Since ‘fundraise for a mental health charity’ seems to be everyone’s preferred way of Doing Something Nice For Jake Lloyd, my suggestion is fundraising for NAMI. (National Alliance on Mental Illness.) We could do this via Generosity.com, which is fairly new but seems pretty good? I would hope that eventually enough people would see the campaign to ensure that it really takes off and raises a ton of money, but I think just a handful of people would make a difference too, really.
Let me know if you see any red flags with any of that; if not, I’ll start putting the wheels in motion.
Please pass this along, if you can! Especially if you have a Star Wars blog I guess.
Title: The First Casualty Fandom: Star Wars Characters: Rey, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker Rating: PG13 Summary: The first casualty in any war is truth, as Rey is about to painfully learn.
Luke Skywalker spoke to her like a father at first. He took the lightsaber from Rey’s outstretched hand and put it carefully away, he praised her for having come so far, he expressed sorrow for all that she had seen, and he sat her down in his hovel and brought her some tea. Then he started talking to her like a fellow adult.
Hey, you know what I love? Fics where ladies who never had conversations in canon get to have conversations! Here is one of that genre.
Title: Pretty Dresses
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters: Padme Amidala, Beru Whitesun
Rating: PG13 (there’s nothing in here worse than in any Star Wars movie) Summary: Padmé has never really had a conversation with a woman who doesn’t change her clothes even once a day.
(or, some missing moments from Attack of the Clones.)
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Padmé
had slept the night on the one spare bed at the Lars homestead, and
when she had woken up she discovered there was nowhere to wash. Because
there was, of course, no water.
She felt stupid for not having
realised that earlier. She had been to the planet before, after all, and
she should have remembered that it was the most unbelievably
uncomfortable place. If you didn’t need to wash, you weren’t going to get to.
So
she changed into her most Tatooine-appropriate dress, which also by a
stroke of luck was the very last clean one she had, and went to find her
hosts. She was worried about Anakin and didn’t much feel like being
sociable, but she figured she should at least show her face.
Beru
was in the kitchen cooking, and she was wearing the exact same clothes
she had worn yesterday. There was a jug of water on the side, and Padmé
badly wanted some to drink, but she thought she had better wait til it
was offered. Beru looked up at her, and then did a double take. Padmé
realised with some discomfort that this one dress of hers was probably
worth more than the Larses’ entire farm.
“[Star Wars] is purposely written like a piece of music, with themes that repeat themselves in different ways, and ideas that reprise from one generation to the next.” – George Lucas
You know, if you liked Undertale (and it seems like lots of people do) I bet you’d like my sibling’s game, D.S.A:
It was no less than 5 years in the making and it is very, very funny. It also has some expert lampooning of current pop stars and celebrities, some great music, and some extremely snazzy-looking character designs.
