Here's some art for The Harrowing, still on the very beginning of chapter one. I hope everyone will appreciate the unreasonable amount of effort those letters on the cards demanded.
After the last two chapter of The Harrowing I remembered an older drawing I've never posted for its state of being half-finished, but i think we deserve something nice after *that*. đ
Half-done Nerdanel fire enamel (?) (I'm not sure about the English name). It will be a month yet when i can work on it again, so i thought it would be nice to post.
Chapter 32 is here! In this one, Annatar has a conversation with Maedhros about debts, and the narrative finally answers a question that has been floating around pretty much since they got out of Mandos (the first time).
Annatar with his tea, from one of my favourite fanfictions ever, The Harrowing. If you haven't read it yet, you absolutely should. You might cry a little, but it's totally worth it.
PLEASE REBLOG AND ADD ANY OTHERS YOU MIGHT KNOW OF <3 <3
WOOKIEEPEDIA. The source of anything and everything you want to know related to Star Wars. Good for fact-checking, character history, or simply killing time. There is also, of course, the official Star Wars Databank!
STAR WARS GALAXY MAP. A fantastic project that maps the Star Wars galaxy as we know it. Consider donating ( if you can! ) to help keep the site up and running! Also check out W.R. van Hageâs map and the Star Wars Atlas Online Companion.
TIMELINE. While hosted on Wookieepedia, this is nevertheless deserving of its own bullet point. This page provides an approximate timeline with dates of all canon material. You can also filter items, so that it displays only TV episodes, for example, or only books, or only movies! Find the Legends timeline here.
STAR WARS SLANG AND PHRASES. A collection Iâve been keeping of phases, slang, idioms, insults, and more from the Star Wars universe. This also contains a glossary of frequently used terms, such as ârefresherâ in place of ârestroomâ. Please feel free to use/share!Â
STAR WARS NAME GENERATOR. This is a fun one AND a life saver. You can generate up to 100 Star Wars-sounding names ( first and last! ) with a click.Â
OTHER GENERATORS:Â
Spaceship names as well as spaceship type/models
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Scifi tool names for gadgets and gizmos
OTHER WEBSITES:
Jeff Russellâs Starship Dimensions, Dirk Loechelâs Sci-fi Spaceship Size Comparisons, and other Star Wars Deckplans
The Complete Wermoâs Guide - A fan guide to some of the languages in Star Wars. Articles and accessory pages feature links to source material and further reading.
Erik Stormtrooperâs Imperial Gallery - A fansite the features fonts for Star Wars languages, as well as information on Star Wars toys.
Mandoâa Database - The official website for Mandoâa, by author Karen Traviss. Features a dictionary, phrase list, and forum.
Star Wars Fan Database - This link goes specifically to the PDF of all original scripts for Episodes I-VI. Includes deleted scenes. Website contains themed games, and encyclopedia, drawing references, and IRL news relating to Star Wars.
Star Wars Helmets - Link goes directly to the recommended sites page, but the site features information about helmets found in Star Wars as well as related information.
Therapist: Considering what you told me and how much you wanna beat him to death, heâs not. You pretty much hate him despite knowing him for years.
Me:
Me: Why did I need to come here to realize that.
Therapist: Because thatâs my job to help you to understand some stuff. Also because youâre way too kind and you would let someone punch you in the guts and still consider them as your friend while they stab you.
As an update, Jerome gave my appointment to someoneâs else today so we were both in the waiting room, confused and he walked in, patted my head and said sorry but honestly it was hilarious.
The secretary came to tell me that Jerome actually forgot to write me down on the appointment list.
This is a 100% normal situation with Jerome as my Therapist.
Therapist: Why donât you send a mail to your psychiatrist when you have a bad mood swing?
Me: Like what? âHey JoĂ«l wassup, Iâve been very suicidal lately last night I wanted to die. Hope you have rad vacations and the weed is good save some good kush for me, kissy kissy.â ?
Therapist: Exactly.
Me: Youâre as bad as me with human interactions Jerome, yâknow.
For a bit of context here: Around two months ago I went to a friendâs who happened the live on the same street as Jerome, which I didnât know. He was really surprised to see me and came to check on me, asking me why I was here with a bit of concern on his voice. And this take place earlier this month:
Therapist: So your friend lives in the same street than I?
Me: Yes. Townâs short I guess.
Therapist: Were you really going to your friend...?
Me: Yes?? Why else would I be here?
Therapist: A lot of drug deals happen in this street and I see often teenagers and young adults coming and buy stuffs. I was a bit worried for you.
reblog and make a wish!
this was removed from tumbrl due to âviolating one or more of Tumblrâs Community Guidelinesâ, but since my wish came true the first time, Iâm putting it back. :)
holy fuck, I didnât expect this to work, I was like psh, whatever itâs just a quick reblog, but I wished my Dad would actually respond back to me AND HE FUCKING DID A FEW DAYS LATER, I GOT A FUCKING TEXT FROM MY DAD TODAY WHO HASNâT SPOKEN OR RESPONDED TO ME IN MONTHS HOLY FUCK WHAT IS THIS MAGIC IT WORKS.Â
WTF OKAY SO THIS SHOT ACTUALLY WORKS BECAUSE WHEN I WISHED, I HAD WISHED MY CRUSH WOULD LIKE ME BACK AND GUESS WHAT? I HAVE A BOYFRIEND NOW. WHAT THE HELLLLL?????
ok Iâve said this before but IM DOING IT AGAIN THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, MY WISH DID COME TRUE SO I REBLOGED AGAIN AND SAID IT IN THE TAGS BUT THEN I WISHED FOR SMTH ELSE AND IT LITERALLY LITERALLY HAPPENED LIKE A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHAT THE HELL SO NOW IM WRITING THIS HERE FOR YOU BC I DONT BELIEVE IN THIS CRAP BUT STILL ITâS AN AWFULLY BIG COINCIDENCE
THE BOY I FELL I LOVE WITH LEFT TO TRAVEL THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD AND HAS BEEN GONE NOW FOR 3 MONTHS. WE HAVENT SPOKEN SINCE BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO MAKE HIM FEEL TRAPPED TO ME AND NOT ENJOY HIS TIME SO I WAITED FOR HIM TO CONTACT ME FIRST. I SAW THIS ON A PARTICULARLY LOW DAY WHEN I WAS MISSING HIM SO MUCH I CRIED FROM THE PAIN, GUYS I REALLY LOVE HIM, SO I THOUGHT MEH WHAT THE FUCK, AND WISHED HE WOULD JUST LET ME KNOW HE WAS OKAY.
guys ok ur probably thinking that this is all just bs right? WELL I THOUGHT SO TOO BUT I WISHED MY CRUSH WOULD CHAT ME AND HE DID AND IM FREAKING OUT not even kidding i swear on my grampas grave this works
Disney Wants Your Stuff. (No, Iâm serious, they literally say you own the copyright to your fanwork until they say that THEY own it, i.e. Welcome to the new Disney TOS, Baby.
First up, the link, so chill already: https://disneytermsofuse.com/Â Your relevant and terrifying passage(s) are the entirety of Section 7. Go read it. Iâll wait.
Now. First thing to understand is that the legal language within the new TOS *implies* that Disney is only referring to people who use its services, people who clicked and agreed to this new TOS. But itâs implication only. Thatâs not what this TOS actually says.
This TOS spends a lot of time defining fanworks, or as they call it, User Generated Content.
They want to make it clear that,
a) You totally have the right to make User Generated Content (UGC) all you want.
b) You can put that UGC anywhere you want, whether they own the site or someone else does. What matters is that youâve put that UGC in a publically accessible placeâŠlike, oh, AO3.
c) Disney spends a few breaths saying that the creator of the UGC owns the copyright to that UGCâŠexcept if you read those words carefully, theyâre not guaranteeing you anything, because THEY own the copyright.
d) Disney then says, since they own the copyright to your UGC, they can literally do anything they want with it. They can steal it, crib it, use the entire thing as their own, make money off of it, reprint it, ANYTHINGâand you do not get credit. You do not get paid. You do not get acknowledgement. You might get a DMCA telling you take down your UGC because it is now *their* content that theyâre selling and how dare you steal from them. (No, Iâm not kidding.)
e) Nobody seems to know a fucking thing about this.
f) The bullshit on Twitter over May the Fourth was just a smokescreen, sorry. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/28/21238909/disney-star-wars-maythe4th-hashtag-copyright-contract-twitter
Disney doesnât want your Tweets. They just wanted to see who was paying attention, and how, and if they could get away with it. (Yes, they did go after someone who reposted Disneyâs own tweets. No more information on that yet.)
g) Yes, you should absolutely take this seriously. You should be terrified, because how many fan content creators have the bank to fight this if their âcopyrighted contentâ that Disney specifies is still *their* copyrighted content is stolen? OTW exists for this very reason, but this is fucking Disney. They. Own. Almost. Everything. In. The. Corporate. United. States. Entertainment. Industry.
h) No, your MCU, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney animated films, ANY such fanworks, are not safe. If Disney likes it, they will take it. If you say they canât, theyâll point to their new site-wide TOS and say that they can. Is that legal? Donât actually know, but think about whoâs in the White House right now. Think about who heâd support. Yes, the Library of Congress and the House of Reps are supposed to be in charge, but how long until we could push for them to deal with/fix this shit?
i) Yes, Disney is probably trying to steal content in order to survive the pandemic, seeing as their major sources of revenue (parks and movies) arenât happening right now.
j) Yes, I will be removing my Star Wars content. I didnât work on that fucking story for nearly 20 years just for some corporate shill to fucking steal it.
k) Someone who currently wishes to remain anonymous has pinged an OTW peep to see if theyâre aware.
l) If they werenât so specific to point out that they really do mean Any Public Place, I wouldnât be so concernedâŠbut it doesnât. This isnât just about their services. This is about the entire fucking internet.
Thatâs it. You guys now know everything I know, so no, I wouldnât be able to answer any of your questions. I suggest spreading the word, if only so someone else with more information can step up and reassure us that Disney canât do what they believe they can doâŠ
âŠbut itâs fucking DISNEY. They nearly destroyed Public Domain in the United States over fucking Mickey Mouse a hundred years ago. Do you really think theyâre going to say, âOh, sorry, our badâ about this?
It is very brave of Pedro Pascal to call Trump supporters out and I am all here for it. The man has my utmost respect. So if you disagree with him I ask you to piss of my page. Because in this house we love Pedro Pascal. How can you support Gina? She is just aweful.Â
Anyway it is funny to me how Trump supporter are all butt hurt about someone calling them out on their bullshit.Â
And if Disney decides to fire Pedro because of that, you can be sure I wonât watch the Mandalorian anymore. I doesnât matter then how cute the child is, or that you donât see Pedros face. If it is not him, and Disney decides that someone else (probably racist) will play Mando I am out.
Letâs spread some love for Pedro because that man deserves everything!
Anyone who says different can not so kindly fuck off!
"And as the sun rose over the mountains, casting its golden rays over the lands of Blessed Realm at the Fourth Age of the world, the last of the sons of FĂ«anor entered the world once more. And as he walked upon the plains out of the Temple of Irmo, he shall see someone waiting for him."
My submission to the @officialtolkiensecretsanta exchange! And a gift to the dearest @imbirart †I hope you like it! I wanted to do something with them in Valinor, whilst also carrying the weight of their experiences in Middle Earth, and this whole piece is basically inspired by the theme of new beginnings, which is timely for the new years âș
Happy holidays to you! Hope you've had a very merry day â€
I wish you would write a fic where Anakin accidentally interrupts a date Obi-Wan's on and doesn't realize it until after he leaves them
Yeees ehehehe I had fun with this one. Hope you enjoy this too!
Anakin needs Obi-Wan's help.Â
Anakin really needs Obi-Wan's help.Â
His Galactic History homework is due in only two hours, and he's barely started it. Heâs already in deep Bantha poodoo in the class. He'll take another lecture from Obi-wan if it means avoiding having to take the class all over again.Â
But Anakin runs into another problem. Obi-wan isn't anywhere in the temple. Which doesn't make sense, since he makes sure Anakin knows if he leaves for a solo mission or anything like that. And yet, Obi-wan isn't in their apartment, or the Archives, or even the planetarium. Anakin searches the entire Room of a Thousand Fountains, and yet, no Obi-wan.Â
Eventually heâs desperate enough to venture down to the Aquatic Levels Tunnel. He might have learned to swim now, but that doesn't mean having all that water around him with only transparisteel separating it from him doesn't make him a little nervous -- not that he shows it, of course.Â
But unfortunately, Obi-wan isn't there either.Â
"Anakin, what's wrong?" He turns to see Bant floating in the water on the other side of the glass from him.
"I'm looking for Obi-wan," he says. "I canât find him, and he's not answering his comm!"
Bant tilts her head. "Don't you remember? He mentioned this morning he would be at Dex's for a long lunch today."
"Umm." Anakin thinks back to breakfast and remembers goofing off with Aayla and Obi-wan saying something about Dex's that he definitely hadn't been paying attention to.Â
Bant gives him a knowing look and grins. "Well, he should be at Dex's if you really need him. Anything I could help with though?" Bant asks.
Anakin quickly shakes his head. "No, thank you! I'll go find Obi-wan!" He waves to her before running off, glad to be leaving the Aquatic Levels.Â
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He heads straight for Dexâs diner, absently waving hello to Dex and FLO before looking around the room for Obi-wan.Â
âObi-wan!â he cries, finding his master seated in one of the corner booths almost tucked out of sight. Anakin slides into the seat across the table from him, ignores Obi-wanâs exasperated âAnakin!â and practically flings his datapad at his master. âI need help in Galactic History, and this is due in one hour, and you know Iâm awful at it,â he says. âYou have to help me, Obi-wan! Youâre my only hope![1]â
He doesnât even realize thereâs someone sitting next to Obi-wan until the man, a stranger, pulls the datapad closer and, with a contemplative hum, starts answering the questions:
âThe Bâankor Refuge was created because...the Bâankoraâs planet was destroyed by a cataclysmic meteor collision in 869 Ruus.
âIn 876 Ruus, the Senate declared the Outer Rim Territories...a free-trade zone exempt from taxation.Â
The Diktat became the head of state for Corellia whenâŠthe monarchy was overthrown by a coalition of corporations in --.â
âWait! Wait! Wait a second!â Anakin interrupts, snatching the datapad back from the man. He starts entering in the answers. "Okay, meteor collision in 869 Ruus...free-trade zone tax exemption... coalition of corporations in...what year?"
"850 Ruus," the man says readily.Â
"Anakin," Obi-wan chides him, but Anakin ignores him, recording the date. "Jango, you really don't have to help him. If he'd done the readings for the week, he wouldn't be in this situation."
"I don't mind," the man said. "I've always wondered what they're teaching you Jedi."
"Okay, in 808 Ruus, what happened to the Fere?" Anakin asks.
"Wiped out by plague," Jango answers as Obi-wan sighs loudly but settles back in his seat, clearly resigned.Â
Anakin takes full advantage of that, asking, "Okay, why did the Tarasin revolt happen?"
The next twenty minutes go by with Anakin reading off questions and Jango answering them, Obi-wan interjecting here and there for the more Jedi-specific topics. Between the two of them, Anakin finishes his assignment in what is honestly record time.Â
âAnd...done!â he exclaims, saving and sending off the assignment with a good thirty minutes to spare. He looks at the time and hops out of the booth. âI have to get to class! Thank you for your help, sir! See you later, Obi-wan!âÂ
He runs off before they can say anything, though heâs sure Obi-wan plans to give him an excruciatingly long lecture in the evening, not just on procrastinating but on good manners.Â
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Anakin makes it almost into the Temple before he realizes that Obi-wan had been on a lunch date. He had interrupted a lunch date. That had definitely been an arm around Obi-wanâs waist. Obi-wan had definitely been leaning subtly against Jango.Â
He nearly trips down the stairs in front of the Temple.
He doesnât know what to focus on. Obi-wan on a lunch date? Obi-wan dating? Obi-wan apparently dating one person -- this Jango -- for a while? Obi-wan with a--a--significant other? Obi-wan openly cuddling with someone -- in public? He interrupted Obi-wanâs date? With homework?
He feels like a droid with its programming stuck in an infinite loop[2], questions going round and round inside his head and freezing him in his steps.
He does not make it to class on time.
Notes:
[1] I could not resist.
[2] Ah good old flashbacks to learning to code in high school...
RIP ANAKIN.
ALSO, JANGO IS SUCH A NERD.
I had to trawl through the Canon and Legends timelines for material here.
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