#the reason that is my tag for her is bc of the terrorist thing fyi

[bosooka]

Isn’t bo like a terrorist or smth? I don’t like her cause of mando but I haven’t seen anything else, why do ppl not like her?

oh lord. okay. here we go anon. without further ado, bo-katan's entire canon story up until what you've watched:

her first appearance in the clone wars is as pre vizsla's lieutenant in the terrorist cult known as death watch, so, yes, bo is a former terrorist.

in essence, she is a loyal member of DW until pre vizsla chooses to ally himself with darth maul, whom bo immediately does not get along with. maul has them form alliances with the major crime families of the galaxy, and they successfully take over mandalore and overthrows bo's pacifist sister, satine. then pre vizsla is killed by maul, and bo splits from death watch. she tries and fails to keep maul from murdering her sister for obi-wan kenobi's manpain. at this point, bo decides that she has to lead efforts to chase maul off of mandalore, which he is using as a base for his criminal empire. the last time we see her in the clone wars, she managed to do this with the help of ahsoka and her clone friends. however mandalore gets re-invaded, this time by the clones under command of the empire, a few months later. we haven't seen this yet, but it is described in the OTHER star wars animated show, rebels, which is where she's given the darksaber. she is very reluctant to accept it because she thinks she already failed in trying to rule and is unworthy. however, she is eventually convinced and accepts it in her sister satine's honor.

i know that's a LOT, but that is essentially a summary of her story so far. i would very strongly recommend watching the animated shows, at the very least the specific episodes related to mandalore. i'm happy to give you a list, it's like 20 ish episodes total across both shows. honestly if i was watching mando and TBOBF without my previous knowledge i would be confused as fuck.

people don't like her for plenty of reasons. some think she's hypocritical, which i don't necessarily disagree with. others think she's a massive bitch, which is basically true. some just find her grating! the irony is that i like her for most of the reasons people don't like her. i like very flawed characters. "ex-terrorist who has spent decades trying to make amends to the sister she indirectly got killed, who dedicated her life to protecting a legacy she used to actively fight against" is right up my alley in about 17 different ways. she is delightfully terrible and can insult me whenever she wants.

HOWEVER, in my opinion, accusations of her being "racist" or a "blood purist" are either willfully bad faith takes or are ignoring the context of the story. i'm not going to interact with people who think those things because i think it's a waste of my time 🤷🏻‍♂️ not liking bo for any other reason is absolutely fine in my book, it's Not That Serious. throwing those words around makes it serious, especially since there are a number of very unintelligent people in this fandom who think liking a fictional character means you are 100% aligned with their moral ideals. bad news for vader stans, indeed!