#mae ho aniseya

[thanksgiving-isnt-ur-fav-holiday]

the reason qimir never let mae see his face (as the stranger/sith) is because she needed a strong authoritative figure to latch onto (and possibly project a parental role onto). osha, though, already had something like that within the jedi order— something she chose to reject. thus, qimir had to present himself in a way that contrasted all the jedi ideals osha grew up internalizing. he’s attempting to draw her in through her need of deep emotional/personal connection. he brought her into his home, treated her as a guest, and reminisced to her about their shared past. he is attempting a literal seduction to the dark side. in this essay i will—

[deepobservationearthquake]

See that? Thats how you kick.

[armoralor]

I feel like we haven’t discussed how debilitating and jarring it would be to have 16 YEARS worth of memories ripped away from you in seconds. The last thing Mae remembers is being 8 years old; imagine being 8 and waking up in the body of a 24 year old. Imagine living with your moms and suddenly you’re an adult and everyone you’ve ever known is dead.

Does Mae have to relearn everything that was taken from her??? How to pilot a ship? How to swim? How to cook for herself? I don’t think we’ve grasped how devastating this is.

[gil-estel]

@tremendouskoalachild I agree 😊

[shield-and-saber]

wait, WAIT

OSHA SPENDING THIS ENTIRE EPISODE CLOTHED IN BLACK, CLOTHES PROVIDED FOR HER BY A DARK MASTER WHO HOPES TO CONVERT HER

MAE SPENDING THIS ENTIRE EPISODE CLOTHED IN THE HOPEFUL, IF A BIT SCUFFED UP, LIGHT COLORS HER SISTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN FOR

they're switching masters and switching roles

[cannonball5]

Qimir literally going “well me hiding my identity didn’t work, let’s try something else,” and showed EVERYTHING and gave his sad backstory (at least a little).

Also him telling Osha to embrace the pain of her past and essentially let it consume her is very Dark Side, but extremely unhealthy.

Does anyone else get the impression that Qimir is a lot older than he looks? Like he said that he was a Jedi “a long time ago” but he doesn’t look that much older than Mae and Osha. Could he be using his Force Healing and some Dark Side abilities to keep himself young?

[clonehub]

he took so much from you

[eruhatesu]

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[groove-on-boogie-down]

It’s not explicitly stated, but I do think in a way, Mae and Sol are both on journeys of redemption that are connected and opposite each other.

Mae had a crime pinned on her. The fire she started to figuratively burn Osha’s dreams became much worse than intended and added to chaos. In pursuing the jedi, she sought to clear her name, hoping for a rebirth that she thought her coven and sister would never witness.

Any guilt Mae possibly carried evolved into what the jedi actually did. She pleaded for help and didn’t get it. Instead she watched the “keepers of the peace” invade her home, attack and kill her family and leave her home in ruins. They left her alone and left her for dead.

Sol carried this lie with him for 16 years, and when he reunites with Osha and finds Mae alive he plans to confess the truth. BUT!! He also thinks proving a vergence will outweigh the harm he’s done. That’s why he’s so hellbent on getting both sisters. To clear his name.

Sol thinks that proving the vergence to the council with both twins will absolve him of the crime in interfering with the coven on Brendok in the first place.

So as this journey of retribution evolves into justice, Mae discovers Osha is alive, and she pivots. Being with her sister is more important now. Together, they are the last remnant of the life they had on Brendok. When Osha rejects her, she seeks a confession, through Sol.

When everything comes to a head, Mae prefers Sol tell the truth. But this is before he rambles about the origins of the twin’s birth. He’s telling Mae things she doesn’t care about, buying his time. But Osha overhears the most important detail, the truth that he killed their mother.

Sol spends more time justifying his actions as part of his plan. He wanted everything to go right in his mind, so he could prove everything had a purpose. He tells Osha he did it because he loved her. And he dies with no apology on his tongue. His redemption is not earned.

In the end, his words and actions are cut off, the same way he cut off Mother Aniseya. His reputation is ruined in his death—by a friend, on a large scale—the same way he helped ruin Mae’s reputation in life. It all comes back to bite him.

Mae witnesses the fallout and is freed from burden. She no longer carries her sister’s hate. Their coven lives through them. The Jedi who wronged her are dead. Under the bunta tree, the twins are reborn. Mae’s redemption is earned! But freedom is short lived.

In sacrificing her memories to protect Osha’s choice, Mae is re-traumatized with pain she just released. Back to a starting point we didn’t see on screen. Four jedi have wronged her but they are dead & she doesn’t remember their justice. She doesn’t remember a twin. It’s just her.

This is a death of sorts. She has lost everything. But she is not free like Qimir would suggest.

The Acolyte Season 1 gave us this tragic theme of things uncorrected & left unsaid. However, in Season 2, Mae deserves a healthy, clear mind. Let Mae-Ho Aniseya have the chance to pull the Thread of destiny so that she can be renewed and reborn, again!

End.

[twinsunstars]

so its the last acolyte eve….

[faivsz]

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[babbletaels]

Osha thought that her entire family died, that her sister who was usually very loving towards her taking care of her and all, wanted to kill her. She's grappling with these intense emotions of grief and sorrow... while growing up in the jedi order. There's a scene where Osha remembers them saying she's too emotional, if I remember correctly. I come to the conclusion that the jedi were trying to train Osha to not be sad or angry, to be a jedi, and that's why when we meet Osha as an adult she seems to be emotionally repressed. She was with the jedi order for 10 whole years and she failed, she didn't get to become a real jedi, so what does she do? She deliberately takes a dangerous job (a job that is illegal because of how dangerous it is) that might get her killed. This is not an emotionally healthy decision, I would say. As a contrast, Mae seems perfectly fine expressing emotions as an adult, she expresses anger, happiness, love, fear. She jokes around sometimes, even when she's serious she seems emotional. Those are healthy emotions. Did you see the difference when Mae is scared vs when Osha is scared? Did you see it?? Mae is TERRIFIED she runs and hides and screams! I thought it was weird that Maes plan is to turn herself in to the jedi, but when Jecki is trying to capture her she's resisting and screaming as if she's panicking. The difference is that she just learned that her "master" is there with them and he wants to kill her. She doesn't have time to be detained, she's terrified!

Osha? She stands still and "faces" the thing that scares her, completely silent. We see her get scared, it seems that she's scared of a lot of things, but every time she responds to the fear by being still and silent. The bugs. The weird masked person walking towards her menacingly. Being stoic could be a good thing, but Osha isn't deliberately choosing to face her fears and be stoic, she's doing it because she has been taught not to feel her emotions, to supress them. Even when Sol yells at her to run, she can't.

This is not a difference between being weak/scared and being brave. We know Osha gets scared. She doesn't stand still with her eyes wide open because she's so brave, she does it because she was trained (deliberately or by accident) for 10 years to supress all intense emotions even if it's not healthy for her. This isn't a difference in bravery, it's a difference in how free the twins are in showing their emotions, it's a difference in upbringing.

[deepobservationearthquake]

still, it was fair exchange lol.

[armoralor]

Mae-ho Aniseya [Verosha Aniseya] // Grief and rage - you need to contain that, to put a frame around it, where it can play itself out without you or your kin having to die. // Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides; trans. Anne Carson // reminder that T*RFs can fuck off, only interact if you love trans & nonbinary folks ♡

[xx-maemae-xx]

No, but I’m so glad I’m not the only one salty about Maemir.

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Oshamir is fun, but Maemir can be fun too! I need more of y’all to multiship bcs the Mae/Qimir tag on AO3 is barren and I’ve already read all the fics under it. Feels like I’m cursed to fall in love with smaller ships atp.

[shield-and-saber]

washing machine heart, mitski / mae, osha, qimir, & sol, the acolyte iii / iii