he does! whenever the ghost is quiet ( so, when almost everyone is asleep ) he enjoys the quiet hum of the engine and all the subtle mechanical clicks and whirs that go with it. especially when it’s running smoothly, there’s something very satisfying to him about the sound of everything working as it should. that and after so much time it’s become an incredibly familiar sound that resonates with him as a place that he considers very much his home.
❝ yeah, that’s what i thought, too, ❞ the volume of the response trails off midway through, his thoughts shifting to the stories told to him as a youngling. jedi were immortal, nobody was capable of killing them, but thenorder 66 happened and… well, maybe jedi weren’t as intelligent nor as invincible as the stories tried to make everybody believe. ❝ phoenix squadron were tipped off to some forgotten supplies around here. from what i heard, it’s abandoned. ❞ but how many times had ‘abandoned’ turned out to be not so abandoned after all?
he breathes, a gloved hand reaching ( missing once, ) and finally meeting palm to the top of the droid’s casing, a soft pat. ❝ what’s the worst that can happen? besides this being a trap, i mean. ❞ not that he had to worry much about chopper —— the droid had thrusters and the ability to call for help. of course kanan usually wasn’t sent out on these missions alone, or with only chopper, but with how busy the rebellion had been lately, it’s not a surprise. besides, he appreciated not feeling useless for a change. ❝ when we inevitably get attacked by something, you got my back? ❞
an abandoned bit of supplies. droid’s systems whir as calculations are made. ( a 66.7% chance that these supplies were another trap aimed to spell disaster for their cause --- that 33.3% enough to urge organics to keep trying ) it’s a distraction from how kanan seemed to lose himself for a moment. in times past he would have swatted the jedi’s head away from his dome. hera would be proud of his progress. minor electrocution was at the back of his thought processes for the moment.
« it could be a trap, and we could die. that’s worse. » maybe not the assurance that the other needs at the moment but realism was the droid’s specialty. ( after all, how many times had they cheated death in narrow escapes --- how much longer until sheer luck and stubbornness stop doing the trick? ) « you’re awfully tall. i’ll have your calves but your back may require me to use my thrusters. »
i'm rly curious abt how chops views each of the members of the ghost crew? :o
like as much as my heart says “chopper only grudingly tolerates the ghost crew” we all know that’s a goddamn lie.
prefacing this with like. chopper can’t experience the full spectrum of human emotion but i do hc him as having an approximation of it as well as a pretty intimate understanding of how organic bonds and companionship functions on account of all his time with hera. and this got LONG so it’s under the cut now
i’ll start with sabine ( @spectrefive ) just because u are Here but like. with all of them, chopper was definitely wary when sabine first joined their crew. it definitely had some small part to do with their background at the imperial academy — though hera’s judgement proved a better gauge for how good someone was than any algorithm he could think up. and sabine is good. chopper sees it when neither of them are really expecting it. in their strength that he’s seen in hera, their cunning and their courage. sabine impresses chopper time and again and i feel like he? definitely considers them someone that he can trust implicitly and with his life. won’t ever call them a friend, but they’re friends.
next is ezra ( @lothwolfrun / @lothrat ) who reminds him entirely of a younger, more cocky kanan at first. they butt heads, they have combative ideals and chopper definitely aims to do more harm than good initially. especially that we see in the first season. while he’s more familiar with the rest of the crew at the time ezra comes in, he’s still not used to strangers joining their group. in time though, similar to with sabine, he trusts ezra. maybe a little bit less than with her, but he does. ezra is someone he can joke with and someone who can take one or two verbal punches. but when they’re stranded together chops really begins to understand just the kind of? person that ezra is. and that brings them closer.
zeb ( @borifle ) was a little tricky to think of mostly because f.iloni hates giving me that quality chops nd zeb content. here is where it’s interesting though because they strike me as having an almost? sibling-like rapport in the scenes and dialogue we do get with them. as in the episode with that one imperial droid that infiltrated their base — they have a quick back-and-forth that honestly reminds me of how i talk to my brother. chopper and zeb have endured a lot ( as has everyone obvs ) but they have a similar? manner of dealing with what they’ve gone through that establishes a very secure bond between the two.
kanan ( @jaigsight ) chopper hated kanan at first. he saw the jedi as someone trying to push in between him and hera — the only person that he felt comfortable around. he rolled over toes, he banged into shins, he probably locked kanan in the bathroom more than once. kanan was a threat to the existence he had grown comfortable with and that was unacceptable. but as with all his relationships with the ghost crew somewhere, something, changed. kanan cares for hera as much as chops does, that much is clear to him. they both would go backwards through hell for this remarkable woman and now that chopper is certain that his place at her side is safe, he can see there may be room for kanan as well. that isn’t to say that he still gives him as much hell as possible, but he and kanan have the same goal in the end and that makes them partners, comrades, and friends.
and of course, hera.( @spectredeux ) is the one person in the ghost crew that chopper was not hesitant on. hera pulled him from the wreckage that could have spelled the end of his life. she’s been there for his rebuilding, his rebirth, for every narrow escape and every small victory. he cannot and will not imagine a life without hera syndulla because she’s his best friend, his creator and his protector. and if she’s gone from her life, it’s only because someone took him out first.
@aresani communication is important, so allow me to communicate some things with you.
first off, hello. my name is rhys. it’s a pleasure to meet you.
i’ve some things to discuss in regards to this post here as well as this one
first: i have no idea what you're going on about with 'too stupid to get the joke' here. the reach you're making is insane. literally no one understood what you were getting at with that rude and uncalled for comment, and for the record, pink is the color for solely breast cancer, not cancer survivors. and either way unless the individual in question has vocalized being okay with making light of the situation, cancer is not something to joke about. different cases for different people. my grandmother is a breast cancer survivor, for instance, and she is not okay with people joking about it. my aunt, however, is fine with it. don’t assume that just because someone you know is alright with something, that it’s a universal thing.
two: it’s called research. in our modern day and age there is a wonderful thing called google and it takes only about a second to find out information on a topic that you are unfamiliar about. ignorance is no excuse when you have a tool that will give you answers to almost everything in this world at the tips of your fingertips. especially if, when you google f*mboy, you see that it is a f.etish term. not one that should be attributed to any verse. and don’t even get me started on the problems with using y//andere as well. just. research. knowledge is power.
three: seriously, dude. it’s shipping. people are able to headcanon their muses as they see best fit. and if someone tells you after you guys start talking that their character has a set orientation? it’s roleplay. it’s for fun. move on, let them write their muse as the orientation they choose. no one who plays a female muse owes you anything, and they certainly aren't required to tell you 'by the way, my character is a lesbian' in their first conversation with you.
four: not spectrefive, but a lackey here. one that falls in between man/woman, but that’s something else for you to google. and to put it plainly, and as exemplified well in your rant: you’re rude. you’re childish. you pressure people into shipping. you don’t understand when to stop. in “today’s society, where things are violently changing, as well as lifestyles”, you really ought to be more mindful of things and learn when to listen.
a technicolor soul, betting all that they own, all that they are,
on the broken heart that beats, impossibly, within their chest.
ind. sabine wren. adored by wren. not for personal reblog. ( insp / poem ).
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