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splinteredstar) wrote2019-01-21 06:11 pm
splinteredstar) wrote2019-01-21 06:11 pm
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squad fic: set up
Whokay. So. I have had, since shortly after The Force Awakens, a long running headfic. Occasionally I will ramble at various people, most often [Bad username or unknown identity: ktula,] about the scene that is currently going on in my head, but beyond that it will never be any sort of Real Fic. Because it would be less fun that way.
But I still enjoy them, so I decided to share them here.
tw for this section: limb loss, off screen torture and amputation,
Now, here's the thing. When I first rambled about this at kt, I didn't keep any documents, because I didn't expect to ever want to look at them again. So when I realized I wanted to share them, I had to do a little bit of.. recreation. At this point, there's an entire timeline missing (and also I
think I want to add to it, but I'll decide next time I'm bored at work)
So here is the recreation of the set up establishing notes, done with the assistance of Kyluxtrashpit and Francisthegreat (or rather, at them)
Okay. Squad au is my headfic, long and rambling and never to be a real fic.
Starts after tfa
Established kylux, in a casual hate fuck kinda way
After tfa, kylo - doubts. He struggles and he thinks- what if
And then Snoke finds out
Snoke sets about reminding kylo that he /needs/ snoke
Hux sees kylo getting worse and worse and -
It was a force resistant spring trap, Hux finds out later. Something to force Kylo to call out for his master to save him, or risk the loss of his sword hand. But kylo - damned stubborn /fool/- freed himself
Hux stared down at the bloody bandages and the sharp broken bone and the place where Kylo Ren's hand was supposed to be and he thought - "..../fuck/"
("It was an inconvenient time to realize you couldn't live without someone," hux mutters later, a cigarette in his hand, his voice more fond than he'll ever admit, "but since when did he ever make things easy on me?")
So hux defects. Burns everything he ever tried to build and runs. He goes to Leia with Ren's barely living body and /begs/
Phasma follows hux, because she follows winners and the order is less fun without him
Now, here is the part where, if i were writing this for real, i would spend time on wartime ethics, on the balance of absolution and punishment - on using evil people to do good, and the meaning of justice
But since I'm /not/, i can skip all of that and go to the solution that is the most fun.
And the conclusion leia comes to - she cannot make herself kill her son. Hux, it seems, is a large part of what keeps Kylo stable and moderately sane. She cannot separate them without them burning the galaxy to be ruinited.
She may as well get use out of them
So, there is a... semi official strike team established. Hux, kylo, phasma, rey, finn, and poe; jumping around in the Falcon and Solving Problems.
As long as they don't commit any war crimes and don't get noticed, they're left to themselves
And that is the set up for... three years worth of headfic spanning... at least six timelines. (They tend to jump into whatever story I'm thinking about at the time.)
(from an earlier convo)
.
But I still enjoy them, so I decided to share them here.
tw for this section: limb loss, off screen torture and amputation,
Now, here's the thing. When I first rambled about this at kt, I didn't keep any documents, because I didn't expect to ever want to look at them again. So when I realized I wanted to share them, I had to do a little bit of.. recreation. At this point, there's an entire timeline missing (and also I
think I want to add to it, but I'll decide next time I'm bored at work)
So here is the recreation of the set up establishing notes, done with the assistance of Kyluxtrashpit and Francisthegreat (or rather, at them)
Okay. Squad au is my headfic, long and rambling and never to be a real fic.
Starts after tfa
Established kylux, in a casual hate fuck kinda way
After tfa, kylo - doubts. He struggles and he thinks- what if
And then Snoke finds out
Snoke sets about reminding kylo that he /needs/ snoke
Hux sees kylo getting worse and worse and -
It was a force resistant spring trap, Hux finds out later. Something to force Kylo to call out for his master to save him, or risk the loss of his sword hand. But kylo - damned stubborn /fool/- freed himself
Hux stared down at the bloody bandages and the sharp broken bone and the place where Kylo Ren's hand was supposed to be and he thought - "..../fuck/"
("It was an inconvenient time to realize you couldn't live without someone," hux mutters later, a cigarette in his hand, his voice more fond than he'll ever admit, "but since when did he ever make things easy on me?")
So hux defects. Burns everything he ever tried to build and runs. He goes to Leia with Ren's barely living body and /begs/
Phasma follows hux, because she follows winners and the order is less fun without him
Now, here is the part where, if i were writing this for real, i would spend time on wartime ethics, on the balance of absolution and punishment - on using evil people to do good, and the meaning of justice
But since I'm /not/, i can skip all of that and go to the solution that is the most fun.
And the conclusion leia comes to - she cannot make herself kill her son. Hux, it seems, is a large part of what keeps Kylo stable and moderately sane. She cannot separate them without them burning the galaxy to be ruinited.
She may as well get use out of them
So, there is a... semi official strike team established. Hux, kylo, phasma, rey, finn, and poe; jumping around in the Falcon and Solving Problems.
As long as they don't commit any war crimes and don't get noticed, they're left to themselves
And that is the set up for... three years worth of headfic spanning... at least six timelines. (They tend to jump into whatever story I'm thinking about at the time.)
(from an earlier convo)
.
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