Spoon Chucker

Christian. Call me Adi! I do not post or reblog any 18+ /inappropriate stuff, but I might occasionally reblog or discuss heavier topics, which might be upsetting, so if you’re a minor especially, be advised. Fanfic writer. Mostly into Star Wars stuff but also other fandoms sometimes. I am Jedi critical. I have a phD in Padme Amidala. Find me on Ao3 at https://archiveofourown.org/users/Adi_Fire.

[clawedandcute]

My Current WIPs: Breakdown

(WIPs linked in titles)

Insurgent and Heretic

A Senator!Anakin AU where Padme is a Jedi and Anakin is the Force null senator of a freed Tatooine. The two meet when they're seventeen, almost die, terrify Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon in the process, and becomes besties.

Featuring:

Padme "I Can and Will Debate You into the Ground" Amidala

Anakin "Revolutions are a Fun Pastime" Skywalker

Obi-Wan "How Did I Gain a Second Child Who is More Annoying Than the First" Kenobi

Qui-Gon "Annoying Me is Not the Will of the Force" Jinn

Ahsoka "Hit Him with the Chair, Skyguy!" Tano

Tatooine slave culture

Vague prophecies spoken by krayt dragons and your weird grandmaster

Anakin brawling with senators he doesn't like

Padme and Anakin being Idiots in Love

The Skywalker-Lars clan being feral

Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Girl Dad, and if Anakin had been a girl in canon, he never would have turned to the Dark Side because Obi-Wan would have a) fussed over him and b) validated all his feelings

Attack of the Clones goes exactly the same as in canon

Except Padme decides that if she's going to be executed, she's going to first convince Obi-Wan that they were exactly right to come after him

Anakin adopting the Coruscant Guard

Padme and the 501st

Padme and Aayla being BFFs

The Sleepover to Restore the Republic (Complete)

A crack treated seriously fic where after Bespin, Luke comes to the (il)logical conclusion that Darth Vader is actually on the Rebellion's side because he wants to overthrow the Emperor too. With this in view, Luke gives himself up to Vader with the intention to win him over with the Power of Love and Stubbornness. Vader is infuriated by how well it works. Luke's friends, however, take issue with his plan and try to rescue him. Their efforts are fruitless, but they refuse to leave the Executor, so Vader ends up with a lot more houseguests than he bargained for.

Featuring:

Sunshine Child Luke

Darth "Please Stop Calling Me Anakin Skywalker" Vader

Luke calling Vader "Ipu"

Leia being two inches from murder at all times

Admiral Piett wondering if job security is worth this

Piett and Veers wondering at what point a sleepover becomes an enemy incursion

Artoo being a Problem

Living!Beru and Owen

Beru and Owen calling Vader "Ani"

Zev Veers being dragged into a reunion with his dad

Saving Han Solo from carbonite

Vader panicking over the Kissing Incident between Luke and Leia

Ghost!Obi-Wan having the time of his (after)life

Ignoring all canon clone deaths

Luke Takes a Shot in the Dark

A sequel to Office Space (But Actually in Space) set eighteen years after Luke and Leia's birth. On a summer trip with Han, Ezra, and Chewie, the two of them manage to catch the attention of Crimson Dawn (it's entirely Luke's fault). Luke ends up shot in the shoulder and tossed in the trunk of a speeder, and Leia and the others end up stranded in hostile space as they try to rescue him.

Featuring:

The Skywalker Clan terrifies the rest of the galaxy

Luke and Leia by dint of their upbringing know too many languages

Luke and Leia being very homeschooled as they try to navigate the underworld

Chewbacca is over 100 years old and definitely too old for this crud

Luke being head over heels for Mara Jade in .02 seconds

Passive aggressive (and sometimes just aggressive) text messaging

Leia "Hold My Flower" Skywalker

Han "I Got Your Flower, Babe" Solo

The Skywalker and Kenobi family loading up in their space minivan to go get their kids

The Skywalker kids causing a diplomatic incident

Home Alone: Skywalker Family Style

Ezra having way too much fun being on the run

Princess Bride references

Closets

Boba Fett and Din Djarin being father and son, even though they are like seven years apart, and being very offended when people assume they're brothers

The Accidental Sith, the Confused Jedi Masters, the Eager Padawan, and the Rebel Senator

An AU (courtesy of @you-need-not-apply) where Anakin is never picked up by the Jedi but is still the Chosen One. In the early days of the Clone Wars, Padme, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, and Ahsoka stumble upon him just as he and his amu lead Tatooine to freedom. Qui-Gon decides he's a Sith, Padme decides he is her new best friend, and the Senate decides he is their new favorite weapon. Things spiral from there.

Featuring:

Anakin guilt tripping everyone about slavery

The Skywalker-Lars clan continuing to be feral in every universe

Padme barely holding her righteous rage in check

Anakin cursing people out in Amatakka when he's angry

The 212th adopting Anakin

Anakin adopting the 212th

Pong Krell being the 501st's general

That being just as bad as you think

Obi-Wan constantly running after Ahsoka, Anakin, and Padme

"Accidental" Treason

Anakin being a "bad influence" on Ahsoka

Force sensitive!Rex

Everyone being mad at Qui-Gon

Satine Kryze being an abolitionist and Anakin's new BFF

Spy Wars

[clawedandcute]

I know I'm making problems about a funny comfort movie, but is anyone else supremely bothered by the sequence in Princess Bride where Wesley is awful to Buttercup and even threatens to hit her (and I think in the book he DOES hit her, though I could be misremembering). Like, I understand that he thinks at this point she betrayed him, yada-yada, but I'm going to be so real with you all, I don't care. I just don't. Like, first of all, his whole "oh boohoo the love of my life is so shallow she's getting married after i've been supposedly dead for years" is stupid, and SECOND OF ALL, I don't really care what his justification is, there is no universe where what he did is remotely okay. But this ugly, vindictive part of his character just disappears when he finds out she still loves him?? And Buttercup isn't mad that he was horrible to her? His capacity to hit or threaten to hit her doesn't fundamentally change her understanding of his character?

If it were me, our love story would have ended then and there, and I think I would have left him at the bottom of the ravine. Frankly.

And I understand it's a dramatic, exaggerated love story and it's not meant to mirror real life, but 1) morality is still real or the story is meaningless and 2) I just want to see if anyone else feels the same way. I'm curious.

[sweetmetalmemories]

YES thank you YES I agree so much with this. I am indeed your target audience for this, per your last reblog on my post <3

He DOES slap her in the book which fills me with righteous indignation for a plethora of reasons, all of which you outline here (all my anger directed towards the author, not Westley, because tbh that moment is straight up OOC for Westley, at least to me).

I’ve been imagining so many AUs of this story while I’ve been rereading the book, and the prime thing I would change is this sequence. Why is Westley killing himself to save her from her kidnapping if he’s so angry with her in the first place, anyway? My brother in Christ, you were (for all intents and purposes) very much dead. For YEARS. Heaven forbid a girlie move on. But anyway, I would change it to have him—you know—ask her in some roundabout way if she truly loved the prince and find out she still very much loved him (Buttercup’s I died that day line remains unchanged because it’s so good and iconic). His anger with her is even more unjustified when you consider the fact that the prince ordered her to marry him (at least in the book. I don’t remember if that’s explicitly stated in the movie?). Buttercup did not have a choice. Westley should have at least thought of that possibility.

This is just me being a sucker for communication over misunderstanding though. Alas for me, I prefer that to the unnecessary dramatics of a man slapping his true love *eye roll*

Westley holding on to his faith in Buttercup and trusting that her love for him would remain unchanged even after his alleged death (or at least Westley desiring her faithfulness enough to give her the benefit of the doubt and the opportunity to explain herself) is wayyyyyy more romantic than *checks notes again* Westley slapping his true love. Please, authors, refrain from having your leading men slap their true loves. It’s not a good look.

[clawedandcute]

AMEN. Honestly, Buttercup as a character was the perfect opportunity to write a story centering on a person who is unintelligent and kind of naive but isn't hated for it. And is, in fact, valued and adored as a person with inherent worth and also valued for what unique things that person does bring to the table (in Buttercup's case, dogged loyalty and faith)! And if I remember rightly, the story is SO close to doing that, but I think it misses the mark, like you said. It could still have been a comedy and loved Buttercup, I think.

And as for Wesley, YEAH. And also, why doesn't SHE get to be mad at HIM for being at sea for however many years it was (five?). Is there ever an explanation for why he didn't come back the second he was made the Dread Pirate Roberts? Was he gathering their fortune first? WHY DIDN'T HE WRITE HER? HOW IS BUTTERCUP SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT MR. PIRATE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO HER IN THIS SPAN OF TIME? IS WESLEY A MURDERER NOW, IF HE IS A PIRATE? WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY WITH THAT? I THOUGHT THIS WAS A STORY OF GOOD AND PURE LOVE TRIUMPHING OVER EVIL AND PURE SELFISHNESS???

[sweetmetalmemories]

So true about Buttercup. The movie improves her character by leagues, I think, but even if falls a bit short. I love your analysis of her character though! She’s loyal to her love and true as steel and those characteristics are more beautiful than even her physical appearance (which is harked on so much it’s honestly insulting to the rest of her character).

I think the best comedy is when the story knows when to drop the comedy, actually. The one liners and line delivery? Absolute gold. The premise? Some of the plot points? Also gold. But the actual serious moments deserved to be treated with gravity. They would have hit all the harder with the ever-present comedic lens stripped away for once. AND THE MOVIE ACCOMPLISHES THIS, for the most part, I believe. Which is one reason WHY IT’S GOOD!!!!

Oh yes, I love this can of worms we’ve opened with Westley. What was he doing all those years, pray tell? And why so slow in returning to her?? And why on earth doesn’t he write??? He probably had doubts about her still loving him for YEARS before he heard about her engagement. It’s such a bad look that he doesn’t come to find her til she’s “betrayed” him and he has a reason to blame her for something.

He’s literally such an unbelievably good character when it comes to strength and endurance and courage and fortitude and I love him. But, man, he had some sad trust issues. Maybe even some abandonment issues. He has the potential to be way more complex than the movie/book portray him as. I want to write him in an AU with a few tweaks and make him as multilayered and perfect as Buttercup believes him to be haha

[clawedandcute]

(can you please write this Problematic But Eventually Redeemed Wesley AU and tell me when you do)

(Do you think the movie is stronger because Goldman was involved so thus it was like a 2nd draft of his story?)

YEAH, you're right about Wesley's trust issues!! Maybe he had it stuck in his head that he could never be worthy of Buttercup's beauty, so the second something went wrong, he convinced himself it was better to put off returning until he had made something of himself? BUT THEN HE GOES AND MAKES HIS INSECURITY BUTTERCUP'S PROBLEM. My dude. I will pour honey in your shoes.

[sandersstudies]

Why does it feel weird and intimate to mention that someone was in even the most innocuous of your dreams? Sorry my subconscious decided to think about you for a second. You were a curator at an ice cream museum that was also my second grade classroom. If you even care.

[stars-bean]

Labyrinth (1986) dir. Jim Henson

[clawedandcute]

I LOVE the way she plays this. The dawning wonder that she finally understands the power of accepting that sometimes things AREN'T fair, but we have to do our best anyway. Autonomy and personal responsibility fall on her like a mantle, but for the first time, they don't feel like a weight because she takes them up by CHOICE, for the sake of someone else.

[clawedandcute]

#I should watch this at some point in my life#labyrinth

@sweetmetalmemories Girl it is so worth it. Now. Watch it right now.

[sweetmetalmemories]

The Princess Bride (book) is the complete opposite of The Lord of the Rings in the sense that it takes nothing seriously. Absolutely nothing is sacred or treated with the earnestness it deserves. It’s all multilayers of tongue in cheek sarcasm. But more than that, the humor becomes downright nihilistic and cruel and even raunchy at points. Nothing is sacred, especially not true love. It’s a miracle any goodness manages to come through at all. It’s like the earnest Trueness of certain things shine through because of how genuine they actually are in spite of the author’s best efforts to cover them in dirt and laugh at them. It’s actually incredible they took this mean little story and turned it into something truly beautiful (even while maintaining the good of the humor in the form of the framing device).

[clawedandcute]

So I see you were my target audience for the post I made criticizing Wesley's treatment of Buttercup. Perfect, wonderful, we are allies for life !

[sweetmetalmemories]

I had to go find your criticism post because unfortunately I hadn’t seen it!! And girlie you are right I am your target audience. Thank you so much for saying all of that.

I have SOOOOOOO many more thoughts and criticisms about this book percolating in the back of my mind that I’m planning on posting as soon as I finish my reread lol

[clawedandcute]

Oh DO tag me when you do

[clawedandcute]

I know I'm making problems about a funny comfort movie, but is anyone else supremely bothered by the sequence in Princess Bride where Wesley is awful to Buttercup and even threatens to hit her (and I think in the book he DOES hit her, though I could be misremembering). Like, I understand that he thinks at this point she betrayed him, yada-yada, but I'm going to be so real with you all, I don't care. I just don't. Like, first of all, his whole "oh boohoo the love of my life is so shallow she's getting married after i've been supposedly dead for years" is stupid, and SECOND OF ALL, I don't really care what his justification is, there is no universe where what he did is remotely okay. But this ugly, vindictive part of his character just disappears when he finds out she still loves him?? And Buttercup isn't mad that he was horrible to her? His capacity to hit or threaten to hit her doesn't fundamentally change her understanding of his character?

If it were me, our love story would have ended then and there, and I think I would have left him at the bottom of the ravine. Frankly.

And I understand it's a dramatic, exaggerated love story and it's not meant to mirror real life, but 1) morality is still real or the story is meaningless and 2) I just want to see if anyone else feels the same way. I'm curious.

[sweetmetalmemories]

YES thank you YES I agree so much with this. I am indeed your target audience for this, per your last reblog on my post <3

He DOES slap her in the book which fills me with righteous indignation for a plethora of reasons, all of which you outline here (all my anger directed towards the author, not Westley, because tbh that moment is straight up OOC for Westley, at least to me).

I’ve been imagining so many AUs of this story while I’ve been rereading the book, and the prime thing I would change is this sequence. Why is Westley killing himself to save her from her kidnapping if he’s so angry with her in the first place, anyway? My brother in Christ, you were (for all intents and purposes) very much dead. For YEARS. Heaven forbid a girlie move on. But anyway, I would change it to have him—you know—ask her in some roundabout way if she truly loved the prince and find out she still very much loved him (Buttercup’s I died that day line remains unchanged because it’s so good and iconic). His anger with her is even more unjustified when you consider the fact that the prince ordered her to marry him (at least in the book. I don’t remember if that’s explicitly stated in the movie?). Buttercup did not have a choice. Westley should have at least thought of that possibility.

This is just me being a sucker for communication over misunderstanding though. Alas for me, I prefer that to the unnecessary dramatics of a man slapping his true love *eye roll*

Westley holding on to his faith in Buttercup and trusting that her love for him would remain unchanged even after his alleged death (or at least Westley desiring her faithfulness enough to give her the benefit of the doubt and the opportunity to explain herself) is wayyyyyy more romantic than *checks notes again* Westley slapping his true love. Please, authors, refrain from having your leading men slap their true loves. It’s not a good look.

[clawedandcute]

AMEN. Honestly, Buttercup as a character was the perfect opportunity to write a story centering on a person who is unintelligent and kind of naive but isn't hated for it. And is, in fact, valued and adored as a person with inherent worth and also valued for what unique things that person does bring to the table (in Buttercup's case, dogged loyalty and faith)! And if I remember rightly, the story is SO close to doing that, but I think it misses the mark, like you said. It could still have been a comedy and loved Buttercup, I think.

And as for Wesley, YEAH. And also, why doesn't SHE get to be mad at HIM for being at sea for however many years it was (five?). Is there ever an explanation for why he didn't come back the second he was made the Dread Pirate Roberts? Was he gathering their fortune first? WHY DIDN'T HE WRITE HER? HOW IS BUTTERCUP SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT MR. PIRATE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO HER IN THIS SPAN OF TIME? IS WESLEY A MURDERER NOW, IF HE IS A PIRATE? WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY WITH THAT? I THOUGHT THIS WAS A STORY OF GOOD AND PURE LOVE TRIUMPHING OVER EVIL AND PURE SELFISHNESS???

[batrachised]

OH in my time offline, as mentioned, I read the Emma M Lion series, and I will NOT REST until i get more people to read it. Listen to me. Listen. I am walking up close to you and leaning in and nearly grabbing you by the collar like a mad woman. If you like LM Montgomery, which, given that you are presumably following me for that, you do, you will LIKE THIS SERIES. if you like Phil Gordon, which, anyone with taste does (and may I say followers of mine clearly have...okay, kidding), you will LOVE THIS SERIES. I am stamping it with the batrachised seal of approval loudly and passive aggressively for any passerby to hear. I rarely find books that scratch the lm montgomery itch so well - while this isn't super similar in style, it is similar in soul. READ IT.

[samsblades]

on another note everyone NEEDS to immediately go read (or listen) to the unselected journals of emma m. lion. new favorite books by far, they are the best books i have read in perhaps a long while! incredibly well written and crafted, indulgent in the most lovely way possible, witty, hilarious, and some of the most fantastic characters i have ever had the pleasure to read.

definitely for lovers of british/uk period pieces and perhaps anne of green gables lovers. slow burn in the best possible way esp bc romance is not the main focus at all, books still coming out and going so so strong. there's eight volumes, ninth coming out this year! but generally quick reads esp the first few, i binged all eight (reading and listening) in a little over a week

if you have read them pls talk to me about them immediately <333

[jadedbugart]

currently obsessed with one emma m. lion of lapis lazuli house, whereabouts lane, st. crispians 📖🦁

[dangerously-human]

did i already send an ask for this? Well, just in case.

ask game!

7, 16, 17, 19

You did, so you get a two-for-one! I actually didn't even reblog that ask post, so you're really out here earning extra credit.

Which part of writing do you struggle with most?

Consistency (don't we all 😅). And scene transitions.

Do you enjoy writing dialogue, exposition, or plot the most?

Exposition

What is your most underrated fic?

It's hard to say *most*... Of things I've written recently, maybe Face Toward the Sun. I know gen fics tend to get less attention in general, especially about minor characters, so I guess it wasn't a shocker. Mostly it was a bit disappointing to yet again write a gift for someone (in an exchange no less) that the recipient never acknowledged, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ you know, these things happen. Anyway, I really love all the characters on The Bear, and writing everyone being supportive of Marcus meant a lot to me even if it wasn't a story that spoke to others.

What fic are you most proud of?

It may be a WIP, but my answer's still gotta be A Fractured Symmetry. This has really stretched my plotting and characterization muscles, not to mention this rambling writer's ability to let things go unsaid.

Who is the easiest/hardest character for you to write about? Why?

Easiest I'm writing lately is my girl Lucy Carlyle. 💙Hardest is Paul Atreides, because the whole prescience thing makes it really difficult to leave tension in relationships and plot.

[clawedandcute]

you left me an ask for this game, so i left you an ask!

(also brb, going to go read that fic you mentioned)

[emily-e-draws]

▴ oh, how it burned the night you knew

the finger of the gods put the mark on you ▴

[hauntedchronicler]

the mutuals are getting mythological about the trials of modern life tonight on tumblr dot com

[deepspacepirate]

One of my favorite tropes is post apocalyptic towns being named after dilapidated signs with missing letters, like Novac (no vacancy) and Eaden (dead end). There’s something inexplicable about it

[togepipi]

catch me in the city of fre shavaca do

[hotvampireadjacent]

[sweetmetalmemories]

The Princess Bride (book) is the complete opposite of The Lord of the Rings in the sense that it takes nothing seriously. Absolutely nothing is sacred or treated with the earnestness it deserves. It’s all multilayers of tongue in cheek sarcasm. But more than that, the humor becomes downright nihilistic and cruel and even raunchy at points. Nothing is sacred, especially not true love. It’s a miracle any goodness manages to come through at all. It’s like the earnest Trueness of certain things shine through because of how genuine they actually are in spite of the author’s best efforts to cover them in dirt and laugh at them. It’s actually incredible they took this mean little story and turned it into something truly beautiful (even while maintaining the good of the humor in the form of the framing device).

[clawedandcute]

So I see you were my target audience for the post I made criticizing Wesley's treatment of Buttercup. Perfect, wonderful, we are allies for life !

[batrachised]

okay you were right, Blue Castle WAS life-changing

join the book club!!

[clawedandcute]

I have been Lurking 😂

[lizardsister]

today’s date is the 3rd? what’s next, the 4th? the 5th? the minor fall, the major lift?