#the oshamir agenda

[brainrotcharacters]

oshamir where osha discovers new depths to her anger when she learns exactly how Qimir got those scars

[septemberlikeastorm]

this man said "i need a drink" & proceeded to craft the the most sex & the city-coded poison cocktail ever, so from cascade ocean wave blues come i give you:

Osha ducks her head to deposit the straw back in her glass, and he very carefully stores away the image of the pink flash of her tongue. “I suppose you should show off a little, just to salvage your supposedly fearsome reputation, since you’re a coward who refuses to do shots with me.”

He’d gotten a scant pour of liquor, and nurses it like a grudge. “I’ve learned better,” he tells her while wiping his hands off, “than to let my guard down around others.”

She regards him in silence, clearly trying to gauge whether his even tone is one of mild reproach.

It’s not—she is perfectly safe to let her guard down precisely because he is there to guard her—and so he adds gently, “I also don’t like straight liquor, but the only mixers they have are dishwater and cooking oil, and I figure I’m consuming enough oil as it is.” To punctuate his point, he offers her a lump of unidentifiable fried food.

 “I told you, no way am I eating that, it’s as greasy as you were back in that apothecary on Olega.”

“Greasy is a strong word. I was going for more of a windswept, ruggedly handsome look.” He fights not to smile at the face she makes, and allows, “I may have overemphasized the rugged aspect.”

“You were gross,” she informs him with what he feels is entirely too much glee, kicking her dangling feet and taking another long sip of her drink, slurping when she gets down to the dregs. It shouldn’t be endearing.

It is.

[allersinwonderland]

So I’ve been convinced to watch The Acolyte even though I’m 10000000% removed from anything star wars.

And THE OSHAMIR agenda i am fully on board.

“If you’re not going to join me [skinny dipping, post strip -tease- COUGHS] I’d like to put my clothes on” and you’re telling me she’s able to still keep semi composed when the man’s schlong is prob just junk out all wild????

The scream I scrum ……

[forlouren]

Maybe it's only a coincidence, but I just realized some parallels about Oshamir's first meeting and Anidala in Attack of the clones...

1. Both, Anakin and Qimir, worked in shop when they met their future love interest.

2. Padme and Osha pretended to be someone else when they each met Anakin/Qimir

3. Anakin and Qimir both were in awe when they met Padme/Osha.

I don't really think it's intentional, but it's still cute 😊

This ask made me rewatch The Phantom Menace, and you are so right. That's actually such a cute parallel. :')) Now I need Qimir to compare Osha to an angel once to fully feed my Oshamir-Anidala agenda.

Also this is an easter egg to me, and my tin-hat.

[soloscavenger353]

I hate to say this but I kinda agree with anon. If they’d put more effort into making Osha a character who makes her own choices, isn’t swept along for the plot and actively showcases her dark side tendencies throughout the show, then maybe. But the writing of Osha’s character specifically and the way it was acted felt bland. I did find her to shine in her scenes with Qimir but the rest of the time I couldn’t really get behind it. Because of this, I do wonder if they put an agenda before the characters.

I do agree though that there is a TON of racism and misogyny in the fandom and that must not be forgotten when approaching the topic.

(As a reminder: I am a big Oshamir shipper. However my account for the way Osha was written and portrayed does not need to exclude the joy I felt for the romance)

God, the problem is not racism or sexism. In Star Wars, there were strong female characters and there were people of color and no one had a problem with that. Seriously, such characters were in classic movies 1-6. However, the problem with The Acolyte is that the creators decided that it was enough to make the characters JUST women or JUST people of color and this would somehow sell the story to people. Well, look at the ratings. This show doesn't have a good script, an interesting plot - anything good at all, except a title about a strong woman, and also a black one. That's not how it works. If your characters are empty, progressivity will not save them.

Are the characters empty ? The heroine is simply summarized as being a strong woman, and black ? Is there nothing interesting in the plot ? Absolutely nothing good at all ? Wow... We must not have watched the same show at all, my word... Or then you are at a very high stage of bad times. And if you think that racism and misogyny are not a factor of deep hatred in the Star Wars fandom (hello The Last Jedi), and more specifically in the case of The Acolyte, you are very naive.