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TahiriSoloFan Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 10/11 10:58am Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 18 Brothers In Arms
	Nice decision telling the story from Jaina's POV to start. Especially touching when she points out the lack of Force use. Jacen There are just no words... Really liked the conversation between Anakin & Tahiri afterwards. -----signature----- Auntie & the Chickens ~ Keepin' hope alive A/T ~ Greater than the sum of their parts J/J ~ Unstoppable force vs. unmoveable object AKA ~Auntie ~ Chicken Wrangler Extraordinaire~ Joshua 1:9
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frankieskywalker Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 10/11 11:10am Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 18 Brothers In Arms
	jacen is an utter idiot they should have let anakin kill him great update as always -----signature----- and so the plot bunnies attack a whole in his heart http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=24122906&brd=10477 my second fic Your sightless eyes have seen too much http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/24195526/p1/?0
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/12 9:38am Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 18 Brothers In Arms
	Sorry about the icky week!! And very stoked with this chapter. Your Tahiri is magnificent--and your anakin is not far behind. So the two together--wonderful!!! She's got it pegged though about the others' mindsets. And about Jacen being a total farthead!! LOL That has got to be the most hideously insensitive statements I've heard/read ever!!! -----signature----- "There was love all around, But I never heard it singing. No I never heard it at all, Till there was you."--Beatles Of & for my angel sweeties--Spock/Nyota, of course E-sib to Mira_Jade, aka Mira_Pilot Cheesecake Squggles!
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canadianjedimama Registered: Jan '08	Date Posted: 10/12 7:26pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 18 Brothers In Arms
	Awww...man! C'mon! How many shades of purple did Jacen's face turn before they pried Anakin off? Nice updates... DRL is killer lately (Sorry to hear about the swine flu!) but I'm still reading! Thanks for the PM. CJm -----signature----- Team Jag I may not always love the canon, but it amuses me so I read. Sara -- Told you so!
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pregnantpadme Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 10/16 1:40pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 18 Brothers In Arms
	frankieskywalker America is a wonderful country and freedom of speech is a wonderful thing. Jedi Rowan is free to have, and voice, her opinion, and I welcome her comments, always. Though I don’t agree with everything she says, I see how she reaches some of her perspectives. As to your praise for my story, as always, there are not enough adjectives in this paltry language of ours to adequately express my gratitude. I’m serious, that wasn’t just a sentence to see how flowery I could get. And I’m glad you like my Tahiri, I like her too. I think this is the way she should have been; Sue Rostini can go Kriff herself, and Troy Denning. Skim down to the bottom, I wrote more to you there. JediRowan As I said above, I do welcome all comments, and I have never not replied to anyone. However, I was in the midst of a reply here, and finally decided 'what is the point'? You don't like the story, ok, I have no problem with that. There is no reason that you should, and I realize that my responses have really been me justifying the choices I've made in my writing, and what for? It's an exercise in futility. So I'm going to cut this short and say thank you for giving the story a chance, I'm sorry it didn't work out, and I hope you find something on the boards that is more to your liking. JediMike2372 Welcome back, good to see you, glad you liked the update. Oh my! Jacen should not even show his face to Anakin ever again. I think that he was lucky that it was just Anakin who actually attacked him. I think Tahiri was just concerned with keeping Anakin from getting hit with a manslaughter wrap. I think that Tahiri had only just registered what was said. To be that stupendously stupid. The fact that Anakin did not use the force to attack him is very telling. I specifically left that open to the reader’s interpretation. I was curious to see what each of you thought of that, how each of you responded to that. Of course no one else new about what Jacen would say, but they all knew about what they were going to ask of Tahiri. Yes, the whole family did know what Luke was going to ask, hence Jaina’s thoughts the afternoon and evening before. I think you said it right with Luke and Mara just wanting to get out of the war and get back to Ben. Yes, and again, as Anakin said, having Will with him and Tahiri beats the hell out of sending him to the Maw, but Luke and Mara made a different choice because they felt that was their only option. Tahiri and Anakin built their lives in a different way specifically so that they could keep their son with them. They decided to live on the Lusankya, where the Skywalkers decided to travel the galaxy fighting the war in a very different way, in a way that wasn’t conducive to dragging a toddler around. Neither way was necessarily right or wrong, but as Tahiri says to Anakin, the rest of the family doesn’t see them living their lives the way the others do and they don’t understand them. And the "Holds" have got to be disgusted with the SkySolo clan. It's funny how things can change with people who can be closer than family. And I think that is what had them so mad about it. I think that in that moment they didn't recognize those who had been there friends for 30 years. I think that Anakin may be able to forgive everyone else but his brother. And I think that Jason may have put himself at odds with the rest of his family for what he said. It’s going to take a lot for Jacen to be made to understand why what he said was so egregiously stupid. As Tahiri pointed out, he has no frame of reference. Almost everyone else in that room does, and the one’s who don’t, are at least mature enough, or have enough life experience, to get it. Stupendous update. I can't wait to see how this all plays out. I’m thrilled you liked it. Tune in next week for the big reveal to the Holds. lost_lauries_grapes Have you found them yet? That just never gets old for me? Anyway…. Jacen, you kriffing idiot! I know, huh? Someone needs to shine a great big giant glowrod on things for Jacen. And Wedge threatening to space 'em! Wow! I'm really looking forward to this Older!Tahiri discussion with the Holds. Coming right up! Preggers, you write their emotions so well, it's just amazing. Great job, looking forward to next week. Thank you! That’s really what it’s all about for me. Exploring the emotions that these situations evoke and how the characters they deal with and, hopefully, grow from what they have to face. I’m glad you’re enjoying the story. Master_Jaina1011 My little Gator-ade! First off, Wiki-eede Tim, so funny, not at all how picture Anakin, but I finally found an actress that I think could play Tahiri. I tried to put the photo here, but I'm stupid and couldn't do it, so here is a second photo, not quite as good, but it will have to do. The one from the press photo from a junket for the Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is the best. But try this one: [image=http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2952694528/nm0005064]Tahiri First off...wow. That was an intense post. I’m glad you liked it. I have to admit, I worked really hard on this one, trying to strike the right balance, and trying to describe Anakin flying across the table and the stage direction, and where everyone was sitting, and Tahiri rolling Iella backwards… a lot of work. Secondly, I have to put it out there but I have wanted that fight between Jacen and Anakin since the beginning of the NJO. Thank you preggers! Yeah… I’ve wanted Anakin to smack Jacen down for years too. I’ve had this fantasy of Jacen getting to wherever it is that Force users go when they die, and Jacen getting there, after Jaina kills him in pro-fic, and Anakin waiting for him, after what he’s done to Tahiri, taking her flow walking, and turning her into a Sith, and Anakin just opening a royal can of whoop ass on him. Like, his final frakking thoughts before dying were ‘kiss Tahiri for me’ not ‘turn Tahiri in a flow ho for me’. So, yeah… I really enjoyed writing Anakin throttling him here. Anyways, first off I think Jaina's POV was perfect for that scene. To sense her guilt, to sense her sadness and shock. You nailed it! Period. Perfecto. She seemed the character to go with because she was the most neutral. Her love of all the other characters is complicated, but she does love all the other characters, and she has complicated relationships with all the other characters, but she does love them all and she wants all of them in her life, and she sees all of them for who and what they are, the good and the bad sides of each of them. As for Luke asking for Anakin's squadron, not that surprising one I found out what the mission was about. But what was Anakin thinking that Tahiri had to block from everyone else? Again, I specifically left that open for the readers to interpret themselves. Given all that I’d written before that, what do you think was going through his mind right then? Sometimes I like to leave things open, not explain, give you things to play with in your own minds. And sometimes I just get lazy. And then... Tahiri wants to talk to him outside, away from the tension of his family. Given what they know, and Tahiri thinking with a more clear head, of course she’d want to talk to him outside. And I have to say, it seems to be Jaina who understands the emotions of Anakin the most. Maybe more than even Han IMO. I think after fighting and fighting and fighting she realized that what they have is what she wants. (ok I am done I swear) She knows the she hasn't been the sister she should have been, and that the Holds are his family right now Jaina knew from the start that this was going to set Anakin off, and yes, she and Han do seem to be the ones who understand the most. Han was the one Anakin specifically ask to take care of Tahiri afterall. Now Tahiri has the importance to the Yuuzhan Vong that can be understandable and I keep forgetting Jaina hasn't pulled off the Goddess stunt. (which in my opinion would be amazing to have Anakin included in on that. They make an awesome team. Hell, taunt them with Tahiri, Anakin and the Goddess. Yes that would be amazing) True, Jaina wasn’t the Goddess in my story, since this is AU after Rebirth, but Jaina, Anakin and Tahiri will get a chance to fight together. Now Tahiri is siding with Luke. Obviously she is thinking somewhat clearly, so they could possibly end the war. It could possibly be the only way. Tahiri has gotten to grow up in a way that the NJO writers didn’t let her. All I can do is shake my head at Jacen's ignorance and stupidity. It wouldn't surprise me that he would say that. I think in pro fic, Jacen changed when in captivity. Here, he hasn't gone through that hell to understand what the Yuuzhan Vong stand for. And to try to include a toddler, his own nephew in a plan is beyond crazy. Gawd I wanted to slap him. Anakin slapped him enough for all of us. And, as Tahiri said, he haas no frame of reference. Or do what Anakin did. Now I can imagine the entire scene enfolding in slow motion. From Tahiri to Luke and Mara passing her off to Tycho and Wedge to Han holding Leia back. It took me the second time for me to realize that Jag was holding Jaina back, because this obviously was a heartbreaking scene for her. To me the only person who could hold her back from either pummeling Jacen or breaking up the fight would be Jag. I’m glad you got the visual so well. That scene was hard to write because I was trying so hard to write it just like that, so that it was visual, so that you got a really clear picture of the action. I mean for me it was heartbreaking. And the fact the no one had used the force was amazing. How the hell did they do that? Again, I left that as vague as possible, because I wanted you, as the reader to be able to imagine just how horrifying it would be that the would all be so caught up in the emotion that they would simply skip over that. As for Wedge and Tycho, I can understand why they wanted the SkySolos out. Though I do wish they let Jaina stay at least. I think it there was one family member A/T should tell about the flow walking is her. I think she would understand it the most. or maybe thats my fantasy again. Anakin explains that in the next chapter, and Wedge was just so pissed he wasn’t taking time to differentiate, he just wanted everyone away from A&T. How Han let it get out of control? Hasn't her tried his hardest with his wife and son to see A/T? At least Tycho knew Jaina was trying. Or maybe Han is so family oriented and so dedicated to Leia that he would let his family fall apart? Han was, in his own way, trying to protect Tahiri and Will, and, as he told Anakin in the talk they had in the med center, he’d just lost Anakin, he couldn’t loose the rest of the family, right or wrong as they may have been. Sending Tahiri to Iella and Wedge, people he trusted, and trusted to keep him updated on Tahiri and Will was the best he thought he could do. It was his solution to a bad situation. And at the time he thought Anakin was dead, so he thought he was keeping his promise in a way. He never dreamed that Anakin would come back and be angry at him for not keeping Tahiri with him. i really don't know. He did it after Chewie died, why would he make the same mistake again? Again, best choice from a group of crappy choices. I loved the fact that Tahiri let anger simmer down. I think she has learned her lesson and how the two of them have grown past everything. Especially her part in the family downfall. She’s learned her lessons well. Ah, the meat of the story really. I think Anakin was most hurt by thinking Jaina betrayed him. She did in a way but she would probably give Jacen a huge dressing down if she ever had him alone. I think its time for Jaina to lash out at her family. Maybe its her that could get them to understand. And I like the fact that Tahiri actually stood up for her and Han, trying to get Anakin to see the bigger picture. She does have it right though. They don't understand them because they are tired from fighting day after day after day and not getting anywhere. Exactly. Again, they’ve all made choices from a list of crappy choices, but… the story isn’t over. And she is right about Jacen. I don't think he comprehends that sometimes the littlest actions and things he say can hurt deeply. Jacen has more to go through to learn what he needs to learn. As for Luke and Mara...yeah I can see that. But i think they are trying to keep everyone united and its not working. He can't make everyone agree with him. And it was underhanded the way he asked for Tahiri. Again I think he underestimated Anakin and his feelings for his family. He saw it now. I’ve always felt that if given a right and wrong lesson to take from a situation, Luke has learned the wrong one. He’s always been a lost cause in my book. In early Pro-fic, it was Mara who slapped him upside the head and set him straight, which is what made her death in profic such a travesty… now there is no one to keep him honest. As for telling the Holds about their story, this should be interesting. I now have to wait another week for another update! sigh Right around the corner! Again, I think you hit everything head on! I’m thrilled you liked it! TahiriSoloFan Welcome back! I’m glad you enjoyed the update! Nice decision telling the story from Jaina's POV to start. As I said somewhere above, she was the natural, because she’s the most neutral party, she loves everyone in the family. Her relationships may be complicated, but she does genuinely love them all and wants the family to be reunited. Especially touching when she points out the lack of Force use. I was going for something along the lines of the emotion being so strong that they weren’t thinking, they were all going on pure adrenaline and instinct. And a little bit of the reader making up in their own head’s what they thought would make the family behave that way. Jacen There are just no words... I know…. Really liked the conversation between Anakin & Tahiri afterwards. I’m really trying to grow them. frankieskywalker welcome back and thank you for all the super stupendous support! jacen is an utter idiot they should have let anakin kill him Yeah… but then who would we have to be mad at during the rest of the story? great update as always curtsies Jade_eyes Welcome back! Thank you for checking in again! Sorry about the icky week!! Thank you, and boy… was it ever! And very stoked with this chapter. Thank you. I worked really hard on this one, so I’m glad it went over well. Your Tahiri is magnificent--and your anakin is not far behind. I’m glad you like her. I’ve really tried to make her a fully developed, well rounded, grown up human being, with faults and weaknesses, but not a wimp or a door mat. So the two together--wonderful!!! They do make a good team, I think. She's got it pegged though about the others' mindsets. I thought so. I’ve tried to not make any of the characters bad guys, but rather real humans with good sides, and bad sides, normal humans who have made good choices and bad ones, so I’m glad to hear that you thought Tahiri had them pegged because I treid to have her describe them the way I actually see them, or how I’ve tried to write them. And about Jacen being a total farthead!! Exactly. Not a total farthead, but being a total farthead. He’s got some growing to do. That has got to be the most hideously insensitive statements I've heard/read ever!!! Ignorant bastard! canadianjedimama hey Cyn! Awww...man! C'mon! How many shades of purple did Jacen's face turn before they pried Anakin off? a veritable rainbow! Nice updates... Thank you! Some of my personal faves… of course, I say that about all of them… don’t I? DRL is killer lately I hear ya, sister… I hear ya. (Sorry to hear about the swine flu!) Oi… that’s all I have left to say on the topic. but I'm still reading! I’m glad. I was afraid I’d lost you. Thanks for the PM. Always, see you next week, or, this week, or, whenever you check back in. -----signature----- Is Anakin still dead? Not in my new story: Fragile Oh, look... there's a link right there http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30173930/p1/?69
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lost_lauries_grapes Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/16 4:49pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Replies up while Beta Boy works
	Grammar Nazi? My [German] English teacher from HS would be so proud! Preggers posted: Have you found them yet? That just never gets old for me? I wish I could go back to that fateful day on the river... Looking forward to your post! -----signature----- Enjoying Friggin' awesome Strawberry-Banana smoothie "The Hidden Harmony is better than the Obvious." --Heraclitus (6th century B.C.) "You don’t know the power of the cheese ball" - Darth Vader
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CanisBlack Registered: Dec '08	Date Posted: 10/16 5:54pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Replies up while Beta Boy works - Date Edited: 10/16 5:54pm (1 edits total) Edited By: CanisBlack
	pregnantpadme posted: As for Luke and Mara...yeah I can see that. But i think they are trying to keep everyone united and its not working. He can't make everyone agree with him. And it was underhanded the way he asked for Tahiri. Again I think he underestimated Anakin and his feelings for his family. He saw it now. I’ve always felt that if given a right and wrong lesson to take from a situation, Luke has learned the wrong one. He’s always been a lost cause in my book. In early Pro-fic, it was Mara who slapped him upside the head and set him straight, which is what made her death in profic such a travesty… now there is no one to keep him honest. Behind every great man is a great woman eh?
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pregnantpadme Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 10/16 8:53pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Replies up while Beta Boy works
	It's the return of Older Tahiri... well, in spirit anyway... Fragile Chapter 19 There’s No Other Way Anakin sat on the floor, leaning against the floor-to-ceiling viewport in Wedge and Iella’s personal quarters; behind him was a vast starscape. Several meters in front of him was an even more beautiful sight; Will, sprawled out and asleep on Tahiri’s chest. She was leaning back against the couch; Will’s head nestled into her neck, the fingers of one of his little hands fisted in her hair as he slurped gently on the thumb of his other hand. Anakin was jealous; he wished he was asleep on Tahiri’s chest. She had been wrong about needing to scrape the Holds’ jaws up off the floor; if their mouths had been open, they wouldn’t have been able to hold in all the whiskey they’d been consuming. Wedge and Tycho were on their fourth glasses, Winter and Iella on their third. Even Anakin was drinking a lot, more than he usually did, and he wasn’t one to normally feel the need for a drink unless he was at a party. But he had to admit, after today, the liquid was soothing him, taking the edge off of his frayed nerves. He supposed that a little meditating would have done the same thing, but he couldn’t very well dump the information he had just shared with these four people and then excuse himself to go float in the Force. He needed to stay and answer their questions, of which they had many, and explain the plan, the ideas that he and Tahiri had, and what they needed the four to do for them, with them, so that they could finally end this war. “Why,” Winter asked, “are you only telling us this now?” Anakin took a healthy drink from his glass, let the liquid sting his throat as the ice numbed his tongue, then crunched on the cubes in his mouth and swallowed them. “We were hoping that we wouldn’t have to tell you at all,” he admitted quietly as he stared down into the amber fluid. “Because you don’t trust us?” Iella, sitting next to Tahiri on the couch, sounded hurt and Tahiri answered quickly. “Of course not. We didn’t want to burden you. We wish we didn’t know about this, we didn’t ask to know about this, and we’ve tried to be mature and wise about what we’ve used and how we’ve treated our knowledge. But now that you know, tell me you aren’t wracking you brain trying to figure out how to use this to go back in time to save the galaxy?” Anakin watched his wife and her mentor stare at each other; then Tahiri went on. “Isn’t it hard to not imagine that you know how to make things better; hard to think that with the benefit of hindsight you wouldn’t make better choices than others made before you? But the truth is it’s not our place or our right. If Anakin or I were to use the flow to go back and change things; who’s to say we wouldn’t be causing more damage?” “Explain that.” Wedge ordered gently, sitting forward in his chair, elbows on his knees. “What she means,” Anakin said, “is that, say we went back and somehow were able to prevent the invasion, say that prevents Mara from being infected with the comb spores that nearly killed her, say because of that Ben Skywalker wasn’t conceived and because of that thirty years from now he’s not around to lead the Jedi against a different threat, a threat worse than the Yuuzhan Vong.” Tycho snorted. “Could there be a threat worse than the Yuuzhan Vong?” “That’s the point.” Tahiri took over again. “We don’t know. And we aren’t arrogant enough to think we do, and we don’t feel we have the right to make those choices.” “For purely selfish reasons, Tahiri and I are glad that Older Tahiri did what she did, because if she hadn’t done it I probably would have died on the worldship instead of just losing a year. Tahiri would probably have lost Will, and she would have suffered like Older Tahiri did. But Older Tahiri still didn’t have the right. Who knows what could have been, what she deprived her universe of, by coming to us.” “And why tell us?” Iella asked. “Why not tell Luke?” Anakin snorted and Tahiri gave him a reproachful look. He cocked an eyebrow at her then turned to Iella. “Luke is the last person I’d tell. The unfortunate lesson he came away from the second Death Star with is that anyone can be redeemed, and he’s way too liberal in his sharing of information. I wouldn’t be able to count on him to keep the knowledge of flow walking from the rest of the Order, and as arrogant as this probably makes me sound, there isn’t a Jedi among them that I’d trust with it, least of all my brother. They can never know about this.” Wedge sighed deeply before nodding his head. “Given Jacen’s obscenely stupid comment today, I’m inclined to agree with you. He’s far to impressed with his own ideas to trust with something like this, especially if… his other self... is that how you’d put it?” Anakin smiled, “That’s close enough.” Wedge smiled back. “I’m starting to understand how you came up with ‘Older Tahiri’ and ‘Younger Tahiri’.” “You should have seen them in the same room. Or when they’d start scolding me in stereo.” “We didn’t scold you that much.” Tahiri defended. Anakin stood up, walked over to her, and kissed her on the head. “What was that for?” she asked as the Holds chuckled and Anakin nudged her over enough to make room for himself on the couch; he sat down beside her, then pulled her against his side, wrapping his arms around her and Will. “Because you’re so darn cute. And you two scolded me like crazy.” “We were trying to keep you alive, dummy.” Wedge scrubbed a hand over his face. He looked more tired than Anakin had ever seen him, and Anakin felt bad for what they were putting him through, what they were putting them all through, and what they were going to ask of them, but if it worked, maybe they would all be able to rest. Tycho brought Anakin’s focus back by asking, “So, this other Jacen, he became a Sith?” “Yeah,” Anakin breathed out. “He was captured during the voxyn mission, the same mission the other Anakin died on. He was held captive and tortured for several months by Vergere, the Fosh I killed this time. After the war, in their time, Jacen travelled for several years, alone, had no contact with the family, spent time with different Force using groups. That’s when he learned to flow walk. “After he came back, the Alliance started cracking down on dissent, so Corellia tried to secede from the GA, the Second Galactic Civil War started, Jacen was assigned to head the security police —ironically, he was asked to take the job because Mara turned the job down. He was already a little off his perch at that point according to Older Tahiri, and things went down hill pretty fast. Jacen somehow usurped power with a Mon Cal named Niathal—she’s captain of the Ark right now—and they became joint Chiefs of State. Jacen was Ben’s master at the time, Luke and Mara didn’t see, or didn’t want to believe, what Jacen was becoming. When Mara did finally realize what was going on, realized that Ben was being tutored be a Sith, she confronted Jacen and he killed her. Jaina ended up killing Jacen in the end.” Wedge looked horrified, as did the others, but he was the one who asked the question Anakin knew the others wanted the answer to but couldn’t bring themselves to voice. “How did Older Tahiri figure into all of that?” Anakin felt Tahiri’s shoulders shaking, knew that she was crying, leaned down and kissed her head again, then continued. “Ben figured out who murdered his mother and left Jacen; Jacen needed a new apprentice. Older Tahiri and her Anakin had the same history Tahiri and I have; he went to Yavin for her, rescued her from the Shapers, they got married…” “Forty-two?” Winter asked, a gentle smile on her face. Anakin smiled back and nodded, “Forty-two. Older Tahiri didn’t realize she was pregnant with Will until they’d left on the voxyn mission, never told her Anakin, then watched him die, and for the rest of her life felt guilty because she refused to kiss him good-bye when she knew he was dying. Several weeks after Anakin died she miscarried. No one ever knew about their baby until she told Tahiri. “Not long after Anakin died and she lost the baby she had a nervous break down, the Yuuzhan Vong personality that the Shapers had implanted resurfaced and she eventually had to let it merge with her own. She was never the same. Jacen knew all of that, except about the baby, and he used it. Jacen not only saw potential in Tahiri as a Sith, he also needed a spy who could give him information on the Jedi, who had joined in with the Corellians by that point. He justified his actions to her, his side of the war, by telling her that he was trying to restore peace to the galaxy Anakin had sacrificed his life to save; sacrificed his and Tahiri’s life together to save. “Then he took Tahiri flow walking…” “Oh no…” Tycho breathed out. “He had her addicted to walking back to see her Anakin within a few days; she would do anything he asked in exchange for those trips. She gave him information on the Jedi until she tried to arrest Han and Leia on Hapes and Tenel Ka shipped her back to Jacen; she killed Gilad Pellaeon for him, tortured Ben Skywalker for him, then served two years in prison after the war. Solitary confinement, surrounded by ysalamari.” “What a bastard.” Wedge snarled. Tahiri sniffed. “She was very clear that it was her own fault. She didn’t blame Jacen. She knew that she made her own choices.” “What happened to her? After she was with you?” Iella asked. Tahiri sniffed again. “We’re not sure. Her plan was to kill herself after she was done telling us everything she wanted to share. But really, were not sure if that was even necessary. After all we did, we don’t know if she actually existed at Eclipse once we made the changes… if that makes sense.” “Not really…” Tycho replied, “and not for the first time… I’m glad I’m not a Jedi.” Anakin smiled wanly, and leaned his cheek into Tahiri’s hair, rubbed a hand over Will’s back, and once again, silently thanked Older Tahiri for all she’d done. Even though he’d vowed that he’d never make the decision that she had made, even though he knew in his heart that she’d had no right to make the choices she’d made, every time he looked at his wife or his son, he was glad that she had. The soft popping of the whiskey bottle opening caught Anakin’s attention and he looked up to see Wedge standing over him, refilling his glass, then making his way around the room, refilling all the others. He’d even filled one for Tahiri, who was, uncharacteristically, sipping at it immediately. When he was seated again, Wedge looked to Anakin and said, “Alright, enough with the history and metaphysics; there’s a reason why you’ve decided to break your two-and-a-half-year silence – why are you telling us this now?” Anakin stood back up, paced back over to the window, took a large swig from his glass, whistled through the sting in his mouth, then turned back to the room. “We want to use some of the information Older Tahiri gave us. What she told us about this war.” The Holds all looked at each other in confusion, then to Tahiri, then finally back to Anakin. “I thought you said you weren’t going to flow walk.” Iella said, and Anakin felt a pang at the disappointment in her voice. “Don’t worry, we’re not. There’s other information that she gave us. About the Yuuzhan Vong.” “And you haven’t told us this yet?” Tycho boomed, and then immediately looked chagrined when Iella and Winter shushed him and pointed to Will. “Sorry.” More quietly, but with the same inflection he repeated, “And you haven’t told us this yet?” “It’s not anything we could have used before now, and again, we didn’t know if we should use it because we were trying to let the Force guide us, not go against its will. And we’re still not sure if what we’re doing is the right thing.” Anakin looked at Tahiri, who nodded encouragingly. “Shimmra may not be in control of the Yuuzhan Vong.” “What?” Now it was Wedge’s turn to boom, but he ignored Iella and Winter and their scolding and stood up to meet Anakin in the center of the room. “Who’s in charge then? How come no one knows this?” “If what Older Tahiri said is true, Shimmra doesn’t even know this. And it’s all a little confusing so you’re going to have to calm down and not yell at me while I explain this.” Wedge continued to glare, until he finally said, “Alright, I’ll try not to yell.” Then sat back down. Anakin nodded, and continued. “Shimmra has a court jester of sorts, a Shamed One, Omini; severely deformed, insignificant as far as any of the other intendants or attendants are concerned. One, or both of them is able to touch of the Force.” “But the Yuuzhan Vong don’t have the Force. You’ve said all along they don’t have the Force.” Now it was Iella who was booming. Anakin raised his hands at her, motioning her to calm down, as he continued. “According to Older Tahiri, Zonama Sekot was the Yuuzhan Vong’s homeworld, or an ancient world, I’m not totally clear, because, frankly, she loaded us down with a lot of information. But according to Sekot, the planet’s conscious, the Yuuzhan Vong were stripped of the Force, as a sort of punishment—it’s not that they don’t exist in the Force the way we thought, it’s that they’ve been deprived of it in some way. What I do know is that Omini found a way to touch to Force. And he’s insane.” Anakin stared at the shocked faces in front of him for a moment, then, when everyone remained quiet, he went on. “There was no way that Omini could ever rule the Yuuzhan Vong himself because his body is so horribly misshapen by the implants gone wrong and the disfigurement; and we don’t know if he’s controlling Shimmra, or if they’re working together or if Shimmra is able to touch the Force as well. Shimmra may not be aware of Omini’s power, we don’t know. Older Tahiri didn’t know.” “How did she know any of this?” Wedge asked. “Hold on, I'm getting to that. It was Vergere who told Jacen about Zonama Sekot last time. When I killed Vergere we thought that was the end of Zonama Sekkot, but then Jacen apparently had a vision or something and guided Luke to it and they brought Zonama Sekot back here. Tahiri and I took that as a sign that maybe we should get involved, use more of what Older Tahiri told us, but we weren’t sure how. We figured the Force would tell us. Then the Yuuzhan Vong started surrendering and asked to be taken to Tahiri, we figured that was what the Forced wanted from us, to round up the Vong refugees and eventually take them to Zonama Sekot. Then Luke asked Tahiri to join them on Coruscant. We didn’t expect that. We sort of assumed that the Force would want something from me, that the Force would want me to get involved at the end to deal with Shimmra and Omini.” Wedge sat back and whistled softly. Tycho raised his eyebrows and looked at Wedge. Iella and Winter looked at each other, then all four looked back at Anakin. “Alright, kid,” Wedge said, shaking his head, “hit us again.” But Iella suddenly turned to Tahiri, and Anakin felt a spike of fear from his wife, because Iella was looking at her in way she never had before, with suspicion. “Tahiri, the translations you’ve done…” “I was hoping that something would come up, that someone would say something specifically about Omini and Shimmra that we could use so we wouldn’t have to tell you about Older Tahiri, that the Force would give us another sign to justify Anakin going after them, but nothing has ever been said.” “And you’ve translated ever word faithfully? You haven’t gotten creative?” Tahiri grabbed her hand, “No, no, I may have used a different word here or there, if there wasn’t a direct correlation, but I’ve never altered the content. I’d never do that to you.” Anakin saw Iella squeeze Tahiri’s hand, felt Tahiri relax, knew how heartbroken she would be if Iella were to ever suspect her of being less than totally scrupulous in her work, and was so incredibly grateful that Iella’s faith in Tahiri remained clear for his wife to see and feel. “When you agreed to go with Luke this morning…” Iella was asking, but Tahiri finished for her. “We’ve all known for weeks that the big push was coming. We figured that Luke would ask Anakin to do something, and we decided that whatever it was, that would be our sign, but still, Anakin was conflicted about it, about leaving it to chance that Luke and the other Jedi would kill Omini and Shimmra themselves if they didn’t ask Anakin to go with them. When Luke asked him to fly cover, we figured that was the choice that the Force had made for him. We never imagined they’d ask me to go, though when we went outside to discuss it, we agreed that it made sense. Older Tahiri was with them last time; we didn’t know why we hadn’t thought of it ourselves. I guess we were so focused on Anakin’s part in the grand scheme of things that we never thought about mine.” “So, are you still going to go, even after what happened with Jacen this morning?” Winter asked. Anakin closed his eyes; smiled – wondered how it was possible that someone that misguided could be his brother. When he opened his eyes again, five faces were watching at him expectantly. He laughed. “You guys look like you’re waiting for my head to explode.” “Never let it be said that you miss subtlety.” Tycho murmured. Anakin chugged back the last of his drink and walked over to the low table in front of the three chairs and the couch everyone was seated on, placing his glass gently on the surface. “I think I worked through it… my little tantrum.” Then he gave Wedge a lopsided grin, “Did you really threaten to vac the family?” Wedge ignored his question. “Don’t fall all over yourself thanking me for the fact that you’re not spending another night in the brig.” Anakin winced. “Thank you, General.” Tahiri winced too. “Yeah, thank you, General.” “And there are four reasons you escaped that punishment: one, Jacen’s not some hapless idiot who made the unfortunate mistake of hitting on your wife on his first night on my ship; two, you didn’t blast a hole in my ship trying to get out of here so you could blast your brother; three, with what’s going on, I can’t afford to take you off the line right now; and four, despite your rather spectacular loss of control this morning, Dr. Abay has assured me that you’ve made huge strides in keeping your temper in check under other circumstances.” “I have made huge strides. And that was once. I refrained from dismantling the next hapless idiot who hit on her; I held back and let her handle the second guy.” “Yeah, and then I spent the night in the brig,” Tahiri laughed. Tycho raised an eyebrow at her. “It would probably have only been an hour or two if you hadn’t knocked him unconscious. And then kicked him. Or if the whole thing hadn’t started a brawl. I still haven’t forgiven you for the fact that I had to transfer that entire squadron over to the Fifth Fleet.” “I told him four times to take his hands off my ass,” Tahiri defended. “I don’t care what the greeting customs are on whatever backwater planet he came from. He’s lucky I didn’t have my lightsaber on me. And I didn’t realize he was unconscious until after I’d kicked him.” “Regardless, the ‘No Ale’ policy is still in effect for you,” Tycho instructed. “You’re not as dangerous on Slord Cakes.” Wedge shook his head. “Why do you two always make me feel like I’m dealing with the worst of the Rogues and the Wraiths combined when we’re supposed to be having a serious conversation? Now, lets see if we can stay on topic for a full five minutes here; are you two going to Coruscant with the Jedi or not?” “No,” Anakin answered, serious again. “We have our own plan, and this is why we need your help. The top of the citadel that houses Shimmra’s throne room is a ship, an escape vessel. Last time Luke, Jaina and Jacen went into the throne room, fought through Shimmra’s guards then killed him. Luke was hit with Shimmra’s amphistaff at the end and went down. Omini used some kind of paralytic on Jaina, and took her up into the ship. Jacen followed him, realized that Omini was using the Force, and they had some kind of Force energy battle, Omini lost, was turned into a pool of Force goo, and Jacen got Jaina and Luke out of there and was the big hero of the war.” “You’re kidding?” Tycho asked, disgusted. “That little Hutt was the big hero?” Anakin smiled. “Well, I wasn’t around to do the job myself.” “Oh, brother,” Tahiri moaned. “Anyway, you asked earlier how Older Tahiri knew all of this; Luke and Jaina and Jacen's debriefing of what happened, and then later, what they told their friends and the other Jedi, is how Older Tahiri knew what she did about Omini and Shimmra, and why she wasn’t sure who was controlling whom or who was really in power. Luke and the twins didn't see or feel Shimmra using the Force, but Older Tahiri seemed to think that there was a connection between Shimmra and Omini, so she told us to be aware of it. "But, back to the plan, what my adoring wife and I are thinking is; we get Kell Tainer, and a few other Wratihs, form a strike team and infiltrate a few days before the offensive is to start. We land far enough away from the capital to not draw attention to ourselves, Face has done it a number of times so it shouldn’t be a problem… then, we hike in the rest of the way. We scale the Citadel, help Kell wire the ship, and we blow it as the air assault is starting. That way, regardless of what happens inside, we’ve at least got Omini and Shimmra trapped. “The Jedi can land as they planned, Tahiri and I will be there to meet Luke and the twins and we go inside and take out Shimmra and his guards, and Omini and win the war.” Anakin smiled widely as Tahiri rolled her eyes again, and Tycho raised an eyebrow at him. “And while you’re winning the war… I’m what?” Wedge asked. “Sitting back playing Sabacc?” “You guys,” Anakin nodded to Tycho and Wedge, “will be taking out Shimmra’s air defenses; according to Older Tahiri, that wasn’t a huge problem, and she also said that the Shamed Ones revolted last time—at the end, they helped the GA ground forces.” “Glad we could lend a hand.” Tycho groused. “You never wondered why I call him ‘hero boy’?” Tahiri muttered. “Which is why you two weren’t totally against the idea of Tahiri going this time?” Wedge asked, ignoring Tycho and Tahiri. Anakin ignored Tycho and Tahiri too; he’d been hearing from Tahiri for too many years to pay attention anymore. “Oh, I’m against the idea of my wife being used as bait, but maybe this way we can avoid that, and, I’ll be with her, anything coming at her has to get through me.” Tahiri took Iella’s hand again. “We’d like some of the Shamed Ones and Warriors who have surrendered—volunteers only, to land with the Jedi. The more Yuuzhan Vong we have to spread the word, tell the others what we’re there for, that we want to help them and that we’ll take them to Zonama Sekot, the better our chances are of getting the ones still there to help. I’d also like a few Shapers to go, in case anyone gets hurt, invenomated, they could come in handy. There will also likely be Vongformed creatures and plant life around the citadel the Shapers could help them get around.” “They’re pretty loyal to you, some may want to go early to help on the trek.” Winter said. Tahiri seemed to mull this over. “I’m not sure any of them would be up for that, but I’ll think about it and we’ll see.” “And what do we say when Luke wants to know why we haven’t mentioned any of this to him already? Or when he wants to know who our sources are?” Winter asked. “Actually,” Anakin said, “I think my dear brother may have provided us with a way around that; after this morning it won’t be hard for any of us to appear righteously indignant if Luke asks anything. But aside from that, we can say that the information just came to us through Tahiri’s sources, or that we hadn’t had it confirmed yet, or that we hadn’t had a chance to mention it yet before Jacen shot his mouth off. We can also tell them to go kriff themselves and…” “Anakin…” Tahiri gave him a look. “What?” he asked, trying to sound innocent. She shook her head and rolled her eyes. “The point being,” Anakin continued, “they aren’t in any position to ask for any proof, or to question our sources, or to ask for anything. Iella, you’re one of the top Intel agents in the galaxy, you’re sitting on a ship full of nearly eight hundred Yuuzhan Vong refugees who have surrendered, to your protégé, specifically. Communication lines are down all over, its not beyond the realm of possibility that you’d come by this information honestly the way we’re going to claim.” Wedge looked at his wife. “He’s right, you know. Given the circumstances, I doubt anyone will question us in the next few days, and by the time anyone would think to, this could all be over, and no one will care.” “I think,” Winter weighed in, “that the less information we parcel out, and the fewer people involved, the better off we’ll be in the long run. That way there will be less to question.” “I agree.” Iella confirmed. “We’d best pick a Shamed One, or a Shaper, or maybe even a Priest we can trust, write a script, record it, have Tahiri do the translation, then base the plan on that. It will be sketchy, we’ll be appearing to base an important operation on very little, but I can’t see that we have much choice. Not if we can’t tell anyone else how we came by the information to begin with.” Iella took a deep breath, “Give me a list tomorrow morning, everything you need, we’ll go over to the refugee craft after lunch and you can ask for your volunteers. Tycho, we’ll have to sit down and figure out how to get them to Coruscant. Winter, we’re going to have to get a hold of Face and run this by him. I’m going to assume you know where he is.” Winter smiled, but didn’t say anything. “Should I be concerned that my wife knows how to find Face Loran and you don’t?” Tycho asked Iella. “No more concerned than you or I should ever be about the things that our wives know and you and I don’t.” Wedge groused. “Is this what I have to look forward to for the next sixty years? My wife having secrets from me?” Anakin asked the two older men. “You guys are probably still in that young love, honeymoon phase of telling each other everything even when you’re not supposed to… you have no idea what we go through.” Tycho sighed. “I just had a thought.” Wedge sighed. “What if Luke wants to go with you guys?” Anakin scratched his head. “That is that last thing I want, but honestly, I’d be surprised if he doesn’t suggest it. I guess I’ll see how I’m feeling when or if it comes up.” Iella grew serious again. “I’m fully in support of us doing this, but I have to ask: even though you aren’t flow walking, isn’t using this information, taking matters into your own hands and making this choice yourselves, still going against what you had decided? You’re not exactly leaving things up to the Force?” Anakin sighed deeply and looked at his sleeping son for a long moment before turning his eyes back to Iella and answering. “No, I’m not, and I’m not sure if I’m making the right choice, but it’s the only choice I can live with.” Chapter title There’s No Other Way by Blur -----signature----- Is Anakin still dead? Not in my new story: Fragile Oh, look... there's a link right there http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30173930/p1/?69
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Jade_eyes Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 10/17 4:28am Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way
	Very creative well thought out plan there. Hee! So keeping secrets from your spouse ... that's why men wind up in the doghouse because the secrets they thought their wives didn't know about -- they guessed LOL Or maybe it's just the fact of keping secrets in the first place. -----signature----- "There was love all around, But I never heard it singing. No I never heard it at all, Till there was you."--Beatles Of & for my angel sweeties--Spock/Nyota, of course E-sib to Mira_Jade, aka Mira_Pilot Cheesecake Squggles!
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frankieskywalker Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 10/17 1:02pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way
	and secrets are revealed i hope this plan works thank you. i beleive that readers cant compain sbout the author for something they dont like. authors are the ones who create it. if you dont like it dont read it great update as always -----signature----- and so the plot bunnies attack a whole in his heart http://boards.theforce.net/Message.aspx?topic=24122906&brd=10477 my second fic Your sightless eyes have seen too much http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/24195526/p1/?0
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Master_Jaina1011 Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 10/17 4:33pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way - Date Edited: 10/21 9:27pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Master_Jaina1011
	ok...this spot is reserved for me when my brain is at a functioning level to reply. I promise I will do it within the next few days! EDIT: so apparently it has taken four day for my brain to be at a functioning level. What can I say its been a busy couple days and I have the computer to myself. Ah there is the one good thing about the other half working over nights...I can get unlimited access to the computer! Oh story writing! Anyways....onto the post. First off...wonderful post. There were alot of things answered within this post and therefore...I really don't have that long of a reply but I will try to touch upon the most important points. Anakin was jealous; he wished he was asleep on Tahiri’s chest. Seriously what is it with men and laying on their wives/gf's chests? Mine can't go to sleep without doing so. But i thought that was cute. Now I can see why Iella and Winter can second guess A/T for not telling them about what has transpired. They have dealt with the pros and cons of changing the future. And how hesitant they are from now on. They have held it in this long and felt somewhat guilty about depriving the other future of whatever they had changed. But who knows if they changed it for good or not. Always in motion the future is. As for keeping Luke out of the loop...yep good idea. He would pass it onto Jacen and then all is lost. I would recommend maybe telling Jaina because I think some good could come of it. And yes Wedge...Jacen is a bastard. I have no qualms about that. I have still a little lost on the entire battle plan thing but I have faith that it will play out and I will feel like a doofus for not understanding it before. or maybe cuz it my brain is not at an high functioning level. shrugs oh well... And yes Jacen was the hero of the NJO and that...well did not make me happy, I would have liked to have Anakin or Jaina be it. They were in the middle of the action...they deserved that. I loved the post and cannot wait til this weekend for more!!! Good job preggers...always keeping me on my toes!!!! MJ -----signature----- "Its not about the life you live, its about the legacy that you leave." I'm through accepting limits ''cause someone says they're so" Some things I cannot change But till I try, I'll never know! Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity
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lost_lauries_grapes Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 10/17 5:38pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way
	Preggers posted: We can also tell them to go kriff themselves and… DO IT, DO IT, DO IT! In all seriousness: a good chapter, Preggers. -----signature----- Enjoying Friggin' awesome Strawberry-Banana smoothie "The Hidden Harmony is better than the Obvious." --Heraclitus (6th century B.C.) "You don’t know the power of the cheese ball" - Darth Vader
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TahiriSoloFan Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 10/17 6:08pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way
	Cool conversation....really hard choices though. They've tried hard not to mess with the future too much and now they know they're going too in a big way. Can't wait to see how the offensive goes. -----signature----- Auntie & the Chickens ~ Keepin' hope alive A/T ~ Greater than the sum of their parts J/J ~ Unstoppable force vs. unmoveable object AKA ~Auntie ~ Chicken Wrangler Extraordinaire~ Joshua 1:9
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canadianjedimama Registered: Jan '08	Date Posted: 10/21 6:04pm Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way
	Maybe not the right choice, but the choice I can live with. wipes tears My boy is really all grown up... Great chappie, Preggers. CJM -----signature----- Team Jag I may not always love the canon, but it amuses me so I read. Sara -- Told you so!
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pregnantpadme Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 10/22 9:55am Subject: Fragile: An Anakin and Tahiri Story Chapter 19 There's No Better Way
	Okay kids, Tomorrow is insane. I’ve got dr’s appointments, volunteering, crazy drives for dr’s appointments, and Big Sithter is leaving for a religious school retreat, her first ever and she’s so incredibly anxious… one or both of us is going to pull our hair out. Oh, trust me, she’s been given the option of not going numerous times, I’m not ‘that’ mom, but she’s determined to suck it up and be a big girl, I just have to hold her hand and walk her through the pre leaving jitters. The big question is can Darth Little Boy survive the punishment he’s taking for breathing in the same room she’s in while we pack, because, as we all know, poodoo rolls down hill, and he’s the low man on the totem poll. Poor kid. Anyway, aside from all of that, Darth Little Boy and I have a Halloween party tomorrow night so I’m trying to get Beta Boy to finish up chapter 20 tonight (tonight being a somewhat relative term given the time difference is 8 hours between us) so I may post very late tonight, which will allow me to make my self imposed Friday posting schedule. If that doesn’t happen, than I’ll try to get the post up around midnight tomorrow my time, which will still qualify as Friday my time... given that I’m in Los Angels… it just won’t be Friday for any one else, unless any of you happen to live in Hawaii. Either way, I just wanted to let you know that Beta Boy and I are on it, and it will be posted as soon as we are able to get it uploaded. Minus all grammatical and punctuation errors I can find. Because Laurie and her grapes and her German English teacher have me paranoid now. But for now… here are relies to your responses: Jade_eyes Very creative well thought out plan there. they’ve had quite a while to think about it, especially since they originally were trying to come up with a way to do this on their own. Hee! So keeping secrets from your spouse ... that's why men wind up in the doghouse because the secrets they thought their wives didn't know about -- they guessed Wedge and Tycho weren’t keeping secrets… they just suppose their wives are because they’re super agents. Or maybe it's just the fact of keping secrets in the first place. But their wives are super cool. Frankieskywalker and secrets are revealed They are indeed! i hope this plan works What’s the phrase? Man plans… God laughs? Substitute ‘The Force for ‘God’ here… thank you.’ No…thank you! i beleive that readers cant compain about the author for something they dont like. authors are the ones who create it. if you dont like it dont read it That’a sort of my MO… but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. great update as always Thank you, I’m glad you are continuing to enjoy. I hope today’s/tomorrow’s updae does not disappoint. master_jaina1011 ok...this spot is reserved for me when my brain is at a functioning level to reply. I promise I will do it within the next few days! A) I’m glad I didn’t hold my breath. B) I hope it was school or work that kept you away and not something tragic. Lost_lauries_grapes Preggers posted: We can also tell them to go kriff themselves and… DO IT, DO IT, DO IT! Trauma junkie! I’m going to start calling you Dr. Abay! In all seriousness: a good chapter, Preggers. I’m glad you liked it. Sorry it was heavy on exposition, but I had to work that in to get in the plan. TahiriSoloFan Cool conversation Thank you. As I just said to LLG, I had to work in a lot of exposition for the sake of the characters, bring the readers up to speed on what the characters actually know in my story, which was sort of hard to do while also making it a fun read, so I’m doubly glad it was an okay read. really hard choices though. They've tried hard not to mess with the future too much and now they know they're going too in a big way. Exactly. And what will the repercussions be? Can't wait to see how the offensive goes. And what will happen between now and then? There will be about 5 chapters in between. Or 6… wait… 6… what chapter are we on? Something like that. 2 more on the Lusankya, and then 4 on Coruscant before they start the ground assault… Only time will tell. And then there are the injuries… MasterJaina1011 Well lookie here: you came back! EDIT: so apparently it has taken four day for my brain to be at a functioning level. What can I say its been a busy couple days and I have the computer to myself. Ah there is the one good thing about the other half working over nights...I can get unlimited access to the computer! The ex and I had like 5 computers and DSL, so I cant even begin to appreciate sharing a computer. And the kids and I have 2 computers sometimes three, between us, and wifi, and I’m the mom, so I just tell them to get lost, so, I just cant begin to relate. But I’m glad you have that time to yourself when he’s gone. Oh story writing! Thank you! I love to hear that! First off...wonderful post. Thank you! I was nervous it would bore, since so much of it is exposition, just explaining stuff that is covered in profic, just to bring you up to speed on what the characters need to know so you know where the characters are at in my story. There were alot of things answered within this post and therefore...I really don't have that long of a reply but I will try to touch upon the most important points. Like I said, these are all things you already know that happened in profic, but I needed you to know what the characters in my story are dealing with. Like I think you recently asked whether the Jaina in my story had done the Goddess thing. This update was, more than anything, to set up for you what the Holds and A&T know and are going to be dealing with in the next 6 chapters. Seriously what is it with men and laying on their wives/gf's chests? Mine can't go to sleep without doing so. But i thought that was cute. Boys are boys… across the board… no two ways about it. Anakin makes another reference to that in chapter… oh, I don’t know, I think it’s in 25 right now; about not being able to sleep without his favorite pillow, because Tahiri is out on patrol. They are just a certain way. As for keeping Luke out of the loop...yep good idea. He would pass it onto Jacen and then all is lost. I would recommend maybe telling Jaina because I think some good could come of it. Except, as A&T tell the Holds, this is a burden they ask to know about… they see this as a burden, they may very well see not telling Jaina as doing her a favor. But they defiantly have reached the conclusion that they wish they didn’t know about it because they feel that it’s a huge responsibly and Anakin has never been one to want to take on huge responsibilities. He wants to be left alone to do good deeds and serve the Force and not be a figure head. IAnd yes Wedge...Jacen is a bastard. I have no qualms about that. I don’t think he means to be… it short sort of works out that way mot of the time. I have still a little lost on the entire battle plan thing but I have faith that it will play out and I will feel like a doofus for not understanding it before. or maybe cuz it my brain is not at an high functioning level. shrugs oh well... The battle plan is this: 1) Anakin, Tahiri, and Wraiths will go to Coruscant, drop in about 100 kilometers away from Shimmra’s homebase. 2) A&T&W’s will hike into Vong’s homebase, wire top of Throneroom/escape vessel (Shimmra’s escape vessel – that is where Omini dragged Jaina in TUF and had Froce energy battle with Jacen) with exposives. 3) A&T&Kell Tainer will blow up escape vessel as Wedge and friends are launching their attack on Coruscant. 4) When escape vessel explodes, it will crumble in on Shimmra’s throne room, hopefully killing all inside, but more likely killing some, and at the same time ruining Shimmra’s and Omini’s ability to escape Coruscant and depriving them of a chance to continue the war effort from somewhere else. 5) With no means of escape, and possibly being dead, Shrimmra and Omini are stuck. The Jedi enter throne room and have Shimmra and or Omini trapped in throne room where they can finish Shimmra and Omini off. Essentially, what Anakin’s plan does is give the Jedi and extra edge in making sure they can take out Omini and Shimmra. Anakin is more afraid of Shimmra and Omini than the Jedi from the ‘time before’ were because Anakin has a much better understanding of what Shimmra and Omini are capable of. Also, in this go round, Shimmra and Omini have had this weird ass obsession with Will and Tahiri, in the last go round they didn’t, because Will didn’t exist last time, and Tahiri wasn’t an Intel agent that the Vong were surrending to, she was a Vongafied freak that no one was paying any real attention to. Does that make everything more clear for you? And yes Jacen was the hero of the NJO and that...well did not make me happy, I would have liked to have Anakin Anakin was supposed to be the hero… until George Lucas decided that making Anakin ‘Solo’ the hero of the NJO would make things confusing because of the name… because everyone already knew Anakin ‘Skywaker’… or so the story goes. Kriffer. I’ve also heard that Danni Quee was a quick replacement for Tahiri and that the story line where Jacen rescues Danni in the beginning was originally Anakin rescuing Tahiri, and then, of course, Anakin got to rescue Tahiri anyway from Yavin. I’ve also heard that Stackpole really liked Anakin’s character and poured everything he had into Anakin in the Darktide books… I think those are the two early NJO books he wrote (I just packed all my SW books up a couple of weeks ago and put them in a cupboard in the back of the garage because I’m about done with Fragile and I’ve decided I’m totally giving up on SW when this story is finished, so I can’t look to see if it was Stackpole or which books he wrote, but I’m pretty sure it was the Stackpole books and that they were the Darktide books, anyway, the point being… EVERYONE wanted Anakin to survive and be the big hero, and its funny, it’s not just Tahiri who can’t let go. Tahiri sort of mirriors the fan base. None of us are able to let go. We all want to see Anakin again. Only instead of trying to see him by letting Jacen manipulate us, we read fanfiction. Actually, I guess, maybe we do let Jacen manipulate us. We put up with a nine book series where we endured reading Jacen becoming a Sith in order to go along with Tahiri being manipulated so she could see Anakin in flash back for secnds at a time. So maybe we’re not better. I loved the post and cannot wait til this weekend for more!!! Good job preggers...always keeping me on my toes!!!! Thank you very much. I hope you like the next one. I don’t think you’ll be expecting it. CanadianJedi Mama Hey Cyn! Welcome back! Maybe not the right choice, but the choice I can live with. I like to echo Older Tahiri as often as possible. She learned her lessons well. wipes tears My boy is really all grown up... he is. The school of hard knocks does that to you! Great chappie, Preggers. Thank you . I hope you like the next one. It’s sort of on the other end of the spectrum. -----signature----- Is Anakin still dead? Not in my new story: Fragile Oh, look... there's a link right there http://boards.theforce.net/beyond_the_saga/b10477/30173930/p1/?69
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