Hi, you may or may not know me. I go by Tyramir, and I’m an author. Mostly I write fanfic, but I have also published a book at some point. (Yes, that was a subtle plug – don’t feel obligated to click the links, they’re there to justify to myself why I’m doing this so I can say this wasn’t 100% altruistic because I’m a crusty old troll)
So, recently, Tumblr has made something of an announcement regarding what kind of content they will and will not host in the future. And you know what, that’s okay. It’s their site. They can do what they want. Just like I’m free to say, “Hey, @staff, go fuck yourselves with some sandpaper, you masochistic fucks.”
Ah, that felt good. You know what else feels good? Moving to Pillowfort. I’m in no way associated with them, beyond that I am now a user. I just bought a key. More than one, actually. I bought a whackload of them. I am not rich. See: author. Very poor profession if you’re not ultra-successful. However, what I am is angry, and disappointed with the direction this site is taking.
This site is home for the marginalised, for the outcasts, for the misfits. It’s also the home for a lot of fellow artists, like myself. Ones that might not have a little extra cash in their wallets. So, as a Christmas gift (and as a way of sharing that link up above advertising my book, see self, you’re not totally altruistic), I’m making this offer.
Reblog and like this post. You don’t have to follow me. You don’t have to buy my book. You don’t have to tell anyone it exists. You don’t even have to click that link. Just like and reblog. Anyone who likes it will get one entry for drawing for a key. Anyone who reblogs it will get one. Anyone who does both will get two. And on December 17th, the Day of Ignominy, I will draw ten names, and I will gift ten keys. I’ll even wear a Willy Wonka hat while I do. You won’t be able to see it, but the spirit will be there.
If you want to get the word out, but don’t want to get an entry (say you already have a Pillowfort account), just reblog and tag the post with “no entry,” or some variation thereof. I’ll exclude you from the draw, but thank you (in my mind, I’m not gonna actually thank people, but that requires effort, yo) for helping others learn about this opportunity.
TL;DR: Bald author wants to use very little cash he has to give people Pillowfort accounts. Just like and reblog for entries.Also, I hope you are feasted upon by a swarm of angry weasels, @staff.
Scum and Villainy is an in-world reference book (which means that the narrator is deliberately written as biased, as the author has explicitly confirmed, as well as is evidenced in many places in the book itself, with things we know aren’t true, like Palpatine’s genial facade, etc.) but the date stamps are accurate information. Some of the ones we already knew (using the BBY / ABY - Before the Battle of Yavin / After the Battle of Yavin system, which sets A New Hope as Year 0) are:
- Attack of the Clones takes place in 22 BBY (Padme’s assassination attempt) - Nack Movers died in 21 BBY - Rogue One takes place in 0 BBY - A New Hope takes place in 0 BBY / ABY (destruction of the Death Star, Leia’s arrest warrant), the film was also released in 1977 in our world - Empire Strikes Back takes place in 3 ABY (Han Solo frozen in carbonite)
Now compare these to the dates we have for some of these (mostly) known events: - 7955.422.1 is Padme’s assassination attempt (22 BBY) - 7956.101.2 is Nack Movers’ death from TCW s02e11 Lightsaber Lost - 7656.103.1 is when Boba Fett was first imprisoned by the Judiciary from TCW s02e22 Lethal Trackdown (21 ABY) - 7956.123.2 is the Moogan tea from TCW s03e05 Corruption on Mandalore - 7956.901.3 is “Rako Hardeen’s” arrest from TCW s04e15-s04e18 (20 BBY) - 7957.203.3 is the Jedi Temple bombing from TCW s05e17 (19 BBY) - 7973.121.0 is the date on Ketsu Onyo’s bounty hunter profile (4 BBY) - 7976.994.5 is Jyn Erso’s arrest warrant, which was set before Rogue One (1 BBY) - 7977.331.3 is Leia’s arrest warrant which happened after the events of ANH (0 BBY / 0 ABY) - 7977.934.1 is Aphra’s wanted file (0 BBY / 0 ABY) - 7980.421.2 is Han being sealed in carbonite, which happened during ESB (3 ABY) - 8009.332.1 is a patrol of New Republic guards (32 ABY)
This book is written during the New Republic, which was after the dissolution of using the Empire’s calendar system. There’s a page from Rebel Files (also via the wonderful glompcat!) that mentions it, along with Leia’s annoyance at having to deal with it:
This was from a meeting to organize the Rebellion, dated 14 AFE - 17 AFE (5 BBY - 8 BBY), her note saying, “In addition to wiping away the Republic, the Emperor reset the dating system to the time before the formation of the Empire and the time after it’s formation–yet another display of his absolute control. –Leia”.
Once the New Republic came into power, they seem to have gone back to the C.R.C method, which dates back to some event nearly 8,000 years ago, likely the formation of the original Republic?
As for what C.R.C. stands for, I don’t believe we have any information on that yet, but R is probably Republic and at least one of them is Calendar. Perhaps Centralized Republic Calendar or Common Republic Calendar? It’s also not yet known how the second and third sections work out–since they seem to be based on 999 before the year ticks over? Though, the ABY / BBY years (which correspond to the CRC years, ie the year is the same length of time) seem to be based on one year our time, so perhaps the second number (which likely refers to days) is based on half-days instead of full days?
Regardless, WE HAVE THE BASIC STRUCTURE FOR A CALENDAR FOR STAR WARS IN UNIVERSE! (Thanks once again to glompcat and their tremendous work in taking pics and graciously allowing me to collate it and write up a post about it and their fantastic observations about all of this!)
I’m….gonna stick with the one that actually has explanations attached to that dating system, as in, WHAT DO THE NUMBERS REPRESENT, GUYS, THAT IS IMPORTANT–
