queerer than we can suppose

I figured out this morning that I can't ship Cassian with anyone who doesn't (a) call him on his dysfunctional shit and (b) have every right to do so.

Which, among pairings that anybody actually writes, comes down to Jyn, Bodhi, K, and Mando. (I can't see him being anything but FWoccasionalB with Cara, for much the same reasons as I can't really see it for Din. Girl's got no time for even very well-managed and valid manpain.)

I really wish Cassian/Melshi would take off, though.

Exchange Rate, Cassian/Jyn, T
Like much of her life, it's unfair.

Worst Case Scenario, Bodhi & K-2SO, G
There's a time and a place.

Promotion Bonus, Cassian/DJ, T
Cassian’s shot up since their last meeting.

No Child Left Behind, Rex & Cassian, G
Rex is pretty sure kids need education.

It finally occurred to me the other night -

So the very first time we see Cassian, he shoots a man in the back. It's shocking, and brutal, and a betrayal, and that act and the few seconds that follow tell us everything about him in one efficient gut punch: he will do a thing like that, he will not hesitate, and he'll hate himself for it even as he's running for his life.​

At the end of the movie, Cassian shoots a man in the back. Only this time it is absolutely justifiable, and the shock is a shock of relief, because by that murder he's given Jyn the last tiny edge she needs to accomplish their mission, to save everything; he's kept faith with her and with all the dead below.

He's still who he was at the beginning - still ruthless and driven and not interested in playing fair - but everything has changed. He's going to die in the next five minutes but his integrity is intact and - even more importantly - he won't be alone.

and if you don't think that's the neatest character arc get out of my face

1. This exists now if anyone wants to make my day!

2. I did another OT3 drabble:

Priorities (100 words) by Guinevak
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso/Bodhi Rook
Characters: Bodhi Rook, Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor
Additional Tags: Drabble, Polyamory, Threesome - F/M/M, POV Bodhi Rook, the only person here who has a clue how intimacy works, guys pls, does he have to do everything around here?
Summary:

They’re too good a team.

3. I'm trying to psych myself up to Be A Responsible Adult, but it's heavy sledding.

I have posted a few Rogue One ficlets:

Efficient Use of Space (291 words)
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso/Bodhi Rook
Characters: Bodhi Rook, Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso
Additional Tags: the rest of the gang's around somewhere, Pre-Relationship, Everybody Lives, Sharing a Bed, Sharing Body Heat, Bodhi's desperate crush on two fundamentally unromantic people, Fluff
Summary:

It's warmer with three.

Short Range Transmissions (700 words): Drabble prompt fills for May 2019.
Rating: General Audiences, one Teen and Up
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bodhi/Jyn, Bodhi/Cassian/Jyn, Cassian & K-2, Jyn & Bodhi, Cassian & Rex