you know what i need??? more myth and superstition in scifi.
give me starship captains like the sailors of old, weathered and wary of the vast beast that is deep space, who religiously keep their own personal traditions and rituals to appease her and guide their ships safely through her vast depths.
give me wide-eyed ensigns eagerly drinking in tales of great creatures of the void, space whales and other more malevolent leviathans, dismissed as tall tales by more cynical cadets who only trust the sense of their own eyes.
give me whispered accounts of ghost vessels, lost long ago in great battles across the universe, populated by a literal skeleton crew.
give me a space bermuda triangle.
give me a universe as cold and unfathomable as the ocean, and no less mysterious and forboding.
True, so true
Shukaku: The Dreams. He feeds of nightmares.
Matatabi: The Dead. She’s the guardian of the underworld.
Isobu: The Sea. He travels for the ocean so his temples are build close to the shore.
Son Goku: Mountains and War. He’s better known between the samurais since he values the honor over the strength.
Kokuo: Hot Springs and Peace. Sometimes you just need a little rest before keep fighting.
Saiken: Poison and Loyalty. Those could sound like two different things but his followers know that appearances can be deceiving.
Chomei: Wind, Travelers and Harvest.
Gyuuki: Knowledge, Friendship and Art’s. He would share the first, fight to protect the second and suffer for those who love the third.
Kurama: Life, Love and Family. Of all the Nature Gods he’s the easiest to find since for the last century or so has made his dent in the mountains of Uzu no Kuni. He’s also known for being extremely patient and on the same time a little childish, if he finds a lost kid on his path there’s equal chances that he guide them back to their families or that the two of them ended screaming at each other for hours about the silliest things until someone came to get the kid back guided for the noise.
Also the Juubi’s known as the representation of destruction.
I have my reasons to believe that this characters of naruto would be followers of this bijuus: Reto of Shukaku (since he’s the closer to his country), Tobirama of Matatabi, Jiraiya of Kokou and surprisinly not only for the Hot Springs and Anko of Saiken.
XD
Barry being the exception for Len
Sluttiest Obi-Wan Headcanon Based on This GIF:
This is a typical Stewjoni greeting because of course any planet Obi-Wan hails from isn’t going to just shake hands or anything that basic. No—no they kiss both cheeks just to say “Hello there”.
I mean—
Imagine—
Cody, offering his hand to shake: General, I’ve heard a lot about you. I look forward to serving under you, sir.
(Obi-Wan steps forward and kisses Cody on his cheeks.)
Obi-Wan, smiling: All good things I hope, Commander. I have a feeling that we’ll get along quite well—Commander? Cody? Are you quite alright?
(Cody stands utterly still not blinking or even breathing.)
Cody, slowly lowers helmet back over his head: *screeches into the void*
Within seconds there’s a procession made up of thousands of troopers going out of the hanger and blocking speeder traffic, all waiting to “greet” General Kenobi. Anakin watches, horrified, as he spots several troopers put on chapstick and taking quick spritzes of breath spray.
Everyone on the Springhawk (and the rest of the ascendancy tbh) found Thrawn to be an anomaly. Because while he was extremely annoying, he was also very hot. But anytime someone asked Thrawn out (or propositioned ;) him), he always turned them down, sometimes politely sometimes not. Everyone eventually just came to the conclusion that Thrawn doesn't do romance.
Cut to twenty years later, a human shows up in the Ascendancy and introduces himself as Thrawn's husband and everyone loses their damn minds.
Because somehow Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo fucked off to the Empire, found some ridiculously attractive twink twenty years younger than him, married him and then sent him off to the Ascendancy for safe keeping.
Late-nite clone musings…
You ever notice how when someone teases Hardcase, he just kind of looks at the floor and goes quiet? Like, he seems like the kind of guy who can give a good ribbing and take it right back. But it’s very obvious he doesn’t like it. When Jesse razzes him about looking sick after coming out of the Umbaran fighter, he gives Jesse an annoyed look (which could be read as amused annoyed, I’ll concede, but…), and when Tup points out that Hardcase wasn’t flying so much as “avoiding crashing”, he grimaces and turns away (very obviously upset). He gets defensive and apologetic when Fives tells him to take it easy.
Actually, Hardcase gets teasingly cut down a lot in the Umbara arc. Jesse does it for sure, Fives a little (even though they’ve only just met!), Tup does it because he’s trying to fit in, and even Captain Rex gets a jab in there. Hardcase puts on a show of bravado––”We can do this.” “It wasn’t so tough.”––and there’s evidence that he really does enjoy the adrenaline rush, but I think many of his reactions are just that: a show. I think he’s afraid of not being good enough, capable enough, and tries to cover that by being overly enthusiastic and daring. He grumbles when Fives tells him to figure out how to use the tree to get over the sensor wall, like it’s something he doesn’t want to do, but is he really just covering his anxiety that he might not be able to adequately do what Fives is asking?
This is just a thought, but it makes me wonder: Would Hardcase have pulled the stunt that he did in the supply ship if he’d gotten a little more support from his battalion? That was, really, the biggest way to prove he was in fact good enough.
here’s my worldbuilding hot take for the day: the whole “Miraluka veils” thing is not, in fact, an artifact of their own culture (because that makes no sense to me whatsoever), and came about solely because other species are so often unnerved by their lack of eyes.
Miraluka as a whole started hiding their vestigial empty sockets in order to facilitate relations with other species, since it turned out to be an easier solution than just telling the entire rest of the galaxy “get over it.” There are, however, groups of Miraluka that do in fact refuse to wear such garments out of defiance for often-Human-centric norms, as a borderline-political statement to challenge the idea that one should try to appear as “Human-passing” as possible just because other species won’t make an effort to move past their biases. Such groups are contentious in some areas, and largely ignored in others.
In private, among other Miraluka, and oftentimes among friends, Miraluka will frequently remove the veils/masks for comfort. The rare non-Miraluka individual who visits Alpheridies is often shocked and unsettled to realize that the veils/masks are a courtesy to other species which is usually discarded on Miraluka-dominant worlds and ships, and is forced to either adapt to a sea of eyeless faces or end up leaving the planet.
(Supplemental headcanon: Miraluka clothing, architecture, etc. often seems incredibly bland and boring to sighted species - because it’s not crafted with sight in mind. Dyes and paints are a completely foreign concept to Miraluka. Art and decoration is instead based largely on texture and shape, and clothing is primarily functional (warmth, physical support, carrying items, etc.) with the texture and weight of a textile valued instead of its color.)
The idea of Quinlan getting assigned to the Coruscant Guard as their Jedi is just - so interesting, given his power. And given that Palpatine's whole office is Sith Lite at best, with all the decorations and interior design choices, and that Palpatine regularly takes time off from collecting emergency powers to travel to the Outer Rim and run around in a big dramatic cloak terrorizing his former apprentice. Just - how much of that would Quinlan pick up on? Is there any way to hide psychic impressions? How quickly would Palpatine try to have him assassinated after he took the role?
Idk it's just a plot I've seen glossed over before, but playing it out fully would be so neat, and it has the potential to be a really fun fix-it, too.