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You know I wonder how many people know of tumblr from those YouTube shorts/reels/TikTok’s that’s just some dude reading off a funny post, but have never been on the website itself? Some of these videos have the millions of views. And I bet the daily average users of tumblr is less than a million. Actually wouldn’t be shocked if it’s less than 500k

The point is Tumblr still has so much more of an effect on the internet then people will ever give it credit for and that’s fascinating

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“We asked for a chance to defeat the Sith, and we failed."

This is what Kanan tells Ezra when Ezra asks why Yoda sent them to Malachor, and it haunts me. They asked for a chance, and Yoda gives them one, and they fail. And after that, as far as I can tell? Yoda writes them off. Yoda never appears to them after Malachor; Obi-Wan, when Ezra turns up on Tatooine, tells him "You're in the wrong place," refuses to help the Rebellion, and sends him home. All Yoda and Obi-Wan's eggs are in one basket, and that basket is labeled "Luke." Kanan and Ezra are on their own.

It would be so easy for them to give up. They're not the chosen ones; they failed their test. Who could blame them?

But they don't. Kanan works through his depression, Ezra comes back from the dark, and they keep fighting. It doesn't matter that they'll never defeat the Sith. It doesn't matter that the battles they fight are insignificant on the galaxy-wide scale, that no one really cares about Lothal except them and their friends. It doesn't matter that the structure of the Star Wars franchise means they'll never even be a footnote to history; by A New Hope, no one will remember them.

What matters is that the fight is worth fighting, so they're going to give it all they have.

This is why I love Rebels, and all the other bits of Star Wars sandwiched between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. We have lots of stories, as a culture, about people who vanquish evil; we don't have nearly as many that valorize people who fight battles they can't win. We watch these shows and play these games knowing that the protagonists won't defeat Vader or the Empire, knowing they're living in the wrong place and the wrong time, and we learn to care anyway. We learn that even impossible fights are worth fighting, that every skirmish matters even when they're not what wins the war.

We need more media like that. Because most of us are never going to be the ones who strike the final blow (if a final blow even exists) against climate change, or bigotry, or whatever battle we're fighting. And it is so easy to give up hope, and so important to remember that the struggle matters, even when you fail.

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I had a rough day. Bartender, one glass of the characters kissing, please

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This has been a PSA.

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the percabeth to rayllum pipeline is real

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Dave Filoni seeing a well written and beloved romance in Star Wars:

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Eragon: Call me an elf one more time.

Roran, whispering: He's an angry elf.

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1.1 MILLION?! That’s awesome! I—

NEXT BOOK?! Christopher, when I catch you, Christopher

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So are we gonna talk about how Rayla doesn’t seem to be a part of this council meeting, or -

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Throckmorton

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Wrecker: Ugh I’m bored!

Crosshair: Same. There’s nothing to do.

Wrecker: …

Crosshair: …

Wrecker: Wanna go bother Hunter?

Crosshair, pulling a kazoo out of nowhere: I thought you’d never ask.

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More screencaps!

Claudia looks badass

Who this dude? Disguised Aaravos?

My lady, Lujanne?!

Lujanne down!!!

The kids are fighting.

Battle Couple Rayllum!

Akiyu?! And Runaan’s bow blade? I have questions.

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He protec his future father in law… and the old Tidebound weirdo

Thanks @malik-the-night-angel for pointing Runaan out to me!

The real question… does Runaan still have a shirt?

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Can confirm, this is Aaravos’ human disguise from the season 7 episode 1 panel!!