ramble factory

I love their friendship

2 days after having been tied to a chair in the boiler room, all the whumpee’s limbs have fallen asleep and their ass is numb and their back hurts. No ventilation in the room. They’re completely overheated, stiff, and dehydrated after a few days in one position with almost no sleep and only a few mis-aimed sips of water from a purposefully careless henchman. The metal doors bang open which makes the whumpee’s head nod up slightly in response. The next thing they feel is hard fingers digging into their cheeks to yank their face up to meet the villains. Whumpee only hears every few words but it sounds like they’ve been given a choice - fight one of the henchmen and if you win, they let you go. You lose, you go back in the chair until their team tries to rescue them.  Ropes fall off and whumpee wiggles their fingers, hiding the grimace of pain as they extend their legs experimentally, pant legs stiff with dried sweat and blood. 

It’s been a while since I power read an entire webcomic. Thanks HI, that was an immensely enjoyable read, and one that I’ll check for updates. 

The story is essentially a Star Trek/Superman fusion, where the eponymous character is an astronomist turned Paladin of Cosmos, taking up the mantle of Light against the Dark. The characters are great, the setting is vivid and colorful, it has tons of worldbuilding. I love it.

Look, I’m not saying if Herman Melville was alive today he would totally have an A03/fanfiction.net account… but that’s exactly what I’m saying.

Planeswalkers of War of the Spark

All Padawans of races that grow hair have a braid behind their right ear. Braids have a yellow band at the top and a red band at the bottom. Additional beads or other color bands are added to mark the Padawan’s area/s of study. 

The yellow band is applied when a Master takes on the Padawan before 13 standard years of age. The red band is applied after 16 standard years of age when he/she completes their Temple courses and starts studying independently under the guidance of his or her Master.

White: Healing

Blue: Mechanics

Red: Piloting

Green: The Living Force/Meditation/Precognitive Visions

Yellow: Lightsaber and other weapons 

Black: Jedi version of Covert Operations

Anakin had red and blue bands. Mechanics and piloting.

Obi Wan had red and yellow bands. Piloting and weapons. 

Ahsoka in Clone Wars is still young and so has only one yellow bead for her notable saber technique. 

Braids are cut by the Master’s lightsaber upon the Padawan’s completion of the Trials (generally around 20 standard years but often earlier or later depending on the student). Jedi who are expelled from the Order prior to completing their training have their braids ripped out rather than cut. Ouch!