Starting off the new year with some Codiyo (and fanbaby Quico) cuddles! Everybody stay warm! 😊💖

This little family has my heart 🥹

I made a post about how Star Wars would totally have their own version of Taylor Swift and it wouldn’t leave my brain. So, introducing:

Talora Sloane. Pantoran. PopStar. Same body and face shape as Taylor Swift but with blue skin, lavender hair, amber eyes, and yellow face tattoos(if someone wants to do fanart, feel free!)

Talora Sloane HCs:

Talora has been Riyo Chuchi’s best friend since childhood.

Talora has two tooka cats named Selene and Oliver.

Talora is a big reader and always has a book at the ready. When she’s not performing, of course.

Mace Windu is a close family friend and has been one of her biggest supporters since childhood. She calls him Uncle.

Massive Clones Rights advocate.

Loves meluroons, tea, noodles, and the color pink.

When not performing, her outfits consist mostly of plaid mini skirts, boots, and cardigans.

Lives in a lovely Coruscant apartment that she shares with Riyo.

During the Clone Wars HCs:

At the start of the war, she was kidnapped by separatists and rescued by the bad batch at Mace’s order. They all became quick friends.

Talora and Hunter had a brief fling/ short-term relationship but remain close friends.

When the Bad Batch is on Coruscant, they stay with Talora and Riyo.

The Batch introduces the two girls to Cody. Talora and the batch are proud members of the Codiyo Canoe.

Shortly after meeting the batch, her music is sold, and Tech suggests she rerecord it.

The Eras Tour happens during the war and only on Republic planets. The profits go to buying her music back and clone rights.

Talora meets Fives(post Citadel Arc) while hiding from paparazzi. He helps her, and they spend the day together. They start to date semi-secretly. Mid Eras Tour.

Ahsoka and Hardcase are massive Talora Sloane fans and freak when they find out about Talora x Fives.

Fives met the batch at Talora’s apartment, and they hit it off.

Fives is the only one of the 501st to really know the batch before rescuing Echo.

Talora x Fives is made public at the end of the war. Fix-it AU. Palpatine gets eaten by the Zillo Beast or something.

The end of the Eras Tour happens on Coruscant.

I Surrender

(I hadn’t planned on officially entering @codiyoweek , since I’m not an experienced romance writer, and I also didn’t have a lot of time this January—but Mimi was kind enough to say I could hop aboard for the “Free Day” slot, if I wanted. So, I hope everyone enjoys this short but sweet little piece of family fluff! 😊💜🧡💜🧡 You can also read it on AO3, if you prefer.)

Rating: G

Characters: Cody, Quico (fanbaby), Riyo

Description: Marshal-Commander Cody has never surrendered before. But there’s a first time for everything….

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Cody slinks behind the barrier in the room. His opponent is coming. He lies ready to spring. Good soldiers always prepare for fights like this.

He has been called many things, through his career. Brave. Loyal. Tenacious. A pillar of strength.

He has blown through waves of clankers, perched on crab-droids’ heads and mown them down, punched commandos’ shells with his bare hands.

There is one phrase he has never once uttered, during the war: “I surrender.”

…Cody’s opponent is coming. He must be swift! There will never be a day he gives in. He nearly cartwheels out from his hiding place, arms extended for battle—his hands, curiously bare of their gloves now, curiously splaying, as if to tickle—but his opponent gets to him first, tiny blue hands reaching for his middle.

Rain and Sunshine

(You can also read this fic here on AO3!)

Rating: G

Main Characters: Cody, Riyo Chuchi, Wooley, and OCs (a sister for Riyo and a baby for Riyo and Cody)

Premise/Blurb: To his family, Cody is the sun. (Cody x Riyo)

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Pantora was a rainy planet, but inside Cody and Riyo Chuchi’s house, there was nothing but sunshine. Riyo sat playing on the living-room rug with Quico, the light of their lives. Their baby girl was five years old now, and had hair as curly as Cody’s and as pale-purple as Riyo’s. She was a chubby little thing, much the same round shape at five as she had been as a baby. And her blue skin from Riyo was patched with Cody’s copper-brown around her eyes, nose, hands, feet, and tummy—making her look almost like a little Pantoran panda. Her family had simply never seen a living being half so adorable as her!

Riyo’s sister Ritu sat sewing by the mosaic fireplace. She and Wooley were a part of the family too—the house was designed apartment-style, as neither Riyo nor Cody could stand to let their siblings live all lonely, by themselves. Clones needed their brothers. And Ritu certainly needed Riyo, whom she had ALWAYS seen as her own little one—and now Quico, who was the cherished little one of the whole household! The giggling bundle had all four adults wrapped easily around her chubby fingers, and well she knew it.

- gained multiple beloved followers and mutuals!

- did 5 complete rewatches of The Bad Batch

- discovered my dairy allergy

- discovered a new beloved rare pair, Codiyo (Cody x Riyo)

- involved in multiple fun tag games!

- made a lot more sustainable choices

- read a lot of fanfiction

- learned to make memes

Decided to start sharing some of my Spotify playlists with y'all! (Guests can hopefully see the list of songs, even if only other people on Spotify can play them--so hopefully this can at least give some inspiration to everybody.) Please note that these are WIPs, and G-rated suggestions are always welcome (I'm always up to discover new music)! 😊

Click HERE to view Feather's Cody x Riyo Family playlist! (Note: This is designed to be played on shuffle, otherwise the pacing will be weird.)

This is inspired by Cody, Riyo Chuchi, and the rest of their family as they appear in my happy-ending fanwork AU, "Gently Twinkling Stars." Long story short, this is an unrepentant, absolutely-buckets-of-fluff, no-order-66, clones-get-the-long-happy-lives-they-deserve universe. Cody marries Riyo, they have a little girl named Quico, and they also let Cody's brother Wooley and Riyo's OC sister live with them, as one big happy family!

Some of these songs are about their wartime days, others about the shamelessly cute antics these characters get into post-war. This will therefore almost certainly be one of the least-angsty, most-sugary TCW-inspired playlists floating around. But, it still does have some poignant, serious, and action-oriented songs here and there. Anyways, hope you enjoy!

Some standout songs:

"Sunshine on My Shoulders" by John Denver--I think each and every sunshine-related song I knew of ended up on this list, thanks to Cody's sun motif. 😆 But this one is DEFINITELY one of the sweetest! I grew up listening to John Denver, since my mother loved his songs so much herself in the 70's, and would always play them on cassette when we'd drive around in her truck when I was little, in the 90's. Just listen to this one and tell me it doesn't make you feel all warm and sleepy inside (like Cody's hugs and soothing voice certainly would)! 💖

"Promise Me" and "A New Life" from the First Knight soundtrack--did I mention that Cody is the most knight-coded clone in my imagination? I can always imagine medieval AUs with him and Riyo so easily, and these tracks are just perfect for knight!Cody riding along in sun-patterned armor on a horse, Riyo and Quico snuggled beside him, and banners trailing behind them!

"Soldier" by Samantha Jade--thanks to Arkie for introducing me to both this one, and Codiyo in general! It's mostly a very catchy dance tune, but it does have some poignant lines when imagining a clone and his romantic interest during wartime.

"Ocean Waltz" by Braxton Burks (cover of the Pokémon game tune) and "The Royal Waltz" from The Great Race soundtrack--something I only discovered when making these playlists is that Cody is, curiously, just about the only clone that I can imagine waltzing naturally. The others could try, but would have some element of awkwardness or humor mixed in--but Cody? He's just the most perfect, comfortable, elegant gentleman, and imagining him and Riyo dancing together with this music at a Senate ball gave me an odd and lovely joy.

"I'll Fight" by Daughtry--this one is on most of my clone playlists, but in this case it represents Cody looking out for his beloved vod'ika, Wooley. I just love the idea of Cody have a very paternal soft spot for his little shiny protégé, and Wooley staying a part of Cody's family after the war.

"Molten Mine" from the Sonic and the Black Knight soundtrack--I like to include a few action soundtracks on these lists, to represent the clone battalions on their missions. But I was very picky for the 212th, especially Cody--them not always seeming like "the wild ones" as much as the 501st, being more reserved like their Jedi Obi-Wan. This particular track really hit the spot, though, somehow, and fit Cody leading his brothers into battle, to me.

"Invisible," end title from Klaus--I haven't been able to watch this movie, but this song is just so touching! Both because of its spirit and its actual sound, I can imagine it being sung by Riyo, to little Quico and the rest of the family. ❤️

"Father and Daughter" by Paul Simon--Cody being the absolute bestest dad to little Quico. ❤️

"Shower Me With Your Love" by Surface--just a really sweet little love song, that makes me feel all "sunshiny" again. One of those songs where you can really "hear the smile" in the singer's voice, you know? Cody and Riyo's love for each other, and the people around them, is just so warm and soft!