The Dead Padawan Society Archive
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| Archive | |
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| Name: | The Dead Padawan Society Archive |
| Date(s): | 2001-2008 (?) |
| Archivist: | Ravenswing (?) |
| Founder: | Concept by Smittywing and Dee |
| Type: | Deathfic |
| Fandom: | Star Wars TPM |
| URL: | http://www.ravenswing.com/DPS/ (Wayback link) |
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The Dead Padawan Society Archive is Star Wars TPM archive.
Well, read the title (and see the front page graphic), why don't you? This archive contains *only* stories where at least one padawan pass into the force (or maybe not necessarily into the force, but one has to die or be in the process of dying anyway) by the end of the fic. It's very impressive, really, how the archive covers so many possible ways of killing off Jedi apprentices. ::cackles:: I didn't exactly cry for any of them, but some did manage to touch me at a deep level (read: they disturbed me. a lot. very much). Ones such as Aeshna's "Small Sacrifices" (One of my favorites. I was ready to go kill the author by the end of the fic, even), Clarence's "Problem Solved" (I could never look at the Agri-Corp the same again), Glass Houses' "The Ceremony" (which I actually read first on her site, and wasn't prepared for the character death until after I started reading. Nevertheless, it was good), Kristi's "Worthy" (there should be a law against cruel authors, don't you think?), and Mystique's "Coruscant Gothic" (whose creepiness disturbed the hell out of me when I first read it. Now whenever I read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," I was reminded of it. Not that I mind very much, since the fic is now one of my favorites).[1]– T.O.T.O.
Feeling morose, but not quite suicidal? Then head over to The Dead Padawan Society. It's TPM AU fic, but not the kind you're used to. As the name indicates, every story contains a dead or dying Jedi apprentice, and they pretty much cover the whole spectrum of padawan perishing possibilities. My personal favorite was a heartbreaking Obi-Wan/Anakin tale that stayed with me for days after I read it: Small Sacrifices by [sic] Smitty [Aeshna]. Other beautifully bizarre favorites: Problem Solved by Clarence (what really happens in the Agri-Corp), Coruscant Gothic by Mystique (creepy, creepy, creepy), An Affirming Flame by Mac (another heart-breaker, this time Q/O), and Worthy by Kristi (who is simply an evil bitch). Even if death isn't your thing, go by the main page and check out the kick-ass (and highly amusing) graphics.[2]
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References
- ^ "chiaroscuro v6 – T.O.T.O. (The Obi-Wan Torture Oasis)". 2005-03-31. Archived from the original on 2013-06-20.
- ^ Cori Lannam. Cori Lannam's Mild-Mannered Recommendations Page - 2001 Recs, 05 January 2001. (Accessed 08 April 2016)