Holos of the Old Republic

A blog for all my SWTOR fics, art, and musings. Largely a positive blog, so please leave character hate off of my posts (especially if it's an explicitly positive post... make your own post if you want to complain).

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

What the fuck it's been 10 years??

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Man I'm so upset.

One of my external hard drives started dying/is corrupted, so I've been salvaging what I could.

And the one screenshot folder that I really wanted to save, the one full of my SWTOR screenshots, is the one that's irrevocably, 100% fucked and innacessible.

Of all the fucking folders why did it have to be that one??

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Kinda having some star wars brain rot again. Specifically swtor setting, of course.

I'm not actually a super big fan of the star wars movies? It wasn't a big impact on my life and I think I've seen the Original Trilogy once and I've only seen the first movie of both the Prequel and Sequel trilogies (the rest of the movies I know fully through memes and reviews).

But aesthetically I actually really like the star wars setting? It's space, but it's not futuristic. Due to being made in the 70s it's got that retro, old timey feel to it now with its technology, but there's also the old timey feel of the outfits, too. Sometimes it almost feels like I'm looking at a period drama.

I should probably install swtor again I wonder if anything significant has happened since I last logged on (probably not).

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Playing a lot of Baldur's Gate 3 and a part of me wants to recreate Yra as a tiefling.

But what class? Hmm...

[becauseicantthinkwritings]

Why fic no climb out of my head and lie down in paper? Why must I write fic? ☹

[abra-ka-dammit]

OC Outfit Doodle Asks

Send one of the following symbols and one of my OC’s names and I’ll doodle:

👀 OC in their typical underwear 💤 OC in their sleep attire 🔞 OC in something sexy 🏄 OC in what they would wear to the beach/pool 👔 OC in what they would wear to a formal event (such as a wedding) ☠ OC in what they would wear to a funeral 👖 OC in what they would wear to a casual event (such as a birthday party) 👑 OC dressed as royalty 🚪 OC in what they wear when lounging around at home 💕 OC in what they would wear on a first date ❌ OC in something they would absolutely never wear 🎃 OC in a costume they’d wear for Halloween 🎄 OC in an ugly Christmas sweater 🚓 OC in a prison uniform 🚲 OC in athletic gear  🐰 OC in a kigurumi of their favourite animal ❄ OC in what they’d wear on a very cold day 🔥 OC in what they’d wear on a very hot day 👕 OC in a T-shirt with something stupid printed on it (think Zazzle) 🎭 OC in another OC’s typical attire 📦 OC wearing something that isn’t clothes (such as a fig leaf, a barrel, etc.) 👻 OC in a really bad disguise 📷 OC in a stereotypical tourist getup 🙎 OC in something embarrassing 👗 OC in something from the 50’s 💀 OC in goth/emo/scene attire 💃 OC in some radical 90’s clothes 🌁 OC in a hoodie 🌋 OC in camping or adventuring gear ♠️ OC in their armor (or in some sort of fantasy armor if not applicable to their story) 🎨 OC in a cartoon character’s outfit  🏨 OC in a maid outfit 🏥 OC in a nurse uniform 🐑 OC in farmer wear 👍 OC in a crop top

[brionysea]

fortunately the only thing you need to do to be a writer is write. unfortunately the only thing you need to do to be a writer is write

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

This is the only blog of mine getting legit new followers (despite me never posting new content lmao) instead of the spam bots.

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Dammit the spam bots found me ):

[masterwords]

[inkedmyths]

One of the hard parts about being a writer with a vivid imagination is that there are So Many Ideas, and they fall into so many categories, such as

Fics I want to write

Fics I want to read

There is just One Scene and I could write it but it would be waaaay more cool if I had all the build up to the scene but unfortunately. I can only figure out the Scene

I keep changing my mind. Where am I going with this

This has been done a million times before. But. Hear me out

I will 100% Never Write This. This is just my Emotional Support Idea no one can ever know about bc it makes sense only to me

Would be better as a comic...

This will be my magnum opus if I can just get my 50 pages of ideas into a coherent narrative

All I have are vibes

And, of course

WIP I started and haven't updated in 2 years and oh god its beEN TWO YEARS???

[mathomhouse-e]

My brain:

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

This is the only blog of mine getting legit new followers (despite me never posting new content lmao) instead of the spam bots.

[makaylajade-author]

Things I do as a writer:

Not write

Daydream

Cry over fictional characters

Complain about my book not writing itself

Wait for inspiration

Write a sentence

Scroll through Pinterest

Delete a sentence

Daydream again

Not write

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Man why are Darth names just... so bad? Lmao

Was looking up some Darths for a possible fic (Yra naming off a bunch of Darths she doesn't like in it and wanted some legit ones in there) and just.

Why.

Why are they all named like an edgy 15 year old named them 😭

Like I knew some were a Choice (tm) already, but when you see them all in a list....

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Had a rather fucked-up thought for Star Wars, wrt Sith and their relationship with their apprentices. CW for incest, sexual assault, child abuse, and other such nasties. Will continue under the cut, if you don't wanna be subject to such content (it's not super in depth but still), scroll by and do not click on the read more.

So. I have noticed that is incredibly common for Sith Lords to either

Be in a relationship with their apprentices; or

Be related to their apprentices (usually parent/child).

So... it leads one to think, considering how messed up and nasty the Sith can in fact be (as much as we may love to play as them in SWTOR), who's to say that there isn't... overlap between the two? Are there Sith raising their children as their apprentices as well as subjecting them to various incenstuous nasties?

Even if we weren't to go that far, scenarios 1 and 2 are somewhat horrific in and of their own rights.

Scenario 1: As the apprentice to a Sith Lord, they are entirely subject to every whim of said Lord, and as far as I can tell have few, if any, legal protections. A sith lord can basically do whatever they want to their apprentice. If said sith lord wants to be in a relationship with their apprentice... they really don't have much of a choice in the matter, do they? And even for those who (appear to be) consenting, how much of that is an act? And considering that the sith (and the Jedi, to be fair, they're just usually not as nasty about it) can literally mess with your mind, who's to say that they said mind rape wasn't used to warp their apprentice into coming around to a relationship?

Scenario 2: Like said above, Sith Lords get away with all manner of abuses with their apprentices. Nothing will stop them from being cruel to their own children, either (think of the Honour Guard who's son dies in the temple - he has quite a dismissive opinion of his son, and he is only upset with his son's death because it makes HIM look bad and taints the family name). Being subjected to child abuse is already a nightmare, just imagine if your parent is a sith lord.

One of those things that you try not to think about too hard...

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

There are people who can write whole fics on their phones and I can barely manage the energy to write this post.

[holosoftheoldrepublic]

Me, chilling, playing some RDR2.

Suddenly:

.... where the fuck do the swtor toons keep their mounts and vehicles?