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I wanted to post this because the way he tells his little story is so funny.

They would 100% be besties

It’s just another goofy game filled with silly jokes for kids

If you haven’t played Super Paper Mario, boy are you missing out

Star Wars Masterpost: For your time travel needs

.Right here we go because this will be a long one. Enjoy folks. Here’s a collection of all the time travel fics I got my hand on. Most of them are Luke or Leia focused. Some completed others not so much and some still in progress, 

1. Time and Sand By Scififan33 AU. His last memory is of his nephew killing Snoke so why in the name of the Force is he waking up with twin suns blasting down on him? the Force obviously has a very odd sense of humour. but if he’s here he might as well do some good.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12410879/1/Time-and-Sand

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10364229/chapters/22897797

2. The Pathway By Scamasax After a darker outcome at Bespin, Luke makes a final bargain. Time travel

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11504716/1/The-Pathway

3. Fulfilling a Prophecy By: Kian-Rai Delcam 

Qui-Gon’s eyes are gentle when he replies, “Changing fate is not always best, Vader. Whatever happens is as the Force wills it to be.” Vader scoffs, “I’m hardly a youngling to be lectured, Jedi. My knowledge of the Force is more complete than yours. You have not walked both sides of the Force as I have. The Force is neither an ally nor a slave, as the Jedi and Sith see it.”

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11806136/1/Fulfilling-a-Prophecy

4. Into the Past  By SophieAnnWard 

When the Force mysteriously sends Luke into the past-right in front of his Father in fact-will he be able to change the future, or will his efforts be in vain?

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8889809/1/Into-the-Past

5. Shifting Sand By: SophieAnnWard 

After the defeat of the Emperor and his Father’s death. Luke Skywalker wonders if he had made all the right choices. He then gets a second chance to save his Father and change the future. Luke goes back into the past - similar to my other completed story “Into The Past”.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12784615/1/Shifting-Sand-

6. Shattered By: CWBasset

The New Republic is on the brink of collapse. The Sith have reemerged, and war is on the horizon. Yet, everything that is happening around him feels utterly wrong… So when Luke Skywalker receives a mysterious offer to go back in time and correct the Galaxy’s destiny, how can he refuse?

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5008174/1/Shattered

7. Redemption  By lucky_ducky_123

The war against the Empire is finally over…however, young Luke Skywalker’s journey isn’t over yet. What happens when the Force decides to send Luke back in time to stop his father’s fall to the dark side? Will he succeed? Or will he alter too many details of the past and change the future for the worst?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11134284/chapters/24846489

8. The Force Works In Mysterious Ways By: reddog24485  

64 Year Old Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker. Wakes up in the body of his seventeen year old self. Realizing that he’s been given a chance to do things better this time around. He sets out to make great changes in the war with the Empire. Time Travel. L/M L/H 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11551203/1/The-Force-Works-In-Mysterious-Ways-

9. Change of Fate By: CrazyAni 

What if the Force could grant your greatest desire? Luke Skywalker wishes to have known his father before he turned to the Dark Side. Could he change the fate of the galaxy by meeting Anakin? ROTS AU, timetravel. COMPLETED.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2846756/1/Change-of-Fate

10. The Red Past Toruviel

Hanging below the Cloud City, in shock and pain, abandoned by friends dead and alive alike, Luke Skywalker knew better than to ask for help for the third time. He begged for understanding instead.

The Force heard.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11402409/chapters/25539126

11. Back To The Future PinkEasterEggs:

Teenage Princess Leia, heir to Alderaan’s throne and her twin, Luke Vader, heir to the Imperial throne, get thrown back in time with the chance to save their parents before it’s too late. With the Force finally on their side, they decide to have a little fun whilst they try and save their father’s soul.

What could go wrong?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22217674/chapters/53048092

12. Legacy myrlendi (thehistorygeek)

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.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15221810/chapters/35304947

13. Working Back Back_At_It_Betty

Three years after Endor, Luke Skywalker- fighter pilot, Jedi Knight- is trying to keep a dying religion alive. Purely by accident, he finds a little more than he’d bargained for while playing archeologist on a long abondoned world.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16006655/chapters/37348433

14. To Cast Away Stones By: Darthishtar 

In order to change the course of history, the Alliance undertakes a dangerous mission to eliminate Vader, led by Leia Organa, the girl he tormented, and Luke Skywalker, the son of the man he murdered. There’s just one catch: Vader doesn’t exist yet.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2926673/1/To-Cast-Away-Stones

15. To Gather Stones Together  By:Darthishtar

After the climactic ending of To Cast Away Stones, Luke, Leia and Han return to the Alliance. They must face the consequences of what they have discovered and to fulfill their mission, one way or another.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3610244/1/To-Gather-Stones-Together

16. Ad Utrumque Paratus  obeyingthemuse

It’s hard to bring balance to the Force when the only method you’ve seen is your black-cloaked psychic cyborg sorcerer dad with a severe breathing problem throwing an old man down the Death Star reactor shaft. 

As much as Luke would like to see the not-yet-Emperor dead, he doesn’t want to be arrested by his unusually attractive(?) war-hero dad and spend the rest of his indeterminate time in the past dropping Ewok beats in a jail cell. 

Also Leia would probably kill him. But not before breaking him out of jail.

So when the twins wake up on Tatooine decades in the past, they play it safe. They take over a planet, reconnect with their adoptive and real parents without weirding them out (too much), and accidentally cause the Chancellor perpetual near-death experiences.

Nailed it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7168628/chapters/16273712 

17. What’s Old Is New Again NotARealGeek 

Luke and Leia die at the same moment in an evacuation turned violent, and as they pass into the Force it reaches out and stops them. Landed in the past, they have to fight to change a future that may well be set in stone.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14971418/chapters/34696061 

18. Just One Wish  LadyVader23

On a trip to Dathomir, Anakin Skywalker finds a spell that will grant him one wish. Anxious to return home, he wishes for a way to end the war. As a result, he ends up accidentally kidnapping his future children…moments after they’ve escaped Bespin. Luke is quite done dealing with his mess of a father, and Leia is convinced telling the future Darth Vader about the future will only make it worse. Desperate, Anakin calls in the only person they might listen to: Padme Amidala. Too bad Padme has a surprise of her own…

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22028647/chapters/52571908

19. Chiaroscuro Starcross

“So”, Leia said, “you’re a ghost. From the future. Who, for some reason, came here to teach me the ways of the Force.”

“Yep.” “And who are you exactly?” The shapeless blob of light looked as embarassed as it was technically possible. “I’m your husband.”

In which Han refuses to leave for the afterlife, goes on a Force time-travelling road trip with beffudled Old Ben instead, and accidentally rewrites the entire cosmos. (It’s not ENTIRELY his fault if Leia is not impressed by that Jedi nonsense, or if spirits of ancient Sith lords keep popping up to offer their tutelage.)

Or - Obi-Wan can’t believe that not even death will stop the Skywalkers from dragging him into their drama. Maul thinks it’s hilarious.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11377917/chapters/25474263

20 Star Wars: Second Chance Turtlephant

Luke Skywalker survived his fight with the Emperor, but his father didn’t. After the battle of Endor, Luke gets a chance to go back in time and set things right. How will things go down? Will Luke manage to save his father while maintaining his secret identity and without attracting Darth Sidious’s attention? Will he re-write the future, or will Anakin fall like before?

Star Wars AU

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars. Lucas Films/Disney do.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13267689/chapters/30355797

Part 1 of the  A Second Chance, the Force Has Given Us  series

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13267689/chapters/30355797

21. Sith Lord Swell  AMournfulHowlInTheNight

“Well, looks like we’re all Sith Lords, now. I hope you’ve all been practicing your most menacing laughter for our first run in with the Jedi Council.”

Ben could only sigh and raise a distasteful eyebrow at the cross shaped, red lightsaber he was given. Down the line other students were also handling their new weapons and robes with a raised eyebrow here and quizzical expression there.

“Really, uncle?”

“Really. I don’t want to compete with the local Jedi population.”

Why did Jedi politics and time travel have to be so difficult?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18880045/chapters/44813335

22. a thousand miles and poles apart  kuchikopi

Some people are lost in the desert. Others are found.

In which there are sand storms, time travel and proof that wherever there is both galaxy-destroying potential and family drama, you’ll probably find a Skywalker at the middle of it.

(Or several.)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11600223/chapters/26075190

23. In the Past SilverDaye

It’s been two months after Bespin, and Luke Skywalker is trying to come to terms with the events that happened there. During a dogfight with Darth Vader, both of their fighters crash. When they recover, they both find themselves on Coruscant at the end of the Clone Wars. Vader still aims to claim his son, but Luke has been taken to the Jedi Temple where he meets Anakin Skywalker.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16597682/chapters/38898149

This is only a small number but just some on top of my head. Enjoy @https://silvereddaye.tumblr.com/  @silvereddaye

One of the first books I read in English as a kid, maybe 1 year after I started learning English, was a booklet with a title like, How to Have a Great Time at Summer Camp. I don’t remember the exact title and I know I only picked it up because the other books in English in my school’s library looked way beyond my level, stuff like Austen and Dickens. The summer camp booklet didn’t look too interesting but it was small with simple sentences. I ended up being fascinated with it because it was the most American thing I had ever got my hands on and it felt impossibly exotic

all the kids had cool American names like Jill and Mike. One of them at one point talked about the “chipmunks” in the woods near the camp, a mysterious word that didn’t exist in my tiny English dictionary, and for some reason I pictured them as scrawny wolves. I had read Little House on the Prairie so I knew wolves were a major concern for Americans

camp “counsellors” were often mentioned, and my pocket English dictionary only defined that word as “psychologue”. I thought it was weird how American summer camps had dozens of psychologists roaming the premises, one for every 5 to 10 kids. That felt like a lot of psychologists

I had no idea that the word “pet” could mean “favourite”. When the booklet said one kid might become “the camp counsellor’s pet”, my dictionary helpfully led me to believe it meant that a psychologist would pick one unfortunate kid to be his domestic animal for the summer. Slightly disturbing. I moved on

the kids slept in “bunks” and my stupid dictionary only defined this word as “couche”. Which is not wrong, but we would probably say couchette instead, or better yet lits superposés, and couche is also our word for diaper so you can see why I continued being deeply intrigued by every new detail I learnt in this booklet. American kids are excited about camp because they get to sleep in diapers

I had never encountered the word “baseball” before but managed to guess it was some kind of sport, but when the booklet mentioned the “baseball diamond” (in the context of a kid saying the baseball diamond was big) I of course assumed it was an actual diamond that you could win if you won a game of baseball at camp. For some reason I had a debate with a classmate over the plausibility of this. I say for some reason because I didn’t really question the diapers or the wolves or the psychologists with their human pets. A diamond though? Doubt. I just remember that we were queueing up for lunch and I was like “What do you think?” and my friend said hesitantly, “Maybe if it’s a small diamond?” and I insisted “No! The book says it’s big!”

among the basic items the book said every kid should bring to camp were “batteries”. I didn’t bother looking up that word in my dictionary seeing as it’s the same in French. I didn’t know it was a false friend, and I was impressed to learn that most American kids own a drum set and bring it to camp as an essential item

on the same page, in the list of things every kid should put in their suitcase for summer camp, another item was “comic books”. I wasn’t sure what those were since in French we call them BD, but basing myself on the word “comic” I assumed they were books of jokes and puns. I loved learning that in the US all kids bring humour anthologies to summer camp, presumably because they worry about running out of funny things to say. I thought American kids sounded nervous and sweet. But also really cool, because of all the drums

Luigi + Lucian [fusion]

So pretty much, I made this fusion with Lucian and Luigi. And now that I think about it, I don't think a lot of people know Lucian and if you don't that's very understandable. - Lucian is the main villain of Mario Tennis Aces and he's pretty much an evil tennis racket that can possess the people that touch him. - Thus, leading to Luigi getting possessed (and Wairo and Waluigi) Plus, prior to the game plot he possessed the former king of the island and technically wiped him out and his people but for this fusion, it isn't that important. plus, I'm most likely going to make a fanfic of this fusion to clear more stuff up, I just want to get this out for now (if you have any questions, I don't mind you dm'ing me them or just commenting lol)

Main: So after Mario Tennis Aces, Lucien latches on to Luigi's arm after the gang of Mario, Peach, and Daisy winning the Lucien Cup. He pretty much ends up not keeping to his word, as he ends up taking two of Mario's power stones with him, giving him even more power to do so.

The gang pretty much needs to find a way to dispose of the last stone quick but also get the boys out of this mess, you know?

So pretty much, Aster gives help to Mario to prevent Lucien from going any farther by painfully removing the tape that's already on him to get the tennis racket away from him, which they do somewhat. The issue is that the racket and the Power Stones won't move but the tape can. Even if Lucien's tennis tape is removed, he could just rewrap Luigi. So Aster comes up with an idea to break the tennis racket down to the stone holder part, leading Luigi where he is now, with only a knuckle ring of Lucian's power stones. (and yeah, that's Prince Peasley cutting his tennis tape off for him <3) ---

Abilities - Pros and Cons: (Pro) Luigi carries the power that Lucien holds, as it shows from his raw punch power, pretty much overpowering him. (Pro) His left eye is almost an imbibement of Lucien, as Aster guessed, he might see out of that eye. - This allows Luigi to see a 20/20 vision at night if he could technically use said eye. (Pro/Con) Luigi can mentally communicate with Lucien, while also getting a clearer voice of him while he sleeps. [ (Con) If Luigi uses his arm too much, he will damage his arm muscles and bones harshly. (Con) Luigi will become more tired than he usually is, even to the point of passing out. (Con) Luigi really doesn't know how to control Lucien's power and doubts that he ever can. (Pro/Con) Luigi can mentally communicate with Lucien, while also getting a clearer voice of him while he sleeps. (Con) Lucien's tape wrap around is always growing, meaning that Luigi must cut the tape off to prevent Lucien from having possession. ]

Lucien's side: After the main stuff happened, Luigi still carried Lucien's possession eye, rending issue with it. The main issue is that Lucien's eye/side is pretty blinded by Luigi's right eyesight, most of the time. The only time was Luigi could maybe have control of Lucien's side is when it's completely dark, leaving a slim chance. Most of the time, Lucien can use his side as a view for himself, as he communicates with Luigi also.

Sharing concepts for this short lived AU where Diary Silhouette Philip comes alive and befriends Luz. I made it mostly for cartoony expression and body language shenanigans

Also made a funny cause it’s comparable to @uncreative-mind ‘s Ghost! Philip

"You're telling me you haven't tried to mass hypnotize your audience even Once?!"

Y'know the thing where different kryptonite colors mess with Superman in various ways? How might that be applied to Lexonite/Wordgirl?

Ooooohhhhhh boyyyyyy! I’ve had ideas running around with this since age 8! Mwahahaha!!!!

ITS LITERALLY A WRITER’S FREE SPACE CARD! You can have different colors do whatever you want!! ✨✨✨✨

It’s the best idea ever to have a little mischief. Mwahahaha.

Want an actually evil Word Girl? Sure!

She now is terrified of everything, but doesn’t understand why. But hey! Cool bracelet! And now has to overcome her fears. Yes please!!!

Mr. Big actually mind controls her and there’s no chance of her breaking it without outside help? Definitely!

The sky is the limit! Reuse colors!! Make up your own rules per your au! ITS NEW TERRITORY AND ITS CRAZY! I loooove it!!!!

A swap au you say?

mhm... something like that :)

Kirtag Gothic

* You wake up. Every door and window is closed, the blinds are still shut. You already hear music. No matter how loud you turn up your TV or music, you can still hear it. It will not be ignored.

* Maybe you will go to church, or at least, your body will. You can’t remember where you left your soul.

* You order food. Your hopes are as low as they have always been.

* You see children with packs of cigarettes, puffs of powder coming out. It doesn’t worry you, you did the same when you were their age. They take a bite.

* The music stops. The sound system creaks. The musician makes a sexist joke. “Please, no more,” you cry out. He doesn’t listen. He increases the offensiveness. Everyone around you laughs. You feel someone’s spit on your arm.

* Your grandma secretly gives you money. “Buy yourself something nice,” she tells you. You buy something alcoholic.

* There’s suddenly an assortment of pastries on your table. It’s been the same since forever. Coconut flakes and pink icing. You know this because it even inspires a sense of nostalgia in your grandma. You wonder how old the pastries on your table are. You take a bite anyway.

* The music gets increasingly louder. You hardly know the song. Everyone is singing along. The words even spill over your own lips. It happens automatically.

* You’re still waiting for your food. 

Graz Gothic

There are ravens circling the Schlossberg. There are ravens croaking in the trees of the Murpromenade. There is a raven in your bedroom, staring at you with its beady eyes, tilting its head.

It snows. The Bims can’t take you from A to B. The bike paths are not clear. You have to walk to work. Every other inhabitant of Graz has to walk too. Nobody speaks. You just walk, eyes glassy and empty.

You bought a delicious pastry from Auer. Hubert? Martin? You can’t find the pastry ever again. The elders say there was once a third Auer. They won’t say his name out loud. Whenever you come near they hush their voices.

You take the 39er because it’s cute and takes a round trip through the old town. Where is the bus stop you wanted to get out at? Have you missed it? Haven’t you seen this square, this alley before? You can’t remember.

It’s summer. The Passamtswiese is crowded. All people playing frisbee look the same. You blink. They still look the same. You are trapped in a neverending nightmare of ethereal summer.

Are there people living in Zinzendorffgasse from July to September? Or is it all a big lie to cover the fact that this part of town is basically a ghost town? You wander through the street, wondering, hungry, alone.

@austrianshitposting I want more 😳

Word Up, Return to Fair City Batch 5 (part 2!)

Here’s the rest of batch 5!

Enjoy and thanks again for your patience!

Start of story

First half of batch 5

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Teuta Matoshi ‘North Star’ & ‘Midnight Blossom’ Collections

Fangders Sides! The Core Four sneaking in to be posted on Halloween before today is up and November starts!

Enjoy the fangy boys!

Bonus close-ups: 

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I’m still developing the designs for my eldritch theatre-costume AU, so here are the Fëanorians as a start! (sorry these are super messy loll nor are they drawn to scale/height!)

Now, just some general info about my eldritch theatre Elves: their bodies are tree-based and humanoid (they have arms and legs underneath those layers!), hence the branches that grow out from behind their masks. I imagine they cover their faces for some reason or other, but I haven’t figured that part out yet loll

They also wear a lot of layers, which leads to Maglor them looking like the polluted river spirit from Spirited Away. The Noldor do this especially out of all the Elven clans, perhaps as a point of pride or status (to show that they have lots of nice things, perhaps).

One more thing – I mentioned in my previous eldritch post that the branches on their heads act as their Elf ears XDD Generally they’d have leaves and/or flowers on them, but the Fëanorians’ branch-ears are barren due to all the wars/journeys/slayings they’ve gone through.

Now, onto the Fëanorian designs!

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Eyyyy time for the rest of Finwë’s grandkids! These definitely turned out more aqua-y than I expected. I actually hoped to come up with different colour schemes for them (like with the Fëanorians, not relying too much on their old portrait designs), but I ended up doing quite a bit of colour-picking for these ^^;;;

But, y’know, I’ve made up a reason for it! XDD I imagine that Fingolfin and Finarfin’s families are quite close-knit, so their colour palettes work well with each other to reflect that while still being different for each member. Their branch-ears also have flowers/leaves based on their tree-bodies. Speaking of that … 

I’ve decided that the mask wood will be different to their actual tree-based bodies. Because, y’know, it would probably feel weird to carve a mask out of your own wood type loll Plus it makes more sense for them to be based on the same tree since they’re related ^^;;

On that note, the Fëanorians will now have Ash tree bodies (I had to change Maglor’s mask wood to spruce due to that)! Don’t worry, y’all don’t have to remember any of this loll it’s just for me to keep track of the nit-picky stuff. More design details below!

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*gently holds* (trollstuck designs by @dawsonschristian)

It’s taken a bit longer to finish than intended, but here at least is another Ghosts fan comic. I’ve simplified everyone a bit compared to the first one, but such is the nature of comics.

I will continue to call The Creature “Frankenstein” and no force in Heaven or Earth will impede that.

i’m still learning anatomy myself so i wouldn’t use this as more than just a general tip but…. I am fascinated by speculative monster anatomy and this is something i discovered years ago and thought i would impart amongst my fellow monster enthusiasts :)

mind you, the second set of pectorals can look kind of funky so i understand aesthetically why people would prefer not to draw them but! if you are someone interested in anatomy, i think this is a thing people dont really think about when giving their OCs wings/extra limbs and i think it’s kind of neat!

My collection of clothing references for writing. 

HELLO, GORDON! my comic for the HLVRAI E-Comic Anthology is finally out! I had lots of fun making it, and I hope the horror i felt when i first watched this scene came through in my drawing >:] enjoy!

a very distinguished gentleman…..

Enoch is my only character who ill concede to being unironically pretty, but they make up for it by being a perfect idiot

Researching for WIPs : A Collection

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Broken Ribs

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Impermanence is not insignificance

By the way, I moved all of my prints to Inprnt (better quality than Redbubble); you can get a print of this piece here!

You know those videos of dogs communicating with their owners using those cool buttons that play recorded words?

Mike and Alison should make one of those for Julian so he can talk to Mike without Alison.