#thornidala

[anstarwar]

Just an update of an older pic of Thorn and Padmé I did back in 2021 (see below). I’m still not totally happy with it, Padmé is weirdly difficult for me to draw, but thought I’d give it a go. Definitely can see improvement but gotta keep working on it, practice practice practice etc.

[amukmuk]

Feeling funky - send me a number and a ship and I'll write a drabble for them based off a song on my spotify wrapped.

[vulpes115]

I’m sorry to punch down at a rarepair but Thornidala is really just straight!Sabédala isn’t it

[hrtiu]

AU where Thorn doesn’t die on Scipio and he’s on Padme’s security detail when she goes to Mustafar.

@wildhoneyprose and @chromia7567 the only thornidala stans I know!

[chocmarss]

Summary:

“She just doesn’t like to admit when she’s tired.

Thorn hums, bringing his mug to his lips, letting the warm, rich flavour roll down his throat. “Sounds familiar.”

the clone wars. thornidala. unrequited love. post-order 66. rated G. 1.7k+ words.

Based on 50 A Softer World Prompts

Ah, unrequited love. When your best isn’t enough. (Participation medals of the heart.)

“Well,” Padmé sighs, holding onto the mug of tea with both hands. “That’s the last time I’m letting them have anything sweet after dinner.”

Thorn chuckles, settling down on the other side of the booth with a mug of his own. Hot chocolate, this time. He puts down the baby monitor next. “I’d never thought I’d see someone spin so much. I was starting to get a headache, and I wasn’t even doing the spinning.”

“That’s what going through a sugar overload would do to you,” she says wryly, taking a sip of her beverage. Black tea, lemon, and honey. Strong and soothing. Her favourite. “I’m just glad they weren't cranky when they crashed. It was entirely lights out for them, and that made my work easier.”

“Luke went from a spinning top to being flat on the floor in exactly two hours,” He’d never thought the kid would retain that kind of stuff for that long. Out of the wafer sticks Padmé gave the twins, both of them had one each, at most. “And I’m not surprised Leia decided she was going to fight her own exhaustion and kept on playing.”

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[flybynite19]

May the 4th be with you

[wildhoneyprose]

Wild Honey Masterlist

Stories Of Rebellion Series:

Subterfuge - Rexsoka (Rebel Spies / Friends to Lovers)

I Just See You - Riyo/Wolffe (Post Foxiyo Riwolffe Hurt/Comfort)

Better Left Forgotten- Gregor/Kiki(oc) (Set during chapter 6 of Subterfuge)

With Respect - Gregor/Kiki (Short fluffy one-shot)

Deadlines and Distractions - Rexsoka (Fluffy, established relationship one-shot)

Rexsoka One Shots and Short Fics:

To Find A Home - Rexsoka (Post Order 66 Fluff)

When The War Is Over - Rexsoka (Fix-it Fluff)

Coming Home - Rexsoka (Modern AU Multi-Chapter)

Heart of Valor - Rexsoka (Fantasy AU)

Soldiers and Senators Series:

Of Soldiers and Senators - Foxiyo (Multi-Chapter Fic)

Don't Cry Pretty Girl - Thire and Ariya (Thariya Fluff)

Strength of Character - Anidala / Thornidala (Angsty MCD Fix-it. Anakin is a hero. Thornidala set up)

Medal of Honor - Foxiyo (Foxiyo baby/Family Fluff)

Interruption - Foxiyo (short and fluffy)

Foxiyo One-Shots and Short Fics:

Caf: The Sixth Love Language - Foxiyo (Fluff/Crack)

The Last Dance - Foxiyo (Senate Gala Pining and Fluff)

Leap Of Faith - Foxiyo (Action/Fluff)

Unrequited - Foxiyo (Angst, Hurt No Comfort)

Fracture - Foxiyo (Pining and Fluff)

Home Is You And Me Together - Foxiyo (Domestic Fluff)

Hold Me Close - Foxiyo (Pining and Fluff)

Other Shorts and One-Shots:

Neon Rain - Blyla (Pining and Fluff)

Always Be Your Fool - Thornidala (Short fluffy drabble)

Closer Than A Brother Series:

Three Shinies Walk Into A Security Control Room - OC Coruscant Guard Shinies and Foxiyo (Crack/Fluff)

That's What Brothers Are For - Rex and Cody (Found Family Fluff)

Fox Regrets - Fox and Thorn (Brotherly Hurt/Comfort)

Lovesick - Kix and Rex and Rexsoka (Crack/Fluff)

That One Time Captain Rex Went Viral - Echo, Fives, Rex and Ahsoka (Crack/Fluff)

Tales From Grand Republic High Series:

Muse - Foxiyo (Modern High School AU Fluff)

[carrinth]

Your opinion on Thornidala?

One-sided / Unrequited / Slow-Burn / Angst

PAIN AND SUFFERING. ANGST, ANGST EVERYWHERE.

More canon than Foxiyo I freely admit. I am somewhat tempted to write Sad Fanfic about it except I am allergic to Sad.

Could totally see requited version happening if it was an AU where Padme and Ani aren’t together.

((BTW, Padme bankrolls Thorn’s chest cybernetics. It is Thorn’s Chest Fridge canon))

[chromia7567]

Pairing: Padmé Amidala/Clone Commander Thorn

Rating:T

[anstarwar]

Padme had an event, Thorn is happy she’s home

[dystopicjumpsuit]

I did not realize Thornidala was a ship, but now that I do, I can see the appeal. It's mostly because I am trash for a bodyguard romance, not gonna lie. Thorn is super competent and heroic, as is Padme. It makes as much or more sense as Foxiyo 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's not for me, but I can see why it would be for others.

Yo, I got a question for my Thornidala shippers

What drew you to that ship? Why do you like Thornidala? It's super niche, how did you discover it?

(gif for funsies and I love Padmé)

[amukmuk]

So with One Day almost finished, what are you planning next?

Good question!! You know I love to write long, plotty fanfics!

Truthfully, I will probably spend more time on my novel. I'm almost done with my first draft, but the second draft is going to need A LOT of love. But, if I need a break I have two ideas:

Long Plot Thornidala or Rebellion!Foxiyo

I also have a slew of prompts in my inbox I have never answered so I may dabble in those as well! <3

[calamity-aims]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Padmé Amidala/Clone Commander Thorn (Star Wars) Characters: Clone Commander Thorn (Star Wars), Padmé Amidala, Mentioned CC-1010 | Fox - Character, Mentioned Anakin Skywalker - Character Additional Tags: Febuwhump 2022, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, First Kiss Series: Part 15 of Febuwhump 2022 Summary:

day 16; does that hurt?

Fox would personally make Thorn’s life a living hell if he got wind of a commander losing propriety with a Senator. 

But…. Thorn’s philosophy is what Fox doesn’t know won’t hurt him.

[10-porgs-in-a-trenchcoat]

thanks to this gorgeous art by @hrtiu I’ve thinking about Thornidala and this AU happened 

Thorn doesn’t die on Scipio. Because I said so. He does need some extensive surgery to both his chest and his brain, and parts of his brain need to be replaced with cybernetic implants, but he’s still fit for duty. 

after Anakin leaves for the Outer Rim sieges Padme’s left alone and Thorn is escorting her places as part of her security detail and they become buddies 

when Padme finds out she’s pregnant Thorn is the only person she tells ... because he caught her puking into a trash can in her office between Senate meetings 

she keeps missing opportunities to tell Anakin on the rare occasions they get to talk (she was going to break the news to him during their chat when he was on Anaxes before they got interrupted) 

Padme and Thorn continue to bond during this time, and Thorn starts to catch feelings; even though he can’t be with Padme and he can’t ever play a proper fatherly role to the baby, he still feels protective of them 

(using singular baby because in ROTS they didn’t know she was having twins until it was time to deliver)

The events of ROTS happen and everything goes to shit. Because Thorn suffered head injuries on Scipio that required extensive surgery and cybernetic implants, his inhibitor chip was unknowingly removed, so when he receives That Order he’s like “um ... what? doesn’t make sense but okay”

instead of going to hunt down Jedi he goes to Padme’s - she’s a Senator after all, and if the Jedi are attempting an overthrow of the Senate she’ll need protection, right? 

he sits with her as they watch the Jedi Temple burn and she leans her head on his shoulder and cries kinda like she does in the movie

when she goes to Mustafar Thorn insists on going with her - he doesn’t know everything going on with Anakin but he does know that Mustafar is in Separatist space so he feels duty-bound to go and protect his friend

at first he stays on the ship at Padme’s insistence, but after Anakin chokes her out and starts fighting Obi-Wan he carries her back onboard and sits with her until Obi-Wan returns 

Padme may be injured from being Force-choked and heartbroken, but she doesn’t die Because I Said So. She survives childbirth and gets to hold her babies.

Obi-Wan and Bail Organa make arrangements for Padme, Thorn, and the babies to go into hiding.

(Thorn will eventually catch wind that there are some rogue clones running around and that they’re not only avoiding the Empire but actively fighting against them. He’s tempted to go find them but he can’t bring himself to leave Padme or the babies.)

It takes a few years for Padme to reciprocate Thorn’s feelings. Like she catches on that he likes her as more than a friend, but it takes a while for her to address it because she’s grieving the loss of her marriage to Anakin, not to mention busy raising Luke and Leia and helping Bail with the Rebellion on the down-low.

She realizes she likes him back out of the blue one day, when she’s watching him play with the kids and thinking about how good he is with them, how he’s really stepped into the role of Dad, and how he’d been her rock the entire time they’ve been friends.

is she skittish about the prospect of starting another relationship and falling in love again? Of course she is, especially since her husband became a Sith Lord and betrayed everything she held dear ... presumably out of love for her. 

(she wouldn’t trade her time with Anakin for anything though, with all its ups and downs, especially since she got two rambunctious little blessings out of it)

(does she know how to broach the subject of the kids’ biological father to them? nope, that’s Future Padme’s problem)

but she does talk with Thorn about how she feels, and they decide to give it a shot

Rebel Spy Power Couple? Rebel Spy Power Couple.

are they thrilled when Leia wants to take a more active role in the Rebellion and Luke wants to train to become a Jedi with Obi-Wan? Not really, it’s dangerous after all (and they’re scared that Luke might go the same way as Anakin) but they still support the kids in their endeavors. 

they eventually have to have that uncomfortable conversation about Anakin with the kids after the events on Bespin (Padme is also ready to go bitchslap Vader herself after he cut off Luke’s hand and kidnapped Leia a few times)  

Padme and Thorn both make it to the end of the Galactic Civil War, still very much in love, and they sit together under a tree on Endor as they watch the fireworks, the revelry, and Luke and Leia enjoying the company of their friends

(Thorn doesn’t care much for Han, he thinks Leia can do better, but what can he do? Leia’s stubborn and has a mind of her own, just like her mother) 

[eyayah-oya]

What Will Never Be

Thorn/Padme

Sometimes, Thorn was bitter. Skywalker was the perfect Jedi, now that the war was over and he was able to be with his wife openly. That meant he was frequently off world on some mission for the Order. That also meant that Thorn spent as much time caring for Skywalker's twins as Skywalker himself.

"Shh," Thorn murmured against Leia's baby soft curls as he paced up and down Senator Amidala's apartment. The twins had begun a fever over night, and Padme had called him in a panic. He'd come over immediately, of course he had, and had immediately picked up Leia while Padme tried to get Luke to cool down. One of the clone medics was already en route, but Thorn knew that his touch was calming Leia down, so he would continue to hold her and soothe her while they waited.

Skywalker was off on another mission, so Padme had called one of her closest friends for help. Thorn could admit to being bitter. He'd fallen for the fiery Senator at some point during the war, despite knowing about the very obvious relationship between Padme and Skywalker. Fox had married his Senator, but Thorn would forever be on the sidelines as Ba'Thorn. He'd lost before he'd even had a chance to get to know Padme.

"I'll take care of you," he found himself whispering to Leia as he continued to rock her gently. "I'll always be there for you, my little star. I love you so much. You'll always have me."

After all, even though he knew Padme would never love him back, Thorn would always be by her side, for as long as she let him. He would always love her and her precious children as if they were his own. It was all he had. It was enough. It had to be.

[kungfuslipper]

Oooh, what's Location: Scipio?

This is some Thornidala I'm working on for @purgetroopercody. Here's an (very unedited) excerpt:

Dark eyes were looking at her across the table — not unlike her's, perhaps a little lighter. They caught the dimmed light in ways her own space-black did not. His were unguarded. Another feature hers lacked.

He was brought into existence for war — bought with credits already bloody. Why had she never thought before about these men? Never past the sound of their booted steps in her blindspots. He could never be only a reassuring voice and a shadowing helmet, again.

I wanted to work through a couple of themes with this story. The first is the nature of her relationship with Anakin, and how she might respond to his abusive treatment in the Scipio arc. Then I wanted to get underneath the idea of Padme's privilege, and how having a close encounter with Thorn would help challenge her understanding of the clones and their role in society. Sex gets all mixed up in this, so the main thrust is to bring the point forward that we don't pay attention to other people's problems until they affect us directly, emotionally.