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    The Greatest Act of Optimism by

    Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)  

    30 Apr 2026

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    The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still. 

    A child, I realize with a start.

    That’s a child! 

    “Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.

    “Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students. 

    Used. 

    The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”

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    How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongs

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    As we Bend and Break through Time by

    Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order Series (Video Games)  

    19 Jun 2025

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    Cal is really not sure how he got here. It’s not like he’s the chosen one. But, dank farrik, he’s going to do his best—even if that means a few panic attacks and breakdowns along the way. Honestly though, with his track record, he’s not so sure he's the best person to do this. The Empire was one thing, but this…this is not something he knows how to handle. How can a time-travelling 23—now 10-year-old—stop a—no—the galactic war?

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    Title from Battle Cry - The Family Crest

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    On Hiatus - Also undergoing re-editing

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    More Than a Fighter by

    Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order Series (Video Games)  

    09 Feb 2026

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    Cal Kestis has a strange ability. He can't seem to die.

    Whenever he dies, the Force itself brings him back hours or minutes before it happened. It has come handy in the fight against the Empire. But Cal himself has mixed feelings about it, considering he never seems to be able to change anything else than his own death.

    A mutual obsession with Darth Vader however puts him in a strange position, and the next thing he knows, he is falling back through time to his childhood. Now Cal is mere days away from the very start of the Clone Wars. He's not sure how Vader managed to break the barriers between times, but Cal is going to use this chance to destroy the Empire before it even began.

    Meanwhile everyone else is horrified by Anakin Skywalker's newly acquired padawan, who just seems to know the battlefield a bit too well.

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    Legacy by

    Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy  

    17 Apr 2020

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    Three months after the Battle of Endor, Luke Skywalker goes in search of a rumoured Jedi temple in a secluded part of the Mid Rim. He finds within the temple nothing but a strange artifact, which unexpectedly brings him much closer to the Jedi of old than he ever thought he would be.

    When Luke fails to return from his mission, Leia goes after him, retracing his steps to the ancient temple — and to the past, to the time of the Clone Wars and the waning years of the Old Republic. Under suspicion by the Jedi Order, the twins struggle to find a way back to their own time while trying to keep their knowledge of the future from affecting the past.

    This, however, turns out to not be as simple as it seems.

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    01 Dec 2025

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    insomniac by

    Fandoms: Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order Series (Video Games), Star Wars - All Media Types  

    07 Aug 2024

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    A collection of short fics, loosely connected by Cal’s Mid Rim-sized sleep deficit.

    (1) Cal Kestis is nine years old and has caf where his blood ought to be.
    (2) being a Padawan means facing your fears, like asking for help when you need it. and possibly running into the terrifying medic who works first shift.
    (3) Cal gets captured by Separatists. rather than hurt him, they try sleep-depriving him into insanity.
    (4) despite planning to keep his head down and stay out of trouble on Bracca, Cal gets roped into a Shenanigan anyway.
    (5) Cal is tired. and lonely. and traumatized. and tired. and depressed. and overworked. did i mention tired? he's so tired.
    (6) there are good ways of coping with your problems, and there’s whatever Cal’s chosen.
    (7) Cal cautiously gets to know his new crewmates. also, they go on a supply run and he tells BD-1 a story.
    (8) what Cal wants is to stay on the couch and wait for the painkillers to kick in so his everything stops aching. what he gets is a distant cry for help in the Force.
    (9) a downed Republic ship that may be haunted, a pair of Jedi who may be dead, strange dreams that may mean something, and a local resident who may be missing.

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    30 Oct 2025