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[mal-is-tall]

when i first came back to coruscant i had some kind of insane delusion i would find my family.

like…my dad, i mean. don’t care about mom. kinda hope she’s dead i mean she literally tried to sell me what the kriff

oh my force she DID sell me!!! luke paid her for me when he took me away

wonder how much i cost.

maybe i should’ve reimbursed skywalker when i left

yeah but. i never found my dad i mean. i don’t know anything about him so i’ve nothing to go off of.

but…i did find family here.

i’m a caretaker for this sweet old pa’lowick lady whose husband passed away some years ago. she lets me live here with her in her apartment. i keep her company, run errands. listen to her ramble about the life she’s led.

i was, uh, homeless when i first came to coruscant. after i left luke’s jedi school i was living with luke’s sister’s family for a while and they were really nice but it was just kind of weird like—i didn’t belong there, and i knew that.

so…one day, i left. i had some credits ‘cause i’d been working my ass off so i could move into my own place and that had been the plan—but i just couldn’t take it anymore, living with the solos. the girlboss mom and the doting dad and the prodigal son and the darling baby daughter—and then the broken freak of nature that was me—i couldn’t take it.

so i fled to coruscant and bought a repulsortruck and i was living in that for a while. it sucked and i got my crap broken into and stolen like five times but at least i felt like i was somewhere i deserved to be. does that make sense?

then one morning i was walking and i heard like. singing. and felt this weird pull. and that’s how i found the force followers.

not jedi. not even force-sensitives. just…straight-up normies who believe in and seek the will of the force

and things kinda connected for me i mean. yeah i’m force-sensitive. i used to be a pretty powerful force user. but i was never a, you know—a sweet little fannie pentarra who never raises her voice and has a smile for everyone and forgives endlessly and oozes kindness

well. fannie’s not actually that great of a person, in my opinion. she’s kind of mean and self-absorbed. she just doesn’t know it yet.

and no, i’m not a great person either—but isn’t it better that i know that about myself?

but you know what i mean. there’s just always been something wrong with me. so. finding the force followers…these people who have no ability to perceive the force, but manage to find enough reason to believe in it and live for it—it fascinated me.

and that’s how i met ms. narbella faroo. the little old lady i live with now.

i could go on and maybe i will some other time but for now i’ll just finish by saying i like to think my life is getting better. i like to, anyway. it’s hard to say. i mean some things stay the same and some things get worse but. i think i’d rather be here, where i am now, than anywhere else i’ve ever been in my life

—a

[krunkidile]

found you a new hat.

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[torpublishinggroup]

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[stompandhollar]

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the problem is that they get along. the problem is that they can’t stop themselves from falling naturally into a rhythm of riffing off one another and enjoying the other’s company. THAT is the problem. the problem is that it works and that’s the thing that caused all their issues. they like one another. they just click.

[soracities]

anyone else have a word they absolutely cannot spell as in no matter how many times you read or write this particular random word your brain just absoltuely will NOT play ball for me its "genius" and "parallel"

[useless-sapphicc]

[bitterkarella]

Midnight Pals: Souper

[at unicorn fuck club] JRR Tolkien: tonight we've got a special story from everyone's favorite fantasy writer GRR Martin: CS Lewis: Peter S Beagle: Hans Christian Andersen: L Frank Baum: Tolkien: whoops shouldn't have said that ha ha Tolkien: i mean, you're all winners in my book

Tolkien: but when i say everyone's favorite fantasy writer Tolkien: i mean terry practchett GRR Martin: oh yeah that's fair CS Lewis: yeah fair Peter S Beagle: fair Hans Christian Andersen: yes yes of course L Frank Baum: that's fair

Terry Pratchett: hello unicorn fuck club today i've got a story about a wizard who is - get this - actually very bad at his job Tolkien: oh ho ho! terry my boy, you've done it again! Pratchett: there's also girl dwarves Tolkien: [suddenly stone-faced] i hate this

Pratchett: but first Pratchett: all this story telling is hungry work! Pratchett: do you happen to have anything to eat around here? Tolkien: are you talking about... Tolkien: having Tolkien: a Tolkien: feast????? Brian Jacques: [squeaking incomprehensibly in rising excitement]

Tolkien: why, terry, my boy, what an idea! Tolkien: instead of merely DESCRIBING a feast, we'll have one! huzzah! Martin: huzzah! Lewis: huzzah! Jacques: [squeaking] i use a mercury head dime as a serving platter!

Pratchett: no no nothing so fancy as that Tolkien: eh? Pratchett: i was more thinking along the lines of Pratchett: soup Tolkien: soup? Pratchett: yeah just a big bowl of heart soup right about now would just be the best thing Pratchett: oo i just love the sound of it!

Pratchett: think about it: no work... no worries... no failures... no waste... when you serve maggi homestyle soups, the finest money can buy yet priced reasonably within your budget Tolkien: interesting! tell us more Pratchett: maggi soup! es ist echt ausgezeichnet!

Pratchett: how often have you had this problem Pratchett: say, you're on a budget but you have to feed your hungry hungry boys Tolkien: oh man i have been there! Tolkien: more times than i can count!

Tolkien: but terry Tolkien: i need something substantial and nourishing for my hungry boys. can maggi soup satisfy? Pratchett: ahh jirt my friend, maggi soup does more than satisfy! Pratchett: as the good people at maggi say, "kartoffelsalat volkswagen fahrvergnugen lebensraum!!"

Tolkien: What's that sizzling sound I hear? Pratchett: Get up! It's soup and eggs, my dear! Martin: What can I cook without much fuss? Pratchett: maggi soup would tickle all of us! Lewis: What's a lunch that's good and quick? Pratchett: Hot Maggi soup mix does the trick!

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Gaiman: if you are in fact, the real terry pratchett Gaiman: and not an imposter Gaiman: like the imposter sandman hector hall in The Sandman, vol. 2: The Doll's House Gaiman: then you won't have any trouble telling a joke Pratchett: [sweats] ein witz? du magst ein witz?

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[sweetm0uringlamb]

did jensen’s NDA expire or what

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

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[moonlightmagical]

hey guys, i just fully processed that we live in a world where fabian has canonically tried to give gilear a vasectomy in the middle of the night. how are the rest of you doing.

[cymk8]

they are practicing their lifts don't tell coach jaheira

more of this self-indulgent ice skating au

[ryllen]

"ho ho i love how u always joke around about me killing you nonchalantly, Trey-san" [x] [x]

[emotionaldisaster909]

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