#rey was born extremely early

[animefeminist]

Transmasculinity and queer sexuality in the works of Ikeda Riyoko

Content Warning: Discussion of transphobia and suicide

Spoilers for Dear Brother, The Rose of Versailles, and Claudine

Ikeda Riyoko—perhaps the most famous member of the “year 24 group” that played a large part in creating the foundations of the shoujo manga genre—is often credited with laying the groundwork for depictions of queer characters in shoujo, and in particular with creating the archetype of the gender-bending heartthrob heroine, or “girl prince.” Building on earlier representations of butch or transmasculine characters in early shoujo manga such as Princess Knight, and the Takarazuka theater tradition of the otokoyaku male role actor, Ikeda’s enormously popular gender non-conforming heroes—Lady Oscar from The Rose of Versailles, Rei from Dear Brother, Julius from the Window of Orpheus, and the titular character of Claudine—helped to establish that there was a major mainstream audience excited to cheer for a hotheaded, androgynous tomboy with a heart of gold. Lady Oscar in particular has fingerprints all over the history of anime and manga, from a gender-bending cameo in Pokémon to serving as the inspiration for iconic characters like Tenjou Utena.

When I first read The Rose of Versailles last year, I expected its depictions of queer and transmasculine characters to be somewhat limited—after all, the comic was written for mainstream audiences and a mainstream publisher in the 1970s. But across Ikeda’s work, I was deeply surprised with the level of care and nuance with which Ikeda approaches transmasculine love stories. While there is obviously a lot about Ikeda’s portrayal of transmasculine characters that feels dated to modern audiences (for example, her comics often do fall back on “biological” ideas of women’s weakness and emotionality, and sometimes psychologize her character’s genders in uncomfortable ways), I was surprised by how much of these comics still hit for me today. What makes them work for me is both the extreme pathos with which Ikeda writes transmasculine character’s experiences of rejection—and, at rare moments, gender euphoria —but also the fact that her trans characters are not simply given a one-size fits all born-in-the-wrong-body narrative. Instead, they are each portrayed as unique individuals with varied personal relationships to their gender, their sexuality, and the historical context of the society they live in.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

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🐺✩ oc content ✩🐺

:: Bianca Giordano- McCook ~ Fun Facts !!

✩ she has a really thick new jersey accent to the point of the other yellowjackets sometimes not being able to understand her

✩ her dad was a sicilian immigrant

✩ she speaks fluent italian (from her dad) and conversational spanish (she took the class in high school)

✩ she has chronic idiopathic urticaria and eczema which flare up badly during the summer (especially in the wildnerness)

✩ she has naturally auburn hair but she has consistently dyed it lighter since she was like 11

✩ her mother came from a family of irish immigrants

✩ she's always wanted to learn how to ride a horse but has never gotten round to it

✩ she was born in manhattan but after her mother died her dad decided he would rather raise his kids in the suburbs and bought a house in new jersey, however he quickly ran out of money and moved their family to an apartment

✩ her favourite film is jurassic park

✩ her birthday is the 31st november

✩ her brother saved up for half a year to take her to universal studios hollywood in the summer of '96 as an early birthday present so she could go on the jurassic park ride but obviously the trip was cancelled :(

✩ her favourite colour is light brown

✩ she graduated from nyu with a double major of 'english and american literature' and 'classical civilisation and hellenic studies' in 2002

✩ she got a postgrad degree in linguistics from princeton and later did her phd on 'how religion affects language, with a focus on classic literature', she now runs various classes on the same topic in her teaching position at princeton

✩ she taught high school english for two years (2008 to 2009) but quit her job after getting really pissed that only a very small number of her students would address her as 'dr' (a title she is extremely proud of) and nobody else would

✩ her brother died of lung cancer half way through her phd

✩ she did have a beloved dog called faramir (named for her favourite character from her favourite book, she's a tolkien nerd), but when she started to become involved with the lives of the other yellowjackets again she got a feeling in her gut that harm would come to him, so she rehomed him with her brother's widowed wife and her niblings (who live in maine)

✩ she has a belgian ex-fiancée called annalise who she met doing her postgrad degree, but she broke it off when she relapsed and had to go to rehab, they stay in touch but vaguely, and it’s still quite awkward

✩ she secretly really likes beach read-y books like stuff by taylor jenkins reid or jennifer mathieu, but since she teaches a classics adjacent subject she pretends her favourite book is les mis

✩ her favourite musical artists are creedence clearwater revival, johnny cash, fleetwood mac, lana del rey, and john denver

[sidrashakti]

Kali Uchis Natal Chart Analysis 

Sun in Punarvasu

Kali identifies strongly with her Cancer sign (probably tropical), and the feminine/moon is the major theme of her work. She often composes her music in the shower, and her music is described as dream-like. She is often compared to Punarvasu native Lana Del Rey, and opened for her on tour. 

Libra Stellium

Vishaka symbolizes forking paths, conquering multiple disciplines, and Uchis is one of the only artists to have seperate careers in English and Spanish music. Her music spans many genres. Kali has a very curated aesthetic and eye for detail. 

Moon-Rahu conjunction

Uchis is famous for her personal, confessional music that is centered around her emotions. She may be a very sensitive and emotional person. 

Purva Phalguni Venus

PP is ruled by Venus, and would explain Uchis’s love for art and creating. She said being an artist was the easiest decision she ever had to make. 

A tale of two ascendants: libra and scorpio. 

Scorpio Asc  

Kali’s description of her upbringing embodied many Anuradha themes (lotus emerging from the mud): she was born into a poor, immigrant family, was kicked out at an early age, is a loner, and no one in the music industry believed in her career. (This could also be the influence of her 4H Saturn in Aquarius.) Anuradha is ruled by Saturn, which is associated with Hindu Goddess Kali, and would give her a Leo 10H, which makes sense as being famous is her career. 

This would give her a Taurus 7H, and she recently welcomed a son with her boyfriend Don Toliver, who is a Taurus sun. Her Mars is conjuct his Sun, he many also be an Anuradha asc. 

This would give her 5 planets in the 4/8/12 houses, explaining her extremely private nature and her hyper-creativity. 

Libra Asc 

A libra stellium, including Rahu, in her first house could explain Uchis’s significant cosmetic surgery and life in the public eye. She likes bold fashion and has a bold hyper-feminine aesthetic. However, she does not look very Vishaka to me in her facial appearance. 

Saturn in her 5H, ruling her 4H, could explain her difficult upbringing but also the timeless/old school nature of her music. Uchis is very inspired by music from the 60s and 70s, making her music unique (Aquarius) from what is being played on the radio. 

This would put her Punarvasu Sun in her 10H, and her PP Venus in 11H, and these planets in these two public houses align with her career.

This would give her 8H synastry with BF Don Toliver, and much of the music they make together is very sensual. They also have a baby lol.

Kali struggles with attention, growing her hair out to hide her face as a child, which could be explained by either a 1H or 12H stellium. 

[coochiequeens]

If you're so desperate for a baby you are OK with them starting out in a warzone maybe you should ask yourself why are you willing to go to that extreme instead of adopting.

People need to realise the lengths we’ll go to’: Ukraine’s surrogacy industry booms amid war

A British couple has described how they met their twins in incubators before having to move to a safe room as an air raid siren sounded Amita Chakravorty and Sham Jagpal had twins via surrogate in Ukraine

By Gabriella Jozwiak December 14, 2024

Juggling feeds and nappy changes is a learning curve for all first-time parents of twins. But when London couple Amita Chakravorty and Sham Jagpal became mum and dad to Rey and Ryo in July this year, they also had to learn to survive missile and drone attacks, as the boys were born through surrogacy in Ukraine.

“It’s been a really crazy journey,” Amita told The i Paper from the couple’s London home while the four month olds napped. “People need to realise the lengths people like us will go to have a baby.”

The couple are among thousands globally choosing the war zone as a surrogacy destination. Despite the dangers and difficulties accessing the country, Ukrainian agencies say business is booming.

Couples come from countries including Pakistan, China, Australia, Spain and Italy. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine was the third-most popular for British couples after the US and UK, according to fertility law firm NGO Law.

Since then, more than 1,000 babies have been born through BioTexCom Surrogacy agency alone, according to its legal adviser Denis Herman.

On the day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, about 200 surrogate mothers with this provider were pregnant. “Not even a month passed and we received calls to start or continue surrogacy processes,” he said.

Amita Chakravorty and Sham Jagpal missed the births of their twins after they arrived early and were confronted with life in a war zone

In addition to war, demand for surrogacy services has also withstood new laws coming into force in Italy. While surrogacy is already illegal in the country, in December a new law will ban couples from having a baby abroad. Herman believes this will not stop Italian couples coming to Ukraine, even though they could face up to two years and a €1m (£832,000) fine.

Alexander Schuster, a lawyer specialising in medical reproductive rights in Italy told The i Paper he would “strongly refrain anyone from going to Ukraine [from Italy] because it’s pretty sure they will have criminal proceedings started under the new law”. However, he believed couples could avoid the sanctions by entering plea bargains if this was their first crime.

For Amita, who suffers endometriosis and adenomyosis, surrogacy was a last resort.

After a decade trying to start a family involving 15 rounds of IVF in four different European countries and three miscarriages, the couple opted for surrogacy with the Ukrainian World Centre of Baby (WCOB) agency in 2023.

“We looked at the UK, Columbia, Mexico – we did our research,” says Sham. Ukraine only accepts married heterosexual couples, or those in a civil partnership, that are medically unable to carry a pregnancy to term. At least one intended parent must be genetically connected to the child – usually the father. If an egg donor is needed, this cannot be the Ukrainian surrogate.

Ukraine was preferable for the couple because Ukrainian law recognises the intended parents as legal guardians from conception. In the UK, the surrogate mother is the child’s legal parent at birth, meaning parental rights have to be transferred by parental order or adoption.

Amita and Sham had their biological materials (embryos, sperm and eggs) already frozen at a clinic in Czechia. WCOB transported these to Ukraine, meaning the couple only had to make one trip to collect their babies.

“We were clearly apprehensive because the country was at war,” said Sham. “But the clinic said everything is functioning normally in Kyiv. It was perfectly open for us to continue with the process.”

The babies are now four months old and back in the UK

Costs in Ukraine are also markedly lower than other countries. Helen Shumskyh, head of sales at Vireo Agency in Ukraine, said that the cost of surrogacy in Ukraine was between £33,000 and £54,000 for a package, including transport to the country, accommodation, surrogate expenses and agency fees.

In the US costs range from £103,000 to £276,000. In the UK surrogacy is legal, but surrogates cannot be paid, and surrogacy agreements are not enforceable by law.

“The price in Ukraine now is almost the same as it was before the war started,” Shumskyh said. “Usually in surrogacy there is a yearly evaluation of the prices, but no one has increased rates here because we all understand that in our current situation we need to attract customers. After the war finishes, we expect prices to change.”

The agency currently has 15 couples at various stages of their surrogacy journey. Shumskyh says demand increases every month. The company has sought to reassure prospective parents by relocating surrogate mothers to Western cities of Lviv and Ushgorod once they reach 28 weeks of pregnancy. These are far away from the front line and experience fewer attacks. Although surrogates can live in higher-risk eastern regions until then.

Ukrainian surrogate mothers are aged up to 35 and must have already given birth naturally to a healthy child. They receive between £11,700 and £14,200 per pregnancy. Nova Espero agency deputy director Sergey Glushenko said surrogate mothers were “normal, wealthy women” who wanted to help others, as well as make money.

“In 90 per cent of cases the surrogate wants to improve their living conditions, such as buy a new apartment,” Glushenko said. Despite worsening economic conditions in Ukraine, he said the number of women applying to become surrogates had not increased.

Amita and Sham never met their surrogate mother. They missed the birth as the twins arrived unexpectedly almost six weeks prematurely. Because flights to Ukraine are banned, the couple travelled to Poland then by car to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.

“We were stepping into the unknown,” says Amita. “We passed so many graveyards on the way. It became real that so many people have died.”

Finally the couple met their twins, who were both in incubators. “There are no words to describe the feelings when you see your babies,” Amita recalls. But quickly they were brought back to reality when an air raid sounded and hospital staff moved the babies to a safe room. It was the first of numerous such experiences.

The couple spent many sleepless nights sheltering in their AirBnB bathroom when sirens sounded. On more than one occasion they saw explosions in the sky as air defences shot down enemy drones above them.

On 26 August they took cover in an underground station as Russia attacked Ukraine with 200 missiles and drones, knocking out the power supply. “When we came out, everywhere you could smell chemicals or gunpowder,” said Amita. “At the flat we had no electricity and couldn’t sterilise bottles for the babies’ feeds.”

The couple expected to spend six weeks in Kyiv waiting for passports to be issued. In the end, legal delays left the family stranded for more than two months. Despite this, the couple said they “wouldn’t change a thing”. But recommend others consider Ukraine carefully, as the paperwork took them longer than anticipated.

Since bringing their boys home, Amita and Sham have kept in close contact with friends they made in Ukraine. “They were generous, kind,” said Sham. “It was a kind of warmth you don’t see in the world anymore.”

Amita has not deactivated the air raid alerts on her phone. She believes people in the UK are unaware of the danger the war poses. “This is real,” she said. “Don’t think that war is not going to come here.”

Yes I have empathy for a woman who wpuld go through 15 rounds of IVF in four different European countries and three miscarriages, but at some point the someone in the industry should have stopped taking money and suggested adoption.

And was it a coincidence that they had boys or was the frozen material they sent to Ukraine sex screened beforehand?

[vilevisage]

giggling bc i have an actual request and yes im fine w/ waiting!!

TransHPD and/or Trans2010s tips would be lovely…?? I’ve been feeling weird as hell recently and just!!! yeah!!! anyway kisses (w/consent + platonic) and also have a treat because you seem adorable and amazing and !!! yeah!!!!!!

don’t mind the lack of borders.. I lost them

anyways!!

TransHPD + Trans2010s tips

TransHPD

It’s kinda cool to see someone that isn’t transitioning to a super common or well known disorder, especially as a questioning cishistrionic but I digress

1. Become extremely preoccupied in your appearance, desperately try to make it flashier or prettier or sexier, anything that would get heads turning

2. Speak dramatically. In HPD, speech may be overly enthusiastic, theatrical, or expressive. Speak with big gestures and a big voice, use a lot of hyperboles and try to garner sympathy or attention. For example, something I used to do is fake panic attacks and flashbacks for some pity points (though this was much easier in text)

3. Be sexual or provocative, purposefully wear revealing things, subtly—or blatantly, who cares?—flirt with people you are or aren’t interested in

4. Rapidly go through emotions, let’s say you’re a little sad about something minor, lean into that to the max, make yourself cry and breakdown then move on like absolutely nothing happened

5. Be shallow and superficial, express strong emotions but don’t let them last long—or make them seem insincere. People are just here to be your audience!

6. Lack detail when you speak, pwHPD tend to speak in a way that conveys broad emotions and vague ideas rather than specific, concrete details. Their speech may focus on how something feels rather than what actually happened. For example: Instead of saying, "The party had a live band, and we danced for hours," say, "Oh, it was just so amazing! Absolutely unforgettable!" without elaborating.

7. Be suggestible,

Change your opinions quickly and easily, someone likes this movie? You do too! Someone hates that movie? You do too!

Mimic others as well, you’re with someone intelligent and philosophical? Try to match them!

TRANS2010s

1. Use an older phone model (like an iPhone 5 or something) and disable modern features like widgets.

2. Stick to social media apps that were popular then: early Instagram (filters like Valencia, Amaro), Tumblr (lmao), old YouTube, classic YouTubers like Smosh, Jenna Marbles, Markiplier’s early content.

3. Continuing on old YouTube, I’m kind of assuming you’re going for the weird kid pack since that’s like the fad most talk about. Watch animation memes, creepypasta, 3am videos, miscellaneous challenges like the ice bucket challenge, vines, minecrafters like DanTDM or Stampy or whatever, SML, those weird MLG videos, etc.

4. Text primarily through SMS or use Kik, Skype, or an old Messenger app.

5. Listen to music on an iPod, MP3 player, or even burn CDs.

6. Play mobile games that were huge back then Temple Run, Flappy Bird, Candy Crush, Minecraft, Pokémon Go, Roblox

Additionally, on Roblox, play games like get eaten, the normal elevator (or any elevator game for that matter), prison life, natural disaster survival, life in paradise games, those shitty obbies that you get eaten and shat back out in. And make your account look old, have random underscores and numbers in your username, like some xXPuppyPlayz44Xx and reference your character to 2010-2019 characters

7. Wear clothes inspired by early 2010s trends: skinny jeans, combat boots, flannels, beanies, snapbacks, galaxy print, neon colors, peplum tops, and oversized sweaters.

Hair trends: ombre/dip-dye hair, feather extensions, or a side shave.

Makeup: thick winged eyeliner, matte lips, overfilled brows, BB cream.

Accessories: studded belts, infinity scarves, chokers, stacked bracelets (rubber bands, friendship bracelets, etc.)

8. Listen to 2010s artists and albums: early 1D, Justin Bieber’s Believe, Lana Del Rey’s Born to Die, Ke$ha’s Warrior, Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream, Imagine Dragons, and early 2010s EDM.

9. Watch shows that were big: Teen Wolf, Pretty Little Liars, Supernatural, Glee, The Vampire Diaries, Adventure Time, Regular Show.

10. Rewatch early Marvel movies (The Avengers, Iron Man 3) and YA dystopian films (The Hunger Games, Divergent).

11. Use slang from the 2010s: “YOLO,” “swag,” “on fleek,” “cringe,” “rekt,” “bae.” Use emoticons like ;-; T-T XD, one thing I see a lot is people overusing emoticons way too much, obviously they were used often but it was not every other message, you can do that if you’d like but you WILL come off as trying too hard

12. Take grainy mirror selfies with a Canon or phone flash.

13. Handwrite journal entries with doodles of stars and lyrics.

14. Drink black coffee, eat strawberries, post aesthetic food pics.

15. Romanticize sadness but in an artsy way (”I’m not sad, I just feel too much”).

16. Sleep all day, stay up all night on Tumblr.

I could keep going since I know a lot more about 2010s than HPD, but that’d end up absurdly long, wish you luck!

also thank you for the kisses and treats

[svt-rei]

rei's personal background

2000.12.31 ->

Takashima Reiko or Kim Rina, born 2000.12.3, into a world of hardships, faced immense challenges from the outset. Born in sanya, tokyo, to her impoverished single mother, who'd, sadly, lacked the resources and emotional capacity to care for her. Rei's early years were marked by neglect and abandonment. However, her life took an turn when she was put up for adoption at the early age of two. Rei's adoption was the turning point in her life, providing her with an opportunity to overcome the difficulties she faced in her early years. She was fortunate enough to be placed in a loving and supportive family who recognized her potential and nurtured her talents. This stable environment allowed her to grow and thrive, despite the hardships she had endured.

pre-debut ->

Growing up in a household with access to internet, she was exposed to various musical genres and languages, which influenced her artistic inclinations. Reiko's family recognized her talent from a young age, providing her with the necessary support to pursue her dreams. Her parents enrolled her in vocal and dance lessons, sharpening her skills and fueling her determination to succeed in the extremely competitive entertainment industry.

At the age of 10, she'd caught the attention of talent scouts from SM Entertainment, one of South Korea's most prestigious entertainment agencies. during the 2011 global auditions. The opportunity to train under SM Entertainment was undoubtedly exciting for Reiko, who saw it as a way to achieving her dreams. She relocated to Seoul, leaving behind her family and friends, to intense training along with other artist. Having joined the agency at such a young age, the training was challenging, and she sadly had to leave the entertainment,and move back home , a result of the hard training on her at just age 13.

About a year later,when Reiko had joined Pledis Entertainment, she faced the challenge of adapting to a new environment and settling herself among a different group of individuals. However, her talent and quickly caught the attention of fellow trainees and staff members. This can be acredit to her previous experience at SM Entertainment, which provided her with a foundation.

debut->

Reiko's journey within Seventeen began with her first meeting with the members at the young age of 14. Though she was shy at first, her attitude allowed her to blend into the group despite being the only female member.

Now that we've peaked into rei's personal background, it's hopeful that you have an understanding of her.

@svtrei est. 2023

[smythedotcom]

WELCOME TO THE BLOG OF SEBASTIAN A. SMYTHE.

LIMA LOSER? OR IS THAT SEBASTIAN SMYTHE? THEY MIGHT EVEN PASS FOR HERMAN TOMMERAAS IN THE RIGHT LIGHT. THEY'RE 22, BUT STILL STUCK IN WESTERVILLE AT DALTON. THEY'VE BEEN CALLED THE TEMPEST, BUT PREFER TO BE THE NATURAL BORN LEADER. MAYBE IF THEY FIX THEIR AESTHETIC AKA DRIVING HOURS FOR YOUR PERFECT COFFEE ORDER, FLICKING CIGARETTE BUDS OUT ON THE ASTRO-TURF AT THE COUNTRY CLUB, DANCING AND DRINKING YOUR FEARS AWAY & USING THE PERFUME SAMPLES IN MAGAZINES TO WIPE YOUR TEARS THEY'LL GET THEIR WAY. WORD ON THE SHOW CHOIR BLOGS ARE THEY'RE IN THE WARBLERS. SO GOOD LUCK TO THEM!

want to know more? well, ur in the right place ↓ 

THE BASICS:

name: sebastian anton smythe

nicknames: seb, bash, cunt (both affectionate & derogatory)

pronouns: he/him

gender: cis male

birthday/zodiac: twenty two, july 25th - making me a gemini making me a leo.

birthplace: westerville, oh

relationship status: single

sexuality: gay aromantic

occupation: i don't do that <3

sports/clubs: warbler and co-captain of the dalton lacrosse team

major/minor: a junior majoring in arts management

languages: english, french, a little japanese.

social media handles: @smythedotcom on everything

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

height: 5'10

build: slim athletic

eye color: hazel

hair color: light brown

piercings: ear lobes

tattoos: the words 'tell me i'm your national anthem' from lana del rey's national anthem on my lower back. my favorite song,

other distinguishing features: a shit-eating smirk and oodles of charisma!

style: i'm always giving preppy, y2k-inspired, abercrombie & fitch.

PERSONALITY/INTERESTS:

traits: confident,  persuasive, determined, egotistical, closed-off, opportunistic.

likes: trashy early 2000’s clothes & music, starting twitter drama, reading people their horoscopes from teen magazines, iced oat lattes, one-upping people, explaining the lore of degrassi; the next generation (i was diagnosed with ADHD, and my insane degrassi knowledge is the lingering remains of a six year long hyperfixation. i've now put all of his pent-up energy into glee), showing off my backflip to people.

dislikes: fake-deep music and poetry, desaturated colors, snitches, boring romantic period pieces (where's the sex????), people who underestimate me, the texture of velvet, being told that i'm 'too much', staying in on a friday night.

fears: elevators & loneliness

skills: piano, music, the remains of the gymnastics classes i took in middle school, drinking everyone under the table.

quirks: i'm a self-confessed cheek biter. the amount of times i've nearly taken a chunk out of the inside of my own face, just call me hannibal lecter.

hobbies: rewatching degrassi, taking online 'which ___ are you' buzzfeed quizzes, taking gym selfies while not doing a whole lot at the gym beyond a treadmill strut, scheming & deviously planning

music tastes: just listen to it yourself here

myers-briggs: entp

kinsey scale: 6. gay as you like.

strengths: my leadership, my extremely attractive body and face - great for seduction, and also that backflip i mentioned before.

weaknesses: not so good at person-to-person communication.

do you know me? let's connect.

[libraryogre]

So, I covered this in another post, but its relevant here:

What if Jango Fett was chosen because of an abnormally low M-Count?

We see that M-Count tends to follow families... whether it is genetic or some other sort of inheritance is irrelevant, but I'll use "genetic" and "DNA" for convenience. Jango Fett is extremely low in M-Count, and it stands to reason that his clones would be, too.

Now, Sifo-Dyas may have prefered a higher M-Count candidate, to facilitate charmwasjess's "Clone Jedi Corps" hypothesis... maybe not an army of Knights, but certainly an Army of people raised to the Jedi philosophy. But Dooku would've wanted a low M-Count to avoid them becoming Jedi, to avoid them building the willpower to overcome programing (qv Rex), or the skills to fund out about the chips. So, Jango, Force pebble in a galaxy of rocks and boulders.

But there's also Palpatine's clones, which would need a huge M-Count to be good homes for his soul. Early clones would be Palpatine, of course, but their M-Count was insufficient (qv Rey's father). To fix that, Remnant scientists would need more high-M-count lines to sample from. Before Yavin, they had a deep field of Inquisitors to draw from (but Rebels seemed to have killed a lot of those). Before Endor, they no doubt had plenty of Palpatine and Skywalker DNA. Post Endor, though? They're going to be scrambling for high M-Count subjects to make that perfect vessel for Palpatine.

Now, Rey was born 15 ABY, but her dad was born 12 BBY, and left Sith Eternal in 3 ABY... a few years before The Mandalorian.

So, enter Grogu. Huge M-Count, new set of DNA to work with. They'd lost Dathan (Rey's father), they'd lost fresh Sheev, but if they can unlock M-Count cloning, they can build a new Sheev.

That One About the Temple Clones AU

Here's an underexplored and juicy plot point in the prequels that I can't stop thinking about! Because Sifo-Dyas was killed so early in the new canon timeline of the creation of the clones, with Dooku impersonating him to handle the subsequent details, we don’t even know exactly what he intended the clone army to be.

I think there’s even an argument to be made that Sifo-Dyas intended the clones to be culturally Jedi. Raised and trained in the Jedi Temple(s), learning Jedi skills and ways of life, growing up in a shared community alongside the Jedi. The clones serving not as an emergency button to hit in case of war, but as a support to the overstretched, under resourced Jedi Order in an increasingly violent, chaotic galaxy, one that might prevent the war he foresaw from ever even happening.

To begin, I’ll briefly touch on the galactic situation immediately before The Phantom Menace. Time and time again, we’re given a picture of the Jedi Order that is being stretched to its limit. All across the galaxy, Jedi temples such as the ones we see operating in the High Republic era in the Acolyte, are being shut down because the Jedi just can’t staff them. The novel The Living Force, set immediately before TPM, deals with the repercussions of these shut downs for the people living in those sectors - destabilization, a vacuum where the power hungry and corrupt can come into the space left and make life awful for the people. Problems arise, these systems go to the Republic for help, the Republic can't help due to bureaucratic red tape and lack of Jedi resources, and this creates more bad feelings about the Jedi and a great environment to grow the Separatist cause.

"I always heard so much about the Jedi. I never saw one, but they told me that was because you saved people -- and then you left!" - The Living Force

Enter Sifo-Dyas. As a member of the Jedi Council in this era, he would have overseen dozens of these painful but unavoidable closures. More, he was trained by Lene Kostana, a High Republic era Jedi, who remembered the golden age of the Jedi, all of these Jedi outposts, temples, and cultural centers being open and thriving, and surely filled her Padawan’s head with these stories. When Sifo-Dyas foresaw a coming cataclysmic war that would destroy the Jedi Order, it's not hard to see where he might have made a connection between the pervasive problem that was a lack of Jedi resources, and the galaxy falling further into darkness. In fact, it's exactly what happens in the prequels with a little push from the Sith.

The Living Force novel tells us outright that Sifo-Dyas’s original plan before deciding on the clones was to use his role as a Jedi Seeker to fill the Jedi Order with as many new Jedi as possible to counter the coming threats:

“(Sifo-Dyas) was always in a big damn hurry. Like the Republic would end if he didn’t swell the ranks.” - The Living Force 

Wow, Even Piell, that line aged like milk, buddy!

 Ki-Adi Mundi frowned. “Indeed, sometimes those he brought to us were not even viable candidates.”  - The Living Force 

So, Sifo-Dyas was originally trying to bring as many kids into the Order as possible, and didn’t particularly care if they were very Force sensitive. An intriguing detail, when considering how closely he might have imagined the non-Force-sensitive clones to work in Jedi roles.

Interestingly, he didn’t actually abandon that “swell the ranks” plan - he got his ass fired, so he couldn’t bring any more Jedi in the conventional way. Sifo-Dyas is in a desperate situation here, he feels he's running out of time, and he needs to get as many people into the Jedi Order as quickly as possible. I think you might see where I'm going with this.

“The future should remain unseen, but unfortunately, Sifo-Dyas has little choice in the matter.”  -Lene Kostana, Dooku Jedi Lost

We know he arranged the initial order for the clones, but not how he intended to use them, or saw their role, or even if he would have agreed with Jango as the DNA donor, since that part came in from Dooku.  If Sifo-Dyas, lifelong Jedi and true believer in the Order, was creating something to help defend his people in their darkest hour, it stands to reason that he might look within his own culture for their training, instead of outside of it.

Did he see them as a secret weapon, a surprise help in the hour of greatest need, as they would ultimately function as on Geonosis? Or did he envision the clones being raised with Jedi involvement on every level of their development, growing into keepers of the peace to fill those hundreds of empty temples and outposts and restabilize a galaxy sliding toward darkness?

I think an important clue that supports the latter argument is that as Sifo-Dyas is literally falling out of the sky to his death, he is busy trying to get a message to the Council that he ordered the clones via a recording: 

I've seen a vision of the future that I feel warrants an army. You've disagreed with me, but I felt I had no choice. Therefore I have ordered one: a clone army from the Kaminoans. Something must be done, and I made that decision. - Sifo-Dyas, Force Collector

He's hardly trying to keep the (currently embryonic!) clones a secret here. He seems to think he's done his part and the Council has no choice but to take it from there, and follow through with his unmentioned plan. He has delivered the needed personnel. And bear in mind, Sifo-Dyas did not expect his death to be a 10 year old mystery. He seems to have spent his very last breaths protecting Sillman and therefore leaving a witness to everything that happened. His last words are literally “Come find me!” 

These are not the actions of a man who has set his plan into perfect motion and a magic army will appear just at the right time in ten years. This is a man who is facing his unexpected death and realizing that he needs to tell the Council, who disagreed with him but he clearly still trusts, what he did because he won't be there to handle the details himself. It's almost poignant.

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I worried about making this post at all because I’m not actually interested in blorbo apologism. Sifo-Dyas’s story is much more interesting if he is a good man forced to go to desperate, awful lengths to keep the apocalypse from happening. Whatever he intended the clones to be, it ended in Order 66; in a way, it doesn't even matter.  And yet, I think there’s something compelling there too, and I think canon gives us just enough - at least make an argument for a culturally-Jedi clone army what-if.

[hereliesbitches--me]

:V: A New Hope:

:V: A New Hope (Star Wars):

Hey there, and thank you for checking out my verses! 

My Star Wars verse is primarily an independent story that's obviously influenced by the events within the canon universe. My characters are primarily alien; thus they are able to be adapted both into the prequel movies as well as the modern Rey saga movies. I primarily set the story within the Skywalker storyline but am more than happy to adapt it over. Here, you'll find the general info about each character, the antagonist, and the major story plot points which we can integrate for interactions. Enjoy the read! ❤

▪︎ The Prequels:  The Skywalker saga 

( Taking place from the clone wars all the way to the fall of the Empire) 

♡ The Jedi that never was: Rosie Valentine 

Personality:

Once kind and painfully optimistic, Rosie is still young and has grown paranoid and jaded because of the stress of being alone as a young mother. She is distrusting and overprotective of her lone cub, a haggler that will use her influence in the force to persuade others in getting what she needs. Once her walls come down and she begins to trust you, it can be seen that she really is just a tired and scared girl. She’s grieving the father of her child who promised her safety and trying to navigate the world that wants to hunt her down. Her family among the jedi have been killed, her homeworld of Atrolize has been overtaken and used for its resources and its civilians taken hostage as slaves or breeding cattle for their versatile genetics and the abilities that come with it.. Her father, the senator, was assassinated like many others who wanted a movement for peace in order to end the war. She suffers in a void of loneliness and grief she doesn’t know how to handle while burdened with the responsibility of being a parent and teaching her cub how to survive. When relaxed, she can be affectionate and snarky like any feline, and incredibly protective of her allies. Spite her or wrong her in any way however, can result in her blatantly resorting to eating you or completely crippling you. At this point she is not averse to killing for the sake of self preservation.

She is a jedi no longer – really, she never was.

Abilities:

 Duel Saber wielding 

Style: Ataru, Shien/Djem so, and Jar’kaiSlowed aging

Force healing /Draining (Able to heal others or herself, usually in extreme cases by stealing the lifeforce of another if she lacks the energy herself)

Animal Bond

Force push/Pull (Rosie is able to take on much larger weight using the force than she would by her raw physical strength alone. Under enough stress, she would be able to hold down an escaping ship for a period of time or hold up the weight of crumbling infrastructure on top of her just long enough for people to escape)

Force Scream (an involuntary attack when she has become enraged and overwhelmed, it normally comes in the shape of an outburst of grief or panic while trying to protect someone else. The use of it can burn her out as its not measured in the power she puts behind it)

Kinetite (Force lighting, instead of uncontrolled streams of lighting , it is concentrated into a solid ball of energy which can be thrown, then expels the energy upon impact with a surface. Can be deflected back with the use of defensive force abilities)

Lesser Force Destruction (a weaker variation under the same concept, Rosie is able to concentrate a mass amount of energy within herself and then expell it in an anergized wave strong enough to send people flying, but it cannot burn anyone the way a true sith could)

History:

Rosie is of a race of anthropomorphic animal beings known as Atrolians.  Born in 46 BBY, Her father was a senator that represented her people, this was her initial meeting with the jedi order. Vassago, an ancient jedi master  in league with Yoda (hailing from a naturally force inclined race known as seraphim),  is good friends with Senator Roland, and sees the force potential early within his young daughter. Because of the growing unrest behind the scenes of politics and world affairs, coupled with the fear of what his emotional daughter could do with her untrained abilities, Roland deems his 8 year old daughter would be  safer in the hands of the jedi and his oldest friend. Rosie is then recruited into training as a youngling, to eventually become a padawan under vassago – despite the council’s concerns regarding Rosie's unnaturally strong pull between the light and dark with her emotional ties.

As a padawan, Rosie specialized in duel wielding sabers which could be connected at the hilt to form a double ended saber. Her fighting form specialized in utilizing her inherent animalistic abilities of her species, thus she is most efficient in Ataru, Shien/Djem So, and Jar’kai with her duel sabers. Being a big cat creature possessing strong legs and a prehensile tail, Rosie equally utilizes her natural physical attributes in battle against enemies as well. Her tail allows her to wrangle the limbs of her opponent to throw them off balance, while her thick claws on her feet and hands could easily tear through skin and leathery armor with ease. Being a feline makes her incredibly agile, which makes her throw her weight around and bounce off surfaces to confuse her enemies.

Despite her efficiency in close combat, her control on the force was not up to par. She was easily overwhelmed by heavy negative emotions when she became frustrated or distraught, which could often trigger a suffocating outburst that hurt allies and foes alike. Accidents led to a fear of using the force, to which vassago gently coaxed and encouraged her to let emotions flow. Unfortunately, the state of the galaxy escalating into the clone wars did little to help her case. Because of her instability, despite her age, Rosie remained a padawan under Vassago well into the clone wars. Her eventual salvation by chance came in the shape of the enemy, a bounty hunting mandalorian they crossed paths with while providing aid on a planet holding back pirates and droids. Rocky, the mandalorian, sought after the young padawan he felt an impulsive attachment to in an attempt to befriend her. Going so far as to remove his helmet and meet her in secret. Rocky, a seraphim like her master, promised her safety and encouraged her to escape this war that was not her own to fight.  She was too young to be burdened with the responsibility of a peace keeper for a galaxy that doesn’t seem to want peace. She deserved better. The mando’s promises struck her in the place of longing, and she agreed to go with him. With the support of her master, she abandoned the jedi order to escape with the Mandalorian and his brother in arms… Which saved her when Order 66 was executed only weeks later.

Grief stricken by the crippling sensation of death and pain that overtook her, it traumatized her, however there was no way of returning home.

Traveling with Rocky, Guts, and their third brother Erron, Rocky taught her the essential survival skills in utilizing her force abilities, being able to scrap and rebuild, and fight the street way if she wanted to survive. All was well for months until she wound of pregnant;

The breaking point of the brothers. Erron, feeling Rosie had imposed herself into their lives and his brothers in arms took her wellbeing as more sacred than their own, broke off without a word. Much to the grief of Rocky and Guts.

Months later, Mia is eventually born on the ship and cared for deeply between the three of them. Deeming it unsafe to lugg around an infant on mercenary missions, Rosie and Mia were left on a safe base established on a thick forest planet that would keep them well hidden from the empire even if they had come looking. Mia was 2 years old when her uncle Guts and Father went on a recon mission, but her father had not returned home. Without Rocky, Rosie had no choice but to strike out on her own, unwilling to burden Guts with the needs of herself and her daughter when she felt responsible for tearing the brothers apart to begin with. At the time, her master had been killed in order 66, but Vassago’s strong connection both to the force and his padawan allowed him to linger to her and continue her training in truly mastering the force from both the light and the dark side

Pets: 

Silus (an Anooba)

Kordath (A Massif)

♡ The Cub: Mia Blagrove

Personality:

Happy-go-lucky, optimistic, mischievous, likes shiny things, loves being groomed and fitting into tight spaces she doesn't belong. She likes talking and hunting small animals. Not the biggest fan of training but she knows she has to if she wants to be strong like her mom.Abilities:Force Persuasion Animal Bonding Force Push/pull A crossbreed between a Seraphim and an Atrolian, Mia is predominantly feline while bearing the body feathers of the seraphim like her father. A combination of two highly force sensitive beings means Mia has a powerful predisposition to use the force – fortunately, unlike her mother, she is more inclined to positive happy emotions and uses her abilities for harmless antics. Mia, like the kitten she is,  often gets herself in trouble by going into places she is not supposed to. Including baggage and cargo bays or pulling off wall panels and crawling into the cozy space among wiring. Her need to make friends means she perfected her art of force persuasion to get what she wants or to at least make people stay and talk to her. She is a fearless little warrior in the making with a weakness for salty meat, sweets, or shiny things. She is naive and her mother often keeps her only a tail length away with their tails knotted together.

♡ A Mando far from home:

Rocky Blagrove

Personality:

Sensible, patient, charismatic and a natural born leader. He’s fairly easy going and hides his emotional pain well under the guise of being laid back. Rocky is the understanding friend despite the cold streak he can turn into when on the job. He doesn't hesitate to kill, but he does have a moral standing about killing innocent civilians or children. He runs by the rule that if you raise your arm first it's a death sentence. His most notable quality is the smile gun : if you're upset, he shoots up a finger gun and compels you to smile. His own smile, if you saw his face, is infectious. Its a real shame he stopped taking off his helmet

Abilities:

Flight (wings)

Plasma resistance (his feathers and wings, at least in terms of his outer feathers, are resistant to the super heat of a plasma blast and have some durability against low caliber bullets. Beskar makes up for the weaknesses)

Air Manipulation (utilizing the force to manipulate the air around his wings provides extra propulsion needed to shoot through the air beyond simple takeoff and gliding)

Deadly marksman

Blade specialist

Adept close range combat

History:

Born 56 BBY, The prodigy child of his family clan, Rocky would meet his future brother in arms, Erron, after the boy was found and taken in with the other mandalorian children in training. Naturally talented with the force, he hails from a species of winged aliens known as Seraphim, who utilize the force to manipulate the air around their bodies and wings to make them superior fliers and fighters even in the air. By extension, they have an affinity for animals, but they excel most as warriors.

Trained since he was a child and expected to become the next clan head, Rocky's flaw was own dislike of the burden of responsibility– he played the part until he was 17, old enough to break off on his own with all he had learned from his guild. Taking with him an adoptee he's call his brother, Erron. Together the two of them made a name for themselves as Skeiron and Big mouth in the Galaxy as elite bounty hunters, with Guts (a mandalorian of a separate guild who has also broken off on his own) joined their brotherhood as the armorer and weapons master. All was well for the three men, up until Rocky took a fondness for a jedi padawan in the middle of the clone wars.

His action to take Rosie away from the battle and teach her among his brother causes a severe rift, primarily with Erron who envied the attention Rosie received from his brother and despised her for being a jedi, until Erron finally completely abandoned their little guild without a word upon Rosie's pregnancy announcement. Heartbroken, but responsible for paying a new life for his future child, Rocky keeps it together with the help of Guts. Rocky never believed in the by the book formality of traditional mandalorian traditions, especially in regards to showing his face or the requirement to force a child or partner into the life of a mando by extension of being with them. He holds true to the honor system of battle, but that is about the limit to what he follows

▪︎ His "Death"

3 years following the end of the clone wars and the rise of the empire, Rocky and Guts follow a bounty hunt that unknowingly leads them into a crossfire between imperial clones and a group of fallen jedi taking refuge among civilians that are caught in the crossfire. Rocky, with his ultimate undoing being his morally obligated heart, abandoned the bounty hunt to aid in the civilians evacuation and the hopeless jedi. The decision, without Guts to help him, fatally injured Rocky as the masses overwhelmed even a sharpshooter like himself, but provided a good enough distraction to allow the imperial targets to escape. Bleeding out, Rocky was saved only because of the Jedi who were able to heal his condition to a manageable state, however he required nurturing and augmentation provided by the civilians.

Unable to find his brother, only his blasted helmet and scraps of broken armor in a puddle of blood, Guts can only assume the worst fate for his brother and returns to give Rosie the bad news.

Rocky remains in the care of locals for nearly a year, unable to contact his brother or his family with his communicators damaged from the battle. He lost an eye, a leg, an arm and a few fingers that have all been replaced by beskar steel recycled from his previously damaged mandalorian armor. When he was finally strong enough to move on his own, Rocky returns to the safe base he and his brothers established for their family, only to find it raided and burned down. With no other evidence to point to life, Rocky relives the second devastating blow to his heart and completely hides in his armor to separate himself from the world. Unable to really live and unwilling to die, he takes to never removing his helmet or armor and joins the rebels against the empire to avenge the death of his family

Rocky specializes in training of new recruits, but primarily scouts out Intel and useful allies to recruit. He has lost any hope of finding his brothers in this endless galaxy, though he hopes to hear circulating rumors at the very least. He's melancholic but without seeing his voice, his charismatic confidence is infectious.

♡ The Lone Wolf Survivor:

Guts 

Personality:

Introverted, painfully loyal to a fault, self sacrificing , but a brutal mercenary when it comes to battle. Guts does what he must to get the job done but he has an inherent soft spot for women and children, especially those caught in the middle of the galactic mess. Guts usually keeps to himself, not usually one who starts the conversation but maintains it by only keeping up with vital information. For all his gruffness, Guts is very well capable of being compassionate and gentle despite what may be perceived as stoicism when hes hidden behind his helmet. Above all else he honors his brother's memory by taking care of his niece and Rosie. Nothing matters more to him than family

Abilities:

Weapons specialist

Armorer and Engineer

Sharpshooter, beskar sword wielder

Loth wolf shifting

Heightened sense of smell, hearing, taste, and eyesight

Superior strength to his build

History:

He was born within a prestigious mandalorian clan, one of the last bastions of loth wolf shifters long believed to have died off. His father is the clan head.

Like most children of mandalore, his childhood was one of harsh instruction and training from the moment he was capable of walking and wielding a weapon. As the only son of the Clan head and the future heir, he was treated with excessive cruelty from his father to assure his son would surpass all other children within his rank and older. To be the best warrior the clan had ever produced to take his father’s place.

Guts, then named Vessten, excelled beyond expectation with a talent for not only combat, but the engineering of weapons and armor as well. It was in his adolescence that his mother Diandra,the clan armorer born within the clan just as his father had been, refused to see her boy destroyed any further by  his father and escaped the clan with her son.

Guts, always loyal to his mother far more than his father, continued his training and honing his skills as taught to him by his mother. Excelling in the realm of bounty hunting, earning the title of Black hound, he would eventually go off on his own and form his own small guild with his future brother in arms, Rocky(Skeiron) and Erron(Big Mouth).

Guts had served in the same role as his mother before him, as the group's armor and weapons specialist on top of serving as a heavy artillery warrior. Interpersonally, Guts was a constant voice of reason and logic in comparison to Rocky’s laid back nature and Erron’s impulsive arrogance. He is haunted by a level of guilt for his inability to pick a side when tension formed upon Rosie’s addition to the group. When Erron left, He did attempt to find him for a short while, until he decided Rocky and Rosie needed him more. When Erron was ready to show himself, he would do so

Upon Rocky's death, Guts vowed an oath of protection to Rosie and her cub in honor of his brother, with an underlying love he secretly held for a woman he could never have. Guts regularly travels the cosmos on bounty detail and returns to bring a wage back for Rosie and Mia, wherever they may be hiding at the time.

Guts deals with heavily bottled emotions and guilt ; He struggles heavily in showing emotions and using the right words to show support and comfort. Oftentimes he is more of a man of action to show his care, which gives way for him to meet many people in his travels

The Antagonist: 

♡ The Tyrant Warrior: Balrog

The father of Guts and the leather of the loth wolf guild, Balrog is a scourge to some and a messiah to all those his guild has recruited and empowered from the poverty left behind by war. The guild has grown in number and power that proves to be a nuisance for even the empire and the first order, well known for their cruelty to their enemies and the iron fisted hold they have on shipping lanes and planetary trading posts. Nobody passes through territory without payment in goods or useful information – all those who don’t comply are typically met with a grizzly fate of fire, dismemberment, cannibalization,  and heads showcased on pikes to mark off territory points.

Temperament wise, Balrog is cool and collected, proud and confident in his skill that very little phases him. His inner circle is composed solely of loth wolf shifters to preserve their heritage, but all other clan members are treated with the same kind of brother and sister in arms love. Among his clan, Balrog takes no excuses, but he is compassionate and kind to his kinsmen. He sees to it that his people are taken care of across the galaxy, and offers a hand to those suffering to empower themselves by joining his league (if he sees potential strength that could be utilized by the clan).

Outside of the clan, Balrog is a bloodthirsty creature of malice to anyone deemed an enemy. He does not take shit from any group, and is quick to make exampled of them for all others to not make the same mistake. With Loth wolf’s inherent skill and connection to the force, it makes him an exceptionally formidable enemy with the combination of combat skill , lethal weaponry, and dark force abilities to aid him.

The betrayal of his late wife and son prove to be a sore point from him ; He is still determined to find the traitors and reprimand them – but most importantly, to keep them where they belong.

♡ The Wolf in sheep's clothing: John Shaw 

A shady lothwolf shifter that had no place in the clan, John (preferring to go by “Shaw”) simply goes with the winning side that offers him the best deals in terms of lifestyle and payment. He has no loyalty, but his sociopathic specialty of masking makes him surprisingly charismatic and ideal for negotiation and spy work. This charismatic nature hides his underlying sadistic pleasure in the suffering of others and his narcissism.

On the surface, John goes where the money goes and he likes the little pleasures he can gain from the galaxy’s suffering. You usually find him in the slimy city underbellies from planet to planet, gambling and swindeling crooks out of their wealth and drowning in the warmth of a sex worker.. Or whatever poor thing he can rob, rip, and dip. Having force abilities does help a lot in the persuasion aspect..

After all, who’s gonna fuck with a giant dog man?

♡ The Imperial Daughter:

Pandora 

A Child born within the empire’s rule, she is the product of an admiral’s lust with an atrolain slave that was later harvested and indoctrinated into the empire, as is often the fate of many like herself. An incredibly intelligent tactician with a skill for language, combat, and negotiation, Pandora rose through the ranks quickly from her growing youth. With a controlled, nearly emotionless deposition, it made her a favorable cadet among the high ranking officers for a woman who would not argue, yet one who shined in times of urgency and combat.

Currently serving as a vice admirable on board a ship primarily staffed by many of  her halfblood brethren,  her ultimate goal is to take a shot at the rebllion and mandalorian brigade that proves to be a thorn in the empire’s side.  Show the empire just what atrolians can be beyond simple body guards or sex slaves.

Appearance wise, Pandora is an albino that stands at about 6’3, bearing subtle canine features in her large pointed ears, eyes, claws, teeth, and a thin layer of white fur that covers her body. She had a tail as a child that was hacked off in training , deemed as liability in combat. An event which she resents, and continues to be reminded of from  the tail nub that was left behind.

PLOT POINTS TO EXPLORE: 

Pre order-66 where Rosie is a padawan training with other younglings or taking part in the clone wars

Rosie is traveling the galaxy in a desperate attempt to avoid the inquisitor's tracking and the empire's tyranny with her adolescent/toddler  force-sensitive daughter.  For her species, Rosie is the equivalent of a late teen/early 20 year old mom learning to survive entirely on her own. She takes up mercenary/Bounty hunting work on the neutral planets she makes her temporary home on, which could lead to crossing paths with your muse either as the target, the client, or perhaps a rival hunter

Rosie herself is still a powerful force user, even if she was not promoted to the rank of  a Jedi. That being said: she is adept in lightsaber fighting forms, she knows how to find and make a lightsaber, the use of the force for both practical and impractical reasons, and she still possess  her former jedi master in the shape of a force ghost who continues to train her in using both aspects of the light and dark side of the force. With the Jedi order destroyed, despite her negative feelings for the order, padawan and surviving jedi were still family to her. She is capable of teaching another muse survival skills , fighting skills, or how to hone their connection to the force

Mia, her daughter, is fearless and will attempt to make friends with anyone because her mother keeps her hoarded up and suffocates her with worry and overprotectiveness. Downside is Mia tries to make friends usually by harassing someone with questions, or by taking something shiny and making them chase her for it. She is still a kitten at the end of the day and possess kitten mannerisms that do get her in trouble. Your muse could be a victim of her antics or have a secret friendship with her while her mother is often out trying to hunt. Maybe your muse is a neighbor or an ally that occasionally comes by to help Rosie get a break, or maybe you just really think this kitten is cute

Please teach Rosie it is okay to learn to be her own person. She is more than just a mother, there is more to life than just fighting and worrying about tomorrow.

Rosie strains in the heavy pull of the dark and light sides of the force as her emotions rule her abilities just as much as they fuel her. Her love for her daughter serves as her light, but when she is in danger or her limits are tested, Rosie is capable of great destruction and misuse of her abilities for selfish personal gains.

The current state of Rosie’s homeworld Atrolize has been degraded under the rule of the empire, their species subdued to slave labor and breeding cattle because of the species genetic compatibility with any humanoid species in the universe. Anyone who becomes handicap or fails to pay their debts becomes sold off as a slave – which can mean hard labor, the life of a concubine/prostitute , or an exotic pet to trade among the wealthy. When Rosie is seen in the streets on more criminally inclined planets, its not uncommon for someone to ask a price to buy her off or buy her time. Lets see how your muse feels about that

Rocky “died” after taking heavy hits from clones while trying to help civilians and jedi escape. He was on death’s door but was saved by the jedi, ultimately.  I wouldn’t mind a scenario of a muse being one of those that nursed him back to health. Be it a jedi, padawan, or a native civilian

After assuming his family was murdered by the empire, Rocky took fully embrace the Traditional mandalorian code he had long ago abandoned in his time of mourning. He never takes off his helmet, and has taken fully to aiding rebels in unraveling the empire one step at a time. Rocky often trains the newest rebels in close and ranged combat, leads recon missions or targets possible allies, and takes bounty jobs on the side to pay for the maintenance of his own weapons and armor.

Guts was a brother in arms to Rocky who bears the burden of feeling responsible for his brother’s death. In honor of his brother’s memory, he still returns to check on Rosie and Mia to bring supplies and credits to help them. Bearing an unrequited love for Rosie, he struggles with these emotions and the burden of his own bloodline as a lothwolf shifter. Given that his father Balrog is determined to bring him home, he desperately avoids his destiny by throwing himself in danger. A fellow mando companion or a friend in general to provide him someone to talk to about his struggles would be nice. Though, obviously, being seen with him is a dangerous game as your muse may become a target to force him back home to his clan.

Balrog is the clan leader of a mandalorian cult composed of his surviving lothwolf shifters, along with an amassed army of new mandalorians willing to follow him in their path of retribution for the deeds done against them by the Empire. Their loyalty to Balrog knows no bounds and the mandalorians prove to be a power that even torments the empire as they control trade routes, pilfer what they deem is a necessary tax to go through their territory, and  take over arms, armor, and drug smuggling in their region. Balrog considers himself the leader of a new world order of mandalorians now that the old ways are simply inefficient given their enemies. This in itself can be a major point for any kind of character targeted for trying to stand against them or for simply being in the way.

John is a self serving lone wolf that travels the galaxy taking the worst kind of moral work that gives him the best pay. For all intent and purpose, john is a selfish sociopath but at the very least he’s funny and may hassle your muse either as a target or coworker. Or maybe your muse targets him because of the high bounty on his head. Any which way, he’s an adventurer if you want a little corruption on your muse.

Following the fall of the empire and the gradual recovery of the universe, the rebellion is still needed against the first order… Mia, now a fully grown Atrolian, has taken the Jedi skills taught to her by her brother to run reconnaissance detail and the training of new recruits against this well known threat. Though she is only slightly younger than Luke and Leia, her species has put her in what is the equivalent age of a young adult.

▪︎ The Sequels:  The Rey Saga

( Taking place during the era of the first order, Onwards) 

♡ A Rebel at Heart: Mia Blagrove 

Following the fall of the empire and the gradual recovery of the universe, the rebellion is still needed against the first order… Mia, now a fully grown Atrolian, has taken the Jedi skills taught to her by her brother to run reconnaissance detail and the training of new recruits against this well known threat. Though she is only slightly younger than Luke and Leia, her species has put her in what is the equivalent age of a young adult.

♡ The Old Warcat: Rosie Valentine 

Unable to part with her daughter knowing Mia has taken to fighting a war way over her head, Rosie begrudgingly puts her exhaustion aside to make sure these brats don’t get themselves kid. Luke Skywalker sure as hell isn't the last Jedi and someone needs to teach these new generation brats some humility. Who better to do this that a war cat?

Plot Points:

Mia is a young woman at the time of the first order rising, similar to the age of her own mother when the clone wars took place. She has become a formidable opponent given her tall agile stature, her force abilities, her flying capabilities with her wings, and her unyielding nature when it comes to justice and doing what is right. As soon as she was old enough, Mia ran off and joined the resistance to face off against the rising threat of the first order. Here, she takes on stealth and recon missions in a similar fashion, She is fearless and inspires hope in others with her strong presence. Being who her mother is, Luke Skywalker is no longer the last jedi. Being part of the rebels leaves open a large window in which she can meet muses varying from first order agents, rebels, or even planet natives as she travels around the galaxy

Rosie suffers empty nest syndrome and goes against her better nature to follow her daughter into a war that has nothing to do with them. She has grown harsher, more tired since her master’s ghost deemed his teachings maximized and left Rosie to become the teacher of a new generation in a new world. While still only a young woman in terms of her species, the stress of being a mother and a warrior has given Rosie an older appearance. She aids in humanitarian work, as a healer for rebels, or as a heavy hitter sent in emergency situations. Where Mia can be found, her mother is usually not too far behind.

Depending on what happens in the prequel verse, there can be a point of involvement with Rocky which can lead to paths crossing between the family by chance. Any previous connection with any of the character can be a major emotional moment for how the muses deal with Rosie, Mia, or Rocky being whiplashed by the discovery that they’re all alive

Self explanatory but Mia would have issues in trying to unravel planetary corruption. Rosie has decided assassination is always a good option 

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ღ pls give rey a forehead kiss

☆★ START. ღ A FOREHEAD KISS FROM MY MUSE

Not many people lived this far out in the desert, even the roughest of settlements granted some form of security. A community, a stronghold. People coming together to trade, tell stories, survive.

People traveled out into the wilderness of Jakku for more sinister deeds. The morally-corrupt, the illegal. Anything which would raise an eyebrow amongst the already hardy folks of the Outpost. The exile normally kept his nose out of it, not wanting to draw too much suspicion to himself.

Screaming and crying had caught Obi-Wan’s attention, the fierce sound of a ship’s engine warming up. The guttural voice of Unkar Plutt telling the child to ❛ BE QUIET. ❜ Running up the dune he caught sight of the back of a ship entering the atmosphere, a young girl desperately holding her arm out towards it as though she could grasp it. Pull it back. Make them come back to her.

Arrangements were made, understandings exchanged. ‘Ben’ was known within the Outpost, and by Plutt. A deal that he could look after the girl - raise her - so long as she would work for him when old enough. Why? He didn’t know, but the Force drove him to it. As the Force had driven Qui-Gon to Anakin all those years ago. The girl needed him, and that was all he needed to know.

That evening the crying in the halfway shelter Obi-Wan called a home, the silents tears still fell from youthful eyes. Too young to understand, or even want to understand. He hugged her close, gently shushing her, telling her ❛ You’re safe now, you’re safe. ❜ When at last she had calmed he carried her to her new, makeshift bed. Made sure she was tucked in, her hair tucked back off her face. He leaned in and kissed her forehead in the way he imagined a father would - having been without one himself - and told her once again: ❛��Everything is going to be okay. ❜

[illusions-end]

Given the legends that surrounded ghost pokemon and the attachment ghost types had to the dead, both human and other pokemon, Rei couldn’t say he was surprised that a region had taken them rather seriously, but to take it that far? That seemed rather extreme, too. 

“I see… how interesting… I’ve never heard of another region having that sort of restriction…” Admittedly, it made him want to learn more about it from Agni. If he couldn’t go visit, getting information from someone from there was the next best thing. 

Though, at the same time, he wasn’t sure his own views would be helpful. After losing the two things that he cherished most, he did come across his current partner pokemon, after all, and even now, he had to wonder if it wasn’t one of those two precious lives that were lost that day or if it was just a very fortunate coincidence. 

“Hm… well, I have seen people breed ghost pokemon before, and with pokemon that become ghost type upon evolution, it’d be hard to say that death would be involved at all. Also, take for instance pokemon like Gimmighoul. While born from a piece of the human soul in a way, they aren't made from death but rather simple passions... b-but um… y-yes, there are plenty of ghost types that aren’t born from death. Even then, quite a few of them are thought to be born from the deaths of pokemon…” 

Though, admittedly, the more he thought of it, the more he wondered if there were records he could refer to of early trainers and what they thought of ghost types in general, or if there are phenomena that proved that sort of thing.

"Though... I-I wouldn't be able to say why other specialists have such an interest in the type. I can really only give you my own."

"Oh, yeah sure I can answer some of your questions." Agni gave the man a gentle smile despite their heart fucking hammering in them,

"I'm asking for Ghost specialist because...In Jalur, due to our beliefs that Ghost Pokemon are actually souls of our dea--deceased relatives we're not allowed to battle with them nor specialize in Ghost Pokemon. I did meet with a Ghost Specialist in Johto, but I suppose more perspectives wouldn't hurt."

"Different people have different takes, and I would like to know your thoughts about it and why people would specialize in that type. Specifically: do you think there are Ghost Pokemon that aren't born from death?" While they're aware they can't really change the culture around it in their region, it might do them some good to listen to those that are outside and specialize in the type.

Maybe, they though, it could enlighten them and be able to put more care into their ceremonies. Though they feel like their line of questioning might be a bit...much.

[yongislong]

[ ncity playlist event ]

now playing ... JEONG JAEHYUN

telephones - vacations

green eyes - erykah badu

get to you again - mac ayers

i want it all - arctic monkeys

amber - steve lacy

if you lie down with me - lana del rey

on the level - mac demarco

i only have eyes for you - the flamingos

over the moon - the marias

weak for your love - thee sacred souls

now viewing ... // this is the soundtrack to the soft snores that come from him in the morning. you like to wake up early and count his eyelashes as he groans and stirs awake. he can feel you burning holes in face

the mornings are all very domestic. he gifted you a custom pink (heart shaped ofc) pressed vinyl of this playlist on a whim when he confessed, along with a basket of matching sickly pink peaches (doie's recommendation bc everyone needs their peach fix...) and flowers he picked. he felt like he was going to explode if he didn't say something soon after seeing you on the campus quad reading the portrait of dorian gray.

he wondered if you sold your soul to the devil to become so beautiful too. even after the confession, now, in the early mornings he takes you in. the bare-faced you with extreme bed head and clothes twisted and pulled everywhere

he likes to thank the gods for giving him someone he could admire so closely and easily. maybe cupid was on his side the day he was born, planning out a life with you and him. //

they just keep getting longer lol

[zarovichwife]

Willow Jean “Billie Jean” Miller was born to Joel Miller on October 26th, 1995, in Austin, Texas. Due to severe hemorrhaging, her mother Marina had died at childbirth which left a young Joel struggling between taking care of his two daughters and working a job that hardly kept food on the table. Lending a helping hand, Joel’s brother Tommy helped raised his younger daughter Billie Jean and because of this, she believed Tommy was her father while Joel and Sarah were her uncle and cousin. 

On September 26th, 2003, Billie Jean spent most of the day with Sarah while Joel and Tommy were out on their job. Around midnight, panic and chaos ensued as the outbreak of the Cordyceps brain infection hit; amongst the horror Sarah had lost her life which mentally wrecked Joel and left Billie Jean was scarred emotionally. 

During the early years of the post apocalyptic world, Billie Jean became a hardened survivor that was taught how to kill and deceive under the training of Joel while Tommy constantly tried to remind her that there much more to their lives than just surviving. With their opinionated ways of how to raise Billie Jean, it ultimately sparked a feud between the two brothers which caused Tommy to take the girl under his care. 

While staying with the Fireflies, Billie Jean grew adventurous and extremely curious of many things which gave her the confidence to ask Tommy why they left Joel and what was the real reason. After their own argument, and relentless demanding, Tommy told her the truth that Joel was, in deed, her real father. Feeling betrayed, Billie Jean left Tommy and the Fireflies alone. 

In the present day, Billie Jean had formed her own group known as the Scavengers which consists of three women, seven men, one child, and her pet Dalmatian. They loot old cars and buildings, living in wooden areas where infected don’t reside, and craft their own weapons and supplies from scraps of metal and debris, duct tape and fabric. 

When she hears the news about a smuggler transporting a young girl to the Fireflies from Boston, Billie Jean gathers up her backpack and begins to track down her father to reconnect. 

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[class1akids]

hey, I just read one of your older posts:

https://at.tumblr.com/class1akids/615085028091838464/9pmf2720px2x

and I wanted to ask something. You say you see Shouto as an unreliable narrator, which is really interesting to me because a lot of people (including me) call Dabi and Endeavor unreliable narrators. But I've never seen anyone say this about Shouto before so I was wondering what made you come to that conclusion.

(I hope I phrased this well and it doesn't sound rude or too direct or anything. I'm just genuinely curious)

No problem.

I don't see Shouto as an unreliable narrator overall - it was in reference specifically to the time when we got introduced to the family history through his story told to Deku during the Sport Festival.

There are many types of unreliable narrators, and in this respect I regard Shouto as such because he was extremely young at the time. I have no doubt that he's telling the truth as he saw it, but being only 5-6 years old - his understanding of the truth is naturally limited to what a child of that age can perceive.

He doesn't have any experience of their family before things got bad - he was born into pure hell - so his view is not at all nuanced with facts that we learn only later through the narration of Fuyumi, Enji, Rei and Touya.

The Endeavor we see through Shouto's eyes is not very different from a flat paper-villain like AFO. As a small child, Shouto puts both his parents into rigid black and white categories (which is normal), and doesn't see them as the flawed humans they both are.

Now don't get me wrong - I'm not saying that Endeavor wasn't the main abuser, or that Rei wasn't a victim. I'm just saying that both of their characterizations, the dynamic of their marriage, the ways they have let their kids down get much much more nuanced as we are introduced to more Todoroki family POVs.

I think Shouto's own views also evolve a lot as he gets more information of things he didn't / couldn't have known.

It's evident from the fanfic you get based on the early Shouto POV - where people could easily believe even that Endeavor would kill his own kids (which used to be the leading theory of "Touya's death") for example.

[of-twilight-and-moonshadow]

Warnings: Mentions of Body image Issues, Severe weight loss, past mental health issues

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Meet the OC - Emery

Name: Emery Annbeth Weston From: Denver, CO Born: 9th November, 1993 Siblings: 1 younger brother

Hair color: brown Eye Color: brown Height: 5’6 Weight: 124 lbs

     When she was 12, she developed an eating disorder, due to bullying that occurred from school. Despite being a perfect weight for her age, people called her names (fat, ugly) so she stopped eating almost completely. It got to an extreme, when she was 15 and barely weighed 71 pounds.

               For her 16th birthday, her family took her to a nearby WWE Smackdown show, where she was able to meet some of her favorites (Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston, Beth Phoenix). The one that stood out the most to her, that took time to really talk to her, was Kofi Kingston. Just seeing how thin she was worried Kofi, and he made a deal with her—Get to a healthy weight, and when she becomes a star, he’ll team with her and they’ll win the (to be created) intergender tag team championships.

               Emery was filled with emotions after their talk, and while it took quite some time, she eventually got to a healthy weight and even began getting some muscle mass.

Favorite Wrestlers growing up: Jeff Hardy, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Lita

Debuts in Wrestling: October 2013 – Ring of Honor March 2015 – New Japan Pro Wrestling Officially joined Bullet Club in June 2015 May 2019 – All Elite Wrestling

Wrestling Style: Arial, slight risk taker (look at who her favorites were, after all)

Paired With: Kenny Omega, Hangman Adam Page, Riley/El Phantasmo, Damian Priest, Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin, Wardlow, Jay White (Potentially: Jey Uso, Trent Seven, Chuck Taylor)

Best Friends with: Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Hangman Adam Page, Jay White, Kyle O’Reilly

Friends with: Austin Creed, Kofi Kingston, Marko Stunt, El Phantasmo, Chuck Taylor, Brandon Cutler

Who is like Family to her? Kyle O'Reilly: She's rather protective over; make sure he's keeping an eye on his sugar levels and always has a snack on hand for him if need be

Matt and Nick: They met her early in her career and took her in under their wings, helping to train her when they were in the area. They're rather protective over her, love to tease her on occasion, and they wouldn't trade her for the world.

Who would she like to meet in the Business? Finn Balor Damian Priest Pete Dunne (birthday twins~ ) Imperium (4 members, Walter, Fabian, Marcel and Thatcher) Seth Rollins

First Crush: Jeff Hardy

Hobbies: Playing Video Games, photography, travel and drawing

If she couldn’t wrestle anymore she would: Either just be a streamer or become a professional artist/start own business        

Secret of hers: She mayyyy, (or may not 😒 ) have a thing for older guys. 8-13 years older than her.

Languages known: Japanese (10%) Italian (78%) English Spanish (9%) French (24%)

Phobias: Snakes, drowning

Number of Tattoos: 5

Number of Piercings: 2 (normal ear ones – though during her Bullet Club Dark Angel days, she did consider getting a lip and tongue piercing)

Any History of broken bones? When she was 6, she fractured a bone in her arm. Luckily, it didn’t require surgery.

Any injuries from wrestling? In early 2014, after starting in ROH, she got knocked off a ladder and landed awkwardly. No concussions or breaks/fractures, but she sprained her ankle. Mid 2014, she was on the receiving end of a face-plant type maneuver and her nose got broken. They were able to reset it and it healed fine.

Behind the Story of ‘Dark Angel’ persona For the beginning of her career, Emery was a baby face. She didn’t want to be booed; she didn’t want to be a ‘bad guy’. She liked being a baby face. A lot of people suggested she try though, to see if she liked it or not, and if not then it could always be switched back.

She wasn’t convinced though.

When she made the trip to Japan, it was only meant to be temporary, for a few months at most. She got to hang out with her ROH friends like the Bucks—who in turn, introduced her to Kenny.

That was the moment all plans went out the window. The two of them hit it off and became almost inseparable. Gaming, arcades, cat cafes—they bonded over everything it seemed like. She got a good look at his Heel persona, the Cleaner, and wondered… perhaps it wouldn’t be too terrible?

With a little nudge from Kenny and some artistic input, they worked together in just mere months to create the Dark Angel version. Short blue hair, almost all black, punk-style clothing, and a badass attitude At first, she only wore more moderate clothing. Things that covered her-- issues stemming from her weight issues as a teen. However, after many conversations with not only Kenny, but Jay, Ibushi, Matt, Nick, and both Adams, she risked it all and wore slightly more revealing clothing, short shorts, skirts and cut-off shirts. And she began to love her body.

She’d cost people matches, interfere, attack people – even people twice her size—and she done it all with a smile and laughing maniacally.

Some people compared her to Harley Quinn or even the Joker.

Over the course of the next year, Emery got better at conniving and being devious, calculating and began to show disregard for Bullet Club enemies.

In 2017, she went with Kenny and got her first tattoo. A full-size pair of Angel wings on her back. After getting it, she no longer needed to wear the wing prop she had worn in previous years.

She figured, if she played an Angel, she might as well have wings. This is the moment that brought upon Kenny nicknaming her his ‘Angel’

[professor-glasses]

give me all your svern facts NEOW !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Send !! to learn about an OC

Svern (which is of course not his birth name) is a genius prodigy who was born and spent much of his childhood growing up in the Unova region. His identity as Svern and his birth identity are two severely different people and if you know him as either one or the other, you are extremely unlikely to know or connect him to the other.

Although he likes to act like a rambunctious and annoying, reckless guy, he is actually very quiet by nature. He's very analytical, cynical and smart, which is part of what makes him feel alienated from other people. The other thing that separates him is he doesn't experience the same normal emotional range as others. So he has trouble feeling things deeply, which means he's constantly bored and detached. He won't show this side of personality unless he really trusts someone. He doesn't consider his masking to be totally "fake" either, though, and if you try and suggest it/pick one as "real" and the other as "fake", he'll probably laugh at you, because that's a simplistic viewpoint.

He is not a natural redhead, he wears a wig and he changes it often, that one just happens to be his favourite and trademark look. After all, why wait for 6 months for your hair to grow out when you feel like having it long for one day when you can just Make it longer. Or change the colour twice a week. (Also his natural hair is black which in general would make dyeing it a bigger than usual pain anyway.)

Similarly, he wears coloured contacts all the time. The amber/yellow is his favourite again although he does use other colours if he feels like it. His natural eye colour is a bright turquoise.

He likes trying out a lot of different outfits, and since he's naturally very confident and doesn't really feel embarrassed about anything ever, he can summon the charisma to rock pretty much anything.

His brain is extremely big so he knows a lot about a lot of things, learns more easily, and remembers everything always. This can be good and bad (for other people, for himself it's fine and useful). But it's important to note that this is another reason he struggles with being bored all the time! His brain chews things up too quickly. He doesn't particularly value his huge talent. Again, he is apathetic about it, like about many other things. It's just the way he happens to be. He doesn't use it to be ambitious, he uses it to be a silly & annoying guy.

He likes bugs a lot, for some reason.

He also likes a lot of science stuff and technology stuff.

He's 164cm / 5'5" tall, so he's a bit on the shorter side. That and his face make him look cute and Little Guyish (I think...).

Please be careful about the Whimsy. The Whimsy often fools people. If you think he is a cute little guy, or an adoptable rascal, you have been fooled by the whimsy. He will take advantage of this.

He dabbles in crime things and he's very good at parkour. He did gymnastics in school. He did theatre as well. He was supposed to be learning violin, but he got tired of it since it wasn't his idea, so later his Ditto did his lessons in his place. She can play very well now.

He illegally modded his Porygon-Z to be able to change type and boost its stats at will, access all 3 potential abilities at once, as well as learn any move for which there exists Technical Machine data.

Without giving all the full names, his birth name is Sylvester V.E. Rey-Nellson. His parents are rich and into business. He doesn't like them very much. The only family member he likes is his paternal grandpa who I keep thinking about the possibility of being a trans man even though I don't think I'm adequately able to implement that right now. Babey Svern hit all his milestones early and everyone would have loved him very much if he wasn't a weird kid and they weren't jerks.

As an adult, he joins a criminal organisation for funsies and pretends to be mediocre, before coming into contact with a very strange rock that would take way too long to explain here. I have many thoughts on this rock which I have written meta posts about on his rp blog. Svern thinks it's very cool and on a conceptual level it is but he will unfortunately end up regretting it when it's not fun anymore later.

His favourite kind of food is spicy. The spicier, the better. If it makes him cry that's great. If he gets used to it he has to seek spicier food.

He can't cook much. He doesn't know how. He could learn very easily if he tried for even a short time but he's lazy and impatient.

So he doesn't.

If he has to do something he doesn't want to anyway, he'll complain a lot about it very loudly, and then escape when you're not looking.

Find images of him here on my Brand New, Organised Art Blog.