#skyedestiny

[jamesgatzisalyingshit]

skyedestiny replied to your post “also i don’t think i’ll ever come back to tumblr rp but if i ever do,...”

:O Which character? I has the curiosities.

well there's a sci fi version and a magical version. the sci fi version is a former human, now an AI who exists on the internet, but regularly builds androids and other robots to act as avatars in the real world, of varying degrees of human looking. the other idea is a spirit, possibly a litch, acting as a hive mind amongst many bodies, all deceased, in various states of decay (in fact they mostly look still alive and normal, as those kinds of faces are most useful in interacting with others, which is a necessary evil for this being). still thinking on it though

[futsin]

@skyedestiny I'm totally good! :) I'm not as emotionally invested as some are, this season had far too much filler for me I think, but it's still damned well written. I can see how that would freak some people out tho! Like, I felt that was Good Star Wars on par with the movies.

[historymiss]

For a prompt, something with Rey and a more recreational use of the Force?

Rey is only beginning to open up to her power: Luke explains that as she uses it more, it will become like second nature, a living part of her. Part of that is learning to use it without fear. So Rey starts to try and use the Force more naturally: levitating tools to help her work, pulling things out of hard-to-reach places.

The best use for the Force she finds is giving the children she meets (and there are a few on D’Qar) slow, gentle rides through the air, once she’s more confident. Rey’s careful, keeps them upright, and, when they land, beaming, back on solid ground, their joy is its own reward.

[jamesgatzisalyingshit]

skyedestiny replied to your post “i wanna watch an anime again”

I recommend Higurashi no Naku Koro ni if you like horror and mystery >.> Takes a little while to pick up during the first few eps, though. ...And I'm never really picky about dub vs. sub but, uh, the dub for this one really sucks so

i shall keep this in mind :)

[historymiss]

For Kylo, Rey, and Finn - 'belonging'

Finn- back when he didn’t have a name- used to think of belonging as something unattainable. Or rather, unattainable for him. Everyone else seemed to manage it just fine. that was the point, wasn’t it, of all the uniforms and the helmets, the training and the propaganda and the endless speeches. Finn was supposed to belong here, part of a matched set, a soldier, faceless and nameless. Finn could never belong like that. Instead, he had to settle for being merely good at his job. 

Rey tells him she felt the same, flickering over a holo in conversations where it’s midnight on D’Qar and morning at the temple, her face drawn and thoughtful. She doesn’t sleep well, yet, she says, because she isn’t used to not having to keep watch. 

“I never felt like I belonged, but then, I felt like I shouldn’t.” She holds her hands up, smiling a little at the silliness of it. “I thought if I did, I’’d given up hope.” Rey tilts her head, and Finn aches to touch her, reaching out over the distance to hold her hand again.

“Maybe your heart was doing that, too.”

(Kylo Ren has never belonged anywhere, and, he tells himself, he never wanted to. It gives him strength, knowing his difference- that chafing against his surroundings, brought up constantly against all the ways he doesn’t fit. Wrong face, wrong name, too much anger and too little control. When he was younger, it might have caused him distress- it doesn’t, he thinks, pointedly, any more.

Belonging is a comfort, and he has systematically stripped his life of those)

[historymiss]

5,18, and 22 for Kylo, 16 for Phasma, and 2 and 17 for Saji!

Kylo Ren

5. Guilty pleasures

Kylo Ren has a sweet tooth. He hasn’t actually had anything sweet for years, not since he was a child, but it’s the part of his meal he favours, when he eats alone in his rooms. He tries not to. It seems very unbefitting of who he is.

(other guilty pleasures include combing the First Order reports for news on his parents and how they drifted apart after his fall. He doesn’t really need to do this, the First Order analysts present him with reports on anything important, but he takes a certain strange, sad thrill in seeing how they imploded in the aftermath of his actions)

18. Things they’ll never admit

So. Kylo hates his command shuttle. He hates the smell of it, the weird freshly-cleaned newness of the interior, the way it seals him from every bump and judder of the journey, the seats that are just a bit too small for him and the fact that there’s no adequate pacing room. He hates how his fingers twitch on take-off and re-entry. 

Another thing he won’t admit: it took a long, long time to stop having anxiety dreams about being kidnapped. It was an ever-present fear when he was growing up, and Kylo still sometimes checks for easy escape routes when he goes to somewhere full of people.

22. People who’ve influenced them greatly

He’d like to say Darth Vader. He really would. But in his quick temper, sharp tongue, impulsive nature and awkward manner, he is undeniably his parents’ son. 

Phasma!

16. Dark secrets/skeletons in the closet: Phasma would die before admitting she failed a portion of her initial stormtrooper cadet examinations, specifically the one focused on teamwork. As in, the first two times she lagged to help an injured teammate. Presented with the choice between flunking and graduating to the next level, Phasma did what she had to do. 

Saji Ren

2. Emotional/Moral weak spots: Saji grapples a lot with who she is: how much of her is how she was raised, how much of that person, now she’s done what she was supposed to do, persists. What choices she can make, now, and which ones she wants to. 

17. Regrets: Some days she regrets killing Kylo Ren. Other days, she wishes there was a way to do it all over again. There’s a lot of complex feelings there. Other than that, she does not regret much of what she does. Saji’s an in-the-moment kind of person.

[historymiss]

Let's talk about good old Sheev Palpatine. How'd he decide that he wanted to be the galaxy's biggest asshole?

Even the official biographies are somewhat thin on the details of Sheev Palpatine’s early life. It’s as if he sprang into being fully-formed, already old, and with the ambition that would later fuel his rise to power.

What they don’t know is this.

When he’s nineteen, Sheev Palpatine looks in the mirror and realises he only really looks good in floor-length black robes, and that everything he says sounds slightly shifty.

He sighs. This is definitely more than an awkward phase.

There’s really only one career choice left. He might as well double down on it.