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Rules: If you'd like your own questions, let me know in the comments! I'll ask the first five commenters five questions each. Answer them in your own journal, offer to give the first five commenters their own sets of questions, and let the cycle continue! (Meme originally from [personal profile] ursula.)

Questions from [personal profile] independence1776:

1. How do you not get annoyed by the fetch quests in SWTOR?

I'm sorry to say I don't have an answer to this one! I do get annoyed by the fetch quests.

Like many people, I got into gaming during Covid lockdowns, and I don't think I would put as much time into SWTOR if I started now as I did starting spring 2020. If I weren't already invested, the fetch quests might put me off, too. At this point, I'm playing each story expansion on my main as it comes out, but I don't see myself playing through any of the class stories again or anything; I look back at my past self, who completed all eight class stories and played through the consular storyline five times, and I really don't know how I did it. Escapism was a powerful motivator that year.

If nothing else, mindless fetch quests give you time to think about fic ideas?

2. Favorite Jedi who isn't Tionne?

…Indy, you know me too well.

After a lot of going back and forth, I'm picking Kam Solusar! I love Kam's perspective as someone who was a child in the old Order, was forcibly turned to the Dark Side and spent decades as Palpatine's enforcer, and is now trying to be a Jedi again, learning from Luke – who was never a member of the old Order – at the same time as they work to rebuild the Order. Kam seems to be an eternal background character, despite his incredible potential, and I sometimes wonder if Star Wars fandom would look a little different if behind-the-scenes drama at Dark Horse hadn't scuttled the planned Kam-centric graphic novel.

I'll confess that one of my ambitious, probably never going to happen fic ideas is to write my own version of the Lightsider novel, fleshing out Kam's backstory leading up to his official introduction in Dark Empire II.

3. Why did you decide to go to law school?

Until the summer before my senior year of undergrad, I planned to go into academia; I was a Classics major and Medieval Studies minor, primarily researching medieval Latin literature. But I realized that although academic research is worthy and important, I wanted to spend my life helping people in a more concrete way, and I thought law school would give me the tools to do that.

It's also worth noting that I do have quite a few lawyers in my family, and I'm not sure I'd have thought of going into law if I hadn't been exposed to the profession that way. That's not to say that there was any familial pressure to go to law school; just that I had a good idea of what both law school and (some areas of) legal practice were like, and could be confident I was decently well-suited to the profession.

4. Assuming all colors are available, what color would your lightsaber be?

Green! Not that color always corresponds to calling, but I'm 100% a consular at heart.

5. Favorite place in your hometown?

I was lucky enough to grow up on a beautiful part of the California coast, and my hometown has some magnificent beaches. No good for swimming – unless you brought a wetsuit! – but marvelous places for walking, wading, watching the seals and otters, and tidepooling.
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Well, help me pick her surname, anyway.

The OC in question is my SWTOR trooper, Ruta:

Ruta
Pronouns
she/her
Species
Nautolan
Occupation
Major, Republic Special Forces
Bio
Raised in a large, close-knit Nautolan family on Deralia, Ruta enlisted in the Republic Army as soon as she came of age. After two years in the infantry, Ruta's courage and skill drew the attention of her superiors when she played a pivotal role in defending a vital supply convoy from Mandalorian raiders; her actions earned her both a medal and a place in Special Forces training, where she swiftly excelled.

Ruta is fiercely loyal to the ideals of the Republic. Work in SpecForce is often grim, but there are some lines she will never cross: Victory over the Empire would be meaningless if the Republic became just as despotic in the process.

Trivia
Like all Nautolans, Ruta is as comfortable underwater as on land, and her favorite off-duty pastime is swimming. She is also an enthusiastic dejarik player.

copied from my oc reference post here. template adapted from code by isopods.


The names I've been considering are Ruta Filumen and Ruta Abnik. Each is a little bit punny:

Filumen gestures at three different etymologies, two Latin and one Greek:
– Latin flumen, meaning "river" (since, you know, she's a Nautolan);
– Greek φιλομένα (philomena), meaning "beloved";
– and Latin filia luminis, meaning "daughter of light."

(As a side note, the philomena/filia luminis pun also shows up in the strange history of St. Philomena, who...well, it's not that she wasn't a real person. We can be pretty confident that (a) there was an early Christian named Philomena, who may have been martyred, and (b) the bones identified as St. Philomena's bones belonged to an early Christian, who also may have been martyred, so at least one real person is involved. Whether the bones in fact belonged to a person named Philomena, and whether Philomena, and/or the owner of the bones, was in fact martyred, is the subject of heated debate. Also, a Neapolitan nun in 1833 claimed Philomena came to her in a vision and told her details about her life, which is where the iffy "filia luminis" etymology for "Filumena" comes in; make of that what you will.)

Abnik is more straightforward: It's a pun on the Latvian abinieks, which means "amphibian." (Again...Nautolan.)

Anyway, I can't decide, so I figured I'd outsource it to you all!

Poll #27908 Name My OC!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8


What should Ruta's surname be?

View Answers

Filumen
4 (50.0%)

Abnik
3 (37.5%)

Both of those are bad, not gonna lie.
0 (0.0%)

I have an even BETTER idea and will tell you in the comments!
0 (0.0%)

Oooh, ticky box!
1 (12.5%)



And I'd love to hear why in the comments!

ETA: [personal profile] independence1776 has pointed out that the poll is a lie and these are not ticky boxes! My apologies to the ticky box lovers among you. The last option should be interpreted as "No opinion, but I love answering polls."

Quiz Time!

Oct. 1st, 2022 11:26 pm
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Just took this quiz: Which SWTOR class are you? by [tumblr.com profile] darthsassacre.

I was very pleased to get Jedi Consular, which is my favorite game class for both the storyline and the gameplay mechanics! (My favorite spec is Telekinetics Sage – I like ranged DPS, and lining up a big "burst" of damage is very satisfying.)
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Amid the chaos of starting the new semester, here are six(ish) sentences from the same SWTOR fic I've posted bits of before:
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For Six Sentence Sunday, six (very rough) sentences from the same SWTOR WIP I posted an excerpt from in September: Read more... )
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Irrinath
Pronouns
she/her
Species
Zabrak
Occupation
Jedi Master
Bio
Master Irrinath is the Jedi Order's preeminent expert in psychic shielding. Initially trained more in diplomacy and philosophy than in combat, Irrinath might have followed in the footsteps of her master, the renowned Jedi archaeologist Yuon Par, if war against the Sith Empire had not set her on a different path; instead, she has spent much of her adult life on battlefields across the galaxy. She was appointed to the Jedi Council following the Battle of Corellia.

The Jedi Order has been Irrinath's home since she was four years old, and she strives to live out the Jedi ethos of service at all times. In whatever situation she finds herself, she believes the Force led her there so she could help.

Trivia
Irrinath's facial tattoos are a traditional Zabrak design meaning "reaching upward into light." The scar on her face came from a fight with a former Jedi who had fallen under the control of a malevolent Sith spirit. She could have avoided the injury by killing him, but she chose not to, and she was ultimately able to save him. She refused treatments to make it less noticeable; like many Zabraks, she chose her tattoos to represent the kind of person she wants to be, and she considers the scar an addition to her tattoos – a reminder of the importance of compassion.

Irrinath's right hand is a prosthetic; she lost the original in the Battle of Corellia.





Ruta Abnik
Pronouns
she/her
Species
Nautolan
Occupation
Major, Republic Special Forces
Bio
Raised in a large, close-knit Nautolan family on Deralia, Ruta enlisted in the Republic Army as soon as she came of age. After two years in the infantry, Ruta's courage and skill drew the attention of her superiors when she played a pivotal role in defending a vital supply convoy from Mandalorian raiders; her actions earned her both a medal and a place in Special Forces training, where she swiftly excelled.

Ruta is fiercely loyal to the ideals of the Republic. Work in SpecForce is often grim, but there are some lines she will never cross: Victory over the Empire would be meaningless if the Republic became just as despotic in the process.

Trivia
Like all Nautolans, Ruta is as comfortable underwater as on land, and her favorite off-duty pastime is swimming. She is also an enthusiastic dejarik player.



template adapted from code by [community profile] isopods; art by [tumblr.com profile] david-deactivated69420

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For Six Sentence Sunday, here are (approximately) six sentences from one of my SWTOR WIPs:
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SWTOR came out with a new story update on Wednesday! I have a few thoughts, both about the update itself and about how it fits with previous expansions.

(Okay, apparently I have a lot of thoughts.)

Spoilers below the cut, especially for "Echoes of Oblivion" and "Knights of the Eternal Throne."
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