i have like... so many questions

Rest at AO3. 

[eggmacguffin]

Setting a few things straight:

1. magneto was right (accepted all mutants to his cause instead of just the pretty ones, taught them to love and respect themselves, actively fought against anti-mutant rhetoric in order to prevent another holocaust)

2. magneto was kind of stupid (regularly played chess with a telepath)

[themoosejthm-deactivated2018121]

Any chance i can wheedle/bribe/beg you for a snippet of the time Anakin removed his slave transmitter by himself and obi-wan found him afterwards?

There is some of my Tatooine Slave Language sprinkled in here, which if you follow Fialleril might confuse you because while I take some inspiration from their works, my idea of TSC is different that theirs and we have different languages. (Though, for two people who aren’t in any way linguists we certainly do invent a lot of words for our fiction language lol) As I read a lot of their wonderful things, our versions of tatooine slave culture overlap in certain ways and don’t in others.

Anyway, the words here should be easy enough to figure out their meanings via context clues, but I also have translations at the end of this piece, so if you’re curious, that’s where they’ll be.

Anakin finishes the scanner when he’s eleven. He’s had toremake it from the ground up at least twice, the first time because hemisremembered the order of things and it didn’t work and the second because hewas careless and fell asleep with it in the open and Master Kenobi found it. Hehadn’t known what it was, but Anakin suspected that he knew that he’d lied whenhe said it was the base for a cleaning droid.

Master Kenobi wasn’t a bad master, all things considered –he was kind, in his own way, and he let Anakin eat on schedule and never hithim. He taught him things, all sorts of amazing things about the universe andthe Force. He helped Anakin when he had problems in his course work and onlyyelled when Anakin did something bad or stupid. He was there when he got allhis shots and blood work done, was there when he got really sick and didn’t getangry when Anakin missed classes because he couldn’t stop vomiting.

He supposes this is what it feels like to have diamondchains – he’s prized and it’s so easy to believe them when they tell him he’sfree. He’s free, as long as he doesn’t think about or try to contact hismother. He’s free as long as he listens and obeys what they say. He’s free aslong as he does everything correct and proves his worth.

He’s free as long as he changes into someone who is happywith his diamond chains.

At night, he lays in the dark and painstakingly recreatesthe image of his mother in his mind, in the quiet places that he hides fromMaster Kenobi when they meditate, in the corners where the light and shadowsmerge into a blinding gray. He pictures the curve of her smile, the wrinklesaround her eyes, the dry and brittle texture of her hair, the warmth of herskin, the dip between her eyes, the small shadows under her eyes. He thinks ofher voice, the stories she used to teach him their history and language, mouthsthe words to himself so he doesn’t forget. She had told him, as all parentstold their children since the first bombs were implanted in them, that one daythey would not be together. It was a rarity that families were kept together;at least it was if you didn’t belong to the Hutts, for private masters didn’thave the means to keep families together. (Or the want.)

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[fialleril]

No (Or: Anakin Skywalker in Ten Steps)

1. When he’s eight years old he decides that freedom means never having to say “Yes Master” or any variation thereof again.

2. Two days later, he starts counting. In one day, he says it 13 times. Kitster says he said it 16 times, and Anakin wonders if that’s worse, or just more of the same.

3. When the Jedi comes, Anakin calls him “sir.” He hates that word, too, but he’s learned the hard way that it’s safer. The Jedi doesn’t correct him.

4. Even so, for a few days after leaving Tatooine he almost believes he’s free. He’s off planet (and that’s where all the freed people go, isn’t it?), and in a starship, and he’s going to be a Jedi. He’s heard a lot of stories about the Jedi, but none of them say they’re slaves.

5. He was wrong, though. He has to call all the Jedi “Master,” and there are rules to follow, and they cut his hair and dress him and tell him where to go and how to behave and what to do. Master Obi-Wan tries to explain the difference, but he can’t see it, so he doesn’t understand.

He chafes, but never too much. He’s always known just how far he can push, and no further.

6. By the time he’s nineteen years old, and in love, he’s said “Yes Master” 22,753 times.

7. Padmé is upset that they have to hide their wedding, that it has to be private and unshareable. She pretends that it doesn’t bother her so much, and in return he pretends that it does bother him, too.

It doesn’t, though. On Tatooine, all slave marriages are like this. He’s always known he would get married this way.

8. He’s going to be a father, and he’s joyful and giddy and terrified. (He’s now said “Yes Master” 35,802 times.)

There’s a corner of his mind that repeats the old Tatooine law like a mantra. Children follow the mother. His child will be free.

9. There’s something to be said, he thinks, for choosing one’s own master. Or at least having the illusion of choice. He’s now said “Yes Master” 35,998 times, and as he kneels before Palpatine, he could almost believe this is what he’s always wanted.

10. Luke is twenty-four years old, whole, and beautiful, and he’s never said “Yes Master” in his life. Vader doesn’t know this empirically, of course, but he knows it all the same. The slave can always recognize the free man.

It’s not until Luke lifts away his mask and looks at him with desert blue eyes that Anakin realizes he’s said “No” for the very first time.

[voidbat]

::lays the fuck down forever::

[ramibabe]

[restfic]

WNBA 2K18 Career Mode Let's You Play as Athletes Working Their Second Jobs

First looks at WNBA2K18 are in and a majority of the game’s career mode reportedly consists of athletes working their day jobs.

which one of you wrote this

[shitty-check-please-aus]

AU suggestion

Ransom goes into veterinary medicine instead of human medicine and starts specializing in alpaca medicine. He develops a crush on Holster, an alpaca farmer, and they fall in love.

[zimbitspls]

what the fuck is wrong with you people

[shitty-check-please-aus]

please don’t judge my tale of these men who care deeply for each other and also want to raise strong and healthy alpacas

[restfic]

what’s the protocol on telling a fic author about their Problematic Stuff? like, obviously i’m not gonna run around moralizing in the noncon tag, but is there any defined social etiquette for hitting up an author to say ‘this hurts demographics i or others belong to?’

[restfic]

Intrigued by your recent post about not writing trans a/b/o fic. Can you say more about that? Not even sure what kind of thing that's referring to -- someone transitioning into a different a/b/o dynamic? Or trans in the way we mean it in the real world, but interacting with the dynamics in weird ways? I can imagine in a vague way how that could all end up being problematic, but it isn't something I'd considered before, and I'd love to hear more about the specific problems you had in mind.

the first one--someone transitioning into a different a/b/o dynamic. rethink writing that stuff. a/b/o fic is inherently focused on the body. fic involving the a/b/o version of a trans life focuses on the body in a way that’s creepy? invasive? trans people should write it if they want to, but cis people shouldn’t. 

[restfic]

hey don’t… write a/b/o trans fic. don’t do that.

[restfic]

hey don’t... write a/b/o trans fic. don’t do that.

[bedardsworld]

lil rant because I speak the truth

Hockey Tumblr truly is on some wild shit. Like enjoy what you enjoy and stop pissing in everyone’s Cheerios. If you write anti-(insert team name) in your bio I am not following you!!! I don’t need hateful people showing up on my feed for the thing I love the most. And if someone ships two hockey players together or refers to them as “smol” fucking deal with it. There are always going to be people with different interests than you. It ain’t all about you, honey.

[ferduh]

uhh but what if i enjoy pissing on patrick kane’s cheerios and forcing him to spit my piss cheerios into all blackhawks fans mouths like a mama bird? fucking bigot

[fakestraight]

hey op quick question what the fuck

[ghosthierophant]

op do you take criticism on your posts

[sumikatt]

does ANYONE have weed 

[sumikatt]

i said does ANYONE HERE have some WEED

[restfic]

2016 GBBO’s andrew smythe is a dead ringer for one william “dex” poindexter

[kuzmas]

Born and raised in Garden River First Nations, right on Lake Superior, professional hockey player Jordan Nolan is a member of the Ojibwe tribe. Within the small community, the thunderbird is omnipresent, and is symbolically painted on buildings as “a protector for our people,” says Nolan. For him, the thunderbird not only inspires through its sheer strength, but also influences his style of play.

“The thunderbird’s power inspires me. It also forms beautiful artwork,” says Nolan. “And much like the thunderbird, I think of myself as a protector on the ice and take pride in my teammates.” (x)

[restfic]

finally saw wonder woman!

if any of u have like, really good ww steve/diana recs… or diana/whoever recs… possibly +femdom but not necessary… please hook me up

[restfic]

YIKES after poking tentatively at the tag i have to amend to 'any that does not involve like, murderers or family figures'

[restfic]

finally saw wonder woman!

if any of u have like, really good ww steve/diana recs... or diana/whoever recs... possibly +femdom but not necessary... please hook me up

[imagineerikkillmonger]

Killmonger has the chorus of Bring Me to Life as his alarm. His eyes pop open with the "wake me up"

For the Drama of it All.

[restfic]

hoooooly shit not to be a little bitch but sidney crosby’s a fucking garbage pile