It’s After Midnight, Time To Post About My Star Wars Rewrite [ID: Costume Redesigns Of The Main Four

This is so real.

With SW fic, I always run into what I call, in my head, the Marvel Problem. Not for any super deep reason, but just because I'm also a newcomer into a fairly old, expansive, and well-established franchise. Writing SW fic as a casual fan is always rough because I *want* to respect the source material and keep my work canon-accurate, at least for the most part, but there's just so much lore and so many tangential works that I couldn't possibly keep up with without allocating some serious time to watching/reading/listening to/etc (time that I don't really have). So wookiepedia it is, even though the articles might flatten some helpful details despite their usefulness.

Also trying to figure out flight distance and flight paths is a nightmare.

“time spent writing star wars fic”

“I serve the weak. I serve the forgotten. I serve the dirt beneath my feet.”

Okay Ashton that fucks, you win on that one

I highly appreciate the "happy ending" tag on angst fics, dark fics, etc. Its existence increases the probability of me reading by a significant amount

but some people are like "why even read those fics if you already know how they're gonna end?"

Well, it's kinda like going on a roller-coaster. I wanna experience the ride. The ups and the downs, the twists and turns. But I also wanna know that at the end, it'll come to a safe stop and I'll be able to get off of it completely unharmed

news is good sometimes.

superheroes are so weak. “keeping my identity a secret is so hard :/” to YOU. my parents dont even know what type of music i like.

Trying out a new fountain pen.

For those curious about tools, this is an Esterbrook Leaf pen (picked up at a recent trade show) with Diamine Emerald ink!

STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]

if u ever feel bad about ur limited knowledge of the star wars universe, dont worry! din djarin knows less than u and hes literally in it.

Does anyone else just sit and think about the fact that Six of Crows is literally the perfect book?

Like, we have a morally grey character who's actually morally grey and has a real reason to push people away other than "once I killed someone in self defense, so I'm a terrible person and we can't be together." And every other character has a super fleshed out backstory as well, including real world problems that don't usually get talked about in fantasy books.

There's just as heavy an emphasis on platonic love as romantic love, instead of "I can fix him", it's "he can fix himself", there's a gay couple that's actually happy and not suffering every five pages, and all of the gay characters have personality traits outside of the fact that they're gay.

And speaking of the romance, it's so not rushed or sexualized. No one even kisses in the first book, but it's still so obvious how much they love each other. Each couple has such a different dynamic, and the way their pasts mirror each other? Perfection. (I also firmly believe that Kanej is the best couple in all of YA prove me wrong)

And then the diversity??? 3/7 of the lead characters are POCs, 4/7 are queer, 3 have disabilities, 2 have addictions, 2 have PTSD, 2 are religious, one was raised in a cult, and it's not one of those books that has diverse characters just for the sake of being diverse!

The plot is so unique, especially among fantasy books, and despite the fact that there's so many moving parts, there is not a single plot hole. And the CK auction scene will forever be one of the best end of series climaxes I have ever read.

So basically I don't get why other authors even try anymore cause I'm sorry but no matter how great their books are, it's not going to be Six of Crows.