Spectre83

sweet sweet domestic fluff for @spectre83 for the kanera discord exchanggeeeee

LOOK AT THEM. Look at them right now. 😍😍😍😍 So soft and domestic. AND HOLY SHIT IS THAT A RING WE SEE ON KANAN’S FINGER?!?!?!?!?

This is beautiful!!!!! I love it so very much.

💚 Kanan and Hera dancing for the very sweet @kanerallels 💚

All the drawing ideas in my head right now are nonsense so here's a Spiderverse/Rebels crossover

kanan lives au where he just walks around the rebel base in sweatpants, a corny dad t-shirt, sunglasses, and loth-cat slippers carrying baby jacen in a wearable baby carrier

Caught

What every Rebels fan was thinking while watching that one scene in Ahsoka.

Beginning in 1933, the Nazis burned books to erase the ideas they feared—works of literature, politics, philosophy, criticism; works by Jewish and leftist authors, and research from the Institute for Sexual Science, which documented and affirmed queer and trans identities.

These weren’t just books; they were lifelines.

Writing by, for, and about marginalized people isn’t just about representation, but survival. Writing has always been an incredibly powerful tool—perhaps the most resilient form of resistance, as fascism seeks to disconnect people from knowledge, empathy, history, and finally each other. Empathy is one of the most valuable resources we have, and in the darkest times writers armed with nothing but words have exposed injustice, changed culture, and kept their communities connected.

Less than two weeks after the US presidential inauguration, the nightmare of Project 2025 is starting to unfold. What these proposals will mean for creative freedom and freedom of expression is uncertain, but the intent is clear. A chilling effect on subjects that writers engage with every day—queer narratives, racial justice, and critiques of power—is already manifest. The places where these works are published and shared may soon face increased pressure, censorship, and legal jeopardy.

And with speed-run fascism comes a rising tide of misinformation and hostility. The tech giants that facilitate writing, sharing, publishing, and communication—Google, Microsoft, Amazon, the-hellscape-formerly-known-as-Twitter, Facebook, TikTok—have folded like paper in a light breeze. OpenAI, embroiled in lawsuits for training its models on stolen works, is now positioned as the AI of choice for the administration, bolstered by a $500 billion investment. And privacy-focused companies are showing a newfound willingness to align with a polarizing administration, chilling news for writers who rely on digital privacy to protect their work and sources; even their personal safety.

Writing communities have always been a creative refuge, but they’re more than that now—they are a means of continuity. The information landscape is shifting rapidly, so staying informed on legal and political developments will be essential for protecting creative freedom and pushing back against censorship wherever possible. Direct your energy to the communities that need it, stay connected, check in on each other—and keep backup spaces in case platforms become unsafe.

We can’t stress this enough—support tools and platforms that prioritize creative freedom. The systems we rely on are being rewritten in real time, and the future of writing spaces depends on what we build now. We at Ellipsus will continue working to provide space for our community—one that protects and facilitates creative expression, not undermines it.

Keep imagining, keep documenting, keep sharing—keep connecting. Suppression thrives on silence, but words have survived every attempt at erasure.

- The Ellipsus team

Silly little elementary school AU I’ve had rattling around in my brain, featuring social studies teacher Caleb Dume (because he’s a big NERD) and PE teacher Hera Syndulla.

Sabine is the kid lighting things on fire at the back of the classroom, Ezra keeps hiding frogs in his pockets during recess, Chopper is the mean office secretary, and Zeb is the lunch lady.

First chapter now up on AO3!

few things more humbling than the realization that you really do write the same fic(s) over and over again

Someone mentioned on another tumblr post about how nobody complained that Agatha Christie wrote ANOTHER book about murder.

Write your story. Write it again. And again.

Okay but do you understand the TREASURE TROVE of reading a fic you enjoy and then looking at the author's page and discovering they have written multiple just like it?! That is the ultimate score!

My silly Elementary School AU is now a fic on AO3! Check out the first chapter here. I'll be updating all year as part of the Year of the OTP event.

what would you do if there was a Kanan right in front of you

A brief synopsis of “A New Dawn”

I love this sooo much and I wanna use it in a fic 😂😂😂

star wars week 2023: favorite romantic relationship

— A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller (spiritual predecessor)

please please please please reblog if you’re a writer and have at some point felt like your writing is getting worse. I need to know if I’m the only one who’s struggling with these thoughts

Good news! At various points in your development, it is!

As you write, you level up in little ways. It's not like D&D where you get a level all at once. Oh, no. You get tiny improvements to your skill tree, and there will be points where your build is entirely unbalanced. As you adjust to these changes, you will naturally regress in some areas. This is just your mind and overall skill level getting ready for the final leveling, where you're briefly fully balanced again!

TL;DR: Regression is a natural part of improvement, and while it's frustrating as hell, if you keep going, you can write through it.

Also this.