Geode from the Star Wars series is a Maoist!
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Am reading the High Republic and you mean to tell me that this rock FUCKS!?!??!!?!?
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Leox Gyasi
This man is not just my favorite character from the High Republic series but also one of my favorite characters in Star Wars in general. I feel like he's not talked about enough due to him being in the High Republic and not many people giving those books and comic a chance, unfortunately :(
Leox is one of the few confirmed asexual characters in Star Wars, and it fits with his personality and character so perfectly. He acts as if he has already figured out how the galaxy works and will tell you his knowledge if you'll listen. The man is also very compassionate, taking Affie Hollow under his wing to become a pilot of her own and later becoming their own little family alongside Geode. Also, I think it is SO CUTE that he gave Affie a nickname like "Little Bit"!
All in all I love this man and I hope they use him more in the upcoming High Republic phase 3 books. I also hope more people will read the High Republic books and comics because they are such a fun read, and I NEED more people talking about him.
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My favourite kind of High Republic hater is the ones that use Geode to try and prove their point.
Cause of you'd read the books you'd see he's actually quite an interesting character.
But anyway I suspect they're just mad because he has more game than any of them.
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Does Dooku have a first name, or did in Legends? The Rupalp’s Podrace podcast has this running joke where they say it’s Craig. So I sometimes tag posts “Craig Dooku”.
How much does Legends Dooku seep into your fics?
Oh, fun question! I'd seen that tag and wondered. That's great. :D
No first name in Legends - which lead to the famous fanon "Yan Dooku" which started popping up in fics when the films were coming out. In current canon, I think Dooku is supposed to be his first name, and "House Serenno" is his family name, with the planet (re?)named for his family after they threw the ancient Sith out back in the day. So he'd be Dooku of House Serenno, or Dooku Serenno, which I actually love. Secret heir vibes with him just going by his first name when his last name would immediately give away his connection to a family that hated him and threw him out.
As for Legends Dooku and my fics - I write Sith-Era Dooku strongly influenced by Legends. His portrayal in Yoda: Dark Rendezvous is likely why I'm a Dooku fan: I like the mix of wry elegance, deadliness, and a pit of needy instability. It's a heady brew.
By contrast, Legends Jedi Dooku gave me a tummy ache. Current Canon Jedi-Era Dooku is actually WHY I started writing fic again after a billion years away. I feel like it gave me a lot of permission to write Jedi Dooku the way I'd always wanted to, working backward from how he ends up, instead of this cardboard cutout evil guy with a couple Dracula references thrown in that we see in Legends. I never understood why the Council, people who he didn't even get along with, would vouch for him so hard in AotC if he was this cold, unpleasant caricature of a person.
I'm not saying the current canon doesn't have any flaws, but they let Jedi Dooku be brave, funny, emotional (fucking SO EMOTIONAL), a great teacher, parental, warm, awkward, embarrassing, and genuine. He has moments of incredible valor and ability; he also makes mistakes and sometimes just totally wipes out with them. He's stern and reserved, but he also surrounds himself with loving, funny extroverts.
Anyway, as a person who mainly writes fic with Dooku in that Jedi era, it was great characterization to me and I draw on it heavily. That's a guy I want to take on an adventure, you know?
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