#and having kids.

[jedidryad]

WIP Wednesday: Sometimes beings change what they want.

The path Mara sets herself on at the end of Lightsabers Are Always Loaded involves spending a lot of time with Lando Calrissian. As Luke notes on Nirauan, the stories about Lando and Mara go on for years. And, as I piece together canon, it is clear that they really do. Most books set between The Jedi Academy Trilogy and the Corellian Trilogy make some reference to Mara and Lando as a past or current couple. But, of course, by Ambush at Corellia, Lando is off on his wife seeking expedition, escorted by Luke, and it should be clear to all that whatever Lando and Mara had going on, it was officially over.

So here is a conversation between Lando and Mara where he tells her about his plans to get married.

“I told you I was thinking about getting married.” 

“But people don’t just do that, right?”

“They can. I’m a successful businessman.” He caught my expression, “at the moment.”

“The ore crushing going well?”

“It is actually.”

“So you’re going to use that to find a wife?”

He shook his head.

“No, I’m going to use that to invest in a real estate project and then I will be in a position to put out the announcement and see if there are similarly successful women interested in a romantic business partnership.”

“Just like that?”

“Just like that.”

“And you’ve never thought to do this before?”

“I’ve never wanted a wife before.”

Sometimes beings change what they want.

“Of course.” he continued blithely like he was discussing ordering room service, “I probably shouldn’t go meet all these women on my own.”

“Of course not.” I murmured, nonplussed. Planetary orbits must have shifted if Lando Calrissian had decided it was time to find someone to spend his life with. Was this why Cilghal had brought up marriage? Had Calrissian been talking to her about his plans?

“Think Luke might go with me?”

What?

“You want to take Skywalker ‘wife hunting’ with you?” This was getting more ridiculous by the minute.

“Sure. You know my reputation. Women might not take my proposal seriously if it’s just me. They might expect me to back out at the last minute.” I raised an eyebrow, “I’ve done it before - a long time ago.

“So,” he continued,  “bringing a Jedi along would lend me some legitimacy. And it might do him some good to get back out in the galaxy again.” I couldn’t argue with that, “maybe he’ll meet someone too.”

I thought of the Jedi Master. He’d been solidly shuffling his time between Coruscant and Yavin ever since he’d returned from his ill-advised morodin hunt for whatever he was looking for with that woman. It seemed unlikely he’d be interested in another of Lando’s schemes.

“Sure,” I scoffed, “I mean, you’d probably have to get Mon Mothma to order him to come with you, but maybe he’d meet someone, sure.”

He grinned as though he was working some angle I couldn’t possibly understand, “It’s a good idea."

[vamprisms]

i feel like a lot of the 'i hate kids' crowd would be more tolerant if they understood that due to a kid's limited experience of the world that 4 hour flight might just be the longest they've ever had to sit still for or that trapped finger might literally be the most pain they've ever felt in their short life or they might not have ever seen a person with pink hair ever so of course they want to touch it or nobody's told them yet that they can't run around the museum and they only just learned cheetahs are the fastest animals so of course they want to put that to the test. how were they supposed to know etc etc.

[goldensunset]

advice i think we should tell children is that when adults say stuff like ‘now that i’m an adult i get really excited about stuff like coffee tables and bathrooms and rugs etc’ they don’t mean ‘and now i don’t care about blorbo and squimbus from my childhood tv shows anymore’ bc your average adult still loves all the same pop culture stuff they always did; they just have a greater appreciation for the mundane as well. growing up just means you can enjoy life twice as much now. you can get really excited about a new stuffed animal AND about a new kitchen sponge. peace and love

[bakedbeanchan]

random fire nation diplomat #492 will never understand the complex and fucked up relationship between the water siblings like I do 🙄

[glitter-stained]

Random goon: Hey boss, were you the one to pick that name as an alias? And why this one?

Red Hood : I used to have another name, before... A long time ago. But that person is dead now. I get to choose for myself now, they can't take that from me. I won't let them.

Goon: Huh.

***

Random Goon: Say boss, why do you never take off your shirt in front of us?

Red Hood: Well uh, I actually have that really fucked scar on my chest and I'm not comfortable with...

Random Goon: Don't worry boss, we get it, you don't have to explain yourself to us.

***

Red Hood, high on some toxin: God, I wish my family...

Random Goon (on boss-sitting duty): why not try reaching out to them?

Red Hood: They would never accept me as I am now... They wouldn't agree with my so-called "life choices". Besides, they don't miss me, they miss the person they think I used to be... I wasn't even a man when I last saw them.

Random Goon: Damn boss, that sucks.

***

And then the goons throw the Red Hood a party on trans visibility day and Jason is so confused he straight up cries.

[acorviart]

not to sound like a boomer, but I need some people to learn how to write emails in a semi-professional (at the very least) format so you're not cold emailing a business/potential employer/any other stranger about formal matters in the exact same way you'd DM a close friend on instagram

the formality/language can loosen up in the email chain once you've established a rapport and you match the other person if they're being less formal, but please don't have the very first email you send a stranger be written in all lowercase ultra-casual sms slang with no greeting or signature and a billion emojis

[talesfromthecrypts]

They actually make physical media for a much larger percentage of movies than they ever did in the past. Often with a lot more care than any small release was treated in the early dvd days. Its just if you only watch streaming stuff or the big new recent box office hits you won't see that. It is so ridiculously easy to get physical media for movies that even 5 years ago you couldn't even find. Like yes Netflix is a stingy bastard but so many things are available on disc WITH special features than ever before

[marisatomay]

Parents get sooooooo mad when anyone even remotely implies that if we know it negatively impacts adults then it’s probably quite detrimental to the health and development of a young mind to stick an iPad in front of a child any time they show signs of Behaviors. “Are you calling me a bad parent?” Yeah. I am.

[wrishwrosh]

one neat bonus of being a picky eater as a child is that adult life is filled with so many beautiful discoveries. have you guys heard about caesar salad? im turning 26 this week

[absolutedestinyapocalypsse]

how are they gonna adequately prepare whatever child they cast for nico di angelo. it has got to be impossible for someone that young to give informed consent about playing the saddest wettest loser in all of human history. like hey kid i know youre sprightly and all of ten, but we need you to be in all five stages of grief at all times. remember, your mother was killed in fascist italy, youre eighty years old, and now youre in love with the guy who killed your sister. say this next line like you know what it's like to be an ear of corn.

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Also increasingly aware that a LOT of people "manage" getting through the 40+ hour work week by sleeping less than is healthy and relying on stimulants like coffee and energy drinks to keep them going.

For people who are unwilling or unable to do this...work really does just dominate your life. Like we really should not have to rely on unhealthy practices just to have a social life or keep on top of housework or whatever.

I know I post about this a lot but I'm so TIRED all the time and it's just so depressing that this is how we're expected to spend the one life we have.

[arttuff]

juvenile kryptonians are quite viscious!!! be careful around them!

[hoodedjelly]

my little relativity falls designs for fun

[fckbatmanhiskidsareminenow]

no capes au dick and jason referring to tim as gala kid, before he’s adopted because he was the only other kid at the galas and they forgot his name.

jason post coma: what the heck bruce you adopted gala kid??

dick: his name is tim

jason: oh fr?

bruce: jason please be more sensitive his parents died

jason: omg welcome to the club

dick laughing: that’s what i told him!

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

i love graffiti. "comics and jazz are the only american art forms" you forgot graffiti. did you remember graffiti? That art form birthed in Philly and NYC in the early 70s by poor Black kids. that art form that spread all over the world and influenced so many. that's used without irony in commercials when they're trying to appeal to a "young urban" customer.

did you forget graffiti? that racism broken windows theory victim? that reach the establishment takes claiming that it's exclusively violent gang members throwing up those full-color pieces and wildstyle tags in the middle of the night outsmarting fifty security cameras because the billboard was ugly anyway. as if, even if it was, it wouldn't be impressive as all hell. risking brutality and fall damage so your art can occupy the space a gentrified condo named something like "Coluumna" took away from you. proving that despite only assholes affording to live here anymore there's still a soul beneath it. an animal with dripping stripes and teeth that go clack-clack tsssss

[gumy-shark]

made a beautiful google slides infographic in 60 seconds on why u should Fucking Vote