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jedi-enthusiast · 11 days ago

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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)

#now back to writing #this seriously helped a lot #I think I’m gonna have his fear be of those he cares about being hurt #which encapsulates the Jedi and Qui-Gon and Obi-wan #etc.#which disillusions him from the Senate #then he’s disillusioned from the Council bc he views their decisions/actions as perpetuating the harm the rest of the Order faces #which then turns into him thinking he has to “save the Jedi from themselves #(kinda like how soft anti-jedis like the idea of someone reforming the order and *fixing* it)#and i already have the catalyst that pushes him just far enough to make him slide into the dark #it also ties into the fear of people close to him getting hurt #and since this catalyst ultimately leads to him killing someone THAT is why he can’t really go to anyone about it #…except palpatine (who was basically encouraging that exact thing)#and then a decade later he’s basically become the exact thing he was so scared of #but now all he really cares about is power so what does he care if the people he loved get hurt in the process?#(but he DOES care even though he tries SO HARD not to)#(and now i have another point that makes his turning at the end more believable)#and ooooooh #i’m loving this #the brainworms are brainworming

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