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TW: discussion of something approximating suicidal tendencies but with the usual crack programming of this blog
“Ah, High General Windu”, says Fox, pleasantly. “So we meet again.”
High General Windu raises an unimpressed eyebrow at him, Fox thinks, though it’s getting hard to tell with all the blood rushing to his head. “If I let you go, will you try to throw yourself out of another window?”
Fox makes a vague shrugging motion - or tries to, anyways. It’s hard to tell where any of his limbs are going, hanging upside down in the air as he is. “I am willing to discuss terms.” A bridge will do just fine.
Impossibly, the High General’s eyebrows climb even further up his forehead. “A compromise, then, esteemed Commander.” And so, he righths Fox the head way up in the air, but leaves him floating just above the ground, at which point several painted shells come skidding around the corner followed by billowing robes and screeches.
“WHAT”, says Kote, calmly, “THE BANTHA-KARKED, FORCE-LOVING KRIFF, FOX.”
“You’ll short out your helmet mic”, Fox advises him, sagely. Fondly, he thinks back to decimating his own on only his second time in the newly-christened official Coruscant Guard Scream Closet. He’d just received the comm about the Zillo Beast being transported to 000, and made sure to take his bucket off thereafter to improve the quality of his closet time.
High General Windu’s face does something complicated between sympathy and constipation.
Because the Galaxy doesn’t hate Fox enough already and Cody wasn’t enough on his own, Wolffe elbows his way through their batch to plant himself in front of him, shoulders squared and shaking with repressed rage. “If you try that again, dickhead”, he begins, in a low growl that quite frankly sounds more cringe that intimidating, “I’m going to resurrect you and then kill you again.”
“Ah, Wolffe”, Plo Koon says, in his deep, shivery timbre, “Remember our conversations about effective conflict resolution and communication of needs?”
Wolffe’s eyes narrow at Fox, because all non-Guard are sweet summer children who walk around buckets off on 000 like absolute lunatics. Fox prays they never have to find out why that’s a bad idea. “I feel”, his ori’vod presses out between clenched teeth, “that if you make me watch you throw yourself out of another window, I’m going to jump after you and strangle you on the way down, you little bitch.”
“That’s fair”, says Fox, and watches High General Kenobi bury his face in his hands. Wolffe twitches in place and makes an aborted groaning noise, the hypocrite.
“Excuse me, High Marshall Commander Fox, but I fail to see what’s so dire about this situation that the Jedi High Council and your brothers cannot help you solve”, says Windu, the only sane one left on this Force-forsaken bloated corpse of a planet. Behind the gaggle of Jedi and ori’vode already gathered in front of Fox, the rest of them come veering around the corner in a commotion that’s quite frankly embarrassing. High General Yoda is mounted on Skywalker’s back like he’s a race-Eopie, which is Fox’ only consolation.
He got up this morning at 0300, bleary-eyed and with a pounding headache as always, and all was right in the world. And then Fox got called into the Jedi High Council’s chambers and was ceremoniously informed that in the wake of Chancellor Palpatine’s unfortunate demise (hah), and through the emergency state of the Senate, as well as several invented promotions foisted on Fox to make the delegation of any and all paperwork less shady, he was now next in the chain of command and-
Well, Fox is the acting Chancellor, in short.
Haha, he had said, and been meet with several seconds of silence, until it got both awkward and exceedingly painful. Wait, he’d said. You’re kriffing serious.
Kriffing serious, we are, had said High General Yoda, and thus Fox launched himself out the first best window with a maniacal cackle of, you’ll have to catch me first!
And catch him, High General Windu sure did.
“The will of the Force this is”, Yoda interrupts Fox’ train of thought. He scans him thoughtfully from beneath his wizened brow, and hems to himself. “Shake things up, this will. Determine the fate of the Galaxy, this shall. A feeling, I have, that a good Chancellor you will make. A better one, hmmm.”
“That’d be high praise, if not for the fact that a dead lemming would make for a better Chancellor than the last one”, says Fox, drawing and indignant gasp from Skywalker. He doesn’t bother with either that or the green goblin’s cackle, lost in the deep sense of resignation that settles over his shoulders like a suffocating blanket.
“Alright, then, get me Thorn on the comm. As my first act in office, I’m firing all the Jedi. No offense, but you’re kind of a disaster. Then, someone get me to the Chancellor’s office, I’m calling Dooku to let him know the war’s off. And please get me Judicial, they’ll be up all night working on my datafolders - I’m having the Senate arrested.”
“Who - is - arresting - “, Bly pants, hands on his knees from where he’s just come sprinting around the corner with his Jedi.
Underneath his bucket, Fox smiles a smile that’s all teeth. “The Senate”, he says, sweetly, wondering if he’s just imagined the shiver that’s gone through the room. “I’m suing the Senate, and taking them all into temporary custody for abuse of sentient rights.”
#commander fox#corrie guard deserves better#sw tcw fic idea#look fox has been planning this coup for a while okay he just needed to adjust and get over the initial reaction of Fuck No#if they’re sentient enough for their signatures to have authoritative quality on military reports and to be promoted to chancellor on a#technicality then they’re sentient enough for everything to be victims of systemic oppression and abuse#fox still does not want this position and will yeet it the literal second bail organa isn’t watching his step religiously#a custody battle ensues between Corries and GAR ori’vode for who grts to tackle him (affectionate)#it is solved by getting a bigger room so they can all do it at once#thorn makes a point of jamming his elbow in some soft places. cody and co are disgruntled but accepting of this#he has a bit of a point admittedly and wolffe has to promise not to threaten murder again#plo makes him go to another Effective Interpersonal Communication Seminar (it’s the fifth that year)#anakin is initially outraged on padme’s behalf but she could literally not be happier#fully supportive of being arrested in the name of Fox’ Good#we can still do book club though right she asks. visiting hours don’t apply to chancellor probably#fox shrugs. it’s his next act as chancellor#count dooku: live slug reaction#the systemic issues fuelling the war cannot be solved with a phone call but in absence of someone with two braincells to rub together#the whole thing loses steam and strategy steadily#look it was always a sham that house of cards of a republic/confederacy was waiting to be blown over by literally any light breeze#general grievous implodes from pure rage. legend has it his last word was KENOBAAYYYYY. wipes away tear#thorn laughs so hard when he hears all this he cracks a rib#another day another post of utter nonsense#ponds makes sure to give his fox’ika a hug as soon as he’s floated down bcs ponds is the best#which is why he didn’t get it in the last ficlet for anyone wondering#the only functional one#much like mace windu
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🚨Babe, wake up!🚨 A new book with G/t just dropped!
It’s called: “Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life” by Emma Steinkellner. (2023)
TBH i haven’t read too much yet, but I saw the pictures at an elementary school book fair and IMMEDIATELY had to buy it.
Plus, the pictures are so cute I had to share!
From what I can tell, It’s not a G/t book, but it’s a book that has G/t. (Beggars can’t be choosers lol.)
Our little of the story is Gil. Look at this little cutie!!!🥺🥺🥺🥺
Family of littles!
Look how he rides on her shoulder! In a little booster seat!
Read the first few pages here
#g/t#giant/tiny#gianttiny#gt#g/t shitpost#g/t thoughts#g/t community#g/t meme#gt shitpost#gt memes#gt comic#g/t comic#g/t related#g/t art#like i said I haven’t gotten around to reading it fully yet#i just skimmed it#so I will keep ya’ll updated on if it’s good#ik it didn’t just drop#but the meme is better#Sorry the picture isn’t the best#Nell of Gumbling#Nell of Gumbling book
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Why would you—That's not—I just wanted to ask for help, why did you have to go and make it awkward???
[First] Prev <–-> Next
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#xue yang#Its such a relief to not have to draw so many characters once again.#Redrawing the specific font from the English translated mdzs books was surprisingly fun!#Maybe I'm alone in this...but I think characters switching to a different font of speech for *emphasis* is peak comedy#you can't communicate voice changes of sound very well in non audio forms so this is the best I can do.#Anyways...rip Xue Yang. You finally meet your idol and he brushes you off#Rather— he doesn't live up to the expectations you built in your head#Kind of an on going issue there Jester (I refuse to call him king or sir)#XY is constantly making people out to be the versions he needed them to be to feel justified in his actions#but struggles to pivot when confronted with the fact that these ppl are *more* than just one surface reading!#wwx doesn't actually think xy is flirting. He's just tired of all the fake fans + wants to get out of this convo.#button mashing the A button to skip the unskippable cutscene#Lan Wangji is in the next comic btw. I've missed him dearly. I'm sorry he's been gone so long </3#edit: poorly spelt MDZS strikes again. This is why I need more time to write my comics. So I can actually proofread B*(#edit2: I cast 'Power of Technology' and fixed my error. Everyone reblog this version instead please
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I simply think this fandom doesn't give Wei Wuxian enough credit for the various ways in which he saved Lan Wangji
#mdzs#mo dao zu shi#wangxian#idk man- i just see a lot of “Lan Wangji has always been protecting Wei Wuxian” posts and its like...#I mean... Lan Wangji has always certainly been trying to protect Wei Wuxian#it took him a long time to figure how to successfully do that though#rereading the books rn and noticing theres a lot of instances that could be read as lwj being frustrated over his inability to protect wwx#like he seemed ready to cry when wwx went missing for a while and then came back with the cursed leg#lwj has always been great at protecting wwx from physical threats (ex: waterborn abyss) but had no idea how to protect him from himself#meanwhile wwx has always been instictually good at saving lwj from both#like I'm 100% lwj would've become like Jiang Cheng if wwx hadn't snapped him out of the blindly following authority thing#and also like... 15 y/o lwj wasnt happy with his life. he was lonely and stressed and literally signing up to be flogged whenever he goofed#wwx is who allowed lwj to grow up by showing him what it was like to actually be a kid (shown in story whenever lwj gets drunk)#he led lwj to having a more flexible mindset. and it both let lwj relax and set lwj up to be a better parent#looking into lwj's dynamic with the juniors- he lets them break a fuck ton of the petty rules and encourages them to question authority#he also teaches them to not be married to any one meathod of problem solving#wwx is also able to save lwj from his own stubbornness#ex: carrying lwj when he broke his leg. getting lwj to cough up bad blood. getting lwj to keep the rabbits#wwx also tends to give lwj the words he has trouble saying himself. helps him communicate#wwx also protects lwj in fights a lot but thats narratively less important#except the various times wwx puts himself in danger to help lwj. those times are what made it so lwj could never move on from wwx#like with the cave incident#or when wwx helped surpress the arm instead of using the chaos to escape cloud recesses#tldr i guess: i think this fandom tends to treat lwj being the best like its natural to him when really wwx accidentaly rewired his brain#I'm looking directly at fanfic writers who act like the Lans would've treated wwx better than the Jiangs#lwj had to do so much work and self reflection post meeting wwx to be the way he is. he is not the sole product of the Lan teachings
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Some poorly drawn object show chars because they look so CUTEEE like that /p
#object show community#osc#battle for bfdi#battle for dream island#bfb#bfdi#tpot#bfdia#idfb#inanimate insanity#balloon ii#ii balloon#balloon inanimate insanity#inanimate insanity balloon#book bfdi#firey bfdi#clock bfdi#bfdi book#bfdi firey#bfdi clock#balloon best inanimate insanity character#skribbs art
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I managed to save a local PDF copy of The Unofficial Art of Coraline while it was still up, in case you/that anon who was asking about it earlier still want it. Here's a dropbox link to it (fair warning, it's north of 280 mb): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8zhpaz4cuf57ra9akgct7/The-Unofficial-Art-of-Coraline.pdf?rlkey=dz8f86k8ioa0c4m6qkg9dcbbu&dl=0
Oh my god!! You're a legend!!
CORALINE ART BOOK
I just tested the link and it works great for me. The Coraline art book will live on through your dropbox.
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#tumblrstake#queerstake#love getting the real deets from my septa- octa- and nonagenarian friend who were there#and what their parents and maybe even grandparents had to say about it.#i have been told unpublished Joseph Smith III stories. let alone old policy and church screwups and the mildly bizzare recollections#also so many stories about encountering/being visited by the 3 Nephites from generations#that kind of lore is the best#yes. pls tell me what you learned in sunday school in 1960.#thanks for the primary book from 1947#Fred M Smith got caught with a beer by Joseph Smith III (his dad) . he hid it in his tuba but tripped#the beer rolls out of the tuba and is picked up by no one other than father JSIII#he hands it back to fred and says something along the lines of “you dropped this”#like where else are you gonna get that#rlds faction “war” where???? kerala 🤯 year?? 1990s#that one was from an ex apostle and is declassified and i used some artistic liscence in description.#community of christ prevailed. but apostle who came to prepare new ministers that had to take over after schism legally can never go back#no one died afaik#i'm just impressed by the apostle who was risking his life for the church in kerala bc theres more to it than this#good history#idk the lgbtq+ history that well other than they did have a group for them at Conference in the 70s#and no open old lgbtq+ friends
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White nights/Fyodor Dostoevsky.
#I absolutely despise Dostoevsky#He give words to all my wrong thoughts#And I can't handle that#I love him#He's the best#bookblr#Books#bookworm#book community#fyodor dostoevsky#dostoevksy#russian literature#white nights#c'est la vie#my life is disaster in making at this point#and yet here i am#classic books#classic literature#short story#old books#book quotes#quoteoftheday
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Amouranth: ...What happened to the dumpy? Oh, I guess that was Carrera (Carre).
Amouranth: Ruben, why do you– why do you look like Shaggy mixed with Peter Pettigrew? What happened? [She keeps going back to the picture and staring at it with growing concern] This is a pass– this picture is a pass! Wtf...
Rubius only has 3 looks: magazine model, cosplayer, or gamer shrimp.
#Amouranth#Rubius#Old clip but I just remembered I never shared this#And the previous clip reminded me of it randomly#He got roasted to hell and back for that screenshot but I think this moment was truly the nail in the coffin LMAO#I remember when my friend asked me if I thought Rubius was handsome#and I think I said something along the lines of ''Sometimes but I have never seen a man with posture that bad before''#Tbf he's been doing content creation for over a decade so. The lasting impacts of Shrimp Gamer Pose#Mad respect for that knight cosplay though#also the link cosplay lmao#I remember the knight (or whatever) cosplay came at a time when another big streamer was posting AI photos#so when I saw Rubius post this and all the other photos he did#Fully geared up in armor and on location to do cool photos#My respect for him skyrocketed#Edit: I'm also just now realizing this photo set looks like that one ''girl picking up a book'' transition timeline meme#99% of my clips are clips I post because I like them and I know they're for the community#but this clip is for me specifically because I still find it hilarious LMAO#Also RIP white hair era that was truly the best era
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THIS IS SO LOCKLYLE CODED!!!!!!!
#lockwood and co#renew lockwood and co#anthony lockwood#jonathan stroud#lockwood & co#lockwood&co#locklyle#lol#lockwood and lucy#lucy carlyle#books#idiots in love#lack of communication#communication? what's that?#I'll just give you my dead mum's necklace and call it a day#undying devotion#tropes#best friends#they're in love your honor#these two will be the death of me#every day i think of them and sob#the screaming staircase#the whispering skull#the hollow boy#the creeping shadow#the empty grave#lockwood and co tv show#i will go down with this ship
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London book haul ✨
I had a list of books I wanted to buy and only 3 of those were on it, haha. It was Before the Coffee Gets Cold, The Jasmine Throne and I Wish You All the Best. I had spotted quite a few other books that sounded really good, but Where the Dark Stands Still, The Briar Book of the Dead and How to Solve Your Own Murder just stood out above the others
I've read I Wish You All the Best in the past (several times actually) and have a post about it, but I really wanted to own a physical copy because I love it so much. And I've also read The Briar Book of the Dead since I came back and loved it! I'm currently on How to Solve Your Own Murder, which is pretty intriguing so far
#before the coffee gets cold#toshikazu kawaguchi#the jasmine throne#tasha suri#the briar book of the dead#a.g slatter#i wish you all the best#mason deaver#how to solve your own murder#kristen perrin#where the dark stands still#a.b poranek#book haul#books#booklr community#booklr#book recommendations#book photography
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✨preferences should not be standards for writing advice✨
#whenever i see writing advice i just get annoyed#honestly one of my biggest gripes about writing communities in general is this#constant need to regurgitate certain pieces of writing advice like they’re ambrosia of the gods#my biggest writing advice is to just stop fucking listening to all writing advice that has to do with#prose and style#just stop doing it#read books and find things you like and craft your own style of things#i know this is not simple for everyone but i’m tired of constantly seeing#i think flowery prose bogs things down too much#and i think that direct prose isn’t good enough at putting people in the world#like mate—everyone has preferences and preferences do not make good advice#so like#i wish people would stop acting like their opinion is the next best piece of writing advice#it doesn’t help anyone it just causes fucking insecurities#i am also having sensory overload so perhaps ren doth bitch too much#but you can pry flowery prose and run on sentences and incomprehensible blocks of text from my cold dead hands#bc it makes me happy to write like this and fuck off#ren hot cakes#i’ll delete this later im just cold and annoyed#and unfortunately you can thank my mother bc im extremely passive aggressive
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Mom: Friends are cool but only people who’ll really help you is your family
Friends:
Family:
Their mutual disdain was so intense it made the bench longer.
"And yes I did ask her if she wanted to share the umbrella, EVEN THO IM NOT SUPPOSED TO, ITS BASIC HUMAN FRICKING DECENCY"
So anyways, I saw the earlier sketch and decided I HAD TO MAKE THIS. My pencil unfortunately decided to melt at that very moment so the new sketch was very botched. It still gets the point across tho, a point i, who has an older sister, know all too well. And besides, its the first ever meme to feature TWHUTH characters! So thats neat. Cheero! :D
tagline for community members: @harleyacoincidence @autism-purgatory , @rivenantiqnerd , @sm-writes-chaos @hellothere2009 ,@shin-soumisa
#writing#writers#writerscommunity#writers on tumblr#tumblr writers#writing community#writer things#writeblr#fiction#writer#creative writing#writing memes#writer memes#memes#author meme#worldbuilding#original story#original writing#original content#original post#funny memes#meme#dank memes#best memes#funny shit#reading#books#funny#tumblr memes#funny post
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art because I've been slacking like crazy (kinda cringe LMAO)
#object show community#osc#battle for bfdi#battle for dream island#bfb#bfdi#tpot#bfdia#idfb#balloon inanimate insanity#inanimate insanity balloon#balloon ii#ii balloon#inanimate insanity#BALLOON IS DEAD WHYY#balloon best inanimate insanity character#hearts for book <3#inanimate insanity spoilers#inanimate insanity season 2#ii 2#ii 2 spoilers#ii 2 17#ii 2 balloon#balloon ii 2#The season 3 artstyle did balloon so dirty i'm glad the season 2 artstyle is back#skribbs art
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The simultaneous hilarity and tragedy of looking at a character whose arcs all center around "I feel so lonely and isolated and just wish I had someone to lean on" and deciding to ship them with the character I've been planning to kill from the beginning.
#I wish I was kidding#but I'm not.#Actually I only half wish I was kidding LMAO#They don't deserve it but my god... does it make for BEAUTIFULLY TRAGIC character arcs for them!!!#It's genuinely so good (imo).#It was one of the best decisions I made for the series.#Then again I think it's a really good series in general so there's a LOT competing with it for that position haha.#the feychild speaks#the feychild writing#vagueposting#I'm not sharing exactly which story this character is from but uhhhh.... context clues can probably make this pretty obvious haha#writing a book#my writing#fiction writing#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writing#writerscommunity#writers#creative writing#writblr#writing community#tragedy#tragic characters#comedy and tragedy#dark comedy#character arcs#original characters
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