Links: History research at its best
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soniaWhen I was a kid, history class meant boring dates about which white man was elected or made a speech or started a war. I read historical novels that centered women and children and didn't realize that was history too.
In the NFO (National Folk Organization) newsletter a while back, there was an article about The Grace McMillan Project.
Erica Okamura wrote a book about her research and discoveries, which is available as an ebook for free in full. Grace McMillan & Swedish Recreative Exercises by Erica Okamura.
Mary Anne's Story by Mary Anne McMillan is also available.
I'm fascinated by the persistence and curiosity required to piece together the details of someone's life, including tracking down documents as well as generous people who share their living memories of the person. If it weren't for Erica Okamura's interest, this story would be lost.
In the NFO (National Folk Organization) newsletter a while back, there was an article about The Grace McMillan Project.
In early 2023, dance historian Erica Nielsen Okamura came across a rare 1912 Australian edition of Miss McMillan's Swedish Recreative Exercises. Fascinated by this discovery, Erica embarked on a challenging quest to piece together Miss McMillan's life story and to determine how the Nääs dances and games were used in Australia. The Australian edition seemed out of place. Other early 20th century folk dance resources from the UK and USA did not have Australian editions. Erica had to know: Who was Grace McMillan, and why did an Australian edition of her book exist?
Erica Okamura wrote a book about her research and discoveries, which is available as an ebook for free in full. Grace McMillan & Swedish Recreative Exercises by Erica Okamura.
Mary Anne's Story by Mary Anne McMillan is also available.
Mary Anne McMillan (later Donges), born in 1904, lived with her Aunt Grace McMillan from about 1917 until 1922. She wrote about this period of her life in 1989.
I'm fascinated by the persistence and curiosity required to piece together the details of someone's life, including tracking down documents as well as generous people who share their living memories of the person. If it weren't for Erica Okamura's interest, this story would be lost.
Daily Happiness
Jun. 14th, 2026 08:08 pmtorachan1. Carla bought some peaches the other day and I was ready to be disappointed with them as I have been with all the other stone fruit I've tried so far this year but these were actually good! Nice flavor and texture. So hopefully that means we're properly into stone fruit season now.
2. The other day Carla heard about this upscale international market called Epicurious Gourmet that's in North Hollywood, so we went and checked it out today. It is indeed very high end and fancy, but they had a lot of neat stuff and we did buy a few things.
3. They open at eleven, so we were there right around lunchtime and I figured I'd look around and see what was nearby that we might want for lunch and found a place that was shown on the map with a pizza symbol, but when I clicked on it turned out to be an Armenian place that sells both shawarma and similar stuff like that as well as regular American style pizza, but they also have an Armenian flatbread that is sort of pizza like, with lots of cheese and two runny eggs on top and the picture hooked me so we went there. Carla got a shawarma and I got the flatbread and both were delicious (though each was a meal for two, so we have lots of leftovers).
That's a pat of butter melting on there!
3. I finally got that new Ikea shelf finished today and rearranged some furniture in the garage to make room for it. Now Carla has a proper record shelf, but we also have more shelves for other stuff, as it's way more space than she needs for records now (and hopefully ever lol). There's still room for maybe one more shelf in there, as well as a corner shelf between the CD shelves, but it's really coming together. I also moved a standing lamp from the living room out there since we never use it in the living room since getting the overhead lamp put in and Carla would like a standing lamp for reading rather than turning the full room lights on (especially since they are prone to flickering).
4. We had some frozen already cooked hamburger patties from a time a while back when Carla grilled up a bunch of burgers and then froze them for easy meals. These ones turned out to be really small after cooking and kind of got a bit overdone, so they've been sitting in the freezer and not getting eaten, but Carla had the idea of using them to make chopped cheese sandwiches, so that's what we did for dinner and it worked so well! We still have enough patties to make a couple more sandwiches later this week, too, and I'm looking forward to that.
5. Molly's hard at work getting her fur all over the sheet after I just changed it lol.
New shelf
2. The other day Carla heard about this upscale international market called Epicurious Gourmet that's in North Hollywood, so we went and checked it out today. It is indeed very high end and fancy, but they had a lot of neat stuff and we did buy a few things.
3. They open at eleven, so we were there right around lunchtime and I figured I'd look around and see what was nearby that we might want for lunch and found a place that was shown on the map with a pizza symbol, but when I clicked on it turned out to be an Armenian place that sells both shawarma and similar stuff like that as well as regular American style pizza, but they also have an Armenian flatbread that is sort of pizza like, with lots of cheese and two runny eggs on top and the picture hooked me so we went there. Carla got a shawarma and I got the flatbread and both were delicious (though each was a meal for two, so we have lots of leftovers).
That's a pat of butter melting on there!
3. I finally got that new Ikea shelf finished today and rearranged some furniture in the garage to make room for it. Now Carla has a proper record shelf, but we also have more shelves for other stuff, as it's way more space than she needs for records now (and hopefully ever lol). There's still room for maybe one more shelf in there, as well as a corner shelf between the CD shelves, but it's really coming together. I also moved a standing lamp from the living room out there since we never use it in the living room since getting the overhead lamp put in and Carla would like a standing lamp for reading rather than turning the full room lights on (especially since they are prone to flickering).
4. We had some frozen already cooked hamburger patties from a time a while back when Carla grilled up a bunch of burgers and then froze them for easy meals. These ones turned out to be really small after cooking and kind of got a bit overdone, so they've been sitting in the freezer and not getting eaten, but Carla had the idea of using them to make chopped cheese sandwiches, so that's what we did for dinner and it worked so well! We still have enough patties to make a couple more sandwiches later this week, too, and I'm looking forward to that.
5. Molly's hard at work getting her fur all over the sheet after I just changed it lol.
New shelf
Recommendation: Outrageous Fortune - Darren Nichols puts on a due South-inspired play
Jun. 14th, 2026 07:57 pmpetraOutrageous Fortune (2333 words) by ThisAintBC
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Slings & Arrows, due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Darren Nichols, Ellen Fanshaw, Maria (Slings & Arrows)
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Summary:
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Somehow I missed this when it was posted, despite having beta-read its inspiration. That's okay, I suppose, because it meant I could die laughing today instead of two years ago. Absolutely flipping glorious Darren Nichols voice, perfectly comprehensible if you don't know Slings & Arrows as long as you know who Martha Burns is, in due South context, and that she plays Ellen Fanshaw.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Slings & Arrows, due South
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Darren Nichols, Ellen Fanshaw, Maria (Slings & Arrows)
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Summary:
Most people stare at Darren as if he is the abyss, or perhaps a modern art installation, which is as things should be and all in all very gratifying. Maria, unfortunately, stares at Darren as if he is a misbehaving toy poodle.
New Burbage takes on a familiar tale.
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Somehow I missed this when it was posted, despite having beta-read its inspiration. That's okay, I suppose, because it meant I could die laughing today instead of two years ago. Absolutely flipping glorious Darren Nichols voice, perfectly comprehensible if you don't know Slings & Arrows as long as you know who Martha Burns is, in due South context, and that she plays Ellen Fanshaw.
Eight o'clock: TV hour - Project Hail Mary story, gen
Jun. 14th, 2026 07:24 pmpetraEight o'clock: TV hour (400 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ryland Grace
Additional Tags: The Rachel Maddow Show - Freeform, Fuck Her Or Be Her?, All The Colors of the German Rainbow
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ryland Grace
Additional Tags: The Rachel Maddow Show - Freeform, Fuck Her Or Be Her?, All The Colors of the German Rainbow
Summary:
Dr. Ryland Grace, in academic disgrace, mopes and watches TV. It helps.
can the child within my heart rise above?
Jun. 14th, 2026 07:12 pmmusesfoolIt was very exciting to watch the Knicks win the NBA championship last night with another wild 4th quarter comeback! My brother's kids went to one of the watch parties and put me on alert that if they couldn't get home, they were planning to come here to sleep, and I said of course! And then I did not hear from them again, so at 2 am, I went to bed.
I woke up this morning and texted to make sure they got home all right, and when they didn't respond, I checked in with my brother, who told me that the subways had been shut down (I had not read or heard the news), so they ended up going to one of my nephew's friend's apartment to sleep before getting home this morning. But they said they had a good time and it looked like people were mostly being cool while celebrating from what I saw.
The parade is on Thursday! I am no longer one to stand in a crowd for several hours, so I have no intention of going, but I think it's gonna be super cool.
In other news, I was doing one of my every-so-often checks to see if there was a publishing date for Alecto the Ninth yet and I ended up on the Locked Tomb subreddit, which is fine - there is some cool meta there - but I have tried to consciously repress that Muir was in Homestuck fandom, and posts there always remind me, and I do not wish to know anything more about Homestuck than I already do, which is almost nothing. And there is still no release date for AtN. Sigh.
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I woke up this morning and texted to make sure they got home all right, and when they didn't respond, I checked in with my brother, who told me that the subways had been shut down (I had not read or heard the news), so they ended up going to one of my nephew's friend's apartment to sleep before getting home this morning. But they said they had a good time and it looked like people were mostly being cool while celebrating from what I saw.
The parade is on Thursday! I am no longer one to stand in a crowd for several hours, so I have no intention of going, but I think it's gonna be super cool.
In other news, I was doing one of my every-so-often checks to see if there was a publishing date for Alecto the Ninth yet and I ended up on the Locked Tomb subreddit, which is fine - there is some cool meta there - but I have tried to consciously repress that Muir was in Homestuck fandom, and posts there always remind me, and I do not wish to know anything more about Homestuck than I already do, which is almost nothing. And there is still no release date for AtN. Sigh.
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June 14 - A protag you just don't click with
Jun. 14th, 2026 05:43 pmsenmutSo, I am hoping I am not in the minority here, wherein I have several fictional worlds I love, but the main protag is meh? Not the character I click the strongest with. If you have such, please share.
I could take the easy way and say "Miles Vorkosigan" but I don't need the essays on why I Am Wrong, LOL.
(seriously, please don't)
HP doesn't count because I never could with the books, and I have been told many times how wrong the movies are.
So I will give you my oldest, longest running 'no really I am here for everyone else' canon.
Luke Skywalker. Yes, I know it is a coming of age journey with him. Yes, he is SUPPOSED to be annoying in IV, whiny in V, and just starting to be worth watching in VI, but even as an adult... I watch it for everyone else. Do you know when I finally fell in love with Luke Skywalker?
Somewhere in Heir to the Empire. Thank you, Mr. Zahn, for realizing the Farmboy as an actual adult with goals and focus that wasn't just about his evil dad and Force ghosts. And now, perhaps, you all understand a little better why Luke was AGAIN my least favorite protag (even if he was secondary) in the Sequels.
I could take the easy way and say "Miles Vorkosigan" but I don't need the essays on why I Am Wrong, LOL.
(seriously, please don't)
HP doesn't count because I never could with the books, and I have been told many times how wrong the movies are.
So I will give you my oldest, longest running 'no really I am here for everyone else' canon.
Luke Skywalker. Yes, I know it is a coming of age journey with him. Yes, he is SUPPOSED to be annoying in IV, whiny in V, and just starting to be worth watching in VI, but even as an adult... I watch it for everyone else. Do you know when I finally fell in love with Luke Skywalker?
Somewhere in Heir to the Empire. Thank you, Mr. Zahn, for realizing the Farmboy as an actual adult with goals and focus that wasn't just about his evil dad and Force ghosts. And now, perhaps, you all understand a little better why Luke was AGAIN my least favorite protag (even if he was secondary) in the Sequels.
Farmer's Market -- 14 June 2026 (Jasmine Day, 26th of Meadows, Year 234)
Jun. 14th, 2026 12:59 pmneotomaPie cherries (pie♫ cherries♫), red and yellow sweet cherries, methley plums, red raspberries, 3 clingstone peaches, 3 quarts of strawberries, a pint of peach yogurt smoothies, a pint of mixed berry yogurt smoothie, asparagus, lemon-ricotta waffles, cherry cakelette, peach cakelette, a loaf of french country bread, a guava tart, two chicken empanadas, red and yellow onions, and cucumber-lime paleta (that didn't even last through the walk back to the Metro, it was so hot I consumed it immediately).
Fic: "Another One of Her Plans" continuation
Jun. 14th, 2026 05:26 pmsenmutAO3 LINK | Unfolding the Plan (3561 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CT-7567 | Rex/Ahsoka Tano
Characters: CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It
Summary:
After the stated rest period, in which the elder Ahsoka Tano was amused by the roil of emotions through camp, the Jedi met with the time-traveling Force User. Captain Rex the elder gathered Bly, his younger self, and Wolffe to go have their own meeting. He was relieved that Wolffe was the one backing Plo on this campaign; he'd never had a strong rapport with Jag, who had been out of a different city than Tipoca.
"The first point of order for you Jedi," Fulcrum began, "is that your officers are going to be protected from an eventual Sith plan by my Captain. You may feel a momentary pain in your temple if you are that well connected to them… and certainly some emotional confusion."
To their credit, the Jedi all sharpened and even made aborted motions in the direction of where the officers had gone.
"Explain."
Of course it was Snips, sharp and still unfettered by the weight of the Rebellion on her shoulders, that had snapped out that single word, but Fulcrum thought each of the others was thinking it.
"Simply put, the Sith engineered the perfect army for us, made certain they would embed themselves in our psyches… and placed a hidden path for them to be subverted fully. A device to render their wills non-existent, save to follow the orders given to them."
Fulcrum met each and every set of eyes, impressing on them the depth of her grief for losing the men she had seen as her clan to protect. "My Captain knows an individual solution that allows him to destroy its ability to function in a very small radius. We never had a chance, or resources, to find a mass fix.
"And just to make this easier because of names, his code is Leverage, as mine is Fulcrum."
"I do not see how that man would be able to effect an order that would make it past all of their flash-trained loyalty to the Republic," Plo offered, suspecting the answer, but needing it drawn into the open, even as he 'listened' for the others.
"That's because the Sith-spit on the Seppie side is merely the apprentice," Fulcrum said. "The Master has been ensconced in power within the Republic for decades, steadily gathering as many pieces of this dejarik game as he wished."
"You know who he is!" Anakin said, eyes shining with his need to end this war, to protect his men and those he cared for.
Fulcrum let her features reflect the sadness she felt for this moment. "I do, Anakin. But I think we need to come back to that once we have the men actually safe from the trap."
"It's the nightmare," Snips said slowly. "The device, it's why they have the nightmare? Which means… they were trained for it, but deep in their subconscious?"
"Yes."
The exasperated breath from Aayla, the flex of Plo's appendages, and even Anakin's glare in the direction of his padawan said all three knew of the disturbance in the mens' sleeping patterns, but only Snips had ever been able to get the truth of it from them.
"How many men survived? How many… Jedi?" Aayla asked, and Fulcrum shook her head.
"I had reason to believe Master Yoda survived. I eventually found another who was a padawan-commander when the order was given. There were rumors through the galaxy, and intel I compiled said some of the rumors had been grounded in fact but… they were eventually killed.
"As to the men, there were a very few that were not affected for varying reasons. And before the Empire could fully take them from me, I and others did cut some of them out, restore them to themselves." She dropped her eyes, a long moment of silence in place for the ones she had failed before she continued. "I did not find the correct way to protect them from memory, and a few died free before I knew how best to handle them."
Plo's mask actually beeping at him for forgetting to draw a breath was right over the squeak of Anakin's leather glove as he clenched the mechanical hand tightly.
"So what are you advising us to do now?" Anakin asked, once he'd mastered the storm of emotions.
"We need an intact chip, we need it sliced, we need a mass fix," Fulcrum said. "After that, I can work with those most aware of the movement of power on Coruscant to lay a web of investigation to trap the Sith there. While those of you that are better leaders than political investigators hold the Separatists back."
"All due respect, but my former Master and I have the most Sith-hunting experience," Anakin said, balking at the implication he could not be part of the endgame.
"Then use that. Find Dooku. Keep him from following his master's plans," she said firmly. "If you can get me a location on Ventress, I can remove her from the war, possibly turn her toward ending Dooku as well."
"I hardly think we need to ally to an enemy like her," Plo said, speaking for himself and Anakin and Snips in that moment.
Fulcrum considered, then inclined her head. "So be it. I will not make an effort to help her be a better legacy to Knight Ky Narec, if that is your choice, given she was pushed into the Dark by losing her teacher on the world he was lost at."
Rex would probably have chastised her to hear her fight that dirty, called her on pulling a bit of revenge for the girl she had been, betrayed by the Council into the Trial for her life. She didn't care; she needed the Jedi to stop thinking so narrowly.
The blow landed as squarely as she had intended. "I… if word of her position can be found, it will be relayed," Plo agreed.
"You will not reveal the true Sith until the men are safe?" Anakin asked, to be sure, scowling at Ventress having been brought up.
"I cannot, not if I finally have the chance to make good on the promise your padawan and myself made before we even knew their names."
"To make it better, and take care of them, that it would be okay some day," Snips said softly, before she turned to her master. "You said you'd listen to her."
"Yeah, Snips… and I've been in this military setup long enough to understand OpSec. Okay then, we wait on that part."
Fulcrum felt the request of her partner before she just turned to the door of the tent, disengaging the lock by use of the Force. Her Captain led in the other three vod'e, all of whom looked sick and hopeful all at once.
"We need our medics taken care of, and it needs to be done somewhere not under our equipment," Wolffe pronounced. "Presuming she told you?"
"Elek, ad," Plo said firmly. "I likely have the best ability to arrange that first, as I do need to resupply at my home world."
"Our next resupply is through Naboo," Aayla said, full of quiet respect for that system having offered its facilities to handle such things.
"We just did…" Anakin said ruefully. "But I can give you a message for Sabé, their Minister of Information," he added for his friend. "Given I think we need to bring back a surgidroid for the medic just in case we need more chips to test.
"Still doesn't solve the 501st's issue, when you all know I have got to get a chip to work on for myself."
"Send Kix, Jesse maybe… with my young self there to our homeworld," Fulcrum suggested. "I can stay with your unit and fill in to help steady Vasq and Coric."
"Elek!" Snips said, lighting up. "My mother has access and ability, and we can tell Kix it's so he can download a full Togruta medical text as well as get pointers!"
Fulcrum saw the flickers of emotion in Anakin, wondered at them, but she had to take things one at a time. She hadn't deliberately engineered it to get him away from the others, and yet the Force knew that was the best path.
"It sounds as if we have a plan," Bly said firmly. "We don't have a solid slicer in our unit, being more for assault and defense."
"Have Knight Swan's unit join yours once you have a chip," Plo said. "I will make certain her senior command is aware of the need."
"I would have thought you'd want her with you, but thank you, Master," Aayla said.
"I will have another Sentinel join me, discreetly, so that we are working this from several angles. The first one to actually slice it… needs to reach for me mentally. I will be listening. As this cannot go on comms." Plo looked at each of them. "I will not fail the men in this."
"None of us will," Aayla averred, meeting her Commander's eyes.
"Then let us see if this campaign is really at an end and get moving," Wolffe said gruffly, already getting his helmet back on.
Fulcrum smiled, just a little, as each set of Jedi-and-vod moved to do just that, with Rex coming up behind her.
"How did it go? I kept them focused on me enough that my warning was enough to let them focus past the connections," she told her husband.
"Wolffe was enraged, but like we knew, he didn't have one anymore. Helped me steady Bly and my other self."
"Alright. Now, we let the Jedi figure the chip out… and move forward once we have a path."
"What about…"
"Once younger me is dispatched on her mission, then you and I will tackle that part."
Before Fulcrum could even go look for Anakin, once Snips and Kix and Jesse were gone, the Jedi showed up at the cabin she and her Rex were sharing. Rex was not present, having gone to mingle among the men, answer questions that he could, and other ways of integrating into the 501st all over again.
"Wasn't expecting you," Fulcrum said with half a smile, moving to let him come in.
"Haven't been able to sleep well since the news about the chip," Anakin admitted. "Because my brain keeps circling around how it could be possible. How that order could ever work. Who could give it unilaterally."
The sweaty, nervous look he was letting Fulcrum see told him they had come early enough for Anakin to help save himself. With a quiet, wordless sense of apology to her mate for not letting him be part of this, she reached for both of his hands and drew him to sit on the bed beside her.
"You already know, and you keep rejecting it. Because it can't be possible, right? He's your friend, has been there when the Jedi failed you, and so on?"
Anakin flinched, but that in itself confirmed things.
"I'm right… but even saying it, even trusting you… I want to hurt you for making me think it, and that? That's not me."
"No it's not," Fulcrum agreed, leaving out the one time they had come to blows once the Sith won. That was never going to happen. "You won't be able to go near Coruscant, once we work past the barriers he placed," she warned.
"We'll make that as short a time as we can, if you can help me be free," Anakin said, squeezing with his flesh hand on hers. "Kind of feel like a woman who broke time can manage whatever this is… but the things you learn about me — "
She freed the hand from his cybernetic one and covered his lips with a single finger. "You'll be seeing the things I did, and ordered, in the name of trying to fight the Sith. And even if I am your elder, I'm wise enough to know that both of us were too young to be in some of the situations we were placed in.
"We have too much power, too many temptations, and … we are just mortal beings who sometimes fail."
Anakin considered that, and she shifted her hand to lay it along his cheek, which he pushed into.
"I feel strange, trusting you, but you're here," and he tapped his forehead, above her hand, "like Snips, and that's not something I think can be faked."
"No. I don't think so either. I'm trying hard to curb my connections, which are hers, and I have far more reason to shut myself off from the Jedi she trusts, but never you. I was part of your endgame, though not in the way that piece of filth probably wanted me to be," Fulcrum admitted. "I don't want any of what happened to befall your current padawan, in addition to my dedication to preventing the Empire from ever being formed."
Anakin shuddered, nuzzled at her hand once, then drew himself back. "Okay, let's beat a Sith at one of his traps, so I can focus on the major one."
"Gladly, Skyguy."
She opened herself to the Force, felt him instinctively follow her, and they spiraled into one another to defeat the years of compulsions in his mind.
Rex slipped back in to find 'Soka cradling Anakin along her side. He slipped out of his gear quietly, noting when Anakin looked over, tensed, and then was soothed back into resting.
"Care if I take the far side, sir?" Rex asked, not liking how vulnerable his general felt, not when Fives and his younger self both were shards of broken glass in response to whatever had happened in here.
"I could go," Anakin mumbled.
"Or you could actually get some sleep, protected by two people who have only ever loved and respected you," Fulcrum said firmly.
"Sounds good," Anakin agreed at her tone, and Rex laid behind the taller man, arranging himself to be a comfortable leaning spot rather than obtrusive.
"When did the two of you… you know."
Rex chuckled. "Seems that 'Soka knew all along we were meant, but it was Mandalore, the last campaign."
"Kind of like you knew she was for you," Fulcrum said softly. "But neither of us were mature enough until that campaign to even think about things… and the galaxy going to hell was a good reason to decide it was time."
"I can see that." Anakin let his eyes close again. "Don't know how they're tackling things now… but Snips seems to be dead set on nothing having changed."
"Which means the me of this time will ignore it and never say a word, until things are settled," Rex agreed. "Best they can choose to do, in my opinion."
Fulcrum gave a small snort. "She's not going to stop chasing experience with the girls while she waits, but why should she? She's risking her life daily; only fair she can get a few perks."
"Never noticed people that way, but can't argue," Anakin agreed, before yawning, and all three of them quieted to get the rest they truly needed.
Bly had not brought up his feelings since the strange shared campaign, but that didn't mean he wasn't thinking on them. When Bultar Swan and Thrust showed up, Bly took it upon himself to follow Leverage's guidance and be the one to render his chip inert.
He had to dodge the aborted fist thrown his way for the 'attack', but then Thrust's mind caught up.
"How did a droid popper affect me in my head… unless there's hardware in there?"
Bly chuckled. "Could've done with you thinking a little faster, vod, but elek. You and your general are here to figure the damned things out, because we don't have a solid slicer." He paused a moment. "Still trying to get her to notice?"
Thrust blinked at the shift in subject, then gave a half-hearted nod.
"Keep at it, Thrust. The way we found out about these chips is pretty holo-novel stuff, but seeing a Jedi claim her captain as her partner in everything, and him pretty much showing it at every step? Gave me a bit of hope. Wolffe and Rex both saw it too, and several of our units."
Thrust grinned. "Tell me everything, then take me to where I can get to work breaking these chips wide open!"
Bly matched that grin; if they could eliminate the nightmare as a possibility, then they were all going to work harder on making those solid connections with their Jedi, now that they had seen it could really happen.
It was a race to the wire, or so Fulcrum felt as word reached the 501st that the endgame had begun. She had felt something trying to occlude her ability to predict with the Force what next step was needed. The Sith had become aware of her, probably because she'd detoured to go help Asajj end the apprentice's life.
"Stop fretting and be still," her husband growled, working on changing the bandages from that fight.
"Kenobi asked Anakin to join him on a trip to Coruscant, and you want me to be still?"
Rex paused, meeting her eyes. "You protected him. Have faith in your own work like I do. You said yourself that Plo Koon and the Sentinel he worked with had already started the investigation, having figured it out the same as Anakin did."
"Which means they need their best fighters on deck, just in case," she said with a sigh. "I should be there."
"You're lucky you are conscious, and the pair of us of this time need some backup if the Seppies decide to push when chaos breaks out."
"Why are you always so logical?" she asked, but she smiled.
"You are too, when it's not your heart in the middle of it all." He started working on the next wound, and sighed. "The witch did good by you; this one could have cost you badly."
"Yeah… I think I've got peace with her, as I had in our history. With less murder even."
Rex grunted at that; he could think of several battles the witch would have been at after this point, and she was out of the picture now.
"Nothing to do but wait, and heal, 'Soka."
"Hmm, and fix my armor."
They both laughed at that, looking at the mangled mess of it she had brought back.
Obi-Wan sat in one med-chair, watching the last refinements of the cybernetic hand be made, while Anakin tweaked his own in the other med-chair, having been less satisfied with the results from the original repair.
"At least you didn't get stabbed in the leg this time?" Anakin offered, eyes actually showing life and amusement… much as the old training bond was lighter than Obi-Wan had expected.
"I would have gladly taken a leg wound if it had kept more of the men out of harm's way," Obi-Wan said, but he did give a small smile. "I really need to meet this Fulcrum, if she managed to settle you so well to this grave betrayal."
Anakin snorted. "I think the Council will be meeting her soon enough, Obi-Wan. She's got some advice for the Order as a whole. But you? I think it's her partner, Leverage, who will have the most words for you. Given, oh, the small matter of you and Cody sneaking around and pretending to just be a good command team."
Obi-Wan coughed, staring at his former padawan, even as he was so relieved they were in a med facility that was not the Temple!
"I don't think you get to say a word. And I do hope she is able to get free of duty soon enough for you to meet with her before heading back out."
Anakin got the softest smile on his face, now that he wasn't hiding his relationship from his brother/best friend/teacher. "Yeah, well a Senator and a Jedi have a lot of pull. But if you and Cody actually were to be open, it might help a lot of people. Given what seeing Fulcrum and Leverage did for Bly, from what I heard."
Obi-wan turned that over in his head, and his eyebrows rose. "AAYLA?!"
Anakin nodded, grinning a little. "Seems Bly hadn't wanted to make his choice clear enough, because they all thought we Jedi couldn't take that step at all."
That made Obi-Wan stroke his beard, and then he nodded, before the med droid closed the access panel to let him test his control of the new hand. "I don't think he or I really want to make a fuss, but I'll tell him a statement is needed."
"Good."
There was Maul to find, Death Watch to contain, Separatist leaders to negotiate with… but Fulcrum thought things might just settle back from the edge of destruction for a while.
More, it was going to happen with a few better understandings in place, as Jedi and Vod'e explored the benefit of having someone to lean into, fully.
"Not bad, for an ex-Jedi and her captain, hmm?" she asked her husband, standing behind him with her arms around his shoulders, watching foot traffic around the Temple.
"Not bad for one of your plans at all," he said, before they headed down to throw their ideas around with the current Council on how to move forward.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CT-7567 | Rex/Ahsoka Tano
Characters: CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It
Summary:
Fulcrum and Leverage start helping usher in the changes needed to save everyone... and let his brothers find happiness with their Jedi.
Unfolding the Plan
After the stated rest period, in which the elder Ahsoka Tano was amused by the roil of emotions through camp, the Jedi met with the time-traveling Force User. Captain Rex the elder gathered Bly, his younger self, and Wolffe to go have their own meeting. He was relieved that Wolffe was the one backing Plo on this campaign; he'd never had a strong rapport with Jag, who had been out of a different city than Tipoca.
"The first point of order for you Jedi," Fulcrum began, "is that your officers are going to be protected from an eventual Sith plan by my Captain. You may feel a momentary pain in your temple if you are that well connected to them… and certainly some emotional confusion."
To their credit, the Jedi all sharpened and even made aborted motions in the direction of where the officers had gone.
"Explain."
Of course it was Snips, sharp and still unfettered by the weight of the Rebellion on her shoulders, that had snapped out that single word, but Fulcrum thought each of the others was thinking it.
"Simply put, the Sith engineered the perfect army for us, made certain they would embed themselves in our psyches… and placed a hidden path for them to be subverted fully. A device to render their wills non-existent, save to follow the orders given to them."
Fulcrum met each and every set of eyes, impressing on them the depth of her grief for losing the men she had seen as her clan to protect. "My Captain knows an individual solution that allows him to destroy its ability to function in a very small radius. We never had a chance, or resources, to find a mass fix.
"And just to make this easier because of names, his code is Leverage, as mine is Fulcrum."
"I do not see how that man would be able to effect an order that would make it past all of their flash-trained loyalty to the Republic," Plo offered, suspecting the answer, but needing it drawn into the open, even as he 'listened' for the others.
"That's because the Sith-spit on the Seppie side is merely the apprentice," Fulcrum said. "The Master has been ensconced in power within the Republic for decades, steadily gathering as many pieces of this dejarik game as he wished."
"You know who he is!" Anakin said, eyes shining with his need to end this war, to protect his men and those he cared for.
Fulcrum let her features reflect the sadness she felt for this moment. "I do, Anakin. But I think we need to come back to that once we have the men actually safe from the trap."
"It's the nightmare," Snips said slowly. "The device, it's why they have the nightmare? Which means… they were trained for it, but deep in their subconscious?"
"Yes."
The exasperated breath from Aayla, the flex of Plo's appendages, and even Anakin's glare in the direction of his padawan said all three knew of the disturbance in the mens' sleeping patterns, but only Snips had ever been able to get the truth of it from them.
"How many men survived? How many… Jedi?" Aayla asked, and Fulcrum shook her head.
"I had reason to believe Master Yoda survived. I eventually found another who was a padawan-commander when the order was given. There were rumors through the galaxy, and intel I compiled said some of the rumors had been grounded in fact but… they were eventually killed.
"As to the men, there were a very few that were not affected for varying reasons. And before the Empire could fully take them from me, I and others did cut some of them out, restore them to themselves." She dropped her eyes, a long moment of silence in place for the ones she had failed before she continued. "I did not find the correct way to protect them from memory, and a few died free before I knew how best to handle them."
Plo's mask actually beeping at him for forgetting to draw a breath was right over the squeak of Anakin's leather glove as he clenched the mechanical hand tightly.
"So what are you advising us to do now?" Anakin asked, once he'd mastered the storm of emotions.
"We need an intact chip, we need it sliced, we need a mass fix," Fulcrum said. "After that, I can work with those most aware of the movement of power on Coruscant to lay a web of investigation to trap the Sith there. While those of you that are better leaders than political investigators hold the Separatists back."
"All due respect, but my former Master and I have the most Sith-hunting experience," Anakin said, balking at the implication he could not be part of the endgame.
"Then use that. Find Dooku. Keep him from following his master's plans," she said firmly. "If you can get me a location on Ventress, I can remove her from the war, possibly turn her toward ending Dooku as well."
"I hardly think we need to ally to an enemy like her," Plo said, speaking for himself and Anakin and Snips in that moment.
Fulcrum considered, then inclined her head. "So be it. I will not make an effort to help her be a better legacy to Knight Ky Narec, if that is your choice, given she was pushed into the Dark by losing her teacher on the world he was lost at."
Rex would probably have chastised her to hear her fight that dirty, called her on pulling a bit of revenge for the girl she had been, betrayed by the Council into the Trial for her life. She didn't care; she needed the Jedi to stop thinking so narrowly.
The blow landed as squarely as she had intended. "I… if word of her position can be found, it will be relayed," Plo agreed.
"You will not reveal the true Sith until the men are safe?" Anakin asked, to be sure, scowling at Ventress having been brought up.
"I cannot, not if I finally have the chance to make good on the promise your padawan and myself made before we even knew their names."
"To make it better, and take care of them, that it would be okay some day," Snips said softly, before she turned to her master. "You said you'd listen to her."
"Yeah, Snips… and I've been in this military setup long enough to understand OpSec. Okay then, we wait on that part."
Fulcrum felt the request of her partner before she just turned to the door of the tent, disengaging the lock by use of the Force. Her Captain led in the other three vod'e, all of whom looked sick and hopeful all at once.
"We need our medics taken care of, and it needs to be done somewhere not under our equipment," Wolffe pronounced. "Presuming she told you?"
"Elek, ad," Plo said firmly. "I likely have the best ability to arrange that first, as I do need to resupply at my home world."
"Our next resupply is through Naboo," Aayla said, full of quiet respect for that system having offered its facilities to handle such things.
"We just did…" Anakin said ruefully. "But I can give you a message for Sabé, their Minister of Information," he added for his friend. "Given I think we need to bring back a surgidroid for the medic just in case we need more chips to test.
"Still doesn't solve the 501st's issue, when you all know I have got to get a chip to work on for myself."
"Send Kix, Jesse maybe… with my young self there to our homeworld," Fulcrum suggested. "I can stay with your unit and fill in to help steady Vasq and Coric."
"Elek!" Snips said, lighting up. "My mother has access and ability, and we can tell Kix it's so he can download a full Togruta medical text as well as get pointers!"
Fulcrum saw the flickers of emotion in Anakin, wondered at them, but she had to take things one at a time. She hadn't deliberately engineered it to get him away from the others, and yet the Force knew that was the best path.
"It sounds as if we have a plan," Bly said firmly. "We don't have a solid slicer in our unit, being more for assault and defense."
"Have Knight Swan's unit join yours once you have a chip," Plo said. "I will make certain her senior command is aware of the need."
"I would have thought you'd want her with you, but thank you, Master," Aayla said.
"I will have another Sentinel join me, discreetly, so that we are working this from several angles. The first one to actually slice it… needs to reach for me mentally. I will be listening. As this cannot go on comms." Plo looked at each of them. "I will not fail the men in this."
"None of us will," Aayla averred, meeting her Commander's eyes.
"Then let us see if this campaign is really at an end and get moving," Wolffe said gruffly, already getting his helmet back on.
Fulcrum smiled, just a little, as each set of Jedi-and-vod moved to do just that, with Rex coming up behind her.
"How did it go? I kept them focused on me enough that my warning was enough to let them focus past the connections," she told her husband.
"Wolffe was enraged, but like we knew, he didn't have one anymore. Helped me steady Bly and my other self."
"Alright. Now, we let the Jedi figure the chip out… and move forward once we have a path."
"What about…"
"Once younger me is dispatched on her mission, then you and I will tackle that part."
Before Fulcrum could even go look for Anakin, once Snips and Kix and Jesse were gone, the Jedi showed up at the cabin she and her Rex were sharing. Rex was not present, having gone to mingle among the men, answer questions that he could, and other ways of integrating into the 501st all over again.
"Wasn't expecting you," Fulcrum said with half a smile, moving to let him come in.
"Haven't been able to sleep well since the news about the chip," Anakin admitted. "Because my brain keeps circling around how it could be possible. How that order could ever work. Who could give it unilaterally."
The sweaty, nervous look he was letting Fulcrum see told him they had come early enough for Anakin to help save himself. With a quiet, wordless sense of apology to her mate for not letting him be part of this, she reached for both of his hands and drew him to sit on the bed beside her.
"You already know, and you keep rejecting it. Because it can't be possible, right? He's your friend, has been there when the Jedi failed you, and so on?"
Anakin flinched, but that in itself confirmed things.
"I'm right… but even saying it, even trusting you… I want to hurt you for making me think it, and that? That's not me."
"No it's not," Fulcrum agreed, leaving out the one time they had come to blows once the Sith won. That was never going to happen. "You won't be able to go near Coruscant, once we work past the barriers he placed," she warned.
"We'll make that as short a time as we can, if you can help me be free," Anakin said, squeezing with his flesh hand on hers. "Kind of feel like a woman who broke time can manage whatever this is… but the things you learn about me — "
She freed the hand from his cybernetic one and covered his lips with a single finger. "You'll be seeing the things I did, and ordered, in the name of trying to fight the Sith. And even if I am your elder, I'm wise enough to know that both of us were too young to be in some of the situations we were placed in.
"We have too much power, too many temptations, and … we are just mortal beings who sometimes fail."
Anakin considered that, and she shifted her hand to lay it along his cheek, which he pushed into.
"I feel strange, trusting you, but you're here," and he tapped his forehead, above her hand, "like Snips, and that's not something I think can be faked."
"No. I don't think so either. I'm trying hard to curb my connections, which are hers, and I have far more reason to shut myself off from the Jedi she trusts, but never you. I was part of your endgame, though not in the way that piece of filth probably wanted me to be," Fulcrum admitted. "I don't want any of what happened to befall your current padawan, in addition to my dedication to preventing the Empire from ever being formed."
Anakin shuddered, nuzzled at her hand once, then drew himself back. "Okay, let's beat a Sith at one of his traps, so I can focus on the major one."
"Gladly, Skyguy."
She opened herself to the Force, felt him instinctively follow her, and they spiraled into one another to defeat the years of compulsions in his mind.
Rex slipped back in to find 'Soka cradling Anakin along her side. He slipped out of his gear quietly, noting when Anakin looked over, tensed, and then was soothed back into resting.
"Care if I take the far side, sir?" Rex asked, not liking how vulnerable his general felt, not when Fives and his younger self both were shards of broken glass in response to whatever had happened in here.
"I could go," Anakin mumbled.
"Or you could actually get some sleep, protected by two people who have only ever loved and respected you," Fulcrum said firmly.
"Sounds good," Anakin agreed at her tone, and Rex laid behind the taller man, arranging himself to be a comfortable leaning spot rather than obtrusive.
"When did the two of you… you know."
Rex chuckled. "Seems that 'Soka knew all along we were meant, but it was Mandalore, the last campaign."
"Kind of like you knew she was for you," Fulcrum said softly. "But neither of us were mature enough until that campaign to even think about things… and the galaxy going to hell was a good reason to decide it was time."
"I can see that." Anakin let his eyes close again. "Don't know how they're tackling things now… but Snips seems to be dead set on nothing having changed."
"Which means the me of this time will ignore it and never say a word, until things are settled," Rex agreed. "Best they can choose to do, in my opinion."
Fulcrum gave a small snort. "She's not going to stop chasing experience with the girls while she waits, but why should she? She's risking her life daily; only fair she can get a few perks."
"Never noticed people that way, but can't argue," Anakin agreed, before yawning, and all three of them quieted to get the rest they truly needed.
Bly had not brought up his feelings since the strange shared campaign, but that didn't mean he wasn't thinking on them. When Bultar Swan and Thrust showed up, Bly took it upon himself to follow Leverage's guidance and be the one to render his chip inert.
He had to dodge the aborted fist thrown his way for the 'attack', but then Thrust's mind caught up.
"How did a droid popper affect me in my head… unless there's hardware in there?"
Bly chuckled. "Could've done with you thinking a little faster, vod, but elek. You and your general are here to figure the damned things out, because we don't have a solid slicer." He paused a moment. "Still trying to get her to notice?"
Thrust blinked at the shift in subject, then gave a half-hearted nod.
"Keep at it, Thrust. The way we found out about these chips is pretty holo-novel stuff, but seeing a Jedi claim her captain as her partner in everything, and him pretty much showing it at every step? Gave me a bit of hope. Wolffe and Rex both saw it too, and several of our units."
Thrust grinned. "Tell me everything, then take me to where I can get to work breaking these chips wide open!"
Bly matched that grin; if they could eliminate the nightmare as a possibility, then they were all going to work harder on making those solid connections with their Jedi, now that they had seen it could really happen.
It was a race to the wire, or so Fulcrum felt as word reached the 501st that the endgame had begun. She had felt something trying to occlude her ability to predict with the Force what next step was needed. The Sith had become aware of her, probably because she'd detoured to go help Asajj end the apprentice's life.
"Stop fretting and be still," her husband growled, working on changing the bandages from that fight.
"Kenobi asked Anakin to join him on a trip to Coruscant, and you want me to be still?"
Rex paused, meeting her eyes. "You protected him. Have faith in your own work like I do. You said yourself that Plo Koon and the Sentinel he worked with had already started the investigation, having figured it out the same as Anakin did."
"Which means they need their best fighters on deck, just in case," she said with a sigh. "I should be there."
"You're lucky you are conscious, and the pair of us of this time need some backup if the Seppies decide to push when chaos breaks out."
"Why are you always so logical?" she asked, but she smiled.
"You are too, when it's not your heart in the middle of it all." He started working on the next wound, and sighed. "The witch did good by you; this one could have cost you badly."
"Yeah… I think I've got peace with her, as I had in our history. With less murder even."
Rex grunted at that; he could think of several battles the witch would have been at after this point, and she was out of the picture now.
"Nothing to do but wait, and heal, 'Soka."
"Hmm, and fix my armor."
They both laughed at that, looking at the mangled mess of it she had brought back.
Obi-Wan sat in one med-chair, watching the last refinements of the cybernetic hand be made, while Anakin tweaked his own in the other med-chair, having been less satisfied with the results from the original repair.
"At least you didn't get stabbed in the leg this time?" Anakin offered, eyes actually showing life and amusement… much as the old training bond was lighter than Obi-Wan had expected.
"I would have gladly taken a leg wound if it had kept more of the men out of harm's way," Obi-Wan said, but he did give a small smile. "I really need to meet this Fulcrum, if she managed to settle you so well to this grave betrayal."
Anakin snorted. "I think the Council will be meeting her soon enough, Obi-Wan. She's got some advice for the Order as a whole. But you? I think it's her partner, Leverage, who will have the most words for you. Given, oh, the small matter of you and Cody sneaking around and pretending to just be a good command team."
Obi-Wan coughed, staring at his former padawan, even as he was so relieved they were in a med facility that was not the Temple!
"I don't think you get to say a word. And I do hope she is able to get free of duty soon enough for you to meet with her before heading back out."
Anakin got the softest smile on his face, now that he wasn't hiding his relationship from his brother/best friend/teacher. "Yeah, well a Senator and a Jedi have a lot of pull. But if you and Cody actually were to be open, it might help a lot of people. Given what seeing Fulcrum and Leverage did for Bly, from what I heard."
Obi-wan turned that over in his head, and his eyebrows rose. "AAYLA?!"
Anakin nodded, grinning a little. "Seems Bly hadn't wanted to make his choice clear enough, because they all thought we Jedi couldn't take that step at all."
That made Obi-Wan stroke his beard, and then he nodded, before the med droid closed the access panel to let him test his control of the new hand. "I don't think he or I really want to make a fuss, but I'll tell him a statement is needed."
"Good."
There was Maul to find, Death Watch to contain, Separatist leaders to negotiate with… but Fulcrum thought things might just settle back from the edge of destruction for a while.
More, it was going to happen with a few better understandings in place, as Jedi and Vod'e explored the benefit of having someone to lean into, fully.
"Not bad, for an ex-Jedi and her captain, hmm?" she asked her husband, standing behind him with her arms around his shoulders, watching foot traffic around the Temple.
"Not bad for one of your plans at all," he said, before they headed down to throw their ideas around with the current Council on how to move forward.
I’m not entirely sure where this book is going
Jun. 15th, 2026 05:31 pmconulybut I am certain that the lieutenant’s eyes are not lambent.
Somebody needs to remove that word from the word a day calendars, I swear. Replace it with uxoricide or inchoate.
Somebody needs to remove that word from the word a day calendars, I swear. Replace it with uxoricide or inchoate.
Kashyyyk Kennel Club-Certified Humans - Star Wars story
Jun. 14th, 2026 04:45 pmpetraKashyyyk Kennel Club-Certified Humans (1198 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chewbacca & Han Solo, Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker/Han Solo, Leia Organa/Han Solo
Characters: Chewbacca, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Leia Organa, Lando Calrissian
Additional Tags: Han Solo is Chewbacca's Dog (Star Wars), Crack, Star Wars Holiday Special References, Ignores Solo: A Star Wars Story
Summary:
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chewbacca & Han Solo, Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker/Han Solo, Leia Organa/Han Solo
Characters: Chewbacca, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Leia Organa, Lando Calrissian
Additional Tags: Han Solo is Chewbacca's Dog (Star Wars), Crack, Star Wars Holiday Special References, Ignores Solo: A Star Wars Story
Summary:
Chewbacca does his best to be responsible for Han's care and feeding, but the Human needs some serious obedience training, and it's hard to be a disciplinarian all the time. Maybe the princess can be a good influence.
Culinary
Jun. 14th, 2026 07:25 pmoursinLast week's bread held out very well:
There was even enough to include in a frittata, along with red bell pepper and pepperoni, for Friday night supper.
Saturday breakfast rolls: basic buttermilk, with Marriage's Golden Wholegrain Bread Flour
Today's lunch; a stifado-type casserole of diced beef, served with slowcooked Bellaverde broccoli, baked San Marzano tomatoes and sticky rice.
Podficced - Star Wars & Deadpool/Welcome to Night Vale
Jun. 14th, 2026 11:47 ampetra[Podfic] There once was a princess from Alderaan (3 words) by pezzax_shenanigans
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa/Rey/Rose Tico
Characters: Amilyn Holdo, Leia Organa, Rey (Star Wars), Rose Tico
Additional Tags: Limericks, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:
*
Short, speedy, charming as hell.
*****
[Podfic] The man with the katanas (37 words) by Ravin_Pods
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale, Deadpool (Movieverse)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cecil Palmer/Wade Wilson, Carlos/Cecil Palmer
Characters: Cecil Palmer, Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Double Drabble, Stolen Kiss, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:
*
The sound effects really make it, and I adore this podficcer's radio voice.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa/Rey/Rose Tico
Characters: Amilyn Holdo, Leia Organa, Rey (Star Wars), Rose Tico
Additional Tags: Limericks, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:
Podfic of There once was a princess from Alderaan by Petra:
A limerick of sapphic persuasion.
*
Short, speedy, charming as hell.
*****
[Podfic] The man with the katanas (37 words) by Ravin_Pods
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale, Deadpool (Movieverse)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cecil Palmer/Wade Wilson, Carlos/Cecil Palmer
Characters: Cecil Palmer, Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Double Drabble, Stolen Kiss, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:
Cecil's broadcast from your average cancelled Thursday.
Podfic of The man with the katanas by Petra.
*
The sound effects really make it, and I adore this podficcer's radio voice.
2026 Disneyland Trip #26 (6/13/26)
Jun. 14th, 2026 08:34 amtorachanIt was hot and sunny yesterday so we went down for dinner instead of breakfast/lunch. Unfortunately it was still pretty warm and sunny when we got there, though at least the sun was going down. But even once the sun was no longer blazing, it was still super muggy. Bleh.
( But we did have a nice dinner! )
( But we did have a nice dinner! )
Daily Happiness
Jun. 13th, 2026 10:21 pmtorachan1. The other day I noticed a new Vietnamese coffee shop had opened nearby and this morning I rode my bike over there to try it out. They are famous for their banana coffee, which was sort of a frappuccino style drink, so I got that. It was super delicious, but they had only drinks, no food, and I wanted some sort of pastry or something. There's a bakery a couple doors down that is suuuuuuper trendy and has a line down the block all the time so although I would love to try them, I didn't want to wait in a line so long my drink would be gone by the time I got my food.
So I decided to leave my bike parked there and walk a few blocks down to Randy's Donuts, which is a famous LA donut shop that started opening new locations in recent years after having just been a single location for ages. I've never actually been to the one in Santa Monica. As I was walking, I saw there was a Dunkin Donuts across the street just one block down and was briefly tempted to just go there, but I knew Randy's would be better so I continued on and I'm so glad I did because they had a Pride donut and also a mango tajin one and both were so good. Their donuts are big and I really only should have gotten one, but I wanted both lol. The mango one had mango tajin frosting and a delicious mango filling. The Pride one was just a frosted glazed donut with rainbow stripes, but even for a basic donut it was really tasty. I was very full afterwards but it was such good breakfast.
2. It was still hot today so we went to Disneyland for dinner instead of going earlier in the day. Sadly it was warmer than I would prefer even at 6pm when we got there, and super muggy. But we did have a delicious dinner.
3. Tuxie's fur has been growing back on his forehead. I don't think you can really even see where the wound was anymore. So handsome!
So I decided to leave my bike parked there and walk a few blocks down to Randy's Donuts, which is a famous LA donut shop that started opening new locations in recent years after having just been a single location for ages. I've never actually been to the one in Santa Monica. As I was walking, I saw there was a Dunkin Donuts across the street just one block down and was briefly tempted to just go there, but I knew Randy's would be better so I continued on and I'm so glad I did because they had a Pride donut and also a mango tajin one and both were so good. Their donuts are big and I really only should have gotten one, but I wanted both lol. The mango one had mango tajin frosting and a delicious mango filling. The Pride one was just a frosted glazed donut with rainbow stripes, but even for a basic donut it was really tasty. I was very full afterwards but it was such good breakfast.
2. It was still hot today so we went to Disneyland for dinner instead of going earlier in the day. Sadly it was warmer than I would prefer even at 6pm when we got there, and super muggy. But we did have a delicious dinner.
3. Tuxie's fur has been growing back on his forehead. I don't think you can really even see where the wound was anymore. So handsome!
Kujen and Pettiness
Jun. 13th, 2026 08:54 pmrocky41_7One of the most defining aspects of Kujen, to me, is the extent of his entertainment in petty cruelty. Here is a man who has literally cracked the secret to immortality, one of the rulers of the most powerful force in the galaxy, and he delights so much in these small acts of meanness. We see it the most with Jedao.
It’s not clear that Kujen is capable of love at this point, but I do think he genuinely cares for Jedao, in whatever fashion he’s able. The whole refrigerator spiel—I really think this was the greatest gesture of love Kujen can give. It’s his way of saying “I will never let you go hungry” which for him, is also saying “I will always take care of your material needs.” He thinks of the things that scared him most, that made him the most unhappy in his youth, and he wants to assuage Jedao that he will never have to experience those things. So to me, clearly, Kujen cares for Jedao.
Yet he can’t seem to stop himself from being mean to him, in ways that don’t really gain Kujen anything and serve no purpose but to make Jedao a little more unhappy. It’s a fascinating aspect of a character who is so powerful and really, has everything he’s ever wanted.
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