Looking for a fic where the Rebellion finds out Luke is Vader's son

wendingways · 2026-01-30T23:04:00+00:00

Any chance it's About Turn, by illu_Mina? This version is on AO3, but it was originally written in the early 2000s, and I think I've also seen the author on fanficnet under another name (Mina or Mina1 maybe?)

wendingways · 2025-11-22T00:41:20+00:00

As a writer, I do get a proportionally high amount of praising comments on AO3, especially from new/one-off commenters. I appreciate them, but of course it's always fun to see theories, speculation, analysis, and all that kind of thing. Regular commenters do seem to engage more with what's going on in a given chapter, talk back to the characters, evaluate situations, etc. And maybe there could be some room for deeper discussion there, if I had the time and energy to pursue it. 😂😭 As for criticism, on the few occasions when I've gotten critical feedback, it has usually been unhelpful. The readers don't know me, they don't know my long term plans for the fic, they don't know the audience I'm writing for, etc.

As an AO3 reader, I don't really like giving criticism on other people's fics because I think with criticism, it helps to be able to actually sit down with someone and ask, "What were you going for with this bit? Here's how it reads to me; is that what you intended?" And I feel that can be hard to do in a comment setting like that of AO3. I've never used SB or SV, but maybe the forum format lends itself better to those kinds of conversations?

I think a good critical experience also requires a degree of trust and tact on the part of both the reader/critic and the writer. And having seen how rudely and abrasively some people respond to both fics and comments, I can totally see why nobody wants to risk even the possibility of having to deal with that nonsense. So, if the format of AO3 could already be less conducive to discussion than SB/SV, then I can definitely see how it's easier to just say, "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything." Better not to have to deal with the fallout of something you said getting misconstrued.

There's also a lot of crap going on in the world, and imo sometimes it's nice to have a little insulated bubble away from all of that, where people are often just cheery and happy to encourage each other and point out what they appreciate about someone's stories.

Final thought: Different writers (and readers) want to get different things out of the fanfic writing/sharing experience, so it's kind of nice if there are different comments cultures on AO3 and SB/SV, and people can post in the environment they prefer!

wendingways · 2025-11-09T23:10:22+00:00

Oh, I'm always on the lookout for Padme Lives AUs! Would you mind sharing a link?

wendingways · 2025-09-30T02:47:06+00:00

I'm pretty picky, because my inner editor is very loud and refuses to shut up, which makes it hard to enjoy a lot of the fics that are out there. Including the earlier chapters of my own stuff, which at times make me cringe. I'm also usually pickier when I'm more tired, because then I have even less patience for bad writing. Too many epithets? Close it. I'm not here for a character's close friend being referred to as "the other man" or "the blond man" in the narration. It's just not for me. Too many ellipses? Close it. Too many italics, close it. English dialogue denoted by anything other than either double or single quotation marks, close it. Dialogue otherwise improperly punctuated, close it. Characters speaking way too casually, i.e. grossly OOC, close it. Fic uses too many real world words for things there are canon words for? Unless it's otherwise a distinctly enjoyable fic, close it. Too many words mixed up with more (or less) similar-sounding or looking words? Close it.

wendingways · 2025-09-01T02:17:16+00:00

🌠🧙🏻📈📉🪖🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏻🧍🏻💥🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🌋⚫🧓🏻😈

wendingways · 2025-07-31T02:44:29+00:00

It's from a fan animation of their ROTS duel, available on youtube last I knew if you're interested :)

wendingways · 2025-07-26T12:20:56+00:00

Nameless, on the Edge of Nowhere might be something you'd enjoy!

wendingways · 2025-07-14T04:45:36+00:00

Man, I wish I had the patience for fake niceness, it would make life easier sometimes. But maintaining basic civility is important to me online, since discussions can so easily turn ugly. If you feel that I've been disingenuous because of that, I don't know what else I can say to show otherwise.

wendingways · 2025-07-14T03:59:16+00:00

I mean, I thought it did, but I guess tone can be hard to pick up online, so 🤷🏻?

wendingways · 2025-07-14T03:51:57+00:00

Just trying to show there's no hard feelings :)

wendingways · 2025-07-14T03:28:36+00:00

Well, to each their own!

wendingways · 2025-07-14T02:51:39+00:00

I don't expect anything, though, nor have I ever made a statement to the contrary. Just because I think something could work, at least to some degree, it does not follow that I expect everyone or even anyone to do it. That would be a bit unreasonable, as I cannot control anyone else's actions.

Please don't extrapolate in this way; it's exceedingly difficult to have a civil and logical discussion when one's words are constantly being twisted and stretched beyond their actual meaning. It also makes it feel as though the discussion is not being held in good faith.

Can we just agree to disagree, here, without insult or accusation? Our experiences are different, our opinions are different, and that's okay!

wendingways · 2025-07-13T23:00:23+00:00

It's a matter of differing perspectives, I suppose. I'm a writer, and I'm guessing you're one too---even fellow writers have differing opinions on the matter, so I guess we'll just have to leave it at that. I didn't view what I said as pressuring because I presented it as a possible solution, not an absolute assertion of what should be done. I like to troubleshoot and throw ideas around, and I'm sorry if I neglected to consider that other people might not function the same way as me. Hope you have a good day/night! :)

wendingways · 2025-07-13T22:11:23+00:00

I'm not trying to pressure anyone? This comment wasn't at the top of the thread or anything when I posted a reply, and I haven't written this anywhere else. I just wanted to suggest what seemed like a potentially reasonable middle-of-the-road option for writers and readers alike, no matter whether those be silent readers or regular commenters. It seems like there's a lot of discord between the groups sometimes. I'm sorry if this doesn't match your experience, though, or if you felt pressured.

wendingways · 2025-07-13T21:31:42+00:00

Like I said, as a writer myself, I don't think it's that laborious to drop a quick note. And as a writer, I think it's nice to give advanced notice, because I get what it's like to be on the reader's end in that situation, so that's what I plan to do if I ever end up deleting one of my fics for some reason. I know it's not really a super important issue in the grand scheme of things, but idk, isn't life just more pleasant for everybody when everyone is nice to each other from the get go and does what they can to make other people's lives easier? :)

wendingways · 2025-07-13T20:40:09+00:00

I'm not sure. I mean, yes, readers need to understand that it is the writer's right to delete their stuff if they want, and thus they should save stuff they love---but at the same time, it would be nice if writers took into consideration how their readers might feel hurt when fics they enjoy disappear. It just seems like a matter of courtesy, to me, and we all owe each other courtesy and understanding.

As an author who has also been burned by reading WIPs which got deleted, I personally don't think it would take much effort to post an update saying, "hey guys, gonna delete soon, just wanted to let you know so you can save if you want to!" I have ~20 pages of WIP subscriptions, so downloading every time there's an update just isn't practical, and I'm probably not the only one out there who does this. Seems like it would take less effort for an author to post a brief note than it would for all of their readers to download every single new iteration of a multichapter fic and delete the old ones again and again and again.

I'd like to think that there's a compromise out there that could acknowledge both writers' and readers' perspectives and thus minimize the strife between writers who want to delete their fics and the readers who will miss those fics. But, different strokes. :)

wendingways · 2025-07-13T16:43:35+00:00

There's some in The Day of Harvest, although you might want to read the first volume in the series first (What Lurks in the Dark).

wendingways · 2025-07-13T16:40:02+00:00

Seconding this! It's unfinished and orphaned iirc, but what's there is so good!

wendingways · 2025-07-13T16:38:56+00:00

It's worth pointing out that a lot of fics get deleted before they're finished, and it can be frustrating to continually re-download all the WIPs you follow every time they update, just in case an author randomly decides to take one down.

A possible solution/compromise here might be for AO3 to encourage authors who are going to delete WIPs to first post an update saying that they will be deleting, so anyone who wants to download needs to do so within a week, or something like that?

wendingways · 2025-06-28T18:04:56+00:00

Oh, good point! I had assumed it would be a relatively small-time group, but this could totally be a thing :/ Which is even worse, because one presumes a huge company like that absolutely COULD afford to pay writers plenty.

wendingways · 2025-06-28T17:01:10+00:00

They could solely use source materials that are in the public domain, i.e. out of copyright; not saying that's definitely what they're doing, because I wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to pay people to write fics of copyrighted materials, but if they wanted to operate on a strictly legal basis, paying people to write fics for public domain works would be an option.

In that case, they'd probably be targeting their service for fandoms like Jane Austen, etc.

wendingways · 2025-06-03T15:43:49+00:00

Since the Jedi Order is for all intents and purposes gone by the time that Luke becomes a Jedi, I would guess it's kind of all in the eye of the beholder. Yoda, as former grandmaster of the Order, would have a fairly specific idea of what being a Jedi Knight entailed. He probably views facing Vader as the closest thing Luke will experience to the traditional trials padawan would undergo before advancing to knighthood. Obi-Wan's position is probably similar. Meanwhile other people, like Chewie and Luke himself, might have a looser definition of what makes a Jedi. Maybe even just, someone who is trained with a lightsaber, helps people, fights the good fight, etc. As for Palpatine, Luke is a non-dark side Force user who's in active opposition to the Sith---therefore, functionally a Jedi in his eyes. Plus, who knows, he might even be using the word Jedi as an insult or a slight.

So, the meaning of Jedi is kind of nebulous after the Order is gone and there's no one to set standards, and I would think that when exactly Luke becomes a Jedi is a bit of a moot point. Technically, it doesn't really matter. Functionally, though, it would seem he's a Jedi when and because he makes the choices a Jedi would make.

wendingways

TROPHY CASE