LINKDING

<blockquote>The war is over, and nobody won. With the galaxy on the verge of destruction, Poe Dameron hatches a desperate plan—go back in time. But Poe's plan quickly goes awry, and he finds himself on the run from local authorities. The only plan to keep him safe is…extreme, to say the least. / "Can't get you citizenship documents," the man muttered, his voice clearer now that it wasn't muffled by the scarf. Poe took a deep breath and forced himself to think. He looked back at his would-be rescuer. Who was shoving the scarf back from the top his head, revealing a face that Poe knew. That lots of people knew. Kriff, that everyone knew, trillions upon trillions of sapients in the galaxy would recognize that face. Luke Skywalker—as fresh-faced and young as the day he became the successful destroyer of the Death Star—was standing in front of him. Fuck. "Need a land grant to get a moisture farmer licence, can't even get you a travel visa without citizenship documents…Hm," the legend said, sighing. "Yeah. I think we're going to have to get married." </blockquote> ➤ I loved this fic so much that I read it twice in one week despite its length

<blockquote>Leia was not adopted. She was stolen in the middle of the night and registered to House Organa with forged papers. This was kidnapping, a class one felony, and her parents could be executed -- unless she returned voluntarily to her rightful father. Immediately. A man called Grand Moff Tarkin explained this to Leia when she was eleven years old.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Baze tries to befriend new arrival Chirrut Îmwe, but accidentally woos him instead.</blockquote> ➤ I am thoroughly charmed and delighted by this version of Chirrut and Baze

<blockquote>How Bodhi Rook temporarily misplaced the two most important things in the galaxy, and how he found them again (with a little help).</blockquote> ➤ a fixit that still makes you cry is the best/worst. This was so good and now I care so much for Bodhi's family and for all of Jedha auuuuughhghg

<blockquote>Feral Desert Child and Former Stormtrooper Learn How To Food, Beleaguered Resistance Pilot Watches With Love And Horror</blockquote>

<blockquote>Shmi leaves Tatooine with Anakin and goes to the Jedi Temple.</blockquote> ➤ parts one through three are complete ("In all your wanderings", "Winds of change and chance" and "Messenger"). ➤ Part 4 is wip, "It will be written," and I am thoroughly enjoying this fic! ➤ Part 3 is an outlier, focusing on Beru Whitsun in freedom and her mentorship with Jango Fett and subsequent break from him, and is a wonderful story standalone as well as part of this larger universe

<blockquote>Being an account, in pastiche style, of a boy whose story may or may not be the embodiment of the hero’s journey, and who therefore encounters a call to adventure, a wise advisor, a mystical weapon, a road of trials, a rogue, a princess, and a villain (in that order); and who, over the course of fighting an evil empire, finds himself attaining his goals, both symbolic and literal. In space.</blockquote> ➤ HOLY SHIT THIS FIC. Apparently the author intends to write the entirety of the original trilogy of star wars in this style but even if they never get around to the rest of it I can die happy because as it is this is 17k words about Ben Kenobi and the history of Tatooine in the style of the digression about the Bishop that starts Les Mis and IT'S SO GOOD.

➤ star wars vid to the hamilton song

<blockquote>Rey wears her hair in three knots, the way she had when she was a child, so that her family will recognise her. But she’s not on Jakku anymore, and she knows now: they’re not coming back.</blockquote> ➤ awwww yeah, a fic all about people's feelings about hair, and I didn't even have to write it myself!

<blockquote>Rey knows something about pulling things apart. Putting them back together again is where the real challenge begins.</blockquote> ➤ defs here for Phasma & Rey!! Author tags this Phasma/Rey but like. This is clearly gen. But I would totally read Phasma/Rey!

<blockquote>A peaceful mission develops some unforeseen complications, and Qui-Gon Jinn learns something new about Obi-Wan Kenobi, and something new about himself.</blockquote> ➤ Slower paced, and out took me a little while to get into it, but I really like it. Ends in just the right place, with that place being Qui-Gon's realization of his feelings and decision not to act on then, and Obi-Wan's conclusion from the trends of past relationships to not have a relationship for a while. ➤ I liked that this fic allows Jedi to have love and relationships without it being against the code, but with their Jedi role always being more important to them than their relationship

<blockquote>"Maul was my pride, my greatest accomplishment aside from the political games that have wrought me control over the Republic. Why should I take a second apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi? Why would you be worth my time?” “Because I fucking hate you.”</blockquote> ➤ Obi-Wan undercover as sith apprentice, entirely too much fun

<blockquote>A series of one-shots set in a universe where Vader turned double agent for the Rebellion about three years after ROTS, and Leia is now his primary contact with the Rebellion.</blockquote> ➤ I was surprised by how into this fic I was! Because I am the most predictable person, though, my favourite thing is the slave folk stories from Tatooine about the trickster figure Ekkreth. But really everything is great. ➤ 20 parts as of last checking (Feb 2020, but last updated in 2017): Shape-Changer Words in the Heart (Words in the Heart) Cannot Be Taken The Slave Who Makes Free Decryption Codes A Larger World The Emperor's Speech Optimal Functioning Trickster Steals the Moon Flowers for the Emperor Bedrock The Only Verdict Aftermath Trophies Children of the Force Empire Day The Unstolen Child Rocks and Water Sometimes as Many as Seven Apology Accepted

<blockquote>In the chaos of conflict as a Republic crumbles into an Empire, two babies are smuggled to safety to keep them safe from a Sith Emperor's attention. It will not be enough. Their lives take very different paths, one raised as the Alliance's New Hope, the other as the Empire's Son.</blockquote> ➤ ft. Luke as raised by Palpatine and Leia as raised by Obi-Wan. Mostly Han pov. This fic is complete. ➤ The sequel, Empire's Son II, is found here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11540131/1/Empire-s-Son-II ➤ Read sequel through ch 10. (Since completed & I need to reread & finish.) ➤ The first fic was a lot about Luke but the character with the growth/change arc that actually reached a conclusion was Han. ➤ The sequel is clearly setting itself up to be about Luke having his own character arc now because it has done a thing that is going to make Luke have to finally, like, make a decision. Eventually. At some point. I hope. LUKE YOU CAN LEAVE PALPATINE IT'S OKAY.

<blockquote>There is a part of him that says: you are not human.</blockquote> ➤ no longer up, but can be downloaded at https://bemusedlybespectacled.tumblr.com/post/160888181546/the-unofficially-curated-thebrotherswinchester-fic

<blockquote>Phasma is not afraid of Kylo Ren. Kylo Ren has issues with self-control.</blockquote> ➤ ...note author's tags on fic. The author calls this a "dead dove do not eat" sort of fic but apparently this is the dead dove I wanted

<blockquote>The plan comes apart almost as soon as the three of them enter the prison. Poe thought they were doing pretty good until that point. They got into the spaceport with their cover identities in place, made it onto the ship that delivers supplies and new prisoners to Kedai Station in the far Outer Rim, survived the trip with a bunch of bad-tempered and legitimate criminals with nothing more than some bruises and a headache, and got shoved through intake until they were finally spat out as official residents. The whole process had felt like being digested, but they had a mission to accomplish, so they tried to blend in and not get involved in any trouble. Poe assured Finn and Rey over and over that they’d be smuggled out on the same ship that brought them in, job done and back to base. So of course things start to go wrong immediately.</blockquote> ➤ I love the OCs, and the intense horrible feeling of the place pressing down on our characters is really effective.

<blockquote>An Imperial officer loses a bet and has to get Darth Vader a present for Life Day.</blockquote> ➤ omg. from the premise I thought this would be silly crack but it's actually treated pretty seriously as a premise? ➤ Great outside pov perspective with these little indications of what the Imperial propaganda teaches about Jedi, for example. ➤ In which an imperial officer does research to figure out the identity of the pilot who destroyed the (first) death star.

<blockquote>Ben Kenobi dies aboard the Death Star in the year 0 BBY. He wakes up shortly thereafter in the Jedi temple in the year 41 BBY. Haunted by memories and regret, Ben must forge a new path for himself in the Jedi Order of his youth while navigating the murky waters of time travel. Crafting a better future from bitter experience is hard, but learning to heal is even harder. Major AU.</blockquote> ➤ BBY is apparently Before the Battle of Yavin, aka that time the first death star was destroyed. ➤ WIP through ch 15 as of last reading. At last check (March 2020) it's on to the fourth and final story in a series, but that final story is not done yet. Need to read & update this bookmark once it's finally done! ➤ This fic could do with some proofreading of its commas and capital letters in the vicinity of quotation marks, but the ways in which it makes these mistakes are apparently not the kind that get on my nerves the worst, so it's pretty easy to read past this.

<blockquote>Rey is XO of a piece of junk, her captain is a foul-mouthed Wookiee who doesn’t respect people who respect authority, and there are pictures of naked people glued to the ceiling of the Falcon. She honestly couldn't be more thrilled.</blockquote> ➤ soooo apparently this fic is EVERYTHING I NEVER KNEW I WANTED after the movie. goddamn.

<blockquote>Home is a strange place.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“I’m not afraid of you,” Rey says. Her heart is pounding. “It’s everything else.” “I am afraid.” Luke does not look at her. “Of you.” She stares at him. She knows that he is not lying to her—he has not lied to her at all while she has been here, and she doesn’t expect him to start doing so. But she cannot fathom what he means—why Luke Skywalker would ever be frightened of her: of no one.   (Rey and Luke, immediately following the events of Episode VII.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>And then I got my Kink Bingo card, and I saw the prompt "furries", and I thought, oh lord, I can't do furries! No way, no how. And I figured I'd just have to skip that square--and then I remembered this story. So I thought I'd open it up, and take a look at it, and maybe edit it to make it more fur-kink-focused. So I opened it up, and took a look at it--and noticed that I really didn't need to edit it for fur-kink. Guys, I wrote a furry story and didn't even realize it.</blockquote> ➤ I was SURE I already had this fic bookmarked. Apparently not! FIXED. ➤ Also on ao3 at http://archiveofourown.org/works/7661905 -- ➤ 2024 update: ➤ it has been many years since I first read this fic but the memory of it will never leave me. it's an all-time classic. ➤ fanfiction shipping Jack Harkness of Torchwood/Doctor Who with Chewbacca of Star Wars ➤ Jack Harkness sees a cute wookiee in a bar and picks him up for a night of fun ➤ it's perfectly in character and delightful. I'm so glad it exists in this world. ➤ 3k words in length