#starbird says

[createuntiltheendoftime]

I need some help

I am buying a horse, a 3 year old with no show record and i am wanting to change her registered and barn name.

all of my animals are named after fandoms, horses: Brego and Samwise from Lotr, Carter from stargate, Ziva (registered: Zivas in the Wind) from NCIS. Dogs: Riker (reg: Meet me at farpoint) Tripp (Reg: Charles Tripp Tucker the fourth), both from star trek, my cat percy from pjo, you get the idea

This is her, Id like to name her something from star wars, preferably something fallen order/survivor, but i just need ideas 😩😩

Current thoughts: not all of them are fandom, i just like them.

Barn name possibility: Starbird

Reg names:

Firestorm

On Stranger Tides (potc movie)

Fire Across The Galaxy (last episode title of S1 rebels)

Light of Lothal’s Moons (Fulcrum code from rebels)

I canNOT think of anything jfo related

[quarterdollar]

meteion finalfantasyxiv

[connorsnothereeither]

Hey how dare Heyhay and Abraxas steal the ship name “Starbirds” and the romantic star motifs when Elwood and Virgil are RIGHT THERE /j /silly

You’ve got a STARling avian who was introduced to the story because he crashed into a TELESCOPE, and a raven avian who FELL INTO THE SKY, has VOID sickness and is attached to the CLOUD PHOENIX.

Like c’mon I’m just saying that “Starry Skies” Is a wonderful alternate ship name for Virwood and that they need to share the romantic star motifs /silly

[illuminatedquill]

I’m always thinking about Ezra making those wooden medallions for the Noti with the starbird painted on them. If something had happened to him, those medallions would be the only remaining sign of his existence. Imagine that. You’ve got one chance to say “I was here, I was alive” and you choose the symbol representing the person nearest and dearest to you.

Ezra Bridger was here. He was loved and loved someone back enough to leave the most visible sign of them as his mark in a strange new galaxy. And he spread it as far and wide as he could see.

[sabezrasecretsanta]

Sabezra Secret Santa 2024 Christmas Tree!

'Twas the night before Sabezra Secret Santa, and all across this website, all the santas were stirring, to finish their gift by tonight! When what to their wondering eyes should appear, but a tree decked by kazzy, to spread some good cheer!

As a little thank-you gift to all our participants, I made a special Christmas tree! Each ornament on the tree correlates to a different sabezra moment that each santa said was their favorite in an ask I sent them (see which one's yours under the cut ⬇️) and there's a little gift under the tree that maches the blog colors of each giftee 😁 Can't wait to see what gifts we're all gonna unwrap from each other this year 🧡💜

I want to thank everyone so much for participating, and I'm excited to see everyone's work! Remember, you can post any time between now and January 2!

🎅🧡🎁💜🤶

@cursivequestion | Sabine's Jetpack | "My favorite Sabezra Moment is probably the romantic jetpack ride in Imperial Super Commandos🤣"

@ana-cantskywalker | Ezra's lightsaber | "Ezra giving her his lightsaber instinctively without having to ask in Legacy of Mandalore"

@jedi-nurse | Sabine's Jetpack | "The one that always comes to mind is the jetpack scene in Imperial Supercommandos. Such a classic 👌"

@kazoosandfannypacks | The Map | "Everyone was counting on Sabine not to give up the map, but Ezra was counting on her to do what it takes to get to him, and she did. I think that was what really cemented that hope that Sabine's time spent working to bring him back would pay off."

@bart1607 | Ezra's Holo-Pic | "When Sabine gave him that holo-pic with Ezra's parents, for his birthday. That was very sweet and one of the moments that made me ship them together."

@notanodinarygirl | Loth-Wolf | [I never received an answer for this one, but saw this in a list of her favorite sabezra moments!]

@alphaofdarkness | Ezra and Sabine's Helmets | "Ah, there are many ~ but the one that always just warms my heart is their silly moment in 'Heroes of Mandalore Pt. 1'"

@meiloorunsmoothie | Sabine's Customized TIE Fighter | "i just love it when they're fooling around/being a chaotic duo XD."

@supersaiyanjedi14 | The Darksaber | "Their conversation in Trials of the Darksaber"

@illuminatedquill | Sabine's Hologram Projector | "Seeing Sabine watch Ezra’s private message to her with a galaxy’s amount of yearning and angst . . . yeah."

@jedimandalorian | Sabine's Jetpack | "In Rebels, it was their teamwork on their 'romantic' jet pack ride. 😂 I loved all of their team-ups in seasons 3 and 4."

@black-cat-babe : | Little Noti's Rebel Starbird | "favorite sabezra moment was when they reunited in Ahsoka. Believe me when I say I had been dreaming about that moment for years and it was so much better than expected!"

[bardinthezone]

Stardew Valley Dash Simulator

👾 d20--coding . . .

i love programming but sometimes it really just makes you want to bash your head into a wall huh. i'm talking to my computer all day and my computer is just responding with 18 different ways to say "fuck you"

👾 d20--coding . . .

#sounds about right #i'd do the same thing if i was a computer

hahahaha says the girl who eats rocks

🗡wretchedbeastie . . .

this you?

👾 d20--coding . . .

wh. what. where did you even find that

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🤖gogogadgetastra reblogged . . .

✈️doctor-h-starbird . . .

Not much in the skies this week, sadly. But some exciting stuff nonetheless!

Piper M 600 SLS! Hello up there!

TVS-2DTS biplane... dropping... boxes? Supply crates? Not sure if that's safe, I hope whoever that is has the proper permits...

#sky watch weekly

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🗡wretchedbeastie . . .

just got woken up by the farmer knocking on my dad's door at like 6:30am. again.

#the shop is closed on wednesdays #you have to know this by now

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👾 d20--coding reblogged . . .

🛹 radshredder17 Follow . . .

yo joja was bad but at least i never saw morris chug an espresso before sprinting halfway across town and passing out in front of the clinic

#and then they're banging on pierre's door at 7am the next day #like bro are you okay #get some help #or at least some sleep dude #farmer sightings

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🎨leahs_crafts . . .

Just posted the latest sculptures to my online shop!

Plus a 20% off sale on all pins and stickers. Please stop by, and thank you all again for your continued support!

#sculpture #abstract sculpture #drawing #frogs #fantasy #etsy #abstract art #art #artists on tumblr #my art

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🐔 chickenbastard Follow . . .

My aunt and i have been just scrapping by for years out here and yet that fuckin farmer shows up and creates a goddamn empire off of... blueberries? starfruit? chickens that we sold them? Good for them i guess but it'd be nice if life didn't suck ass sometimes.

☀️farmer-is-here . . .

skill issue

🐔chickenbastard Follow . . .

Hello??????

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🤖gogogadgetastra . . .

Working on a big new project, details to come when it's finished! No spoilers, but let's just say... it's big :)

🤖gogogadgetastra . . .

robot gone

👾 d20--coding . . .

what, like it broke??

🤖gogogadgetastra . . .

robot gone

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🍂cindersaprancher Follow

I swear I just saw the farmer run past the ranch into the woods from their farm, and then not 5 minutes later they ran past my ranch.. from town? How did they get there??

# I know I didn't miss them passing by at any point #farmer sightings

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🧿mui-wahhhhhh . . .

hi hi hiiiiii~! I'm preparing a spell of "have a lovely day" for you! (∩^o^)⊃━☆

:・ﾟ✧*:・ﾟ✧✯ ~Like~ to charge, ~reblog~ to cast :・ﾟ✧*:・ﾟ✧✯

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☀️farmer-is-here . . .

these mfers don't even know what kind of magic i've got access to. you're wondering how i get around so fast meanwhile i'm out here meeting with a goblin

🗡wretchedbeastie . . .

like. like a whole ass goblin?

☀️farmer-is-here . . .

goblin on deez NUTZ and ASS-WHOLE

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👾 d20--coding reblogged wretchedbeastie . . .

🛹 radshredder17 Follow . . .

Crushing it in Zuzu City, thanks to everyone who came to our latest set!

# stream Dead End Street out now !!!!!!

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🗡wretchedbeastie . . .

someone new moved into pelican town! apparently they're taking up that old crumbling farm?? so exciting, i can't wait to meet them!

🗡wretchedbeastie . . .

date of posting: spring 1, 2016

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🧿mui-wahhhhhh . . .

got a new amethyst today~!! ~^o^~

🗡wretchedbeastie . . .

mmmmm a healthy snack

🧿mui-wahhhhhh . . .

no!!!!!!

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✈️doctor-h-starbird . . .

Not to get too personal on here, but if I have to recusitate the farmer after a botched mining adventure one more time I'm going to be the one needing medical attention. For acute heart failure. My therapist in Zuzu city does not get paid enough for this.

☀️farmer-is-here . . .

is this because i passed out on our anniversary

☀️farmer-is-here . . .

s-sweetie

#im so sorry it wont happen again

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🐔 chickenbastard Follow . . .

THE FARMER IS MARRIED??????

☀️farmer-is-here . . .

🐔 chickenbastard Follow . . .

????????????????????

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🟢green--slime-1938ry Follow . . .

i'm in a fuckin cave

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🪷 bardinthezone . . .

and, scene :)

[alphaofdarkness]

Oh my gosh, they are soulmates...

—

I am thoroughly impressed with myself that some handfuls of my art recently have been fanfic inspired, precious Sabezra babes have joined in 💙🧡💜

This scene was inspired by @jessicas-pi’s fanfic Starbirds and Wolves! I am a mess for soulmate inspired aus and believe me when I say it wrecked and got me all emotional through the story especially nearing the climax end of the 1st chapter (heck yeah one more potential continuation ^ↀᴥↀ^).

I skim reread the fanfic several times to get the idea of what the scene appeared like and leading up to it. Midway, it does sound like it takes place after the events season 2 and by the conversations between Sabine and Ezra, I assumed that they have their season 3 designs (one of my favorites, and I also semi-referenced @/arrival-layne's Ezra design on how they drew his hair).

I also had fun just figuring out their soulmarks, which is Sabine’s starbird and Ezra’s loth wolf connection, and how they appear on their hands. I really had fun with this, I hope y’all enjoy ✨🐺 Ellos estan muy cansados ;;w;;

[jedimandalorian]

I thought Sabine ought to spray paint “Sabine loves Ezra” on something, but then I realized that she already has.

There’s a Loth-cat at the heart of her Starbird.

Thrawn knows but he doesn’t understand.

The question is, does Ezra understand?

And will Sabine realize what Ezra really means when he says this?

I missed you means

I love you.

[jessicas-pi]

Starbirds and wolves and/or time heals for the ask game?

Howsabout both? :)

Okay, a secret about Starbirds and Wolves! (And by "secret," I actually mean "worlbuilding ideas ramble.") So, in Mandalorian culture, soulmates aren't considered to be two matched souls. They're considered to be the same soul, contained within two bodies. So when soulmates find each other and formally accept each other as their soulmate, they become, like... legally the same person. In terms of family, rank, position, etc.---what one has, the other has also.

So, basically what I'm saying is that Ursa Wren is about to become the mother of a Jedi and Ezra is about to become titled Mandalorian nobility and they're both just gonna have to live with that.

And, Time Heals! Okay my Time Heals secret is that the very last sentence of the very last chapter of Time Heals Old Hate is going to send at least one of my mutuals into blorbo-induced cardiac arrest.

[canadiandutchiefangirl]

Henry is talking to a little girl with leukemia named Claudette, according to the board on her wall. She's got dark skin that's turned sort of a pale gray and a bright orange scarf tied around her head, emblazoned with the Alliance Starbird. Instead of hovering awkwardly like Alex expected, Henry is squatting at her side, smiling and holding her hand. "...Star Wars fan, are you?" Henry says in a low, warm voice that Alex has never heard from him before, pointing at the insignia on her headscarf. "Oh, it's my absolute favorite," Claudette gushes. "I'd like to be just like Princess Leia when I'm older because she's so tough and smart and strong, and she gets to kiss Han Solo." She blushes a little at having mentioned kissing in front of the prince but fiercely maintains eye contact. Alex finds himself craning his neck farther, watching for Henry's reaction. He definitely does not recall Star Wars on the fact sheet. "You know what," Henry says, leaning in conspiratorially. "I think you've got the right idea."

RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE -- CASEY McQUISTON (p 44-45)

[virtie333]

Get to know your moots

Thank you, @randomfoggytiger!

What's the origin of your blog title? Virtie has been my internet name for over 20 years. It came about thanks to the horse I rode at my job at a hunter/jumper barn in Spokane, WA. She was a palomino Appendix Quarter Horse and her registered name was Virtuesandvices. Virtie taught me dressage and jumping and we had a lot of late evening summer trail rides, too.

OTP(s) + Shipname: Poe x Rey (Damerey), Han x Leia (Scoundress), and Mulder x Scully (MSR)

Favourite colour: Blue, specifically Royal Blue

Favourite game: I haven't played a video game in over 20 years, so... Trivial Pursuit or Uno!

Song stuck in your head: While I was at the barn, Bla Bla Bla was going through my head.

Weirdest habit/trait? I have too many. I think a big one is that I cannot stand getting into bed if I haven't showered/bathed, especially if my feet are dirty.

Hobbies: Writing, reading, horses, hiking (I hope to get back to that this summer!), cross-stitch

If you work, what's your profession? I work in retail! Never thought I'd say that ever in my life. But, my area is animal oriented, which has been my livelihood for all my adult life.

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be? No job. I wish I was independently wealthy and could afford to adopt and care for senior/special care animals of my own, and write on the side. I despise having to have a 'job.'

Something you're good at: Writing (so people tell me). Reading body language/emotions from both animals and people. This is why I was both good as a vet tech and suffered horribly as a vet tech.

Something you're bad at: Confrontation. Asking for help. Team sports.

Something you love: Horses. Nature. Music. My family (including furkids) and friends. Late nights knowing I don't work the next day. That guy that was meant for me and I missed recognizing him so we never met.

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: Star Wars and horses

Something you hate: Frigid cold, fascists, rudeness, thieves in my store (just had two horse bits stolen yesterday morning)

Something you collect: Breyer horses and movie soundtracks (CD format). Haven't gotten many new of either thanks to being broke.

Something you forget: Uhm, everything. My short-term memory sucks. Always has. I've read it's mostly likely due to my migraines.

What's your love language? I really think it's time. I've never felt like I'm important enough for anybody that they would take time out of their life just to spend it with me. But even if they did, I would probably feel guilty about it.

Favourite movie/show: The X-Files for show. The Black Stallion for movie.

Favourite food: Bacon cheeseburgers and fried chicken.

Favourite animal: Horses of course.

What were you like as a child? Very shy, anxious, emotional, imaginative, spoiled (almost an only child), demanding, withdrawn. (Undiagnosed autistic)

Favourite subject at school? I always did best in English subjects (reading and writing), but I enjoyed History the most.

Least favorite subject? Math. I still have trouble with numbers.

What's your best character trait? Kindness. If I hurt you, it was NOT intentional.

What's your worst character trait? Anxiety, which leads to passive aggressiveness and depression

If you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be? Maybe warmer out so I could open windows. At least it's sunny and not sub-zero.

If you could travel in time who would you like to meet? Abraham Lincoln and/or Robert E. Lee

Recommend one of your favourite fanfics (spread the love!): I have been revisiting @sperastella's The Last Flight to Alderaan lately. Hot, hot, hot! (and yet the emotion and the yearning and the... they are so obviously in love!)

Tags if you want to play~ @jewelsrulz, @my-secret-shame, @diplomaticprincess

@oscar-isaacx, @ophelialoveshandsomemen, @phoenix-rising-starbird-one

@soft-girl-musings, @ivystoryweaver, @electricbluebutterflies

@lunar-ghoulie, @omgbarbiegurl

And anyone who sees this and love to fill out surveys and stuff like me!

[mariacallous]

It’s now well understood that generative AI will increase the spread of disinformation on the internet. From deepfakes to fake news articles to bots, AI will generate not only more disinformation, but more convincing disinformation. But what people are only starting to understand is how disinformation will become more targeted and better able to engage with people and sway their opinions.

When Russia tried to influence the 2016 US presidential election via the now disbanded Internet Research Agency, the operation was run by humans who often had little cultural fluency or even fluency in the English language and so were not always able to relate to the groups they were targeting. With generative AI tools, those waging disinformation campaigns will be able to finely tune their approach by profiling individuals and groups. These operatives can produce content that seems legitimate and relatable to the people on the other end and even target individuals with personalized disinformation based on data they’ve collected. Generative AI will also make it much easier to produce disinformation and will thus increase the amount of disinformation that’s freely flowing on the internet, experts say.

“Generative AI lowers the financial barrier for creating content that’s tailored to certain audiences,” says Kate Starbird, an associate professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. “You can tailor it to audiences and make sure the narrative hits on the values and beliefs of those audiences, as well as the strategic part of the narrative.”

Rather than producing just a handful of articles a day,  Starbird adds, “You can actually write one article and tailor it to 12 different audiences. It takes five minutes for each one of them.”

Considering how much content people post to social media and other platforms, it’s very easy to collect data to build a disinformation campaign. Once operatives are able to profile different groups of people throughout a country, they can teach the generative AI system they’re using to create content that manipulates those targets in highly sophisticated ways.

“You’re going to see that capacity to fine-tune. You’re going to see that precision increase. You’re going to see the relevancy increase,” says Renee Diresta, the technical research manager at Stanford Internet Observatory.

Hany Farid, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, says this kind of customized disinformation is going to be “everywhere.” Though bad actors will probably target people by groups when waging a large-scale disinformation campaign, they could also use generative AI to target individuals.

“You could say something like, ‘Here’s a bunch of tweets from this user. Please write me something that will be engaging to them.’ That’ll get automated. I think that’s probably coming,” Farid says.

Purveyors of disinformation will try all sorts of tactics until they find what works best, Farid says, and much of what’s happening with these disinformation campaigns likely won’t be fully understood until after they’ve been in operation for some time. Plus, they only need to be somewhat effective to achieve their aims.

“If I want to launch a disinformation campaign, I can fail 99 percent of the time. You fail all the time, but it doesn’t matter,” Farid says. “Every once in a while, the QAnon gets through. Most of your campaigns can fail, but the ones that don’t can wreak havoc.”

Farid says we saw during the 2016 election cycle how the recommendation algorithms on platforms like Facebook radicalized people and helped spread disinformation and conspiracy theories. In the lead-up to the 2024 US election, Facebook’s algorithm—itself a form of AI—will likely be recommending some AI-generated posts instead of only pushing content created entirely by human actors. We’ve reached the point where AI will be used to create disinformation that another AI then recommends to you.

“We’ve been pretty well tricked by very low-quality content. We are entering a period where we’re going to get higher-quality disinformation and propaganda,” Starbird says. “It’s going to be much easier to produce content that’s tailored for specific audiences than it ever was before. I think we’re just going to have to be aware that that’s here now.”

What can be done about this problem? Unfortunately, only so much. Diresta says people need to be made aware of these potential threats and be more careful about what content they engage with. She says you’ll want to check whether your source is a website or social media profile that was created very recently, for example. Farid says AI companies also need to be pressured to implement safeguards so there’s less disinformation being created overall.

The Biden administration recently struck a deal with some of the largest AI companies—ChatGPT maker OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta—that encourages them to create specific guardrails for their AI tools, including external testing of AI tools and watermarking of content created by AI. These AI companies have also created a group focused on developing safety standards for AI tools, and Congress is debating how to regulate AI.

Despite such efforts, AI is accelerating faster than it’s being reined in, and Silicon Valley often fails to keep promises to only release safe, tested products. And even if some companies behave responsibly, that doesn’t mean all of the players in this space will act accordingly.

“This is the classic story of the last 20 years: Unleash technology, invade everybody’s privacy, wreak havoc, become trillion-dollar-valuation companies, and then say, ‘Well, yeah, some bad stuff happened,’” Farid says. “We’re sort of repeating the same mistakes, but now it’s supercharged because we’re releasing this stuff on the back of mobile devices, social media, and a mess that already exists.”

[justarandomgirly]

Henry is talking to a little girl with leukemia named Claudette, according to the board on her wall. She’s got dark skin that’s turned sort of a pale gray and a bright orange scarf tied around her head, emblazoned with the Alliance Starbird.

“…Star Wars fan, are you?” Henry says in a low, warm voice Alex has never heard from him before, pointing at the insignia on her headscarf.

“Oh, it’s my absolute favorite,” Claudette gushes. “I’d like to be just like Princess Leia when I’m older because she’s so tough and smart and strong, and she gets to kiss Han Solo.”

She blushes a little at having mentioned kissing in front of the Prince but fiercely maintains eye contact. Alex finds himself craning his neck farther, watching for Henry’s reaction. He definitely does not recall Star Wars on the fact sheet.

“You know what,” Henry says, leaning In conspiratorially, “I think you’ve got the right idea.”

Claudette giggles. “Who’s your favorite?”

“Hmm,” Henry says, making a show of thinking hard. “I always liked Luke. He’s brave and good, and he’s the strongest Jedi of them all. I think Luke is proof that it doesn’t matter where you come from or who your family is-you can always be great if you’re true to yourself.”

[blackkatmagic]

Feemor and domino time travel fic!!!!!!!! Ooh Kat do tell us more (if you want) *kicking my feet and twirling my hair rn*

:3

Do we take prisoners?

I don’t.

I don’t.

I don’t—

“No,” Hevy gasps, and jerks up. Rolls over, grabbing for a blaster that isn't there—

And freezes, caught in the middle of the burned-out base, everything a ruin around him.

For an instant, he can't quite make the images register. There are the charred corpses of droids, scattered metal parts, only a few retaining walls still standing. All around the base, Rishi stretches, barren and hostile, and Hevy is alone.

Alone except for one bright spot of color, white and gold like something out of a dream, tangled among the scorched and dull grey stone.

Alarm wrenches, and Hevy scrambles up, trips over the wreckage of the station’s controls and only just catches himself in time. The other figure doesn’t move, and Hevy hauls himself over the rubble, slides down a chunk of the ceiling that just missed crushing the other person, and grabs for one broad shoulder.

“Hey,” he says, and his voice rasps like he’s been breathing in smoke for days. He coughs, clears his throat, and crouches down, shaking lightly. “Hey, you alive?”

The gold-pattered white cloth under his hand doesn’t pick up any of the soot from his gauntlet, and Hevy swallows, carefully reaches out. Shifts the body, tugs gently, rolls the person over, and then freezes, breath catching hard in his throat.

Embroidered into the white cloth that curls over the man’s shoulders and across his chest is the starbird and saber of the Jedi Order, done in gold thread. The uniform isn't one Hevy has seen before, even in training holos, but—

The man has a long lightsaber hilt gripped loosely in one hand, and there's nothing else he could be except a Jedi.

A Jedi was on Rishi, Hevy thinks, and swallows, sitting back on his heels. That—that must be why Hevy survived the blast, even though by all rights he shouldn’t have. The Jedi blocked the blast somehow, and got hurt in the process.

Not that he looks hurt. It’s as if none of the ash and dust around them has so much as touched him.

[starbirdsanctuary]

☽Hello☾

My name is Stolas Goetia, although, I am not directly from my source! I am an alter from the Blind Box system. Therefore, I ask you to not take anything I say nor do as canon to my source.

Here, I will go by Starbird to avoid confusion with my source (Although, if you'd like to call me by my source name, I do not mind)

I am formerly married, now divorced and separated and persuing a relationship with my darling Blitzy ♥︎. I am of 37 years old and a proud father of my daughter, Octavia! ♥︎

I will post various things, as well as repost art and such I find interesting! I may speak of my daughter and/or Blitzø on this page.

Feel free to ask any questions, but do be civil in not asking questions that pry into mine or my family's personal information. Thank you.

I do hope you enjoy my blog!

[cyberqueennn]

Hi, I'm not the artist type, but I'm pretty proud of this.

My best friend recently gave me this bag and allowed me to "personalize" it (because I clearly don't share imperial thinking lol) and it ended up looking like this. The phrase on the bag says "Mishuk gotal'u meshuroke, pako kyore", which means "Pressure makes gems, ease makes decay." It's my favorite Mandalorian proverb.

Also, I added the Starbird as a symbol, because it's practically Sabine Wren's personal signature and she means a lot to me. Here you have what it originally looked like and how it turned out, I hope you like it 💜