STARS IN THEIR MULTITUDES

An original Star Wars story not-so-loosely based on Les Misérables || tracking #sitmastarwarsepic

[les-mis-in-space]

Series Page

Reading Guide

Book I trailer

Book II trailer

Book III trailer

Art

Lore

Asks

Funny Stuff

Behind the scenes and other writer stuff

Characters

Glossary and Pronunciation

Timeline of SITM and surrounding events

Wookieepedia

Huttese language dictionary

Wookieepedia Huttese page/Legends

Mandalorian language dictionary

Copikla'gaan font (Leela's Mandalorian handwriting)

How to get the galactic credit symbol on AO3

Use the AO3 skin I read with

Get an AO3 account (in case I have to temporarily restrict my works to be viewable to registered users only)

Donate to my Ko-Fi

Commission a custom Les Mis-style logo (enter code MULTITUDES for 10% off or answer this question for 25% off)

The Prisoner of Trolorn

Wotalu

Kaltha

The Bishop

Mercy

Mother to Mother

The Minister of Montal

The Road to Hell

To Rescue the Wretched

Koss Confesses an Error

Causing Stirrings, Daring Storms

A Final Promise

The Death of Com Narcom

The Path in the Dark

Mr. Antilles

The Bargain

The Providers of Passage

Day One

Life in the Elephant House

Hunted

Buir Atin'la

A Placebo to Appease the Pit

A Mandalorian Education

Premonition

The Noble House of Kondric

The Letter

New Trappings

Space Unwasted

Late-Paid Respects

Heroes of Legend

The Heir Returns

The Philosophers' Fraternity

Independent Living

The Girl Next Door

Encounters at the Park

Leela's Victory

Castle Broque

The Jedi Way

Late-Night Outings

The Inevitable Return

Banquo and Broke

Ruminations

Collaborateur

In Pursuit of Feral Banthas

Under Guard

The Net Falls

After the Storm

The House on Viron Road

Book IV coming soon!

[attenashe-deactivated20190606]

things that always make me happy: serial commenters. there are three types

1) reading a longfic chapter by chapter, leaving an increasingly emotional comment on every chapter, descends into keysmashes near the end: outstanding

2) read one fic by accident, clicked the author name, now working steadily through the backlog and commenting on everything, I wake up to an AO3 inbox full of enthusiasm: precious beyond words

3) the longterm serial commenter whose comment begins with I don’t even know this fandom but because they have followed me from somewhere else: stunning. humbling. magical.

[fineillsignup]

these are all *chef’s kiss* and I want to add one more: 4) left a comment a while ago, comes back and leaves another comment on the same fic, telling you that they’re coming back to reread the fic: angels. blessings. lifesavers.

[catsharkie-old]

EVERYONE QUICK describe your oc story in the worst way possible

[dani-dear]

u ever have ocs that are like…ur main sorta “flagship” ocs? … ur iconic ocs, if u will…

[les-mis-in-space]

She is so special to me

[trashwithvariety]

the goal is to write well enough to get fan art of your OC

[vimesbootstheory]

not looking to pick fights so I'm not rb-ing but it's not parasocial to interact with an ao3 author and to respond to what they say in author notes or comments, that's just being social

ao3 authors aren't content creators, that's a real person sans public persona just sharing a cool thing they made

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

"I sort fics by kudos and only kudos on stories with high kudos counts, why aren't there more stories with high kudos, I ran out of things to read." You're part of the problem.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

You're killing your fandoms with your snobbish behaviors.

[ao3statss]

There are currently 414,472 fics without a single kudos.

2,948,374 under 10 kudos

If anyone was wondering.

[inky-here]

[bicinno]

Reblog if it's OK for other artists to draw your OCs

Sometimes I get too timid to send asks to ask. I want to see how many people are ok with artists drawing their OCs!

[pentapoda]

Every time someone comments on my old fic, i feel like I'm an old actor getting paid residuals. Appreciate you, old-fic-commenters. Key source of emotional income, tbh.

[which-ocs]

Which OC had to grow up way too fast?

[which-ocs]

Which OC has been to jail?

[booksandpaperss]

psa that there’s no reason to be shy or nervous abt commenting bc if an author genuinely did not want comments they would simply disable commenting on their end. if you have the capability to comment that means they’re welcome and that you should <3

[aroaceleovaldez]

i had a thought of "do people not know what AUs are anymore?" and then i remembered nobody explains fandom stuff to new people anymore so it is entirely plausible people genuinely don't know what AUs are and nobody has explained it to them, so for today's lucky 10,000:

"AU" stands for "Alternate Universe" or "Alternative Universe" (same difference) and is basically any thought scenario for a fandom that isn't canon and can't fit within the canon universe. If it takes place in the canon universe but something is notably different, that is typically what's known as a "Canon divergent AU," because it diverges from canon.

an AU can be absolutely anything. There's a couple of widespread pan-fandom au scenarios that often get thrown around, like coffee shop aus, genderbend aus, hanahaki aus (hanahaki is a whole thing in itself i'd recommend researching on your own), etc. One you might hear sometimes is "crossover AU" which is when you have characters from one fandom interacting with characters from another.

You can have as many aus as you want. They can be whatever you want and you can do whatever you want in them. It's a sandbox for you to play around in and explore how things would be different or how the characters would act in those circumstances or environments. Maybe they have different relationships with each other. Maybe they behave slightly differently. Or you can just say "Okay, [x] is true. How did they get here? How would things have to be different for this to occur?" which can also be fun.

If you are ever confused about why people ship something that seems completely out of the blue or doesn't make sense to you in the canon setting, there's a good chance they like it in an AU setting! Not everything everybody is interacting with is necessarily the canon! Not everybody wants things to exist in canon and just want to explore playing dolls in a different sandbox and that's okay. And their sandbox might look a lot different than yours, and that's also okay. You have the freedom to make your sandbox whatever you please. Do whatever you want forever. Get funky with it. AUs are fun.

Okay that's my schpeal. everybody go have fun and play nice now.

[notemily]

my favorite variation of these, and one of the most difficult ones to pull off well, is the fusion AU. that's where you take characters from one piece of media and put them in the world of another. it's not quite a crossover because it's not "characters from X meet characters from Y," it's "what if characters from X were in the world of Y." like...

what if Bucky Barnes was Ella Enchanted

what if Steve and Bucky were Heralds of Valdemar

what if Jane Austen's Persuasion, but with Wangxian

and yes I have read these and they are excellent.

I also want to mention the IN SPACE!!! AU as a fun standard AU trope, because right now I'm rereading @mikkeneko's unfinished Untamed But In Space fic and it's still one of my favorite things anyone has ever done with that story.

[les-mis-in-space]

I’d tell you what this Star Wars fic is an AU of, but my URL gives it away

[cassandrapentayaaaaas]

Questions About Creating Your OCs

‘Cause sometimes the stories of how OCs come to be are just as interesting as the OCs, themselves. Tell me how your virtual kids came into the world.

What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)? 

Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind? 

How did you choose their name? 

In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts? 

Is there any significance behind their hair color? 

Is there any significance behind their eye color? 

Is there any significance behind their height? 

What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story? 

Are they based off of you, in some way? 

If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person? 

Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation? 

What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)? 

How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all? 

If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be? 

What is something about your OC can make you laugh? 

What is something about your OC can make you cry? 

Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story? 

What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC? 

What is your favorite fact about your OC?

[abbielauren2024]

Reblog if you’re grateful for your commenters <3

[frodothefair]