#i know that i keep being like 'oh i don't play swtor oh i don't do tumblr'

[tiredassmage]

god i just finished what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck. spoodle talk + pics under the cut for some end of update stuff no peeksies if you don't want that.

oh and obligatory new agent va thoughts as one of ur resident agent posters.

hold on I need about. twenty minutes to process everything I witnessed today holy FUCK. MY GOD.

SHAE WHAT THE FUCK!!!!! SHAE!!!! SHAE PICK THE PHONE BACK UP!!!!!

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. okay look the amount of times tyr was able to basically tell the dark council to go suck a nut was fantastic but FOR FUCK'S SAKE SHAE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TIMES WAS FOR YOU. FOR BEING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING HE HAS THOUGHT FOR MONTHS WAS GETTING OUT OF HAND. SHAE!!!!! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME!!!!!!

fucking. tyr "everything is under control" deckard lying boldfaced to vowrawn himself. "is there anything else?" to krovos. holy fuck. dude. god. tyr i love you. obligatory blorbo posting.

he really just fuckin said "nah. die mad about it." oh my god. oh my fucking god.

he doesn't know what the glowy fucking box does any more than you do and he's going to keep it that way because [piano keyboard slam] he doesn't trust you at allllll <3

anyway. spent the whole update with the new va for male agent now. I have decided I Like Him. felt a lot better after I found the post saying it was a new va. Probably would've been insanely less jarring on the front end of playing to have known that before I launched the game today because I think most of my initial awkward piano keyboard smash about it was Not Knowing.

No reasons are posted and it is absolutely none of my business, as it should remain so, but I admit I'm not... entirely surprised by the recast. Didn't expect it to show up here, evidently, and I haven't followed anything outside of the game, but the last update or two was a little... rougher around the edges I'd noticed and having another character at max suggested it wasn't exclusively a studio recording-related occurrence, so I wish our original legend the absolute best, but Scolding appears to have had a lot of fun picking up the role here and I applaud that, it's a lot of fun to hear.

And now that I am. a little bit more coherent having discussed something Else about the update, I'll also pitch a chip into the idea that I don't... entirely mind that they used KOTOR style cinematics in sections of this update because it gave us a lot more variance in exactly what to say in those moments and it felt fitting for what they were trying to achieve with Sa'har.

Which. sniffles. Ouuuu Sa'har, idk if I'm ready to get started on that. THIS UPDATE. AND LEAVING ME ON THINGS. THAT ARE CAUSING ME EMOTIONS!!!! DAMN!!!!!

SLAY, GIRL, SLAY!

okay general photodump from the whole update time you know how I am about seeing my favorite barbie kicking ass and being in peril <3

damn this was good. nice outing, swtor. nice outing.

[syntheticmortal]

I got tagged by the lovely @crownedinmarigolds! Thank you so much mate!! I'm absolutely charmed 🥰

Now my rat bastard spouse stole most of my tagging options on their post so to not double-tag I will add:

@skaerdir, @klaciate, @tzimizce and @vamp-orwave!!

If anyone who sees this wants to be an honourary tagee, then go for it XD

For those who don't know - Hi I am Alex! (He/They) and I'm a writer and an English immigrant to the USA!

3 ships: oh mate all of these are OCxOC with @c-n-i-d-a-r-i-a-n

Victor and Gloria – A Nos and his unbound Ghoulfriend. Making your touchstone one of your mission Ghouls is dangerous af but live fast love hard, lads.

Jeff and Lamb – Another of Vic's unbound Ghouls and the Thin Blood Nos that joined the Warren. Disgustingly fucking cute injected into the den of the rejected and disgruntled.

Ventan/Taakur Rig and Rozanin Rig – My and Daz's SWTOR PCs respectively. A Chiss Cipher Agent that ends up having to go hide with his Mandalorian hireling with her Clan and Roz's unrequited love becomes hella requited and suddenly Ventan/Cipher Five-now-Taakur has step kids??

I love it so much.

first ship: Oh god this takes me back to being little. Probably a Sonic one??

Shadow and Rouge if I had to take a guess??

last song: Temptation by Sean Paul! A proper bop

But honestly massive shout out to the second Nostalgia Synthwave mix by Odysseus on youtube

This thing keeps me sane, and has all the songs marked! – that opening one, Realign by Cerulean, can usually just melt my brain into peace whenever I hear it

last film: Snatch – Like VTMB it's a problematic fave that oozes style and characterisation throughout. Watched it as prep for a Setite I'm going to play in a V5 game >:D

currently reading: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan as part of genre research. Finished The Vampyre recently too! Really I should pick AC up today, I've been working hard on my editing and outlining of my own pieces and neglecting the reading part of the craft for a few weeks >.>;

currently craving: So I'm drinking far less booze to save money whilst I'm out of work trying to get some Proper Writing done. So when I hit a good worthy milestone I'm getting a bottle of whiskey and I am ready.

fav color: Green! Sometimes purple!

relationship status: Maaarriiied to @c-n-i-d-a-r-i-a-n

last google search: I had to double check the spelling of Taakur for the ship section, so it was 'mandoa' :')

and before that I'm pretty use I searched Scryfall last night to go look at MTG cards even though I have no one to play with right now :'D (at least it's saving me money >.>)

current obsessions: Was tempted to add my own work here but I'll tag that on the very end XD

There's a lot of fandoms I don't leave – World of Darkness and Warhammer 40k predominantly as settings I always have another angle I want to see explored in!

I do however have the Magic the Gathering bug, even though I haven't really played in years and years now – but card interaction as a generation for narrative has always kind of captivated me? Like there's a couple big mean Ogre cards that make Rats more dangerous, but due to the way the systems work they also empower the Ratfolk of Kamigawa, the Nezumi, as they count as 'Rat' cards still. So big Ogre spellcasters improving Rat people as part of a contained bit of narrative kind of fascinates me as a concept.

Plus each deck presupposes a Planeswalker character who's casting those spells – and I was always intrigued by that notion and so most of my OCs are representative of decks I played (or wanted to :P) and then in turn each Planeswalker needs a Plane to come from, probably from a still existing culture on that Plane too, and so it can kind of wonderfully reverberate inspiration.

Like how every VTM Kindred OC presupposes a Sire!

BONUS ALEX SECTION

So if you want to get to know me, let me tell you about what writing I'm working on/have made recently.

Out now!

The Mutilation of Finley Reid

A short story of masculine horror, about a young man by the name of Finley who suffers in the pursuit of having his place as a man affirmed by his peers.

The world of Torranham Nights is an anachronistic reflection of England set in the coastal city state of Torranham, drawing from contemporary culture and folklore as well as the legends and reality of the cultures that came before – without being fetishistic about it like a lot of stories will.

Handle It

A short retail horror, about working the cash register of a butcher's counter, and the customer who orders increasing amounts of ground beef...

Inspired by my own work in a same spot, anyone who's done service work should get a kick out of this – plus it's free and only takes 20 minutes to read! XD

On the way!

Defector – name subject to change

A short story of grief, shame, suicidal ideation, alcoholism, and community. On the moon.

A Special Recon mech pilot, “Crash”, from Earth has defected to the Moon rebels, and now lives in Magnolia City, rotting away in her tiny apartment. Then the Provisional Government sends one of its elite commanders, a former enemy of Crash's, to pull her out.

Elhart: Arrival

The first of a short story fantasy anthology about a city of refugees at the edge of time and space, hiding from the end of the multi-planar universe. A super soldier has washed up with a near-fatal headwound and no memory, and she must learn to live in a far more peaceful world than the one her instincts suggest she came from. But who was she? And can she earn the trust of people who fear her potential to kill?

Neon Sun

A novel! Cyberpunk Vampires! If we're mutuals you can come ask about this but I'm not ready to share things too publicly for this one yet, but the outlining has gone beautifully in my opinion, and the worldbuilding is singing.

Speartip

I'm making a TTRPG!! It's a Powered by the Apocalypse engine game, about serving as the primary field agents of a faction of people who need your support and protection. Because if you're going to be a hero, who are you doing it for if not your kin?

Setting agnostic as hell, excluding some implicit need for magic in the class moves – I'm prepping to playtest this in sci-fi and fantasy settings to see how well my mechanics hold up in both swords and firearms based stories. Plus I'm going to explore a variety of perspectives of what the faction can be – from ethnic groups, to gangs, to guilds, to neighbourhoods.

I'm VERY excited about all this!!

[et-cant-phone-home-no-signal]

The Book of Boba Fett - Episode 3 thoughts

heyo here's me back with the ramblings! please accept my humble offerings of thoughts and analysis for this episode, for funsies only <3 no arguments, spoilers beneath the cut

i love the difference between fennec and boba - he'll listen and take a petition with no appointment, she's ready to shoot and dismiss immediately 😂 it's so interesting because you'd almost think it would be the other way around but nah, he's chill and she's paranoid <3 (i don't know if other media shows this more, i haven't watched the bad batch which i know fennec appears in, and i haven't read any of the comics with boba in it)

i genuinely love how sincere boba is about being daimyo like, he keeps going "i am the daimyo and i will bring order" and he's being so serious but no one is used to that do they think he's being silly because ??? why are you walking around like that dude

also obsessed with sophie thatcher appearing in this (i love prospect so much and i'm happy to see her in such a different role compared to that)

you can feel the love boba has for his dad in the kamino flashbacks and it breaks my heart fr

the music <3

i never thought about how it would make boba feel to see all the storm trooper heads on the sticks. i know that at the later stages of the empire it was mostly conscripts but surely it would invoke memories of the clones? idk it made me think about it and now i'm sad

NO NOT THE FUCKING TUSKEN CAMP FUCK nononono the music too stop it this is so sad fuck that nikto gang (though was it them??? i have a funny feeling it could be more cause would the tuskens really lose to a gang like that?? or is it just slightly bad writing idk)

the kids stick too i'm actually in tears this is so fucking upsetting why does everyone have to die all the time

there's something so nasty about attacking a person when they're in the middle of something medical, cause let's face it, the bacta tank is medical and krssantan straight up decked boba in his underwear jesus man

gotta respect the mods for still coming in to help (yeah it's their job but again, they could've said nope and left him to it) - also why is this dude so obsessed with biting people lmao

fennec's disapproving little shake of head lmaoo she's giving older sister vibes

poor rancor- is that danny trejo??????

i love how genuinely confused krssantan is to be let go - boba is way too kind and i can feel fennec's disapproval through the screen

boba immediately falling in love with the rancor and wanting to train and ride it and giving it loving scratches <3 totally obsessed with this man he's so fascinating

"excuse me, lord fett" "not now i'm busy" is such a pet owners response when they're giving or receiving love from their baby oh my god

i genuinely have tears in my eyes from how funny it is that these mods have the equivalent of space vespas because i was expecting the equivalent of harley davidsons if i'm honest and it's so disappointing they got these shiny ass candy looking speeders instead 💀 i cannot take them seriously when they're on the vehicles sorry the hardcore punk aesthetic clashes so hard with the bright primary colour ass mopeds

mr moustache receptionist at the mayor's office is once again sending me into orbit because his stare could kill this fucking majordomo in an instant if he was force sensitive and i am so amused - this extra deserves so much more attention man, who is he and why isn't he in a major role

dude this is the least satisfying chase scene ever sorry but they're going like 30mph max??? i can't take them seriously this looks ridiculous and it's probably the worst scene in the show so far

thanks for reading!! people seem to be enjoying my star wars posts which is nice, i don't talk about it that often but i've started playing SWTOR and i'm enjoying it!! created a new jedi character for it and i'm getting attached so might write up a character sheet for her soon :)

[acewizardinspace]

@booklindworm replied: Oh so that's what you mean by "a canon". You don't mean "a canon" as in a collection of published works, but "a collection called canon by Disney". Please, in the future, consider that there are people with a different understanding of the word. I do know that the Disney canons and also the movie canons don't include Gray Jedi, but honestly, it's not correct to say no canon does. The tOR canon - including not just SWtOR but also KotOR and KotOR II and a series of books

[Part II] and comics is also a canon, even if it's not one that you'd like to recognize.

It is more than just canon I don't want to recognize as you say. I admit I never finished all paths of tor (the gameplay wasn't for me, but i keep meaning to finish watching a play through because I liked the story) and it has been years since I played kotor (like middle school lol). But, as far as I remember, even in tor and kotor canon, grey jedi just don't exist? If this is wrong, please give me screenshots because I would like to see it (honestly!) But afaik, there is exactly 1 use of the term in The Stark Hyperspace War comic, it described Qui-Gon, and even then it is very vague and could mean anything honestly. Here is another awesome post about grey jedi and why Qui-Gon isn't one.

There are characters who are not quite jedi, but I don't recall any referring to themselves, or being called by others, grey jedi. In researching to see if I missed something I found Jolee Bindo from kotor who says he sees things "only in gray" but that is not the same as him saying he is a "grey jedi". Apparently he even says he is not a jedi at all? "I'm neither a Jedi or your master."

And no offense, but this was a vague vent post on my own blog with no searchable tags. It need not be all inclusive to everyone's understanding of the word canon. I love discussing my blorbos with people but this tagless post was not intended to be an all exclusive analysis. I don't expect this post to be seen by anyone but my very small number of followers. But yes, you are right, in the future, when making posts I intend to be seen by a lot of people, like my meta posts, I will endeavor to be specific.

I hate grey jedi as a concept, but that would be fine. People are allowed to have headcanons I don't like and write fics/art with them. That is whatever.

But when these fans insist that grey jedi are canon. That annoys me so much.

[krahka]

Do he got the booty

[serenscarlett-moved]

Can I have 5 headcanons/ideas for Marr/Aris/Jadus AU?

Indulging myself in an Once Upon An AU to continue my fill of swtor creativity outside of mainverse, so why not!

the concept of the AU was "what if Jadus did not turn themselves into a villain and secretly gained unlikely alliances to oppose against the Emperor."

A/N for those who don't know: both Marr and Jadus are non-human trans women.

SFW:

Jadus and Marr had history in the past (much like mainverse), their relationship had been estranged since the ascension but the two still communicated for the sake of keeping the Empire together and put the Dark Council in line. The spark between them somewhat died at first but was rekindled years later when Arisaira came along into their lives since she accepted the role as Jadus' Hand.

Being high ranking Siths (and Dark Councillors) they would get fiercely protective over Arisaira. They know she can handle herself but that never stopped them from grown wary of other power-hungry Siths around her so they resort to teach her self-defence against Force-Users.

It took some alot of convincing from Jadus to encourage Marr to unmask to Arisaira after they get into relationsip. Jadus insisted with "I've seen you without your mask many times, Marr, I'm sure our Arisaira will find you attractive as I am." "That's not reassuring, Jadus." "Or alternatively, the mask stays on in bed? I'm sure we'll arrange that." cue Marr gave a deadpan stare at the rather amused Jadus.

When they all mutually agreed to go into polyamorous relationship, Jadus would have to order the king-sized bed for the three of them to sleep altogether--mainly because of theirs and Marr's height and size.

Arisaira is the small spoon and felt more safer sleeping in the middle between, so cuddles from not one but two partners are nice.

NSFW, under readmore.

Both Marr and Jadus are the doms in the relationship equally, whereas Arisaira is the sub. Not that she minded though, she may secretly enjoy being sandwiched between two strong, buff women. Jadus and Marr know this.

Sometimes, Marr liked to watch Arisaira and Jadus going at it before they join them for a threesome. Sometimes, Jadus and Marr would team up by tying Arisaira up to the bed for teasing them resulting in her watching them fuck in front of her.

Ok but the fact Arisaira really loves boobs and she cannot lie? She would definitely enjoy playing Jadus' and Marr's boobs and tease them with her fingers and tongue.

They respect boundaries and always have a safeword ready. Consent and aftercare are a must due to Marr and Jadus having a LOT OF STAMINAS and they can go round for hours with Arisaira.

Voice kink play a huuuuge role because Jadus and Marr know their deep voices turn Arisaira on. Oh and lastly? Arisaira has a tongue piercing and well, she'll definitely knows how to make her partners very vocal with their grunts and groans when she put her tongue on their gentials. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[rainplaysswtor]

SWTOR: New player help: Contending with bugs

It's not a bug, it's a feature! It's working as intended! As you play SWTOR, you will notice that...things don't always go as expected. Here are some helpful tips for new players (and more long term players too) to try to help handle some of the most common bugs you will find in the game. 

First thing: report the bugs you encounter. If nobody knows something's going wrong, it can't be fixed. 

Everyone including free to play players can now use the in-game bug reporting system. How? 

1. Go into your chat box (usually at the upper left of your screen and type /bug)

2. This should open a window that will allow you to type a short description of the bug you are seeing. Describe the bug. Make sure you mention 1) exactly what you were doing and 2) what was not working. For example: 

"During the introduction scene for the flashpoint "This is Way Too Long," the character "I Don't Like You" does not have a head." 

3. Press ' submit.' 

Keep in mind that you will not get a response or any direct help from a bug report. This is to let the developers know what is not working in the game, so they can hopefully fix it. 

2. Wait a little while after there's a new patch or game update

When there's a new game update or patch (you will know because you have new files that will automatically download when you launch the game), don't jump right into the new content with your favorite best character. Wait. It's hard, I know, but wait. The general trend over the past few years has been that new patches and updates always have bugs, and sometimes they're doozies. 

It helps to have a "me first" character or two - perhaps a clone of your main - to wade into new content on the first day or week if you really want to see it. That way you can see the new content without being completely angry that it's messed something up for your characters or isn't running quite right. 

3. Keep an eye on the Bug Reports section of SWTOR.com and the SWTOR Twitter account. 

Even if you are not a subscriber you can still read the Bug Reports forum (I would not recommend the rest of the forums, though). There's usually a running list of known bugs for each patch listed at the top of the page. Also keep an eye on the SWTOR Twitter account. You can read it without being a registered Twitter user, and it will let you know when the game is going down for maintenance or an update. 

4. If you are facing a bug that is making it impossible to complete a quest you need for story progression, you can reach out to SWTOR customer service for assistance. If you are a subscriber, press the little gears icon at the top of your screen, choose "customer service" and then "request help." If you are not subscriber, you can reach support at support@swtor.com. 

SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR COMMON BUGS

1. Help! My abilities bar got unlocked and I cannot get it to lock again!

When this happens, all your abilities will 'float' or move from their placements, which understandably makes it hard to fight. How to get around this: 

1. When you are NOT IN COMBAT, press CTRL+U. All of your abilities bars/maps/etc. will vanish. Don't panic. This is the way. 

2. Press CTRL+U again. Everything should come back. It may take a moment. Wait. 

2. Oh no! My character's stuck in a rock!

Or on a cliff, or under a box, or up a tree. We've all been there. Go to your chat box (upper left, usually).

1. Write /stuck in the chat. This will either move your character to a place where they aren't stuck, or it will kill them and put them back at the nearest medical base. 

2. What's that? Stuck isn't working, or you just used it and it needs to cool down? You can try using Quick Travel to travel to a nearby medical base. 

3. Still nothing? Try porting to a stronghold, your ship or the Fleet. 

4. Try logging out and logging back in. 

3. What? I can't click the blue thing. 

This bug has shown up all over the place, where an objective will be lit blue, but unclickable. I've found a few places where nothing I do makes this work. 

1. Try changing instances. 

2. Try logging out and back in. 

4. This is a great cut scene...why is it freezing?!

Several years ago this bug was so severe in the Sith Warrior and Imperial Agent stories that only customer service could resolve it. It seems better now, but here are some ideas. 

1. ESC out of the scene. Now try to start the scene again by clicking on the NPC /objective/whatever is the scene starter. 

2. Can you guess? Log out and back in. 

3. Close the game and try re-launching. 

4. Try lowering your graphics settings in the game. Don't know why this works, but it did sometimes. 

5. My character is frozen in a weird pose. 

Just laugh at it, take a screenshot and share it with your friends so they can laugh. Typically this will not affect actual combat and will go away on its own eventually. 

6. I want to romance Lana Beniko, Koth Vortena or Theron Shan in KOTFE...but I've heard things about the romance vanishing. 

There are two general ways the romances in KOTFE get borked:

1. A patch happens before the romance is locked in (chapter 9) and all the player's flirts from chapters 3-8 are reset. The game thus forgets you were trying to romance Lana and you don't get the romance dialogue option in chapter 9. I've also heard of Koth and Theron romances vanishing, but not as often. The solution is to NOT play through chapters 3-9 of KOTFE when there's a patch happening. My general tactic is to play those chapters straight through, and not stop until I get to chapter 10, to make sure the romance is locked and won't be interrupted by a patch.

2. The player misunderstands the really poorly framed dialogue wheel in chapter 9. There's a moment, pictured below, where the camera faces Theron Shan, and there are choices that say "I need to see one of you" and "I need to see one of you" [flirt]. IT IS NOT JUST REFERRING TO THERON. If you are flirting with Lana or Koth and want to lock in their romance, DO NOT CLICK ON THE FIRST CHOICE (which is helpfully lit up here for your reference). YOU NEED TO CHOOSE THE [FLIRT] HERE, as well as the [flirt] in the conversation when you are alone with your companion of choice.  

When your actions or conversation choice will start or end a romance, from KOTFE onward, you will receive a pop up warning that looks something like this. 

Caption: This choice will begin a romance with Lana Beniko. Are you sure you wish to proceed? CONTINUE - CANCEL Once you have this scene, MAKE SURE you finish chapter 9 entirely so your choices don't get wiped out in a future patch!

7. My companion is stuck in place and won't move. 

There you go, charging into the fray...there's your companion, lingering awkwardly at the threshold and not participating. Oops. You can usually wake them up by sending them away and then bringing them back. Easy ways to do this include: 

1) Send them to sell junk (press N. Go to your companion who is with you. Press the little icon near their name to get them to sell the junk. Depending on the legacy perks you have purchased they will be gone for between 5 and 30 seconds)

2) Summon another companion, any of them, and then summon back the one you want. 

3) It didn't work? Sometimes companions do seem to go on strike and you will probably just want to summon another to continue playing. This is a good reason to remember to have more than one companion at high influence, if you can, so you can switch as needed. 

8. My companion keeps falling over. 

Sternly tell your companion it's not time for a nap. Kidding. They really don't care. Any time is nap time. The steps in #7 should work to wake them up again. 

9. I'm trying to loot something and it's telling me "out of range." 

First, are you sure it's your loot and not some other player's? If it's yours, you can sometimes pick it up by walking away and then returning. Other times, look for someone else nearby to loot. I've on occasion found things unlootable, which is frustrating. 

[lily-orchard-gossip-blog]

I'm back yay

3rd best Rey Palpatine

Ah Rey. What has not been said about her, and honestly, I just do not want to repeat the words of smarter people, so if you want a full analysis of her character, just write Rey is a Mary Sue on YouTube, and get your dose of analytics.

Let's be honest, the character was a flop from the start, both because of the cast (Daisy, I'm sorry, but you can't play a serious strong woman) and because of her design and script of the entire trilogy. Rey's story is extremely stupid (I don't believe that a child will survive in the desert even with improvised means sorry not sorry), clumsy in showing itself (a character who has just get weapon defeats several professionals, yeah of course) and inconsistent (Rei starts training only in the third film lol). I saw a couple of times when people tried to rewrite the plot of the trilogy, one of the options to shut the plot holes I mentioned was to give Rey a Jedi mentor who could've raise her and teach the basics of self defence (and then went on some mission and did not return), give Rey full training with Luke which she would have pass and overly prided herself for and then, under the influence of Snoke, fell to the dark side (in order to eventually fight against the redeemed Kylo Ren). As you can see, even with a minimum of effort, the plot improves significantly.

But another question, why did Lily like Rey so much? IMO Rei is a clay character. In fanfiction, people can sculpt almost anyone out of her, due her having no personality. Add to this some of Lily's abnormal love for female characters who are cute in the canon but suddenly become too harsh and rude in fanon (as was the case with Willow from tOH) and you will get the answer. In addition, due to the level of her writing skills, Lily simply cannot understand that Rey is simply badly written, incredibly unbalanced in her powers, which is why people do not love her, and not because she is a woman. The question is, by what principle does Lily put the characters in the rating. I know why, I just wanna keep the intrigue.

3rd blandest darth talon

Well, there's really nothing to say here. The design was clearly made for a male audience, and everything else about her is secondary. I would agree with Lily, only one thing worries me ... Don't Lily and Makaila themselves draw their characters in, let's say, a rather objectified way? I don’t know about you, but I’m always cracked by Aliana’s huge breasts and occasional inappropriate statements about female genitals and sexual subthemes in comics or any other Lily's works . kinda hypocritical dare i say. 3rd worst Arcann

And... here I bursted. I note right away that despite the well-written original stories of the SWTOR, the script of kotfe and kotet can be lame. Precisely because the writers deliberately write the victims of abuse as tyrants (Arcann himself) or irrevocably crazy (Vaylin), in order for the story to always have an e~e~evil antagonist (forgetting that the real villain is right next to the player). But Lily doesn't even mention it.

Most of Lily's arguments are rather simplified. Like... to call the long-term abuse (both psychological and physical) a "daddy issues" is just... open the trailer "sacrafice" and in the second minute you will see two children being beaten with sticks to bruises and blood. Or that Arcann tried attack the main character... Lily kinda forgot that, according to Arcann himself, he was attacking his father, who was in the head of MC, a direct threat to him and the entire galaxy, well, ok. And oh wait, didn't Lily say that the victim cannot become abuser?)

I just want you to taste the irony of the situation. Lily (the former victim of parental abuse for a second) literally took the victim, who was manipulated since early childhood, survived the war that began because of his father, and received a disability, and accuses him of ruthles actions (which by the standards of Star Wars does not exceed the actions of Lily's beloved Siths tbh) aimed at getting rid of his abuser........ just to turn around and write Aliana! The only difference is that Arcann was able to understand that he was a horrible person and wanted to change, and Aliana... well of course, she is already an ideal, despite the bombing the planet and murdering random people for fun. Certainly.

By the way, you know what else is funny? The real villain of the story, the dude who destroyed two planets for his own good, manipulated his wife, raised his sons as child-soldiers and who tortured his own fucking daughter... Lily doesn't even mention this guy.

So that's it. Obviously, the choice of characters in the top is based on Lily's personal preferences, that is, "only those whom I can substitute for my favorite unhealthy type" or a character licking shoes to all of Lily's political and moral views. Honestly, I could've largely agreed with the criticism of the kotfe, but in Lily's case, it's just a stream of bile splashing on everything around. To be continued~

3rd Best Rey,

I think Lily likes her, because Rey looks kind of buff. (And she does.)

She also say's that Rey is a dork, but I never got that vibe. To be honest, I kind of found Rey to be... wooden? Like the actress wasn't being given any direction for the character. She was clearly suppose to be the Luke parallel, with Finn becoming the Han Solo of the adventure. But they forgot to include the Obi Wan and the Chewbacka.

Though, while on the subject of Rey, I wonder if she likes her because she can just do a repeat of this kind of dynamic:

But with Star wars? I don't know, just a thought.

Moving on!

3rd Blandest Darth Talon

Never heard of her, didn't read the comics, I guess sexy is sexy.

3rd Worst Arcann

Honestly, Arcann is probably on the list for the simple sin of being a romanceable character, and being able to get a redemption arc, and also being male. (I noticed that that the characters Lily tends to hate the most are male characters who get redemption arcs, and that the fandoms find sexy.)

And the actual bad guy behind all of it... doesn't factor in, because Lily can just murder him, and not have to debate morality, like you do with an optional redemption.

Look forward to you going over number 2!