Stars Spread Across Heaven's Vault

unapologetic witch, lesbian, mother, mortician, and crafter. don't like? don't follow. currently i am back on my star wars wagon and how much i hate trump and musk.

[leighlew3]

ALL. OF. THIS.

[laterkiss]

happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈

[nuilox]

idea of Desmond's ancestors being in the future is so funny

[herowithfears]

there's nothing wrong with disliking anakin skywalker. you don't have to like him, or his personality or choices.

but it surprises me when star wars fans act surprised, confused, or offended when someone expresses him being their favorite character, or a character they enjoy or love.

darth vader is a main character of the star wars franchise, that much is clear. and when george lucas wrote anakin's story, it was written with the goal of invoking sympathy, pathos, conflict, and some level of understanding, not only condemnation. his story is a tragedy, a lesson, not a villain origin story. his story was written this way intentionally, to make his return to the light something more meaningful, and worth cheering for, a triumph that the viewer wants to happen.

anakin skywalker was an enslaved, young boy, filled with hopes and dreams. dreams that involve helping people, and freeing other slaves. he grows to be a mostly selfless, and courageous hero, with strict intention to do good.

a reoccurring theme for anakin are his struggles to manage his fears and emotions. he grows up feeling conflicted, and insecure, while lacking the proper structure or support he needed, due to the system and institution he's been thrust into after being taken from his mother, at age 9. an institution that at this point in the story, despite being well intentioned, has clear flaws. (also written this way purposely.)

the story of his fall paints the picture of a man who at the height of his stress feels as if they've been cornered, he's desperate, and afraid.

he dreamt constant premonitions of his mother's death, and she dies. now he dreams similar, of the love of his life, who he values above all else, dying. dying while giving birth to his children. he remembers what happened the last time he wasn't quick enough to save his mother.

this insecure, terrified, desperate and cornered (22 year old) man, is essentially taken advantage of by a sith lord who has been grooming him since he met him at age 9– someone anakin cares for and trusts. the only one anakin feels is willing to listen, to help, after failed attempts to reach out for it within the jedi order. this sith lord feeds him false hope and promises, disguised as someone who has cared for anakin since he was a child.

"i can save the one you love", "those closest to you aren't trustworthy", "they don't trust you either", "you need me". anakin who already feels alone, certain that the he's going to lose the one he loves, and who is losing faith in those he has respected and looked up to his whole life, who he feels doesn't trust him (they don't.) is incredibly susceptible.

anakin makes the selfish, heart breaking choice. to save the one he loves from what he sees as an unavoidable death. he decides nothing is as important as padmé. his desperation and essentially selfishness of putting said loved one first, creates darth vader. creates the terrible, inexcusable atrocities he commits. he's enslaved once again.

anakin skywalker is not "evil" by default. he wasn't written that way or meant to be viewed that way. he was a hero of the republic, a good husband, a good friend.

for a star wars fan to cheer for him, to mourn the tragedy of his story, is not wrong. we want this, we want to feel heart broken for padmé, for anakin, for obi-wan, for luke and leia, for the jedi. we want to put our hands up and go "no! why anakin! how could you, don't do it!" not "oh yeah he's evil, makes sense".

the narrative relies heavily on this. for a fan to say "i like anakin skywalker" is not wrong. he's one of the main characters of the story ffs.

[nephirnuit]

@cuteinsanity

This made me think of you

[drulalovescas]

everybody say thank you, fanfiction

[natalieironside]

If u want to write a story about a character that’s just you but hotter with a dark twisted backstory and magical powers and a pet falcon or something, I think u should just go ahead and do that. Who’s gonna stop you? The government?? Fuck the police.

[charlon-lumi]

What if someone barges in, points at said character and scream, “Mary Sue!”

[natalieironside]

Tell them to come back with a warrant

[charlon-lumi]

This post came across my dash again and now I am having an absolute blast with self insert hotter me that gets the girls and guys everywhere.

[natalieironside]

This is the Way

[natalieironside]

#everyday i remember i can write whateveer i want#and then get too embarrassed to do it😕#one day.. 

[jld-az]

[v8roadworrier]

need a permission slip? have a permission slip

[asexualmaul]

[iminye]

Luke Skywalker ‐ Leia Organa ‐ Han Solo

[sleepytrain]

Neon Red

Melbourne, Australia 2026

[nephirnuit]

It a a song about trains

[ithelpstodream]

[darkerskin-deactivated20170723]

Take this with you

[honeybrowns]

to all my white followers who stew in unnecessary guilt trying to come to terms with the privilege you have, watch this

[worm-strung-string]

I saw this and I know it’s supposed to be Mandarin pop but all I can think of it Mandalorian pop music now.

Mandopop, traditionalists hate it. Bo-katan blasts it on ship speakers in a form of hostile psychological warfare

[nephirnuit]

Yeeeessssss

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[nephirnuit]

Absolutely

[edgeofthecirclebooks]

[thisqueerlove]

Queer Books by Black Authors 🏳‍🌈📚

Happy Black History Month!

This is in no way close to all Black Queer books. This is just what I put together in a couple weeks of researching, if I counted right there should be 158 books across 8 genres including a few upcoming releases. Most of these authors also have multiple books so please check those out too!

Please check trigger warnings before going into any book, especially the horror and historical. TheStoryGraph is a good place to find content warnings.

Read and support Black authors and creators all year round, not just in February.

Fantasy: 🏳️‍🌈🔮

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

The City We Became by N.K Jemisin

Legendborn by Tracey Deonn

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Survive The Dome by Kososko Jackson

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Blood, Flesh & Magic by Viano Oniomoh

Love & Lust by Karla Nikole

Brewed With Love by Shelly Page

The Divide That Binds Us by Michelle J

Temper by Nicky Drayden

Spells To Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

The Witchery by S Isabelle

The Balance of Fates by Raquel Raelynn

A Wolf Steps in Blood by Tamara Jerée

Loving Safoa by Liza Wemakor

Son of The Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode

Born of Blood and Magic by M.C. Hutson

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Drag Me Up by R.M Virtues

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert

The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings

Deadly Ever After by Brittany Johnson

That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

In The House of Transcendence by Amanda B. Weaver

The Leaving Room by Amber McBride

Sci-Fi: 🏳️‍🌈👽

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monet

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

The Splinter In The Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

The King Must Die by by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Arc of The Universe by Nikki Alexander

Where The Rain Cannot Reach by Adesina Brown

A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

Jamaica Gingers and Other Concoctions by Nalo Hopkinson

Horror: 🏳️‍🌈☠️

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

We Came To Welcome You by Vincent Tirado

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis

The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington

No One’s Gonna Take Her Soul Away by Amanda B. Weaver

Something Kindred by Ciera Burch

I Feed Her To The Beast and The Beast is Me by Jamison Shea

The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson

Monstrous by Jessica Lewis

All These Sunken Souls by Various Authors

The White Guy Dies First by Various Authors

Thriller: 🏳️‍🌈🔪

Ace Of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

The Black Queen by Jumata Emill

Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington

Romance: 🏳️‍🌈❤️

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh

Let Them Fall by Simone Holiday

Nav's Foolproof Guide To Falling in Love by Jessica Lewis

Call Your Boyfriend by Olivia A. Cole

Finding Prince Charming by Jamar J. Perry

Second Night Stand by Karelia & Fey Stetz-Waters

One and Done by Fredrick Smith

The Honeymoon Mix-Up by Frankie Fyre

Ready To Score by Jodie Slaughter

Meet Me in the Sky by Jeffery K. Davenport

Whenever You're Ready by Rachel Runya Katz

Can't Let Her Go by Kianna Alexander

Leather, Lace and Locs by Anna Shade

Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera

More To Love by Georgina Kiersten

Basketball Jones by E. Lynn Harris

Last First Kiss by Julian Winters

The Rhythms Between Us by Yoe Apolinario

Chocolate Chip City by Be Steadwell

Contemporary: 🏳️‍🌈📖

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson

I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

Friday I'm In Love by Camryn Garrett

The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor

Just For The Cameras by Viano Oniomoh

Runnin' No More by G.T. Dípè

If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal

The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee

Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch

When The Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris

I Can't Even Think Straight by Dean Atta

Where There's Smoke by Aricka Alexander

Where The Stars Are by Micah Flowers

Solo Stan by Talia Tucker

One of The Good Ones by Maritza Moulite & Maika Moulite

Let's Talk about Love by Claire Kann

If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann

Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni

Love and Sportsball by Meka James

Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr.

Skye Falling by Mia Mckenzie

Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas

Salt The Water by Candice Iloh 

Nate Plus One by Kevin Van Whye

Boys Come First by Aaron Foley

The Color of Honey by Ty Robbins

The Stars and The Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

Historical: 🏳️‍🌈📜

That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole

Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L McKinney

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez

Isaac's Song by Daniel Black

Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia

Under The Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparantta

My Government Means To Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan Douglass

Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (this is here only because it's technically historical to us now even if it wasn't when it was written)

Non-Fiction: 🏳️‍🌈✒️

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi

Journal of a Black Queer Nurse by Britney Daniels

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad

Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri

Punch Me Up To The Gods by Brian Broome

Some 2026 Releases: 🏳️‍🌈📚

Regrettable Regards by J.S. Jasper (2/3/26)

Charmed and Dangerous by Shelly Page (3/24/26)

In Between Days by Camryn Garrett (5/12/26)

I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch by Jessica Cage (5/26/26)

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson (6/2/26)

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan (6/2/26)

The Ties Between Us by Chencia C. Higgins (6/3/26)

Love Is a Contact Sport by Fredrick Smith (6/16/26)

Hallie’s Rules for a Recovering Romantic by Jessica Lewis (7/7/26)

The Case of Elmwood Ranch by Deanna Grey (7/15/26)

The Marriage Rebound by Meka James (7/25/26)

Find My Way Down To You by Julian Winters (8/4/26)

Bound By Fury by Noelle Monét (8/18/26)

[dimsunstuff]

Drawing break over

[milkcioccolato]

BARK BARK BARK WOOF GRRRRRRRRR BARK BARK

[frostbitebakery]

I would love to see your sithywan fic recs if you'd share them!

So these are all Codywan because I’m a mono shipper and only dabble in other ships when they’re written by trusted authors. I’ve tried to find all the tumblr handles if they exist but I wasn’t always successful. If you do know them, please contact me so I can change the link from AO3 profile to tumblr handle!

If anyone is interested in even more Sithywan, they should absolutely go into the tag on AO3 and go hog wild. So many more excellent fics, I’d rec them all.

Name of the game (M, 40k) by @esamastation

as always Esama kicked off interests in me I didn’t know I had but I trust them with my life. This one pushed me into checking out other darksider/Sith!Obi-Wan fic and basically Codywan again?

Inspired at heart to sing your own death (T, 56k) by @sporktato

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am feral over this one. It’s so clever and feelsy and it’s one my favorite Sithywan fic (series, someday, fingers crossed but no pressure!!) of all time. GAWD. FERAL. I want to gnaw it like a comfort bone.

No end in sight (T, 31k) by TreeOfTime

Invidia (E, 5k) by @oathkeeperoxas

What came after (E, 8k) by @galateagalvanized

Limited By The Light (M, 2k) by @wanderingjedihistorian

A Necessary Evil (WIP, E, 20k) by @snowywinterevenings

A beast among bookends (WIP, M, 20k) by @the-writing-mill

Again, check out the Sithywan tag on AO3 if you want to go on a reading frenzy like I did!

[nephirnuit]

Reblog to find again

[necrophatic]

Korkie is Obi-Wan's bastard pass it on

[nephirnuit]

Stoner Qui-Gon