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[completeoveranalysis]

I have to admit, I'm enjoying the Catch Up Chronicle as much for what you STILL don't know as for the new perspective on things.

This is the ideal outcome!

[incandescent-creativity]

Just catching up on your SPOP liveblog and saw a question that hasn't been answered yet: Micah's able to use magic after years on Beast Island because he's not actually connected to the Moonstone, he's a sorcerer like Castaspella and Light Spinner/Shadow Weaver.

Oh! That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info!

[adoras-last-braincell]

I can't speak for everyone, but I sure do read fic for shows that are finished. She-Ra is actually the first show I've gotten into while it was still ongoing.

That’s good to know! <3

[amboato]

A few things: 1) My personal opinion is that given the way the Road to the Pillar works, it actually makes more sense than the Proof of the Pillar used by the anime. But you won't get to see that for a while. 2) A more accurate translation of what Ferio's saying in point 105 would be that Clef is worried that those who can make a Road from another country have the potential to become the Pillar. 3) You've given me yet another misconception to giggle over.

For point 1, I totally agree. Once I'd thought about it, the whole road to the Pillar thing makes a lot more sense than the circlet thing. As to point 2, that translation make more sense. And I understand that Clef is worried about an outsider being Pillar, but if no one in Cephiro can find the road, why shouldn't someone from another country become Pillar. Better that than Cephiro crumbling to pieces; this is probably my bias speaking, and even though he doesn't deserve it, Eagle would be a great Pillar. Point 3, oh no I don't even want to know, lol.

[harpers-tartarus]

5. Tempest

The hardest part to write…hm, it took me the longest to get back to writing right after Amy was shot off Queen Industries mostly bc I wasn’t sure where I wanted the story to go. I just happened to be watching LoK at the time and decided that it would be interesting to see Amy struggle with learning to walk again :)

[fialleril]

Life's been rather shitty and stressful for me recently and my birthday is coming up. Do you have any (mostly) light-hearted snippets you could post? (My preference is for the Jedi Reformation AU, but Anabasis is fine, too.)

I’m sorry life is hard, friend, and I hope that your birthday will be relaxing and rejuvenating!

The Reformation AU is probably my most light-hearted AU, so finding a bit was easy. :)

Here, have some rebellious Jedi kids throwing a ~secret dance party~.

Aloo can’t stop thinking about the woman she didn’t quitesee in her meditation. She can’t stop thinking about Anakin’s stories, either,the ones he tells about his mother. Sometimes the masters say that the bondbetween a master and padawan is almost like a parent-child bond, but Anakin’sstories don’t sound anything like that. The way he talks about his motheris…warm. He uses words like love and pride, and he talks about his mother likeshe’s his best friend, too.

Aloo’s closest friend is Ahsoka, though of course she getsalong with everyone in her youngling group. But she and Ahsoka like all thesame jokes, and they’re the two best duelists in their class, and neither ofthem really likes meditation much. And they still like to practice Anakin’sTatooine dances together, even after Miik loses interest and stops coming.

Once, when they’re ten years old, they’re slipping quietlythrough the halls toward the central conservatory and checking every fewminutes to be sure there are no masters around, because they’re supposed to bein free meditation right now. They’ve almost made it to the conservatory whenAhsoka hisses a warning and drags Aloo behind a pillar. They wait, hardlydaring to breathe, as a set of footsteps approaches, hesitates for a moment,and then moves on again. Aloo looks at Ahsoka and offers a shaky smile. Ahsoka,always daring, grins back at her and peeks her head around the pillar.

And then, to Aloo’s shock, she steps boldly out.

“What are you doing?” Aloo whispers, but Ahsoka only smirksand grabs her hand, pulling her out too.

The passing master has turned back to look at them, and fora moment Aloo feels unreasonably terrified, but then she sees it’s not a masterat all. It’s Anakin.

She didn’t recognize him at first, because he’s been awaywith Master Kenobi on a mission for months and months now, and in that timehe’s somehow gotten even taller.

Anakin grins when he sees them, and then grins even widerwhen he sees where they’ve come from. “Am I interrupting a secret mission?” heasks.

Aloo rolls her eyes, but Ahsoka gets into the act, glancingconspiratorially up and down the empty hall before stepping closer to Anakin towhisper, “Top secret. We’re going – to dance.”

“Scandalous,” says Anakin, though the way he says it makesit sound more like, “Excellent. I’m in.”

Ahsoka grabs Aloo’s hand in one of hers and Anakin’s in theother, and drags them both the rest of the way to the conservatory. Anakinpretends to complain the whole way. “This is a kidnapping,” he says, though hesays it quietly enough that the sound won’t carry. “You’re kidnapping arepresentative of the Republic.”

“It’s for a very important cause,” Ahsoka says cheerfully.

They’ve reached the conservatory now, and she leads themquickly and furtively into a lush, densely green room full of ferns and thesound of trickling water. Anakin stops just inside, closing his eyes andbreathing in long and deep. “I missed this place,” he says, mostly to himself.

“Where’d you go, Anakin?” Aloo dares to ask.

He opens his eyes again and smiles down at them. “Can’t tellyou,” he says, but it’s an apology, not a boast. “But it was awful. Lots ofrich people, lots of expensive food and shiny buildings and sla– servants. Idon’t think they had a single plant in the place. Even on Tatooine we hadplants.”

Aloo looks at Ahsoka, and they grimace. Some of the otherpadawans talk about diplomatic missions like they’re the greatest honor.Padawan Mottin, who taught them Chandrilan etiquette last week, always makesthem sound wonderfully distinguished and important. Anakin’s the only personshe’s ever heard describe a diplomatic gathering as a “rich people party.”

“Well,” says Ahsoka, drawing them all back to the “mission”at hand. “We were planning to practice Tatooine dancing. If you want to joinus.”

Anakin perks up at that, all the weariness seeming to drainout of him. “I’d be delighted,” he says.

[secretlystephaniebrown]

I recently noticed your notification on AO3 that your Hunters Verse is going to remain unfinished. Would you please tell me how you had planned for it to end?

You know what? 

Let’s just make this public. I guess I owe the handful of people who still care about this universe an answer. 

Okay so,

Throughout flashbacks, it would be revealed that Paula became Talia’s personal bodyguard and close friends with “Thomas Pennyworth”. She assisted with Bruce and Talia’s courtship, hiding it from Ra’s, which was a huge risk for her personally. Paula came to the attention of Lady Shiva, who selects Paula to be an apprentice. Bruce is clearly uncomfortable with this, but won’t tell Paula why. On the night Paula has her “final exam” (killing someone) she comes back, traumatized and scared, and “Thomas” is gone. She goes to Talia, and Talia is also furious, because he left without saying anything. Paula is assigned to track him down, and is assigned the name “Huntress”. She proceeds to uncover Bruce’s real identity, but is called back by Ra’s. She keeps her discovery of Bruce’s identity to herself, and recognizes him as Batman instantly when he debuts. 

Present day, the kids run around and pick up more strays. They pick up Cass next, after David Cain attacks them, hoping to collect the bounty on their heads. Cass starts her career as Shadow, and shortly after they return to Gotham looking for Hook, who they believe has information on their father. He doesn’t, but he’s been working with Arthur Brown, so a certain Spoiler charges in to help them. They then raid Cadmus (not the DC branch) and rescue Terry, who is a clone of Bruce and an unidentified second person (who Terry would later in the story to either be Paula Nguyen, Selina Kyle, or Mary Grayson.) The Hunters don’t know this, they only know he’s Batman’s clone, and abscond with him. 

In between all this, the kids have befriended Dick, despite Batman still trying to chase after them to keep them safe. They rescue Rose in a similar way to Cass, and end up with custody of Damian shortly after. Confronted with the knowledge that they now have two of Bruce’s biological kids in custody, Jade finally sucks it up and goes to Bruce. Because of all of the complications now present (and Jade now being a legal adult), Bruce ends up just bankrolling them. 

Now having resources, the kids redouble their efforts to investigate Paula’s killer, and consult with Bruce about it. Bruce is forced to reveal his history with Paula, including his regrets about leaving without asking her to leave with him (Paula’s flashbacks reveal that she would have gone if he’d given her a chance). They uncover that Paula was killed by Shiva, who viewed Paula’s betrayal as a stain on her reputation. 

Complicating this is the discovery that Shiva is Cass’s biological mother, and the knowledge that beating her is extremely unlikely. Despite this, the Hunters take the fight to the Shadows (with the Team as backup of course). The fight goes… okay, but they’re losing. 

And then Shiva kills Jason. 

Cass loses it, beats Shiva unconscious, and then Talia shows up to save the day and puts Jason in the Lazarus Pit. The League takes Shiva into custody, but they are still faced with the knowledge of the larger conspiracy, the Light, who possibly wanted this all to happen. 

[harpers-tartarus]

Regarding the Dragon Lady stereotype: It doesn't apply to your character. You defined it pretty well in your first tag on that post. You might want to check out the TV Tropes page for it, since it has some useful clarifications about it

:) thanks!