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ok basically
sw doesn’t [so far as I can tell] get into the politics of things like: why did over a hundred worlds decide to give the republic the bird and join the CIS? What is the whole Council of Neutral Systems up to? 

I’m currently raging at my brain because it’s doing the ‘oooh bad thing! Bad Thing!’ dance every time I think about secession. Which is kind of... I mean it’s always presented as Bad. And, ok, yes: a lot of the time withdrawal from the UN was ‘you’re giving them membership so we’re leaving’ or ‘you’re being all judgy cuz we invaded these guys so f u’. But there must be thoroughly legitimate and hefty economic and social reasons for buggering off and taking one’s chances in the CIS or CNS, surely. I have several worlds that went CIS by insurgency, ie, were pressured into backing out of the Republic. 

Ultimately it’s not like there aren’t good reasons to tell the republic to F off. But on the other hand, since “everyone yammering on about how the system is corrupt but they don’t leave” is a perfectly plausible (and safe) situation, how bad does a situation really have to be for a planet to say ‘fuck this shit I’m out’? You have to have a compelling reason to disrupt years of belonging to a larger body to say either ‘I’ll take my chances with the new guys’ or ‘I’ll make it on my own’. That’s exactly why half the time it’s an attempt at a power move or political blackmail. 

And in the present condition, secession from the republic sounds a lot like brexit: voted on by a bunch of people who didn’t have all the facts, buoyed up by xenophobic sentiment, wanting to keep the EU benefits. :/
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In an effort to start moving myself over to DW, I'll probably end up showing a lot more of my hand here (i.e. spoiling the heck out of my WIPs). For instance, I don't actually have a WIPs list on my tumblr. 
You can find completed works on my ao3, though there are probably a few tumblr fics that never made the crossing. 

AUs: 
  • Silent leges inter arma, aka The FrankenAU: currently sitting pretty at ~60k in mostly unpublished scene snippets and planning, give or take about 2.5k of work I may or may not eventually choose to cut. 
  • Ships: QuiObi, Anidala; Other side pairings: SifoDooku, OFC/OFC, etc

    The FrankenAU is so named for the fact that this story is the result of what were originally three distinct AUs, until they decided to mate. I fought them for about two days. 

    It didn't stop growing after that, either. In its current shape, the frankenau is a rather ambitious work that tries to pull of legal, political, and economic reform, and then attempts to end slavery in the GFFA for dessert. 

    Work inspired by: A Patrician With Mud on his Boots by aidava (ao3), and In a Lonely Place by flamethrower ([personal profile] thedeadcat)

    Naturally, inspiration does not necessarily mean the frankenau bears any more than a cursory resemblance to either. 

  • Desert Rogue: Everyone needs a time travel AU. This one is not necessarily kind. 
  • Ship: QuiObi, sort of... ish

    Opening scene posted. Working title for next [nonchronological!] part: Memory's Maps (selected from a round of prompts)

    Work inspired by: this post by aidava, and one of her current wips I got the chance to look over. 

  • Still on Patrol, aka Belief!verse: The war, Order 66, and the Empire have made a mess of the Force. The Force... fights back, apparently. 
  • Ships: QuiObi, various others possible

    Magic Realism? Ghosts? Stuff? I don't know how to explain this one. It'll most likely take the form of a collection of short stories. I don't want to jinx myself with a comment on relative size to the two AUs above, but you may consider this list to be tentatively arranged in order of decreasing projected size. 

    Work inspired by: this post of the same name. 

  • Favoured by the Force AU (pending) 
  • Worldbuild? Yes. Plot? Not really. 

  • Force Ghosts AU (pending): this one actually does have details, but I'm waiting for... a shoe to drop. I'm going to be very vague about which shoe, but the truth is I may never actually get around o writing this one. Originally began with Someone Else's Plunnies

Short Fics: 
  • Mandalorian Qui-Gon: Started as a Sith!Qui prompt on tumblr, which went in a decidedly unexpected direction. 
  • Ships: None; gen fic. 

    Have received request for continuation! Working title for next part: A Spite of Sith (selected from a round of prompts)

  • Soulmates AU for [personal profile] norcumi 
  • Ship: Obi/Rex

    Brain gears broke down spectacularly over this one, it might be a while before I get things in order again. Lesson learned: never try pinch-hitting two weeks before a Big Bang posting date. 

  • Follow-up to A Subject for Careful Meditation—have had requests to continue, and have some intention of doing so, but plot is unfortunately nebulous. 
  • Ship: possible QuiObi (?), will likely remain up to interpretation

    Working title for next part: A Perfect Balance of Things (selected from a round of prompts)

  • Defiant Refrain-inspired fic for norcumi. The Defiant Refrain 'verse belongs to norcumi, actually. I'm just borrowing. 
  • Ship: Blyla

    Working title: I Can't Wait to go Home (I'm On My Way). (Selected from a round of prompts.)

  • Starry Skies: prompted by title meme; to be expanded and properly written 
  • Ship: err... OFC/OFC? Maybe? Sorta? idk

    Work inspired by: ReEntry by flamethrower (Otherwhen AU)
     

And a bunch of Title Meme Prompts: 
  1. I'm Still Dreaming - requested by obaewankenope
  2. Silver Tongue, Copper Tongue, Gold Tongue, Iron
  3. Alpaca Lunch - requested by meggory84
  4. I Can't Wait to go Home (I'm On My Way) - Defiant Refrain 'verse for norcumi
  5. Pelicans! Do Not Like Sweaters
  6. A Perfect Balance of things - follow-up to A Subject for Careful Meditation
  7. Acid Rain and Gas Giants
  8. Black Hole, Black Diamond, Black Cat, Cat's Eye - possibly Belief!verse, TFA era
  9. Shifting Sands, Sudden Storms - Shmi/Jango
  10. Trading Clans and Galactic Exploration - Walkers in the Sky
  11. Just Make Something Explode (Please, I Beg of You)
  12. Call Sign - Kem o'r haar Kebii'tra
  13. A Spite of Sith - Mandalorian!Qui-Gon
  14. We Dance Lightning
  15. Memory's Maps - Desert Rogue
  16. Flame is not Red
  17. Got the Morbs
  18. Got the Mobs
  19. Dawn's Voice

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