right now, i don't have individual songs on repeat so much as an entire playlist on repeat. been working on tbobt a lot and so most of my listening has been my tbobt playlist. it is, however, 53 songs long, so i shall choose the five that i'm vibing with the most.
Broken Crown by Mumford & Sons
Daylight by David Kushner
Wolves by Down Like Silver
The War by SYML
Babylon by Barns Courtney
bonus, the song i was listening to on endless repeat a few days ago
Dog Prophecies by Josie Edwards
some no pressure tags! @clearbluewaters @kcrabb88 @starcatboy @bucketofdeltav @paleoleigh <3
yes, it is a registered user. and yes, it quite accurately describes my newest story using the correct names and themes. these bots are getting better and better at mimicking real comments by running your fics through ai. this bot ruined it by coming right out and adding the "connect with me via discord/instagram" which is how i instantly knew it was a bot.
other signs that it was a bot: the incredibly formal, analytical description of scene from my fic (this had my hackles up by the first sentence, although it is not a guarantee the comment is from a bot. i have had plenty of real commenters that leave similar comments with similar phrasing). another indication was that the account was brand new, with no works or bookmarks on its profile (bots do not have old accounts. they usually get taken down for their spam comments before they make it more than a few days).
i reported this comment/user to the policy & abuse team, and they have already taken the bot down. this is not a necessary step, you can just delete the comment if you want, but reporting the bot means that the p&a team can get the account taken down, so it can't leave comments on anyone else's fics. (they got to my report extremely quickly, thank you p&a team).
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it is... my longest chapter yet, now. three new scenes, nearly 10k more words than the og draft, and i'm pretty sure i made obi-wan's life even worse than i already had (somehow). so.
onto the next chapter!
and of course, celebratory snib under the cut.
He was thirty-seven, and he was a prisoner, and he was laid flat on his back, legs spread for the Sith Lord raping him.
“I should keep you like this all the time,” Palpatine groaned. “No fighting. No talking back. No disobeying. Simply taking it like a perfect, little whore.”
Obi-Wan’s mind trembled at the prospect, though his body remained utterly limp. His whimpering protest never even formed in his lungs—the inalterable pace of his breathing, the leaden immobility of every one of his muscles, prevented it.
Helpless. Trapped. Only able to lay there and take it.
Hot droplets of tears leaked down to his temples. With his eyes closed, he could almost, almost, pretend the weight on him was Quinlan. But every time Palpatine spoke or moaned, every time he shifted his thin-fingered grip or the angle at which he thrust, the illusion broke. This was not Quinlan. He would probably never see Quinlan again. Never hear his voice. Never feel his touch.
*holds out my hands like a begging victorian child*
Please, may I have some tbobt snippets?
you may indeed :)
When Obi-Wan was eleven, he’d broken his arm attempting to perform a double backflip in the Initiate dorms. He had broken other bones since then—mostly ribs, a few ankle bones, one or two fingers, his other arm—but that first time still stood out, the worst pain he had ever felt up until then. It didn’t hold a candle flame to the agony of now, when every shift of weight, every stretch of muscle, sent fresh pain ricocheting through his entire body. He had the Healers when he was little. He had a bone knitter and bacta and pain medication.
He had none of that, now. Only the pain and the anticipation of more of it. There were no casts or splints, no orders to rest and recover. Instead, there were collars around his throat… and an order to kneel.
Much of his time as Sidious’s prisoner had been spent on his knees. The bruises on his shins and kneecaps were testament to that. But to kneel on broken bones, all his weight on his lower legs… It was a special kind of agony. The kind of agony he could hardly bear, and yet he had no choice but to bear it. Because kneeling might hurt, but the punishment collar hurt worse.
hello there! i bring a snib and some art on this fine wednesday.
and yes this is odious because my brain is still in the pit of obsession
please enjoy my most recent sins.
“What—” The word breaks in Obi-Wan’s mouth. He coughs and tries again. “What did you do?”
Delicate fingers trace the blistered lines on his back, and he winces at the sting. Out of the corner of his eye, he catches the fevered smile curving Palpatine’s lips. The Sith leans down and kisses the back of his neck. His breath puffs warm on Obi-Wan’s flushed skin. A shudder races down Obi-Wan’s spine.
“You are mine,” the Sith murmurs, “And I have marked you as such.”
how it's at 50k already when i'm not even halfway through the og draft, i have no idea.
anyway. celebratory snib ;)
His memory gaped open like a gutted fish, a terrifying empty spot during which the myriad of his injuries had been treated. Not fully, not enough to erase them or their ache, but enough to take the edge off. Enough to keep him alive. Enough to send him into a tailspin at the thought of what else may have been done to him while he wasn’t awake to remember it.
The stench of overripe muja fruit and sticky sheen of bacta still clung to his skin, though he recalled nothing of a bacta tank, or indeed, any of the medical treatment logic said must have happened. He had gone to sleep in his cage wounded. He had woken up in his cage less wounded.
But the easing of his pain hadn’t eased his suffering any. Instead, all of the other torments rose to the surface, submerged, as they had been, by the all-consuming sea of agonies.
Torments like the headache. Like the exhaustion. Like the hunger.
He groaned at another cramp in his gut, his stomach consuming itself from the inside out. Kark it all. Palpatine seemed to feed him only when he remembered his pet needed sustenance to survive, but… starvation was a very real threat. It would take longer, much longer, than if he wasn’t fed at all, but while he could pick whatever battles he needed to with Palpatine, he couldn’t fight his own body. No amount of willpower to endure would prevent his organs from shutting down.
holy shit, chapter 1 of the tbobt rewrite is DONE!
its also... 40% longer than the first draft. oops 😅 but its been really interesting to see how my writing style has changed even in just the... gosh almost two years i've been writing this fic (started it in march 2024). ive made so much improvement!
