#thanks for the tag swtorpadawan!

[kemendin]

Tagged by @swtorpadawan, thanks!

Gale reaches towards him now, mirroring Dhamari’s earlier gesture and gently cupping the drow’s face in his hand. Dhamari lists unconsciously into the touch. His eyes nearly fall closed for an instant - and then he rouses himself again with an instinctive jolt.

He’s startled by how comfortable, how easy it is, to simply relax into the wizard’s palm. To let his natural guard fall away, and allow Gale to slip past the boundaries he’s kept around him for so very long - an existence warded by lightning, and edged with steel. And it is… unnerving.

Taggingggg… @jacksothereye @pentacass @certified-hunterfucker @totally-not-deacon @tiredassmage and whoever else would like to be tagged!

[kartaylirsden]

9 People you'd like to know better

Thank you for the tag @skyrim-forever !

◇3 ships

Terrible at narrowing this one down, since I like a lot of ships.

Throwing all my OC ships with @methysis-art up here (should I make a pinned? probably)

Z'rell/F!Dark Urge (I like mess)

Maxten Favrete/Freiwen (see above)

◇first ship

Susan Ivanova/Talia Winters from Babylon 5. Which I really should go rewatch.

◇last song

Legend - The Score (was poking around for title ideas for fics)

◇currently reading

Just finished Stories of the Raksura: Volume 2 by Martha Wells. Been rereading the series. Again.

◇last film

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

◇currently craving

A fruit danish. I went to grab one from a local bakery and they were already out, alas, and I couldn't get one all last week due to weather.

I'm tagging @mimabeann @space-unicorn-dot @shabre-legacy @blackfeathercourt @gay-of-waterdeep @nientedenada @tanzelwil @theguartist @swtorpadawan if you'd like to do this.

[dingoat]

Writing Patterns Tag Game

Tagged by @cinlat ! Thank you! Wow it was fun going back on all these bits of writing hahaha, the RP has definitely been going on all this time but to get to ten actual posted pieces I had to travel quite a long way back. Definitely makes me want to actually set down more of the ideas and musings I let float around in my head. @storyknitter @queen-scribbles @mimabeann @vespertine-legacy @tehriel @swtorpadawan @greencrusader13 if any of you folk feel inclined to play along please do!

Rules: list the first line(s) of your last 10 posted fics and see if there's a pattern!

Void-touched - Five never bothered with mirrors these days.

Five Years - He was as infuriating as he’d ever been.

Prompt: Six Repressed Memories - The night before, they’d stayed up late, conspiring in the fort in whispers that were too loud, overstimulated and giddy for the day to come.

Prompt: Repressed Memory for the Best Girl - The moon was bright and her belly was full, and best of all the pain had stopped, she’d found the source and shut it down and now everything was still and peaceful.

Artificial - Libby had wanted to hike Mount Marvellous for as long as she could remember, and she was beside herself when she finally had the opportunity to book a tour and be guided up the mountainside after years of training and research.

Prompt: Kiss, as a promise - “I don’t want to go.”

Prompt: "You could have died." - The days had been leisurely and indulgent, but with time came room for doubts and misgivings to creep in, giving a sour edge to the otherwise thoroughly pleasant experience of exploring the late Darth Vesstriss’ private estate.

Prompt: Protect - “Fynta. Hey. Hey is that you?”

Epilogue II - His bright blue eyes were the last things she saw before the lake swallowed her.

Prompt: "I'm only here to establish an alibi." - “WHOOOOAAAA–!!” Three voices hollered out in chorus as the out of town competitor, a burly selonian with jagged patterns bleached into her dark fur, was sent skidding across the ring.

[chaoticstrata]

Oh boy I got tagged in something! Thanks @kemendin! Here's something I've been working on currently, hope ya'll enjoy it! :)

post a paragraph, snippet, screenshot, or drawing layer of your current project! (✿◕‿◕✿) tag 5 people to post teasers of their wips too

Rass didn’t know what it was that drew his eyes to that particular section of the hangar. It could have been the musical laughter that caught his ear. Or the earthy scent of cologne that filled his nose. Or perhaps it was Rass’ gut telling him he needed to look over there right before he finally did, turning around and getting a good look at the Mirialan smuggler standing there. Whatever it was, their eyes met from across the room, soft lavender catching tawny brown--it sent a shiver up Rass’ spine. Those gorgeous eyes crinkled with a smile--more like a knowing smirk really--in his direction, followed by a quick wink before the smuggler went back to speaking with the Wookiee standing next to him. Rass felt his cheeks flush at the wink, not because he got caught, but because the smuggler was all sorts of pretty and had deemed him worthy enough of a wink.  If he hadn’t been waiting for Hylo to find out what ship he was escorting, he’d have gone over to chat with the man. So, imagine his surprise and utter delight when the older Mirialan started walking him in that direction. It would seem the Stars had blessed him because the smuggler was his charge. “Captain Zaberial, I got you your replacement Mando,” Hylo said, patting Rass’ arm as they approached. “Replacement Mando, huh?” Rass grinned, more than a little amused as he looked the Captain up and down, “Do I need to be worried? Or excited?” The instant mischievous grin he received from the other man made him feel even better about this assignment--the smuggler had a sense of humor, thank the Stars. Lavender eyes--wow, were they even more breathtaking up close--looked him over in return.  “Well, that depends on who you’re asking, handsome,” the smuggler said, leaning against the crates they were loading into his ship, “If it’s me, I’d say the latter, without a doubt. If it’s the Mando you’re replacing, then he’d say the former…but then again, he’s not here to say that so you’ll have to take my word for it.”

Now who to tag...and not tag the same people Kem already has. lol @eorzeashan @riachuelowii @swtorpigeons @swtorpadawan @dirthara-dalen Go my pretties!!! Show off! <3

[pentacass]

combining @kemendin's WIP Wednesday and @swtorpadawan's Six Sentence Sunday tags into...wtv this is lmao. thanks both 🙏 //

"You're not supposed to be here."

"Your point is?"

Quiet challenge in those red-winged eyes further frayed Lana's patience to a hairsbreadth. "I did not ask for your help to hunt the traitor."

Vestra's head tilted back as she barked a laugh - sharp, thorny, laced with Darth Avriss' caustic disdain. "Oh, that is cute. You think I need your permission."

Hands curled into fists, Lana took a step forward - only for the Commander to clasp her shoulder, stopping Lana in her tracks before they could raise hell in a small, enclosed shuttle.

"Your help is welcome on this mission, Avriss," Aelirra spoke cautiously, well aware of the eggshells she tread upon. "So long as you keep the peace."

"Ah, Commander," Vestra purred. "I am relieved to find someone reasonable around here."

Lana gritted her teeth when Vestra shot her a smug, taunting smirk, before turning around to settle in the pilot's seat.

// tags for either WIP Wednesday or Six Sentence Sunday, your choice! @cryo-lily @tiredassmage @intheinkpot

[thelealinhypehouse]

What does your soul smell?

Ain'res

Well, he just want peace, finally not be on alarm mode.

Sallaros:

Yep, as jedi he is very calm, kind person with warm smile. As Alderaanian give him house with garden or garden itself to tender. I assure you if he was the Commander of Allinace, whole base would end as garden.

Quiz

Thanks for the tag: @ainyan

I tag: @eorzeashan , @azemessence @certified-anakinfucker @distressed-gizka @swtorpadawan @buachalla @baraste-legacy @elvhenyoung @violet-stormbringer @pumpkinata @serenofroses @oolathurman and all who see this!

[sullustangin]

WIP Wednesday

tagged by @consularmain AGES ago (sorry!! thank you for thinking of me!!)

tagging: @swtorpadawan, @vexa-legacy, @abbee-normal @thelealinhypehouse @magicallulu7 annnd @reliciron -- no pressure as ever!

~~

Theron was exhausted as he pressed through the doorway to his apartment.  His plan was to go straight back to his bedroom, strip down, and go to bed.  The smell of food cooking – in his kitchen – stopped him dead in his tracks.

“Hey – let myself in.  Thief got in early.” 

That voice.

~~

(ironically, I'm currently cooking what I imagine is being cooked in this passage)

[kwrite1776]

9 people you'd like to get to know better

Tagged by @sullustangin Thanks for the tag.

3 ships

Canon ship: Adolin/Shallan (Stormlight Archive)

OC Ship: Doc/Adrlia (f!Jedi Knight from SWTOR)

Ship of the week: Astarion/Durge (BG3)

first ship

... not sure. Possibly Revan/Carth or maybe Aragorn/Arwen. Outside of RPG videogames shipping has never been a super important part of my engagement/enjoyment of media.

last song

Music is constantly on shuffle, not sure what was played last by the last song I intentionally put on was "Ruthlessness" from The Ocean Saga of Epic

currently reading

All the things. Fanfic wise, @sullustangin's "Elysium, for a little while" and "Astarion's Nice, Simple Plan That Fell Apart" by UsuallyDyingInside.

Published books: Redwall by Brian Jacques, The Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacIntyre, Threadlight by Zack Argyle, and The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson amongst many others

last film

Not much of a movie watcher, but I think White Christmas.

currently craving

Naniamo Bars - specifically ones made by my sister, because she does them best

Tagging

@rum-inspector @kemendin @swtorpadawan @consularmain @vexa-legacy no pressure of course

[tiredassmage]

(some) sentence sunday

thanks for the tag @swtorpadawan! I am uh.... going to willfully ignore the “six” part of this and just. give y’all the a fair chunk of the scene so far. xD

@hyrohkaah and i have been plotting and i was encouraged to unleash one of the softer things we’ve come up with. happy belated father’s day, tyr!

writer mutuals. i am politely making excited doggy taps at your door. participate if ye wish!

“Daddy?”

Tyr groans faintly before he does his best to blink the sleep from his eyes, drawn awake by the gentle prod on his arm and the quiet voice of one of their daughters - Sunasa, he knows before he even opens his eyes.

“Are you awake?”

Tyr sniffs and pushes up against one arm. “Yea, sweetheart. Daddy’s awake,” he murmurs. He briefly glances over his shoulder. Hyroh’s still contentedly asleep. Concern gently tempers the half-smile that slips across his lips as he reaches out and gently ruffles their daughter’s hair. She ducks closer under his touch almost instantly. “What’s a matter, sunshine?”

Sunasa shyly ducks her head, hands coming to wring together. “I… can’t sleep.”

Tyr hums gentle acknowledgement and scoots back in the slim space left between him and Hyroh to pat the bed, offering her a place beside him before she shakes her head. For the moment, he settles back against his arm. “Alright,” he murmurs, “How can I help?”

Sunasa’s face scrunches briefly in consideration before she tugs on his hand. Her eyes don’t quite make it to the door, but Tyr doesn’t question her further. He carefully extricates himself from the sheets. Hyroh sighs and shifts behind him, but, blessedly, he manages to make a clean getaway and Sunasa starts to lead him out of their bedroom.

He gives a gentle tug on her hand to stop her when they’re in the hall and kneels down. “Hey, what’s wrong?” he asks gently. She ducks her head, but Tyr brushes her hair back out of her face carefully. “D’you wanna talk?” he offers, rubbing careful circles against her shoulder.

Both of them had quickly developed some energy to grow up all too fast right before his eyes. Bastia told him that was, unfortunately, normal.

[vihola]

Tagged by @mimabeann​ to do this uquiz about tragic Greek figures for my OCs, thanks!

Merkara: Bellerophon

chimera-killer, pegasus-tamer, eater of your own soul: icarus flew too close to the sun, but you flew too close to gods who would prefer to remain untouched. could you not find enough joy in being a hero, a husband, a father and a king? olympus will never accept your presence upon its mountaintop, so best quit while you're ahead, before your horse bucks.

Relu: Patroclus

clever patroclus, beloved patroclus, poor patroclus: you do not fall into madness, nor vanity, nor hubris. not, that is, for your own sake. love for that golden-haired man, sorrow for your countrymen; it is for his name that you don his armor, and for the dying greeks that you ride into battle. every piece of you is willingly given away, even if after you are gone there are wicked things done in your name.

Tagging @chaoticspacefam​, @starknstarwars​, @swtorpadawan​, @caelys​, @darth-bagel​

[raven-of-domain-kwaad]

OC Tag Game

Got tagged by @starknstarwars thanks very much!

Will give out some no pressure tags to @swtorpadawan, @a-master-procrastinator, @dream-of-tanalorr, @imperial-topaz2003, @voidendron and anyone else that sees this and wants to give it a go!

favorite oc - Amarra Kine

I have fallen so hard for my girl Amarra. She is a force for political change yet has no vision for the future. She is one of the most powerful individuals in the empire yet has no ambition for personal power. She loves her family more than anything and yet she is completely alone in the empire. She is the deadliest warrior in the galaxy yet she wants peace for herself and her people. She is a mess of contradictions and I love her for it.

newest oc - Lana Kine

Lana is my OC Kelsa Kine's youngest child. Lana was named after Kelsa's mother Lana Beniko.

(Lana is in the background and Kelsa is in the foreground)

oldest oc - Ryscha Kine

When I made the decision to give SWTOR another chance at the start of the pandemic, I made Ryscha. She began as a semi-self insert before I just started making my Kine Family of OCs and she became her own person. (I did have two previous SWTOR characters that I made in like 2012 but I never really developed them into actual characters)

meanest oc - Avaraxi Dagan

My mad scientist OC that will happily vivisect anyone if it gets them more usable data points. They did vivisect and ran numerous experiments on Kelsa Kine, even harvesting some of her eggs for later which is how Lana Kine and her siblings came to be.

Also diversity win! The mad scientist that's running unethical experiments on you is non-binary!

softest oc - Bryala Kine

All Bryala wants in life is to be a good person and not disappoint those closest to her. And if she can help others along the way then she'll happily do so.

most aloof/standoffish oc - Keras'eren'naru

She is a Chiss that believes in Chiss supremacy. Everyone else is beneath her and her people.

dumbest (affectionate) oc - Inara Almari

She spent her early young adult life raiding dangerous tombs and ruins on the off chance that there might be ancient knowledge she can study. She will also forget about lab safety procedures if she gets too carried away while running experiments. Because she focuses so much on her work she was captured by Zakuulan forces on three separate occasions and all three times resulted in her being rescued by Ryscha Kine who eventually took her on as an apprentice. Inara might have also accidentally infected Ryscha with the rakghoul plague while developing a vaccine. Whoops sorry Master!

smartest oc - Serra Kine

I mean she helped develop the refined Children of the Emperor procedures for Vitiate. Was trusted to develop a Children of the Emperor 2.0 generation using children actually sired by the Voice of the Emperor. While doing all this successful force experimentation, she also planed out a coup against Vitiate (which while unsuccessful in her life was more or less carried out by her daughters Amarra and Ryscha). She also discovered Nathema on her own and managed to negotiate an alliance with the spirits of Marka Ragnos, Naga Sadow, Tulak Hord and Exar Kun on Yavin IV to help her take down Vitiate.

horniest oc - Élise Kine and Braken Rist

This married couple enjoy dominating the other nobles of Alderaan in their spare time and will also happily engage in the whole sleep with a target before killing them assassination special. They usually go at it again with each other after said assassinations too.

oc you'd bang - Damar Nakash

Damar is kinky, caring and enjoys making his partners quiver. Also those sith ridges are always mmmm

oc you'd be best friends with irl - Inara Almari

I love folks that have special interests and hyper-fixations. Listening to them info dump passionately is always great and I enjoy learning new things that way. Inara fits that bill. She is also the right type of dumb ass that I would probably laugh a lot with her

[kemendin]

Tagged by @swtorpadawan​, thanks!

He palmed despondently at his sleep-starved eyes beneath the blankets. He desperately needed rest, but rest wasn’t coming. It was impossible to fall asleep when his body was wound this tightly and refused to stop trembling. So after lying there for another minute or two he reluctantly peeled back the blankets, sat up, and scooted to the edge of the bed.

The floor, at least, was temperate beneath the soles of his bare feet as he padded across the room to retrieve his robe. He shrugged it on and wrapped its folds around his shivering form, and then for good measure he pulled the topmost blanket from the bed and draped it around his shoulders as well; and thus cocooned, he wearily plodded from his cabin in search of something hot to drink.

Tagging a few of the usual culprits @pentacass​ @tiredassmage​ @certified-anakinfucker​

[kartaylirsden]

Thanks to @tanzelwil for tagging me to make my OCs in the picrew here.

Ausleana'shan'nuruodo (SWTOR: Cipher Nine)

Ashann (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim: Devotee of Mephala, very tired of being a vampire)

Tagging @mimabeann @wilvarin-chan @skyrim-forever @magicallulu7 @swtorpadawan and anyone else who wants to try this. Feel free to leave me a tag if you do!

[dirthara-dalen]

Was tagged by @frauleiiin! Thank you so much for the tag!

3 ships

Canon ship: This is hard to be honest as i don't really do canon ships anymore. It had to pick out of the ones i do have then one of my favs is Anakin/Padme. I grew up watching the prequels and always loved them (ty clone wars for making theri relationship even better)

OC Ship: Ligastar/Theron is my comfort ship if that makes sense

Ship of the week: Right now it's Vilkas/Vector due to how much i'm working on their fics atm

First ship

Oh man...I was like in 8th or 9th grade when the term was finally explained to me. I'd honestly have to say it was either Sailor moon/tuxedo mask or Inuyasha/Kagome.

Last song

Your Mother is Dead - Nicholas Britell (Andor: Vol 3). I have several playlists for various ocs that i listen to while planning out future story beaters etc...ya, I've been spamming this one lately as well as the cover by Jeremy Brauns Music

Currently reading

I cannot remember the last time i was able to sit down and read a book. I struggle to do so due to my ADHD but I have been reading a lot of cookbooks lately so i guess they count? My most recent 3 are 'Stars Wars the ultimate cookbook', the Final Fantasy 14 cookbook, and lastly the critical role cookbook

Last film

I can't really sit through movies anymore as i get bored extremely fast and need something to do at the same time. The last thing I watch and actually still am watching is Classic Time Team!

Currently craving

My aunts homemade mac and cheese but i'm too lazy to make it. After she passed away years ago i was left to decipher her secrets and am the only one in the family who can make it exactly like her :D

I tag @eorzeashan @lanabenikosdoormat @kemendin and @swtorpadawan

no pressure in doing this and sorry if you've been tagged before

[anchanted-one]

Thanks for the tag @swtorpadawan ! Sorry I’m late.

Since it’s not sunday, I don’t feel like it’s a good idea tagging anyone, but feel free to play if you want!

He [Vajra] then opened his third eye. “This eye of mine is blind. It happened when I was young. Since I can’t use it for natural sight, I trained myself to separate mundane sight and Force sight between my eyes. My lower two see the real world. My third sees the tapestry that is the Force.”

[abysskeeper]

Which of your OCs are you picturing wearing those Hobeika gowns? 👀👀👀

@swtorpadawan I am assuming you mean this post?

Thanks for the ask! I like getting the chance to ramble about some of my girls, and I was very 👀 at those gowns too so...in order of dress number:

Dress 1

The whole reason the post got bagged and tagged as it were is because the first dress was good for Trick. Her primary go to for formal wear now is either black/gold or white/gold ever since I got that formal Alderaan commission that's still floating around...oops. And when something doesn't quite fit the Jedi aesthetic, I can toss it to her Inquisitor AU self, pictured above, and it works just as well. This one in particular works for either though.

Dress 2, Dress 3, Dress 9

All of them go to my latest BH Ember (Tali), who is technically a Sith noble "on the run"...but is clearly not sacrificing style while she's hiding away from her family (especially that last dress, those colors would look great on her). And she'll look a lot better in these than Skadge, who I am offering her as a general replacement for, and who she definitely replaces on my canon BH's crew when he shoots Skadge dead on Belsavis like the game should've let me do originally.

Dress 6

Raz, my sometimes canon Inquisitor and otherwise just really good Sith assassin, can dress it up on the rare occasion she is called to do so. She actually likes the flashy nature of Sith fashion, in part because she knows she has a back and arms for days to show off in deep V necks and/or low-cut backs. However, gotta get to the point where she's not constantly, fully decked out in armor to hide the fact she's a Cathar amongst the ranks. 99.9% of the time she's striking from the shadows like this, and the only reason she has other outfits in game is because I like seeing her face.