Writer, artist, crafter. Not spoiler free. USA, Millenial Stories/head canons can be found under #my writing Thoughts, musings, and responses are under #hounds speaks
This is just a quick list of the finished fics I’ve posted here and on AO3. Check under the #hounds speaks and #my writing tags for essays, criticisms, meta analysis, and general thoughts. Analyses and criticisms for movies and shows are under the cut.
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The Mandalorian
• Geroya: Worldbuilding with the Mandalorian and the children of the Nevarro covert, set pre-show and leading into Season 1.
• Fate Sometimes Steps In: Fennec Shand’s perspective in the void between life and death.
• Gaa’tayl: Set pre-show, Paz Vizsla leads the search for three children in danger on Nevarro.
• Stranded In the Desert: A missing/added scene to the beginning of “The Passenger” with Mando and the kid.
• Nightfall: An alternate take on the child’s escape with Kelleran Beq during Order 66.
• The Exodus: The third act of “The Sin” from the covert’s perspective, retconning the later idea that only Paz Vizsla and the Armorer escaped Nevarro.
• The Oldest Profession: Pre-show character study of Mando on a hunt, needing to find a room for the night.
• Temporal Chalice AU: Potential time travel/history rewritten smorgasbord.
• The Concept of Names: Character study. Mando’s relationships with others as shown by what he calls them.
• Mando takes a job with a stranger
• Toro Calican Lives AU: Toro Calican makes a different choice and sets his life on a different path.
• Flashpoint AU: What if the Mandalorian never gave the child to the Client?
The Clone Wars
Aay’han
Original clone trooper story: Captain Manukura
Chapter 1: Remains to Be Seen
Chapter 2: TBA
Rogue One
Soldier, Princess, Farm Boy, Spy
Comparing and contrasting four heroes of the Rebellion in an AU where the Rogue One squad survives Scarif.
Chapter 1: Disparity
Chapter 2: TBA
• Sins of the Father (TBA)
The Bad Batch
• Untitled: Riyo Chuchi and Echo one-shot set in the years between TBB and ANH.
• My Brother’s Keeper: Clone Force 99 stumbles onto a nexus of the Force and wakes up to find they’ve swapped bodies with one another.
• Deserters: What if Mayday survived the outpost?
Original Trilogy
• Bar Talk: Lando and Luke talk shop a short time after Return of the Jedi.
Prequel Trilogy
• Amidala the Resilient: An AU of Amidala confronting Anakin at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
• Spooky/angsty Padme Lives AU
• Redrafting The Phantom Menace
Sequel Trilogy
• An alternate universe with the same characters in a completely different story (action figure blog, adventure movie pitch)
• The Last Jedi AU: Paige lives, Poe abides by the letter of the law, Rose and Finn pull a jailbreak, and somebody finds a mysterious crystal
Crossovers, Fusions, and Retellings
The Princess Bride
The Sabersmith’s Son
The Colossus of Kashyyyk
The Man In Black
• A Prospect/Mandalorian crossover scene
Analyses, Criticisms, and Elevator Pitches
The Mandalorian
• Theory about Mando’s parents
• Mando lets Karga live, “The Sin”
• Peli Motto’s intuition
• Character analysis: Toro Calican
• Theory about Boba Fett’s original connection to Fennec Shand
• World-building: The covert on Nevarro
• Script analysis: Gor Koresh, and Mando’s justified violence
• Loose story threads: Minor changes to “The Passenger”
• Further details on potential themes “The Passenger” episode could have had (In a reblog for Stranded In the Desert)
• Character analysis of Mando: Protective vs Worrisome
• Strengthening characters: Cara Dune and Carson Teva, criticism of “The Siege”
• Peli Motto’s regard of Boba Fett
• Wasted Potential: Jack Black on Plazir 15
• Analyzing Mando’s fighting style — “The Prisoner”
• Analyzing Mando’s motivations: Criticism of “The Heiress”
Reblog with Character Analysis on Bo-Katan
• Analyzing Mando’s fighting style and motivations, Mando’s lack of agency as a character and being sidelined as a protagonist — Criticism of “The Heiress” and “The Rescue”
• Inconsistencies and weak world-building regarding where Mandalorians should live, Season 3
• Criticism of Bo-Katan being praised/focused on instead of Mando, Season 3
• Criticism of the writers’ usage of Bo-Katan’s character, end of Season 3
• Criticism of Mando settling down, end of Season 3
• Comparing and contrasting Din Djarin to Aragorn and Éomer of LotR
• Proposal for a different Season 2 and show outline to fix pacing, character development, and plot
• Director’s commentary for the writing process for Nightfall
• Character analysis concerning the topic of Mando’s “side quests”
• Character analysis: Mando and Ranzar Malk’s crew
• Character analysis: Mando’s choices regarding his relationships with others
• Revising Carson Teva’s character
• Criticism of Ahsoka Tano’s Character and “The Jedi” episode of Season 2
• Mandalorian culture regarding the Armorer and the forge
• Mand’alor the Reluctant (brief analysis of how Din as Mand’alor could have been set up)
• Minor change to “The Tragedy” to make Mando’s choices stronger (plus bonus wings AU thought)
Reblog with further criticism to pacing and Cara Dune’s scene
• “Jedi healer” snake-oil salesman
• “Strong Female Character”: Criticism of the show’s writing regarding Bo-Katan’s character and longterm TV show story planning
• Vizsla’s animosity towards Mando
• What word describes a parent who loses a child? (AU)
• General headcanon list for Din Djarin
• Mand’alor the Reluctant: A challenger for the sword
• Mand’alor the Reluctant: Getting rid of the sword (at least temporarily)
The Book of Boba Fett
• De-aged Boba Fett scenario
• The Marketability of Star Wars Merchandise: Production design and its ties to storytelling
• Kill Your Darlings: “The Gathering Storm”
• Grogu’s regard of Luke
• “Fountain of Aging” scenario spitballing a de-aged AU post-TBoBF.
• Criticism of Boba Fett parading Fennec Shand around out in public
• Criticism of TBoBF’s writing: Lack of character objectives and focus, too many side characters, and “surprise” antagonists with no prior buildup or introduction
• Criticism of Boba and Din’s fight scene: Bad character choices
• Mando and Boba Fett body swap idea
• What If… Jaina Solo and Boba Fett met sooner? (Legends mashup)
Original Trilogy
• Spitballing a Bail Organa lives AU
• Making Princess Leia’s character arc stronger
Prequel Trilogy
• Character Revision for Anakin Skywalker
• Further criticism and character revision for Anakin Skywalker
• Duel of Fates fight choreography criticism
• AU where Kenobi runs into Count Dooku on Kamino in AotC
Sequel Trilogy
• Criticism and revision of Han, Leia, Luke, and Ben Solo’s characters and Kylo Ren’s origin
• Criticism of plot twists and characters and how they could have been used better (The Force Awakens/sequel trilogy AU pitch)
Andor
• Racial disparity in who gets to live: Criticism of Andor with suggested changes
• Short character analysis: Davo Sculdun
• Luthen’s ruthlessness and Cassian’s potential response
The Acolyte
• Criticisms and Suggested Changes Part 1
• Osha’s vision of Mae
The Bad Batch
• S1E : Rampage criticism/idea pitch
• Who’d be the funniest person for the rest of the crew to find out has an ex-wife they’ve never mentioned? (Crack)
• Rebellion era Echo/Riyo Chuchi pitch
• Character analysis: Crosshair
• Character analysis: Crosshair pt 2
• Wrecker’s defense of Echo against Cid’s antagonism
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Ideal job at Lucasfilm is perching in the corner of the writers room eating lo mein while the writers are coming up with their new script and giving scathing criticisms like some kind of creative direction gargoyle the whole time until they fix their story. Only then are they allowed to write a blank check each for Harrison Ford and the ghost of Marcia Lucas (RIP) to review and make edits before they can receive a stamp of approval
Every time a writer makes a decision based on what the audience wants and/or says they don’t have a long term plan I pelt them with the crumpled up pages I’ve torn from the script and they have to start over
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Is there anything that could convince you to write Reylo 🙏 🥺 I swear I thought you did at one point but I had to have been thinking of someone else but I still feel like your take on it would be so good
You would have to pay me cash money to do so 🫴💵 And since that is technically illegal, you would likely receive a Jens Haaning for your trouble
I accidentally clicked on the #OC Shadow tag earlier and the ominous grouping of character posts has me intrigued and trepidatious 😱 May I request to know which story they will be in?
Shadow is the placeholder name for one of/the primary antagonist/s in the action movie pitch surrounding a squad of retired clones getting together for One Last Job. The reason they’re reuniting again for the first time in over a decade is because Red, the sergeant, received part of an encrypted message from one of their other old crew members warning them that something, or someone, was coming for them. The hologram unfortunately cuts out right as a shadow moves behind the sender, startling him and making it apparent that he was silenced permanently before he could divulge any further details. Red calls the group back together, and is unfortunately forced to bring his son Rio (the main character) along with him while he and the squad try to figure out who could be hunting them down and why
The mercenary tracking them turns out to be a later advancement of the CX shadow clones we see in The Bad Batch. He’s a ruthlessly efficient killing machine in more ways than one, and though they won’t know he’s an assassin clone until midway through the movie, he moves and acts more like a droid than a man, almost like he’s being puppetted by something else; those sort of mechanical, unflinching movements and superhuman strength and reflexes appear disjointed and glitchy at times. He barely speaks and something about the way he moves just seems off to them, unnerving and unsettling as he stalks his targets.
He’s largely patterned after Kroenen from Mignola’s Hellboy movie and the android assassin from Sky Captain, that same type of henchman archetype
din djarin got his one big chance to be like “yes i will help you if you do this sidequest!!!” and he was like. it’s on the house, don’t even pay me, i’ll be right there, i will convince other people to also do this as a personal favour to me, i will literally die here beside you and it will be an honour. i have to go to my kid’s parent teacher meeting first though hope that’s okay
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i LOVE the idea of "i can't win, but you can lose" in fictional confrontations it is SO fucking tasty. the human nature to self destruct and the human nature to survive by any means necessary combined at its finest.
Summary: In a world where Mando is more proactive about finding the child a teacher for his own good, Ahsoka refuses from the beginning to take Grogu as her apprentice.
The Togruta woman gave no indication she was listening. Mando continued after her, insistent.
“Please, you have to train him. You’re my last lead. I’ve scoured the galaxy for somebody who can understand him better than I do and can help him live the life he’s supposed to have—”
“Who’s to say that life isn’t with you?” the Jedi asked. “You care for him. You’re capable. He wants to be with you.”
“It doesn’t matter what I want. I’m not enough.”
“You seem to have been doing well thus far.”
“Jedi, look at me,” the Mandalorian snapped. Tano stopped short, glaring over her shoulder at him. “He is capable of things I have no way of understanding: this is for his own good because I am not enough. If you refuse to teach him, you're dooming him to a life of being hunted without the means to fight back.”
“Is that what you want?" the Jedi said flatly. “For him to fight?”
“What choice does he have?" Mando barked. “He's going to outlive me and be killed by the first person who wants to dissect him to find a way to tap into those powers themselves— He deserves a chance to live. He needs one of his own kind to teach him to wield his powers. A life with me is no life for a kid; he's a target by association and the danger I face compounds his own. Without instruction, he'll have to keep running simply because he can use whatever it is you Jedi sense. This isn't about training him to protect others," Din said. “This is about him being able to defend himself when I'm gone.”
Ahsoka paused. He continued, frustration lacing his tone.
“Even if there comes a time Moff Gideon is defeated, even if I'm the one who does it and I survive, my life is incredibly short in relation to his. He may very likely still be a child if- if I'm old enough to die of natural causes. Even that fate seems unlikely. Mandalorians do not have a long life expectancy.”
Ahsoka glances away. He sees it.
“And if I can't defeat the Moff, if we’re always on the move, what kind of life is that for a child who ages at a tenth the rate I do?"
The Mandalorian continued. “You said you knew one like him, yes?”
“… Yes," Ahsoka said cagily.
“How old were they?"
She hesitated.
“How old were they?" Mando demanded. She still didn't answer. He huffed in agitation, gesturing to the child playing on the rocks. “He is fifty years old, Jedi. And he's a child. I'm not going to live long enough to see him become the age where he's even capable of taking care of himself, let alone protecting himself.”
“Has he ever lashed out in anger?" Ahsoka interjected. “You said yourself he's a child.”
“He doesn't use his powers to hurt people. He heals them. I've seen it.”
“He's never used his powers to harm someone not at fault? Think hard.”
“Of course not—!”
“Because that's not what he told me.”
Din froze. The Togruta woman smiled bitterly, clasping her hands behind her and looking out over the moors. “I asked him when we spoke if he ever retaliated in anger. Trained Jedi can usually tell when the mind— especially that of a child— lies, but there was no need. He told me he once thought you were in danger, and he strangled a woman with the Force to keep you safe.”
There was a gap of silence as Cara Dune's panicked expression flashed across his mind's eye, and the Mandalorian's shoulders slumped. He'd had to rush to the child and assure him that he was unharmed, that Cara was a friend, and had the child not understood him he would have been at a loss for how to break the child's focus and get him to release whatever invisible, intangible grip he had on her throat as Cara silently choked for air.
Ahsoka bowed her head. “The Jedi were not infallible. We're still mortals capable of making the same mistakes as anyone. It's why the Order held themselves to such high standards: we knew how capable we were of these kinds of feats and sought to rein in the possibility of failure because the consequences of acting on our emotions instead of discernment would always be more destructive and devastating than those of ordinary people. Accountability was paramount. Discipline is difficult; it extended to every aspect of our lives. Left without it, Force users succumbed to their feelings of fear, anger, and hatred.”
“So train him. Teach him that discipline.”
She turned back to the cairns where the child played, spreading his fingers through the moss. ”If he loses touch with the Force, he's less likely to hurt innocent people, including those he loves.”
“But if he loses those powers,” Din pleaded, “Who's going to keep him safe when he's alone?”
Author’s Note: At this point in the season Mando should have been desperate to find the kid a teacher for the kid’s own good because he knows that’s his best chance of survival. If Ahsoka was in search of Thrawn, there was never a chance she would have taken Grogu as her apprentice. I think she should have told Mando that at the beginning and given him the location of Tython so he could be on his way without wasting his time. She was planning to storm the castle herself anyway, and Mando has no connection to the people of Calodan.
I also thought the entire second act of this episode was too slow and mellow because there was no conflict for Mando to overcome in an effort to convince Ahsoka to train the kid. I think this scene makes for a more dynamic discussion and compelling reason for why Mando wants the kid trained and why Ahsoka can’t take him, and I think conflict driving this discussion is a better means of giving exposition.
