#and she somehow got Kat's homefront babyfic plotline in her canon

[pixiedane]

Hello! I'm your writer for Alien April! Any comments on what you like about Ahsoka, Hera, or Chopper? Any thoughts about how Chopper and K2 would interact? Any post-Rebels till post-RotJ headcanons for Hera? I wanted to share with you a Luke-meets-Ahsoka story that is out there and ALMOST done. This will not/would not be the take I would have, but I thought you might enjoy it. "The Belonging You Seek" by Wiliqueen at AO3 is works #19828384

Hi! Thanks for asking, I’m excited for this exchange.

Ahsoka: I love that through Ahsoka we see who Anakin is as a parent (and to a lesser extent Padmé). I think they have one of the most healthy relationships in Star Wars (SADNESS). I love that she started (both in canon and in fandom) as a kind of throwaway/hiccup/extension of Anakin but has become something of legend. I will be forever sad that Luke was taught by Yoda instead of Ahsoka. And I’m super incredibly into Mortis and her connection to the Daughter.

Hera: Out of nowhere (I didn’t even watch Rebels until last summer!) Hera became one of my top five favorite Star Wars characters. She’s guarded, but not afraid of affection. She’s both rigid and reckless. She does everything with her whole heart, never gives up, and is willing to burn everything down rather than give in to her enemy. She’s good at her job, pushes people to be their best, and stands up for what she believes in. And she loses a lot, but keeps going. I love her. And all her relationships.

Chopper: My Chopper feels are all tied up in my Hera feels because their relationship is PERFECT. He’s her oldest friend, they started heroing together, and he clearly loves Hera and protects her and I love it so much. And she treats him as a person, relying on him and listening to him and caring about his needs and feelings and because she does, everyone else does, too. It’s so CUTE??? But also Chopper has the BEST personality, I love how sassy and snarky he is, and then there are the quieter moments when he is brave and compassionate. Chopper is the best, he’s my favorite droid.

Chopper and K2: would probably interact similar to the way Chopper and AP5 interact. Sass and sarcasm. But I think there would also be a friendly competition along the lines of “my human is better than yours”. Which Chopper would be more openly invested in and aggressive about, but K2 would see as a matter of pride. And just as an aside, someday I’m going to write the story where Hera swoops in to get Cassian and Jyn off the beach at the very last moment and it includes Chopper’s reaction to K2 not being saved, too, which breaks my heart just thinking about it — but that’s the kind of relationship they have, the one where Chopper doesn’t realize how much he cares about K2 (and maybe Cassian, too, since they are both lost in canon) until he’s gone.

Post-Rebels to Post-RotJ: Hm, this is still so new but — she’s in a really strange place immediately after Rebels. She’s gone through two significant losses right after her own capture and torture, meanwhile the Rebellion is finally starting to coalesce and win some ground, and she’s pregnant/a single parent. I think she would initially pull back from people but ultimately strengthen her connections in order to give Jacen a strong family foundation (something that is extremely important to her, that’s what the Kalikori is all about). There is a lot of potential for adorable with Zeb and Cham especially. And Chopper would kill for that kid. Hera is also not one to be stopped by motherhood, she’d just strap Jacen to her chest and take him along everywhere, seeing “with me” (and the rest of the Ghost crew) as the safest place he can be. I want him to be a natural pilot and navigator, who is especially attuned to space through the Force. We also know Hera has a friendly rivalry with Han Solo, and she participated in the Battle of Endor, and both have a lot of potential for story. She has experience as a squadron leader and a test pilot, and the Ghost is especially good at recon so there’s lots of things she could be doing for/with the Rebellion.

And I’ll answer the other two questions here, too:

DO you have any particular time of Rebels S1-S4 that is your personal favorite? 

I love it all, but I guess I like when they are teamed up with the Rebellion best (I like the cooperation but also tension between their little found family and the much wider organization), and dealing with Thrawn (he’s a great adversary).

Any particular tropes or themes that you are particularly fond of …or un-fond of?

Here is a rundown of what I like and don’t like in fic.

Thank you for participating, I am more than happy to enable any and all extra Hera (and/or Ahsoka) content!!