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Is Cody taller than Obi-Wan in TGW? Yes. Is Cody shorter than Obi-Wan in one of my other fics? Also yes.

Codywan’s height difference depends on my mood, the day of the week, and the Vibe™️—no I will not be taking criticism

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in my documence. straight up “writing it”. and by “it”, haha, let’s justr say. Words certainly

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I can’t even enjoy mindless bullshit on Pinterest, I was just looking at a tweet that said “best ship dynamic is person that commits atrocities and their apologist” and I went to the comments to make a comment about a ship (Sith!Obi-Wan and Cody, since I’ve been rereading I Got My Head Checked, if you must know) and one of the first comments I see is-

“Israel and Joe Biden”

-and I just…I can’t fucking stand this shit, this is a fucking joke tweet about fandom ships, is it really necessary to spread your antisemitic double standards and—frankly—your ignorance and dumbassery about politics into EVERY FUCKING SPACE???

I’m so fucking tired

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Currently thinking about rewriting How One Pissed Off, Half-Sane Medic Saved the Galaxy and then making it part of a series where I just write about my clone OCs doing the most random shit as a way to get past my writer's block and also work on something that's not as big a deal as TGW---but also do I really want another project on my plate? I say knowing damn well I have seven other projects after TGW, eight if you count the spin-off series I have planned for it

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Any other fic authors ever have those couple of sections that are holding up the rest of your fic? Right now there's literally just four chapters holding up the rest of 'maybe it's the past that's talking,' I literally have every other chapter done but because of those four fucking chapters I can't post the rest 😭 it's lowkey killing me

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Was just listening to a song and ngl now I’m kinda fucking around with Kanan/Rex as a ship or like Hera/Kanan/Rex with Hera and Rex being besties and just sharing Kanan

Something something in Rebels Kanan and Rex going from (one sided/kind of) enemies and then growing to respect and trust each other to eventually Rex painting HIS JAIG EYES on KANAN’S EYE COVERING-

Idk I’m just having brainworms about it, anyone else fucking with this ship or am I sailing it myself?

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Alright, this actually really helps and has given me some ideas for where to go! I think I was focusing too much on the anger, which kind of put me in a hard spot with his characterization, but I think rewriting what I have from the point of focusing on his fear instead will help redirect it into something more natural—which is the current problem with what I got.

Thanks so much for the help!!!

Writing Dooku pre-Sith Lord but after he already left the Order is so hard because like...he's got the right idea on some things but he's also very juvenile in how he wants to fix them, he still thinks of the Jedi as his family but he also thinks they're doing things wrong and that he "knows better" than them, he's fond of his master but he also kinda hates him because he views him as representative of "everything wrong with the Order" like...

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HE'S SUCH A FUCKING HYPOCRITE

I love his character and I want to try and give him a "good" ending- (one where his plans all fail, he faces consequences, and then Mace drop kicks him into being a better person) -but HOLY SHIT IS IT HARD SETTING THIS ALL UP

Writing for him is like constantly being like- "...okay, so I know he's a hypocrite, but is this so hypocritical that he'd probably notice he's being a hypocrite??? and see that he's in the wrong???" -while also knowing that hypocrites usually just ignore the obvious signs of their hypocrisy, but also IS HE AT THAT POINT YET??? IDK??? I DONT HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO WORK WITH FOR MY BASE, I DONT READ THE SW BOOKS AND I MOSTLY IGNORE LEGENDS OR CONSUME IT THROUGH FANDOM OSMOSIS

(so basically, help)

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I already kind-of have an idea of how I want Dooku's "redemption" to go---and, when I say "redemption" I'm using it in a very loose term, he essentially turns on Palpatine at the end of TCW for selfish reasons and then it's very heavily implied at the end that in the future Dooku chooses to be a better person and try to be a Jedi again- (or as close as he can get) -because he's beginning to realize that maybe he was wrong. There's no actual redemption, it's more like the beginnings of what could eventually be one---but by the end of TCW Dooku isn't quite there yet, so the actual redemption part might be either written in another fic down the line or left ambiguous and to the audience's imagination.

I guess it'd theoretically be more of a "realization arc" than a redemption one.

It's a very long one, since I plan on writing over the entirety of TCW, and it mainly focuses on him doubting Palpatine and his plans- (even if he still helps further them), having fleeting moments of doubting himself when it comes to certain decisions- (especially when they involve someone he is/was close to) -before doubling down, and eventually Obi-Wan leveraging the fondness he knows Dooku feels for him and his connection to Qui-Gon to get through to him.

Dooku, in canon, is shown to feel some kind of fondness for people like Obi-Wan, Yoda, Ventress, etc. even when he's actively making the decisions to hurt/kill them, so I'm mostly just taking that a bit further to push more doubt and therefore make it more believable that Dooku starts questioning things in the end. Obi-Wan essentially uses this fondness and his connection to Qui-Gon to convince Dooku to help the Order take out "Darth Sideous," and since Dooku was already planning on betraying Palpatine- (having realized that he was going to replace him with Anakin, which means...yknow, death) -it's an easy choice that he justifies to himself as "self-preservation" even though the decision is also partially made because he still cares about his family.

From there there's a shit ton of political jargon that gets everything settled with the war, I won't bother you with that, but in the end Mace basically tells Dooku- "it's never too late to change, to make better decisions and be a better person" -and then leaves it up to him on what he decides to do in the future which, as I said, is heavily implied to be the right thing.

What I'm struggling with right now is basically just his mentality in that limbo area wayyyyy before TCW between the time when he's already left the Order but before he's fully radicalized and goes full Sith lord---when Palpatine is influencing him and grooming him as his apprentice, but he's not quite there yet.

I'm trying to balance his values before they're corrupted, his disillusionment, and the more "Sith" ideas and Palpatine's corruption of him all together. A lot of it comes across as hypocritical, which I'm going for, but that has the downside of me basically having to figure out how far gone Dooku theoretically is by this point since there's a very thin line between believable hypocrisy and unbelievable cognitive dissonance.

That's more of the part I'm struggling with, since I don't really have any clear reference for what he's like during this period of his life. The best I have is TotJ, but I don't really trust Felony's depiction of Dooku in that since it's clear that he's deep in the anti-Jedi kool-aid and trying to make Dooku's actions seem justified---whereas I'm trying to make the point of "yeah, some of his grievances are understandable, but the point of the story is he's WRONG," which goes against that.

Writing Dooku pre-Sith Lord but after he already left the Order is so hard because like...he's got the right idea on some things but he's also very juvenile in how he wants to fix them, he still thinks of the Jedi as his family but he also thinks they're doing things wrong and that he "knows better" than them, he's fond of his master but he also kinda hates him because he views him as representative of "everything wrong with the Order" like...

BFRUDHJZLHFBHJLSAJHFDBASHLFS

HE'S SUCH A FUCKING HYPOCRITE

I love his character and I want to try and give him a "good" ending- (one where his plans all fail, he faces consequences, and then Mace drop kicks him into being a better person) -but HOLY SHIT IS IT HARD SETTING THIS ALL UP

Writing for him is like constantly being like- "...okay, so I know he's a hypocrite, but is this so hypocritical that he'd probably notice he's being a hypocrite??? and see that he's in the wrong???" -while also knowing that hypocrites usually just ignore the obvious signs of their hypocrisy, but also IS HE AT THAT POINT YET??? IDK??? I DONT HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO WORK WITH FOR MY BASE, I DONT READ THE SW BOOKS AND I MOSTLY IGNORE LEGENDS OR CONSUME IT THROUGH FANDOM OSMOSIS

(so basically, help)

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lmao there is a follow up series to TGW with a bunch of snippets and one of the fics is literally just Mace doing exactly that

Writing Dooku pre-Sith Lord but after he already left the Order is so hard because like...he's got the right idea on some things but he's also very juvenile in how he wants to fix them, he still thinks of the Jedi as his family but he also thinks they're doing things wrong and that he "knows better" than them, he's fond of his master but he also kinda hates him because he views him as representative of "everything wrong with the Order" like...

BFRUDHJZLHFBHJLSAJHFDBASHLFS

HE'S SUCH A FUCKING HYPOCRITE

I love his character and I want to try and give him a "good" ending- (one where his plans all fail, he faces consequences, and then Mace drop kicks him into being a better person) -but HOLY SHIT IS IT HARD SETTING THIS ALL UP

Writing for him is like constantly being like- "...okay, so I know he's a hypocrite, but is this so hypocritical that he'd probably notice he's being a hypocrite??? and see that he's in the wrong???" -while also knowing that hypocrites usually just ignore the obvious signs of their hypocrisy, but also IS HE AT THAT POINT YET??? IDK??? I DONT HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO WORK WITH FOR MY BASE, I DONT READ THE SW BOOKS AND I MOSTLY IGNORE LEGENDS OR CONSUME IT THROUGH FANDOM OSMOSIS

(so basically, help)

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Writing Dooku pre-Sith Lord but after he already left the Order is so hard because like...he's got the right idea on some things but he's also very juvenile in how he wants to fix them, he still thinks of the Jedi as his family but he also thinks they're doing things wrong and that he "knows better" than them, he's fond of his master but he also kinda hates him because he views him as representative of "everything wrong with the Order" like...

BFRUDHJZLHFBHJLSAJHFDBASHLFS

HE'S SUCH A FUCKING HYPOCRITE

I love his character and I want to try and give him a "good" ending- (one where his plans all fail, he faces consequences, and then Mace drop kicks him into being a better person) -but HOLY SHIT IS IT HARD SETTING THIS ALL UP

Writing for him is like constantly being like- "...okay, so I know he's a hypocrite, but is this so hypocritical that he'd probably notice he's being a hypocrite??? and see that he's in the wrong???" -while also knowing that hypocrites usually just ignore the obvious signs of their hypocrisy, but also IS HE AT THAT POINT YET??? IDK??? I DONT HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO WORK WITH FOR MY BASE, I DONT READ THE SW BOOKS AND I MOSTLY IGNORE LEGENDS OR CONSUME IT THROUGH FANDOM OSMOSIS

(so basically, help)

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Jedi Chanukah

An idea came to my mind

I've seen a number of posts which highlight parallels between the Jedi and Judaism, even beyond the more obvious

being that we are around the time of Chanukah, it got me thinking

as I understand the origins of Chanukah in its most basic sense, the Holiday came about from the Maccabean Revolt, where the Jewish rebels defeated the Seleucid Greek empire and kicked them out of Judea

what does this have to do with the Jedi?

well aside from the basic concept of Rebels defeated an empire, there is something else I have noticed

During the Seleucids occupation of Judea, they attempted to quash Judaism in the land, outlawing the faith and trying to enforce Hellenization by converting the Temple of Jerusalem into one for Zeus, while also having pigs be slaughtered for sacrifice there, all and all very petty and cruel attempts to hurt those of the Jewish faith

there are some interesting parallels to this in SW

Now obviously Emperor Palpatine and his Empire made the Jedi faith/culture illegal, murdering and persecuting the Jedi (with help from Jedi traitors Vader/the inquisitors, another parallel as the story goes there were Jews who collaborated with the Seleucids), but it doesn't stop there

in the disney eu canon, Palpatine takes a page right out of the Seleucid handbook in his defilement of the Jedi Temple, not only did his forces assault this sacred place and murder its inhabitants, Palpatine turned this temple-a place of faith, learning, and knowledge-and made it into his personal palace

revolting, and considering how the sith narcissistically see themselves as gods, it nicely lines up with how the Seleucids took the Jewish Temple and made it an alter to their gods, Palpatine made the Jedi Temple into a temple of his own self worship

now what has happened to Jedi temple after Palpatine's death and the empire's fall has not been revealed as of yet (here's hoping for the Rey Jedi Order movie), but I believe there is a chance to further mirror the story of Chanukah here

as the story goes, after the Seleucids were kicked out, the Maccabees went about with some house cleaning, liberating the Temple in Jerusalem, getting rid of all the greek god stuff and rededicating the Temple to its original purpose, and along the way experiencing a miracle which would birth a central part of Chanukah

What if we get something similar in SW with the Jedi? After Rise of Skywalker, Rey and her reestablished Jedi Order reclaim and return to the Jedi Temple of Coruscant, cleansing it of Palpatine's dark influence/stain and rededicating it to its purpose as the Jedi's home and center of learning

and maybe along the way a new tradition develops in the Jedi Order, a commemoration of their return to their ancient home

So in short

Lightsaber Menorah

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To add on to what you're saying, this is also something that's often taught in therapy- (like the majority of what the Jedi teach, because they are literally GALACTIC THERAPISTS) -that your mindset often affects your circumstances a lot more than you'd expect. Obviously outside factors like mental or physical illness, socioeconomic status, job satisfaction, social circumstances, etc. all have a bearing on your mental state and personal circumstances, but your mentality plays a pretty big role in that as well.

Basically it's like this: if you walk around all day thinking/saying shit like- "I'm so ugly, my life sucks, I hate myself, I want to die" -then you're going to feel like you're ugly, your life sucks, you hate yourself, and you want to die---even if you're just saying these things in a joking manner and don't really mean it in the moment.

And yes, self-love and happiness both take a lot more than just mindfulness to change, but if you instead think things like- "I look pretty today, I can make it through today, everything will be alright, I have things to live for" -then over time things will get easier and won't seem so bad, and that can help you do all the other things that'll help.

It goes along with the fact that the Jedi, more than anything, want their students to be happy and healthy---they want to give them the tools to live good and meaningful lives, and to make a difference in the lives of others. It's what the Jedi are all about!

(And, to add on to the Anakin salt, it's another thing he fails WILDLY at---he generally refuses to change his mindset in all things and, often due to the actions he takes because of his mindset, he ends up making those things true)

"Your focus determines your reality"

This quote, used in ep 5 of Skeleton Crew, but originally said by Qui-Gon in Phantom Menace has been getting a lot of attention lately and it seems that now is a good time to get into what it means before wrong ideas about it get dpread (specifically that it is something unique to Qui-Gon and that only he could have passed it to Jod, I'll get to that)

The first thing we need to address is that the quote makes use of fancy prose, as George Lucas is fond of for stuff regarding the Force, which has an unfortunate side effect of people misunderstanding the meaning (see the discourse around "do or do not there is no try")

What the means in the most literal terms is "what your life is like is affected by what's on your mind"

Is a lesson on mindfulness, what you think about influences how you perceive and go about life, for good or ill, if you keep your mind on something-a goal/task/etc-but temper that focus with mindfulness of the rest of the universe its fine, but when you single mindedly and doggedly focus on one thing (like say, visions of someone you love dying-ANAKIN!) and ignore all else, then it's a problem that a best brings you personal misery, and at worse brings suffering onto others

Pretty bog standard Jedi stuff, nothing particularly Qui-Gon about it (despite what fandom will have you believe Qui-Gon is not radically broken from the rest of the Jedi in philosophy, doctrine, or traditions, he just likes to do things his own way, and the Jedi do respect that)

Ironically, Jod does not practice what he preaches (more evidence that he's either long fallen from being a Jedi or never truly was one), as he is single mindedly focused on his pursuit of treasure to the point that he'll betray the kids and damage the rapport he's built with them when there really was no reason to

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Here's the cold, hard truth:

You all could have stopped a fascist from taking over the US and helped expand access to health care a month ago, but instead you chose to sit it out or actively help the fascist win because "Both Sides" or "Democrats are the real fascists" or you thought if you made things worse, hurt as many people as possible then The Revolution would happen, or you couldn't stomach voting for a woman of colour, or you thought prices were too high and somehow thought Republicans would help with that, or maybe you just couldn't be arsed to get your ass off your couch on election day.

You all could call a general strike now and shut the US economy down without firing a shot, and that would give you FAR more leverage for whatever you wanted than shooting the odd CEO. But you won't do that either because it would require boring organizing and inconvenience you, and it doesn't offer you that cathartic thrill of terrorism and murder.

Instead, you spam social media circle-jerking about how much you love a rich privileged white male Alt. Reich neppo-baby shooter, because it gives you the thrill of vicarious violence or it makes you feel like a Real Revolutionary without ever actually having to do any work or run any risks.

You are not the Revolution. You are the mob in the Coliseum, enjoying your Bread and Circuses, satisfied as long as you can watch and cheer while somebody dies.

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Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I write fanfic on company time!

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Yes, much appreciated <3

Someone hold a gun to my head until I finish mitptt, I need motivation and violence is the solution

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I have no fucking words right now

They’re literally selling swastika necklaces on TikTok 🙂

I don’t think I have to add anything to this, so yeah…if anyone ever says “antisemitism isn’t real/isn’t on the rise,” they’re literally selling swastikas, and this isn’t the only version selling either