#An Empire of War and Ruin

[sh3rox]

[crownspeaksblog]

Oh just korrasami holding hands <3

[eli-vanto-stan]

I think Dedra’s backstory of being raised in an Imperial kinder-block is fitting for her character, and I really love it because explains so much about her personality and dedication to the Empire, but what if her parents weren’t actually criminals? Or not violent ones at least?

We know the Empire, and we know that they’re not above deeming any form of dissent or criticism as “criminal,” and it’s not like the Empire is a government that provides due process to its citizens. How did Dedra really come to be in the care of the Empire? What story does the Empire tell these kids about their parents after their parents have been taken away, long before the children are able to have any meaningful recollection of it?

Maybe I’m overthinking and Dedra simply is a character that fits that trope of having parents who were criminals and so she took up a career dedicated to “justice” as a result (sort of like Javert in Les Mis), but my headcanon is that there’s something more insidious going one regarding the beliefs children in Imperial kinder-blocks are raised on about their past.

Because after the episode ended, I thought to myself, well at least the Empire did one thing right and took in children with no where else to go.

But then I realized how the Empire is not altruistic like that and most likely brainwashed those kids. The projection of Dedra’s career path alone is evidence of this. She grew up to be an ISB officer, and it would not be a coincidence for the Empire to have funneled orphans from Imperial care and schooling into Imperial careers. She’s ruthless and joined an organization that demands loyalty from every person under the Imperial regime and she has no problem with that because ever since she was three, she has had no other place to go and knows no home but one with the Empire. I’m not saying Dedra isn’t responsible for all the hurt and pain that’s she’s caused for her decisions, but I don’t think she was ever really given a choice in her fate either, and that’s equally tragic.

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Sometimes I think about Cal being an explorer/archaeologist for the Order if it had never fallen and I cry

[animatedjen]

Merrin | Jedi Survivor

[theladysilvermoon]

The Legend of Korra grahic novels + omnibus versions

[shellem15]

Haha yeah that would be so funny...

(Nervous laughter) ha ha ha... wait

...Oh, oh no.

*sideyes exu divergence*

*bursts out into mad cackling* Oh it's about to get SO BAD

[light-wrath-paradise]

Animorphs Book club book 8

My reaction can be summarised as this (yet again):

I don't have many thoughts because uh. That was depressing as hell and I need to stare at a wall.

But I DO gotta say that the subplot with the dead "wife" was so telenovela-esque that for a good minute it was more funny than depressing. Then it got depressing. But it was so jarring and so far out of the left field that for a good second my friend and I had to pause the audiobook and laugh because ????????? Unhinged to just appear, go "I am Eslin, I have a G U N. My secret wife was killed. By my boss. Now I yearn for sweet sweet revenge." and not elaborate. Like. Damn dude ok. Sorry about our wife also. Fucking killed me that he continued like "So anyway I reacted adequately by killing all of my boss' friends. Starvation style." Like ???? Jjhsgdjsdfghsjdfh what????? I mean damn I do respect the grind set but also that's such an absurd escalation out of context. Did your boss kill your wife? Kill all of his friends! And in context the most absurd part is probably the notion that Visser 3 has friends??????? Like??? Wait no Eslin. Eslin wait. I love your John Wick-esque "fridged wife" trope swag but you need to slow down. I need details. I need you to tell me HOW your boss even has friends.

In my heart I do not believe we will see that madman ever again but on god I do wish for an insane telenovela-esque sequence of him just showing up at the most random moment to do exactly one thing and that's to pull a gun on Visser 3. For no reason, I just think it would be kinda funny. Like,,,did your boss kill your wife?:

Kill all of his friends

Acquire a G U N

Attempt to make the local Andalite youth assassinate your boss for you

Pull the gun on your boss

???????

Profit (probably die)

Aside from that, I also need to say that the moment when Ax called Tobias his close friend at the end was so sweet. Also ngl kinda...concerning/harrowing how much Tobias really doesn't give a shit about not being a human. Like it doesn't seem so concerning from other points of view but the way Ax gets increasingly weirded out by Tobias not asking him about the nothlit (idk if I'm spelling that right rn) really reminds you that it IS kinda worrying. Like I get it, I mean...Tobias has no family that cares about him, he has no friends outside of the Animorphs friend group, why would he care? But it's still kinda...yeah.

Also unimaginably surprised by the amount of collective guilt present in the Andalite society. You'd think they're Catholic or something the way they keep beating themselves up and force everyone to also beat themselves up and their system itself is saturated with the guilt and shame and they teach it to kids at school from an early age. Like. Jesus Christ calm down. Stop that. As the Animorphs said at the end of the book - the Andalites made an oopsie once. It sucked, yes, it continues to have consequences that suck, yes, but it happens. Sometimes you think you're doing something kind and it turns into a disaster. That does not mean you should beat yourself up for it or, god forbid, tell other people that they should not be kind lest they make a mistake. Damn I guess we should all be cold assholes forever, huh? I'm sure that can't have any negative consequences.

Andalite society in general seems kinda unhinged. Like...do I get why it is like that? Yeah. But do I find it unhinged? Also yeah. Like ok duty and the collective being the most important things is totally sensible for a prey animal. Safety of the herd and all that. But it's still kinda unhinged that they do make everyone have duty as their number 1 priority and that they have rituals devoted to it. Not all rituals are spiritual or religious in nature, but the morning ritual is kinda...borderline religious in a way. More spiritual than religious, I suppose, but yeah.

Also I love Ax so much. 10/10 character. He has it all: an incredibly hilarious desire for cinnamon buns, the inability to act like a human being (same dude), spitting random facts at completely random times, a thirst for blood only a 13(?) years old could have, a dysfunctional obsession with duty and doing what is right that only a 13(?) years old could have (also lol yeah dude I was like that when I was 13 too. dw you'll grow out of it), he can even code. And he might even be bi (I'm joking but I' referring to the fact that he was like "Yeah so when I morph into a human form I suddenly agree that Rachel is beautiful and that Marco is cute.").

[spicysucculentz]

my sincerest reaction to clone wars style thrawn

[spacelesbiandisaster]

Barriss after Order 66 fighting for her life every single day:

Meanwhile in a farm Ahsoka is like:

"Damn, sure is hot today! I should take my new girlfriend to the city so we can grab some drinks and scape her annoying brother"

[illustratus]

Lieutenant Richemont shakes down an Albanian horseman during the Battle of Nicopolis in October 1798

by Felician Myrbach

[nando161mando]

[momo-shut-the-fuck-up]

Thank u for the replies i have remembered that we already established this is an alternate timeline. Memory issues go brr

Despite the founder sayin its an alternate timeline, im still gonna try to find connections to the miralands we know, cuz it just feels right. Like, yes, alternate timeline, but roughly what year? Are we in the "new era" equivalent or before that? Its an alternate timeline, so when did it "split"? That's what i wanna figure out and maybe i can even see why some places became what they are that d be fun

Like, cicia still exist. Its no longer got a "design school" its an art academy, ( they still. Do design though. Whatever) but it s still Named cicia. Does it have a theatre? Idk. I wanna know why they decided to rename every other city and country but kept cicia. Maybe just cuz they felt like it lol but anyway thats my ramble done i cant wait to comb this game properly

[cummodus]

Noooo Commodus playing with his sword in front of the senate is the funniest thing in the world.

"Have you ever embraced someone dying of plague, sire?"

"No, but if you interrupt me again I assure you that you shall."

"Senator my brother is very tired."

EMBARRASSING

"Leave your list with me, Caesar shall do all that Rome requires."

The twins needed a responsible sister too

"Who are they to lecture me?"

Oh my gods he's so ridiculous

[unhealthy-obessions]

For the past month or so, I have been reading. Like a fuck ton of reading. What exactly was I reading? The Rina-Kent Universe. Yes, my book taste has escalated severely, probs not in a good way.

Idk, I had an itch for a possessive book bf and I found a lot in Rina’s books. A few of them (Sebestian, Kingsley, Jonathan) were annoying. A few of them were concerning (Aiden, Cole, Killian, Creighton, Adrian, Jeremy, Sebestian again). A few of them I downright loved and I ignore each and every fault (Kiril, Levi, Aiden bcs I’m insane, Cole, Asher, Killian (as someone who doesn’t eat well, him making her lunches gives him a special place in my heart) Landon, Eli).

I can’t even defend myself. I just wanted dark shit and that’s exactly what I got. 10/10, I had so much fun during it all and I can’t even remember half of the couples!!!

[freakinator]

still so funny to me how attached wemmbu became to wemmpire cause like i get it but also it wasnt his own idea, wasnt made out of his own resources, he didnt build it, and most of the ppl he got on either never logged on the server before (and some not even after lol) or had other allegiances before him