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girl-in-the-library · 5 years ago

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(SPOILERS)Kylo Ren doesn't deserve the redemption he got (SPOILERS)

Just saw the Rise of Skywalker and there's a lot to talk about. Now, I'm no star wars scholar. I'm a casual fan who has only seen the original series a few times, and I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen the prequels all the way through. I know nothing about the extended universe. I think, for as much as I enjoy star wars, I'm not a superfan, and I have a pretty neutral feeling. With that said...

Honestly? Overall I had a lot of fun. I nearly cried every moment Carrie Fisher was on screen. Daisy Ridley as Rey continues to be brilliant. Finn and Poe are absolutely played as a married couple by John Boyega and Oscar Isaac, in spite of the literal words in the dialogue trying to do something else. It had the pew pew and the neeerow of the lasers and lightsabers and I honestly really enjoyed it.

However; some points of complaint: they did Rose dirty (her introduction in the second movie seemed weird and forced but they made her a main character who was amazing and then they just push her aside for nothing???), introduced yet another love interest for Finn to continue to completely avoid FinnPoe, or even FinnRey and FinRose, and it had several otherwise completely unnecessary heterosexual interactions between characters that could have just been friends (Poe and his dust crew buddy whose name I can't remember). All leading to the Reylo kiss. Ughhhh. Not only unnecessary, but actively awful. The theater I was in was silently watching the movie and when they kissed you could hear quite clearly my friend and my joint groans of disgust. If you wanted that to happen, hey, I'm happy for you, but, boy do I think that did both characters a disservice.

Them being two sides of a coin and connected by the Force would have and could have been amazingly interesting if treated exclusively as a Force connection, and not some kind of love soulmate thing. They are the light from darkness and darkness from light, and in the end, they made the choices to do and be Good. Cool. Excellent.

But this brings me to my point about Kylo Ren. I don't mind that he got a perspective shift and came to the Light Side. I don't mind that Rey nearly killed him, then healed him, prompting him to imagine his father and reevaluate his entire life. If he had joined the final battle and been like, "Hey, Ben here," I can't say I would have been happy about it, but I certainly expected something like that to happen in this type of feel-good-hero-adventure movie.

What I hate is that he became the hero. Sure, Rey did the hard work. She is the last jedi. She holds the power of all who came before and she is the one who carried on the legacy. Finn and Poe destroyed the ships and kept hope alive. But at the climax of the movie, Rey destroys Palpatine using everything she has and then dies. That's the great sacrifice, the great tragedy that befalls her. She saves the universe, saves her family, like her parents saved her. And this is the price she needed to pay.

But then...Kylo Ren...or, as he returned, Ben Solo, gave his life force energy to revive Rey, she wakes up, kisses him, and then he dies, disintegrating into dust. That eliminates her sacrifice and turns it into his. He ends up getting the karmic reward in death. He takes away the gravitas of Rey's choice and makes it all about the fact that he was finally on the right side of things, returning to his rightful place as a Skywalker, as seen when Leia disintegrated just as Ben did.

Sure, I didn't expect Rey to stay dead, but I would have literally preferred the tears of hope and love to revive her. You know, like in pokémon the first movie when Ash gets turned to stone/dies and then everyone cries and then he comes back to life? Yeah, that would have been a more satisfying resurrection then the whole Reylo thing.

Or you know what? The Force Ghosts surround her body, solemnly watching for one beat, two, when there's a pulse, she gasps, and her eyes fly open. That would have been perfect!

But instead, we have Rey's sacrifice turn to Kylo's sacrifice. It's because of him that we get our happily ever after. And that doesn't sit right with me.

I liked everything that happened after Rey came back to life, the hug, the burial of the lightsabers, the sunset on Tatooine. But the climax really frustrated me.

Kylo Ren didn't deserve redemption in the first place. He's an abuser, a manipulator, and a galaxy-wide genocidal murderer. If Han and Leia wanted to forgive him, that's their prerogative. If Rey did, well, I think that's problematic, but fine. Him switching sides to the Light at the end is predictable, but it shouldn't be seen as redemption when it's, at the very least, atonement.

But not only did he get redemption from the movie itself, he ends up being the catalyst for our happy ending. The fact we aren't celebrating Rey as a martyr is because he saved her.

He got Snape's ending - Bad guy who keeps doing bad things gets a hero's cosmic death. And I bet when Finn and that brand new love interest have a child (nothing against her character, I think she's really cool, but her reason to be in the story...? Born of sexism, racism, and hatred for Rey and Rose), that child will be named something like Kylo Ben Hux Lastname, after the bravest dead men Finm knew (you know, the one who saved Rey and the one who betrayed the first order and then saved his life one time not for any good reason other than hatred of another guy).

As I said, Kylo Ren becoming good was obviously happening. But he didn't deserve redemption from the movie itself, and he certainly didn't deserve the redemption he got.

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kerrosiff · 5 years ago

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Autistic or Autistic-Coded Characters Ranked, with examples

God Tier: Tina Belcher, Bob’s Burgers. Both obviously autistic-coded and relatable, yet not kept as a one-note joke or isolated from the rest of the cast.

Mid Tier: Alfred Jones from Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Basically any standard “blunt antisocial eccentric white guy”will likely fall into this category. Generally neither openly offensive nor particularly interesting.

Bottom Tier: Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory. Autistic-coded as a source of cheap humor by a show that refuses to acknowledge what it’s doing, basically written as an irritating bigoted robot whose colleagues all hate him.

Unparalleled Level of What The Fuck Tier: Daryll Macallister from A Wizard Alone. A character whose entire arc revolved so completely around the concept of his autism being a result of Satanic possession (and also infectious somehow) that the author ended up fully rewriting this book.

Weird Edge Cases: Severus Snape from Harry Potter (based on a real guy who was on the spectrum unbeknownst to JKR, who attributed his behaviour to, like, personality flaws, but still ended up writing a character who reads as pretty autistic).

Characters Who Are Autistic Because I Say They Are, And That’s That: Every character in a Pokemon game, Adelaide from Us, Jack Dante from Death Machine, Ben Solo from Star Wars, Carrie from, uh, Carrie and Calamity Jane from Deadwood.

#autism #actuallyautistic

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reifromrfa · 6 years ago

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Magic Moments: A Weasley Twins One-shot

Happy New Year, everyone!!!

This is my Secret Santa gift to @rozenwaffle ! <3 Not MM, but I really love the Weasley twins! I hope you like it <3

It was glorious.

The slow graceful motion of their youngest brother as the snowball thwacks against his cheek, the skin of his face rippling like a million ocean waves. The way his body free falls into the powdered snow, his open mouth being stuffed with beautiful white ice.

Fred and George snicker as they lean against the opposite sides of a tree, watching Ron fumble around, lifting his head and spitting snow out of his mouth.

"Fred! George! You foul gits!" Ron scrambles to his feet, eyes scanning the premises for the twins. When his eyes zone in on them, he's too late. Another snowball arcs across the air and lands on his face, the impact and his unsteady footing making him fall into the icy sea again.

The twins let out a sigh and shake their heads in mock sadness.

"What do you think, George?"

"I dunno, Fred. This one seems to be lacking in the brains department."

"Could it be because--"

"--we dropped him when he was a baby?"

Ron hobbles to his feet but the twins raise their wands and flick them towards their brother. Snow hovers into the air, forming two round balls before zooming towards the youngest male Weasley. Ron dodges one, but gets slammed right on his forehead with the other.

Fred sighs. "What."

"A."

"Disappointment," both twins say together.

"Oh leave him alone. You two are bullies." Ginny says as she passes by from feeding the chickens.

"We can't help it." Fred speaks up.

"He's an easy target." George pipes up.

"And besides..."

"He needs to toughen up."

"Be a man."

"Well he can also be a woman."

"We'd still accept him."

"Little Rona."

"Ronnie."

"Rosemary Alexandria Maria Dorothy Elizabeth Wumpykins."

"The Third."

Ginny shakes her head but she can't help the smile at her older brothers' antics. They are so silly, so outrageous. Two identical trouble-makers. Some twins strove hard to be different. But with Fred and George, they seemed to want to be identical in every way possible...if only to confuse and play pranks on the gullible victims.

Ron finally manages to get up and he scoops up a handful of snow, eyes focused on the two smirking faces gazing back at him. The twins aren't even moving from their position, their postures relaxed as they stare down their brother, watching as Ron decided who he would aim for.

Ron's gaze finally lands on George, but as the ball flies towards the younger twin, George merely ducks and straightens, the frozen slush landing on the ground behind him.

"Going to have to do better than that, Ron."

Fred chuckles but suddenly his face feels cold, the shock of the cold ice making him push himself off the tree, running a hand down his face. Ginny is already scooping up another handful of snow, rolling it around her hands traditionally, without the use of magic.

"SABOTAGE!" George bellows, kicking off the tree and running to the side of the yard. He bends down as he runs, filling his hand with snow before chucking it behind him, at his sister.

But Ginny dodges it easily, sprinting across the snow in chase of her brother. She gasps though when ice hits the back of her neck, some of it rolling down her shirt.

"Don't let your guard down, sis!" Fred snickers behind her, rolling another ball and aiming for Ron. Said Weasley is scooping up handfuls of snow, rolling them together to create a bigger counter-attack. However, when he throws it, Fred runs diagonally. Thus, Ron's ball meets the ground once again.

Ron is further annoyed when he hears Fred and George's laughs being carried by the wind. Quickening his pace, Ron closes the gap then hurls his body forward, tackling his older brother to the ground.

"Man down!" George shouts, doing a U-turn and running towards his two brothers, who were rolling around. Ginny hurls an attack at her brother and George lets out a strangled cry as the small round ball of ice hits his arm. “Another man down! Ahhhhh I’m hit, Fred!” George does a dramatic twirl then proceeds to free fall onto the powdery snow, making Ginny laugh at her brother's antics.

"George, NOOOOO!" Fred exclaims just as dramatically. With renewed energy, he hurls his younger brother off him and crawls to his twin, the entire scene making the two younger Weasleys snort and chuckle.

"Go on without me, Fred." George says, feigning a cough.

"No! Don't talk like that, George! We still need to nick that singing cauldron from Filch's office and place under Snape's bed!"

"No...I...I can't, Fred. It's too late for me. You need to finish our lifelong goal...solo."

"I won't accept it! I won't!" Fred clutches his brother's body and Ginny is howling in laughter, clutching her stomach as tears slipped down her cheeks.

"Good...bye...Fred." George closes his eyes and his body goes limp.

"NOOOOOOOO!" Fred roars in exaggerated slow motion, shaking his fist at the sky.

"Oy! Stop screaming I'm trying to sleep!" George tells him. In a heartbeat, the younger twin's fingers form into a fist, snow trapped in his hands. Then he slams the ball into his brother's face with a war-cry. Fred drops his twin's body, the cold slush jolting his system. He spits out the snow that got into his mouth and scrambles to his feet, George already running towards the house.

"I'll get you for this, George!"

Ron finally manages to land hits on his brothers, but by this point, the siblings are all laughing, tossing balls at each other.

There's nothing particularly amazing about the moment. Having a snowball fight in the middle of winter is actually the most cliche activity that teenagers could do. But to the siblings, everything in that exact moment feels magical.

After sometime, the four Weasleys lay on their backs in the snow, each looking at the twilight sky. They're catching their breaths, cheeks flushed, their clothes and hair dusted with snow. Fred found himself wishing for more moments like this…there’s something extraordinary in the most ordinary acts. And everyday should always be made into an extraordinary one.

“We should head back inside, mum will be calling for us soon.” Ginny remarks, sitting up and brushing off her coat.

“Yeah. I’m starving.” Ron adds, getting to his feet.

Fred and George are about to do the same when they hear a voice.

“What are you all doing there? You’ll drag snow into the house and you’ll have to clean up the mess,” comes Percy’s annoyed tone.

The twins look at each other. A mischievous smile is mirrored in each other’s faces —identical deviants.

“Say Percy…” Fred says, his hand slowly closing on the snow beneath him. George does the same.

“…would you care…”

“…for a…”

“…snowcone?”

The twins sit up, reel back their arm and throw their balls. Right into Percy’s irritated face.

It was glorious.

The slow graceful motion of their uptight brother as the snowball thwacks against his cheek, the skin of his face rippling like a million ocean waves. The way his body free falls into the powdered snow, his open mouth being stuffed with beautiful white ice.

“Run for it, Fred!”

“Right behind you, George!”

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unexpectedreylo · 6 years ago

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Bendemption Song Part 2: The Villain’s Redemption Arc/The Anti-Hero’s Journey

First, we have to ask: what kind of redemption arc is Ben getting? Mythcreants.com lists three kinds: sacrifice, temptation, and forgiveness.

A sacrifice arc is one where the redeemed villain does something good and ultimately sacrifices his/her life because of the gravity of the villain’s crimes. Darth Vader is given as an example: Vader kills Darth Sidious to save Luke, but in the process is mortally wounded. I would sort of put Gollum in this category and maybe Severus Snape too. In Ben’s case, a sacrifice arc is possible. I know those of us in Reylo-land don’t want to think about it, but I wouldn’t say it’s totally off the table. But to make you all feel better, I think there are problems with a sacrifice arc in this situation. Of all of the potential redemption arcs to use, this one is the easiest because it just repeats what was done in ROTJ. And “easy” usually carries the least amount of payoff. Two, it’s debatable whether Kylo’s crimes are so great, he cannot be allowed to survive. Fans who want revenge for Han’s death might have one view, Reylos might have another. It’s apparent though that Kylo’s rap sheet isn’t as long as his grandfather’s and Kylo is already showing far more remorse, regret, and conflict than Vader ever did. It’s also clear that Kylo was victimized as a youngster in a way Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker never was. Palpatine was a manipulator but he used flattery and kindness to snare Anakin while what Snoke did went back to when Ben was a fetus and it’s clear it wasn’t all “nice.” Three, it would collide with some narrative brick walls I will discuss in the third part of my Bendemption Song series.

The temptation arc and the forgiveness arc could end with the death of the character, but unlike the sacrifice arc, these two arcs also allow for the possibility of the character’s survival. Kylo’s arc could follow either one.

The temptation arc is where the character feels pulled to the good side as well as the bad and is in a battle to decide where he falls. Zuko from “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and Spike from “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” are given as examples. Kylo’s line in TFA, “I feel it again, the pull to the light,” signals his own struggle. He’s always being described as “conflicted.” I think this arc is a really good fit for him for this reason. If this is the route they go in IX, ultimately he will choose “the light,” or at least reject the dominance of the dark side over his entire personality. He will learn to integrate his shadow self, to use a Jungian term, and recognize the light side aspects of his personality are a strength, not a weakness.

The forgiveness arc is where the character has already forsworn villainy but has blood on his hands. Furiosa from “Mad Max: Fury Road” is given as an example. I would add Bucky Barnes and Loki from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as further examples. Most of what they are doing is trying to make up for past crimes, earning the trust and forgiveness of others, and reaching the point where they can forgive themselves. Had Kylo turned in TLJ, this would’ve been his arc for sure in IX. It’s still possible, but it would depend on how soon he turns. If it’s early in the movie, then a forgiveness arc might happen. If it’s in the second or third act in the film, then it’s too late for a forgiveness arc to occur and it will likely be a temptation or sacrifice arc instead.

When the writer has chosen the arc for the villain, there are certain things the writer must do to establish redemption.

The anti-hero is at first presented as purely villainous.

TFA largely shows Kylo Ren The Villain Who Does Bad Stuff. He kicks off the movie by killing Lor San Tekka, taking Poe prisoner and torturing him, and ordering his troops to burn down a village. He kidnaps Rey and attempts to enter her mind. He is shown later on as conflicted but he works up the nerve to kill off Dear Old Dad, then he fights Finn and Rey.

The anti-hero is humanized, often through a tragic backstory or showing they have good intentions.

Basically, everything that happens in TLJ. Kylo discards his mask and humanizes himself to Rey and by extension to us. The books reveal Snoke had been messing with Ben since he was in the womb. We learn of the tragic murder Luke almost commits, which turned Ben Solo into Kylo Ren.

Start Dropping Hints

This has already happened in TFA and TLJ. Hints include Kylo’s perpetual conflict, his less-than-enthusiastic reaction to committing Han-icide, his refusal to kill his mother, his lack of enthusiasm for blowing up planets, his bouts of gentleness/empathy/compassion for Rey, etc.. If you want an early sign in IX that Bendemption is going to happen, keep an eye out in the first act for the “Supreme Leader” to do something uncharacteristic for an evil despot. He might refuse to commit an atrocity against innocents, he might save a group of children (to counterpoint Anakin’s Great Youngling Massacre), or he might start to question the whole enterprise of the war. Perhaps he always makes sure Rey and her friends escape the First Order. Maybe he’ll be a “Fulcrum!” You never know.

Introduce A Good Influence

Obviously, that’s Rey. She can’t pick him up and drag him from the Dark Side, as she learned the hard way in TLJ, but she shows him just as she doesn’t have to live in anger, hurt, resentment, and fear, neither does he. She offers him forgiveness and the possibility of life beyond and better than what he has. If there’s any incentive at all for Kylo to change, it’s her.

You might have noticed these movies seem to be big on “girl power.” It’s as though the power of the feminine—all but destroyed by the end of the prequels, corrupted in the “Solo” era, and missing but for a few key figures in the original trilogy—is making a roaring comeback in the sequels. You might also have noticed that Kylo has a big problem with male authority figures (Han, Snoke, Luke) and male rivals (Hux, to some degree Finn). Yet who is the one relative to escape his wrath? His mother. Who does he finally open himself up to? Rey. This tells me Kylo is receptive to the power of the feminine and it’s likely his maternal ties and his deep connection with a woman will play an important part in his redemption.

I believe the original plan for IX was for Kylo to atone with his mother and this part of the story is so fundamental, there was no way to get around it ergo they are going to use footage of Carrie Fisher shot for TFA and TLJ. How they’ll use it is still a mystery. We’ll just have to see.

Less obvious is another good influence, and that’s Han Solo. Not only is Han genetically encoded in Kylo anyway, Han’s actions at the end of their encounter left an indelible mark on him in both a negative and a positive way. I think we’ll see the true beginning of his turn was at that moment; in fact it’s obvious from watching TFA Kylo almost left with his father.

Subtle Shift In Loyalty/The anti-hero goes through a phase of internal conflict, or their inner conflict is revealed/amplified. This is when he is waffling between good and evil./This internal conflict drives him toward Team Good.

While Kylo shows no inclination yet to join the Resistance, his loyalty in TLJ shifts from Snoke to Rey. It’s as close to Team Good as he has gotten in this trilogy so far. Of course, the shift wavers and he retreats to lead Team Evil. But his connection to and feelings for Rey remain, as demonstrated in his last scene in TLJ. This gives us hope for IX.

The anti-hero isn’t ready to be redeemed and he falls back toward Team Evil. This is often due to their own desires or temptations of another character. This usually involves a betrayal. The betrayal leads to them achieving a goal they had become evil in the first place to obtain.

Kylo doesn’t betray anyone besides Snoke but he decides he’d rather be Supreme Leader than be the Resistance’s new lightsaber-swinging hero, which breaks poor Rey’s heart.

Villain Becomes Unhappy With Team Evil/The anti-hero realizes he made a mistake. The goal isn’t what he wanted after all or it backfires on him.

Kylo’s going to find that heavy is the head that wears the crown, isolated and having to watch his back at all times. I don’t see Kylo as an ideologue as I see him as using the First Order to get back at his family and their value system and latching onto Snoke because he feels like he doesn’t belong anywhere else. In IX, that family will be mostly gone and Snoke’s dead. The only things holding Kylo to the First Order would likely be his desire for power and control, despair, guilt, and fear of being on his own. But even those may not be enough. Kylo could question further the First Order’s goals and methods. In addition, I predict Hux will stage a coup against Kylo by turning the First Order’s leaders and money guys, and possibly even the Knights of Ren, against him.

This realization leads him to repent and seek to fight for Team Good.

I think he will likely approach Rey first and once she indicates she is willing to forgive him, he will come to fight alongside her.

The Villain Must Stop A Great Evil And Make A Great Sacrifice

While a new, hitherto unknown threat could be the great evil in IX, I doubt they will introduce one this late in the game. Likely the great evil will be the First Order or something connected to it.

Dave Filoni said during The Clone Wars panel at SDCC 2018 the true conflict in Star Wars was between selfishness and selflessness. In order to be redeemed, Kylo MUST do something selfless. It will likely be something very risky to life and limb to correct his error and stop the First Order. The greater the error, the greater the potential sacrifice will be. I will stress that a willingness to sacrifice your life isn’t an automatic death sentence in film and literature.

It will show tremendous growth if he is also willing to sacrifice the possibility of a life with Rey. As Yoda said in ROTS, you must let go of everything you fear to lose. Think back to how possessive Anakin was with Padmé in ROTS (“you will not take her from me”) versus how Han Solo was willing to let Leia choose Luke, not knowing they’re twins, if that’s what would make her happy. I could see Kylo letting Rey choose another, if anyone, if that’s what she wanted or asking Finn or Poe to take care of her if something were to happen to him.

A willingness to abdicate power, wealth, and status are great sacrifices as well. So is a willingness to completely change your value system and goals. I think Ben will do all of the above.

The Villain Must Show Remorse

In Ben’s case, this is VERY important. I think one reason why some fans are very unforgiving of him is because they don’t think he yet shows sufficient remorse. Regardless, the audience has to believe his turn is sincere by witnessing him acknowledge his misdeeds and express mourning, sorrow, and regret for committing them. The signs are there in TLJ and TFA but we need to see more. I’m talking about big ugly sobbing here. At the same time, he cannot wallow for long in despair and guilt or else he’ll be at best worthless and at worst, he can be drawn back to the Dark Side. He can’t punish himself by refusing forgiveness, kindness, or mercy. Showing remorse has to be cathartic, it cannot be a perpetual state of existence.

I predict that a significant part of IX will be about Ben integrating his shadow self, Kylo. How will he do this? He needs to release his anger, resentment, and hurt instead of clinging to them like a security blanket. He has to forgive those who have hurt him: Luke, his parents, Rey, even Snoke. Most importantly, he has to forgive himself. Once he has done these things, he can finally be in control of his emotions, letting himself feel freely but without being overtaken by them.

The villain finds direction, a problem in need of solving; humbles himself

For a character like Ben, this probably means taking on an insane, undoubtedly suicidal mission on behalf of Team Good, providing insider information on Team Evil, and of course putting his Force-skills—likely in conjunction with Rey’s—to work. He won’t do it expecting thanks; this is to prove his worth, earn trust, and of course, attempt in some way to make up for what he has done.

The villain is forgiven

Rey will happily forgive Ben if he decides to side with her. It seems she has already forgiven him for his pre-TLJ crimes and will forgive him again when the time comes. The question is whether anyone else will. Leia, if she’s alive by that time, definitely. I think Chewie will come around and when he reconciles with Ben, there won’t be a dry eye in the theater. It’ll be a big moment if/when Ben reclaims everything that had once been his or should’ve been his: a relationship with Chewie, the Falcon, Artoo and Threepio, his mother’s cause, etc..

Would Finn forgive Ben? Maybe, especially if it’s for Rey’s sake. Poe would be a hard sell. Kylo Ren had brutally tortured him and he’s not likely to just forget all about it. On top of that, he’s a True Believer. I can see him being very skeptical of Ben turning and not exactly willing to let bygones be bygones. But that’s okay. Not everyone needs to forgive Ben by the time the credits roll.

And then what?

The very end of the arc is the question of whether the redeemed villain lives or dies. I will answer that question in the next part, “Live Or Let Die.”

Check out Part One if you haven’t already!

#reylo #reylo fam #meta #kylo ren #ben solo #redemption #bendemption #episode ix

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ao3feed-snape · 4 years ago

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The Third Skywalker

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by DarthPel, TheDeadGirlRisen

Palpatine wanted a better apprentice. Voldemort wanted the Chosen One dead.

Neither got their way, instead, Harry Potter became Harry Skywalker, as he went on to grow up along side his brother, Luke Skywalker.

What happens when you mix the hijinks' of a Sith Lord, spatial magic, and a lil too handsy pair of twins along multiple timelines.

Words: 4509, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of The Third Skywalker (triology)

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Lily Evans Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Petunia Evans Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Sheev Palpatine | Darth Sidious, Anakin Skywalker | Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Bail Organa, R2-D3, R2-D2 (Star Wars), Yoda, C-3PO (Star Wars), Rogue Squadron - Character, Naasade Squadron, Han Solo, Beru Whitesun, Uncle Owen, Boba Fett, Ahsoka Tano

Relationships: Harry Potter & Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter & Owen Lars, Owen Lars & Luke Skywalker & Beru Whitesun, Beru Whitesun & Harry Potter, Harry Potter & Leia Organa, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Harry Potter, Luke Skywalker & Han Solo, Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker, Harry Potter & Ivy Potter, Sirius Black/Lily Evans Potter, Harry & Ahsoka

Additional Tags: #DeadGirlApproved, Palpatine ruins everything, ElderBlood!Harry, Manipulative Sheev Palpatine, Daddy Vader, Dead James, Good Parent Darth Vader, Harry can't carry a lightsaber, Yoda doesn't train harry, biased Yoda, Twin Potters, Underage Drinking, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse

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xx-thedarklord-xx · 7 years ago

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Virginity is a Gift, Use it Well

So, I am horribly stuck when coming to this series of mine. I am rereading it in the hopes to pick up on the muse that was once there and decided to post a snippet on here. I suppose it is longer than a usual snippet but, oh well. *Shrugs*

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Normally, the warm heat of the classroom would have lulled Draco into a sense of calm. Normally, the heady aroma of the ingredients and the bubbling cauldron would have him at ease in the knowledge that this was the only thing in his life that he could control. Normally, he would have spent several minutes finding the perfect way to ruin Potter’s potion by now. Normally, he would be halfway into a loud debate regarding whether Weasley’s father was going to sell one of their children to keep food on the table.

Only, Potter and Weasel were ruining this by being bloody weird.

Today, Snape had them partnered up. Typically, that meant that Granger and Weasley were a unified front, especially considering the two were now an item. Draco shuddered at the thought. Salazar, he wasn’t sure which one had the worst of it in regard to the relationship. He wouldn’t wish either of them on another person.

Instead of Potter teaming up with Longbottom, he chose to partner with Weasley at the back of the room. He had seen Granger frown at them in suspicion, so whatever was going on, she was just as clueless as he was. Which he figured was her karma for being so insufferable in the first place. Serves her right.

It wasn’t necessarily that they teamed up that was so odd, it was their unusual behavior. They had been arguing from the moment they arrived, leading Draco to assume they had been quarrelling long before they reached the classroom.

Since they were behaving out of character, he decided to work in the back of the room as well. Naturally, of course.

Snippets of their not-so-quiet whispered debate had reached his ears from time to time. He didn’t have as much time as them to gossip, since he was flying solo on the potion. Zabini had been foolish enough to take that drivel the Weasel twins were selling to get out of class. It had worked as intended, he fainted alright, just never woke up. The other end of the disgusting sweet hadn’t worked as it should. So, the unfortunate bastard was lying in the hospital wing, missing out on all of this oddness.

“Have you gone mental?” Weasel’s unpleasant voice carried over to where Draco was studiously counting his counterclockwise stirs.

“I know you don’t understand it, Ron.” The frustration in Potter’s tone had him arching a curious brow.

“That’s the only thing you have said all day that makes sense!” A pause. “Of course I don’t understand it. Are you sure you haven’t been cursed or poisoned?”

The scoff Potter released was so harsh, Draco wondered if it had hurt. Couldn’t hurt to wish, right?

“I take offense to that.” Potter crossed his arms and stirred the potion the wrong way. Bloody idiot. The instructions were clearly on the board and yet the golden boy wondered why Severus treated him so badly.

“It isn’t something I just decided on a whim, you know. I thought long and hard about this. It’s what I want to do.” Draco furrowed his brows as he wondered what they could be talking about. He hated that he was getting so caught up in this. It wasn’t as if they actually mattered. He shook his head as he decided to just ignore them. With his resolve firmly planted, he focused on his work.

“Besides, it’s my arse on the line. Literally.”

Draco could practically see his resolve burning in a spectacular show of mental Fiendfyre. The statement had him horribly hooked and he begrudgingly hung onto wherever this argument was taking them. Damn Potter.

“Oh God.” Weasel let out a pitiful moan, almost to the point of exaggeration. “Are you trying to make me ill? Is that what you are aiming for? Because if so, then just send me to Hospital Wing now.” Well, no one said the Weasleys weren’t dramatic.

Potter huffed as he threw in way too many bat spleens. Draco knew the potion was unredeemable now. There was a flash of vindication that filled him as the putrid smell of their concoction wafted around the room.

“Potter, Weasley.” The two in question startled in surprise to see Snape towering over them with a sneer in place and anger raging in narrowed eyes.

“I sincerely detest interrupting your important conversation. So important that you have neglected to use your brains. Limited as they were to begin with.” Draco couldn’t stop the smirk if he had tried.

Weasley spluttered inelegantly. Not that Draco expected anything less.

“Which one of you dunderheads thought it would be a brilliant idea to use Billywig Sting instead of Billywig Slime?”

All eyes were now on their table, so Draco felt no shame in leaning forward to observe them better.

“It would appear that you need glasses Weasley. The instructions are written right there.” The man gestured behind him to the board. “Unless of course, you just can’t read.”

Ah. The red hue to the freckled face was always one of Draco’s favorite sights to see. Whether Weasley was shamed or angered, it mattered none. The result led to the boy being uncomfortable and that was always Draco’s goal.

“If it was you Potter, then I fear you are a lost cause. Can’t cite that you can’t see, now can you?”

If there was anything that Draco liked better than an angry Weasley, was definitely an angry Potter. The way the other boy’s vivid green eyes darkened in rage was honestly a sight to see. It always fueled his own satisfaction every time he got under Potter’s skin.

“No, sir.” Potter spat out as he clenched his fists.

Snape vanished the contents of the wretched potion with a lazy flick of his wand. “Zero marks, again.” There was a smirk quirking at the corner of thin lips. “I want a thirteenth-inch essay on where you went wrong and how you could have fixed your mistakes. Due next class.” A billowing of black robes and the man was on his way back to his desk.

“Longbottom, five points from Gryffindor for not letting your classmates know they were making a mistake.”

Draco had to hold in the low whistle that was threatening to come out. Merlin, his head of house was on form today.

“But Sir-” Granger piped up in confusion but also with a horribly annoying persistence.

“Don’t question my decisions. Another five points.” Draco bit his lip in an attempt to stall his laughter as he began to bottle his potion into several vials.

When they were dismissed, Draco noted that Weasley and Potter were still arguing with each other. He couldn’t deny that his interest had been piqued a long time ago. Despite being close to the doors, the two had waited for everyone else to leave before heading out. That alone sparked enough of a reason to follow them at a slower pace.

“See what I mean? Just talking about it ruined our potion. Imagine actually following through with it!” Ron pointed out as they left the room.

Harry sighed heavily. He was sick of this argument. He just wished Ron would let it go already.

“Yes, because our hypothetical discussion was what ruined the potion. It couldn’t possibly be our lack of attention.” He rolled his eyes at his best friend.

“Don’t get caught up in the details.” Ron warned. “That is beside the point. Explain to me again why you want to do this.”

Harry grabbed Ron’s elbow to drag him down the opposite direction the rest of the class had gone. He didn’t want to be overheard.

“I already told you. I feel as if things with Voldemort are going to pick up soon and I don’t want to die a virgin, not if I can help it.”

Ron leaned up against the wall with pinched brows and a mouth curled in distaste. “I can understand that, I can. But why does it have to be him?” The last word was said with more confusion than disgust but the message was still clear.

The question wasn’t one without merit. Harry had been asking himself that for months. Even after everything that had happened between the two of them, he couldn’t help but gravitate towards the other boy. It was as if they were two magnets on opposite ends of a room. Despite their hectic lives trying to keep them at warring ends, they kept inching forward until they met in the middle with such force that it ended in harsh fights and horrid insults. He looked back to Ron a little helplessly.

When they locked eyes, Harry tried to convey what he was feeling with a meaningful glance. There was frustration mounting inside of himself at not really knowing his own feelings on the matter. For whatever reason, it did have to be him. It was always him.

“There’s just something about him, you know?”

“Fuck no.” Ron vehemently shook his head. “Unless you are talking about a stuck-up git with an unhealthy fascination for his father, then yes, I do know.”

Harry rolled his eyes. “Why are you begrudging me of my choice? I am not saying I am going to marry him. I just want him to shag me senseless.”

“What did I tell you about sending me to the Hospital Wing?” Ron’s face had turned a sickly green shade, causing Harry to let out a low chuckle in response.

“I wish I hadn’t told you.” Harry mumbled as he ran his fingers through his hair. “I knew you weren’t going to agree with me but I didn’t think you would push the issue like this.”

“I am your best friend.” There was an almost hurt quality to his tone. “And as your best friend, it is my duty to make sure that you don’t make the biggest mistake of your life by sleeping with someone like that.”

Harry’s mouth twitched. “His qualities are the very reason I want him.” He pointed out.

“You really have been cursed, haven’t you?”

Harry couldn’t help but laugh at the seriousness to Ron’s facial expression.

“Why don’t you pick someone else? What about Ginny? I am sure she would be okay to sleep with you. She’s fancied you for ages.”

“Are you seriously offering up your sister?” Harry asked incredulously.

“Desperate times call for desperate measures, Harry.”

Harry groaned and knocked his head against the wall. “Even if we were to ignore the fact that she is like a little sister to me, she doesn’t have the things I am looking for.”

Ron scoffed before scowling. “What is that? A permanent sneer and a holier-than-thou attitude? Because I got to tell you, those are horrible qualities in a person.”

“When Ginny magically grows a cock and loses the breasts, then we can have this conversation again.” Harry said rather dryly.

“Oh sweet Merlin.” Ron shuddered violently. “What a horrible mental image! Don’t ever say that again.”

“I was trying to make a point. I don’t want your sister. I don’t want a girl. I want a boy. Preferably him.”

“Say he turns you down, or makes a mockery of you. Then what are you going to do?” Asked Ron with a hint of worry. Harry knew his friend was only looking out for his well wishes but the repetitive conversation was taking its toll on him.

“I guess I’ll have to come up with a backup plan.” He paused for a moment. “Do you think if I was of age, Snape would ever…” Harry trailed off expectantly.

The way Ron spluttered and then choked, probably shouldn’t have amused Harry so much.

“No. Hell no. What is wrong with you?” Ron was as pale as Nearly Headless Nick. “Are you a masochist? Because you are just asking for pain. First him and now Snape.”

Harry grinned widely. “I suppose I could be. I’ll have to explore that at a later date.” He really was having too much fun. Watching the different hues Ron’s face could turn was the highlight of his day so far.

“That isn’t a backup plan. That is suicide.” Ron shook his head rapidly. “I can’t let you proposition that dungeon bat. That would make me the worst friend in the history of shitty friends. I guess I will have to settle for your first option.” The reluctance was thick.

Harry perked up immediately. “You mean that? You aren’t going to question me anymore?” Regardless of what Ron thought about the whole thing, he was going to do it anyways. It just would be nice to have the support of his best friend.

“Oh, I’m going to question you about it. Probably wonder what the hell you were thinking for the rest of our lives. Then, I am going to silently and publicly judge you.”

“But…?” Harry grinned widely at the resigned sigh the redhead let out.

“But I will respect your decision.”

It took a lot of willpower to not whoop out loud. But Harry figured his giant grin was good enough.

“It isn’t exactly going to be easy.” Ron mused as he scratched his chin. “You don’t have the best history with each other.”

Harry rolled his eyes. That was entirely obvious.

Ron released a resigned sigh. “What are you going to do, walk up to Malfoy and say, ‘I know you’ve been an utter prat for almost five years but do you think you can stick your cock up my arse, so that I won’t die a virgin?’”

Before Harry could so much as roll his eyes, a new voice spoke up.

“What an intriguing offer.” The drawling voice had their eyes widening. Harry was filled with mild horror and drowning in embarrassment. Merlin, help him.

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Here is to hoping that my muse magically appears as I try to finish this series. If you are interested in reading the rest of this story, have no fears. That is done and already has a sequel, or two. Check it out here.

#Drarry #Draco Malfoy #Harry Potter #harry x draco #draco x harry #Snippet #Need a muse

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thereysofskywalker · 7 years ago

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TLJ Spoiler-y review, pettiness, and info about this blog’s future under the cut!

I really didn’t hate the movie. I managed to enjoy it. Especially from a cinematographic standpoint, it was very well done.

John Boyega was my favorite, without a doubt. He did not get enough screentime - which is one of my issues with the movie - but the screentime that he did get was beautiful. I love him. Also, “Where’s Rey?” was BEAUTIFUL. My favorite scene was Finn killing Phasma!

Oscar, Daisy, and Kelly did great too! Honestly, everyone did. I hate Kylo Ren’s goth Snape looking ass but I do think Adam Driver is a great actor. AND MARK AND CARRIE. KILL ME OMG.

LUKE AND ARTOO’S CONVERSATION WAS THE BEST. WHEN R2 PLAYED THE “HELP ME OBI-WAN KENOBI” MESSAGE I DIED.

I was so so so happy to see Luke training Rey. It was so good. ALSO. SASSY LUKE. Good shit.

Also, the porgs were cute.

Now...onto the negatives.

Luke trying to kill Kylo? What the fuck??? Yes, I understand that he regretted it immediately and literally exiled himself, but still. Luke would not do that, regardless of how much he feared someone. It’s so out of character!

I didn’t like the Finnrose. Finn and Rey’s reunion hug was adorable, but I don’t like how Rose and Finn were the ones to kiss. I will admit that I found Rose’s crush on Finn cute (and relatable) but I don’t like Finnrose. I can’t see it as anything but one-sided. It may grow on me, but eh.

I still do not think that R*ylo has much basis in canon, but it’s clear that Rian wanted some. I hate it. The forcebond shit was so weird?? Like. Why.

Also, I OBVIOUSLY did not like Rey random, because....lmao. look at my blog’s theme. (if anyone is reading this in the future and I have since changed themes, I am currently a ReySky blog) Here’s the thing. It literally didn’t make sense! At all! Years of curiousity just to here Kylie Renner say “lol ur parents were randos who sold u for drinking money. ur a nobody #lolz BUT NOT TO ME!!!!11111!!” No. No. No.

What happened to “Rey’s parents are obvious in TFA”? Nothing about this was obvious! What happened to all of the PARALLELS? Even if you’re against ReySky, you have to admit, there a bunch of parallels.

Now, Kylie could very well be lying, but what does it matter? Luke is...well, you know. I can’t even bring myself to type it! I thought it wouldn’t matter if she isn’t a biological Skywalker because at least her and Luke would still have an awesome mentor/student relationship that resembles that of a parent and their child but no!! Sure, he’ll probably be a Force Ghost in 9. I get that. But...ugh. I just. I don’t know.

I didn’t expect him to emerge from the Sequel Trilogy alive. I’ll admit that. Obviously I wanted him too but I knew deep within me that it wouldn’t happen. My issue isn’t with the fact that he died. My issue is with how it happened.

The hologram thing wasn’t that terrible, really, and him watching the binary sunset was beautiful in the most tragic way possible. I will give it that. But to have him die alone on an island? No. Not only does Luke not deserve that, but it’s not like him. It’s not like Star Wars. Luke Skywalker was meant to go down as a martyr in an epic battle, he was supposed to put up a fight, and then one of his allies was supposed to kill his murderer. Or...something. But that didn’t happen. I honestly feel like it was a plot twist for the sake of a plot twist.

I wanted him to die selflessly. For the Resistance. For Rey or Leia or Finn or something. Sure, I guess he did die for the Resistance, in a way but...it wasn’t supposed to be like this. I don’t even now.

Anyway.

So, the big question: What do I do know? Well, I’ll definitely keep this blog up. I will not change my url YET. This will remain a blog to the Skywalker family (Luke, Mara Jade, their daughter Rey, her boyfriend Finn, Han Solo, Leia Organa, and their son Poe Dameron. As well as all of their droids, porgs, and wookies of course. Idk who Kyle Ron is tbh.) In other words, I’m going to go a bit canon diverse and post stuff that i guess is now considered an AU where Rey is indeed a Skywalker, with your usual splash of Finnrey, Stormpilot, and Rose. I’ll probably post the OT too, because that’s what I’m more into now. I wont say that i’ve written off the sequels entirely but i definitely prefer the originals for now. it’s honestly a shame bc i do love the Sequel characters. i guess i’ll post fanfiction for that and canon stuff for the originals.

If there’s anything in particular that people want me to post, I’ll take requests!

i haven’t read this post for errors and I am not going to, sorry. too tired

#tlj spoilers

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acnara · 8 years ago

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first line tag meme

tagged by @alysae bc she either likes my writing (????? how????) or is calling me out... hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Rules: List the firts lines of your last 20 stories (or however many you have altogether) See if there are any patterns. Then, tagg your favourite authors. Alys why tf did u tag me I only write Aus I´m crying I don´t quilify as a fave author

Y´all ready for all the fandoms I once planned to ruin?

Home (Harrymort)

Her hair was dark, dark charcoal and she looked so small Harry was sure she would have fit in the cupboard under the stairs.

She looks so small compared to the huge coffin In which lay the red eyes that used to haunt him under those stairs, too.

For Voldemort and Valour (Harrymort)

“We need to wait,” Snape had told him. “Wait until no one will notice us leaving.”

That had been days ago. Scorpius trusted Snape, of course. This might be another reality --a bizarre, terrible, scary one—but Snape was a war hero, after all. He remembered how Snape’s eyes had gone wild when Scorpius had told him about Albus’ grandmother, Lily, and had begged him to help him restore the future.

Snape had looked at him like he was hope, and had asked him to wait until he could warn the others, until he could make a plan.

And six seconds (Harrymort)

Harry’s soulmate clock peaked out from under the sleeve of his uniform when he raised his hand to rub his eyes.

It was late and he was tired, but profesor Snape had decided to ask for a full detailed inform about vampires that was due the next morning. Dumbledore had been reducing Harry’s free time more and more each month since the beginning of the year. Now his mornings where filled with classes, his afternoons with the headmaster and his pensieve, his nights with homework and his early mornings with the occasional torture vision courtesy of the Dark Lord.

Sometimes his life sounded utterly ridiculous.

In dark suspension (Harrymort)

Ginny couldn't remember the first time she told Tom about Harry Potter, but she remembered how much he used to dislike when she talked about him.

"Tell me about you Ginny, not him. I want to know more about you"

"I'm not that special, Tom. I talk about myself all the time. And I really need help with Harry... I'm sure he thinks I'm weird. I can't even talk properly when he is around!"

Ginny would not be able to point out the first thing he told Tom about Harry, but she would never forget the way the diary had suddenly become quiet for days after she told him why Harry was famous.

She would never be able to forget the sudden interest Tom took in what he used to call Harry-centered conversations.

Take it on (Harrymort)

“AND THE BOY WHO LIVED DID IT AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!”

The thunderous voice of the commentator was what took Harry out of his concentration state. As the adrenaline started to leave his body he felt his breathing slowing down and his heart starting to beat faster and faster as he looked up, slowly, and took his helmet off. The crowd went crazy, and Harry couldn’t help but smile, bright and proud and more than a bit smug. He had just won the world motocross competition. Again.

A dead man´s tale (Harrymort)

Harry was angry. No, more than angry. He huffed, his breath leaving his lips in a cloud of white smoke when it came in contact with the cold winter air as he entered the big old doors of Hogwarts, still a bit dizzy from the apparition. Transportation spells had never been his thing, and apparently not amount of practice would ever change that.

The harrymort fuck the timeline one I wrote after going to a Monet exposition bc I´m a museum sucker. Also lol with only he first lines this sounds so not like the fic it actually is (Harrymort)

Of course Hermione had heard about the exposition. There was no way she would let a one-time opportunity like this pass by. Ron had assured him this would be the last time he asked Harry to go with them to an art exposition. ´Only this time, please mate. I swear I won´t bother you again for five- no six! Six weeks!´ Those had been Ron´s exact words. And Harry, loving friend he was, had let himslef be persuaded into accompaning his bets friends on their cultural date.

The Voldemort won Au I wrote after reading that Merhur Au based on The Selection even though i have never read those books myself but #YOLO (Harrymort)

Draco was not crying. Or shaking. And he definetly was not having trouble breathing. The paper lying on the table between his father and him was harmless, and it wasn´t like he hadn´t been expecting something like this to happen.

He just had to sign. Accept. So what if his heart was seconds for brusting out of his chest or if his palms were sweating? That ment nothing.

To the Drak Lord -his godfather- surely didn´t.

The Love potion AU I started to write for @bigjellymonster that grew 8 pages long in one night (two scenes bc I can´t shut up) so I got overwhelmed and stopped (Harrymort)

“Do you want some tea?”

Harry teared his eyes away from the window when Mr Lovegood entered the room again, the tea pot already in his hands.

“I think we will just wait for Lun-”

“Oh sure! I´ve missed tea!”. Hermione send a a deadly glare at Ron but he was too focused on the boiling pot their host carried in his hands to care. He made room for the bloody lovely tea as he called it, and offerd himself to go get some cups. Mr Lovegood smiled at him but his smile, just like the rest of his actions and words since the three of them had set a foot in his house, was tense.

The strange magic AU alys and I did bc yes i wrote 4 pages of that too (Harrymort)

This is a story about two kingdoms. Side by side, but worlds apart. All along the bordermagical flowers grew: primroses bloomed between light ans shadow. They are used to make love potions...

Because, after all, everybody deserves to be loved.

Untiled Aledrian with one sided Tifón/Adrian|Andras

De todos los habitantes de Rocavarancolia a los que Tifón, ahora Señor de los Asesinos, había soñado con matar, descuartizar y dejar pudrirse al sol, el protagonista indiscutible de la mayoría de sus fantasías era sin duda Andras Sula.

As days go by (the night´s on fire) (Aledrian)

La era de los reyes arácnidos fue magnífica. También terrible, cruel y oscua, si. Pero gloriosa.

De ello podía dar fé la estatua del torreón de Margalar.

Sueños (Aledrian)

- Es una decisón probablemente permanente, ¿no?

La pregunta calló sobre los presentes como una losa de silencio. Marina notó a Héctor tensarse a su lado y le rozó la mano con las puntas de los dedos.

No te preocupes, esto ya lo he soñado.

Poesía eres tu (AKA the Bécquer is a gay ghost and falls in love with a human boy who reads his poems thing I wrote at 16. AKA how I managed to make my Catholic High School literature teacher publish and share my gay ghost historical fiction both in his personal blog and to the rest of my teachers. And asked my classmates to read. everyone read the gay.

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer sabía una cosa o dos sobre fantasmas. ¿Cómo? Preguntareís. Bueno, esa es una pegunta secilla: porque llevaba muchos, muchos años siendo uno.

The labrythin Au I tired to write to introduce myself into writing horror

Brooklyn solía decir que solo existían tres dias en todo el año: los dias fantásticos, los dias aburridos, y los dias odiosos.

Bien. Pues ese, era un dia odioso.

Pesadilla (Magnus Bane´s conception basically)

A veces la gente se pregunta se pregunta a que huele el infierno.

Muchos piensan que debe oler a quemado y azufre; esos olores que son difíciles de soportar y hacen que tu garganta se cierre y tus ojos lloren. A esos olores que se te meten por la nariz y la boca llenando cada espacio libre con su esencia. A esos olores que martillean tu cabeza hasta hacerte gritar por un poci de aire puro...

El joven matrimonio no olió nada cuando aquel demonio a pareció en su puerta.

So that´s it! I know these are not 20 but one thing you might want to know about me is that I always plot before I write. So when talking WIPs I have the plot written down and scenes but usually never the first scene. And then I have originial stuff but all that is in spanish and I think I have tortured y´all enough...

#I talk to much #my writing #have you noticed how much harrymort I actually finish like girl other fandoms exist #and how i love italics like pls chill not every sentece needs an emphasis that´s what ppl do in their heads they good

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nerdonymous-blog · 7 years ago

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The Last Jedi Review: Before

“Before” is a list of things I’m hoping to see/hear in TLJ.

“After” will be my reaction to the movie, based on the same list.

The Obvious Things

Good acting, cool effects, great John Williams score, etc.

Leia Using the Force

Ever since Luke said, “In time, you’ll learn to use [the Force], as I have,” in ROTJ…

If she could mind-trick someone, or move something with the Force, that would be great. If she could do both, that would be better. And, if she could do more, maybe even kick a little ass, that would be best.

A Fitting End for Leia

I understand that Carrie Fisher’s role in TLJ has not been altered as a consequence of her untimely passing. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Leia’s fate won’t be revealed in the film. I think I would prefer that it not be…

But, if it isn’t, it will have to be explained in the crawl for IX, or…

There doesn’t seem to be a good way of dealing with it, just a way that’s least objectionable, and what that is depends on who you ask…

Luke Skywalker Being Awesome

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker is at least 90% of the reason I’m excited to see this film. I’m hoping his character won’t be portrayed as TFA and the TLJ promotional materials have made him seem (sort of, maybe). That is, Luke should not be less than noble and heroic… Maybe “it’s time for the Jedi to end” doesn’t mean he thinks they ought to, but that they are destined to…? And maybe he’s just pulling a Dagobah-Yoda on Rey – and us.

He’d better have a very good reason for hiding out on Ach-Too (bless you). He got alotta ‘splaining to do!

(DO NOT kill Luke Skywalker!!! DO NOT kill Luke Skywalker!!! DO NOT kill Luke Skywalker!!! DO NOT kill Luke Skywalker!!! Thank you.)

Lightsabers and Jedi Action

I’d like to see both Rey and Luke fight multiple opponents.

Luke has to use his green saber from ROTJ. And be awesome with it.

Rey is going to have to construct her own lightsaber – before the end of this Episode would be nice. (Maybe Kylo Ren could take the Anakin one.) I’d like to see Rey wield a double-bladed blue…

Character Depth/Detail

The new characters in TFA were underdeveloped. Poe and Phasma, especially, were absolute non-characters. I’m hoping they get a lot of help from TLJ.

Establish a relationship between Rey and Poe. Maybe plant the seeds of a future romance…?

I’d also like some justification for Finn’s specialness among Stormtrooper “recruits”: maybe Force-sensitivity, making him more compassionate than your average minion. This would also retroactively help (somewhat) with the Finn-using-a-lightsaber-undermines-Jedi-awesomeness thing. Either that, or don’t have Finn use a lightsaber again.

All Force Ghosts

Anakin, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon. Get ‘em all in there!

Minimize TFA Lameness

Smashing Kylo Ren’s pointless voice-changing-Vader-wannabe helmet is a good start. And the sooner the better. I would have preferred it just wasn’t in the movie at all. (The strange thing is that Kylo dropped his helmet on that walkway over the ginormous Han-Solo-death-pit, where it would have fallen if the planet had got trembly – which it did. And, when Hux went to pick him up, as the planet was breaking apart, did Kylo say, “Wait – I have to go get my pointless helmet…”, just so he could smash it in the next movie? Doesn’t make a ton of sense.)

If they could refrain from mentioning Starkiller Base, that would be great. I’m trying to pretend that it didn’t happen.

The TFA character names were/are lame; “Kylo” from sKYwalker and soLO, “Phasma” – a semi-anagrammatic syncope of Phantasm (‘cause she’s silvery, like that silvery death-ball), “Snoke” – an acronym for Sith No One Knew Existed… Lazy, uninspired, and they just don’t sound right. But, the worst is “Ren”. I still can’t hear “Kylo Ren” or “Knights of Ren” without thinking of Ren and Stimpy. So, if Snoke is a Sith, stop mystery-boxing everything, and just let him be a Sith. “Darth” is cool. “Ren” is lame. Phase out “Snoke” and “Ren” as much as possible, and make ‘em Darths! Please. (Non-Sith dark-siders could be called by their proper names.)

As little talking to Vader’s helmet as possible.

No more hey-remember-this-from-Star-Wars moments.

De-emphasize BB-8. 3PO and R2 were always meant to be the Saga’s droid duo. (It’s not that I dislike BB-8, he’s just in the wrong movie. He’s redundant.)

I’d love it if the First-Order-replacement-Empire-OT’s-impact-diluting crap would just go away, but I know that ain’t gonna happen.

Basically, TLJ should not suck beyond the extent to which it must necessarily suck for having continuity with TFA.

Acceptable Rehash-to-Newness Ratio

Walkers. Jedi training on a remote planet. The possibility that Canto Bight will be vaguely reminiscent of Cloud City. The rumor that Rey is going to lose a hand/arm. That’s more than enough. That’s plenty. The rest should be amazing newness…

I do get the impression that the plot of TLJ will be much more dissimilar to ESB than TFA was to ANH. Fingers crossed…

Before TFA, I had hoped that the Sequel Trilogy would have its own identity (incl. design-wise), distinct from the OT, like the Prequels did… TLJ seems to be taking some steps in the right direction, with new worlds, and creatures, and spaceships… And the welcome inclusion of A-Wings, one of the fighters introduced most recently in the Saga’s chronology (along with B-Wings, and TIE Interceptors – both of which were awesome).

Rey Solo

If you’re about to tell me that “Rey Solo” has been debunked, please don’t. I’ve already been told, and I don’t buy it. When someone (especially J.J. Abrams) tells you something, and you just believe it, despite the fact that the person (J.J. Abrams) has every reason to lie, that’s not called “debunking”. That’s called … “shame on me” (if you know what I’m saying).

People have pointed out all the problems with “Rey Solo” to me (timeline, abandonment, characters not recognizing her, etc.), conveniently ignoring the fact that the exact same kinds of problems apply to every theory about Rey’s parentage…

The argument against “Rey Solo” is essentially this: Despite the likelihood that “Rey” is not Rey’s real name, and that Han and Leia wouldn’t have seen her since she was a toddler, the idea that they wouldn’t recognize (or remember) their own daughter is implausible.

But, plausibility in Star Wars and plausibility in the real world are two very different things. Star Wars is full of dishonest, manipulative space wizards with mind-affecting powers, remember? Did it not seem to you like somebody must have Force-fiddled with Rey’s brain to keep her from leaving Jakku (gesund heit)…? So, if Rey can have suppressed memories (and training), which she very, very obviously does, why can’t other characters?

Here’s how easy it is to make sense of “Rey Solo”: The Jedi, Luke and the Force ghosts, foresaw the threat of Snoke (Jedi can look into the future), which would imperil the new Jedi Order. So, they made a plan that involved putting Ben Solo at risk of being killed, or consumed by the Dark Side. And they decided to hide Ben’s (extremely powerful) younger sister – for her own protection, and to insure the future of the Jedi. She was not simply abandoned, but purposefully isolated (maybe to keep her from forming attachments?). Of course, there wouldn’t be any point in trying to protect Rey by suppressing her memories, and hiding her, if the other characters still remembered who, what, and where she was - because of that dark side memory extracting power we’ve seen Vader and Kylo use (presumably, Snoke has that power, too). With the others’ memories of her intact, Rey would have been just as vulnerable as she would had they done nothing. In fact, with her own memories (and training) suppressed, she’d be even more vulnerable…

If you find it hard to believe that they would’ve left a little girl all alone in the desert, with no one to look after her, I got two words: Force ghosts.

I know that “Rey Solo” is pretty close to the least popular theory out there, and a lot of people think I’m an idiot for still believing, but I’ve never doubted that Rey is the daughter of Han and Leia. Dramatically, it’s the only answer that makes sense. That’s (one of the reasons) why it’s such a weak mystery…

If, in The Empire Strikes Back, they had revealed that Luke Skywalker had a sister, but made her identity a mystery, everyone’s first thought would’ve been that it’s Leia (because she was basically the only girl in Star Wars). But, after a while, fans would’ve rejected the idea as being way too obvious to leave the audience in suspense for three years. This would’ve been followed by ever-increasingly ridiculous speculation…

Essentially, this is what has been happening for the past two years. I call it “The Mystery Box Paradox”: The reason it isn’t obvious who Rey’s parents are is because it’s way too obvious who Rey’s parents are. It’s a mystery … uh, box … that isn’t strong enough to keep the audience in suspense for two hours, let alone two years… In fact, the mystery is so weak that you knew the answer before they even asked the question.

I’m not meaning to imply that I want the reveal to be a surprise. I wouldn’t want Rey’s parents to be anyone other than Han and Leia. And I’m way past ready for the mystery (box) to be over…

The revelation of Rey’s parents is bound to be a disappointment to some. But, I think it will be a relief to everyone – with the possible exception of J.J. Abrams.

Kylo Ren is a Double-Agent

Not too long after I saw The Force Awakens, someone told me that Kylo Ren killing Han Solo reminded “us” of Snape killing Dumbledore … which meant nothing to me, because I didn’t know anything about Harry Potter. He (or she) explained that Snape was portrayed as a villain … HP fans hated him for killing Dumbledore … then, it was revealed that things were not as they appeared, and Snape was a good guy all along…

I had taken Kylo Ren at face value, because the lameness of his character seemed to be on a par with everything else in TFA. But, the double-agent theory instantly made sense to me; When Ren talks to Vader’s helmet, he’s really using it as a conduit to Anakin’s Force ghost (‘cause they’re in cahoots). His line “I will finish what you started” really means destroying the Sith. Kylo has to actually be dark side (as opposed to just faking it) because Snoke can sense his alignment. Rey’s line “You’re afraid … that you will never be as strong as Darth Vader!” really/also means that Kylo fears that (by the time his mission is accomplished) he will not have the strength to turn back to the light, as Vader did. Killing Han Solo was a rock-and-a-hard-place decision (the life of his father vs the fate of the galaxy). And his loss to Rey, in the lightsaber duel, was not entirely due to Rey’s skill…

Since then, I’ve heard the double-agent theory from multiple sources, and it makes so much sense that I’m surprised it’s not more popular. By “more popular” I mean “universally accepted”.

How exactly it’s going to be revealed, and how it’s all going to play out, I don’t know… Seems to me, the way to do it would be: reveal Rey’s parentage first, and then after she attempts to avenge their father, reveal the Kylo Ren is a double-agent twist. (I would absolutely love it if the reveal happened in combat, with Kylo suddenly turning on his “allies”, the Knights of Ren – Rey looking on, astonished. That would be sweet!) I mean, I don’t know if he actually is a double-agent, but I really, really, really hope he is, because it would mean that Abrams and Kasdan didn’t just rip off everything from the Original Trilogy – they also stole a little bit from Harry Potter. And that’s a comforting thought, isn’t it?

Plus, if Kylo’s not a double-agent (or didn’t at least start out that way), then his character really is just the pathetic, Vader wannabe, tantrum-throwing, my-parents-didn’t-pay-enough-attention-to-me-so-I’m-gonna-destroy-the-universe whining, patricidal, irredeemable, and f*cking ridiculous talks-to-helmets nutjob douche bag that he appears to be, and the filmmakers are just (very badly) retreading the Skywalker-family-member-falls-to-the-dark-side-redemption-arc thing…

And they wouldn’t do that, would they? That would be like doing a Death Star plot rehash, with some kind of Mel-Brooks-Spaceballs 2-reject – like a planet that swallows a star, and then spits it out at other planets. How lame would that be, huh?

Han Solo Lives!

Not really, but I would like it if Han Solo could return as a Force ghost. Not hanging out with the Jedi Force ghosts … but, maybe he could appear to Rey (or Luke/Leia), at some point. Maybe his appearance could also be the reveal of Rey’s parentage…!

I know that non-Jedi don’t become Force ghosts, but the Jedi’s power has been evolving throughout the Saga, and lots of things that once were impossible have become possible…

The evolution of Jedi power in Episodes I through VI is:

Qui-Gon Jinn first discovered how to retain his identity in the Force – how to become (a kind of) immortal. He taught Yoda and Obi-Wan, who learned how to become one with the Force at will – fade away, rather than leave behind a corpse, as Qui-Gon did…

Yoda and Qui-Gon learned how to communicate with each other – how the living can talk to the dead. Then, how the dead may talk to the living (as Obi-Wan started talking to Luke seconds after his own death), without the living requiring any training in how to talk to the dead (as Obi-Wan required training to talk to Qui-Gon). And, how the dead may appear to the living, as Obi-Wan appeared to Luke as glowy blue Force energy in the form of the man he used to be…

And finally, they discovered how to do something that I believe is the meaning of Obi-Wan’s line to Vader, “I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine”, and was revealed at the end of Return of the Jedi… In order to retain your identity in the Force, you need to learn Qui-Gon’s immortality trick – that is, it doesn’t just happen automatically – you have to learn how…

When Vader threw the Emperor down a shaft on Death Star 2 in ROTJ, his death was indicated by / followed by a tornado of glowy blue energy, which I take to be the Emperor’s Force energy being released / dispersed. Meaning, the Emperor did not retain his identity in the Force. It seems that being Dark Side and becoming immortal are mutually exclusive. Regardless, whether there can’t be a Sith version of the immortality trick, or the Emperor just didn’t know one, it is extremely unlikely that Anakin would have known a Dark or Light Side version of the trick…

And yet, after he dies, he shows up as a Force ghost. As I see it, the inescapable conclusion is that the Jedi saved him from death. They granted him immortality. That’s some pretty heavy irony for Anakin: his former Jedi Masters saved him with the very power the desire for which he turned against them in the first place. From a certain point of view. The purpose of this evolution of Jedi power? Happy ending. Everyone gets to go to the Ewok party…

If the Jedi are capable not only of becoming immortal themselves, but also of granting immortality to others … and they were keeping an eye on Ben Solo…

It’s possible.

Make Snoke a Worthy (Final/Arch) Nemesis

I should note that I’m proceeding from the assumption that the Sequel Trilogy will constitute the end of the Saga (but, who knows what Disney/Lucasfilm will do).

Snoke needs to be not only more powerful than Palpatine was, but very, very much more importantly, he needs to be powerful in a different way than Palpatine was. Because if Snoke represents the very same threat that Palpatine did, and his defeat has/would have the very same significance that Palpatine’s did, then he’s redundant and pointless … and what we’re getting in the Sequel Trilogy is just more … with no added meaning.

I’ve heard rumors that give me some hope; I’ve heard Snoke might be a sort of body snatcher (like Flemeth in Dragon Age, or an evil Time Lord), possessing and inhabiting successive hosts, making him virtually immortal. I’ve also heard that TLJ may introduce a sort of Averroism: mortality of the soul. (I’ve liked this idea for a long time. Every time I think Hey, that would be cool in a movie! somebody puts it in a movie. It’s really kind of frustrating.) The idea is that Force ghosts can be “killed”. But, this worries me slightly: which Force ghost are they/is Snoke going to kill? I can’t think of one that would be okay with me. Maybe a Force ghost “red shirt”…

While these rumors make me hopeful, these new powers would not necessarily address the problem…

The point is that if the story of the Saga goes Sith #1 (Palpatine) takes over the galaxy, and the good guys get rid of him, and then Sith #2 (Snoke) takes over the galaxy, and the good guys get rid of him, too, it doesn’t matter what kind of nifty new powers Sith #2 had, they still just did the same thing twice.

So, with the defeat of Snoke, something has to be achieved beyond what was achieved with the defeat of Palpatine. And I’ll talk about what that is, below…

The Sequel Trilogy Made Integral to the Saga

These last two (this, and the above) are crucial, and will make or break the Sequel Trilogy, for me. And, they are related to the evolution of Jedi power (mentioned above, in “Han Solo Lives!”).

In a nutshell, the problem is this: Episodes I through VI constitute a complete story – there was (seemingly) no need for Episodes VII, VIII, and IX. So, the third trilogy must make itself necessary – it must make itself integral to, and inextricable from, the previous Episodes. It can only do this by resolving what was (or could be seen as) left unresolved in the previous Episodes (I – VI), by achieving something beyond what was achieved at the end of ROTJ, and by giving the whole Saga a new and greater finality…

At the end of Return of the Jedi, I think the audience assumed that the Republic would be restored, and the Jedi Order would be rebuilt … but these things did not need to be dramatized, because they were assumed, and obvious, and the conflict that was central to the story was over. So, in the Sequel Trilogy, whether or not these things are considered necessary, they are certainly not sufficient. (And it’s extremely doubtful that they will be [credibly] achieved by Saga’s end, anyway, as J.J. Abrams has taken us an irrecoverably giant step in the wrong direction.)

In a sense, the introduction of Snoke, in this flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants afterthought that is the Sequel Trilogy, has retconned the entire Saga. From the time George Lucas completed his magnum opus in 2005, until it was decided to tack on another trilogy, the conclusion of the story was the fulfillment of the prophecy of the Chosen One: Anakin brought balance to the Force by destroying the Sith. By introducing the Sith No One Knew Existed, in Episode VII, the ST could potentially make complete nonsense of Lucas’s six-part Saga…

I’ve come across a lot of misinterpretation of the prophecy of the Chosen One, including that Anakin wasn’t really the Chosen One, and also that the prophecy was fulfilled somewhere between Episodes III and IV: that the eventual consequence of Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side was that the galaxy was left with two Jedi (Yoda and Obi-Wan), and two Sith (Sidious and Vader)…

According to George Lucas (not sure how much this matters to people anymore), Anakin is the Chosen One, the prophecy is true, and was fulfilled (the Force brought into balance) at the end of ROTJ, when Vader destroyed the Sith (the Emperor and himself). When, in the prequels, the Force was referred to as being “out of balance”, it was not because there were unequal numbers of Jedi and Sith – it was because there were Sith. It is the existence of Sith/Dark Side Force users that creates the imbalance…

So, what kind of crap ancient prophecy says “The Chosen One will bring balance to the Force … for thirty years. Then, the Force will just go right out of balance again.” I’m kidding. Sort of. Episode VII has negated the fitting conclusion to the Saga’s central conflict (along with nearly everything that made ROTJ a happy ending, and the events of the OT meaningful). This is a huge problem. And simply blowing up yet another Death Star, and getting rid of yet another Sith Lord, doesn’t fix it. In fact, it only compounds it…

There are things they could do to make the Sequel Trilogy seem as though it’s not extraneous, and feel less like an afterthought, by creating as many links as possible with the earlier Episodes; Having “The First Order” refer to a directive from the Emperor (as in “Order 66”). Revealing that Snoke is Darth Plagueis, and Anakin’s creator. Rey being of the Skywalker line. But, these sorts of things won’t fix the problem. Even if the truth of the prophecy is maintained, and Anakin is the one who destroys Snoke, the ST is still redundant … like so many other Hollywood sequels.

As I see it, the only thing that could be seen as being left unresolved (from the central conflict of Episodes I – VI) is the persistent problem of the Dark Side: that there is always the possibility that Jedi can fall, that the Sith (or somesuch Dark Siders) can rise again, that history can and does repeat itself. We could see the Jedi victory over the Sith, in Episode VI, as being temporary, and therefore incomplete. So, the only way the ST can justify its existence, maintain the integrity of the Saga, and fix the problem is by having the Jedi achieve a victory over the Sith (or Light Side over Dark) that is permanent, that ensures that history can’t and won’t repeat itself. And this would be the total fulfillment of the prophecy of the Chosen One.

So, if there can be no light without dark, how do you bring permanent balance to the Force? Someone might think that the way is to get rid of the Sith and the Jedi – all Force sensitives – as in “it’s time for the Jedi to end”. But, I see three problems with this solution;

1. I don’t like it.

2. If life can not exist without midi-chlorians, and midi-chlorians are what make people Force-sensitive, and the Force is created by all living things … the Force, and Force-sensitivity, are not going to just go away. So, this is, again, a temporary solution.

3. I don’t like it.

And, if the Dark Side is an eternal and necessary aspect of the Force, you can’t just get rid of that either…

Someone might think that the way is a sort of magical union of opposites, so there is no longer a Light Side and a Dark Side, but only the Force. But, as I just pointed out, Force-sensitivity is not going to go away. And if Force-sensitives can’t use the Force for anything that would formerly have been thought of as a Light Side action or a Dark Side action, what can they do with it? Household chores? Hooray for Gray…? So, if a Force-sensitive can still use the Force for selfish or destructive ends, what exactly has been achieved? Nonsense. That’s what.

It is apparent that Force energy itself can become corrupted, as in the cave on Dagobah in The Empire Strikes Back, which was “strong with the Dark Side of the Force. A domain of evil it is.” How does Force energy become corrupted, and what is its effect/significance? According to Obi-Wan, the Force “controls your actions”, but “it also obeys your commands”. If this likewise applies to the Dark Side, using the Dark Side against the Light may corrupt Force energy (the “obeys your commands” part), and encountering corrupted energy may incite and/or exacerbate Dark Side tendencies (the “controls your actions” part)…

So, the solution to the persistent problem of the Dark Side, the next evolution of Jedi power, may be (and really needs to be) an extension of what Anakin/Vader achieved in ROTJ: after falling to the Dark Side, he turned back to the Light – as far as I know, he’s the only guy who ever did that. In terms of Jedi power: the ability to cleanse Force energy of Dark Side corruption…

This power could take different forms; The ability to drain (and cleanse) Force energy from a Sith/Ren/Dark Sider to the point of loss of Force-sensitivity (ability to use/corrupt the Force), or even to the point of death; The ability to convert a Dark Sider to the Light against his/her will; And/or, the ultimate (most permanent) form – through the Force make it impossible for the Dark Side to be used – by anyone ever again. I know it sounds a little crazy…

I think that in order for this to play out in the right way, dramatically, means that Snoke has to be the living embodiment of the Dark Side – literally – the source of all Dark Side corruption, whose existence makes it possible for the Dark Side to be used at all…

I have hope that this is how it’s going to go, because of that rumor that Force ghosts can be killed. Clearly, the reason for introducing this idea would be to create tension in conflicts involving Force ghosts – specifically, Anakin vs Snoke. This has to be the final battle (in Episode IX, of course), if the Sequel Trilogy is going to accomplish what it needs to accomplish…

Anakin defeats Snoke, and Snoke ceases to exist. From that time forward, the Dark Side remains balanced with the Light within every individual, and never again consumes a Force-sensitive, causing him or her to become “an agent of evil”. And the Dark Side of the Force is never again used to harm so much as a single hair on an Ewok’s head. Happily ever after. The end.

Episodes VII, VIII, and IX will become the Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D, and Jaws 4: The Revenge (This time, it’s personal) of Star Wars.

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For those in fandoms 2016 was rough. We lost so many great actors and musicians. I feel that it is only right to officially start off my Fandom Friday series with a post dedicated to those wonderful Wizards, Rebels, Droids, and Musicians that we all came to love and adore so much.

Alan Rickman

To start off the list we have Alan Rickman. The English actor was born February 21 , 1946 and died January 14, 2016. Of 2016 his death was the hardest for me. Alan Rickman was known for his rolls in Die Hard, Galaxy Quest, Sweeney Todd, and of course the roll that caused me to fall in love with him, Severus Snape in Harry Potter. Rickman died while battling pancreatic cancer at the age of 69. If you are anything like me you started off hating his character in Harry Potter but by the end of the series he was the one character that you loved most. That one character was a character I related to so much. I remember after Rickman passed calling my brother asking him to stop calling me Snivellus for a while because that is what James Potter called Severus Snape. As soon as my husband and I found out about his death we HAD to find the Severus POP! Funko. It is still one of my favorite POP!s. Alan Rickman’s memory will always be alive in the PotterHead community, always!

“Look…at…me…” he whispered. The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more. -J.K. Rowling

**To see a full list of movies and accomplishments by Alan Rickman CLICK HERE**

Anton Yelchin

Anton Yelchin was most known for playing Pavel Checkov in the most recent reboots and adaptations of the Star Trek series. Yelchin was born March 11, 1989 and was killed in a freak car accident June 19, 2016 at the age of 27. Yelchin also had roles in the movies Smurfs and Terminator: Salvation. Anton may have only lived to the young age of 27 but his memory will be alive as the quirky, young, Checkov that all Trekkies came to love in the reboots that started rolling out in 2009.

Live Long and Prosper! -Spock

**To see a full list of movies and accomplishments by Anton Yelchim CLICK HERE**

Erik Bauersfield

This name may not be recognized by some but fans of the Star Wars franchise recognize him. Family and Friends knew him as Erik but to Star Wars fanatics we knew him as Admiral Ackbar. Erik Baursfield died of natural causes at the age of 93, on April 3, 2016. Little did we know that his death was only the first death that Star Wars fans would cry through during 2016.

It’s a trap! -Admiral Ackbar

**To see a full list of movies and accomplishments by Erik Bauersfield CLICK HERE**

Kenny Baker

In 2016 one of the world’s favorite droids passed away, marking the second of 3 Star Wars actors deaths that year. Kenny Baker was known all over as R2-D2. Before they had great CGI and technology for robots to be created they had Kenny Baker. Baker was born August 24, 1934 and passed away August 13, 2016 at 81. Little is known about his death but it is believed that he passed away due to having complications with dwarfism. As the Star Wars films continue I believe that we have not seen the last of R2-D2 even though Kenny has passed.

Excuse me sir, but that R2-D2 is in prime condition, a real bargain! -C-3PO

**To see a full list of movies and accomplishments by Kenny Baker CLICK HERE**

Gene Wilder

Another death that stabbed me right in the heart was the death of Gene Wilder. I grew up watching him in Willy Wonka and I knew all of the songs by heart. Wilder lived a long life, he passed away at 83 on August 28. Gene played many memorable rolls that won’t be forgotten. The movies he was in are classics that in my opinion will live on for many generations. I know for a fact that my son will be watching Will Wonka in the near future!

If you want to view paradise simply look around and view it, anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There’s nothing to it! -Willy Wonka

**To see a full list of movies and accomplishments by Gene Wilder CLICK HERE**

Carrie Fisher

Just as 2016 was about to end and the fandoms finally began to end their mourning over the fallen, tragedy struck. Carrie Fisher who is most known for as Princess Leia Organa, daughter of Anakin SkyWalker and Padme Amidala, sister of Luke Skywalker, lover of Han Solo, suffered a heart attack not even 2 weeks after Rogue One hit theaters. On Christmas Eve Carrie had her heart attack and on December 27, 2016 she passed away. Carrie was 60 years of age when she passed. My heart broke when I read the news and I felt sick to my stomach. Her character was one that I grew up adoring and looking up to. I was so excited to see her in The Force Awakens and I was hoping to see her in the next few movies that are set to come out. But now, I can only wonder what they will do with her character in the series.

The force will be with you, Always! -Obi-Wan Kenobi

**To see a full list of movies and accomplishments by Carrie Fisher CLICK HERE**

I know that many others have fallen but for the sake of the length of the post I included the ones who affected my emotions most. Who was the hardest death for you to handle in 2016? Were they on my list or was it one of the few that I left out? Let me know below.

FANDOM FIND OF THE MONTH

POP! Funko Golden BB-8 Collectors Edition Vinyl Bobble-Head Hot Topic Exclusive

Submitted by: Jennifer Brock (me) Price: $32.50 Buy It Now: CLICK HERE to buy BB-8 while you still can!

This POP! Funko, is a limited edition Hot Topic exclusive that was purchased on Black Friday 2016 for $20. This POP! is a collectors dream. This BB-8 POP! comes housed under a clear acrylic dome, and when the light reflects off of the dome it looks beautiful! It is the perfect centerpiece for our family’s little army of POP!’s. While writing this I asked my husband what would I even say to describe this, here was his response..

It’s GOLD! It’s BB-8! What more could you want!? -Joe Brock

To submit a Fandom Find to be featured on the blog email a photo and description of your product to [email protected]!

We lost a lot of amazing men and women last year so today I post a tribute to a few of them! For those in fandoms 2016 was rough. We lost so many great actors and musicians. I feel that it is only right to officially start off my Fandom Friday series with a post dedicated to those wonderful Wizards, Rebels, Droids, and Musicians that we all came to love and adore so much.

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