squad fic: tlj overlap
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splinteredstarthis is a shorter section. just a couple of scenes without an overarching plot. really it's just that i watched tlj and the squad in my head had Opinions, and their Opinions made me laugh. Ft some good squad hux lines, discussions on the kylux marriage, and poe's complicated ethical math.
This is one of the timeline jumps where people are duplicated into separate versions of themselves, unlike the tfa version. looking at it I think one of these scenes could be misc but oh well,i'll leave it here.
post tlj
splinteredstar
But no seriously squad kylo is so confused right now.
Phasma hasn't stopped laughing about hux taking orders from kylo
ktula
Right? Squad Kylo is just like "but I never... wanted these things? Hux, why are you... please stop."
splintered star
Poe basically saw that he got a transmission from the other side (Ren hux and rey) and it goes like this
Poe: gimme a second. *turns to Leia* okay. I just want to formally apologize for everything I've ever done under your command. Every ignored order, every overly dramatic mission, all the sass and the backtalk
Leia inclines her head, bemused: accepted
Poe: okay. *turns back to the transmission* now I'm ready
Kylo, over the radio: okay first of all that building was flaming rubble when we landed there
Rey, also on the radio: only because you shot it from orbit!
Kylo: that's beside the point!
Poe: *deep breath, rubbing the bridge of his nose* noted.
Rey and kylo bicker in the back as Hux slides in.
Hux: Dameron.
Poe: *waves, one hand over his face* hello.
Hux: I've gotten into their mainframe. I have ship types and capabilites, troop movements, and ranking officers. Whenever you're ready to receive transmission
ktula
!!!
splinteredstar
In the back kylo and Rey continue to argue over whether or not it "the shape offended me" counts as a reason to blow something up
Poe: thanks, starkiller. So supreme leader kylo, eh?
Kylo, breaking away from the argument: I have no idea wtf is up with that. I mean. Why. Just. Why.
Rey, arms crossed: he offered it to Rey but she told him to fuck off.
Kylo: that'd do it.
(later addition but it goes here; Kylo: okay, new rule, I'm not allowed to make major life choices unsupervised.
Hux: it's cute that you think that's a new rule.)
ktula
Oh, squad Kylo. Watching those horrible decisions be made all "you know this won't make us happy omg"
splinteredstar
Poe: phasma's betting on a mutiny within three weeks.
Kylo nods. Hux tilts his head.
Hux: At a maximum, yes
Kylo, half turned back to Rey: tash, you do have a plan for a coup right?
Hux: of course I do. I planned to use it against snoke, but...
Poe: do you have plans to take out all of your superior officers?
Hux: yes? Do you not?
Poe stares at him. Hux shrugs.
(Is this an audio call or a holo call? I don't know!)
Poe rubs the bridge of his nose again.
ktula
"Yes, do you not?" omg. Hux, buddy, these things are specific to you, my dear.
splinteredstar
Poe: you know, we'll... deal later. Thanks for the info. Plan is...ya know fuck it. Minimize civilian casualties and just... you do you.
Hux grins
.Poe: yes I will regret saying that, I am aware.
Rey leans over hux's shoulder.
Rey: we'll meet up, okay? We'll find you
Poe sticks a thumb up. Transmission closes out. Poe takes a deep breath. When he looks up, Leia is smirking at him
So yeah..squad
Squad scene, incidentally
Rey, either in quietly to their hux or in public to a non-friendly hux (you know what I mean):
"Oh, and general, from one jakku brat to another: your accent is slipping."
Ha! Yes.
In tlj time line she says it to the in-timeline hux like. Right before cutting the call. Ren is kind of impressed by the meanness
"Why does everyone think you're the nice one?" He boggles.
"Because I have better aim and don't waste my shots." Rey says, smiling
Splinteredstar
I have like. Several tlj based squad scenes in my head
Because there is a certain pleasure in letting hux and Ren and phasma just... wreck shit
And if there was ever a reason for them to wreck some shit...
heyktula
There's so much pleasure in that.
It feels good.
Splinteredstar
Okay tbh the image actually in my head
Rey and Ren teaming up to wreck something, while their worrying boyfriends Hux and Finn pretend not to be panicking.
"They're fine."
"Of course they're fine."
Hux lights his third cigarette of the hour.
"No reason they wouldn't be fine."
"No, none at all."
Finn takes apart and rearranges his med case.
heyktula
Oh, the poor boys.
Splinteredstar
Poe walks pass and pats Finn on the shoulder. He considers patting hux but is pretty sure he'd get a cigarette put out on his arm for it
Hux and Finn are not bonding. (Well, maybe a little)
The thing about the squad is that they all have their areas of "reasonable" and "over the top"
So like. It's a sine wave almost?
So usually, say, Ren is over the top and Rey is reasonable and so they balance to only a little ridiculous
heyktula
Yes, this makes sense.
Splinteredstar
But every now and then they're both in "ridiculous" and that's when the really insane stuff like. "What did you do to the planet's magnetic field and /how/" stuff happens
Finn and hux are both ridiculous when it comes to themselves and their own goals (they obey the rules and when they don't they burn it down) but very protective of their force using so's
Which leads to hux lecturing Ren on appropriate levels of aggression and risk and being a /total hypocrite/ while doing it
"You blew up five planets and you're telling me to tone it down."
"/yes/"
heyktula
I fucking love Hux being a hypocrite, to be honest.
Splinteredstar
Especially when it's out of concern for Ren.
heyktula
exactly.
Splinteredstar
It's like. Yes Ren is fairly indestructible BUT STILL
Ren loves his anxious murderer tho
Splinteredstar
...it's been like half an hour and I'm still amused at myself for calling hux "anxious murderer"
Oh, man. I was gonna. Okay.
Squad.
On crait. Before the luke/Ren fight
Before the death ray but after Finn and rose get there
I have /no/ idea how anyone gets to where they are but
Hux, Rey, and Poe (squad) are in the rebel base. Ren, Finn, and Phasma are ... in comms range but that's all I know
Stolen ship, idk
Hux and Rey sort of... look at each other, and at the pile of scrap in the base, and nod.
heyktula
Oh man, whatever they do is gonna be good.
Splinteredstar
They're off in a corner for a while. Rey is using force lighting to solder things.
Squad!Poe just... blinks, inclines his head, and grabs a rebellion soldier he recognizes as they pass and has a rapid, quiet conversation with them.
A moment later, he calls out, "hey, starkiller!" Hux looks up, and Poe tosses a small box at him. Hux catches it, faintly confused. "It's those shitty cigarettes you smoke."
Hux raises his eyebrows and smirks. "Really, Dameron? Going against medical advice?"
Poe crosses his arms. "You help us get out of here alive, and I'll deal with Finn myself."
heyktula
!!!
Splinteredstar
"That means no taking the order and the resistance out in one ball of flame, by the way." Rey adds with a pointed glare.
"Fine, if you /insist/..."
Time skip to the rest of the crew making contact
Info passed, poe says that hux and Rey are building something to buy them time and do some damage
Finn immediately cuts in "you told him to minimize casualties, right? No suicide bombs?"
Hux, from the thing - his sleeves rolled up, a cigarette hanging from his lips, he looks very different from the general. "None of you are /any/ fun," he gripes
Kylo leans into comm range, scowling
"Hey! We're dying in a murder suicide, or not at all! We've /talked/ about this!"
Hux waves a hand dismissively. "You can stay in the blast range if you like." He looks over his shoulder at the comm. "Or is that not /personal/ enough for you?"
Kylo crosses his arms. "No, no it isn't! I want to feel your blaster at my throat or we're not doing this! I married you, not everyone in the blast radius!"
heyktula
i'm fucking cackling
Splinteredstar
"Fine, fine...." hux turns back to his work, rolling his eyes
Poe rubs his eyes. "I... don't know what part of that conversation concerned me the most."
That's all I've got, but it's been stuck in my head for a week
"We're dying in a murder suicide or not at all" is how they interpret "until death do us part"
heyktula
I mean, technically not inaccurate.
Splinteredstar
I... kind of love the implications in "we've talked about this"
I mean. I adore their violent and dark romance.
heyktula
They've definitely had the conversation. That's why I love it.
Splinteredstar
So yeah. It's all of the frame of reference. What's normal for the people involved
heyktula
exactly!
Splinteredstar
It's... slices of normality. Worlds that interconnect but operate under completely different rules.
And hux and Ren have decided - well, I clearly don't want to live with out you, and fuck you if you survive my death, so....
heyktula
Exactly. It makes perfect sense.
Splinteredstar
Totally reasonable
The rest of the squad is just like " ..ya know, whatever works for them"
heyktula
"as long as they're happy and only causing the regular amount of chaos"
This is one of the timeline jumps where people are duplicated into separate versions of themselves, unlike the tfa version. looking at it I think one of these scenes could be misc but oh well,i'll leave it here.
post tlj
splinteredstar
But no seriously squad kylo is so confused right now.
Phasma hasn't stopped laughing about hux taking orders from kylo
ktula
Right? Squad Kylo is just like "but I never... wanted these things? Hux, why are you... please stop."
splintered star
Poe basically saw that he got a transmission from the other side (Ren hux and rey) and it goes like this
Poe: gimme a second. *turns to Leia* okay. I just want to formally apologize for everything I've ever done under your command. Every ignored order, every overly dramatic mission, all the sass and the backtalk
Leia inclines her head, bemused: accepted
Poe: okay. *turns back to the transmission* now I'm ready
Kylo, over the radio: okay first of all that building was flaming rubble when we landed there
Rey, also on the radio: only because you shot it from orbit!
Kylo: that's beside the point!
Poe: *deep breath, rubbing the bridge of his nose* noted.
Rey and kylo bicker in the back as Hux slides in.
Hux: Dameron.
Poe: *waves, one hand over his face* hello.
Hux: I've gotten into their mainframe. I have ship types and capabilites, troop movements, and ranking officers. Whenever you're ready to receive transmission
ktula
!!!
splinteredstar
In the back kylo and Rey continue to argue over whether or not it "the shape offended me" counts as a reason to blow something up
Poe: thanks, starkiller. So supreme leader kylo, eh?
Kylo, breaking away from the argument: I have no idea wtf is up with that. I mean. Why. Just. Why.
Rey, arms crossed: he offered it to Rey but she told him to fuck off.
Kylo: that'd do it.
(later addition but it goes here; Kylo: okay, new rule, I'm not allowed to make major life choices unsupervised.
Hux: it's cute that you think that's a new rule.)
ktula
Oh, squad Kylo. Watching those horrible decisions be made all "you know this won't make us happy omg"
splinteredstar
Poe: phasma's betting on a mutiny within three weeks.
Kylo nods. Hux tilts his head.
Hux: At a maximum, yes
Kylo, half turned back to Rey: tash, you do have a plan for a coup right?
Hux: of course I do. I planned to use it against snoke, but...
Poe: do you have plans to take out all of your superior officers?
Hux: yes? Do you not?
Poe stares at him. Hux shrugs.
(Is this an audio call or a holo call? I don't know!)
Poe rubs the bridge of his nose again.
ktula
"Yes, do you not?" omg. Hux, buddy, these things are specific to you, my dear.
splinteredstar
Poe: you know, we'll... deal later. Thanks for the info. Plan is...ya know fuck it. Minimize civilian casualties and just... you do you.
Hux grins
.Poe: yes I will regret saying that, I am aware.
Rey leans over hux's shoulder.
Rey: we'll meet up, okay? We'll find you
Poe sticks a thumb up. Transmission closes out. Poe takes a deep breath. When he looks up, Leia is smirking at him
So yeah..squad
Squad scene, incidentally
Rey, either in quietly to their hux or in public to a non-friendly hux (you know what I mean):
"Oh, and general, from one jakku brat to another: your accent is slipping."
Ha! Yes.
In tlj time line she says it to the in-timeline hux like. Right before cutting the call. Ren is kind of impressed by the meanness
"Why does everyone think you're the nice one?" He boggles.
"Because I have better aim and don't waste my shots." Rey says, smiling
Splinteredstar
I have like. Several tlj based squad scenes in my head
Because there is a certain pleasure in letting hux and Ren and phasma just... wreck shit
And if there was ever a reason for them to wreck some shit...
heyktula
There's so much pleasure in that.
It feels good.
Splinteredstar
Okay tbh the image actually in my head
Rey and Ren teaming up to wreck something, while their worrying boyfriends Hux and Finn pretend not to be panicking.
"They're fine."
"Of course they're fine."
Hux lights his third cigarette of the hour.
"No reason they wouldn't be fine."
"No, none at all."
Finn takes apart and rearranges his med case.
heyktula
Oh, the poor boys.
Splinteredstar
Poe walks pass and pats Finn on the shoulder. He considers patting hux but is pretty sure he'd get a cigarette put out on his arm for it
Hux and Finn are not bonding. (Well, maybe a little)
The thing about the squad is that they all have their areas of "reasonable" and "over the top"
So like. It's a sine wave almost?
So usually, say, Ren is over the top and Rey is reasonable and so they balance to only a little ridiculous
heyktula
Yes, this makes sense.
Splinteredstar
But every now and then they're both in "ridiculous" and that's when the really insane stuff like. "What did you do to the planet's magnetic field and /how/" stuff happens
Finn and hux are both ridiculous when it comes to themselves and their own goals (they obey the rules and when they don't they burn it down) but very protective of their force using so's
Which leads to hux lecturing Ren on appropriate levels of aggression and risk and being a /total hypocrite/ while doing it
"You blew up five planets and you're telling me to tone it down."
"/yes/"
heyktula
I fucking love Hux being a hypocrite, to be honest.
Splinteredstar
Especially when it's out of concern for Ren.
heyktula
exactly.
Splinteredstar
It's like. Yes Ren is fairly indestructible BUT STILL
Ren loves his anxious murderer tho
Splinteredstar
...it's been like half an hour and I'm still amused at myself for calling hux "anxious murderer"
Oh, man. I was gonna. Okay.
Squad.
On crait. Before the luke/Ren fight
Before the death ray but after Finn and rose get there
I have /no/ idea how anyone gets to where they are but
Hux, Rey, and Poe (squad) are in the rebel base. Ren, Finn, and Phasma are ... in comms range but that's all I know
Stolen ship, idk
Hux and Rey sort of... look at each other, and at the pile of scrap in the base, and nod.
heyktula
Oh man, whatever they do is gonna be good.
Splinteredstar
They're off in a corner for a while. Rey is using force lighting to solder things.
Squad!Poe just... blinks, inclines his head, and grabs a rebellion soldier he recognizes as they pass and has a rapid, quiet conversation with them.
A moment later, he calls out, "hey, starkiller!" Hux looks up, and Poe tosses a small box at him. Hux catches it, faintly confused. "It's those shitty cigarettes you smoke."
Hux raises his eyebrows and smirks. "Really, Dameron? Going against medical advice?"
Poe crosses his arms. "You help us get out of here alive, and I'll deal with Finn myself."
heyktula
!!!
Splinteredstar
"That means no taking the order and the resistance out in one ball of flame, by the way." Rey adds with a pointed glare.
"Fine, if you /insist/..."
Time skip to the rest of the crew making contact
Info passed, poe says that hux and Rey are building something to buy them time and do some damage
Finn immediately cuts in "you told him to minimize casualties, right? No suicide bombs?"
Hux, from the thing - his sleeves rolled up, a cigarette hanging from his lips, he looks very different from the general. "None of you are /any/ fun," he gripes
Kylo leans into comm range, scowling
"Hey! We're dying in a murder suicide, or not at all! We've /talked/ about this!"
Hux waves a hand dismissively. "You can stay in the blast range if you like." He looks over his shoulder at the comm. "Or is that not /personal/ enough for you?"
Kylo crosses his arms. "No, no it isn't! I want to feel your blaster at my throat or we're not doing this! I married you, not everyone in the blast radius!"
heyktula
i'm fucking cackling
Splinteredstar
"Fine, fine...." hux turns back to his work, rolling his eyes
Poe rubs his eyes. "I... don't know what part of that conversation concerned me the most."
That's all I've got, but it's been stuck in my head for a week
"We're dying in a murder suicide or not at all" is how they interpret "until death do us part"
heyktula
I mean, technically not inaccurate.
Splinteredstar
I... kind of love the implications in "we've talked about this"
I mean. I adore their violent and dark romance.
heyktula
They've definitely had the conversation. That's why I love it.
Splinteredstar
So yeah. It's all of the frame of reference. What's normal for the people involved
heyktula
exactly!
Splinteredstar
It's... slices of normality. Worlds that interconnect but operate under completely different rules.
And hux and Ren have decided - well, I clearly don't want to live with out you, and fuck you if you survive my death, so....
heyktula
Exactly. It makes perfect sense.
Splinteredstar
Totally reasonable
The rest of the squad is just like " ..ya know, whatever works for them"
heyktula
"as long as they're happy and only causing the regular amount of chaos"
