#otp; where's padme?

[disneyprincessbuffyannesummers]

❝I am not blind, Padmé. Though I have tried to be, for Anakin’s sake. And for yours. Anakin has loved you since the day you met, in that horrible junk shop on Tatooine. He’s never even tried to hide it, though we do not speak of it. We… pretend that I don’t know. And I was happy to, because it made him happy. You made him happy, when nothing else ever truly could.❯

~Obi-Wan To Padme in a deleted scene~

❮You love him, too, don’t you?' 'You do. You do love him,' 'Please, do what you can to help him,❜

~Obi-Wan To Padme in a deleted scene~

inspo from @izloveshorses, @whenanangelfalls & the most important @pwn15

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[piglet26]

Top Five Reylo Scenes

Before I start I do want to add why Reylo means so much to me. Recently I went through a really deep depression and part of what pulled me out of it was Reylo. I was able to write essays and do analysis about this OTP. Rewatching the films and focusing on theirs scenes helped get my mind off of some pretty deep stuff. I was also able to receive love and connection through the Reylo community. It's meant a lot to me! Also, I know that Tumblr is very supportive to anyone going through a tough time and directing people to self help lines. If you are going through a time that is really dark or challenging I Love You in Reylo.

Now my top three scenes is tough cause I love them all, but if I had to focus on an order to the game I'd say........

5 " You Need a Teacher"

“There’s a history in Star Wars of the attraction between the light and dark…”

Truth be told I'm surprised this scenes ranked as high as it did with me because I do not like that she beat him. The more I thought about it I realized why I did want to rank it. There is something raw and dirty about them here. The look of sheer amazement he gives her after that lightsaber flew to her was everything. The force theme beginning to play. Then when she lit the lightsaber and he was like "oh, you wanna duel? ok, let's duel then." The moment they found the force together with their faces beautifully lit up. It really is great.

There is nothing violent really about their fight, like I don't fear for their lives. Resembling the scene where Kylo Ren said could “take whatever he wants” and “Don’t be afraid, I feel it too” while looking at her lips. The chemistry took me by complete surprise and I shifted in my seat uncertainly watching this the first time. Surely I shouldn’t like a murderer and a villain with Rey, but I couldn’t help it. This very chemistry, though probably amounting to less than ten minutes of actual interaction between each other, leaves the audience with a hungry desire for more.

Reylo and Anidala could be mirrors of each other with Anakin falling to the Dark Side because of his selfish love for Padme and Kylo coming back to the Light because of his selfless love for Rey.

When Kylo is with Rey, he is calmer, and calculating. For Kylo, the seduction is to the Light. However, when Rey first searches out the Force with her feelings, she immediately ends up in the Dark Side, and is unafraid to take what she wants from it. In battle, she is furious, screaming and bent on destruction. As I mentioned above, Anidala and Reylo could be the Force’s attempts at balancing itself. Where Anidala was destined to fail, Reylo is destined to prevail and finally balance the Force.

4 "You'll turn........I'll help you"

“The Abduction,” the song in TFA when the “bridal carry” happens, has a very similar ascending line of notes to a recurring theme in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet overture.

I love everything about this. The infamous elevator scene. Reylo once again dominates the screen in The Last Jedi, easily rendering Finn’s growing romance with Rose bland and tedious in comparison. Rian Johnson is a Reylo stan so I stan him. This is the first time Rey and Kylo are physically side by side since she tried to kill him in the forest on Star killer Base. It's the most sexually charged body language! They spiffed up for one another. She’s changed her clothes, put on makeup and decided to leave her hair down. His hair is freshly washed with a spritz.

“Ben” She’s using his real name now and like in every scene with her now he's calm. He hates his name, but when she says it he hears her. She's appealing to his true nature, or, what she believes it to be. It's possessive as well. He is HER Ben. The way he tried not to have a reaction to her until she said his name. He's trying to stay blank and not give away what he intends to do, but none the less has a reaction to her.

Rian Johnson basically confirmed that Kylo / Ben wanted to kiss Rey in the elevator scene. It’s canon so I am prepared to fight. Not to mention, Johnson tells us that Adam Driver, as Kylo / Ben, seriously considered kissing Rey in this scene. He is, indeed, staring at her lips in the elevator with the most intense eye contact.

Reylo speaks to me, and many others, on a spiritual level. Like many stories of both maiden and monster, Reylo shows us what it means to be a heroine. A heroine reaches her hand out to monsters and says: you deserve love and compassion, no matter the mistakes you’ve made. We're in a movement where women are tired of "fixing" men and I'm here for it. I honestly think that's why so many woman found it difficult that Reylo is not soft and sweet.

3 ........Ben?"

Adam Driver says Kylo Ren can’t help but harbor admiration for Daisy Ridley’s Rey in the Last Jedi. “I think there’s something familiar there, as well as something to be feared, or something… that he (Kylo) can’t quite place.”

Let me go ahead and say that I'm going to cheat.... I'm including the novelization in this because that mixed with novel is what gives me life. TROS brought such mixed Reylo emotions. We got great stuff! In small doses *eye roll* In the novel. She was glad to see him. Glad to be with him in this moment. It was the greatest gift she could have given him. His heart was full as Rey reached for his face, let her fingers linger against his cheek. And then, wonder of wonders, she leaned forward and kissed him.

The way Rey sits in wonder...... never mind she was borderline dead..... Ben is there, really there and she's just staring in wonder. Ben is looking at her in painful awe and relief. They are both almost child-like in their affection. The way Rey hesitates, after years alone, it takes her a moment to work up the courage for her first kiss. Ben just lets her take her time. The way he waits patiently for her to work up the courage and then the moment the kiss, he pulls her to him like she is the air he breathes for his first kiss. Oh! The smiles. Seriously?! Ben and Rey are happy! There was fireworks, champagne and pussy power! Rey’s hand. Ben gave his very life essence to Rey because his love is that absolute.

And let’s not forget the novelization of TLJ had this quote “They will never have to be alone again”.

Now this is where things get messy as hell. Adam was on the set of Tatooine..... but as they cut that ending. Daisy stated regarding the ending “the crew was shaken in a way I had not seen before. and I thought, ‘my god if this is people’s immediate reaction when the scene isn’t even ready, imagine what it will be like to see it in the movies, with the John Williams soundtrack and all that." When Ben faded into the force...... no one felt anything for a moment then there was just confusion and disappointment. You cannot nor will you ever have me believing that this janky ending was the real deal.

2 "Join Me.......... Please"

“He (Kylo) sensed his and Rey’s destinies were intertwined, but how?......"

The Throne Room Proposal! Kylo premeditated in the purest Sith way regarding the murdering of his Master for his bae. Then he gives Rey a furious speech on killing the past in a bid to win her over and fulfill his dark Queen fantasy. “You come from nothing, you’re nothing—but not to me,” Kylo tells Rey, in one of the most beautifully twisted declarations of love ever uttered in a family blockbuster, before quietly pleading with her to join him like he’s the most desperately lonely person in the universe. The duo’s visions of their future together—Rey sees Kylo turning to the Light, and Kylo witnesses Rey joining him in the Dark. However, upon Snoke’s death, the bond still stands. Kylo offers Rey a place at his side and his hand in marriage, but it is the proposal of an awkward boy, grasping desperately at a relationship he has only begun to understand.

And you can see it in her face, that she’s torn, there is a part of her that wants to take his hand, not to rule the galaxy, that’s not her ambition, but to simply stay with someone who truly understands her as well. But it’s the ‘please’ Adam Driver showed that Julliard education with that one word. Both actors just brough it. You can see how far they've come and yet still so far away from each other.

1 "You're Not Alone.......Neither are You"

“When Rey feels rejected by Luke Skywalker, who also sees parallels between the power in her and the abilities of his estranged nephew, the old Jedi master inadvertently pushes the two towards each other.”

You knew it was coming. In TLJ, Kylo is at his most sympathetic and tempting; Rey at her most understanding. Both are outcasts because of their power, they are both lonely, whispering to each other comfortingly “you’re not alone” and “neither are you.” Kylo sees more in Rey than she does within herself. He also challenges her as an equal. Ben ultimately encourages her to not only expand her mind, but in embrace her womanhood. It is no wonder that Rey goes to him. After experiencing Luke and his failings as a master and failing to find the answer's she's been looking for....... Rey ends up relating to Kylo. Kylo, for once, has put the whole of misery and life lessons into something productive.

When we find them alone in a dark hut, slowly lean towards each other, and very hesitantly touch hands in a scene fraught with romantic tension. Notably, the Force music plays during the scene, signaling their relationship’s importance. A tear crawls down Rey’s face as the two connect and understand each other on a level so deep that it is reminiscent of sex, and causes Luke Skywalker to pull the ultimate Dad move and blow up the hut.

As Rey and Kylo develop their bond we see the force attempting to balance itself. Yin and Yang....... the imagery littered throughout the sequel trilogy is drawn heavily from those belief systems. We see continuous parallel shots with Rey and Ben to represent this duality. Both are presented in contrasting surroundings that represent the duality of the masculine and the feminine. In many shots half of their figure is bathed in light and the other half is bathed in the darkness.

This connection is as spiritual as it is romantic. As Jason Fry explained, romance is merely the analog we have in the living force for this deep spiritual bond.

[daniclaytcn]

Tumblr Fandom: A Year in Review 2023

i was tagged by @mistmarauder, thank you!!

Top Five Blorbos:

Eddie Diaz (9-1-1)

Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things)

Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew)

Alex Claremont-Diaz (Red, White & Royal Blue)

Lucy Preston (Timeless)

Top Five Fandoms:

9-1-1

Red, White & Royal Blue

Stranger Things

The Haunting Anthology

Nancy Drew

Top Five OTPs:

Evan Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1)

Lucy Chen/Tim Bradford (The Rookie)

Nancy Drew/Ace (Nancy Drew)

Lucy Preston/Garcia Flynn (Timeless)

Dani Clayton/Jamie Taylor (The Haunting of Bly Manor)

Shoutout to Some New Friends:

@eddiediaaz we've been mutuals since last year but i feel like we talked a lot more this year, so i'm very grateful for that ❤ @poughkeepsies is one of my dearest mutuals on here and i love you and all your takes <33 and also @ice-sculptures i've adored following you over this year!

Shoutout to Some Old Friends:

all of my love to the one and only @tawaifeddiediaz, i don't know where i'd be without her to rant and get emotional over our blorbos with and she's just such a wholesome soul!! and of course, @bieddiediaz and @oneawkwardcookie, the besties, i love you guys so so much ❤❤

Favorite Creation You Posted This Year:

i'm very proud of my fic, but i can see all along, love (it was you all the way down) <3

Favorite Creation Posted by Someone Else This Year:

oh gosh this is SUCH a difficult question because there are so many amazing creations from this insanely talented fandom—but i'd have to go with @eddiediaaz's speak now gifset it was so incredible!

People Who Brightened Your Year:

too many people to count—@buck2eddie @lover-of-mine @jeeyuns @diazass @kitkatpancakestack @bieddiediaz @tawaifeddiediaz and so many others i'm probably forgetting!

Anyone Else You'd Like to Mention:

there are just too many people to mention—every single one of my mutuals on here, and all the kind people who've sent me lovely messages (anonymous or not) and all the people who continue to follow me!!

Five of Your Favorite Authors This Year:

elless continues to be an all-time favourite, they have some of the most beautiful fics in the fandom ❤❤

@tawaifeddiediaz is the most talented person ever ily 😘

@letmetellyouaboutmyfeels is another favourite!! your halloween fics were SUCH a treat and i'm sitll working my way through them!!

@cal-daisies-and-briars has fics with some of the most intriguing concept and is honestly a powerhouse—it seems like you're posting fic all the time!

@bvckandeddie i recently discovered your fics and they're just *chefs kiss* so delightful!!

Five of Your Favorite Artists/Gifmakers/Podficcers/Etc. This Year:

no list about gifmakers is complete without @eddiediaaz who is so talented and creative it makes me wanna cry (with joy!)

@padme-amidala while i don't follow most of the media you post gifs for, your work is so stunning and i'm so obsessed!!

@stationoneeighteen i love love all of your gifs especially the ones that focus on the firefam, they're so good ❤❤

@buckleys-diaz alie you haven't been around for a while (and i hope you're doing well!) but you've always been one of the most talented gifmakers in this fandom and i've always looked up to you <3

@roseapothecary your gifs are so so gorgeous and i've adored all of your rwrb sets!! they're so pretty and creative!!

Three Things You're Looking Forward to in 2024:

the new season of 9-1-1 and also the PJO tv series!!

Tagging:

tagging everyone who's already been mentioned in this post <33

[bart1607]

Since I started to seeing hateful/anti rexsoka posts I decided to write this and make some thing clear!

I'll never understand why rexsoka is always receiving so much hate! There are much worse and even grossier ships like lukin or clonecest. Unfortunately my expectations were right, and Dave Filoni gaved a new reason to hate my OTP. For me there are 2 different Ahsoka's.

First Ahsoka is animated one, and second version is that from vision. I can assure you all, that I'll never ship underage Ahsoka with Rex nor Ariana's version with him.

I'll always ship ANIMATED S7 and up Ahsoka with him romantically, because she actually looks like adult and mature. In SoM vision she's literally still kid! If she's underage, I ship them only platonically, or Ahsoka is only having crush on him (and Rex sees her only as friend)!

I'll always write fanfictions, where they both are adults. If Ahsoka is underage, then I'll tag it on AO3, that Ahsoka is having crush on Rex and this is only platonically.

Example:

My latest fanfiction for Rexsoka Monthly features underage Ahsoka and is properly tagged, that Ahsoka is having crush on Rex and this is only platonically.

Meanwhile my newest fanfiction with smut elements didn't have those tags, so this means that they're both adults in it.

I'm never going to write fics, where Rex is fucking 14 years old Ahsoka and other shit like that.

Now next part of my rant/thoughts/whatever you call it

As I mentioned on the beginning, I still don't know why rexsoka is probably the most hated ship in Star Wars fandom. Many people say that there is huge age gap. Well, other ships also have age gaps. Just look at Han and Leia or Anakin and Padme!

I also don't understand one thing. Why those all anti-rexsoka's are even writing hateful posts? They're only wasting their time and are idiots! Who said, that I, or any other rexsoka shippers are already shipping Ariana's Ahsoka with Rex? I saw some statements from other shippers, and every single one of them annouced, that they won't ship Ariana. Y'all anti posts are pointless! You won't achieve anything!

And the last thing, in the end.

All antis must be terrible persons, if they really get mad, because they don't like someone's ship. I also don't like certain ships, but I'll never harrass/attack anyone nor write anti/hateful posts. Because:

This is pointless

I'm blocking tags/words, if I don't want to see art/fics with ships, that I don't like.

Conclusion: If you really hate rexsoka, then block tags and words. It's really easy! Stop wasting your time on being haters and go touch the grass!

[wlwanakin]

lets do obi wan, padme, Leia for character ask meme

obi-wan:

how i feel about this character: it’s complicated!! i love him and find him fascinating but i think there is too much of him everywhere and far too much of that is blatantly incorrect about him and due to that and how under-acknowledged his faults are i tend to go through seasonal intervals where i think he should be killed with a gun. but i love him mostly

all the people i ship romantically with this character: ventress, quinlan vos, darth maul a bit, i guess i tolerate his thing with satine. i’m not particularly serious about any of these though it’s just fun

my non-romantic otp for this character: i dislike this term! the dynamic that intrigues me the most is his dynamic with anakin but no way in hell am i calling that any kind of “otp”

my unpopular opinion about this character: he is not as important to anakin as y’all make him out to be. he is very important don’t get me wrong but like damn y’all love to make him #1. he’s not #1!! at all!!

one thing i wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: i wish padmé had yelled at him just once

my otp: ventrobi <3 i like to think they have had extremely weird drunk bdsm sex as power play <3

my crossover ship: don’t have one

a headcanon fact: this will perhaps tie everything i’ve been saying together but mostly for my own amusement i really run with the “jedi are allowed to fuck” thing and hc that obi-wan essentially does the exact opposite of catholic celibacy and is the king of lackluster meaningless one-night stands. he fucks so much. this is of course very virtuous because there is no romantic desire involved. he would NEVER have post-marital sex that’s a sin

padmé:

how i feel about this character: LOVE OF MY LIFE. top 3 star war. i love her more and more every time i get back into it. this hyperfixation resurgence was mostly about her from the start i can’t stop writing fics in her pov

all the people i ship romantically with this character: anakin. and dormé a little bit. sometimes sabé if i’m in the mood

my non-romantic otp for this character: does sabédala count for this? it’s romantic but unrequited and i find it boring to change that and i love thinking about padmé’s side of it regardless so i guess it counts

my unpopular opinion about this character: her death is mostly fine!! people are always complaining about her death but i think it works conceptually and was executed fine. could’ve been better but i’m not losing sleep about it. her surviving would’ve been stupid bc she’s dead in the ot and i’d rather her death be on-screen and impactful like every male main character who dies

one thing i wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: i need to see her grieve cordé and versé more!! those deaths haunt her and you can’t tell me otherwise and not even queen’s hope gave me any details on her grief and that pisses me off so bad. show me her grief!!!!

my otp: anidala <3

my crossover ship: don’t have one

a headcanon fact: in my heart and soul i know she’s a vegetarian. if you show me something that contradicts this i will ignore you. she also gets periodically so weird about food because she is a control freak and this is worsened by the vegetarianism. and sometimes she cannot go to the market because she will have an ethical dilemma about how the food is sourced that is so debilitating she simply does not buy anything. being a child queen gave her ocd <3

leia:

how i feel about this character: I LOVE HER!! she is one of my favorites in the ot <3 i dressed up as her for halloween when i was like six

all the people i ship romantically with this character: pretty much just han lmao. but every time i see people ship her with a woman i’m like “yeah i see it” so i also support leia yuri on principle

my non-romantic otp for this character: once again dislike this term!! bc my favorite non-romantic dynamic she has is with luke!! and i’m not calling that a ship in any sense!!

my unpopular opinion about this character: i don’t really have one?

one thing i wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon: i feel like i can’t answer this bc i don’t read enough ot stuff and it might just turn out anything i say did in fact happen in something i didn’t read

my otp: hanleia

my crossover ship: don’t have one

a headcanon fact: as a child she was really into a space equivalent of american girl dolls. her normalest childhood hobby was collecting a bunch of fucking…alderaanian girl dolls i guess and she would carry whichever one she was most excited about around and tell any adult willing to listen about the historical context the doll was supposed to come from in detail

[kcrabb88]

uno reverse card-ing you to ask about quinlan for the character ask game :D

Thank you! <3 Your answers were 10000/10! @ninjigma also asked me for Quin hehehe.

How I feel about this character

Quin is one of my fave guys in Star Wars, and he should be VASTLY more appreciated than he is! He's such a good-hearted and complicated guy and I love him so much.

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Obi-Wan! In some circumstances I can get behind him dating Ventress for a bit and then becoming friendly exes. But, I'm pretty exclusively a QuinObi shipper. I'm a sucker for childhood friends-to-lovers and I think they know and get each other so well.

My non-romantic OTP for this character

OMG I have a lot! I do adore his relationship with Aayla and Tholme and the three of them as a unit. They know each others strengths and weaknesses, and Tholme and Aayla always believe in Quin even if he doesn't quite believe in himself. The comics are so so great for digging into that!

@coruscantrhapsody and I also developed a bunch of foundation for a friendship between Quin and Padme, which is now in a lot of my fics. I treasure them!

Also Quin and Dex! Big fan of them.

My unpopular opinion about this character

I've talked about this a lot, but the rampant characterization of Quin as incompetent and kind of dumb is so??? I hate it?? Quin is funny! He has a sarcastic sense of humor! I dunno why that equates to "dumb" but he's actually super competent and really smart and I just. Don't get where this fanon came from.

I also have seen some things where Quin like, kind of misuses his psychometry to tease people about things and I'm of the opinion that he wouldn't do that on purpose? He's this like, psychometric prodigy pretty much, and that power, in legends in particular, is the root of some of his biggest traumas. I think he's quite serious about how and when he uses it. Like sure, he might make mistakes sometimes (especially during his bout with the dark side when he's crossing lines to accomplish his goals) but I don't think he'd use it for superfluous reasons?

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I so desperately want to see what he did with the Path, and also really really wish we could see him reach out to Obi-Wan and/or Obi-Wan reach out to him even if just to say "I know you're alive." The "Quinlan was here?" moment in OWK hit me so hard that I got a whole ass tattoo of "only when the eyes are closed can you truly see" as a result. So, I'd just love to see that in a book or comic or something! Not that I haven't written several fics on this topic, but, you know.

[the-far-bright-center]

Do you have a favorite anidala fic?

Hey there, thanks for asking! This might sound odd, but even though Anidala is my all-time OTP, I don't read a ton of fic for them (or really all that much SW fic in general). Mainly because a) I am quite picky and also very 'protective' over my own headcanons for them, b) I prefer to read stuff by people I know and trust to get SW 'right', and c) I've been working on-and-off on some of my own fic for a while now, and tend not to read much fanfiction while I'm writing. :3 All that being said, I do have a couple of favourite Anidala fics that come immediately to mind. Like most fans of the pairing, I adore Happy AUs where RotS either doesn't happen or turns out differently, but I also have a soft-spot for short-but-sweet canon-compliant 'missing moment' fics. Here are some of my faves by the amazing and extremely talented @spectral-musette:

Anakin and Padme during the aftermath of the Geonosis battle (Anakin recovering after losing his arm):

tumblr | Ao3

A late-night homecoming set during early Clone Wars-era:

tumblr | Ao3

Emotional moment after TCW 'Shadow Warrior' episode:

tumblr | Ao3 Please enjoy these little Anidala one-shots. Hopefully I'll be able to make a more extensive rec list in future once I've had a chance to catch up on Anidala fic. :)

[phoenixyfriend]

Character headcanons: Satine Kryze?

Character headcanons

1: sexuality headcanon Hmmmm mostly straight. Like, bi, but definitely with a preference for men.

2: otp ...If you're on my blog then you know I'm all-in for Obitine.

3: brotp Is it. Is it weird to say that I feel like her relationship with Korkie is The Most Important.

4: notp Not a notp but I do get really suspicious of Padme/Satine fic when it's paired with a Specific Fandom Dreadnought because it's got very pair-the-spares vibes. Like I'll read it, but I'm not gonna trust it.

5: first headcanon that pops into my head My first thought is always the 'clothing, while not armor, has a blaster-resistant weave' but I feel like I share that one a lot. How about... Satine's hair used to be longer, but she had a "Sakura in the Forest of Death" moment where her long hair got grabbed by an enemy and she cut it off to escape... and then decided it suited her and kept it that way indefinitely.

6: one way in which I relate to this character I am also in favor of major gun control and similar government actions to minimize [gestures at the horrific acts of mass murder in the US]

7: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character You know how sometimes the fact that this show is for 12yo kids and so a lot of the complicated political stuff is smoothed out enough for a younger audience to take in? And the result is kind of anvilicious and thus cringey? Yeah.

8: cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

[usamamoweek]

Meet the Creators - Curseofroses

What username(s) and platform(s) can folx find you on? (Please include links!)

@curseofroses is my Sailor Moon sideblog! (Link to AO3 )

You can find me on @andrastesgrace for my main blog, which is mostly Marvel related things and various other interests.

I am on Twitch , Tiktok, Twitter, Instagram

(Fun Fact) What is your favorite kind of potato?

Tater tots!

How long have you been creating works in fandom spaces? How long have you been active in the SM fandom?

Oh gosh. I've been writing fanfic since 1999, so 23 years? And been active on and off in the SM fandom for that entire time.

What type(s) of creative works do you usually make? (fanfics, digital art, cosplay)

I usually write fanfic and make cosplay, although I'm trying to learn digital art!

What do you enjoy about creating for the SM fandom?

UsaMamo was my very first OTP. It's like the comfort food of fandoms

Are you strictly UsaMamo or do you create for other pairings as well?

In Sailor Moon, just UsaMamo! But outside SM I write a lot of different ones for Marvel - mostly Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers and Thor/Sif. There's also an entire expanded universe called Family Assembled that my best friend and I have been working on for almost a decade now, and it contains a TON of Marvel pairings along with some OC pairings that I'm really fond of.

I've also been in Star Wars for as long as I've been in Sailor Moon, and create stories for Luke Skywalker/Mara Jade and Anakin/Padme.

What inspires you to create works for Usagi and Mamoru?

As a person with ADHD, I really, really relate to Usagi and how she messes up a lot, but loves all her friends so much, and I love how much he believes in her. It can be hard, when you're the person who is always messing up, to find that kind of support.

Do you tend to work on multiple projects (WIPs) simultaneously or try to finish one at a time?

Oh I'm an ADHD disaster so I have like ten documents going at all times. I wrote like 30% of eight UsaMamo fics last year that are just sitting in my drive. There are some docs with only one or two sentences. I'm a menace.

Do you prefer large projects (chaptered fics, webtoons/zines, highly detailed art) or small projects (one-shots or simple art)?

I LIKE large projects, I am abysmal at finishing them. That's why I only have two current Sailor Moon fics - those are the ones I was able to finish and polish. I don't like posting things before they're finished, so one shots tend to make it out more often, but I have a ton of IDEAS for chaptered fics.

Are there any common themes, situations, tropes, or mediums in your work?

It's not terribly evident in my current published Sailor Moon works, but I tend to write situations where Usagi's family finds out she is Sailor Moon a whole lot? Those are the chaptered ones that never see the light of day because I can't figure out how they should go, but they always have her two worlds colliding. There's probably something in there my therapist would have a field day with.

I also just adore Chibiusa to pieces, so she makes it into a lot of my fics.

Is there anything you haven’t explored artistically and would like to try?

Hmmm, as I said earlier, I'm trying to learn how to do digital art. I'd really like to get passably decent at that, because I feel like some of the ~dramatic~ situations in my head would be better served through art than words.

Oh! Re: cosplay, I'd love to do an armor build of some kind. Most of my cosplays are gowns or dresses (I did Princess Serenity last year!) and I'd like to try my hand at maybe Commander Shepard from Mass Effect or Lady Sif from Thor: The Dark World.

[shadowsong26fic]

Year of the OTP Fills

Just so I can have a list where they’re all together! Based on this list.

BSG (Baltar/Caprica-Six) January (snow); Snowglobe [PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      Early in their relationship, Gaius and Caprica get snowed in together. February (mermaid AU); A Question of Trust [PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      Gaius contemplates letting Caprica see his skin (Selkie AU) March (fresh starts); A Canopy of Stars [PG] (Tumblr; AO3)      A few weeks after settling on Earth, Gaius and Caprica have a quiet conversation. April (canon divergence); do i twist; do i fold [R] (Tumblr; AO3)      Caprica tells Gaius the truth, a few months early (Backup Plans AU) May (sunshine); Illuminated [PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      Gaius and Caprica see one another under the light of three different suns. June (soulmate au); Thumbprint [PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      After she downloads, Six notices something has changed (Soulmate AU)

Star Wars (Obi-Wan/Anakin/Padme) January (first kiss); Stay [PG] (Tumblr; AO3)      Anakin and Padme invite Obi-Wan to join them. February (established relationship/long distance); See You Soon [PG] (Tumblr; AO3)      A quick holocall in the middle of the war. March (acceptance); a layer of warm contentment [PG/PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      After joining the others, Obi-Wan thinks things through. April (peace); Almost [PG/PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      The trio imagines what the future might be, once the war is over. May (fantasy/medieval/dark knights of steel au); Consort [PG-13] (Tumblr; AO3)      Padme’s wedding night in the Jedi of Valdemar AU (Jedi of Valdemar AU) June (downpour); In the Rain [PG] (Tumblr; AO3)       On a rare trip together, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padme get caught in a sudden storm.

Lux (Lux/Mariko) January (first kiss); Something About This Feeling [PG]      Lux and Mariko’s first kiss from Lux’s point of view February (Valentine’s day); A Human Tradition [PG]      On the road to reconciliation, Mariko gives Lux a flower. March (fairy tale AU); The Tower at the Edge of the World [PG]      Mariko approaches the tower where Lux is imprisoned (Fairy Tale AU) April (peace); A Partial Truth [R]      After releasing Simon, Lux contemplates how much she should tell Mariko. May (flower language); How Do I Love Thee [PG-13]      Little bits and pieces about Lux and Mariko’s feelings/relationship, based (mostly) on a symbolic meaning for each of 25 flowers. June (you’re not what I expected); Unexpected [PG-13]      On the eve of the fire, Lux reflects on how unexpected falling in love was for her.

Untitled Intrigues Story (Larien/Metanrye) January (whenever I look at you...); Still Here [PG-13]      Larien sits with Metanrye after she has a miscarriage. February (mermaid AU); Almost Entirely Human [PG-13]      Metanrye considers the way her half-human husband is different from other men (Sea Folk AU) March (’make me’); Spat [PG]      Early in their marriage, Larien and Metanrye bicker and make up. April (canon divergence); Stakes [PG-13]      In an AU where Larien is already married when Metanrye meets him, they kiss. (Royal Bastards AU) May (pet/child acquisition); Rehanye [PG-13]      Larien’s thoughts at the birth of his and Metanrye’s second daughter. June (marriage/proposal); To the Stars [G]      Metanrye celebrates in private after accepting Larien’s proposal.

Feredar (Taz/Dallu) January (snow); In the Snow [G]      Taz sees how much snow delights her partner. February (mermaid AU); A Trade [PG-13]      Taz and Dallu meet (Urban Fantasy AU) March (fresh starts); Begin and Begin and Begin [PG-13]      Three key points in Taz and Dallu’s relationship--their first meeting; going to war; retiring together. April (pranks); Passing the Time [G]      Life on a ship has long periods of relative boredom. Dallu decides to liven things up a bit. May (sunshine); Aftermath [PG-13]      After combat, Taz seeks Dallu out. June (marriage/proposal); Second Wedding Day [PG]      Taz gets dressed for her and Dallu’s second wedding ceremony.

[disneyprincessbuffyannesummers]

What happens when Leia is given a disk from Mon Mothma and also given a disk from her brother Luke, both containing video's of her mother's pregnancy?

[book-of-baba-fett]

(@queen--kenobi)

You better let Rex and Talia be happy, dammit.

4, 6, and 10 for the wedding asks

Wedding ask game for your newly (and not so newly) wed OTP

hmm we'll see what the will of the force is.

4. Did they plan the wedding by themselves, with help, or with a professional planner?

So they wouldn't have the budget for a planner, I see Talia as being the one who has more free time to cover the planning but Rex also helps with a lot of major decisions. I also think Talia might ask for input from friends, like Padme, for some of the planning.

6. Who were the first people to find out about the engagement? How did they react?

So a bunch of the 501st boys probably knew Rex was going to propose: he had enlilsted Fives' help to be the hidden photographer at the proposal spot, and Fives accidentally lets it slip to a few people.

Once it happens Talia probably excitedly spfacetimes her close friends to tell them. And for everyone it's very much a "FINALLY"; like they all knew Rex and Talia were going to get hitched, it was just a question of when.

10. Do they get married through court? Church? Third secret option?

So I see them as having a destination wedding, maybe to Naboo because that's where they met. I've always imagined Plo could mbe the officiant, but also him walking Talia down the aisle is a different sweet option to imagine.

A funny option to this is Anakin suggests to Rex where he and Padme got married, but doesn't say that was the location so Talia does get a litttle pissed she's sharing a wedding location with Anakin but when she sees it she loves how pretty it is.

[separatist-apologist]

is there any chance you could write anidala one day?

I love all your elucien fics, the way you write romance is just *chef's kiss* and I've been wondering what your writing would look like with my otp

no pressure tho, I love your fics! have a nice day

I've flirted with the idea of writing a fix it where Mace kills Palpatine and Anakin has to admit to the council Padme is carrying his children, but I never do. Maybe when I finish my Merrical fic, I'll take another look at it. I would like to write more SW fanfiction

[practically-an-x-man]

Vi (arcane), Warren Worthington III, Padme Amidala, and Yelena Belova for the niche questions?

Thank you!!

Niche Questions (Character Asks)

Vi:

A song that reminds me of them: No Chances by Twenty One Pilots (Feet planted on grip tape With my shoulders square and my back straight Go a good base and a loose tongue Notorious in the octagon, now) What they smell like: Probably doesn't smell fantastic, given she's from the undercity and doesn't have the most consistent hygiene. Sweat, dirt, sometimes like metal or machinery (especially when she's done a lot of work with her gauntlets) An OTP: Caitvi for the win!! A NOTP: Anything that sets her up with a man tbh Favorite platonic/familial relationship: Vander acting as her father figure... makes my heart hurt A popular headcanon I disagree with: Honestly I'm not sure what the popular headcanons are for her... The position they sleep in: Changes around, since she's usually sore or injured and has to find a position that doesn't hurt too badly A crossover AU I'd love to see them in: Hm... again, sorry for the null answer, but I really don't know. I don't think about crossovers much Favorite outfit they've ever worn: She kinda only wears the one... but it is a killer fit, I must say. I love her little jacket

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Warren:

A song that reminds me of them: Archangel by Amaranthe (for obvious reasons) What they smell like: Depends on which version of Warren we're talking about. He could be pomade and expensive cologne, he could be cheap booze and blood, he could be leather and that steely wet-metal smell... there are options lol. An OTP: Canon-wise, him and Psylocke. But obviously I'm going to pick my own OC if that's an option lol. A NOTP: Hm... him and Scott. Not like it gives me the ick or anything, it's just really not my thing. Favorite platonic/familial relationship: I just like the whole "X-Men as found family" dynamic, so I'm going with him and the rest of the original team. A popular headcanon I disagree with: Not one specifically, but I see a lot of people trying to up his powers after he becomes the Horseman of Death, or even just in general, and... no thank you. Part of his character is that he has a very limited power set, where he's outcast from humans but isn't as powerful as his teammates and so is always occupying this slightly "othered" space, so I don't agree with the headcanons that try and add significantly to his power set. The position they sleep in: Stomach sleeper, with his wings spread out to either side. He keeps them folded back/cooped up all day, it feels good to stretch out once he's in bed. A crossover AU I'd love to see them in: Technically it already happened, but... I do love him in Marvel 1602, and the whole idea of placing heroes from different Marvel properties into a historical context. Favorite outfit they've ever worn: I love the red-and-white suit and its variations (like in X-Men Blue with the red-and-white suit and his cosmic wings), and his black-and-silver Archangel suit with the metal wings.

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Padme:

In all honesty I don't know enough/have strong enough opinions about her to answer these... sorry.

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Yelena:

A song that reminds me of them: I'm Not An Angel by Halestorm What they smell like: Something pointedly nondescript, a standard mid-range women's perfume meant to help her blend in. An OTP: Bit fan of the Yelena/Kate Bishop ship tbh A NOTP: A lot like I said for Vi... anything that places her with a man, I do not see her being straight lol Favorite platonic/familial relationship: How could I say anything other than her and Nat?? A popular headcanon I disagree with: I've seen a lot of people on tumblr headcanoning her with this whole "is standoffish at first but would be emotionally vulnerable with her S/O" and I know that's just tumblr being tumblr but like... no? Maybe she'd try to be more open with someone she trusts, but she's still fairly closed-off and that wouldn't just magically change by putting her in a romantic relationship. The position they sleep in: On her side, always facing the door, usually with a weapon within arm's reach and a getaway bag tucked under the bed. She's used to making quick escapes. A crossover AU I'd love to see them in: I could see her meeting the Robins in a DC crossover, that could be cool Favorite outfit they've ever worn: I love her more casual outfits, like in Hawkeye when she appears in Kate's apartment the first time

[jynandor]

jyn and cassian (from various videos)

[tunglo]

For the character ask thingy : Anakin! Feel like this is an obvious one but oh well

Why I like them - He's like the embodiment of that 'well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions' meme. And that's not to dismiss his trauma or his role as a tragic hero and victim of circumstance. It's just that whenever he is given a choice, when he's called on to make a decision, 9.5 times out of 10 it will be terrible. He's a walking disaster zone. When he becomes Vader he can't even do being a villain properly. He's still getting upset by the same stuff he did as Anakin, and repeating the same stupid cycles over and over again.

Why I don’t - It's like the whole point of his character but, wow, he can be such a dick. Granted, nowhere near as much of a dick as he'll later become as Vader, but still enough for it to sometimes be a struggle to not cheer on whoever is hurting him at any given moment.

Favourite episode (scene if movie) - RotS. It's just the culmination of everything Anakin's always been - I forget which book exactly now, but the ya one where he arrives on Tatooine at three and is just openly fixated as guards kill a guy in front of him. He's a scary murderous child who consistently follows the wrong paths and grows into a terrifying genocidal adult.

Favourite season/movie - I'll go with books to be awkward. I love Jude Watson's Jedi Quest series. In a lot of the later stuff we're told Anakin spends his entire teens pining for Padme. In Quest he never spares her a single passing thought because his head's too full of stuff like this:

‘He should not focus on what he didn’t have. He had this. This was his. And that was something. He would work hard. He would be a great Padawan. And Obi-Wan would come to love him. He would make him do so.’

Favourite line - “I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” Because it sounds so cool, but it's probably just a verbatim repeat of something Obi-Wan said to him when he misbehaved but still got to stay up and watch his show on the holonet or whatever.

Favourite outfit - the RotS Jedi robes. I did not understand the teen mags' love of Hayden Christensen at all until he turned up looking like this in RotS.

OTP - Obikin, duh. xD

Brotp - Just a boy and his droid.

Head Canon - I'm sure we all know about my river stone obsession. He carried it with him everywhere until it was finally lost to the flames of Mustafar. (or maybe in the realms of my own fic, even beyond...) Also that he wears his robes oversized 'cos it reminds him of being younger and wearing Obi-Wan's robes. Home and safety and all his unhinged possessiveness...

Unpopular Opinion - I don't know really? I'm not a big fan of TCW in general so I never really gel with 'Anakin as the cool Master' vibe. I mean, Ahsoka thinks he's great, but I imagine most of her age group view him as just as weird and unsettling as how own peers did.

A Wish - I want more of his doomed attempts to find an Obi-Wan replacement. I loved The Ghost Prison so much. :D

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen - can it get worse than canon? He brings about all his own worst nightmares.

5 words to best describe them - reckless, tragic, tortured, broken, babygirl.

My nickname for them - my Anakin snips folder is now called 'Anikuntery' ♥