#beware of your pal friendpatine

[tuxedosaiyan]

ten followers you’d like to know more

I was tagged by @momo-de-avis

name? Bruno

sign? Taurus

gender? male

height? 173 cm 

sexuality? hetero (”mas dava uma f*da no Monchique”)

where do you see yourself in ten years? in a rocketship headed straight to Proxima Centauri, inside a wooden box because the exchange deal went sideways

if you could be anywhere right now, where? lakeside, enjoying my hot millenial latte. 

favorite 90’s shows? Dragon Ball, Buffy, anything on 90s Cartoon Network

your last kiss? my girlfriend

have you ever been stood up? of course

ever been to las vegas? not even in my to-go list

your favorite shoes? my stitch slippers, are you kidding me? also, always liked how converse fits

your favorite fruit? melon, i think.

your favorite book? don’t put me on the spotlight like this... Master and Margarita, I guess? This Side of Paradise, or Ender’s Game. Maybe The Orphan Master’s Son, or Custom of The Country. I really don’t know!

stupidest thing you’ve ever done? dedicated time to people who did not deserve it

what is your favorite gif? hell I don’t know, pick one from the 700 gifs on my phone

and your lockscreen? its Dishonored art from Veronique Meignaud on my phone, and art from Pascal Campion on my tablet.

[lurkingleighbee]

now picturing sheev as a fat cat sitting snuggly on a pillow, glaring down at us all. :) fan artists - to your drawing boards!!!

Hi! I hope you get this ask because I can't stop thinking about THIS:

so we know that ultimately falling/becoming a sith is eventually gonna be a miserable experience full of suffering. We can see this in many sith/fallen BUT uh,,, sheev seems to be as comfy in the dark as a cat who just stole your pillow? Like, where is HIS suffering, his agony? (Because if someone truly deserves it its him lmao).

I admit im not really deep into the lore surrounding his past before ep1, but from what i can tell not much is actually canonically known?

Hi! I've thought about this as well and I don't think I've ever seen George Lucas comment on this, so it's not like I have quotes to pull out to back things up, but here's what I think: The way the dark side works is: "What happens when you go to the dark side is it goes out of balance and you get really selfish and you forget about everybody … because when you get selfish you get stuff, or you want stuff, and when you want stuff and you get stuff then you are afraid somebody is going to take it away from you, whether it’s a person or a thing or a particular pleasure or experience." --George Lucas, The Clone Wars writers' meeting In a lot of ways, I think Palpatine is more an avatar of the dark side than an actual character, so he doesn't really have feelings or an arc per se, he's just there to be the devil that lures people over to the dark side or torments them or sets up the plot to trap the good guys. But I also think you can look at the character as someone who is never going to be satisfied, that on the surface he cackles gleefully or smirks like he's enjoying himself, but I think underneath all that, there's just an empty, bottomless hole that will never have enough stuff or power to satisfy him. He could have been satisfied being the Chancellor of the Republic, but that wasn't enough. He could have been satisfied being the Emperor of his Empire, but that wasn't enough. He could have been satisfied being an incredibly strong Force user, but he had to undercut and torture Anakin Skywalker, and it wasn't enough. He always wanted more. More power, more strength, more control over others, more people to manipulate, more immortality. And some part of him always was afraid that someone was going to come take it away from him, that's why he was so focused on Anakin Skywalker, someone powerful enough to do that. That's why he was so focused on the Jedi, people powerful enough that they could have stopped him without the political trap he set for them. I think Palpatine wanted more and more and more, none of it was ever enough, and no amount of cackling glee, no amount of tiny moments of pleasure, endless moments of pleasure, was ever going to be enough. "Where joy, by giving to other people you can’t think about yourself, and therefore there’s no pain. But the pleasure factor of greed and of selfishness is a short-lived experience, therefore you’re constantly trying to replenish it, but of course the more you replenish it, the harder it is to, so you have to keep upping the ante. You’re actually afraid of the pain of not having the joy." --George Lucas, The Clone Wars writers' meeting I think that Sheev Palpatine is the embodiment of that quote. That he was constantly upping the ante because he was so afraid of not having it, because each one was a little less satisfying than the one before it, because it was never enough of what he wanted.

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

All I could think about in the shower today was the post that’s like “beware of your friend Palpatine and your pal friendpatine”