Playing with words

Star Wars fic because this just bugged me. Like this would have been so much more interesting, IMO. Sigh.


one single thread of gold (626 words) by NRGburst
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker
Characters: Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker
Additional Tags: Soulmates, Non-Linear Narrative
Summary:

Because a dyad in the Force already existed.

So I was all ready to go for purple being colour number six and was rather flabbergasted that indigo went up instead. (Two shades of blue within 7 prompts?) So since purple is my favourite colour I'm doing my own thing instead of the challenge:

I went full tilt with the dye making worldbuilding for Treacherous (Ruffnut/Eret, HTTYD) since purple was a colour reserved for royalty historically. And yet Ruffnut is dressed in purple with purple hair ties in HTTYD 2, so I just had to try to explain how much work it would have been to source the ingredients, even with fictional dragons to help out. 

Made a Ruffnut + PURPLE GIFset so you can see her outfit. 


Fic recs for Amilyn Holdo/Leia (Star Wars) since Holdo has that wonderful purple hair. <3

sail away from the darkest night by kimaracretak (G, 1808 words)

Years, Planets, Bloodshed by igrockspock (T, 5234 words)


And Black Panther's heart shaped herb is purple and the entire end credits is done in purple. Here's a wonderful GIFset centered around the purple glow of the suit and vibranium tech. I was going to make my customary Fandom + Color set for this movie, and I still might, later, just to make a complete set on my tumblr.

All GIF icons sized for DW and won't work on LJ, stills should work everywhere. Please credit if used!

I'm actually editing a history of Canadian citizenship right now for the Lost Canadians and surprise! There were lots of racist laws designed to disenfranchise our Indigenous people and Asian immigrants. The most annoying thing is that they still affect our laws today. Of course I'm still proud to be Canadian! I just think we need to make sure our laws reflect who we are as a society now, instead of say, a vehement racist like Mackenzie King. (Who is on our $50 bill. Which is red.) Which brings me to:


 First year doing this!


This is one of my favorite colors and I've made lots of past fanworks with a red theme or totem:

Red String of Fate GIFset (Taki/Mitsuha, KNNW/Your Name)

Red String of Fate/Red Comet in Bound (meta) (Arya/Gendry, GoT)

ETA: OMG HOW COULD I FORGET THIS INCREDIBLE FANART?! (Arya/Gendry, Asoiaf with the Red String of fate)

I'm going to make a KNNW Red themed set later- this prompt came up in the evening for me so I don't have time to cap and GIF now. DONE HERE

The song Red by Taylor Swift is literally the first thing that pops into my head when you mention the color. She refers to it in Daylight on Lover too, and that specific lyric is the epigraph for 結び in Bound. ("I once believed love would be burning red. But it's golden like daylight.") BUT of course I made a GIFset with the lyrics from Red:

Loving him was Red GIFset (Kol/Davina, The Originals) 

And because I associate Red with Vadar specifically here is my Kolvina set with Anidala quote after Kol killed Davina. FUN TIMES WITH OTP PARALLELS GUYS

Speaking of Vadar, who views the world in red:

Deal with the Devil GIFset (Anakin to Vadar, Palpatine, Star Wars)

and here is a drabble rec: Favorite Color by Merfilly 



Not sure if I'm doing this right, but I'll make the KNNW GIFset later if this is supposed to be limited to new works. Just wanted to dip my toe in, so to speak!

So I love trying out the fun new flavours they always come out with here. Some seasonal things are truly awful, but some are oddly good? Like the asparagus and bacon flavoured chips I got were actually really tasty, though I have a bad memory of some eggs benedict ones. Anyway, I sent out some seasonal Pocky ("adult" mini strawberry and green tea. No, not that kind of adult- it means less sweet here. heehee. Also buttery caramel, normal size Pocky.) for people making chocolate holiday_wishes . These all taste really good!



Since my friends and I are obviously supermature individuals, we all had to go in to try them and take pictures. Seriously how did nobody at corporate McDonalds go hmmm, there miiiight be another association with that name? XD They were delicious too!

Last but not least, here are the totally awesome chocolates I gave my supervisor (who is a huge Star Wars/Kylo fan). Yes, they really do say Give yourself to the DARS and they are dark chocolate! He said they were really good, and he was extra pleased because he prefers dark chocolate.


I will do another book post and catch up on snowflake later this week! Next month should be mostly work free, so I can't wait to catch up on creative things then! :D

Only read a couple books in February, but they were good ones!


Mary Roach is one of my favorite authors, and I got a paper copy of Bonk from the library after returning the ebook version, because I'm sorry, but ebooks just don't do footnotes justice, and the hilarious (and sometimes horrifying) related info in her footnotes is just THE BEST. There's something so delightful about her enthusiastic, unabashed curiosity ("Or maybe they're eavesdropping. I would be.") and appreciation of scientific method and her lighthearted and yet thorough exploration of the taboo ("And then, quite unintentionally, Dr. Schroder delivered the ultimate masturbation research sound bite. "Masturbation," she said, "is a touchy subject."). I love how much research and humor goes into her books, and I'm reading Gulp now.

Also read Claudia Gray's Leia: Princess of Alderaan, and really enjoyed it.

TBH, I went in hoping for more Holdo/Leia background and got Holdo&Leia and Leia/OMC instead. Also Amilyn Holdo seemed to be based on Luna Lovegood, and not much like her character from The Last Jedi besides the badass space smarts, which ??? Ah well. It was still beautifully written, with wonderful worldbuilding of the Empire era and how the Rebellion would have first started under its iron hold on the galaxy. It was like reading a masterful fanfic- there were great character details and cameos I didn't expect (Saw Guerrera, Captain Panaka!). The Bail&Leia (and Breha&Leia) scenes make you understand why Bail would "trust [Leia] with his life" with the Rebellion's secrets in Rogue One despite her youth and royal upbringing.
One thing that's always kind of bothered me are children who take up the ideology of their parents without question or consideration of the alternatives. (I think of Sunday School and youth pastors pressuring us to give ourselves to Jesus or be damned etc.) In this book, the Organas do the opposite, trying to protect her from the fact that they've joined the Rebellion, even though ideologically, she knows that everything they stand for is unlike the Empire. This coming of age book is all about how she makes that decision for herself. The final message of the book, when Bail realizes that he "cannot simple save her. That [she has] to stand by [their] side" in this fight" in order to get the future she wants to live in, is especially relevant in the wake of current events in Parkland, Florida.

I don't have any Fresh or Interesting thoughts about Black Panther besides that it was an incredible film, and I want to see it again. I'm obsessed with All The Stars and Pray for me off the soundtrack and Shuri (Sneakers!) and Okoye (WITHOUT QUESTION) are my new faves. ♥ Also Erik Killmonger is just the perfect villain, WOW. He stole all his scenes and talk about an amazing final line. ( SPOILERS )
I'll probably be making icons of Shuri and Okoye later today to add to this post. :D

 A Commander is privy to classified intel; a Captain is not. Just to clarify for those with no military background, THAT'S WHY SHE WOULDN"T TELL HIM. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CLEARANCE AND WAS NOT ENTITLED TO KNOW. 

Here's a great article about that arc in the film. 

I thought it was a great film, with echoes of Empire Strikes Back ( SPOILERS )

Well, it's the 5th here BUT it's the 4th for most of you still (I think) so here are some recs to celebrate!



Knowing from the First by Merfilly (Rogue One, Chirrut/Baze, G, Soulmate identifying marks, 100 words)
Chirrut knew always.

I love how this fic explores how Chirrut can't see either mark, but he's still Chirrut: always certain.


Five Things that happened to Rogue One after Scarif by anonymous (Rogue One, ensemble, G, 1361 words)
It was surprisingly normal, afterwards.

Just a clever little team-as-family fic. I love the thoughts about the remnants of the kyber in the Death Star, and K-2's final line.


The Storm by anonymous (Original Trilogy/Sequel Trilogy, Han/Leia, G, 828 words)
Set between "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens"

Written based on this line in the Dear Yoda letter:
"If you want to show me a cataclysmic fight or the day Han left and didn't come back, go for it!"

Why do we hurt the ones we love the most? (Because we can.) This is a picture of a family breaking apart and those last ugly words. It's not pretty, but it's honest. 


Favorite Color by Merfilly (Prequel/Original Trilogy, Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader&Luke Skywalker, G, 100 words)
A look inside Vader's mind at the moment. 

Another great drabble about a tiny detail: what was it like to perceive only a world in shades of red?