Addicted to Reylo and RebelCaptain

[mosylufanfic]

Hook, Line . . .

History time! (but mosylu it's not tagged as a historical - ) SHUSH

In 1935, as part of US President FDR's New Deal to try and haul the country out of the Great Depression, one of the departments of the Works Progress Administration was the unfortunately acronymed Federal Art Project. They hired artists to create works of public art, including posters, furniture, textiles, sculptures, murals, photographs, and all kinds of other art. In the finest tradition of the US Government, after the program ended in 1943, they forgot all about the art until the turn of the 21st century, at which point the pieces had been sold, shoved in storage, given away, discarded, and otherwise dispersed.

I was listening to a podcast that touched on art heists, and the host mentioned that, legally, WPA artwork could be neither bought nor sold, and that there were government employees that monitored eBay and various other sites to find people trying to sell WPA artwork.

Just like that, I had this fic.

Please excuse any inaccuracies; I'm sure there are many.

Hook, Line . . .

ArtBay.com listing 121616: WPA Wooden Sculpture New Mexico GORGEOUS Mexican Artist Natural Materials Great Depression Statuary Hand Carved Abstract Public Art Full Size 1930s Totally Restored No Damage RARE!!!

(Image: an abstract sculpture in gleaming wood, stretching almost to the ceiling in a sun-washed room

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From: Cassian Andor <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Subject: ArtBay Listing 121616

Hello,

I'm emailing regarding the attached listing. Please be aware that by law, works created for the WPA can be neither bought nor sold. I am happy to work with you to assess the work and if it turns out to be an actual WPA piece, reclaim it or see it donated to a public institution.

Regards,

Agent Cassian Andor, Yavin City

Office of the Inspector General, Government Services Administration

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From: Liana Hallik <[email protected]>

To: Cassian Andor <[email protected]>

Listen fucko

It's mine I got it fair n square

I can sell it if I want to

What's WPA?

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I finally went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it has RUINED ME.  Just when I thought I was done with fanart, I found myself shipping Reylo SO HARD that I just. couldn’t. resist.  And don’t even talk to me about fanfics - I’m reading them all the damn time!!

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[darklinaforever]

[arcane-vagabond]

Reblog this if you would not only accept, but welcome fan art, moodboards, etc. of your fics

All of these used to be so common for people to show their appreciation of different fics and authors, and I think it’s a shame people don’t do it anymore. I love seeing fan work for my fics!!

[blackestglass]

If you are open to people making art, moodboards, fanmixes, remixes, podfic, translations, fanbinding, etc etc of your works, consider adding a blanket permission/transformative works statement to your AO3 profile! There's also a fanworks permission statement generator that you can use to help you word your statement and clarify your position on different fanworks!

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[lanimaluu]

[afterblossom]

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[star-wars-comics]

Rogue One: Jyn Erso #1 (2026) variant cover by Ramon Rosanas

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[yetanothergreyjedi]

that is the face of a man worried he will be next

[ashtraythief]

Good news, he was not next! In fact, she accepted him as her mate, he learned the crane mating dance and now every year, he artificially inseminates her with crane semen to expand the very endangered crane population. True story.

[luulapants]

Sorry, he WHAT? Imagine being this man's boss and having to sit him down like. Listen. Brian. We need you to fuck the bird. You have to act like you're excited about it.

[whetstonefires]

crane husband.....

[roach-works]

this is the diametric opposite of all those awful swan wife stories and i love it.

[alex51324]

(WalWaPo makes you jump through like three separate hoops before you can read the article, so I will share some of the highlights:

Walnut was born in a species-recovery breeding program in the 1980′s.  The program had crane chicks hand-raised by human volunteers, and at that time they did not fully understand the measures necessary make sure that the chicks do not imprint on humans and retain their identity as cranes.  

As a result, her keepers believe, Walnut does not recognize other cranes as members of her own species.  

It has not been proven that Walnut killed her previous suitors; however, there is a persistent rumor in the white-naped-crane-conservation community that she did.  

Because this species is highly endangered, and the gene pool of the captive population is small, it’s pretty important for the survival of her species that Walnut A) mate, and B) not kill a bunch of other cranes.  

The actual name of the keeper is Chris Crowe.

They both arrived at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2004.   

Walnut immediately began paying special attention to Chris--and ignoring the eligible male crane in a nearby enclosure.  

Walnut initiated their courtship, performing the opening moves of a mating dance.  

Chris realized that if he reciprocated the mating dance, it might be possible to artificially inseminate Walnut with her participation and consent.  (The process normally involves restraining the bird.)  

It worked!  

Chris and Walnut have had five children, who were raised by other crane couples at the facility--sometimes the biological dad and his mate--both because it’s unclear whether Walnut would accept the chicks as her own, and because Chris is not equipped to be a Crane Dad.  

However, the Institute provides her with artificial eggs to sit on, and Chris takes his turn looking after them.  (This would not work with real eggs because he can’t sit on them properly, but Walnut seems to feel that he is on the job if he just stands over them.)

Chris accepts that he is pretty much married to this bird.  White-naped cranes live to be about 60, and they mate for life, so he knows he can’t retire while Walnut is alive.  (At the time of the article, Walnut was 36, and Chris 42.)  

[thesylverlining]

Legit cannot pick the funniest part of this

she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)

His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)

the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)

"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")

chris sits any potential human partners down, like "my love, you must understand before we wed,,, i am already... Attached" (camera drifts wistfully to the above photo) "Lady Walnut and I have an,, Understanding... the relationship is open, but very committed"

[anais-ninja-bitch]

just had to explain this post to my father bc he thought my stifled laughter was a signal of illness.

well done, everyone, good game. hit the showers.

[largishcat]

[eshlimoriarty]

[lazorsandparadox]

Not only is he 'married' to walnut, this has apparently happened SEVERAL times, so he has MULTIPLE crane wives, none of which know about any of his other crane wives. This man is, for some unknown reason, irresistible to cranes

[queersatanic]

the “this content has been removed for violating Tumblr’s Community Guidelines” notice really adds a lot of flavor to this post and somehow makes it MORE obscene than whatever that actually was

[worldheritageposts-official]

World Heritage Post

[kedreeva]

I regret being the bearer of bad news, but I thought it should be shared that Walnut passed away in January of this year (2024). There's a lot of mixed info about the lifespan of cranes (due to people misunderstanding what a median is...) but the average for most species I know of is 20-30 years (in the wild if nothing eats them/they don't die young), and 30-45 in captivity, with the oldest known white-naped crane having loved to be 46. Given that she was 42, this old gal did good, and I'm certain she will be missed by folks here.

[optimysticals]

Fly on forever Walnut Crane-Crowe

[percychekov-deactivated20180908]

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