not to antagonize him."

At the back of her mind, concern and curiosity were placing wagers on whether the appearance of the Avenging Angel was a good omen or a poor one. At the forefront of her mind, the princess wondered whether Luke had finished his patrol yet. He would want to know that their birth father was invading one of their bases again for unknown reasons.

On the rare occasion that he did enter a Rebel base, he never explained himself. The most anyone ever got out of him was a verbal greeting, and that only if Luke or Leia was physically present.

Leia left the control room and donned a heavy coat before going topside to watch the ship land. She could save everyone a lot of unnecessary fright if she knew what Vader wanted at the outset.

The Nemesis exited his ship with his usual lack of hesitation. Under one arm, he carried a bundle of cloth. That seemed odd, but Leia was more concerned with how he had found a base they'd only been in for a few weeks.

"What are you doing here?" she asked tersely.

He never seemed to mind. Considering his own blunt way of conversing, Leia suspected that Vader preferred when she got straight to the point.

Snow gathered on the ridges of Vader's armor and helmet as he paused in front of Leia. He inclined his head a little, then gestured towards what little of Echo Base could be seen over the snowdrifts. Then he continued walking, and Leia understood that he meant to enter. She waved away the guards as she followed him in. They wouldn't have done any good anyway.

"You do know we have clearance procedures for a reason?" Leia sighed. "All you had to do was announce yourself and we would've let you through without me escorting you in."

"My ship is announcement enough," Vader answered calmly.

Leia snorted, but did not disagree. She still remembered her first encounter with the Nemesis, as a little girl. When her mother had uncovered proof that a high-ranking Imperial was engaged in the slave trade and they'd both been held hostage, the instant that cruiser had entered the atmosphere they'd known. Breha had immediately reassured her daughter that all would be well, now that the Avenging Angel had arrived.

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Leia walked alongside the towering warrior and watched him warily from the corner of her eye. Usually, if Vader turned up, it meant something very dramatically bad was about to happen. Generally involving the Empire. Was there an invasion on the way?

Vader did not stop moving until they'd reached an empty chamber. There was nothing of importance inside. It was really little more than a storage closet. But evidently Vader wanted to speak with her in private.

"I did not come for your Rebellion, Princess."

Nearly three years had passed since the fateful meeting on the Death Star, and Vader still called her Princess, or Organa, rather than Daughter. According to Chewbacca, this was because the people that Vader tended to associate with most held adoption in very high regard, and that Vader may have felt indebted to Bail and Breha for raising and loving his child when he was presumed dead. That he acknowledged the Organas as her parents whenever they spoke was simply his way of honoring that. Leia was grateful for it, really.

Without further comment, Vader held out the bundle of cloth. Gingerly, Leia took it, surprised by the weight. Within the white cloth were several ingots of a shining metal. Turned one way, it appeared blue. Turned another, white. When her fingers touched the metal, Leia swore than she felt, just for an instant, the presence of her parents once more.

She looked up. "What is this?"

"I have gone to the graveyard of Alderaan, Princess," Vader answered. "There remained elements of your ancient armories that could be purified and strengthened. Repurposed to a new use."

Alderaan. Leia was holding a fragment of a home that no longer existed. Her grief rose unexpectedly and spread behind her like dragon's wings.

"On Alderaan," she said, "I used to go into that old armory museum to see a sword on display." She wasn't sure why she was telling Vader this, but he seemed to be listening. "I always loved the way the cross guard was made to look like a rising sun."

Her smile turned bittersweet. "I don't know what context my name had when you chose it, but on Alderaan Leia is a homophone for an archaic word for sunrise. Mama used to call me her sunshine for that."

Vader reached out suddenly to fold her hands completely around the ingots.

"This was meant to be your armor, Princess," he declared. He ignored her startled look.

"You will wear it when you find those responsible for Alderaan's destruction, and you will teach them to fear the dawn."

Leia's eyes sharpened, and she nodded slowly. "Yes. I will."

She was just beginning to consider what kind of armor could be made from the ingots when a faint sense of unease stirred in her gut. Across from her, Vader looked up abruptly.

"Where is your brother?" he demanded.

"Doing a patrol sweep. Last one before we shut the blast doors for the night," Leia said. "He was out with Captain Solo..."

But Han had returned not long ago. And he'd mentioned Luke wanting to investigate some kind of meteor.

Vader turned on his heel and exited the room quickly.

"Do not seal the doors yet," he warned. "I do not know what Luke has found, but it is not an ally."

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Things Clone Troopers do to subtly annoy their Jedi, without it seeming like they’re doing it on purpose:

-Constantly pretend the Jedi got their names wrong and gently correcting them

-(Commanders and ARC troopers): switch which shoulder the pauldron is on, and when questioned, act like it’s always been there

-tell wildly different stories about the meanings of certain hairstyles or tattoos

-clear your throat every time your Jedi says a certain word during a briefing

-yell “YES SIR” as loudly as possible, no matter how close your Jedi is standing

-talk loudly to each other about the Force, getting things as wrong as possible, within earshot of as many Jedi as you can

-whenever a Jedi gives you Sage Jedi Advice ™ turn to the nearest brother, tears in your eyes and go “so wise. So knowing. My life is changed. I am hydrated” etc.

-walk down the hallway past your Jedi, making random absurd mouthsounds to your brothers. Claim it’s a Unique Clone Language. Change the nonsense syllables every time and see how many Unique Clone Languages you can convince them you have.

-Whenever anyone mentions Yoda, say “Force rest his soul”. Keep doing it no matter how many times your Jedi insists that Yoda isn’t dead.

-”99 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL, 99 BOTTLES OF BEEEEER-”

-choose a random, innocuous phrase, like “extra charge packs”, and whenever anyone says it, for whatever reason, burst into laughter and roll around on the ground like it’s the funniest thing you’ve ever heard in your life. If questioned, say “oh, it’s just a clone joke, sir, you wouldn’t get it”

-Choose a random, less innocuous word, like “cockles” and see how many times you can work it into a mission report, debriefing, or planning session without arousing suspicion

-coordinate with every single other trooper on the ship to simultaneously drop whatever they’re holding at the exact same time

-(Cody): sneak into Obi-Wan’s quarters whenever he leaves and trim off the bottom inch or so of all of his tunics. See if he notices before he ends up wearing crop-tops.

-(Rex): get Hardcase to wire a mouse droid to untie Anakin’s bootlaces and re-tie them together. If you time it right, he doesn’t notice until he tries to take a step.

-constantly confuse Jedi with other Jedi, pretend to be as bad at telling them apart as most non-clones are at telling clones apart.

-fake absurd over-the-top hero worship, for another unit’s Jedi, post fanart in places where your own Jedi will see it regularly

-Convince your Jedi that today is a Special Clone Holiday, and we just can’t work today sir, not on Jango Day. See how many fake Clone Holidays you can convince them to let you take off.

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Antelope Valley Poppy fields, California [1080x1350] [OC] - Author: eevesan on reddit

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This little hoot looks like a real-life Muppet! A brave little great horned owlet at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Alabama clacks its bill as a threat display. Great horned owls have many different calls and are known to clack, bark, hiss, rattle, whoop, shriek, and of course, hoot. Young great horned owls will fledge the nest around seven weeks old and are capable of short flights soon after. They’ll hang out on nearby branches or on the ground, and their parents never stray too far. Please if you come across young birds this spring, give them space – especially if they have most of their feathers. Good people trying to help sometimes do more harm than good while attempting to “rescue” baby birds. Video courtesy of Tom Ress.

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Full circle rainbow spotted by my partner during our drive through Sarchí, Costa Rica. [3024x3773] [OC] - Author: veeemmare on reddit

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Waves and rocks on the coastline of Madeira (1280x1920)[OC] - cryptodesign - EarthPorn

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Happy 4th of May!

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You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration...? *updated!*

Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? Here are some great websites to make the time pass.

create pixel art

Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!

Totally free transparent textures

make a cute chibi

draw some cool generative art

be a graffiti creator

create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)

paint online

another awsome site to create pixel art on

and another one

create your own mandala

or color one

create an avatar

or you can try creating your own superhero

here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes

here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,

Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown

here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music

Need a model in a certain pose for drawing? here

Want to build your own planet

here is a website where you can create your own galaxies

make your own pattern (very useful if you need a new background)

create next hit comic

make a city which looks like something from 90′s games

draw a mandala like design

jig saw puzzles

more jig saw puzzles to solve

create a stunning HTML5 animation - no coding!

make a movie

create and dress up dolls

play a piano

you can also play a guitar

create sounds

another sound creator

create a logo

design your dream home

sketch rooms

explore fashion trends and create your own sets

build a website

try this app for building a website

Or maybe start learning how to code!

design your own t-shirt or a beanie or sweatpants and order them

design your own phone case

pretend to be a graphic designer with this cool online tool

Make your own Glitch art

Here’s another glitch art maker

And another!

Holy hell, here’s a third!

make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64

freaking cool text generator!

Easy to use word processor

Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it :)

Write an essay on anything with no hassle

Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?

Make pictures out of text

ASCII word generator

Need an idea for some fanart-here :D

mario

cubefield

sleep calculator essay typer

rice questions

maths 

artsy-fartsy pretty thing

quotes

survive nature

rain

tumblr music

calming rain

themes

backgrounds [x] 

loads of references

Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:

watch a documentary

learn to code

do something yourself

workout with the help of this great youtube channels

learn things

play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games

waste your time on miniclip

play games at additing games

or try games at agame

calm your thoughts

the quiet place

it will be okay

vent or listen to someone

pour out your soul

explore the sky

look at art from around the world

virtually visit museum of iraq

explore world with arounder

create a music playlist

list through rare books

scroll useful science website

create sand art

brain games

try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book

interactive 3D anatomy

random street view

post a secret

create a family tree

find our what’s the difference between x and y

help scientists and become volunteer researcher

create your own font

read a classic short story

In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?

scribble on maps

listen to letters

play with acrobots

listen to podcasts

make a bucket list

Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?

Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!

Zone out watching the colors drip down

Sprite generator!

Face Generator/Creator!

Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….Or maybe you have a Gemsona that you want to create, but don’t have the energy to draw!

This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!

Gemsona stuffs;

Just a straight up character gemsona creator

Here’s another

Not sure what gem to go with, or where? 

OR maybe your unsure about more than just that?

How to Write Better OCs:

basic tips on how to make your oc even better

tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great

writing specific characters

a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character

kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME

Character Development:

how to actually make an OC

Q&A (to develop characters)

more Q&As

giving your character a backstory

how to write an attractive character

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check

Here’s another one

and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work

Need Monsterpeople?

Well, then here ya’ go

Maybe you need Cats?

Diversity

adding more racial diversity

avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it

writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)

masterpost on writing more diversity into your story

cultures of the world

guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Test to see if your character is a Sue

Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus

Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues

Villains

villain generator

need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam

villain archetypes

what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?

Relationships

character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)

how to write strong relationships between two characters

8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others

OCxLove Interest Handbook

develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!

how to write realistic relationships

how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)

ARCHETYPES

12 common archetypes

8 archetypes for male/female characters

female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)

a list of archetypes

NAMES

how to name your character

random name generator

most common surnames

surnames by ethnicity

APPEARANCE

tips for better design

basic appearance generator

pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)

clothing ref masterpost

Clothing generator

Another clothing generator

More clothing generator

Aaaand even more

Steam punk clothing

Char Style preference

Dress Generator

DETAILS

give your character better powers

a list of professions

proactive vs reactive characters

positive and negative traits

interest generator

skills generator

motivation generator

123 ideas for character flaws

list of phobias

Oh shit someone died

Backgrounds and stuff? yep

Quirks

Personality. you need that shit

Need something fandom related?

City generator hell yeah

location? got ya

World-building?

make your own god damn laws

Landscape.

Need Item names?

Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names

Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.

Item & Artifact Generators

Other stuffs!

Genre, Plot, & Story Prompt Generators

How did your characters meet?

Fanfic plots. you bet your ass.

Other Other stuffs!

Wanna make a custom minecraft skin?

Well then these’ll work!

This one too~

WAIT!…if none of that worked, then maybe you want to make a southpark style character?

Here!

Well, this one’s nice too~

And another..

Aaaand another!

UNDERTALE STUFFS;

Undertale character speech box creator!

Want inspiration for an Undertale Oc?

OR a super Edgy Undertale Theory generator?

Maybe you just want to read some funny Sans Puns!

TMNT STUFFS;

How about a TMNT creator?

Or a TMNT meme generator..

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Hassidriss “Oblivion” spring 2020 couture

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Peyto Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta [4174x2721] [OC] - Author: MrMufel on reddit

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via CreativeSoul Photography on FB:

Aaaaaand THIS is how our princesses show up. Excited to share this black princess series which was a personal project orchestrated by Hair by LaChanda. The mission was to redefine and reimagine the traditional princess with our own dash of style, culture and swag. 🥰❤️ Thanks to all of the models and vendors who helped bring this project together. ⁣Photography: CreativeSoul Photography Hair/Creative Direction: Hair by LaChanda

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Dun Briste seastack, Ireland [OC][2048x1365] - Author: ihaveadarksoul on reddit

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Spring brings a symphony of color to the North Fork of the American River in northern California. Lush greens and a spectrum of wildflowers paint the steep valley slopes while hundreds of feet below, powerful clear waters smash through rapids choked with boulders. If you need a moment of peace, just picture yourself here. Photo by Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management.

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hahahaha good job 

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Spectacular skies during sunset at a remote beach in Costa Rica [OC][1413x2048] - Author: tmsvdw on reddit

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Amidst the clouds, Iceland. {OC} (1500x1000) @williampatino_photography - Author: william_patino on reddit

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Explored some Ice Caves last summer, Eastern Sierras, C.A. (oc) (1638x2048) (@jakob_lr) - Author: Jakob_LR on reddit