#what's wrong with america

[azuremallone]

[fellthemarvelous]

It pisses me off to see the way some Star Wars fans are so dismissive of Reva, Third Sister.

She's complex. She's interesting. She's clever. She's intelligent. She's strategic. She's conflicted. She's traumatized. She's scared. She's angry. She's a survivor.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series literally opens with her and her friends watching one of her Jedi mentors get gunned down by clone troopers during Order 66.

She was a FUCKING CHILD!!! They were in the middle of a lesson when the clones walked in and started shooting everyone!! These were Anakin Skywalker's troopers and they were executing every single Jedi around them.

These children had NO idea what was going on. They were scared and they tried to run to safety.

We remember this scene from Revenge of the Sith and we all immediately knew what it meant.

These are the same bodies that Obi-Wan Kenobi found when he and Yoda returned to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant after having to kill so many of Anakin's clone troopers just to survive.

These are children that the Jedi Council wasn't there to save.

Palpatine snuffed out the light of the Jedi in one swift act of terrorism and then blamed the Jedi for their own genocide after taking over the entire galaxy.

And in times of war, the weakest among everyone always suffer the most.

This is what Reva, Jedi youngling, remembers most about the end of the Clone Wars.

Anakin Skywalker, hero of the Clone Wars and former padawan of the great Obi-Wan Kenobi, murdered all of her friends and injured her.

She had to play dead amongst the dead bodies of her friends, and that's how she survived. She witnessed Anakin Skywalker murder all the Jedi in the temple with no one there to stop him because the other Jedi Masters were being executed in a war they had never wanted to enter into in the first place.

She blames herself for not being able to save her friends because she wasn't strong enough to fight back. No youngling was ever going to be strong enough to stand against Anakin Skywalker. She wanted revenge against Anakin Skywalker, and she was just as desperate to get to Obi-Wan Kenobi as he was. She wanted to kill Anakin Skywalker just as badly as Darth Vader wanted to kill Obi-Wan.

She was alone in a galaxy that tortured and executed surviving Jedi. She spent ten years plotting her revenge against Anakin. She was angry at Obi-Wan for not being there to stop Anakin, and rightfully so.

The Republic fell. Reva and her friends were left unprotected. She was the only person she relied on because everyone else failed her. She was only a child when she lost everyone.

And it's clear she was conflicted by her role as an Inquisitor. She doesn't have the training the other Inquisitors do because she volunteered to be an Inquisitor while all the others were tortured and terrorized into falling to the dark side. She only wanted access to Anakin so she could get justice for what he did to her and her family.

Unlike Anakin, Reva couldn't find it in herself to harm a child. She was seeking revenge solely against Anakin Skywalker. Luke and Leia are the same age she was when she watched her friends and family die in front of her.

Yes, she was prepared to torture Leia, but she consistently hesitated, and when Tala walked in, Reva turned away. She stopped. Yeah she was mad, but she didn't have to go through with it. She'd already planted a tracker on Lola. She was already planning on allowing them to escape so she could locate their secret base. She just needed to bait Obi-Wan. Her plan worked perfectly, and she didn't even have to hurt this child who was annoying the shit out of her (not realizing she was dealing with Anakin Skywalker's offspring).

She went to Tatooine to kill Luke, but she couldn't. She hunted him down without bothering to kill Owen or Beru. She only cared about one thing. Getting justice for what happened to everyone she had been unable to save at the end of the war. She was only a child, and when she realized she was about to kill a defenseless child just to get revenge, she couldn't do it. She saw her face when she looked down at Luke and cried when she realized she couldn't do it.

She was so horrified by what she had been prepared to do and returned him to Owen and Beru alive. She fell to her knees and sobbed because she thought she failed her family in the end.

Obi-Wan was there for her this time. He reminded her that by showing mercy, she was giving her friends and family peace. She was not going to become the monster that Anakin Skywalker was.

Obi-Wan helped her and reminded her that she gets to decide who she wants to be from this point forward. She refused to become Anakin Skywalker, and a weight was finally starting to be lifted from her shoulders. A weight she had been carrying for ten long years.

She did what she thought she had to just to survive. She had only been a child with no guidance because everyone she loved died. She survived by joining the ranks of the enemy so she could plot her revenge. Obi-Wan showed her mercy at the moment she needed it most. He wasn't angry with her. He was compassionate. She survived Order 66 just like he did, but she had been defenseless when they were thrust into a galaxy that tortured and killed Force sensitive individuals and those who helped them. He had failed Reva during Order 66, and he wasn't going to fail her this time.

She is getting a second chance at finding her path in life despite the bad things she did. Everyone deserves a second chance. She was robbed of her childhood and had to grow up overnight. She had to learn how to survive. And that's exactly what she did. Just not in the way she expected.

[age-of-moonknight]

“Systemic Approach (Part Two),” Avengers Unlimited (Vol. 1/2022), Infinity Comic, #64.

Writer: Mat Groom; Penciler and Inker: Caio Majado; Colorist: Pete Pantazis; Letterer: Joe Sabino

[bonefall]

The way Cinderpelt is described in this au is making me envision that she was a really good fighter. Daughter of Frostfur, apprentice of Yellowfang, grew up during the events of TPB. She’s a healer, but she knows how to defend herself. I’m imagining an enemy warrior trying to steal herbs and seeing Yellow and Cinder and just backing away before they’re attacked

Definition of “I’m a healer, but..” *pulls out spear*

I love to imagine that she compensates for the leg by using the spear as a pole for shifting her weight. She jabs the shaft into the ground, and uses her mouth and arms to "swing" her lower body in a new direction.

So if a group of warriors ever thinks they have her surrounded, she's not as immobile as they assume she will be.

She absolutely HAS to be pretty up there in terms of "average Cleric strength" though, you're right lmao. Funny enough she might be stronger than Yellowfang, just without the opportunity to show it off.

(Besides the fact she manages to kill a small boar while also sacrificing herself in the process ofc)

...now i have an image in my head of Cinderpelt saying "im a healer but" and then she cocks her spear and it makes a click noise like a shotgun

[staronet]

Agent Carter they could never make me hate you.

[wenellyb]

[willyhoos]

this is my favorite scene in the game because its just italy trying to make things as confusing and frightening as possible for reasons that end up benefiting NO ONE in the end

[phantombandit-films]

Favorite Kyle Gallner Movies.

Strange Darling.

2. Dinner in America.

3. Outsiders.

4. What comes around (Roost).

5. The Passenger.

6. Smile/ Smile 2.

7. Jennifer's Body.

8. A Nightmare on Elm St.

9. Cougars Inc.

10. The Cleansing Hour.

[parasolladyansy]

“History has its eyes on you” —Hamilton

Drawing through stuff again. Lately, I’ve been thinking of two members of my family lines that I actually feel kinda proud of being related to (almost everyone else, not so much lol)

(small TW: trauma, heavy stuff)

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First is my great-grandma, who was the inspiration for Mizumi - she immigrated to Hawaii when she was 3, then as a young woman was put in the Japanese internment camps (before my Korean great-granddad pulled some strings to get her out before fleeing the country - this man HATED Japanese people until he met her).

Second is my great-something grandpa (IDK how many “greats” there are lol) who fought in the Revolution - his family came from France to Canada, then here, so they’ve been here a very long time. He, like most everyone else marching with him, fought & hoped for a free country with “no kings”.

I’d wondered what they’d think of me. I wonder what advice they could have for me, for us, now.

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Something else I’ve been thinking about is that in the times like these before us, they didn’t have the internet. My online friends were a big help to me when I was trapped - one even sent me money to help get me out. Others just offered their friendship, their experiences, or just their laughter, having fun, drawing fan art - that was plenty. 🥲

The people of the world are far more connected now than they used to be, & through history, it will always be much harder to bring down people whose hearts are connected. 🩵

[kacievvbbbb]

This might sound trivial but sometimes when I hear people talking about America and the foundation it was made on I remember Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood) and when Ed found out that Amestris and specifically central city has been constructed in such a way that they form Nationwide Transmutation Circle to create Philospher's stones. And they, especially someone trying to rule like Roy, have to reckon with the fact that all those incidents those bloody wars and genocides that litter their history that they tried to write off as a fault of the administrations as mistakes their nation made, they have to reckon with the fact that does weren't flaws that was the machine running exactly as it was meant to. They could no longer pretend that Amestris was anything other than what it was built to be: a nation of bloodshed. And only after contending and accepting that this was what their nation was built on could they hope to change it.

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

What is your favourite country?

Damm not an ask I was expecting but okay- Honestly speaking? America.

Its giant. Literally sea to shining sea, I grew up in the tall grass prairie region- plains with rolling hills dotted with cattle and prickled with wildflowers, Indian paintbrushes, bluebonnets, black eyed susans, and buttercups running along just about every patch not adorned with thistle and brushel.

That in the summer you can hear the junebugs and crickets long into the starry night, the mayflies flittering alongside cicadas skins that dot the screen door each new morning.

Ive been to the deserts, seen the layers of clay and sand swirling together like a solid sunset pressed and molded over times much longer than I can comprehend. The feeling of being so small that whatever direction you look, mountians silhouette on he horizons dancing between sunrays dawn and dusk.

Now I live up north, where frost and rains come easy and every direction is bursting with vibrant green. Vines and ivy wrap around structures of man and nature interchangibly.

Its a place built in a thousand stories of dreamers, of tragedy, of hope and heartache, its one thing and yet a million- there is no one way to be and any way you are there is a place for you.

Recent times hasn't been as peaceful or accepting at least in public view- but Im not looking at the tvs, im looking at my friends, my neighbors, my communities that despite coming from such vastly different ends somehow in someway ended up just down the road.

Its good, bad, and really fucking ugly- but its home. And nothing else, no matter how beautiful, will ever compare to me

[risrambles]

considering that in the mcu the avengers are akin to celebrities i fear there could have been so much funny stuff that could have come from how we treat celebrities irl. ESPECIALLY THE OG 6. I FEEL LIKE IN THE MCU KNOWING ALL SIX ORIGINAL AVENGERS IS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEST MATERIAL. but anyways im talking like specifically celebrity scandals but over the stupid things.

for example yall know how sometimes people freak out when they realize that their favorite celebrities do drugs and stuff. like imagine a daily news headline or the beginning of a tumblr/twitter thread that is just like “steve rogers spotted wiping his nose after supposedly doing a line of c0ke with a 100 dollar bill during the avengers annual fourth of july bash” like come on u cannot tell me based on the age of ultron scenes that these hoes weren’t MESSY

[awkward-but-nice]

All i'm going to say is, you guys can't both criticize Sam for working with the government (with, not for, and he went against Ross' direct orders within the first 30 minutes of the movie), and then get mad at him for not wanting a team that's run by the government to call themselves the Avengers. At least be consistent with your criticism, damn.

[dannyphannypack]

currently imagining a freaky friday dpxdc crossover in which one of the batkids gets kidnapped by cultists whose plan is to give the ghost king a physical anchor in this world by offering a sacrifice for the king to inhabit. however, given that danny is not fully dead, the moment the spell completes the aforementioned batkid gasps awake in a small blue bedroom with NASA posters and glow in the dark stars, and danny wakes up on the cold concrete floor of a warehouse amidst groveling cultists

[teamhawkeye]

Fan Expo up in Philly this weekend was a total blast! Met some amazing actors - all absolute gentlemen, so sweet and nice! Still feel like i'm on cloud nine! ❤️

John Boyega, Danny Glover, Dolph Lundgren, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, and Nick Apostolides photos and autographs on display, as well as a Fallout print I fell in love with at first sight and had to take home with me!

[doodleddaisies]

Characters I love that were all born on July 4th:

- Haymitch Abernathy

- Steve Rodgers

- Kent Parson