#atoc fanfic

[queenie-official]

‘Grey sweatpants’ Modern!Anakin

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pairing: Modern!Anakin x reader

a/n: saw this clip and knew i needed to write for modern Ani about it🤭 a bit of childhood friends to lovers for you 💋

growing up with Anakin gave you a lot of opportunities then most people got with there crushes. for instance where most had to wait till they where comfortable in order to be seen a certain way by their partners and vice versa, you had the privilege of maybe being overally comfortable with him.

i mean it didn’t mean anything, you were childhood friends after all- except it did mean everything. at least to you anyway.

you’re the one with the crush on him, Anakin was completely oblivious to this fact. you were sure if he had even an inkling that you liked him he would change how he acted with you, not big things but the small things that were more important to you. like the nicknames he used, and the way you’d cuddle when you were having a bad day- obviously to others that looked like something more but this was a completely normal thing for you and Ani.

So was dressing in whatever was most comfortable. For Anakin that just so happened to be shirtless with a pair of grey sweats…

god, you would think you’d be used to it by now. this wasn’t even close to the first time he’d worn this and it certainly wasn’t going to be the last. or maybe it would if you couldn’t control yourself, i mean you were practically drooling over him.

As per usual Anakin was completely unaware, focused on a personal project he refused to tell you about. you sat on his bed watching him contently, eyes tracing over the way his back muscles moved with each shift of his arm. counting the freckles and resisting the urge to walk behind him and kiss each one.

letting out a longing sigh at that thought which unfortunately drew Anakin’s attention to you, turning to face you with a raised brow. “what was that for?” he asks while looking over your face trying his best to read what was wrong, which usually came pretty easy to him.

“what was what for?” you ask feigning ignorance as you shift so that you’re now laying on your stomach, playing with the edge of his blanket as you speak.

your question makes him role his eyes, standing up so that he could walk over to you. big mistake on his end. your eyes immediately fell down to his waistline, trailing over his happy trail that led straight down into his sweats.

your imagination running wild as you looked him over, feeling your throat run dry before you forced yourself to look back up at him.

Meeting his eyes with a blush hoping he hadn’t noticed you checking him out. The greyish blue you normally saw was swallowed by his dilated pupils… oh he definitely saw you. your whole body flushed maybe this was a sign that him finding out you liked him wouldn’t be the end of the world.

he places his hands on the footboard leaning over it slightly. the muscles in his arm flexing as he grips it, looming over you from where you laid. feeling your heart beat race from his simple actions.

“what’s going on with you lately?” he asks but the question seems empty, like he already knows the answer but just wants to hear you say it.

you feel frozen in place, internally debating wether to just tell him or come up with a excuse.

have you been acting differently? you thought for sure you where doing a good job at hiding your feelings- then again Anakin always was good at reading you, years of friendship only aiding his abilities.

“Nothing, im fine…” you answer, moving so that you were sitting up. feeling like you were on more common ground with him no longer towering over you as much.

of course he didn’t believe that, he knew you. he licks his lips as he stares down into your eyes.

usually you’d at the very least still have a basic idea as to what he was thinking but the look he was giving you wasn’t one he’d ever used before. it gave you chills, made your thighs squeeze together subconsciously. oh… made your.. that’s what that look was.

“it’s seriously nothing Ani” you try again, not wanting to admit your thoughts. mostly out of embarrassment now than out of fear of rejection.

Anakin scoffs looking off to the side, his brows now furrowed slightly in thought. you could see when something clicked in his mind.

what, you weren’t sure but as he stood up straight and walked over to his bedroom door to close it you had a feeling you where about to find out.

he locked it before turning back towards you, arms crossed against his bare chest. abs on full display, his sweats hanging deliciously on his waists.

you where doing it again, staring. snapping out of it, you force yourself to look back up once more. you startle slightly seeing him staring at you with a devilish smirk on his face.

“fine, i guess i’ll just have to pull those thoughts out of you myself” his voices is a few octaves lower then his usual deep gravely tone, making your stomach twirl…

okay 🙈i hope you guys like this- you can just use your imagination for how the rest of this goes ✨ Anyway i have so many drafts atm that i need to finish so can’t wait to share that with you guys. Love you all Xx<3

[ataleofcrowns]

Okay question that had me ✨speculating✨ for a fic and I’m not sure it’s addressed yet in the story since I’m fairly early on in the chapters, but if someone deemed crownsblood (like the children of the former crown) were married to the next crown, would it seem like a power grab from the previous family of the former crown? Would it be accepted and celebrated? Has it happened before? My brain is itching with ideas because i LOVE the worldbuilding you’ve come up with 💕

Oh and i’m the previous anon, if you’re not comfortable with fanfic in your world just let me know- I can stop and i’ll only write if you’re okay with that!! If I were to publish just know I will give you your credit for your amazing worldbuilding 🤍

I actually don't think it has happened before, but not because it's a taboo or anything. Crownsblood don't get any authority in terms of ruling. In reality it of course may be more complicated than that, because as the Crown's lover they would obviously be able to influence them if they had a particular agenda.

But since it hasn't occurred before, I think it would be looked on as a novelty at most. Unless the Crownsblood in question has a very obvious goal in mind and is, like, blatantly manipulating and swaying the Crown in certain directions, most people wouldn't really care.

The Crown's lovers in general aren't celebrated to begin with, the common folk genuinely do not care who the Crown is bedding unless it starts affecting their rule. At most the nobles might see if there is an angle there that they can exploit, but they do that with every aspect regarding the Crown anyway.

I'm definitely supportive of fanfiction, and people have written fanfics for AToC in the past as well, so no problems on that front!!

[not-sewell]

20 fanfic questions

i was so lovingly tagged by @el-dritchknight to do this AGES ago and have only just got around to doing it alkjskdk (thank you el, my friend, hugggsssssss 💕)

tagging @serenpedac, @zeesqueere, @agentnatesewell, @lalizah and just about anyone who wants to do this!

how many works do you have on ao3?

16, lol (barring the tons of shit i have on my google docs)

what's your total ao3 word count?

10,020 words so far

what fandoms do you write for?

well, you'll find works only for The Wayhaven Chronicles there, but i also so badly want to write stuff for AToC,,,,,,,, maybe someday

top five fics by kudos:

Drunkenness and Truthfulness (The Wayhaven Chronicles): Nate Sewell x Detective (Mona Batra)

Funny Feelin' (The Wayhaven Chronicles): Agent Morgan x Detective (Arzoo Shafri)

Starlight, Candlelight (The Wayhaven Chronicles): Adam du Mortain x Detective (Dinah Fernandes)

Time Stays Frozen (The Wayhaven Chronicles): Agent Morgan x Detective (Arzoo Shafri)

Don't You Forget About Me (The Wayhaven Chronicles): Rook x Rebecca

do you respond to comments?

friend, i will give my heart out to you if you comment on my work

what is the fic your wrote with the angstiest ending?

i don't really do pure angst; i'm more about the bittersweet-ness of things, really. so prolly Since You've Been Gone (The Wayhaven Chronicles): a very short Rook x Rebecca piece that is kinda both crush stage + post Rook's death...stage? then, in a similar vein, Don't You Forget About Me fits too.

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

At Last (The Wayhaven Chronicles), i guess? it's all about love being stored in food and also the rush from the realisation that you're in love and it's Nate and it's Mona, and then it's me just kicking my feet, giggling.

do you get hate on fics?

nah, i'm not as big a writing blog for that lol. (this is not a challenge)

do you write smut?

haven't tried it yet and I get wayyyyy too in my own head about it so i guess imma not write it for A While.

craziest crossover?

i haven't written any. i guess the creative juices in my brain haven't messed around yet 🤷

have you ever had a fic stolen?

i....hope not???? again, not as big a writing blog for such a thing to happen (still not a challenge)

have you ever had a fic translated?

nahhh, i do plan to finish writing a multilingual-ish piece soon (that i have been trying to write for ages) tho 👁️👁️

have you ever co-written a fic before?

not yet, but i'm open to trying!

all-time favorite ship?

listen, i absolutely fucking love what Rook and Rebecca (TWC) are in my head

what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

ahhhhh well, never say never (i'm too scared to open that door)

what are your writing strengths?

i do metaphors and moods quite well, i guess. internal monologue too.

what are your writing weaknesses?

writing long-form fics, definitely. i tend to start losing the thread.

ALSO, something I always fear doing (but hope i haven't actually done) is losing the characters' voices, making every character sound exactly the same.

thoughts on dialogue in another language?

so long as there's (respectful and accurate) translations, coherence and it doesn't seem - well - forced, fuck yeah.

favorite fic you've written?

see i love (and hate) them all equally, but i guess have a particularly soft spot for Belonging (because Pride fic) and Homefulness (one of the first things i'd ever written).

what's something you want to write someday?

all the stuff just hanging out in my Docs and in my brain, my guy, i am on my knees

[jessequinnfirstofhername]

What's something you think Ahsoka would do to atoc Anakin?

I keep the smut to my fanfics ;) I’m sure they have a lot of fun, though.

Maybe I’ll get around to writing something someday…

Have a gif of (roughly) Prequels-aged Hayden Christensen and Rosario Dawson to make up for my lack of answer.

[imjulia-andilikecats]

Why I Ship Mareven and Yes, I'm Aware that They're Toxic

I've noticed a couple of posts questioning how some readers ship Mareven given how toxic it was and proceed to list off all the terrible things that they did to each other through out the series.

Before I start my rant. Warning, this is long and I might just ramble at the end. Also please be reminded that these are MY reasons, as to why I enjoy this ship. I don't represent the whole Mareven shipping team. I made this post based on MY observation and the desire to absolve myself from the feeling of shame for liking Mareven.

We can't deny it. Anyone who read the series, even just the first book could easily tell that Mareven is toxic.

Which leads to the most common question for this ship. Why is Mare and Maven still being shipped even after Maven's betrayal and even past Glass Sword?

Simple, it's their unique and complex dynamic. They are both deeply flawed characters that have frightening similarities. Which could have lead to a wonderful friendship or a romantic one.

However, due to their social status and political beliefs. Mare joining the Scarlet Guard to free the Reds and Newbloods from Silver rule. Maven wanting to be king of Norta and was willing to do ANYTHING to keep his crown . They are of opposition to each other's goals, which lead them being sworn enemies. Causing severe pain and suffering to the other, when given the opportunity.

Yet, there would be moments between the cruel actions and harsh words. Where one of them would show affection in hopes of rekindling what they had and the other mourning the person that they thought they knew.

Even viewing them through the lense of a non-shipper. They have a fascinating exchange of dialogue and the uncomfortable amount of tension whenever they are near each other, even the mere mention of the other's name would momentarily push them off balance. There was simply no dull moment between these two.

The REAL question should be: "Is Mareven being a toxic ship REALLY the reason some readers dislike the ship OR is there something else at play?

Before I continue: It's understandable not to like a ship, if a toxic relationships between fictional characters aren't your cup of tea.

However! I don't think "being toxic" should be the daming reason to fully drop a ship and EXPECT everyone else to do so. Because I feel that those Mareven Ship "Dislikers" don't seem to detect the MAIN cause of their dislike for this ship.

I think the dislike of the ship could be attributed from some Mareven fanfics and shippers. Maybe they dislike how they treated Mare and Maven when paired together.

For example: Mare being seen as an object or tool in fixing Maven and making him happy. Void of any emotion or flaws, as she is simply an extension to the desires and fantasies of the writer. Other cases, some Mareven shippers openly trash Mare for not reciprocating Maven's affections, as they see him as a unloved child that needs a hug. Seeming to forget that Maven is completely capable of committing atocities against the people he "loves" and other characters that were unfortunate enough to encounter him and his mother.

The simplification and misinterpretation of both complex characters once they are viewed as a couple is frustrating.

Which is why I think the EXTERNAL FACTORS, such as SOME Mareven fanfics and shippers surrounding the Mareven ship, are MOSTLY the cause that ignited the dislike for the ship not just Mareven being toxic.

To put it simply, there is nothing wrong or shameful for liking a toxic ship like Mareven. It does not AUTOMATICALLY mean you have a twisted perception of what a functioning relationship should be nor have poor reading comprehension.

I also noticed that some of those post that dislike Mareven are also Maven fans, claiming that Maven is their favorite character and are also aware of his flaws (and crimes).

So, I can even throw the same argument to them.

What's the difference between liking Maven Calore, one of the main antagonist of the series that caused harm to a number of characters, and liking Mareven that is a toxic ship where both characters were toxic towards each other?

Note: Since it's a veey messy essay. I am more than open for a discussion.

[dapurinthos]

so i found the legends expo panel with matthew stover and sean stewart on youtube and watched it. it was a delight

how story-planning apparently worked in the lucasfilm book department:

matt stover: what if i did apocalypse now with jedi? clone wars multimedia project gods: GO FOR THAT. matt stover: … matt stover: … what if u do mash with jedi?’ cwmmpg: YEAH WE CAN DO THAT TOO. cwmmpg: THIS IS MEDSTAR. sean stewart: so ydr is now the spy sith who came in from the cold

literally brainstorming fanfic-style and getting paid for it.

stover saying his stage voice is ‘professionally trained’ YEAH WE ALL KNOW HOW CLASSICALLY TRAINED YOU ARE ὁ τρᾰγῳδῐογρᾰ́φος THEATRE MAJOR

sean stewart: ‘i was yesterday's old when I found there was [the clone wars multimedia project].’

lucasfilm clone wars story group was ‘the mothership’

the basis of dooku’s characterisation & the whole ‘threats, assets, and irrelevant’ categories is directly inspired by ydr.

matt stover: *was already writing shatterpoint when atoc came out* matt stover: we had no idea what was going on matt stover: so i got a bottle novel sean stewart: i got to read the script of rots before it came out sean stewart: but i had to write my book in four months

(AND THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA my disillusionment with the lucasfilm story group is complete. i can no longer go ‘save me story group. story group save me.’ because they will go ‘then perish because all we can do is say ‘well you’re not contradicting anything’ weep, weep for the fall of continuity. save me leeland chee holocron. leeland chee holocron save me.)

yes, every trilogy is of the moment—og: vietnam war, reagan; prequels: the ‘war on terror’, recession, the security state; sequels: neo-nazis that everyone is saying ‘oh he’s not REALLY that bad i can change him’, etc.

GREEK TRAGEDY SHOUT-OUT NO. 2, re: anakin’s fall from the audience

audience members GETTING IT:

‘the star wars that i aspire to, watch for comfort and stuff, is the original trilogy’

‘star wars, to me, is all about the hope and the light at the end of the tunnel’

‘any point of star wars can be star wars for somebody’

i like watching recordings like these because i can just pause and giggle over things like stover’s ‘somebody page noam chomsky’ remark, re: the clone wars sides both being controlled by sidious

ur pronouncing it ‘WHY’? why?

‘it was theoretically about yoda’, sean stewart, re: ydr. ‘teachers need to teach someone.’

sean stewart: ‘wHie […] i hate it when people don’t say the ‘h’. WHU WHU WHU.’ me: u have never done ANYTHING wrong in your LIFE sir also sean stewart: *couldn’t continue working on the book knowing that they were both going to be executed in five months CALLED UP LUCASFILM AND BEGGED FOR SCOUT’S LIFE*

EVERYONE SAY THANK U SEAN STEWART we’ll just pretend karen traviss and her anti-jedi agenda didn’t get hold of scout and she ended up somewhere nice where she didn’t have to be a farmer.

sean stewart: so i couldn't think of names and called a padawan ‘enver hoxha’ as a place marker. sean stewart: the name of the fascist dictator of communist albania sean stewart: it sounded star wars sean stewart: it doesn’t mean anything i just forgot to take the name out sean stewart: but now matt stover: now, it was a DELIBERATE reference to all the DEATH

also matt stover: i put an active volcano in shatterpoint and thought caldera was latin so i used calderi as the plural. it’s spanish. also matt stover: but the editor also missed it. the copyeditor also missed it. james floyd (moderator): (not missing a beat) CLEARLY it’s a gffa-ism. we have calderas they have calderi.

and, verbatim:

matt stover: ‘well in the gffa’ sean stewart: ‘some canon is more canonical than others.’

a collective moment of rip pre-2014 canon levels silence laughter

(this is why i double-mark my placeholders by surrounding them in [square brackets] and highlighting them in green. really, they’re meant to be triple-marked but i forget to put them in all caps all the time.)

matt stover: mace is literally the coolest jedi

attention, attention, it is now revenge of the stiffs not sith’ (the zombie apocalypse star wars. coming soon … forever.’)

leeland chee, coming to the rescue. keeper of the holocron, hero to sw writers, and my personal candidate for sainthood.

UGH THEY GOT COPIES OF THE HOLOCRON ON A CD-ROM

can u IMAGINE

opening up that package, popping the cd into your computer and THE STAR WARS HOLOCRON appears on your screen with ALL OF THE DATA from EVERY STAR WARS THING EVER

no don’t sell it on ebay for more than your car give it to meeeeee

‘can u explain what a cd-rom is?’ james floyd pls.

‘it’s a thumb drive but it’s shiny. *sean stewart makes round motions with hand like wiping off a cd*’

hrrrgh they’re TALKING ABOUT THE HOLOCRON

it is the single sexiest star wars thing to EVER exist

like, props, snaps, hats to wookieepedia but the OFFICIAL STAR WARS HOLOCRON

apparently the security to get into the cia building was much more lax than lucasfilm’s go down to the ranch, go through a special gate, into a special room, that has the script on special paper (un-xerox-able) & don't go above the third step on the red velvet stairs toward the life-size darth vader statue or u are removed from the ranch.

sean stewart: i was so alone with my book and you got a TOUR??? with OTHER PEOPLE???? i got a guy at the sign-in desk and that was it! matt stover: u wrote a book in 4 months. i took a year. i needed special coddling.

sean stewart getting advised to turn the book in as late as possible from an ~unnamed~ sci-fi writer so they wouldn’t try and change a bunch of things

meanwhile, matt stover turns in epilogue of shatterpoint on the ABSOLUTE LAST DAY

(there are many last days in publishing. there’s the last day the book has to get to the agent. the last day the publishing house must have it, the first time. the last day the publishing house must have it after the first round of edits. the last day the publishing house must have it after arguments are had, edits are accepted or discarded. sometimes this is the point where an arc is published. then there’s the LAST day the publishing house MUST have it because they’re printing the actual book, like, tomorrow.

matt stover was the one who invented shatterpoints, in order to backstory why mace got full-master-rank at 40, the youngest.

i’m going to go out here and say the codename ‘fulcrum’ originated with mace because of his shatterpoint abilities in this essay i will.

palpatine as something that ‘transcends the comprehension of the characters’

iwouldliketoseedarkyodamrstewartpls

sean stewart, re: scout’s full name was just i am going to give this girl a birth name so elaborate, so unlike who she actually is, so out-of-left field for star wars that calling her scout is a necessity

‘east block easter eggs’ thank u for that phrase, james floyd

[bosspigeon]

could you maybe write another ATOC fic about D? maybe crown getting D super flustered or maybe how their first kiss goes?

"I want to kiss you. Very badly, actually. Is that alright?"

Dara freezes, and he is stock-still for long enough for Shamshi to grow concerned. "Did I not do that right?" he asks, drawing a thick spiral of dark hair over his shoulder. His eyes are bright, soft and fretful, and Dara wishes he could say something, but he feels like his jaw has frozen shut. "Xelef said to just ask— Well, he said to, um, just 'plant one on you' but that seemed rude?"

Dara's jaw finally unfreezes, if only to allow him to flex it soundlessly for a few seconds before he manages to eke out, quiet and strained, "Xelef's suggestions usually are."

Shamshi covers his mouth to stifle his snorting snicker, a sound so unpolished that Dara is, once again, starkly reminded of the Crown's humble origins. It warms him in a strange way, to see that becoming royalty essentially overnight has not completely stripped him of some of his simpler charms.

One of them, of course, being his bluntness.

"So, can I?" Shamshi asks, lowering his hand to show his mouth again, and Dara cannot help but stare at it, soft and plush and curled sweetly into a shy little smile. "Kiss you, I mean." He looks up at the general thoughtfully, tapping at his lips, which only makes it harder for Dara to look way from them. "I don't know what Xelef was thinking, suggesting I kiss you without letting you know first. I wouldn't be able to reach!"

Dara is not sure what he's supposed to say to that, beyond a jumble of "Um— I don't— My Crown—"

"It's alright if you don't want to," Shamshi hurries to assure him, once again twisting a hank of hair fretfully between his hands. "I would never want to, well, to force you, or abuse my power, or—

"No, I—" He very quickly snaps his mouth shut, while Shamshi's golden eyes brighten with hope.

Dara should deny him. He could, easily, and he knows Shamshi would never bear him any ill will for it. It would never occur to him to somehow punish Dara for maintaining the appropriate boundaries between the Crown and those he rules. But Dara has been holding himself back for so long, and his indomitable will is, well...

It's becoming more and more domitable with every passing day.

It does not help, seeing Shamshi growing closer and closer with Rêzan and Azad, and especially with Xelef, while he forces himself to remain at arm's length.

He is so caught up in his thoughts, his battle of wills against himself, that he doesn't quite notice the Crown inching closer, until a small, surprisingly calloused hand rests lightly, gently against his own.

"Dara?" Shamshi asks him, his voice hardly louder than a whisper.

"My Crown?" Dara replies instinctively.

Shamshi's eyes, so bright they almost hurt to look at directly, soften to a gentle daybreak gilt that warms Dara down to his bones. "You know," he says, his fingers skimming delicately along the general's knuckles, leaving a tingling warmth in their wake, "I know I've said I prefer when you call me by my name—"

Dara is stricken by the urge to apologize, and as he opens his mouth to do so, the Crown squeezes his hand.

"But," he barrels on stubbornly, before he can be interrupted, "I think I like being called yours just as much."

Dara's knees tremble, and without input from his brain (which seems to have fled entirely, such as it is wont to do whenever his Imperial Majesty is near) one of them gives out beneath him, and he drops to one knee before the Shamshi in some mockery of deference, his hand clasped gently in the Crown's.

He crowds closer, his body radiating warmth like the sun, and in such a position, Dara almost has to look up to meet his eyes. Almost.

"Can I kiss you?" Shamshi asks, softly and breathlessly.

"Please," Dara says, his voice cracking.

The Crown almost falls over himself in his eagerness, clasping Dara's hand between them like he'll float away without it to anchor him. The kiss is sweet, graceless and unfettered by anything so tedious as propriety, and Dara is thankful for it. He's pleased to find that Shamshi's lips are as soft as they look, warm and clumsy and heart-achingly sweet as they brush over his own. He wonders if it would be improper of him to— to hold on to him somehow, his shoulders or his waist, because as solid as he is, Dara feels as if he is in just as much danger of drifting away as Shamshi is.

Dara can't be sure which of them pulls away first, if only because it seems to be such a colossal effort for both of them. He feels the Crown's teeth dragging at his lower lip, and is quite surprised to find he has to take a moment to untangle his fingers from that artfully riotous tumble of rich, dark curls.

He feels so... warm. It's as if his magical signature is radiating out from within him powerfully enough that Dara feels as if he is lying in the grass on a warm spring day, basking in the sunshine.

"You're very... warm," he says, and immediately feels himself blushing at his own social ineptitude.

Shamshi does laugh, as he expected, but it isn't a cruel or mocking laugh at all, and he smiles too, though he hides his own ruddy flush behind his hair. "Thank you," he says earnestly.

He kissed the Crown.

He kissed the Crown, and it felt right. It felt natural. Simple, and easy, and warm.

Shamshi leans into his space again, and he can only do it so easily, because Dara is still on one knee.

And, well, when the Crown sways towards you, with gilded doe-eyes framed by long, dark lashes, and soft lips still wet from being kissed, only someone made of stone could stand up and walk away.

And Dara, though he might look it, strong and steadfast and stoic as the earth itself, is only a man.

[queenie-official]

Chapter One: ‘To find a king’ Bridgerton Au!Anakin

a/n: some of this is going to be time accurate but i’m definitely taking creative liberties 😭 im not a historian so please don’t come for me if certain parts are unrealistic for the time (this goes for all future chapters as well btw)

you take a sharp breath in as the air is pulled from your lungs with the tightening of the corset. your lady-in-waiting finishes with one final tug on the laces that makes you huff in protest. “sorry your highness” She says in a brief whisper. “it’s quite alright Eleanora, you’re only doing your job” she nods in acknowledgment as she begins to put on your Pannier.

tuning back into the rather unpleasant conversation you where having with the man standing outside your bedroom door- Barclay your royal advisor had claimed the matter to urgent to wait for you to get ready before he spoke to you, Thus leading you to your current setup- “the people do not think you can rule without a king” he continues on with the same Argument you’ve been having with each other for days now.

“my father ruled by himself for years when my mother past” you counter while shuffling slightly so that Eleanora could put on your petticoats easier. “i’m aware your majesty but with all do respect, he was The king and you will be just a queen” as soon as the sentence leaves his mouth a bitter taste enters yours, glaring daggers through the door that you could only hope he’d sense. “i am not just a queen, i am The queen. its my birthright.” you state sternly as a final white decorative silk petticoat is placed on top of your other three petticoats. the process of getting dressed already aiding in your exhaustion that the conversation was providing you.

“i must remind you that you are not the queen yet. as of right now you are merely crown princess until your coronation day” he says matter of factly, god if your father hadn’t trusted him so much you’d have had him removed from the Castle effective immediately. unfortunately he was one of the only things aside from your own kingdom you had to remind you of him.

you had a feeling he knew this otherwise he’d be a lot less outspoken. regardless of all that you where still the soon to be queen and therefore had every right to put him in his place. “i’d choose your next words very carefully Barclay” it’s more bark than bite, the worst you’d do is send him off to his room for the day like a child who’d gotten in trouble for eating sweets before dinner but that didn’t make the threat any less real.

you hear Barclay take a deep breath, clearly trying to think of a different approach. “your majesty i of course see you as our queen, but the people not so much is what i mean. i think it pertinent to remind you the people must feel heard, and they want a king.” he tries and all you can do is scoff.

“utterly ridiculous, i am just as capable as any man” You reply curtly, moving your arms as Eleanora puts your dress on.

“it’s not necessarily that they think you ill fit, but you also must consider that a husband secures the throne..” your brows knit together in confusion at this admission. now standing impossibly still as engageantes where now being basted onto the elbow part of your sleeve, not wanting to get accidentally pricked from the needle. “secures the throne?” you ask unable to deduct what Barclay had been insinuating.

“with a husband comes the ability of an heir” a silence fills the air as he awaits your response. “oh” was all you could muster out as your mind now raced, how that had slipped your mind. You truly didn’t know but at the very least the need for a king made more sense in your mind now. Of course the people thought you fit to lead, but they also want to make sure you wouldn’t be the last.

“though that aside i think the people would trust you more with a man leading as well” Barclay said cutting off your string of thoughts immediately. you roll your eyes, wanting nothing more then to curse him out but you bite your tongue.

“he would not be leading- i would be leading and maybe i’d allow him to aid me” you say as Eleanora finishes, now just adding the final touches of jewelry and perfume. “your majesty-” he began clearly taken aback and slightly appalled by your statement. “Barclay” you cut him off, just wanting the conversation to end. “it is your most important role as queen to provide the people their future.” he chimes back, doing his best to redirect back to the main point of all of this.

you sigh, brows knitting together as you walk out of the bedroom now facing the Annoying man head on. “provide them a future by baring an heir- to place the weight of that on a child” you state slightly appalled at the thought. “you’ve handled it well” he points out, making your face sour.

“have I really..” you trail off, thinking back to your own childhood. you’d been blessed to have a father that tried to shelter you as long as he could. but of course there was a point where the truth was told and the weight of it all crashed down on you, at the time you weren’t sure if you would have rather known sooner. maybe it would of felt less world ending, then again you knew it wouldn’t have made it any easier to cope with. Having the entire kingdom of Alderaan watching your every move as you grew, a scary thought and even scarier reality you live.

“a husband then” you say forcefully pulling yourself from your own thoughts. Beginning to walk down the hallway with Barclay trailing after you. “correct” he says seemingly pleased with your sudden shift. though in your defense days of his constant blathering about finding a king had worn you down, at least you could say you put up a good fight. “easy enough i suppose” you say while mulling the idea over, keeping your head high as you walk towards the dinning hall.

“he must be of sufficient status” Barclay adds quickly making you pause and turn to face him.“how am i to find someone of sufficient status in such a short time between now and my coronation?” you ask in disbelief and frustration.

“well…” he starts clearly not having thought of that either. “whatever we do we’ll have to be discreet about it, if word gets out that you’re simply marrying a random Man just so he’ll fill a role- it would be a scandal. the people would question how much you truly care if you are to put a stranger on the throne beside you” he warns.

“well they wouldn’t have to worry about that at all if they just let me lead the way i wish. Without a King” you huff and yes you’re aware how childish you must be coming off, but come on marrying a man just to gain your people’s approval? it all seemed rather arbitrary. 

“your majesty.” Barclay says clearly annoyed, he looked like he was about to go on another tangent to explain why you must marry someone. the idea of having to listen to him go on and on again made a headache form and you quickly interjected before he could do so “yes i’m aware Barclay.. we’ll keep this a private matter for now, let’s not tell anyone including the royal council” you say reaffirming what he’d warned you about as you enter the dinning hall, honestly you weren’t even that hungry.

Between your conversation with Barclay and how tight your corset was you truly didn’t have much of an appetite at the moment. “it’s a matter of the people, for the people” he says surprising you. utterly confused you turn to him, giving your full attention. “i’m sorry didn’t you just warn me that if word got out it’d be a scandal?” you raise a brow at him, and he scoffs “i meant the people of Alderaan not the royal council” he states with crossed arms a unamused look on his face.

“my private life is non of their business” you say say with a glare, crossing your own arms mocking him. “your business is all of their business, you are the queen” he’s quick to point out and all you could do was laugh at the audacity. “i thought you said i was merely the crown princess? funny how quickly that view changes when needed” before he could fight back you hold your hand up silencing him. “we can discuss this more further later, currently i have more pressing matters to attend to. I mean it when i say we tell no one Barclay, not yet anyway.” you walk away before he can respond, off to do your duties for the day.

part 2

okay here’s chapter one🤭🤭 i hope you guys like it- i actually had a lot of fun writing this and researching certain things. this is going to be more of a reverse Queen Charlotte bridgerton story situation. 😗Anakin is going to be introduced in the next chapter, i’ve actually already got like two more chapters started so i’ll probably work on those tonight 😋 anyway i did go in with the intent to make this a one shot but quickly realized that was not gonna work if i didn’t want it to seem rushed 😭 so yea… anyways i think that’s all i had to say, have a good day huns Xx<3

[r-2-peepoo]

Genuine question as a (somewhat) new Star Wars fan: Does anyone know definitively how the clones accelerated ageing works?

I’ve heard two things. The first and more popular idea is that they have permanent accelerated ageing that spans over their entire lives, effectively cutting their lifespans in half (exemplified by how old Rex seems to be in Rebels). So we can assume all the clones will be long gone by the time Boba and Omega reach middle age (roughly).

This doesn’t feel like it makes total sense though because there’s a ten year gap between ATOC and ROTS by which the clones seem to be visibly older than Obi Wan and so steady, permanent accelerated ageing doesn’t quite add up because they would feasibly age a lot over the course of the war and maybe even be too old by the end of it (my maths isn’t great but Rex, for example, doesn’t seem that much older by the end of the war compared to the start). I’m aware the clones were ordered ten years before Obi Wan discovers them as well but Idk it just doesn’t seem a reliable way of ensuring the clones will be all be the same standard and the Kaminoans are experts at what they do.

Which leads me onto the second idea I’ve seen people say is canon. The accelerated ageing is something that only happens in their youth and isn’t actually part of their natural growth. It comes from an outside source on Kamino and is a concentrated effort by the Kaminoans to have them mature in time to be used in the war and after they leave this ageing process, the faster ageing stops.

I guess my question is, is there an official, canon answer to this? There’s so much information to keep up with and canon is often so inconsistent anyway so I just wondered if I missed something. I’ve only see Clone Wars once (on my second watch rn) so I easily could’ve missed it and fanfics aren’t consistent enough to answer this question. Is there canon material that explains this? Is there additional canon material that discusses the clones in any regard that I should know about? (ie. books, comics, etc.)

TL/DR: Do the clones age twice as fast as regular people for their entire lives or does the accelerated ageing stop when they leave Kamino, making them all roughly middle aged (or however old Tem was when filming AOTC/ROTS) and leaving them roughly 40/50 years of natural life left? Is there an actual canon answer for this or is it just speculation?

[cptsd-skywalker]

Hello again! Wanted to ask about Padme. Most pro Anakin bloggers also tend to like Padme. Why are you indifferent towards her beyond the reasoning of the power imbalance of Anidala? Would you like her better if she were lower class?

What kind of woman do you think Anakin should have married?

@synapticjive , this is for you dear. Also @fanfic-lover-girl for bringing this ask to me, as I’ve been meaning to make a long post about this for a while.

TLDR;

Besides the power Imbalance, (not to do with age but to do with Padme’s class status) in my opinion Padme is more in love with her fantasy of Anakin and not as much the real Anakin that exists. She sweeps under the rug massive red flags about his mental health (the sand people situation anyone ) when he’s been on the verge of a mental health crisis long before Revenge of the Sith. It isn’t her job to fix him, but as his partner I do think she should have encouraged him to seek mental health help or encouraged him to tell others about the Tuskens. I also don’t think she is as invested in Anakin as he is with her. In my opinion, she likes to keep him and her fantasy world totally separate from her loved reality as a senator (using Anakin as a kind of escape from that life) and so any real world or serious problems he has she puts away until they blow up massively.

Explanation:

In the new cannon material “The Queens Hope”, the newest novel by E.K. Johnston in a trilogy including “The Queen’s Shadow” and “The Queen’s Peril”, Anakin and Padme’s relationship is discussed and illustrated in detail. In combination with this book, the novelization of ATOC and TCW series, I have come to these conclusions about Anidala:

Padme is Anakin’s last in the flesh reminder of his mother. Anakin was raised in a single parent household, and I believe a portion of his love fro her stems from his desire to have a family again after losing his mother, and Padme remember his mother. This ties them together in his heart for importance. After shmi dies, Padme is Anakin’s only lifeline, meaning if their relationship goes south (for whatever reason) that Anakin’a chances of going off the deep end mentally are high.

You would think that stress that he is under to fulfill others expectations of him to his own detriment would be a red flag for Padme to encourage him to leave the Jedi or to at least lessen the power imbalance between them so he wouldn’t feel like he had to live up to these expectations where she is concerned. That he could be himself around her, so that he can form a healthy attachment to her. Instead she continues this idea of burdening him with her own high expectations of him by convincing him time and time again to stay in the Jedi Order to remain as a Jedi Knight. She does this even when he states multiple times how unhappy he is there, how badly the Jedi treat him (btw she always sides with the Council and Obi Wan when he brings up how they make him feel. She goes as far as to laugh at him in ATOC) and how much stress he is under living up to their idea of what he should be.

In the novels and in TCW she is quite taken with Anakin as this masculine adventurer ideal, a role that he plays for her but struggles with in moments of insecurity and difficulty. She makes him feel like he is supposed to always be a strong hero when he really needs someone who can understand his need to have a safe place to feel weak. It’s natural to want to relax and to not to want to be at war all the time. However, She loves him as her knight in shining armor, so when he wants to leave the order she is horrified. He says “I don’t care about all this deception I don’t care if they know we’re married” and she immediately corrects him “Anakin don’t say things like that”

Padme encourages his codependency by placing herself on a pedestal with him, and accepting her role as his Courtly Lady/Madonna. This is particularly important when we consider why Padme, an accomplished politician with charisma, grace, social accumin and wealth would want to marry someone she just spent a week with. The answer to me is that the danger, the adventure, the forbidden aspects are exactly why Padme wants to be with Anakin at all. Padme has lived her whole life in a super serious responsible bubble, and Anakin is her chance to let her hair down and be wild. There wouldn’t be anything wrong with this if this wasn’t the only thing holding them together, but honestly to me it is.

1. They have totally different personalities that do not mesh. Anakin is passionate and firey with an intense insecure while attachment style Padme is cool and detached and rational at all times. Really Padme makes a better Jedi mentally than Anakin (don’t shoot me for this, Obi Wan says almost the same thing “you should have been a Jedi) for how Padme conducts her life, emotions can be dangerous. Even Sabe warns her that her love for him will prove fatal as well stating “You always said when you gave your heart to someone it would be a disaster”, because Padme in love throws caution to the wind for her idea of fantasy romance. Padme in love is Padme entrenched in her deepest ideal with blinders on to everything but what she wants. The problem with Anakin is that he has severe mental health issues that can not be ignored. He is being groomed by sidious and he is being emotionally abused by the Jedi, yet Padme doesn’t see any of this becuase she only sees what she wants to see; Anakin the Hero With No Fear conquering all and coming home to sit at her feet and do whatever she needs him to do. Anakin loves Padme because she is the Madonna who gives his life purpose. These are two incompatible ideals.

2. Anakin needs Padme more than she needs him. Padme had a life before Anakin, and she would have a life after him if she were to leave him. Padme has a sister and parents and nieces and nephews. She has a network of best friends she has known since she was 14, and a further network of senate colleges and friends on planets all over the galaxy. She has a job she loves and finds worthwhile and she has a childhood of safety and love to draw on.

In contrast if Padme left Anakin, Anakin would lose all he has left. He does have Obi Wan in a sense, but considering his desire to leave the order and Obi Wans attitude towards those who leave the order it wouldn’t go well, (he no longer associates with them the same way, he wouldn’t antagonize Anakin but he’d make it known he didn’t approve and would probably shun him like Ashoka). Anakin lost his mother and all of his childhood friends remain in slavery. His childhood was hard on him.

Thus, Padme became Anakin’s sole personal emotional support. This brings an imbalance to their relationship which fuels Anakin’s attachment insecurity. This causes the jealously and the fear of losing her to increase 10 fold. In the Queen’s Hope, Anakin thinks of Padme all the time while on missions while he almost never comes up to her when she is on her own time with friends or family. Even though they just married she barely reflects on Him, never thinks of him personally except to remark how handsome he is (Anakin is so much more than just his looks), which leads me to believe that her reasons for marrying him were mostly sexual. Since I headcannon Anakin as demisexual based on his interactions with her this screams incompatibility to me.

3. Lastly, when Padme Anakin are at home they are always without exception doing one of 3 things, having sex, discussing the war, or fighting. The only positive interactions they have are when they are physically intimate(cuddling or getting in the mood). They talk about the war but never about what towels to buy or what food to eat. This has some issue to do with the action style way that the movies and books are written. There is very little room for domesticity. However, even in The Queens Hope, a book revolving around issues of them trying to balance domestic life with duty, Padme never compliments Anakin’s personality, just his looks, and to that end whenever we seen them together they are either , A.) Cuddling, or B.) Being erotic with each other. Padme does rearrange her schedule so that Anakin can sneak in at night to see her, but because of their need for secrecy Anakin is treated more like a secret affair than a marriage partner. Which brings me to my last point.

4. We’ve discussed that Padme is unable to bring up Anakin’s mental problems to him and prefers to bury them, but a similar thing could be said about Anakin. He is unable to accept any moral ambiguity in Padme at all. Any time she strays a hair from her ideals he is in her like a flea. It’s understandable to me that Anakin feels this way considering Padme is all he has, but in the long run he has to be able to see her as a fallible human being capable of being wrong. At the same time she needs to stop feeding into this desire he has of putting her above him. Even as a submissive he should not feel actually beneath her.

I’m conclusion: I think Anakin would have fared better with someone who either A.) was born in similar circumstances with similar trauma that could help him through his complicated feelings or at least relate to them; or B.) was able to remove themselves from the pedestal Anakin puts them on to make a more equal partnership that he can lean into. Anakin is needy and while for me I don’t consider that to be a bad thing it can be a bad thing of the other person doesn’t help the insecure person to feel safe and secure in the relationship. Padme is not capable of this to me for a number or reasons, namely the fact that she is more married to her job and ideals than to Anakin.

I hope that clears up some of my thoughts for you all. I know I probably left things out, please feel free to comment on here with your opinions. I know that was long.

[ataleofcrowns]

Hi!! I know other creators in the past have gotten in legal trouble for reading fanfic about their work, I just wanted to make sure that wasn’t something you’d get caught up in in the future if you ever decide to monetize ATOC

I appreciate the concern anon, thank you!! 💖

Tbh I have no idea what incidents you're referring to, which I'm grateful for because it sounds like some absolute mindbogglingly stupid shit that I want nothing to do with 💀

[litessaber]

contritum alas

Star Wars Fictober Prompt #4: “Flight”

(Trying something new. Here’s some poetry.)

crash down to the

ground, scarred, battered,

bruised. broken.

 you think you know

p a i n?

think again.

 boy,

your life will

only get

h a r d e r.

 the hurt will

get that much

s t r o n g e r.

 boy,

your heart will

only get

l a r g e r.

 the love will

get that much

p u r e r.

 (somehow, you’ll

patch together

           a family.)

 you think you know

p a i n?

think again.

 (somehow, you’ll

lose it

           all.)

 only when your master

lies dead—

(all of them, burn them,

cut them down)

—will you

f l y.

[interactivesummer]

This is such gorgeous writing! Your use of metaphors is just heart-meltingly romantic!

"Waves" prompt for Interactive Summer Event !

Hi ! I thought it might be a great way to start publishing on this blog by writing a prompt suggested by @interactivesummer and inspired by one of my favorite characters of one of my favorite IFs : @ataleofcrowns !

Here it is :

When she turned around, he was there, a familiar smile on his face. And it was almost disturbing how much she felt close to him at this very moment even though their meeting was quite peculiar. After all he was a mercenary, someone we should fear despite his playful side and his beautiful green eyes. But even then, something about Xelef felt so calming, like waves caressing the shore in a peaceful rhythm even though clouds are forming in the horizon. From then on, it seemed like only a word, a touch or simply a smile could calm her mind. She experienced it that night when she felt like she was drowning in an ocean of thoughts, falling gradually in the darkest deep sea. But then he appeared, like a lighthouse clearing the waters. He brought her back to the surface with his comforting warmth contrasting deeply with the coldness of the room that was now reappearing before her eyes. And for the first time she almost felt home, safe. But it was when she looked at his face, while listening to the steady beat of his heart, that she noticed something. For once Xelef was quiet, seeming at peace. That’s when she realized that both of them were probably buffeted by the same storms. But somehow, when they were together, those seemed to ease. So, she wondered if maybe the only option was to find comfort in the calming waves of each other. But today still, one thing is for sure ;  when she looks into his eyes, the ocean falls silent.

[sfb123]

1, 4, 17, 19, 25 ... I might have guessed at some of those numbers. Love you!!

Love you more! 😘

1. favorite fic you wrote this year

This one is tough, considering everything I’ve ever written (minus one story) was written this year. I really want to say Sapere Aude because it was literally the second thing I ever wrote, and I’m really proud of myself for finishing such a huge undertaking as a new writer. 

But I think the actual answer is Another Man’s Treasure. That one was really difficult for me, and I spent a lot of time going back and forth on whether or not it would ever actually see the light of day. In the end, I think it was important for my Riley’s character development to tell that story. 

4. total number of words you wrote this year

I was dreading, yet also hoping for this question. I didn’t want to have to do the math, but I was curious to know. 

I did do the math, and according to the word counts on all the fics I posted this year (ATOC excluded), it was 122,622. 

17. fics you’ll continue next year

So I’ve been all about the one shots lately, which means there isn’t much spill over into 2022. HOWEVER, I will be revisiting the Sapere Aude world for a sequel, which I will start working on as soon as I catch up on the reading and reblogging that I’ve been horrible about lately. 

Even though it’s not a fic so it technically doesn’t count, I do want to bring A Taste of Cordonia back. I know I’ve said that a million times, and never actually done it, but I am for real now. TRF is over, and I miss Liam, so I’m going to have to go back and start all over again. 

...and of course, since it’s you asking, Uncle Drake will be back in all his glory. I have a couple of ideas in my head (and an ask that’s been sitting around for way too long), it’s just a matter of actually writing them. 

19. any new fics to start next year

I have a couple of new fic ideas (including the above sequel I have already mentioned). I have an AU that I started a million years ago, and really want to dig into. 

25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read

Man, this is one of the hardest questions on here, because I’ve read SO many good ones (many of which belonged to you, my darling friend)! 

I think I’m going to have to give this one to @kat-tia801 and her series, Temptation. I am pretty picky about AUs that eliminate the royalty aspect of TRR, but I was obsessed with this story from beginning to end. 

fanfic end of the year asks

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

IM DOING MY TA TRAINING AND I WAS READING A SCENARIO OUT LOUD TO A GROUP AND I JUST TOOK SO MUCH PSYCHIC DAMAGE

WHAT IS THIS A MODERN AU FANFIC

Who am I in this? Yaddle?

The concept of having 18/19 year old atoc Anakin Skywalker as one of my students in my classroom teaching the college life skills course I teach is more than I can emotionally handle

I’m picturing him in one of the desks with a face mask and a hydro flask listening to me talk about logging into registration or like Healthy Relationships™️

[primeemeraldheiress]

Ask Meme Time! 1. Jedi ot Sith? 17. How were you introduced to the fandom? 33. Which movie have you watched the most? 34. Which trilogy is the best? (Hope more than one question is fine.)

1. If I have to pick a path, I’m going to pick Jedi.

17. @jasontoddiefor‘s Vader Medical Trauma Time Travel AU. After successfully avoiding it for the better part of 30 years.

33. I... don’t know? I’m sure I’ve seen them as a kid but I’m just gonna say that since getting into Star Wars this summer, of my own free will I’ve watched them all but the ST through once. I’ve rewatched ANH intending on a second run of the OT and watched the last part of ATOC with the server.

34. OT. God, I love Anakin as a character but the PT... If I hadn’t gone off the deep end with the fanfic before watching the films I probably wouldn’t be all the interested. But the world building is really great and I love the characters in the PT. I just wish the movies had been directed better. 

More than one question is always fine!

Questions from HERE.