"People I Want To Get To Know Better"

"People I want to get to know better"

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Last Song: Normandie - Hourglass

Favorite Color: Reds, Purples, Teals, Warm Yellow

Currently Watching: Not really into watching series these days.. I currently prefer watching a film or gaming contents. Started to rewatch some Sons Of Anarchy and Supernatural from time to time though!

Last Movie: Stay (2005)

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: Savoury + Spicy > Sweet

Relationship Status: 🖤🩶🤍💜

Current Obsession: Fanfiction about SW copy paste men? In general reading angsty stuff. But I too love the tropes of time travel, fix it or found family. Kinda want to try to improve writing but then again I mostly write on a whim (or because of insomnia). I'm also currently replaying Resident Evil 2 and Mass Effect LE

Last Thing I Googled: How to get to a concert venue from the hotel I'll be staying in and what food options are nearby

Logbook entry #2

I want to learn how to write convincing plot twists, it's so satisfying if someone weaves a web of hints into their story that makes you realize you could have at least unconsciously picked up on a "different" truth

How does one make a character distinctive and easily recognizable.. especially writing multiple POVs you can only use "he" "commander" "name" "clone" so often without being super repetitive?

I want to look into Mando'a and general SW terminology to expand my vocabulary

Currenrly considering writing unusual friendship pairings with the Corries.. i.e. what if Thorn was besties with Warthog on Kamino

Thinking about all the little siblings out there who were the ones to support their older siblings through crisis and how this is a such rare POV

I want to write a continuation of one drabble. See if it feels good to build on a snippet with another snippet.

It's always interesting to see posts of people who are confused about why there is so many fan creations for clones and battalions we don't know much if anything about

Fox spots his youngest batchmate in the Rotunda when they are supposed to be on the other side of the Galaxy

Fox had just started the first round of his patrol in the Rotunda's corridors after standing guard for a long debate when he spotted familiar yellow markings among the sea of extravagant robes of senators and aides and the red of his guard.

When had his vod'ika made it planetside? Had he missed any notifs from headquarters while trying to not project his simmering anger being forced to listen to yet another debate about commissioning more troopers to turn the tides of war in the Republic's (and some Senators' personal) favor? A quick check of the newly received messages and scheduled events on his HUD confirmed that the commander standing just down the corridor should be with their men in the Outer Rim. The Albedo Brave hadn't docked on 000 for three months and wasn't scheduled to do so for at least just as many. He pinged Thire to look for information from the landing platform.

Fox signed to his current squad to continue their rounds without him and to stay focused before deviating from the assigned route. It was already late in the cycle and since today's debate in the Senate hadn't sparked any extraordinary conflicts the Guard didn't expect a particularly busy night. At least not busier than any other night on a planet that never slept and seemed to be the biggest feeding ground for crimes of all kinds.

The red soles of his boots clicked on the durasteel floor. His little brother was looking down the opposite side of the corridor but turned their head at the sound. As soon as they spotted him their tense shoulders seemed to drop a bit. Fox switched to a direct personal line.

"Tali'ka, what are you doing here?"

"Hello to you too, Fox."

Fox could tell they aimed for cheerful but tension bled into their normally smooth voice. That wasn't very reassuring. Where were their men? As far as Fox could see there were no other troopers with the 13th yellow markings around.

"Is everything alright? Why wasn't I notified of your arrival? Are you alone?"

Tali tensed again and quickly tilted their bucket towards a closed door in the direction they had previously been focusing on. Fox nodded and strut towards what he knew was a stuffed supply room. He also knew it would be unoccupied at this hour since the droids of this section were busy tidying the heart of the Rotunda and the smell of various strong cleaning detergents seemingly made it unsuitable for any "secret activities" the natborns tried to hide from the cameras in the corridors. Their buckets would filter the stench but as soon as the door swished close behind them his brother unsealed theirs and clipped it to their belt.

Tali's dark hair curled around their shoulders, even when they had tied it in a high orbak tail. There was a atypical thightness around their eyes and the small scar on the left side of their lips emphasized the unusual down turn of the corners of their mouth.

"What the kark do you store here?"

Fox briefly considered keeping the comfort of his bucket in hopes Tali would just put theirs back on, but when dark eyes expectantly met his through the visor he relented and reached up to pull it off.

"Cleaning detergents. You can probably burn a hole into the walls with this stuff but the droids dilute them."

His vod'ika crossed their arms in front of the striking yellow v on their breast plate. They squinted at what Fox assumed were new scars on his face. He hadn't kept up with comparing the timeline of the incidents that had etched themselves into his appearance with the one of meeting his batchmates.

"Did someone throw those at you?"

Fox recognized a diversion tactic when he saw one.

"No. Tali why are you here?"

"I'm assigned to accompany our commander to the Temple for a private lesson."

"This isn't the Temple."

A sigh left his brother's lips. They should've known Fox would not stop asking. He had always been the one to keep being adamant about gathering any information possible.

"The commander isn't at the Temple either. He clearly wasn't looking forward to his lesson and convinced me to go for a walk instead of heading straight to the Temple and I thought it would be safest to stretch our legs here.."

Fox raised an eyebrow into his greying locks but just waited for Tali to continue. They took the hint.

"I didn't account for him racing off into the vents when something spooked him.. I lost the commander an hour ago.."

"Something spooked him? Do we need to look for a dangerous individual in this building?"

He already had started tapping another message to Thire, who was on shift overseeing the headquarters ,and promptly received an affirmative about reenforcing the current squads on Senate patrol.

Tali started shifting their weight from one foot to another. The tightness around their eyes had intensified when Fox looked up at them again.

"Does the commander have a comm? Can you contact him?"

The long hair swished from one shoulder to another as they unhappily shook their head before the words started tumbling out in a rush.

"No, he dropped it when entering the shafts.. and we're too big to follow him. We usually don't need to. I know the ventilation system layout of the venators and our General can usually tell where he will go.. but ori'vod this building is massive! What if he gets lost and can't find his way back? Cal is maybe ten years standard and skittish as haran. He is tiny even for a natborn human! I just managed to convince him to hold onto my hand because the Senators have no sense of personal space before he bolted. He quite literally slipped through my fingers.."

Fox took a step towards the younger commander and firmly put his hands on their shoulders. He made a point to directly look into Tali's eyes.

"Tali'ka, take a breath. If the commander is in this building he is in one of the safest place on Coruscant. He is just as safe as would be in the Temple. And even if you don't, I know the layout of this building. We will find him. I'm sure you did not scare your commander off. Maybe he just heard a rude Senator yell at their aide or something. Natborns can be sensitive."

Tali closed their eyes and slowly rested their forehead onto Fox when inhaling deeply. They had always felt safest with their batch.

"I just feel incompetent, ori'vod. Who the kark loses their tiny commander when escorting him from the landing pads to the Temple. Master Vos will inform my General and he will rightfully never trust me with his Padawan again."

Fox reached for their neck to keep them close for another moment before pulling away. He even smiled a little crooked at their vod'ika.

"Master Vos? I've seen him around on Coruscant. He doesn't strike me as the type to report something as long as it didn't hurt anyone. Too much paperwork. That man won't even fill a proper report after blowing up some spice ring in the upper levels."

Fox squeezed their neck reassuringly before he opened the small holo projector on his vambrace to display the blue print of the Rotunda's ventilation shafts while simultaneously starting another call. Tali felt the tension in their chest ease focusing on their ori'vod. He had always known how to calculate risks and didn't lie just to offer comfort when chances of success were low. He was guarding the homefront. He was the safe place when everyone else felt like walking on egg shells. The comm line connected on the second ping.

"Hello Fox, how can I help you?"

The vod who had picked up sounded way too chipper and awake for this time of the cycle. His flippant greeting had Fox roll his eyes. But the Marshall Commander didn't reprimand his trooper even if his voice was stern.

"Sergeant Hound, I need you at to the Senate building to locate a missing ade. Bring a full squad with your calmest massiffs. You have ten minutes."

Cal picked up a stray echo from Tali and like the scaredy tooka he is escaped to a place nobody can touch him. OC Talisman, called Tali, is the clone commander of the Iron Battalion under Cal's Master Jaro Tapal. They are the youngest batchmate of Fox, Wolffe, Cody, Bly and Ponds (completing 3 golden commanders to balance 3 blood red ones).

Logbook entry #3

SW TCW and JFO fandom is my first Tumblr experience and it's so nice! Idk why I was so hesitant about this platform when I endured Twt fandoms for years

Didn't find time to write anything these last days but had some great conversations about the writing process and it's super interesting to me

I feel like lots of people gravitating towards the Corries have some kind of common understanding about how personal perspectives telling different truths aren't inherently wrong or right

Think it would be interesting to explore the narrative of the Clones actually believing in the Jedi being traitors to the Republic (maybe exciling them instead of killing, probs no inhibitor chips) and how it hurts to lose your closest ally / rebuild broken trust so still make it a fix it au where they work through phases of seeing the truth

I really want to write more dialogue and verbal vs non verbal communication in fics as a way to convey information in secret

I lost my Fox charm yesterday and was pretty sad about it but luckily I am able to reorder from Etsy. Guess I will replace the string with a metal keychain to avoid losing him again

Thank you for the insight!

I definitely want to think more about the weathering of armor or maybe accessories you could still wear under it.. maybe connect it to how old injuries or experiences impact someone's way of moving around.

I gotta admit I never ventured into gender identity. From what I understand Mando'a is a genderless language? So it's a safe way of communication in multiple ways (they can't hurt eachother by addressing a vod wrong and outsiders can't pick up on hidden identities)?

I currently don't write a lot of dialogue but taking in the options of informal / formal speech, age hierarchy (it kinda compares to the bits I know from Japanese or Korean) and code names could make it easier. Voice cadence and intonation still feels hard to describe, but picking up different vocabulary depending on your job / social circles is such a nice detail!

Logbook entry #2

I want to learn how to write convincing plot twists, it's so satisfying if someone weaves a web of hints into their story that makes you realize you could have at least unconsciously picked up on a "different" truth

How does one make a character distinctive and easily recognizable.. especially writing multiple POVs you can only use "he" "commander" "name" "clone" so often without being super repetitive?

I want to look into Mando'a and general SW terminology to expand my vocabulary

Currenrly considering writing unusual friendship pairings with the Corries.. i.e. what if Thorn was besties with Warthog on Kamino

Thinking about all the little siblings out there who were the ones to support their older siblings through crisis and how this is a such rare POV

I want to write a continuation of one drabble. See if it feels good to build on a snippet with another snippet.

It's always interesting to see posts of people who are confused about why there is so many fan creations for clones and battalions we don't know much if anything about

Please feel free to ramble at me about writing or reading as much as you want @lesquatrechevrons :)

Writing jokes seems super daunting, I always envy people who can make others laugh!

I'm a big fan of 3rd person narration and perspective for all media. Idk why but it makes it easier for me to relate to a character's motivation and feelings because it's very clear that they act out of their own beliefs. Thank you for adding the point about establishing distance. I didn't consider that's a way to influence the perception of a character too!

Had to google epithets but yes I agree, small details can make a huge difference!

Logbook entry #2

I want to learn how to write convincing plot twists, it's so satisfying if someone weaves a web of hints into their story that makes you realize you could have at least unconsciously picked up on a "different" truth

How does one make a character distinctive and easily recognizable.. especially writing multiple POVs you can only use "he" "commander" "name" "clone" so often without being super repetitive?

I want to look into Mando'a and general SW terminology to expand my vocabulary

Currenrly considering writing unusual friendship pairings with the Corries.. i.e. what if Thorn was besties with Warthog on Kamino

Thinking about all the little siblings out there who were the ones to support their older siblings through crisis and how this is a such rare POV

I want to write a continuation of one drabble. See if it feels good to build on a snippet with another snippet.

It's always interesting to see posts of people who are confused about why there is so many fan creations for clones and battalions we don't know much if anything about