April 15th, Day Ten: Favorites (episodes, characters) || Humor

12 DAYS OF ANDOR @andorappreciation day 10: humor a/k/a ANDOR IS A COMEDY

ANDOR SEASON ONE (2022) (insp)

Andor Season 1 recapped in 12 x 12 x 100 words (ish)

Thank you so much to everyone at @andorappreciation for hosting this event! 🥰 For this final ‘free day’ I wanted to offer an alternative way to ‘recap’ on Andor season 1 as we brace for Season 2 in just a few days (!!).

I’m really quite proud of my collection of exactly-100-word little internal monologues (’drabbles’). I wrote ‘never more than 12’ of these for each of the 12 episodes of season 1, taking different characters at key moments in that episode. One of these days, I’ll properly illustrate it with stills. But for now, a couple of tasters here from Brasso and Kerri and a link to the rest. Hope you enjoy!

Episode 1, Kassa

Brasso

What’s he done this time? It’s always the question. Always the dread of a repeat of thirteen years ago.

Nothing too bad physically; he’s invariably scuffed. But real desperation in his shadowed eyes.

Not just some debtor. He navigates those; an expert pilot. No escapes to lightspeed but he zooms around them nimbly nonetheless.

It’s something bad. I raise my game with this alibi. It’s a good one. If he sticks to it.

He thanks me, in his way. Emotions held in check, of course, as always.

Protecting himself.

And I will protect him. Because he needs protecting.

The idiot.

Kerri, Cassian’s little sister

Kassa is my brother. And my mummy and daddy. And my friend.

He is always there. He listens when I sing. Sometimes he sings to me.

But sometimes, he wants to be with the big boys and girls. And I get sad then, and play with the toy he went back and found for me. The one I once woke to find him crying over.

Sometimes he’s happy. When we sing together.

He’s excited now, playing hunting with the big girls and boys.

He says he’ll come back soon, so I wait, but I’m sad because I miss him already.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/4194688

"Yet here we are... wasting time."

It's "You're My Ideal Reader" day at @andorappreciation, so I wanted to take a minute to appreciate my fellow Keero writers (and everyone who has tirelessly kept our small fandom alive over the past almost-three years. I wasn't even on here for all of them!).

Here are a few of my absolute favorite Syril/Dedra fics, along with accompanying rambles about why I think they're great. I'm focusing on writers who I know are on Tumblr, but there are some great fics in the tag by people whose socials I don't know.

Now, for the fics:

A Zealous Man Burns for One Thing by unknowntelephone @lighttailoring, on here - Rating: Mature. This fic and its sequel, The Body and the Blood, are everything to me. They're technically a historical witchfinder AU (think Salem Witch Trials) with Syril as a priest and Dedra as a witchfinder. There's so much going on here, though, that calling it an AU almost does a disservice to the fic. It's so much more than that. It deals expertly with concepts of love, lust, and "sin" in the face of a harsh and unforgiving god (sounds a bit like the Empire, hm?), and the writing is spectacular. The first part serves as a retelling of the events of Andor's first season translated into a folk horror setting, and the second creates a new storyline for Syril and Dedra's characters.

Favorite excerpt: He tries to explain himself; tries to convey, in his own small, meagre way, how merely being in her presence has filled his life with grace, given it meaning. How she has shown him that, if nothing else, there is a just God. That perhaps the dream of creating His Kingdom here on Earth might be worth clinging to. She says nothing in response. Her upper lip curls into a snarl.

Home Late, Up Early

Chapters: 1/1 Rating: M (but could probably be T!) Relationships: Syril Karn/Dedra Meero Characters: Syril Karn, Dedra Meero, Eedy Karn Additional Tags: Implied Sexual Content, Eedy Being Eedy, Syril hates living at home for obvious reasons, poor guy really needs to move out, it's hard to sneak around in a new relationship when your mother is Eedy Karn

He’s never been in this situation. Never in his life found himself in the position of having to justify a wrongdoing such as this to his mother, although of course that’s moronic because he’s thirty-six years old. He's a grown adult with a real, Imperial job, and sleeping with the woman he loves can hardly be considered wrong. Yet, from the tone of his mother’s voice, it couldn’t be more apparent that in her mind, he’s transgressed.

After spending a night with Dedra, Syril makes the galaxy's most ill-fated attempt to sneak back to his room.

Written for @andorappreciation Day Six: That's Just Love...Nothing You Can Do About That.

@andorappreciation - Alternate Prompts: Penultimate Moments || Death

may need some light tailoring...

Fashioning Ferrix

@andorappreciation 14th April: Costumes and sets design

I’m a massive fan of Ferrix. I want to visit. I want to walk in its streets, meet its people, taste its food. The production design isn’t just insanely detailed, it also tells the story of a community.

Here’s an open-air barber’s shop. You can see it in use behind Cassian when he visits Xanwan Freight.

Then there’s the costumes of the people that live there. Did you spot the sunglasses ? I love that Bix was originally codenamed “Becky”. Maarva: “Maggie” 😀

Did you notice that Maarva has a lot of houseplants? Flowers and plants are clearly part of the Ferrix funeral tradition as well – here they are on the body as it’s removed.

Christian Matzke specialises in identifying background Aurebesh and Bazeese. Bazeese - the Ferrix writing script - is named for Barry Gingell, the graphic designer who is responsible for so much of what we see on screen. His nickname is Baz. They were going to give it a proper name, but he just kept on using it until everybody accepted it. (He also cameos as Anto Kreegyr in the holoimage seen in episode 11)

Enjoy the rest of these posts from Christian. My favourite is the one about the Time Grappler’s tower. In episode 3, when one of their own is under threat, the people of Ferrix do exactly this. 

"An Unexpected Opportunity"

Here's my piece for the @forcefatalezine celebrating the women of Star Wars!

Losing a collection of intel handed directly to her by her boss was not the way Dedra Meero had planned to start her day.

@andorappreciation prompt: We Are Healthcare Providers

Andor Appreciation April 14th- Pockets Piping and some light.. Tailoring.. to which I present to you one of my two SWCJ cosplays.

(i had made trousers but trousers are a pain in the ass to make and they just didn't look right so I had to resort to my jeans)

8 days go?! how unreal (I'm posting this ahead of time as I'm in Tokyo for celebration)

them 😍

random silly screenshots of interviews with Kyle and Denise from over the years - their energy is unmatched, watching them is so much fun and a feast for the eyes, and I love them both with all my heart ❤

Opression

@andorappreciation April 11th, Day Six: Doomed by the Narrative || Echoes

my fav relationship, my fav idiots ❤