#please recast for the love of God

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Hudson Thames turning out to be an Anti-Woke grifter the day before YFNSM comes out is genuinely insane when Peter's best friend in the show is literally Nico Minoru.

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ok so what are some of the changes you would want in the upcoming harry potter hbo series. and since your blog is Harry centric so I'll ask how do you want him to be portrayed in the series ? what traits of him do you think the series makers should shine more light on ?

Okay, I have, like, a list of things I didn't like in the movies and could be improved upon by the show. The list I have here isn't just about things the show could improve, but also things I want to see in the show in general. I think most of my opinions are pretty common, though.

(Also I'm not sure how good the show will be, like, I'm somewhat hopeful, but also very cautious with my expectations. We should start getting casting announcements around in a few months, which could help indicate where this show is going)

Regardless, here's my list of top concerns for the upcoming show:

Harry's character

This is the one you questioned specifically and one that could make or break the show for me. I want Harry's sass and anger, I don't want him to be a self-insert for the audience the way he was in the movies. I want his actual character. The sass, anger, and tenacity that is Harry Potter combined with his kindness, compassion, and sometimes clueless awkwardness. Let him be smart, clever, and talented.

Harry in the books is so much more than "just Expeliarmos" and the fact people could think that about Harry is a legitimate crime against his character the movies committed. Truly character assassination that Harry isn't an exceptional wizard with the world's lowest self-esteem and cheeky attitude.

(Also, for the love of god, give him green eyes, please. Contacts exist for a reason and it'll be a good way to differentiate the new actor from Radcliffe)

2. Ron & Hermione's characters

I could probably just put a "make all characters like in the books" category since this is true for a lot of them.

Specifically for the other two members of the Golden Trio, I want Hermione to have her flaws, and Ron to be smart. He is talented and smart and just as skilled as Harry and Hermione. He isn't the dumb comic relief and I'm so mad the movies made him such. And Hermione isn't a perfect Mary Sue who can do no wrong. Let her put Rita in a jar. Let her show how much she actually appreciates Ron and Harry and their approach to problems, different as it is to hers.

3. Voldemort's everything

I didn't like Voldemort's design, I didn't like his characterization, I didn't like how he spoke, how he walked — none of it felt like Voldemort to me.

I want Voldemort to be scary, not some odd caricature of himself. Give me a Voldemort design that looks scary. Give him the red eyes, and make him look actually skeletal. And let him move elegantly, talk softly. He isn't shouting and throwing tantrums, usually, he is very deliberate in what he says and does.

Also, give him his weird sense of humor. In the books, he makes bad puns ("Wormtail is here to lend a hand"), I like my villains a little campy with bad puns but also terrifying.

4. Dumbledore's everything

Well, honestly, I have no complaints about Dumbledore in the first movie, my problems started after he was recast.

I want Dumbledore to speak softly. I need an actor who could say "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!" and make it work. I want an actor who'd smile like he knows things you don't as his eyes fucking twinkle, but could still look intense and even intimidating for the later seasons. I also want him to look whimsical and dress in the most absurd eye-catching robes you've ever seen.

5. On the matter of robes — wizard fashion

I want wizarding fashion. I want long robes, silly hats, colors, and patterns. I want the costume designers on the show to have fun with it. I want them to go wild.

The wizarding world should look whimsical and campy — that's part of the magic. I want it to look like a foreign world. Even the most purebloods of purebloods (like the Blacks) are more like the Addams Family than any serious drama. They have a sense of campiness and whimsy. Let wizards be weird as shit and show it in their dress and interior design (I mean, the Blacks hang house elf heads and have a troll leg umbrella stand, the Ministry of Magic has paper airplanes flying all around, they're weird).

6. About the more filler-y sections of the books

I want all the silly little plots that were removed from the movies. I think some of the more filer-y things add a lot to the books and to the whimsy of being a student at Hogwarts. I want the trio to sneak out Norbert, I want to see Peeves, the deathday party, all of these things that make Hogwarts truly feel like a magic school.

7. Hogwarts Castle

I love the castle of the movies and that of Hogwarts Legacy. Honestly, I think Hogwarts Legacy did a good job of capturing the feeling of the movies castle while making it its own new unique thing. I think the TV show should do something similar and kinda create a Hogwarts castle amalgamation of all previous iterations that would feel familiar and allow them to still use some of the same merchandise but also be new and unique at the same time.

8. Time period

I think this is a pretty common opinion, but I want the muggle clothes and sets to clearly be set in the 1990s. I want the show to be a period piece. I don't want to see smartphones, or modern fashion, or modern cars — none of that.

9. Age-appropriate casting

I'm not the only one who says this, but as great as Allen Rickman was, he was too old for the role. Part of the tragedy of Snape and the Marauders is how young they actually are. I think it'll just be much more heartbreaking if the actors looked as young as they're supposed to be.

(Including James and Lily in the flashbacks!)

10. Worldbuilding & extra scenes

Since it's a TV show and not a book, which opens up more perspective options, I would like to get, maybe, some extended Pottermore facts into the show. Like, to flash out the world in a way the movies didn't.

Additionally, I wouldn't mind if some extra scenes were added to build up characters we don't get as much of in the books and it could serve the plot. Like, as long as the scenes are added in a way which is like 'they might've happened in the books, we just didn't see them cause Harry wasn't there', that sort of thing without subtracting from anything else and without retconning or contradicting anything. Like, with good writers, this could be really well done, I'm just worried about them adding anything because I don't know how much faith I have in the whole project. But it could be cool if done well.

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it's a weird question and maybe you won't be able to answer it but you have visibility and maybe someone will be able to answer me.

Why it would be weird to have had a black or mixed race Nicolas in the 17th century France but not a South Asian man like Armand? I'm not trying to create conflict I'm just wondering.

I don't have anything against the casting of Joseph Potter as Nicky and maybe Lestat was referring to their similarities in their personalities.

Hey,

not sure if I'm (fully) able to :) (and if anyone wants to add on, please do!), but I think it boils down to the "color conscious" vs "color blind" casting.

Louis could be black (and Claudia) because the time shift to NOLA in the 1910s allowed it for the story to only do this very small time-shift (all things considered!) and keep Louis backstory intact(!) and also keep his "owning people and selling them out" profession also intact despite the change. It's essentially the same character - just more. (And thankfully so!)

Armand the same. Armand can be recast like this because the area he is from was contested back then, and in any case (since we do not know yet if they changed that, maybe) Marius bought a (trafficked) sex slave. The racial change adds more - but doesn't actually change (that) much of the backstory.

Nicolas... I'm not saying there were no black people or mixed race in France back then (of course there were) but for the main story to play out? It probably wouldn't quite work, I wrote about that here re Lestat and Magnus' selection criteria, too.

Because this show doesn't "just" cast color blind - it includes the racial aspects, considers them. They have impact and are important for the story.

THIS (among a lot of other things) IS what makes IWTV so incredibly good.

And to close this - YES - Lestat was referring to their personalities! This is how he compares them in "The Vampire Lestat":

"He had Nicki's grim intensity, his rebelliousness, his tortured capacity to believe and not to believe, and finally to despair. Yet Louis gained a hold over me far more powerful than Nicolas had ever had. Even in his cruelest moments, Louis touched the tenderness in me, seducing me with his staggering dependence, his infatuation with my every gesture and every spoken word. And his naiveté conquered me always, his strange bourgeois faith that God was still God even if he turned his back on us, that damnation and salvation established the boundaries of a small and hopeless world. Louis was a sufferer, a thing that loved mortals even more than I did. And I wonder sometimes if I didn't look to Louis to punish me for what had happened to Nicki, if I didn't create Louis to be my conscience and to mete out year in and year out the penance I felt I deserved. But I loved him, plain and simple."

Nothing about his actual looks in there :)

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Just watched Descendants rise of red and y'all I am GAGGING so allow me to ramble real quick thnx.

I have a few criticisms but I also have a theory for D5 that may be a little far fetched but I need to get it off my chest.

So at the end when Uma is talking about the consequences of unraveling the fabric of time,I believe that D5 could possibly transport Chloe and Red into the future to introduce the children of the originals.

Also I've noticed Jazmine and Aladdin are getting several appearances in the past and future along with what appears to be their son, could he star along side Red and Chloe in D5 ?? Could he be a love interest to either one of them?? A love triangle maybe???

It's unclear to me what the main conflict will be for D5 other than the typical, reality and time dramatically collapsing trope like EVERY other time travel movie but D5 would still need a main villain and for the love of GOD don't make them another black woman this time like ALL the other movies; (D1: Queen Leah, D2: Uma, D3: Audrey (she's half black), Descendants Wicked World: Freddy, Descendants ROR: Uliana)

As for my criticisms;

1. Charming and Bridget should've had a bit more screen time

2. Bridget's character should've been a bit more fleshed out

3. The movie should've at least been 2 hours long, it felt a bit rushed trying to squeeze in every character so much that they forgot Rapunzel/Rapunzel's daughter or whoever the hell she is

4. Fire the hairdresser IMMEDIATELY, the wigs were nice at some points but why can you fully see the lace?? Why is almost everyone's wig bulky??

5. The outfits were cute but BRING BACK KARA SAUN

6. BRING BACK KARA SAUN

7. Where tf is Harry and Gil???

8. Where is Dizzy and Celia???

9. Killing off Carlos was a choice but I understand that recasting him would be entirely disrespectful so I support it, rest in peace CB💞

10. Color hair is cool but NOT when it's the same shade as your entire outfit like c'mon....... (Bring back Kara saun)

11. Descendants has been Monochromatic since the beginning but it seems overwhelmingly mishandled in this movie so please bring back Kara saun

12. DITCH the track pants/ bell bottoms and bring back the cool leather patterns and prints pls

As for what I liked:

1. I deeply enjoy Red and Chloe as Characters and if Disney isn't stupid they'd give them a romance (imo)

2. I LOVE the queen of Hearts, Rita Ora portrayed her so well and her voice is SO beautiful

3. BRANDY and Paolo returning as Cinderella and Charming is the gag of the century, still unsure how they raised somebody like Chad.....

4. Uma being principal is absolutely genius imo

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in honor of unburied season 2 coming out today (lmao) you got any expectations or predictions ? or just dread?

wow I fully forgot that was today, here's a prediction bingo I slapped together in five minutes after I read this ask

my handwriting is mmm a little rough, to say the least, so here's a clean copy

row one:

Morena Baccarin's character is actually Talia

the final scene is some homoerotic Bruharvey shit

zero resolution re: Flass stabbing Jim Gordon

flashback to Harvey's abusive dad

zero acknowledgment of anything that happened in Secrets in the Dark (other than Flass being dead)

row two:

No Man's Land but someone is trying to make it happen on purpose

the Riddler's absence is somehow explained

recast Thomas Wayne (RIP Lance Reddick)

some manner of allusion to any iteration of Robin

Bruce attends a ✨gala✨ or other big fancy rich guy party

row three:

yet another three villain nesting doll

a little something for the Jimbats perverts (me)

Court of Owls free space

Babs and Jim fight about her vigilante behavior

Morena Baccarin's character is actually Selina

row four:

the Maronis and the Falcones are present

literally any scraps of Ace please for the love of god I miss him

an important politician gets murdered

the original music kind of fucks actually

shout out to an extremely minor D-list villain

row five:

Gordon already knows about Barbara's vigilante shit and he's proud of her

League of Assassins/Shadows

Riddler absence is never addressed or explained (kill yourself)

Alan Ruck's character dies

Barbara is dramatically disabled in an earthquake

I don't know when I'll get around to listening (it won't be today!!) but I will be playing along on my little bingo sheet with stickers

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The voices in my Wish Rewrite

I haven’t talked much about it, but in my Wish rewrite some characters would be recasted. I wanted to make this post just to show which actors I’d replace… And it’s pretty much everyone except Magnifico, cause ya know, Chris Pine is Magnifico, and Magnifico is Chris Pine, it’s just how it is.

So let’s get this started!

Asha- Denée Benton

Im absolutely OBSESSED with this woman’s voice, she sounds like an angel and carries so much personality in her performance, she sounds pure, youthful, hopeful but also strong, everything I imagine Asha as. THIS is what I imagine the 100th anniversary Disney princess sounding like. Not that I didn’t like Ariana DeBose’s singing tho, but I just love Denee Benton more, and hey, it’s my rewrite, so I get to imagine Asha’s voice how I please. Also I can totally see Asha and Aster singing this song.

Aster- Jordan Fisher

Oooooh this man, I love him so much. His voice has the perfect energy for Aster, sounding youthful and melodic like a prince, it had to be a literally other worldly voice, and I think Jordan’s voice is PRETTY DANG other worldly, like, this example I found on Spotify doesn’t even do him justice, go listen to his other singing chops on YouTube.

If you look up Jordan Fisher you’ll see the guy is DEEPLY connected with Disney in his career, from singing the song “Happily Ever After” 6 years ago, which is the theme song for the Magic Kingdom, to now being the main singer of 4-town in the movie Turning Red. And of course this one time he made a cover of “You’re Welcome”, the guy just lives and breaths Disney so WHY NOT have him as a wishing star? It just makes sense. But besides working with Disney he also has experience in a musicals such as Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Sweeney Todd and more recently he became the new Orpheus in Hadestown… And by god I need a good quality audio of him singing “Wait For Me” more than I need air because that song fits Aster’s character SO WELL.

Magnifico- Chris Pine

Yeah no surprises here, you can’t have Magnifico without Chris Pine… But HIS SINGING VOICE IN THIS SONG THOUGH??? ITS SO GOOD!!! I listened to “Any Moment” ONCE and now I constantly go back to listen to it over and over and imagine young Magnus and Amaya meeting in the woods. I still haven’t posted about Amaya’s backstory BECAUSE IM TOO LAZY TO FINISH THE DRAFT I HAVE EXPLAINING IT- But let me just say her hesitating to start a relationship with him is VERY accurate to her character. And Magnus being like “May I kiss you” out of nowhere because he: 1- Sees himself as irresistible so he thinks she’d fall for him with just that and 2- he had 0 social skills before he met Amaya.

And then there’s the line “Life is often so unpleasant, you must know that as a peasant” ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! This is LITERALLY something my Magnifico would say, I’m so freakin lucky!

My point is, my rewrite’s Magnifico sounds like THIS when he sings, with a deep, smooth and honeyed voice that makes you want to trust him… Take that high pitched voice Chris Pine did in “This Is The Thanks I Get” and throw it out the window. Disney wasted the man’s talent. I’m so mad.

Amaya- Emily Blunt

Do you guys see my vision? Do I even have to say anything? Like really, go watch a scene of the Mary Poppins remake, any scene with her at all, that woman has a voice that DEMANDS respect, while also being motherly, it’s practically perfect in every way. I’m using “Open Up Your Eyes” here as an example though because… Well, it fits her backstory… Ya know, the backstory I’m stalling to talk about 👉👈… But it also just simply fits her personality in general!

And no disrespect for her voice in the movie, Angelique Cabral… BUT ITS EMILY BLUNT AS AN EVIL QUEEN!!! Come ooooon! It’s just meant to be!!!

Also side note, since we’re talking about Queen Amable, THIS design that came from an deleted scene is how I’ve imagined her the whole time:

Like, I could not STAND her hairstyle in the movie, it simply didn’t fit my vision for her character, see, Amaya is sophisticated but she’s also… Practical and likes to feel comfortable, hence why in my rewrite her dress has no sleeves, she values her own comfort more than conforming to the social norms… AND THAT HAIR LOOKING LIKE HEADPHONES WITH THAT CROWN THAT MADE HER FOREHEAD LOOK LIKE A SQUARE DROVE ME NUTS!

So yeah, this is our Queen Amable, voiced by Emily Blunt, with a British accent, in all her glory, we’re moving on.

Valentino- Gregory Mann

This is just a bonus mention, since Valentino doesn’t even sing in my rewrite, he just speaks in like 3 scenes… And you guys have only seen one of them so far. But either way, let it be known he sounds like Gregory Mann, because Gregory Mann sounds adorable. That is all.

Thank You For Reading!

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Yo The Matrix!! I just started rewatching them for the first time in well over a decade. Didn’t even know there is a fourth (although apparently they recast someone which I’m not too excited for but we’ll see). Anyways, might I request an Agent Smith x Redpill!Reader where Smith doesn’t think she smells rotten like the rest of the matrix and it’s human occupants so he tries to catch her so she can’t escape back to the real world? She finds him unique from the other Agents but ultimately won’t surrender her freedom. She also has a sense of humor and enjoys the thrill of their cat-and-mouse chases. You can make it somewhat angsty if you like. Please and thank you!

𝗘𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 || Agent Smith x Reader

Summary: You're supposed to run from the monster in horror games. Even in movies. Yet why is Mouse.. running towards it? Towards him. She knows she shouldn't, but she does it anyway. The antidote mustn't be intrigued by the virus. But he is. What happens when you make bad decisions? You get bad outcomes. Wordcount: 1.4k

cw: Angst

The feeling drove him crazy. 

If it even was a feeling, that is. He wanted to tell himself that it was not one. It didn’t click into place the first few instances. But the more he lingered, the more he dwelled on it… It became painfully apparent. Just like the rest of them, she had some sort of a moniker. That didn’t seem to matter to Smith, as she was always ‘Mouse’, as he named her. Befitting, for she really was such a pest. A nuisance. Yet one he didn’t want to be rid of. Oh, no. He liked the thrill. He reveled in it, in fact. In this zoo of nothingness, this was the one thing he could truly relish in. Did he like the chase or the inevitable end? He wasn’t sure. Human beings disgusted him. She shouldn’t be any different, but she was. Somehow. That in and of itself was surprising. Annoying quips, cocky smirks and those god-awful jokes. But then there was the other side of it all. Times when her eyes shone with uncertainty, when her heart was hammering. Just barely slipping from his grasp. Those moments were all he craved. The terror in those irises, overpowering every other emotion.The mere knowledge that he was the reason behind it.. He simply could not get enough. He had to have more. 

Meanwhile, Mouse was faced with a different, less apparent dilemma. Her whole self identity wasn’t in question like it was for the agent. It was a lingering thought in the back of her mind, sure. Maybe an underestimation, but we’ll stick with that. For now. The Agents were her– Humanity’s, she corrected herself— Enemy. But then she kept running into them. This would’ve been fine, if she didn’t start suspecting most of those were purposeful. She wasn’t crazy enough to want to run into the agents, yeah right. Okay, maybe a part of her thought she indeed was that crazy. Or knew. But it just couldn’t be. She liked her freedom, her independence. The agents were the exact opposite. Mouse almost forgot she was supposed to be eating amidst all this. Alas, she was brought back to reality by her teammates’ chatter. Same old grey, nutritional slop for lunch. How lovely. 

Days seemed to occur on repeat. Same conversations, slop. More slop. More fictional than The Matrix itself, she scoffed at the thought. After a long time of doing things around Zion, they finally had something meaningful to do. The crew, including her, were going to be freeing another unfortunate soul from the matrix. The task went smoothly, much to their collective surprise. Mouse wanted to stay back, if only for a moment. Just to breathe in nonexistent air. To look at the scenery. As if. Really, she was waiting for something to happen. Anything. Stopping to smell the roses? More like being idiotic. More like wanting to see the very person you’re supposed to be running from, again. Smith couldn’t believe it. The sheer level of overconfidence and arrogance she must have– All that didn’t seem to matter, as he was here now. Chasing after her, like he always was. And maybe, just maybe, as he always will be. This was either dumb luck or misfortune, and she couldn’t decide which.

The rush from the chase was.. Unparalleled, as she hoped. Her boots clicking against the asphalt as she turned into an alley were loud enough to block out even her judgemental, concerned inner voice. She couldn’t afford to think now, something she should have done before taking this decision. Her team was safe. It was just her, wasting time. Putting it like that, it stung. It’ll be okay, she reassured herself. The telephone was not far at all. Room 409. A cakewalk. Or atleast, it would’ve been. Until a gunshot rang out, just missing her and hitting- You guessed it- The phone, instead. The sound of her hopes shattering to pieces. The black pieces of the receiver lay on the floor. Silence. It registered, after so long, that it was just him. Just… Smith. And Silence. She was convinced she would meet the same fate as the telephone receiver, but apparently.. Not? He stood there, lips pressed into a thin line. She could see herself in the reflection of his dark glasses. He took a step closer, she took a step back. His gun was holstered, now. His deft fingers instead moved to the rims of his glasses, pulling it off swiftly and pocketing it. His blue irises were definitely something to write home about, but instead she scoffed. 

“You do realize I could shoot you at any time-?” A useless jab. An idiotic one. But she knew there was no outcome in this where she came out alive. Wasn’t this what she wanted? The corner of the agent’s lip twitched. “I’m well aware, Mouse.” Another step closer, she was backed into the wall by now. A fair bit of distance separated them, but it felt impossibly close, nonetheless. “But you and I both know that you won’t.” There was just enough light in the hotel to illuminate his features. But not quite. His pupils were dilated. Devoid of feeling? She could tell that her assumption was wrong. “And why’s that?” She half laughed. What else was there to do? “You brought this upon yourself. You waited… For me.” Her silence was his answer as he took his final step, observing her expression like you would a specimen on a microscope. 

“You… puzzle me, little mouse.” That wasn’t something she expected. That glint in his eyes that she couldn’t quite place- It kept her on the edge. Uncertain. Thrilled. Her brain couldn’t come up with a fitting descriptor. He continued to speak. It wasn’t a question, after all. This was hardly a conversation. “I’m going to be honest with you. I… Hate, this place. This zoo. Whatever you want to call it. I can’t stand it. I can’t stand your kind. Your virus of a kind.” He paused for a moment. His gaze commanded her attention. “It’s the smell. If there is such a thing.I feel saturated by it.” Smith’s hand tilted her face up by the chin, his every movement analytical. “I can taste their stink, and every time I do I feel I have been infected by it. It’s repulsive. But not you. You.. are different, mouse. An anomaly. One I should eradicate… But perhaps one I should observe.” Her heart was hammering against her ribcage as sweat dribbled down her temple. What was he saying? Smith’s other hand pressed against her, where her heart would be. “Panicking? I thought you were above this, mouse.” He tsked. “What did you ever hope to achieve, I wonder,” He mused, smoothing his thumb over her cheek, “By waiting for me? Tell me.” Words were hard to form. Smith asked her the one question she dreaded asking herself. Why.  

Her reply was as predictable as the rest of her kind. “I don’t know.” He clicked his tongue at that, shaking his head disapprovingly. “Oh, but I think you do know. That is precisely what fascinates me. You are… a contradiction to your very existence. Is it an obsession? Or are you– truly maniacal, going against the fight or flight instinct that’s been driving you since you came into being? Pathetic… Only human beings could act in such a manner.” Smith scoffed. She wasn’t sure what to say. Her lips parted in astonishment. Terror. A mix of it all. “Nothing to say..?” He hummed. “That’s quite alright.” The agent leaned in just the smallest bit closer, making her heart soar. So close to- “You’re not going anywhere, Mouse. Wherever you manage to run off to, I’ll find you. Why, you’ll come running straight back to me. All because..” 

His gun was pressed to her temple now, and she damn near screamed.

Click. His lips were on hers, robotic in nature. Not because he wanted to, she didn’t think… Because he could. He knew this would last in the back of her mind for a while. Because he knew her, somehow. And she… almost didn’t mind. That was the worst part. The gun to her temple served as a reminder that this was not some fairytale. This was the culmination of her horrible life choices. The moment could have gone on for what felt like forever. There was a faint ring originating from one of the adjacent rooms. Wait.. a ring?

“Ah. There’s someone on the phone for you, Miss (L/N).”

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Fixing the Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

I wasn't pleased with this show's development. This isn't a 100% from scratch overhaul, no real recastings and such, it refines some things in the show's structure, takes out some things and replaces them altogether, with specifically some more aggressive changes in the back half. LORD willing, Mandalorian season 3 next! Because of length, this is broken into 2 parts. Next part is up as well. For this, here are the ideas God, if He wills, has blessed me with for this:

EPISODE 1:

I felt the previously on was forced. I felt it'd have worked more, to me, if it's used more as a nightmare Obi-Wan is having and the nightmare reaches the part where Anakin is burning alive, intercut with Padme dying and Obi-Wan agreeing to watch over Luke, Bail saying he'll take Leia, Obi-Wan giving Luke to Beru and Owen, then showing Anakin burning alive, more and more, with the music rising and getting more intense, with Obi-Wan saying he loves Anakin, and Anakin screaming that he hates Obi-Wan, SMASH CUT to Obi-Wan waking up from his nightmare, as the words "I have failed you, Anakin" echoing in his head, and then show him going on about his day. Then deal with the other stuff. And Obi-Wan going on about his day is the opener.

The Inquisitors are never on Tatooine, going after that jedi. They're on another planet, and the jedi escapes on a transport. No exposition about Reva wanting Kenobi. Unravel that more slowly.

The Inquisitors raid his abandoned ship, discussing amongst themselves his motives for making such a ruckus now when he's been under the radar for so long. Reva uses the force to reach out, finding a star chart, among other jedi objects. Grand Inquisitor deduces that they must have scared the jedi off before he was able to gather it. Reva finds a holographic transmitter that still holds the message of Obi-Wan (the message shown in Rebels and Jedi Fallen Order), staring at it.

The Fifth Brother announces that Reva has found something, to which the Grand Inquisitor questions what. She, begrudgingly, reveals it, suggesting that he may be looking for him, hence the star chart. Reva says that this is the first sign of Kenobi's potential existence in years. Grand Inquisitor dismisses it, saying that if Kenobi were alive he would've made his presence known years ago. Reva says that perhaps Vader would be interested to know this possibility, unless Grand Inquisitor's afraid at the idea he may have to face Kenobi.

Grand Inquisitor angrily ignites his lightsaber at her throat, stating that her insolence under his command will not be tolerated, before refraining his anger/retracting his lightsaber, and only smugly saying that if she thinks this worthy to bring to Vader, do so, and see what she'll get from him in return for vague theories and baseless assumptions. He then simply turns his back on her and leaves her, as she stews in her anger. The Fifth Brother chuckles at her dismissal.

Owen is in the episode more and talks with a young Luke, who has begun asking questions about his dad, knowing he's adopted. Owen struggles with what he should do here.

Beru has more weight in this, having never known her dad, she feels like it's their responsibility to support his curiosity about his family. Owen decides he feels it's their responsibility to protect Luke, to ensure they he doesn't get caught up in the same delusions of grandeur that he thinks got Anakin killed, especially considering how the jedi were killed.

At the shops on tatooine, Luke's older friend Biggs shows off his new skyhopper to Luke. Luke shows his technical interest in it, but them his attention is pulled off to some of Jabba's thugs taking water from some of citizens. He feels for them and wants to do something, but Owen steps in and tells him not to, that he'd be killed and he wants Luke safe. Luke is upset at this, frustrated, this compounds his anger at Owen not telling him about his dad.

The Owen and Obi-Wan conversation is basically Obi-Wan's main conflict for the first episode. They talk once, Obi asking about Luke, Owen shutting it down as Owen feels he's responsible for Luke, because he's Shmi's grandson, telling Obi that he'll never let Luke join Obi.

Obi is left depressed from Owen outright rejecting training Luke, the idea of his only remaining life goal having been taken from him, unsure how to move forward. He, mind clouded with uncertainty, goes back to his cave, before picking up on the jedi watching him, who reveals himself to Obi.

Obi-Wan lies to the jedi when they find him, about what he's doing there, in case the jedi would get caught, he wouldn't give information about what's going on. When he tells Obi that he was being chased by the empire, but escaped, Obi is abrasive, angry, telling the jedi that he risked lives coming here, that he could've brought the empire to him, asking how he found him. The jedi assures Obi that he slipped through their fingers on a transport and has faked a trail 3 times before coming here, stating that he remembers his training, then explaining how he found him by saying that he used the seeing stone, that his mentor taught him about, remarking that few jedi even knew about it and wasn't even in the jedi archives, so it's remained untouched by the empire on Tython, and he saw him through using that stone.

Obi, closed off, asks him what else he saw, fearful that he may have sensed Luke. He says he was only looking for him, he's all he saw. Obi lets out a sigh of relief, but then states that he can't be here, he has to leave before he's discovered and empire catches word, saying that the Hutt cartel doesn't want the empire in their business so that may either gain him them keeping quiet if he's discovered or they may silence him to prevent him gaining the empire's attention, but other criminals who may want some easy credits will turn him in if he's found out.

The jedi's confused, asking what about the mission. Obi, in conflict, says that there is no mission, not anymore, there's nothing they can do, they lost, the sith took everything. The jedi shows him another recording of his message (this being his teacher's who'd died not long after the empire rose), the words of Kenobi's past self haunting him, and he asks him about that message, what about the hope for the future.

Obi is conflicted, before telling a half truth, that he didn't know what the cost of survival would be when he made that message, he didn't know what he'd have to do to survive, curb every feeling he has, suppress every drive to help those in need, he's had to give up who he is, stating that that message was that of a man who didn't realize that in order to ensure the survival of the jedi, he had to lose everything in him that made him a jedi. Obi then calmly, but sadly, tells him to stay hidden, it's the only way, before leaving the saddened jedi behind.

After all this, he lays, trying to sleep, but unable to. Tormented by what he said to that jedi, depressed at the idea that he thinks the only way to fix his mistakes has been taken from him. He asks Qui-Gon for guidance, questioning how he can go on when he has no way to fix what's happened. But Qui-Gon still hasn't replied back. Then, from that, cut to Leia for the first time.

Leia being adopted isn't known by anyone. Though Leia herself is developed to feel out of place, without really knowing why. She tells her parents about a dream she had of a beautiful, kind, sad woman. Bail and Breha ponder that, before telling her that she's adopted. She's uncertain, wondering what this means for her, if she's still their daughter. Bail tells her that no matter how she feels, she is their daughter, an Organa in every way and that's what matters, that just because her birth parents are apart of who she is, it doesn't mean that they're not too.

Leia goes outside, looking up at the sky, wondering about her place, feeling a sense of happiness seeing it, the wide scope of the galaxy, similar visually to Luke looking at the twin suns in ANH. That's when she's taken aback, when she's someone watching her. Afraid, she steps back, in spite of him telling her it's okay, but she can sense it's not.

Meanwhile one of the alderan guards finds the body of another, alerting the others, and the King and Queen. They immediately fear for Leia. An alarm is set off, Leia hearing and the stranger's attention is taken off her for a second, her using this as a distraction start running the other way, away from the stranger, only to be snatched up by another one behind her.

Obi goes about his routine the next day, and re-enters the town, being stopped in his tracks finds the jedi dead, not by the Inquisitors, but done by the crime run mob of Tatooine, as a warning to anyone, and as a way to keep the empire out of their business.

Obi is left even more defeated by this, the struggle of trying to protect the future and the compromises he makes to do so weighing on him, the guilt of everything messing with his head, feeling responsible for everything. He goes back to his cave, despondent. He drops to the ground once he gets there, feeling lost, utterly defeated, asking for help. And that's when he's contacted by Bail.

Obi-Wan's first rejection of rescuing Leia is developed more in that he knows the empire were hunting that jedi, that they could've found his location, and that doing something could draw attention and get Luke killed/captured, maybe even draw them to Leia and her potential and that because Owen is struggling to pay off the second mortgage on the moisture farm, along with his torment about the guilt and fear that he'll fail her and Luke.

There isn't second interaction in this episode. But instead Bail's second plea with him is in the very same scene, as Bail tells him that Leia's droid Lola has a tracker on it, tracing it to the planet Daiyu before it was deactivated, suggesting that he looks there first. The reason for seeking Obi's help, and no one else, being that they're afraid Leia is showing signs of force sensitivity in memories and he's the only other person who knows about that.

That's how Bail convinces Obi, telling him that anyone else sent could see what she can do and turn her over by the empire as they offer not only bounty's but also privileges for criminals. He and Breha state that they know it's dangerous, but she needs him. Bails says that he knows that he couldn't save Anakin weighs on him, but affirms he can save her. Obi pushes himself to try and accomplish the final goal of keeping Leia safe, thinking that's all he has left, agreeing to do it.

Obi goes to an area next to his cave to dig up the lightsaber. He doesn't flash the lightsaber at the transport, but keeps it hidden.

EPISODE 2:

Padja's basic role is replaced. When Obi is given the spice, he sees the old clone veteran looking for a warm meal. Feeling sympathy, he reaches down to give him some money. The clone recognizes him and calls him by his name, General Kenobi. The clone looks down shame, apologizing to him for what he did.

Obi then realizes that the clone is Commander Cody. Obi kneels down to him and puts his hand on his shoulder, telling him that it's okay. The clone refuses to accept that, the ptsd ridden guilt consuming him. Obi tells him he knows it wasn't his fault, and that he forgives him. The clone blinks back tears of relief, as Obi gives Cody all the money he has, dryly saying to not spend it all in one place. Cody asks him if he's on a mission.

Obi is unsure if he's willing to answer, but puts that aside mostly, asking him if he can offer him any help in seeking out a gang who'd been employed for a kidnapping job more recently. Cody assists Obi in finding some thugs who are connected to a spice selling faction of a mob family and later helps him escape the planet, knowing of a planet that he's heard some go to for safe passage to the outer rim.

The kidnapping of an imperial senator's daughter is never learned about by any of the Inquisitors. The Grand Inquisitor is reprimanding Reva, instead, for her going on an unsanctioned mission, especially after Kenobi, this being how he discovers that he's there.

Reva didn't find a connection between Bail Organa and Obi-Wan in the records. It's left a mystery for now how she figured out their connection.

Leia doesn't start running away from Obi. They're attacked by a swath of bounty hunters and separated.

Leia never learns that his name is Obi-Wan. But only ever hears his name as Ben.

Leia and Obi can still bond, she can begin to trust him (she doesn't fully know how, but she can feel his emotions, his pain, sadness, the fear he has of being caught, how closed off he is because of these things and his desire to protect someone close to him and that he helps her in spite of it), he likes her (maybe her sassyness reminds him of Anakin).

There's no fakeout death for the Grand Inquisitor. She opposes him and he makes a move against her, which she fights back against, before realizing Obi is escaping in an automatic shipping crate.

Reva doesn't know Vader is Anakin.

EPISODE 3:

Obi does try to fix lola for Leia.

Obviously some changes with the little things, like the stormtrooper scenes, but those aren't really plot relevant.

Grand Inquisitor is furious with Reva, ready to punish her, but is halted when she tells him that Reva has personally contacted Vader to inform him of Kenobi's sighting. For not informing Vader immediately, Grand Inquisitor is forced by Vader to concede leadership of the mission in going after Kenobi to Reva.

Leia does wonder why Obi was sent and why he's so committed to protecting her, if he's doing this on his own, asking him if he knew her parents, if he's her dad. Obi tells her that he's not.

Obi is sighted by a probe droid. Obi and Leia meet Tala, she takes them to the tunnel.

Reva, no other Inquisitors, are led by Vader, with a squad of stormtroopers.

Obi-Wan carefully takes out his lightsaber when Vader is hurting people in the street. He looks at it, feeling the weight and pain of when he used it last, considering taking action, but, conflicted about what it would mean if he was caught (that Luke and Leia could be caught as well), he decides to hide, the pain of him hearing others be hurt shown on his face.

Obi opts to attempt a distraction to catch Vader's attention. But it's no use, Vader senses Obi and goes after him.

Obi, hiding, is faced with Vader in the quarry still. Obi carefully ignites the lightsaber, readying it for Vader, but instead slashes at pulley with it to cause a large container of gravel to tip over, the gravel spilling between them, Vader's vision being obscured.

When Vader gets a clear visual, Obi's gone. Vader calls him a coward. Obi continues to try and hide, as Vader's voice echoes throughout the quarry, taunting him, but is caught off guard by Vader's attack. Obi asks what have you become and Vader tells Obi that he is what Obi made him.

Meanwhile, Leia isn't recaptured. Reva places a tracker on the ship that Leia, Tala and Obi-Wan are going to escape on.

The Obi and Vader fight does show how out of practice Obi is, where he's outmatched by Vader, and the fight still ends with Obi being dragged through burning coals, Vader telling him he will make him suffer the same way he has.

Tala fires on a water tank, spraying the water on the coals and the droid knocking the tower down between Vader and Obi. Stormtroopers and Reva rush to Vader's side, Tala and her droid getting Obi out of there as well.

Reva begins to order the stormtroopers to go after them, but Vader stops her, asking if she placed the tracker. Reva says yes. Vader responds that that's good, because Vader doesn't want this hunt to end quickly, then saying to Obi-Wan through the force that to run, because he can hide from him no longer.

EPISODE 4:

The opening is intercut between Obi being taken, burned, injured to the bacta tank and Vader entering his hyperbaric chamber room, disrobing from his suit, and entering into his bacta tank.

Obi begins having flashbacks to events where he feels he failed Anakin.

The first of these flashbacks is a 14 year old Anakin is being given lessons about the control of emotions as a jedi in the midst of battle. This is his first active lesson on real physicality. Anakin is faced with the challenge of succeeding in controlling his emotions during a duel with Obi-Wan.

Anakin is high strung, hard on himself, constantly pushing to perfect every little detail, and when he falls short, he's insecure, angry, feeling dismissed by Obi-Wan, Anakin trying to prove himself, prove he can beat Obi-Wan. Obi is exasperated, not knowing how to handle the situation. He shuts Anakin down, telling him that if he's going to continue to not understand the point of the lesson, to not listen to him, then he should stop. Obi regrets it, and Anakin sulks away, angry at Obi, telling him that he doesn't even care if he becomes a jedi, because he doesn't care about him, stating that he's not Qui-Gon, as he storms away.

Later Obi walks up to Anakin, as he attempts to calm himself. Obi is apologetic, understanding but also direct about Anakin's conflicts, telling him that it's okay to fail, to not always succeed. Anakin tells Obi that Obi doesn't understand what he's feeling. Obi says that he may, because he's felt anger and frustration before, but that as jedi they're responsibility is to accept how they feel, what they feel, and strive to control it, that to control their emotions can help them focus, and that they have to have that focus to help others, beyond themselves.

As they scan Obi's life signs, Leia is afraid for him, feeling his pain. Tala comforts her.

Second flashback is Anakin's trials to become a jedi knight. The clone war has just begun and the jedi council suggest the need for Anakin to be placed at a higher rank for his bravery in the battle of Geonosis. Obi-Wan is asked by the council if Anakin is ready, but Obi is unsure, sensing unbalance with Anakin.

Obi confronts Anakin about his doubts, sensing an unease with him. Anakin admits to him that he went to tatooine to find his mom, discovered that she'd been freed and married someone, then telling him about Owen, then telling him that he found out she'd died. Obi is comforting of this, also feeling responsible because he ignored Anakin's dreams, but also concerned at what this means for him. Obi can sense there's more than Anakin tells him, but doesn't push. Anakin asks him to not tell the council. Obi promises he won't.

At the trial of the council to decide if Anakin's ready, Obi gives his recommendation, in spite of sensing Anakin's conflict.

Third flashback is during The Clone Wars. It's a live action recreation, in part, of the deleted scene from The Clone Wars where Anakin and Obi talk about Ahsoka leaving. Anakin misses Ahsoka, is frustrated, angry, at Ahsoka for leaving, at the council for what happened. Obi attempts to assuage Anakin's feelings, but doesn't know what to say, telling him that he knows Anakin won't fail him.

Fourth flashback is the battle of mustafar at the end of Revenge Of The Sith. Obi strikes at Anakin as he flips over him, cutting his legs and arm off, him rolling down close to the edge of the lava river. Obi tells him that he was his brother and that he loved him.

This flashback however shifts into a shared dreamstate between Vader and Obi, in their respective bacta tanks, where the ground beneath Anakin crumbles and his body slides into the burning lava, him screaming out in agony at being burned alive as Obi watches on in horror.

But Anakin then emerges from the lava, his body morphed into Vader. Vader tells Obi that if he loved him he would've killed him. Obi battles Vader in this state, briefly. Obi takes his arms and legs off again, then his Vader helmet, leaving a helpless, freshly scarred Anakin's face looking up at him, a brief moment of vulnerability showing on his face, asking Obi to please kill him.

Obi, in a moment of dark thoughts, raises the lightsaber and brings the lightsaber down in a swift strike, murdering Anakin in his mind. This moment causes Obi to jerk awake, screaming in horror at what he did, what he, on some level, wants to do, to not only prevent Anakin's pain, but also prevent all that he's done.

Obi climbs out of the tank, still feeling the pain of his burns, healed well enough, but not fully, redressing as he's confronted by the leader of the path, who tells him that as sympathetic as he is to helping them, they're going to have leave soon, as he doesn't want to risk gaining unwanted attention from the empire. Leia comes in and is happy to see Obi okay. He comforts her.

Vader, without his suit, in his hyberbaric chamber room, speaks to Reva about her goals, his face obviously obscured by his healed burns and a breathing mask. This gives Hayden Cristensen more scenes, more to do. She's taken aback by what's been done to him. Vader explains to her what his goals are, how he's in torment just to breathe, just to live and that Kenobi is responsible, and that he's going to punish him for it.

Afterward Obi is shaken, emotionally tormented by what his thoughts are, his mind consumed by the image of him murdering Anakin.

Meanwhile Vader and Reva are in a ship that's traveling through space, tracking the ship, locking in on the coordinates of Obi-Wan's location. Vader knights Reva with the title of Grand Inquisitor, as a reward for her work.

They're informed that they secured the location. Reaching it. Scanning for further life, they say that he's surrounded with other life signs.

Vader then says that that's good, because they can use them to push Obi-Wan, until he can do nothing but break.

EPISODE 5:

This episode opens with a flashback of younglings being trained by a jedi... Until they're shaken by blaster shot noises. The blastdoors open and clone troopers flood the room, opening fire without hesitation. This is the night of Order 66, the jedi purge. The jedi battles them, escaping the room with the younglings. The younglings are confused and terrified. More attack. Some younglings are killed, the jedi protecting the younglings that are left, trying to escape with them.

Fairly similar setup as the actual episode here. Vader wants to coerce Obi-Wan out by attacking the base he's in and threatening the lives of those who are helping him. The point is to make Obi sweat. That is why they don't break down the base's doors immediately. Vader is commanding this from his destroyer, sending Reva down first, to lure Obi into a false sense of security. They have the base surrounded and have the outside power cut.

There's panic, fear, even resentment towards Obi-Wan for what they think is his fault, that the empire has been led to them. Obi doesn't know what to do. He blames himself as well, though not in the way they think. They consider turning him over.

Cody is revealed to be there. He's trimmed his beard and hair. Obi's pleased to see him. Cody thanks him, because he'd forgotten what it meant to help people, be a soldier. Obi says that he was always more than that. Cody says that he took another way out of there and came across the path, them bringing him here.

Cody asks him when he knew that the clones were mind controlled. Obi tells him that it took time, but he eventually put the pieces together once he thought of it. Obi apologizes for the clones that he killed after the purge, saying that if he'd realized they were controlled sooner he'd have found another way, he should've seen it sooner, they all should've. Cody cuts him off, telling him that his brothers would've sooner died than slaughtered the jedi, it was the empire that did the real damage, not Obi. Obi is comforted by this, but also is unsure.

The path only has 2 small ships, and both of those together can only barely contain the children and parents they have, and only one of them has a functioning hyperdrive to escape with. They come up with a plan, as a way to ensure that the children can escape. But they need to open the above hangar doors, so the ship can get out, and since the power has been shut off, they need to reroute the backup power to them, which is only available through a small vent, as this place is an old and damaged building, the original entrance being cut off by a collapsed ceiling, from a battle during the clone wars.

Leia volunteers. Obi is uncertain. Leia tells him that she sees how he never gives up, in spite of the pain she can see he's in, so what right does she to not do something to help those who need it. Obi is proud of her, insisting that she be careful while doing it, and asking Tala to keep her safe.

Cody sees this, asking him who she is. Obi is hesitant to tell him, but eventually confesses that she's Anakin's daughter. Cody is almost proud, saying that that must mean that the rumor about Anakin and Senator Amidala were true. In spite of himself, Obi almost smirks at that, a camaraderie that he's missed. But the smirk does fade at the knowledge of where it led.

Leia, with instructions from Tala, reroutes the backup power.

Obi still goes to try and talk Reva down, realizing that she's hunting Anakin. Cody goes with him, just in case.

Reva tells Obi that the reason she's so aggressive in going after him is because she thinks Anakin is still out there and that Obi can lead her to him, so she can get revenge on him for the family she lost, because she was one of the younglings that was attacked during Order 66, the flashback at the opening of this episode. The jedi who protected her was killed by Anakin and she was shot over the balcony by a clone trooper. She hid among the bodies of other younglings, and was almost found as the clones searched the bodies for survivors, when Obi-Wan and Yoda entered and fought the clones, her escaping as that happened.

That's how she knew that Obi was on coruscant, but only after Bail had arrived, because she'd seen him, as Yoda and Obi-Wan avoided getting recorded to ensure they had the element of surprise and she used public records that show Bail only arrived at the senate hearing around the same time Obi and Yoda were there. Reva reveals that she was captured a year or so later and tortured until she became an Inquisitor.

Obi tells her that Vader is Anakin, that she's been working for the monster she's been hunting, being used by him. He tries to appeal to her jedi instincts, but she rejects that, saying that she only wants revenge now, stating that she now knows how to get it. Cody hears it all.

From his ship, Vader gives the order to destroy the doors as further intimidation, to push them deeper into the base. The stormtroopers set up a canon to destroy the front doors.

Cody asks Obi if it's true. Obi, pained, says that it is, and states that Leia must be protected from him, from the sith, her and her brother. Cody realizes how important this is for Obi, fully, and tells him how sorry he is for him losing his brother like that, like he has. Obi takes solace in his words.

This leads to further panic amongst the people. The doors are blasted open, stormtroopers rushing in. Obi-Wan fights them off with his lightsaber. The stormtroopers push the adults back into the ship docking bay of the building. Tala is shot, her robot taking further shots for her. Obi drags her out to the docking area.

They realize the second blast doors aren't closing. The leader says the wiring must've been frayed by the blaster fire, that's someone's gonna have to go in and have them close manually, but they'll be stuck behind them. Tala's robot takes the sacrifice, getting shot, as it closes the door manually, holding up a grenade the kill the stormtroopers around and itself. Tala's saddened, who Obi comforts, as he looks around at the injured people and feeling the loss of those who were killed.

Vader senses Obi's fear, the fear of those around him, now deciding that it's time for striking, finally taking his shuttle down to the planet, landing in front, and entering the blasted open doors of the base, to find stormtroopers and Reva, whose watching him intently, trying to use the canon on the blast doors, to little avail.

Vader orders them to leave, which they do, even Reva, Vader pulling out his lightsaber, and using it to cut through the sturdier inner blastdoors. It's a slow process, but fast enough for fear to run through the people behind them.

They pile the children, Leia included, along with any wounded, like Tala, onto the functioning hyperdrive ship.

Obi tells Leia that they'll ensure she gets back to her parents. Before she leaves, she asks if Obi at least knew her mother, to which Obi tells her that he did and her dad. She asks if they'll see eachother again. Obi says he doesn't know. Leia thanks him and when Obi tries to give her back lola which he hasn't fixed yet, she tells him to return it to her and she'll know he's okay, then as she's shuffled into the ship giving him a grateful look.

Obi tells Cody to ensure she gets to Bail on Alderran, to take them there so these children and wounded can be taken care of. Cody protests, stating that he can't leave Obi here, he can't leave him to possibly die. Obi insists, telling Cody that he has nothing to make up for by helping him now, that their pilot was just killed in the stormtrooper attack, that these people need him to fly them out, and that there is no one he trusts more with Leia's life than him.

Cody looks at the people, before finding the resolve and agreeing, telling him that it's been an honor serving him, calling him General.

Vader breaks through the doors, in time to see one of the ships take off, him stopping it mid air, beginning to pull it down.

As he does this, Reva takes her opportunity, igniting her lightsaber to kill Vader in revenge. But Vader stops her with the force, holding the ship in place, this taking all his power.

But he's unable to stop the second ship as it takes off, the children in it. They activate the hyperdrive, escaping with the children.

Vader fully pulls down the first ship, tearing off the sides, Obi-Wan being the Pilot of that one, the parents on the ship. Obi exits it and, begrudgingly, takes out his lightsaber.

Vader sees his fear and mocks it, telling Obi that he was wise to let Reva be used as a distraction and these people as a way to hide, lifting him up with the force and pinning him to the wall, as well. Vader tells Obi that he wants him to see this, letting Reva go and, to prove a point to Obi-Wan, duels her, beating her the same way, but better choreographed, before he stabs her, leaving her to die in front of Obi, so that he can witness the consequences of his actions.

Vader has all the parents taken by the stormtroopers, and once they've left, he tells a still pinned Obi that he knows he won't personally let the people die. Vader explains that if Obi wants these prisoners to live, he will come to him, give himself up willingly, for one more duel, and if Obi wins, he will let the prisoners go free.

Obi begs him to stop, to not hurt anyone else, calling him Anakin. Vader, enraged at the use of his name, chokes Obi.

Vader tells him that Anakin died with his wife and child, left for dead, that when Anakin lost everything, he ceased to be, and that was Obi's fault. He states that Obi will pay for that, because Vader will take everything from him, break his spirit, until he has lost all the drive he has.

Vader arrogantly states that he will give Obi time prepare, so that he can stand some chance against him, telling him that he will find him where Anakin Skywalker died.

Vader leaves Obi and a dying Reva.

Obi is angry, shaken. He's willing to confront Anakin now, he has to. In spite of this, he still patches up Reva. Reva doesn't understand why he's helping her. Obi is despondent. After patching her up Obi simply leaves Reva for a moment to himself.

Obi ponders what he thinks he has to do, the vision he had of him killing Anakin, the feelings he has right now, the idea of killing Vader, for everything he's done and everything he could do, haunted by them.

Obi reaches out, asking for help, admitting that he feels he failed Anakin because he let himself become attached to Anakin, that's what he hasn't wanted to admit to himself, the idea that he broke the jedi code, that he failed not just Anakin, but Qui-Gon as well. In this moment, he allows himself to truly connect and hears Qui-Gon speak to him. Obi opens his eyes, finally reuniting with Qui-Gon.

EPISODE 6:

The episode opens on a flashback of a child Obi-Wan becoming Qui-Gon's padawan. Obi-Wan is rigid, tense, hard on himself, insecure about his shortcomings. Qui-Gon, seeing this in Obi-Wan, kneels, presenting himself face to face with Obi-Wan, telling him to relax, breathe, focus. Obi-Wan is confused. Qui-Gon explains to him that Yoda has told him that Obi's very efficient in lightsaber dueling, and strong in the force. Obi-Wan is feeling fairly pleased with himself at this. But Qui-Gon then cuts that short when he tells him that his perception is different from Yoda's, from seeing the holovids of his training. Qui-Gon tells him that he can see his connection with the force, see his skills, but also sees that he can become lost in a single action, and it opens him up to unexpected attacks, lack of knowledge of what surrounds him.

To showcase this, Qui-Gon swiftly makes a move with the force, pulling Obi-Wan's legs out from under him, but stopping him from hitting to the ground, holding him just above it. Qui-Gon explains that as a duelist, he doesn't focus on the force, and while using the force he doesn't focus on his defenses. He gently sits Obi-Wan down.

Obi-Wan begins to get back up, Qui-Gon extending his hand, which Obi ignores, frustrated. Qui-Gon, seeing that, tells him that it's okay to admit that he feels displeased, then explaining to him that accepting emotion is what it means to be a jedi, that to accept their emotions is to gain better understanding of them, and better understanding of themselves as well, and that can help them control their emotion. Obi is struck by Qui-Gon's wisdom, then admitting that he was afraid that he would show himself unworthy to be his apprentice, that he'd fail. Qui-Gon tells him that that's okay to feel that, that it's okay to fail, but that it's essential to get back up, always, because you can never move forward if you don't. Qui-Gon gives Obi a reassuring smile, which he relaxes at.

Cut from that to present day, as Obi-Wan, frustrated, asks Qui-Gon where he's been. Qui-Gon tells him that he wasn't ready to connect with him. Obi inquires as to why. Qui-Gon tells him that only now was he ready to accept that what he feels is what's driving him, and that only understanding of self brings this connection.

Obi, in shame, admits that he thinks he failed Anakin by becoming attached to him, that he let this happen because he refused to accept that something was really wrong, that he thinks he broke the jedi code and this is all his punishment for it.

Qui-Gon tells him that he's carried this guilt for so long, but that it's not the truth. Obi is taken aback by this, insisting that Anakin was his student, that if he had let himself be detached he could've stopped it, that Anakin was his responsibility, is his responsibility, and that's why he must put a stop to him, once and for all. Qui-Gon asks Obi if he really believes that. Obi tells him that he has to, stating that no one else will suffer from his mistakes, that he will kill Anakin, and he will do it without Qui-Gon if he has to.

Qui-Gon tells him that he can't do this, he can't lose himself. Obi, more angry, tells him that he hasn't been here and he doesn't know him, and if he wanted a say in this he should've been here, that he should've been the one to train Anakin, that he shouldn't have been Obi's responsibility. Qui-Gon shows his remorse and heartbreak on his face, as Obi, showing his shame and guilt for what he said, walks past Qui. Qui-Gon simply whispers that for him to be mindful of the living force.

From there we cut to Luke getting dressed. This scene parallels the one from the first episode showing Leia do the same, the similarities and contrasts emphasized: Luke's clothes being more simple, but still put on the same. Luke doing it himself without servants, but also with a showcase of his disinterest in the duties set out for him.

Luke goes to breakfast, with Owen and Beru. Owen tells Luke that he wants his help fixing up the moisture vaporators in the back, as they're acting up. Luke is not happy about that, saying that they always need fixing. Owen tells him that he has to get to know how this all works, so he can fix it himself. Luke's frustration with his situation worn on his sleeve, says he doesn't want to. Owen tells him that it's something he needs to learn. Luke snaps that Owen's not his dad, he can't tell him what to do. Owen is hurt by this. Luke regrets it, but doesn't say anything, just stews in his resentment for a second, before getting up out of his chair and storming off.

Obi meets Reva on his way to her ship, her injuries still harming her. Obi is angry. Reva, feeling something emanating from the area, asks Obi what that was, who he was talking to. Obi says that he was talking to someone from long ago. Reva states that she felt something powerful. But before Obi can explain, he sees Reva is beginning bleed out more. In spite of his frustration, he asks Reva if she has a medpac in her ship. She says she does.

Obi tries to get her to it, but she's apprehensive, not sure why he's trying to help her, asking why. Obi tells her it's because he understands what she lost, that he lost everything just like her. Reva rejects what she calls his pity, saying that she doesn't need anyone. Obi asks her where that's gotten her, stating that she let empire use her to hurt others, to hurt her own, to get revenge, become no different than Anakin.

Reva becomes enraged at that, getting in Obi's face, still in pain, telling him to silence himself. Obi then asks her if she's willing to let herself be what Anakin is, help him destroy more families, more lives, put more children through what happened to her. Reva, conflicted, states that she's never put children in harm's way. Obi tells her that she put Leia in harm's way. Reva, in shame, realizes that Obi's right, and begins to accept and say that she's compromised so much, she didn't let herself see it, her getting upset.

Obi has a moment of compassion, telling her that this doesn't have to be the end, that if she understands what she's done, then she knows why she can't let it happen again. Reva realizes, and speaks it, that Obi needs her help. Obi tells her that if he fails, he dies, those refugees die with him, stating that whether he or Anakin win, he can distract him enough to ensure she can rescue them. Obi then asks her if she's willing to help him to try and fix their mistakes.

On Alderran, Bail and Breha are worried, concerned about not having received word from Obi. Bail suggests if they have been caught, Owen with Luke could be found out, as well. Breha asks what they should do. Bail says that he asked Obi-Wan to rescue the girl they charged themselves with protecting, so it's their duty, if they were caught because of that, to protect the boy on tatooine Obi-Wan charged himself to.

They're alerted by their guards that they've been contacted by a ship entering their atmosphere, telling them that Leia is on board. Bail and Breha tell his guards that they allow it to dock, but use caution. He and Breha go to the docking area with armed guards, unsure of what to expect.

The ship lands, and the doors open, Leia emerging first, running to and hugging her mom and dad. They embrace her, crying tears of joy, so happy to see their daughter.

Cody, the other children behind him, begin to slowly, cautiously emerge. He walks up to Bail with caution, to show he's peaceful. Bail recognizes that he's a clone. Cody tells them who he is and that the Path was smuggling those who fear the empire or are being hunted by them, out of their systems, telling him that a mutual friend said Bail could be trusted because these people had nowhere else to go after the empire found their base. Leia says they have to help them. Bail, with some thought, agrees. Bail asks where their friend is, if he was captured. Cody says that he doesn't know.

Vader awaits Obi-Wan, when he receives a message from the Palpatine. Vader, with some hesitancy, answers the message, Palpatine condescendingly asking about his use of resources in his vendetta against Kenobi. Vader tells him that Kenobi will pay for what he's done to him. Palpatine tells him to not allow his previous life to cloud his judgement, to put an end to this tonight and he won't be given a second chance to.

On their way to Mustafar, Obi tries to focus himself, ready himself for battle, but he struggles as it, his conflict tearing at him, as Reva watches him (after having destroyed the ship tracker, saying that mat give them some advantage of surprise), unsure what to do. She asks if he is connecting, admitting that she misses that feeling and hasn't felt it in a long time. He admits that he hasn't either, he was too afraid to, because of the empire, that anything he could do would bring danger. Now, he can't focus.

Reva is concerned, asking him if he'll be ready for this, to fight Vader. Obi tells her that he has to be, because all he has left are the futures of those Anakin could hurt, and he can never let them fall into Anakin's hands. He says that he now understands that until one of them is dead, Anakin will hunt him and could find them, one way or another and after everything Anakin's done, this is Obi's responsibility to put a stop to it.

Reva herself has a moment of compassion for Obi and asks him if he can remind her their exercises to calm herself. And this does assist Obi in his thoughts going to trying to help her.

Back on tatooine at night, Beru and Owen discuss Luke, and what to do. Beru still encourages that Luke be given something to connect to his dad with. Owen contemplates this, telling her that he knows what it feels like to not know his real mother too, as she left not long after he was born, and that Shmi was the only mother he's ever known, that he can't let Luke know who his dad was, can't let him suffer Anakin's fate, can't let Shmi's last remaining family be lost.

Luke stands outside in the open area, looking up at the stars, similar to Leia looking up at the sky in the first episode, a longing-ness presented. Biggs contacts Luke on his walkie talkie, telling him that jabba's thugs are back in town harassing people for water again. Luke's anger peaks at that, exclaiming that they just did that a couple days ago. Biggs tells him Jabba's people must be wanting to throw their weight around. Luke's frustration rises and he asks Biggs to come to his place. Biggs says sure, but why?

Obi lands the ship on the shores of mustafar and exits it, looking out at Vader's Castle. He tells Reva to wait until he's inside before she gets near, so that Vader will be distracted. Obi tells Reva that he can sense that there's no guards in the castle, so she should

He walks to the castle, enters it and, feeling Vader's presence, follows that feeling, leading into a circular chamber of cells where the people are being held (only the outer bars of cells being visible in this room, while the doors are on the other side of the cell), the glow of the lava flowing through the castle's tube system that runs to the other side of the river into the lavafall.

Meanwhile Reva enters the castle, following the hallways and feeling out where the people are.

In the castle, Obi sees a stone staircase at the back of the chamber, which Vader stands at the top of, Obi looking up at him. Vader asserts that he came as he steps down to Obi. Obi replies that he knew he would. Vader confirms that he knew Obi would be desperate to prove himself as a jedi, to prove that he wasn't a failure. Obi tells Vader that he's come to put an end to this. Vader, pulling out his lightsaber, is almost amused beneath his anger as he tells Obi that he will fail, igniting the saber, asking if Obi is finally ready to battle him. Obi holds his silence, takes out his saber, readies his stance and ignites, saying that he is.

They both attack eachother at the same time, Obi's fighting far more aggressive than usual.

Their sabers clash. Obi's aggression rising at it's peak as he hears the people in the cells asking for help, though Vader's tactics being the one to force Obi even still on the defensive in comparison, pushing him backwards onto and up the stone steps. Vader quickly makes a slice at Obi's feet, but Obi is quick to avoid, quickly stepping back, but Vader is quick too, making a lunge at Obi in the moment he's on the backfoot, but Obi is prepared, bring his saber to block it.

Obi uses their lightsaber's pressing against eachother, to turn them in opposite directions and quickly slashes at the ground at Vader's feet, making him step back, Obi then swinging at Vader's head, slashing at the side of Vader's helmet, this clearly throws Vader off his footing entirely, Obi having the clear upper hand, now being the one to push Vader back. Vigorously attacking with his saber, Obi pushes Vader back down the stone steps, and then in a quick movement reaches out to crush his control box on his chest, which slows Vader even more, him dropping his saber and forces him to his knees.

Obi sees the seemingly defeated Vader and raises his saber to deal a fatal blow, just like in his nightmare. But he hesitates, and when Vader looks up at him, the broken helmet showing his burned face, the broken damaged man underneath it, Obi can't do it, his compassion for Anakin winning out.

Obi lowers the saber, filled with remorse for what he nearly did, what happened to Anakin years ago, calling him by his name: Anakin. Vader tells him that Anakin is gone, and that he's all there is now. Obi wants to try and tells him that he's sorry, for everything, telling him that they can fix this.

For the briefest moment, Anakin's eyes show a flash of sadness, before igniting in rage, exclaiming that Obi DARES to show him mercy. Vader's rage flares within him, as he pulls his saber back to himself and slashes at the ground Obi stands upon, pushing him back, then tears stone from the walls around him, hurling them at Obi, bringing parts of the chamber's ceiling down on him (the outer walls cracking), nearly crushing him, but he avoids it, though it catches his legs, Vader slowing the fall of the stone to hold him in place rather than crush them.

Vader states that Obi is still too weak to finish things and he's so disappointing, then telling him that he will make Obi watch these people die and kill him finally.

Reva has made it to the outer part of the cell chambers, the people at first afraid of her, her telling them that she came to help. She quickly tries to get the mechanism to unlock the doors.

Obi tries to use the force to lift the rock, but his emotions are unfocused, he's torn up at what he nearly did, what Vader's going to do, and in this desperate moment asks for Qui-Gon's help.

Qui-Gon's hand extends, resting on Obi's shoulder, Qui telling Obi that it's going to be okay. Obi, emotional, tells Qui that he's sorry for what he said.

Qui says they all make mistakes, saying that Obi did feel attachment for Anakin, it's something as jedi they all can have to face in their emotions, in learning to control them, admitting that he himself became attached the idea of his responsibility, confessing that he didn't perceive the true darkness around them, didn't maintain his balance of being mindful of the living force and the cosmic force, because he thought it was his responsibility to ensure the galaxy's balance and that blinded him. Qui then confesses that that's something he took on from his mentor, and that the guilt Obi feels for making this mistake is what's tormenting him and that failure is on Qui.

Obi refuses that, saying that he failed Qui-Gon as well as failing Anakin, that he didn't train him the way Qui would've, but tried to train him as Yoda would, that he betrayed Qui's memory by doing that.

Qui states that, no, that he failed Obi, by placing a duty on him when he had no right to, by placing that responsibility he felt onto Obi, he burdened Obi and Obi has defined himself by that, saying that he's sorry for it, continuing that we all fail, but you can't let it define your life or you can lose yourself, and that is how Anakin became lost. Qui stating that he shouldn't have forced that responsibility on him, it should've always been his choice. But states that Obi's wiser than he is and knows how to let go of this, but that he's afraid to, because he thinks it'd mean betraying the Anakin he knew.

Obi has a moment of emotional swallowing and acceptance, and admits to himself and Qui that he can't save Anakin, couldn't save Anakin, that there's nothing he can do, that he can't undo what's been done, that he's powerless. Qui states that he can't, stating that to understand that you are powerless can help you to understand that you are apart of something greater, that we make choices, but can never control the outcome, that Obi can't control what will or won't be, only what he does with the path he's given, even when they fall.

Qui extends his hand to Obi, asking what is essential that we always must do when we fall. Obi's face becomes steely with resolve and he states to always get back up, taking Qui's hand, and standing up, obviously not with Qui's actual physical help, more symbolic, as Obi, now with focus, is using the force to lift the stone off of his legs, allowing him to stand.

The music rises as Obi-Wan does, unafraid, focused, certain. Vader turns back to him, saying that he's not yet broken. Obi brings his lightsaber back to himself and replies that he never will be, as he reignites it. Vader does the same and says that it's only a matter of time, making the first strike at him.

Reva realizes that she has to act fast and ignites her saber, using it to slash at the doors of the cells, releasing the people.

In the middle of continuing fight, Vader senses this, realizing that Obi brought the traitor Reva. Vader uses the force to choke Obi in that moment so he can reach out to pull down the ceiling onto the escapees, but Obi slashes at his arm as he does so, preventing it.

This allows Reva to get the people out of the chamber and out of the castle, rushing to her ship.

Vader states that there's nothing left for him to fight for, asking him what he thinks he can accomplish: No matter who he tries to help he will only fail them like he did him, destroy them, like he did Anakin. Obi admits that he did fail Anakin, he didn't see Anakin's struggles, didn't want to see them and what could happen because he loved him and he burdened him with the pressure of being a great jedi, but then states cleanly that he didn't kill Anakin though, that Vader destroyed Anakin's life, took his wife and child from him, and from that Vader was truly born, firmly stating that Vader killed Anakin.

Vader becomes enraged and lashes out against Obi at this. Obi fights back, they're evenly matched, Vader's anger bringing a formidable attack, but Obi's focus and tactics is able to hold him off. Vader makes a reckless tactic and slices at the inner chamber of the lava flowing through his castle with his lightsaber, the lava beginning to pour in, it coming between them.

Vader, enraged, eyes glowing with anger, states that Obi will burn.

Obi and Vader look at eachother one last time(Vader's eyes enflared with anger and almost sadness, Obi's eyes filled with sadness and pity) as the lava pours between them until it blocks their view of eachother. Obi uses the force to hold it back from himself, but he can't fully, that part of the castle beginning to crack underneath him, pieces from the wall falling into the lavafall below the castle.

Reva and the people get into the ship, and, sensing what's going on, decides after a moment's hesitation to go back for him, instructing the leader of the path to get the ship over to the side of the castle, which he does, her opening the cargo hatch. Reva stands on the edge of the hatch, reaching out to Obi, stating that he has to leap to her, and they can pull themselves towards eachother with the force. Obi agrees, and leaps out the broken wall, pulling towards her and her pulling him to her as well, just in time for the crumbling part of the castle he stood upon to fall off the edge into the lava.

Obi thanks Reva for this, and she thanks him. In this moment, Obi senses something in his now returned focus, that Luke is in danger, and he quickly instructs Reva that he has to get to tatooine and then she can return these people to their families.

Back on tatooine, Beru goes to check on Luke to get him for dinner, finding that he's gone. She tells Owen, both of their concern shown on their face.

Luke and Biggs are watching from afar on the side of a sandhill with binoculars as Jabba's thugs, with the water they'd taken in their speeder, drinking inside a tatooine bar. Luke shows his anger at this, and decides to get the water, so they can take it back to the people. Biggs thinks Luke is crazy, telling him not to. Luke is fired up and does it anyway.

Biggs is freaking out, but holds back. He waits a second, unsure, seeing Luke quickly creep up to the speeder, uncovering the tarp. Biggs, with begrudgement, starts to go over to Luke to help, but sees the thugs exit the bar and hides again, signaling to Luke about it, who when he sees as well, swiftly crawls into the back and covers himself up. Biggs is terrified for Luke.

Obi is now on tatooine, in town, rushing to his eopie from the landing pad. In that moment, he senses the danger Luke is in at this moment and reaches out to sense Luke's location. Sensing his distance, he knows the eopie can't get him there in time. In a moment of frustration, he looks around, seeing the speeder of the boss who shortchanged the employee in the premiere, him passed out drunk in the seat. Obi cocks an eyebrow, getting an idea.

Back with Owen and Beru, they're looking for Luke, yelling for him. Biggs pulls up on his skyhopper, and, panicked, tells them what's happened. Beru and Owen are freaked out, asking where they are.

Luke is hiding in the back of the speeder, the water tanks banging back and forth. One of the tanks turns over and hits Luke, him grunting in pain at it. The thugs bring the speeder to a halt, having heard him. After getting out, they go to the back, pulling the tarp off, seeing Luke.

In anger they pull him out and throw him to the ground, asking him what he thinks he's doing. Luke is afraid, but defiant, telling them that they hurt people and that someone had to stand up to them, stating that he's not afraid of them. They, with a laugh at him, strike him in the face, knocking him out, when suddenly the lights of the speeder are blown out.

In the dark, Obi emerges into the sight of the thugs and swiftly takes them down, and then with a jedi mind trick, tells them to take the water back to the people, and tell Jabba that they lost it in a sand beast attack and never again to take more from people than they can give.

Owen and Beru, having gathered their rifles, are ready to get in their speeder and go after the thugs, when another speeder pulls up, the lights shining too bright in the dark for them to see. Owen and Beru ready their rifles in fear.

The person, getting out and walking towards them, revealing that it's Obi carrying Luke. Owen and Beru slowly lower their rifles and rush towards him, taking Luke from Obi, Beru clutching him tight and Obi standing back, exchanging a look of respect between them all.

Later that night, Luke wakes up and hugs Owen and Beru, saying he's sorry. Owen and Beru are stern, but comforting, telling Luke that they're proud of him, but that he has to be careful and can never put himself in danger like that. Luke tells them that he had to do something, he wanted to do the right thing.

Owen sits down and tells Luke that he can do the right thing and still be careful and that that's something Luke's dad knew, because he was someone who took a job on a spice freighter that was for a republic official disposal of spice, as a navigator to provide for his family, he tried to do the right thing at what was a careful job, and he died in a crash, but he was still a good man.

On mustafar, Vader stands looking out of the cracked broken front of his castle, hollow and contemplative. He's informed of another message from the Emperor. Palpatine congratulates Vader on his victory. Vader is solemn, saying he's not sure of his death, but also saying that it doesn't matter, stating he now understands that Kenobi wasn't holding him back, that Anakin Skywalker was, that Palpatine was right. Palpatine says of course he was. Vader affirms that Anakin is dead. Palpatine tells Vader to remember what he is. Vader says that he is what Palpatine made him and he won't forget that, as his fist is held tightly in anger.

The next morning the drunk boss wakes up with his speeder returned to him.

Meanwhile, Leia is getting dressed on her own, not with the help of servants this time. She talks to Bail, telling them that they have to do more to help people, and Bail agrees, him telling her that they will. Leia asks if they've heard anything about Ben, but he says not yet.

They then get a report from the security of another ship coming, this time an imperial ship, and, being cautious, they approach the landing pad, seeing Reva exit it, with the rest of the people, all those parents being reunited with their kids.

Reva has a moment of catharsis seeing these families reunited and presents herself to Bail and Breha, telling them that she's responsible for the danger their daughter was in and she accepts their punishment. But, with insistence from Leia, they forgive her and tell her that her punishment can be to ensure these families find places where they'll be safe and protect them. Reva, with much emotional gratefulness, gives the fixed lola droid to Leia, telling her that Ben is still alive and that he wanted this to be returned to her. Cody sees and hears this with relief.

Bail takes Leia on a trip to tatooine, to Owen and Beru's moisture farm, where Bail meets Owen (as Leia waits in the speeder) and tells Owen, whose not really sure who he is, that he paid off mortgage on the moisture farm and when Owen asks why, Bail tells him that he knows what it's like to be responsible for a remarkable child. Owen understands at seeing Leia, and says, that Bail is like him. Owen asks if the daughter is okay (in concern for Shmi's other grandchild), and Bail says that she is. In a moment of connection, Bail and Owen shake hands. As this happens, Luke is playing with his ship and he looks at Leia and she looks at him and they wave at eachother. As Bail and Leia leave, Obi watches from afar.

Obi packs up his cave, deciding to leave for a more secure location. He visits Owen, who tells Obi thank you for helping Luke. Obi tells him that he was right for wanting Luke's protection and Obi is going to step back, saying that he understands now that he can't control the past or the future, just what he does in the moment, so that anything Luke does will be his choice and not something he's pushed into. Obi tells Owen Luke is a good kid and that he'll still be there if he's needed, but at a distance.

In a type of montage we see: Obi connecting with Qui Gon who is teaching him, at his new home, which he mind tricked that boss into letting him stay and give people the wage he agreed to give them first. Cody, whose now the personal guard for Bail and Breha and Leia. Reva, now the protector the refugees as they're settling on a planet. Luke, Owen and Beru working on the farm together.

Then finally Obi riding his eopie through the desert and, seeing people being attacked by some raiders, has decided that he's going to help those who need it on tatooine when and where he can, no longer holding back his jedi instincts, but keeping hidden and making himself seem like some type of desert wraith. With a smirk, Obi lifts his hood up over his head and continues forward.

END.

Post credits scene is one of the lower level thugs that worked for the ones Reva hired, having been brought before someone who sits on a throne in the shadows, explaining that the heads of the spice operation were killed by an Inquisitor who was cover their tracks, so he knows very little, but he knows that this was about them drawing a jedi out. The leader stands up from the throne and walks into the light, revealing himself to be Maul and says to tell him who the jedi was.

That's it for this one! PLEASE review and tell me what you think!

[mellybaggins]

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Oathbreaker

angst. self discovery. trauma healing.

Act 1 - Chapters 1-12 - Complete

Morwen vowed she'd never lead anyone again after the disastrous mission that led to breaking her oath. But the gods laugh while you make plans, and her abduction by mind flayers and a concerning brush with the devil is forcing her to face her fears. In her search for a cure, she gathers a disparate group of other infected and reluctantly leads them on a journey towards their unknown fates.

Act 2 - Chapters 13-51 - Complete

As the group enter the Shadow Cursed Lands, Raphael returns and forces Morwen to make a choice. In seeming retaliation for her refusal, he breaks the mental blocks keeping the memories of her past from her, forcing her to confront the darkness she thought had been locked away forever.

Act 3 - Chapters 52-? - in progress

With her memories fully restored, Morwen prepares to enter Baldur's Gate, not only to disrupt and dismantle the evil plot of the Dead Three, but also to force a reckoning with her own past. If the darkness doesn't consume her first.

This is an ongoing fic about betrayal, redemption, religious trauma, abuse, and why good people do bad things. She also has romances along the way because despite everything she has never lost her capacity to love.

This fic contains smut, drama, violence (there is also dead dove content especially in the middle-late act 2 and beyond) and is probably the work I'm the most proud of.

I try to update every Monday, but sometimes life gets in the way.

Character Profile - Morwen (Idril)

Character Word Association Game

Oathbreaker on Ao3

Oathbreaker Chapter 1 tumblr post / more photos

Early Game Photo Dump

Bite scene photo dump

Late Act 2 Photo Dump

Fantasy Casting for Original Characters

Morwen recast

Act 1 Chapters:

Chapter 5 - Freefall (First meeting with Raphael)

Act 2 Chapters:

Chapter 41 - Rainy Day (Gauntlet of Shar)

Chapter 42 - This Too Shall Pass

Chapter 43 - Frozen Angels

Chapter 44 - Numb (Backstory Chapter)

Chapter 45 - Fire Burning (the Battle of Moonrise Towers)

Chapter 46 - Make Yourself (Oathbreak Chapter)

Chapter 47 - Thunderstruck

Chapter 48 - Way Down We Go

Chapter 49 - Losing My Religion (Ain't No Rest For The Wicked)

Chapter 50 - Roads

Chapter 51 - Hunter (End of Act 2)

Act 3 Chapters

Chapter 52 - Porcelain (Sweet Dreams)

Chapter 53 - Clandestino (Decaparecido)

Chapter 54 - I'm A Wanted Man (Kryptonite)

Chapter 55 - It's Been A While

Chapter 56 - Come With Me Now (Disappear)

Chapter 57 - Entertainers

Chapter 58 - Cold Blood

Chapter 59 - Angel

Chapter 60 - Mercy

Chapter 61 - Savage Daughter

Chapter 62 - Dance, Monkey

Chapter 63 - Hold On

Chapter 64 - Beso

Chapter 65 - Vampiros

Chapter 66 - Scars

Chapter 67 - Promesa

Chapter 68 - River

Chapter 69 - Like A Prayer

Chapter 70 - Breathe

One Shots:

This Protector (Act 2, Reithwin Tollhouse)

Come Undone (Act 1, Gale/Shadowheart scene)

Laileth of Waterdeep

fluff. romance. two worlds one heart.

This is Laileth. She is a forest elf who hails from Suldanessellar inside the forest of Wealdalth/Tethir, as far south of Baldur's Gate as Waterdeep is north. I've unconsciously been treating her like a Tolkien Silvan elf, so finally decided (though not stated in the fics themselves) that by some magic a group of elves from Mirkwood found themselves transplanted into Faerûn and therefore they were extremely reclusive and rarely dealt with outsiders except to trade. This is her first time meeting people of other races except at the bargaining table and she's fallen in love with Faerûn and it's people. She's also quite young, comparatively, and full of wonder and love of life and eagerness to learn and explore.

One person in particular though, Gale of Waterdeep. I've created a Series on Ao3 to keep all of her various drabbles together. They're all one-shots and her story will (mostly) be at the mercy of the prompts from the BG3 Writers Discord server. Many contain smut, and Laileth and Gale are into dom/sub play.

Character Profile - Laileth

Laileth of Waterdeep Posts on Tumblr:

(in story timeline order)

Helvegen on Tumblr

Kvitravn on Tumblr

Odal on Tumblr

Grá post on Tumblr

Synkverv on Tumblr

Solringen post on Tumblr

[madlori]

A few days ago I finally started watching House of the Dragon.

I'm on episode 9 of season 1, so almost done.

Here are my scattered thoughts.

Watching a show without any fandom influence is weird. I have no idea what the prevailing opinion on any of this is. Do people love Rhaenyra? Hate her? Who else do we hate/love? I mean I know how I'm feeling but. What.

Thank God for closed captioning, I'd never keep these names straight without it. Even with it, with as fast as they're moving (and the younger gens being recast every couple of eps) it's kind of hard to keep people straight.

Took me a bit to figure out that Helaena was Alicent's third child. And which of Daemon and Laena's daughters was which. And that Helaena was married to her brother.

I had to Google to figure out who was the dragonrider who showed up at the end of episode 3 to save Daemon's ass from the Crabfeeder. I was like...wait that's not Rhaenyra...who dat? OH IT'S LAENOR. But like...were we supposed to know that? Was that supposed to be a mystery? If so there's no reveal.

Larys Strong is a skeevy little Littlefinger but do they have to keep harping on his disability like that's what makes him a skeevy little Littlefinger? Also him having a fetish for Alicent's feet given that disability feels icky to me somehow.

Wow, Aegon's a douchebag.

After Rhaenyra had that longish thing with Cristan Cole it was a little abrupt to get to episode 6 and she's apparently had this new lover for ages who fathered her children but whom we've never seen or heard of before. Like, I need a crib sheet, here.

I do not know how to feel about Daemon. He's like...evil, but yet is he?

Poor Viserys. That's about all I got.

So what happened to House Valeryon after all this? These other houses I recognize from GoT but I don't recall hearing that one mentioned at all and they seem super important.

I kind of like Aemon. Am I supposed to like Aemon? I kind of do. Is he the fandom's poor little meow meow? I suspect he is the fandom's poor little meow meow.

Ditto Alicent.

I also do not know how to feel about Rhaenyra. It's like it changes by the minute.

WHY IS THIS SHOW SO DARK. Sometimes I swear all I can see is vague shapes in the dimness.

I know what's about to happen and it's awful because I want Alicent and Rhaenyra to just be besties forever.

Alicent is kind of awesome.

More Rhaenys please.

Onward and upwards. If you're in the fandom feel free to PM me about what I got right here.

[aspiringwriter1111]

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Hallmark is actually really really good.

WAIT WAIT DON'T LEAVE-

Let me explain!

The movies people usually associate Hallmark with are the "old" ones (2020 and back). I bet after seeing how cliche and unhealthy they were, you didn't see a reason to watch them again after that, am I right??

But you knew them well enough to know they weren't worth your time and sanity.

Girl in a high stress job goes to small town, learns the meaning of Christmas, and then cheats on her also stressed out boyfriend back in the city with a hot cocoa making stubbly kind of rude lumberjack man then quits her job and moves to Vermont or something.

Yeah, they don't do those anymore.

At all.

I'm serious.

A part of it is that there was a purge. A year or two ago, there was a new Christmas movie company in town. All the actors that didn't like the forward direction Hallmark wanted to go in, left and joined GAC.

(Great American Family, or as I like to call it GACK. The movies are exclusively awful old Hallmark style, but Republican, badly decorated, very white, and also much worse.)

GAC took all the problems away from Hallmark, and made movies out of them. Hallmark, now cleansed, is pumping out cinematic greats that I WILL be rewatching every Christmas.

The whole of Hallmark was Recast, save for the best of the best fan favorites (Like Lacey Chaubert-)

They have plus sized actors now and people of color, cast as main characters on a regular basis.

Half of the movies aren't even romance centric anymore, instead focused on life, and moving forward, but when they are, they're really well done, and actually healthy.

If you know me (which you don't), then you'll know I hate unhealthy relationships. Especially when they're treated like they're okay. I will pick apart ANYTHING over toxicity in a relationship, wherever that might come from.

I used to hate Hallmark movies, because they were predictable, unrealistic, flawed, and toxic.

But now the characters talk with each other, and they don't get in the others space without permission. If there's an accident and it does happen, it's not used as a plot device to move the relationship along. It's not treated in a "OMG hot guy is literally right in my face!!! I've only known him two minutes and I hate him, I'm in love!!"

It's more of an, "OMG I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that at all, im so sorry, I'm so sorry- *Immediately backs away*"

I can't even begin to explain how much better they are now.

To further prove my point, here are some gifs of Three Wise Men and a Baby, one of my favorite Christmas movies ever:

Just listen to this one.

It's about three brothers, one of which is a firefighter (this is important). A baby gets dropped off at the fire station, with a note. The firefighters name is on it, asking him to look after the baby until Christmas.

This is not his baby.

This IS a joke throughout the entire film.

They have no idea who dropped him off.

So they end up taking care of him for a week, and seriously bonding with him. The make his first Christmas ornament with clay, they do a holiday photo dressed to the nines.

They talk about how hard it is to actually take care of a baby, and how hard it must have been for their mom doing it alone.

Talking about how their own dad left, and finally processing that trauma together.

Their mom confesses that if she didn't have support, she may have done what the babies mother did. How she must be going through such a rough patch, and building empathy for her.

All three of the brothers go on complete cathartic emotional journeys about it, and all the other issues in their life.

I can't do it justice.

It's called Three Wise Men and A Baby. I'm begging you please go watch it, you will NOT regret it.

I CRIED SO MANY TIMES YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

I'm tearing up now just thinking about it oh my gOD-

The ending just sent it home for me, so I won't spoil anything.

Its amazing. I can't explain the whole thing, I seriously beg you please go watch it.

And, if you're more into comedy, I present to you Haul out The Holly:

A Christmas comedy starring your very own Gretchen Weiners!! Abso-fucking-lutley HILARIOUS.

It's about a woman, just broken up with her boyfriend, and coaxed into going home for the holidays. Here's where it gets interesting.

Her parents are the head of the Christmas neighborhood watch, something that has plagued her since childhood. Her childhood friend has now taken over the position, as her parent ditch her for retirement on a beach someplace, and she's left stuck, having to decorate against her will.

She wants a nap. The neighbors want her to carve ice sculptures. And her nutcracker apparently isn't up to code.

Includes: Girlboss and male wife power duo (madly in love), insane chainsaw man with way too much time on his hands, the ML an anxious wreck, and many, many, MANY MORE.

Another recent movie was built around a woman who is an astronaut (She's mixed) who was about to finally go to space (The goal shes been working on her entire life) She got into a car accident and her eyesight was impaired. She's currently grieving the loss of her dream (like, actually grieving, she took three months off-).

Her company asks her if she wants to do an exhibit in the planetarium for Christmas, that she doesn't have to, but she can if she wants to take her minds off of things. She says yes, and ends up working with the planetarium director on an exhibit about the sun and it's connection to Christmas through how people used to celebrate with the sun (I don't remember exactly, but it was explained thoroughly, and i think pagan???)

She and him don't constantly argue, or be angry at each other. They cooperate. They show genuine interest in each other. It's actually adorable, and it's also not just about them.

She meets his daughter, who is a wheelchair user. She asks why the Female lead isn't in space if she's an astronaut, and the FL tell her it's because of her eyes. The daughter tells her it's okay, because she'll never be able to go to space either, even if she wants to, but she can still enjoy it from Earth.

I'm not even doing it justice.

By the end of the movie, the FLs eye problem doesn't heal. Nothing is miraculously solved. But the ML and the FL are now dating (After the best, slow paced, healthy, communicative, collaborative bonding freaking ever-) ALL OF THE CHARACTERS HAVE FULL BLOWN EMOTIONAL JOURNEYS THAT ACTUALLY MATTER.

SHE GRIEVES.

HER BROTHER FINALLY FIGURES OUT ITS OKAY FOR HIM TO DO WHAT HE LOVES, AND THAT HE'S NOT A FAILURE FOR IT.

THE ML LET'S GO OF THINKING HES A BAD PARENT.

AND MORE.

There are soft bits, nothing is cliche, nothing is icky or gross.

It's healthy, it's cute, it's emotionally driven, I'm actually learning about things I didn't know before, and amazing.

And all the new ones are either like this or better than this. I could name over ten, but I can't even explain how good they are.

Some of the are still a little dark ages, but it's only every one out of six or seven.

Hallmark movies from 2022 and onwards are 5 star television, and you can't convince me otherwise.

[skygemspeaks]

Do you think when they cast Robin for OPLA they're going to have her look how she was when she was introduced or how she looks post time skip

god i really hope it'll be how she looked when she was introduced.

robin had a much more interesting character design pre-timeskip. she looked unique, i loved her more pronounced nose, and her hair, her cowboy hat, everything about her was top notch.

i still adore robin as a character post-timeskip and she has some really top tier looks in a few arcs as well (loved her look in dressrosa and wano), but i hate that by taking away her bangs, as well as making her face and her eyes rounder, they just turned her into yet another nami clone :/

also not to mention that they totally whitewashed her.

OH and please for the love of god i'm keeping my fingers crossed that they cast an older actress for her role.

the opla has done a really good job in their choice of actors as far as i've seen, so i've some hope, but there are two big casting choices that are going to make or break season 2 for me right now and they are

they better fucking not either make Ilia lose weight, or recast Alvida altogether post devil fruit

i want an older woman of color to be cast as robin

[ashe-withane]

Watching 911 7x04 and I’ve decided I’m live reacting but I’m keeping it all one post so:

Did Buck just say he doesn’t date people he meets on calls??

Also the look on Eddie’s face when Buck said that lmao

Chim. “hey Joey”. Sir.

Not Maddie FaceTiming

JOSH

“Eddie was in the army” Buck bringing up Eddie any chance he can get

Keeping your options. Fluid. Hmm.

VEGAS??

Harry recast? Interesting.

Hmmm what is Bobby thinking?

RAVI!!!!!!!!!! OMG yay!!

“Both like watching half naked men pummel each other.” Buck.

The “you meet someone and you just click” thing. I feel like Eddie knows exactly what he’s doing.

“When do you think you’ll see him again?”

Eddie asking Buck to watch Christopher pleeeeeaase oh my goddddd

I love Maddie “Is it circled with a heart around it?”

The fact that Buck doesn’t even like basketball……. oh dear

I thought Athena was gonna come back with a GLASS of water not a whole pot omg

Not Buck trying to look impressive for Eddie in the gym??? Help???

Buck. Are you kidding me. 🏀 📦

Actually so much second hand embarrassment I can’t take it

Eddie fully ignoring him ahahaha

The face blindness story is so sad :(

Buck acting surprised oh my god

“Basketball beard” BEARD??????? This could not get queerer.

OH SHIT

OWWWW

Could be a FRACTURE????

“It’s about making it home alive.” Fuck.

“And a really great mom” stop I’m crying

I thought it was gonna be Eddie at the door but it’s Tommy ooooh

Buck looks so pleased that Christopher talks about him awww

Are they flirting or am I seeing things.

“Trying to get your attention has been kind of exhausting.” What. Oh my god. Is this actually happening?????

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD HOLY FUCK

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I've never been a huge fan of superhero comics, but as soon as I heard about Batman '89 I had to check out the boxset. These are sequels to the original movie series from the 70s and 80s using the likenesses of the actors; Christopher Reeves, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Michael Keaton, Billy Dee Williams, Michelle Pfeiffer, plus a bunch of new characters based on the celebrities who would have been cast to play them had these sequels been made back then. I don't know how faithful the Superman comic is, but I grew up on the original Batman movies and this is everything I could have hoped for. It is a direct sequel to Batman Returns, ignoring the events (and recasts) of Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. I have a soft spot for Forver, I hate Robin with a passion, but Returns was always my favorite of the four because of Catwoman and the Penguin, so it's nice to see the story continuing into the 90s. I doubt this is exactly how it would have gone had the studio greenlit Keaton Batman 3, especially if they handed it over to Tim Burton again, but it's a surprisingly deep story about race relations and police brutality and it's definitely a movie I wish I could have seen on tape as a kid.

Please, for the love of God, do not let Warner Bros adapt it to screen with digitally de-aged actors and AI voices... Let it stay on the page.

They're continuing the story with another sequel, Batman '89: Echoes this November, so I'm looking forward to reading it. They also have Batman '66 based on the Adam West show, so I'll have to check that out eventually.

[thosemintcookies]

Genuinely I have no hope for the new DD series.

They're really trying to backtrack on Ben's death when it unequivocally shouldn't have happened. It looks bad. You literally made him a black man just to kill him forgetting that he's actually a huge part of matt's life and a close friend and moves the story forward a lot.

They're gonna kill foggy. I wouldn't have cared if they recasted but foggy is matt's best friend, his subtextual life partner, and matt's primary anchor into the real world. They're treating foggy like he's a civilian sidekick when he's not. he's a proxy romantic lead.

looks like they want another matt love triangle. girl those are boring i'm so tired. I'm SO tired. Matt's love life should be like 20% or less of his character bc his personality is his being autistic about the law coming to a head with his Need to Help that causes him so much distress he needs to throw up but all the time.

Bringing in heather is fine but really they should have brought in milla because there's an in built story to explore with her job. but god forbid we have to have another disabled character of lasting importance on the show where the guy very notably is disabled. It's not like it would be refreshing to actually lean into a non-superpowered character with a disability or anything.

Hell they should bring in Becky. We need a non-love interest woman who is matt's age. please. I'm begging you. He's a pasty little nerd like yes he's had a lot of love interests but I promise it's actually a small number for 50 years and he literally has normal friends. Killing off foggy will further exacerbate the issue where it looks like he only talks to women around him who fetishize his blindness which is GROSS

Please for the love of god can we have 1 non-fisk centric story. Bring in stunt master or some shit i'm fucking begging

We're getting Muse but where is my boy sam??? Muse is SAM'S VILLAIN TOO. oh wait. I forgot this series has a thing against portraying asians as people who have their own agency AND who are not evil

[heartshapedcreaturefromcriptoon]

Yo since a supposed fan of Hazbin just legit kinda called my crippled ass "insane" for the crime off riffing of their hazbin post in the Hazbin Hotel tags with my own commentary, I was thinking about having a sense of whimsy and (finally) finding like at least an AMV to Daisies by Black Gyph0n .... The only problem is I've kind of grown to despise Gabriel C. Brown and Micheal Kovach and his cult... And despite having absolutely no beef whatsoever with our Pilot Girlies and still loving them to pieces ..... I honestly couldn't even bring myself to so much as try to listen to "Thank You! Goodnight!" or whatever it was because I was just so disappointed in all but one of The Pilot Boys behaviors regarding/after/during the recasting process and I realized it was mostly just a move to smooth the waters and make everything "okay" ... But I just didn't wanna deal with reading any of the inevitable whining in the comments and I just don't fuck with having a parasocial relationship with any of the cast members of this series and of course the one boy in the pilot cast that I did just so happen to not so accidentally catch a lil' teensy bit of a crush on just like probably the majority of y'all can admit to at this point and thus I'm doing everything in my power not to perceive him parasocially outside of my personal relationship to his voice work and to his characters in fanart and on screen ... Just wasn't there, like he wasn't even featured in that "Fair Well Song"!

SO! Ya' see, case and goddamn fucking point of this post before God forbid someone accuses of me of going on a seemingly unrelated "Insane" tangent on fuckin' tumblah' dot com ofs' alls' places...'!

Listening to "Daisies" doesn't seem right to me...

Listening to anything Hazbin related by Black Gyph0n post Hazbin Recast and Canon Series just doesn't seem right to me and just feels like a snub to Amir Talai and riding on him and Bosco's coat tails and it smells like someones unable to move on and I always thought "Insane" was overrated and over hyped anyway and actually hearing Bosco in "Radio Play" was much better and more sincere, if you will... Until Brown came in with his try-hard wannabe 6th Moroon5 Member bullshit and almost ruined the whole thing thing for and--

OOOOOH... my god? Disappointed, not in the least goddamn fucking bit surprised, honestly...

Oh, 4months okay good. Great. Oooh... Now I just have brave the dread of looking up The Better Pilot Voice Actor AND Singers' statements/opinions on this (if any have been given) and brace the agonizing 5 stages of grief of The Crush crushing my heart accordingly... Forgive me for this bit of "dark humor" given the context of this gif everyone, but all that's going through my mind now is:

And you know? Fuck it! It's Halloween and when I think "YOU", of course you all know I'm thinking of...

And yes I picked out the picture with the saxophone specifically because something tells me he'd appreciate.... Being remembered like this... :D

Please don't be about to tell me he's more of a stale old piece of Meatloaf IRL internet I very nearly love him! 🙏💔

... This would make a very cute quirky new MLP meme, actually, if you can't say anything nice or in support of victims because of awkward social obligations as the only true indie professional in this indie youtube game, cut off Gabriel C. Brown but keep your mouth shut! 🤐👀

Oh!

And of course you'd claim the nazi invented version of Autistic with a fuck ass haircut like that, thanks Gabe! You and Neil Gaiman!

And I know Medrano isn't obligated to give an answer to any of this but oh gee! I wonder why our resident neo nazi simp and Big Name Fan/dumb dramaz reporter and overlord incel of hazbin youtube ayylmao.tv just hasn't fandumb reported on this one yet, huh?! Because this one seems like doozy that would actually matter to people!

Oh yeah, the pissed off tone of this post was because I was about to go on a tangent about what the fuck "creating two separate canons through fanon work by retired voice actors" would mean for the fandom because I was elated to find out that Amir Talai was apparently the singing voice of this new song with Gabe as the writer but then upon further inspection I realize IT'S JUST A GODDAMN FUCKING AI COVER OF GABE'S UNNEEDED "FAN SONG" STEALING AMIR'S VOICE!!!!! WHICH JUST PROVES MY MISGIVINGS OF RETIRED TALENT CLINGING TO OLD RENDITIONS OF OLD CHARACTERS THEY'VE LONG SINCE PARTED FROM FOR DEAR LIFE AND SOCIAL RELEVANCE IN THE FANDUMB TO BE VALID!!!!!! AND SO THEN I GOOGLE IF THERE WERE ANY NEW CONTROVERSY AN OLD HAS-BEEN MIGHT'VE WANTED TO DISTRACT US FROM LATELY BY JINGLING SOME BAD NEW ELECTRO SWING IN FRONT OF US AND I FIND-- THAT!

So now I know that it is in fact just a distraction and I will NOT be engaging because the reason this thing exists is so much much worse than AI fodder that didn't need to be made-- It's a manipulative distraction that didn't need to be made from the SA allegations that had to... And much like I'm dreading the things I'll find once I look into this further..... I'm also dreading the inevitability of eventually coming across this Shitty Distraction Song (and it's Shitty AI Cover) going viral in videos and other snippets now (albeit just a little bit less...)

But yes... This shit?

THIS! Is why I also feel the need to always google The Crushes name before I post anything praising his decorum or his voice noises in this fandumb, because maybe one day, the ice will break for both our Elder Bambi's, instead of just the one, and that one King might tumble down into the same fiery bit of failure that the disgraced prince Gabriel Black Gryph0n is in right now, and then all we'll be left with is Our One True King of Woke Dad Cringe, Amir, who delivered us from the godforsaken "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!!!!!!!" of the cringy hunicast of Hazbin's past, unless of course, in good faith towards our Bisexual Vibe Giving, Intellectual Hottie Hot Hottie Talai now, I don't even wanna say it's a possibility though it's unfortunately crossing my due to the circumstances getting this dark and having me doubt spiraling right now and I want it out! So do forgive me for at least writing my worries down... 💀❤️‍🩹🙏

🎶Writing my worries, writing my cares...🎶

For the record, I'm a 30 year old Queerdo Adult who thinks that every single member of the current Hazbin Hotel Cast is so emotionally mature and just so physically and intellectually attractive and hot to me and I can't find more of a way to more respectively say that it's my right to find these mature adult actors and their beautiful souls that shine through just like? Attractive to me as an adult and like, I'm sorry that expressing a a sense of queer desire towards Real Actors on a semi private/small blog in the fandom tags for a queer cartoon but not just making everything about wanting to fuck cartoon characters and talking about how beautiful I find the real people behind them are instead for once, might read "weird" to you... But just like...

Those people are Goddesses and Gods, now I'm worried about my One Straight White YouTube Man I allowed myself to catch para social feefees for on what felt like a wild exposure therapy trip that at first felt like a weird "rebound crush" that I knew would be a byproduct of said Exposure Therapy if I decided take myself any further with The Experiment and no I will not be elaborating on what that is or what the fuck I'm talking about because, at the time, I was too wrapped in my own complicated feelings and experiencing a whirled wind of emotions and allowing myself to process through what it all meant. And I'm not ready process through all that and explain it now, but one day, sometime after it's done, I hope to.

All I can say for now about said Experiment is it has worked, and is still working for me, and although I am still hurting I know I am healing, and if I wasn't, I wouldn't be acknowledging this much so there's my proof of work right there.

And if news about someone else's sexual misconduct and certain "support" they might be getting and who may or may not be doing it is about to break my heart again, albeit on a much smaller scale, then I know I'll be alright again because I've got all of you and me and we have each other!

(Not the gif that I wanted but you get the point and it might more accurate for the feelings this post invokes/implies...)

Anyway, this post is ending on a much less raging, anxiety filled, fearful note than I intended it to considering the circumstances, so I think that I'm going to go to bed now and process through the findings and feelings brought on by this complicated mess tomorrow. Stay strong and goodnight, fam, just remember that I love all the friends I made being here more than anything and that I'm never leaving, no matter what happens! 💖💋 X.O