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Published: 2015-05-27 04:39:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1668; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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Description 5-15-15--5-17-15
Book: B.o.K

I surprised myself by cranking this one out from out of the blue. 0__0 Just goes to show what insanity finals week brings upon us all. 

As odd as this sounds, I wish we got to see Cody (or really any of the clones) really break down and all-out sob like this. Also, I wanted to contrast Rex's reaction to clones dying with what I imagined Cody to do. I especially focused on displaying how alone the commander is a lot of the time. "Just him and the dead guys." as Daniel says in B.o.K. There's something so human about a guy without his shoes on too. I mean, we get to see Rex without a shirt so Cody without his shoes feels like Cody naked. And then there's the fact that we've all had days like this where we just sit down an bawl our eyes out because the world is just so tough sometimes.  

Cody's expression is something I felt was necessary for a reaction to Umbara. Not because the fighting was bad (lol, if you've been following along the stories you know Cody's seen way worse >;] ), but because his guys got killed by Rex's men....and his guys probably killed some of Rex's men...and that Krell had to turn out like he did and kill more guys....I've always seen Cody as the really sensitive guy too (fits perfectly in with the background I'm sure he has). He knows death too well.  

Lots of detail that isn't very easy to spot since the image was so small. :l Here's the close ups>>nimbus2224.deviantart.com/art/…


(c) Commander Cody was created by George Lucas. I created this art piece and the book B.o.K. Do not use without permission.
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gdpr-20773443 [2020-04-27 18:27:47 +0000 UTC]

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nimbus2224 In reply to gdpr-20773443 [2020-06-12 02:05:24 +0000 UTC]

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gdpr-20773443 In reply to nimbus2224 [2020-06-12 08:39:11 +0000 UTC]

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nimbus2224 In reply to gdpr-20773443 [2020-07-12 03:32:50 +0000 UTC]

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ZuluJ [2015-06-17 13:54:58 +0000 UTC]

awwww poor cody! i love the emotion in this piece its so well done and the detail is amazing!!

i agree i really wish we got to see more of the clone's reactions and them having a bit of a break down like this. like ik we got to see rex cry a little and he sorta did but i really wish we got to see them in an even more "human" state. tbh just thinking about those episodes makes me choke up a bit cuz some of my favorite clones get killed i just wish i could reach out and give cody a big ol' hug or have rex welk in and let him cry on his shoulder... yeah that'd be really sweet of him

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nimbus2224 In reply to ZuluJ [2015-09-02 03:57:22 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you so much!! Agreed (take those socks off, Captain!)! Even just them talking around a meal like in the Deserter or something organic like that. I've always felt that the clones were our eyes to the world of Star Wars. They're like us in that we're both like children to that universe: barely understanding everything and in complete awe of most things. Oh my gosh, Rex walking in and hugging Cody would be so perfect. More than ever right then, those clones needed each other to cry on. Kriff Sidious and the war for separating them more and more and keeping them too busy. :c Thanks so much for the great comment!

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Krande [2015-06-06 12:23:00 +0000 UTC]

You know what he feels like? Vulnerable. Not the one who needs a hug, a lot more like one who needs a war to end, like, yesterday. (Thus, the real tragedy is, he did get that peace eventually - at what cost!)

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nimbus2224 In reply to Krande [2015-06-09 03:37:12 +0000 UTC]

(and this is why I wish I could favorite comments! ) You are SO RIGHT! I wish I could tell you what I've written (and will hopefully publish...a probably over-hopeful dream) of his time after Order 66 and such. That final peace, that resolution we want good people, even just decent people, to have in the end will always be somewhat bittersweet for me: I feel that so much pain and life-time wasted away at war loosing people and himself....can a person ever truly come back from that? You ask a good and deep question. I thank you! Pat yourself on the back for such great thinking! 

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Krande In reply to nimbus2224 [2015-06-09 07:45:30 +0000 UTC]

I pat YOU on the back for the same thing. And thank you!

*shyly points at a shameless fix-fic here: archiveofourown.org/works/4086… *

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nimbus2224 In reply to Krande [2015-06-13 03:40:11 +0000 UTC]

0w0 Aw, that was so sweet! (read the whole thing twice because it was so cute and gave me such nostalgia ) I feel like this is the ending that we wanted for our clones. Will you be writing more? I would love to keep reading! I like your perspectives.

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Krande In reply to nimbus2224 [2015-06-13 05:43:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

No, I don't plan to continue this one, but I have fics on the same AO3 account you might like. If you do so, please drop a few words of feedback!

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nimbus2224 In reply to Krande [2015-09-06 22:19:47 +0000 UTC]

Will do. Such great, hopeful pieces you make.

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xXNike-KovadrinXx [2015-05-30 01:51:00 +0000 UTC]

*flails* Thanks for the emotions... CODY BABY... NO. NO TEARS.

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nimbus2224 In reply to xXNike-KovadrinXx [2015-06-05 03:50:39 +0000 UTC]

Yes, if I look too long at the crease his mouth makes or where his eyes should be behind his hand (and listen again to the song that kinda inspired this piece) I kinda get sniffly.... Sometimes I kick myself for putting Cody through even the smallest pains when I know what crap he's been and will go through. It's like, "Cody, I know, but you gotta do this. You gotta see this..because..because..." ... ;____; .........*begins flailing with you*  

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melanc0ffee [2015-05-28 02:24:35 +0000 UTC]

And there goes my heart. Oh god, that's so sad. I think Cody really needs a hug right now. 

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nimbus2224 In reply to melanc0ffee [2015-06-05 03:52:58 +0000 UTC]

Ugh, I'm sorry for that. I sometimes feel like I am measuring the amount of happy times against those really sucky ones like this. Like, "Ok, so if Asajj puts lots of holes in him this next part has to equal that much out in happiness..." *hugs the world*

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melanc0ffee In reply to nimbus2224 [2015-06-05 03:56:45 +0000 UTC]

Nah, it's alright. I keep getting ideas for sad things happening to my characters; I rarely have ideas for happy moments. The world definitely deserves that hug.  

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nimbus2224 In reply to melanc0ffee [2015-09-03 03:20:00 +0000 UTC]

WORLD HUG!

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