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while i bury my lonely sorrows about not having enough energy to go out and swing dance tonight in my drafts, i'd just like my dash to know i really do hope you all have the best new year and that 2024 is at least a year in which an amazing thing happens that makes you happy once, but more so, an amazing year in general. in the way that friends do, i deeply care about all of you and wish you all the happiness and blessings you can bear. you are worthy of love and everything else, and i hope you know that, really truly know that. it's still a few hours yet but in case i'm not on to post it, Happy New Year!

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because i’m not gonna let @honorhunt​ just be the only one:

what are your crackiest, guiltiest ships?

i have too many but jaina x wedge (before anyone screams, it’s in a time travel thing), padmé x jango, padmé x cody (honestly that’s just the crackiest of my clone ships, padmé x rex is less crack more guilt), luke x shara, leia x thrawn, and shmi x dooku

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@debelltio and my friendship in a nutshell, ladies and gentlemen.

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me desiring to be a smol menace on the dash vs the fear of accidentally being mean instead of funny: a constant battle.

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while i suspect the path i've taken with satine isn't the one intended with her half told backstory, or at least is no longer the one intended, i have to say there is something poetic in the one i've crafted. she is unquestionably mandalorian within it, a former of her own fate, her decisions shaped by personal experience and a ridiculous level of trauma. and if she survives, in part, she becomes the wiser version of both selves, not quite warrior, not quite pacifist. the satine in the middle might be slightly confused, but to grow past the trauma, past the defeat, satine becomes the greater for it, yet again dedicating her life to salvage what they've lost.

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Happy New Year, y'all!

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so, y'all, on here because i think i might have the most views here and catch the most of you, and i really hate this but here it goes.

i think i overstretched myself on here.

not permanently. i'm keeping the multis, definitely know i'll have muse for all the muses on them at some point, but i've been feeling a couple of things for a while. and, unfortunately, i think the only way i'm going to feel better or do better about any of it is if they take the backburner for a while. i've tended to not get replies to threads on the whole a lot over the last year and really only consistently get asks, if that.

i do think this is perhaps due to the fact that i take so long to get around to things (due to the next point) or just i have too much choice for people so they don't want to interact because it's too much mental energy to pick out one muse from a bunch of multis, which i get.

the problem is, however this is happening, it leads me to losing muse on a multi but not finishing the drafts because of so many asks and so i 'sit' there, for weeks, until i finally get back muse again. i almost always feel too guilty to move on to a blog i actually have muse for.

so this is my question for y'all, knowing again, i'm not getting rid of any of the multis... if i only focused on 2-3 star wars muses for a while, put them back on their own blogs or made them their own blogs if they didn't have them, who would you pick?

you can put the answer in a comment on this, message me, send me an ask, whatever works, and thanks for your help!

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not me, a 26-year-old woman, having nearly a full on breakdown when my mom asks if any of my dad's history books are special to me. she didn't mean anything by it, and i didn't think when i sat down and started to look through them but ugh, i nearly started sobbing and felt like i couldn't breathe at the idea of getting rid of any of them. it's fine, mom, if i can't get rid of any by the time i move out, i'll just take them all.

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now that i've finished watching b.g3, i think ast.arion and kar.lach might be my favorite characters.

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the fact that mon is such a history nerd brings me such joy. i can imagine her sitting in bed after a long, stressful day in the senate, lights all off, reading a history book on her datapad and just *chef's kiss*. it's a comfort mechanism, it staves off loneliness, it has her in her own little world in the past.

also good luck if you misrepresent a past event...

(also reblogged a meme thing for the first time in forever if you want to send something in!)

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THE FIRST ELEMENT OF MY SORTA KINDA STEP BACK IS COMPLETE. as some of you know (and for full details, please scroll back on this blog), i'm going to move three muses back (well, one new) onto their own blogs and focus on them and my other single muse blogs for a while as i rebuild my self-esteem about writing (with some jaunts onto the multis). the first one is thrawn and while i still need to make an actual pinned post and design a banner, his blog is finished! feel free to follow @warsavant , check out the carrd, and maybe plot with me!

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fyi, one of my pet peeves is when people call padmé naive. she isn't. she's so not. she's optimistic. and she's facing powers much more cruel and powerful than her own. that doesn't make her naive... that's mostly just her fighting a war she was never meant to win.

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Happy New Year, Kitty! I just wanted to pop in and express my utmost gratitude for having you as a writing partner and a friend. This past year has been full of riveting and delightful slice of life plots. Along with so many inspiring chats and enthusiastic research deep dives. You are so much fun to talk to. Regardless of what blog you are on, your creativity brightens up the dash. I never get tired of reading your headcanons and little research facts. Your writing style is succinct but beautifully executed. You have a lovely way of building a scene and subtly expressing a characters thoughts and emotions through actions. Which is what writers aspire to do. I am forever entranced by the creative flare of your various verses. I can see how much thought you put into them and, as a fellow researcher, the influence of history and literature upon your projects is evident- and only makes them even more engaging. My curiosity is always piqued when you turn out something new. Also how can I forget that you & @debelltio introduced me to one of my new favorite rare pairs, duchineer. I'm being completely honest when I say I keep my eyes peeled for their threads, edits and other content because I am a huge fan! I also wanted to thank you for indulging my research rambles and for being so patient with me during my on-and-off plotting, My busy schedule does not oblige but you always do and I appreciate you so much for that. Here's to another year! I am so honored to be your mutual!

i'm finally answering this after hoarding it like a little porg! oh, ame, thank you so so much. i definitely absolutely value your friendship just as much, and you know how much i enjoy writing with you. i love that you see my enthusiasm of research come through as much in my writing as when talking about it. it brings me so much joy to discuss all the nuances and the fun little details we've noticed! i can't wait to write what we've come up with!

and hehehe, yes, orson and satine are something else entirely and i adore writing them so much. and shhh, i've told you before and i'll tell you again, you're such a joy i'd happily wait months to get a reply to something in plotting. eventually, i'll hopefully be just as busy so i absolutely get it.

thank you so much too for being my mutual! you're the best!

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okay, i've disappeared for a few days, but I HAVE AN EXCELLENT REASON. my brother got tickets to the world premiere of Apple TV's Masters of the Air, AND HE TOOK ME. so i got to fly out to los angeles, stay at the beverly hills WALDORF ASTORIA, and go to the premiere. it's going to be SUCH A COOL SHOW. i saw tom hanks and steven spielberg in the flesh. i sat in the same row as austin butler and jsdfdsfhdfjkdhfdskjfhsk MET JOHN LUCKADOO. nearly died from giddiness. could care less about meeting an actor, but a wwii vet? i turn into mush every time. i even made a 1940s gown in 24 hours and finished it in the hotel room... AND SAW THE VERY FIRST AMERICAN RED CROSS CLUBMOBILE GIRL TO EVER APPEAR ON THE BIG SCREEN (she isn't in the ep, but the previews). plus saw the actress after (i was wearing my clubmobile jacket over my dress cause colddddddd evening) AND SHE SMILED SO WIDE. it was a magical trip. i'm so lucky my brother is so generous!

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honestly though, thinking about maybe a silver (or gold but i'm leaning toward silver) and royal blue theme for the dash heavily featuring mon and breha, maybe satine because AHEM, these ladies all have that in droves... not that i can't color change stuff.

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me realizing i need to redo my carrd and pretty much all my dash graphics here: