Been thinking about setting as theme in my Cody & Fox fic I’m writing. And how Cody spends most of his time on a ship ostensibly able to explore anywhere in the galaxy and yet it’s tightly controlled by the military, he’s able to go only where his duty calls him and able to stay only so long as he is allowed. And Fox who is on a massive planet with dizzying numbers of peoples and cultures he could experience who has never seen a forest or wildflowers or mountains. They’re both trapped by circumstances, overall reflecting their experiences with the world.
Best post o66 Codywan angst dynamic is Obi-Wan who doesn’t know about the chips and Cody who does and assumes everyone else does too + some sort of forced proximity. Like Obi-Wan is bitter and jaded from being betrayed by the person he loves immediately followed by losing his entire family and being betrayed by the person he raised. Cody, freshly free for the first time ever and stewing in misplaced guilt for actions he literally had no control over.
Imagine they’re forced to go undercover on a mission (maybe throw in some fake dating??) and so when they’re out they have to pretend to like each other and it’s so close to what they could have had but then they get back to their shared tiny room, because budget reasons obvi, they barely talk. Obi-Wan keeps making cutting remarks about the perceived betrayal and Cody just assumes that Obi-Wan can’t forgive him for his actions despite them being done under the chip. After all Cody can hardly forgive himself why would the person he was forced to betray forgive him?
I like to imagine this misunderstanding is worked through by Cody having a nightmare and sobbing and begging Obi-Wan for forgiveness even though he knows he doesn’t deserve it and Obi-Wan realizing he’s been kind of an ass to Cody this whole time and they end up talking through everything in the morning.
Fox would totally do the “one like and I’ll kill the chancellor” tweet meme but before he can even like his own post like half the Coruscant Guard has liked it and he’s got hundreds of replies telling him he can’t back out now. The GAR is extremely concerned.
O my goshhhhhh I need to know what you have been planning for accidental betrayal because that could go so many ways and yet never in my life would I think of betrayal as accidental 👀😩
Ooo I never thought about how that’s kind of an oxymoron. Accidental betrayal is a two chapters. They’re Cody’s POV as he finds Fox injured in the Senate dome during his shore leave. The Chancellor discovers them and convinces Cody that Fox was injured protecting him from an assassin and has Cody bring him to his private suite so his “doctors” can help Fox since the Chancellor feels responsible for Fox’s injuries.
Of course Cody doesn’t know the context that the Chancellor is the one who injured Fox in the first place and is going to continue hurting him when he leaves. And Fox is out of it so all he knows is his batcher returned him to his tormentor when he was almost safely to his medics. Hence Cody accidentally betrays Fox.
It’s hurt/comfort so the second chapter has Thorn confronting Cody about what he did and Cody apologizing for hurting Fox.
Little snippet from what I’ve got so far below the cut
Before Cody can decide on what to do, the Chancellor sweeps down the hallway, trailed as always by his red guards.
Cody jerks to attention, “Chancellor, sir.” Cody acknowledges with a sharp salute.
“At ease, Commander.” The Chancellor says. Cody settles into a parade rest, which he immediately breaks when Fox starts to struggle to his feet. He curses the karking dikut out in his head as he gently tries to keep Fox from hurting himself.
“CC-2224, stand down.” Fox mutters, shoving Cody’s hand away from himself even as he staggers when he takes his full weight onto his feet. Cody flinches at the use of his number but Fox is already turning his attention to the Chancellor.
“Your Excellency.” Fox says, voice more clear than it had been when they were talking earlier.
“Ah, Fox, just who I was looking for. I was concerned for you after your invaluable protection from those insurgents who tried to attack me.” The Chancellor says. Cody finds himself shocked by the real note of concern he can hear in his voice. The fact that the Chancellor of the entire Republic has gone out of his way to check on Fox makes Cody a little dizzy. Distantly he notices that Fox is still saluting, and his arm is starting to shake.
“Thank you for your consideration, your Excellency. I am returning to my medbay to receive treatment.” Fox assures.
“Treatment? Were you badly injured?” The Chancellor asks.
Imagining Fox assisting the 501st with an off planet rescue mission and it goes something like this:
Skywalker and Appo in the background seemingly competing to come up with the most reckless plan, Dogma loudly scolding troopers for not following regs while Tup mocks him behind his back, hardcase actively setting charges for something that does not need to be blown up, Fives and Echo plotting their next prank on Rex while Rex stares at them deadpan
Fox staring at Rex with a raised eyebrow: “You really live like this?”
I’ve been thinking about Fox and tookas recently. Fox would absolutely love them, they have so much in common. They’re both stubborn and independent bastards who reward people who treat them with respect and aren’t liked by those who don’t because they can be assholes when they want to be. Also I think he just gets their love language because he too bites people gently when he likes them, screams when he wants attention, and enjoys simply being in the same room as his loved ones while doing different tasks. He definitely steals massif treats to feed any stray tookas he sees much to Hounds dismay and on more than one occasion has snuck a tooka into the barracks.
It’s definitely good angst when Fox knows Palps is a sith and manipulative and there’s absolutely nothing he can do about it. But I’ve decided it’s also fun if he doesn’t know.
Palpatine always erases his memory if he uses his sith powers or the chip and it’s subtle enough Fox hasn’t noticed it. Or maybe Palpatine doesn’t use it all on Fox because he knows he can just threaten the other Guards and Fox will do whatever he wants anyways.
So Fox does know that Palpatine hurts him and his vod’ike. Fox is still suffering, a lot. But Fox doesn’t understand why everyone around him is ignoring his cries for help or cutting off contact with him. He doesn’t know why his batchmates seem to hate him now. Doesn’t know why they don’t invite him to meetups or group comms anymore. Doesn’t know why all his vod’ike get shunned when they go out.
Fox just thinks he did something that made him easy to abandon. He thinks it’s all his fault and tries to distance himself from the rest of the Guard because at least they shouldn’t have to suffer because he’s unlovable.
I’m just thinking about how much more isolating it would be if he thought they chose to leave him completely alone.
