#he will try to change the constitution “oh it won't actually go through”. are you fucking insane???? ARE YOU ACTUALLY INSANE?????

[castielsprostate]

hey americans, please fucking vote this year! thanks!

signed,

the rest of the world

[threebea]

Please go off on Master and Apprentice. Share please.

Okay I won't tag because I'm sure lots of people liked it and that's fair. YMMV. This is gonna be an uncharitable rant because I gotta complain and you have given me an excuse to.

To start I was listening to the audiobook and I didn't like the narrator's reading. It wasn't a bad reading it was very professional and he did different voices. He did a good job. I just didn't enjoy his voice. I recommend it if you like audiobooks and want to check out the book yourself because I think this is for sure a just me thing, but it might have added to why I feel so strongly about this.

Salt under the cut.

The main things that I didn't enjoy about the book were Qui-Gon's relationship with prophecy, the way Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's rift was handled, Rael and Fanry being an obvious student falling to the Darkside metaphor but not really adding anything new to it, and the awkward way the book was trying to be in conversation with the prequels. Also I liked Rahara well enough, but I was never really invested in what was happening with her and Pax.

1. Qui-Gon and the Prophecy. I liked all of it up until Qui-Gon has his own prophecy and that being where his certainty comes from. I'd find it more interesting if he found his connection to the metaphysical through faith or in deliberate thought and consideration. Or even someone else having a vision and him coming to believe it. It just felt like a cop out to explain why Qui-Gon who is so grounded in the living force and here and now would believe in the prophecy of the chosen one when even members of the council are doubtful in TPM. Qui-Gon having it makes him look arrogant like he only believes in his own experiences. I don't know just rubbed me the wrong way.

2. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon having a rift is fine, but the way it's set up means that it's been going on for four years with both aware of it. Qui-Gon throughout the book is seen as someone who takes everyone's point of view and even without aid of the Force is good at reading people. Several times in his pov he thinks how he knows exactly what Obi-Wan is thinking or feeling. He also seems completely aware why his teaching methods aren't getting through, but he doesn't change or try to communicate with Obi-Wan. He keeps waiting for Obi-Wan to change.

That's not a bad set up by itself, but the book contradicts itself. It keeps trying to convince you how great Qui-Gon is at teaching and communicating and then going on about how he thinks he's bad at it.

The book also passively mentions how Qui-Gon is a rebel and Obi-Wan is by the book. I think that's supposed to be their main clash, but it's murky. It kind of just shows itself by Obi-Wan bringing something up and at times being naive or callous in his interpretion and Qui-Gon being all: but think of the moral implications. Both of them are insufferable in those moments.

The conflict isn't resolved very well either. In the end Qui-Gon decides not to be a member of the Council and you think, oh it's in part because he wants to finish Obi-Wan's training, but it doesn't even get mentioned in his thought process. The actual thing that fixed the problem was Qui-Gon finally using his words and then it seemed like he immediately stopped using them again. So much for growth. I honestly think if Obi-Wan was fourteen or fifteen, the age Qui-Gon is in the flashbacks it would have made it work better and more comparisons between Dooku, Rael, and Qui-Gon's ways of teaching could have happened.

3. I saw the twist coming from the moment Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan conclude Fanry's guard is super loyal, so almost the beginning. Ah she actually doesn't want a constitutional monarchy I thought. She's gonna be the main antagonist. So maybe waiting for the shoe to drop made me annoyed when it came. Look yet another member of Disaster lineage whose pupil 'turns to the Darkside.' yes Fanry's not a Jedi but the comparison is obvious.

It just felt done to death honestly? I could see where the book was going about attachment. It wasn't even a bad example, but I just didn't care. Rael felt like a weird Anakin knockoff. Like why did he have to be an unconventional Jedi? Wouldn't it have been more interesting if a by the book Jedi had been going through these things? The outsider thing just felt like cream on a nothing cake recycling stuff from the prequels and not even really giving it a satisfying ending. Rael chooses to continue to be a Jedi even if he has to face the council. He chooses the light. So what? What happened with Fanry who tried to murder a bunch of people? Oh she's under house arrest for four years and we never hear from her after she gets couped? Cool. Didn't really care about her anyway book so glad to see you're not wasting my time with it. Like she's so obviously a plot device to be Betrayal Student and once that's done the book does not care about her anymore. It was like. Oh an opportunity for her character to be interesting but all she did was spew Dark Side Character lines and was conveniently put on a bus when she wasn't needed anymore.

4. Rahara and Pax. I liked Rahara, but I found the plot about the slavery once again trying too hard to have a conversation with the prequels without actually saying much of anything. It felt heavy handed. Pax's character growth wasn't terrible. The book was making him annoying on purpose, but it honestly felt like a dunk on neurodivergent people if I'm being honest and love 'fixes' him. The glove bit was actually very cute. There were good moments between them, I wanted to care about them more, but I didn't. I wanted to be back in Qui-Gon's or Obi-Wan's pov or any of the people from the palace including Rael. They were just kind of boring. Once again they were there because the plot needed someone to start a slave rebellion and it didn't make them particularly fun to read about.

5. Also the book tried to explain why it was dangerous for Jedi to go against their mandate in the most unconvincing way possible. Like Jedi shouldn't do this. Also there's slavery and someone should do something about that. The republic or someone who never will. Jedi cannot amass power. Although the Jedi are right there ... but they can't be soley responsible for change ... Unless...

I mean at least the book tried to explain why Jedi don't solve all the galaxy's problems, but it just makes you think they should drop their mandate and try to solve the galaxy's problems.

It felt like the book was saying at the end: Qui-Gon is morally superior to all Jedi especially the Council. I don't think that was the book's intention but that's how it came across to me and it sucked. Especially after Qui-Gon and his prophecy stuff left such a bad taste in my mouth and his training of Obi-Wan never gets an emotional conclusion except as an epilogue with Qui-Gon dead and Obi-Wan reflecting. (The phantom menace epilogue also felt like a cheap way to try to get an emotional pay off btw)

6. Oh Obi-Wan in the ship inside a ship felt like a rip-off of TPM when Anakin destroys the droid control ship and it being the origin of him not liking the fly did nothing for me. Like it was the pay off to something the book continued to set up. Oh he loves flying so much let's mention how much he enjoys it and how good he is at it. It's all to set up that moment and that moment wasn't a good punchline. It was a lazy sequence and added nothing for his character.

So yeah those are my main points of dislike.

Snippets I liked:

Obi-Wan befriending a varadactyl. Should have had more of that. Him riding in on his loyal mount should have been his big action moment honestly not the ship inside a ship bullshit.

Qui-Gon and Dooku flashbacks. I liked those. I thought there was good stuff in there. The detail of Dooku never helping with homework but letting Qui-Gon in his rooms to snack while he does it was a good character detail.

At first I thought the fake Kyber crystal thing would annoy me but I did actually like the switcharoo with Obi-Wan's crystal being switched and letting him get through the shield. The explanation felt a little sloppy. Like it is set up but I thought Obi-Wan figuring it out and switching it himself would have been better. Like a: I am so glad that worked! moment after. It could have linked in with the Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon rift showing that Obi-Wan was taking Qui-Gon's fears seriously and showing Qui-Gon the faith his Padawan has in him despite their disagreements and show him Obi-Wan can improvise. I digress.

The: you would have cut him in half line WAS pretty funny. Oh Obi-Wan always gotta cut someone to bits.

Qui-Gon being told to drop his weapon twice by someone with no experience in holding someone up and each time explaining exactly why he wasn't going to do that and the person being like: .... Yeah okay.

I had heard about the contrarian Obi-Wan thing before reading this and him being paired with Qui-Gon because his ultimate rebellion against Qui-Gon would be being a stickler for the rules which I liked before reading this book but now I'm kind of meh about it. Oh well.

So yeah, end rant. If you actually read this and you liked the book that's great. Everyone's taste is different. This one was not for me.

[the-firebird69]

Governor DeSantis, Florida House Speaker call for changes to U.S. Constitution

They already are term limits for the Senate and Congress so we don't know what he's talking about and a line item veto is an extraordinary leap and power and should be frowned upon so this idiot thinks he's going to become president still and he dropped out of the race and he is not a smart person he's constantly messing with our son and thus our daughter and us and we want him out he's spent along with Trump his people are morons and they need to go. There's some other things that he wants as amendments that don't make sense term limits make sense but they already have them and a couple other things he wanted to put in there are nonsensical crap and we need to stop him he looks like a buffoon and he is one and he's out he needs out and is messing with Stan we need him out now oh there's two morons I don't know what he needed to 1% for you to wake up and f****** shut up this idiot. My son is talking about Trump and others who refuse to do any normal acts and are asking for it and soon they won't be there they'll be gone. There are a few things wrong with what's happening here they elected a president to eight people in New York and he was known for doing it and that's what they were saying and that was the Max and for him to take the brunt it didn't work out that way and Trump ratted on them and they're screwed totally the race is being devastated and right now their numbers are dwindling faster than they were yesterday

#the battles that are ensuing the one in the New England and it's over the Firebird and evidence of David audette being huge and there are several people who have evidence and they're fighting for their lives like Timmy Doyle pretty soon he'll be out because the next party will come and get what the first party got and so on and he can't withstand what he was causing to happen to the clans and he'll pay for it. And people are coming down on her son like he's going to do their job for them when he's using it against people all the time cuz we are. But seriously Timmy Doyle is going to be gone within a week his mouth and his attitude don't match what he has at all Trump is going to be gone within a week and Jason and others bja continues on for a while and really he gets destroyed he is a filthy piece of crap and people want him dead anyways but today the numbers are plummeting already they were at 30% of the population last week today they are 22% and dropping most of it is Mac morlock so the minority Bullock are up and think it's time and it probably is and they're going after them taking their stuff and getting into fights there's a huge announcement coming and it has not happened yet it is coming and it will be announced probably today around noon by the morlock and mostly Mac morlock know all of them and it is the declaration of war upon the pseudo empire and we have more announcements but more shortly

Thor Freya Harley-Davidson the idea is working out and we need to do it a lot more trouble is trying to pick up the motor I did make it and he's not succeeding he can't get it out the door and he can't sell it to his own people and he won't leave us alone but okay and they say one day we'll shut it down and it says if they don't really care and they actually don't really care that much cuz your guys have to do something they say and they're trying to reclaim the bikes from our factory and a lot of times it sees imbeciles who buy them and they got information and they are going after them 50% of the Harley-Davidson sales pretty soon right now it's 25% so this idea works and he wants to carry it through. This won't be hot for our this one will be hot for our lieutenants and so lieutenant level supercar and we have a lot of infinity think it's q30 and we have them in rolling chassis as well as cars and storage most of them are intact and most of them have decent sized motors they're about 300 horsepower and there's others that are 350 horsepower and one model with 400 horsepower most of them are 300 horsepower but with this body on it and tires and rims in a new it goes about 500 miles an hour and the others go 600 and then 800 respectively it's ridiculous how fast it is if you put the top end kit in the dot exhaust and add about 150 mph to each except the biggest motor it'll go 1200 miles an hour and we're thinking of making the kit out of carbon fiber to not attract tons of attention. And we'll sell it to the idiots so they can run around saying stuff we're going to go ahead and do that and any other ideas people have and yeah they want to start up the dagger from the trans star company and we think that's the highway star from the song we're going to head now and we're going to start this company

That was Thor and Freya and we're proceeding now

Olympus

[punkscowardschampions]

Grace & Janis

Grace: Did you even tell anyone you were staying out?? 🤔🤔 Janis: Did YOU warn the fam you were inviting the devil inside? 🤔🤔 Grace: Rude! Grace: Someone woke up on the wrong side of the barista's bed Grace: OMG is he that bad? How shaming Janis: Wouldn't you all love to know Grace: Like you would anyway, you don't have anything to compare him too Janis: Again, you wish you knew Janis: but yes, I text them Janis: that it? Grace: Oh honey, we ALL knew you were a virgin Grace: Did he? Grace: Before you made it obvious, I mean Grace: You should have come home first, me & the girls could have helped you out Janis: It's cute Janis: all the things you THINK you know Janis: yeah, that'd be fun Janis: Mia must've dropped the invite on her way out Janis: with the story, likw Grace: 🙄🙄 Grace: girl please Grace: Mia'll get over it Grace: Unlike ME! You could've told me! Janis: Get over herself? Janis: Unlikely Janis: Told you what? Grace: OMG how hungover are you!? Don't be dense Grace: THE GOSSIP obvs Grace: I have to hear it from Mia Grace: so UNACCEPTABLE Janis: It's gossip 'cos she made it Janis: as if I had a chance to tell you or anyone, even if I wanted, when she went live with it Grace: There's always time to give me the real story Grace: You've got a phone Grace: Look how quick you answered this morning 🙄 Janis: 'Cos I thought you might have some real concern Janis: shoulda known better Grace: I AM concerned bitch Grace: you could be in a ditch Janis: Yeah, new boy's a serial killer Janis: this ain't the CW Grace: I didn't even know you were with HIM, did I? Grace: You never tell me anything Janis: Now who's being dense Janis: 1+1=2 Grace: Excuse me for having a nun for a sister Grace: Usually Janis: Again Janis: get a clue Grace: OMG Grace: I'm trying Janis: Bless 💕 Grace: Are you coming home TODAY? Janis: Are the coven gone Grace: I wouldn't bother asking if they hadn't Grace: I'm not stupid Janis: Probably then Janis: I got stuff to do Grace: One of them better be 🚿 Grace: Whelan's is soooooooo gross Janis: Not like you've ever got inside to know Grace: It's not like I want to Grace: like I said, ew Janis: Not with that baby face 😂 Grace: Shut up Janis: Like I said, bless Grace: I hate you so much Grace: This is what I get for being nice Janis: Nice Janis: Where? Grace: This WHOLE convo Grace: From the moment I checked you were still alive Grace: & I defended you last night GOD KNOWS why Janis: Shouldn't have to Janis: if your friends weren't cunts you wouldn't be in such a mood Grace: You're the only one being a bitch to me, Janis Grace: Newsflash Janis: Nah Janis: I'd have to be interested for that Grace: Yeah we KNOW you're only into barista boy Janis: Why would I be interested in anything you're doing Janis: it's them with the fucked priorities for giving a shit Grace: OMG get over yourself Grace: getting one boy to sleep with you doesn't make you God's gift Grace: 🙄🙄 Grace: Like I told you before, he'll get bored Janis: You first Janis: Like I told you before, get a hobby Janis: pass it on Grace: Whatever Grace: Don't come crying to me when he realises how much of a bitch you are Janis: 😰 Janis: Don't come to me when you grow a backbone and/or personality of your own Janis: still won't be interested Grace: I already have both thanks Janis: 👌 Grace: 👋 Janis: Cute 😂 Grace: At least one of us is Janis: Sick burn Janis: If only someone that weren't Mia thought so, eh babe? Janis: Sad times 💔 Grace: Take your own advice and get a clue Janis: 😂 #exposed Janis: get some self-esteem Grace: You need it more Grace: Letting that boy use you like this....tragic Janis: I'm God's gift, remember Janis: Can't have it both ways baby Grace: I said you think you are Grace: Not that he does Janis: SELF-esteem, Gracie Janis: not 'this boy would chuck it up me from behind' esteem Janis: poor thing Grace: Faking having it doesn't mean you really do, hun Grace: We can all flex on the snap Grace: You're honestly so embarrassing Janis: I don't need facetune to flex Janis: no filters gonna fix all...that 💋 Grace: You DO need it, you just don't USE it Janis: Nah, I don't though Janis: tragedy Grace: Sure Jan Grace: Keep telling yourself that, babes Janis: You keep telling yourself Janis: can't talk someone into feeling as bad as you do Janis: let your bestie in on the secret and maybe you'll both stop being such poisonous little trolls 💕 Grace: 😂😂😂 Grace: You wish Grace: Can't be bullied without a bully, but you're not that important to Mia 💔 Janis: Oh no Janis: not queen Mia Janis: suck her dick a lil better and she might love you back Janis: story of your life though, that 🤷 Grace: You're actually disgusting Grace: Save it for your boyfriend, I'm sure it makes him really 😍😍😍 Janis: Yeah, and I'm the Nun Janis: the swings and roundabouts you have to go on to make me the bad guy Janis: no wonder you're braindead 😵 Grace: Yeah sure 🙄 Grace: I don't have to say things to cover up the fact I don't know what I'm doing Grace: You sound 12 Janis: Lie of the year goes to Janis: that's all that comes out your mouth Janis: fuck what's going in it 😂 Janis: I'm glad I don't like you, it'd be exhausting having to pity you as hard as is needed Grace: Again, you wish Grace: You tell me to get a hobby, you make the same 'argument' over and over again Janis: it ain't an argument Janis: irrefutable facts Janis: don't like it, change it up Janis: we all got bored a long time ago Grace: Exactly, it isn't, it's you trying to throw shade TERRIBLY Grace: You don't know a single fact about me, babe Grace: Clearly you don't like THAT if you have to keep pretending you do Grace: Hm? Sounds like me with his convo Grace: Don't you have a boy getting bored rn? You might wanna focus on that Janis: Nothing to know Janis: Shadow of a shadow Janis: Literally how are you the blandest granola ass bitch outta the lot and they're all white as hell Janis: not even earning them mixed points, it's a real talent how uninteresting you are, truly Janis: tutorial on that, please Grace: 😂😂😂😂 Grace: But you're STILL talking to me instead of him Grace: What's the matter? Not everything you hoped it'd be? So sad Janis: I got more than one braincell Janis: can talk about put mascara on Janis: though the memes of you failing in your last vid have been amusing, tah for that Grace: You should try doing it Grace: Obvs you need more that mascara but every little helps Janis: Not with a face like that Janis: but you know, more is more and it almost constitutes a mask at this point Grace: 👏👏👏 Janis: There you go, now when you cry like a little bitch about it, you've got reason beyond your victim complex Janis: welcome ✌ Grace: MINE? You're the one who thinks that we're so invested in your little love story that we're all out for sabotage Grace: Please Janis: You know you can see when people watch your stories, yeah? Janis: she was like, the first view Janis: so much for not being important, don't worry, I won't steal your girl Grace: She's mad 'cause you outshined her coffee date moment Grace: Like I said, she'll get over it Janis: Should stop making herself vom Janis: wreaks havoc on your natural glow, but that's neither here nor there Grace: And she's the evil one Grace: That's not funny or true Janis: Cry me a river Janis: not gonna if she kills herself making herself look even worse than her personality Grace: OMG STOP Grace: You're as bad as she is Grace: Obsessed with each other 🙄 Grace: Get a room or something Janis: Awh, wanna be BFFs then?! Janis: 😏 Grace: Shut up Grace: I'd rather be the one who dies Janis: Didn't think so Grace: The first thing you've got right this whole time Grace: Well done, babes Janis: I ain't the one in remedials with the rest of the thickos Grace: Stop calling me stupid Janis: Any time you fancy stopping Janis: be my guest Grace: And what? Be more like you? 😂 Janis: You wish Janis: Be less braindead, would be a start Grace: YOU wish Grace: Caring about what I look like doesn't make me braindead Grace: It makes you a judgey bitch Janis: Yeah, that's the issue Janis: look like Sephora threw up on your face all you want Janis: at least be a person with it, not a painted fuckdoll Grace: So sorry I can't get top marks in maths or whatever OMG Janis: 🔬 Grace: I don't even know what you're talking about now Janis: Just trying to find your last surviving braincell Grace: Find it with the last place you cared about anything Janis: 🔭 Janis: Nope Janis: no signs of life Janis: soz Grace: So glad I could make you feel better about your crap shag by insulting me Grace: But I'm the idiot 👌 Janis: Awh, don't do yourself down Janis: never let it be said you don't have your uses Grace: I'm not here to be used by you, hun Grace: Deal with that Janis: Just a cumdump and Mia's personal bitch Janis: coolio 👍 Grace: Says you Grace: You've known that boy for like a day Grace: & Mia's more concerned with you right now, like I said Janis: 😱 Janis: Are you SLUT SHAMING me Janis: dundundun Janis: know you're 💔 but babes, girl code Grace: I'm stating a fact Grace: You think you're better than me, you aren't Janis: You think I am Janis: I just don't disagree, that's all Grace: I think you're the worst person this family has so far produced Grace: But whatever you need to tell yourself Janis: A dagger through my heart Janis: good thing you've got no place then init Grace: Yeah Grace: Bad enough I have to have the same last name as you all Janis: Marry the first boring white boy who will settle for you and no one ever need know Grace: And follow in your footsteps? No thanks Janis: You couldn't fill these shoes, figuratively and literally Grace: I don't want to Grace: You dress worse than your boyfriend Grace: At least he gets paid to look like that some of the time Janis: as much as I'd LOVE to look like topshop's sale rack Janis: you rinse 'em every time, what's a girl to do Grace: Obvs Grace: It's all my fault you look a state Janis: I don't, so don't trouble yourself Grace: You do, but I won't Janis: Mia don't seem to think so 😘 Grace: She hates you, that's her obsession Grace: Keep looking like that, it fuels her Janis: What, the body she's actually killing herself for? Janis: Will do and it's so effortless Grace: 🙄🙄 Grace: I'm the one who needs a hobby and is soooo uninteresting but you keep talking about Mia cos that's really not Grace: Go into her inbox, please Janis: Like I said, get a personality and we might stand a chance Janis: surgically remove yourself or are you less of a Siamese and more parasite? Grace: Sure, I'll turn myself into her so you can be obsessed with me Grace: You two are ridiculous Janis: 😂😂 Janis: Oh honey Janis: you clearly can't, been trying for years Grace: You wish Grace: Does your boyfriend know you're in love with my best friend? Grace: You might wanna share before he catches feelings Janis: Do you know your best friend kinda hates you? Janis: 😬 too late for you, awkies Grace: Rn the feeling is mutual Grace: Get over it Jan-Jan Janis: 💔 Janis: You'll get over it Janis: well, she'll walk over you, doormat Grace: Like you care Grace: either way Janis: What's the point Janis: You're never going to Grace: I care bitch Janis: You're never going to stand up to her Janis: Why should I be waiting on it with baited breath Grace: You've never waited on me Grace: Don't act like it's Mia's fault Janis: It ain't, it's yours Janis: she's a decent scapegoat though Grace: Again, you wish Grace: Nothing's all my fault, sorry about it Janis: Trust, no part of me wishes for you as my sister Janis: especially what you've become Grace: That makes two of us Janis: You said Janis: with all the care and concern you're claiming Grace: I do care, I just wish I didn't Grace: and that you weren't my sister Janis: Get over it Grace: You can try and tell me what to do as much as you like Grace: Not gonna happen Janis: I know, you're hopelessly pathetic Janis: like I said, no baited breath here Grace: Me? Oh babes Grace: Like I said, tragic Janis: Yeah, you Grace: 😂 Janis: 😥