recs and links

Baze and Chirrut, just before the movie starts, with flashbacks to their first meeting. Lovely.

Baze remembers all of it. He remembers when they first met, young, raw acolytes in the Jedha Temple. Even then Chirrut was irrepressible, a smile flirting at the corners of his mouth as he tilted his head to gauge Baze’s reactions to his jokes. He drew people to him with his effortless light, and Baze was no exception, pulled in like a smoke moth determined to burn off its wings. Tiny, sweet snippet of Baze/Chirrut.

In case you don't already have a severe case of droid feels, K2S0 is here to show you his existential anxiety. *sobs*

The Resistance remembers the battle of Scarif and the sacrifices of the Rogue One crew. *sobs*

Tiny Bodhi Rook gets lost in the Temple of the Whills and is found by two guardians. Oh heart.

Eventually, every parent has to break their kid’s heart. Better now, like this, than… well. Poe is a dreamer, and Shara needs him to understand, sooner than later, that glory is hard to come by in war. But when his tears well over, she regrets ever asking if he wanted to hear the story of how Rogue Squadron got their name. *sobs* Rogue One spoilers.

"We are, we are more than our scars We are, we are more than the sum of our parts" ♥♥♥

Poe tries to teach Finn and Rey how to cook. It does not go well. Oh heart.

Jack and Bitty - with commentary by Bad Bob - through the years. Warm and lovely.

After he's unfrozen, Kix turns up at the Resistance base and Poe spends some time trying to figure him out. Oh my heart.

Part of the Jedi Shmi AU (earlier parts were previously recced); Ahsoka joins Anakin and Beru on Tatooine in the campaign to free the slaves, and they both learn a few things and start to bond. ♥

"Okay," Paris says, again, gesturing towards her erratically, “Here’s the plan. We need to make good on that admittedly questionable spring break kiss of our youth—that way, people will assume that we’re a lesbian power couple instead of two pathetic rapidly aging losers with no prospects whose freaking hearts go all a-flutter when they see a cute boy.” “We’re not—anything in that sentence,” Rory says. This is EXACTLY how the bathroom scene should have gone!

Inej needs a teacher. Sturmhond takes a student. (or Inej joins Sturmhond's crew. Adventures are had.) I enjoyed this a lot.

Modern AU where Steve gets the serum and works as a SHIELD agent and Bucky is a Winter Soldier who's escaped HYDRA and is working freelance. And they keep getting in each other's way on missions. I enjoyed this a lot.

Steve gets hit with sex pollen, and Peggy and Bucky have to figure out how to help him ride it out. Hot and sweet and melancholy at the end.

Natasha meets with Steve and Sam post-CACW.

Team Flash! ♥

A really lovely look at Breha, and her relationships with Bail and Leia.

Obi-Wan and Ventress, in fits and starts.

After that, taking care of the General -- he still had a hard time thinking of her as Leia -- got to be a game. The best kind of game, because it was one he could always win. There were a thousand things he couldn’t do in the war: he couldn’t always hit the target, he couldn’t stop pilots dying by the dozens, he couldn’t even get Jessika Pava to stop bending her undercarriage on nighttime landings. But he could almost always find one small thing to make General Organa happy, and that was enough for him. Poe takes care of Leia. Oh heart.

Leia takes Poe with her on a diplomatic journey. Poe is more than happy to oblige her every need. Oh heart.

Using this spreadsheet: 1. All election cycle, Donald Trump has been our problem. Now, we’re HIS PROBLEM, and since Congress serves us, SO ARE THEY. Let’s use the best tool at our disposal (our elected representation) to show Donald once and for all that, in our America, LOVE TRUMPS HATE. 2. Begin with the WEEKLY-CALL-TO ACTION. This is the #1 priority for calls.

Hot and sweet and tart, just like Peggy. (Steve/Peggy/Bucky)

Adorably sweet Finn/Rey/Poe.

Sweetly funny story of Steve trying to get Nancy and Jonathan on board with the whole polyamory thing (not that he knows the word polyamory).

Donald Trump has been a vocal advocate of sexual assault, Islamophobia, xenophobia, and violent racism. Early Wednesday morning, America voted to elect him our president.

"Who are these anonymous sources?" "Hell if I know," Lois huffed. "I've lived in Metropolis most of my life, but Kent blows in from Smallville and suddenly he's friends with every hooker and hobo that might have a quote he can use." "Huh." Bruce looked over the picture at the head of the article again. "Smallville?" "I know, right? Smallville, Kansas. It's like he emerged fully-formed out of an apple pie. The fucker." She swept powder aggressively over her cheekbones. The corner of his mouth curled upward. "Getting ready for war?" "With Kent?" She snapped her compact shut. "Always." Absolutely hilarious reworking of Batman and Superman's first meeting via Lois's POV, with great, in-character voices for all three of them but especially Clark. I love this Clark. I literally laughed until I cried at certain parts of this story. Highly recommended.

Jack begins to settle into his new life in Providence. Bitty helps. Soft and lovely.

AU where Steve and Bucky don't meet until the events of CATWS, and yet, not much is different. Oh Steve.

Clark Kent writes a profile of Bruce Wayne.