Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

Anonymous asked: BODHI MY BABY OH THAT BEAUTIFUL MARSHMALLOW

BODHI MY CHILD, OH MY GOD, MY POOR BRAVE BOY.

I just, okay, so, Bodhi is the messenger, right, that’s his WHOLE JOB.  And he spends the entire movie trying to get a message to the Rebellion and be believed.  And at first he’s grabbed by Saw’s people, and they don’t really believe him and they’re not really the Rebellion.  And then he’s jailbroken and kidnapped by Cassian (Rogue One is basically just a bunch of people Cassian Andor kidnapped), and he gets to the Rebellion but they don’t believe him–or at least not enough of them.

And then, God, and then he’s down on Scarif and he finally gets through.  It costs so many lives, so many ships, but he gets his message to the Rebellion and they hear him and believe him.  There’s someone up there.  There’s someone listening.  Bodhi the messenger has finally delivered his message.

And he smiles as he dies.

anarchyinblack:

Princess Leia, who moments ago dropped out of hyperspace after fleeing the first major battle of the Galactic Civil War: Lord Vader, I should have known. Only you could be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit for this, when they hear you’ve attacked a diplomatic…

Darth Vader, who literally just saw this happen an hour ago at most and watched her ship take off: Don’t play games with me, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. You passed directly through a restricted system. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you.

Princess Leia, who received the data from the hands of a man who witnessed Vader kill a dozen people on his way there: I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan.

Darth Vader, who has been following her the entire time and can read minds:

(via cthulhu-with-a-fez)

Anonymous asked: IT WAS SCREAMING SEEKING SCREAMING AND I THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME, SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE THIS MAN A NICE THING. also MAN chirrut and baze and the different things they judge people on, the different influences that shape who they can consider 'good', BAZE TAKING DARKNESS INTO HIMSELF TO SPARE CHIRRUT, JUST FUCK ME UP I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND NOW I CAN'T STOP

I’M GLAD MY DUDE BECAUSE IT’S ALL I’VE BEEN ABLE TO THINK ABOUT FOR LIKE THE BEST PART OF THREE HOURS NOW.

GOTTA SHARE THE PAIN.

Anonymous asked: HE HAS A FACE LIKE A FRIEND

First off, I love how obscure this is.  Like, is this a prompt?  Is this a request for meta?  Is this just screaming?  Who knows!

But I’m just gonna assume it’s screaming, seeking screaming, mostly because I have to get a couple things off my chest.

*deep breath*

OKAY SO, Chirrut’s comment about the Force moving darkly around someone who’s about to kill, HERE IS MY QUESTION.  Chirrut whackin’ people with his stick looks pretty nonlethal–painful, certainly, but mostly not going to kill you.  (The bowcaster thing will kill you, and Chirrut will kill you, but the stick won’t kill you.)  On the other hand, you have Murder Master Baze, basically holding his own version of the Space OK Corral wherever he decides to open fire.

So does the Force move darkly around Baze?  Do long strips of thick, sticky darkness cling to him, where he used to glow bright with faith?  Does he do the bulk of the killing to protect Chirrut’s soul from them?

AND ALSO.  Cassian, God, Cassian Andor lives so much in the desperate need to know that his terrible deeds, all the things he wishes he could forget, are what the cause needs.  He has to know that his Rebellion needs him and needs his ruthlessness in order to absolve himself.

How much would it have meant to him, to have someone tell him outright that he doesn’t have the face of a killer?  How much would it have meant to him to know that even to these monks, he has the face of a friend?

I JUST GOT IN FROM ROGUE ONE AND GODDAMN.

GODDAMN, THAT’S ALL.

I’m working on literally three short fics and a chapter for a long fic, but I’LL BE DAMNED, IF YOU WANT FIC FOR THAT MOVIE I AM H E R E FOR YOU.