#jadedjo

[myevilmouse]

gif by @jadedjo​

Me in August when it turns out that Thrawn and Ezra did NOT spend 1-3 years camping and becoming reluctant-allies-turned-friends before being picked up by Eli and the EDF:

[celinamarniss]

For the author ask: 16) are there any characters that haunt you?

Oh you mean besides Mara Jade? about whom I have written nearly 40 fics? Not obvious enough? But "haunt" is such a dramatic word and I don't know if it applies to my relationship with star wars characters. I guess the closest character who came to haunting me was Jysella Terrik. A dead star wars mom who isn’t even named in the books, Jysella haunted me until I wrote her story in Pour Away the Ocean. She's essentially an OC, but I'm very proud of how the character developed based on fragments of background info on the Terriks and sw worldbuilding. 

thanks, @jadedjo!

ask me!

[jadelotusflower]

What is THoK: Han?

Thank you! This is actually the next chapter of Twin Hearts of Kyber, the fic that was meant to be a one-shot and became a two parter, but I couldn’t just leave Han out so it’s now turning into a much bigger fic.

How to bring him into the twins’ orbit when he wasn’t needed for transportation to Alderaan and why is what I’m still struggling with, but I have bits of the first interaction written:

He scrutinised her again; she had an aristocratic bearing her brother lacked; reserved where he was effusive, analytical where he was emotive, every move and look and word schooled and deliberate. Such mannered ways were not learned in the Rebellion.

Han leaned in to mirror her. “Because Leia Skywalker ain’t your real name either, and this,” he made a sweeping gesture, “is all a fraud; a role you’re playing.” 

He could tell he had surprised her, even if her expression had not changed a bit.

“You’re very astute Captain Solo.” Her voice was hushed so not to be overheard. “Have we met before?”

“Believe me sweetheart, I’d remember if we had.” He winked, and she continued to stare back at him, seemingly immune to his charm. 

“If I told you my real name, could I trust you with it?”

“What discretion being the better part of valor and all that?”

Leia gave a small snort. “That’s not what that means.”

“Well la de dah, I didn’t go to posh fops finishing school.” Han scratched the side of his neck absently. “As long as I get paid, you can trust me with anything of yours you like.”

[willorcs]

I follow you because I need to know there are other people out there who miss SW Legends, even with all it's flaws, as much as I do. So love seeing your Legends mood boards and posts!

thank you :)). we all know that the eu wasn’t perfect at all, but with all its flaws, it was awesome too and way better than disney!star wars lol

Send me an “I follow you because”

[myevilmouse]

Thank you so much for the tag @bookwormstarwarsfan! I had fun with this 😁😘

Bold Tag Game

Bold the ones that are true

APPEARANCE

blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear make-up // i don’t often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sun rise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

MISCELLANEOUS

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy Mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs

No pressure tags to @jadedjo, @jadelotusflower, @arizonapoppy, @farmboy1, @vibratingbonesbis

In thanks for the distraction, have a handsome Luke for your afternoon. He's wondering where he can learn to swim 🥰

Bold Tag Game

Bold the ones that are true

Thanks for the tag @diplomaticprincess

APPEARANCE

blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear make-up // i don’t often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sun rise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

MISCELLANEOUS

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy Mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs

No pressure tags: @myevilmouse @mythicluke @1000-alshain @culturevulture73

Please participate if you want to and don't if you don't!

[myevilmouse]

i’m so glad i found your post on luke getting electrocuted. I’ve ALWAYS been insanely turned on by that for pretty much the same reasons you said, and I’ve never seen anyone anywhere openly talk about this ever (considering how massive SW is you’d think there’d be at least one out there somewhere). is there anything else you wanted to say about it and how/why you love it? any other weird unorthodox movie moments that turn you on?

not asking to be weird or perverted, i just love to finally have an outlet to express similar but very niche interests

Hey friend! Thanks for this ask! I love asks and yours is a fun one. First of all, if you haven't explored it already, you may enjoy my tag #he suffers so beautifully, which is pretty much all the Luke Skywalker pain in one place. I have another one #bruised battered bleeding where you may also find some yummy Luke...

I actually took a long time to start reblogging Luke in pain images and gifsets (and some I still don't) because they really sort of hurt my heart, no matter how fabulous Mark looks all contorted and wounded. I'm not a huge fan of whump actually, despite those tags ahahah. Don't really read it and you still won't find a lot of "off with his hand" scenes in my archive, for example. But you make an excellent point--some actors are just sexy when they suffer and there ain't nothing wrong with that.

I think one reason some people (yourself included) may find the electrocution scene so much of a turn on is how those muscle spasms, "o" faces, scrunched-up eyes, tousled hair and jerking hips give us a dark/warped mirror to the erotic throes of orgasm. Someone flailing around so elegantly, those long fingers, those tightly-clad legs....yeah.... Sigh.  There’s a reason it’s called la petite mort, you know? 😈

Anyway, definitely don't feel weird or perverted about being into it. I get it. There are whole dissertations about how horror movies, for example, are these psychosexual outlets--examining the penetration of knives as phallic metaphor, etc etc and so forth... Lots of logical connections between agony and ecstasy, in other words.

Also, and I have discussed it here before, the "I am a Jedi" Death Star scenes are really the crowning hotness of all the Luke scenes in the trilogy. Like I don't know how everyone on set kept from creaming their pants that day/those days. Mark looks SO ridiculously sexy both before and after he's zapped, it honestly doesn't surprise me at all that the zapping also is melting everyone's butter.

LOOK AT HIM was grief ever so sexy?!

gif courtesy of @jadedjo

As for other weird movie moments that turn me on, I am a sucker for the blood-spattered hero. I mean, Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves? Mel Gibson in Braveheart?  I’m dating myself but cut me some slack hahaha

These are dudes who take a lickin' and keep on lookin' lickable muwahahah. So Mark in that bacta tank, absolutely. I even commissioned art for that to have him super 美少年.

I think part of the attraction to these moments is they humanize our larger-than-life heroes, and they look so good doing it...It's like the old anime cliche of that single line of blood on the cheek. Our gods bleed, and that makes them attainable. Or something like that. I'm on a tangent now.  But cinema is full of heroes that only get sexier the more they suffer and angst, so it’s a logical and very understandable kink, imo.  Thank you for this ask anon, and I’m so happy I have content that will feed that thirst for suffering Luke.... I hope you enjoy exploring that tag on my feed and thank you for being a tumblr buddy!

[jedimordsith]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

Oh goodness. This is so hard!

I guess if I had to choose I would definitely include Gift on the list, if only because it was such a massive undertaking that I am proud of it despite its flaws.

DBW also tops the list because it was a huge labor of love and it feels kind of unique in the L/M fic space. (Also, I am really proud of some of the smut there.)

Selcouth and Oracle exist solely to satisfy my personal kinks so they have to be on the list.

I am going to cheat and leave the last spot on this list open as a rotational slot! I love most of what I have written and different fics hit my mood just right on different days 🙂🤷‍♀️❤️

Tagging @jadedjo @jadelotusflower @virusq @celinamarniss @klcthebookworm @jedidryad and anyone else I’ve forgotten!

[myevilmouse]

thanks @ele-millennial-weirdo! sending it back to you and @arizonapoppy @jadedjo @kaleidoscope1967eyes and @kalak

This is the Tumblr hug 🫂🤍 Please pass it on to 5 mutuals to brighten someone’s day!

@yourlocalbreadenthusiast @edendahsnek @m3ll0m0chi @bbsundae @cyberixaa @kittydragondraws @jinxedtext

And lastly, @sk3tchyy42 , youuuuuu

(I probably did miss some mutuals, MUTUALS OR NOT COME HERE FOR A HUG)

[skywalkerrains]

Hi Im new to star wars and I want to get into the legends books. Didn't like the sequels and the legends sounds better. Which books should I read and what order should I read them. I mainly want to read about the Skywalkers and solo family.

Hi!

First off let me just say welcome! Welcome to Star Wars and the Star Wars fandom. It's honestly more than a little crazy up in here but it is still fun.

Legends and the original trilogy are the best! To get yourself started what I would actually do is read or listen to the original Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Heir to the Empire is the first book, Dark Force Rising is second, and The Last Command is the third.

Even though these books are not chronologically the first in Legends/EU I would still start with them because they are the trilogy that actually launched the Expanded Universe in the 90s. They're probably some of the best Star Wars books ever written. And when you read them you feel like you are experiencing an extension of the original trilogy. The characterizations of Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Chewie, R2, and C3PO are all spot-on and Mara Jade and Admiral Thrawn are awesome.

If you have more questions please feel free to ask. Also I would recommend following several blogs that stay true to the expanded universe and/or the original trilogy or promote them such as @culturevulture73 and @jadedjo.

To add to this once you get through the Thrawn Trilogy I would totally read the Truce at Bakura, Shadows of the Empire, The Courtship of Princess Leia, the Jedi Academy trilogy, the Crystal Star, the Corellian Trilogy, the New Rebellion, and the Hand of Thrawn duology. These are some of the main core books that feature the Skywalkers and Solo's. Some people don't love the Crystal Star cuz Luke goes all weird in that one and if I remember right there was some dislike directed towards the New Rebellion when it first came out. But all in all I would to start with these books to get you into Legends.

Thanks for the ask!

[celinamarniss]

Ok, from the WIP Title meme, I must know more about Screwball Rom-com Murder Mystery in SPACE

I really wish I had the chops to actually write a Screwball Rom-com in SPACE, rather than wistfully title my WIPs after dreams. (It would also be a house party murder mystery in SPACE. in my dreams). I just don’t know if I can pull all of those concepts off at once. 

What’s in the wip file at the moment? A bunch of notes and half written scenes for a story featuring Mara and Lando, undercover as a couple at a fancy to-do (on a mission for Karrde). Someone gets murdered, I assume? Hijinks ensue, obviously. Dancing, probably. Mara is annoyed at everything. Karrde sweeps in and sweeps Lando off his feet (as much as Lando is ever swept off his feet)--there’s the rom in your rom-com. 

I want to write Mara and Lando having heart to hearts! I want to write Lando and Karrde flirting! I want to write jokes! But honestly, this story scares the shit out of me which is why it’s never gotten further than a pile of ideas. 

[jadelotusflower]

💖 + JRR Tolkien

Send me 💖 + a fandom and I’ll tell you my favourite character

I have to admit to having never read the LotR books, although I have read The Hobbit - the former have been in my To Read pile for literally years.

So mainly going by the films (and the musical!), probably Galadriel:

I love an Elf/Faerie Queen, and of course who better than the ethereal, superlative Cate Blanchett; bare feet, flowing gown, melodious voice, exuding gravitas. I love her as the narrator of the prologue (despite Ian McKellan’s grumbling that it should have been him!), and am very fond of her songs in the musical (Though shadow fall across this land/before the wind and fire I stand).

[myevilmouse]

Thank you for the tag @kaleidoscope1967eyes! Tagging @blackmonitor @ele-millennial-weirdo @mysticalgalaxysalad @farmboy1 @jadedjo @jadelotusflowerand anyone else who wants to do it :)

tagged by @melis-writes to post 4 albums i’ve been listening to recently 🖤

tagging @farrell-colin @anbanananna & @rosesloveletters

[vorbarrsultana]

i was tagged by @marta-elentari to name five favorite male chracters right now. my pics are:

1. finrod felagund (the silmarillion)

2. luke skywalker (star wars)

3. jacen solo (star wars legends)

4. frodo baggins (the lord of the rings)

5. peeta mellark (the hunger games)

i tag @sanktaalinaa @sirianddeanseethestars @jadedjo and anyone else who wants to.

[atamascolily]

2019 end of year fic review

I wrote a lot of different things this year, but the thing I'm most proud of is finally getting Desert Places--most of which I wrote in 2018--finished and up on A03 at last. I also wrote 10K+ of meta on this novel on Dreamwidth because I have so many feels about this piece. @jadedjo made some lovely cover art, and I dream about getting a hard copy formally bound and printed for myself, but I did NOT accomplish that this year. It turns out I would rather write new stuff than copyedit old, which makes achieving that goal a challenge.

I also did two fics for a kink challenge, and I wrote 56K--the first draft of an original urban fantasy novel--for NaNoWriMo, both of which were challenging growth experiences. I pushed my genres by writing some short non-Star Wars fics, plus a lot of crossovers. I also wrote two side stories in my Inheritance 'verse--one featuring Obi-wan and the other featuring Callista.

I also started podficcing, which is really fun, and had been on the to-do list for a while, so I'm proud of that, too.

Goals for 2020:

I'd like to finish my current WIP, Through A Glass Darkly--a Star Wars sequel trilogy fix-it with Legends characters helping their Disney counterparts. I'd also like to start writing and posting the JAT fix-it fic I've been thinking about for 2.5 years now. I got intimidated by the scale and complexity, but I think I'm ready to handle it now--I just have to get started! I also think about my Harry Potter/Good Omens crossover, which has also grown a plot when I wasn't looking. I'd also like to finish my WIP podfics, and do some new ones, too! Also, my original novel needs some serious work, which is going to take time away from fic.

That said, I'm always open to new ideas, and I can never predict what I'm going to write next or what will come up. Ideas are everywhere, and I try to get as many as I can down on paper, but I can't be everywhere at once. My philosophy is that the best fic is the one I've written, rather than the one I haven't, so while there are certain fics I'd like to do in the future, I realize there are a lot of factors outside my control that also influence the process.

Quick list of questions and answers

1.    favorite fic you wrote this year

Desert Places, obviously. Aside from that, probably In A Dark Time, The Eye Begins to See, which is such a niche fic, but makes me really happy. The best from a technical perspective is Grounded.

2.    least favorite fic you wrote this year

The Noodle Incident reads weirdly to me and I don't know why. I was trying for humor and I don't know if it worked??

3.    favorite line/scene you wrote this year

From Grounded: "The tree stirs sleepily at the unexpected vibrations, then recognizes Obi-wan's presence, and subsides with the quiet but unmistakable dismissal of Mammalian dormancy hallucination."  I can't read this without LAUGHING.

4.    total number of words you wrote this year

fics to A03 - 217.5K NaNoWriMo - 56K WIPs - no clue - maybe 10-15K?? 

5.    most popular fic this year

In the Reptile House - the Good Omens fandom is HUGELY popular right now.

6.    least popular fic this year

The Wreck of the Katana Fleet - song parody of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". I like it but I can see why it's not terribly well-trafficked.

7.    longest completed fic you wrote this year

Desert Places - 79512 (not including meta) - 64K in 2018

Otherwise it's, In a Dark Time the Eye Begins to See, 32094 words

8.    shortest completed fic you wrote this year

The Ballad of Kam and Tionne (1274).

9. favorite character to write about this year

Force Trees, obviously!! But Demon!Nagini grew on me, and I like how she turned out enough to want to continue what was supposed to be a one-shot.

10. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year

I don't generally write with music, so... silence is great!

11. a fic you didn’t expect to write

In the Reptile House was totally random. Why did my brain decide to mix Harry Potter and Good Omens? No idea. Did I run with it? Hell yeah.

12. fic(s) you completed this year

I don't feel like writing them all, but here's the list!

13. fics you’ll continue next year

Through a Glass Darkly for sure. Others TBA.

14. current number of wips

lots, but mostly short things that need time to ferment.

15. number of comments you haven’t read

ZERO, though I've stopped responding to the weird ones.

16. most memorable comment/review

Sadly, I have gotten some seriously weird comments this year, but the most exciting was when someone I used to know IRL left a very nice comment even though I'm pretty sure she has no idea that I know who she is.

17. events you participated in this year

Fetish/Trope Roulette at @jadedjo's impetus. Also, NaNoWriMo!

18. fics you wanted to write but didn’t

I really meant to write a Halloween fic this year, and I chose to finish Grounded and prep for NaNoWriMo instead. I just didn't have enough energy to do a high-intensity crossover novella on top of everything else. Maybe next year?? (NO CLUE.) But it will be awesome if and when I finally write this thing - another weird Star Wars Legends crossover that nobody but me wants, with a series that nobody but me has ever read.

[legendsliveon]

[post in question]

@jadedjo It's an illustration from The Essential Reader's Companion from that part of FOTJ: Outcast where Luke and Ben go to the Baran Do temple!

This is before Ben takes off his mask to inhale the helium atmosphere to annoy his father by singing in a squeaky voice 🤣

[thatdisasterauthor]

I love this and I'm not even that into Star Wars.

D&D OT Star Wars! And look! A Mara too! (not really but this Horizon Zero Dawn is now my D&D Mara Jade!)

Artist: Jake Bartok via Instagram