#jadedjo

[myevilmouse]

About Stuff Meme

Thank you for the tag @blackmonitor!  I always love distractions...

Rules:  Tag (10) people who you want to get to know better.

Relationship status: Married to my soul mate

Favorite color: orange or green or black (sort of a tie)

Three favorite foods: New York Pizza, mom’s chocolate cake, Maruchan yakisoba

Top 3 TV shows: The X-Files, 24, Dexter (it’s hard to choose really, after X-Files)

Top 3 characters: Luke Skywalker, Jareth the Goblin King, Dutch from Predator

What I’m currently reading: Goddammit I’m still reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King, I feel so called out right now.

Last book I read: DEATH COACH AND I LOVED IT (ahhahahah thank you)

Song stuck in my head: Call to Your Heart by Giuffria

Last movie I watched: The Terminator the other night…

Last thing I googled: trip radar for my mom...

Last song I listened to: Coming Back To You by Leonard Cohen

Dream Trip:  Tibet because my husband wants to go to base camp…

Time: 19h33

Anything I really want right now:  A new job?  Sorta...

No pressure tags: @jedimordsith; @klcthebookworm; @jedidryad; @ysalamiri-queen @jadedjo; @celinamarniss; @jadelotusflower; @blithe-imperial-underling; @redfivebluethree; @farmboy1

[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]

For the Star Wars Ask: 4,15, 16!

Apologies for the uber late reply to your asks, but I wrote the answers and then hit backspace and my tumblr browser KILLED my reply and well, I almost lost the will to go on. 😊 So here is Take Two.

4. which character is the most misunderstood?

The most misunderstood character…I am gonna say Luke Skywalker. 

Hear me out—we are all in our Luke stan bubbles here and we know he’s the most brilliant character to ever be dreamt up, plus he’s gorgeous, but I digress.

The sad truth is while in 1977 he was the undisputed hero and popular dude from the films, when Empire and Jedi came out (when he was really evolving and struggling, etc.), Luke took a backseat to Han and Boba Fett and Darth, etc. and the ensuing years have not been kind to him in pop culture.   But merchandising didn’t feature him as much, even Leia, I remember when Jedi came out, it was HARD to find Luke stuff.  But Leia, Han, Boba, Jabba, Darth, even Chewie, seemed ubiquitous. WHY?!  IT’S HIS STORY!

I think the average casual SW fan tends to think of Luke as whiny or boring or uninteresting and are more drawn to the rogue that is Han or the bad guys.  (Not even talking about ST fans who mostly think of Luke/Jake as a grandpa.)  They mock the whole kissing his sister thing, they quote the power converters line, they DON’T UNDERSTAND his amazing.

So there is a movie, As Good As It Gets, and there is a great scene, the gist of which is Jack Nicholson’s character tells Helen Hunt’s waitress character that all the people in her restaurant, they go about their day not realizing that the most amazing woman in the world waited on their table.  But he gets that, he knows that about her, he SEES it, and that makes him feel good about himself, makes him happy that he understands her awesomeness. And that is sort of how I feel about Luke.  Disney may have betrayed his character, but I never will.  And that makes me feel good about me!

16. what’s the saddest moment in star wars?

For the saddest moment in Star Wars, that is hard.  I discussed this with my mom, a big SW fan, last night.  She picks Vader’s daddy reveal, but while I think that is the most dramatic/traumatic moment, I think for saddest moment I would probably choose Vader’s death, when Luke is all “I’ve got to save you” and his hand, his prosthetic hand that Vader chopped off, is on his dad’s shoulder…

*reaches for tissue*

Luke never knew his daddy, then he found out his daddy is evil and mean, and then he gets back the daddy he always wanted and loses him again.  It’s just…so sad.  So so sad. And I really give props to those actors in that scene because it makes me sad every time I watch it.

And Mark Hamill probably never looked as good in his life as he did in this scene and the one immediately after (in the Lambda shuttle) and I DON’T KNOW WHY because he just had this horrible trauma and loss but he looks incredible. So that’s an added bonus to the saddest scene in Star Wars.  Honestly ridiculously hot.  Excuse me while I go swoon a moment.

There are a lot of sad moments in Star Wars, the OT.  But that is the scene where I think Luke MOST needs some hot chocolate, a hug, and maybe some sexual healing.  I can assist, Luke, I can assist.

OK and your substitute ask since I already answered #15 was #6…

6. which canon event do you most disagree with/dislike?

At the risk of beating a dead tauntaun, I will just say the Sequel Trilogy as a whole (yes I’m including the new one I haven’t seen yet because I fear I know where they are going and *cringe*) for how it robs the victory of the OT without explaining how our heroes turned into such failures, and in particular the betrayal of Luke’s character.  I blame the role of money in the making of the films, something that is blatantly obvious if you watch the Blu-Ray documentary The Director and the Jedi, but for the purposes of this ask, lemme just summarize from a previous rant or else we’d be here all day:

1)  The most optimistic guys in the galaxy who believed he could redeem the most evil guy in the galaxy or die trying would not give up on/try to kill a child riddled with Darkness (never mind that it’s his own nephew).  The End.  Would. Not.

One of the scenes that pisses me off so much is when Luke force-appears to Leia at the end of TLJ and says basically "your son is gone" and she's like "i know" and i'm like WHERE ARE LUKE AND LEIA AND WHO ARE YOU HORRIBLE PEOPLE. Anyway, I digress....2) Luke is all about helping people who need him, rushing to save them even when totally unprepared/warned against it, etc. This idea that having failed his Jedi students that Luke would decide to retreat, abandon his family, his friends, his Rebellion, and become a hermit is counter to everything we know about him. If he decides the Jedi are evil, just STOP BEING A FUCKIN JEDI.  It’s not like a disease you can’t get rid of, just stop using the Force etc.

3) Death. I know some people think this ties in to the whole "balance in the force" thing. This concept is a whole other issue, because it implies there is no good and evil, as far as the Light and Dark, they have to both exist in equal strength/parts and the good becoming powerful will give rise to the evil becoming equally powerful, which makes EVERYTHING sort of pointless. (Like, why even try to save the galaxy if it's impossible for good to triumph? you will win for a couple years and then the baddies come back--if that is the true nature of the Force, the idea of morality just goes out the window, but that's a whole other tangent).

So why does Luke die? He's not sick, he's not old, the idea that using the Force in the way he has took so much out of him that he's weakened to the point of death is counter to canon (size matters not etc), and the galaxy still needs him. He just proved that. Yet we are expected to believe in a sense that Luke thinks the galaxy would be better off with him as a mythic, martyred hero rather than a flesh and blood leader. This also makes no sense to me.

Luke Skywalker rises to the occasion in the OT, even when it's hard, he has a strong sense of responsibility and personal morality. Jake…Jake is different.

 I think a lot of work would be required to turn OT Luke into TLJ Luke...It's not impossible, nothing is, with smart writing and character development, but that's not what we were given. Too many off-notes for me to find it remotely believable, and there are so many little snarky additions to his character that also are so weird that I just can't...

The new trilogy just sort of robs the victory/finale of the OT without enough explanation for why it was a failure....in a perfect world they would have just turned The Thrawn Trilogy into films. I thought the EU gave us a rich explanation and continuation of that world in a way that was far truer to the characters. I wouldn't even have minded them recasting our heroes, cause time/age. looks for time machine

 Thank you for getting me all worked up.  *hugs*

[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 🤣