#WHERE IS MY BELOVED KALLUS

[itsavicf]

This is how mine's going... No more commentary.

Made a bingo for Ahsoka with some of my predictions/hopes/what I think might happen. Anyone is welcome to play along!

[brujaporfavor]

Um, where's Kallus? My Rebels OTP better be alright. They were supposed to open a coffee shop together on the hidden Lasat world and live happily ever after. Does this mean... that's we'll also get Kallus?

[bikananjarrus]

rebelcaptain week

day 6: mission

rating: t

word count: 845

note: i have not written for these two in literal years, but i was possessed by the spirit of one jyn erso and wrote this in one sitting at work earlier this week. and i think it turned out all right!

dedicated to all my beloved rebelcaptain mutuals 💜

(i will put this on ao3 at some point, but for now it’s just here)

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“Mm, stay,” Jyn mumbled, half-asleep but quickly becoming more alert. Her hand caught Cassian’s wrist. It stopped him, but she didn’t pull hard enough to tug him back into bed like she wanted to. Because, despite her protests, she knew he had to go.

He twisted his hand to grasp her wrist back, thumb stroking along her forearm. He bent down and pressed a lingering kiss to her temple. “I want to,” he said, the syllables dragging a bit in a way that she knew he meant it. “But I have to go. Draven will have my ass if I’m late for deployment.”

“Screw Draven,” she grumbled. “I’ll kick his ass for making you leave this bed.”

Cassian chuckled, the sound still a little sleep-rough.

“Just five more minutes. Stay?”

What she really wanted to say was don’t leave. Don’t leave me.

This thing between them was still so new. Despite everything that had transpired 6, nearly 7, months ago getting the Death Star plans—this, this intimacy between them, was barely a month old. They’d both needed time to recover after Scarif. And Jyn needed extra time to realize that maybe, finally, she’d found somewhere safe. Somewhere where she could stay, where she was wanted. And not just by Cassian. But by Bodhi, by Chirrut and Baze, by other rebels on base.

On top of that, just after she’d dragged Cassian into her bunk for the first time a month ago, he’d been sent out on a Fulcrum mission. It hadn’t been a long one—five days max was the timeline. But on day two they’d lost contact with him, and Jyn had spent the remaining days sick to her stomach with worry.

She’d lashed out at Bodhi (and then promptly apologized when his brow furrowed in that way it did when he was upset). She’d nearly strangled Agent Kallus in the middle of his, well—brief briefing about Cassian’s mission, that ended with, “I can’t tell you more than that, Erso. It’s above your clearance level.”

Fucking clearance levels.

It’s what was keeping her from going on this mission with him now.

He’d returned from that last mission right on time, safe and sound. But this new mission would have him away for at least two weeks, maybe four. Maybe six. It was one of those where they wouldn’t really know how deep he would have to go until he got there. Wherever there was going to be.

Her clearance level prevented her from knowing that information too.

Like he knew all this swirling around in her head, Cassian relented, perching on the edge of the bed. He still had his hand clasped around hers.

“I’ll be careful, I promise.”

Not I’ll come back. Not I’ll be safe.

They both knew those promises weren’t guaranteed. But promising caution—so that, hopefully, he would come back to her—that was something he could do. Something that brought them both comfort.

Jyn nodded against the pillow. Then, shifting into a sitting position (she was awake now anyway, the worry spiking in her gut making her restless enough she wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep). She let go of his hand long enough to reach for the chain around her neck.

“At least,” she said, pulling the kyber necklace over her head, “take this. I know you really shouldn’t, but…”

Cassian hesitated. She didn’t take offense—what had he just said about being careful? Anything—even something as seemingly trivial as a necklace—could tie him back to the Rebellion. And his dedication to the cause, to doing his job right, was just as strong as his attachment to her.

But she won out.

His palm opened and she poured the necklace into it.

She didn’t have Chirrut’s, or a true Jedi’s, level of belief in the Force. But she believed in it enough, believed in her mother’s promise, that she knew (hoped, rather; and what was stronger than hope?) that the kyber would keep him safe.

Cassian put the necklace on, touching the stone once where it rested just below his clavicle.

Glancing up at her in the dim of their quarters, he smiled softly. “Thank you.”

He couldn’t promise he’d return—that was the life they’d chosen.

But Jyn risked saying anyway, “I’m expecting you to bring that back to me.”

His smile grew. He leaned in and kissed her. His fingers brushing her jaw, Jyn sank into him, the kiss slow, lingering.

“Your five minutes are up,” he murmured as he pulled back, a wicked grin slanting across his face.

Jyn couldn’t help her own smile, even as she rolled her eyes. She gave his shoulder a light shove. “Okay, fine, fine. Go. Before I march down to ops and tell Draven you’re not going because I said so.”

With a fond laugh, he got up, grabbed his pack, and walked out without turning back. Jyn watched him go, long after the door had whooshed shut behind him.

Next time, she vowed. Next time she would be right there beside him.

[stars-n-spice]

Thoughts on s3 ep 13!

fucking hell ya'll,, we're almost at the end of this and I simply can't believe it and don't want to believe it simply because I don't want it to end and I don't see how the fuck they're going to tie up all the loose ends in just the next two episodes.

This time around I recorded my reactions to it and it was a lot of yelling and making really weird noises,, but uh, y'know the drill!

Incoherent screaming (this time for real) and spoilers under the cut!

Click here for the audio recording of my initial reaction

WAAAAAH I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE OMEGA IN PRISON UNIFORMS AGAIN!!!

i forgot they had that baby up in there,, omg

FUCKIN' WAAGHHh why didn't omega try to like access that hatch thing at night?? wouldn't that have been less risky??

this episode stressed me the fuck out,, I have a headache rn holy fuck

EMERIE I'M ON MY HANDS AND KNEES PLEASE DO SOMETHING

wait how the fuck are they going to get that baby through the chute thingy??

Eva is so precious :( I love her so much

Omega has been in there for like probably a day or something and is already making plans to escape, I love her so much

"That's okay, I like a challenge" AAAAA WRECKER WOULD BE SO PROUD!!

Question: why the fuck do they keep taking samples if they know her blood is compatible??

PHEE COME BACK D:

I better see more of Phee somewhere, anywhere, please, I love her so much your honor

ALSDKF;A I FUCKING FORGOT ABOUT RAMPART LMAOOO

Echo!!!! FUCKING HELL!!!! ECHO <3!!!!!

I missed Echo so much,, this episode really just showed that they couldn't have him in it because he would've gotten things done like five episodes ago because he's just that good

Them keeping Rampart is so funny to me idk

He was such a throw away character to me in the other seasons so I this is so hilarious to me, what a silly, pathetic man I need to see him get chewed up by a space animal or something idk

after all this time it was strange to see Crosshair in the background of things but he was still shoving Rampart around and I loved it

I SWEAR TO GO IF I SEE. Y'ALL THIRSTING FOR RAMPART!!! THAT MAN BOMBED KAMINO Y'ALL BEST REMEMBER WHO THE REAL ENEMY IS!!!

Rampart is basically Walmart Kallus

I swear to god, Hunter is getting shorter

Also looks like Crosshair is filling out :( He's finally getting to eat now :((

THEIR ARMOR ALL BLACKENED OUT??? WHAT A LOOK!!

Crosshair's helmet ESPECIALLY, it looks super cool

RAHHHHHH THAT SUPER LONG SHOT OF HUNTER LOOKING AT HIS BLACKENED OUT HELMET AGGUUGGHHHHH

Felt like I was watching an episode of Rebels due to how they were infiltrating the place

How the FUCK did nobody like,, notice?? insane. imperials are so fucking stupid I love that so much.

"Oh I don't think so" FUCKING AAAAA WOW THAT WAS HOT ECHO I LOVE YOU

WHEN WRECKER WAS JUST CHILLING ON HIS PHONE???? STOP. I'M ALREADY IN LOVE WITH THIS MAN!!!! FUCKING RAAGHHHHH

"Where is your captain?" - "Uh, captaining?" WRECKER MI VIDA!!!!

I've said it 100 times and I'll keep fucking saying it,, everything Wrecker does in this season is pure just,, everything he does is amazing, I love him so much, even in the background, him simply breathing?? Iconic. He better stay breathing.

WHEN HE WAS WEARING THE HAT OF THE GUY HE KNOCKED OUT?!?!? MARRY ME.

I know Rampart is stressed out of his mind LMAO bro is getting out of this with gray hair

"It's the only chance we have of finding Omega and freeing those clone prisoners" WHHHATTTTT HUNTER FINALLY THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING OTHER THAN OMEGA??? NO FUCKING WAY!!!

THE WAY CROSSHAIR WENT "he can't go alone" AFTER ECHO VOLUNTEERED TO SNEAK ABOARD THE SCIENCE VESSEL AAAAHHH i'm going to be sick,,

Crosshair and Echo dynamic my beloved

ECHO SLAY

OH MY BELOVED ARC TROOPER!!!!!!

last stretch of the episode had me so fucking stressed

i'm not ready for the next ones

"Negative" and all the Hunter girlies fell to their fucking knees

that was HOT

and stressful as FUCK

losing my mind

Music was insane, omg loved it

WAAAAAAAAAH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST THE END

AND FUCKING NOT A SIGN OF TECH???? WHAT THE FUCK

THAT'S NOT FAIR THAT THIS SHOW GETS ONLY 3 SEASONS AND FOR MOST OF IT CROSSHAIR, ECHO, AND TECH ARE BARELY IN IT!!! LIKE WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THAT TECH IS ABSENT THE WHOLE FUCKING THIRD SEASON ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?????

makes me fucking sick

they need to give us a whole ass season of all of them together being happy on Pabu I swear to god

this episode made me fucking sick ugh

everything sucks man oh my god

[brujaporfavor]

Okay, yes. I too want Kallus and with this absolute gem thrown at us with no warning (Zeb, my beloved) they are gonna torture us with it. I'm so hoping Zeb is gonna be in a tight spot at some point and his boyfriend husband lifemate friend (👀) is gonna show up and save his ass. It's gonna be beautiful and we're gonna eat it up.

me after seeing live action Zeb

[x-reader-things]

hello! cant tell if you’re still taking requests or not, so if it’s no then i apologize. if you are could i request ezra bridger x platonic!reader? an imagine in which the reader is apart of the ghost crew and is friends with ezra, they’re always by each other’s sides and have a sibling-like dynamic, sorry if it’s not specific enough. thank you! i hope you have a great day!

Hello!

Lord I am so sorry I’m just getting to these requests very late - kinda forcing some stuff out so that I can just feel more productive and everything, so if it’s not exactly what you want, I apologize - seriously.

When I first started this acc it was literally right before my senior year of highschool and then that year hit, so yknow-

Anyways, onto the request!!

“Is karabast like - a curse word or something?”

Platonic! Ezra Bridger x reader

Summary ; In which you and Ezra have a debate on the entomology of karabast. Kind of. And who gets involved in this debate? A very annoyed Lasat.

Requested? ; Yes

Warnings ; none, besides a bit of cursing.

Word count ; 1.1 k

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You and Ezra have been best friends since the moment you guys met on the Ghost.

You joined a little after he did, securing your spot as the beloved Specter-7 of the ghost after a lovely run in with some imperial storm troopers.

One of which was Kallus, who was in the middle of detaining you in the market place when Ezra and Kanan were the ones out for a supply run on Lothal.

Kallus annoyed the crap out of you.

And Kanan and Ezra.

One thing led to another, and you kinda latched onto the pair.

They were funny.

Ezra was your age, you both got along well. Clicked together, almost immediately. And Kanan was one of the few adults you actually felt comfortable around immediately. One you could trust.

So you kinda, maybe, followed and tracked them down without a trace back to the Ghost and snuck on.

Well, Kanan knew of course.

Decided to test Ezra to see if he could sense you following them.

Ezra, still new to the whole force thing, did not. He felt like he was being watched, sure, but he always felt like that. It was a normal feeling that dulled out with the rest of the hyper vigilance he had grown accustomed to. He’d been dealing with it since he was seven years old, after all.

It was nothing new.

Soon enough, when you got onto the Ghost, Kanan asked you, without turning around, if the walk was nice.

Ezra turned around and you swore he almost jumped two feet in the air in surprise.

“What the - how did you—? When—?”

“I’ve been following you guys since you helped me in the market place. Thought you needed some extra stuff so I decided to come here.”

Blatant lie.

Kanan could tell.

Ezra couldn’t. But he would soon be able to, since you had no where else to go, and Hera figured they could use an extra hand on the ship since repairs were becoming more and more frequent and needed. Luckily you knew how to repair ships.

Your father had built ships and imperial machinery for a living before he left you on Lothal.

And one thing led to another.

You were family now.

Especially to Ezra.

It’s been a couple years since then. A lot of stuff happened; Ezra got scarred in more ways than one, as did the rest of you, Kanan was blinded, you were pretty sure Kanan and Hera had a thing going on (but no one said a thing - everyone knew, but that wasn’t a primary focus), Ezra almost went to the dark side, and his hair was cut.

Big change.

You still hated it.

Kind of.

But, it was after lightsaber practice with Kanan - this time to help Kanan hone more of his skills as a blind Jedi master as opposed to Ezra needing it (although Kanan said Ezra could always learn something new too) - and you and Ezra were just laying on a couple of large crates.

Hidden away on Chopper base, to escape from the bustling noise and busy people and missions and just—

Everything.

You stubbed your toe on the way there.

Ezra laughed at your reaction, a quick shout of “Karabast!” being hissed through your teeth as your foot hit a rock.

A stupid rock.

He kept laughing on the way there.

You shoved his shoulder.

“Hey!” He grumbled, still smirking at you. “That was mean.”

You just shrugged. “Thats nice—“

He nudged his shoulder against yours. You grumbled under your breath.

So - once again, there you two were.

Laying on the crates, lost in thought.

“Is Karabast like - a curse word or something?” You broke the silence first.

“I think so.”, Ezra said, putting a hand behind his head. “I don’t know. Never really asked. I just copied off of Zeb.”

“And I copied off of you.”

Ezra lightly snickered at that.

“I bet you it’s probably the most horrendous thing translated into Basic that no one knows.” You said.

“Yeah you might be right. But i dunno, it might not be one.”

You scoff. “Yes it is. You hear how Zeb says it all the time?? Definitely a curse word like shit or fuck.”

“What if it isn’t though? What if it’s some kind of fruit from Lasan or something—“

Now you know Ezra’s just saying this to egg you on.

“I doubt it.”

“Oh do you? Wanna bet on it?”

You squint at Ezra. “Terms and conditions.”

“Loser gets to do the others chores on the ghost for a week.”

“And the winner?”

“Gets Kanan’s stash of snacks in the top left cupboard in the kitchen on the Ghost.”

“And what do we do to win this bet?”

“Whichever one guesses the meaning behind the word Karabast correctly after asking Zeb what it means wins.”

You hum in thought. “You asking for a race to see who’s the first to get to Zeb too?“

Ezra shrugs, smile growing on his face.

A race.

You guys haven’t raced in a couple years.

That’ll be fun.

“Usual rules?”, he asks. You answer.

“No head starts, no using weapons, no shoving or tripping the other, and no - under any circumstances unless if it’s an emergency - use of the Force to win the race.”

Ezra holds his free hand out to you. “It’s a deal then.”

You shake his hand, and the both of you get up from the crates, get ready with a couple shakes of limbs in anticipation, and dash off through the base.

Both of your shouts for Zeb - and snide comments against one another for being too slow, saying “hey, I always win these”, among various other things - reach the already irritated Lasat’s ears a couple minutes before he even saw you guys.

You took a couple short cuts, and got to Zeb first before Ezra did, which caused the taller boy to groan in protest.

You both bickered a little about who won, until Zeb couldn’t take it anymore and asked in a gruff, annoyed voice-

“What do you two bolts-for-brains want from me?”

You both opened your mouths to speak, but before Ezra said anything you pinched his ear and pulled him down a little, which made the boy shout your name in protest, and seethe in pain. Hurriedly, you continued.

“Zeb, what does Karabast mean?”

He paused, and looked at the both of you.

After letting go of Ezra’s reddening ear, said padawan rubbed at it with one hand, but stood back up to full height, looking at Zeb expectantly for an answer.

As were you, right next to him.

The expectant look on both of your guy’s faces mirrored the other. It was almost uncanny.

Karabast, you two were so much like siblings he forgets you guys aren’t related in the slightest.

Zeb pinched the bridge of his nose, sliding his hand down his furred, exhausted face.

“Oh for fucks sake—“

[ahsoka-its-all-of-us]

Ngl the Bad Batch season finale still has me emotionally wrecked but I’ll attempt to focus on the new Mandalorian episode now

Episode 5 screaming time

Okay Gorian Shard looks like Swamp Thing and a Lasat had a child and I’m not sure what to do with that

I do kinda dig him. Not as a person, but his puppet. Very good

I’m liking Greef Karga here

Ohhhhh love the score when we see the New Republic base

ZEB

ZEB OH MY GOD

I’M FUCKING SCREECHING

IT’S HIM IT’S ACTUALLY FUCKING HIM

AND THEY DID HIM JUSTICE

Now where’s his husband ;-;

Okay I’m still wrecked about TBB but this does lift my spirits

What is that chick’s game here?

Lol ofc the New Republic would be just as useless as the former Republic used to be

I’m literally not even following the plot anymore I’m just internally screaming about Zeb

This makes me so hopeful for Kallus appearing oh my god

I need the space husbands so badly

God I love X-wings

Yo Paz stay the fuck away from Grogu he’s an angel who’s done nothing wrong

OH

OH PAZ I LOVE YOU AGAIN

Military action my beloved ;-;

Why are pirates always of the same few species?

Fuck jet-packing Mandalorians are sexy 😳💦

YES ARMOURER YOU GO GIRL

I love the Mandalorians

Ngl I am mildly starting to ship Bo and the Armourer

WHAT

THE HELMET REMOVAL WHAT

And not even give us a kiss gdi

Okay but are Moff Gideon and Thrawn working together? Is that what’s going on?

“It’s a fragment of beskar alloy” yeah because didn’t Moff Gideon pay Din with that? The man would have more? Why immediately jump to Mandalorians when after their massacre they can hardly be the only ones with beskar in the galaxy?

So yeah this was a pretty awesome episode but my brain can focus on only one thing

Which is the big purple space pussy

I am CRYING I hadn’t expected him to just show up like that!!!

SHOW US HIS HUSBAND FILONI

SHOW US THE GAYS

Also this does kinda work with my hc that they didn’t fully settle on Lira San but stayed in the fight and I am so ridiculously happy about that ;-;

Or well, Zeb stayed in the fight. I can see Kallus bowing out as soon as it becomes clear that the New Republic is just the same bureaucratic clogging as the former one. He's had enough of that type of shit. Feral thing I love him 🖤

Yo today’s episodes have been a RIDE damn

[seth-shitposts]

264 my beloved for the writer's game 🙏

[Pologies for the wait-]

Let's see..... something I haven't blabbered about to you yet-

I'm currently working on the third chapter to post soon.

I'm trying to use the third chapter to solidify 264’s character. Showcase his range. He's a unique droid, though his recollection doesn't stretch further back than when the empire originally recommissioned him. He ranges from being deeply empathetic to almost concerningly destructive. He himself is still figuring out the boundaries of his own 'mis'programming. Kallus encourages him to explore that, where the empire previously controlled him to stay in the strict lines of their programming.

Here's a [n unrelated] snippet:

He tries to instead focus on evaluating Kallus’s abilities that he's recorded so far. As well as try and plan out details for their next mission.

However, it doesn't take long for his statics and calculations to wander from the program and right back to the recordings he has saved to a secure file of Kallus. All of his imperative records are backed to a storage and data bank that he asked the fulcrum agent to program into his software. Any footprints to it are erased, effectively isolating the files, securing them.

When 264 doesn't gave a task to occupy his attention one way or another, he frequently finds himself drifting back to Kallus’s file. More than anything, he loves collecting and organizing data. And not a single binary digit of Kallus’s notes has been purged. Not even the ones that seemingly have no real significance. Beloved records and simulated possibilities, each of them.

I'll be back later with more of something. Whether it's to actually drop the 3rd chapter of Ro264 or give another snippet, we'll see. Heart.

-264 is so fun to work with and explore. I'm having a ball exploring his character at will. >:]

[brujaporfavor]

I share this sentiment ESPECIALLY since he and Kallus fucked off to Lira San to live happily ever after. I never thought we'd see him in live action because of this AND it's a hard character to create. BUT he looked sooooo good!!!!!

The Mandalorian 3.05 “Chapter 21: The Pirate”

[oenimo]

In honour of the Ahsoka show coming out, I’m coming out of my internet/Tumblr hiatus to write out my feelings, the feelings that caused the hiatus in the first place.

I love Ahsoka as a character. I love Clone Wars.

I love Star Wars Rebels

I want Ezra to come home. To see Hera again. To see Sabine again. Zeb. Chopper. Kallus. Rex.

I want him to meet Jacen

I loved the Mandalorian

I loved the Bad Batch (whitewashing not included)

I loved Book of Boba Fett

But I am terrified of the Ahsoka show

I am terrified at what they are going to do to the characters I love with all my heart. I am terrified of what they are going to do to Sabine. To Ezra. To Hera. To Chopper.

I am terrified they are going to erase Zeb. Terrified they’ll erase the meagre progress we got in the finale, of Kallus and Zeb on Lira San together.

I am terrified that Thrawn is going to be a villain.

“But he is a villain?” I hear you ask. “He was a villain in Rebels? He was the big bad for season 3 and 4?”

He was.

And that’s half the reason I’m scared.

Because I read the books.

Before I read the Thrawn books, Rebels was my favourite piece of Star Wars content/media I’d ever consumed (and I have consumed a metric fuckton of Star Wars). But the two new Thrawn book series beat it out. The new canon ones (Disney canon, if you want to call it that).

I love these books so much that I couldn’t consume any more Star Wars media after them. The live action shows, I could see the hints flooding in, and I have barely a shred of hope left that they won’t take my beloved books and destroy them. By which I mean, destroy Thrawn. This is why I’m so so scared of the Ahsoka show. I retreated from every bit of Star Wars fandom because I just couldn’t handle it.

The Thrawn books set up a beautiful narrative for the time skip in rebels. The hints from both the original trilogy (of Thrawn books) and the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy wove into the beginnings of an amazing explanation for where Ezra might’ve been during the gap, and did so while exploring Thrawn's character in a way that made me love him. And if you’ve only watched Rebels, you’ll believe me when I say that before reading the books I hated him. Before I read the books I couldn’t imagine liking him. And then I read them. And now the main reason that I am so so so distrustful and scared of the Ahsoka show is that I can see contradictory hints in the trailers, hints at the themes and stories that are going to be explored in the show, and they are all hints pointing towards making Thrawn who he was in the pre-Disney canon, in the old Thrawn novels. In those, he was exactly what you likely think of him as—ruthless, evil, heartless. However you want to describe it. But the newer books (written by the same guy who created Thrawn in the first place, I’d like you to know) changed that. They made him an infinitely more nuanced character, gave him a story that is so much more interesting than an evil dictator. But the trailers for the Ahsoka show make reference to the old books. The set up of the show is making Thrawn out to be the big bad. And when I heard “Heir to the Empire” (the title of one of the old Thrawn books, in which he is exactly that, and is his usual Legends canon nightmareish evil self) I pretty much lost all hope.

Theoretically, all this should’ve been assuaged by the fact that the new Thrawn books are canon. Not Legends canon, they are current canon.

But after how they changed Kanan’s backstory in Bad Batch, contradicting canon comics in favour of their new audiovisual show, I can’t expect much respect for written canon vs audiovisual canon. They’ve already disregarded their books once, why wouldn’t they do it again?

And let’s loop back around to that “but Thrawn was a big bad villain in the Rebels show”, because that ties right in.

Most of us love Dave Filoni. Clone Wars kicked ass. Rebels is amazing. I said it before—it’s my second favourite Star Wars media ever.

However.

Dave Filoni is also involved in the whole changes that happened with Jacen. He did the Bad Batch.

He also did Rebels, and specifically, also chose to make Thrawn the way he was in Rebels.

Compared to how Thrawn is in the new books, written by Timothy Zahn (again, the guy who made Thrawn in the first place), I’d take Zahn Thrawn over Filoni Thrawn any day. Because as I said, he is way more nuanced and complex in the books.

Villain and antagonist are two very different things. A villain is bad. A villain is cruel, and wrong. An antagonist is an opposing force. An opposing force against the protagonist. The protagonist doesn’t have to be a hero. The protagonist is simply the person we are following the story of, the one we hear the side of.

In Rebels, Thrawn is presented as antagonist and villain. He is countering the rebels efforts, doing things they don’t condone. The Empire is the true overarching villain of Rebels, and he is the face of the empire (once the inquisitors are done away with, and Kallus has defected). He and Pryce are the Empire. (Maul’s also an antagonist, but this isn’t about him.)

In the books, Thrawn is the (main) protagonist. He’s not really a hero, not in any usual meaning of the word, but he’s a protagonist.

The other main protagonist for the first book is Eli Vanto. An imperial officer who’s a hick from Wild Space, he’s about as low on the food chain as you could get.

For the first while, the Thrawn books don’t really have a distinct villain. The antagonists are, as could be expected for a book centred on imperial officers, sympathetic, or just plain unimportant enough to really count. Pirates. Smugglers.

And then comes Nightswan.

Nightswan is not a villain—He’s an antagonist. But he’s not a hero either. He’s not even really a rebel, not in with the rebellion, or his own sect like Saw Guerrera. He’s just swindling and fighting because he doesn’t like the empire, but he’s not overly concerned with results. A bit, but not much.

Pryce is a protagonist of the first Thrawn book. She is also, simultaneously, a villain. We watch her turn from a cunning and conniving 30-something, to a cunning, conniving, ruthless 50-something with a body count and a former best friend she turned in, making her rot in prison (because she joined a rebellion after seeing how Pryce was treated by her superiors!).

The last of the conflicts in the first Thrawn book is not a person vs person conflict. It is a person vs society. The last antagonist is the Empire. Or, specifically, the Empire’s xenophobia.

Thrawn is treated like crap by more than half of the people he works with. Eli, hick extraordinaire, the lowest member of the food chain, is not the lowest. Thrawn is. The only thing worse than being a hick from the ass end of nowhere is being an alien from the ass end of nowhere. At every turn, there are enemies watching for Thrawn and Eli to slip up, so they can be sent packing. The only reason they don’t, the only reason they survive, is a combination of one (1) influential non-xenophobic friend (who’s a remnant of the Republic, funnily enough (love you, Yularen)), plain competency at military matters, and a lot of tiptoeing around and making concessions.

“When can we push without being kicked out or killed”. “When do we have to give ground in order to stay in the fleet, and have the chance to do better in the long run”. More often than not, for two people such as themselves, they have to give ground. Eli, and Thrawn, spend a lot of their time in the books having ethical dilemmas and crises of conscious. It’s subtler from Thrawn, but it’s there.

Tell me that’s not more interesting than another black and white imperial villain. Tell me that doesn’t make more sense than a black and white imperial villain when said villain is an alien.

I also… don’t like Lars Mikklesen, heh. I don’t have anything against him, not really, but the problem stems from how he doesn’t help counter what I’m seeing in the trailer(s). Lars Mikkelsen was, indeed, Thrawn’s voice actor in Rebels. However, it’s Dave Filoni’s Thrawn (Rebels Thrawn) that I’m worried about. As we’ve said, Thrawn in Rebels occupies a very black and white villain role, this cold as ice ruthless and cruel and creepy villain, but then they (Disney! Literally Disney! Literally canon!) expanded on him, changing his backstory and history and present to be something way more interesting, way more complicated and nuanced and sympathetic and tbh, not a villain so much as a misguided hero. 

That’s the Thrawn I want! That’s the Thrawn I read six books of! That’s the Thrawn that makes a fascinating counter to Ezra’s reckless idealism! But they are hinting at all the wrong hints, and the fact that they keep pulling from Rebels is one part of those hints. Ahsoka snarling in Mando asking for where “Grand Admiral Thrawn” is, is another. “Heir to the empire” is another, and that’s the really, really, really damning one. Anyway, yeah, Lars is not the problem, but he’s another person involved who doesn’t have any exposure to Book Thrawn, so he does nothing to reassure. Also, in the pettier reasons I’m eh on him, lmao, he’s… kinda old for how I think Thrawn should look since we’ve experienced that Chiss seem to age extremely gracefully, and also just generally his face isn’t right, and also… I know he was the first voice but I really like Mark Thompson (the voice actor for the audiobooks) way better, lol.

Other than Thrawn, the trailer(s) worries me that they’re going to pull force-sensitive Sabine out of their asses. There’s no reason to make her force-sensitive, she could use Ezra’s lightsaber without it, and work with Ahsoka without being her padawan (remember how Ahsoka left the Jedi order also?? And refused to train Grogu? Her randomly turning around to train Sabine (who shouldn’t be force sensitive anyway) doesn’t even fit in with their own canon!)

Ahem.

That’s all I can think of right now. If you’ve read the Thrawn books, or if you haven’t but are curious and don’t care about spoilers, this is what I think should’ve/should happen with Ezra, Thrawn, and all the post-rebels pre-rebels epilogue/pre-Ahsoka time.

[lesbianwyllravengard]

tell me something cool about re4r. like your favorite aspects of the game or some part of it that you love or something about your favorite characters or anything. i wanna hear

Why did you use anon I can't ask you to marry me if I don't know who you are. Anyways thank you for asking me this I love you

Since I already talked about Ada and Luis being narrative foils I won't do it again, though that's probably one of my most favourite things. Mostly, I just love that the writing in re4r is SO good. Village was my intro to resident evil (and then I was so obsessed w Chris I wanted to learn everything there is to know about RE which got me into all the other games/films lmao) but Village is definitely a very poor example of writing in video games.

I love that Ashley gets to be a genuine character now, rather than a reflection of misogyny and general apathy towards anyone remotely feminine. I love that we have more of Ada as well, that she's not hypersexualised, and that she's played by an Asian actress who gives the best Ada performance in all of Resident Evil. I love that we have more of Luis, that he's not some creep scumbug but he actually has a personality/interests/deep backstory, and that he gets redemption. I am a sucker for characters with dark pasts who get redemption (Agent Kallus my beloved). I love how Luis was written as a narrative foil to Ada. I love how he's even gayer than in the original which is saying something. I love the theme of change so much and I totally talk about it extensively. There's so much narrative goodness.

Gameplay wise though I love that it's easy enough to play without losing quality, AND that the horror isn't so overwhelming like in re7 where I physically can't get past certain parts of the game without a 3 month break LMAO. I also love how layered it is, with lovely details like being able to shoot the church bell yourself to end the intro village fight. Or how the AI of Ashley is far more efficient when she's in NPC mode than in the original, dear lord. I love how the remake honoured the original while also improving it drastically. Ugh this game is so so good.

[spacemagicandlaserswords]

The Clone Wars and Rebels

I mentioned this in my previous post and have been meaning to write about it in more detail.

I've never actually watched The Clone Wars or Rebels.

Not intentionally, it just sort of never happened. TCW was first released during a weird and rough part of my life where a lot of other things were going on and for many reasons past me was focused on other things. I'm not entirely sure where, or even if, I would've been able to watch TCW when it first came out. I think it might've been picked up by one of the TV channels but I'm not sure and I don't think streaming was a big thing yet back in 2008. I'm also pretty sure both TCW and Rebels would've been marketed as "animated kids TV shows' so I'm guessing past me just took it at read that it wasn't a show aimed at me. Ooh, how wrong I was. (I've got more thoughts about the whole "kids show" thing but that's for another time.)

Even though I've never watched TCW or Rebels, I still know the general gist of what happens. It's a bit hard to not be spoiled for a show that premiered 15 years ago. Plus, I have a frustrating tendency to spoil things for myself in my need to understand and find out everything about a particular topic if my brain latches onto it (dammit ADHD brain). So I know who Rex and Cody and Ashoka all are and I know how TCW ends and what happens at the end of Rebels. But I have no emotional connection to all these characters and stories, which is what I'm sad about the most.

Every time Rex or Cody appear or are even just briefly mentioned in The Bad Batch, people go absolutely completely and utterly bonkers. I can clearly see that they, and many others, are beloved characters and I'm sad that I'm not a part of that. That I missed out on desperately waiting for each new episode each week, devouring it when it aired and then excitedly screaming into the internet void about whatever just transpired. That I missed out on growing to love these characters and following their stories. That I missed out on experiencing all of this when it happened and am continuing to miss out on experiencing this as it continues in The Bad Batch.

A really good example of this is Echo. People seem to go absolutely postal about him but I'm just sitting here going "yeah I like the guy but why the reaction?" Of course, I now know why. I read about what happened to him but I never experienced or watched it. And I miss that. This is not to say that I don't like Echo. I absolutely do. Echo girlies please do not come for me. Tbh I think I may end up turning into an Echo girlie, especially after his very commanding voice, leadership and general badassery at the start of 'Tipping Point'.

Another example is when Zeb very briefly appeared in the most recent episode of The Mandalorian. People lost their absolute minds and I'm sitting here going, "who?". As I'm apparently incapable of not spoiling myself, I've since read up about Zeb, and then found out about Kallus and oh no, I just know this is a ship I'm going to fall into and be obsessed with. Good luck future me. Fare thee well. Enjoy it while it lasts.

So having never watched these beloved shows, it means I'm missing out on so much of the fandom reactions, relationships, emotions and how much these characters and their stories mean to everyone. And I don't want that to be the case. I want to know Rex and Cody and Ashoka and the 501st and the 212th and Jesse and Fives and Hera and Kanan and Zeb and Kallus and everyone else that I can't list because I'm trying to not spoil myself too much.

TCW and Rebels have been on my To Watch list for a while and recently, I was finally able to start watching The Clone Wars. I'm still only on Season 1 and was up to episode 18 'Mystery of a Thousand Moons' before I a) became hyperfixated on The Bad Batch and b) decided to pause watching TCW so I could come back to the series later on and properly enjoy watching it. And I am enjoying what I've watched so far! I've already got plenty of thoughts so I think I'll put those all together in another post before I dive back into watching TCW and then Rebels after that.

Because that's what I want to do with both of these beloved series. I'm watching them for the first time and I really want to savour and enjoy it. I'm going to be watching The Clone Wars and Rebels for the first time. I'm never going to get that experience ever again. I could just binge them all in one massive sitting but I don't think that would do the shows justice or be as enjoyable. I can't wait until each new episode is released each week like they were when they were initially released but I can enjoy them in my own way.

Which is why I want to turn my first watch through of these shows into my own little project. Something purely for me, for my experience and for me to enjoy and look forward to. I don't have much, if anything, left to enjoy or look forward to anymore so I'm going to grasp on to what little I can. And in this case, its watching The Clone Wars and Rebels for the first time.

I had planned on jumping straight back into it after The Bad Batch Season 2 finale but I think I'm going to need a while now to deal with and try to process everything that happened in that. But when the time is right, hopefully sometime SoonTM, I'll get back into watching The Clone Wars. My plan is to watch an episode and then write a reaction post with my thoughts/opinions/theories/general screeching about said episode. Once I've finished, I'll have this archive, a collection of posts and writing that capture the first time I watched The Clone Wars and Rebels.

I'm getting all happy and teary just thinking about it.

Given the large gap between season 1 and 2 of The Bad Batch, I'm hoping to be able to finish watching TCW and Rebels before the (hopeful) premiere of season 3 of The Bad Batch (please let there be a season 3, there's got to be a season 3, please). It'll also help the references that appear in other Star Wars shows actually mean something to me. I'm really going to need to have finished watching TCW and Rebels before watching Ashoka otherwise it just won't mean as much to me, and I don't want to miss out on that either.

I can't imagine there are many people left in the fandom that have yet to watch The Clone Wars and Rebels. While it does mean that I've missed out on so much, I'm also excited about it. I'm fully aware that there are going to be rough episodes (2008 animation is, well, dated) and that my emotions are going to be destroyed by Filoni et al. but I'm also really looking forward to it. To meeting all the clones and other characters and getting to know them. To learning their stories and going on adventures with them.

I get to watch The Clone Wars and Rebels for the first time. And I'm really looking forward to it. It's given me something to look forward to for the first time in a very long time.

[bylightofdawn]

Genji is being so unbearable this morning and woke my grumpy ass up at 9 something yet again. My morning has been improved somewhat by the new Ahsoka trailer.

I'm sure people are going to find reasons to nitpick and bitch because that's suddenly become the cool thing to do with any and all Star Wars content. Which hey, I feel you fam, we have definitely seen a relative downward spiral in the quality of content versus the uptick in amount. I completely agree with people's right to bitch and moan too so don't take this as me saying "Ugh you can't please everyone, all the nerds are whinging that we broke their beloved franchise again" I just don't want us to turn into say the MCU level of fandom.

I definitely don't want to see Star Wars turned into the next MCU which is definitely a trajectory we've been headed in lately. So I totally get the concerns and complaints.

It definitely feels like we get one Andor level show every 6 series or something like that. So I'm not expecting a whole lot from Ahsoka.

But do I care if it's going to most likely be a mid at best series after this trailer?

Fuck. No.

Because we got to see live action Rebels. We got to see Ezra and it's prolly just a hologram message but oh my god after years of agonizing on where he's at, with the return of Thrawn do we FINALLY get to know what happened to Ezra?

Will we FINALLY be able to retire the "Where is Ezra, is he safe? Is he alright?" meme?

Felony knows exactly what he's doing giving us just a taste with having Zeb show up in Mandalorian. We all lost our fucking minds screaming where is Kallus. And now we're going to get the Ghost crew???

Do I hate Hera's design? Yes, am I questioning what the fuck is up with her lekku from the like 2 seconds we see of her? Yes.

Did Chopper look janky as fuck? Sure. Now ask me if I care Nope. I am hyped and easily manipulated by House of Mouse. But it's also a trailer so like you gotta take anything you see with a grain of salt.

I'm looking forward to people arguing for the next three months online on whether or not Baylan and whoever the hot goth chick whose name we have no idea is are really not Sith because their lightsabers aren't bright scarlet red. I love watching pressed pedantic fanboys (and fangirls) bickering over the banalest of bullshit.

Meanwhile, I'm gonna be in my lane wondering if Kallus will be in this so we can finally get confirmation that KalluZeb is going to be canon. Whether or not I WILL FINALLY GET MY FENN RAU CONTENT and other assorted light-hearted squeeing over silly Star Wars shit.

Because it ain't that deep at the end of the day. I could definitely make the argument that it's a silly space opera with space wizards and a questionable grasp of physics at best.

If you want nitty-gritty realism then go re-watch Andor which had no space wizards in it. But since this is going to be a Jedi or Jedi-adjacent driven vehicle, I know to turn off the critical thinking part of my brain and just enjoy the spectacle.

[humbleowltrash]

The Mandalorian Spoilers!! Please keep scrolling if you haven't seen the latest episode of S3 <3

GARAZEB ORRELIOS MY BELOVED JDBSHSJHWHSUWW I AM SO HAPPY AND I AM TOTALLY NORMAL ABOUT THIS

HE'S BACK BUT WHERE IS THE REST OF THE GHOST CREW AND WHERE IS ZEB'S OTHER HALF 🤨

(I obviously mean Kallus)

[daughterofthe104thsblog]

Cross:Galaxies princess

And momma sass

Omega: we show others wot it is to be human

Uncle Edmon: the sarcastic and yet serious brother of agent kallus

Cody: the prim rolmodle and great example of an uncle who takes care of Buisness when needed

Hunter: it doesn't always take a village to take care of our loved ones but sometimes it does take a tribe or clan to handle the toughest battle fields!

Alexander kallus: I quite agree. Sometimes when it comes to our children or those we love we got to band together in order to stay together

Mayday: a man who stands by his beloveds and his brothers and is very skilled when it comes to improvising and will put himself in prison for those he cares about

And crosshair: I'd do the same

Ahsoka:a bad ads with so much to say but her fighting spirit and her snarky and goofy attitude does all the heavy lifting for her

Cosette:lively wildly short tempers but is a hard working good loving mother!

Gregor:a man that takes his silliness to all new hights but then when in battle he's all in!

Chopper: I'm talented in both the role of mother and father

Slick:and chopper also has a great sence of cooking and has a way with music and children

Chopper: But then agian slick is the primary father the king of the Royal house hold here in oahu. And he's a true clanker ass kicking war fighting machine.

Punch: I'm the best looking around here tho in terms of being dad.

Gus and fives:WHOT?! YEAH RIGHT IF ITS ANYONE AROUND HERE THATS THE MOST HANDSOM ITS ME! GUS: NO WAY FIVES IT HAS TO BE ME WHERE DO YOU THINK BUG GETS HER LOOKS FROM?!

Hardcase:oh I don't know boys?! Her mother?!

Cut:yeah let's settle down ladies and gents please?! No need for arguing!

Aayla: oui! I agree why do you girls have to have zo much testosteron?! Zi mean really now?! Cus can any one of u with your plumbing hold or let alone cart a child in ur stomach?! No?! Zen do please stop vith ze shouting! I'm trying to get nebula and rest of. Dr girls down for zere naps!

Suu:yes it is unbecoming so agree.

But mom! Aren't I the cutest?!

........

Wolffe:of course u are silly! Why would u not be Lord knows the mean bean couldn't possibly have created u or layed u as an egg! It was chopper and slick who helps create u I just added a bit of me to our biscuit recipe then we named her AMPHIRITITE ELIZABETH VICTORIA SATINE KEALOHA!

Evy:😍🍼🐣☕😇😻😼 so in other words he is not the father!

Evy: yes it feels good to have been a royal biscuit and now my siblings and cousins are the next royal children!

Cosette:lol yes Elizabeth u little shit monger lol! you are the Royal biscuit!

scenes from a pabu vacation

[ahsoka-its-all-of-us]

Okay so since I am suddenly working more than full time because the conservatoire is pretty much on fire atm I did not have the opportunity to watch The Bad Batch episode 14 until just now (and I won’t be able to watch Mando until Friday probably, so I might stay off the internet for a bit rip (I mean. Not that I have time to be on the internet anyway lol))

But as usual, I’m gonna yell into the void about it, even if it’s gonna be less wild since I didn’t document it live (had to multitask with having dinner in the meantime rip)

And boy do I have a lot to yell about

I SCREECHED when I saw Howzer. My beloved, my angel ;-;

ECHO IS BACK AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

This is where Echo is supposed to be. Rescuing his brothers. This is everything I could have ever wanted

Ofc I am craning my neck to see if Rex is there too, and I am only mildly disappointed that he isn’t. But with Echo saying that him and Rex are building a network… is Rex maybe the communicator? A clone agent? Is Rex the original clone Fulcrum, and did Ahsoka get the idea from him?

Okay this may be my growing-up-in-a-country-with-a-collective-WW2-German-occupation-trauma talking, but why are all newly introduced Imperials kinda Aryan lately? I know Imperial xenophobia is a thing, but are they also gonna be racist like that?

CHUCHI IS INVOLVED WITH THE CLONE RESCUE MISSIONS I LOVE THAT

God she’s such a queen. I always thought she would join the Rebellion, and I love that I’m proven right. Also such a huge point to the Foxiyo shippers lol

Not me scrutinising the clone prisoners to see if Cody is there. Not sure if I should be disappointed or glad that he isn’t

Crosshair protecting the Batch Crosshair protecting the Batch CROSSHAIR PROTECTING THE BATCH

Okay ngl seeing Echo fight the good fight makes me more at peace with the rest of Batch settling down. Love how Wrecker just fits right in, he’s such a sweetheart 🥹

I am living for the amount of screen time Gonky gets in this season. Favourite character right there

Echo contacting Tech to get the data decrypted, love that ;-; And Hunter really doesn’t get what Echo’s doing, which is nice to see pointed out. Some fights you don’t fight to win; you just fight because you have no other choice, because not fighting simply isn’t an option

Them finding out about Crosshair’s defection and attempt to warn them 😭 At least whatever might happen to Crosshair, they know now

Okay fr this was an AMAZING episode and the only way it could have been better is if it would have had Rex smooching Ahsoka

Or a young Imperial Agent Kallus, whom I am still irrationally hoping to show up because the parallels with Crosshair are just too obvious