LINKDING

<blockquote>The war is over and Bodhi Rook has been away from Jedha for too long. It’s time to go home. He winds up with an unexpected passenger. A love story between two people and a place, about all the different meanings of home.</blockquote> ➤ (and then a sequel about finding & rescuing Rey, and then a meta post describing the events that led to this au) ➤ Series consists of: Stone and Sand Different Deserts For Those That Read Stone and Sand

<blockquote>Rey has a plan. Get to Ahch-To. Find the lightsaber. Get off Ahch-To forever. This plan is foiled by a group of judgemental fish nuns. A story of complicated emotions, unimpressed aquatic aliens, and fixing what you can.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Rey never expected that Han and Chewbacca would keep coming back.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"We should take the general on a mission," Rose said. "One that's useful and not fatal." “We have those?” Finn asked. “Probably not fatal if well-executed,” Rose amended. The surviving members of the Resistance decide the best way to help Leia is to take her on a recruiting mission to Rose's home world.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The messenger arrives a few weeks after Crait, dressed in cloth of gold and piloting a ship that costs more than the entirety of the Fleet. (Not that that’s saying so very much these days). “On behalf of Her Royal Majesty Queen Hoyoan and her Consort the Princess Ji’ii of the system Reylouris, I humbly beg audience with the personage known as Rey,” he says. Possibly she, or some other pronoun; Leia literally can’t see more than a pair of eyes under all the cloth.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Of course, of course she has a better handle on it than him; he can find her, sometimes, but she can shut him off immediately; all he gets are impressions, not even ideas much less any sights or sounds. But she can pull herself into his mind at will—sometimes he doesn’t even notice she’s there until she leaves, pleased with whatever she’s watched or heard or ferreted out. It’s like swatting at a fly, one too fast to catch, with only Raglien pincers.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Yeah. About that. Did you know that the Falcon had a history of hyperdrive malfunctions? Because I did not, in fact, know that this ship had a history of hyperdrive malfunctions. What I am saying is, the hyperdrive seems to have malfunctioned."</blockquote>

<blockquote>Rey isn't really sure how to be a Resistance Hero or a ...Jedi? Presumably? She does know how to fix spacecraft. So does Rose.</blockquote>

<blockquote>See that line where the sky hits the sand? It calls me.</blockquote> ➤ what a great idea for a vid, and well executed too!

➤ Excellent use of dialogue clips taken from the movies - usually I don't like that kind of thing in vids but it works really well for this one

<blockquote>Now that Rey is part of the Resistance, she needs a place to stay. Poe is helping her find a roommate, and he takes her through three options: his old friend, Kare Kun; a young and enthusiastic officer, Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix; and the friendly, if not nerdy, pilot, Jess Pava. Rey is excited to find a new place to call home, but can't help but feel a little bit like an outsider as well. Can she really ever escape her scavenger past? Do her Force powers mark her irreversibly as an outsider? What will happen when she meets someone with dolls that are EVEN COOLER than the one she made on Jakku?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Summary: In a war where entire planetary systems may fall victim, remembrance is key, and joy goes with grief. Notes: This was written for peradi, who asked me what Hallowe'en was like in Star Wars, but was probably expecting a 600 word ficlet. I don't really do 600 word ficlets. I do 6500 words of thinking about inversion festivals, rituals of grief and remembrance, and what you do to mark a loss when you have nothing left to mourn. Say because your planet's been blown up.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Food and love have a lot in common. Leia learns how to cook. This takes some time.</blockquote> ➤ three times Leia cooks with someone else

<blockquote>Rey and Leia bond after an ambush leaves them stranded.</blockquote>

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

<blockquote>If he reaches out, he can feel each drop of rain as it falls, and the movements of the plants and animals in response, the greedy slurp of tree roots, the unthinking satiation of tiny frogs, and a million other points of life flickering beyond his normal senses.</blockquote> ➤ five vignettes on the theme of rain for five different characters

<blockquote>Neither Rey nor Finn ever knew their family. Sometimes the Force moves in mysterious ways.</blockquote> ➤ a Finn Skywalker fic

➤ this vid is really amazing in a lot of ways, but I'm really not a fan of the occasional word that's edited into the visuals - it's just distracting and doesn't add anything imo. But I love everything else enough to make up for that. ➤ (on tumblr http://beccatoria.tumblr.com/post/146222208736/vidukon-2016-auction-vid-made-for-noeliag-who)

<blockquote>The first time Rey tried something fresh and crunchy and good, she was in a cantina on a planet more green than she could have ever imagined, and the little treat was crisp on her tongue and a collection of flavours she had no memory of ever experiencing.</blockquote> ➤ predictably, I don't care about the kylo ren sections. but everything else is good!

<blockquote>In which Rey and Luke kill some time in a cantina waiting for Luke's mystery contact. Wild stories ensue.</blockquote> ➤ awww, what a delight

<blockquote>Han Solo blows by, moving fast. "Don't drink the hose water, kid, it's got fertilizer in it." Finn looks up, affronted. "Now you tell me?"</blockquote> ➤ Essie I particularly recommend this fic to you!

<blockquote>Chewie howls something that translates to, "Just throw her in and hope she floats," and Artoo trills in disapproval of that strategy. "She's a Jedi," Chewie replies. "She'll be fine."</blockquote> ➤ in which Rey learns to swim. I don't follow what's different enough about the third time that she can trust Poe & Finn's help, but overall still an enjoyable fic.

<blockquote>It’s a new year, a new semester. Looking out across the classroom, taking in the bright-eyed students in their winter gear, the crowded desks, the aisles choked with backpacks and bags, Luke can’t help but feel that it’s going to be a good year. “Welcome to Transformative Journeys: Pilgrimage and Practice in Global Buddhisms,” he says, with a smile. “I’m Professor Amidala-Lars."</blockquote> ➤ OH NO I AM CHARMED ➤ (Poe is the new hire at the university where Luke teaches, and Rey is a neighbourhood foster kid Luke's taken under his wing) ➤ I had a lot of feelings about being in religious studies back in my university days and how I miss it. But also just a good fic! ➤ I did feel though that the fic went on too long beyond a natural end point into nothing but fluff that wasn't going anywhere new.

<blockquote>Rey accidentally time-travels, and realizes that Jedi are even more weird than she had ever imagined.</blockquote> ➤ temporary meditation-induced time travel

<blockquote>Leia’s to-do list consisted of just one task: defeat the First Order and reclaim liberty and justice for the galaxy. She had no intention of becoming anyone’s mother, and given how well her previous attempt at parenting had gone, that was probably a good thing.</blockquote> ➤ ugh found family feeeeelings

<blockquote>Poe turns big dark eyes on him and Finn feels something ache in his chest. “Tell me, Finn, how is that gonna look, buddy? You save my life, we take you in and then we throw you back when it suits us? I wouldn’t fight for a Resistance like that and neither would you.” He wants to say, yes I would, but with Poe looking up at him the words die on his lips.</blockquote> ➤ in which Leia prioritizes saving Poe from the First Order over having the chance to attempt to convince Kylo Ren back to the side of the light.

<blockquote>Rey gets sick not long after arriving at Luke’s hideaway. To her surprise, the man who said he didn’t want her as a Padawan takes care of her, goes back to civilisation to make sure she’ll be okay, and, all right, makes her his Padawan. Alternatively: affectionate Luke & Rey bonding, and Rey realising that she’s found her place in the universe (and it’s right here with Luke, Finn, Chewie, Poe, Leia, and the Resistance).</blockquote>

➤ star wars vid to the hamilton song

<blockquote>“I feel a little out of my depth. Anatomy, even human anatomy, was never my strong suit.” Luke leaves the cloak in the basin to soak before facing Rey. “What I do know is that you’re not hurt, and you’re not dying.”</blockquote> ➤ Rey was too undernourished and active to ever get her period while she's on Jakku, and she gets hers for the first time on the island with Luke