main
side
curve
  1. In Memory of LAJ_FETT: Please share your remembrances and condolences HERE

Beyond - Legends I'll Come With You

Discussion in 'Fan Fiction- Before, Saga, and Beyond' started by ThreadSketch, Aug 9, 2014.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
    [Story removed.]
     
    Gemma, Nyota's Heart and taramidala like this.
  2. taramidala

    taramidala Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    Jun 18, 1999
    Edit: BACK!!

    Well this was worth waiting for. :)

    I loved the Leia and Mara scene, it was so...in character. For both of them. As someone who doesn't admittedly write Leia much, or well, I'm always interested in how others do it. As we've discussed before, where LukeAndMara fics are concerned she's either the bitchy jealous shrew or the over-the-top matchmaker.

    Here she was just...Leia. Concerned about her friend (because they are friends, damnit!) and her brother (of course) but understanding and compassionate enough to stay in her lane.

    Moving on...this, this was gorgeous.
    Excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor.

    Mara's interaction with the student (whose name gave me a start at first...for fic reasons...) was telling, because as much as she has those bad memories, you know that she learned something during that time, and elsewhere along the way she's learned a lot about herself. She's closer to being a Jedi now than she ever was (even if she doesn't remember) and she's coming around to the idea. As for Luke's reaction, well, of course he knows all that, too, but he's not going to make anything easy for her. ;)

    And I'll spare you a re-creation of the squealing noise I made over that kiss. [face_love]
     
    Gemma, ThreadSketch and Nyota's Heart like this.
  3. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    Nov 1, 2004
    Ha! Nice one! I like this kiss! MORE!
     
  4. JadeLotus

    JadeLotus Jedi Grand Master star 4

    Registered:
    Mar 27, 2005
    Oh, I loved the opening paragraphs with Mara having all these bad memories of Yavin. I've never thought about it that way, but yeah, it would totally creep her out!

    Loved that the old Rebel bird's nest is still used, and the Leia interaction/banter, and Luke being so good with his student, and Mara giving awesome advice (and telling her story so freely! Proooogresss!) Oh, who am I kidding, I loved everything!

    LOL at us both posting a chapter with a Mara and Leia scene and L/M kiss tonight ;)
     
    Gemma and Nyota's Heart like this.
  5. Annia Piet

    Annia Piet Jedi Knight star 2

    Registered:
    Feb 7, 2015
    This was great! :)

    "I assumed his compassion was either an act or clinical insanity at the time" - lololol! Fair assesment in context! :D
     
  6. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Aug 31, 2004
    Marvelous! Simply. Totally. Leia with Mara is always, always a treat! [face_love] And you know Mara's "wisdom" was spot on. Speaking from experience as she was. :) But the L/M - yumsy! [face_dancing]
    Getting updates in Shadow of Fate and ICWY - an embarrassment of sweet riches!
    [face_dancing]
     
  7. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
    Sorry I didn't reply sooner; I got home super-late from work yesterday. I-)

    Man, I sweat buckets writing that little scene, LOL. It's such a short interaction but it was nerve-wracking trying to figure out the right balance between them. For Leia, she'll feel quite bad for Luke if their relationship didn't work out, but it wouldn't jeopardize her friendship with Mara, because it's a totally separate issue for her. As JadeLotus mentioned in the Tumblr meta, their own friendship really has nothing to do with him, so it would survive. Leia understands that Mara has serious issues in dealing with both Luke and being close to people in general, so she knows her hostility isn't being done completely out of spite. The best way she can get through to her is to just gently deflect it and not be provoked by it at all, hence the light banter.

    In other words, Leia is very happy at the prospect of Mara marrying her brother, but it won't be the absolute end of the world if she doesn't, so she's trying to stay lowkey about it, lol.

    :p[face_mischief][face_blush]

    OH MY BISCUITS AND GRAVY DID I JUST SUBCONSCIOUSLY REMEMBER A CHARACTER NAME THAT YOU'VE ALREADY USED?!

    This is a serious question - you gave me your drafts a while back - is this a name you've used before? I honestly can't remember; I was getting impatient with myself when writing the end of this section and just wanted a really simple name, so those 4 letters popped into my head and I kept going. This is the only place I've posted this chunk, so if you need me to pick a different name I'll totally change it and just make a note up there that I needed to edit it. I actually have a sticky note full of potential character names stashed away in my little pile of ancient paper notes, but I was too lazy to go dig it out. [face_blush] Let me know!

    Yeah, she's not exactly trying to be disrespectful to Luke, even though she acts that way a bit - which really just makes Luke LOL :p - she does acknowledge the fact that whatever disagreements she has with his teaching, he is trying and he's sincere, so she's not going to totally stomp all over that. She's just bothered by the idea that someone can feel so attached to the Jedi Order that the world crumbles around them if they can't make it in there. She's spent the majority of her life being a mostly-Dark-Side-but-also-kinda-grey-Force-user, and then switched to relying on her own physical skills and intellect to make a real living, and even when they were at their peak, the Jedi are an incredibly small group against the quadrillions of beings across the galaxy. There are countless other things a person can do with their lives. Look at how many of the awesome characters of the SW films are not Force-sensitive and still kicked butts and Got Shavit Done. Or like Padmé and her family helping those in need by working in organizations such as the Freedom Relief Movement. (Her own boss, Talon Karrde, is one of those awesome people and he doesn't have a lick of mystical power.) So she does this little intervention in a way that still puts Luke in a good light in this young woman's eyes - this is really the highest compliment Mara could ever give him, and it floors him that she'd freely do that in front of a total stranger (and makes him feel embarrassed, lol). She really would make a great mentor, even though she's still being stubborn about it.

    This is also a not-so-subtle hint from her to him that this is the man she really admires - not the superpowered Jedi, but the guy who traipsed around the forest with her being a beautiful cinnamon roll. She wants that guy to come back, and he's understanding that now.

    Yeeeeeeah, I thought you might, LOL. [face_mischief][face_laugh] Luke will almost never not be a Dorkasaurus Rex, but he knows how to switch on the Sexy Mode, heh.

    And GAH, I'm out of time right now, so I'll be back with more replies for everyone else later!!!!!!!!
     
    Gemma, Nyota's Heart and taramidala like this.
  8. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
    Mara will never, ever pass up a chance to gripe about Yavin. :p There will be plenty more discussion between them why the Jungle Friendship Camp and all its baggage bothers her, though...

    Hehehe, we're mind-melded. [face_hypnotized][face_laugh]

    She still prefers to think he's nuts. :p It reminds me of one my favorite L/M fanfic quotes from The Dividing Factor:


    Pace spun his eyes to Mara. "He's nuts, isn't he?"



    "Extremely," she countered. "It's a Jedi disease. Risking your life for others…trying to save the galaxy. We've had him committed before, but he kept using mind tricks on the guards."



    [face_laugh]


    We've exceeded our daily quota of mush, aye. :*:D
     
  9. Gemma

    Gemma Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 25, 2013
    Oh this was wonderful - the kissing at the end, but I want more!, please. And I enjoyed Mara's wisdom to the student - nice touch.^:)^@};-
     
    Nyota's Heart likes this.
  10. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
    I'll get there eventually...in about ten years. :p *ducks tomatoes, rotten eggs, and shoes* Especially since I'm being a bad girl and playing hooky writing another short fic, BWAH.
     
    Nyota's Heart likes this.
  11. MaraJade1225

    MaraJade1225 Jedi Master star 2

    Registered:
    Mar 29, 2004
    This story is just...ah! And that last post....absolutely amazing. Anxiously awaiting more!!
     
  12. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Aug 31, 2004
    MaraJade1225 - totally agree. You've found two of the best L/M specialists and the #1 reason why Mara will always be part of my heart canon for Luke. [face_love]
     
    Gemma likes this.
  13. Chyntuck

    Chyntuck Force Ghost star 5

    Registered:
    Jul 11, 2014
    Yes, I know, I'm late, I'm late, but better late than never, eh?

    Chapter 10a

    Okay, I laughed out loud at the very first sentence. The Preservation Society's first underground core drive album? Seriously? [face_laugh]

    This was a most marvelous piece of bromance, culminating in "You're not the mom, that's Chewie's job" and "Inappropriate use of the Force! I'm tellin' when she gets here!" You've really got the relationship between these two down pat -- the dialogue flows with just the right amount of advice and the right amount of humour. Han's thoughts about the Falcon were really spot-on, and generally it all made. perfect. sense. to take the logic of Luke building a ship for, and his relationship with Mara one step further.

    Also, I loved how you seamlessly integrated the reference to Luke's inheritance in this chapter. I remember it from your FFAMA; I read it then and I thought it was a brilliant little fic. It's also part of my head-canon now.

    Chapter 10b

    Mara's musings about Yavin IV were a great way to start this and to connect the story to their conversation in the cave in Nirauan. I like it when AUs adhere to canon in their own way :p

    The conversation between Mara and Leia was priceless. Especially this:
    and this:
    After the two bros in the first part of the chapter, it was great to see a little bit of the sisters-in-law.

    And then of course there was Mara's grand entrance in Luke's conversation with his student -- soooo Mara, but then it becomes another opportunity for her to process what she thinks of Luke. By the time she says "He didn't need to be a Jedi to do that", she's taken another big step forward, hasn't she?

    Thank you for the binge-read! I'm looking forward to whatever happens next, I'm sure it will be squeelicious =P~

    And finally a request. I really like the custom font you use, but it appears tiny on my monitor. Could you make it a little bigger?

    Now that I'm all caught up, you can de-lurk and post the next chapter :p
     
    Gemma and Nyota's Heart like this.
  14. Demendora

    Demendora Jedi Knight star 2

    Registered:
    Apr 9, 2010
    I hope,this story is not abandoned.
     
    Gemma likes this.
  15. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Aug 31, 2004
    So so so do I! :eek:
     
    Gemma likes this.
  16. Bianka_Kenobi

    Bianka_Kenobi Jedi Master star 1

    Registered:
    Jun 21, 2005
    It's been awhile since I've been on the boards, so hi! I just binge read your story, which is great so far. I love your descriptive, thoughtful writing style. I hope you are out there working on an update!
     
    Nyota's Heart likes this.
  17. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Aug 31, 2004
    Yeah even with TFA out there inspiring super duper stuff, there'll always always be a large ginormous spot for L/M. [face_love]
     
    Bianka_Kenobi likes this.
  18. Carlos Danger

    Carlos Danger Jedi Master star 2

    Registered:
    Jul 25, 2013
    And I hope that never ends because L/M will always be my favorite couple.

    I hope this story is not abandoned either.
     
  19. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
  20. WarmNyota_SweetAyesha

    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha Chosen One star 8

    Registered:
    Aug 31, 2004
    Happy, blissified unabashed wriggles! Yes, yes, yes!!!!!!! Leia sparring with Mara literally cleaning up the floor with her LOL The elegant shoto weapon, how cool is that?!

    Luke actually being a carver of miniature marvels. Awesomeness! And he and she together. Oh num in my tummy!

    As much as I'm fascinated by the new canon potential and the crop of interesting characters: Poe, Rey, Finn, Jyn, ;) I still need my L/M - more now than before actually.

    So thanks ever, ever so for coming back!!! ^:)^

    [:D]
     
  21. Jedi_Lover

    Jedi_Lover Chosen One star 5

    Registered:
    Nov 1, 2004
    Welcome back! When I saw this post I thought I had been a horrible reader/reviewer and had ignored this fic for a year! [face_worried]

    I'm glad you are going to finish this. I know how busy life can get. I barely have enough time to write my DDC now that I went back to school. I am suppose to be studying now, but I took a break to read some L/M and I am glad I did. Nice update.
     
    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha likes this.
  22. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
    Both of these headcanons belong to JadeLotus; I'm just pilfering them as usual. :p

    It's been unexpected but very awesome that there's been a renaissance of Mara meta and love in the wake of TFA. Nope, our girl's not fading away anytime soon!

    I'll probably hate myself again pretty soon, but I hope I'm proven wrong. 8-}:p


    [​IMG]

    LOL, nah. [face_laugh] I'm the loser who hasn't been around!

    Thanks for stopping by! This fic literally wouldn't exist without you! [:D]:luke:

    BRUH, WE NEED A MARA EMOJI; WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO LEAVE HER OUT? [face_shame_on_you]
     
    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha likes this.
  23. Annia Piet

    Annia Piet Jedi Knight star 2

    Registered:
    Feb 7, 2015
    So pleased to see this back!

    Mara & Leia in interactions are always one of my favourite things, and I love seeing Jedi!Leia showing her skillz off. It's a really nice inversion of the usual trope of Luke and Mara sparring. I particularly like the way Leia instinctively uses the Vader technique of throwing things with the Force. Just a bit sinister!

    And Mara exploring Luke's room - ah! As she has forgotten what she learned in canon about his inner mind through the Force bond, this is such a beautiful way for her to learn more about his most inner life through what he chooses to keep in his most personal state. And of course because he's already seen into her mind, he doesn't mind sharing it with her at all :)

    Looking forward to more when you're able - I've missed this fic :)
     
  24. Irish_Jedi_Jade

    Irish_Jedi_Jade Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Jul 19, 2007
    I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!! I totally stayed up till like...one in the morning last night re-reading this to remember where we were...and Oh. my. gosh. Its seriously so good. :eek:

    THIS!!!! Oh my goodness with a cherry on top...this line killed me. So beautiful!!!! I am just...in awe ^:)^

    Also, freakin' LOVEEEE the sparring with Leia. I like the idea of her integrating some of her training from her youth, and building a Shoto. AND of her being a pretty winning BA. I also can see her being more...pragmatic than Luke, using the Force to tire Mara out with her little hailstorm. Amazing. [face_dancing]

    I seriously don't know why in the world you'd be ashamed to post this. Its incredible and you should be nothing but proud. I'm sorry that life has been rough on you...and I hope it lightens up soon, not just for the selfish reason of I want more L/M out of you, promise ;)
     
    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha likes this.
  25. ThreadSketch

    ThreadSketch Jedi Master star 4

    Registered:
    Dec 22, 2013
    Ack, I didn't mean to be responsible for anybody's insomnia!

    ...Oh wait, that's in the fine print of Terms and Conditions of fic reading. :p

    The mention of a character named "Jali" who taught Leia how to fight with a staff is a nod to the recent Marvel Princess Leia miniseries:

    [​IMG]

    Leia has a shoto in JadeLotus' The Shadow of Fate, and I loved the headcanon that several other authors came up with regarding Leia harnessing her righteous anger in truly terrifying ways (such as embodying the mythical Alderaanian spirit of destruction and rebirth, for one). As complicated and painful as her relationship with her biological father is, I can more easily see Leia adopting some of his techniques to completely throw off her foes or anyone else who would dare to underestimate her - and it's far more frightening to see this tiny, dainty woman hurling massive objects around with her mind with her eyes open. (Some recent Tumblr meta pointed out a very, very interesting distinction between Luke and Leia, in both the films and the new comics: that by instinct Luke is a closed-eye Force user and Leia is the opposite.)
     
    WarmNyota_SweetAyesha likes this.
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.