#Belville Abelard

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Chapters: 7/? Fandom: Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Male Imperial Agent | Cipher Nine/Theron Shan, Imperial Agent | Cipher Nine/Theron Shan Characters: Theron Shan, Male Imperial Agent | Cipher Nine, Lana Beniko, Senya Tirall, Belville Abelard (oc), Abelard family (ocs), Lt. Pierce (Star Wars) Additional Tags: Awkward Family Reunion, Fluff and Humor, Emotional Manipulation, Bel hasn't seen his family in years it's a lot, meanwhile Theron is trying to figure out what a family dinner is, more tags to be added as I add chapter I suspect, kotfe/kotet spoilers abound, Angst Series: Part 2 of Belville Canon Summary:

Chapter 6 is up! I promise we’re getting toward some action and humour again, just gotta get through some angst for the moment. It’s been a busy few weeks, what with starting two new jobs, but I’m hoping to get the next one up shortly. Reviews, critiques and feedback are welcome and appreciated! They feed my soul

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Does Odessen Have a Living Room? It's Time for a Family Meeting...

Summary: Bel doesn't ask for favours. It's not something he does. Ever. If he cannot take what he wants for himself, then he's only asking for trouble, owing someone later to get that. Sometimes though, you get the chance to take something small for yourself, against a galaxy that is always asking for sacrifice and loss. Sometimes the debt being owed is worth the chance to have that one thing for yourself.

Perhaps the scales have balanced enough, perhaps he's sacrificed enough to have something selfish. It won't be easy, it never is, especially not when he's long since given up on managing to keep anything personal and sacred. Or maybe it's just going to take other people taking it for him, and making sure he has his own little piece of happiness. If that's the case, then he'll just have to make sure whatever debts they owe for doing him such a kindness get paid in full.

I’ve finally gotten around to posting the fic where Bel’s family shows up on Odessen, so the Prologue and Chapter 1 are now up and can be found on my ao3 Henriwrites or here! May post the prologue as a teaser here tomorrow

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Fandom Meme - A, R, T

A -  Your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)

Ooo this is a fun one. You brought up the idea of Viticalia/Lana and I’m now thoroughly obsessed with Vits/Lana/Thomsyn bc they’d be so good. Bel/Theron which I think is...probably obvious, I give Bel a lot of screentime, although I have the idea of Bel/Theron/Balkar in my head AND THAT I think would be great. Also Keiral/Biron - come at me I wanted more from them okay.

R -  A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

Hmm, I definitely have a few, but I’ll stick npcs and then one extra which I’ll explain. Keiral/Biron as I stated above, bc I loved them. Also I know I reblogged a post about it earlier but um Vector/Quinn esp for an Agent!Quinn au. I think they would be really interesting together. OH also Phi-ton/Agent/Vector bc when I first played a female agent I thought Vector being okay with that marriage was very sweet and also that Phi-ton and Vector both seemed like they’d be legitimately interested in learning from each other at least. 

I’m pretty sure I saw this elsewhere, but I cannot remember where and for some reason Doc/Scourge is the funniest and best pairing I have ever heard I kind of wanted it.

I do have one that’s a bit weird, which is that I very much ship Viticalia’s older sister Dapatica with Senya in an au where Daps survived the Eternal Empire’s attacks.

I’m also gonna out myself here and just say that a friend got me into Hellblazer and Demon Knights and JLD in the DCU and I heavily ship John Constantine/Jason Blood and I will die on that hill. Give me that chaotic punk warlock and immortal queeny witch pairing pls.

T -  Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)

I tend not to change my decisions for ocs about like gender and sexuality and race once decided, usually bc I make them for a reason, but other than that not so much. Oh I will die on the hill that Kaliyo, Malavai, Doc and Vector should 100% have been bi romances (or at least added like some of the others in the expansions) bc the dynamic the three of them have with the player character male or female gets really deep and sometimes very homoerotic and I just pretend those were options in fics bc I can. Yes, I know Doc is a womanizer but like...man could that have been fun. 

I have some personal headcanons about Imperial, Republic, Zakuulan and Alliance culture but like, only stuff I would toss in fics, not anything I care about anyone else using.

This got long and I’m so sorry but thank you so much for asking!

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@swtorpadawan tagged me in this meme, and I am hella into it. This is my favourite musing bc swtor in the canon of star wars is fucking hilarious. On a side note, for anyone who does this and chose only one oc, but has thoughts about the others oh my god do and let me know. Im a snoopy bish give them all to me. In this case I’m going to try to keep it brief while covering my main four, Viticalia, Thomsyn, Belville and Montym. Partly bc I’ve been thinking about their dynamics for a joint Alliance Commander AU lately

This got really long, bc I couldn’t choose one, and Im a wordy bish, so I’ve put the actual answers under the cut, so as not to kill everyones dashes

What would your OC do if they were thrown through time and into Star Wars the Clone Wars:

1. Who would they fight for?

I think most of them would either end up going independent or siding with the Republic. Montym and Belville would actually be the most likely to commit to the Republic, they’re both two people who value loyalty and understand that sometimes things need to be changed from the inside out. Thomsyn I think would stay with the Republic, but may end up with the Grey Jedi. She isn’t inclined to this whole “just peacekeepers” deal and would want to take the fight to the Sith directly. Viticalia would be an independent, committing to neither except for who would pay her most, or just destroy the CIS and take her place at the top of it. She would not be willing to submit to being ordered around by Dooku, or lord forbid Grevious or Ventress, and she definitely wouldn’t appreciate Sidious being unwilling to step up on the frontline with his troops.

2. If not a force user, would they keep their job (Would a trooper still work for this new Republic and would an Agent be loyal to the Separatists?)?

Bel would probably make a play to join the SIS. And then immediately question how the SIS went from agents like Theron to seemingly having the capabilities of two people and paperclip. I’m just saying how did no one put any of the diddly dang dots together. He’d be the type to pull off an op and then basically drop it at the Jedi’s feet like “here, give me a job.” I’ll get into why he would go to the republic in a bit.

3. Who would they hate?

Vits would despise Dooku and Sidious. She would like Ventress but find her training considerably lacking. She understand some cunning, undercover work, and what it can do, that’s why she and Bel get along, but the lack of commitment to stand beside your men and fight with them is something she despises.

Thomsyn would have some problems with the way the Jedi, but she and Montym would both have a much bigger problem with Senate oversight. They’re both used to working with politicians, but the inability to work without that oversight would bother them. Neither of them think the Jedi are infallible, but they both have a big problem with the idea of needing politicians to greenlight things like humanitarian missions. 

Bel would have a huge problem with the Jedi that he keeps under lock and key. Part of it would be due to Kothe. The other part is...well he’s seen what happens when Sith lead, he doesn’t really think the Jedi should be given military power for their ability with the Force either. 

4. Who would they get along well with?

Bel would actually get along really well with GAR Specforces. I think he’d adjust pretty easily to them, and people like Skirata and Vau would be comfortingly familiar as Bel actually got along really well with Shae and Torian. And he would very much enjoy the troopers, he understands their mindset, and especially with the Commandos, they understand the importance of intel people like Bel are meant to provide. He’d also be all in to spar with the ARC’s, and hone his skills against theirs.

Montym would have had a romantic crush on Obi-Wan within five seconds of the man dramatically dropping his cape and that’s really all there is to it. He would also get along well with Senator Organa.

Like I said earlier, I think Vits would have liked Ventress, and probably tried to poach her as an apprentice in a damn second. Thomsyn I’m not really sure who she’d get along with best.

5. What would they think of the Jedi Order?

Viticalia has, and always will be fascinated by the Jedi in that sort of detached, research-esque way. Otherwise she doesn’t care about them much, although she does find it a bit amusing to watch some of them tout the ideals of the Republic as things go down hill. She at least never had any misconceptions about the Empire. Thomsyn and Montym sort of understand how the Jedi could have come under such heavy control of the Senate. They both would have hoped for better, but aren’t that surprised, not after Saresh.

Bel could not care less about the Jedi. Likes them well enough individually for the most part, but that’s his approach to any and all force users really.

6. What would they think of the “rule of 2” Sith?

Viticalia thinks its the stupidest thing ever. Probably starts taking on as many slightly sensitive people as she can and calls them her Apprentices just to piss off these new “Sith”. Really she’s just adopting herself a bunch of children, but it counts and that’s all she cares about.

7. What would they think of having a clone and droid army fighting instead of typical soldiers?

Bel understands what its like to be treated as less than a person. As an asset only. It’s still something he does to himself, thinking about himself as only an asset or a liability, which is a mindset Theron’s working on having him get rid of. So he would sympathize pretty heavily, which is part of why he’d go to the Republic. He’s turned the tide of a war and saved countless of his coworkers in the military before, he would try it again.

Viticalia and Thomsyn would have more practical issues with the idea a droid army. They aren’t creative, they can’t interpret, and they aren’t built for every situation. Thomsyn however would have a lot of problems on the legality of clones, whereas Vits is used to slavery and is prone to forgetting about how that works.

Montym thinks the whole idea on either side is terrible, for various reasons, but cannot stand that clones are not legal citizens but the Republic uses them anyhow.

8. If Republic - if they became a general in the army what would their relationship with their clones be like?

I think Montym would accept a position as a General, Thomsyn...maybe for a while. Montym is a little better with handling the cost of war, whereas Thomsyn counts on herself to keep everyone around her alive. I think they’d both be on good terms with their troopers, Montym would take a bit longer, he’s quiet and a bit...odd, but when he likes people he makes it clear. Thomsyn would get close to them quickly, and each death would hit her pretty hard.

9. If Imperial - what would they think of the complete lack of sith and excess of droids in the Separatist army?

Viticalia has soooo many problems about tradition with the way the Sith operate, but in particular thinks the CIS is...stupid. The idea of a civil war is fine, sure, but their execution is lacking. Bel thinks they’re stupid but also finds it very funny. Terrible tactics, questionable leadership, not a good spy in sight... but he also thinks the way the Republic has alienated so many of their own...well he’s seen it before with Imperial worlds, and after Saresh it isn’t surprising. He’s largely disillusioned and just wishes someone would learn from their mistakes already. Part of what would push him to join the Republic in this case would be that he values peoples lives a lot more than droids, and he hasn’t valued the Sith as leaders in a long time, so he has no reason to go to the CIS and as far as he’s concerned, Republics got the better chance. 

10. Consider they were born in this era - where would they fit in Clone Wars canon?

This I’ve actually thought about this a bit. Thomsyn and Montym would be still pretty much the same, Jedi, although Thomsyn would not have joined the Grey Jedi in that AU as she would be more accustomed to what this Republic is like. Viticalia I would go with a Jedi who leaves the order eventually, simply because it would be really fun to explore a much more light-sided Vits. Bel’s a bit more difficult to place, in a society that doesn’t put as much importance on genetics and perfection, he would have the chance to do whatever he liked, which he didn’t in the Empire. In an au that follows his canon life a little better, he would probably join the SIS, but more likely as an anaylst or undercover agent, not as a sniper and agent. 

Honestly time travel and born in that era, they’re def aus I’ve thought about writing

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🌿 Which oc can handle the most spice? Which prefers the blandest foods?🍁 Who is the most polite of your ocs? The rudest?

🌿 Which oc can handle the most spice? Which prefers the blandest foods?

Okay, this answer is partially a joke partially not. As far as handling spice, Daps and Vits grow up very well off, with the opportunity to try a lot of different foods, and Vits in particular likes to try different things, so I would say probably Viticalia. Thomsyn keeps up but isn’t as big into it as Vits. As far as who prefers the blandest food, Erminide is one contender, she grew up on whatever her master deigned to give them, and doesn’t have a very developed palate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she likes bland, she just doesn’t like spice.

As far as actually bland food, it’s Belville. For two reasons. One is that he went his childhood, teenage years and some of his adulthood almost completely blind, so taste, smell and sound are a bit more sensitive for him, but it has more to do with his upbringing. And this is the part that started as a joke. See I designed Bel with an...aesthetic in mind, very pale, ghostly, silvery colour palate. In my head his family also very...white. And I think the idea of Theron finally agreeing to meet Bel’s family and have dinner with them after strenuously avoiding it and the idea of poor Theron being introduced to white people casseroles is Extremely Funny. It’s really not but it is to me. So yeah, it’s Bel, he grew up on White People Seasoning. Which means none at all.

🍁 Who is the most polite of your ocs? The rudest?

Depends on the definition. Belville and Viticalia are certainly contenders for the rudest. Bel’s ruthlessly pragmatic and goes very cold and neutral when he has an objective to complete, which often comes off as rude, but he can also be very charismatic when he wants to be, which comes with the territory as a spy. Viticalia is just used to being High-Class Sith. She’s used to getting her way, which means she’s sort of quietly snobby. She learns better than that over time, but when Vette met her she was very much that way. Sincere, but arrogant.

The actual rudest, or the person most capable of being rude is Mihailis, my trooper. She doesn’t take shit and she’s very blunt. She’s not aggressive, she’s just not afraid of confrontation and is very straightforward. A bit like Bel but with more muscle, and sometimes she just uses it to get the reaction she wants.

As for most polite, Erminide is a close second, but since she rarely talks, she comes off as rude that way sometimes. She’s not actually rude. Beau, my smuggler, and Montym would be tied for first. Beau is Soft As Hell, and incapable of being rude or mean, even when he maybe should be. And Montym has that stereotypical Jedi sereness paired with pretty strong parental instincts. He just wants to Help when people are around, but he’s very different in a fight or alone. He’s very aware of the expectations of a Jedi and tries very hard to live up to them. 

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So far I have a little bit worked out for Co-Commanders Alliance AU. Thomsyn and Viticalia are more or less the two at the top, the both of them having military experience and diplomatic experience alongside their own skills. I can’t decide if I still want Bel to be a Cipher, or whether it would be interesting to have him as a Fixer instead, in which case I think I’d switch Montym to being a Jedi Master who generally trains the younglings. Both ways are interesting, but it would be fun to put my girls in a position of power and maybe give Bel less of a tragic backstory, for what ever it’s worth. Just need to decide how that would change Bel as a person. The idea of this triumvirate of powerful force-using ladies in Vits/Lana/Thomsyn situation is oof I’m here for that

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Name: Belville, previously Belville Abelard, commonly goes by Bel, also known as Cipher Nine and The Red Blade

Class: Imperial Agent, Sniper - Marksman

Species: Human - cyborg, HUD, communications, and slicing implants

Age: Early 30s during class story, Late 30s by Kotfe

Hair/Eye/Skin Colour: Platinum-silver hair, blue-white eyes, pale skin with a pink undertone

Gender: Cis male

Sexuality: Bisexual

Love Interest (AU Dependent): Shara Jenn, Lord Cytharat, Theron Shan, Arcann Tirall, Montym

Family: Corisande and Lisle are his mother and father, and he has an older sister, Ianthe, and a younger brother, Casper. All of them are alive by the time of kotfe and surprisingly normal.

Interesting Notes: Bel was born blind, and through surgeries and implants he can “see”, although it’s more of a HUD system where the data is sent directly to his brain, but he often relies on his Seeing Eye Akk Dog, Gertrude, as she was with him before Intelligence provided him with those implants. His implants can connect directly to the sight in his rifle. Bel’s family was never overly protective but he is A Middle Child which is partly why he Is The Way He Is

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Male Imperial Agent | Cipher Nine/Theron Shan Characters: Theron Shan, Male Imperial Agent | Cipher Nine, Belville Abelard (oc), mentions of Agent team, mentions of Lana Beniko, mentions of Satele Shan Additional Tags: Relationship Negotiation, Pre-Relationship, Star Wars: The Old Republic - Shadow of Revan Spoilers, Post Rish and Pre Yavin Interlude, Some discussion of sex and kinks within the larger narrative Summary:

Any relationship requires negotiation, a back and forth while each party gets to know each other. Usually, that happens subtly, but in the case of two spies, perhaps it's better expected that they wouldn't bother trying to pull the wool over each other's eyes. That would require much more effort, and time, and patience, than either an overloaded Cipher Agent and an exhausted SIS agent can be expected to have. For what shouldn't be more than a one-night stand, perhaps it's a bit more of a dialogue than Theron had expected, but Cipher Nine is nothing if not full of surprises. And admittedly, it might be the most enjoyable negotiation he's been a part of in a long time.