#ray stevenson

[undergroundrockpress]

Siouxsie Sioux by Ray Stevenson, New York, 1981

[danygn]

The Wolves 🌒

[manny-jacinto]

AHSOKA (2023-)

+ bonus detail

[booasaur]

Ahsoka - 1x06

[star-wars-forever]

For our friend, Ray

[podsn]

Rest in peace Ray Stevenson. He became a legend in the Star Wars universe. His portrayal of Baylan Skoll was absolutely incredible. His presence when onscreen was insane. He truly was an amazing actor and person ❤️

[bitter69uk]

Fun couple: a young Adam Ant (wearing a provocative Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood-designed t-shirt) and punk high priestess Siouxsie Sioux (draining a can of Carlsberg!) snapped backstage at The Music Machine venue in London by Ray Stevenson in 1977. Pop’s Prince Charming and King of the Wild Frontier Monsieur Ant (né Stuart Leslie Goddard, 3 November 1954) turns seventy today.

[isabelleneville]

@perioddramasource: Period Drama Appreciation Week 2024

day one | favourite period drama

R O M E 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 7 (created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald and Bruno Heller)

[enigma-the-mysterious]

AITA for trying to accomplish my father's dreams and hurting my best friend in the process?

Alright, here we go. So, I (30M) have been working on a pretty intense task for the last few years. I made a promise to someone very dear to me—my father, to be exact—that I would do whatever it takes to accomplish it. To do this, I had to take some drastic steps. We’re talking undercover stuff, working within a system that’s more rotten than an overripe jackfruit, all to get closer to taking down the enemy from the inside.

To accomplish this mission, I needed a special promotion. I have been putting myself through hell and back, but those racist assholes at higher up kept passing over me to promote Mediocre White Dude #57. Then a few months ago, I finally, FINALLY made some solid progress when my boss's wife guaranteed me the promotion if I could track down and arrest some anonymous dude who was proving to be a security issue for my boss. Pretty straightforward, right?

Now here’s the issue. At about the same time a few months ago, I met this guy; let’s call him A (26M) for now. My work-life balance had honestly been, well, shitty to say the least, thanks to my father's mission, and I barely had the time to socialize and make any meaningful connections in the city I moved in. Meeting with A had been a chance encounter too. Long story short, we clicked instantly and became fast friends. He is a great guy all around— smart, funny, passionate, good natured, kind, helpful— just about everything you can possibly wish for in a friend (although he could be a little naive sometimes).

But here’s the kicker: a few days earlier, I found out that A has been lying to me about... basically EVERYTHING! ALL this time. He is not from the city; the people he claimed to be his family are not even related to him. Even his name isn't A, it's B! But what's worse is that he is exactly the guy I was supposed to arrest. And he was on a mission too. Except his mission was not targeting my boss, it was to rescue someone— his sister M (9F) to be exact— my boss and his wife had kidnapped and enslaved (long story). Yup, that’s right, we were on opposite sides without even realizing it.

Things escalated quickly. I... well… I had to make a choice. I chose to betray him to keep up my own cover and stick with my father's mission. And yeah, it was brutal— there was a literal fight to the death involved. I tried to convince him at first to surrender without fighting, but of course B didn't listen and refused to back down. I can’t even begin to explain how much it hurt to turn on someone I came to respect, even love…. uhh…. like a brother, of course.

And then, to rub salt to the wound, once I arrested him, my boss (FUCK HIM FUCK HIM FUCK HIM FUCK DIE BITCH) ordered me to flog B publicly till he fell to his knees and begged for mercy. Yeah, those were his exact words, that bastard! I felt like I had no choice, so I did what I was told. And it was one of the worst days of my life. I kept asking B to kneel so I could end the torture, but he is one stubborn and tough motherfucker and decided he would rather suffer through a public torture session than kneel. My dickface boss and his bitch wife weren't satisfied with how little blood I was drawing out of B, so they kept escalating the torture until B couldn't take it anymore and fell unconscious.

I ended up hurting him so badly, both physically and emotionally. It is fucking me up, honestly. I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't even get out of my bed right now. I honestly feel like dying.

So, AITA for betraying and hurting my best friend to accomplish my father's mission? I did what I thought was necessary to save countless lives, but I can’t shake the feeling that maybe I went too far.

Edit: No, B did not know that I worked for the people who kidnapped his sister. He did not befriend me to take advantage of my position, as some of you have been implying. He did not, I repeat, he did NOT betray me. If anyone has betrayed and wronged him, it's me!

Edit 2: No, I didn't tell B my real intentions and my father's mission. Didn't you read the post? I am working UNDERCOVER!

[jakud]

Two Wolves (2023)

[nkp1981]

The wide shots in Star Wars always look epic

[undergroundrockpress]

The Roxy, London, 1977. Photo by Ray Stevenson.

[illuminatedquill]

YO.

I’m watching Sabine’s Mandalore arc in Rebels season 3 and there’s some CRAZY foreshadowing here for her in Ahsoka.

I’m at the scene where Ursa betrays Sabine and hands over Kanan, Ezra, and the Darksaber to Gar Saxon on the promise that he not harm her daughter.

And Gar Saxon - voiced by RAY STEVENSON who played Baylon Skoll in Ahsoka - drops this line to Sabine.

“Your mother betrayed everything you believe in to save you.”

Maybe foreshadowing isn’t quite the right word (since Filoni hadn’t even written Ahsoka yet) here, but what Ursa did basically being the template for Sabine’s actions to save Ezra ten plus years later is BONKERS.

Sabine’s actions echo her mother’s in such an uncanny way. It has to be a coincidence since this was written way before Ahsoka but, damn, what a striking parallel.

Ursa practically handed Mandalore and two of the last living Jedi over to the Empire’s rule. And Sabine gave Thrawn the key to his return and the potential resurgence of the Empire.

They both made the same choice: exchanging innocent lives for a loved one’s safety (albeit Sabine’s choice was on a galactic scale).

You could literally use that same line Gar Saxon delivers with one minor change - this time to a devastated Ezra.

“Sabine betrayed everything you believe in to save you.”

Like mother, like daughter.

I’m losing my marbles over this. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.

[skyshipper]

@PSCENTRAL​ EVENT 20: ANTAGONISTS BAYLAN SKOLL & SHIN HATI - AHSOKA (2023)

[shutupcrime]

@dexter morgan you are not a sociopath you are just bi and autistic

[star-wars-forever]

Bayan Skoll

by Talon M. Newton