To the Star Wars and back

[thrawnduology]

Hey! You aren’t supposed to be here! - But here I am. Too bad for you.

Star Wars: Age of Republic - Anakin Skywalker

[aceinthetrap]

Dynasty Flowchart (Extended) – Nüwa Hanfu

An ultra extended flowchart for identifying dynasties! Even identifying sub-periods of each dynasty. As always, this is a general guide ther

does the makeup look sad or happy? >>> goth & sad >>> middle tang dynasty [lmao]

[freddjjj]

First kiss

[husborth-deactivated20241109]

revenge of the sith is still so fucking funny, because, like, the separatists invade coruscant, and kidnap the head of state. that’s a war-winning action. at that point, they just motherfucking won the war, unless a miracle happens. and then you have half the jedi council and a bunch of other jedi just chilling in the jedi temple, on their fucking doomsday, feet propped up and relaxing, and the council still chooses to call anakin and obi-wan from the other ass-end of the galaxy in the “outer rim sieges” to come fix this shit, like yoda wasn’t right motherfucking there. yoda was sitting on the fucking couch! and they STILL called obi-wan and anakin from the OTHER END OF THE GALAXY. in no ways was anakin spiritually prepared to be a jedi master, but motherfucker i kind of get why he was pissed. i kind of understand that. if i got called into work to save the day and i walked in and the rest of the staff was just sitting, and i still saved the day, and then they denied me a promotion, i’d have fucking quit. he’s not spiritually ready by any means and in fact he’s deeply turbofucked, but i understand where he was coming from. i understand, man.

[vashti-lives]

It occurred to me today that you can use Miyazaki films as a really quick way to explain the difference between urban/modern fantasy and magical realism.

Kiki’s Delivery Service: takes place in the regular world— albeit at some nebulous point in time— but also magic is real and witches are a thing. Witches exist in this world because it’s fun and we like them. It’s fantasy elements in a familiar setting— essentially urban or modern fantasy.

Porco Rosso: takes place in an extremely specific place and time and contains exactly one fantastical element— Marco’s pig head— which is never given an explanation and is never questioned as a biological impossibility. It’s clearly a metaphor and commentary on a real world issue but it’s also very much literal. This dude 100% has a pig head. No other mentions of magic are made. This is magical realism.

This story brought to you by the fact that I’ve never seen a fanfic on ao3 tagged magical realism that wasn’t actually modern fantasy.

[roguesones]

The Mandalorian card artwork by Omercan Cirit for Star Wars Unlimited

[brachiosaurus-on]

In AotC when Yoda asks the youngling to close the shades the kid uses the Force to do it. Combined with how we see Obi-Wan using the Force to grab the map reader and close doors, casually using the Force seems pretty normal to the Jedi. Anakin’s hang ups about floating the pear may have been more along the lines of “don’t play with your food” or, more accurately, “don’t play with other people’s food”

[projectdrow]

Yeah, well, what can I say. Star Wars guys in blacks...

Reupload, originally posted on another account, but it's mine.

[delavegaaaaa]

“You can’t fix him” I don’t wanna fix him! I wanna FUCK him! I’m a pervert not a psychologist!

[bunny7567]

[amarcia]

why are they BOTH like this lol sick fate

[thats-ee]

Important tag addition from @lawfulbasketcase cannot be missed

[brabriefs-remaking-deactivated2]

i am super duper appreciative of ao3 and the shit they have to put up with for us assholes

but i’d really like to request a function where you can say ‘ok i want this pairing at this rating with this tag bUT I DONT WANNA SEE THIS VERY PARTICULAR TAG AND THIS VERY PARTICULAR TAG MIGHT BE DESTIEL’

[wrangletangle]

This function exists! The links below all describe the same basic task (removing a tag from your search results), based on different goals or comfort levels with AO3. If you know AO3 really well, try the first 3 sets of links. If not so well, try the last 3. (Dizmo’s has pictures so is possibly easiest.)

Good luck, and drop me an ask if you get stuck!

The Search Within Results Field and You, Part 1 The Search Within Results Field and You, Part 2 The Search Within Results Field and You, Round Up

Jan’s 7-Step Tutorial on how to filter out Characters and/or Relationships on AO3

Dizmo’s simplified explanation (with pictures)

Toasty’s shipping helper

[ao3org]

Convenient round-up!

(Note that the first link contains some other nifty things you can do with the filters, like showing only one-shots, or works above a certain word count, or only your private bookmarks. \o/)

[garden-of-succulents]

I super recommend that once you find the perfect search string for you, you bookmark that search page. Then in the future you can go to that bookmark and re-run the search again, and see the new fics that have showed up without the stuff you don’t want.

[criminallynerdy]

Props to AO3 for caring about the fans with abuse-related triggers that often get mocked and/or ignored because it gets in the way of a fanbase’s aesthetic.

[drst]

as someone who works with metadata and databases every day, I gotta say, AO3′s functionality is the shit. I wish my work databases were this easy to work with.

[twinterrors29]

the real reason Obi-Wan studied so many languages was to be able to ask "can I pet your space dog" whenever possible

Anakin is the one who has had to learn to say "I'm sorry about him, he has no self-preservation instincts" in even more different languages

[solarmane]

new fanfic writer who has marked their work completed ao3 only to leave a note at the end saying: thanks for all the support guys if you want to read the rest of the fic subscribe to my patreon :)

me, an elder fandom veteran, suddenly having anne rice flashbacks:

no.

NO.

starting to rock back and fourth.

you do not understand.

you were born into an age of peace. i was there Gandalf. i was there three thousand years ago. i remember the cease and desists. i remember authors hunting fanfic writers for sport. i remember when every fic opened with a disclaimer because we genuinely thought it might protect us.

we do not charge money for the copyrighted gay wizard stories.

do not tempt fate youngling.

step away from the paywall.

that is how you summon the ancient evils.

that is how you wake the lawyers.

[odins-price]

Remember people, this is against AO3s terms of service. If you see a fic that does this REPORT THAT THING!!! These people may not know better or they might, but them doing this has the potential to ruin things for everyone.

[peppermintquartz]

Tell the writer to read the TOS. Writers absolutely CANNOT ask for payment in exchange for fanfic. If they won't take it down ASAP, report it to AO3.

[mossdftba]

From the Terms of Service FAQ, a list of money-focused things you cannot talk about on Ao3:

- linking to or referencing the use of a commercial platform or the monetization features of a non-commercial platform

- providing a "tip jar", bank information, or other method for people to give you money

- offering paid commissions or other content in exchange for money, gift cards, or similar

- stating that a fanwork was created as a result of a donation or paid commission (I see so many 'commissioned by' authors notes!)

- encouraging donations to a person or cause

- listing potential benefits of a paid membership or subscription

- posting free previews for paywalled content

- advertising a paid service or product (linking to an item's product page, suggesting that others purchase an item, etc.)

- selling merchandise, even if the merchandise is fannish in nature

- discussing the sale of the creator's other works, even if that paid content is not itself hosted on AO3

- creating or promoting an app or website that charges money to access works posted on AO3

[sprucewoodmpreg]

if we’re mutuals just know that while i probably will never ever message you i’ll still kick my legs and twirl my hair around my finger and let out a longing sigh like a crushing schoolgirl whenever i see your url in my notes

[penny-anna]

saw someone describe Luke Skywalker as the 'bastard son of a sith lord' and i have to say i think Darth Vader would be VERY offended by that. like how DARE you imply Padme wasn't his wife??

[penny-anna]

I don't think it's fair to call him a deadbeat either. like the man started trying to have a relationship with his son as soon as he found out he existed. he was trying so so hard to have a father son relationship. yes he tortured his son's friends and yes he did also maim him but that's not important right now.

[penny-anna]

#what about his daughter #did he try to have a father daughter relationship as well?

i think in the approx. 1 hour he knew his daughter existed he did attempt to have a relationship with her to the best of his ability. yes this did mostly amount to plotting to make her evil and yes prior to that he did unknowingly torture her but that's not important right now either.

[galactic-rhea]

i feel like i forgot how to draw already

[tip jar!]