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coolclassystudentfanstuff ¡ 2 years ago
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Star Wars characters that I would like to see again
1.Lee Char
The last time I saw him was in clone wars and in it he became the ruler for his people. I would like to see him again to see how is doing and a maybe a timeskip that he’s now older. I also that he was quite cool.
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2. Jar Jar Binks
I actually want to see back again. I like this dude cause he’s funny. I remember a few years ago people didn’t like him. And when I looked up why, it’s because he seem to be racist caricature but when I watched star wars and the clone wars when I was younger and rewatched it a few months back I didn’t see anything wrong. I only saw a kind, good and clumsy friend. Even though he was clumsy, he helped in the clone wars alot. I would like to know what actual happened to him after the rise of the Empire. One source says that when the empire were on the rise, his people banished him again. In the game “Star Wars:The Force unleashed”, Jar Jar is in carbonite in a trophy room for a Imperial officer. I want to see this dude again so we can know what happened to him during and after the Empire.
3. Asajj Ventress 
At the end of the clone wars I think she became a bounty hunter. I’m not really sure. I believe that her and Jedi master Quinlan Vos had like a love story or soemthing. In the book “star wars: Dark Disciple” it talks about the 2 of them. It Take sometime before order 66. It’s also sawing it’s canon when I look more into it. But I could be wrong. I don’t know But Yeah I think it would be cool to see her again.
4.Quinlan Vos 
The last time we heard him was in Obi Wan Kenobi series. Kenobi goes over to a wall and saw Quinlan’s name was craved in. So he served order 66. I think He’s a cool character and I would like to see more of him. 
5.Watto (or his species)
I haven’t seen this character that much. last time I saw him was in “star wars: Attack of the Clones” and “Lego star wars: The skywalker saga”, if you want to count the lego game. But still I would like to see him again or his species.
6.Korkie Kryze 
I would like to see this dude again. In the “Mandalorian”, when Mando meets Bo katan Kryze (his Auntie) for the first time, she says that “she is the last of her line. So what happened to this dude if she had to say that. I want to know about his like past. People have a theory that he is a child of Obi Wan and Satine but Korkie calls her Auntie and Obi Wan was kinda loyal to the Jedi rules like how they’re not allowed to fall in love. I was thinking that he was Bo Katan’s son but she is his aunty too. I want to know more about the Kryze family.
So yeah, these are the characters I would like to see again. Let my know what you think of these and is there any characters that you would like to see return, either animated or live action. 
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soloredeemed ¡ 5 years ago
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Hi there :)
Soloredeemed is a sideblog of @goodnight-sammy (but it’s pretty much my main blog atm). It’s basically all my Star Wars and Reylo ramblings. Sometimes I create content... maybe check it out?
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huxhunny ¡ 5 years ago
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me: wants kylo ren to heal from his abuse and trauma, for him to stop inflicting abuse and trauma on others, to love and be loved in return and to find a true and good purpose
also me: he is the physical embodiment of the night never call him ben in my house ever again
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kademaki ¡ 6 years ago
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The Bottomless Blue - Chapter Six
Merman!General Hux x Reader fic
Now that Hux has made a plan to break out, he send you to a sea witch named Kylo Ren to collect the supplies needed
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“That will never work! We need a different plan!” you sighed as you sat on the floor next to the merman’s tank.  “I was almost caught last week, you can’t expect to just walk out of the front door. That one security guard is still wary of me, he’ll be watching me for a while.”
“You wouldn’t have been caught last time if you had taken your scientist friend’s access card.  Without this becomes more difficult.”  The merman flicked his tail in annoyance.
A little over a week ago, the merman had told you his plan to break out of the aquarium and it had gone terribly.  His plan had involved you taking a cart from one of the labs and hiding him underneath it while covered by a sheet out of the back door and into your car after closing.  But you hadn’t anticipated on all of the labs being locked down due to the scientists testing the new samples taken from the merman.  You had been caught by a security guard and in a panic had said you had an appointment with Luke to discuss the research team’s findings.  The security guard hadn’t believed you but when he called Luke, Luke had gladly played along and verified your meeting with the guard.  Luke came to collect you and spent the following hour showing you new things they had found in the cave before questioning your intentions.  You were sure you had fooled him with harmless flirting to convince him you were honestly just coming down to visit him. But in your opinion, it was still risky and too soon to try again.  
“If I had taken Luke’s access card, he just would have noticed and gotten security to revoke access to it and make him a new one before we could use it.” you sighed, “We need a way to get you out of here that won’t cause a scene and keeps them from knowing it was me that helped you. I’m out of ideas, it’s been days and I have nothing. ”
The merman nodded before sinking down in the tank.  You watched as he let his body sink in the tank.  Even when he wasn’t actively swimming, his body seemed so graceful in the water.  You watched until he sank below your level and down to the next out of your view.  He’d been here for three weeks before you’d found out he was here, if you included the past two weeks of trying to get him out, he’d been here for over a month.  Stuck in this tank that while big enough to house sharks comfortably, must have seemed claustrophobic to him compared to the ocean.  He had told you that he usually swam miles a day and could swim up the coast in a matter of hours and the limited room of the tank kept him feeling cramped in the space.  
You wondered how much he missed the open sea but he kept his feelings to himself and barely showed you any emotions aside from his eagerness to escape.  You wanted to help him but it was a difficult task.  You had to sneak him out while keeping his tail hydrated.  It’s not like you could load him into a wheelbarrow filled with water and wheel him out the front door.  You let your mind wander as you stood and began to clean the room, you clearly weren’t coming up with any ideas tonight and it seemed the merman wasn’t either.
Just as you were packing up the mop and trash you had picked up, a splash from the tank caught your attention.  You looked up to see the merman staring at you intently.  You furrowed your brow as he opened his mouth to speak.
“I’ve just realized, this whole time, I’ve trusted you with getting me out of here and I do not even know your name.”
“My name? Its Y/N.” you hesitated, you wanted to ask what his name was but with how closed off he tended to be would he tell you?  “What’s your name?”
“It’s Armitage.  Armitage Hux but you can call me Hux.” You wondered why he would want to be called by his last name but didn’t voice your thoughts since you were glad to learn more about him.  “Now, Y/N, I think I have a sure fire way to get myself out of here but I need you to help me without question.”
Without question? That was a weird way to for him to word it. What was he going to ask you to do?  The merman must have sensed your hesitation because he spoke again.
“I won’t ask you to kill anyone.  There just may be the risk to your job and possibly your sanity but nothing permanent.”  He said with a chuckle.  “That last part was a joke,” he added when he saw your uneasy expression.  “So will you help me?”
“What’s the plan?”
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It was cold.  That’s all you felt.  You shivered inside your wetsuit as you dove deeper into the ocean’s depths.  You could barely see in front of you aside from the beams of light from your mounted headlight and flashlight.  You were starting to get paranoid as the mouth of a cave came into view.  
“Listen carefully, I need you to trust me.  No harm will come to you if you do as I say. Do you understand?” you nodded as Hux continued, “Good. Do you have a map?” You shook your head before remembering the map app on your phone.  You opened it and handed your phone to him, surprised he knew how to use it and was able to with his pointy almost claw-like hands.  
“It should be obvious that I am not the only one of my kind at this point.  There are even creatures that are more frightful than I.   I need you to go to the ship and gather these items if your scientists haven’t taken them already.  Then you will go to this location in your boat and dive to a cave here.” You looked at the spot he marked on the map, there was no land and it was well past the ocean shelf drop off.  
“But there is no land there? How can there be a cave? I don’t have the equipment to make a dive that deep.  The pressure alone could kill me if the nitrogen narcosis doesn’t drive me insane first!”
“The items you get from my ship will help you.  You can’t bring them here for me to help you with because we will likely get caught but I can tell you to how to use them to help your human body make the dive.  Moving on-” you huffed, you weren’t convinced but motioned for him to continue anyway, “I must warn you, the cave is inhabited by a sea witch.”
“A sea witch?!” you shot to your feet as your mind began to race.  You weren’t even sure if you liked the idea of human witches being real.  The movies always depicted witches casting curses on people and the last place you needed to be cursed was in the ocean with a limited oxygen supply.  
“Yes, a sea witch. Now, if you would let me finish.” You nodded and sat back down.  “ You will need to trade with him the items from my ship for a ring.”
“What kind of ring? Like one with diamonds and gems?” The merman sighed.
“No, not with diamonds.  But the ring he gives you should have gems on it.”
“How will I know it’s the right ring?” you questioned, not wanting to risk your life only to bring back to the wrong jewelry.
“You’ve seen the ring’s matching bracelet before in the ship.  If I remember correctly, I swam in on you taking photographs of it the first time I caught you in my quarters.”
Your mind went to that day and the pictures you took.  You remembered the box of trinkets and the gemstone bracelet.  So the ring would match the bracelet, simple but covered in an obnoxious amount of gems.  You laughed to yourself at the thought of the merman wearing such an ostentatious bracelet. But then you remembered the sunglasses and shot glass in the box as well.  
“I remember the bracelet, it was in the box on your desk.  But why did you have a shot glass and sunglasses in the box too?  How did you get them? What do you need them for?” The merman waved off your questions.  
“If I make it out of here, I’ll show you what they are for.”  You were okay with that.  It’s not like you had expected a real answer anyway.  “Back to the sea witch, when you are trading for the ring, you must be sure to only trade him the items on the list.  He will already know that I am in trouble when you ask for the ring.  He will try to use that as leverage to trick you into giving him more than what is necessary to trade for the ring.  You must not let him manipulate you.  Do you understand me?”
You wondered why the witch would want to trick you since you were human and all but useless underwater but you told the merman you would not be manipulated.
“Good.  The witch’s name is Kylo Ren. Once you have the ring we can go from there.  It’s getting late, you should get home and rest.  I know it is the weekend and you have the next two days off.  You should rest tonight, collect the items from the ship in the morning and make the dive tomorrow to the cave at noon when the sun is at its highest. Then rest the following day before bringing the ring to me.”
“Why do I have to make the dive at noon?” you questioned.  You preferred to dive early in the morning before the other boats were out on the water and the water was quiet and calm.
“You need to go when the sun is at its highest and brightest in case you get lost and can’t find the surface.  Many divers have died because they could not find their way back to the surface and the pressure of the water destroyed the jackets they use to pull them to the surface. If I don’t see you on Monday, then I’ll know you were not able to find your way back to the surface.”
You cursed at the memory and how you had found yourself to be swimming this deep into the ocean.  You had gone to the shipwreck and gathered the items on Hux’s list without a problem.  The research team hadn’t found much use for the crates of coins in which Hux’s items were buried so they’d left them virtually untouched.  Among items Hux had wanted were specific rings covered in gems from the crates as well as a few shark and orca teeth.  You weren’t sure of the significance of these items but you had packed them and brought them with you.  When you were this deep in the ocean, it felt as if each small ring was weighing you down like a rock.  
You pulled out the small diving map you had brought with you and attempted to check your location.  You were so far down that the gases in your scuba tanks were causing you to feel light headed and weakened your dexterity.  You had spent so much time trying to adjust the tanks to get the mix of gases just right to avoid nitrogen narcosis but you could feel the effects starting to show.  It was only a matter of time before you either found the cave and the witch or you started hallucinating and died from the narcosis.  
You thought back to what Hux had told you about the items to help you survive in the depths.  He had written on the list for you to take a paste from his quarters to rub on your neck.  He claimed it would help with your breathing and reduce the nitrogen and helium building in your body.  You had tried it at the ship but hadn’t felt any different after applying it.  You thought about reapplying it now that you were now at least 300 feet below and could feel the pressure much stronger but you were too afraid to stop with the looming darkness below you.  Instead, you thought of the other item Hux had told you to use, a ring covered in blue sapphires.  He said it would allow you to see in the dark but you were afraid to use it as well.  You saw what kinds of creatures the research team pulled from these depths and you were afraid that you would be able to see them lurking below you, waiting for you to go crazy so they could rip you to pieces and eat you.
Instead, you kept swimming deeper down towards a rock formation Hux had noted on the map.  As you got closer, your flashlights seemed to get dimmer, as if the beams of light could no longer penetrate through the darkness around the rocks.  You could feel the paranoia growing inside you as it became harder to see the way in front of you.  You looked up and could barely see the sunlight filtering down through the water.  While you could see the sunlight, even it did not reach far enough to illuminate the water this far down.
With a sigh, you checked the map again before securing it in your waist belt and swimming deeper into the darkness.  You stopped once you were at the rock formation.  It was covered in strange markings that you couldn’t decipher.  You wondered who made the markings and why.  You looked below you and saw an opening in the rock formation that led into a dark cave.  You swam down to the entrance and paused.  
On one hand, this was part of the plan Hux had made.  On the other hand, you were just a human and Hux was a mermaid who said a sea witch lived in this cave.  You joked internally that you had hallucinated everything, Hux and the sea witch.  For all you knew, you were dreaming and still at the shipwreck for the first time while the nitrogen narcosis set in and slowly drove you toward insanity.  
You felt the anxiety starting to fill your body with dread so you decided to try to apply the paste Hux had you make.  You took it from your waist belt and pulled the neck of your wetsuit away before rubbing some of the paste onto your neck.  Immediately, you felt the effects, your breath came easier and you could feel your body relaxing as you breathe easier.  Your body was less tense and you could feel the dexterity in your limbs coming back with each breath you took.  If the paste actually worked, maybe the ring would too.  You fished it out of your waist belt while putting the paste away.  You stared at it in your palm, turning it over before slipping it onto your finger.  Almost instantly the darkness around you lit up.  It was as if there were lights all around you and you could see further down into the sea than you ever could before.  It was almost as if it was daylight underwater.  You took a moment and looked over the rock formation edge below you.  
You could see all of the strange fish swimming along below you.  You were certain that the few lantern fish you could see were just as unnerved by your presence as you were.  This was amazing, you never knew such things could exist to help you explore the ocean, you’d have to talk to Hux about borrowing these once he was free.  You took a breath and turned back towards the cave.  Unlike the rest of the ocean that was now illuminated, the cave was still dark.  Maybe the cave was unaffected by the ring’s power because of the sea witch inside it? You were unsure but started to swim into the cave.
The darkness was unnerving.  Thanks to the paste, you could breathe just fine now with very little to no symptoms of the nitrogen narcosis but it did not do anything to quell the anxiety the darkness was causing you to feel.  The beams of your flashlight were almost useless, only lighting the way in front of you by a few feet.  You began to wonder if you were swimming into the right cave or if you were swimming to your death in an empty cavern when you started to see small lights on the floor of the cave.  You swam down closer to the bottom of the cave for a closer look and realized they weren’t lights at all but in fact small bioluminescent coral.  You paused as you recalled the only previous bioluminescent corals to be found were only in the Red Sea.  What were these corals doing here?  You looked around and saw that the corals formed a path that led you deeper into the cave before they started to grow along the sides and ceiling of the cave.  
You followed this coral “path” further before you noticed the water was getting warmer.  You were so deep in the ocean that you knew the water should not be warm unless you ran into an underground current.  As you pondered this, you saw something move from the corner of your eye.  The anxiety in you flared again as you slowly turned to see what had caught your attention.
You turned to see a dark inky mass coming towards you surrounded by the coral covered cave walls.  You watched as the dark mass took shape in your eyes and you realized it was an octopus.  You were shocked as you watch the octopus stop a few yards from you and uncurled itself to reveal the torso of a man.  He wasn’t as pale as Hux, he was more tanned and had a scar on his left eye.  What shocked you the most was instead of two legs, he had eight.  Well, eight tentacles for legs.  Even though you had seen Hux’s tail up close and knew that other creatures had to exist but you hadn’t expected to find the sea witch like this.  
You watched frozen in place as the sea witch straightened to an impossibly large size in front of you.  He cocked his head to the side and examined you from head to toe.  As he looked you over, you cursed internally at your lack of preparation.  His tentacles swished back and forth in the water as he considered you from across the cave.  You knew you had to speak to the sea witch but you hadn’t thought about what you’d actually say to him.  Luckily, or unluckily for you, the sea witch spoke first.
“Who are you? Humans are rare this far down.  Most of your kind go mad before they can make it this far.”  You wanted to answer him but if you took off your mask to try and speak, you would lose oxygen.  Besides, your words would most likely come out as bubbles and a dull roar anyway.  Instead, you made wild gestures at which he ignored.  His eyes fixated on the neck of your wetsuit where you had messily applied the paste.  “A friend of the merpeople? Only they know how to create that paste to helps humans breathe.”  
You nodded unsure of how to communicate with him until he spoke again.  “That paste will grant you the ability to breathe without your human air mask.  Take it off and you will be fine.”  your brow furrowed as you considered what he said.  With some hesitation, you reached for the clasp of your oxygen mask and slowly pulled it off.   Surprisingly, you didn’t feel the water rush into your lungs at all.  Instead, it felt as if you were breathing the same as you did on dry land.  You took a moment to adjust to the feeling with a few deep breaths, Hux’s paste had worked better than you thought.  You couldn’t believe that you could actually breathe underwater.  These thoughts were interrupted by the witch speaking again.  
“Now that that hideous mask is out of the way, answer my question.  Who are you?”
“My name is Y/N.  Are you Kylo Ren?”  You replied as you straightened yourself.
“I am but Y/N, tell me, how did you a mere human, find yourself here in my cave with a paste from the merpeople?” He said glancing at your neck again.
“I am a friend of Armitage Hux.  He sent me here to trade with you.”  you pulled the bag containing the items Hux had listed from your waist belt to present to the sea witch.  The witch glanced at the bag in your hand with disinterest.
“What would Hux possibly want to trade with me for? The last time we traded he was sure he wouldn’t need anything from me again.” He said raising an eyebrow.  
“Hux wants to trade you these for a ring-”
“I have traded many rings to Hux each has its own purpose.  He has everything he needs from me.  I have nothing left to offer him and he has nothing of value to me. ...Unless he sent you to me as something to trade.”  The witch swam closer to you and you felt your body tense as he neared.
“No, this ring is special, he said it matches the bracelet he already has.  Do you know it?”  At that, the witch turned his head in thought before looking back at you.  
“What has Hux gotten himself into that he would need that ring?  Surely,  he has no use for it since he has the bracelet. It makes it even more foolish to send a human here after it. Unless... “ he trailed off before turning back to you and laughing.  “Has Hux got himself captured by humans?  Is that why he sent you? A human to retrieve it?”  As he laughed, you noticed his teeth, they were sharper than Hux’s seemed.  The perfect size and length that could tear into your flesh and eat you without a problem. You wanted out of this cave as soon as possible.
“Will you trade with me or not?” You asked feeling a little impatient.  The witch’s expression changed as he considered you again.
“What will you give me for it? Hux would not send you empty-handed for the ring.”  You handed him the bag with items and watched as he dumped them into his hands.  He picked through the items before scoffing.  “These are good but not enough for the ring.”  
“That’s all I have to trade with.” You said with an uneasy feeling.  Hux had said the witch would try to leverage you into giving up something else to help him.  You had a feeling he was about to try to convince you to give up something valuable.
“How about we make a deal?”  His tentacles seemed to sway with new energy as he mentioned making a deal with you.  
“What kind of deal?” You said trying to keep the trepidation from your voice.
“Since what Hux has provided here is almost enough, why don’t you agree to do me a favor.  I don’t know when, but someday I will require help from a human.  If you agree to help me when I call on you without hesitation and with no questions asked, I will give you the ring to help Hux.”
You mulled the offer over in your head.  Owe a sea witch a favor? What would he make you do?   Would he make you hurt someone?  Was it worth agreeing to if you didn’t know what he could ask you to do? Kylo Ren must have sensed your internal struggle because when he spoke again, it was to reassure you.
“You would not have to harm anyone if that is what you are worried about.  I do not deal in that kind of magic.”  
You looked him in the eyes and tried to find any trace of dishonesty but you were only met with his impassive stare.  With a sigh, you realized this was your best option for saving Hux.  
“I will make the trade with you.”  You watched as Kylo Ren’s face turned up in a smug grin.
“I’m glad to hear it.”  With a wave of his hand, the ring appeared in his hand and you reached out to take it when he pulled his hand away.  “Ah, ah, ah, you forget Y/N, we have to seal the deal first.”  
Your brows furrowed, seal the deal? Was agreeing to the deal, not enough?  
“We witches seal all of our deals with a kiss.” That was all the witch said before you felt one of his tentacles slide up your back and push your mouth closer to his.  A second later, his mouth was on yours and you felt an electric shock go through your body.  Within the next second, you were back on the ground confused as to what just occurred.  It was only when you felt Kylo Ren pushing the ring into your hand did you realize he had kissed you.  
“Don’t worry about the electric jolt you felt.  A witch’s kiss can have the intensity of a moray eel.  It’s how I know you’ll honor your end of the deal when the time comes.  Remember, you owe me whether you are able to save Hux or not.  I’ll see you again soon Y/N.”  and with that, he began to drift off back into the darkness of the cave the way he came.
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peterbparkers ¡ 7 years ago
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fandom-is-hell ¡ 7 years ago
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Can we just talk about how Daisy can have really weird looks sometimes...
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starwarzzz ¡ 7 years ago
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~Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That's the only way to become what you are meant to be
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shadester9 ¡ 7 years ago
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Drew Struzan inspired.
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tranzkinz ¡ 7 years ago
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wow can yall believe i saw the last jedi and now my adam driver hyperfixation is back???? bc i can
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t1tanicrising ¡ 7 years ago
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everyone is screaming about evil rey but what about good kylo? He doesn’t look like he’s gonna kill his mom,
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 and what if that hand is him reaching for help??
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i mean,,, maybe?
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elektranhatcios ¡ 7 years ago
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I want to see more of Finn's Hispanic boyfriend
greek youtuber reacting to the last jedi trailer
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bartallenisbae ¡ 7 years ago
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Rey’s parent’s theory
SPOILERS to the Last Jedi****
I saw the star wars last Jedi movie and it was awesome. It was long but if any of those scenes where cut off it wouldn’t all connect.  When Rey and Kylo were talking and Kylo told Rey to admit what her parent’s were and she said they were junk traders that leads Luke being her dad theory away quite a bit but also why could Rey and Kylo connect sorta like Leia and Luke…because they are related but not by Leia and Luke but by Han Solo.
Rey could be Han Solo’s niece, maybe Han’s brother or sister had a daughter, Rey. The Force could go to any kid so how she got the force could be from just coincidence or something else. This would explain why Han was like a father to her because maybe he looked like his sibling who left her but actually cared about her. Kylo might not know her as his cousin because Han never wanted to see his sibling again which meant he never met Rey.
If you hate this theory please don’t feel like you need to cuss me off or be rude. 
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iamacolor ¡ 7 years ago
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Just came back from the last jedi and Rey shutting that spaceship door in Kylo's face at the end is a mood™
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huxhunny ¡ 7 years ago
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i demand the return of captain phasma
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kademaki ¡ 6 years ago
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The Bottomless Blue - Chapter Four
Merman!Hux x Reader 
this chapter is based off of this AU
Character A lives by the sea, and while pulling in their nets/traps one day, they find a bedraggled, angry Character B caught in them. Character B is a merperson that was trying to steal some easy fish from Character A’s traps, but got stuck.
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“Just pull a little harder, we’ve almost got it now Lily!”  
“Oh my goodness Miss Y/N.  It’s so heavy! I don’t think I can!”
“Nonsense, here we go, Lily, this is the last of it!” You gave one last pull to the ropes spread between Lily and your hands to bring the crab traps that was attached to the ropes onto your boat.  Your arm ached a little from your encounter with a shark two weeks prior and even though it was healing better than the doctors had ever seen, it still ached when you did anything too strenuous.  
“Look Miss Y/N! There are so many crabs inside! I’ve never seen so many outside of the store!”  This weekend you had taken Lily out crabbing with you on your boat.  You’d woken up before the sun rose to drop a few traps.  
“I know, we put our trap out at the right time huh? Watch your feet, I don’t want you to get pinched by their claws.”
‘I won’t, but can I pick one up? I promise I’ll use the tongs not my hands this time.” Lily said grabbing the tongs from your hands and you nodded.  You watched as she picked a crab up and held it in the air as she stared at its underside with wide eyes as it wriggled between the tongs.  
“Miss Y/N, do you think we can make crab cakes later? We have so many, we can make a lot of them!”  
“Of course we can Lily, we can also make a crab soup! I think your parents would love that. But I think my boat is too full now for us to get the rest of the traps right now.  Let’s go back and drop these off with your parents and you guys can start with these guys while I come back out for last two traps.”  
“But Miss Y/N I wanted to stay with you all day!” Lily said dropping the crab into the bucket and pouting at you.  
“But Lily, the sooner you start breaking the crabs down the sooner you can start eating them. You do want to eat them soon right?” you said smiling at her, hopefully, she’d take the bait.  You could get through the traps quicker if she wasn’t on the boat with you.  You knew it would be a long day, collecting the traps then cooking the crabs.  You watched as she considered what you had said before nodding in agreement.
“Yeah, okay.  We can start cooking these ones and you can bring the rest super quick right? I want to cook them with you.”  You smiled at her as you secured the collected traps onto your boat before heading back to steer the boat towards your dock.  
“Don’t worry Lily, I’ll be back before you can miss me.”  You started the engine and headed home.
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You stretched, feeling the tension in your spine release as you steer your boat back out to sea.  It had taken a little longer than you thought it would to get Lily and the crabs to her parent's house.  The young child had wanted to name every crab as you transferred them to buckets.  Convincing her to name them when she got them home took a few minutes but she had relented and helped you carry the buckets up the docks to her parent's house.  You had laughed to yourself at her parent's dismay when Lily told them her plan to name every crab before they were cooked.  You were glad to not have to be present for that.  
As you got further out on open water, you noticed the large fishing vessel that you had found chumming the waters before was also heading out to collect their catches for the day.  You frowned as you noticed some of their nets left close to your crab traps.  Maybe they were trying to catch more fish by using your traps as bait for the fish they were trying to catch?
You sighed and headed further out to your farthest traps, you would deal with these later.  On your way out, you spotted the aquarium’s research vessel in the distance.  You stared at it wondering why they were out this far again.  The water was deep here but was nowhere near as deep as where they discovered new creatures.  Maybe they were looking for other fish to feed the new creatures.  You started to reel in your closest trap as the research ship turned and headed your way.  You were on your second trap when you felt your boat rocking from the waves the ship was creating.  You turned to see Luke once again.  
“Hey Y/N!  Fancy seeing you out here again.  Whatcha got there?”  He called over to you while leaning over the ship’s rail. You waved and gestured to the traps.
“Just pulling in my crab traps.  I’m planning to have a crab boil with my neighbors tonight.”
“Your neighbors aren’t here helping you pull them in? That’s a lot of work for you by yourself.”  You gave him a shrug as you sorted through the crabs already in your boat.  You wanted to throw back the females to keep the crab population going for next season.
“Oh no, I had some help earlier but the boat was getting too heavy to carry all of us and the crabs.”  The sound of metal pulled your attention away from your task and you looked up to see Luke dropping the ladder to the ship.  You tensed as he jumped onto your boat causing it to rock wildly when his weight hit your deck.  Luke was a nice guy but you didn’t know each other very well and you were a little uncomfortable having him on your ship with the weight of the crabs and the traps.  If your small boat was overloaded with too much weight it could come off balance and tilt and take on water or worse sink.  “No, Luke really, it’s fine.  I can handle this on my own.  I only have a few more and my boat is already on the verge of sinking.”  You cringed as you watched him haul the traps up with little help knowing by the way he was reeling the lines in, he would be feeling it in his back for the next few days.
“Nonsense, I’d love to help you Y/N.  Of course, I can take a few crabs as payment for my services. How’s your arm? Did you get it checked out? You shouldn’t be pulling these in alone with your arm being injured and all”  You rolled your sleeve up and gestured to your slowly healing arm.
“My arm is fine.  It just hurts when it rains you know.” you joked trying to convince Luke you could handle the traps alone.  “What are you doing out here? Isn’t this a little shallow for your research anyway?”  He started to pull up the next trap, straining with the effort.  
“It is a little shallower than where we usually look but today we’re looking for undiscovered life here before the continental shelf drop off.  You never know, maybe we’ll find a new species of crab burrowed down on the ocean floor.  Just last week, we found a chest filled with small artifacts.  Normal things like combs, mirrors, brushes, and jewelry.”  
“Pirates and ships lost chests all the time, you know better than me that a lot of ships went down out here and a lot of battles were fought just off the coast.  The chest could be from anything.” You shrugged and moved to start sorting the crabs in the trap, Luke had just pulled in.
“Of course, but what makes this chest weird is that we found it in an underwater cave.”  That made you pause, an underwater cave?
“Where was the cave? Maybe it used to be above sea level at some point.”  
“That’s impossible since its past the shelf drop off. The depth is so deep that it doesn’t make sense for how the chest got there.  Plus, we found it with other chests filled with the same things.  It’s kind of creepy.  We checked the diving message boards, no one has posted about finding it before us and no one has mentioned keeping a secret stash in a cave.  So who put it there?”  
Your mind went to the merman and his chest of gold coins and rings. He collected items in chests in the shipwreck.  Could he also be collecting more chests in this mystery cave?  You tried not to think about it as you sorted the crabs before tossing the females back into the water.  
“I don’t know.  Maybe it’s some diver’s secret stash.  Maybe they’re trying to play a prank on someone and you found it.”  
“Well, either way, we don’t think it should go without exploration.  Even if it turns out to be a prank, it's worth looking into,”  He pulled in the last trap and dumped the crabs onto the deck. “I think this is the last of them Y/N.  Hopefully, this makes it easier for you with your arm and all.  Well, I should get going, I don’t want to keep the crew waiting too long.”  You thanked him and watched as Luke jumped from your boat to the ladder of the research ship.  “You know we actually found the cave a little ways from the shipwreck you like.  Notice anything strange when you were down there? I mean, aside from the sharks and all.”
Your breath caught you in your throat as your mind raced.  Did he suspect anything?  
“No, it’s just a normal shipwreck.  The ship is decaying there’s only a few broken crates and barrels.  Nothing special to see since the crew that found it took practically everything for their own research.”  Luke nodded.
“Well, we’ll probably spend some time down back at the cave today anyway.  Maybe there’s another entrance or exit deeper in.  I’ll see you around Y/N.”  You watched as Luke climbed the ladder and went below deck.  
You thought about what Luke had said, the cave was something to consider.  Was it somewhere the merman hid his treasures? Or was it some diver’s practical joke?  As you pondered this, you noticed one of the fishing net markers from the fishing ship moving erratically.  You watched it as it bobbed violently trying to figure out what could be causing it to move like that.  Usually, they didn’t move up and down like that unless there was something caught in it like dolphin or orca.  You strained your eyes as you watched and realized you had missed a crab trap.  It was close to the fishing net marker.  Maybe the net was tangled with your trap deeper down in the water.  
You fired up your boat’s engine and maneuvered closer to your trap and the net.  Once you were close enough, you tried to pull your trap in but you were met with resistance.  You sighed, your trap was either caught on something or tangled in the net. Peering into the water you couldn’t see much so you pulled on your snorkel and jumped into the water to get a better look.  The sight startled you.  There was the merman, tangled with your crab trap and the fishing nets.  Your eyes followed the line of your trap to his hands where your trap lay.  The rope to your trap had become twisted around the net that was entangled with the merman’s tail and left arm.  The harder he writhed and contorted to free himself, the tighter the ropes became and the further trapped he became.  When he spotted you floating near the surface, his eyes narrowed and he began to thrash harder.  
You turned back and climbed onto your boat. You dug around in your storage compartment behind your life vests before finding your scissors and moving to next compartment for your scuba gear.  You checked your scuba tank to see it was half full before pulling it on and heading back into the water.  You dove down to the merman’s level and tried to see how bad the tangled line and net was.  The merman gave you a pointed look and continued to struggle wrapped in the nets.  After a few seconds of watching the nets tangle further around him, you examined the nets and used your scissors to begin cutting the nets.  The merman ceased his struggle and watched you closely as you cut around his torso.  It was when you moved closer to his tail that pulled back from your hands.  You reached for the rope and net tangled around his tail but jerked back when he recoiled from your touch.  
‘If you don’t let me help, you'll be stuck here forever or whenever the fisherman come to pull in the nets.’ is what you wished you could say to the merman.  He clearly needed your help to get free but was reluctant to accept your help for whatever reason.  You reached to keep cutting the nets near his tail but he pulled away from you again.  You gave him a look and started to cut the nets around his torso again, trying to avoid his tail since that seemed to be the more sensitive spot for him.  It took you a few minutes to get through the nets tangled around his chest but once you did, you watched as the merman wriggled trying to free himself.  Once he realized he wouldn’t be able to get free without you cutting the rest of the nets tangled around his tail, he calmed and let you start cutting the nets around his tail.  You glanced up at his face as you finished cutting the net.  His shoulders relaxed as he gave a cursory glance at you once he was free.  He spun in a circle as he looked over his tail, rubbing at the red marks on his usually deep green fin.  
When he was satisfied with his self-inspection, he gave you a grateful look.  You smiled around your oxygen mask.  You looked down towards where your crab trap lay on the ocean floor, what had he been doing with it?  The trap’s door was askew and the crabs were struggling to free themselves.  The merman followed your gaze before reaching down to pick up the trap.  You watched curiously as he titled the trap on its side before putting his hand into the trap.  
You were amazed as a large blue crab climbed out of the trap and onto his hand before climbing his arm and settling onto his shoulder.   The merman closed the door to the trap before putting it into your hands.  You wanted to question him as to why he was so comfortable with this crab, it looked right at home on his shoulder as if it was trained to stay there but your oxygen mask and inability to speak underwater prevented you from doing so.  Instead, you found yourself in awe as he nodded to you as he nodded to you as he grabbed a few fish from the nets before turning and swimming off in the direction of the shipwreck with the crab still perched on his shoulder.  
As you watched his form fade into the distance, your mind went to Luke.  Luke had said they’d be checking out the shipwreck again before they went to the cave later today.  What if Luke was there now and the merman was going to stumble upon him and the rest of the exploration team?  You checked your watch and it had been about an hour since you had spoken to Luke, it was possible they had gotten to the wreck and left by now.  You were sure the merman could take care of himself, he had gone this long without being discovered.  
You swam back to the surface and boarded your boat before pulling the trap in.  You emptied the trap and scooped the crabs into the bucket before turning back into the direction of the shipwreck. ‘I should at least check on him to make sure he made it back okay.”  you thought to yourself as you started the engine and turned the boat towards the shipwreck.  As you neared the shipwreck site, you spotted the research vessel in the distance but nothing else around the shipwreck.  You wanted to get out and dive and see if the merman was okay, but you didn’t want to draw Luke and the research team closer to him.  So you decided to take off your gear and head back to shore.  You hoped he would be able to take care of himself and hide if Luke and the research team went to the shipwreck.  
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