#tros marketing

[wizard-amulang]

post TROS smuggler Hux and slave Kylo AU

They didn’t hope to meet each other alive

For Hux, this sudden encounter at the slave market was a little bit disappointing. He thought that his only weakness had finally sunk into oblivion and remained in the past forever. But it wasn’t. Of course, Hux couldn’t help but take pleasure in the idea that the cause of his muny suffering in the past would be his thing now

For Kylo that was salvation. Maybe, it would be unpleasant to meet a traitor-exlover for someone else. But when Kylo lost touch with the force, he became weak enough to cling to glimpses of the past. He was really blessed to see Hux

[rey-jake-therapist]

idk how to feel abt the promo now being completely focused on haladriel ngl. like … on one hand it clearly means something has shifted and they’re aware of what attracts attention, which bodes well for haladriel in future szns. but at the same time im kinda annoyed that this promo tactic only happened after s2 because a) i think they should be promoting s2 as a whole b) the push for haladriel should’ve happened way before the finale/ep 8. they’re reusing the fight scene every day and it’s like yeah you realised they bring in the views but you have only 1 clip to sustain over 2 years.

the captions like “indistinguishable from evil” are also funny because none of that translates with the crappy dialogue we actually got. it’s like they did a whole 180 because pre finale promo was vv different. i think they should stop taking advice from ‘focus groups’ or reddit bros. ofc feedback is good but sometimes i feel like they’re always leaning on outside opinions to carry the next szn rather than the writers knowing exactly how they want things to play out & standing by it. it’s very wishy washy sometimes

I'm not even sure that it bodes well for season 3, anon. Not in the sense that most shippers want, anyway.

I think we can be rather hopeful regarding Haladriel's screentime (they'll share more than one scene), but that's probably the best we can hope for. It is a relationship that will be only antagonist. I don't think we should expect any grand romantic gesture, any kiss or any admission of romantic feelings.

Season 2 was the moment when it could still happen, because Galadriel was still conflicted about her feelings for Saurbrand. Well as we saw, she easily tossed her inner conflict through the window during the fight, turned into mega girl boss and never took the bait, even after Sauron stabbed her with Morgoth's crown to bind her to him. This ship has very likely sailed now. Whatever temptation that Galadriel has in the future... It will probably be related to her desire for power, which should keep growing as darkness grows in her as well. Sauron will definitely have a part in that as he's not going to let her go, but.... I think we shouldn't hope too much for romantic innuendos, not from her side, anyway.

So yeah, I think Amazon's desperate to keep shippers invested because they realize far too late that we represent an important part of their viewership and that's why they keep licking Haladriel boots. I've seen it happen before, with Reylo before TROS : after mocking or ignoring the shippers for years, suddenly their entire marketing was centered on Rey and Kylo. The only difference is that they never acknowledged any romantic feelings between them, which in retrospect wasn't surprising since romance there was none in TROS, except for that kiss which was less romantic than Elrondriel's so called platonic smooch 😭 The SW marketing team baited Reylo for more than a year and for what ?

All that to say, I'd really advise you to not trust Amazon's marketing strategy. It's all about engagement. They want to attract new shippers and get them to watch TROP so their numbers increase, while trying to get old shippers invested for season 3. Right now they play the romance card but we shouldn't take it as an insurance that romance or something close to romance is in the cards for future Haladriel interactions, imho.

[ffxiv-swarm]

prompt 8: initia nova

The sea is quiet here. So is she. Then again, she often is. She hasn’t had many people to speak to since—well. Since leaving Garlemald.

(If she had her way, she’d be helping to rebuild. But if she had her way, her country would still be intact, her family not scattered to the four winds, her husband still black-haired and walking on two unbroken legs. If she had her way, she would be staring across the Corvos Narrows, not the Indigo Deep. She’d be home.)

Around her, the docks bustle with life. Workers lug crates; sailors and seagulls call to each other in an overlapping cacophony she can’t parse without more effort than she really wants to expend. Nobody bothers her. Out here, sitting on a bench with her hat pulled down low to spare all three eyes from the sun, she’s just another traveler. Another adventurer, swords at her hips and heavy pack slung over her shoulders. There are dozens just like her, all waiting for the same ship. It’s oddly freeing.

Sunlight glitters on the water in a steady, rippling pattern. Her mind sinks into it and goes blank. The Corvos Narrows sparkles like this too, though she’s only ever seen that strait by airship. Her parents had made frequent trips from Corvos to Thavnair when she’d been young—well, younger—and she’d been fortunate enough to go along. Thavnair had been...

Well. Her countrymen call the land savage, its people beasts and barbarians. She’s walked its land, met its people, eaten its food, and she calls it beautiful. She wonders if it still is, now, after the Blasphemies tore through it like damp paper. After so many of its people died in Garlemald’s snow trying to reach the Royal Palace and safety.

(Safety. Hah. She’d noticed how the Ilsabard Contingent—or maybe just Fourchenault Leveilleur and his cronies, because the people actually doing the bloody work are genuinely prime endorsements for Eorzea as a whole—only offered to shuffle any of her people off to the moon well after the worst danger was past. Were she as naturally suspicious as her husband, she’d think the Sharlayan Forum was trying to thin them out.)

She’d thought of going there, at first; they have a trade agreement with what’s left of her country now, and she’d probably be safe in Radzt-at-Han. If she was canny, she could slip over the border into Corvos—because it is Corvos now, and it will never be Locus Amoenus again. (Locus Amoenus. “The pleasant place.” Emperor’s name, her countrymen are awful at naming things.) She could hug her parents and hold her children in her arms. False gods, Klem must be walking by now, and she’s missing it—

It’s not the sea air stinging her eyes. She squeezes them shut, swallows the lump in her throat. Breathes, slow and steady. Her children are safe. Her family’s estate has weathered the storm of revolution; pureblood Garlean or not, their care for the people who work their vineyard has won them friends. It’s amazing how far lying to frumentarii will take you. They do not need her tears, and she can’t afford to shed them. It’s taken nearly the last of her gil to afford this trip to Old Sharlayan, but she’s been told that Eorzea has work for adventurers and the Emperor knows combat is one of her few skills.

(Well, one of her few marketable skills. Not many people are looking to hire an amateur historian or a decent-enough cook, but everyone needs a strong sword arm, even when that sword arm belongs to a centurion without a century.)

Shouting down the docks. Her head snaps up, but there are too many people and too many voices; it’s a heartstopping few seconds before all the noise resolves into words she understands.

“Ship sighted! Grab yer bags for Limsa Lominsa!”

The woman who put her name on Sharlayan’s register as Yaellia Ivros—she is no soldier anymore, and Quinctius carries word of her husband’s long military career to Eorzean ears—pushes herself to her feet, checks one last time to make sure she hasn’t forgotten or mislaid anything in the past hour or so, and trots down the pier.

She has a job to do.

[trashquisitor-shirozora]

Oh my god the Mandalorian s3 decisions being a push to make Bo Katan more marketable for women makes so much sense.

I’ve been watching the flames of season 3 for afar wondering what possibly possessed them to sideline the wildly popular duo of Din and Grogu in favor of this Bo Katan stuff, aside from the obvious future content advertisement… it’s because it’s popular with women…

Like it’s a known pattern that corporations hate when something they’ve created aimed at men is disproportionately popular with women because they strive to keep a very distinct line between Boy things and Girl things. Anything Star Wars is for men, except the acceptable Girl Things like Leia and Padme and Asoka. But then the Mandalorian became wildly popular with women and they can’t just cancel a cash cow like the Mandalorian without milking everything they can from it so they’re like “well let’s bring in Bo Katan she’s for the Women now start making the toys”

I am so late to this but that meant time to simmer and seethe over Disney's decisions before and lately, and things I've read over the years about how corporations market to their target audiences, and how little things have changed.

I saw rumors and theories that KKKennedy (y'all sorry I keep calling her that but iykyk) meddled a LOT with The Mandalorian and Jon even threatened to quit, but at the end of the day the Mouse House has the final say and we're stuck with their decisions. I really don't know how the final numbers will look, how it'll affect their merch sales, and what it means for the future seasons of The Mandalorian. Maybe the hard pivot to redeem Bo-Katan for the bajillionth time will be the new cash cow or the canary in the coal mine (for The Mandalorian; I'm sure Ahsoka will be a hit no matter what). Maybe they gambled right or they've lost too many viewers who wanted Din and Grogu to be the heart and soul and center of this particular show. It's called The Mandalorian after all. If they want to claim that it could be any Mandalorian who's The Mandalorian of these season, then maybe Season 2 should've followed a different Mandalorian and established this before scamming us with Season 3. They were already trying that with TBOBF before having Din and Grogu steal the show.

But now that I've seen those rumors and theories, I could not fucking stop thinking about what happened when the ST was rolling out and when Rogue 1 and Solo came out. I could not stop thinking about the casting choices for Rey, Jyn, and Qi'ra, could not stop thinking about how white and brunette they were. I could not stop thinking about KKKennedy and others talking about how they wanted to bring more female fans to Star Wars, acting like Star Wars was exclusively a male space, which, what a fucking insult. I could not forget pictures of her wearing "The Force is Female" shirts and pushing this message so fucking hard that it would keep showing up in critical reviews of TLJ/TROS/ST as proof that Disney didn't know what it was doing.

Rey, Jyn, and Qi'ra were lucky to not have the kind of long history that Bo-Katan already had in the gffa by the time she made her live-action debut. It didn't take much to google her involvement in TCW and Rebels, and see what she'd done. I've seen commenters say she redeemed herself in Rebels by rallying the Mandalorians but are you sure about that? Are we still having trouble with writing redemption arcs after the fucking horrible one Disney put Kylo Ren through to the detriment of every other character not named Rey?

I wouldn't have minded Bo-Katan having greater involvement in Season 3 if she didn't basically take charge of not just the COTW but also the entire show. Watch out for the new merch of her with the Darksaber now. Probably the most we'll get out of Din is whatever happens to him in the season finale because Disney gotta make more money, amirite? Grogu got a new accessory so that Disney can sell new versions of him, so why not Din?

I truly envy the poeple who are having a good time or don't need to have these thoughts constantly in their heads while watching. I didn't have a good time and I can never turn those thoughts off. I don't have the luxury so I'm never shutting up about this.

ftr I unfollowed Okiro after the billionth time he called Din, Grogu, and Bo-Katan "Clan of Three". what the fuck had she done to earn equal footing?

[onewomancitadel]

I dug a little deeper in this new SW show business and if I'm totally honest with you the last time 'this ship is mythic, they'll end this with a happy ending!' post-Reylo rhetoric sprouted up I didn't trust it and was unfortunately proven correct. Even if the showrunners are saying seemingly positive things, Word of God is fundamentally about marketing, and before TROS, Chris Terrio had things to say which suggested he was not a dickhead in the slightest.

It's just really frustrating because my lack of participation has nothing to do with anybody else. I think investment in a story irrespective of storyteller sensibilities or eventual narrative resolution is always worthwhile. That engagement is the most powerful thing. I understand the anxiety in a post-Reylo world in trying to prove this will be the thing which sticks! But like... it's sort of funny because I don't think that justification is really necessary. It is a dead shame that the commercial annihilation of SW led to this.

I don't know, it's just me - for what it's worth, I think your engagement really is special no matter what, and I'd never judge anybody for trusting in a story. That will always be special.

[i-restuff]

Omg, I just thought ab sm for the new mutant mayhem movie!

A lot of ppl are saying how mondo gecko is so cool and that he gets really great w mikey! (which we can see in a lot of clips)

What if the whole group that mondo gecko is in betrayes the turtles?(I forgot the name of the group-)

I mean, from what I've seen in clips; it's not a bad guess to think that humans find out about the turtles

But, I've figured something out; yk how in earlier versions of tmnt mikey would get betrayed by mondo (I'm not sure is it in every version but I know for sure in the 87' version and 2012 version)

Idk, I just thought ab mikeys and mondos relationships tro times and realized that Lil connection

What do you think about my theory?

sorry for the late reply. possible spoilers below.

ohh, that's a great take!

okok here's mine. before that, I blame the marketing people for this movie since they pretty much spoiled some parts.

you're probably right about Mondo betraying the turtles or at least standing on a different side from them, considering his association with Superfly.

the promos clearly show a big monster attacking the city, suggesting that Superfly might have been double-mutated. but In another promo, Mondo and the rest of the mutants (excluding Superfly) are seen teaming up.

so, my guess is that Mondo probably did betray the turtles at some point but changed his mind since he didn't like whatever Superfly's motive is.

maybe. can't wait to find out.

[tuvanmarketingtongthe]

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[quillsmora]

Hopefully it's okay to ask you a question because I'm wondering do you know why Gamora hasn't been included in the vol 3 merch? I ran across some stuff a while ago and when she wasn't included I assumed it was just a one off incident. But I just ran across some other merch and she's still absent. So I'm not sure if they are waiting for the movie to create merch for her or what

Firstly, it's always okay to ask me questions about this stuff! I love talking about film marketing (I did study this stuff for 2 years after all). Always feel free to send me asks about anything!

As for your question here's my honest answer: I'm not entirely sure. There are a few logical conclusions though.

Spoilers. Historically the first wave of MCU merch is very clean when it comes to the events of the movie, only featuring characters we know will be in it and vague aesthetics that align with the plot. So far the main advertisements and merch for Vol 3 have featured the Guardians in their comic-accurate group suits, which we haven't seen Gamora in. She might end up getting that suit in the movie, but we have no idea and that would be a major spoiler, so it's easier to leave her out of cereal box promotions and toy box art to keep that unified aesthetic.

Along the same lines as spoilers but deserving of their own point is the LEGO sets. LEGO sets are 50/50 when it comes to being accurate to the events of the movie because again, spoilers. The Endgame sets they released to go along with the movie had absolutely nothing to do with the actual plot because sets get leaked so often and Disney didn't want the plot of their biggest superhero movie ever to be ruined. The Wakanda Forever and Multiverse of Madness sets were also pretty vague if I remember correctly. It's easiest to leave Gamora out of sets like the Guardians HQ or the Bowie because while she might actually be in those scenes, we won't know until the movie comes out (we can assume she'll be on the Bowie at one point based on that shot of her pulling out a knife but it's not official). Since the LEGO sets and toy lines release weeks before the movies, it's again easier to exclude Gamora from these first waves of merch.

The historically bad representation of Gamora on merch already. Outside of figures like Funko Pops and Marvel Legends, it's always been nearly impossible to find officially licensed merch of just Gamora, especially cute good looking merch. This has also been an issue with most of the MCU's female heroes but it's definitely gotten better these past few years. Unfortunately due to Gamora's role in Vol 3 being pretty secretive, that positive change doesn't get to apply to her this first wave.

So basically TL;DR, don't stress about this too much. We're still 2 months out from the movie's release and a month away from promo and press starting. Yes, it sucks that so far Gamora isn't being featured in anything outside of posters and trailers, and yes it's valid to be upset and frustrated with that. But remember that there's still a whole other wave of merch to come after the movie's release, and Zoe Saldaña is still second-billed. She and Chris Pratt were the last two (humans) to wrap the movie. James Gunn wouldn't have brought Gamora back if he didn't want to. If you're still feeling uneasy or worried (which I totally get!) @enigma731 has some great posts about why Gamora will be fine.

Sorry this is so damn long, I kinda got carried away lol. But yeah I do wish there was at least like a Funko Pop or something and find it ridiculous that Kraglin of all people is getting more merch than the female lead, but I'm personally not getting too worried right now because we still have two months until the movie. It's not looking completely terrible right now. (Trust me, I was a Star Wars sequels stan during 2019 TROS press. That movie's plot was leaked via an official German Burger King ad. If it ever gets that bad for Vol 3 you will definitely hear about it from me lol).

[deafblindshorty]

Watched Moon Knight for the 60th time

I noticed some similarities the Moon Knight system has with both Poe and Rey from Star Wars.

Let's start with Marc and Poe:

-Both Poe and Marc ran away from home at 16/17 (Marc was WAY more justified, but still)

-Both joined shady groups (Poe, the Spice Runners of Kijimi, Marc, Bushman's mercenary gang)

-Both were left for dead in a desert

-Both have a high kill count (but so do a lot of fictional characters, actually...)

-Both went on "fetch quests" and ended up losing the thing they were questing for (The map to Skywalker in TFA and the Wayfinder in TROS/the scarab leading to Ammit's tomb)

-Both have similar witty banter ("So who talks first?"/"What are dancin'? We fightin'? What are we doin'?")

-Both are badass drivers (Well, pilot in Poe's case)

-Both kept secrets from their friends because they were ashamed of it.

-Both have issues with jealousy (Poe with Zorii in Free Fall, BB-8 and Leia in the ST [Rey "stole" his droid and his mentor]/Marc with Layla)

-A little dark, but... both were indirectly responsible for the death of a family member (Poe ran away from home, his father, Kes tracked him down and he ended up bitten by a poisonous alien creature. We still don't know if he's alive, but still... And Marc brought his brother into a rainy cave where he drowned)

-Both tried to rescue prisoners of their respective gangs, but were sliced up/shot (Poe in Free Fall, Marc in his backstory)

-Both tried and failed to convince their respective higher powers of threats (Poe tried to convince the New Republic that the First Order is a threat, Marc tried to convince the Egyptian Ennead that Harrow is trying to release Ammit)

-Their love interests (Past love interest in Poe's case) have a family friend who is a bit on the criminal side (Layla has Lagardo who is a forger, Zorii has Babu Frik who is a black market droidsmith)

Poe and Steven:

-Both dealt with a bad boss (Holdo/Donna)

-Both kept messing up their comrade's respective missions because they weren't told everything

-Both...ah...were "mind raped" by their respective villains (Well, Poe was. Steven's scales were read by Harrow)

-Then Steven was kidnapped and questioned about the MacGuffin by the same villain like Poe was

I don't know enough about Jake to make any similarities.

Poe even has a few things in common with Layla:

-They both want to follow in their late parents' footsteps (Rebel pilot/archeologist)

-Both were calm and helpful when their friends couldn't figure out an escape plan (Steven in Summon the Suit when they barracaded themselves in a room in Harrow's cult lair/Rey in the short story Through the Turbulence in Stories of Jedi and Sith)

-Both made badass rescues of their friends from the bad guys (Layla in Summon the Suit, Poe in TROS)

-Both made friends with (Well, I assume Marc and Layla were friends before they got married) people who have ties with people responsible for their parents' death (Marc worked for Bushman who killed Layla's father. Rey (who hadn't even been born yet, but still) was Palpatine's granddaughter. Poe's mom fought the Empire as a pilot. She eventually developed bloodburn and died of it)

-Both went to their old shady friends for help against the big bad which ended badly (Layla reached out to Mogart, an artifact thief which lead to an all-out battle. Poe reached out to Zorii, which lead to her wanting to turn Rey in to the First Order for a bounty, then her planet was destroyed.)

Rey and Marc:

-Both wear white hoods (Marc's Moon Knight suit, Rey's outfit in TROS)

-Really minor, but, both caught red pieces of fabrics and had shocked looks on their faces (Rey caught a marker ribbon and was suddenly struck by a vision, the teen cultist Marc was holding over a ledge cut his scarf that Marc was holding and threw himself off).

-Both had connections with people they hate, but they eventually helped them. (Rey had a dyad connection with Kylo/Marc was Khonshu's avatar)

-Both have secrets they're ashamed of (Marc blames himself for his brother's death and his mother abused him, Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter)

-Both ran out on their friends because of their shameful past and because their mother-figure died (Marc ran out on Layla and Frenchie because of Khonshu after his mother died, Rey left her friends because she's a Palpatine after Leia her mother figure dies)

-They were killed by evil cult leaders (Harrow shoots Marc dead and Rey defends herself against Palpatine and is killed)

-Both returned to life and healed with help from people they hated and had connections to (Khonshu healed Marc when he returned to life, Ben gave up his life force for Rey)

-Both engage in a beam-of-war with evil cult leaders (Rey deflected Palpatine's lightning with by crossing two lightsabers, Marc deflected Harrow's...uh...beam with his arms crossed.)

-While engaged in battle, their friends rush to help, but they both push their friends back (Finn rushes to help Rey while she's fighting with Kylo but Rey force-pushes him back/Layla rushes to help Marc with his beam-of-war with Harrow, but Marc pins her to an overturned car with one of his crescent darts)

-Both have golden weapons (Marc's crescent darts, Rey's golden yellow lightsaber, which she didn't get until the end of TROS, but still)

-Palpatine drained most of Rey's life force which was painful for her, Harrow starts to disintegrate Marc, which was painful for him.

-Both were forced to face their pasts by their enemies (Marc by Dr. Harrow and Rey by Kylo)

-Both looked helplessly up at the losing battle (Marc looked helplessly at Ammit defeating Khonshu and Layla under fire. Rey looked helpless at Palptatine shooting lightning at the Resistance fleet)

-Both have a surprising twist at the end having to do with a new name ("Meet my friend, Jake Lockley." (Marc's third alter), "Rey Skywalker.")

Rey and Steven:

-We see their daily routines when we first meet them.

-They have friendless backgrounds

-They have bad bosses

-Their lives were upended and they were dragged into the main conflict

-They stole a vehicle and were chased by the bad guys (and the owners of said vehicles run after them yelling "That's mine!")

-Companions of one of their co-leads find them (BB-8/Layla)

-They have connections with someone they hate (Kylo Ren/Marc)

-They cope by pretending (Steven pretends his mother is alive and they have a good relationship/Rey pretends that her parents are still alive and are coming back to her)

-They are both frozen at one point (Rey was frozen in place by Kylo, Steven was frozen in sand)

-They are both kidnapped and interrogated about the MacGuffin (Rey and the map to Skywalker and Steven and the scarab)

-They are both encouraged to use their respective powers, but can't (Poe encourages Rey to use the force when she had trouble accessing it in Through the Turbulence, Steven... well, Layla think's he's Marc, still, but she encourages him to summon the suit.

-They both use their friends' advice to channel their skills to help said friend who's in danger. (Rey takes Poe's advice to channel the force to save him from giant aliens in Through the Turbulence, and Steven channels Marc's skills in order to save him from the dead in the Duat)

-They both figure out how to get to the MacGuffin by studying ancient text (Rey with the ancient Jedi text and Steven with his Egyptology books)

-Both have arguments with their co-leads (Steven and Marc and Rey and Poe)

-"Huh. I like this." (Said by Steven in Summon the Suit)/"Whoo! I like this!" (Said by Rey in The Last Jedi)

-They were both killed by an evil cult leader (Rey by Palpatine [sort of] and Steven by Harrow)

-Their co-leads get mad at them for "Stealing" their companions (Poe is mad Rey stole BB-8 [in Through the Turbulence], Marc is mad at Steven for kissing his wife)

-They are both forced to face the truth about their pasts (Rey by Kylo and Steven by Harrow)

-They learn horrible truths about their families (Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter and Steven's mother was abusive to Marc)

-They both accept their connection with the person they hate and fight side-by-side with them. (Rey accepts her dyad connection with Ben and force-transfers a lightsaber to Ben and Steven accepts he's an alter and fights alongside Marc switching out occasionally)

-They are both "very British" (They have British accents and all)

-Both their journeys came full circle (Rey slides down a sand hill on a desert planet, Steven wakes up to "A Man Without Love" playing.)

-There's a twist that has to do with their name ("Rey Skywalker"/"Jake Lockley" (Steven's third alter))

Finn and Marc:

-Both rescued prisoners from their respective evil gangs (Poe from the First Order, the archeologists from Bushman) and they ended up dead (Poe was thought to be dead)

Finn and Steven:

-Both dealt with mean girl bosses (Phasma and Donna)

-Both tried to get away from their co-leads' mission (Steven tried to run from the Scarab mission and Finn tried to run from the Resistance)

-Both developed a strong attachment to their female leads (Finn and Rey/Steven and Layla)

-Both lose their trust in their companion because he kept a dark secret from him about their criminal past. (Steven doesn't trust Marc because of his mercenary past and he slightly mocks him about the room full of dead people being Marc's room. Finn mocks Poe about his spice runner past)

Finn and Layla:

-They both rushed after their friend to help them in battle but were forced away by them (Finn goes after Rey who was fighting Kylo, but Rey force-pushes him away. Layla rushes to help Marc when he was fighting Harrow, but Marc pins her against an overturned car with his crescent darts)

-They're both extremely protective of their friends (husband in Layla's case)

-They channel the same power their love interest/friend has and it helps them win the day. (Layla accepts being Taweret's avatar, Finn uses the Force)

Whoo! That was long and took half the day!

There was also a C-3PO vibe from Steven ("Oh. Sorry." Said when he fronted as Mr. Knight during the battle at Mogart's in ep3) and a K-2SO vibe from Marc ("Doesn't sound bad to me.")

[stellanslashgeode]

I kind of want to write a fic about an heirloom being passed down to various Mirialans. Starts with Ady Sun'Zee, down to Vernestra Rwoh, to Katri, tro Cyslin Myr, to Luminara Unduli, to Barriss Offee. Then it gets looted taken from the temple by the Seveth Sister, she loses it to Keo Vensee, and later Maize Raynshi finds it. It gets passed around though various markets until Synara San runs across it.

[frumfrumfroo]

Haha I've read your blog for so long I must've read one of your Rian Johnson!TROS posts in the past, so I'm sorry for sending a repetitive question; I had never encountered this idea that even Rian's TROS wouldn't have been good!

It's weird to think though, if he had made TROS, it would've come out later and had a 2020 release, which wouldn't have had a big cinema opening. But then maybe Disney would've delayed until 2021. Wow, I wonder how different the storytelling landscape would be by now? I feel like I'm seeing lots of properties explore Reylo-adjacent relationships in the TROS way - the good old punitive romance, bad guy and a girl resisting him nobly, or giving into darkness - and it makes me so annoyed lol.

I think it was not that long after tros I got an ask about it, so it's definitely years ago lol. I don't mind! I just hate when I know I wrote down some thoughts already and can't find the post T_T

I didn't even consider that! We would have been waiting a long time. Still, it would have been absolutely worth it if it meant we got an appropriate ending. It would have been worth their while, too, because imagine how much more receptive people would be to their various money-milking shenanigans if they hadn't put a bullet through the heart of sw and taken a dump on the entire GFFA. The stench of tros is on everything now.

Yeah, and that's nothing new. That was always a very popular way of tapping into the romance market and the hype those tantalising Gothic pairings effortlessly generate without actually committing to its genre conventions or doing anything remotely challenging. They don't care about pissing off the romance audience because that's not their target demo, they just want to piggyback off how huge and mobilised that audience is and know they can get away with paying them crumbs. 'Subverting' romance conventions is always seen as the Artistic and Mature thing that Real Writers do, because romance has been pushed even further into the genre ghetto as 'geek culture' has become mainstream.

And, eternally, 'subverting' redemption is True Art because that's 'realistic'. We must all remember to crush any flutters of hope we may find ourselves experiencing and see the world as a grey, cynical wasteland where people can't change and nothing will ever get better.

Man, I'm having a bitter one today. Sorry about that. Thanks for sticking with me for so long!

[taseric]

If Disney ever touch SWTOR (they obviously won't) I'll be interested to see how they'd even start to try fitting Valkorion and the Eternal Empire and Iokath into the current canon. I think it'd be funny to see them try.

Seriously though, nothing will come of this. Revan will appear. Shae might be name-dropped. I doubt they'll start retconning niche swtor characters. Disney are obviously going to go after the surface level fan-service stuff about Revan and the Mandalorians for Filoni's "mandoverse". And what are they gonna do? Somehow make Revan less interesting than SWTOR did? I'd like to see them try /s.

As for any "adaptations" or "remakes" or whatever, I don't really mind as long as 1. Filoni stays away from it, and 2. The game itself still continues. They can do whatever they want as long as Bioware can keep making foolhardy narrative decisions with their beloved 11 year old game.

At worst, I think the game will probably be rebranded. I doubt having a game just called "Star Wars: The Old Republic" is helpful for marketing, and it's not like they can just slap on a 'Legends' sticker and be done with it.

So overall, I was a bit concerned this would mean that the game has to be shut down or something, but recent updates have made it clear they definitely don't plan on doing that, so I'm not worried.

Also the other star wars celebration stuff was alright. nothing too special. the shows look decent. the post-tros film seems cool. there wasn't much andor news and i don't remember seeing anything about any new novels so this Old Republic news is the only actually notable thing that happened lol

[lesfoteses]

La puta tos

11 de gener del 2023

L'instint assassí també pot sortir-me al teatre. Ahir, hores després de quedar-me tancada a l'ascensor, vaig anar amb el Marc a La Villarroel a veure 'Ragazzo', un monòleg que interpreta l'Oriol Pla. Fa un paper sensacional i crec que és una obra que val molt la pena sobre l'activista italià Carlo Giuliani, assassinat a tiros per la policia a Via Tolemaide de Gènova, l'any 2001.

Qui no va fer un paper sensacional va ser el Marc, que quasi em fa emprenyar perquè va arribar passades les 20h al teatre, quan en teoria començava l'obra. Per sort això no és ni Alemanya ni el Japó: som a Barcelona i aquí no som tan puntuals. A mi m'encanta la gent puntual, crec que és la meva virtut preferida.

Com deia, el Marc va arribar abans de començar l'obra, per tant, finalment no va caldre que m'emprenyés pel seu retràs. El que no ens esperàvem és el que passaria a continuació: comença l'obra, primer fosc… Una dona files darrere nostre tus. No em vaig immutar, però sí fixar-m'hi, pensant "ai, aquesta, a veure si ara està malalta i ens donarà la turra tota l'obra amb la seva tos". No m'equivocava massa: NO NOMÉS ella tenia tos, 30 segons després, un home de segona fila tus. Però no és tos de malaltia aquest cop, és carraspera, allò que rasca el coll en dos tempos, com si el paio hagués de parlar (? wtf ets al teatre, no has de parlar) i s'esclarís la veu. L'Oriol Pla no s'havia aixecat del llit -literalment l'obra comença amb ell al llit-, que una tercera persona també fa la carraspera. Ja està. En aquell moment vaig veure clar que el públic que m'havia tocat no sabia que era al teatre sinó que es pensava que era una jam session de la tos i que tothom hi podia participar. No van parar en tota l'obra de tossir. Que si el tio de davant, la tia de darrera, la senyora de més enllà, MARE MEVA. Si estigués pirada, m'hagués aixecat de la cadira i hagués cridat "a la de 3 tossiu tots a la vegada i JA NO TORNEU A TOSSIR MÉS EN TOTA L'OBRA". O hauria escanyat l’home de dues files endavant, cridant "para de tossiiiiiir que no sentim res" mentre els meus peus haguessin quedat a la falda de la noia la fila del darrere i li hagués tacat el jersei blanc que ens il·luminava a tots, amb les meves vambes. Potser hagués acabat a Twitter fent això. O pitjor, a l'En Blau. Per sort no estic pirada.

Total que avui, per coses de la vida (mentida, per coses laborals) he anat a l'Antiga Fàbrica Damm al photocall que munten dels nominats i nominades dels premis Gaudí, que seran el diumenge 22. Total, que qui hi havia? Efectivament, Oriol Pla. I m'hi he acostat i li he preguntat: "escolta, tu eres conscient ahir a 'Ragazzo' de la quantitat de gent amb pulmonia que hi havia? No paraven de tossir". I m'ha confirmat que sí, i que "és tot un tema això de la tos, però crec que la majoria de cops és la tos nerviosa quan hi ha silencis". Doncs mira, si és així -que segurament sí perquè qui deu tenir més experiència amb la puta tos de la penya afortunadament no soc jo-, crec que hi ha individus d'aquesta societat que tenen una feina pendent que és aprendre a interactuar en el silenci. I arribar puntuals als llocs, també, ja que hi som.

Com deia, he estat a la Damm. La Damm és un espai meravellós que sempre m'ha agradat molt, i no per la birra (que és la meva preferida entre les poques cerveses que tolero). A la Damm hi ha cerveses per tot arreu, però per tot arreu. Els que fan la newsletter deuen somiar en cerveses. Està plena de cerveses l'entrada, la sortida i també el lavabo. Et rentes les mans després de fer caca al costat d’Estrelles selectes que no estan a la venda. Hi ha fins i tot samarretes de cerveses allà exposades amb les ampolles. Marketing. Bueno, total, que he entrat a fer pipí i mentre estava pixant he sentit que entrava algú i que tan bon punt es posava a pixar, patapam. Un tro, uau, quin pet s'ha tirat la pájara aquesta. M'he tapat la boca per no riure perquè el que em pensava que era només un pet ha acabat sent un fusil de asalto M4 i vinga metralleta. M'he espantat i tot. He pensat "Pobra, es pensa que està sola". I res, que per pudor -mai millor dit- m'he quedat més estona de rigor per esperar que sortís i així no havíem de creuar mirades. Quina vergonya. Ara deu dormir pensant que ningú l'ha sentit fer caca a la Damm, però filla, t'equivoques.

[onewomancitadel]

I also heard recently that apparently Reylos made up all of their harrassment as a cover for their racism in not shipping Finn/Rey, and to be perfectly honest with you I think racism is not a fandom-specific issue but kind of a social issue where you aren't insulated from it based on what you do or don't ship? And shipping isn't political activism? I wouldn't be granted rhetorical immunity if I did, in fact, ship Finn/Rey, because I could equally be responsible for perpetuating racism in writing their dynamic (and in addition to that, romantic relationships are not free of sexism or racism; how does this immunity hold coherently at all?) and in fact, I don't like Finn/Rey because I don't like enjoy how it services their characters. If Boyega were cast as the main villain we'd be having a different conversation.

If you wanted to reckon specifically with the ST's racism, we can start with TFA where TFA refuses to expand upon Finn's psychological evolution and turns him into a sanitation worker as a fucking dramatic punchline at the end of the film, or is unceremoniously knocked out by Kylo so he can't do anything narratively? Or just being there for bathos-esque quips? No matter what you say about TLJ, Finn's epic confrontation with Phasma and the potential of a Stormtrooper rebellion is there, and instead in TROS it's turned into... some people are just born right and others deserve to be Stormtroopers. *shrug*

That is not a fucking Reylo problem. That is, in the first place, teasing Finn as the 'main' character and then doing a reversal with Rey, and choosing to focus a new Star Wars series on the Skywalkers again. A Black Jedi with his own original story not contingent upon white legacy characters could've worked but by design it was not made so, and then they erased his character from Chinese marketing anyway. That should tell you were D/isney's priorities lie. If they actually had any gumption that is what they would've done following the ST to mop up what they did with Finn and actually got onboard original storytellers who were not looking to rehash nostalgiabait.

I'm particularly sore about this because I don't enjoy the implication that racism is a fandom-specific issue or that fandom is where the conversation starts and ends, or not that on some level these commercial productions with millions of dollars behind them influence the conversation. Or that there is a competition of socially-minded interests. Or that if we got rid of the Bad Shipping fandoms we would only have the Good Ones left with no problems forever. That's not how it works.

But inventing harrassment is an interesting accusation. We're just outright accusing each other of making up our experiences now? We're allowed to do that? I've never been 'in' the mainstream Reylo fandom enough and if there were evidence of Reylos behaving badly or, in the case of this context, being racist, I'd take it seriously as much as I can and challenge it, but I'm not sure what other authority I do have in intercommunity politics. Fandom doesn't work like that. There is only so much you can do. But accusing us of making up our experiences when I know that I personally keep to myself because of it is a new one.

I don't want to tell you the things I've seen or experienced myself in the Reylo fandom. Sure, the ceaseless crossfandom stuff is bullshit, but anti-Reylos are probably people I wouldn't get along with anyway and people can draw boundaries as they see fit. There are a bunch of ships and fandoms I don't want much to do with. I don't even think that anti-Reylos themselves are uniquely -ist in whatever given way; they probably just enjoy the opportunity to be sexist or racist or anti-Semitic against someone they think deserves it (and it always comes out when the opponent is sufficiently Of the Wrong Sort).

I think it is extremely dangerous to treat activism as a performative endeavour where I ship the right ships and interact with the text in the way I have been mandated to. Because it doesn't actually insulate me from racist behaviour or beliefs. I think it is true that there are times this notably happens, but equally, is shipping Finn/Poe alongside Rey/Kylo a way to mitigate this? How do we square it out?

I think this conversation with Reylo is probably over. Reylo's online legacy is always going to be mixed at best. But I don't think the anti-racist conversation begins or ends with it.

[ericvanstadenlnd]

How Eric van Stade Turned Avrotros into the Netherlands' Leading Broadcaster

The Netherlands has a long history of broadcasting and television, and its public broadcasters have a big influence on entertainment and culture. Avrotros has become an established broadcaster among these others because of Eric van Stade's vision and leadership. His efforts have made the organization a dominant force in the Dutch media landscape. Let's examine his incredible accomplishment.

Early Days of Eric van Stade

Eric van Stade began off as a producer in the television business. He had a creative eye and a knack for figuring out what the audience desired right away. His early achievements paved the way for him to assume more significant positions in the media industry. He had a reputation as a leader who could produce outcomes and innovate over time.

When he started working with the business Broadcasting, a private Dutch TV network, his leadership development took off. the company expanded significantly during his leadership, and this achievement prepared the ground for his transition to the public broadcasting industry.

The Challenge of Avrotros

When two Dutch stations, the company, and TROS, merged in 2014, Avrotros was born. The merger was a challenging undertaking because every firm has its own character and culture. Strong leadership was necessary for Avrotros to bring the two organizations together and create a single, unified organization. Eric van Stade was able to help with this.

When he took over as President of Avrotros, Eric van Stade had to integrate two teams with disparate customs and methods. He was able to establish a common vision for the new company by connecting with individuals and understanding their requirements.

Building a Winning Strategy

Eric van Stade’s strategy for Avrotros focused on a few key areas

Content of High Quality

According to Eric van Stade, gaining the trust of viewers requires quality material. Avrotros made significant investments in creating top-notch programs while he was in charge. The broadcaster began providing something for everyone, including entertainment programming, documentaries, and dramas.

Promoting Dutch Culture

He made promoting Dutch culture and values one of his top goals. Avrotros became a station that people could identify with on a personal level by producing shows that connected with viewers

Eric van Stade saw the value of well-known competitions such as the Nobel Song Contest. He established Avrotros as a media company that could manage big-budget productions by concentrating on such occasions. This attracted new audiences in addition to improving the organization's reputation.

Avrotros and the Eurovision Song Contest

Eric van Stade's significant achievement is his efforts to enhance the Eurovision Song Competition in the Netherlands, with Avrotros becoming the official broadcaster, demonstrating its international development capabilities.

Leadership Style

Eric van Stade significantly improved the Netherlands' Eurovision Song Contest, becoming the official broadcaster for the event through Avrotros, demonstrating the company's ability to provide top-notch international programming.

At the same time, he made sure that everyone was working toward the same goals by keeping a clear vision for the company. The success of Avrotros has been largely attributed to his ability to find a balance between forceful leadership and teamwork.

Achieving Public Broadcasting Excellence

Avrotros has emerged as the leading public broadcaster in the nation of Netherlands under the direction of Eric van Stade. The organization often produces well-liked shows that showcase Dutch culture and values, drawing in a wide range of viewers.

Eric van Stade's vision and dedication are the reasons for Avrotros' success. He has made a station that distinguishes out in a competitive media market by stressing content quality, cultural significance, and global appeal.

Conclusion

The story of Eric van Stade's journey with Avrotros is one of success and transformation. Under his direction, the broadcaster has become a representation of quality in Dutch media, showing that even the most difficult obstacles can be topped with courage and vision.