#luke how dare you you talented bastard

[tiofrean]

So... who else has been crying like mad about that unicorn and Frankie fight in Sunder City series? And about Fetch? And the Dragon? And Hendricks!!?!??!??!

That unicorn didn't wanna leave me, so I'm making it everyone's problem xD

[starboundanon]

Herbie, you know what I love? Men flirting with Luke and seeing Din’s (or even dad’s) reaction to that? *chef’s kiss* Han would always be flirting with Luke because he knows Luke had a massive crush on him and feels like he has some type of ownership of Luke since he got him off Tatooine (and might’ve even taught him some stuff on the way to Alderaan👀 And honestly they are so hot together lol) Lando of course cause Lando is a charming flirt and renders Luke speechless a lot with his sweet words and handsome smile. There’s also a serious lack of Cobb flirting with Luke that hurts my soul. Luke would probably die if Cobb flirts with him cause um… Timothy Olyphant🥵 Boba. I mean. Come on. He just loves to make Luke flustered with his obscene remarks. Bonus: Din flirting with Luke in front of Vader is of course always a winner. I do wonder if Luke would be aware if someone is flirting with him though? Because if it’s even slightly subtle I feel Luke would just be so happy that “people are so nice Din wow!” lol. Do you have any headcanons with all these men flirting with Luke and Din or Vader’s reaction?

Din being a possessive boyfriend and Vader being an overprotective dad are timeless classics, and I will never tire of discussing them.

TW: nsfw, slightly darkfic

Din's reaction when people flirt with Luke, mostly, comes down to asserting dominance.

Han thinks he can just walk over and put his arm around his Luke? Fuck that. Din's going to fuck Luke bareback in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon and leave the mess for Han to find.

Cobb thinks he has any right to make Luke blush? No way, Din's going to take Luke apart with his tongue that night and make sure Cobb can hear the boy screaming his name.

This Lando guy thinks he can call and flirt with Luke whenever he pleases? Nope, Din's going to take Luke's comm-unit and mute that smug bastard, then make him listen as he wrecks Luke with nothing but some expert dirty talk.

Now, Vader? Vader just fucking kills people. If he catches some random asshole making moves on his boy, he snaps their neck with the Force before they even know he's there.

But of course, there are times when he has to show restraint, namely when Luke, unfortunately, cares for whoever is currently trying Vader's patience. These times include:

When Han jokingly palmed Luke's ass after a hug, and Vader flung him across the room with the Force, promising him he would lose all his limbs if he ever dared to lay them on his son again;

When Boba Fett, stupidly, made a suggestive comment to Luke about how "talented" his mouth must be, and Vader, furious, promised him he would use the Force to rip Boba's tongue from his mouth if he ever spoke to his son that way again;

And finally, when Din, this brazen, wretched, dissentious bounty hunter — who his son, somehow, inexplicably adored — had the nerve to wrap his arms around Luke's waist and pull him close, pressing their foreheads together, hands roaming his son's body like he owned him . . . Vader didn't even use the Force. He lifted the Mandalorian by the throat, durasteel hand unrelenting around the man's neck, and threw him through the Palace window. The man should've been grateful for his beskar armor, because without it, Piett would've had to mop up another one of Luke's unfortunate suitors from the courtyard's cobblestones.

[rubixa-seraph]

11 Questions About Me

Tagged by @gentle-outlaw

Sorry this took me a while to get to! Mobile sucks!

1. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the 3rd line on that page? 

Kurt nodded.

- Halo; Ghosts of Onyx

I’m totally not done reading this book because I keep playing video games instead.

2. What is your happiest memory and why?

I am... having a very hard time answering this question. It’s not that I haven’t felt happy before, but there is nothing that I can remember so pointedly to be the “happiest.” I am generally happiest when I have good food that I want, so it might as well be any time I am eating food that typically comes out a bit expensive. It’s not good because it’s expensive; it’s expensive because I’m poor.

3. Do you have any OC's (for fanfiction or totally original)? If so, describe them or if you have more than one, describe your favorite one!

[[MORE]]

I do and I can’t just describe one without the other. Through some manner of world building and RP and various factors, one character became two...

Roy King and Evan King are effectively a set of twin characters, though originally one was a “copy” of another. I stick them into a lot of fan content for fun but they do have their own standalone little world bubble I’ve built where they have an original setting.

Roy is the elder brother, typically stern, demanding, and somewhat testy. He is very closed off and trusts very few with his emotions, and in any given new relationship being established, he expects the other party to prove themselves to him, first, before he will extend his goodwill in kind. He takes loyalty very seriously, thus he is picky about who he will trust; and if you deliberately backstab him, you’ll be sorry. Across different settings, Roy is often represented with the motif of bugs, especially that of bees/hornets/wasps and also the scorpion. Sweet and giving of what he has when he trusts you, and a downright bastard when angered or agitated... and depending on the setting setting he’s in, he chooses lethality as a means to deal with traitors. In his original setting, he is a fae war-king of a fictional fae court that is a fae imagining of honey-bee fae. The war-king part is that he is the strongest offense and defense of the Hive, and the Queen is the only one that holds sway over him.

Evan King is the younger twin. Instead of being more withdrawn, he wears most of his emotions and his heart on his sleeve. He’s a bit of a romantic, and it shows. He’s also one to walk away from most troubles instead of contesting against them, but he can still get snarky and profess his dislike before crossing any lines. Many a time he has to focus on preventing Roy from actually trying to follow through on a threat or a fight. Across different settings, Evan is often represented with motifs of birds, especially that of the legendary Phoenix. Bright, somewhat elusive, resilient and positive after conflict even if it still had hurt him, and focuses a lot on healing others, especially his brother. He’s also a bit of a daring troublemaker and a kleptomaniac (with boundaries.) In his original setting, he’s an avian “god” (patron) whose two major traits are treasure-collecting and a perchance to adopt stray youths. Bring him “offerings” or gifts (even actions of goodwill) and he leaves no debt unpaid to you. He is good with children, if not a bit coddling.

4. Who is your all time favorite fictional character and why?

It’s hard to think back on this but I would say Roy Mustang from FMA. It’s a bit hard to describe but the hero worship is strong. Though never explicitly explained in the manga itself, he stood out among his peers, not just from skill alone, which he had gained through blood and sweat both, but also that he certainly did not look to be of the same race as the majority of Amestrians you see. As someone who is Asian growing up in America, this character meant a lot to me just for the nature of him existing in the position that he had, with the burdens that he had; and the perseverance was something that I hung on to.

5. What do you find yourself thinking about the most?

How tired I always am and how I’m always in need of looking for a distraction. Also I want tea and cake and pastries and yummy food... I grew up a bit wealthy before my family fell apart so I catch myself often missing the luxuries that I had. I know it makes me sound terrible but look... I miss it, okay? It was a part of my life growing up but then all the lies my family fed me came crumbling down and that wasn’t my fault...

6. Look out your nearest window and describe what you see!

It’s still super early in the morning. It’s cloudy today. I see the back parking lot of the gas station across from my apartment. Cars are going to and fro for the morning commute to work, and there is a garbage collection truck pulling in near the dumpster.

7. What makes you feel nostalgic?

Piano music. A long time ago I was a pianist; concert level. I performed on stage, small and local as they were. But my family didn’t want me to actually pursue music. What a waste of my talents...

8. You have two hours left on earth, how do you spend them?

Eat good food. Okay, I might have stress eating issues...

9. What's your favorite sound?

I could have so many different answers to this but the sound that really gets me grinning on the inside is that low-toned whistle someone does when they are impressed at something cool or awesome. The context matters; something interesting has to have happened for that sound to be pleasant for me. (Thinking back to “Hellsing Ultimate” when Alucard fought Luke Valentine.)

10. What was the first fandom you were involved in?

I guess it was digimon.

I can’t say I truly had a great time being there and I’m glad I have stepped away from it now.

11. Describe your idea of a perfect day!

On a good day I would wax poetic but... I’m very very tired today.

I want a warm cup of milk tea and a lazy day in bed while playing my favorite MMO and listening to a podcast of a guy with a good narrative voice read classic short stories. Which is exactly what I’m going to do today after a good nap. :)

I tag: @apurplemoth @squeakybat

Questions:

1. Favorite art technique that you do, or favorite thing(s)/part(s) to draw.

2. A skill you would like to learn?

3. Anything you like to study the most at your leisure?

4. Favorite childhood picture book?

5. Every been on a plane or ship/boat?

6. If you could be something not-human, be it animal or mythical creature, what would you envision yourself being?

7. Favorite constellation?

8. Preferred toppings on a pizza? (I won’t judge; I do white sauce with sausage, mushrooms, and pineapples OR cranberries, so...)

9. A song that comes to mind this very moment, on whim.

10. Preferred fashion for yourself?

11. A character you really like at the moment, and maybe why?

[the-desolated-quill]

Let Star Wars Die - Quill’s Scribbles

You may recall I was less than impressed with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It wasn’t a bad movie, but, let’s be honest, it wasn’t very good neither. It was far too derivative of the original trilogy, in particular A New Hope. and the new characters just weren’t very interesting or well developed. The only character I was even vaguely invested in was Finn and even his story didn’t really make sense under any close scrutiny. The only thing this movie really had going for it was that Luke, Leia and Han were in it. In fact whenever I find myself talking about The Force Awakens, I often refer to this quote from a review of the movie written by Andrew O’Hehir for Salon:

“This is the work of a talented mimic or ventriloquist who can just about cover for the fact that he has nothing much to say."

That pretty much sums this movie up perfectly. I’m fully aware I’m in the minority, but I honestly just don’t see what makes this movie so special. Yes it’s competently made and somewhat entertaining, but only on a purely superficial level. In my opinion the only reason The Force Awakens became so successful wasn’t because of any inherent good qualities it possessed. It was because it cynically pandered to a nostalgic fanbase.

Now look, if you like the movie, fair enough. I’m not criticising you for your taste in cinema. Everyone likes what they likes and that’s okay. It just wasn’t my cup of tea. And I’ll be the first to admit my opinion may be slightly biased because I never actually wanted to see a sequel trilogy in the first place. Return Of The Jedi was a good ending to the Star Wars story and there was no reason to carry it on. I didn’t even see the point of a prequel trilogy, although I was mildly curious as to how exactly Darth Vader became Darth Vader (pity they didn’t do it very well). As far as I was concerned, a sequel trilogy was little more than a cynical cash grab, and The Force Awakens did very little to change my mind of that. And judging by the trailers to The Last Jedi, where everything looks like a rehash of The Empire Strikes Back, my opinion doesn’t appear to be changing any time soon.

Now we could debate for ages whether or not the sequel trilogy is a cynical cash grab (it is), but one thing cannot be denied. This new trilogy Disney have announced is most definitely a cynical cash grab.

Oh yeah, Disney have announced that a new trilogy is being made. Perhaps I should have led with that.

Yes it appears Star Wars is going to become a franchise without end, with movies and sequels and spinoffs being churned out year after year like a fucking assembly line production. Why? Because Disney is Disney and Disney is the fucking worst. These are the people who originally started making live action remakes of classic Disney movies from the villain’s perspective, but then after Maleficent somebody in Disney said ‘Hey. Here’s an idea. Why don’t we just remake the original Disney movies?’ These are the same people who own the increasingly convoluted Marvel Cinematic Universe whose movies have become more and more bland and homogenised every year. These are the same people who are currently making a sequel to Mary Poppins. Yeah! I’m sure that’s something we’ve all wanted to see, right? I don’t know about you, but whenever I watch Mary Poppins, I often wonder what happened to her after she flew away on her little brolly and the story was over.

It couldn’t be any more obvious at this stage that Disney clearly doesn’t have a single original thought hovering around their little media empire, but this is also a problem inherent with the entire film industry right now. Sequels and remakes have always been a thing in Hollywood, but it’s never been at this scale, and that’s largely down to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since then everyone has wanted a slice of that pie, hence why it feels like every movie franchise is being turned into one great big giant sequel factory. It’s this thinking that made Warner Bros. extend The Hobbit into a trilogy when it really didn’t fucking need to be. It’s this thinking that made Universal Studios try to lump all their horror movie monsters like Frankenstein and the Mummy into a shared universe only for it to backfire when they realised that (gasp) not everything works as a shared fucking universe. It’s this thinking that has essentially stripped the once promising Marvel Cinematic Universe of any creativity and artistic integrity, reducing it to the shallow and soulless franchise it is today where every movie has become virtually identical to each other.

Now I’m not saying that sequels or franchise or even shared universes are inherently bad. Provided the quality remains consistently good and there’s proper narrative and artistic justification for it, I don’t have a problem with it. What i do have a problem with is movie studios churning out sequel after sequel for no reason other than to make money. Let’s not deny that is the motive behind these new Star Wars movies. That is most definitely the motive behind this new trilogy we’re going to get. It feels as though everyone in the movie industry has forgotten how to tell standalone stories with a beginning, middle and end (you know? Like proper stories?). I can’t think of a single reason to justify a sequel sequel trilogy, just like there isn’t a single reason to justify the sequel trilogy. And don’t you dare give me that bullshit about how George Lucas always intended Star Wars to be 9 movies long. For one thing, I don’t think anything George Lucas has to say holds much weight anymore because, you know, the prequels exist. And second, there is literally no reason to continue the story after Return Of The Jedi. The baddies are dead, the Empire has been destroyed and Luke has finally completed his journey and became a Jedi Knight. There is literally nowhere else for the story to go, as evidenced by The Force Awakens effectively repeating A New Hope again. What’s the point of carrying the story on? I couldn’t give two fucks what happens to Luke after Return Of The Jedi for the same reason i couldn’t give two fucks what happened to Cinderella and Prince Charming after they got married and lived happily ever after (although Disney showed us anyway with their direct to video bollocks). The story is over.

Actually, going back to the whole 9 movie thing, let me throw that argument back at you. If George Lucas really intended Star Wars to be 9 movies long and Disney are merely respecting his artistic vision, why the fuck are we now getting 12 movies? Could it be perhaps that Disney are a bunch of money grabbing arseholes who don’t actually give a shit about Star Wars and just to want to squeeze the brand for every penny they can get? Because that’s the thing, isn’t it? It’s one thing to have a movie studio earning some of your money for a well made movie, but it’s another thing entirely when a movie studio feels they’re entitled to all of your money for a continuous stream of mediocre crap.

Now it’s very easy to lay the blame at the feet of the greedy corporate bastards that are draining the franchise dry, but I think we the audience deserve a portion of the blame too. Don’t forget, we’re the ones that paid to watch these movies. We’re the ones effectively enabling them to produce more cynically made and hollow products. The movie industry wouldn’t be able to pull off half of this bullshit if it weren't for the more gullible members of the audience that simply don’t know when enough is enough. Case in point, Frozen. I loved Frozen. Everybody loved Frozen. It was a good movie with a proper beginning, middle and end. There’s no need to make a sequel. In fact making a sequel to Frozen would be quite possibly the dumbest thing you could do because there’s no way you could top the first one. But what did fans say in their droves? ‘Sequel! Could we have a sequel please?!’ And now we’re getting Frozen 2. Bugger.

The reason these sequel factories exist is because we enabled them to exist. The fans wanted this, and this is something I’m going to keep reminding people of when this new Star Wars trilogy comes a calling. You wanted this. All you people that kept saying it would be a shame when Star Wars ends with Episode 9 and that you hope there would be more. When Disney keep finding more and more excuses to keep releasing annual Star Wars movies, once they’ve strapped the suction tubes onto the udders of the Star Wars cash cow and drained every last drop from it until it becomes a shrivelled, lifeless husk before they grind it into the dirt, just remember... you wanted this.

Finally, just to add insult to injury, Disney have announced that Rian Johnson is going to be directing the new trilogy. Yeah. That fucker. The guy who’s directing The Last Jedi. The guy who has been constantly sidelining all the characters of colour, including Finn, the main character. The guy that believes that Kylo Ren, the villain, is in fact a dual protagonist with Rey. The guy who insists that Kylo Ren, a 30 year old man who killed off one of the most beloved characters of the original trilogy, is in fact a confused adolescent who deserves redemption. Now I’m not saying that Rian Johnson is a racist moron who seems to have taken up permanent residence in Cloud Cuckoo Land. I’m not saying that at all. We’ve all seen the interviews. We’ve all heard the bullshit. I’ll let you come to your own conclusions. But if you don’t mind, I think I might give this new trilogy a miss.

Now you could easily just dismiss everything I’ve just been saying as the pessimistic ramblings of a cynical snob, and you have every right to do so. However I ask you to at least consider the bigger picture here. The announcement of this new trilogy I think is indicative of the much larger problem both within Disney and within the entire movie industry. Yes filmmaking is a business, but there did used to be art in filmmaking too. From my perspective, it feels like the art and passion has gone right out of it. The emphasis is more on making as much money from existing brands as possible rather than putting effort into creating good quality content. It’s gotten to the point where studios have become reluctant to take a risk on original stories, and that’s both tragic and stupid. Let’s not forget there was a time when Star Wars was an original idea that a studio decided to take a risk with, and it paid off big time. The fact that Hollywood execs don’t seem to recognise that is deeply frustrating and just a little bit sad.

Producers and studio execs keep saying how much they love Star Wars, hence why they keep making the movies. I’d like to propose a counter-argument to them. If you really love Star Wars as much as you say you do, then here’s the best thing you can do. Stop making Star Wars movies. Come up with your own ideas. Make something else. Stop dragging this franchise out and let it die with dignity. To quote a recent and popular Disney princess: “Let it go. Let it go.”

[neverjedii]

It certainly seemed that despite their differences and limited contact with him, Abby and Ben had communicated their love for their children loud and clear to Han. Raven nodded along as he pointed this out, for she was the last person to argue against her parents' love for her. Her dad especially adored her and she knew it -- but that was why she'd had to leave. The word sheltered came to mind when Raven thought of the childhood Ben and Abby had given her, and though she was grateful for it, there was a thirst for adventure in her now. Not a passion for something that would sustain her like her brothers, but something wild, that practically demanded adventure even in the peacetime that had taken over the galaxy. Raven could deny it no longer, now, and she also couldn't bear to let the loving parents who'd kept her so safe see her give into such an urge.

The life that Han Solo had chosen, of smuggling and racing around in the galaxy's fastest ship, seemed like a perfect place to start searching for a way to appease that urge.

It had seemed like a good plan when she'd first thought of it, and still seemed reasonable to Raven now, though it was at this moment that how little she and Han actually knew each other really sunk in. They were family, yes, family that wanted to be closer-knit, but one idyllic meeting fifteen years ago certainly wasn't going to buy Raven a free pass into the most infamous smuggling team in the galaxy. However, she did learn a few choice skills from a certain droid of her mother's -- the one and only Crimes McGhee, little bastard that they were, had been more than happy to teach Raven how to pick locks and crack codes, as well as more practical stuff like ship maintenance. Aside from that, Raven had certainly inherited her piloting skills from her father's side of the family, and she was absolutely sure that such a talent would aid her here and now.

"Anakin is the kind of kid who could plan his whole life out in a notebook and then follow it to the letter," Raven admitted. "Not to make him sound like he'd never dare break a rule; he's just good at having a plan. I think he gets it from our mom. I'm...not as good at having a plan, which I guess is how I found my way here. It's starting to seem that I have wants more than I ever have plans, and if you'll believe it, I did grow up with all sorts of stories about you and Luke and Leia. I wanted to be a part of it in any way that I could when I was little...and I still do now."

neverjedii​:

“Is she really that grumpy?” Raven asked, blinking and resisting the urge to glance around the cantina. She’d never been in such a place before, and still found herself unsure of what exactly to make of it. But the idea of Leia Organa being grumpy worried her more; of course, she knew that the woman had fought fiercely and led bravely in the Rebellion against the Empire, but then it stood to reason that if she was offended by Raven’s mother, she was even more likely to hold a grudge than Han Solo had been.

“I’m not sure if I want to find her right away,” Raven confessed. “I kind of…well, I told my parents that I’m out here because I wanted to start figuring out my life. It wasn’t a lie either, my brothers have known exactly what they want to be for years now and I have no idea, but I wanted to find you guys too. I’m sure Leia would like Anakin — he’s my twin — much better than me, even if I wouldn’t disappoint her.”

“I’m joking! Well, mostly.” Han said as Chewie made a growl of agreement. That used to be Princess was stubborn as rock. “She mostly saves the grumpiness for me. I’m sure she’d be excited to see you again. 110 percent actually.” Han tried to soothe what anxiety he might have accidentally brought up in the woman. They didn’t know each other well enough despite the fact that Han was trying to act like it.

“That’s alright if you aren’t ready. No shame in that. She’s a patient woman just as much as she is stubborn. Whenever you wanna see her, I’ll be there to guide you.” He gave her a half smile before glancing over as Chewie, then back to her. “Hey, none of that talking down on yourself stuff.” He pointed a finger at her, “You’re just as great as your brother and you both are very loved. You know that right?”