#kodrevas

[kodrevas]

I've rerolled again in BG3. This time I rolled an Ipha! The cyborg commando trooper has become a half wood elf ranger, will romance Gale (as one does), and save the world. I was tickled to put tattoos in the same place her cybernetics were. She's a cutie pie. Ooo, I could mess around the character creator and see if I can roll up a Brei'yu too. lol

[knamil]

Shuffle your on-repeat playlist, post 10 songs, tag 10 people.

Tagged by @clevermird. Thank you!

I tag @kodrevas @serialephemera and anyone who wants to post their playlist because I hoard playlists like a goblin.

I won't make a poll because I'm lazy

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

Judith - A Perfect Circle

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone

Come Together - The Beatles

Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea - MISSIO

The Summoning - Sleep Token

Beast - Nico Vega

Haunted - Poe

Get Some - Lykke Li

The Wolf - SIAMES

Honorable mention to Streets of Detroit by SQÜRL which came up fourth or something but is only 35 seconds long so I went to the next one. I want to make a comic based on how that 35 seconds feels.

[kmlaney]

Shuffle your on-repeat playlist, post 10 songs, tag 10 people.

hoo boy this is all over. I have themed playlists, but I don't stick to one, and I'm bouncing between playing in a D&D game and preparing to run Deadlands Night Train for Halloween.

tagging @serialephemera @transman-badass @depizan @waywardwizzard @knamil @kodrevas @figjelly

and anyone else who wants to!

no obligation of course

[depizan]

Fictober Prompt 21 with Kyrian and companion(s) of your choice, please!

21. "This, this makes it all worth it."

Kaliyo eyed the jumble of repurposed packing crates, piles of refuse, and jury-rigged equipment dubiously. “A bunch of grubby refugees?”

“Live refugees.”

She snorted. “Like they wouldn’t sell you to a Hutt for a decent meal.”

“That’s Hutt Space,” he agreed. “As you’ve pointed out.”

They left the edges of the refugee camp behind, heading up the poorly lit corridor to where they’d left their rented speeder. Not that either of them expected to find it still there, not in that sector of Nar Shaddaa.

Of course, if they’d stuck to the mission as outlined, they would have been in and out in a fraction of the time it had taken them plant dozens of tiny charges to destroy the factory’s equipment without risking the neighboring refugee camp, and they might have returned before the speeder was stolen.

His generous expense account would appease the rental company. Kaliyo was another matter entirely. She was already irritated that he’d cost her a chance to blow up a factory. Having to walk to a portion of the sector that was actually served by taxi companies wouldn’t help.

Live refugees, Kyrian reminded himself. However Kaliyo might expect him to make the night’s inconveniences up to her, the survival of the refugee camp was worth it.

[baar-ur]

Fanfiction writer's ask. 11, 21

> 11) Have you ever amended a story due to criticisms you’ve received after posting it?

Nah, I’ve only posted a tiny fraction of what I’ve written. What I do post tends to be as polished and edited as possible.

> 21) Tell me about another writer(s) who you admire? What is it about them that you admire?

Astolat is incredible, for both the breadth of fandom they’ve covered and the amount of fic they’ve published. I also love SecondStarOnTheLeft - so much awesome Game of Thrones fic.

[lesabear]

kodrevas replied to your post “How would you rank the companion romances you've done?”

I did DS Jaesa romance and turned down marrying her. I found it boring and I found her a little over the top. All in all, I didn't like it.

iamnotspartacus25

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“How would you rank the companion romances you've done?”

I really don't get the appeal of DS Jaesa or her romance. It makes sense in-game, I guess, since you basically destroy her life but damn is that creepy

lainathiel

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“How would you rank the companion romances you've done?”

I did the DS Jaesa romance once. Really don't want. Plus, I find the whole LS/DS thing with her really stupid.

Yeah, you guys pretty much summed up why I don’t like it (or DS Jaesa in general, to be honest). It probably didn’t help that my first SW was Malicineve, who is herself really obnoxiously over-the-top DS, but I would have preferred a more calculating/manipulative DS version of Jaesa rather than what we got. She just feels very one-note and uninteresting in-game.

And I agree with you, @lainathiel - I wasn’t too impressed with how they handled the LS/DS difference, although at least LS Jaesa has some interesting thought behind her (though I really, really, could have done without the weird “we can make powerful Force-sensitive babies” conversation)

[kmlaney]

I enjoy reading these out-of-context sentences! Thank you for the tag @clevermird!

I'm between working on noncanon Vargr culture, my specific character's background, and adding bits to Skyfallen. I think the last thing I worked on was on my character's background:

To outsiders I am Lupin.

Five. Hmm, tagging @coffeewritesfiction, @fallenscintilla, @waywardwizzard, @depizan, and @kodrevas if you want! no pressure!

WIP Game

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

I was tagged by @randomfoggytiger. Thanks!

My dreams are larger now.

Tagging @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly @storybycorey @weshallflyaway @baronessblixen @ladytp

[llamaofdrama]

Music Shuffle Tag

Instructions: you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Put your music on shuffle and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people. No skipping

Thank you @reylin-stormfury for the tag hehe. Alright Spotify, don’t fail me now by giving me any embarrassing songs.

The Script - For the First Time

Conor Maynard - Crew Love

Paramore - The Only Exception

Disasterpeace - Ensis

OneRepublic - Kids

A Great Big World - Say Something

Robin Schulz - Sugar (ft. Franchesco Yates)

The Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be

Imagine Dragons - Shots (Broiler Remix)

Justin Timberlake - SexyBack

Alright that wasn't so bad hahah. I really love a lot of the songs on here :D As for tagging people, I actually have like no friends oops so I'm gonna retag @kodrevas to make sure she actually does it mwahahaha :)

[cinlat]

GET TO KNOW ME III

(apparently this is the ‘3rd’ one but whatever the previous ones are/were I couldn’t say)

tagged by @dingoat

Tag people you’d like to know better: Let’s see, I’m going to hit up some people that I don’t know as well...  @taraum @chivalin @frozenabattoir @foreverfornever @kodrevas @pineaberry

favourite colour: autumn/earth tones, especially gold (this is basically the perfect answer so I’m going to leave it) also, sunset orange.

top three ships: Fynta/Jorgan, naturally. I also have to say basically all of the ships that I share with @kunoichi-ume, because there are more than three. Rick/Evelyn from the Mummy. 

lipstick or chapstick: Chapstick every night before bed, because then I can be lazy all the next day (and it won’t melt in my car)

last song: Ummm *opens Spotify* Are You Ready - Disturbed 

last movie: The Pacific.

currently reading: Ummm *opens Libby* I’m really bad at this memory thing apparently. Oh, there it is. Instinct by Sherrilyn Kenyon.

[kodrevas]

#5 for jorganxipha :D

5. hands on the other person’s back, fingertips pressing under their top, drawing gentle circles against that small strip of bare skin that make them break the kiss with a gasp

Jorgan realized she was having another nightmare before she did. She moaned in her sleep, jerked an arm across his body as though pushing something away. Or protecting herself from it. He came awake all at once, on high alert, and shook her gently. She made a noise but didn’t wake. He rubbed her arm, not vigorously, but enough to let her know he was there and it was time to come out of it. He said her name and her eyes popped open.

Her first breath was shaky. Ipha covered her eyes with her hand and concentrated on steadying it. “I’m okay,” she said immediately. “I’m fine.”

The nightmares were no longer getting worse. But they weren’t getting better either. Sleep only came because she and Jorgan had a silent agreement that they would share her bed. The presence of someone beside her coaxed her into sleep, and mostly held off the dreams. Or was it his presence specifically? She had tried not to think too hard about it.

“I need to get up,” she mumbled as tendrils of the terror clung to her. “I need to move.”

Rather than wait for him to move out of the bunk first, she swung a leg over him, for a moment straddling his midsection in a pretense of intimacy that was cloudy between them. Her other foot sought the floor and once grounded, she moved unsteadily to the door.

The Blue Bukk was quiet, no life but for the humming of its systems. Was everyone gone? No, not everyone. Yuun slept noiselessly in another bunk. The rest of the crew away on assignment. The door slid closed and then open again as Jorgan followed her into the low light of the common.

He was silent for a moment as she slowed her pacing. “That seemed like a rough one,” he said as she came to a standstill, her back to him.

She couldn’t even begin to explain the cacophony of images, that feeling of not having any control, no connection to your own body. He’d never asked her to. Seeing her in that tank, floating weightless and blind, it had scared him. Whatever she had gone through in there was a terror he could never fathom. And because of that, he had no idea how to help her.

“I’m alright,” she said after a long moment. But she didn’t elaborate.

Jorgan hated this. These heavy moments where the chasm between them was so large and unbreachable but he could still see her light. He hated these halfhearted back pats and the murmured cajoling to try and find sleep again. He hated this not knowing where they stood, and the fear that if he stepped too far over the line he would ruin her.

He was a soldier, damn it, and soldiers met problems head-on. They shouldered through them, roughed them up, and either it came out fine or it all went to hell but something happened, something moved. This wasn’t a problem that being a soldier could fix.

He wasn’t entirely sure how to simply be a man about it though.

“Sometimes…” he started, but his voice broke at the end of the word and he fell silent again. He watched her head bow forward. “We need a better solution.”

Her head snapped up then. “We?” She turned toward him now. She didn’t seem to understand what that meant.

Kriff. This. The only way to go was forward and the only way he knew how was to plow into it. “You and I, we are partners more often than not. On the field, and here, after all… that. And as your partner, I’m supposed to be watching your back. I’m watching your back alright. And everything else too.” His gaze dropped. “It’s unprofessional.”

She still looked confused. “I guess I would be offended if you weren’t occasionally trying to sneak a peek.”

“I’d like to do more than just peek,” he muttered and immediately winced. She deserved better than that. “Look, I don’t know if this thing between us is going anywhere. You’re a remarkable woman, but I’m still your CO. If I ever cross a line, go too far,” his wince was internal this time. He realized too late he was giving her an out. Letting her choose to keep things status quo. Not what he wanted, but it was too late now. He sighed. “You let me know.”

She stared at him, her confusion melting into something else, something he couldn’t quite read. It was determined, and a little defiant. She walked to him, back straight, chin up, no longer trembling. “If you’ve got something to say, then say it,” she said. A light glinted in her eye.

It was now. It had to be. Because if it wasn’t, then it would never again have the chance to be. He squared his own shoulders and looked down at her. She just might punch him. “Fine.” The word didn’t come out as clipped as he thought it would.

He reached for her and wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her into him. Her hands came up to his chest to steady herself, but he was holding her tight. The kiss was fast, hot, and uncomplicated. He let her go just as quickly and stepped back, giving her space.

“Well,” he said into the surprised silence. “I think I’ve said my piece.”

She jerked her chin. “I haven’t said mine.”

He thought it would be a verbal slash, but she grabbed him by the front of his shirt and yanked him the step to her. It was his turn to be off balance. But he was ready when she pressed her mouth to his, kissed him like he was her air.

His hands went around the small of her back, his fingertips brushed bare skin. Under her shirt, they traced gentle circles, in contrast to the sheer power she kissed him with. She shuddered against him, then broke the kiss with an audible gasp. But he held her body against him still, unwilling to give up any of the ground they had just crossed.

He looked down into her green eyes and again appreciated the depth of color. “Whew. For the record, you kiss like most people punch.”

“I would think you of all people would appreciate that,” she stammered. The defiance was gone, replaced with sudden uncertainty.

“Oh, I do. Trust me. I’ll take that punch anytime.” He lifted a finger to point to his lips. “Right here. Anytime.”

She laughed suddenly and the tension in the room fled like nervous thrantas. He found himself smiling. The sound was wonderful.

Ipha cleared her throat as she let go of his shirtfront. “So… where do we go from here?”

“Forward,” he answered immediately. “Together.”

“Right. Okay.” Her face sobered.

“No,” he said, putting a finger under her chin. “Keep smiling. This is a good thing.”

“It is,” she started, but he kissed away the rest of her words. Logistics later, he thought. Her, now.

[kmlaney]

thanks @waywardwizzard for the tag <3

last song/album:

favorite color:

purple and green. sometimes together

sweet, spicy or savory:

all three? can I have all three? If I have to pick, then savory.

last tv show:

Somebody Feed Phil (Dubai)

last film:

Star Trek 6

last thing you googled:

Lupin the Third

relationship status:

married

current obsession:

US old west (truthfully, since about 2021). New character for a Traveller game.

tagging (hey only if you want to) @fallenscintilla, @coffeewritesfiction, @depizan, @kodrevas, @clevermird, and anyone else who wants to jump in!

thanks @ratinthevoid for the tag <3

last song/album:

Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive (sped up)

favorite color:

green>blue>silver>gray>black in that order

sweet, spicy or savory:

sweet or spicy

last tv show:

currently watching House of the Dragon

last film:

Nimona

last thing you googled:

immortal thor 8

relationship status:

happily single

current obsession:

powering through books and revisiting old fandoms

tagging whoever sees this and also @the-one-who-have-no-idea @unhonestlymirror @ellena-asg @freebagels @chervonyy-cowboy @varenychenko (if someone doesn't want to be tagged in posts like these please tell me) (or if someone does want to be mentioned in tag games, please also tell me)

[knamil]

Abisalli's Emotion challenge: Aric Jorgan ( >.> <.<) 10C in Minecraft.

Thank you! <3

I cheated with the red, but... not sorry! \o/

SW:TOR’s Aric Jorgan drawn from this meme

[kmlaney]

tag game whee!!!

I was tagged by @clevermird! Thank you! Haven’t done one of these in a while.

1) Are you named after anyone?

No. I recall my parents specifically chose my name so it had no obvious handy nicknames, but not that it was after anyone in particular.

2) When was the last time you cried?

Couple weeks ago over irl stuff that I’m not getting into.

3) Do you have kids?

I have one child. He’s 19.

4) What sports do you play/have you played?

I am terrible at most every sport. Certainly nearly everything offered at school. You know, all the standard sportsballs, tennis, track, you name it. I was on a swim team ages ago and I enjoyed that and was good at it. I’m good at archery and shooting; those are both fun. I have done equestrian stuff (trail riding, intro to show jumping and dressage) but I never had a horse so those were either rentals or classes.

5) Do you use sarcasm?

Constantly. I think it is my native language. Or dialect.

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

Eyeglasses. I was an optician for a long time; it’s still the first thing I notice. Then earrings/piercings/tattoos. Or funky-colored hair.

7. What's your eye colour?

Dark brown.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Depends on what I’m in the mood for. They’re also not mutually exclusive. When I get attached to a character in a scary movie I want them to get their happy ending. Aka survival. They’ve earned it. Unless it’s Samuel L, Jackson’s character in Deep Blue Sea. Best moment in the movie from a meta standpoint imo. IYKYK.

9. Any talents?

In videogames I have the unique ability to find edges to fall of, things to get stuck on, and freak ways to glitch out of the terrain. Not the fun, youtubeable ways. The annoying, have to alt-F4 and start over kind. And hope I haven’t died in the interim. Seriously, I should test games for terrain flaws. It’s a gift.

10. Where were you born?

In a hospital. Lol yeah ok recall the sarcasm question earlier? USA.

11. What are your hobbies?

Reading, writing (not so much a hobby as an obsession), drawing, TTRPGs where I get way too attached to my characters and write elaborate backstories and playlists and fics for them. I want to get back into guitar; I haven’t played in a while and the bass is calling me. 

12. Do you have any pets?

I am down to one cat and three houseplants. The cat is smaller than two of the plants.

13. How tall are you?

5'4" (if you're American, Liberian, or Burmese) or 163cm (if you're anywhere else in the world.)

14. Favourite subject in school?

History, science, choir, and this one math class that was all word problems. That one was fun.

15. Dream job?

Writer? That’s the one constant career I’ve always wanted for as long as I can remember. If not that then a paleontologist specializing in dinosaurs, which is probably way less awesome than I think it is. Oceanographer and geologist were in the running too. 

Dream job would be one where I get to do the parts of that job that I really enjoy and none of the parts that I don’t.

tagging uhh... @depizan, @serialephemera, @kodrevas, @knamil (I think you got double-tagged, sorry!), and anyone else who wants to play! No obligation to participate whether I tagged you or not.

[frauzet]

Last Sentence Meme

Post the last sentence you wrote and tag as many people as there are words.

Tagged by @shimmersing, thank you! This may be just what I needed to get back to writing. At least I found my notes :D

So far life has proven her right.

This is for the next part of Caught. I know what I want to write, I just need to get the feel for the boys back. Not an easy task after a break this long. Writing was easier when my spare time had two hours more each working day.

Tagging @kmlaney, @brightephemera, @lesabear, @gerdavonrinnlingen, @depizan, @kodrevas, @evemmons (no pressure though)

[shortfictionweeklychallenge]

Short Fiction Weekly Challenge

Time for a new prompt from the Short Fiction Weekly Challenge, tumblr edition.  Let it spark your imagination.  Any character, any fandom, any original world.   Reblogs welcome!

Post your story to your blog and send the link to Short Fiction Weekly Challenge!  The link will appear in our feed and the site index, and your blog gets listed on the Participating Blogs page.

This week’s SFWC prompt:

Week of May 11, 2018

Censored! [Redacted] Strikethrough! Restricted! Takedown!: When has your character encountered censorship? What was it? Something they wanted or needed but weren't allowed? Why? Something they created that was blacked out, altered, or removed? Was it a report, a discovery, a work of art or fiction? Did they agree with the censor or fight the decision?  What problems occured because of the restriction--or lack thereof?

Feel free to continue submitting stories for any prompt.  A masterpiece missed the deadline?  Don’t let it gather electronic dust.  Submit it anyway and Short Fiction Weekly Challenge will publish it.  

This week’s prompt not for you?  Look for something more to your taste in the Prompt Archive.  Consider all the prompts active and waiting to inspire you.  

This week’s featured previous prompts are:

Communication Breakdown - Trying to communicate with each other when things are going well is hard enough, but our characters have plenty of other things that can get in the way. Bad com channels, language barriers, broken holo feeds - all those can mess up a conversation. Not to mention people who just plain don't understand each other...

Mission Accomplished - Ever wonder what exactly goes down when you send your companions on those crew skill missions? How does Khem handle diplomacy missions, for example? Write about your character sending one of his or her crew members on an assignment - your character can only appear when giving the mission; focus on a companion. Suggested by @kodrevas!

Got an idea for a prompt?  Submit it here.

[kodrevas]

I have two JorganxFemTrooper that are kissy kissy, does that count as fluff? I hope these links work because otherwise you would have to go to my tumblr and search Aric Jorgan there. They come up under his tag.

https://www.tumblr.com/kodrevas/174901710421/5-for-jorganxipha-d?source=share

https://www.tumblr.com/kodrevas/64733591442/i-wrote-a-thing?source=share

Aric Jorgan fans! I need some fluffy fics to read, please help :'l