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[itsgoldleaf]

RexObi Big Bang 2023!

Presenting my story for @rexobibang (a few days later than planned, but life gets in the way!) Check it out on ao3 below:

The Path Not Taken

Featuring beautiful art by @littledumplingwrites and @ryr-art!!!

Writing this fic was a journey and a half - I’ve never taken part in a Big Bang before and I learned a lot about writing (and planning!) a long-form fic over months - lots of things to take with me for next time. Life also got in the way a bit (losing my job was definitely a highlight) but we got there in the end!

I’d like to thank my wonderful artists for creating such amazing pieces - seeing things I’ve written come to life like this is such an honour 🧡 I’d also like to thank the @rexobibang mods for creating and running this fun event for this awesome rarepair 🧡

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“Please,” Rex says quietly. It’s desperate, a plea, almost lost in the jumble of cutlery and trays from the bussing station across the room.

“I’m not trying to out you, Rex,” Obi-Wan says softly, because he has to press otherwise they’ll get nowhere. “But you do need to address this. I’m not always going to be there to pretend it was me the next time you forget yourself. This is nothing to be afraid of; you’re remarkable, in fact. One of a kind.”

And that was the wrong thing to say.

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[ryr-art]

My peice for @rexobibang with @littledumplingwrites 's fic 'I need somewhere to begin again'!

[mock-arts]

part 2/2 of my 2023 cover collection! This one only 75% star wars and 25% sandman. Check out my cover collection tag for big chunks of covers like this, or check out my big bang tag for a bunch of collab'd stuff! idk or do whatever you want!

oh, and happy thanksgiving for my american buds I'm thankful for getting to work with so many cool people

Links and summaries beneath the cut!

2023 cover collection

We'll Meet Again by @littledumplingwrites (art) (with more art by @punkascas)

When Initiate Obi-Wan Kenobi is assigned to AgriCorps, he goes to his Creche Master to ask why he hasn’t been assigned to a Service Corps better suited. As a result he’s sent to MediCorps to become a healer. Cue Obi-Wan becoming Ben Kenobi: a master healer and specialized surgeon who does philanthropic MediCorps work on the Outer Rim. It’s hard work, but good work and he enjoys what he does. But when the Clone Wars start, Ben is called away from his humanitarian work to patch up Clone Troopers and Jedi on the battlefield. And once he’s there, he meets a rising star in the Clone Army: one Captain Cody.

Or, Healer-Surgeon Ben Kenobi was called to the war front. And he wasn't too keen on going. What were the Jedi even thinking when they started a war?

That M*A*S*H Star Wars AU that I just couldn't get out of my head, so I wrote it. (However, you do not have to know or have seen MASH to understand this.)

Healer Ben Kenobi, Reporting for Duty by @littledumplingwrites (art) (with podfic by mengde)

Healer Ben Kenobi finishes his surgical work on one battlefield and finds out he has a new assignment: rendezvous with the 212th and work with the clone healers there. This makes Ben a little nervous, because his new boyfriend Major Cody is a part of the 212th and Ben hasn’t heard from him in weeks.

Can the two of them work through their relationship issues, even as the Separatist Droid Army closes in on their position? Can Cody learn to trust someone who isn’t a brother? And can Ben learn to put his partner’s care above his past hurts?

Can be read as a standalone. Also, you do NOT need to know anything about M.A.S.H. to read or enjoy this story.

Bonds of Beskar by @popjeckdoom (art) (with more art by Aliennotperson)

In a universe where the Mandalorian Empire never fell, but changed, Ad’be’alor Kote Vhett faces threats from all sides. His father, Mand’alor Jango Vhett has been cursed into a Majick sleep, and as Tor Vizsla and his supporters tear the Council of Clans apart, Kote is desperate to wake his father and reunite the Empire. In an effort to save his father, and his people, Kote Vhett offers “anything” to the person who can cure his Father’s curse.

Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi may be the person for the job; only one issue--the Jedi have been in hiding for a thousand years, still hunted by Sith and Mandalorians alike. Can he keep his true identity secret long enough to help the Mand'alor... or will events conspire to reveal him before his mission is complete?

Forever; Without Stagnation by @noir-renard (art)

Din and Luke meet on Tatooine. Din and Luke fall in love. Din and Luke get married—

And then the plot catches up.

The Galaxy needs you, says The Force, and Luke believes it.

Din will understand, Luke thinks. It won’t take that long. What is a few years compared to the vow of 'forever'?

Only Blindly Could I Read You by @lillytalons (art) (with more art by @vanisketches

Rex's goal was to get into the organization, get the information, and take it down. Of course, no one had ever successfully infiltrated this empire, and most people had died attempting it, so it was easier said than done. But, the fact that a government agency had also sent in an agent, their best agent, was either a very good or very bad thing. Rex just happened to recognize them, and for some reason, Ben had decided that working together was the best option. What could go wrong?

It's a Sad Song (But We Sing it Anyway) by @ouzoa11-writes (art) (with more art by @impalafortrenchcoats)

Obi-Wan and Cody Kenobi have raised Luke for years and are at the center of the Rebellion when a new threat looms the horizon in the form of a new weapon. The tides seem to turn in their favor, even as they face new challenges along the way.

Or: Obi-Wan and Cody are soulmates who just want to see everyone survive. Their lives from Luke and Leia's nineteenth birthday to a confrontation with Vader alone.

Standalone though it is part of the "We Raise Our Cups To Them" universe

An Epiphany of Poppies Upon the Battlefield by @questing-wulfstan (art)

April 1940, On a French battlefield, Hob Gadling doubts his will to persevere in being alive for the second time of his existence. He swallows morphine in the hope to soothe his horror-scarified mind, and summons a mirage of the stranger who occupied his thoughts as the patron of his immortality. In a Japanese psychiatric ward, Delirium of the Endless is alerted by Dream's irruption in her realm, who she found missing when she sought his company on her quest for the Prodigal. Disappointment overcomes her as she finds it was but an image of her brother conjured by a mortal, and so it does Hob when her eruption dismisses the vision. Delirium will not resign herself to her exponential loss of brothers however, neither will Hob Gadling withhold his aid from any entity in distress, whether the stranger or his younger sister ; they just might hold the might to liberate Morpheus between their four hands ...

The Other Kingdom by @banhus (art)

In 1916, Roderick Burgess successfully summons Death, and Hob Gadling wakes up in the trenches alongside three dead soldiers.

[ifonlyweknewwhatiwasdoing]

Last Line Challenge

Thanks for the tag @brokenphoenix99!

Here's an exert from a fic that I'm writing that stars Fae Obi-Wan and human Jaster in kind of an older middle aged setting.

“Iron is protection from fae,” Obi-Wan corrrected, “Of which I am. Dark or light, Sith or Jedi, you’ve prevented any fae from touching you. It doesn’t matter their intentions. It’s not as if the iron can sense them. It’s job is to burn fae. That is what it does.” “What?” Kal asked, “It will burn all fae creatures?” Obi-Wan tilted his head before shaking it. “Silly humans,” he said, “They don’t know what they’re even warding off. Yes, human, iron for fae, salt for folks. Everyone knows that. Or at least, I thought everyone knew that.” “So if we’d thrown salt at that creature—” “He would have laughed as he ate you,” Obi-Wan said flatly, “It doesn’t work like that. He was a semi-powerful folk. It’s not as if you are trying to ward off pixies. It will keep him out of your space but you cannot use it as a weapon. It stops his movements, it doesn’t do him harm.”

I'm tagging @littledumplingwrites @nightoftheland @skylariumrose

@tennessoui @frostbitebakery @dontbelasagnax and anyone else who wants to do it!

[feybarn]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fox/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Quinlan Vos Characters: Quinlan Vos, Fox, Obi-Wan Kenobi Additional Tags: Life Day, Gift Giving, Fluff, Hint of a Fix-It Summary: Quinlan would really have appreciated it if someone had let him know they were going to celebrate Life Day this year. As it is, he's got limited time and presents to find.

Hope you enjoy your gift @littledumplingwrites

[punkascas]

comfort movie tag game

rules: list your top ten favourite comfort flicks.

thank you to the always brilliant @shutterbug-12 for the tag. i’m going to cheat and stretch the definition of "movie" a bit because i reach for comfort tv series far more than movies usually.

in no particular order:

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Top Gear Africa Special (i mean all of the CHM-era Top Gear but the Africa Special is two hours so i’m counting it as a tv movie)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Jurassic Park (the 1993 original)

While You Were Sleeping

A Knight’s Tale

The Young Victoria

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Dave

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Bonus ten not-films but definite comfort media that I am always in the middle of rewatching at least one: Arrested Development; Ted Lasso; Parks & Rec; Gilmore Girls; Psych; Top Gear/Grand Tour; GBBO; M*A*S*H; Good Eats; QI

no-pressure tagging: @santabarbara-skies @topaz-eyes @casbakespie @themadkatter13 @amirosebooks @solipsism-lemonade @dead-cowboy @cabezadeperro @renegade-angel @mock-speed @nottonyharrison @bluedaddysgirl @profound-boning @radioactivedean @roaringnesnej @softdean @gaelicblue @littledumplingwrites @ossidae-passeridae @skylariumrose

[skylariumrose]

Last Line Challenge

Tagged by @bluemaskedkarma

Rules: Post the last line you wrote and then try to tag as many people as there are words!

Last Line:

His fingers dig divots into the bare strong shoulders above him, his right leg thrown over the Jedi’s lower back to keep him against his body.

As I am but a tiny blog I will do the 5 out of the 25 words 😅

I will tag @littledumplingwrites, @cj-kenobi, @crownprincecody, @renegade-angel, & @chubbs-the-fish!!

Have fun 🤩

[renegade-angel]

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M, Multi

Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types

Relationship: CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex, Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex (established)

Characters: CC-2224 | Cody, CT-7567 | Rex, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Pong Krell

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Sentinels and Guides Are Known, @codexwanbingo, Planet Umbara (Star Wars), Umbara Arc (Star Wars: Clone Wars), Sentinel CT-7567 | Rex, Guide Obi-Wan Kenobi, BAMF CC-2224 | Cody, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV CC-2224 | Cody, CC-2224 | Cody-centric, Implied Minor Character Death (it's Krell), New Romance

Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Winter Holiday Gifts 2022

Stats: Published: 2022-12-25, Words: 2695, Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

Cody saw the exact moment Rex’s sense of smell was restored because Rex’s eyes widened and he took one step back.

Obi-Wan turned to him, his scent pile mixing into fear-confusion-love. “Rex?”

“He smells like us,” he whispered. Then, he shook his head. “No, not like us, but close.” He finally met his Guide’s eyes, his own still wide and unblinking. “But he does smell like ours.”

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Epiphany: 1. An appearance or manifestation, especially of a deity. 2. A sudden, intuitive perception of the reality of something.

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For @littledumplingwrites

Happy holidays Leo! And thanks once again to @bluemaskedkarma for running these awesome bingos!

(bingo card under the cut)

[mistpodfics]

The Summoning written by little_dumpling | @littledumplingwrites A Star Wars: Clone Wars Podfic read by mistbornhero for pod-o-ween

Cody and Wolffe want to try something they heard the alphas talking about. They light some candles and start reading from some ancient book. The whole thing makes Fox nervous, he's just along for the ride with his two best friends... He has no idea what's about to happen to him.

Podfic Length: 07:13 minutes

🎃👻spoooky/halloweeny playlist:🔮tumblr🔮neocities🔮 👻🎃

[kbirbpods]

Original Fic: the bitter taste of blood on his lips by @littledumplingwrites on ao3

Relationship: CC-224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences | Graphic Depictions of Violence

Tags: Witches, Magic, The Force, Deals, Pre-Slash, Family, Rumors, Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Medieval, Alternate Universe - Witchcraft, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, The Force is Magic, Cody will do anything for his brothers, Harm to Children, Sad

Audio Length: 31 minutes, 36 seconds

[Abbreviated] Summary: Cody seeks a witch's help to save his brother's life. Only he doesn't realize how badly the spell will go.

Notes: A prompt fill for @codywanbingo for “sacrifice," a prompt I came up with to replace "split personalities." Sacrifices feel very spooky and Halloween so I felt it was a fitting swap to make.

Card under the cut:

Find my blank card and links to all my fills here:

[itsgoldleaf]

RexObi Big Bang Promo!

Coming soon for the @rexobibang!

Title: The Path Not Taken

Team: @itsgoldleaf, @littledumplingwrites and @ryr-art

Rating: Mature

Words: ~25k

Pairing: CT-7567 | Rex/Obi-Wan Kenobi

Major warnings/tags: Force-Sensitive Rex, Kamino, Geonosis, 79’s, alcohol consumption, hangovers, spice, secrets, clone personhood, slow burn, falling in love, good timeline, O66 (mostly) doesn’t happen, happy ending, humour, vignettes, time skip, Cody is the only one taking this war seriously

Posting date: 29th September 2023

Summary: There’s an enigma at the end of the corridor with too-bright hair, and a brighter mind. Padawan Ben discovers a secret within a secret on the rain-soaked world of Kamino; a clone army, and a boy who can move things with his mind. Decades later as war gnaws on the galaxy, Commander Cody has a bone to pick, Anakin Skywalker tries to do good by his men, and General Kenobi meets Captain Rex for the first time, again. With Rex bent on forgetting he was ever unique, Obi-Wan asks himself if it’s even possible to win this war while keeping his sanity, keeping Rex’s secret, and keeping Rex too?

Art preview: All will be revealed on the posting date but I can say from the WIP previews my amazing artists Leo and Ryr have shared with me that you are in for a mega-treat!

Story Snippet:

“I’d glad to have someone who has an idea of what I’ve put up with for the last decade. Very happy too,” Obi-Wan adds, pouring the hot water, “to see you not taking any of Anakin’s shit.”

Rex doesn’t seem to know what to do with this information or his helmet. The latter ends up in his lap, knocking its forehead against the edge of the table in the mess as Obi-Wan shoves a steaming mug of tea at him and begins pouring his own.

It’s a moment before Obi-Wan remembers that even if off-duty there’s still army bullshit. “At ease?” He offers, to little visible change in Rex, “and you can speak freely in my presence. In perpetuity, if you don’t mind.” Another moment crawls by before it dawns on him that it’s not etiquette that’s got Rex’s tongue, but something worse.

Nostalgia.

[ann-i-inthestars]

Last Line Challenge!

Was tagged by @flowerparrish on my main nephilimswitchilight account! Thank you for tag my friend!!

No pressure at all tags: @prowlingthunder, @bisexualdinahlance, @retroyy1138, @inkyclone99, @abelunwilling, @lightningdropkick, @bucketking, @wandering-writer-ha, @littledumplingwrites, @hiddensage11 and anyone else who would like to!

Rules: Post the last line you wrote and try to tag as many people as there are words!

Snippet:

Wrecker was instantly smitten and could do nothing but stare.

[mock-arts]

Cover art for @littledumplingwrites’ fic, “Healer Ben Kenobi, Reporting for Duty” for the @swbigbang

Rated Teen, check it out on Ao3! (Also on ao3, this art! And podfic by mengde in a few weeks.)

Healer Ben Kenobi finishes his surgical work on one battlefield and finds out he has a new assignment: rendezvous with the 212th and work with the clone healers there. This makes Ben a little nervous, because his new boyfriend Major Cody is a part of the 212th and Ben hasn’t heard from him in weeks.

Can the two of them work through their relationship issues, even as the Separatist Droid Army closes in on their position? Can Cody learn to trust someone who isn’t a brother? And can Ben learn to put his partner’s care above his past hurts?

MediCorps Obi-Wan; inspired by MASH; established relationship; rocky relationship; one-sided Anakin/Obi-Wan;

[ifonlyweknewwhatiwasdoing]

Last Line Challenge: JastObiKal, Hot Shot

Thanks @brokenphoenix99 for the tag! I think you've actually tagged me twice, but things have been crazy on my end. XD

I have this exerpt from something new I'm working on though. Warning for omegaverse below the cut.

“The textile owner’s son had to fit me because she was busy,” Obi-Wan mumbled, “He had to measure the collar a bunch of times. It rubbed your scents off my mating glands, and I don’t like it.” Jaster softened, ducking down to nose at the mating gland on Obi-Wan’s neck, pressing his face against the skin there as he rubbed his scent back onto Obi-Wan’s skin. “It’s alright, Ob’ika,” Jaster murmured against Obi-Wan’s neck, “I’ve got you.” “Spoken like a true Mandalorian.” Jaster huffed softly, but he kept nosing at Obi-Wan’s mating gland as the omega looked up at Braiikar curiously. “What’s like a true Mandalorian?” he asked. “Scent,” Jaster grunted out against Obi-Wan’s skin. Obi-Wan made a questioning noise. “Mandalorian’s sense of smell is some of the best in the galaxy,” Jaster murmured, “Better than even the ZeHethbra. It’s why you’ll find most people on Concord Dawn in long sleeves and pants even in the summer. They don’t want unfamiliar scents on their skin. Clothes can be changed or washed, but getting in the fresher every time someone accidentally brushes you would be a pain in the shebs.”

I'm tagging @skylariumrose, @nightoftheland, @frostbitebakery @tennessoui @flowerparrish @kbirbpods @littledumplingwrites

Have Fun!

[renegade-angel]

@skylariumrose @littledumplingwrites @ifonlyweknewwhatiwasdoing @punkascas @bluemaskedkarma

A love letter to the co-conspiritors

They have many names—beta reader, friend, Oh Fuck You—but you know who they are: they’re the person who is as rabid as you about a ship or a character, the one you DM with your most twisted headcanons, the one who agrees that YES, he SHOULD be tied to a chair and slapped in the face—that she SHOULD be allowed a little tragic backstory, as a treat—that they SHOULD be roommates who are secretly pining for one another…the one who hashes out with you, at past midnight, how soon is reasonable for people with superpowers to have sex after one of them has been shot in the leg.

They’re the person who reads your fic before you send it to anyone else, and raves with you about that plot point that you COULDN’T WAIT for them to reach, or points out where you’ve forgotten that they were at the bar, not the library, so you need to remove the reference to book stacks, or pokes you to finish the goddamn next chapter because they want to read it, okay?

Fandom would not exist without them. They enable and encourage. Some of them are also fic writers, and you get to enable them right back. Some of them create fan art, or meta, or text post edits, or run prompt fests, or edit wikis…some of them are simply just as in love with the same thing that you are and want to feed the squee.

If you’re lucky enough to have someone like this in your life, you’ll know how much impact they have. It’s different to getting comments and kudos (wonderful though those are!), because they come in before the fic is finished, sometimes even before it’s started, and say ‘yes, do it!’. The fact that I’ve written so much for Community and The Umbrella Academy is completely down to @bethanyactually and @wheresmytowel respectively, and I count myself incredibly lucky to have them both in my life (and not just for all this, but also because they’re both incredibly lovely and smart and fun).

It was Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day yesterday (Aug 21st), and it made me think that we should also give a shoutout to the co-conspiritors, because without them, an awful lot more fic writers would be stress-scrolling through tumblr instead of working on their WIP, and there’d be so much less fic in the world.

[punkascas]

Picrew Game

tagged by the beautiful @santabarbara-skies to do this picrew.

i went a bit overboard and did my usual hermit work-from-home hide-from-people togs and then also what i wear on the rare occasion i’m forced by friends or work to leave the house.

p.s. picrew really needs to accept that some of us are stuck on the 80s with mullets and shaved sides of our head.

just imagine the shirts have either: (a) an obscure 80s reference; (b) a band; and/or (c) neon involved somehwere.

no pressure tagging: @littledumplingwrites @shutterbug-12 @renegade-angel @skylariumrose @bluemaskedkarma @sophronist @ecarian @mock-speed @nottonyharrison @culumacilinte