3-sentence story challenge
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worderlandsWhen you see this, write a 3-sentence story for one or more of the following prompts:
- furniture
- deadline
- staged
- deadline
- staged
You can use the prompt with the exact wording, or in a way where it's clear you've drawn inspiration from it.
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Board 1 - Stables
Jun. 17th, 2026 03:57 pmtagglemod posting in taggleIn the end, too many of you volunteer to pass as a single group of servants, whatever the chosen cover story. Thus you split up and make your ways to the Palace grounds independently.
Your group is coming from the East, rising Sun behind your backs, as you sneak through the ditches between empty horse pastures. Soon you find yourselves at the stables that house the divine horses. You haven’t seen any – you’re actually very interested in seeing these horses that can outshine the Sun. Ersisas has a gray draft horse gelding, named Kul for the Moon, who can get somewhat luminous in dim light due to his color. You wonder whether the effect will be similar.
But before you can get anywhere near the divine horses, you need to convincingly pretend to be stablehands. Thus you climb up to the hay storage to drop some hay bales down to the stable proper. Vakhas Tiria thought the stable head might hide the sets of keys he sometimes needed to use to get to the Palace proper under some bales of hay. If not, well, these horses are divine; as their caretakers, you can surely talk your way inside.
The hay storage is dusty and there are a bunch of small bales up here. You find one corner that looks like someone might've stashed things under the bales.
Nothing to do but move that hay down. Time to get started!
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Your group is coming from the East, rising Sun behind your backs, as you sneak through the ditches between empty horse pastures. Soon you find yourselves at the stables that house the divine horses. You haven’t seen any – you’re actually very interested in seeing these horses that can outshine the Sun. Ersisas has a gray draft horse gelding, named Kul for the Moon, who can get somewhat luminous in dim light due to his color. You wonder whether the effect will be similar.
But before you can get anywhere near the divine horses, you need to convincingly pretend to be stablehands. Thus you climb up to the hay storage to drop some hay bales down to the stable proper. Vakhas Tiria thought the stable head might hide the sets of keys he sometimes needed to use to get to the Palace proper under some bales of hay. If not, well, these horses are divine; as their caretakers, you can surely talk your way inside.
The hay storage is dusty and there are a bunch of small bales up here. You find one corner that looks like someone might've stashed things under the bales.
Nothing to do but move that hay down. Time to get started!
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Board 1 - Gardens
Jun. 17th, 2026 03:56 pmtagglemod posting in taggleThere are too many of you to convincingly pretend to be a single group allowed to be present, so you have been forced to split up in the night. Perhaps this is even for the best, as now you can act as distractions for each other if need be.
Your group has made it through the hedge maze thanks to Vakhas Tiria’s map and are now on the South side of the palace, in the gardens. The Sun is rising to the East, with the sky painted in pink and gold. It looks incredibly picturesque.
The head of the orangerie – currently on vacation with his wife – apparently had a habit of hiding the keys in the vegetable patches, instead of figuring out how to hand them securely from shift to shift. You thus slowly walk down the fields of vegetables, in search of the plot in question.
Soon you find a vegetable patch that looks slightly sad, like it gets dug up too often. There. The keys are hidden by the servants, so they’re probably in some funnily shaped clusters, but to figure out the previous shift’s sense of humor, you need to start digging.
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Your group has made it through the hedge maze thanks to Vakhas Tiria’s map and are now on the South side of the palace, in the gardens. The Sun is rising to the East, with the sky painted in pink and gold. It looks incredibly picturesque.
The head of the orangerie – currently on vacation with his wife – apparently had a habit of hiding the keys in the vegetable patches, instead of figuring out how to hand them securely from shift to shift. You thus slowly walk down the fields of vegetables, in search of the plot in question.
Soon you find a vegetable patch that looks slightly sad, like it gets dug up too often. There. The keys are hidden by the servants, so they’re probably in some funnily shaped clusters, but to figure out the previous shift’s sense of humor, you need to start digging.
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FFA DW Post #2492 - Even the slugs are dehydrating themselves to show off the gains.
Jun. 18th, 2026 12:13 amsunnymodffa posting in fail_fandomanonIsn't the thing about Rotta that he's very notably shredded for a Hutt?
Hutts being basically slugs, it's all water weight you could shrink if you sprinkled them with salt.
Will no one think of the giant-slug actors who are being told to literally poison themselves in order to achieve the look for their role?
All the
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June 16 - I guess it is the dog day!
Jun. 16th, 2026 05:48 pmsenmutSo, while I do LIKE dogs, I long ago recognized I am not a dog-energy person. Hilariously, I was usually the first one allowed by the bitches into the kennels to count pups, and also the one that nursed at least one litter through a bad disease, keeping all four alive. I was around dogs a lot:
Cricket, Lady Bit, Romeo, Juliet, Napoleon, Josephine, Champ - uncle's
Pepe, FiFi, Nina-Dog - Granny's
Rocky, Maggie, Goldie - Aunt's
Other assorted pooches I didn't interact with as much at other relatives.
Momma said we had a dog when we first moved to Keesler, but I don't remember it at all. As an adult, I have been personally responsible for these:
Kelly, my beloved Bull Terrier/Black Lab mix, went through a very delayed puppy phase once she realized she was SAFE with us and we figured out first owner was military as a uniform was the only thing that ever riled her to temper.
Cocoa, my beloved Cocker Spaniel/Irish Setter mix, who literally died the same week we lost my late partner.
Kara (LoIsLana), the fighting chihuahua (called that as they are the largest of the breed) we got for K as a gift, and the only pedigreed dog I personally paid for.
Sasha (bear), the very mixed Chow-something that I never really fully bonded with.
How about y'all?
Cricket, Lady Bit, Romeo, Juliet, Napoleon, Josephine, Champ - uncle's
Pepe, FiFi, Nina-Dog - Granny's
Rocky, Maggie, Goldie - Aunt's
Other assorted pooches I didn't interact with as much at other relatives.
Momma said we had a dog when we first moved to Keesler, but I don't remember it at all. As an adult, I have been personally responsible for these:
Kelly, my beloved Bull Terrier/Black Lab mix, went through a very delayed puppy phase once she realized she was SAFE with us and we figured out first owner was military as a uniform was the only thing that ever riled her to temper.
Cocoa, my beloved Cocker Spaniel/Irish Setter mix, who literally died the same week we lost my late partner.
Kara (LoIsLana), the fighting chihuahua (called that as they are the largest of the breed) we got for K as a gift, and the only pedigreed dog I personally paid for.
Sasha (bear), the very mixed Chow-something that I never really fully bonded with.
How about y'all?
June 15 - Cat names!
Jun. 15th, 2026 08:28 pmsenmutIn honor of Boots' 2nd gotcha day, what are the names of some cats you have had?
Thom(as), (Missy) Uno, Simon, Snowball who became Sammy, Pooh Bear, Pollux, I-Chaya who became Gizmo, (Chester) Bu(bastis), (Alexandria) Chi(cago), Memphis (Jones), (Thumbsy) Thebes, (Cairo-)Glyph, Turtle, Mischa, Denali, Evie, Boots.
I think that is all the named cats I have had the pleasure of sharing part of my life with. Renames were rehomes.
Thom(as), (Missy) Uno, Simon, Snowball who became Sammy, Pooh Bear, Pollux, I-Chaya who became Gizmo, (Chester) Bu(bastis), (Alexandria) Chi(cago), Memphis (Jones), (Thumbsy) Thebes, (Cairo-)Glyph, Turtle, Mischa, Denali, Evie, Boots.
I think that is all the named cats I have had the pleasure of sharing part of my life with. Renames were rehomes.
Be A Goldfish 26-B: Prompts
Jun. 15th, 2026 01:22 pmtheurbanspaceboi posting in beagoldfishT-minus: two weeks! Be A Goldfish is back in the water and ready to pull a Jaws.
In an effort to encourage weekly participation, as well as to provide structure and inspiration to those who thrive on it, we’ve prepared prompts to inspire you throughout the course of the event. Each weekly prompt will consist of both a traditional prompt and a medium, and we will provide links to inspirational and educational content to support you creatively should you choose to explore the medium. As follows:
Additionally, we've prepared two bonus prompts, which you are free to swap or combine with any scheduled week as desired:
In an effort to encourage weekly participation, as well as to provide structure and inspiration to those who thrive on it, we’ve prepared prompts to inspire you throughout the course of the event. Each weekly prompt will consist of both a traditional prompt and a medium, and we will provide links to inspirational and educational content to support you creatively should you choose to explore the medium. As follows:
- WEEK ONE: Build-A-World + Recipes & Food
- WEEK TWO: Can We Get Her Out? + Playlists & Podfic & Music
- WEEK THREE: A Moment To Discuss Our Lord and Saviour + Fanfiction
- WEEK FOUR: True Blue AUs + Gifs
- WEEK FIVE: Conversations Rule The Nation + Graphics
- WEEK SIX: Pepe Silvia + Meta & Fannish Nonfiction
- WEEK SEVEN: Her, Him, They, Them + Zines
- WEEK EIGHT: A Little Treat + Fanvids
Additionally, we've prepared two bonus prompts, which you are free to swap or combine with any scheduled week as desired:
- BONUS ONE: Beg, Borrow, & Steal
- BONUS TWO: Support Your Local Gunfighter
- Painting, Drawing, & Printmaking
- Arts & Crafts
June 14 - A protag you just don't click with
Jun. 14th, 2026 05:43 pmsenmutSo, I am hoping I am not in the minority here, wherein I have several fictional worlds I love, but the main protag is meh? Not the character I click the strongest with. If you have such, please share.
I could take the easy way and say "Miles Vorkosigan" but I don't need the essays on why I Am Wrong, LOL.
(seriously, please don't)
HP doesn't count because I never could with the books, and I have been told many times how wrong the movies are.
So I will give you my oldest, longest running 'no really I am here for everyone else' canon.
Luke Skywalker. Yes, I know it is a coming of age journey with him. Yes, he is SUPPOSED to be annoying in IV, whiny in V, and just starting to be worth watching in VI, but even as an adult... I watch it for everyone else. Do you know when I finally fell in love with Luke Skywalker?
Somewhere in Heir to the Empire. Thank you, Mr. Zahn, for realizing the Farmboy as an actual adult with goals and focus that wasn't just about his evil dad and Force ghosts. And now, perhaps, you all understand a little better why Luke was AGAIN my least favorite protag (even if he was secondary) in the Sequels.
I could take the easy way and say "Miles Vorkosigan" but I don't need the essays on why I Am Wrong, LOL.
(seriously, please don't)
HP doesn't count because I never could with the books, and I have been told many times how wrong the movies are.
So I will give you my oldest, longest running 'no really I am here for everyone else' canon.
Luke Skywalker. Yes, I know it is a coming of age journey with him. Yes, he is SUPPOSED to be annoying in IV, whiny in V, and just starting to be worth watching in VI, but even as an adult... I watch it for everyone else. Do you know when I finally fell in love with Luke Skywalker?
Somewhere in Heir to the Empire. Thank you, Mr. Zahn, for realizing the Farmboy as an actual adult with goals and focus that wasn't just about his evil dad and Force ghosts. And now, perhaps, you all understand a little better why Luke was AGAIN my least favorite protag (even if he was secondary) in the Sequels.
Fic: "Another One of Her Plans" continuation
Jun. 14th, 2026 05:26 pmsenmutAO3 LINK | Unfolding the Plan (3561 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CT-7567 | Rex/Ahsoka Tano
Characters: CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It
Summary:
After the stated rest period, in which the elder Ahsoka Tano was amused by the roil of emotions through camp, the Jedi met with the time-traveling Force User. Captain Rex the elder gathered Bly, his younger self, and Wolffe to go have their own meeting. He was relieved that Wolffe was the one backing Plo on this campaign; he'd never had a strong rapport with Jag, who had been out of a different city than Tipoca.
"The first point of order for you Jedi," Fulcrum began, "is that your officers are going to be protected from an eventual Sith plan by my Captain. You may feel a momentary pain in your temple if you are that well connected to them… and certainly some emotional confusion."
To their credit, the Jedi all sharpened and even made aborted motions in the direction of where the officers had gone.
"Explain."
Of course it was Snips, sharp and still unfettered by the weight of the Rebellion on her shoulders, that had snapped out that single word, but Fulcrum thought each of the others was thinking it.
"Simply put, the Sith engineered the perfect army for us, made certain they would embed themselves in our psyches… and placed a hidden path for them to be subverted fully. A device to render their wills non-existent, save to follow the orders given to them."
Fulcrum met each and every set of eyes, impressing on them the depth of her grief for losing the men she had seen as her clan to protect. "My Captain knows an individual solution that allows him to destroy its ability to function in a very small radius. We never had a chance, or resources, to find a mass fix.
"And just to make this easier because of names, his code is Leverage, as mine is Fulcrum."
"I do not see how that man would be able to effect an order that would make it past all of their flash-trained loyalty to the Republic," Plo offered, suspecting the answer, but needing it drawn into the open, even as he 'listened' for the others.
"That's because the Sith-spit on the Seppie side is merely the apprentice," Fulcrum said. "The Master has been ensconced in power within the Republic for decades, steadily gathering as many pieces of this dejarik game as he wished."
"You know who he is!" Anakin said, eyes shining with his need to end this war, to protect his men and those he cared for.
Fulcrum let her features reflect the sadness she felt for this moment. "I do, Anakin. But I think we need to come back to that once we have the men actually safe from the trap."
"It's the nightmare," Snips said slowly. "The device, it's why they have the nightmare? Which means… they were trained for it, but deep in their subconscious?"
"Yes."
The exasperated breath from Aayla, the flex of Plo's appendages, and even Anakin's glare in the direction of his padawan said all three knew of the disturbance in the mens' sleeping patterns, but only Snips had ever been able to get the truth of it from them.
"How many men survived? How many… Jedi?" Aayla asked, and Fulcrum shook her head.
"I had reason to believe Master Yoda survived. I eventually found another who was a padawan-commander when the order was given. There were rumors through the galaxy, and intel I compiled said some of the rumors had been grounded in fact but… they were eventually killed.
"As to the men, there were a very few that were not affected for varying reasons. And before the Empire could fully take them from me, I and others did cut some of them out, restore them to themselves." She dropped her eyes, a long moment of silence in place for the ones she had failed before she continued. "I did not find the correct way to protect them from memory, and a few died free before I knew how best to handle them."
Plo's mask actually beeping at him for forgetting to draw a breath was right over the squeak of Anakin's leather glove as he clenched the mechanical hand tightly.
"So what are you advising us to do now?" Anakin asked, once he'd mastered the storm of emotions.
"We need an intact chip, we need it sliced, we need a mass fix," Fulcrum said. "After that, I can work with those most aware of the movement of power on Coruscant to lay a web of investigation to trap the Sith there. While those of you that are better leaders than political investigators hold the Separatists back."
"All due respect, but my former Master and I have the most Sith-hunting experience," Anakin said, balking at the implication he could not be part of the endgame.
"Then use that. Find Dooku. Keep him from following his master's plans," she said firmly. "If you can get me a location on Ventress, I can remove her from the war, possibly turn her toward ending Dooku as well."
"I hardly think we need to ally to an enemy like her," Plo said, speaking for himself and Anakin and Snips in that moment.
Fulcrum considered, then inclined her head. "So be it. I will not make an effort to help her be a better legacy to Knight Ky Narec, if that is your choice, given she was pushed into the Dark by losing her teacher on the world he was lost at."
Rex would probably have chastised her to hear her fight that dirty, called her on pulling a bit of revenge for the girl she had been, betrayed by the Council into the Trial for her life. She didn't care; she needed the Jedi to stop thinking so narrowly.
The blow landed as squarely as she had intended. "I… if word of her position can be found, it will be relayed," Plo agreed.
"You will not reveal the true Sith until the men are safe?" Anakin asked, to be sure, scowling at Ventress having been brought up.
"I cannot, not if I finally have the chance to make good on the promise your padawan and myself made before we even knew their names."
"To make it better, and take care of them, that it would be okay some day," Snips said softly, before she turned to her master. "You said you'd listen to her."
"Yeah, Snips… and I've been in this military setup long enough to understand OpSec. Okay then, we wait on that part."
Fulcrum felt the request of her partner before she just turned to the door of the tent, disengaging the lock by use of the Force. Her Captain led in the other three vod'e, all of whom looked sick and hopeful all at once.
"We need our medics taken care of, and it needs to be done somewhere not under our equipment," Wolffe pronounced. "Presuming she told you?"
"Elek, ad," Plo said firmly. "I likely have the best ability to arrange that first, as I do need to resupply at my home world."
"Our next resupply is through Naboo," Aayla said, full of quiet respect for that system having offered its facilities to handle such things.
"We just did…" Anakin said ruefully. "But I can give you a message for Sabé, their Minister of Information," he added for his friend. "Given I think we need to bring back a surgidroid for the medic just in case we need more chips to test.
"Still doesn't solve the 501st's issue, when you all know I have got to get a chip to work on for myself."
"Send Kix, Jesse maybe… with my young self there to our homeworld," Fulcrum suggested. "I can stay with your unit and fill in to help steady Vasq and Coric."
"Elek!" Snips said, lighting up. "My mother has access and ability, and we can tell Kix it's so he can download a full Togruta medical text as well as get pointers!"
Fulcrum saw the flickers of emotion in Anakin, wondered at them, but she had to take things one at a time. She hadn't deliberately engineered it to get him away from the others, and yet the Force knew that was the best path.
"It sounds as if we have a plan," Bly said firmly. "We don't have a solid slicer in our unit, being more for assault and defense."
"Have Knight Swan's unit join yours once you have a chip," Plo said. "I will make certain her senior command is aware of the need."
"I would have thought you'd want her with you, but thank you, Master," Aayla said.
"I will have another Sentinel join me, discreetly, so that we are working this from several angles. The first one to actually slice it… needs to reach for me mentally. I will be listening. As this cannot go on comms." Plo looked at each of them. "I will not fail the men in this."
"None of us will," Aayla averred, meeting her Commander's eyes.
"Then let us see if this campaign is really at an end and get moving," Wolffe said gruffly, already getting his helmet back on.
Fulcrum smiled, just a little, as each set of Jedi-and-vod moved to do just that, with Rex coming up behind her.
"How did it go? I kept them focused on me enough that my warning was enough to let them focus past the connections," she told her husband.
"Wolffe was enraged, but like we knew, he didn't have one anymore. Helped me steady Bly and my other self."
"Alright. Now, we let the Jedi figure the chip out… and move forward once we have a path."
"What about…"
"Once younger me is dispatched on her mission, then you and I will tackle that part."
Before Fulcrum could even go look for Anakin, once Snips and Kix and Jesse were gone, the Jedi showed up at the cabin she and her Rex were sharing. Rex was not present, having gone to mingle among the men, answer questions that he could, and other ways of integrating into the 501st all over again.
"Wasn't expecting you," Fulcrum said with half a smile, moving to let him come in.
"Haven't been able to sleep well since the news about the chip," Anakin admitted. "Because my brain keeps circling around how it could be possible. How that order could ever work. Who could give it unilaterally."
The sweaty, nervous look he was letting Fulcrum see told him they had come early enough for Anakin to help save himself. With a quiet, wordless sense of apology to her mate for not letting him be part of this, she reached for both of his hands and drew him to sit on the bed beside her.
"You already know, and you keep rejecting it. Because it can't be possible, right? He's your friend, has been there when the Jedi failed you, and so on?"
Anakin flinched, but that in itself confirmed things.
"I'm right… but even saying it, even trusting you… I want to hurt you for making me think it, and that? That's not me."
"No it's not," Fulcrum agreed, leaving out the one time they had come to blows once the Sith won. That was never going to happen. "You won't be able to go near Coruscant, once we work past the barriers he placed," she warned.
"We'll make that as short a time as we can, if you can help me be free," Anakin said, squeezing with his flesh hand on hers. "Kind of feel like a woman who broke time can manage whatever this is… but the things you learn about me — "
She freed the hand from his cybernetic one and covered his lips with a single finger. "You'll be seeing the things I did, and ordered, in the name of trying to fight the Sith. And even if I am your elder, I'm wise enough to know that both of us were too young to be in some of the situations we were placed in.
"We have too much power, too many temptations, and … we are just mortal beings who sometimes fail."
Anakin considered that, and she shifted her hand to lay it along his cheek, which he pushed into.
"I feel strange, trusting you, but you're here," and he tapped his forehead, above her hand, "like Snips, and that's not something I think can be faked."
"No. I don't think so either. I'm trying hard to curb my connections, which are hers, and I have far more reason to shut myself off from the Jedi she trusts, but never you. I was part of your endgame, though not in the way that piece of filth probably wanted me to be," Fulcrum admitted. "I don't want any of what happened to befall your current padawan, in addition to my dedication to preventing the Empire from ever being formed."
Anakin shuddered, nuzzled at her hand once, then drew himself back. "Okay, let's beat a Sith at one of his traps, so I can focus on the major one."
"Gladly, Skyguy."
She opened herself to the Force, felt him instinctively follow her, and they spiraled into one another to defeat the years of compulsions in his mind.
Rex slipped back in to find 'Soka cradling Anakin along her side. He slipped out of his gear quietly, noting when Anakin looked over, tensed, and then was soothed back into resting.
"Care if I take the far side, sir?" Rex asked, not liking how vulnerable his general felt, not when Fives and his younger self both were shards of broken glass in response to whatever had happened in here.
"I could go," Anakin mumbled.
"Or you could actually get some sleep, protected by two people who have only ever loved and respected you," Fulcrum said firmly.
"Sounds good," Anakin agreed at her tone, and Rex laid behind the taller man, arranging himself to be a comfortable leaning spot rather than obtrusive.
"When did the two of you… you know."
Rex chuckled. "Seems that 'Soka knew all along we were meant, but it was Mandalore, the last campaign."
"Kind of like you knew she was for you," Fulcrum said softly. "But neither of us were mature enough until that campaign to even think about things… and the galaxy going to hell was a good reason to decide it was time."
"I can see that." Anakin let his eyes close again. "Don't know how they're tackling things now… but Snips seems to be dead set on nothing having changed."
"Which means the me of this time will ignore it and never say a word, until things are settled," Rex agreed. "Best they can choose to do, in my opinion."
Fulcrum gave a small snort. "She's not going to stop chasing experience with the girls while she waits, but why should she? She's risking her life daily; only fair she can get a few perks."
"Never noticed people that way, but can't argue," Anakin agreed, before yawning, and all three of them quieted to get the rest they truly needed.
Bly had not brought up his feelings since the strange shared campaign, but that didn't mean he wasn't thinking on them. When Bultar Swan and Thrust showed up, Bly took it upon himself to follow Leverage's guidance and be the one to render his chip inert.
He had to dodge the aborted fist thrown his way for the 'attack', but then Thrust's mind caught up.
"How did a droid popper affect me in my head… unless there's hardware in there?"
Bly chuckled. "Could've done with you thinking a little faster, vod, but elek. You and your general are here to figure the damned things out, because we don't have a solid slicer." He paused a moment. "Still trying to get her to notice?"
Thrust blinked at the shift in subject, then gave a half-hearted nod.
"Keep at it, Thrust. The way we found out about these chips is pretty holo-novel stuff, but seeing a Jedi claim her captain as her partner in everything, and him pretty much showing it at every step? Gave me a bit of hope. Wolffe and Rex both saw it too, and several of our units."
Thrust grinned. "Tell me everything, then take me to where I can get to work breaking these chips wide open!"
Bly matched that grin; if they could eliminate the nightmare as a possibility, then they were all going to work harder on making those solid connections with their Jedi, now that they had seen it could really happen.
It was a race to the wire, or so Fulcrum felt as word reached the 501st that the endgame had begun. She had felt something trying to occlude her ability to predict with the Force what next step was needed. The Sith had become aware of her, probably because she'd detoured to go help Asajj end the apprentice's life.
"Stop fretting and be still," her husband growled, working on changing the bandages from that fight.
"Kenobi asked Anakin to join him on a trip to Coruscant, and you want me to be still?"
Rex paused, meeting her eyes. "You protected him. Have faith in your own work like I do. You said yourself that Plo Koon and the Sentinel he worked with had already started the investigation, having figured it out the same as Anakin did."
"Which means they need their best fighters on deck, just in case," she said with a sigh. "I should be there."
"You're lucky you are conscious, and the pair of us of this time need some backup if the Seppies decide to push when chaos breaks out."
"Why are you always so logical?" she asked, but she smiled.
"You are too, when it's not your heart in the middle of it all." He started working on the next wound, and sighed. "The witch did good by you; this one could have cost you badly."
"Yeah… I think I've got peace with her, as I had in our history. With less murder even."
Rex grunted at that; he could think of several battles the witch would have been at after this point, and she was out of the picture now.
"Nothing to do but wait, and heal, 'Soka."
"Hmm, and fix my armor."
They both laughed at that, looking at the mangled mess of it she had brought back.
Obi-Wan sat in one med-chair, watching the last refinements of the cybernetic hand be made, while Anakin tweaked his own in the other med-chair, having been less satisfied with the results from the original repair.
"At least you didn't get stabbed in the leg this time?" Anakin offered, eyes actually showing life and amusement… much as the old training bond was lighter than Obi-Wan had expected.
"I would have gladly taken a leg wound if it had kept more of the men out of harm's way," Obi-Wan said, but he did give a small smile. "I really need to meet this Fulcrum, if she managed to settle you so well to this grave betrayal."
Anakin snorted. "I think the Council will be meeting her soon enough, Obi-Wan. She's got some advice for the Order as a whole. But you? I think it's her partner, Leverage, who will have the most words for you. Given, oh, the small matter of you and Cody sneaking around and pretending to just be a good command team."
Obi-Wan coughed, staring at his former padawan, even as he was so relieved they were in a med facility that was not the Temple!
"I don't think you get to say a word. And I do hope she is able to get free of duty soon enough for you to meet with her before heading back out."
Anakin got the softest smile on his face, now that he wasn't hiding his relationship from his brother/best friend/teacher. "Yeah, well a Senator and a Jedi have a lot of pull. But if you and Cody actually were to be open, it might help a lot of people. Given what seeing Fulcrum and Leverage did for Bly, from what I heard."
Obi-wan turned that over in his head, and his eyebrows rose. "AAYLA?!"
Anakin nodded, grinning a little. "Seems Bly hadn't wanted to make his choice clear enough, because they all thought we Jedi couldn't take that step at all."
That made Obi-Wan stroke his beard, and then he nodded, before the med droid closed the access panel to let him test his control of the new hand. "I don't think he or I really want to make a fuss, but I'll tell him a statement is needed."
"Good."
There was Maul to find, Death Watch to contain, Separatist leaders to negotiate with… but Fulcrum thought things might just settle back from the edge of destruction for a while.
More, it was going to happen with a few better understandings in place, as Jedi and Vod'e explored the benefit of having someone to lean into, fully.
"Not bad, for an ex-Jedi and her captain, hmm?" she asked her husband, standing behind him with her arms around his shoulders, watching foot traffic around the Temple.
"Not bad for one of your plans at all," he said, before they headed down to throw their ideas around with the current Council on how to move forward.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008] - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CT-7567 | Rex/Ahsoka Tano
Characters: CT-7567 | Rex, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It
Summary:
Fulcrum and Leverage start helping usher in the changes needed to save everyone... and let his brothers find happiness with their Jedi.
Unfolding the Plan
After the stated rest period, in which the elder Ahsoka Tano was amused by the roil of emotions through camp, the Jedi met with the time-traveling Force User. Captain Rex the elder gathered Bly, his younger self, and Wolffe to go have their own meeting. He was relieved that Wolffe was the one backing Plo on this campaign; he'd never had a strong rapport with Jag, who had been out of a different city than Tipoca.
"The first point of order for you Jedi," Fulcrum began, "is that your officers are going to be protected from an eventual Sith plan by my Captain. You may feel a momentary pain in your temple if you are that well connected to them… and certainly some emotional confusion."
To their credit, the Jedi all sharpened and even made aborted motions in the direction of where the officers had gone.
"Explain."
Of course it was Snips, sharp and still unfettered by the weight of the Rebellion on her shoulders, that had snapped out that single word, but Fulcrum thought each of the others was thinking it.
"Simply put, the Sith engineered the perfect army for us, made certain they would embed themselves in our psyches… and placed a hidden path for them to be subverted fully. A device to render their wills non-existent, save to follow the orders given to them."
Fulcrum met each and every set of eyes, impressing on them the depth of her grief for losing the men she had seen as her clan to protect. "My Captain knows an individual solution that allows him to destroy its ability to function in a very small radius. We never had a chance, or resources, to find a mass fix.
"And just to make this easier because of names, his code is Leverage, as mine is Fulcrum."
"I do not see how that man would be able to effect an order that would make it past all of their flash-trained loyalty to the Republic," Plo offered, suspecting the answer, but needing it drawn into the open, even as he 'listened' for the others.
"That's because the Sith-spit on the Seppie side is merely the apprentice," Fulcrum said. "The Master has been ensconced in power within the Republic for decades, steadily gathering as many pieces of this dejarik game as he wished."
"You know who he is!" Anakin said, eyes shining with his need to end this war, to protect his men and those he cared for.
Fulcrum let her features reflect the sadness she felt for this moment. "I do, Anakin. But I think we need to come back to that once we have the men actually safe from the trap."
"It's the nightmare," Snips said slowly. "The device, it's why they have the nightmare? Which means… they were trained for it, but deep in their subconscious?"
"Yes."
The exasperated breath from Aayla, the flex of Plo's appendages, and even Anakin's glare in the direction of his padawan said all three knew of the disturbance in the mens' sleeping patterns, but only Snips had ever been able to get the truth of it from them.
"How many men survived? How many… Jedi?" Aayla asked, and Fulcrum shook her head.
"I had reason to believe Master Yoda survived. I eventually found another who was a padawan-commander when the order was given. There were rumors through the galaxy, and intel I compiled said some of the rumors had been grounded in fact but… they were eventually killed.
"As to the men, there were a very few that were not affected for varying reasons. And before the Empire could fully take them from me, I and others did cut some of them out, restore them to themselves." She dropped her eyes, a long moment of silence in place for the ones she had failed before she continued. "I did not find the correct way to protect them from memory, and a few died free before I knew how best to handle them."
Plo's mask actually beeping at him for forgetting to draw a breath was right over the squeak of Anakin's leather glove as he clenched the mechanical hand tightly.
"So what are you advising us to do now?" Anakin asked, once he'd mastered the storm of emotions.
"We need an intact chip, we need it sliced, we need a mass fix," Fulcrum said. "After that, I can work with those most aware of the movement of power on Coruscant to lay a web of investigation to trap the Sith there. While those of you that are better leaders than political investigators hold the Separatists back."
"All due respect, but my former Master and I have the most Sith-hunting experience," Anakin said, balking at the implication he could not be part of the endgame.
"Then use that. Find Dooku. Keep him from following his master's plans," she said firmly. "If you can get me a location on Ventress, I can remove her from the war, possibly turn her toward ending Dooku as well."
"I hardly think we need to ally to an enemy like her," Plo said, speaking for himself and Anakin and Snips in that moment.
Fulcrum considered, then inclined her head. "So be it. I will not make an effort to help her be a better legacy to Knight Ky Narec, if that is your choice, given she was pushed into the Dark by losing her teacher on the world he was lost at."
Rex would probably have chastised her to hear her fight that dirty, called her on pulling a bit of revenge for the girl she had been, betrayed by the Council into the Trial for her life. She didn't care; she needed the Jedi to stop thinking so narrowly.
The blow landed as squarely as she had intended. "I… if word of her position can be found, it will be relayed," Plo agreed.
"You will not reveal the true Sith until the men are safe?" Anakin asked, to be sure, scowling at Ventress having been brought up.
"I cannot, not if I finally have the chance to make good on the promise your padawan and myself made before we even knew their names."
"To make it better, and take care of them, that it would be okay some day," Snips said softly, before she turned to her master. "You said you'd listen to her."
"Yeah, Snips… and I've been in this military setup long enough to understand OpSec. Okay then, we wait on that part."
Fulcrum felt the request of her partner before she just turned to the door of the tent, disengaging the lock by use of the Force. Her Captain led in the other three vod'e, all of whom looked sick and hopeful all at once.
"We need our medics taken care of, and it needs to be done somewhere not under our equipment," Wolffe pronounced. "Presuming she told you?"
"Elek, ad," Plo said firmly. "I likely have the best ability to arrange that first, as I do need to resupply at my home world."
"Our next resupply is through Naboo," Aayla said, full of quiet respect for that system having offered its facilities to handle such things.
"We just did…" Anakin said ruefully. "But I can give you a message for Sabé, their Minister of Information," he added for his friend. "Given I think we need to bring back a surgidroid for the medic just in case we need more chips to test.
"Still doesn't solve the 501st's issue, when you all know I have got to get a chip to work on for myself."
"Send Kix, Jesse maybe… with my young self there to our homeworld," Fulcrum suggested. "I can stay with your unit and fill in to help steady Vasq and Coric."
"Elek!" Snips said, lighting up. "My mother has access and ability, and we can tell Kix it's so he can download a full Togruta medical text as well as get pointers!"
Fulcrum saw the flickers of emotion in Anakin, wondered at them, but she had to take things one at a time. She hadn't deliberately engineered it to get him away from the others, and yet the Force knew that was the best path.
"It sounds as if we have a plan," Bly said firmly. "We don't have a solid slicer in our unit, being more for assault and defense."
"Have Knight Swan's unit join yours once you have a chip," Plo said. "I will make certain her senior command is aware of the need."
"I would have thought you'd want her with you, but thank you, Master," Aayla said.
"I will have another Sentinel join me, discreetly, so that we are working this from several angles. The first one to actually slice it… needs to reach for me mentally. I will be listening. As this cannot go on comms." Plo looked at each of them. "I will not fail the men in this."
"None of us will," Aayla averred, meeting her Commander's eyes.
"Then let us see if this campaign is really at an end and get moving," Wolffe said gruffly, already getting his helmet back on.
Fulcrum smiled, just a little, as each set of Jedi-and-vod moved to do just that, with Rex coming up behind her.
"How did it go? I kept them focused on me enough that my warning was enough to let them focus past the connections," she told her husband.
"Wolffe was enraged, but like we knew, he didn't have one anymore. Helped me steady Bly and my other self."
"Alright. Now, we let the Jedi figure the chip out… and move forward once we have a path."
"What about…"
"Once younger me is dispatched on her mission, then you and I will tackle that part."
Before Fulcrum could even go look for Anakin, once Snips and Kix and Jesse were gone, the Jedi showed up at the cabin she and her Rex were sharing. Rex was not present, having gone to mingle among the men, answer questions that he could, and other ways of integrating into the 501st all over again.
"Wasn't expecting you," Fulcrum said with half a smile, moving to let him come in.
"Haven't been able to sleep well since the news about the chip," Anakin admitted. "Because my brain keeps circling around how it could be possible. How that order could ever work. Who could give it unilaterally."
The sweaty, nervous look he was letting Fulcrum see told him they had come early enough for Anakin to help save himself. With a quiet, wordless sense of apology to her mate for not letting him be part of this, she reached for both of his hands and drew him to sit on the bed beside her.
"You already know, and you keep rejecting it. Because it can't be possible, right? He's your friend, has been there when the Jedi failed you, and so on?"
Anakin flinched, but that in itself confirmed things.
"I'm right… but even saying it, even trusting you… I want to hurt you for making me think it, and that? That's not me."
"No it's not," Fulcrum agreed, leaving out the one time they had come to blows once the Sith won. That was never going to happen. "You won't be able to go near Coruscant, once we work past the barriers he placed," she warned.
"We'll make that as short a time as we can, if you can help me be free," Anakin said, squeezing with his flesh hand on hers. "Kind of feel like a woman who broke time can manage whatever this is… but the things you learn about me — "
She freed the hand from his cybernetic one and covered his lips with a single finger. "You'll be seeing the things I did, and ordered, in the name of trying to fight the Sith. And even if I am your elder, I'm wise enough to know that both of us were too young to be in some of the situations we were placed in.
"We have too much power, too many temptations, and … we are just mortal beings who sometimes fail."
Anakin considered that, and she shifted her hand to lay it along his cheek, which he pushed into.
"I feel strange, trusting you, but you're here," and he tapped his forehead, above her hand, "like Snips, and that's not something I think can be faked."
"No. I don't think so either. I'm trying hard to curb my connections, which are hers, and I have far more reason to shut myself off from the Jedi she trusts, but never you. I was part of your endgame, though not in the way that piece of filth probably wanted me to be," Fulcrum admitted. "I don't want any of what happened to befall your current padawan, in addition to my dedication to preventing the Empire from ever being formed."
Anakin shuddered, nuzzled at her hand once, then drew himself back. "Okay, let's beat a Sith at one of his traps, so I can focus on the major one."
"Gladly, Skyguy."
She opened herself to the Force, felt him instinctively follow her, and they spiraled into one another to defeat the years of compulsions in his mind.
Rex slipped back in to find 'Soka cradling Anakin along her side. He slipped out of his gear quietly, noting when Anakin looked over, tensed, and then was soothed back into resting.
"Care if I take the far side, sir?" Rex asked, not liking how vulnerable his general felt, not when Fives and his younger self both were shards of broken glass in response to whatever had happened in here.
"I could go," Anakin mumbled.
"Or you could actually get some sleep, protected by two people who have only ever loved and respected you," Fulcrum said firmly.
"Sounds good," Anakin agreed at her tone, and Rex laid behind the taller man, arranging himself to be a comfortable leaning spot rather than obtrusive.
"When did the two of you… you know."
Rex chuckled. "Seems that 'Soka knew all along we were meant, but it was Mandalore, the last campaign."
"Kind of like you knew she was for you," Fulcrum said softly. "But neither of us were mature enough until that campaign to even think about things… and the galaxy going to hell was a good reason to decide it was time."
"I can see that." Anakin let his eyes close again. "Don't know how they're tackling things now… but Snips seems to be dead set on nothing having changed."
"Which means the me of this time will ignore it and never say a word, until things are settled," Rex agreed. "Best they can choose to do, in my opinion."
Fulcrum gave a small snort. "She's not going to stop chasing experience with the girls while she waits, but why should she? She's risking her life daily; only fair she can get a few perks."
"Never noticed people that way, but can't argue," Anakin agreed, before yawning, and all three of them quieted to get the rest they truly needed.
Bly had not brought up his feelings since the strange shared campaign, but that didn't mean he wasn't thinking on them. When Bultar Swan and Thrust showed up, Bly took it upon himself to follow Leverage's guidance and be the one to render his chip inert.
He had to dodge the aborted fist thrown his way for the 'attack', but then Thrust's mind caught up.
"How did a droid popper affect me in my head… unless there's hardware in there?"
Bly chuckled. "Could've done with you thinking a little faster, vod, but elek. You and your general are here to figure the damned things out, because we don't have a solid slicer." He paused a moment. "Still trying to get her to notice?"
Thrust blinked at the shift in subject, then gave a half-hearted nod.
"Keep at it, Thrust. The way we found out about these chips is pretty holo-novel stuff, but seeing a Jedi claim her captain as her partner in everything, and him pretty much showing it at every step? Gave me a bit of hope. Wolffe and Rex both saw it too, and several of our units."
Thrust grinned. "Tell me everything, then take me to where I can get to work breaking these chips wide open!"
Bly matched that grin; if they could eliminate the nightmare as a possibility, then they were all going to work harder on making those solid connections with their Jedi, now that they had seen it could really happen.
It was a race to the wire, or so Fulcrum felt as word reached the 501st that the endgame had begun. She had felt something trying to occlude her ability to predict with the Force what next step was needed. The Sith had become aware of her, probably because she'd detoured to go help Asajj end the apprentice's life.
"Stop fretting and be still," her husband growled, working on changing the bandages from that fight.
"Kenobi asked Anakin to join him on a trip to Coruscant, and you want me to be still?"
Rex paused, meeting her eyes. "You protected him. Have faith in your own work like I do. You said yourself that Plo Koon and the Sentinel he worked with had already started the investigation, having figured it out the same as Anakin did."
"Which means they need their best fighters on deck, just in case," she said with a sigh. "I should be there."
"You're lucky you are conscious, and the pair of us of this time need some backup if the Seppies decide to push when chaos breaks out."
"Why are you always so logical?" she asked, but she smiled.
"You are too, when it's not your heart in the middle of it all." He started working on the next wound, and sighed. "The witch did good by you; this one could have cost you badly."
"Yeah… I think I've got peace with her, as I had in our history. With less murder even."
Rex grunted at that; he could think of several battles the witch would have been at after this point, and she was out of the picture now.
"Nothing to do but wait, and heal, 'Soka."
"Hmm, and fix my armor."
They both laughed at that, looking at the mangled mess of it she had brought back.
Obi-Wan sat in one med-chair, watching the last refinements of the cybernetic hand be made, while Anakin tweaked his own in the other med-chair, having been less satisfied with the results from the original repair.
"At least you didn't get stabbed in the leg this time?" Anakin offered, eyes actually showing life and amusement… much as the old training bond was lighter than Obi-Wan had expected.
"I would have gladly taken a leg wound if it had kept more of the men out of harm's way," Obi-Wan said, but he did give a small smile. "I really need to meet this Fulcrum, if she managed to settle you so well to this grave betrayal."
Anakin snorted. "I think the Council will be meeting her soon enough, Obi-Wan. She's got some advice for the Order as a whole. But you? I think it's her partner, Leverage, who will have the most words for you. Given, oh, the small matter of you and Cody sneaking around and pretending to just be a good command team."
Obi-Wan coughed, staring at his former padawan, even as he was so relieved they were in a med facility that was not the Temple!
"I don't think you get to say a word. And I do hope she is able to get free of duty soon enough for you to meet with her before heading back out."
Anakin got the softest smile on his face, now that he wasn't hiding his relationship from his brother/best friend/teacher. "Yeah, well a Senator and a Jedi have a lot of pull. But if you and Cody actually were to be open, it might help a lot of people. Given what seeing Fulcrum and Leverage did for Bly, from what I heard."
Obi-wan turned that over in his head, and his eyebrows rose. "AAYLA?!"
Anakin nodded, grinning a little. "Seems Bly hadn't wanted to make his choice clear enough, because they all thought we Jedi couldn't take that step at all."
That made Obi-Wan stroke his beard, and then he nodded, before the med droid closed the access panel to let him test his control of the new hand. "I don't think he or I really want to make a fuss, but I'll tell him a statement is needed."
"Good."
There was Maul to find, Death Watch to contain, Separatist leaders to negotiate with… but Fulcrum thought things might just settle back from the edge of destruction for a while.
More, it was going to happen with a few better understandings in place, as Jedi and Vod'e explored the benefit of having someone to lean into, fully.
"Not bad, for an ex-Jedi and her captain, hmm?" she asked her husband, standing behind him with her arms around his shoulders, watching foot traffic around the Temple.
"Not bad for one of your plans at all," he said, before they headed down to throw their ideas around with the current Council on how to move forward.
Sunday rambling
Jun. 14th, 2026 10:31 ammxcatmoonYeah, I read Tumblr and then come here to post my thoughts.
I still can't get over how so many fans' love their favorite characters specifically because the characters remind them of themselves. Or they head canon them with those same things/backgrounds/traits/etc. Then they argue about how 'blank'-coded the characters are.
I mean, sure, I might have something in common with a few of mine, but others are totally different from me and some I wouldn't even want to know in real life! There's only one I fee I know on a deeper level due to sharing some personality traits. It is kinda nice... but it's not a requirement or even something I'd want more of.
I don't even put myself in the character's shoes when I write them. I'm not thinking about how I would react in this situation, I'm asking myself how they would react (or, more accurately, they are telling me how they'd react and I'd better listen).
We're clearly not doing fiction/fantasy the same way.
More power to them. I know I'm not normal, and I'm okay with that. Wouldn't want to be.
I still can't get over how so many fans' love their favorite characters specifically because the characters remind them of themselves. Or they head canon them with those same things/backgrounds/traits/etc. Then they argue about how 'blank'-coded the characters are.
I mean, sure, I might have something in common with a few of mine, but others are totally different from me and some I wouldn't even want to know in real life! There's only one I fee I know on a deeper level due to sharing some personality traits. It is kinda nice... but it's not a requirement or even something I'd want more of.
I don't even put myself in the character's shoes when I write them. I'm not thinking about how I would react in this situation, I'm asking myself how they would react (or, more accurately, they are telling me how they'd react and I'd better listen).
We're clearly not doing fiction/fantasy the same way.
More power to them. I know I'm not normal, and I'm okay with that. Wouldn't want to be.
June 13 - Share a Villain You Love to Hate
Jun. 13th, 2026 06:22 pmsenmutI don't want "misunderstood villains" or "trying for redemption". Tell me a villain that is THE VILLAIN, they did do all that, and you absolutely hope the heroes get the upper hand every time!
The first one that defined this concept for me? J. R. Ewing of Dallas. When I compare Babylon 5's Bester to him, I mean it as a solid compliment. I don't want tragic stories pasted on, other characters 'fixing' them, or any of that. I want them to be as bad and as nasty as they do so well... and I will cheer any and every person that gets the upper hand on them.
Because, my lovely friends, heroes ARE measured by what they overcome, and that includes the antagonist.
The first one that defined this concept for me? J. R. Ewing of Dallas. When I compare Babylon 5's Bester to him, I mean it as a solid compliment. I don't want tragic stories pasted on, other characters 'fixing' them, or any of that. I want them to be as bad and as nasty as they do so well... and I will cheer any and every person that gets the upper hand on them.
Because, my lovely friends, heroes ARE measured by what they overcome, and that includes the antagonist.
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June 12 - A favorite drink
Jun. 12th, 2026 08:14 pmsenmutTell me a favorite drink.
Non-alcoholic? Coffee with milk and sugar, my go-to.
Alcoholic? White Russian. Again with the coffee...
Non-alcoholic? Coffee with milk and sugar, my go-to.
Alcoholic? White Russian. Again with the coffee...
FFA DW Post #2490 - the Pletreew tried to jump over the Strid.
Jun. 13th, 2026 10:35 amsunnymodffa posting in fail_fandomanonFun fact, the Strid is only three and a half miles from Appletreewick [pronounced Aptrick].
Is it possible that the Pletreew is silent because the Strid sucked it under, never to be heard again?
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July Jams!
Jun. 12th, 2026 12:11 pmsenmutWhat is it: A song fest
When is it: July
How does it work: Pick up to 5 songs, albums, or artists. Try to create up to five creative works (your choice on style, media, min/max). Share with everyone!
Longer form:
1. Post a comment to this post with up to 5 selections of songs, artists, or albums. You then use these as inspiration to create a thing, any thing, something NEW!
2. In July, I will put up a post for people to drop links to their creations (please include the inspiration as a note!)
3. On August 1st (ish) I will create a master list!
NB: if you post on AO3 or one of the other non-profit archives, please remember that lyrics cannot be quoted in more than a couple of lines. Provide a link instead, to Genius or A-Z Lyrics, if we need the full lyrics.
Examples:
You claim Prince or David Bowie. I'd be looking for art or meta or fic centered on gender fuckery or other aspect that the artist used as a trademark in their career.
You claim "Freebird". I'd be looking for a creative work that centers the theme, the title, or a lyric (including using a line from the song) in its concept.
You claim Operation: Mindcrime. I'd be looking for something that furthers the concept of the dystopic anarchist assassination rock opera.
No minimums. No maximums. Please share the idea around and redirect them here. If you want to participate without commenting here, that's fine too.
When is it: July
How does it work: Pick up to 5 songs, albums, or artists. Try to create up to five creative works (your choice on style, media, min/max). Share with everyone!
Longer form:
1. Post a comment to this post with up to 5 selections of songs, artists, or albums. You then use these as inspiration to create a thing, any thing, something NEW!
2. In July, I will put up a post for people to drop links to their creations (please include the inspiration as a note!)
3. On August 1st (ish) I will create a master list!
NB: if you post on AO3 or one of the other non-profit archives, please remember that lyrics cannot be quoted in more than a couple of lines. Provide a link instead, to Genius or A-Z Lyrics, if we need the full lyrics.
Examples:
You claim Prince or David Bowie. I'd be looking for art or meta or fic centered on gender fuckery or other aspect that the artist used as a trademark in their career.
You claim "Freebird". I'd be looking for a creative work that centers the theme, the title, or a lyric (including using a line from the song) in its concept.
You claim Operation: Mindcrime. I'd be looking for something that furthers the concept of the dystopic anarchist assassination rock opera.
No minimums. No maximums. Please share the idea around and redirect them here. If you want to participate without commenting here, that's fine too.