#the dog is nomi's

[idgaf683]

YOU CANT TELL ME THESE THREE ARE THE SAME PERSON

[wyattlife]

I think the dogs in space fandom might be dying, so to (kinda) revive it, I'll just tell you that Nomi is one of my favorite characters

[silverpsycho600]

San Valentín Plutón Crew💛💜❤️💚🤎🩶🧡🤍

[on-a-lucky-tide]

So many characters to pick from for the ask game. Go on then, tell us about Ghost?

favorite thing about them

His sense of humour. It's dark and dry. Absolutely spot on. He's so understated and quiet, and I just love that about him.

Also, his loyalty to Price. That co-dependent loyal attack dog and handler shit does it for me. Makes the hottest, most desperate smut, and some of the hardest hitting relationship dynamics.

I think Ghost balances on the precipice of self implosion, all his wounds are still open, but they're hidden deep, the proverbial blood being soaked up by that bally. The only thing standing between Ghost and the abyss is a shitty Mohawk, a tacky baseball cap, and a boonie hat holding them all together.

least favorite thing about them

Not really least favourite, but most challenging to portray. Ghost doesn't trust anyone. Not even Johnny or Price. I think deep down he is waiting for them to turn on him too, because it would be life's final laugh at his expense. It would be the end of him, it would tear him to pieces, and once his mag was empty, he'd reload and put the final shot in his own head. Just how quickly he starts shooting Shadows when they betray him, no hesitation. Savage.

In my view, the problem with being brought up in an environment where the people you love (and are meant to love you) are constantly hurting you is that you think the two are linked. It's part and parcel for Price and Johnny to eventually betray him because that's what love is. He's just trying to savour it a little without letting his guard down. It's a constant war in his head between his trauma and his desperate desire to trust and heal.

favorite line

"Be careful who you trust, Sergeant. People you know can hurt you the most." (Even you...)

brOTP

Ghost doesn't have friends (unless you count Johnny, but Ghost will tell you he has a puppy if you point that out). But Ghost and Graves are hilarious.

OTP

Ghost/Therapy (ha, no, it's Ghost/Price)

nOTP

Ghost/Roba

random headcanon

He has Football Manager on his phone and he's obsessed with it. He's part of the sweepstakes on base and the rookies love his involvement because he's the most human when discussing players, team stats and compositions. He supports Man City. Once, a rookie was brave enough to call him a Stockport and was never heard from again.

unpopular opinion

His moral compass is fucked. Absolutely, well and truly. He uses Price's on loan. Ghost knows he is, and sees himself as, a bad guy, but that's only partially his fault (he could do the work to heal after all). He is hugely fucking traumatised, and the Ministry of Defence gave him a gun.

song i associate with them

I have loads, actually.

favorite picture of them

A classic.

[april-is]

April 3, 2025: On the Origin of Trans Femmes, Kai Cheng Thom

On the Origin of Trans Femmes Kai Cheng Thom

for Meredith Russo we are the daughters of witches that they could and did burn we are the daughters of witches that they are still burning & you know in my dreams, a woman keeps whispering: keep going maybe in the next lifetime we’ll make it to the water

==

Today in: 

2024: Positivity, D.A. Powell 2023: Picture This, Jiordan Castle 2022: Alba, Madeleine Cravens 2021: July, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz 2020: Poem Beginning With A Retweet, Maggie Smith 2019: Waiting for Happiness, Nomi Stone 2018: United, Naomi Shihab Nye 2017: If You Are Over Staying Woke, Morgan Parker 2016: High School Senior, Sharon Olds 2015: Dog in Bed, Joyce Sidman 2014: Persephone Writes to Her Mother, Tara Mae Mulroy 2013: Hook, James Wright 2012: How to Build an Owl, Kathleen Lynch 2011: Expecting, Kevin Young 2010: The Choir, Luke Kennard 2009: I Come Home Wanting To Touch Everyone, Stephen Dunn 2008: Visible World, Richard Siken 2007: Anywhere Else, Maggie Dietz 2006: After Work, Richard Jones 2005: The Sheep-Child, James Dickey

[doggirlsotd]

Today’s dog girl of the day is Nomi from Dogs in Space!

[mi6-cafe]

MI6 Cafe Anti-Valentine's Week

Because romance is celebrated for most of the year in Bond fandom, we wanted to take a week in February to celebrate non-romantic love! Whether it’s the love of friends, love of family, love of country, or even the love of the great outdoors, we’d love for you to celebrate Bond characters’ non-romantic relationships this week! From February 8-14, share your headcanons, write a drabble, post a fanart or moodboard, or rec a creation that you love.

February 8: Friendship, comradeship, queerplatonic and aromantic relationships 

February 9: Love between parents/guardians and children

February 10: Love of nature and/or animals 

February 11: Love of country (or of any other greater-than-the-individual cause)

February 12: Self-love (positive and negative) 

February 13: Love of fun and hobbies/obsession  

February 14: Free choice! If you only post one non-romantic thing this week, post it today!

Not sure what to write? Some ideas/prompts for each day are below the cut

February 8: Friendship, comradeship, queerplatonic and aromantic relationships 

Celebrating Bond’s work buddies, friends, life partners, or even people he can’t stand but trusts to do the right thing professionally. 

Ideas: Bond golfing or having lunch with Tanner, Nomi and Moneypenny going out for drinks, the complex relationship between James and Alec, the unmitigated delight of book!James and book!Felix when they meet up again, or the way Bond teases M about his butterfly collection. 

February 9: Love between parents/guardians and children 

Celebrating the relationship between a younger generation and the people who act as their parents, guardians, aunts and uncles, or meaningful mentors. 

Ideas: Bond’s relationship with M, Kincade, his actual parents; Bond’s relationship with Madeleine or another child; OC parents/guardians of our other favorite Bond characters (what does Jaws’s mum think of his teeth?) 

February 10: Love of nature and/or animals 

Bond movies feature beautiful oceans, gorgeous mountains, shimmering deserts, and striking moors. The camera loves these locations; which Bond characters do too? And do they express that love with photography or with some mild eco-terrorism? 

We also have Bond characters who love their pets: Q’s cats, Blofeld’s infamous Persian, Kincade’s dogs, and maybe even the komodo dragons in Macau (who surely have keepers who are unhappy that a Walther PPK was part of one’s diet) 

February 11: Love of country (or of any other greater-than-the-individual cause)

GoldenEye gives us the "For England?" line, but "An eye for an eye" and "The money" are also classic Bond loves (or obsessions).

February 12: Self-love (positive and negative) 

Explore the ways in which characters think too much of themselves; there’s no shortage of ego in the Bond franchise! 

Consider the ways that Bond characters might engage in self-care, which might look like eating well, finally putting those framed pictures on the wall (looking at you, Spectre!Bond), or just having a nice wank. 

February 13: Love of fun and hobbies/obsession  

The thrill of a fast car, the suspense of a game of chance, the triumph of a perfect Scrabble letter—this day is all about Bond characters’ love of fun and play. If that love sometimes veers too far, into obsession, well…sometimes that’s what’s needed to win. 

February 14: Free choice! 

If you only post one thing this week, post it today! Anything you like as long as it is a celebration of non-romantic James Bond relationships!

[offtopic-enjoyers]

DAMNIT OKAY EVERY ANIMATIC IDEA IVE EVER HAD (a master list! UwU~)

this spans at least 2 years sooooo it’s LONG strap in chat

this won’t include all of my own ocs / animatics of my sona just fandom stuff

@the-slimebox and @snazum for the encouragement!!

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Hollywood dream iyesha erotica-Ted Nivison

what the world needs RTC/Marz with Tammy Nomi Vace and Dys (IWATE)

Dark Red Steve lacy-sol (iwate)

cirnos perfect math class-Tucker with Schlatt and Ted

anything you can do-Male Sol and Anemone (iwate)

Dead Girl Wlaking REPRISE-Wilbur and Philza (not a ship)

Idol(yoasobi) -schlatt

the entire rtc album cause it fits the IWATE cast

teenage dirtbag-Noelle and Susie (deltarune)

Hollywood Dream(yes again) -Sarah Lynn (BJHM)

labyrinth (miracle musical) -Ranboo and dream

Time Machine (miracle musical) -Revivedbur

Money Game (ren) - Jack Manifold and Schlatt

Welcome to the Internet-Schlatt a persona of the internet and a viewer

Over and Over-Cap Ripley (Alien)

Noel’s Lament -Angel Dust

365 but make it chuckle sammy

poor George- C!schlatt

Touring the Facility-Marina and Pearl (splatoon)

Show Pony (glass animals)-Anya (mouth washing)

Popipo- schlatt with his benedictines with Tucker and ted

Rot For Clout-Jschlatt or Kwite

Ohares part in the thneedville DEMO-c!schlatt

Bambi by hippocampus-Ted idle animation loop

Austin(dasha) -Schlatt and crew but like 2020-2022 era

Glass Chalet-Hollyleaf

Mine/Yours-Ashfur

Oh Distant You-Ashfur

Amazing Standing Lamp-Schlatt

Girl Hell 1999-schlatt

around the pomegranate-twilight sparkle

America (max dirado) firestar

I don’t work here-slime cilce

Call me what you like-fem sol and tang (iwate)

Vampire Empire-fem sol and tang

devils train-Tammy and sol on transcendent ending

n64-Tommy and wilbur

Sailor song-homura and madoka

I bet on losing dogs- Ai w Ruby and aqua

St Chroma-Manburg (Quackity,Schlatt,Purpled,Fundy,Tubbo)

Like Him-Tubbo and Shclatt with the mom being puffy

this was only one page so I’ll get to the other parts later!!!

[gingerjolover]

what about naomi and reader in a new years eve party and bumping into reader ex and them nomi get jealousy jealosy also love u gingy ♡

we're gonna hc this bitch if thats okay w you baby!

because listen ok, nomi "doesn't get jealous" (they do) they get "protective" (we let them think whatever helps them sleep at night)

there's a couple of different scenarios that i think would lend how naomi would act bumping into your ex

if you and naomi have been together for a loooong time and its some random ex that you dated in highschool or college, there might be a hint of jealousy

like they hug you a little too long or only look at you and not naomi, which naomi is like "it's just rude babe, im not jealous," their hand sticking in the back pocket of your jeans or rubbing the hem of your skirt as they pull you into them, leaning against a wall

if you haven't been dating that long, a more recent ex might trigger a diff reaction, naomi might get a little guard dog on them

like if they came up and hugged you and were just being really touchy and affectionate, naomi would be like "and I'm Naomi, THEIR PARTNER," and like shake their hand but have a killer grip

would also just be sooooo touchy all night, like nomi is already affectionate but when there's someone in the room that ALSO knows how hard you love and how deeply you can fall, nuh uh, not gonna fly for nomi

the only time i think naomi would be like not super jealous and even laugh a little at an attempt is if you're a bi/pan queenie or you've dated a man in the past and they come up to you like "wow you look so good, how have you been?" naomi is squaring UP BRO!

def pulls a "i can fuck you better than him, and you know it," and your jaw drops for a sec because "naomi quiet down!"

"babydoll im packing rn do i need to prove it to you?" they ask with a smirk, like leaning down and pressing searing kisses to your cheeks

it just so happens that said ex is watching from a corner, a drink in his hand

"I- well-..." you're stammering because naomi jealous is usually like ha ha and you guys joke about it and then it's done (bc your devotion to them and your relationship is obvious and naomi relishes in it and returns it with the same enthusiasm)

but naomi is cupping your cheek, running their fingers through your hair placing chaste kisses on your hairline being like "c'mon bunny let's go find an empty room before midnight."

NAOMI DEF WINKS AT THEM AS THEY'RE LEADING YOU UPSTAIRS IDK WHAT ANYONE SAYS

anyways...

i didn't do a full fic but i totally can if people are interested🫶🏻

edit!

i have to mention i think naomi's vibe at parties is similar to how i wrote them in the Halloween blurb where they take care of soft!gf

naomi is just always scanning the room and like they def have fun and party but they are always keeping an eye on you

which is why if they are w you when ex approaches its one thing

but naomi def DOES NOT like it when they are across the room and sees any of the above approach

maybe not so much the friendly ex

but the rest for sure naomi has an eye out because someone is moving in on their girl and they do not like that one bit

[imapeanut]

Since the dogs in space fandom seems a little dry, I'm here to give you this.

First time I drew this fella. (It's hard to draw animals/furrys(?)) Sorry if it looks bad.

Also I realized that multiple things could have happened while Chonies, Atlas, and Nomi were on the Pluto ship. Including the option of 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂-ness. /hj

[konjaku]

乙女椿[Otometsubaki] Camellia japonica f. otome

乙女[Otome] : Maiden, virgin

椿[Tsubaki] : Camellia

Otometsubaki in my garden suddenly began to bloom a lot. The buds were like red candy balls until a few days ago, but they are opening vigorously and brightening up a part of the garden now.

The pure and sensitive heart of a woman is called 乙女心[-gokoro]. 心 means heart or mind. Speaking of 乙女, there is a story about a woman in the Edo period(1603-1868) or earlier who wanted to be praised by a man she was in love with, and told him what happened on her way to him.

つの國とん田の庄の女。郡をへだてゝ男のかたへかよふ。道も一里の余ありければ。ゆきてふすにもひまおしむのみ也。またさだかなるみちにもあらず。田づらのあぜの心ぼそくも。人をとがむるさとの犬つゆの玉ちるたまぼこの。道行く人のめしげきをも。忍び／＼にかよひしは。げに戀のやっこなりけり。賤が夜なべのふけすぎてあかつきまだき夜をこめしも。なさけにかゆ(け)る有さま。いとあやかりたきわざなりけらし。 このかよひぢに西河原のみやとて。もりふかき所有。そこをこゆるに。また渭のための溝あり。ひとつばしありてわたる。 ある夜このをんなのかよふに。例のはしなし。其みぞのぼりくだりて見るに。ひにんのまかりたるが溝によこたはり。あふのけになりてふす。をんなさいはい(ひ)と思ひ。かの死人を橋にたのみてわたるに。この死人女のすそをくはへてはなさず。ひきなぐりてとお(ほ)るが。一町ばかりゆき過ぎておもふやう。死人こゝろなし。いかでわがすそをくはん。いかさまにもいぶかしと。またもとのところへ歸りてわざとをのがうしろのすそを。死人の口に入むないたをふまへわたりて見るに。もとのごとくくはゆ。さてはとおもひあしをあげてみれば口あく。案のごとく死人にこゝろはなし。足にてふむとふまぬとに。くちをふさぎくちをあくなりと。がってんして、男のかたへゆく。さてしきたへの枕によりゐて。右のことをほめられがほにはなす。男大きに仰天して。そのゝちはあはずなりにけり。 げにことは(わ)りなり。かゝるをんなにたれとてもそひはてなんや。天性をんなはおのこより猶きもふときなり。そこらかくすこそをんなめきてよけれ。似あはぬてがらばなしおくびやうになきなどいふ人は。たとひ其人に戀すてふ身も興さめてこそやみなん。たゞうどの女とても、肝太き袖は㒵なか(が)めらるゝわざよ。ましてうへつかたはさらなり。松むしすゞ虫のほかに。ことやうなるむし見たるときも。あこはなどいらへたるは。けたかきよりはこゝろにくし

[Tsu no kuni tonda no shō no onna, koori wo hedatete otoko no moto e kayou. Michi mo ichiri no yo ari kereba, yukite fusu nimo hima oshimu nomi nari. Mata sadaka naru michi nimo arazu. Tazura no aze no kokorobosoku mo, hito wo togamuru sato no inu, tsuyu no tama chiru tamaboko no, michi yuku hito no me shigeki womo, shinobi shinobi ni kayoishi wa, ge ni koi no yakko nari keri. Shizu ga yonabe no fuke sugite, akatsuki madaki yo wo komeshi mo, nasake ni kayuru arisama, ito ayakaritaki waza nari kerashi. Kono kayoiji ni nishikawara no miya tote, mori fukaki tokoro ari. Soko wo koyuru ni, mata i no tame no mizo ari, hitotsubashi arite wataru. Aru yo, kono onna no kayou ni, rei no hashi nashi. Sono mizo, nobori kudarite miru ni, hinin no makaritaru ga, mizo ni yokotawari, aonoke ni narite fusu. Onna, "Saiwai," to omoi, ka no shibito wo hashi ni tanomite wataru ni, kono shibito, onna no suso wo kuwaete hanasazu. Hikinagurite tooru ga, itchō bakari yukisugite omou yō, "Shibito kokoro nashi. Ikade wa ga sode wo kuwan. Ikasama nimo ibukashi" to, mata moto no tokoro e kaerite, wazato ono ga ushiro no suso wo shibito no kuchi ni ire, munaita wo fumae, watarite miru ni, moto no gotoku kuwayu. "Satewa" to omoi, ashi wo agete mireba, kuchi aku. "An no gotoku shibito ni kokoro wa nashi. Ashi nite fumu to fumanu to ni, kuchi wo fusagu, kuchi wo aku, nari" to, gatten shite otoko no kata e yuku. Sate shikitae no makura ni yori ite, migi no koto wo homeraregao ni hanasu. Otoko ooki ni gyōten shite, sono nochi wa awazu nari ni keri. Ge ni kotowari nari. Kakaru onna ni tare tote mo soi hatenan ya. Tensei onna wa onoko yori nao kimo futoki nari. Sokora kakusu koso onna mekite yokere. Niawanu tegara-banashi, "Okubyō ni naki" nado iu hito wa, tatoi sono hito ni koi suchū mi mo kyō samete koso yaminan. Tadaudo no onna tote mo kimo futoki sode wa kao nagameraruru waza yo. Mashite ue-tsu kata wa sara nari. Matsumushi, suzumushi no hoka ni kotoyō naru mushi mitaru toki mo, "A, kowa" nado iraetaru wa, kedakaki yoriwa kokoro nikushi.]

A woman living in Tonda in the Settsu Province (Takatsuki, Osaka, today) was coming and going to a man living in another village. The distance was over four kilometers, so there was not enough time to go and share a bed with him. It was not even a maintained road. The narrow footpath between rice fields, dogs in the village that bark when they find people, the falling night dew, and curious glances from passersby, walking to avoid them, she was truly a slave of love. Her deep feelings, even in the quiet late night with a little time before dawn, are something to be awe-struck by. In the middle of this route there was a deeply forested area called Nishi-kawara-no-miya. When crossing there, there was a ditch with a river running through it, and one bridge had to be crossed. One night, when this woman was passing, there was no bridge over it. When she went upstream and downstream of the ditch (to look for a place where she could cross), found a hinin(the lowest level of human being) lying on his back in the ditch. She thought, "Lucky," and decided to use the dead man as a bridge to cross. The dead man bit the hem of her kimono and would not let go. So she pulled off the dead man, passed him but about over one hundred meters past, and then thought." The dead has no heart. So why did he bite my hem? This is suspicious." She went back to where they had been, put her hem in the dead man's mouth, stepped on his breast, and he bit it as he had done before. She thought, "Perhaps," and as she lifted her foot, he opened his mouth. "I knew it. The dead has no heart. Depending on whether he is stepped on or not, he closes his mouth or opens it." And then, she went to her man, snuggled up by the bedside, and told him about what she had just done, as if she wanted him to praise her. The man was so astonished, and never met the woman again after that. It is only natural. Who would want to be with a woman like that? By nature, women are more daring than men. It is good to be feminine only if they hide those parts. A woman who talks of graft that does not suit her or says things like, "I have nothing to fear," would be a turn-off for the men who are in love with her. Even a woman of low status, if she were daring, people would stare at her face. A woman of high status is even more so. If she found a pine beetle, a bell cricket, or any other unusual insect, saying something like "Oh, that's scary," makes a better impression than being noble. From 女は天性肝ふとき事[Onna wa tensei kimo futoki koto](The story is that women are naturally daring) in 宿直草[Tonoigusa] by 荻田 安静[Ogita Ansei](Haiku Poet, ? - 1669) Source : https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/3109113/1/50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIZR_giAF98

坂本 龍馬[Sakamoto Ryōma](1836-1867)'s third older sister 乙女 was a very strong woman and he had confidence in her. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oi!_Ryoma

[lavandulalurker]

Iwatex charas as pokemon trainers because I have lost control of my life

Anemone:

Main focus on fighting types, vague sports theme, and also kingdra because anemone has scales and is named after a sea animal so a sea dragon seemed fitting

Cal:

I tried to use some more bulky and defensive pokemon, and I wanted to include at least one dragon type because of socks

Dys:

Ghost and dark types of course for dys. Additional lunatone because it's ruby pokedex entry says that people speculate it comes from space.

Marz:

I didn't really go for any typing theme, just pretty pokemon. Also if you don't know, minior has a different form with a colorful core. I imagine marz's minior has a blue/teal core.

Nomi:

Mostly normal types, and I tried to give them mostly unevolved pokemon. Obviously I had to give them an eevee, and galarian ponyta because of unicorn.

Tammy:

Tangent:

There were less psychic pokemon than I thought so I did what I could

Rex:

dogs. (I really didn't know what else to do for his team)

Vace:

Sym:

If you are not familiar with pokemon lore, clefable, beheeyem, and poipole are basically pokemon aliens. Also I tried not to give any characters legendaries/mythicals/whatever but I think sym can have an ultra beast as a treat (poipole).

[princeofdulichium]

< The prince of Dulichium, son of king Nisos. He was the kindest suitor and fought against the others in defence of Telemachus, postponing the murder plot twice. He defending beggar Odysseus with Telemachus too. Also was going to be the king if Odysseus never returned, having won the queens favour. He was told to escape the final fight by Odysseus himself due to his kindness, before Athena twisted his mind to turn back and die with the rest. >

aka one of the 108 suitors of Penelope…

RP/ASK BLOG… LET’S GOOO 😁

Age: 21

Personality: Easily influenced by others, just a big teddy bear lol. Not inherently evil. Unlike his friends over here. Though he can easily be taken advantage of for his personality. Well, he’s charming but not as charming as Eurymachus. And arrogant sometimes, but not as arrogant as Antinous.

Sexuality: Bisexual and Poly(?) < just a guess.

He/Him - Male

Likes: his friends, Penelope, guys, gals, wine, yapping a lot I guess, lyre, viola. (Seriously I DONT KNOW)

Dislikes: Spears.

TW: There will be suggestive themes, talks of murder, etc. And not very PG-13 thoughts from this man.. (what were we expecting)

No nsfw tho… NONE OF THAT…

Odyssey and Epic!Amphinomus. Have fun my friends.

Odyssey Amphinomus is called Amphi while Epic Amphinomus is called Nomus/Nomi.

Odyssey Amphi signs off like: 🕯️

Epic Amphi signs off like: 📜

~~

People he knows:

@sunlights-daughter “my love!!” “ew” “STFU YOU DONT PULL”

@lurkingintheocean “HOW?” “Look. It’s charm.”

@dogs-little-pup “how much do I pay to take her away from this gods forsaken place and her asshole brother-”

@oceans--pearl “I can hear Amphinomus’ commentary from the ground btw.”

“Tf y’all doing right??”

KEY:

Amphi: “Talks like this!”

Nomi: “WHAT”

Melanthius: “I don’t get paid enough do I?”

Actions: Like this!

Mod: heyo!

#amphi.posts = odyssey!amphi regular posts/reblogs

#amphi.asks = odyssey!amphi asks

#nomus.posts = epic!amphi regular posts/reblogs

#nomus.asks = epic!amphi asks

#melan.posts = melanthius (odyssey or epic) posts

#melan.asks = melanthius (odyssey or epic) asks

divider: ONE. TWO.

Amphi Design By: @messymoonmad (check out their art too :3)

Nomus is just.. Tristan Caldwell except Greek.

[azems-familiar]

...........i may or may not be writing kotor/totj fic again tonight,

“Must we exile even her?” Vash asks softly, as the silence stretches and the sun begins to dip towards the horizon. “If she’s penitent-”

“She is the worst offender of them all!” Vrook snaps back, gesturing with one hand. “Among the first to follow Revan to war, according to all reports one of the creators of this planet-destroyer and the one to give the order - what does penitence absolve her of?”

From the other side of the room, Kavar says, “She’s also the only one who came back.” There’s something exhausted and dust-dry in the words, and Nomi slants a look at the other master, younger than her by a little less than a decade, but old enough to recall Ossus.

There are dark circles under his eyes and an unhealthy pallor to his skin that speaks of little sleep and poor meditation, and his aura is locked down more tightly than Nomi can ever recall sensing it during a meeting - as if he’s preparing himself to take on a shadow’s mission once more. She…suspects she knows why, in truth. Not only is Knight- former Knight Petheir his padawan, but he had been the one to bring the infant Revan to the Temple all those years ago, and…there is a set of battered, blackened dog tags around his neck, resting over top his tabard. She hasn’t asked who he knew in the Republic military well enough to be known as their next of kin; the man has never been in contact with his blood family. But grief is a heavy companion, especially when fresh, and the Mandalorian Wars have brought it marching back to their sides once more.

Gaze lingering on the dog tags, Nomi finds herself thinking of Yavin IV, Ulic’s and Exar’s bodies lying across from each other on a temple’s stone floor, lightsabers between them. She thinks of Cay bleeding into the Ossan sand, the light of ten dying stars overhead, crying for his brother, and how it had been ground-shattering fury that drove her in that moment, a scream trapped in her chest and echoing into the Force instead of the air, binding Ulic within his own skin. Something in her had shattered, there on Ossus, something she has never been able to reclaim. Cay had been lost, and then dead; Ulic had cried, and then gone numb entirely, and it hadn’t been her fault but the guilt festers anyway. A deep, secret poison, one she has never let show.

Ulic Qel-Droma chose to redeem himself, even cut off from the Force, she’d told the High Council, as they’d gathered on Coruscant to try to rebuild their fragmented order. He engaged Exar Kun in combat, without support from the Order, and struck him down, though he was killed while doing so. Cay - her voice had hitched on his name - wanted nothing more than for his brother to return to us, and while Ulic’s actions are certainly far too reprehensible to be pardoned, even in death, I’d like to request his change of heart be noted in the Archives. Let him be known as dying seeking atonement, even if only to the Jedi with the clearance to look.

(She doesn’t know what Ulic would have wanted. She never has. He didn’t say a word to her after giving her Exar Kun, or to anyone else, as far as she knows. But when they burned his body, on the Yavin moon, she gave him and Exar a shared pyre. It had seemed…the least she could do for a man she had loved, who had never loved her.)

…to say she understands the weight on Kavar’s shoulders would be an understatement.

“Please,” she says tiredly. “The time to debate this was three days ago, when the votes were cast - and as I recall, we had a debate lengthy enough to rival the Senate. I agree the early vote was…distasteful-” not exactly the word she’d like to use, but as the High Council’s leader she has to be professional- “but we had no way of knowing Knight Petheir would even come back. Revan’s influence is as strong as Exar’s and Ulic’s was.”

Their youngest and newest Councilor, Atris, shifts in her chair. She had recused herself from the vote on young Qatya, stating that their past romantic relationship made her biased, but considering her response to the verdict Nomi wonders if that bias had inclined Atris towards exile, rather than away. Still, the echani woman has looked uncomfortable as the hour for Qatya’s trial draws near.

(The masters were right, Cay, she’d said, tugging him back towards the palace window. Cinnagar buzzes around them, an insect hive roused to furious action. If they don’t leave now, they never will. Ulic must make his own choices, and suffer his own consequences. We’re leaving him here.)

The same tragedies, again and again. How many more times must this repeat? How much more pain, writ galactically in blood, echoing the recent past?

[mucillo]

Dio stava assegnando i nomi a tutti gli animali mentre loro lo seguivano: Giraffa, Elefante, Scimmia e così via. Poichè gli animali erano moltissimi, l’operazione durò giorni, finchè non ne rimase solamente uno. Aveva le lacrime che gli scendevano giù per il muso, e Dio gli chiese perchè piangesse. “Perchè non ho un nome”, fu la risposta. “Vedi, disse Dio, il tuo l’Ho tenuto per ultimo perchè tu sarai il migliore amico dell’uomo, e quindi devi avere un nome molto speciale. Il tuo nome sarà uguale al mio, ma sarà scritto al contrario” (In inglese il nome di Dio è God e quello del cane dog).

(G. Sims)