#sw olives and grapes writing event

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Doing this here for accountability reasons. Told Grizz @novelmonger I would write 10 versions of a first line for the @sw-olives-and-grapes fic I'm supposed to be working on, to try to break through. So here goes.

1. Of all the ways for Captain Rex to watch his general die, he never imagined a live HoloNews feed from the streets of the Senate District on Coruscant.

2. Waiting. The waiting was the worst. No one spoke, only one man or another would take a sudden sharp breath, as if he'd come up from drowning. Rex didn't look away from the vidscreen on the wall once.

3. Commander Fox comming Rex should have been enough of a warning.

4. Sometimes you don't realize you've started thinking someone can't die, until they do.

5. 'What to do when you're watching your Jedi General fight the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic live on the HoloNews' was not in the training handbook on Kamino.

6. He's not dead. He can't be dead. Anakin Skywalker wouldn't just die.

7. General Skywalker didn't die that day. But something inside him did. I think it was the war. And I don't mean the one that's torn this galaxy apart for over three years now. I mean his war. The one between him and his fear.

8. Lightning, flashing. A thousand forks of lightning reaching out for the General like hungry fingers. The thin, shining blue blade of Skywalker’s lightaber weaving a shield about him. Rex realised he had stopped breathing. Around him, shouting and cheers erupted.

9. We never thought it would be the day the war ended. Being taught a thousand different histories, a thousand different ways to end a war, is nothing like living it, so I can't say if this is how it usually goes. I do know I am not surprised my General is the one who ended it.

10. Rex had never wanted to disobey orders as badly as he wanted to disobey Appo's right then. But it would have done no good, it would have done nothing to save Skywalker, to save Anakin, there was truly nothing Rex could do for his General. Except wait.

I dunno, tell me which one you like I guess? But I'm 99% sure I've decided to write first person for this, first time I'd be doing that for a fanfic.

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For the fandom ask game, 7, 11, 13, and 20?

Thanks so much! (From these asks.)

7. your favorite tropes to read/write/draw

Characters falling asleep together and having a sleepy/emotional conversation.

Gentle hugs when one or both characters are crying.

One character running at another and jumping into their arms.

Non-sexual (even better non-romantic) physical affection between characters.

Childhood friends to lovers.

Best friends who make their love for each other clear in whatever ways suit them best.

Bonds so strong they approach being telepathic. (Why do you think I lost my mind over Obi and Ani?)

11. if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

I only draw a very little, but I have a lot of fics I'm proud of. So far for Star Wars, When You Love a Wild One is my absolute peak. I am also very proud of After All. If you like Star Wars you should like both of those fics.

13. your favorite type of fandom event (gift exchange, ship week, secret santa, prompt meme, etc)

Hmm, I haven't done a ton of events, just two. The Obi-Wan Gen Fic Exchange (which I was a pinch hitter for, so it wasn't an exchange for me), and the Olives and Grapes event this month (@sw-olives-and-grapes), which I hope will become annual (and I know I have one day to finish my Anakin and Rex fic, but I have a funeral tomorrow, so... hopefully I'll find time tonight and tomorrow night).

I really don't know. I just like writing stuff, lol.

20. your very first fandom!

Oh, gosh, what qualifies? I was obsessed with a lot of book series as a kid (everything from Animal Ark, to Thoroughbred, to the Hardy Boys), but I didn't know such a thing as 'fandom' existed.

My first fandom in the usual sense of the word was the MCU, Captain America, Steve and Bucky. Still love my boys.

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And here's the fanfic I wrote for this fanart. All 6000+ words of it. Also written for the @sw-olives-and-grapes writing event this month.

They won!