Have you heard (Star Wars story)

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Title: have you heard
Author(s): peradi
Date(s): 2016
Length: 42166
Genre: Slash, Poly
Fandom: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
External Links: Ao3 Link
"image of Stormtrooper helmet that is dissolving into dust, text reads have you heard peradi"
Cover art by Amiril (2016)

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have you heard is a Star Wars sequel trilogy fanfiction written by peradi. The fic paired Finn/Poe but focused more on how revolution spread through the ranks of the Stormtroopers following FN-2187's defection. Originally posted as a oneshot the author added additional chapters, due to popular demand. In later chapters, the pairing of Finn/Poe/Rey appeared.


"I heard FN-2187 was a Stormtrooper."
Finn sparks a revolution.


This work was inspired by Tomorrow (there'll be more of us) by dimircharmer, which in turn was inspired by LullabyKnell's The Story of Finn.

Reactions and Reviews

There is this fic called have you heard by peradi on AO3. It was published TODAY and there are close to 900 kudos on it. It focuses on how Finn is the start of the revolution.[1]

In honor of the new Star Wars trailer released this week, I went hunting for a good StormPilot fic, and I was not disappointed when I found this piece. The first fic in a 53k word series, this narrative flows so well and tells the tragic story of the rebellious Stormtrooper–a nameless entity wearing a white suit who may or may not have hopes of freedom. I teared up AND got chills as I read this very unique take on the Resistance and the psyche of the Stormtrooper. The StormPilot is secondary–more established relationship than anything–so if you’re looking for smut, this isn’t the fic for that. Still, it’s an enjoyable and engaging read that has me excited to read the next 2 pieces in this series.[2]

have you heard by peradi, which I have to rec even though you definitely already know it, because STORMTROOPER REVOLUTION and STORYTELLING and COMPLICATED POLITICAL TENSIONS and GODDAMN PHASMA. And also Ben, who makes the exact wrong choice in the exact right way, and made my heart hurt so good. And FINN, who isn’t sure when he became Jesus, exactly, but he’s willing to roll with it if it helps. [3]

A Star Wars NOVEL about finn unintentionally starting a stormtrooper revolution, and it manages to be far more compelling than the actual canon. I’m not kidding. Can we fund this movie??[4]

There are fanfics that warm your heart, there are fanfics that make you cry, and there are fanfics that give you goddamn chills because they’re just so powerful. peradi’s have you heard falls into the third category; as soon as I finished reading it I knew I had to tell other people about it as soon as I could.[5]

I like the build of this, the way the troopers figure it out and put everything together. It’s delightful.[6]

THE DEFINITIVE MASS STORMTROOPER LIBERATION FIC.[7]

(Written post-TFA, not compliant with TLJ or ROS.) This is a truly tremendous story, about hope and humanity and choices. I cry like a baby every time I read it. It's stylistically unusual, but I adore it.[8]

It wasn't intended to be a fix-it when it was first posted (sometime after The Force Awakens), but I like to pretend that this fic's events happened in canon and TLJ and ROS were just fever dreams.[9]

this story left me speechless by how incredible it is. A reimagining of the culture of storm troopers and while it’s not political there is SO MUCH going on in terms of propaganda, rumor milling, and the character of war.[10]

What up guys in honor of the new star war it's time for me to reread the best piece of fan fiction ever created ever in the whole universe, Have You Heard by peradi (@swearydroid) and ya'll should go read it as well. This has been a psa.[11]

This is what fanfiction excels at—the opportunity to write something too stylised for traditional publishing. I love the cadence of this, and it’s also the kind of soft revolution that appeals to me. The different iterations of the fairy tale woven through it live in my brain rent free.[12]

Further Reading

References

  1. ^ glamaphonic's tumblr blog gets an anon rec, the day after chapter one was posted.
  2. ^ The Collective: Fanfic Wednesday
  3. ^ Vaguepositivity's Star Wars Recs posted on Wordpress, Feb 2016
  4. ^ "July 1, 2018 Tweet". Archived from the original on 2022-12-25.
  5. ^ "Fanfiction Fridays: have you heard by peradi". Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 38 (help)
  6. ^ "Feb 14, 2016 Tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2022-12-25.
  7. ^ "The Star Wars fanfic reclist". Archived from the original on 2022-12-25.
  8. ^ https://archive.vn/3ghLI. Archived from the original on 2022-12-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "Comment on [Fanfic] Recommended Fanfiction posted to forum.rpg.net, Jul 26, 2020" ignored (help)
  9. ^ "Comment on Any good Star Wars fix-it fics? posted to r/FanFiction, Feb 13, 2020". {{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Unknown parameter |archviedate= ignored (help)
  10. ^ "Messy's Fic Recs". Archived from the original on 2022-12-26.
  11. ^ Dec 18, 2018 Tumblr post
  12. ^ "Non-TMA fic recs". Archived from the original on 2022-12-26.