𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐋𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 — it’s the year of the tiger!! ( anyone else saying that to the tune of survivor? ) which means to celebrate the end of the end of 2021 and welcome the coming spring, i want to acknowledge each and every person who made the past year a kinder experience. it doesn’t matter if we wrote replies to rival tolstoy or if we’ve known each other for a full .3 seconds, you are someone i’m thankful to be around. someone i’m grateful to see on my dash, and someone i hope to know better. this post will address mutuals from across my blogs ( @aniimvs / @scoundrvls / @stalkvr ) but i will be posting it here on boba since he’s currently where i’m active ( so if you don’t follow this blog and you’re tagged that’s why, please excuse the intrusion ).
so without further ado, here’s where i adore you:
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐒 ( old school, not death watch — gar saxon got nothing on jaster’s boys )
@commandsir / @graysistance + all your blogs —
my dyad. my literary matchmade. my best friend. my soul sister. my author hype buddy ‘cause i will make sure every single one of your future novels sell out. you are the jedi to my sith and the six actions to my manda. i met you at a time when i wasn’t sure i had a place in the rpc anymore. i’d been gone for a few years and being the dumbass that i am, i thought the best way to get back into things was taking on a character i’ve not only wanted to write since 2015 but was, you know, a figure in social warfare. i thought i wouldn’t make it. that i didn’t have the talent or the personality to be here without my former friends. that they’re what made me me. i was a talentless hack otherwise.
when you followed me, i was ecstatic but also terrified. i was scared that you’d be disappointed, especially after i had a syllabic upchuck about kylo after you asked a very simple question that needed a sentence or two to answer. but here we are, almost two years later. we’ve come far since the days of dancing around the question of shipping because we both felt the vibe but were just so nervous about where the other person stood. now we’re like “that plot sounds scandalous — race you to the starter.”
i’m tearing up even now as i write this. it’s so dumb, i know, but you mean so much. i’m so honored to be part of your journey. as a writer, as a person. it’s a blessing to see how far you’ve come and to see how far you’ll go. if time turned back and i was told i had to endure all the hardships again for a chance to be friends with you again, i would. no hesitation. you’re family, puck. i’m grateful for the adventures we’ve had thus far, and i’m anticipating the future ones like an absolute child.
thank you for being my friend. here’s to the tiger fortifying your strength and protecting you against the evils of this world. may the force be with you, ori’vod.
@darkestshadeofgrey / @echoylaad + all your blogs —
if puck is my sister, you’re my brother. dude, i feel like i’ve known you forever. it still hasn’t clicked in my brain that i met you in august 2020 and not in like, august 2010. but down to the nitty gritty: hell’s bells, i envy your mind. i’m over here thinking i’m doing pretty good with my ability to drive a story just like, “oh i can wing it i guess. it’ll just happen.” and you dive in with like ten thousand years of in depth, rich, beautiful, decadent character history that leads up to the single moment happening in the thread and i’m just living in your world. happily so ‘cause i just sip my coffee and watch god work his hand. if there’s a pantheon of plotlines, you are it.
but also, you as a person? you are a treasure koj. i’ve never had great luck in friendships. i’m very quiet and reserved. i will make excuses for other people’s behavior before i ever cut myself slake. i never think to defend myself. it’s always everything bad is deserved and everything good is by chance. and meeting you has healed some of the scar tissue that made me that way. the years of putting myself on the lowest rung possible so that no one else could. you’ve spoken to the lighthearted, good natured side of friendship but i’ve realized in a very quiet way, by your very nature, your presence is therapeutic. how welcoming and warmhearted you were the moment you said hello, i was shocked. i was shocked that you were willing to be so nice. to spend that energy on me. it felt sacred.
i hope i can return the favor. i hope beyond hope that i can. that you know how amazing and special you are. how perfect of a person. your flaws, your strengths, your talents, your abilities, all the magic that makes you who you are? beautiful. a masterpiece. i’m not joking, i’m not gushing, and i’m not speaking from bias. i adore you, but even if i was a fly on the wall instead of your friend, i’d still think the same way about you. i’d still recognize how lucky people are to have you in their life. so may this year bring you fortune and favor and may you only shine brighter.
@yunharlaquin / @alderheir / @warrued + all your blogs —
k i t t y. my lil literary soul sister. it’s me, the affectionate bag of bones that haunts your discord. no but me being an old lady and an old man combined into one coffee-fueled gremlin aside, i will forever me in awe of your writing. my heart was bursting with joy when you followed me ‘cause like i said: fucking j a i n a, dude. i didn’t think i’d find a lot of legends in the rpc and it is a bit of a struggle, so getting to talk nerdy with you brought back good memories that got me through dark times.
your passion for the things you love is a godsend. even if i can’t respond right away, especially since i don’t know a stitch from a glitch. i sleep in my doc martens and call it fashion. so, i just sit in for the ride and smile along as you document all the fun you had in the group chat. all the ideas and the feels fest you’ve been plotting with each and every muse you somehow manage to harmonize. you are the embodiment of talent and honestly, i’m just lucky to there. to be able to nerd out and sob over characters and ships. to come up with plotlines that would put telenovelas to shame.
as silly as it sounds, we haven’t gotten a chance to explore dynamics beyond familial because of our muse choices so this year, i’m on my tippy toes peeking over the wall of what’s to come, curious as to what heartbreaking shenanigans we’ll steeple our fingers at in the months to come.
it’s an honor to be your friend, kitty. let’s see who’s the first to cry.
@jaigalorad / @pclpatine —
jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay-ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. dude, you give me human zoomies. anytime you pop onto discord or appear on the dash i start running around screeching the audible equivalent of a keyboard smash. you. are. such. an amazing. writer. and such. a good. dude. like, your replies cannot load fast enough. i just start pressing all the buttons or smacking my phone screen like an idiot whenever i get a notif with your name attached to it. i wish i was a faster writer cause i just always want something new to read from you. i’m just in awe. i literally start flailing when you reply. it’s gotten to the point where i take a decade to reply to you cause it HAS TO BE PERFECT. there can be nothing less that pristine when it comes to writing with jc.
but on top of being the king himself, you really are a treat. being your friend, like, i’m shocked. i’m shocked that i’m so lucky. still. i know i say that about all my friends, but it’s true. like them, you are amazing. i knew good people who had talent that outshined the sun existed, i just never thought i’d be worthy of their acknowledgement. yet here we are, getting close to the two year mark that we’ve been writing bloody murder together.
and aside from my own selfish reasons for adoring you, i think it’s safe to say you are the heart of the swrpc. many come and go, but you are a staple. you’re a light and joy, and just an endearing presence that reminds people that is a creative endeavor of the soul. this a place to express the what-ifs and the maybes that we don’t get to see otherwise. you are a magnet for good energy and this community is blessed to have you.
i wish you all the love and success you deserve. for this year and all those still ahead. love ya, dude. gar jatnese be te jatnese.
@galaxycrxss / @hamadaxfighter —
so it’s only been a few months since we started talking but can i just say i am actively anticipating your original work? the moment you announce that you got an agent i will be setting aside a fund so that when your work is published, i can — and will — buy as many copies as humanly possible. i will then proceed to donate them to as many libraries as i can while simultaneously chucking copies at random people on the street. i will hype your work up before i even get to read it ‘cause i already know it’s gonna be good. i don’t know a damn diddly thing but i’m invested. because i’ve seen what you can do with characters, the way you weave words together and unite minutia with big picture, making everything important even if its subtle.
hiro is adorable. fordo is somehow even more badass than he originally was and the man was already an absolute unit of a demigod. crosshair and echo? vibrant. alive. thriving in the colors of blood and angst. i love it. i’m soft. and the way our muses click??? i keep forgetting it’s not canon. that boba didn’t actually modify his rifle with a scope because of crosshair ( that we know of ) or that boba’s fighting style became even more efficient because i got to meet an arc, the martial scions of his father and the true mandalorians.
i . . . i’m also . . . not even joking when i say my mouth dropped when you interested in writing with jango. like, adding him to the multi was me being self indulgent ‘cause i love the man a lot. he’s one of my favorite characters but his time in canon was so tragically short, i figured no one would really want to write with him. and then you slid fordo over to him and shared all these amazing things that you came up with and how you’d really love to flesh them out with plots. fill in the telling with in depth showing as to why fordo respected jango so much, why he was the ultimate arc trooper. to be invited into the space? into that creative undertaking you did out of love for fordo, i — no joke, i was tearing up. but ah fuck, it’s happening again. look, i’m a big crybaby sapling. i know i overreact but, still, it means a lot. to be your friend and to be someone you were so willing to share your ideas with, to be even a sliver in the spectrum of your storytelling. i . . . this year is gonna be amazing. i can’t wait for my heart to be obliterated by clanker slayer 3000, one shot 9000, and livin’ la vida echo.
@divineslcyer / @grcyrebcl —
we only recently got to talking again after i rolled off kylo ‘cause work decided to throttle me dead. but holy hell you are a saint. like, i just, the thing that happened. wow, you . . . the fact that you tolerated me through that, i swear, dude. i will never be able to express how grateful i am for you not only being there for me but also trusting me with your own experiences. talk about trial by fire when it comes to “i wonder if we’d make good friends.” the answer is yes. a resounding yes.
on a lighter note: look, i keep my personal culture to myself. and i know you know why. people can get real weird, real fast when it comes to policing others on their own identities and what makes them “real” or not. so keep it to myself and amongst friends. but damn was the latinization of the chat at dead o’ clock in the morning fucking amazing. i felt seen. like, yeah, we can all joke that the latine community has a lot in common no matter if we’re islander or mainland or what borders we got, but i was like no manches, it can’t be all true. but fuck, man, it is. i had to leave my bedroom i was shaking so bad. i woke my boyfriend up and was banished henceforth to the kitchen. you understood me, you UNDERSTOOD THE PLIGHT OF THE CHISMOSAS AND THE HONOR THAT IS LIPSTICK GRANNY KISSES. like, she got that generic red lipstick smeared across her teeth but damn if her smile ain’t the prettiest gem you ever did see.
or how we have like thirty variations of genital slang and you can use each of those words five different ways with seven wildly different contexts each. like are you telling a dude he’s packing tissue paper or are you calling your husband by an endearing pet name.
i knew we were gonna be great friends but if that wasn’t the funniest thing. it’s been days and i still randomly crack up. so yeah, i’m looking forward to the writing we’ll explore across all your blogs, with any and every muse you’ll throw my way.
but i’m also anticipating the payasadas.
@pracses + all your blogs —
aesthetic talent incarnate. like not only do you indulge my clone collector syndrome and send me spiraling with laughter with the ace content you send, but also like, you are the drugstore whisperer. i would’ve never expected to find bombass lashes in a grocery store, especially ones that actually work with my weird eye shape. and the looks you can pull off with eyeshadows that i cannot even begin to blend, damn. your looks are immaculate and the fact that you rock hard on a budget is sorcery in and of itself. like the looks you create??? i’d look like a sad peacock if i tried using the same palette.
anyway, aside from the mysticism that happens on your eyeballs, i love your writing. you have a talent for capturing character personality whether it’s in your visual art or your prose. i just balance my chin in my hands and rest in awe of your creativity.
you’re also funny as fuck and i make the ugliest noises whenever the chat spouts off and your commentary starts rolling. your friendship is a treasure and so you are you. i’m looking forward to spiraling into chaos with you this coming year.
@acharnemcnt —
well, well, well, if it isn’t kylo’s best nemesis, his villain-in-arms, and boba’s latest client foundling scamp. you’ve got a dedication and passion that i remain in awe of each time your writing and your thoughts grace my dash. i know we didn’t get to talk much last year. when we were just starting to plot things, every shred of my sanity was sacrificed to work and my presence shriveled up to nothing. i apologize for that but i’m hoping to make up for it this year. i really hope to be a better friend and writing partner. you’ve already left such a big impression, i seriously cannot unsee your hux. where there is a hux there is ame. the two just correlate and i so often forget where the line between canon and your original analysis. ‘cause i will be reading through novels or comics, fully expecting something to be there that isn’t because i read it on your blog.
@fasciinating —
i’m such a casual when it comes to star trek. i know like, five things, and i’m pretty sure they’re just memes. dude, i always had a soft spot for spock even though i’m as ignorant as they come, but i think you singlehandedly carved a spot for him in the center of my star wars heart. i’m sorry i’m so damn slow when it comes to our threads. i will literally write a reply. let it sit so i can edit it with fresh eyes and then when i come back to read it again, i don’t think it’s good enough so i delete it all and start again. i’m just so humbled by your presence. you bring such good energy to the dash. i’d be embarrassed to admit how many times i’ve physically choked on my coffee after seeing a crack post of yours. or how i will stop and read your threads even though i don’t have a clue what’s going on.
but also halo. halo, halo, hALO CONTENT. just the crumbs are enough to send me soaring. you feed my scifi soul, dude. so, i promise to be less of a dumbass this year so boba can have his misadventures with his towering little brother.
@asycuwish —
MY BOBA BUDDY. my twinning energy. you speak to those wild west days of tumblr when we all just followed each other: duplicates, personals, didn’t matter. we used giant ass gifs and titled threads. there was no small text, just WALLS. we haven’t written together yet but it’s gonna be a blast when we do. i don’t care what muses it’s with, or when or how. it’s gonna be a fun. you are a sweetheart, a valiant soul, and a dear friend. i look forward to our boba talks, and just the absolute comedy fest that our talks become. like, i cannot help but smile the moment i see a notif from discord come my way. and i look forward to every tuesday/wednesday to get fedexed into another dimension over book of boba with you.
so i hope this year brings you peace and joy. and i wish you and your family good health. and i’m already anticipating the smiles to come.
@echoylir / @gladiateshe —
SAKDJHSDFG!!! the inhuman sounds i made when you came back were only intensified when the return of neves followed soon after. your ocs are captivating and i’m bouncing like an atom over your new bae. i hope this year shines brighter for you and i can’t hyped for all the mando shenanigans we’ll get up to. welcome home! i’m grateful to see you back on my dash.
@druisg —
so i know we talk sporadically and we’re not always chilling in the same fandom. but you are such a kind soul. you got queen energy like nobodies business, and you tolerate me. which is impressive considering i thought dune was dude. you are merciful. but wherever you go, whichever muse you choose to develop and explore beyond the limits of their canon — i cheer for you. you are the sunbeam on my dash. you have such a good heart and freeing spirit. you bring out the best in others and inspire them to be the best for themselves. never let anyone tell you otherwise. you deserve all the warmth you share returned in kind tenfold, mal. keep being true to yourself and may this year treat you right.
@avrorean —
hey, so this is probably incredibly out of the blue ‘cause you don’t even follow me on this blog and we haven’t spoken in years, but we became mutuals back when i was writing kili. that’s almost ten years, dude. a whole damn decade. that’s a lot. that’s a lot of life happening. and even though we’re not active buddies anymore, just seeing you still writing nanna and knowing that you’re doing well, that you’re okay, it makes me smile. so, just a shout out to being an amazing person since the dawn of your existence. we may not write together anymore but that doesn’t mean i don’t have incredibly fond memories of our shenanigans. thank you and have an amazing coming year. i wish you all the good this world has to offer.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐈𝐓
@ncxile + @aetcrnus / @gurrillero + @infortunas / @fallesto / @niner1309 + @stubborn-amphibian / @mudhrns / @congeriemgriseo / @fleetadmrl / @rcfekjwtaardby / @krhyze + @shanded / @rebelrug / @killedarlings / @uniforced / @fatewills + @warnymphs / @brotherfell / @solhjerte / @hxdrostorm / @spirekept / @divcrse / @mitthexile / @kalesera / @arakkhna / @lovesaving + @starmother / @paramounticebound / @vagasbonds / @conlink / @featherstcnes / @celestaei / @manaborn / @viperofmandalore / @kyberled / @vuulpecula / @cosmosreign + @kaestis + @greyturned / @noxiovs / @griefdestined / @libertydestined + @hopeshreds / @asmodcus / @skjebne / @adversitybloomed / @rcvival / @enjedi / @murroyilodel / @fcalty / @senatcrdala + @fuzzbcll / @rebehllious / @lessersinned / @jaigeyed / @tempesttragedy / @dangercade / @sithstolen / @jakkuforce / @ancientsith / @heartsurpluss / @vaderari / @heirite / @jainah / @godblooded / @mvstangsally + @devlsdautr
