#THE TEAM

[vivizn]

@alexxel

[teamhangaround]

Obi-wan getting picked on by padawans.

[intermundia]

"As written, the ray-shield scene was longer than what ended up in the movie, and I was sorry to learn that one bit of humor was cut. Originally, the trio discuss how they might escape, and Palpatine has a suggestion: surrender and work out a negotiation. He gives his whole pitch to the Jedi and, once he's finished his speech, Anakin and Obi-Wan turn and look at each other as if nothing had been said." (via john knoll, visual effects supervisor, creating star wars)

we were ROBBED i tell you. robbed. i want the significant eye contact and ignoring darth sidious to his face.

[human-rocket]

have some sleepy generals ✨

[catgriller]

Smile for the photo, Snips!

[threebea]

So you know how sometimes the fanon headcanon is Cody really dislikes Anakin and Anakin is indifferent to Cody? What if not that, but there is a weird animosity that goes both ways. This is just for fun not serious supported headcanon. Okay so:

Cody has no real sibling rivalry with other clones. He probably has some rivalries, but they're not driven by being better than your sibling to make your parent proud, as all the Clones' authority figures sucked until very recently (And even if it was the case he's High Commander of the Third Systems Army, suck it Fox he wins).

Then we have Anakin who has been an only child for both his Mom and Obi-Wan all his life. Ahsoka was a close call but that all worked out.

Neither of them are prepared for the levels of sibling rivalry that sparks between them. They are both grown men, and yet both crave outdoing each other.

For the first time Cody has someone he respects and wants to impress. there's enough one on one time between them that he's basking in all the attention his General gives him compared to how it was on Kamino. Except there's one problem.

Anakin, who now for the first time is dealing with someone that takes Obi-Wan's attention, who Obi-Wan also listens to, and sometimes even favours when it comes to plans. Cody is a grown man, but Obi-Wan is definitely mentoring him. Was that a shoulder pat? Where's his shoulder pat!?

So they don't hate each other or anything, but they both get irritated when the other one ups them in front of Obi-Wan and will purposefully try to show off to pull attention in subtle ways.

They both want to be the favourite.

Anakin is more obvious about it. Cody is the picture of professionalism, but his professionalism is a little too perfect when Anakin is around to contrast with Anakin being unruly in the war room.

The petty asides from both of them are impressive.

Obi-Wan has absolutely no idea how to deal with this without having to call them both on it out loud, which would be mortifying for everyone involved so he suffers silently.

[roborain]

Inktober day 6 - trek

[thedunesea]

New silly headcanon because my main source of enjoyment from star wars is making myself sad thinking about that sad old man.

When Obi-Wan returns to Padmé's ship after cutting Anakin down, Threepio has already brought Padmé inside. Being the fussy neat freak he is, he has also brought Obi-Wan's and Anakin's robes inside the ship: they are nowhere to be found on the floor.

And Obi-Wan, being the sad, broken man he is, held on to Anakin's robe for the next 20 years. This is why he has Anakin's gameboy advanced! Because it was in Anakin's robe!

But this is not all! Because, this, THIS:

is in no way THIS:

BUT THIS:

And Force do I wish I could see Vader's face HERE:

"Is that MY FUCKING ROBE????? Obi-Wan, what the hell-"

So yes, Obi-Wan Kenobi died in Anakin Skywalker's robes, and you will pry this from my cold dead hands

[master-skywalker]

Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen behind the scenes of Revenge of the Sith (2005)

[brujaporfavor]

Honestly, I think my favorite thing about the Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor duo is that IRL they're kinda the opposite of their characters. I remember the story of Ewan taking Hayden on his motorcycle and Hayden just holding on for dear life.

Basically this but reversed.

[milamurart]

7. Sad

You'll say "I've been so scared

You left me here behind, do you not care?

How the fuck am I supposed to carry on without you here?"

Just when you're about to give up every hope you have, you turn around

Perched by the stairs, someone's gone and left behind

A brand new pair of scarlet welly boots

[if-whats-new]

Meet the Team!

Who are we?

Just a few Interactive Fiction enthusiasts who love sharing their interests with the rest of the internet!

But we're also:

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Heyo! I'm Aj (she/her)

I got into IF through the app called Choices way back in 2017 and since then there was no turning back. It wasn't until last year when I got into text-based IFs. A friend on tumblr reblogged 'Defiled hearts', it caught my interest and here I am deep down in the trenches of IFs.

Listing my favourites isn't an easy thing cause there are so many I love. So I will list some that have been on my mind for a while: Infamous, Press Play, College Tennis: Origin Story, Drink your Villain Juice, Golden, The Golden Rose, Our Life Now and Forever, We Wretched Creatures, TWC , The Lonely Shore, Blood Choke and Midnight Sun.

I mostly help out with finding IF news and game updates in the wild.

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How you doing?!? I'm Bex (she/her) *on hiatus

I started my journey with Voltage (now Love365) and dating sims or Otome games on my PSP Vita *sheds a tear*. I honestly don't know how I came upon IF, but I fell in love with ​Our Life: Beginnings & Always around 2021?

My favourites? Hmm, currently it would be: Love and Leases, Adoriel's Tears, The Abyssal Song, Keyframes, Our Life 2 and a bunch of Kickstarters that I can't wait for!

Personally, I'm married with no kids! And I work full-time as an administrator. Boring, I know.

In regards to the Zine, I normally do the formatting. Basically taking everything the peeps have found and putting it all into the Zine. I try and write some of the Highlights and try to dabble in the Editorial (if my work doesn't get edited).

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Hello!!! This is Briar! (she/her)

I am one of the interviewers!

I got into IFs this year, and boy, my eyes were opened, and I got so obsessed that I decided to write my own (The Mighty Shifter). My personal favourites are TWC, Infamous, God-Cursed, and Viatica.

I am a uni student who is studying English literature. What else...? Have an amazing day/night!

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Hey, hi and hello! I'm Dion (they/he)

I started my journey into IF through Episode, but due to poor non-female MC representation, I soon began to look for something else. My friend then introduced me to text-based games through The Wayhaven Chronicles and Mind Blind. I've been going deeper down the rabbit hole since!

I'm literally majoring in interactive media. IF is my life now, send help. (/j)

Some of my favourites would be: Mind Blind, Shepherds of Haven, Reanimated Heart, Seven days in purgatory, Chronicles of Taldun: The Remainder, seekL, LLLLL (aka LATEX, LEATHER, LIPSTICK, LOVE, LUST) and a lot of the stuff DOMINO CLUB does. (There isn't only IF, but that's what I usually go for. Definitely check them out if you're into creepy indie stuff!)

I'd call myself the jack of all trades concerning the zine. As of now, my main job is to be the social media guy and to do the different exports (playable Zine, Tumblr, PDF/.txt). But I also help out with news-searching and compiling + editing stuff for the editorial, column, highlight, letter and thanks portions.

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Hey all, this is Jenn (she/her)

I am a youth sports coach (fútbol, softball, basketball) based in Los Angeles. I am in the process of applying for a master’s program (Sports psychology).

I did write and code a couple of IF games but never finished. I am a perfectionist and I couldn’t publish something not up to my standards. I started reading IF a couple years ago and I couldn’t possibly name my favorite. Some of the most memorable IFs are: The Exile, TWC, Crown of Ashes and Flames, Infamous, WWC, Zombie Exodus: SH, The Golden Rose, The Fernweh Saga, and Crown of Exile. I can definitely add more…

Basic responsibilities: Scouring the internet for IF news and frequently updating our existing database. I honestly enjoy the challenge. On a good day I can find upcoming IF titles and newly released demos. It’s so exciting to find new IF because I know someone will eventually see the same potential I do in that new IF.

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Ssuuuupppp, I’m Sir tuskhany (He/Him)

I am one of the lovely interviewers who’ll be asking questions, you know grilling fellow authors on their IF, WIPS and favourite characters. The usual. As to why or how I started, I gotta say its cause of books and great authors like Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. And their respective series wheel of time and basically the whole Comsere universe. I tried following in their footsteps writing a few books of my own. But like every writer most of these ended up being WIPs I either abandoned or stopped. Still I didn’t let that stop me and started posting some of them, I am the writer of Borne of the sands a static webnovel with a few chapters and Dusk and Dawn my current ongoing project(Still a work in progress so forgive the grammatical errors. T-T).

My favourite series are the Keeper of the Day and Night, Infamous, Wayhaven Chronicles and Blood Moon.

The current story I’m working on was inspired by these however most of my inspiration came from static or interactive cyoas like the Slayers v4, Supernatural Investigator, Demigod v4, A Traveller!s Tale and Universal War. If you haven’t heard of them please give them a go they are amazing.

Have fun and stay posted!

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[teamhangaround]

Workplace harassment

[intermundia]

so there's this devastating period of dramatic irony during revenge of the sith where obi-wan genuinely believes that anakin died on coruscant during order 66, like he assumes anakin died a hero at the temple, going down with the order itself, because it doesn't occur to him that it may be any other way. his grief is overwhelming, he's shaking and lost and needs yoda to reorient himself back into being a jedi at all. he does pull himself together, but then matthew woodring stover decides to punch the audience in the gut anyway:

just look at obi-wan instinctively thinking of himself in the first person plural because anakin is so much a part of who he is and how he approaches the world, so deeply embedded in his language patterns too. like how many times must he have been accidentally slapped by memories like this, even after discovering what anakin became? his habitual jokes and quips are tied to the man he used to banter with so often. his mind is full of mines armed with grief haha

[human-rocket]

don’t tickle bunnywan he will turn violent