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After much reading on Reddit I am now convinced that 90% of the issues with the finale not making sense and 15 regenerating earlier are on Disney and other production issues…not necessarily RTD (except for Belinda’s character assassination…I’m certain he could have ended her story differently)

It seems not renewing for season 3 in a reasonable timeframe and possibly not accommodating Millie left both her and Ncuti wanting to exit earlier than planned.

This comment particularly and the discussion after it really made sense to me: https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/s/NXnicxgtGD

Ruby being Desiderium just makes so much sense and someone pointed out the lucky 7 thing would still work because Ruby is the 7th birthstone and Sunday the 7th day.

Idk…now I’m just mad at Disney for ruining yet another beloved sci-fi franchise 🥲

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Guys you know how 15 said he didn’t want to do this alone? Which i know was actually said toward Joy…but what if the Tardis hearing that grabbed on to Rose and pulled her (from where she’s been…reality did shift after all) in a weird sort of bi-generation for the new Doctor to have as a companion?

I am aware this sounds far fetched but did you see the finale? 🫠 I think anything is possible

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The Sound of Music (1965) dir. Robert Wise

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“I’m not on tiktok anyway so this does not affect me” no???? it’s not just about tiktok or whether or not you like the app??? it’s about them being able to censor and control what they want and what they don’t want people to see. it’s about them being able to keep people uneducated for the sake of their personal gain and benefits.

(it’s also about small businesses who relied on tiktok to gain customers / income.)

that being said, if the only thing you care about is the platforms you’re on, sorry to break it to you, but if they can ban tiktok, they can go after any other platforms too.

they can go after tumblr, archive of our own, instagram, youtube, facebook, etc, you name it.

it actually does affect you.

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not my usual stuff but remember:

if/when tiktok comes back,

it is not the same place. it is not the same. and most importantly do NOT under any circumstances forget that The Tangerine was the one who wanted it banned in the first place and he is no savior, he, like everyone else in government, is doing what benefits him.

DO NOT FORGET THIS.

pick up the patterns, look at history.

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luke learns what a difference water makes to sand

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The last main goal [kanan + ezra] is still locked [where are my rebels fans 🥲] but I decided to put up the first stretch goal anyway.

Baylan and Shin were such a surprise in the Ahsoka series. They are such a compelling duo and I hope we can get more of them in any form of media soon…I’m hoping for a back story 🤞

24 days left on kickstarter and I’ve added preorders to my etsy shop as well.

I’ve got 2 more sets and freebies I want to reveal soon so let’s do this!

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We are live!

I started kind of simple for now with just these 3 sets…but I’m hoping we can get them all unlocked pretty quickly. (The first stretch goal after these is Baylan and Shin 👀 design revealed soon)

Add ons and freebie mini pins to be revealed soon as well.

Star Wars is my one true love and I’m super excited at the idea of making this merch. Any shares are appreciated!

Kickstarter

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I won't lie...it took me a while to warm up to Rebels, but now Kanan and Ezra have one of my favorite relationships in all of Star Wars.

This quote in particular gets me everytime because it sums up how Kanan just gets it and lets go of his attachment and in turn, Ezra does not let him down.

I just love them so much 😭

Prelaunch page for the kickstarter is live now and you can follow to be notified when it launches on 5/14!

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My favorite space twins are up next!

Still salty about not really seeing Luke train Leia too much in the sequels...but there's always the EU.

Prelaunch page for the kickstarter is live now and you can follow to be notified when it launches on 5/14!

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Do you like Star Wars? Specifically the weird family dynamics between master + padawan?

Then this may be the kickstarter for you!

I've been designing a collection of pin pairs based on teacher + student duos...and of course I had to start with the duo that inspired it all, Anakin and Ashoka.

[I literally started this whole collection because of that line of dialogue cause it broke my heart 🥲]

It's launching on 5/14 and I'll be posting the prelaunch link and more previews soon so stay tuned!

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HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

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Vader stepping on Obi-Wan’s cloak after he dies in ANH is so much more hilarious now in retrospect because he literally had to check to be sure he was actually gone. Because every time he thought he killed Obi-Wan, even burying him under a bunch of rocks, he still came back.

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Kenobi: Skywalker’s Only Hope

Let’s talk about Anakin’s final “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope” as seen (as I will argue) in the final episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Part VI) [spoiler warning!]

During their final duel of Kenobi (Pt VI), Obi-Wan is able to (literally) crack Vader’s facade. Behind the helmet, he sees Anakin. He calls his name, too stunned to do anything else.

Vader looks at him and tells him that “Anakin is gone.”

Yet as Obi-Wan cries and apologizes to Anakin, we see the facade crack more as we catch a glimpse of Anakin, tortured emotions across his face.

Vader then says something very surprising. He says “I am not your failure, Obi-Wan. You didn’t kill Anakin Skywalker. I did.”

This is significant for two reasons. 1) it’s a callback to Mustafar (“I have failed you, Anakin, I have failed you”) and 2) this is also, arguably, a sliver of Anakin here — whether it’s a desperate move by the suppressed Anakin to assuage Obi-Wan’s guilt or is simply (Anakin’s) self-loathing and self-hatred, which are also canonically emotions that fueled Vader, is up to you.

The brief raw emotional vulnerability quickly fades, however, and Vader is back to threatening Obi-Wan, who finally comes to the conclusion that Anakin is well and truly gone, and decides to leave him, turning his back on him as he had done on Mustafar.

But the thing is, Vader can’t keep going on without Kenobi. The passion he has for Kenobi- whatever nature that may be- fuels Vader’s power. As Obi-Wan walks away, Vader cries out to him, calling his name twice.

The fact that he calls Obi-Wan’s name twice is really important, because I argue that this is coded as Anakin’s ‘distress signal.’ In “Twilight of the Apprentice” (from SW Rebels s2), Anakin also calls out to Ahsoka after his helmet has been slashed by her. “Ahsoka…. Ahsoka,” he says, initiating the outreach. She responds by whispering his name back in return (twice), further showing the importance of the double use of the name.

Which is why it’s a really big deal (!!) that when Obi-Wan finally tells Vader he’s given up/finally believes Anakin is well and truly gone, Vader initiates the contact and cries out to him. Twice.

This was Anakin’s last attempt to communicate his ‘distress signal’ to Obi-Wan, to tell him that Anakin needed his help. Anakin knew that he would never escape Vader if even Obi-Wan came to believe that Anakin was gone. Anakin cried out to him, knowing that Obi-Wan was his only hope.

Reading the text this way makes Vader’s final scene all the more tragic. In talking to Palpatine, Vader reinforces his desire to chase Kenobi. “He will not evade me again,” he says. (He’s my only hope, I cannot let him evade me again). Like a moth drawn to flame, Vader (or really Anakin inside of Vader) needs his Master. He cannot give up the flicker of hope that Obi-Wan presents.

That is until Palpatine yanks on his leash, reminding Vader of his dependency on him. He calls him out for his feelings over Obi-Wan weakening him, then vaguely hints that if Vader cannot overcome his past, then there would be no further use for him, and Palpatine would destroy him.

This is the final nail in the coffin. Vader sinks back into his chair. Defeated. “I serve only you, my Master,” he says, and we hear the Imperial March swell in the background.

Vader has resigned himself to his fate. Anakin slips away inside of him, not to reemerge until Return of the Jedi ten years later with the aid of his son. Until then, we see an increasingly cold, detached Vader, one that truly lost all hope when Kenobi called him “Darth” and accepted that Anakin was gone. If Kenobi had lost all hope, so did Anakin.

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i wonder how much of anakin’s sense of betrayal toward obi-wan, his utter hate and resentment of him, is based on how if their roles were reversed anakin would stop at NOTHING to get obi-wan back. he will slaughter thousands to save his loved ones, he’s still trying to find a way to get padme back years later, but he stands there and tells obi-wan “anakin skywalker is dead” and obi-wan just… believes him. and walks away.

to anakin that level of non-attachment, that acceptance of reality, is unfathomable. they loved each other, they love each other, so they must continue to act out their feelings as they always have— obi-wan by trying desperately to help or reach anakin, and anakin by refusing him, by hunting him, torturing him, hating him because he loves him so.

when vader tells luke “obi-wan once thought as you do,” there is a profound grief behind those words. obi-wan thought he could reach me, but he gave up because he stopped loving me, because i made him stop. anakin could’t understand until the very end that obi-wan loved him, loved him always— but that in this life, the only way obi-wan had left to love anakin was to let him go.