#jaric kaedan

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[ospreyeamon]

jaric kaedan: designated jerk

Jaric Kaedan is the designated jerk of the cold war era Jedi Council. When there is a mean or aggressive thing the writers want a member of the Council to say, Master Kaedan is nearly always the one to say it. However, I would argue that a lot of the mean things Kaedan says are mean things which needed to be said by someone.

For example, his questioning of Kira Carsen’s loyalty after it is revealed she is a Child of the Emperor is pertinent given the context. That someone who was accepted into the Order as an adult after attempting to steal the hyperdrive of a ship which just happened to belong to a member of the Jedi Council, whose position as that Council Member’s Padawan granted her close access to the Council, has been concealing her origins as a Sith acolyte is suspicious. During Act One the Jedi uncover a Sith sleeper agent, Tarnis, embedded deeply in Republic military research. In Consular Act Three, the potential infiltration of the Jedi Order by the Children of the Emperor is proven to be something Kaedan was absolutely correct to be concerned about. The Council would be remiss in its duty of protection towards the other members of the Order if they didn’t investigate the possibility of Kira being a plant. Arguably, they’d also be failing Kira by not consolidating the evidence proving her innocence because Kira might need that evidence if her status as a Child of the Emperor leaks again in the future.

Kaedan’s cynicism about the prospects of Tol Braga’s plan bring peace with the Empire is entirely reasonable. The risks of undertaking the mission go beyond the risk to the members of the strike team. If the Jedi abduct or assassinate the Sith Emperor it will trigger a second great galactic war – a war the republic military has been preparing for but may not be ready to begin. Even if Tol Braga succeeds in turning the Emperor to the Light, the wider Empire would be unlikely accept the commands of a Jedi Emperor, either dismissing the “redemption” as lies or mind control, or denouncing the ruler they are already becoming disillusioned with as a traitor.

His concerns about Jomar Chul’s vision are also valid. Even if the Hero of Tython is unwaveringly loyal to the Order and would never willingly draw on the Dark-Side of the Force, the Jedi Council should be aware that Jedi can be forced into falling under torture. The vision is an ill omen at the outset of an already poorly considered mission.

This gives me the impression that Jaric Kaedan’s role as the designated jerk is something which exists in-universe – that he has fallen into a dynamic with the rest of the Jedi Council where he feels he must voice the cynical and callous opinions because most of the time nobody else is willing to. If the points aren’t raised the quality of the Council’s discussions will suffer, the quality of the Council’s decisions will suffer. None of them particularly want to tell Bela Kiwiiks she might have welcomed a mole into the Order or tell Tol Braga his pet emperor redemption project is stupid. So long as Jaric Kaedan is always willing to be the bad cop then then the other members of the Council are free to play the good cop, or the mediator, or the supplier of wise proverbs.

Which is, moving further into headcanon, part of the reason why Kaedan is such a grumpy jerk. He knows he’s slipped into this trap and resents it. He shouldn’t have to always be the one bringing these things up. He shouldn’t have to worry that nobody else will if he’s not there. And the habit of imagining and voicing cynical takes, once established, is difficult to break.

[pawsimses]

Normal SWTOR Sims Photos

Saber Fights. No I don’t know why Bela is wearing that.

Local Spy Baby. Ironically the baby of the house is the one I have to babysit the least. Somehow he’s better put together than the rest of these idiots. He’s (probably) 3, they are adults...

Added a Hot Spring because I’m obligated to ruin nicely designed Maxis lots (lol hi Jace) He threw a soap bar in and left.

He got trapped because of that doll. Ended up having to have one of the others come break it because he was too scared and had bladder failure. Sometimes I really regret making the house haunted.

Oh yeah I made Syo a werewolf because a) I can do things with some of the temperaments and it kinda fits the First Son aspect. Everyone dislikes it. He’s a sad woof man.

More Obligatory Syo Photos because I am trash

(He tried okay? Painting is hard (realistically IDK why he decided to, oh well better than drowning in the lake again I guess)

Jaric, meanwhile, is forever in a pissed off mood because I thought it would be fitting to give him the High maintenance Trait (OG gave it to Syo, realized after it fit Kaedan better. Now he’s pissed at everything around him. Mostly the sun though.)

Dammit Zho. I just wanted a nice birthday photo TTnTT

And that’s it for now.

(oh yeah that ghost there is the biggest homewrecker, Jace and Satele now have relationship problem because he keeps on flirting with them both and causing friction. Guidry Ilu but come on man. At least stick to Zho, he was enjoying the attention. (For some reason he leaves Syo, Jaric and Bela (I presume) alone. Syo probably because he’s unnerved by the werewolf aspect, Jaric is an asshole most of the time and honestly I just haven’t seen him interact with Bela much at all. She’s around just... mostly minding her own business and not having as much of a crisis like the rest of them lol).

[whitepadi]

Let just say they don’t have the best relationship with Master Jaric

No but for real does anyone have g e n u i n e l y good relationship with him?

(Pose used are from here)

[kotorswtor]

My patronus is that one character in almost every genre-fiction series who’s narratively framed as an antagonist for insisting “Your idealism and good intentions aren’t enough. Laws, procedures, and professional standards exist to protect people and you don’t get to blow them off because you’re cute.”

[algaeabomination]

oh no

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lainathiel said to your post                                                                                                                            Yeah. I think Kaedan’s purpose is to be the objector to whatever shit is going down. I appreciate that about him, but it doesn’t mean I LIKE him. 

I feel like that’s a bit of a bad writing decision. Like I feel like the writers should have characters object or agree based on their own experiences or personalities, rather than “so and so always objects”. it might make the council members feel more unique from each other, too.

And yeah I  don’t really care for Jaric a ton either after hearing how he treats Kira but I did feel the need to defend abrasive characters as a concept :P Cuz lots of my faves are abrasive. though they should still object for reasons when they object.

[boomboxwithlegs]

Jaric Kaedan: You are a scourge amongst the jedi.

Lord scourge:

Jedi knight:

Lord scourge:

Jedi knight: *uses all their power in the force not to break into laughter* FUnnY yOU SHOUld say THat-

[theshijlegacy]

Zek’s reaction is one part “what, no fancy new title?” and one part “SWEET, LESS WORK”

[badsithnocookie]

master kaedan i know you’re upset at being ignored but thats a little extreme dont u think

[erichan-legacy]

Master Kaedan just killed himself

...I’m not going to miss him anyway XD

[pawsimses]

Dumb As Fudge Headcanon

Kaeden is a Sleeping Snuggy and Syo is Chubby

[whitepadi]

I’m pretty sure the Sith is the least we need to worry about, Master Jaric.

This bug is pretty hilarious actually because it seems in-character of him and the fact that many people expereinced this bug too. 

Btw, I made Jaric as Kresna’s second master in Chapter 2 before he met Nat and after Orgus death (he became Knight in the end of class story) and let just say Jaric still dislike his former padawan.

Thanks @.badsithnocookie for the screenshoot lmao. Also please ignore the typo.

[swtorpadawan]

“Inconceivable!”

F*ck you, Jaric Kaedan.

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yourlocalangryautistic said:                                                                                                                            im torn cuz like, kira is amazing and i dont like jaric being mean to her, but also like if i dont get so annoyed when someone (Not here, but in ohter posts) looses all critical thinking the moment someone is mean to like say scourge some guy whos totally been serving the emperor for x hundred eyars. Like gee i wonder why anyone would be suspicious of socurge? must be bias                           

i am concur. so was messilandre (my JK). she did not trust scourge even a tiny bit.

either way, i’ll see how it goes down w/ kira when i’m replaying messilandre.

[erichan-legacy]

One day, you'll be a great Jedi.