Author Topic: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--Nominated for Best Humor
DarthIshtar  47121 posts
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44374_Fan Films - Pink Five
Date Posted: 3/20/08 10:57pm Subject: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--Nominated for Best Humor - Date Edited: 6/10/08 5:56pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthIshtar
"I'm not sure what to do," Luke confessed. "He's been like this for two days."

"Two days?" Leia exclaimed. "You didn't think that I'd want to know?"

"You were at that conference," Wedge pointed out. "Besides, Han would have killed us."

"After he bankrupted us with sabacc," Wes added.

"And made us eat his cooking," Hobbie concluded.

Luke shot them an unamused look. "The point is," he interjected, "is I don't think he would want you to see him like this."

Leia frowned in consternation. "I'm his friend," she pointed out, "and there is nothing shameful about being injured in the line of duty."

That statement had an odd effect on the pilots. As one, they glanced away and scuffed their shoes nervously against the floor.

"What?" she snapped.

"It wasn't really in the line of duty," Wedge said sheepishly.

"Not per se," agreed Hobbie.

"More of a figurative..." Wes bluffed.

"He brained himself with a hydrospanner," Luke clarified.

That, for the first time, sounded perfectly in-character. Leia buried her forehead against her hand, eyes squeezed tight.

"You said he was having difficulty with his memory," she groaned. "You don't do that braining yourself with a hydrospanner."

"Well," Luke pointed out, "you do if you'd left it on the top shelf of the tool cabinet."

She pinched the bridge of her nose. "How bad is it?"

"Well," Hobbie muttered, "he thought we were his roommates at the Academy."

"But Too-Onebee says there isn't really any permanent damage," Wes insisted cheerfully. "You remember how thick-headed he is."

"So, why am I here?" Leia demanded, feeling more aggravated than anything.

They exchanged slightly fearful looks and Wedge was the first to speak up.

"Well, we were hoping you might do something to jog his memory," Luke suggested. "Call him a nerf-herder..."

"Insult him..."

"Or maybe just brain him with another hydrospanner."

There was only one thing that she was absolutely certain would make him remember her. It was a ritual that they had undergone on Chandrila and they had both agreed that it was disturbingly unforgettable.

"I've got an idea," she assured them.

Crossing to Han's bed, she turned his face to her and kissed him long and hard, her right hand wrapped around the back of his neck. He squirmed for a moment, then relaxed and pulled back.

"Hey, gorgeous," he muttered with a dopey grin. "I think I remember me."

"Yes?" Leia asked hopefully.

"Yeah," he sighed happily. "Wanna see my hydrospanner?"

Infuriated that he would make a lascivious joke at such a time as this, Leia hauled off and slapped him as hard as she had kissed him. His eyes cleared.

"Hey, Your Worship," he snapped. "What's the big idea? Wasn't it good for you?"

She stalked off, fuming. Han didn't bother to call her back, but as she closed the medcenter door behind her, she heard his first comment to the pilots.

"That's all you could come up with?" Han challenged. "Brained by my own hydrospanner?"

 

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Juliet316  3666 posts
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Date Posted: 3/21/08 12:59am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
laugh laugh laugh laugh

Oh that was hilarious. Good one Ish!

 

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brodiew  6222 posts
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Date Posted: 3/21/08 8:12am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
"He brained himself with a hydrospanner," Luke clarified.

That, for the first time, sounded perfectly in-character. Leia buried her forehead against her hand, eyes squeezed tight.


What fun! I love these guys. And Leia was in perfect OT character. I enjoyed the image of her pinching her nose.

"Would you like to see my hydrospanner?"

:-P

 

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Idrelle_Miocovani  9005 posts
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Date Posted: 3/21/08 8:15am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
"That's all you could come up with?" Han challenged. "Brained by my own hydrospanner?"

laugh laugh laugh

Absolutely hilarious, Ish. grin

 

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Teresa  114 posts
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Date Posted: 3/21/08 9:28am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
laugh laugh laugh Han and the Squadron better watch out...... Leia's revenge will have them begging for missions big time! Ah well, experience is the best teacher after all; and they're big boys who should be able to handle it. wink My thanks for writing this, I needed a good laugh! grin

 

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ShrunkenJedi  6419 posts
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Date Posted: 3/21/08 9:39am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
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Oh, nicely written! Mischievous men... I don't think they meant for Leia to hear that last bit. tongue

 

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alhana_antilles  540 posts
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Date Posted: 3/22/08 12:20pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
laugh That was great! applause Nice work.

 

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owphoenix  486 posts
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Date Posted: 3/22/08 7:04pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
Love it!

 

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Golden_Jedi  3835 posts
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Date Posted: 3/23/08 7:48am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
laugh But I would fear for my physical integrity now if I were Han...

 

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Icecruncher_Amidala  243 posts
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Date Posted: 3/23/08 2:37pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
He brained himself with a hydrospanner!? Oh, this is too good! laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh [face_laugh] [face_laugh]

 

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alderaanprincess  199 posts
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Date Posted: 3/23/08 3:27pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
Oh wow that was hilarious! laugh laugh laugh I loved that last line:

"That's all you could come up with?" Han challenged. "Brained by my own hydrospanner?"

That was perfect! and so Han-like! applause applause applause applause applause applause

 

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dm1  2261 posts
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Date Posted: 3/23/08 8:25pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
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That was hilarious, they all set Leia up. So what was that ritual on Chandrila?

Love how she kissed him then slapped him.

"Wanna see my hydrospanner?" had me cracking up, the best line in the story! And your title was perfect! I love your writing, DI!

 

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SpiritofEowyn  2039 posts
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Date Posted: 3/23/08 11:55pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
What some men will do just to get a kiss! Geez. Just goes to prove men Lie their A.. off for physical attention.

Sorry, my bitter is showing.

 

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KELIA  10939 posts
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Date Posted: 3/24/08 3:35am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
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That was classic Han!

They really got Leia good and it leaves me wondering if she will ever forgive Luke.

Great job on this

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DarthIshtar  47121 posts
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44374_Fan Films - Pink Five
Date Posted: 3/25/08 10:03am Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
Juliet316--LOL, thanks and thanks for the plot bunny. Glad it made you laugh.

brodiew--LOL, I love these guys as well and I'm glad Leia was in-character. happy The "Would you like to see my hydrospanner" is another one of my recurring jokes if you know where to look for it--in one fic, Han asks Leia that and she replies "Only if you shove it where the twin suns don't shine."

Idrelle_Miocovani--LOL, glad it was absolutely hilarious. happy Thanks.

Teresa--LOL, yes, that is very likely. I'd hide under my covers if I were any of them. happy They should be able to handle it, but you know that Wes is more than likely to make it somehow backfire on her. You're welcome and thanks for liking it!

ShrunkenJedi--LOL, thanks! Yeah, they are mischievous. I got inspiration for the resolution to this from Limelight's "The Not-Quite-Love-Letters" in which the Rogues are going through all sorts of antics to get Han and Leia together and they make perfect sense to the pilots, but not the hapless lovers-to-be. And yeah, they didn't mean Leia to catch on.

alhana_antilles--LOL, thanks!

owphoenix--I'm glad! Thanks.

Golden_Jedi--LOL, meaning that he's likely to get brained with her hydrospanner too, now.

Icecruncher_Amidala--Partially inspired by the scene in ESB where his toolbox brains him right after him asking for the hydrospanner. happy Thanks!

alderaanprincess--LOL, I'm very glad you loved that last line. It seemed like a lame ending. happy And yes, it was very Han-like.

dm1--*smirk* The 'ritual' on Chandrila is intentionally left to the imagination. Glad you loved her kissing-and-slapping. :0) The title was fun and I'm thrilled you liked that line.

SpiritofEowyn--Understandably showing, but that's not the moral of the story. [face_hug]

KELIA--LOL, thanks. I'm sure that there were a few pranks like this over the years. Guys on a base with nothing to do but fight a war and pull pranks. Maybe this is a precursor to the medcenter kiss...Thanks!

 

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Iverna  284 posts
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Date Posted: 3/25/08 1:37pm Subject: RE: Beauty and the Brained--Han/Leia humor piece, challenge from Juliet316--to kick off my 7th year
Haha, brilliant! I can totally see the Rogues conspiring with Han for this one. Made me laugh, especially Han's sudden change from hitting on Leia to giving out to her - as usual. You wrote them all perfectly in-character, and Han's closing comment made me laugh all over again. I really enjoyed this! applause applause

 

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