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benthelastskywalker · 3 years ago

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My Reylo Story

As some of you may or may not already know, I didn’t start off as a Reylo when TFA came out. Instead it was a journey and I wanted to share my story with you.

First, however, I think it’s important to explain where I was coming from both as a shipper and as a Star Wars fan pre-TFA. I first became aware of shipping in 2009/2010, or at least what it meant. I guess I could say I’d been a shipper long before that, I just wasn’t aware of it as a thing until then. But here’s the thing, I didn’t ship based solely on chemistry. To me shipping was more than just about whether or not a certain dynamic interested me. It was about wanting the characters to be happy in that relationship. So for me, how the characters treated each other was a pretty big deal.

So because of that, I had a hard time when I saw people shipping pairings that I viewed as “toxic.” If one character is being mistreated or flat out abused by another, how could they be happy? While I can honestly say I never sent anyone hate for shipping those things, I did post plenty of “anti” posts about those ships (tagged correctly, though) and followed anti blogs.

Onto my history with SW. I grew up on Star Wars. I’m not exaggerating when I say that. My parents both saw A New Hope in theaters as teens when it came out and both became fans. After they met and got married, they showed the movies to my three sisters and me from an early age. I don’t even remember the first time I watched the original trilogy because I was so young. There was never pre-SW time in my life. It’s something that has always been a part of my life. The legacy characters are life long friends.

The prequels came out when I was between nine and fifteen. And overall, I was not impressed. I liked the first movie well enough, but the dialogue in the other two made them almost impossible to watch and the love story between Anakin and Padme did nothing for me. It wasn’t until I was older and getting into shipping culture that I realize why. It was just not a healthy relationship and one I couldn’t support. While I acknowledged the prequels as canon, I basically grew to ignore them and focus on the original trilogy.

When I was in college, I had to take a speech class. One lesson was on story telling where the teacher stressed the golden rule of story telling: “Show, don’t tell.” The example she used was of a selfish child. “Don’t just say ‘he’s selfish’,” she said. “Show him acting selfishly.”

Sometime after that, I was rewatching the original trilogy. I got to the part when Luke goes to confront Vader on Endor and Luke tells him, “I fell the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.” I had a light bulb moment of, “Wait, what? What conflict? We never saw any conflict!” Luke mentioning the conflict within Vader was the first clue that were was one. I realized then that Vader’s redemption had no real build up across the three movies. It all takes place in the third act of the final film. It wasn’t a journey. It was a spur of the moment turn. And it bothered me. “Show. Don’t tell.” That’s the rule. And Lucas told us.

So then TFA came out and we got Kylo Ren. And they actually showed us his inner conflict and I loved it! I loved the character. He was instantly my favorite. I kept thinking “This is what they should have done with Vader!” Not even him killing Han, which I was totally devastated about, could make me dislike Kylo.

Yet, I wasn’t looking for the romance in the story. Because of this and because of what I’ve already said about my shipping history, it did not cross my mind at all that Reylo would be a thing. Not even an inkling. So if you had asked me right after I watched TFA for the first time who I thought Rey would fall in love with, I would have said Finn. Not because I shipped it, but because I just didn’t see another candidate.

It was only when I got home from the theater and got onto tumblr and started seeing posts about Reylo that I realized it was even a thing. I was shocked! As much as loved Kylo Ren, I didn’t get how anyone could ship him with Rey. He had kidnapped her and mind probed her after all.

But the thing is, I wasn’t angry so much as I was just confused. So I did something that I will never regret. I reached out to Reylos and I asked them what they saw in the ship. And their answers surprised me. They pointed out how Rey had fought back in the mind probe scene, showing that Rey wasn’t just a helpless victim. They pointed out the differences between how he treated Rey in that scene and how he had treated Poe when he was been mind probing him earlier. They also said it had the potential to the reverse Anidala (which intrigued me). They also pointed out (and I think this was the biggest misconception regarding Reylo and Reylos at the time) was that they didn’t actually want Kylo and Rey to get together right then, that they both had growing and maturing to do and they acknowledged that it wouldn’t be healthy for them to be together as they were at the end of TFA. And they explained all this nicely, without any hint of judgment or rudeness for someone who didn’t get their ship.

After that I went to see TFA a second time. This time I tried to see what they saw. I started to get it, but I still couldn’t bring myself to ship it. Shortly after that, I saw a post where someone said something about Ben being manipulated by Snoke since infancy. I reached out to that person and was like, “Where are you getting that from?”

“Oh, that was in the TFA novelization.”

So, I got a hold of the novelization and read it. Sure enough I learned that Ben had indeed been manipulated since infancy and that really changed pretty much everything about how I viewed him. I had loved the character before, but now I really began to sympathize with him.

But the novelization did more than that. It made me realize that Reylo might just be something that wasn’t just in the shippers’ head, because the subtext...oh my word, the Reylo subtext was all there. And the novel made it quite clear that Finn and Rey were just friends, nothing more. So that was the last time I ever thought FinnRey might happen.

While I didn’t consider myself a Reylo at that point, I continued to keep up with all of the Reylo theories that were floating around. It helped that one of my mutuals was going through the exact same thing too and were we able to talk about it together.

Then TLJ came out. Oh, boy. I find myself smiling whenever Kylo and Rey talked and going, “This! This is what the shippers predicated!” I came out of that movie, so happy. I was disappointed that he had returned to the light right then, but I never doubted he would eventually get his redemption.

It was only in the months leading up to the release of TROS that I finally admitted to myself that I was a Reylo and it’s something that I’ve never regretted, nor while I ever. Despite the disappointment that TROS turned out to be, I still love the ship, I love the characters, and I love my fellow shippers.

Becoming a Reylo has certainly changed my view on shipping too and while there are still those ships that make me cringe, I’ve learned just to ignore them.

If there is one thing I’ve learned from this experience, is not to turn away from people with differing opinions, but to actually talk and listen. This goes beyond shipping. This applies to every aspect of life.

And now I’m curious to hear your Reylo story.

#star wars #reylo

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padme-amitabha · 4 years ago

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What's your take on the idea that tcw fixed anakin/padme/prequels?

They didn’t fix anything imo - they just altered the characters to appease fanboys and helped spread the toxic ideologies of the fanbase. I dislike TCW’s Anakin, Padme and their romance because it is completely different from their movie counterparts. TCW is written by people who feel the need to “fix” everything fanboys didn’t like about the prequels and misinterpreted the characters. Like they thought Anakin didn’t truly love Padme and proceeded to change that dynamics because having an unhealthy relationship where Anakin has to appear dominant and “be a man” by beating up other men and telling her she doesn’t have a say in some matters is clearly better than a “cheesy” romance. Anakin is not a smooth ladies’ man nor is he a popular guy with friends who likes to joke around.

Even Matt Lanter said he was instructed to play a combination of Han and Luke because Anakin is not allowed to be his own person. I talked about this here. Both Anakin and Padme became stereotypical action heroes because showing emotions or having flaws is considered “weak”. I liked that Anakin in the movies was so different - he openly showed his emotions, he was conflicted, he didn’t mind being told what to do by Padme and he was not completely a good person. He had flaws and he dealt with trauma and abuse - something TCW downplays by erasing his sensitive and emotional side. It also has to do with the fact that Vader is considered to be the male power fantasy when George said in his interviews that’s not who he was at all. People associated him with evil when in fact he was just a broken man who thought it was too late to turn back. That’s what he tried to establish in ROTJ. So yeah I dislike TCW Anakin, Padme and their romance - which writers wanted to make more “realistic” which is funny because OT has so many fantasy/fairytale elements and they were based on Romeo and Juliet. I find their entire relationship in TCW to be very dysfunctional and George’s version is anything but that. Anakin literally sold his soul to the devil to save her life and then TCW tries to show us they were on the verge of divorce and turned it into a stereotypical unhealthy romance. Even Obi-Wan is shown to break the code very easily which ruins the point of his character. He was supposed to be the strict mentor who did love Anakin but he was no Qui-Gon; Obi-Wan chose duty above all and he stayed true to his ideals. It really bothers me when people think they “fixed” Anakin/Padme in TCW when in fact they erased nuanced characters and any character depth. As for the prequels, people who aren’t blinded by nostalgia, offended by flawed and human characters and have watched George’s interviews and can appreciate symbolism, depth and good messages in a story should be able to see the brilliance of the prequels without feeling the need to have it “fixed”. The arcs of the clones and side characters should have been what TCW was all about - it wasn’t necessary or possible to expand on them in the films and that was well-handled. This post also makes some good points and I agree with them. Even the fact that Anakin was made to look more manly in the animation bothers me; the showrunners are very eager to cater to toxic masculinity in order to please fanboys. I tend to avoid Disney content in prequel era for this reason - you don’t need more on the characters that George established in the movies and certainly not versions of them made for people who hated the prequels.

#ask #anakin skywalker #padme amidala #anidala #sw prequels #swpt #anti tcw #sort of

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vinciwolf · 4 years ago

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Reunion

Pairing: Echo x fem!Medic!Reader Part 1

Part 2 Part 3

Warnings: 18+, blood, violence, death, mental health issues (depression)

Summary: “Almost” is the saddest word in the dictionary. You face dark days when the war separates you from Echo.

Blood rushed through your ears as you blasted approaching battle droids. Lungs burning from all the running, you throw your last bomb under a crab droid and it explodes, but your small effort did not do much since more and more droids kept approaching. ‘Just gotta get to the shuttle.’ Even though you were a medic, you still took multiple opportunities with Echo and other clones to train yourself in the art of self-defense. Laser turrets rained heavy fire on your group, but with Anakin and Ahsoka reflecting the blaster bolts, you all managed to find shelter behind a large, metal crate where Obi-Wan was also hiding.

“Sorry I’m late!” Anakin grins. From behind the crate, you look at the shuttle and the gathering battle droids. It does not look good and Ahsoka can read your thoughts by just the look on your face.

“How nice of you to join us,” Obi-Wan replies sarcastically.

“Sorry to break up this lovely conversation, but the ship is surrounded!” You yell over the loud sounds of lasers and explosions. Tarkin tries to argue something that we should take the shuttle by force. “If we do that, we’d risk mass casualties if we don’t take down those laser turrets. Not to mention, the droids could use that opportunity to blow up the shuttle with us inside,” you glanced over your shoulder at an annoyed Tarkin, who didn’t take too kindly to your argument. Before Tarkin could counter argue, a fierce blast went off beside your group.

You and Ahsoka flew backwards right into the line of fire. Shaking off the blast, ears ringing, Ahsoka helps carry you behind some debris. You look around for your blaster pistol.

“Kriff,” You breathe, “just fantastic!”

Echo and Fives took turns blasting and throwing bombs at the crab droids and turrets. Echo threw a bomb that hit directly on top of a group droids. The timing was perfectly executed.

“You see that, Fives?” Echo laughed. “I blasted ten of them clankers in one hit!”

“Don’t get cock—look out!” Fives grabbed Echo and dodged a group of firing repulsorcrafts. The multiple battle droids flew past them and bombed behind a nearby crate. Swiftly getting to their feet again, Fives nudged Echo’s elbow to look at the abrupt blast.

“It’s Ahsoka and- and (Y/N)!”

Echo’s eyes went wide.

(Y/N) was being helped up by the young padawan as the turrets aimed directly at their position. Echo was furious now. They surrounded the shuttle, that’s fine, but now his girl? He was not going to let this damn war steal the only good thing in his life.

“Fives, we need to get them out of there!” Echo grabbed a riot shield and headed towards the wreckage.

“Blast, Echo! The one time you don’t follow orders!” Fives followed suit. The droids pummeled the clones with heavy fire.

“Ahsoka, (Y/N)! Hurry!” Echo took hold of (Y/N)’s arm and hoisted her towards a mental crate closer to the shuttle. Ahsoka reflected most of the lasers bolts, giving cover to the group.

“Do either of you have a spare blaster pistol?” You slumped your back onto the crate and took a small breather, Ahsoka was right beside you holding your arm.

“You’re too injured to fight,” she looked around at Five and Echo, “we need to regroup with Anakin and the others! The shuttle is surrounded!”

You took one of Ahsoka’s hands and gave it a reaffirming squeeze, “If I can stand, I can fight. Now give me a blaster,” you reached your hand out at Fives, who gave you a spare blaster pistol.

From behind the crate, a few battle droids found their way to your group. You and Ahsoka took them on while Fives and Echo fought towards the shuttle. In the corner of your eye, you noticed a droid commando aiming a laser turret at the shuttle. In your momentary distraction, a downed droid took one last aim at you.

“This is our only change! We got to stop him,” Echo said as he advanced towards the shuttle and blasted the droid commando. Your stomach dropped when you noticed the laser turret was too fast and the shuttle was doomed.

“Echo, look out!” Fives screamed, throwing his arm out to stop you from running towards Echo.

The explosion of the shuttle was hot and blinding and fast. All you felt was heat and pain. Heat from the explosion and searing pain in your back. Fives threw his arms around you before your knees went limp, blood splattering everywhere from your gaping wound. Ahsoka flung her lightsaber to destroy the droid that shot you in the back. Warm tears spread down your cheeks as you stared at the burning shuttle. You wanted to run into the fire for your love. For Echo. Everything was slowed down, your ears were ringing, your body light as a feather, you were losing too much blood. You couldn’t hear your own screams and cries for Echo, even though your mouth was moving. The only thing grounding you was the weight of Fives holding your body, forcing you back to reality. Fives held you up, retreating to regroup with the others. Ahsoka took your other arm and flung in over her shoulder. Using her free hand to reflect incoming blaster bolts.

“We have to go now!” You heard Obi-Wan yell from afar.

Everything failed, everything was taken from you. All you felt was pain and the feeling of floating. He almost saved the shuttle. Everyone almost made it home. Your head went slack. The last image your see is your feet trailing blood on the ground, but your last thought is of Echo holding you close.

You wake up in the medical bay. Bright lights hit your sore eyes, almost blinding you. The ache in your back hurts, but not as bad as the ache in your chest. Anxiety fills your stomach. You pat the sheets looking for Echo’s hand. You hope he’s there to reassure you that he lived, and everyone made it back alive safely. But all you feel is emptiness. No hand. Just the silence. Tears begin to fall from your eyes, but then you feel a large hand grab yours. This gesture startles you for a moment until you look over and see the one Jedi who loved Echo as much as you did.

Plo Koon stands up from his guest chair and gives your hand a squeeze.

“It’s okay to cry, child,” he says while gently rubbing your temple with his other hand.

Your lips begin to quiver as more tears begin falling uncontrollably down your face.

“He—he’s dead?” You grip Plo’s hand, preparing for his answer.

Plo Koon nods his head. You begin to whimper, face going red from the heartache and pain in your chest. Plo scoops your upper half into a hug, rubbing his hand down your hair as your cry into his shoulder. “I feel your pain, (Y/N). The clones are never expendable to me.”

You were forced to go on leave, at Padme’s earnest request. She offered a small private apartment on Naboo as a place of refuge and told you to stay for a few weeks. After a few days of her helping you address your depression, she had to leave you alone to go back to her duties on Coruscant. This wouldn’t have happened if you simple hadn’t drowned yourself in work, or if you hadn’t grown attached to a clone. You told yourself you were a fool.

It all began when Ahsoka and the others notice a shift in your habits the moment you recovered from your injuries. Everyday it was work and little talk. You drowned yourself in medical bay and spoke little of Echo. When there was an injured clone, you took over the work even when other medics could do it. Your mind became an empty machine living off of numbers, perfecting procedures, how many clones you could heal in a day, and festering the toxic feelings consuming your chest. Blue circles began settling beneath your eyes and Padme had enough when she saw how exhausted you looked.

You found yourself in front of an empty plot of ground in Padme’s personal garden. You started picturing how you wanted Echo’s grave to look, or even if you wanted a grave at all. The plot was small enough for a stone and some flowers to go around it, but all you could think of was wanting to hold his hand one last time. The warm Naboo air floated around you. This was the first time in a few days that you went outside. It was hard. But at this point, everything felt harder to do knowing the universe was without him. You needed to do this though. You needed to bury the dead and recover. The Republic needed you, Ahsoka needed you, Rex and the clones needed you. This was necessary for healing.

You got on your knees in front of the grassy plot. When you put down the round, smooth stone engraved with Echo’s name on it, a wave of emotions hit you. This was goodbye. This was your greatest fear. This was a weight off your shoulders. You were ready to bury your would-have-been husband. Since Ahsoka couldn’t make it, Padme decided to be here for you today. She came up beside you and got on her knees. The flowers in her hand swayed in the gentle breeze. You took a few and placed them around Echo’s stone.

“This war took my family and so many clones I couldn’t save. I had to watch them all die while I couldn’t do anything to stop their deaths. And when I finally had the smallest slice of happiness enter my life, this war had to steal him from me too.” Tears began falling from your eyes. Padme wrapped her arms around you while you cried until the pain stopped. Anakin from afar fisted his hands. He understood this pain all too well.

#mywriting #myart #arc trooper echo #arc trooper echo x reader #echo x reader #the clone wars fanfiction #star wars fanfiction #sw #tcw

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gffa · 6 years ago

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Hey, I'm the one who asked about Anakin's teaching. You didn't sound cranky to me at all, thank you for clearing up so many things. You are right, canon & non-canon books both have fed to fanon, which in turn has its own certain takes on issues . I'm sorry if I came off antagonizing, I didn't mean to, I respect the Jedi and their ways too. I just felt why people saw it has a success on Anakin's part while reducing everyone else's effort to be being toxic. Thank you so much for your patience :)

Hi, this is a really sweet follow-up! I’ll try to be a little more thorough now that I’ve gotten that other happy screaming about my new Padme dolls out of the way! ;)There’s a lot that goes into answering a question like, “So what does all these fallen Jedi apprentices mean??” and a lot of it is stuff that’s really not very satisfying to fandom, because it’s about story structure rather than character structure.I absolutely include myself in this, by the way! But fandom often gets really, really wrapped up in how characterization is the thing we focus on most, how everything has to mean something on a deeper level, when sometimes creators do things because it’s useful in the story they’re telling. I’ve watched/read a lot of interviews with George Lucas and Dave Filoni and they absolutely do talk about character stuff, but they also talk probably even more about why they set up this storyline or that storyline on a more meta level, things that aren’t really character-driven or worldbuilding-driven, but because they want to appeal to their audience, because they want to write something that engages the audience, or because they want to reflect a political point in the storytelling. Or, more often than you’d think, just because they think it’s cool.One example that always comes to mind is when Dave Filoni was talking about Krell and why he chose to show, right away, that Krell wasn’t a hero, because he didn’t want kids watching this show to get invested in the character and then be heartbroken when he turned bad, they get enough of that with Anakin! So it’s not making some deeper point about the Jedi, but instead it’s about story structure and audience engagement!That’s what I keep thinking about when it comes to a lot of these things–that sometimes things just make good stories and they care more about that than they do about focusing in on just characterization or just worldbuilding. Sometimes they do things because they want to retell a story, not because they want to say it was inevitable that it happened.As fans, we do with that what we want, we acknowledge the Doylist influences or we focus on the Watsonian theorizing! That’s what fandom is for, of course. For me, I find getting too hung up on one or the other misses that both are what goes into making the intended point of something we see.Further complicating things is that, yeah, a lot of fandom seems to still think that the Jedi Apprentice books are canon (despite that even before Legends happened, Dave Filoni reiterates that George made it super clear that stuff wasn’t canon) and there’s a lot of fanon floating around, even when canon directly contradicts it.�� Every time I hear someone on YouTube saying, “The Jedi taught them to suppress their emotions!” I want to drag out those Depa and Mace and Obi-Wan scenes where they say the exact opposite. Every time someone says, “The Jedi really did believe they were the only protectors of the light, it would die without them!” I want to drag out the scene of Jocasta saying that you can kill all the Jedi, Skywalker, but you cannot kill the light, it is eternal, it will find a way.I get why people see Ahsoka as Anakin’s success and I don’t want to take away from that he did a lot for her! It was his training that allowed her to flourish! That’s the whole point of Padawan Lost/Wookiee Hunt, that they were good influences on each other, that the behind the scene stuff talks about how it was meant to give Anakin someone to let go of, rather than stay attached to, so when he was able to realize that his teachings had helped her survive on her own, that she had been able to come into her own, it would help him with his attachment issues, just as much as it was about showing that she’d really come into her own, that she’d become the person she was meant to be.As well as she did a lot for him, they were really good for each other! But I think sometimes it’s easy to forget that Ahsoka was raised in the Jedi Temple and so much of what we see in her was formed there. Just as Obi-Wan’s faith and reliance on the Jedi structure allowed him to survive everything that happened in Revenge of the Sith and rise above it, so too did Ahsoka’s foundations as taught to her by her Jedi family allow her to rise above what happened to her.That said, just as her success isn’t wholly Anakin’s (+Obi-Wan’s), it’s not wholly the Jedi’s, either. It’s her success. Because Star Wars is:

–George LucasStar Wars is about choice.And the idea of making a character’s choice a reflection of someone else just doesn’t fit with it actually being a choice, you know? A lot of Legends really didn’t do very well at writing Star Wars, but canon has been underscoring it hard. Everyone’s going to have their own views on these things (and I haven’t personally seen this argument directly, but I’m sure it’s out there somewhere I haven’t read!), I’m not actually trying to overwrite anyone’s feelings or what have you! But the idea of the fallen Jedi being an indication that canon is trying to tell us the Jedi were awful? Doesn’t really hold a lot of water.

#jedi #star wars meta #meta #Anonymous #i have a lot of strong feelings and opinions #but genuinely i'm not going to hound someone who disagrees! ♥

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sanjuno · 7 years ago

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NRT+SW: That We Answer To Our Stars

Just remember that you people asked for this and if I end up posting a story concept that you love and want to see as a fic? Be well aware that all of these outlines only have one thing in common:

I HAVEN’T WRITTEN A SINGLE SCENE FOR THEM.

Which means I won’t be turning them into fic for a year at least so... *handwaves* Encourage me IRT your favourite WIP of mine, because finishing one of those will clear up space in the docket for a new story to get some attention.

Now, these outlines can get kinda disjointed but at least you’ll get to see a bit of how my brain works when I plot out stories.

THE SCENE!

>Kaguya’s multiverse trip goes wonky b/c best crossover fodder scene

>Uchiha Clan dumped wholesale on Rim World/Wild Space World in SW’verse. All the Uchiha Clan. All the Uchiha since ever.

->World is XL planetoid version of TG44, with added biome options b/c YOLO (unless you’re in the Uchiha Clan I guess b/c then you get to Live All The Times?)

>Indra, Madara, and Sasuke separate ppl w/ wiggy chakra resonance. V disorienting.

->Ninshu gets Dialled Up To Eleven = Force Bonds! Force Bonds everywhere!

-->Entire Clan gets Highlights Reel of Historically Important Memories (also so much purposely induced trauma wow WTF.)

--->Mass Meditation required to untangle/unfuck heads

>Entire Clan now Force Sensitive BTW

->WTF w/ crazy Nature Chakra infesting everyone? Uchiha are Not Pleased.

-->Upside: Force Bonds/Ninshu Super Connection can be used to awaken Sharingan w/out Psyche Destroying Trauma so yay for that

>All Uchiha now have Kaguya’s est. life span. Also nubbin horns and forehead sensory organ b/c aliens are a SW thing I can do this now (don't know if want full-on third eye or just funky Clan Marking thing? Hm...)

THE PLOT THICKENS/ACTUALLY STARTS BEING A THING!

>Sep. forces land on new Uchiha Homeworld b/c shenanigans and The Force Likes To Meddle

->Sasuke introduces said forces to Kirin b/c is reminded of T7 mission to Land of Iron? Or Snow? Dunno which but Naruto’verse says machines = bad juju so Sasuke is 100% justified ok thanks.

>212th follows. Obi-wan is v concerned by the Uchiha

->Entire Pop. of Planet is FS WTF is this nonsense?

-->Clones v impressed at least. Free-range jedi are badass why were they not informed of this being an option? (Clones made for jedi = have a hard time leaving GAR b/c existential dissonance when no jedi for retired soldiers? Also Kamino sucks and slavery sucks more but now the Clones who don’t want to be soldiers or recycled can Take A Third Option! So much Clone chatter about the Uchiha thing wow.)

>Madara is sent to be Senator b/c Jedi are Very Insistent that this Planet be part of the Republic.

->Madara terrifies all the politicians b/c Uchiha Hate Politics (they're too blunt and the see too much) but Madara is best at it v good at lying without saying anything untrue.

-->Madara knows Palpatine is skeevy b/c Uchiha See All The Things and You Can’t Fool Me With Such A Weak Illusion, Foolish Human and now there are clashing manipulators and Your Attachments Make You Weak and this is going to get out of hand so quickly I just know it.

>Sasuke is apparently still best Prophecy Child Bait and Anakin is Conflicted b/c how can he be attracted to someone not Padme?

->501st would like to adopt b/c last time Anakin fucked off without backup Sasuke came back 5 minutes later with Anakin hogtied over his shoulder and the Seppie base on fire. Sasuke is so unimpressed b/c That’s Not How You Infiltrate Enemy Lines, You Moron

-->Sasuke is still 100% going to seduce Anakin and Padme b/c his life is Not Complete without an Idiot to yell at and a Crazy Berserker who likes to pretend she’s The Sane One to ride herd on.

--->Obi-wan is Done With All Of Them b/c Sasuke isn’t even pretending to try and hide his intentions b/c if they get fired Sasuke can just take them back home for a proper marriage. Mikoto is So Proud of her boy.

>Madara and Mace have ‘sip and bitch’ IRT Palpatine being an evil fucker

->At some point Madara will wonder out loud what Palpatine is grooming Anakin for? Mace is Concerned by this revelation. Madera is not.

-->Sasuke had Issues IRT not sharing well with other children. BTW Mace Sasuke is planning to steal away Anakin and marry him. Don’t worry he will be returned eventually and so will his wife.

--->Mace thinks Anakin had it coming. WTF was the boy thinking? Did he really think he could hide anything from a temple containing several thousand telempaths? Jedi can get married, it’s just considered polite to ask first and go through the counselling with the Mind Healers beforehand. (Idea! Coruscaunti Jedi treat marriage the same way the Japanese treat Gun Control. Lots of paperwork and regular mandatory psyche evaluations and pervasive low-key terror at the idea of having one.)

->Madara will hear the “too much fear in him” story and cackles

-->Slaves have to please their Masters to survive. Anakin was freed to be a Jedi so if not a Jedi then he’s a slave again? No Fear = Be A Jedi (Not A Slave) and now Anakin is The Hero With No Fear

--->Therefore everything the Council dislikes about how Anakin acts was initialized by the Council. Mace hates Irony so much. Madara is still cackling in his face.

->Madara wants the aged out Initiates who still want to fight (or even just the Initiates who don’t suit the Jedi lifestyle)

-->He has a Clan to maintain! About 25% of the Uchiha never fell in love or fell in love with non-Uchiha so they need Marriage Options. (Uchiha don’t fall out of love easily either so new potential spouses need to be Impressive As Fuck and the jedi know how to be Impressive.)

--->Species doesn’t actually matter Uchiha’s Forest of Death planet has lots of different options despite being mostly Giant Fuck-Off Trees and the higher your Force Sensitivity the higher your chances are for successful cross-species hybrids. (Madara is planning to keep Obito and Itachi away from the aquatic species for a while b/c they have a concerning fondness for fishes.) Hybrids are viable though b/c The Force loves grand babies.

>Izuna is there as Madara’s Security Chief and he’s having Far Too Much Fun getting to be paranoid for a living. Plus all sorts of time to spend with his wife! (Need to pick name and develop Izuna’s wife beyond terrifying DFAB genderfluid interrogation specialist but at least they’re happy together.)

->Izunami (Izuna’s daughter) and Kagami are tiny children again b/c weird cross-dimensional space-time fuckery is like that

-->Shisui is super amused to be ‘older’ than his grandfather.

->Kagami approves mightily of Madara-shishou’s friendship with Mace (reminds him of Tobirama-sensei!)

->Izunami is 100% in favour of actually getting to ‘grow up’ with her Mom and Dad around this time (although she only really listens to Madara b/c he was her Parental Authority Figure and old habits don’t break) Jedi actually find this comforting b/c even if Uchiha crazy about attachments there are familiar bits there in how they arrange instruction even if the three students at a time thing is weird.

-->Both Izunami and Kagami are So Relieved that their Spouse is the same age as them b/c while they would be willing to wait until the other grew up this is much less creepy.

>Speaking of age fuckery Itachi is smol now and just about permanently leashed to Mikoto’s side.

->Sasuke is v amused b/c Aniki deserves this.

-->Mikoto and Fugaku are the first Uchiha couple to make a new baby and it’s Sarada b/c she’s the only good thing about the Next Gen (Except for Snake Fam but they aren’t a part of this fic boo)

>Obito is Madara’s primary assistant b/c some of the Uchiha are Not Over the whole Killing Us All Off thing.

->Obito runs into Quinlan Vos. Results are hilarious.

-->Brainwashing to the Dark Side ep. goes v differently. (Need to re-watch this ep for details but yes) Obito will rampage over everything b/c dude has No Chill

>Shisui is v jealous of his relatives b/c Itachi is too smol to play with and also has been hijacked by Isami (who will hold her death over Itachi for the rest of forever but again Uchiha don’t really fall out of love so she’s also learning Itachi wrangling skills from Mikoto now.)

->Everyone else is finding Jedi favourites and Shisui misses his ANBU team b/c it’s not like he really had time to make any other friends

-->Sulking Shisui trips over Feemor while waiting for Madara. Apparently Uchiha and Yoda’s Lineage have A Type.

>BIG PLOT POINT: Uchiha Remember

->’Curse of Hatred’ spun by Madara as ‘plague’ caused by ‘non-native invasive plants’ (Blames it all on Zetsu and says plant was toxic to non-Uchiha) Says is why there are no non-Uchiha in TG44′s population despite stories otherwise.

>Uchiha think the Jedi Code is silly but the Clones are the Best Thing. All Clones look different to FS/Sharingan

>Uchiha have a habit of “stealing” spouses.

->BTW Shisui has No Patience

-->Upside: Feemor is v flattered by the attention and TG44 has a v interesting ecosystem. TF is in everything on this planet like WTF how does this work?

->Kagami is So Proud. Look at his Grandson, so proactive.

-->Starts to ‘hint’ that maybe Madara-shishou should think about settling down.

-->Mace has been meditating and consulting with the other Masters of the Order.

--->War changes everyone. Plus certain contracts between the Jedi Order and the Senate have been voided by the drafting of Jedi Generals. (Look up the details of the Ruusan Reformation for more info on disbandment of Jedi Military Powers and what it means when Senate gives them back the right to raise levy forces.)

-->Jedi don’t need to look harmless anymore just need to look less dangerous than the Seppies and the Sith.

>Uchiha Clan FB keep any of them from Falling to the Dark Side.

->Sasuke finally gets his hooks in Anakin and Padme. Notices the ‘nightmare vision’ problem first time he sleeps over.

-->Kidnaps Obi-wan to ‘repair’ the stress fracture in Anakin’s only familial FB b/c having his partner be so alone in his head is creeping Sasuke out and it’d only get worse if the bond to Obi-wan breaks completely.

--->Obi-wan is too tired to even object and now Anakin is freaking out b/c he’d been so focused on Padme maybe-dying in childbirth that he hadn’t even noticed how sick his Master looks.

---->Oh and also there is a Sith Energy Parasite attached to Anakin’s FS and it’s been poisoning his bonds. Sasuke just facepalms while the Jedi have panic attacks and drags in the genjutsu expert hostile deprogramming specialists.

----->Upside: Uchiha now know what Sith Master’s chakra signature is and can hunt him properly. Also help Mind Healers check all Jedi for similar problems, starting with Active Duty Generals. My the Council Chambers look so much Lighter now.

>Then some stuff happens where Palpatine is exposed as the Sith Master and there are explosions.

>Plot Twist is that Madara and Mace have been banging and rewriting the Jedi Code of conduct since like their third date and no one picked up on it.

->Mace: *stares Anakin in the eyes* And that’s how you hide an affair, Skywalker.

*jazz hands* And this is how my fics look before I start writing them.

#Sanjuno self metas #Sanjuno Monolouges #prompt myself #Fic I haven't written yet #that we answer to our stars

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antianakin · 2 years ago

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I mean. I dunno that I think it's... out of character, personally.

What I find a little MORE out of character is actually that neither Rex nor Anakin seemingly had an issue with the clones just wasting a bunch of time waiting for Ahsoka to wake up.

Like she just goes down for an HOUR, what are they even doing for that time? Are they just standing around chatting while she lies on the floor? Are they running their own drills? Do the men do this in shifts and switch every so often because it's kinda stupid and ridiculous?

I also don't think it's necessarily ooc for Rex to have "allowed it" so to speak. It's important here to remember that the dynamic between Rex and Ahsoka and Anakin is NOT one of equals. Anakin is a Jedi and Rex's superior officer. Ahsoka is Anakin's student and technically she is also Rex's superior officer. Anakin is generally fairly open to Rex and allows Rex to question him, but he remains a lower ranked officer who reports to Anakin and Ahsoka remains specifically Anakin's student. How Ahsoka gets trained or treated by her Master is not actually Rex's call to make.

I think it's accurate to show that he is pretty concerned about her and willing to VOICE those concerns to Anakin, but that he's not going to act against what are clearly Anakin's wishes for this particular exercise.

As for Anakin being protective of her, well. We know for a fact at this point that electricity in Star Wars really has very little effect on people. Stun blasts in particular seem to have really little impact on the people they hit (aside from the obligatory unconsciousness) and don't seem to cause any real pain. Ahsoka isn't being actively HURT by lying on the floor, the bigger issue is actually her FALLING on the floor and hitting her head because there's no fucking mats here like there are in the Jedi exercise, but that's a slightly different conversation.

And Anakin's protectiveness towards people always comes with intensity, it always comes with this desperation and possessiveness that can veer into cruelty. Remember how Anakin responds to Padme and Clovis BOTH times she has to work with him. Particularly in the second arc, Anakin tells Padme that the reason he's so angry and demanding is because he's trying to protect her, but he also nearly beats a man to death and when Padme tries to stop him, he snarls at her that "she doesn't get a say anymore."

This is how Anakin's love looks. This is what it's ALWAYS looked like. That's kind-of the point of Anakin, is that his love is toxic and always has been. It's just that he's not always put in positions where that toxicity can turn into murder.

Anakin's telling himself and Ahsoka that what he's doing here will ultimately protect her in the battlefield and keep her safe. Whether that actually is true or not is a little questionable, but the implication of the episode is that it does. That Anakin's methods are cruel and unorthodox perhaps but that they do ultimately work and help her survive Anakin's genocide later, and that's the thematic irony of the episode.

Anakin's not portrayed as stupid here. The WRITING is stupid because it's ignoring quite a lot of obvious flaws in this particular exercise Anakin sets up, but the way it's edited and written makes it pretty clear that his exercise "works" and helps Ahsoka survive. It protects her. But that that doesn't necessarily take away that it was also cruel at the time. They can both exist at the same time.

I think they could've written this exercise in a way that was less absolutely fuck off stupid so that that thematic irony they set up actually WORKS, but that's clearly what you're supposed to understand from this episode.

I'm poking holes in it not because it's out of character, but because the obvious take-away they want me to have doesn't match up with what I actually saw once I thought about it for 5 seconds.

Anakin just LEAVES AHSOKA ON THE GROUND WHERE SHE FALLS! Each time!

For an hour!

There isn't a cot set up for her, or even a mat on the ground. It's being done in a WAREHOUSE type thing with hard ground to fall on instead of the training mats at the Jedi's gym, and when she falls she just gets LEFT THERE.

#anakin #ahsoka #rex #totj #totj spoilers

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thewillowbends · 7 years ago

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If you don’t mind the question, how/(in what way(kind of dynamic)) do you ship Obikin? I ship it too but find myself surprisingly picky when it comes to fanfiction.

In general: I ship Obikin.

Caveat: I only ship it in VERY specific ways that most writers can’t accomplish to my satisfaction.

Second caveat: Obianidala > Obikin for me. There are only certain circumstances I accept it without her because I feel Padme gets written out enough of her own story as is and, well, it’s a lot more interesting if she and Obi Wan have to quarrel constantly with what they think is the right way to handle Anakin.

Anakin and Obi Wan love each other, but they have a pretty fucked up relationship, no getting around that. There’s codependence and there’s abuse and there’s role confusion and emotional repression and serious communication issues, and it’s a giant mess, as canon has well indicated. Inserting sexual attraction and romantic feelings is not going to fix that. It is, in fact, going to make it even more fucked up because Anakin has enough issues with self-esteem and empowerment around authority that going down on his former superior and vaguely paternalistic figure is not going to be healthy for him. It’s not as if Obi Wan is going to be able to turn that off automatically, either, since fuck knows he’ll never pass up a chance to be a sarcastic, patronizing asshole (which I love about him, don’t get me wrong).

For me, the ideal Obikin/OTP3 fanfiction acknowledges ALL of these issues and does something interesting with it. It should acknowledge that things will never be perfect. Anakin is a mess. Sans Vader, he would have still been a mess. The chance for him to be perfectly well adjusted was destroyed by merit of his birth. The chance for him to be BETTER adjusted was denied by the repressive and toxic environment of the Jedi Order. (I honestly don’t care if it worked for other Jedi, NOT acknowledging the comparatively traumatic differences of Anakin’s childhood and failing to deal with it accordingly was problematic, if not arguably abusive.)

At the same time, for the relationship to have any real grounding that doesn’t fill Anakin with persistent anxiety, Obi Wan would have to admit how he feels in a way that is overt and blunt and responsive to Anakin’s intense fears of abandonment. That means overcoming literally a lifetime of psychological conditioning that tells him such attachments are dangerous and unfit for a proper Jedi. It’s going to take one hell of an incentive for him to do that, not only because being a Jedi is literally all Obi Wan has ever known, but because it took the literal destruction of the Jedi Order and fall of the Republic at the hand of his best friend for Obi Wan to have an impetus to examine his beliefs. Obi Wan and Anakin are very much in love with the idea of each other than they are the reality. A marriage, so to speak, would require them to face those delusions and idealistic views of one another and start to address the real problems in their relationship. There’d be anger. There’d be resentment. There’d be the realization that they really were failing each other in different ways and it needed to be addressed. The best outcome for them still involves some level of fuckery that just happens to work for all of them in a way that manages to stabilize Anakin but isn’t messed up enough that it wouldn’t inevitably implode down the line.

Also: notice how a lot of this is about Anakin, yeah? The guy is a black hole of need sucking everyone in and forcing them to provide the emotional and moral stability in his life. In a world where Anakin never falls, I see Obi Wan and/or Padme going through a period where they realize they’re seriously struggling maintain their own personal lives and identities without being subsumed by Anakin’s many issues. Eventually, counseling just really wouldn’t be an option without the relationship falling apart.

Also: there’s going to be a potentially serious problem when Anakin is living and loving two people to whom he’s a junior and falling into the trap of letting them run his life because he has a naturally passive personality. Being passive is not a terrible thing, but for Anakin it’s linked to a whole host of psychological issues in terms of how he’s been taught to frame the world since childhood between “masters” and “slaves” “subordinates,” so I could definitely see that becoming an issue with Padme and/or Obi Wan being more assertive and bringing out the passive aggression in Anakin as he struggles to rebel against their authority while fearing alienating them.

So now that I’ve vomited lots of words about how I like to watch two fictional men fuck, let me give you the tiny list of authors who write it the way I like it:

1.) @cadesama - Burnt Edges is like my gold standard ObiAniDala. Like, all of the problems and issues I’ve listed above get explored and then some, and it doesn’t pretend to end on a perfectly agreed note, either. The Bones of What You Believe is also excellent and an example of how I can deal with Obikin if Amidala isn’t in the picture but is still part of the picture. Read them here.

2.) Calicokat (who is sadly off tumblr now) wrote it really well, though her stories were written before TCW came out and softened some of how fandom perceived Anakin, so there’s a decidedly bitterer tone to them. You can find her older stuff here and here.

3.) @xpityx (I think this tumblr is the same as the ao3 author, apologies if I improperly tagged!) - She’s only written two, but I really, really like the curious interplay of ObiAniDala where it’s essentially Obikin and Anidala coexisting peacefully within an arrangement. It’s perhaps the most optimistic take I’m willing to accept on it. Read it here.

As a final note, I want to assure you that while I’m picky about it (these three are really the only ones I’ve read thus far that deeply resonate with me and how I like it written), I read plenty of Obikin and ObiAniDala that isn’t perfect. I mean, I’m a queer woman. I’ll take my gay romance where I can find that, but that’s what they are to me: gay romance novels. The characters may share their looks and names with the SW characters, but they aren’t really the same characters and I just generally read it thinking of it as an original novel.

#star wars

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xyouaremylifedelena · 7 years ago

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Some thoughts after seeing The Last Jedi

I’ve been a fan of Star Wars for as long as I can remember. I liked the prequels, but the acting was cringy at times (I’m looking at you, Ep1&2) but still enjoyed the tragic love story between Padme and Anakin even though Anakin became an ass at the end of 3 (still love Vader though).

With that being said, I was always in the Rey & Kylo fandom but didn’t interact that much with you guys. I was always liking an rebloging stuff, other than that, I tried to stay as far away as I could from the fandom (or every fandom for that matter). I used to talk with other shippers on twitter and tumblr, interacting with them between 2010-2014, because for me, thats when the ‘fandom culture’ wasn’t that much toxic. I’ve shipped damon & elena since 2009, I’ve always made fanvids with them on youtube and the shipping wars we had was about which couple was better, (for those whose been in that fandom, remember that Delena and Stelena we’re craaaazy) but for some twisted reason, it was fun having a ‘war’ with the other fandom. Probably because we didn’t insult each other, we just didn’t like the other couple, that was that.

But from 2015 to now, I’ve seen the fandom culture changing into something that wasn’t healthy at all. Insulting each other and throwing the words ‘abuse’, ‘toxic’, etc. everywhere wasn’t my cup of tea, so I stayed away for a long time. It’s fiction first of all, so it isn’t that deep and second, I’ve grown up with worse tv shows, games and movies than that and didn’t turn out to be ‘fucked up’. I’ve had an ex-boyfriend who was mentally abusive to me, but didn’t stop liking certain ships because ‘they we’re presumably bad for each other’ or ‘(insert character name) fucked up’. Yes, I changed the way I viewed my relationships with everyone. I did let some people go because of it but I never paired fiction with reality. EVER. Because liking something doesn’t make you a bad person, change your morals or whatever. It’s like saying we should stop making Star Wars as whole because it promotes war? Humans aren’t that dumb. Yes, some people make bad choices, but that’s not because they go on tumblr or twitter and ship a certain couple. Like wtf. You do you guys.

All of that to say that, I couldn’t stay away from the Reylo fandom because I just can’t get enough of them. I’ve shipped them since TFA got out (I even whispered to my best friend ‘is it weird I ship those two?’ at the interrogation scene) and never looked back since then.

Anyways, I have some things I have to say about the movie so here it is:

I absolutely loved every Rey & Kylo (Ben?) scenes. Driver and Ridley we’re so amazing in this one, I couldn’t help but REALLY stare at the screen for every scene they shared. Seriously, they’ve blown my mind. The movie could have been better in my opinion but everything was perfectly executed and believable, I would go and see it a second time for sure (Overall, I give the movie a 7.5-8/10).

The force bond

It was really well done. It felt like they we’re in the same place at the same time, even though it was totally different scenes. I have to give a thumbs up to Rian Johnson for that. One of my favorite moment is when they touch their hands and Luke explodes the hut. It was sweet and not something I was expecting from them, or at all actually. I loved that Ben is transported into her surroundings instead of his, mostly because the lighting in hers is really warm and just feels safe and comforting instead of his who’s more cold and dreadful. It clearly states that she is okay with him being near her and found a friend who can actually understand her worries when she thought she was alone. They have each other. I’ve seen some post worried about the last scene, when she is shutting the door of the falcon on him as if destroying the force bond. But the thing is... You can’t destroy a force bond unless one of the two dies. And even then, it feels like a piece missing in you, a wound you can’t heal. Also, when she sees him, she hesitate for a moment, opens her mouth as if to speak but chooses not to. She looks more mad at him for his poor choices dans than hating him just because. She knows he won’t hurt her, she just want to make a point by closing the door that she can control when she can see him or not, shutting him out of her mind like she did at their first force visions.

Ben’s redemption

It’s happening. I seriously didn’t thought he would be after the little tantrum he did on Crait, but there’s one moment, a little moment that can confirms you that he will be redeem. It is not a scene with Rey though. It’s the scene where Luke and Leia talks when they see each other for the last time. She says something along the lines that her son is not himself anymore and Luke respond by saying that he can still be brought back. I have no idea why, but the fact that Luke finally see this calls back to when Rey tells him that Ben is their only hope after the hut scene. Rey lost that hope at the end of the movie, but Luke finally understands her words and believes it more than ever. Even when he’s in front of Kylo, he tells him that he will always be with him like Han is. I’m pretty sure that we’ll see Luke guiding him and Rey in IX together, because she’s the only one who can bring him back now that Carrie Fisher is gone. Maybe Kylo knowing that his mother is dead will affect him dearly, but I don’t see that happening in the first act of the movie.

There’s subtle hints here and there that he’ll come back, like the fact that Hux wants to kill him and side eye him when Kylo pulls a tantrum on Luke. My theory for this, is that the real villain of IX will be Hux and not Kylo. The fact that Kylo is practically begging Rey with his eyes to not reject him does not make him the baddest villain, it’s a call for help. If Rey would have taken his hand, Kylo would have turned around and run away with her, so he wouldn’t have lied to Hux about who killed Snoke. Pretty sure he would have exterminate the dude. The guy is still conflicted about himself being in the dark side or light side, and ends up being grey at the end of the movie even if he’s still trying to be dark (we all know he loses his chill when Rey rejects him, not because he just wants to be dark).

I’m not sure yet if Reylo will be endgame yet, I’ll have to wait for more inteviews but they’re not dead for sure. They’ll have a final showdown and all that and then Ben will probably switch side by the end of the second or third act. I just hope they don’t do like Anakin’s story and kill him at the end.

Also, J.J. Abrahams is the one who compared Rey and Kylo to a Princess and a Prince, that star wars was a kind of fairytale and that they wanted to explore that relationship further down the road. Plus, he still had to approve the idea of Johnson with TLJ. If he didn’t want this to happen, we wouldn’t be seeing any romantic Reylo in the movie AT ALL.

(Sorry if I made some mistakes while typing this, French is my first language so if you didn’t understand a shit of what I said, don’t be afraid to tell me!)

#reylo #rey #kylo ren #kylo x rey #star wars #tlj spoilers #ben solo #the last jedi

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comic-movieheroesranked · 7 years ago

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Cinematic Comic Characters Ranked! (Year 2008) Final Part

Wow, I just want to say that 2008 really stepped it up when it came to comic movies released. Granted, a couple weren’t the best but overall this year was one of the best out of the bunch. The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army are the only sequels this year, while The Punisher: War Zone and The Incredible Hulk serve as reboots. Star Wars: The Clone Wars serves as a prequel and we also see the debut of Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Spirit and Wanted! Lets start off our largest list yet! Here’s the Top 20 of 2008!

*SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE MOVIES HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE*

20. Emil Blanksy/Abomination (The Incredible Hulk)

"Give me a REAL fight!"

Like I said in 2007's list in regards to The Stranger in 30 Days of Night, if you want a character to be disliked by me, have them kill a dog. Emil does this right in the beginning as he and his team hunt Bruce down in Brazil so, naturally, my body was filled with glee when the Hulk trashed them all. This is apparently a turn-on for Emil because he gets obsessed with having the power Bruce has. It doesn't take much for him to convince Ross and then, later, Samuel Sterns to eventually help him become Abomination, a freak of immense power. Him and the Hulk enter an epic fight on the battlefield that is New York City that ends up with him getting his ass beat.

19. The Octopus (The Spirit)

"I don't like egg on my face."

The Octopus was such an outrageous character man! And unlike Jigsaw and his wack brother, The Octopus made it work for him! With help with the overall setting of the film, The Octopus showed that even though he's not all there, he's still a major threat to Central City. His thirst for immortality and world domination put him at odds with The Spirit, who also holds a grudge against him for killing him. He pulls all kinds of evil doings, including dissolving an innocent cat, which was the last straw for The Spirit. After he loses the vase of Heracles's blood, The Octoplus then blows up from a grenade shoved in his body.

18. Rachel Dawes (The Dark Knight)

"If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people."

Rachel is still fighting crime in the courtroom but this time with her new boyfriend, Harvey Dent. I expected an obvious love triangle with Bruce to happen, but I don't think that's what we got. I don't think Rachel cared for Bruce like she did in the first film, but because of the promise she made she felt guilty and kept denying her feelings for Harvey to grow. Her fight for justice shows up several times as she takes down crime lords in the court and even face to face with the Joker when he goes after Harvey, but her relationship with Harvey and Bruce is what brings her demise. Her death was shocking but it would be the final tool for Harvey Dent's transformation into Two Face.

17. Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"No, I'm the one with enthusiasm."

Ahsoka is a young Jedi in training that's been assigned to work under Anakin Skywalker's teachings. She falls quickly into the little sister role but she shows just as much determination as Anakin when he was a young Jedi, which is why I think he grows to like her. She proves her skill again and again and she even saves Anakin a few times when he's in a tight spot, though he won't admit it. She ends up taking care of Jabba's newborn and returns him safely so the tension between the Hutt's and the Republic can end.

16. Princess Nuala (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"I'm afraid it's the other way around."

Princess Nuala definitely has a strong sense on what is right and what is wrong. Even if she dislikes the way her people are living, she knows that attacking the humans with the Golden Army is wrong, and therefore hides the last piece of the crown from her brother after he kills their father. She seeks help from Abe and the two bond over the fact that they both have similar learning powers through their hands. Now. Once we found out that she feels everything Nuada feels, I knew she was going to die. I did not see her taking out herself though. I should've, because she was cool with her dad sentencing them to death but it still really shocked me when she went ahead and knifed herself, taking her destructive brother down with her.

15. James Gordon (The Dark Knight)

"He's a silent guardian. A Dark Knight."

With the Joker wrecking havoc on Gotham City, James Gordon had to step his game up big time. He honestly did the best he could, coming up with a great plan involving him faking his own death so he could capture the Joker that ended up promoting him to Commissioner, but the clown prince of crime was just always three steps ahead. He managed to beat Gordon at his own game several times and ended up giving him a deadly enemy, Two Face. Gordon and Harvey Dent's animosity towards each other come to end when Two Face tries to take out Gordon's family. When Batman saves them, they both agree that Batman must take the fall for Dent's death.

14. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"The desert is merciless. It will take everything from you."

Wow I actually liked Anakin in this movie. I think it was because he wasn't shown as this moody teenager who was just constantly filled with angst the whole damn time and instead showed him as a leader and now teacher of Ahsoka. They didn't focus too much on his relationship with Padme, which also wasn't his strongest point because again, he was just moody as hell even if he was in love. He really grew as an individual and was able to bond with Ahsoka through their travels despite him not liking her in the beginning. We got to see his angst a little bit when they returned to his home planet but I understand, even if I think it's silly, that you can't have a Skywalker on the screen and not have them go through angst.

13. Wesley Gibson (Wanted)

"What the fuck have you done lately?"

So part of me liked Wesley and the part of me didn't. I liked how he decided he wasn't going to be treated like shit anymore and stood up to all the toxic people in his life. I do like how polite he was and his determination to really be something he could be proud of. And I liked his friendship with the Executioner and his relationship with Fox. I didn't like how he all of a sudden got this superiority complex as soon as he learned a little knife trick. Like he was constantly throwing mad shade at us, the viewers, and it was a little off-putting because no one should be able to talk as much shit as he did when they allow their best friend to bang their girl for years before finally doing something. Also, why did he hate Cross so much? I get he thought Cross killed his father but damn he was hunting him down as if he had known his father his entire life! But I was glad he was able to discover the truth and then use everything he learned to bring down Sloan and the Fraternity once and for all.

12. Harvey Dent/Two Face (The Dark Knight)

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

Harvey Dent is Gotham's White Knight. He's a lawyer that can't be bought and is determined to bring down every corrupt person in the city, which earns him a lot of enemies. When the opportunity to bring down all the crime lords shows up, he forces his way into Batman and Gordon's plans, causing tensions with the latter. But he ends up biting more than he can chew once the Joker shows up. Not only does he end up burning off half his face, but he loses Rachel as well. Her death is the final straw and Harvey Dent becomes Two Face after having a little chat with the Joker. He seeks out the cops that betrayed him, the crime lords that set it up, and even Gordon, who he blames for Rachel's death. His thirst for revenge gets him in a confrontation with Batman, ending with his death. Instead of revealing what actually happened, Gordon and Batman agree to keep Dent's White Knight reputation.

11. Abe Sapien (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"Despite the appearances, I bet Red will make an excellent father figure."

Abe is the most supportive friend a hellspawn can ask for. I mean, he works well with everyone. He helps support Liz after discovering she's pregnant and he even gets along well with Tom Manning. He ends up developing the biggest teenage-boy crush on Princess Nuala and starts wearing contacts, listening to love songs, and even gets drunk with Hellboy as they bond over their women. It was slightly annoying when he gave the last piece to Prince Nuada for Nuala's safety, but he was right when he pointed out Hellboy would do the same for Liz. Nuala's death definitely took a toll on him which is one of the reasons why I think he ended up quitting with the team.

10. Sand Saref (The Spirit)

"Do I look like a good girl?"

A femme fatale, Sand used to be Denny's young love as they grew up in Central City. She dreamed of diamonds, cars, and loved reading stories of Jason's Golden Fleece. When her uncle dies, she decides to break up with cop-loving Denny, and finally go after everything she wants in life. Now known for marrying rich and then killing her husbands, keeping all the money for herself. With everything she's asked for, she goes after the Golden Fleece, which brings her back to Central City. When her Fleece get's switched with Octopus's vase of blood, she becomes a major player in the war between him and the Spirit, who she learns is Denny back from the dead. Their feelings come back when he learns she still had the necklace he gave her but they aren't acted on until the final fight. With her hands on the Golden Fleece, Sand uses it's impenetrable coat to protect The Spirit and then the tow proceed to make out in front of everyone, including his current girlfriend. They break ways though, Sand choosing her diamonds and The Spirit choosing the city's protection.

9. Prince Nuada Silverlance (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"Let this remind you why you once feared the dark."

So I don't feel like Prince Nuada was a bad guy, he really thought he was bringing justice to his people by defeating the humans who raged war on them for years. He has a respect for nature and cares deeply about his kingdom, which is why he couldn't deal with how they were living under his father's rule while the humans destroyed all the green from their planet. So he did what he had to do to gain control of the crown pieces but then became at odds with Hellboy and his team. They end up fighting a lot, Nuada is crazy talented with the spear, but Nuada always got away because Hellboy couldn't hurt him without hurting Princess Nuala, Abe's crush. It isn't until Nuada has complete control of the Golden Army that he's defeated by Hellboy, but even then he won't stop his mission until Nuala kills herself, killing him as well.

8. Pepper Potts (Iron Man)

"I do anything and everything Mr. Stark requires. Including occasionally taking out the trash."

If there's one person who can put Tony Stark in his place, it's Pepper. In fact, I'm pretty sure Pepper can put anyone in their place, proof being when she handles the disrespectful reporter, Christine. She's Stark's personal assistant and handles literally everything in his life, since the millionaire genius is pretty much incapable of doing anything besides creating amazing technology (he really should know his social security number). It's Pepper who discovers that Obadiah was the one trying to kill him and it's Pepper who helps Iron Man take him down. There isn't a resolution to the chemistry between Pepper and Tony, but since she's still his assistant, there's still hope.

7. Denny Colt/The Spirit (The Spirit)

"She is my lover, and I am her Spirit."

I get why literally every girl in this movie fell for the Spirit, he's extremely charismatic. How he learned to do that after rising from the dead, I don't know, but it's a skill he mastered and it's got him out of several tough spots as he tries to protect the city (granted it's gotten him in tougher spots too). He has a hilarious rivalry with The Octopus which puts him in even more hilarious situations like fighting in the mud with toilets, jumping off buildings with his pants off, and fighting goons holding gun with nothing but snowballs. Despite all of this, he manages to save his city, kiss the girl (ends up with another girl), and finally takes The Octopus down with a grenade.

6. Hellboy (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"I'm not gonna kill him, Abe. But I am gonna kick his ass!"

Our favorite petty hellspawn is back! Nothing much has changed since we lost saw Hellboy. He's still in love with Liz and his kittens, still desperately wants to fit in with society, and still has a nasty temper. Despite all their arguing, Hellboy and Liz still find a way to make it work, especially now that Liz is pregnant with his babies. His relationship with Abe also expands, Hellboy taking on a big brother role as he helps Abe deal with his feelings with Princess Nuala, and by 'deal' I mean they get drunk and listen to sad love songs. Despite the annoyance of Krauss being added to the team, Hellboy manages to lead everyone against Prince Nuada and his powerful Golden Army. When he takes them all done, him and Liz quit the department and walk off to start their new family.

5. Bruce Banner/Hulk (The Incredible Hulk)

"HULK SMASH!"

The Hulk is the first superhero that's gotten a reboot in my list's history. Even though the film is technically a sequel, lots of things were rebooted and, in my opinion, for the better. Not only do we get to see the Hulk in his destructive glory but I feel like we were finally able to connect to Bruce as a human. He's someone with a problem that has the potential to cause serious harm for anyone near him so he isolates himself from everyone he cares about and tries to find a way to get rid of away. Of course he can't stay hidden too long and ends up reuniting with Betty, but with the army trying to selfishly use his contaminated blood as a weapon of their own, the journey just gets harder and harder for Bruce. In the end, when he's fighting Abomination on the streets of New York, Bruce nearly kills him as the Hulk but with the help off Betty he's able to manage his rage, if only briefly, and runs off to British Colombia. There we see him last, his glowing eyes hinting at his newfound control over the Hulk.

4. Fox (Wanted)

"We kill one and maybe save a thousand."

If anyone believes in the code and in the Fraternity of Assassins, it's Fox. This is someone who was actually a victim of what happens when an assassin doesn't kill their target. It's probably why she joins, herself, and quickly becomes one of the best they have. She's badass in every way, shape, and form. From curving bullets, driving in crazy speed chases, and climbing the side of a train as it gets ready to fall over a rocky cliff, she's someone who's capable of anything. When she finds out her name, along with everyone in the Fraternity's names, show up she disobeys Sloan and honors the code it the most epic way. With one final curve of her bullet, she manages to take down everyone in the room, including herself.

3. Bruce Wayne/Batman (The Dark Knight)

"Because sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes, people deserve more."

The Dark Knight is back and the streets of Gotham couldn't be any more safe, but it's not just him that c an take the credit. Gotham has a hero with a face taking down these crime lords and his name is Harvey Dent. This man gives Bruce hope that maybe he can step away from the suit and live a normal life with Rachel after all, but all that comes crashing down once the Joker steps to the plate. Bruce made a mistake in underestimating Joker, thinking of him as a common criminal, which ends up costing him the lives of several people including Rachel. Bruce has to really think outside the box when it comes to stopping him and when he finally does, he ends up with another threat in the form of Two Face. When Harvey Dent regrettably dies, Bruce understands that the general public will go into chaos if they find out about his corruption and so he decides to take the blame entirely, saving Harvey's reputation along with Gotham City's safety.

2. Tony Stark/Iron Man (Iron Man)

"The truth is...I am Iron Man."

The genius owner of a millionaire dollar business. Tony Stark is one of the most brilliant men the world has to offer, and he puts his brains into making weapons for the military to help keep the peace. It isn't until after he's kidnapped by terrorist with his own weapon technology that he realizes his mistakes. He turns a new leaf and decides to create a hero of sorts to help protect people from those who wish to harm them: Iron Man! Tony Stark's charisma and humor throughout the film was so fun to watch and his journey to becoming a hero was even better to see happen. At the end he does what no hero has done before, he reveals he's indeed Iron Man, not wanting to hide away from his responsibilities.

1. The Joker (The Dark Knight)

"Why so serious?"

Is anyone surprised? 2008 had the most bad ass characters by far with returning champions Batman, Hellboy, and Angelina Jolie (even though she won as Tomb Raider instead of Fox) and the debut of Iron Man. There's only one person who could steal the throne from them at that was Heath Ledger's Joker. The Joker ruled every scene he was in and was, in every sense of the word, a madman. From his multiple backstories on how he got his scars to his nurse outfits, Joker installed fear and uncertainty in everyone that crossed his path. An agent of chaos, Joker quickly flipped Gotham upside down and had the entire city scrambling to figure him out and put a stop to him. And even though he does eventually get stopped because Batman does have more strength in the end, no one figures him out. He's a puzzle piece that remains unsolved because every time you try he finds a way to create the biggest, most chaotic storm in your life. It's his wild plans that aids in the creation of Two Face, after all. The Joker is one of the greatest enemies Batman has ever faced and his reign as one of the greatest villains of all time in film is still evident almost ten years later.

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smonksthemuse · 7 years ago

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(same user that sent the Red Riding Hood ask) what about Snow White Anakin?? and the dwarves are padme and her handmaidens and Obi is the prince (Or Obi and the Jedi are the dwarves and padme is the princess) and ofc palp is the evil queen (emperor) and he's super jealous of Anakin bc "holonet, who's the most powerful of all?" "Anakin Skywalker, my lord." And suddenly palp is sending maul out with the instructions; "bring me back his lifesaber" sorry about the long ask, cinderkin gave me ideas!!

(ANON I AM SO SORRY IT’S BEEN LIKE A WEEK SINCE YOU SENT ME THIS BEAUTIFUL ASK I’ve been kind of busy but here’s some art? to make it better?? and also I may have ended up writing a sort-of fic???)

as you can see I went with the ‘Obi-Wan and the Jedi as the Dwarves’ option, and also I decided to make it a little closer to the fairytale by giving Evil Emperor Palpatine magic. he uses a glamour in public because he’s so fuckin ugly (if your heart is shriveled your face is shriveled bitch), and the spell requires the lightsabers - or rather the kyber crystals within the lightsabers - of powerful Jedi.

and hey remember how in Snow White (at least the disney version) the hunter sent to kill Snow and take her heart decided not to at the last minute because, idk, he realized that would be a terrible evil thing to do? well Maul the hunter doesn’t have some sudden attack of the morals; he just chooses this particular mission to be the one where instead of completing it he flips Palpatine the bird and goes on his merry way, not killing Anakin in the slightest. maybe he goes to Dathomir and lives with his brother, and the Big Murder Boys get their own happily ever after.

the Seven Jedi don’t have the Dwarf names, but Yoda is definitely Dopey. in this AU instead of being an emotionally repressed frog who gives bad advice he’s what everyone’s first impression of him in ESB was; just a little green oddball. why is he like this? because in this AU instead of the toxic and terrible Jedi Order, Jedi go to Jedi school for their training and after that they just live their lives, wandering around, using the Force and their lightsabers for good. There’s a communication network for if anybody needs help from other Jedi like with stopping a war or something. lots of Jedi end up living together in groups, which is what the Seven Jedi that Anakin goes to live with after Palpatine decides he wants him dead is. I don’t know who all it includes, but there’s definitely Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Mace Windu, and probably Ahsoka. I don’t know if Coruscant has anything equivalent to the Dwarves’ remote woodland cottage, but the Seven Jedi live somewhere out of the way where it’s quieter, which is why it takes Palpatine a while to find Anakin.

and now for Padmé. she was Palpatine’s protege, just like in canon, but in this AU their relationship is even closer, like practically father-daughter (because Snow White’s prince was the son of the Evil Queen). when Palpatine became Emperor she started to distance herself from him, like “hey uh actually I’m not so sure about this” and then when Palpatine really started in with the ‘Evil’ part and dissolved the senate she cut all personal ties with him. she went back to Naboo and got elected for a third term as Queen, but she’s often called to Coruscant for Imperial Court bullshit and like fancy dinner parties and whatever. Palpatine is still semi-trying to get her back on his side, but he’s not terribly invested in it. anyways one day Padmé is in her apartment on Coruscant and she hears a commotion. she investigates and sees Anakin, hanging by one hand from his work speeder and gripping window-cleaning supplies with the other hand, having nearly fallen thousands of feet trying to catch them. Padmé about has a heart attack. she makes Anakin come in through the balcony and sit down so she can make sure he’s alright, even though he assures her he is. they get to talking - turns out Anakin was about to graduate from Jedi school and was window-cleaning as the mandatory community service Jedi students did. Padmé finds she likes this sweet, handsome Jedi boy, and she can tell he likes her too. she’s considering asking if he’s free anytime this week when Palpatine walks in, unannounced and uninvited, to tell her that something-or-other has been rescheduled.

Palpatine takes one look at Anakin and knows 1. the boy’s a Jedi, 2. he’s a powerful one, 3. Palpatine doesn’t need his political adversary meeting privately with powerful Jedi, and 4. that kid’s kyber crystal could fuel his glamour for years. and he makes some plans and about a week or so later sends Maul, his bodyguard/dirty work guy, out with orders to track down Anakin Skywalker, kill him, and bring back his lightsaber. “you’ll love it,” he tells Maul. “you always love killing Jedi, and this one is strong, he’ll give you a good fight.” Maul does love killing Jedi, because he never really got over being kicked out of Jedi school, but little does Palpatine know that Maul has been planning to walk out for a while now, and this is the perfect opportunity to quietly leave the planet. which he does, giving Anakin a warning instead of a murder attempt (he does it in a really scary/assholish way, though. he still hates Jedi).

so Anakin gets scared and decides to go into hiding without telling anyone, because recently Palpatine has been really restricting what Jedi/the Jedi school can do, as well as putting his own people in charge of the school/department of Jedi Affairs (or whatever) and Anakin doesn’t know who he can trust/who might be listening. he doesn’t even tell Padmé, who he’s been getting to know (and has fallen head-over-heels in love with) because he doesn’t want her to worry. he just writes her a note saying that he’ll be off the radar for a while, he doesn’t know how long, but he’ll contact her as soon as he can.

he goes somewhere decently out of the way and stumbles across the Seven Jedi, who live together in their own little quiet-ish space. there’s Yoda, clearly powerful but also quite strange, Mace Windu, who’s very stern and stoic but Won’t Hesitate Bitch when it comes to the safety of his group, Obi-Wan Kenobi, who quickly becomes Anakin’s father/brother/mentor/friend and soon tires of Anakin’s jokes and comments about their 3-inch height difference, Anakin, call me a dwarf one more time and I’ll cut your hair while you sleep and give you that horrible style they used to make Jedi students have, and of course Ahsoka Tano, who is being homeschooled because the Jedi school has really gone downhill since Palpatine became Emperor, and is now Anakin’s little sister/daughter/partner in crime. Anakin soon becomes one of the group, and everyone is happy until one day Anakin is the only one home and this absolutely disgusting-looking old man comes wandering by and offers Anakin a space pear. Anakin loves space pears, and he feels bad for the old man, so he buys it and floats it right into his mouth. of course, it’s Palpatine in his true form, and of course, the space pear was poisoned, so Anakin falls unconscious and Palpatine takes his lightsaber, cackling evilly.

but then all of a sudden the Jedi are back early, having sensed that Anakin needed them. they see Anakin on the floor and Palpatine with his lightsaber and attack, but Palpatine escapes - temporarily. little did anyone else know, Padmé had managed to track down Anakin and was coming to visit, planning to ask why he had decided to vanish and leave her such a vague note for an explanation. come to this remote part of Coruscant. she and Palpatine literally run into each other, and he drops Anakin’s lightsaber. Padmé picks it up and knows, somehow, who it belongs to. she demands to know why Palpatine has it, and where is Anakin, and why the hell does Palpatine look so terrible. Palpatine, filled with hate and sick of everything and everyone and still riding the high of viciously poisoning an unsuspecting Jedi, decides ‘to hell with her’ and uses the magic he still has from the last kyber crystal he stole for his glamour to cast a lightening spell at Padmé, fully intending to kill her. on instinct, Padmé ignites Anakin’s lightsaber, and the lightening redirects back at Palpatine, killing him instead. the Jedi who chased after Palpatine catch up, and Padmé tells them what happened and asks where Anakin is. they all run back and see him, laying on the couch now, with the ones who stayed behind kneeling beside him. they all look up in unison and shake their heads, eyes shining with tears.

Anakin is completely still. he isn’t breathing.

“his lightsaber, at least, brought back you did,” Yoda says quietly. “their lightsaber, a Jedi should have, when lay on their funeral pyre they do.”

Padmé kneels and places the lightsaber on Anakin’s chest, tears running down her face. “Anakin,” she whispers. “I’m so sorry. I should have done something, I should have done something a long time ago, I never should have let him become Emperor. this is all my fault.” she takes his hands and folds them over the lightsaber, then brushes his hair back from his forehead. “I know you’d fallen in love with me, Ani,” she chokes out. “I’d fallen in love with you too.” she leans over and presses a gentle kiss to his cheek.

when she does, his lightsaber glows without igniting, the light shining brighter than the blade ever did, and Anakin chest begins to rise and fall. his eyes flutter open, and his gaze lands on Padmé, whose jaw has dropped in shock.

“I love you, Padmé,” he says, smiling.

“I love you too,” Padmé says, a huge grin breaking over her face. she throws her arms around Anakin and kisses him again, this time on the lips. a cheer goes up from the Jedi at Anakin’s miraculous return to life, and Ahsoka shouts above the noise, demanding to know when the wedding would be.

It ended up being very soon, and it was a beautiful ceremony, after which they all lived happily ever after.

#replies #my art #my fic #(yes it counts it ended up being 1630 words)#star wars #Anakin Padme Obi-Wan and Ahsoka #Palpatine and Maul #it's 5am so I don't know how quality/coherent this is or if there are any glaring plot holes or whatever #and lmao I spent wayyyy too long drawing Maul and Obi-Wan's hair #once again: super sorry for the long wait anon! thank you for sending me this ask!#I'll try to answer the other one soon!

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throwingideasatthewall · 4 years ago

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The Clone Wars Duchess of Mandalore

Season 2 Episode 14

......

You know I want to believe this is going to be an episode focusing on Duchess’s actual character . . . . But the track record of writing female characters (Never mind blam ing trauma for their personality )

Doesn’t leave much Good Faith Or trust . . (especially how often their Characterization gets to Ret-conned. to fit the episode,)

(Padme turned into a nag, Ahsoka In unchildlike abomination that goes with a plot needs her to)

Duchess;

From Relat iv-ely Reas On Able Leader . . . Turned exquisite and Ex- - cess -ive (Pe tty)

Con trast- With Semi- Constant Smart “laziness” avoidant Obi-wan And “Do It Sky wal -ker-

I don’t expect this to stick

(Al-ways the female characters,”

Any. Way

And war, truth is the first casualty,

[It’s actually accountability but good try]

Deluding them selves of the goodness usually comes after the bad action

Any way.

The terribly designed ship

(I’m sorry but that thing doesn’t even look even slightly aerodynamic)

(The shark ship at least had that)

[it was one apparent smoke bomb and she wasn’t allowed to do anything to try and fix it,]

But sure... let’s go with that . Allies

[Never got a feel for that and one dude was always snarking at her,] No shit

everyone can see that

And it was one dude

[They haven’t heard of this yet]

[This plot- isn’t very good]

Right - ok now they’re im-portant-

Sit and and wait

As Duchess makes her case that this is just one splinter group that she can handle

Some thing you wouldn’t think would need a trial

[Only becoming a problem when it affects other people]

[suffering from the Luminara problem, where if she doesn’t meet up to high unreasonable standards. In an unreasonable amount of time (Little) Instantly lambasted by her colleagues. With the nar-rative showing no signs of painting this is wrong Or the fact of the male characters can feck around screw everything up, And that isn’t considered serious

[Narrative’s a Cheater. .)

How long

These are actual good evil minions

(No this could actually be good with them becoming something like the clone troopers to the, Darkside

Making up for a lack of human faces in the ranks up to this point,

Establishing that while they may be the instigator of tox, Actions are about ~now~ Less abhorrent than the Empire’s / Coun- cil-

‘the Plot,’

Completely irrelevant

(And stupid)

Relying on everyone being a complete un- accountable- Idiot.

Great plan you got there Dooku,

How’s Duchess’s explaining that’s-not-at-all-what-happened-and-we-don’t need a foot hold and all security, going?

Like you think he’d be more mad Considering what seems like the only plot, Intercepting the vehicle in transit, Failed horribly,

Unless, the guys didn’t tell him - And he still thinks they have Duchess -which would make sense...because of course they sent troops for the lost foreign leader

(Would’ve been a good episode for both of them)

(Not sure that would cause a riot though-)

(-Which would make sense if Obi-Wan was the last one they saw around here- Thinking, that a Jedi captured their leader,

]

But I’m getting ahead of myself let’s focus on the actual plot. .

Whoa rows

To Coursant

I thought you just said to . . .sit still and leave.

What? ...

What

Oh so we’re focusing on another cliché plot instead of the actual characters

(*Note; Cliché As in a badly established already done plot . . . There’s nothing wrong with doing repeat plot so long as you do them well

What you bring into it is the fun part (Ideally)

Aight?

How?

They’re just there

Also yeah you already know that there there you already know what they’re doing you still haven’t done anything about it

So?

[I was about to say where is the courier guy but he’s dead]

R.I.P shortly lived villain Killed off for a shitty written romance-

-He deserved better

Whatever

Why

[i’ve seen that image multiple times but I never realized the city was in the ball

[also how is this the palace where several important officials meet And the nice forest is supposed to be this mining hell hole

The environments- They’re-

So yeah we know it’s there, but like last time we’re not going to do anything about it

[like I said Saltine did get back at some point and everyone’s logic was just ok let’s go complain to the council for no reason,]

[I dislike this logic)

Why?

Just...? Why

Also yeah who’s in charge while she’s away?

I mean we’ve already got like a lot of senators’ sus

What?

Things Happen Ing

Also yeah palace right back to the way it was,

I guess it was a smoke bomb. .

Right?

You left the Boomer in control?

Also, so yeah I’m surprised he didn’t run out to be a mastermind either

Like, yeah That can happen

But given the “legacy and proud of everything thing,”

You’d think he’d be the main target

[Makes a lot more sense than Random Sen ator #4

And he was the only one in that hallway with Obi-Wan-

During their argu- ment-

Prime Minister- It Makes Sense -

You found the deathwatch armies - isn’t hard - It was like five guys last time

Now just like them, you have allowed, the situation to get worse

Good job smart guys.

Battle

Really because they seem like the same group of nerds

What?

??...

Deathwatch will never be strong enough

Yeah, no shit

Guess you shouldn’t do anything stupid

[how long until something stupid happens?]

Beyond the normal . . .

Here

Seriously how does this plan make any sense?

Jedi- come here - everyone- Loses their shit

How? - like I know it be unpleasant to have some guys stomp into Your House

But there’s literally no need for that..

Considering the situation isn’t out of control

And Satine should be fully capable of handling the situation

- And telling the Senate to feck off

- And don’t tell me he’s doing this because she’s passive because he’s been everything but passive in defending her passive beliefs,

[Something not really elaborated on]

Stop

NOT BE AN IDIOT!

Also,

[I really don’t like this plot it makes no sense,”. ]

Whelp-

Fuck-

That Got Dark-

[but possibly make sense if this is how she sees members of the republic, As a dark brooding force that will hurt everyone if she’s not careful,

Significant deadly threat

How?

They- smoke bombed one building

[That’s juvenile]

[The situation is not out of control]

In the narrative’s attempt to over blow this isn’t done ,correctly

You need to have self aware ness.

Bumper cars

Good

[Also you had to come to the Senate to say that]

(This could’ve been an email)

Or a photo op/ State -ment-

Duchess why did you come here you knew they were going to pull this shit

Like this helped nothing

And the narrative,

What was a good situation that was supposed to come out of this?

You stand before a council of people who decided to fight, saying I don’t fight

[ and these are toxic people mind you]

There was no way this is going to end up good;

And I don’t.. know what the narrative?

Padme?

Also what is with the weird bumper car rules?

Because it seems like anyone can come up at any time and ask any question?

[Like, how is that not chaos?]

Wo rking under toxic assumed authority. .

“People-

‘ I call to the stand Obi-Wan (Kenobi) and Anakin Of the Jedi order, to provide testament,”

That’s all that had to be said..

On top of;

“My government will submit to peace keepers actual peace keepers - Un-armed- For Eval -uation,’

That would make sense

And work off Satine’s Ad- vers Ion- To Obi-Wan, and the Jedi Council,

True

Dick,

-Jedi

Yeah, she didn’t reject, she allowed the Jedi to do a full investigation,

Also as brutal as the scene is, it is a good show of you reap what you sow and enablers turning on a enablers

Even though Satine should’ve known better than to argue peace with a war council...

Obi-won says nothing . . .

Fuck You (Good)

Bad Ass

Lots of politicians speaking,

Wait-

Dick-

Appro priate-

Ser-iously touching someone without their consent?

Dick entitled move.

Spec. Ifically.

After he stood by and watched that happened - Senate - Yeah cause you were there and you did nothing

Better;

Saltine calls Obi-Wan as a witness (Both Obi-Wan and the others. (Anakin) standing watch over her home planet

They failed to respond due to being in the middle of some thing

Or just distracted

This makes looks Satine Look extremely bad, That Jedi are not Re-sponding On her home planet

The vote gets passed

Satine is more than distressed

When Obi-Wan Coms her In

They argue, Satine Sni,pping. A. Bro-ken Promise

“You said you’d be there for me (This Time)]

“You’re never there when I need you,”

“You’re never there when it matters most,”

With that, the conversation ends

Satine possibly getting ready to defend herself against the republic

Coming to invade her home

Im-bittered Sweet

Didn’t help at all but okay,

We’re friends

Good

[To be fair the romance was so forced, that friendship is honestly best,]

Ah, Lady, You just got a friendship last block,

No need to act surprised.

Nothing More

Good because there was no chemistry between you up to this point,

State of mind

....

What?

What state of mind?

...

She’s fine!

Yeah she over reacted to the dude

But - got everything together when it mattered-

THANK YOU!

That was an asinine statement

Hysterical

No they wouldn’t be

That isn’t a compliment.

That’s Invalidation.

Dick Obi-Wan

Point!

So much

point in this!

I am so

pleased..

(Though

regular,”

I only -

Gas-

lighting

“I’m-

Yes!

Mhm

This is some

Bomb ass tea

De-licious

(I just realized my phrasing of words I’m so-)

It’s good is the point

(Doesn’t it make up what happened in the previous episodes,

But, Makes it easier to forget . . .

Accoun- tability - Is the word you’re looking for (The character, not the writer,”) They’re doing good . ... You live with a child groomer (Are One)

Does make sense. Obi-won closest to the problem (Groomed specifically in benefit of it) Still sad that they just gave up

Even if he does have a point That Two generations have essentially grown up Anakin and their time as the present is over

Bit too late to have a regrets

(Only when it screws you over..

Not the future generations)

And...

My sympathy is officially gone (Not the storytelling’s fault, I think they work -ed this conversation pretty well - Just the facts to narcs arguing - Still made me think about what exactly what was wrong - That’s good (narc)Con versation,

Any way,

I love this song

Obi-Wan gets roasted for all his bad behavior 2.0...

It’s nice

Crusade

This Convo was good

(It made me feel better about all the times the writers used cheating tactics)

*Not for giv-ed

just- better

[That expression- was concerning]

There

Aight

That- Was-

Chilling

[You just spent the whole time getting yelled out for his deeds, just continued on, emotion less]

The “respectable” kind (Approp-riate for an adult)

Aight

[Oh- no are they going to have the Obi-won rescue her and that proves that all her opinions are wrong?

Not actually; she made some really good points

But in the narrative treating?

(I don’t want to see that)

Okay, whelp,

Coursant has the worst security ever,

How?

Damn Frick

Is a bad day for her,

Filed

Some random dude hijacked your car

Who are you going to sue?

Bitch

Queenie, dude’s obviously an asshole

Leave

Also if there was no proof then why aren’t you charging her for vandalism terrorism, etc?

(See his logic is bullshit,)

also this is a good example of obstructive bureaucrat . . .

Or avoidant

Because how do three people nearly dying not constitute as proof?

[Like if she died.]

Also, what’s the plan if she did?

Like; Oh yeah deathwatch is such a threat that they killed a senator

Those dudes don’t care

They only pissed at her because she’s a pacifist coming into a Offensive summit

Accident

[she accidentally drove her car. [Yelling at the villain]

Not what she said

This dude could give Obi-Wan a run for his gas lighting,

Whelp

Fuck Off

Oh yeah the council of war mongers will really respect the pa- cifist

No bias here

None whatsoever

Satine

Hey at least this time he had the common decency not to grab her-

dick

Oh yeah defender of the gaslight-ing committee she’ll definitely help

Worry You

Don’t give into the gaslight-

Also guilt tripping

“ i’m afraid on that account,”

No,

Dick

Valid re-ac- tions

Shit-

“Victim blaming” (Toxic blaming)

Pretty sure they’re all enablers at this point

Tox-

Ma’am

Leave the ball of tox known as Obi-Wan

Man has turned from a garbage fire to a gas fire,

Coursant

Yeah, you should leave,

Also, That Moment,

You are one of them.

You’re not backing down

👉 This Not,

Con

Don’t listen to Obi-Wan He sucks

Also none of the guards are going to zap him for touching their queen unannounced? - - - Friends

You’re not her friends

You’ve been nothing but a dick

Gas lighting

Nope

Tox.

[like listen to that ag-gressive tone, How he’s holding her

Tox

[Still good on the animators who did that scene, Very good work,]

Occ-upation

Shit

Happen

Oh Shit-

Obi-won distracted her?

Aight

Meeting

What

How-

Hm,

Wait- Huh

[this is some kangaroo Court logic

It’s Good.]

Before

“Relying on the Republic is a mistake,”

Yesssss

More Acc- Toxic initiative (Since there’s no to little way they end this) Based on circumstance only (No different sources)

Any-way Um

Okay

Right Just Vibin’g

Aight Whelp,

Am I?

Oh is that the Senator guy?

Death watch?

Also- okay

Al- right.

Wait What?

Hm?

Green

We know two greens And one changeling That should be in custody-

Wait- ?

What?

? ? ?

EXPLAIN

Who-

What

At-

This was a pretty a’ight episode

(Trust me I wish I could give it higher praise)

However the unfortunate clankiness of the introduction

Keeps it stubbornly between a decent and good

With that being said;

That does not take away from the fact that is a ____ whatever it is

-it has good characterization for Satine

- it handles heavy morals like enabling, tox, abuse and pro- blems With Assumed Autho rity- Includ Ing Police Bru- tality And Fram -ing Very Well

(With the appro- priate dignity it deserves,

[there’s a small bit of better done romance/ fond-ness, near the End]

*Villain was neat

[More of sidious and on the [Main] villains

There were few Moments that Made Me Go Wtf (Obi Wan’s Abuse Of The Word “Saw You,” The Insist Ence That Death Watch Was In Tim i- dating

As For Fix -ing;

Episode; Instead of to defend, Wise Saltine is called To ident ify a Death Watch Member- Or Re New Her Neu- Trality Pledge In Person (Due to Change ling (Over Lap) Attack

Episode Pro Gress Es

Arc Fixes;

Obi- won delivers news, that he’s supposed to escort her Pers On Ally, Saltine expects everything to go over swimmingly after all she hasn’t done anything wrong, Quickly find out otherwise, Loyalty over her vs the government

Leads to a small break (Episode continues as normally)

(Death watch- if want)

Fix Arc Continue; (Note no offense to the author meant I just started some thing and I should finish it as an accountable writer)

Satine Is Forced Into Either Defend Ing Or Leaving Anakin To Her Irate People, Soon After Obi-won’s In- Cid ent Pri med

Hope Spot Or Depres. Further. Push Ing Ana -kin’s Dec- Ision To Snap) End

[Generally I thought this was a pretty ____ episode, the animation and set design will really good/ On par and it seems to have made up. (Corrected) A majority of flaws I had with previous episodes . . . Moving On...

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dragonsbl00d · 8 years ago

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I am a writer. The second I stepped out of infantile amnesia and embraced my offical, conscious mind, I started considering myself a writer. The next thing I remember considering myself as was a total loser, especially once I entered my hometown’s school system. I had wanted to go to Co-op since I received an NHPS flier in fifth grade, and when I was finally done with middle school and could apply to enter for 9th grade, I didn’t get in. Clearly, that was a mistake on the universe’s part, because by the end of my freshman year, I was sat in a dimly lit woodshop-classroom-turned-study-hall in a moldy wing of an ancient high school, playing crazy eights with my fellow students. They were an unsavory version of The Breakfast Club, comprised of a heroin addict, a neo-nazi, a chemically dependent woman of the night, and a rapist. I may have jumped to conclusions, but I’m pretty sure that’s not where my life path was supposed to take me. A few days later, I received a text from my mother letting me know that I had won the registration lottery and could enter Co-op for my sophomore year. Being able to transfer felt like what I’ll bet Anakin Skywalker felt after winning the podrace and being freed from slavery. Now, three years later, in my senior year, I feel more like Padme. I conveniently explained why in my college essay, which I will share the opening paragraphs of with you now:

I have the same scars as Padme Amidala.You know, in Attack of the Clones, when she was trying to escape the Nexu in the Petranaki arena, but it managed to claw her back pretty badly? Yeah, I’ve got those same marks.

Padme earned her scars at a very significant time in her life. She had just become the senator of Naboo and suffered several assassination attempts because of it. I earned my scars at a very significant time in my life as well. It was right at the end of my freshman year, just after I’d had my first run-ins with death and loss and existential crises.

Several of my closest friends, the most important people in my life at the time, took their own lives after a long battle with depression and anxiety. The combination of depression and anxiety I began to struggle with as a result was crippling. Not that I didn’t have an anxiety disorder before hand, but I no longer had my source of comfort, consolation, happiness, inspiration and light, and I was left more defenseless than usual.

Anyway, to sidetrack a bit, I think it’s fair enough for me to give some context to my whiney “finding my place in Connecticut school systems” story before I go further. A lot of my friends, like Jazmine for instance, are constantly saying that I am incapable of being serious. About anything. And that made me think about the reputation I built in my circle of friends. I’m the snarky one. I’m the sarcastic one. I’m the one that makes jokes in every circumstance, whether it’s to lighten the mood or to be insensitive. And I’ve realized that’s a defense mechanism and not how I necessarily always view the world. My other defense mechanism, when I’m separated from my friends, is to be as silent as I possibly can, so I don’t draw any attention to myself. This quiet-as-a-mouse defense is something I’ve had pretty much my entire life. So, despite everyone telling me that I should do a… “funny” (i.e. impersonal and superficial) capstone, I’ve decided to try and say something important for once in my life, like the things I think about when I’m pretending to be mute and trying to avoid eye contact with my teachers. Therefore, my capstone is about my voice. It’s not about finding or discovering my voice and it’s not about developing my voice, it’s about the fact that I have a voice, despite my anxieties and introversion and reservedness… and superficial jokes.

I started off with the beginning paragraphs of what was once my “college essay” that is now nothing like what I sent to that one college I applied to before deciding to take a gap year. I have now devolved my happy-ending, picture perfect vignette back into how I usually tell stories… by jumping from one point to the next and pretending it all circles back to one cohesive point even though it rarely ever does. The only literary device in this is really just a ton of exposition.

My decision making became cloudy. (Or, maybe it was already cloudy, since I was only 14 years old and was still using emoticons as punctuation, but I digress.) So, to fill the new hole in my life, I fell into a toxic relationship, becoming fast friends with the human equivalent of cyanide. This resulted in emotional and physical abuse I was forced to juggle during the academic year. This stupid twelfth grader’s toxicity became entirely consuming and it took a long time for me to pull myself out of it. (And when I say a long time I mean it took me until October of 2014 to completely remove this guy from my life.)

So, in my freshman year, when I was fourteen years old, the eighteen year old in my study hall got mad at me for “being a tease” by repeatedly telling him no, so he walked to my house when he knew my mom wouldn’t be home and he raped me, and then he left. In response, I pretended like it never happened. I mean, I didn’t even admit what happened to myself, let alone tell someone else about it. I suppressed this for two whole years, until I was surrounded by so many amazing friends that I only have in my life because I decided to go to Co-op, and I started to open up to them, and they helped me build up the confidence to start really getting into advocating for social change and women and against rape culture. But it meant so much to me that my friends and even some of my teachers were there for and supportive of me that I started focusing on them a bit and how much they mean to me, so I wrote this next piece about them. This is called “Astronomy” because all of my titles are cop-out titles.

They are the sun. They are bright and beautiful and larger than life. Their heads are huge and full of gas, but Earth and all of the other planets in the galaxy revolve around them. When they get burnt out, they explode into a fiery, destructive mess and collapse in on themselves, leaving a black hole in their wake. Their light shines so bright that it reflects off all of the moons.

They are the moon. They’re a large piece of Earth that had broken off many, many years ago but is still caught in its orbit. The oceans’ waves are contingent upon their moods. Their terrain is rough and parts of them are even sunken in. Other parts are scarred by the footprints of humanity after they treaded on and scuffed them like doormats. They shine even in the darkest of nights, but there is always a part of them that remains dark and cold. You feel weightless in their presence.

They are the Earth. They carry the weight of all humanity in their minds and their hearts. They build mountains for every little thing they’re passionate about, and fill rivers, lakes, and oceans with the salty water of their tears to wash away the ash if their joy crumbles down around them. Their tectonic plates grind violently together, wrecking buildings and lives with no warning, sometimes for no reason at all. They could drown millions of people with just one of their tsunamis. Their cores pump blood as hot as molten lava throughout their every vein, right into their souls.

They are the planet I call home and the star my life revolves around and the satellite my tides are influenced by, and they’re just kids my age.

Humans are made of the same materials as the stars and the seas are made of, and this rule does not exempt my friends, me, or anyone. But the stars and the seas and they run infinite, whereas the rest of humanity could never.

So yeah that was kinda just about the people that mean a lot to me and my mostly unconditional love for them whether they’re sad or mad or happy and excited. Also, I focus heavily on dialogue in most of my writing so I tried to step away from that and focus on things like imagery and analogies. Oh, and two of my other major personal and writing influences are my mother and Mr. Brenner because they’re always honest with me about my writing and I look up to them intellectually so they mean a lot to me and impact my life decisions as well. As far as influences specific to this capstone, I owe it all to anyone that disapproves of people wearing their personal experiences on their sleeves, because after suffering in silence for years in fear of the consequences rape victims face in this culture, I can tell them, with confidence, to shove it.

So, with that, I wrote a children’s book in Mrs. Katz’s class in my sophomore year that I ended up turning into a “children’s” book recently, where the main character is modelled after me, and I focused on trying to show the faults in my own logic, as well as the faults in the people around me’s logic. I affectionately named this one, “Tiberius the Lion”.

Tiberius was a lion. Not that he ever called himself that or anything, since the politically correct term is panthera leo, but fine, Tiberius was a lion.

"Go outside and play with the other cubs!" his mother would say every morning when she came to pry him out of bed to prevent him from sleeping until the late afternoon.

In response, Tiberius would simply roll over and sigh deeply, explaining lazily, “Mom, what’s the point of going through all these motions in life if we’re all just going to die anyway? I’d much rather stay here in the shade and at least find some enjoyment in this hellhole, thanks.”

But his mother, fearing her son was depressed, forced him to go outside and play with the other cubs anyway. The young lions became increasingly uncomfortable around him, as all he seemed to do was stare at his reflection in the waterhole trying to decide if his fur was golden like his mother’s or just a dull tawny like his father’s. They began to avoid him at all costs.

"Tiberius is so weird," they’d whisper as he sauntered by them, dressed in all black, his face lacking emotion and his eyes vacant of any joy.

"I heard he’s gone vegetarian," they claimed when he stopped helping them hunt, and instead spent his time skateboarding.

Finally, Tiberius decided that everyone else was the problem and that he was doing absolutely nothing wrong and that everyone was just against him for no reason, so he remained in his den, sprawled out on a nice cool rock for quite a few days, until his mother began to nag him to do something with his life. At that, Tiberius rolled his eyes, grunted, and stomped outside reluctantly, muttering various insults under his breath.

With a quick flash of his middle finger and an annoyed “screw you guys,” Tiberius walked right by the other lion cubs and headed out to explore the savannah alone.

Along the way, Tiberius caught sight of a cheetah crouched in the grass, getting ready to pounce on a grazing zebra. Without much of a thought, Tiberius let out a mighty, deep roar. He made a mental note to become the lead singer of a death metal band as the cheetah hightailed it out of there.

To his surprise, the zebra didn’t run at the sound of his roar. Tiberius approached him.

“Yoooo, little homie, peace and love, man, I ain’t lookin’ for trouble,” said the zebra slowly, the whites of his eyes red from… “allergies”.

“Nah, I don’t eat zebra, don’t worry. Scout’s honor.” Tiberius gave his most sincere smile.

“Radical, man,” the zebra folded his lips into a grin and nodded his head. “Name’s Zed, man.”

“Aye, I’m Tiberius. I really like your mohawk, bro, do you think you could give me one?”

“Of course, little dude, step into my office.” Zed waved vaguely to nowhere in particular.

Tiberius’s mother, who’d been out hunting antelope, saw the two together and immediately ran home to her husband to alert him that his son was making friends with prey instead of sinking his teeth into their jugulars like a proper young boy.

"What’s this I hear about you hanging out with zebras?" his dad asked one night after dinner.

"They’re cool, dad. One gave me this punk rock mohawk.” He shook his trimmed mane.

"Why won’t you hang out with the other lions?”

Tiberius rolled his eyes. “They’re lame.”

“How do you know?”

“They don’t like me, all they do is tell me I’m weird and stuff.”

“You’re a lion, aren’t you?”

“Duh, Sherlock.”

“A king of the jungle. The most courageous cat of all.” continued his father, getting slightly irritated with his son.

“Um. Yeah.”

“So, you need to have more pride in yourself. Lions have mighty roars for a reason, you should go show them what you’re made of. They’ll really appreciate you then. Once you establish your dominance as a true lion, they’ll be like putty in your paws.”

Tiberius sat up straighter and cleared his throat, taking what his father said into consideration for just one second. “Get out of my room, Dad.”

His father stood up and fiercely smacked Tiberius upside the head with his powerful paw. “Don’t talk to a lion like that,” he said, while stomping away. Right before he left, he turned and added, “See? Like that.”

The next day, Tiberius decided to take his father’s advice. He went down to the tree where the other cubs were playing and shook out his mohawked mane.

“Hey, Tiberius,” the crowd sighed and nodded in his general direction.

“Where’ve you been these past couple weeks?” one cub asked.

Tiberius let out a casual roar as he yawned, “I’ve been busy, scaring cheetahs and stuff.”

“Ew, what the hell, Tiberius, you’re so weird, go away,” an older cub said, and the rest of the group rolled their eyes in agreement.

Tiberius, taken aback by how his peers did not immediately bow down to his clear superiority, said defensively, “Shut the fuck up, Nero. Why don’t you go take care of your flea problem?” and stormed away angrily.

So yeah, I went and turned a children’s book into a hyperbolic mockery of the existential angst I had in junior year, because what I’ve found in my other introverted friends is that we’re quiet because we’re filled with anger and anxiety, not because we don’t have interesting personalities or things to say. I didn’t explore it in Tiberius because children’s books don’t really have deep, insightful character explorations, but there is a lot of soul searching involved in the forming and dismantling of defense mechanisms. Anyway, back to my college essay:

The toxic relationship became entirely consuming and it took a long time for me to pull myself out of it.

But I did pull myself out of it. Back in October, I worked up the courage to stop allowing him to affect me emotionally and told him, using my favorite inappropriate-for-school words, to… “go away”. I then began to focus on finally allowing myself to grow as a human being as a result of the inner turmoil he had spent three years drowning me in.

Where Padme’s scars are fictional and the makeup that created her injuries was wiped off before the next movie, mine aren’t and mine won’t. Her scars “didn’t define her character” and her character died. My scars define my character and I will not go down without a fight. My scars are my survival story and I’m allowed to be proud of them.

The last paragraph was just all lies about how the next “obstacle” I would “set my mind to” would be college but that has no relevance so I cut it out for this.

But in conclusion, I think maybe our present is defined by our past. But that doesn’t mean anything to the future, and no matter how difficult life becomes, or how many obstacles are put in our paths, we should never give up, especially if we had tripped over them. Those who are still suffering from their past in silence shouldn’t be made to feel like they have to keep their experiences bottled up. I learned the hard way that shaming people for being open about their personal experiences is absolutely soul crushing and I’ve decided it’s time to make people realize that silence is not the way to fight injustice. I didn’t fight with my fists when I was raped, but I am going to fight with my words, and encourage others to as well, for the rest of my life.

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throwingideasatthewall · 4 years ago

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Clone Wars Episode 18

Mystery of a Thousand Moons

So, Mystery of a Thousand Moons

Starts with a really strong quote

“ A single chance is a galaxy of hope,”

And into the episode

“Hard pressed Jedi,”

[Shows Ahsoka]

Ah, mate? that is one of the biggest Mary Sue’s in the series, Reason you can’t see her face? She’s smiling

Good

Alright

Okay

“ everyone on Naboo would be dead now,”

.....

That assumes that they would be very unaccountable and toxic

Like, no one they had to blame but themselves, for that

Just another boring day saving the universe....

You did help

I will give him that

Obi-Wan did do something in the previous Episode

A child soldier also had a fight his battles

But that’s besides the point

Theed

Pretty sure that’s a war crime

*Surprised there not taking him to the Galactic government for that

Whelp

Virus Bombs

Okay...?

So it didn’t dispose

So long as you established some mild amount of accountability

And locked him up

That shouldn’t be a problem

A droid must’ve taken it........

These episodes never do start off on the right foot do they?

It’s always some hilarious miscarriage of logic Turning out to be true

Okay, where does this lead?

Aight

Okay, bullshit, movie You showed that little fucker running away When his shit was taken

Truly doubt he has such specific programming as to ran away when object of your concern has been taken but resume oper -ation And Track A Vial That Could be Anyway

It’s not impossible but it is damn well unlikely

So they didn’t destroy these fuckers

Heck

Whelp

Bull-shit

[ You can tell they didn’t plan this shit in advanced]

We saw that little fecker - there was nothing in his hands

Really ret-con ning

It’s not worthy of a sin on its own; But it’s a damn good way to piss off your audience!

Hopefully the episode is worthy of that ret-con

Doomed

Oh they’re actually taking him some what seriously

That’s- A bit better

Not Perfect

Okay

Bullshit

Dude

Might’ve Been Self- Destructive But he at least had the intell -igence not to auto- Mate it-

Wait, It Caused An Earth Quake? (We did see the security system overreact, so I’m not going to call that one too harshly

Also, okay

Lock down the lab quarantine those fuckers And they will be fine in like five days (Maybe more if you want to like pass them some ibuprofen)

This is fine

Safe room

This is the place of a mad (unaccoun- table doctor - who thought killing people was a good idea-”

You’re honestly going to trust the safe room?

Better idea; get the fudge out of there

(And again just toss whoever got sick some ibuprofen)

Problem solved

Seriously

They Have Masks

They’re Adults

They’re Fine .....

Okay, Padme

....

Okay, she does have the. thing

(Not sure if it was in a previous scene - I wasn’t paying attention that much)

Anakin

Hey, the only character I actually care about is here!

(He’s the only one whose sickness isn’t his own fault

Okay

Yeah sucks that no one else got those protective suits

Well at least all the sick guys some ibuprofen

(I’ll try to keep the ibuprofen jokes down to a minimum)

Ahsoka, has sealed off the entire facility

Cool, pass people down there some food (and medicine) and wait for it to pass down

Droids

Break out

You locked down the facility?

How can the dude unlock it down?

Can’t you just-

No, sit in quar -antine

Let the people out side keep the door shut

And don’t feck around with this thing

“Be care-ful,”

No one is

Put this on

“You’re bringing the child?! ‘

Why?

He’s - like, The only one of you guys can get sick from this thing!

Aight

Ahsoka

Oh, yeah let’s drag the other child soldier into this!

(Are you trying to get everyone killed?]

Seriously

Droids

Dude, Seriously

Also you asking the “Mad” (Unaccountable!) scientist, For the antidote?

Scour on the planet

You’ll likely find some (medicine) ibuprofen, capable of lessening the side effects, and compatible with their biology

Rule

Manufacture a plague

That’s really impossible unless everyone is an unaccountable (Like in order to get that it should’ve killed you too)

And (Possibly) anyone nearby

Who wasn’t Practic -ing Account-

Per son ally Bull-shit

That this works

“Cure,”

Stop poking the wound

Someone wants to fuck around with mother nature and pay the consequences that’s their own prerogative

So long as you don’t fuck around with mother nature, it ain’t Your Pro blem

“Games,”

So stop dealing with that fucker and go toss the clones some food

Or look for some damn ibuprofen

(I’m sorry it’s becoming the running joke of this episode)

Seriously this guy should be dead

Unless he had a damn good healer on his team

Whom I respect immensely, having to deal with the majority of individuals who decide to, “ fuck around and find out,”

Who decide to say, to mother nature, nah I got this

And hold them accountable

* having both the ability and mak- ing the decision, to do so

And that’s feckin

Ballsy

on the other hand whoever cured this guy clearly wasn’t practicing accountability,

As if mother nature decided this guy was too stupid to live, you sure bet he’s not coming back into society

*Should

Kill me now I sure wish they would

(Un- Accou n -tability)

unaccountable freak of nature

“ first droid breaks out of that laboratory,”

There’s one

Also well guess we’re sealing it off till it dies Bye Made, Man

Didn’t they say it was eradicated?

Through the adjacent herb

Put in accountability

There we go

Problem solved

Fastest way to save

Again throw a Tylenol (Yes I have changed the thing,”

Find an actual antidote

Again is there not one?

Toss the herb

Throw them in accountability Standard procedure

Aight

There they go

Whelp

In here

Thought that was reasonable

Dead Man

You’re wearing masks

And are adults....

Again yeet a Tylenol

Send them to Accountability

If there’s anything we should be worried about is Ahsoka

Yeet her into stable environment

And.... hope for the best

Not sure how badly this would affect someone who can’t assume authority/ (/accountability)

The best course of action is just to not let them near that kind of stuff

I don’t know what kind of idiot decided against that

*unaccountable

Almost, certainly the same one that decided to bring the other one unaccountable

Into the situation

Aka our toxic “love birds” of stupidity

Stop that droid...

My master.... Will find a cure For the virus

Wasn’t the cure already found?

Like, Everyone’s still alive

And, we have recollection of it

(Which wouldn’t be possible...)

Dead yet

Yeah let’s drag her into a virus affected room without any knowledge

Contaminated

Again, these fuckers decided to takeoff their helmet

Is there no regulation??

Like, if they die it’s on their own screwup

No sympathy

*Like I want them to reach a healer and be held ac -countable If anyone can and wants to is another argument entirely

Healing is not a guaranteed ability

In the direct line of productivity you shouldn’t be fucking around with things that could get you killed or mother nature

So someone that will heal you from your own unaccountable actions

Is not a guarantee

Like with food or water

Move them away from you for Jesus Christ sake

Like, seriously

Neither of you are healers...

And Ahsoka can’t assume accountability

Aight, Back to this Scene

Right, Okay

Treachery

Great...

Antidote

I think I found the answer for you

No shit

Okay, the .... The captain of the guard doubles as a healer

Good for him

Good to know he has that ability

Rep Syrup

Aight

Iego?

....

Okay bullshit movie

Compatible cures can only be found on planets with compatible eco- ology

Meaning the cure (the best cure) (Or healer) Should be on planet

Possibly near the area

Point being this should be on planet

And a great chance to show some nice scenery

And use the new queen

And show Amidala reacts to how things have changed since she became senator...

I’m disappointed

That’s why most find-a-cure- missions

Because why would planet fuck it have a cure for an incompatible species?

You can’t just toss that thing up

Deep separatist controlled space

Seriously?

Does no one have a greenhouse?

(Herb focuses aren’t necessary, but I did figure there’d be one gardening person!)

Move cautiously

Seriously, Is there no Active Healer Focus- Es- Or even a herb guy?

(It’s possible it’s just really weird)

We did see doctors

I mean. Why Can’t You Send One Of Them?

Like the system’s already enabling

You’re telling me there’s, not, like one neutrally enabled herb guy That isn’t just like Yeah, dude what did you get into..?

Oh shit, yeah let me throw some reet wood on that, dude

Again, Possible

Just out of the ordinary

“There’s no time for caution,”

Whoa, whoa, where did that come from?

NOW he’s scared about Ahsoka??

(Like normally (And I mean normally is in Ahsoka not being an abomination of nature, That would be kind of normal And a reason to fret, because We don’t know- if that kid will survive)

But-

It’s really un earned

-Just Every where

No humanity to any of this

“And so is Padme,”

Obi-wan Narrow -ing eyebrows

Seriously?

Like even by your own rules you should care about your senator

This is just really un-earned

Like, You did no part to earn that, movie

You didn’t set up Obi-Wan is a demanding and/or intimidating individual

You didn’t set up Anakin as a child following orders and having to correct at said orders/responses

An adult that is continuing to enable Obi-wan’s behavior

You haven’t even set up whatever Anakin/Padme ‘s relation-ship is supposed to be

You’ve been writing (and having them acted) Like some alien hybrid that’s only job is to be an asshole

As such I can’t take any of this with any bit of seriousness

The tone struggling on light unrealistic-ness

You need some hum -anity

Cause those things aren’t human

“ it’s a suicide mission once we contain the virus,”

Are you actually going to start doing that?

Letting them die out Or Getting a damn Healer?

-troops

Aight

Also how deadly is this thing supposed to be?

[The thing about healers that makes them so specific, There’s A) having access to the plant of whatever you fecked with (Having Herbs on deck when you do) And the knowledge of which plant will actually fix the problem

(Exclusive to them.)

Also, The willing -ness]

Point Being; How rare is ibuprofen?

There are no other medics

And, you can’t toss them down some food?

....

Like, seriously

What are your troops even doing?

(They don’t seem to be quarantining!)

(I concur)

Seriously,

Okay,

Also, yeah, how’s that awkward car ride going to be?

....

What-ever

No show of Obi-wan as he used to be

No actual resent-ment from Anakin

The main reason most people decide to enable

Just... Hey, they’ll be fine!

(Nothing told]

“ if we suc -ceed,”

Again you set up no risks-

This thing could kill them today or tomorrow; I have no idea

I don’t

Oh, ok now there’s other droids!

[This is getting very heavily bullshit]

Also you’re trusting basically clankers to open the door?

Good for you...

“How we going to get out?”

“Not our problem,”

Well, there went any medium of slight risk

Neat

Dude, cou- ghing

Seriously, winner, of the Darwin award over here

(Why?)

Whelp

Oh they’re standing right behind the child how nice

My pity is feckin minimal

Okay

We’re right outside your safety room

Okay, great

‘ can you get the door open,’

Oh, yeah that’s great

Like not only should we let the de-adly virus into the room

Let the vulnerable child get the door

Great job Amidala

Any other Babies You want to murder?

“ go ahead Jar- jar,”

Did you ask the other kid to do it for you

Fecking brilliant

Didn’t even try to see if Rex and their others were wearing the helmet

Just....

Amidala Trash

(Where she belongs)

(You cannot convince me she isn’t the villain)

“i’m sorry Ahsoka”

For what, endangering a child (To possible death)

Because that’s the only reason that she would be apologizing

Here; it makes no sense

“ we still have a job to do,”

No you don’t

You heard the droids...

They don’t give a shit...

....

Emm

Able

Oh also now everyone has their helmet off

Winners of the Darwin award, This Squad

Now they’re on

Geez, that really helps...

....

Cutting through the wall,..

And now they care....

This episode really is setting a bad example For What Justifies Using A Ret- Conn For ... Okay someone’s helmet’s going to get broken...

Aight

Ahsoka is just plain fecking fine

Good to know that I will never have to worry about her this entire episode

Don’t open that hatch?

Again, how?

They....

Hmm .... Aight

This

Grave- yard

Those are rocks

Now their ship parts...

Okay

Simple Enough...

No AA Guns

Aight

alright don’t try to land anywhere subtle

(Not like in an unidentified ship Landing in the port will raise any questions)

(Obi-wan loves conflict)

See?

You can’t not notice that

Every one is down for murder

(Specifically of the roombas)

Death roombas

Anakin

🎵 No emotion 🎵

None What-so-ever

“Welcome to Iego,”

Not... Death Roombas?

No Guns....

ANAKIN!

.............. ...... WTF

(Anakin’s an asshole!)

(Like I don’t care how they try to play that off..)

He’s Irredeemable

(Nothing after this is surprising)

Like they could’ve been sentient

And regardless wrecking someone’s shit (that isn’t made for practice exercises)

(More then five times!)

Toxic... Beyond redemption

(Or anything else besides accountability... ..)

Not relatable

Dick move

Seven Teen

I don’t think they were battle droids mate

I think they were just automated welcome

Anakin destroyed someone’s prized welcome droids

That they may just to make people.. happy

There isn’t exactly a rule about property ownership... Wait, yes there is...

Don’t be a dick!

(Don’t be a dick!!)

(You can’t kick them from society for it...)

But...you can bar them from your place

Not cool...

Dick

“18, actually,”

Shut up.

J.Bo

Probably the owner of the establishment you just trashed...

Dick....

Droids...

He has a point

Not a Kid

Really... has gone off the deep end

Rash

No ...

Well a screw in my brain has clearly come loose....

We already have one badly written child character

Two in doubt

And now this..

If you don’t want to write decent child characters don’t write them

(And I mean don’t write them, Child Characters)

Write adults

(And I mean do it properly, Don’t childify Them

And pretend like they aren’t accountable for their actions ...... As you can tell I’ve gone to some thing of a Tranquil fury state Now paying attention after Anakin screwed with a bunch of dude’s property ....... But there’s really nothing on screen to justify it

Do you know what would’ve been better?

If Anakin had actually run into a semi accountable adult, Who bought him from his establishment under said reasons, and that was the core conflict, with Obi-Wan talking to the owner, And Anakin left to contemplate his action

Possibly deciding to fix the droids, Not out of any attempt for forgiveness,

But just because

Showing the realization of the effort it takes to make something

Or possibly deciding to destroy them more

Showing his shift from his original state

Possibly some resentment towards his origin

And.. how a good thought can be twisted it into a bad action

Children aren’t spoiled

They repeat actions they have have been ordered to repeat

The giving of initiative to this child

Makes me worried that writers are victim blaming Children

And a popular ‘look at this spoiled brat, he’s clearly responsible for his condition,’ ‘Isn’t that funny’ attempt to dodge responsibility, when in reality it has never been funny, always toxic, And it says nothing good about the medium or the writer who decided to write it

Even writers to attempt to mock this trope, Are in thin leniency,

Because the only way to stop seeing this Trope, is to stop writing it

So it can die

Where writing like that belongs

You know what would be interesting?

And adult character written like that

(Because adults are actually capable of malician

Unlike children

Much more realistic

Much funnier for everyone involved

(Including the audience)

And without that pesky concern that enabling (and encouraging) the thoughts that children are capable of malacian And should be held to the same standard Is Morally Wrong

Now continuing on with the story

“Droll,”

That.. Poor Droid

Planet

[you know it would make a lot more sense for him to be here alone If he was an adult

And for “Droll” , to leave a rich millionaire on an uncharted planet Alone. ......

Continuing on...

....

[you are here how child who shouldn’t be capable of intuitive]

50 tried 50 died

How long have you been around to see that happen?

Droll

Why?

You have to get a plant

Nothing About

[also how much cooler do you think it would’ve been if those have been child soldiers and this was an adult just cautiously, No caution - referen -ing How they died like a sporting event?

Possibly showing Obi-wan’s enabling side?

Instead of this monstrosity?

Ok, we’re here now

Don’t know where those things came from since they just defeated the battalion before hand

Okay

Alright

No Risk

....

[Some -one gave the child a gun...

Okay

What The Fuck

You put those eyebags of “sickness” back where they belong movie

You’re (Your) Mary Sue didn’t earn them

And showed no signs before

While soldiers in almost complete armor were coughing up their lungs

Senator’s Screw-ed

Show off those eye-bags of death now movie

they weren’t there before

Anyway .....

......

Don’t Care

(Skip)

(Emotionally!)

Look Fine

Back Here

Why?

Why are they on a cliff?

Movie, you didn’t explain anything

Something ..... Roots

Vine

Plants don’t like it

[do you know this would be a normally philanthropic gesture, from someone ( an adult,) who seemed otherwise un-interested and enabling of a bad situation

Here It’s Just 🖕

(Dropped it)

On my way to find my decreasing-

Oh there it is at the absolute bottom

Because I don’t give a shit-

Teeth

There’s no teeth there animators

Xandu

Great

That

He found one

Hope on

Whelp ( )

Good Idea

It Wasn’t

...

We’re back to the hatch

Why

Okay

How do you know where they are

how do you know there’s more

Lots of things being skipped over

And I don’t have the time to format them

(Nor the patience...

Okay

Really risking it

Argh

Don’t. Care

Alright

Yes

Surprisingly

Despite all logic

🖕 This

How Specific are they

...

What?

What was I supposed to get there animators? (Or voice actors)

.....

They didn’t hit the...

Wtf?

Okay

Again why are the teeth doing the thing??

No explanation

“Hurry,”

It’s Bed Rock

Screw Cure

“You Made It”

Again could’ve been a cute moment ..... Instead

Well Spice

So he’s not alone

(Also how with that supposedly big threat?

That’s supposedly devastated several ships

Also so his parents were some old time Mogul

What a been nice to have an adult voice this

Using the back water as a justification

Here; It’s just nothing

Left

Can’t leave because of the cur(ve)

Nice justification

Would be nice if it came out of an actual adult

Instead of this walking horror abomination of nature

Curse

Okay, movie

you might have me back

Does the curse

Possibly revert

Him

To a younger age?

Cursed?

Any one going to explain that

Cursed by who my twitchy friend?

No start with a “what is the curse ?”

Droll

“A Ghost?”

Shut up Anakin

There are force ghosts

Also- seriously

We’re mashing those two tropes?

Also why do you care?

You have people to save

You have time for weird curse bullshi- (Sorry too ag- gressive) Later

Now is not the time...

You know what?

Maybe it is-

BECAUSE THE STORY HASN’T CLARIFIED ANYTH-

I am very angry at the story right now

Mainly For~

Anyway ..... ....... Our Protector

Don’t fuck around with magic

Specifically Luck

Because it wouldn’t exist if people are accountable

And the world does not deal with slackers lately

(Trust me I know)

Destroy all

Not very specific

Also what’s that curse about then?

Cause you’re still alive

“Super-stition,”

Obi-Wan said language

Also Obi-Wan your Council turns into force - ghosts

You, shut the fuck up (Lightly]

Okay

That proves literally nothing

Also “friend”, He’s severely older than you

Also I guarantee it’s going to be like an AA tower or something

Something explainable

(Not a bad thing it’s actually a pretty good thing on logic)

Just saying a lot of jumped beliefs

And the kids shouldn’t care about it

At most, trained to wince at it’s name

Okay...

Whatever old man,-

Let’s go fight that monster

(Or AA tower)

Or whatever it is

Okay

Taken as a challenge

Alright

Okay

Seriously what is Droll??

Aight Okay

“ blew up those ships,”

Besides an electromagnetic field And their own incompetency?

Okay

Real we can handle

Yeah

Unless it requires him to be an actual adult..

Too bad I really like those guys

Children can’t Li-

What-ever

[ How long till they crash?]

Help

More then he should be able to

Kid

The only acknowledgment of something that shouldn’t exist

Aka..

THAT’S NOT A FUCKING, KID!

Aka, it’s an abomination of fucking nature!

That’s what it is!

Al-right

Give him the com?

And that’s when it hits him...

Like I’m 100% betting (Not Act-ually) That the kid is “behind”. it

Aka Shit happens right after he asked

Meant to be (dramatic) irony

But comes across as a kid pulling the strings

Okay,

Not Gonna notice that?

Oh now you do

What is it

Okay, how do they not know that’s what that is?

Also, only for people going out

Weird Separtist flex but Okay

So what next?

Turn the ship around

That - would be a good idea

Destroy the- satellite-

Aight-

Anakin, sees your odds-

And decides-

fuck yes you have a point

Turn around

Tell those guys what happened

(Also all those previous pilots just did not give a fuck!)

Screw with the satellite!

....

Leaving the planet

Weird

Again, weird flex

... But okay

Back

‘They decide (not) to wear the shield like an idiot...’

‘Muddled crowd displeasure before dispersing’

‘wanted to hear squash’

Some guy

*some separtist guy

Like all the adults know what’s going down in the circumstance and just decide to fuck with the foreigner

“Master,”

Asoka calling her mom

Also no movie you can’t make me feel bad for Ahsoka

Amplify the signal

How?

Aight

“Destroyed all the droids in the compound,”

Oh yeah so now you know the exact number

Also, hey Amidala, Do you want to talk about how you scripted a child (Out of the safety* Of the chamber,)

To fight your damn battle?

No one’s going to bring up that unfortunate implication?

That’s not a mood killer for you?

........ Open this bunker....

Why?

Seriously

The bunker... Is not that serious a deal

Seriously they were acting like this thing stays infectious for forever

Like it has infinite viability

Also what about food and water?

What about medicine?

What about....

Er...

Goodbye Aniken

I’m sorry child killer was I supposed to sympathize with you?

Because I don’t

Also, ‘goodbye’?

From cutting the com?

Because literally nothing else has been established about it?

Heck Ahsoka’s been running around with no protection and is not dead

So clearly not that big of a deal

Like she’s got a light cough (And heavily developed eyebags somehow)

.......

No seriously

All she did was cut the com so she could get some rest

That’s....literally all that seems to be established

(Yeah, I know they’re trying to imply that she’s dying

But you need to establish-)

Power converter

How is that going to help?

“slow down Anakin,”

Again maybe he can maybe he can’t

Literally nothing

Or possibly been a good establishing moment about Obi-Wan’s enabling tendency (And disregard for human life,)

Or Anakin fighting against enabling (Or the urge to enable)

But nothing

“ they’re dying,”

Or have a light cough and want to take a nap

Seriously slow down you psycho

“Two steps back,”

Um, no

Like, this could’ve been a good moment

About, how Obi-Wan is trying to get him to enable or outright screw over the next generation

Trying to stall him Under the guise of helpful advice

But there’s just nothing

“Will to jump,”

No, it requires the personal Account ability and respect (Of yourself) Mixed with the sentience, development and most importantly, Actualization Of An Adult

Which the tone refuses to commit to

The conversation being as compelling as between two anthropomorphized blobs

Refusing to Hold Anakin Accountable For His Actions

While Obi-wan is also let off too light

[We need a lot more mother Gothal and less kicked puppy dog)

As well as internal struggle

(Obi-wan is not the hero in this one, Movie)

There is no good enabler

“At least hear me out on this,”

Yeah listen to the narcissist. (One who is completely ok with child grooming.)

(Multiple occasions)

Citizens of a Llego

Oh so you have time for a committee! (This is why you don’t trust an enabler (narc) with the plans:

They are far more interested in getting approval (For themselves!) then actually fixing the problem

This is why we have the rule of five

So some asshole doesn’t slow down productivity (among other things) because they can’t get over their ego

(Or the benefit of humanity over themselves)

All the adults already know this thing isn’t a ghost

And all the kids can’t help and shouldn’t be involved

This is literally just an ego trip for Obi-Wan

Nonsense

And this dude

Who clearly Must’ve been Alive

Or at least knowingly decided to spew this bullshit

Because no one‘s first thought is the supernatural

(Seriously)

(Who even bothers thinking about that?)

(When you have a life to live)

(No hate)

Just there’s plenty of time to contemplate death

(Don’t know why anyone would want to)

Without, you know, screwing up everyone else

(Mostly)

Seriously, just don’t argue with narcs

Just send them to accountability (Be accountable yourself)

Okay

Angels

Shiny

What

WTF

Why

What is occurring.? .....

Stole our moon

Also seriously?

Is it really time for prehistoric chatter about the long list of tox and baggage these guys have accumulated?

You know where the problem is, you know it’s probably uninhabited (This place looks pretty damn ancient)

So, just...

Look I know why Obi-Wan isn’t doing it... But seriously a waste of time for Skywalker to be you know fighting his inner demons About enabling this bullshit

As an adult

Which he is written as

With actualization

[ ]

Long sigh

Minus Prime

Seriously do we have time for this?

Also what about that some thing another guy

Valley

Down The Thing

Nobody ever goes that way

Now on a different planet .... What

Milius Prime .......

Vulture droids ........

Why? .......

Don’t we have?

Argh .......

my brain is honestly pretty fried at this point

That’s - that’s too many details

... most of them irrelevant

Remote control

Please... Wrap it up

Okay

Alright

What-ever

Just... get it over with

Lazar Admitter ..... Wait, what?

When was a laser admitter Brought Up?

What About The Milius...

Why...

(I fecking hate Literary (And plot) Littering

Good stories live by Chekov’s Gun

Die by the accountability scale

Which by if two people die then two people must live (Be born)

And that gun better be feckin fired

Because that information takes up valuable space

We were Introduced To the Forbidden Path Thing... A while ago

On the same planet

(Supposedly somewhere in the distance)

Now we’re about to leave the planet..

Where’s the gun shot....?

Seriously what’s in the distance?

Oh so there’s somehow water

Also everyone just fecking around

Great, I care about none of these characters

Except the Baby

[Where’s Jar-Jar?]

Aight

What a waste

Completely their own fault

And yours’

Child killer! (Or guess only Asoka directly,)

And dragged Jar jar into the situation

Like this is completely her own fault

“Born to do,”

I’m sorry were you going for an actually serious moment?

Like that was actually a surprisingly self-aware moment

Shame we don’t know if that guy is dead

Or anything about the situation That would make it even the tiniest bit stressful .......

The scene and everything I think it’s trying to go for

Nah

You didn’t earn it .....

“Sacrifice,”

Again, so he’s dead now??

Seriously, what

Who was that?

How?

How long?

??????? ??

You are bad at setting up a story

[The who what where are changes on a feckin dime

The risks, as such, Are non-existent

And no idea

What the heck is going on

[besides a basic blueprint of what I think the writers are trying to pull]

[from past experience]

(They literally didn’t set up anything)

(Anything)

(What-so-ever)

Must believe

Must believe in feckin what?

Padme told him not to open the door

(For fuck all reason)

....

.......

What am I supposed to feel?

It’s literally no odds

No established risk...

“Ahsoka!”

Oh, she fell asleep

Feckin drama queen

Also you

you did that

Good job “Amidala” The feckin child killer .....

Argh

Whelp

Back to these frickers fricking around

Really increases the feeling of those nonexistent odds

As well as the completely non-consistent pacing ...

Great

Okay

Just get it over with....

What...

Who things don’t look like what we saw before...

Heck, they don’t even look like vultures

“Vulture,”

Alright

[Rolls- Eyes]

This works

Okay...

Aight

Yeah no

Okay, Guys..

Aight

Could’ve been out of satellite distance

Kid

Droids

.....

What-ever

....

Why are they celebrating?

They don’t know shit happened

[or maybe they do]

I don’t have the energy to bother with narc logic

Just let it end...

Aight

“That you’re-

Dude wrong clip wrong order

....

Aight

Okay

Yeah Sure

Okay

Oh so now they can open the door?.

“Padme,”

Aniken you are not a healer

Your a herb-getter at most

Oh so you have a very important person apparently didn’t have any medical resources up to this point

Kinda bull

Opens eyes [Not Romantic]

That’s bullshit

“I spoke with the medical droid,”

Would’ve been nice to see that

Also, oh yeah well I was arguing semantics about whether or not they had a healer

They totally did

They could’ve sent it a medical droid

Avoided did 90% of this bullshit

Full recovery

The dude who hasn’t even gotten the Herbs?

Or not distributed them?

“I never lost faith in you,”

Bull

And the most stunted line ever

[which would make sense for a child soldier.]

Adult?

Unlikely

Debatable

Dubious

“None of us did,”

Bull-shit

And speaking for a lot of people

That aren’t you

[Authority Assume]

“ where we weren’t so sure,”

[Show Don’t tell,]

“ well you did make it”

Despite none of this being established

Like I don’t think she knew about the cure

And specifically told you not to

[What kind of tox....]

Aight

Okay

By the way ....

“Your padawan was brilliant..”

The CHILD I recklessly endangered

Ergh

Aight

Whatever

Get it over with

General skywalker

Don’t Care.

My Lady

That feckin endangered a child

[Two]

Jar-Jar surprisingly still ALIVE after that incident

I heard you were quite a good child soldier

And like any other positively over involved groomer...

[Like I did with Anakin]

Can’t resist the temptation

to screw over another generation

🖕

Training

AAAhhhh!

I was just joking!

Really starting them young Obi-Won

[He really can’t- resist

The urge to drag someone into his fucking-

Obi- won Is A Narc Confirmed

Feck Him

Jar- Jar is a child

He should not know how to use any blaster

[aka Gun]

[unfortunately thanks to Princess Amidala*

* she’s a Senator

*i’m just very done...

Aight

“ you did a fantastic job,”

You did a fantastic job Nearly dying.... You supposed to be defenseless child

🖕

*Training

Grooming

“Yeah,”

What?

That was like a goofy laugh

“I probably do deserve,”

Narc

Children can’t have attitude

“But not all of it,”

Amidala also deserves credit for ordering you into danger

Padme, high five for endangering children

Seriously who is still painting them as the good guys?

They’re Adults

They-

....

[ “Thank you”

For fucking nothing ]

....

I think I’m going to use my most repeated comment for this episode; Not deserved

On that subject;

It follows the same pattern of the last two Episodes

* One that is constantly changing, Just before Strike territory, For another formula that’s a different degree and volume (type) of mediocre and problematic

Saving it from a strike But not a mediocre episode

Unfortunately, maybe it’s because it’s the third one to try this, special attention must be drawn to the fact that they have no idea how to do this

While the bits that are pretty much prepackaged are fine

The rest struggles

Bringing to light a fundamental unaccountability In accountability By disregarding what made it work in the first place

And throwing in the trope haphazardly (With no thought to it’s (in)conclusion)

Believing it to be sufficient enough

Without any of the necessary set up Characterization Or emotion

With the mystery one, the set- up was erroneous, the “mystery,” rushed and over in 5, with the grace of a good villain

With this;

The “set up” doesn’t even get beyond the ground

Screwing up some of the key important elements

- One; The cure’s on planet allowing for some environmental exploration, while maintaining realistic probability

- Two; The deadline for expiration is explicitly outlined, creating tension

- Three; The heart, comes for the fact that nobody wants anyone else dead and would rather see them be held accountable, (or live to be held accountable)

- Fourth; The effects are semi-consistent

- Fifth (unspoken); children are always vulnerable (If a adult can survive it- neither can a kid- debatable]

And also; (Optional) The cure is seen distributed for a more tangible sense of relief

You broke three of the five rules

The three Most important ones

As such;

The tone, pacing and tension

(Never mind the Heart, Which I shutter to think of,)

Flounder like a (soon-to-be) dead fish out of water

If you’re going to do a pre-established plot

Do it right

Don’t cut corners

And make it as manufactured as packing peanuts,

With as much heart (Emotional Value)

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