#jedi are parents too

[bh-52]

Mama Ti with her baby girls.

[tinkerbitch69]

Hey, psst, whovians…

As I already mentioned there’s some merit to the theory that Ruby is one of the pantheon BUT also a running theme in ruby’s story is birth parents being kinda shitty to their kids and finding family elsewhere whether that be through adopted parents or the friends you make along the way.

And one of the few thing we now about this mysterious Pantheon of gods is that the Toymaker has children like maestro and in their words is a bad parent to his children so the familial dynamics there are likely kind of shitty so the Toymaker abandoning one of his children isn’t out of the question

Just saying… 👀

[tennessoui]

i’m so in love with the couple’s counselling au. it is already an all time favorite of mine - everything about it is so good. the little holiday fic breaks my heart so much, poor obiwan oh my god i want to chop a lock of anakin’s hair and braid it and give it to obiwan. obiwan 🥺

ok but real talk couples counseling au Anakin probably agonizes over how he can make this better well past their trip to Alderaan he’s like constantly thinking about it he’s giving himself stress ulcers because he hurt obi-wan so bad !! and he can never take it back !!!

I think it culminates with anakin finding a very beautiful gold and copper braided bracelet and spending all his Jedi credits on it (and some of padme’s credits as well but it’s for a good cause she would support he thinks!!!) and carving little tokens to hang from its loosest links, each token corresponding with a mission they went on together once anakin became a Knight, to symbolize how maybe he can’t ever give him the padawan braid, but obi-wan’s influence in his life extends past his apprenticeship—they’re braided together, equals now, facing their greatest challenges and most celebrated victories together, see, master? Look this one is the gundark nest I fished you out of!!

and of course he gives it to obi-wan on the anniversary of the day he was Knighted, and obi-wan (sniffling, incredibly touched) is like “will you ever let the damn gundark nest go anakin???”

[thesunmakesmetired]

Every month, I try to learn Mando'a and every month I remember why i gave up last time...

Me, everytime: oh this cant be that hard, im already bilingual and learned Aurebesh...

...

It has GRAMMAR?!!

[swan2swan]

Periodic reminder that the Jedi don’t kidnap kids, they rescue them, and that’s not propaganda.

Force-sensitive kids who are born to loving families and/or in societies with a strong social net just...grow up to be talented folks. The Nightsisters. Plenty of Mandalorians. So many people.

Kids about to be kidnapped and sold into slavery because they’re Special? Orphans about to burn down their village? Those tykes get a new Temple Home.

[eriexplosion]

Today I physically stopped myself from engaging negatively with a post talking shit about Anakin and I think I deserve a little treat for that. I will just stay in my corner loving my very damaged boy.

[spock-smokes-weed]

At what point does Anakin ‘Darth Vader’ Skywalker give off the vibes that people think he can make healthy decisions for himself?

And if he did leave the Jedi, who do you think would swoop in and offer him support, probably a job, and what ever else he could need? Palpatine. Who do you think he would run to when he starts having visions of Padme dying? Definitely not the people who dismissed his visions of his mother being tortured before. No. He would go to Palpatine. The Sith Lord. Who orchestrated Anakin’s fall from day one.

Him leaving the Jedi wouldn’t have changed the final outcome.

Honestly you kinda hit the nail on the head. Anakin leaving does not fix the core issue of the Jedi order itself. The whole kinda point of Star Wars is that the Jedi order of the republic created the perfect breeding ground to create a figure like Darth Vader. And denying the roll the Jedi played in leading him to the edge is just kinda frustrating to me.

Like Palpatine was only able to sink his claws into him because he offered a judgment free space for Anakin to express his emotions. 

And saying Anakin should have left because he wasn’t cut out for it really ignores the fact how he had no real choice in being a Jedi; Qui-Gon made that decision for him. The Jedi was his family for over a decade. And he’s been told since getting there “you are going to save the universe.” If you think Anakin wasn’t cut out for it because he was to emotional, that’s literally not his fault lmao. It was the adults in his life. I think it’s so unfair to think Anakin should have upended a life that he loves because he’s not good at something he didn’t choose to be. 

[imogenkol]

— KOL —

“What about your family?” "I do not remember them. I was surrendered to the Order at a very young age." "You don't know anything?" "Nothing." But that was a lie. Her memory may be unreliable, but the archives at the Temple were not. Imogen once had a mother, a father, even siblings - all of whom she would never get the chance to know. It did not matter anymore and hasn't for a long time. Chasing ghosts was a fool's errand.

[template by @unholymilf]

[theoryofarson]

normally the 11th hour "this random side character was actually your BIOLOGICAL FATHER!" twist would be dumb contrived drama fare, but...I think it actually kind of makes sense for the warp effect.

as other people have mentioned, ultimately it's a show about how alex has passed pain on to other people due to his OWN sexual trauma and mental blocks. and of course, that trauma had to come from somewhere - we already knew it came from his mother and religion, but it's very interesting to learn that THAT started as his mother's response to being betrayed by a man and left to fend for herself.

now we can plainly see a huge web of parallels, or better, repetitions. alex's sin is the same as the sin that begat him. and alex's guilt is the same as teacher saran's guilt. to an extent, alex's unwillingness to forgive teacher saran is the same as jean's unwillingness to forgive alex.

i'm not sure yet how those stories of forgiveness (or lack thereof) play out. but what's clear is that this show is telling us about the responsibility we have for others. loving someone, being with someone, puts responsibility on all of us to take care of them. otherwise, it creates hurt, especially for those who are often cast in a more critical light by society (women, queer people), and that hurt carries forward into the lives of our children.

[rindemption]

Padawan!Nathan, is that a thing?

😔 no, I know in my heart of hearts Nathan would grow up to be an outer-rim smuggler. Han Solo ass mf

[drxgony]

Featuring my first Star Wars OC, Ka’an. My perfect jedi boy. He has issues… is jedi, goes sith? and maybe ends up a secret third thing

[bh-52]

Obi-Wan with his wife and daughter.

[blackat-t7t]

It's kind of sad when there's a character, or ship, or headcanon, or scenario that you're mildly interested in, but then you just see it so often and it's not all that interesting, and you get tired of it, and annoyed with it, and even start to hate seeing it, when in smaller doses it could have been something you enjoyed 😔

[askshivanulegacy]

Actually think he's got ALL the great points. I am LIVING for Sith-centric POVs. The Jedi aren't right and good simply by virtue of being Jedi. I wanna hear what the other side has to say about it.

It's about time we had a sympathetic glance at the Sith. What's gonna happen next? When and what's the shoe that's about to drop?? Will the Sith be JUSTIFIED or will things revert back to ye olde Jedi=Right?

This is what story time is supposed to be about !!

*eats popcorn.*

He do be making some good points though.

[scrimplications]

tired of jedi characters comparing their relationship to their master with a parent-child dynamic. they dont KNOW that dynamic!

give me more jedi comparing a non-jedi's familial relationship to that of an apprentice and a master - at least that would make sense!

jedi going "yeah, an adult who guides and protects you and you're supposed to listen to them? yeah thats a master- oh, your mom is like that too? neat :)"

more jedi not really understanding non-jedi family dynamics. more jedi being horrified at the concept of someone being rejected or mistreated by their parent, because "why did they choose to have you then???"

there's a lot of interesting parallels between master-padawan dynamics and parental/familial dynamics. i just want to see more of the comparison going the other way.

[gffa]

Osha's backstory episode of The Acolyte fits perfectly with a headcanon I've had forever about Force-sensitive children in the galaxy--that some children feel called to the Jedi and some do not, and that the Jedi look out for this. We see that destiny exists in the Star Wars universe, the Force calls to people to walk certain paths, but that it's still up to them to decide, you still have to make your own choices. (See: Everything about Anakin Skywalker and how the Jedi never brought that up around him, it was always about personal choice and agency. Yes, he was the Chosen One, but he had to choose his path.) From the moment we first meet her, child Osha didn't want to be a witch, she wanted to see more of the galaxy beyond Brendok, she was immediately entranced by the Jedi when they showed up during the ceremony, like a magnet pulling her to them, that she was drawing the Jedi Order symbol long before they ever got there. It wasn't just a sudden way to get out of there, she was feeling this pull towards them long before she ever even met a Jedi. She's the one who first slips out to meet Sol during the ceremony despite being told to hide, she's the one who goes over to talk to Kelnacca before the test, she's the one who fights against her entire family to say she wants this. She's the one who wants this even before she knows there will be other children like her with the Jedi. We don't see the Jedi giving Mae that same nudge, because the Jedi path wasn't meant for her, she didn't want it, and I love that both here and in The Phantom Menace, the Jedi make sure that this is what the child wants, too, that both prequels and High Republic Jedi are shown to take such care, that it's done with the parents' permission, but also getting a sense of what the Force is or isn't calling this person to do and whether they accept it. But Sol gently pushes Osha, not to tell them what they want to hear, but to tell the truth, do you want this? Do you feel like this is right for you? Just as Qui-Gon made sure Anakin knew being a Jedi was a hard choice, the Jedi want you to be sure, want you to feel called to this, because the Force exists, a mysterious destiny exists in this galaxy. It's still your choice, you have to have agency over your choices, it's not just, "What does the Force want?" but instead Sol asking, "What do you want, Osha?" The narrative is careful to point out Sol telling her about his own testing, that he knew he was different from his family, that he was scared at first, but it was clearly his choice. "But you must have the courage to say what you want." The Force called her here, the Force is something that exists within Star Wars and has a will of its own, and some people are not called to this particular path, I don't think Mae was ever meant to be a Jedi, she never wanted it, she never felt that pull. But Osha, like so many other Force-sensitive children tapping into this giant mystical energy field that has a destiny for you if you want it, they are pulled to it and the Jedi take such care with that. Some are meant to walk the Jedi path and some are not, that's something only each individual can figure out for themselves, and the Jedi do their best to honor both the Force's calling and the person's own choices. And if a child resists and pulls away, they let them go, it wasn't right, it wasn't meant for them. But when a young Force-sensitive is practically vibrating in place with how badly they clearly feel this is meant for them, that's something that exists as a thing that really does happen with the Force.