a pair of starfighters

JULY 2: 850/850

Hi tumblr, it’s me again, ashamed to admit that I'm unable to pay my rent and it’s reached starting-to-panic levels. If I don’t have the money by the end of July 2nd, I’ll have to flee in the the night because my live-in landlord has threatened to call the police and ICE on me for such crimes as walking onto the back porch at night to look at a meteor shower due to the entire house a DIY panopticon; I do not expect kindness or grace from him, even though I always pay on time.

I've spent the last week contacting churches/shelters but finding someone willing or able to hear me out rather than being told a flat no and redirected to yet another number/website is now even harder than the last time I tried this.

Which is not anyone’s fault so much as proof of how wide the cracks to slip through are. It’s like triage, and someone without kids who is neither too young nor too old and doesn’t have a visibly obvious disability falls below their cutoff line.

I can understand and accept why they triage like this while also disagreeing with the implicit judgment that I’ll be fine. I know I won’t be. I’m isolated, no surviving family in the country, no car,  I’m physically unable to go further than half a mile without my body giving out. The heat in Florida is enough to seriously endanger any healthy adult who doesn’t have access to hydration and shelter, and I’m… yeah, I’m not healthy. Too many complications from PMOS and a heart that works too hard to keep everything going as a default. I can hide being queer and have lived in the US long enough that I don’t immediately trigger overt racism, but I can’t hide my body being janky as hell.

…and the vet was like, “You know the thing with geriatric cats is—” and I was like, “What do you mean, geriatric?! It’s a little baby, look at her!" Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (2025)

Chapters: 25/? Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Quinlan Vos, CT-7567 | Rex, CC-2224 | Cody, Ahsoka Tano, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Barriss Offee, Dexter Jettster, Jar Jar Binks, Jango Fett Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, massage therapist obi-wan, Mechanic Anakin Skywalker, Single Parent Anakin Skywalker, Touch-Starved Anakin Skywalker, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Anakin Skywalker Cries, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, not that slow tho, Eventual Smut, Eventual Romance, Anakin Skywalker Has a Prosthetic Arm, Protective Obi-Wan Kenobi, POV Alternating, Obi-Wan Kenobi Feels Guilty, Masturbation, Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano Are Siblings, Family Feels, Idiots in Love, Clumsy Jar Jar Binks, Insecure Anakin Skywalker, Dex’s Diner (Star Wars), CT-7567 | Rex is a Good Bro, CT-7567 | Rex & Anakin Skywalker Friendship, Anakin Skywalker Has a Praise Kink, Anakin Skywalker Has Self-Esteem Issues, Phone Sex, Manipulative Sheev Palpatine, Top Obi-Wan Kenobi/Bottom Anakin Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker Has PTSD Summary:

Tormenting that old man should go double when he's a bunny~ X3

A couple of weeks ago, I was struck with this idea of a police detective and mob boss Obikin, and after it whirled around me for a while, I reached out to @human-rocket to see if she'd be interested in drawing this concept, and she did! And then she came and gave me this art of amazingness.

Like. WOW.

KJEDI 21.2FM

When Anakin can't sleep - which is most of the time - he tunes in to the local college radio station, just grateful to have someone else who sounds like they're awake at the same time he is.

His favorite quickly becomes Ben Kenobi, broadcasting his show Guiding Light from the station just a few miles away every Tuesday and Thursday from two to five a.m. Ben's musical tastes are...eclectic, to say the least, but he's funny and knowledgeable and Anakin looks forwarding to listening to him every week.

...and sure, okay, maybe Anakin's got a little bit of a crush on the guy. But it's not like that's ever going to go anywhere. Anakin is busy with his job, and his kids, and Ben is just a voice on the radio. They've never crossed paths. They're never going to cross paths.

That is, at least, until one cold November morning when Ben asks anyone out there who's listening to call into the station.

Anakin can't dial the phone fast enough.

-Anakin mentions a song he thinks is called "I Know This Much Is True" by Salacious Crumb, which he gets wrong on all counts: it's "True" by Spandau Ballet

-the first song Anakin hears on Obi-Wan's show (all thirty minutes of it!) is Karn Evil No. 9 by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

-The comedy bit about self-defense against different kids of fruit is a Monty Python sketch, which was originally released on a record album but later used on their TV show

-Rhapsody in Blue on a banjo is a real thing (and a ton of fun)

-The book Obi-Wan is so into that he can't stop reading long enough to do his radio show is one of my favorites, The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. I highly recommend it and if anyone has read it and wants to talk about it, hit me up!

I know I mentioned it earlier in this post, but my visual cues for this chapter (you'll know it when you see it, haha) were:

-the Bruce Springsteen song Obi-Wan quotes from is 'Highway Patrolman'

-Anakin never gets to hear the answer, but the CTA in question is the Chicago Transit Authority, which after their first album (and a few legal accusations, considering there is a very real Chicago Transit Authority that is not a band but the organization that handles buses and trains in the city of Chicago) got shortened to the much more famous band name Chicago (who went on to record, at current count, 37 albums, but I give you permission to stop after Chicago VII)

Chapter 23: Desires and Tradition

Pairing: Obikin Rating: E Important Tags: Historical setting, Arranged marriage, Slow burn, Non-traditional A/B/O, "and they were both omegas"

Preview:

by @thegingerwrites

M, 40k, Chapter 2/7

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Age Regression/De-Aging, Mission Fic, Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padawan Anakin Skywalker, Master & Padawan Relationships (Star Wars), Miscommunication, POV Multiple, Flirting, Getting Together, Yoda's Disaster Lineage (Star Wars)

Chapter Two! Featuring: Padawan Anakin and Obi-Wan bonding, a sparring match, and a walk through the woods

Excerpt:

“You’re Djem So is quite good, by the way. You’ve studied it for a year or two, I imagine.”

“Yeah,” Anakin says. He powers down his lightsaber at last and examines it. “I picked it up two years ago. It took some convincing—he thought it was too aggressive at first—but eventually I wore him down.”

A negotiation strategy to match his fighting style, a relentless offense dedicated to speed and strength. His emotions would leave him vulnerable with a style like this and he would perhaps need a few years to grow into it more fully, but after watching Anakin truly in his element, there could be no other specialty for him.

“It suits you. Perhaps another few years and you’ll be truly great.”

“Excuse me?”

Obi-Wan shrugs. “Your skills need refinement. You overshot nearly every one of your strikes. You expended your energy too quickly. Not to mention the fact that you let your emotions get the better of you.” He watches as Anakin’s eyes widen and then harden, as though he is locking down his shields and preparing for another fight. “A more skilled opponent would have taken advantage of those weaknesses and given you a real fight. Unfortunately, that opponent isn’t me.”

Anakin wavers, clearly torn between curiosity and a desire to respond to perceived slights. Again, Obi-Wan decides to opt for mercy and he reaches out a hand to clasp Anakin’s shoulder. “You are incredibly powerful, Anakin. You are going to be a formidable Jedi someday.”

Which makes the tips of Anakin’s ears turn red almost immediately. His eyes fix themselves on Obi-Wan’s boots. With the way that he ducks his head and shrinks in on himself, he makes himself appear shorter than Obi-Wan.