Anghraine

title: per ardua ad astra (23/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, Luke Skywalker, Davits Draven, Leia Organa, Han Solo; Bodhi Rook, Commander Willard, OCs—Lieutenant Graves and an operator; Jyn/Cassian, implied Han/Leia
stuff that happens: I return to this fic after five years The Falcon reaches its destination!
previous chapters: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two


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I’ve ranted before about how much I dislike the idea that the Rogue One team’s deaths are mandated by continuity, given that 1) we only ever see the Rebellion in glimpses, with new-yet-longstanding leaders appearing with every movie, and 2) they’re spies.

But I think I’m even more :| at the idea that it was mandated by their in-story characters. That is, that the Scarif mission is about as good as it was ever going to get for them, and they’re too troubled/unconventional/traumatized/rootless/whatever to find any real peace or happiness in living. Dying in triumph and hope was really the kindest end for them. Et cetera.

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So, it's this year's Rebelcaptain Week at Tumblr, and this time I've actually managed to get my ficlets posted on time! And they're all for storm in the desert, so:

title: like a storm in the desert (2/4???)
verse: everybody lives and are more or less happy, fight me
characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso; Baze Malbus, Bodhi Rook, General Draven, Mon Mothma; Jyn/Cassian
stuff that happens: General Draven and Jyn have their inevitable stand-off, Draven and Cassian have one of a different tenor, and Jyn and Cassian reach an important consensus.
chapters: one



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This is the latest chapter of ad astra! I am finally caught up :D

title: per ardua ad astra (21/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Bodhi Rook; Jyn/Cassian, Han/Leia, Luke & Leia
stuff that happens: Jyn, Cassian, Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, and Bodhi try to survive the Death Star one last time.
previous chapters: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty



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title: per ardua ad astra (17/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, Bodhi Rook; OCs—Bain Efrah, Mihal Zekheret; Jyn/Cassian
stuff that happens: Jyn gets frustrated with inaction; Cassian distracts himself by working on K-2SO; Jyn and Efrah try to keep Zekheret from bumbling about the prisons.
previous chapters: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen



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Anyway, I have a fun-filled psychiatric appointment to look forward to, so LALA DEATH STAR FIC it is.

title: per ardua ad astra (14/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, Bodhi Rook; General Tagge; OCs—Ensign Fiander Zelin, an unnamed Alderaanian lieutenant, various others; Jyn/Cassian
stuff that happens: Jyn, Cassian, and Bodhi respond to the catastrophe in their different ways; Cassian gets the chance to demonstrate his leadership skills; I remain aggressively indifferent to the EU
previous chapters: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen
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I regularly get sucked into the headiness of Tumblr's level of activity (and ... I couldn't find good RO icons at the time, which is an absurd reason not to post but ... icons!!!), but still. Eep. Sorry to anyone who actually reads over here.

title: per ardua ad astra (10/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, Bodhi Rook; OCs—Dr Esten and a nameless Imperial; shameless Jyn/Cassian, as magnificently illustrated bysqbr.
stuff that happens: Jyn and Cassian plan for gathering information and deepening their covers; Cassian's recovery continues, not as quickly as they want; and in the meanwhile, emotions and coping mechanisms!
previous chapters: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine



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...who does not appear in this chapter, except in spirit. I like to imagine that he represents/spawns a strain of reason among certain contingents, though.

Unrelatedly, this chapter was really the first to provoke the apparently inevitable "well, in the EU" preaching. If you knew me in the lj days, I'm sure you can imagine how low my tolerance has ground at this point, so I might have been a bit brusque. But most people were nice and thoughtful—Rogue One fandom is probably my favourite of the SW subfandoms, now that the Migratory Discourse Fandom has mostly abandoned us.

title: per ardua ad astra (7/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Jyn Erso, Bodhi Rook, and (very briefly) Cassian Andor; OCs—Bain Efrah, Mihal Zekheret; Jyn/Cassian (muddled What Are These Feelings + Inexplicable Preoccupation flavour; it's mostly focused on Jyn's undercover adventures).
stuff that happens: Jyn pseudo-bonds with the two Imperial NCOs she met earlier, particularly the hard-harded Efrah; she finds a way, though not the obvious one, to blame Cassian for her disinterest in flirtation; Zekheret and Efrah drop some ANH bombshells; not all Imperials approve of current tactics; Bodhi staves off nervous breakdown.
previous chapters: one, two, three, four, five, six


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title: per ardua ad astra (3/?)
verse: Death Star
characters: Jyn Erso and Bodhi Rook; Cassian Andor, technically; OCs—Corporal Pralit, Dr Esten
stuff that happens: Even on the Death Star, Jyn gets to appreciate the small joys of life: running water, quality health care, and local news.
previous chapters: one, two

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I keep promising myself that I won't—I even managed to hold to it for, like, eight whole months! But I love Rogue One so much. SO. MUCH.

I was idly thinking of shippy AUs but nothing except "well they need to kiss" came to mind, lol, when a terrible and wonderful realization settled on me about the potential disaster that surviving above Scarif could really be. I wrote up a babbling post about it on Tumblr, mapped out an eleven-page outline, and the post started accumulating enough notes that I got anxious that someone else might write it first. (Clearly the best motivation for writing.)

ANYWAY. THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING NOW. (Also working on Lucy, the clear winner of the poll, but ... AHHHHH ROGUE ONE)

title: per ardua ad astra (aka I couldn't think of a title and went for maximum pretension)

verse: Death Star AU! The reason for the name will become evident by the end of the chapter. (There's considerable overlap with the Rogue One backstory of the Lucyverse, but the AUs themselves are completely independent.)

fandom: Star Wars

characters: Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, Bodhi Rook; later, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo; Jyn/Cassian

length: 4900 words (this chapter; God knows what it’ll be eventually)

stuff that happens: Jyn, Cassian, and Bodhi survive, only to face the worst bonus mission ever.


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