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senmut) wrote2026-01-09 10:56 pm
senmut) wrote2026-01-09 10:56 pmEntry tags:
SW:TCW Abandoned Work
AO3 Link | Unfinished Citadel AU (510 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: CT-7567 | Rex, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo
Additional Tags: Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued
Summary:
"Promise me to get them out," she had said. "Something smells like a three day old rancor corpse."
What had his Commander seen? Rex nor his men had been able to recall anything that tripped their training, but General Kenobi had been caught unaware too.
Would he have pushed them to keep moving if General Skywalker hadn't been injured and unconscious from trying to save Ahsoka? It still felt wrong, no matter what the mission had been to not confirm the death. Echo still refused to talk about it, given he had nearly fallen with her.
"Should have been me, not the Jedi," Echo had said, once, on retrieval.
They all felt it. They were one of millions of clones and she had been who they were meant to protect.
Skywalker still wasn't talking to Kenobi. Rex didn't know how the Naboo Senator had headed off an outright mutiny. Fives thought she had promised to use her resources.
Rex still saw the flickers of destruction in his general's eyes, after, when he'd told the man.
"She commanded me to get you, all of us, out, minutes before we lost her and Tarkin."
If there was one fact of Rex's new life he hated, it was knowing that his general was barely holding onto sanity.
"What difference did the mission make? Dead brothers, both objectives dead, our Commander dead," Fives asked or maybe just rattled off to get it out of his head.
"Seppies didn't get the intel from either objective," Echo answered, weakly and by rote, as he'd been telling himself since they were retrieved.
Fives scowled. "Wish I knew what made her fall back."
Echo did too -- when he wasn't wondering why it had been her, not him, that fell.
"You need to worry about the General. Captain can't do it all, and he seems to like you."
Fives didn't answer that, because he was watching for Anakin Skywalker to lose his control, and hoping he was wrong.
Rex looked at Fives, then to Echo. "You both see it."
"Yes, we do," Echo answered for them.
"What do we do about it?" Fives asked.
"You stick to his six. He's taken to you well. Echo, I want you training with the slicers, give your brain a chance to do real intel."
"Seems odd, Captain, when we're talking about our General, sir," Echo told him.
Rex met his eyes. "Our unit keeps winding up in the deepest messes. That's half of why he's so volatile. You need to figure out the pattern, if there is one, so maybe we jump ahead of it."
"What's the other half?" Fives asked.
"If I knew, I might be the one who could actually head off the explosion," Rex admitted. "He came to us like that."
"Then maybe that's what I need to learn," Fives said softly.
"I think… I'm going to try and find what the Commander saw, that made her take Tarkin over the edge when she killed the Warden," Echo told them, and Rex nodded, thinking that was a good start.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] - All Media Types
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: CT-7567 | Rex, CT-27-5555 | ARC-5555 | Fives, CT-21-0408 | CT-1409 | Echo
Additional Tags: Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued
Summary:
I had intended to write something for Rex/Fives/Echo. I got sideswiped by a set-up beginning at the Citadel. There is a character death mentioned, though it was going to prove not to have been one. However, the muses turned virulently against the entire concept. As always, feel free to run with it if you want.
Unfinished Citadel AU
"Promise me to get them out," she had said. "Something smells like a three day old rancor corpse."
What had his Commander seen? Rex nor his men had been able to recall anything that tripped their training, but General Kenobi had been caught unaware too.
Would he have pushed them to keep moving if General Skywalker hadn't been injured and unconscious from trying to save Ahsoka? It still felt wrong, no matter what the mission had been to not confirm the death. Echo still refused to talk about it, given he had nearly fallen with her.
"Should have been me, not the Jedi," Echo had said, once, on retrieval.
They all felt it. They were one of millions of clones and she had been who they were meant to protect.
Skywalker still wasn't talking to Kenobi. Rex didn't know how the Naboo Senator had headed off an outright mutiny. Fives thought she had promised to use her resources.
Rex still saw the flickers of destruction in his general's eyes, after, when he'd told the man.
"She commanded me to get you, all of us, out, minutes before we lost her and Tarkin."
If there was one fact of Rex's new life he hated, it was knowing that his general was barely holding onto sanity.
"What difference did the mission make? Dead brothers, both objectives dead, our Commander dead," Fives asked or maybe just rattled off to get it out of his head.
"Seppies didn't get the intel from either objective," Echo answered, weakly and by rote, as he'd been telling himself since they were retrieved.
Fives scowled. "Wish I knew what made her fall back."
Echo did too -- when he wasn't wondering why it had been her, not him, that fell.
"You need to worry about the General. Captain can't do it all, and he seems to like you."
Fives didn't answer that, because he was watching for Anakin Skywalker to lose his control, and hoping he was wrong.
Rex looked at Fives, then to Echo. "You both see it."
"Yes, we do," Echo answered for them.
"What do we do about it?" Fives asked.
"You stick to his six. He's taken to you well. Echo, I want you training with the slicers, give your brain a chance to do real intel."
"Seems odd, Captain, when we're talking about our General, sir," Echo told him.
Rex met his eyes. "Our unit keeps winding up in the deepest messes. That's half of why he's so volatile. You need to figure out the pattern, if there is one, so maybe we jump ahead of it."
"What's the other half?" Fives asked.
"If I knew, I might be the one who could actually head off the explosion," Rex admitted. "He came to us like that."
"Then maybe that's what I need to learn," Fives said softly.
"I think… I'm going to try and find what the Commander saw, that made her take Tarkin over the edge when she killed the Warden," Echo told them, and Rex nodded, thinking that was a good start.
Travis (torachan) wrote2026-01-09 08:54 pm
torachan) wrote2026-01-09 08:54 pmEntry tags:
Daily Happiness
1. It's the weekend! I am continuing to feel fairly optimistic about the upcoming February deadline at work, so hopefully that won't change. There's enough other stress going on outside of work.
2. Chloe doesn't really like any of the other cats but Molly, though her tolerance level for the others varies. She is the least tolerant of Jasper, though, so it was so nice to see her, Molly, and Jasper all on the bed together! And it happened two days in a row, too!
2. Chloe doesn't really like any of the other cats but Molly, though her tolerance level for the others varies. She is the least tolerant of Jasper, though, so it was so nice to see her, Molly, and Jasper all on the bed together! And it happened two days in a row, too!
hannah (hannah) wrote2026-01-09 10:42 pm
hannah) wrote2026-01-09 10:42 pm
Be the guide.
I know the trick to hailing a cab is less it being all in the wrist and more it being a white woman in a dress, but I like to think the wrist helps.
Challenge #5
In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. Every time this comes around, I say I'd love to read a post-canon Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic set at least a couple decades after the show, long after the world's learned the truth about Slayers, vampires, demons, magic, and the endless battle between good and evil, where Buffy's famous enough that her arrival is heralded much as Miranda was in the "gird your loins" scene from The Devil Wears Prada, with Buffy having learned to command that level of respect and control. Few people write Buffy as an older woman, and even fewer try to reckon with a vastly changed world years or decades after the end of the show. It's possible this is already written and I just haven't seen it; if that's the case, I'm wishing someone would send it to me.
2. For ages, I've thought a vid of Peggy Olson from Mad Men to "All The Nasties" by Elton John would be an excellent character study. Beyond the on-the-nose of Don Draper to "sacred cows just fake it" and the turn of a show about advertising to a song about cultivating images and the struggle to be seen honestly, I can't ever get the image of the outro and the last "oh my soul" being Roger playing the piano while Peggy roller-skates across the empty SCDP offices, effortlessly leaving the frame as the song fades away.
3. If there's any Tom Cruise or Top Gun icons out there, please let me know. As was the custom, as I still enjoy doing, I'd love an appropriate fandom icon.
4. Related, fanart of the two live-action Interview with the Vampire Lestats where they're kissing while hovering and the actors' real-world height difference is both mitigated and made clear would curl my toes in the best way. If this is out there, please let me know; if not, please let me know about anyone's taking IWTV commissions and I'll see what funds I can budget.
5. As ever, as always, as usual, transformative works based on my fics. Fanart, banners, covers, podfics, moodboards - it's always a joy and it never gets old.
Challenge #5
In your own space, create a list of at least three things you'd love to receive, a wishlist of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it and include a link to your wishlist if you feel comfortable doing so.
1. Every time this comes around, I say I'd love to read a post-canon Buffy the Vampire Slayer fic set at least a couple decades after the show, long after the world's learned the truth about Slayers, vampires, demons, magic, and the endless battle between good and evil, where Buffy's famous enough that her arrival is heralded much as Miranda was in the "gird your loins" scene from The Devil Wears Prada, with Buffy having learned to command that level of respect and control. Few people write Buffy as an older woman, and even fewer try to reckon with a vastly changed world years or decades after the end of the show. It's possible this is already written and I just haven't seen it; if that's the case, I'm wishing someone would send it to me.
2. For ages, I've thought a vid of Peggy Olson from Mad Men to "All The Nasties" by Elton John would be an excellent character study. Beyond the on-the-nose of Don Draper to "sacred cows just fake it" and the turn of a show about advertising to a song about cultivating images and the struggle to be seen honestly, I can't ever get the image of the outro and the last "oh my soul" being Roger playing the piano while Peggy roller-skates across the empty SCDP offices, effortlessly leaving the frame as the song fades away.
3. If there's any Tom Cruise or Top Gun icons out there, please let me know. As was the custom, as I still enjoy doing, I'd love an appropriate fandom icon.
4. Related, fanart of the two live-action Interview with the Vampire Lestats where they're kissing while hovering and the actors' real-world height difference is both mitigated and made clear would curl my toes in the best way. If this is out there, please let me know; if not, please let me know about anyone's taking IWTV commissions and I'll see what funds I can budget.
5. As ever, as always, as usual, transformative works based on my fics. Fanart, banners, covers, podfics, moodboards - it's always a joy and it never gets old.
Travis (torachan) wrote2026-01-09 08:12 pm
torachan) wrote2026-01-09 08:12 pmEntry tags:
Weekly Reading
Recently Finished
Hummingbird Salamander
A woman is given a mysterious taxidermied hummingbird and a mysterious note and throws her entire life away trying to find out why. I did not like this much at all, but I think I would have liked it better if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook. The narrator was lovely, no problem with her. But the writing style was reeeeeeeeally annoying to listen to. I've read Annihilation and the two original sequels (haven't read the recent one yet) and don't remember if it was like this in those and I just vibed with it better because I can skim or if he changed his style up a bit, but it's super annoying here. The narration is also very rambling and goes over and over the same things so many times, which also gets annoying to listen to, but would have been easier to deal with when reading. But that wasn't the only issue as the story itself also felt very weak to me. The final reveal at the end was interesting, but the rest was just pretty boring. Also the constant focus on the protagonist's size felt weird. She is stated to be six foot and 230 pounds, which is large for a woman, but not so out of the ordinary yet it's treated as if she's the hulk or something, and constantly commented on by herself and others.
My Name Is Leon
London, 1981. Leon is a half-Black nine year old boy whose mom has a breakdown and when he and his baby brother are put in foster care, his brother, who is white, is quickly adopted, leaving him all alone. I really liked this a lot.
Tsumetakute Yawaraka vol. 6
Hen na Ie vol. 6
This is the first volume in the sequel series. So far I am enjoying it a lot! Curious to see if it will be as wild as the first one (knowing the author, I'm sure it will).
Ore Monogatari vol. 14
I had no idea there was a new volume out! Well, new is relative, as it came out in 2024, but the original series ended in 2016. This collects some bonus chapters of them in college.
My Home Hero vol. 25-26
Finally finished this. The ending was satisfying and overall I enjoyed the series a lot.
Hummingbird Salamander
A woman is given a mysterious taxidermied hummingbird and a mysterious note and throws her entire life away trying to find out why. I did not like this much at all, but I think I would have liked it better if I hadn't been listening to the audiobook. The narrator was lovely, no problem with her. But the writing style was reeeeeeeeally annoying to listen to. I've read Annihilation and the two original sequels (haven't read the recent one yet) and don't remember if it was like this in those and I just vibed with it better because I can skim or if he changed his style up a bit, but it's super annoying here. The narration is also very rambling and goes over and over the same things so many times, which also gets annoying to listen to, but would have been easier to deal with when reading. But that wasn't the only issue as the story itself also felt very weak to me. The final reveal at the end was interesting, but the rest was just pretty boring. Also the constant focus on the protagonist's size felt weird. She is stated to be six foot and 230 pounds, which is large for a woman, but not so out of the ordinary yet it's treated as if she's the hulk or something, and constantly commented on by herself and others.
My Name Is Leon
London, 1981. Leon is a half-Black nine year old boy whose mom has a breakdown and when he and his baby brother are put in foster care, his brother, who is white, is quickly adopted, leaving him all alone. I really liked this a lot.
Tsumetakute Yawaraka vol. 6
Hen na Ie vol. 6
This is the first volume in the sequel series. So far I am enjoying it a lot! Curious to see if it will be as wild as the first one (knowing the author, I'm sure it will).
Ore Monogatari vol. 14
I had no idea there was a new volume out! Well, new is relative, as it came out in 2024, but the original series ended in 2016. This collects some bonus chapters of them in college.
My Home Hero vol. 25-26
Finally finished this. The ending was satisfying and overall I enjoyed the series a lot.
humorist + humanist (erinptah) wrote2026-01-09 10:27 pm
erinptah) wrote2026-01-09 10:27 pmEntry tags:
Re-Listen Liveblog: The Secret Commonwealth, chapters 23-33 (end)
Roundup part 3 of my Secret Commonwealth re-listen. It’s the last 6 hours, and it took 4 work days to get through. (My hold on The Rose Field was 4th in line when it started, and now I’m up to 2nd.)
No cute critter photos in this one. We’re just slouching toward the finish line to be done.
( Lyra’s boat ride away from Constantinople: it’s as if, all of a sudden, Pullman noticed he forgot to show any of the bad behavior Pan was mad about... )
amperslashexchange (amperslashexchange) wrote2026-01-09 10:04 pm
amperslashexchange) wrote2026-01-09 10:04 pmCollection Opening January 18, 11:59 PM UTC!
Our final pinch hit has been claimed! The collection will open on January 18, at 11:59 PM UTC.
Asp (senmut) wrote2026-01-09 08:01 pm
senmut) wrote2026-01-09 08:01 pmEntry tags:
Fandom Fifty: Knocking this out
Hi all. Today I wound up in the Pit of Despair, and since I know years 2020-2024 will be light, I am doing numbers 46-50 in one go to get A Thing Off My Plate.
( #46 - 2020: 2 )
( #47 - 2021: 3 )
( #48 - 2022: 0 )
( #49 - 2023: 1 )
( #50 - 2024: 2 )
( #46 - 2020: 2 )
( #47 - 2021: 3 )
( #48 - 2022: 0 )
( #49 - 2023: 1 )
( #50 - 2024: 2 )
Alis (alisx) wrote2026-01-10 12:49 pm
alisx) wrote2026-01-10 12:49 pmSaturday @ 12:49 pm
Re-reading things I’ve written like, "Man, this author really Got Me."
ailelie (ailelie) wrote2026-01-09 07:30 pm
ailelie) wrote2026-01-09 07:30 pmdarebee
I just completed day 4 of the Foundation Light series on Darebee. I did not set out to exercise. I saw a post on tumblr. I got curious and clicked over. I decided to give a day a try because it looked easy. Then I left the tab open.
The page has checkboxes for each day that you can click.
...so why not do day 2?
On day 3, I was like 'I could stop now. One of these days will be the day I stop doing darebee exercises, but not today.'
And today, I did the same.
Am I going to keep this up for the full 30 days of this series? Probably not! I'm terrible at maintaing things.
But...the exercises are easy. I can do them in normal clothes and flats. They don't take a long time. I do Level II. If I ever have a lot of energy, I'll try Level 3. If I'm ever low on energy, I'll do Level 1. I get to check off each day as I go. While I've not used them yet, the series page has embedded timers.
When I don't feel like I have to carve out special time and wear special clothes and watch videos to make sure I'm doing it all right, it is rather easier to do anything.
(In other news, dishes continue being done nightly. I've completed 2 badges (1 badge = 4 weeks of nightly dishes). Once I reach 10 badges, I get something special. Now figuring out 'something special' was tricky because I've learned rewards don't work if they require work. So, instead, I've created a line item in my budget. Every week, I drop in $10. When I reach 10 badges, I will get to empty that line item for whatever I want. It should be about $400, which is a good prize. And $10/week doesn't feel like work or a hard cost at all.)
The page has checkboxes for each day that you can click.
...so why not do day 2?
On day 3, I was like 'I could stop now. One of these days will be the day I stop doing darebee exercises, but not today.'
And today, I did the same.
Am I going to keep this up for the full 30 days of this series? Probably not! I'm terrible at maintaing things.
But...the exercises are easy. I can do them in normal clothes and flats. They don't take a long time. I do Level II. If I ever have a lot of energy, I'll try Level 3. If I'm ever low on energy, I'll do Level 1. I get to check off each day as I go. While I've not used them yet, the series page has embedded timers.
When I don't feel like I have to carve out special time and wear special clothes and watch videos to make sure I'm doing it all right, it is rather easier to do anything.
(In other news, dishes continue being done nightly. I've completed 2 badges (1 badge = 4 weeks of nightly dishes). Once I reach 10 badges, I get something special. Now figuring out 'something special' was tricky because I've learned rewards don't work if they require work. So, instead, I've created a line item in my budget. Every week, I drop in $10. When I reach 10 badges, I will get to empty that line item for whatever I want. It should be about $400, which is a good prize. And $10/week doesn't feel like work or a hard cost at all.)
Rachel Coleman (rmc28) wrote2026-01-10 01:05 am
rmc28) wrote2026-01-10 01:05 amEntry tags:
mistakes were made
In "ice is slippy" news, I have managed to bruise both my hips in hard falls this week: the left one at hockey camp earlier this week, the right at Warbirds tonight.
For preference, I sleep curled up on one side.
Ow.
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fandom_checkin2026-01-09 06:45 pm
adafrog) wrote in fandom_checkin2026-01-09 06:45 pmEntry tags:
Daily Check In.
This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Friday to midnight on Saturday (8pm Eastern Time).
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
Poll #34064 Daily poll
This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 23
How are you doing?
I am okay
15 (65.2%)
I am not okay, but don't need help right now
8 (34.8%)
I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)
How many other humans are you living with?
I am living single
7 (30.4%)
One other person
11 (47.8%)
More than one other person
5 (21.7%)
Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
full_metal_ox (full_metal_ox) wrote in findthatbook2026-01-09 06:54 pm
full_metal_ox) wrote in findthatbook2026-01-09 06:54 pmEntry tags:
Anecdote/legend about an (anemic?) White Englishwoman in the British Raj mistaken for a vampire?
The 1960’s through 1980’s saw so many popular anthologies and compendiums of vampire lore—often assembling pop culture, folklore, classic literature, psychology, and occultism together—that I have no memory now of where I encountered this story.
Content advisory: blood ingestion; colonialism; racism; ableism, eugenics, and medical abuse in a footnote link. ( Continue. )
If I can track down the book, that might give me a lead as to who originated it (and what their assumptions and agenda might be.)
Content advisory: blood ingestion; colonialism; racism; ableism, eugenics, and medical abuse in a footnote link. ( Continue. )
If I can track down the book, that might give me a lead as to who originated it (and what their assumptions and agenda might be.)
pegkerr (pegkerr) wrote2026-01-09 05:03 pm
pegkerr) wrote2026-01-09 05:03 pmEntry tags:
2026 52 Card Project
New year, new 52 Card Project. As I did last year, I'm doing it as an entirely digital series, since I'm using transparency effects in so many cards.
I will post the cards as I do them each week in a table here. Clicking on the link in the title for each card will take you to the post about the individual card.
( This is what the 2026 52 Card Project looks like so far )
Click here to see the 2025 gallery.
Click here to see the 2024 gallery.
Click here to see the 2023 gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 gallery.
Click here to see the 2016 gallery
I will post the cards as I do them each week in a table here. Clicking on the link in the title for each card will take you to the post about the individual card.
( This is what the 2026 52 Card Project looks like so far )
Click here to see the 2025 gallery.
Click here to see the 2024 gallery.
Click here to see the 2023 gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 gallery.
Click here to see the 2016 gallery