#and those are the usual arc sys games

[getitfrenchship]

Usually I don’t get fighting games since I get nervous asking my friends if they have the time to play, which sucks since I’d love to see if the one he’s in + ‘zawa’s + R//isotto’s are good

[saintobio]

Heyyy! Just wanted to ask for hints and such on SY, for my sanity please—Gojo got the strongest male lead grip on me—is he gonna be end game? Or what are you thinking with the state of the story? Personally, I like the idea of Gojo and Y/n getting back together because of how much angsty chemistry they have—respectfully of course to you cause you’re the author.

I also like the idea of Y/n just completely going ape shit. Cause, idk it’s those characters who are soft and reserved in emotions that are usually used and abused but then breakout emotionally that are it for me. But I also like the angst where Y/n will take the brunt of being the scapegoat until she can’t anymore. I’m just super excited for what the future of SY will be

Also I love what you’re doing with the story cause, it surpasses every expectation I had when I began to read this. Nothing can make me feel more than this story cause Y/n is extremely relatable. Gojo’s mom makes me angry—and that’s good bc I’m a masochist and I like feeling wronged within fiction—and I’m just waiting for the climax of the story cause I can theorize but it won’t compare to the legitimate canon stuff you’ll write within the story. I hate the feeling of reading your story without anyone else to fangirl about it to 😭💀 like genuinely it’s one of those things where I feel that I’m the only one whose feeling wronged and passionate with this story, within my social circle of course, you’ve got a strong reading base so that’s not true but I mean personally within my life. Like I can rant about it to my friends but they wouldn’t feel the full extent for themselves bc they hadn’t read it. They just wouldn’t understand the full extent of the angst. Feeling these emotions is what makes your writing so good. Keep up the great work!

“i like feeling wronged within fiction” helphhepfjf why is this me 😭 i’m always such a masochist when i read fics. i want that painful squeeze in my heart so bad lmao

anyway, gojo and yn getting back together wouldn’t be as worth it if it’s suddenly all sunshines and rainbows. i feel like if they really will become endgame, they need to sort out personal issues first. and we are reaching the most dramatic arc i guess? so it’s gonna be a bit heavier than the first 4 chapters. all i can say is tune in.

also, i feel the same hahah when i read a really good manhwa or fic, i always feel sad when i have no one to talk it with bc my irls just aren’t interested abt that kinda stuff. i do get excited talking to online friends tho bc they can match my enthusiasm more.

if you wanna rant about sn/sy feel free to join our discord <3

[the-archlich]

Clone Wars: Obi-Wan, Bounty Hunter

I do take issue with our title quote this time. Usually I don’t even notice them but this time we got “All warfare is based on deception.” And hey that’s absolutely true. It’s also a quote from Sunzi (or Cao Cao depending on which theory of author you follow). I know giving credit to a Chinese guy in Star Wars might seem a little weird; but if you’re going to use a quote, acknowledge the source. Or change it enough to maintain plausible deniability. This probably happened with plenty of other title quotes too but this was the first one I noticed. Come on.

The first episode starts off with Obi-Wan’s apparent murder at the hands of an assassin. As the viewers, of course, we know he’s not dead. This isn’t just a prequel, it’s sandwiched between two movies. Obviously this fake, though not everyone is in on it. Satine looks pretty wrecked as his funeral, though if there’s one person I’d trust to keep a secret it would be her. Anakin is in a pretty dark place, too, complete with Imperial theme music at appropriate points.

Yeah, we soon learn that Obi-Wan faked his death. A criminal named Moralo  Eval has been planning to kidnap Palpatine. That name seems like it should be an anagram but I haven’t put anything together. So Yoda and Mace Windu hired a bounty hunter to kill Obi-Wan. They faked Obi’s death and disguised Obi as the bounty hunter so they could put him in prison with Moralo and get the details of the plan.

Why Obi-Wan? Because really what can’t that man do?

In prison he meets Moral as well as Cad Bane, who was recently arrested offscreen. He also runs into trouble with tween Boba Fett, who has beef with the man Obi-Wan is impersonating. Yeah tween Boba is in grown up prison. So that’s pretty fucked up. The Separatists had some valid points. The fight Boba picks with Obi leads to a full on riot, which Bane and Eval use as a cover to escape.

Obi and the crew run off to Nal Hutta and have some adventures there. More importantly, Palpatine sees this as an opportunity to push Anakin more toward the dark side. He’s already furious that Obi-Wan is dead, and that he’s not allowed to go after his killers. Palpatine encourages his anger and sends him off to find them.

Most importantly we get a cameo from the real hero of Star Wars, Sy Snootles. Drunk off her ass, getting carried out of the bar by two ladies. I don’t know if they’re her friends or her dates, but either way she’s my hero.

Anakin catches up to the group and fighting ensues. Anakin realizes that Obi is in disguise and backs down. Meanwhile, the bounty hunters join Dooku on Serrano, along with other bounty hunters. This includes Embo, the dude with the sweet hat from an earlier episode. Apparently he’s the #2 bounty hunter around, which is pretty impressive. I’m proud of him.

On Serrano, Obi-Wan and the other bounty hunters have to overcome a series of video game levels. Obi doesn’t overtly do a bunch of Jedi shit but it’s still obvious that he’s a cut above regular people. Dooku is watching and is suspicious, especially after hearing that he killed Obi-Wan Kenobi. Dooku doesn’t buy that shit. But Obi passed all the tests, so he’s assigned to the team to kidnap Palpatine.

With Obi-Wan on the inside, the plan is easily thwarted. There’s a last minute attempt by Dooku to make off with Palpatine but Ani and Obi rescue him. An easy win. The lightsaber fight between Anakin and Dooku is probably one of the best in Clone Wars, using a lot of environmental features and creative force techniques.

Overall this was an enjoyable arc. It had a fun concept and was well-executed. I’ve got two problems with this arc, though.

First, Obi-Wan watches a lot of decent people get killed during all of this. I get that there’s only so much he can do because he has to keep his cover, but when so many innocent people are getting offed just to protect the chancellor, is that worth it? We’re not talking about bodyguards or soldiers who signed up to give their lives for Palpatine. These are just regular people being sacrificed. I can accept Obi keeping his cover for the greater good, but it seems like he should at least be upset by it. It doesn’t even seem to register.

Maybe a bigger problem, though: what is the point? Aside form the fact that we know a plan to kidnap Palpatine in the future will happen and briefly succeed (Episode III), what does Palpatine or Dooku gain from this plot? Its a huge elaborate plan and for what? It’s not like Palpatine isn’t in on it. Why make this much effort? What was the purpose? I think there are implications that Palpatine wanted to use it as an opportunity to push Anakin away from the Jedi (and maybe have him kill Dooku) but that would require him to know things he simply couldn’t have known, like that the Jedi would fake Obi-Wan’s death and not tell Anakin. Or that the initial plan would fail, setting up a fight between Anakin and Dooku. He couldn’t know those things so they couldn’t be part of the plot. I don’t take issue with him using them to his advantage, but what was the whole plan for? Why do any of this?

It doesn’t hold up to logical scrutiny. But it was a very fun arc. Any time we get to see the underworld of the galaxy is a good time.

[happytroopers]

Why Did it Have to be Me?

pt. 4 

As promised: more Fives content :)) 

wanna read the whole series? 

As much as you wanted to sleep, it was hard in a stuffy, overcrowded room with performers coming and going periodically- you tossed and turned four hours only managing to doze. When a group of chatty pa’lowicks (including Sy Snootles who Keehla had a strong distaste for) made the bunks their gossipping grounds, you decided sleep wasn’t worth it- or at least not there.  

In a huff, you quickly abandoned your bed to search for something to eat. Though your ankles still ached from the platforms, your flowy shirt and comfy shorts definitely looked more natural for meandering around the halls- or at least more so than the heels and costumes you performed in. Seeing the cafeteria at the end of the long corridor, you could see the cleaning-droid crew locking the door behind them as they closed down for the night or morning-- whatever time it was.

“No! Wait! Open up!” You yelled, now sprinting past people, “Waiitt! It’s not too late!”

All your pleas got was a disgruntled mouse droid ramming your ankle. You hissed, slightly kicked the bot away, glaring at as it beeped indignantly before it sped away. Huffing you looked through the windows into the cafeteria as it was being cleaned, not noticing the trooper walk up behind him.

“Here I thought I was supposed to be the one scrapping droids.” You heard a voice snicker. Turning around slowly, you rolled your eyes but smiled regardless at the sight of Fives.

“Please, I barely tapped it.” You crossed arms over your chest, tossing your hair over your shoulder. Fives chuckled, looking past you into the cafeteria, but you just continued, “I really wanted to get in there, my roommates are terrible .”

“Little late for dinner… or is it just too early for breakfast? Either way, it’ll be open again tomorrow.” He shrugged, taking a ration bar around of a pocket of his belt before continuing his walk down the corridor. If it wasn’t for the growl of your stomach, you would have left him alone. But you were hungry, and the alternative was going back to the bunks- you shivered remembering Sy Snootles changing clothes as you left. You decided to pursue the ARC trooper, double-timing it to catch up with his slow saunter.

“Righhht, but you know…” You drawled, swinging yourself around so you were in front of him, walking backward, “What would be great- today, not tomorrow- was if someone… maybe even in this hallway- there was a guy-”

Fives nodded, interrupting you, “Young, strong, tall, dashingly handsome?”

You laughed aloud, rolling your eyes, “Probably passable… buuut he has snacks!”

The soldier breathed a laugh, but disregarded your comment and continued playing along, snapping his fingers as if he had an epiphany, “And he has a private place when you could share these said snacks!”

You nodded thoughtfully, inching a little closer, “So maybe he could help me out?”

Punctuating your question with a hopeful smile, and he lit up with a grin as he answered, “He’d love to!”

Unfortunately, he continued with a frown, “But the sad fact is, that was my last ration bar, and I also have a bunk full of troopers. I was just saying that to impress you.”

With that news, your shoulders slumped, stopping your backward stride. Laughing slightly, you waved him off before beginning to turn away, “Okay.”

Before you could get far though, he laughed brightly and grabbed your wrist, admitting, “I’m kidding, I’m kidding! C’mon, I’ve got somewhere we can go.”

Minutes later, Fives led you into what you assumed were his quarters and tossed you a ration bar and bottle of water. You had to admit, his bright smile and hilarious jokes made it easy to be around the Arc trooper. He kept you on your toes, but never once made you feel uncomfortable. You found yourself laughing more than ever, usually teasing him when he would be overly flirty- but that never stopped him.

“Now there are two beds, buuut as you can see.” He did a sweeping motion of the second bed which was covered in cargo boxes, datapads, folded sets of underclothes, and other miscellaneous items, “Is unfortunately rather full.”

You looked up at him with a quirked eyebrow and wicked grin, “Hmm, how convenient.”

Turning on your heel, you traced a fingernail across his armored chest with another smile as you walked away towards the other bed. You didn’t have anywhere specific to go, but regardless, Fives stopped you before you got far.

“You have one of those smiles that makes the whole galaxy smile back.” He mused, interlacing his fingers with yours. “Lucky this trip isn’t long enough for you to break my fragile heart.”  

He almost looked dumbfounded when you doubled over laughing, taking your hand from him you spun around, moving to the cabin’s window. “Ohhhh, I get it. You’re one of them.”

The Arc trooper snapped his neck over to you, looking at you quizzically, “wh-wha-one of who?!”

You took a deep breath, rolling your head to the side to look at him out of the corner of your eye, “There are two types of seducer. The first doesn’t actually care about women- so therefore wants to assert their power and dominance over them.”

You paused to make sure he was listening; he was with raised eyebrows. With a playful eye roll, you flipped your hair over your shoulder before continuing, “But the second and farrr more dangerous-  is the guy who genuinely falls in love every night, only to fall out of love the next morning.”

You stopped for a moment, moving so you sat on the bed. Before putting on a sugary sweet, exaggerated voice, you nodding your head as you went,  “And as you leave, you tell her ‘you’re the one in pain and she’s just too much for you to handle’.”

Fives laughed, loud and bold, and placed an arm around your shoulder, “I’m an ARC trooper, I can handle anything.”

Suddenly, he grabbed your wrist and spun you towards him, chuckling at your little yelp. With him slightly behind you, he began.

“When you were lonely, you needed a man

Someone to lean on, well I understand”

The ARC trooper propped his chin on your shoulder, but as soon as you looked at him switched sides to the rhythm.

“It's only natural

But why did it have to be me?”

“Oh just like that, huh?” You chuckled, scooting away from him the more he inched towards you. Laughing loudly when he wiggled his eyebrows at you. You shoved his shoulder, but it didn’t deter him.

“Nights can be empty and nights can be cold

So you were looking for someone to hold”

Fives jumped up so fast, he almost fell over, but he ignored your teasing remarks as he picked up his helmet and rolled it along his arms before popping it on and jumping on top of a cargo crate that was propped against the far wall.

“That's only natural

But why did it have to be me?”

You rolled your eyes as he took off his helmet, propping it on his hip. But looking at those brown puppy eyes, you decided to indulge him,

“I was so lonesome, I was blue

I couldn't help it, it had to be you and I

Always thought you knew the reason why”

Giggling, you jumped onto the crate beside him and snatched the helmet out of his hand. Giggling when he almost fell over, you propped his helmet on one of your hips, rolling it to the other side to the beat. You didn’t fail to notice the hitch in his breath as you did this.

“I only wanted a little love affair

Now I can see you are beginning to care

But baby, believe me

It's better to forget me”

Tossing the helmet squarely at his chest, he easily caught it as you stepped down. He followed suit, but laughed when he caught you by the wrist (once again). You yelped involuntarily as he dipped you low enough your hair grazed the floor.

Several systems away, in a Republic warzone, Dogma held the letter you had written him in his hand. In the barracks, the scent of your perfume was a relief, but it was quickly fading. He had returned to your apartment to say goodbye, only to find you had already gone. Looking up at the bustling camp, he watched his brothers go about their regular routines- but all he could think of was the wild girl from 79’s.

“Men are the toys in the game that you play

When you get tired, you throw them away

That's only natural

But why did it have to be me?”

Fives was in a similar predicament, not being able to take his eyes off you for even a second as the two of you danced around the room, laughing and giggling every moment. Once you pulled away from him, you went to the cluttered bed.

“Falling in love with a woman like you

Happens so quickly, there's nothing to do”

You would pick something up and hand it to Fives, but he would only pass it behind you and put it back on the bed with a mischievous smirk. It took a little bit for you to realize the bed wasn’t getting any less cluttered, but finally, you caught on. Turning to smack Fives’ arm before loading a heap onto his waiting arms. With a shrug, he dumped the object into a pile in the corner.

“It's only natural

Why did it have to be me?”

You gave him a look, crossing your arms over your chest, “We only just met.”

“And you’re not that kind of girl?” He joked, quirking an eyebrow. You smacked his arm.

“Absolutely not.” You affirmed, but revised your statement. “Not usually.”

Shaking his head with a small smile, Fives inched closer, you closed your eyes, and he leaned down, but his lips only brushed yours when something whistled loudly- startling you away from him. You raking your fingers through your hair, your face flushed, “What was that?”

Fives quickly tried regaining the situation, cupping your cheeks in his hands, “Nothing, nothing. Probably just a droid in the hallway. It’s only natural, but why did it have to be-”

Once again he was interrupted by the whistling chirp. He sighed, stepping away from you, answering the commlink on his wrist with a sharp tone, “Echo, what is it?”

“We need you down in the East hangar now. We got a bounty hunter and a small troop of droids. Private security teams are guarding all high-class guests.” His partner’s voice was no-nonsense, and you could see Fives immediately switch gears.

“I’m on my way.” With that, he clicked the transmitter off. You quickly handed him his helmet as he turned to you. “Stay here. Don’t answer the door. Everything will be fine.”

And with a wink, he was gone. And even though you were technically in a warzone, you knew he was right. Knowing everything would be fine, you curled up on the extra bed- not even realizing you had closed your eyes,

Fives wandered back to his room a few hours later. The droids had been mopped up rather easily- they later find out that the droids had been reprogrammed by the bounty hunter. The hunter herself put up quite a fight, killing one trooper and actually managing to crack Echo’s visor before she was stunned. All in all, it was mostly just a headache.

When he entered his quarters, he was almost surprised to find you had listened to him. He thought about waking you up and continuing your dance. But you looked so serene (and he knew it’d be a dick move), he decided to leave you be after brushing some hair out of your face and tossing a blanket over you. Smiling softly at you for a moment, Fives then moved to take off his armor before climbing into bed himself.

Staring at the ceiling, Fives couldn't say much for the future, but he was positive he’d still feel the same way about you tomorrow.

sorry for all the gifs :)