#plot bunnies

dsalinaplays:

I just can’t help myself *shrugs*

@elephant-in-the-pride-parade we are in this picture and I don’t like it.

willowcrowned:

ellie-you-idiot:

maulusque:

korben600:

gershwyndl:

agoddamn:

I still want to write the fic where an outsider has all these preconceptions about what the Force is and then goes into a room with a bunch of Jedi who are tearing into each other like bitchy old academics.

“Ooh, look at Master Structuralist over here with his ever-so-deep ‘everything is attachment actually’ reading”

“I don’t want to hear that from someone who calls every new opinion ‘new depths of their relationship with the Force’”

“The Jedi Order is a social construct–”

“Could you stuff the po-mo and pick up a book once in a while? These aren’t new ideas! You are not a pioneer because you asked one question!”

“I think you could all benefit on more reflection on how our rooting in the Force is actually deeply sexual–”

“If I have to hear one more word about lightsabers being penis envy you are going to be one with the Force immediately.”

#I’m 100% into this and want annual conferences about the force and what it means to be a jedi#everyone keep asking very passive-aggressive questions after every presentations#at one point a lecturer says ‘I know this because the Force told me so’ instead of listing their sources and the whole room groans#a scholar who isn’t force-sensitive shows up and half of the jedi are like ‘who even is this guy’#a LOT of rage is being released in the force at the same time#the only moment everyone in the room makes an appreciative noise is when the lunch break is announced#a huge debate blows up during the break because someone mentions it could be good to invite a nightsister next year#someone storms off mumbling about heresy and not taking part in this debacle@obiwanobi

yes please I need more jedi symposiums with knights who had different views than consulars who have different views than shadows. Temple-centered jedi versus those who lead frequent diplomatic or medical missions versus exploratory and research jedi who spend most of their time in uninhabited wild space and the outer rim.

There is absolutely no way an organization that large doesn’t have factions that understand the force differently–my 15-person philosophy class couldn’t agree on a single thing we read all term.

Anakin shows up once, pulls up his PowerPoint and it just says “I am the Chosen One.”

The room immediately turns into chaos.

dear god why would you leave this in the tags

#Obi wan was pissed that his past presentation on Jedi/Mandalorian cultural parallelism was laughed out#so he put Anakin up to it just to send the room into a tailspin#Anakin LOVED it#he got to sword fight an eighty year old snake#and force chuck a dude into a wall#he officially never misses one of these anymore#every year he just goes up and says the most controversial thing he can to get the room to riot#the year after its ‘the more midichlorians you have the closer you are to the force’#he almost got stabbed by an old monk from the far side of dantooine#for that one#the council keeps letting him speak because it’s way less embarrassing to blame the fights on Skywalker#than admit everyone at an academic conference wants to murder each other#they did get a Nightsister to come to the conference btw#it was very enlightening and everyone liked her#the problem was that Anakin’s presentation that year was#‘master/student bonds are no different than lovers bonds in the force’#and#the Nightsister took REAL offense to that#Anakin is like 30% sure he got cursed#totally worth it for the look on Obi-Wan’s face tho#the Nightsister came back the next year#she brought friends!#they’re not sure if she did that because they were interested in the academics or if she wanted backup to beat the shit out of Anakin#but the council likes both cases#so they see this as an absolute win!

Yoda was banned and no one will talk about why

It happened six hundred years ago so no one knows but theories range from “he ate all the snacks” to “he personally instigated a duel meant to settle whether channeling the force through combat meditation is more effective than through regular meditation but the duel got out of hand and everyone but him lost at least one limb”

the truth is that he was never actually banned, he’s just been saying it so he doesn’t have to go. he started all the rumors himself

1. Write a story with a headstrong, take no shit character pushed to work with a lazy, well to do, annoying character by forces outside of their control

2. Write a story set during the worst storm in history in the most beautiful place to ever exist where people have never dealt with such an experience

3. Write a story where a couple must go on an epic journey that requires them to confront all of the things they hate about each other

4. Write a story about a character raised to believe in something so strongly they can hardly separate themselves from it until something unexpected forces them to do just that

5. Write a story with two estranged siblings who must band together to fulfill their individual goals and confront the thing terrible event that drove them apart in the first place

Yes it is winter still im just tired of it

1. a walk on a brisk morning, ice frosted windows, a bouquet of flowers from a farmer’s market

2. distant bird song that wakes a character in an unsavory place, April showers, a character named May who betrays another

3. a picnic just before it’s warm enough, a love that blossoms like early spring flowers, a promise made in good faith

4. a bet for who can do something before the first flowers spring up, a robin with a worm, borrowing someone’s jacket

5. a gurgling fountain in a park, days that grow slowly longer, a time for moving on and fresh starts

1. a detective, a pet fish, a bus

2. eye glasses, a golden dice, a journal chronicling a tragically failed experiment

3. a sweater, a cigarette, a rose garden

4. an umbrella, a field, a paper airplane

5. a wedding dress, a closed store, a one way ticket

6. an ominous and threatening greeting card, face paint, a broken cell phone

7. a can of orange paint, a pair of mismatched shoes, a mysterious repeating noise

8. a rainy day, time travel, a broken family

9. an intelligent and unusual pet, a new city, a photograph

10. a fire, a soccer game, enemies to friends

1. “You can’t just make it disappear.”
“No, but I can make myself disappear.”

2. “What the hell is that?”
“Don’t worry, it’s not staying for dinner.”

3. “Am I missing something? Why does he want you dead?”

4. “She came back.”
“From the west?”
“From the dead.”

5. “Say, whatever happened to you and I?”

6. “I can never go back.”

7. “Do you ever wonder what would’ve happened to us if we hadn’t be tossed in prison together?”
“Well, we wouldn’t be back here now would we?!”

8. “I wish we could start over.”

9. “The docks, half past midnight, bring a weapon.”

10. “You can’t just do things like that! I thought you were dead!”
“Yeah? And I thought we were a team!”

1. “Well if you aren’t going then why should I?” 

2. “You forget yourself. Are you a prince or a poor man? You have decisions to make, I suggest you make them soon or risk the future of your kingdom.” 

3. “Mom and dad didn’t say you were coming.” 
“They didn’t know.” 

4. “I came to you because you’re supposed to be the best. Am I mistaken?” 
“Unfortunately for you, no.” 

5. “Are you from around here?” 
“No, I arrived today. With the other survivors.” 

1. a blizzard, a bucket list, soul searching 

2. a theme of loneliness, a stray cat, flickering gas station lights 

3. a falling out of love story, an open window, something broken 

4. a swing set, a supernatural experience, a character who is lost 

5. a garden, a magic key, a child of warring parents 

1. “Don’t tell me what to do! It’s mycurse.” 

2. “Oh, just kick me off this cliff! It would be merciful at this point!” 
“I can’t do that my liege, I was charged with-” 
“With keeping me alive, yes, I am aware.” 

3. “I thought you’d be scarier.” 
“Excuse me?” 
“Well, I don’t know. I just thought, ‘reclusive vampire who lives on a mountain, he’s probably scary’ and … .” 
“And?” 
“And taller. I thought you’d be taller.” 

4. “Your mother always loved you best in red.” 
“Yes, well my mother also always loved me best in prison so I think I’ll go with the blue.” 

5. “Well? What are you waiting for?” 
“I thought this was gonna be the moment where you confess your undying love for me before I run into the thick of the battle where I’ll probably be martyred? Or did I read the moment wrong.” 
“You read the moment wrong. Go!” 

1. “Who the hell do you think you are?” 

2. “I didn’t want you! I didn’t want any of this! You should have left well enough alone.” 

3. “Are you still there?” “Of course. I’ll always be here.” 

4. “We have a visitor.” “A visitor?” “They are waiting at the door?” “What are you talking about? Who’s here?” “A visitor.” 

5. “Well, you haven’t changed, have you?” 

6. “Arson is not an acceptable coping mechanism.” 

7. “Don’t go in there! Don’t! He’s there, he’s back, he’s coming for us!” 

8. “I got you that. For your 17th birthday, do you remember?” 

9. “I did this for us!” 

10. “If you want to go back I won’t stop you. But I am never setting foot in that city again so help me god.” 

1. apples, an accomplice, an articulate character 

2. a bacchanal, a backstabbing, a book 

3. a curiosity shop, a calico cat, a calendar 

4. a daisy, a dime, a dance 

5. an earthquake, an early morning, an Easter lily 

6. a fable, fainting, a false alarm 

7. a distant galaxy, a game, a garden 

8. a habit, a hero, a home remedy 

9. an isle, an idealistic character, an imposter 

10. a joke gone wrong, a jar of something precious, a jogger 

11. a knife, a kid, a kite 

12. a lost family heirloom, a letter, a lonely old man 

13. mac and cheese, a myth, a musty old attic 

14. a nagging sibling, a nap, a nighttime walk 

15. an open door, an oak tree, an old key 

16. a poem, a penknife, a pocket that seems endless 

17. a quest, a quitter, a queen 

18. a roaming cat, a romcom, a radio 

19. a snake, a spy, sand 

20. a table, a toothache, a tabby cat 

21. multiple universes, a university for the strange and dangerous, a urn 

22. a vegetarian, West Virginia, a vet 

23. a windy night, a wobbly desk, a wedding 

24. a xanthic flower, a xylophone, a xeric environment (idk folks) 

25. a young girl, a yellow scarf, a yawning cat 

26. a zoo, a zero, a zigzag 

1. “I tracked him into the forest, lost him at the creek, I’m sorry sir … he’s gone.” 

2. “I’m not looking for trouble, mister.” 

3. “Have you ever thought anything through in your life?!” 

4. “I know better than to mess with them. If you want this job done you better find someone else and they better be as dumb as a box of rocks.” 

5. “This wasn’t the deal!” 

6. “Let me help him, please!” 

7. “After the incident well, everyone thought they would be too ashamed to show their faces in town ever again, we figured they would leave. We were only half right. They’ve been holed up in that mansion of theirs out in the woods for the past thirty years, I haven’t seen them since the funeral.” 

8. “This city … it’s like it’s alive.” “Something isn’t right here. I want to go home.” 

9. “And what exactly makes you think I’m gonna hop on this crazy plan of yours?” “Don’t you remember? You owe me.” 

10. “Forget about them. That’s an order.” 

1. a lantern, a boat, a foggy night 

2. a new planet, a government with a shady side project, a wayward pilot 

3. a tense family reunion, a book deal, a painting 

4. a sick child, a car, a town deep in the mountains 

5. a reserved and mysterious neighbor, a pet bird, a town mystery 

6. a party, a proposal, a stamp 

7. a diary, a suitcase, a ticket out of the city 

8. a clock that’s never right, a forest, a cottage 

9. a mad scientist, a swing set, a window 

10. a bus ride, headphones, time travel 

1. “Try that again, I dare you.” 

2. “Don’t look at me like that I didn’t ask to be the savior in the prophecy!” 

3. “I won’t apologize. I did what I had to do to protect my family.” 

4. “This wasn’t the plan!” 

5. “You sure do spend a lot of time out here.” 

6. “Stop it! I can’t just forget what you said! Nothing is the same between us stop acting like it is! How am I just supposed to go back to acting like normal after last night?” 

7. “I swear to god if you ruin this for me-” “I know, I know, you’ll kill me, no one will ever find my body, blah blah blah.” 

8. “If it weren’t for you maybe none of this ever would have happened! Did you ever think of that? Maybe mom would still be alive!” 

9. “I just wish things could have turned out differently between us, you know?” 

10. “Wherever you go I’ll follow.” 

1. a stolen diamond, a town legend, a social recluse 

2. a candle, a vase of flowers, shattered glass 

3. a painter, a fire, a box 

4. a set of magic pens with no ink, a thief that gets in over their head, a little kid 

5. a dream that comes to life, an accident, a mysterious letter 

6. a breakup, a car, a postcard 

7. a family secret, an old maze-like house, a family reunion 

8. a visitor with no face, a hazy memory of a tragic night, a cemetery 

9. the heir to the throne, a prophecy that’s made up, a forbidden friendship 

10. a flying ship, a smuggler, an unusual creature 

- a quiet place, someone with a secret, something red

- high-heeled boots, a stolen item, a covert deal

- a business card, a devil in disguise, a poor decision

- a ghost light, an empty promise, footsteps walking away

- a library, a secret meeting, a phrase in Latin

- a playground at night, an exchange, a pair of watching eyes

- a photograph, a message, a tarot reading

- a fire, a masquerade, an escape

1. “Wait here!” 

“You know I’m not going to do that.” 

2. “Who are you? What are you doing here?” 

“To be completely honest I was going to rob you but it seems you and I have bigger issues to settle.” 

3. “Officers, you have to understand, we were dumb grad students. We had no idea what we had created we just knew that no one could ever know.” 

“And have you heard from him lately?” 

“No. No, I haven’t seen or spoken to him since the incident.” 

4. “You have no idea what you’re getting yourself into!” 

“Well maybe if you and dad hadn’t kept so many secrets I wouldn’t have to get myself into anything!” 

5. “Just rest. Everything’s okay. You’re safe now.” 

“But I have to get to-” 

“Shh, rest. You can’t save the world in this state.” 

“Why are you helping me? I don’t trust you.” 

“I know.” 

1. a dwindling candle, a character being followed by a monster, a secret passage way 

2. missing pieces of memory, a lullaby, rain in the city 

3. a broken clock, a fortune teller, an invisible bird 

4. letters from an unknown sender, a subway car, flickering lights 

5. a magnifying glass that reveals another world, an unwanted gift, a quest 

6. a rumor, an umbrella, a city split by rival gangs of witches 

7. a forest that seems alive, a chain, a baby 

8. a boat, a spy, a poisoned drink 

9. street lamps on rain damp streets, bells tolling in the distance, a character with a broken heart 

10. a story that becomes real, a lonely old man, a bottle of wine 

1. “I’m starting to think you might not have told me the whole truth.” 

2. “I don’t work for you anymore.” 

“No, but you are in desperate need of money–oh, don’t give me that look, I have ears everywhere. Listen, if you want to have any hope of finding your brother, do one last job with me, I promise, I’ll make it worth your time.” 

3. “Do you still think about her?” 

“Your mom? Honey, I think about her every day.” 

4. “How long has it been like this?” 

5. “Don’t even think about it! We had a deal–goddammit, wait for me!” 

6. “I swear to god, I will burn your kingdom down.” 

7. “You are the last of your bloodline and thus, this responsibility falls to you.” 

8. “Have you talked to him?” 

“Not since the incident.” 

9. “He was one of the greatest writers of his time. His treasure, his game, it’s like his last story but instead of reading it, he left it for us to live.” 

10. “Don’t get any ideas.” 

“Too late!” 

Hey Sparks! Mod Ellie here with a short music-based writing exercise.

- hit shuffle on your music library.

- listen to the first song that comes up for anything that sparks inspiration. It can be a specific lyric, the mood the song evokes, a character the song inspires, a setting in which you would hear the song – anything.

- write a short story based on the inspiration you found in the song.

1) a phone password, a hoodie sleeve soaked in tears, a rumor

2) a whiteboard, a government secret, a bottle of whiskey 

3) a broken piano, a violet prom dress, a love-letter

4) an actress on the run, a stolen train ticket, a slightly haunted gas station

5) the smell of cigarette smoke, a stranger’s shirt, an art gallery

6) a feared king, a man that cannot lie, a pile of bones

7) a house that won’t let you leave, a withered tree, a burned book

8) a friend you cannot recognize, a new job, a broken lock

9) a study abroad program, a crying child, a bicycle race

10) a pair of sneakers, a game of hide and seek, an old tree house

I want a plot that goes like this:

Muse A had a perfect childhood, all cupcakes and rainbows and incredible wealth of his parents to bask in - until someone sent a group of assassins to slaughter his entire family. His father, mother, grandparents, siblings, cousins - everyone who was at the big family reunion in their family home that night. Except that somehow, the assassins were misinformed about the number of people who’d be present there which allowed for the Muse A to slip away somewhere and hide once the massacre began and somehow survive it. 

Obligatory time-skip to the present, where Muse A is all grown up, raised by some foreign intelligence forces into a skilled assassin of their own. Over the course of the time, he’s learned that the person who ordered mass-murder of his entire family is now a Senator or a Governor or whatever strong political figure - and he has a son or daughter of their own (I originally imagined this as a m/m plot, but I guess I’d go for m/f too). There are some political games involved, confidantes betraying one another and whatnot and it all leads to the politician being convinced that someone’s after their kid, Muse B, so he hires Muse A to befriend their kid while simultaneously keeping them safe. The politician found Muse A by recommendation from domestic intelligent forces - cue to the fact that Muse A is actually a double agent, also hired to kill Muse B and their father.

But,of course, Muse A andMuse B fall in love with one another which ultimately leads to a series of dramatic, angsty events including: Muse B finding out that their friend is actually nota friend, but someone sent to watch over them - so they’re now wondering whether their friendship and potential romantic feelings were real at all, all along? Father of Muse B thinks the fact that their kid found out is actually gonna jeopardize this whole mission, so they want to get Muse A replaced, which gets the foreign intelligence forces to request urgent murder of Muse B - butMuse A is already so hooked on them, how is he supposed to do that? And then, maybe the countries are even working together rather than against one another, so the domestic intelligence forces want Muse B dead as well, so Muse A is left fending both of them off from this international threat, while Muse B is still oblivious to the fact that their loved one is actually supposed to kill them. 

BASICALLY IT’S AN ANGSTY MESS, PEOPLE ARE PLAYING DOUBLE, TRIPLE, QUADRUPLE ROLES, NO ONE’S TO TRUST ANYONE, THERE’S GONNA BE A WAR AND TWO BB’S IN LOVE AGAINST THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE OF TWO NATIONS. GIVE IT TO ME.