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Healthy couples are cool. I dig healthy couples in fiction. 

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I always thought that assassination meant someone paid the killer to do it. Of course I'm also curious about the difference between an assassin and a hitman.

How important do you have to be to have been “assassinated” instead of “murdered”?

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Please reblog if you think that “they/them/theirs” is a valid set of pronouns.

dude im a they/them/their person fuckin use these dood

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Walmart is a firey pit of hell.

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Realized I haven't been on in... A while. Just saying I'm here now and posting things soon.

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Chosen One

Razia's Shadow has a line that is pretty much the only thing I really remember about the actual words of the songs. As a character is dying his brother says "you are the chosen one- the chosen sacrifice." And I can't get it out of my head that Anakin is a chosen sacrifice as well. There are a few posts I've seen where people say that if he really was the chosen one but so far from the ideal Jedi that there was something wrong with the ideal, not him. And connecting the two thoughts leads me to believe that if they had taken the Force's clue-by-four and realized that that the Jedi wouldn't have been killed and Anakin wouldn't have suffered and been sacrificed for the balance.

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I wasn't aware this was even a question. He propels the story like no other character in the film. Without him there is no story.

Why Finn is The True Hero of TFA

It’s sad that a post like this has to be created, alas here we are. Many people are quick to discredit Finn’s importance, erasing him completely out of the picture (antis, Lucasfilm, racists, ect), yet if you look at the film from a writer’s perspective, Finn is the true lead/hero of the film.

I’ve been reading up on creating three dimensional characters lately for my own novel, and I’ve come to realize that Finn fits the entire criteria. Not only that, his arc in The Force Awakens is a perfect example of the Hero’s Journey.

So strap in folks, cos this is gonna be a long ride…

First and foremost, let’s start with what makes a three dimensional​ character.

Your first dimension is personality traits, mannerisms, appearance. Your second dimension is backstory/inner demons, why they are the way they are. Your third is the choices the character makes. That dimension is what makes them a three dimensional character.

Finn manages to nail each of these. We obviously know his personality: he’s charming, suspicious, kind, incredibly witty, resourceful, loyal (to his friends), down-to-earth, ect. ect.

We also know his backstory. It’s spelled out clearly in TFA: as a child he was taken away from his family and brainwashed to fight for the First Order.

Now Finn’s choices. He chooses to leave the First Order because he realizes how evil they are. He chooses to rescue Poe because he needs a pilot. He chooses to try to save Rey, even though he’s exhausted and dehydrated (although he didn’t get a chance to cos she handled it herself). He makes the choice to leave, but he makes the choice to come back and fight. He makes the choice to fight the First Order, makes the choice to go back to Starkiller, and makes the choice to fight Kylo Ren.

Talk about a three dimensional character!

Continuing with the theme of choices, Finn’s characterization goes along with rule one basic storytelling: act, don’t react.

You want your protagonist to /act/. They actively decide to become involved in the plot. They actively decide to do a, b, c, and d.

Reacting is just having the character go along with the plot. They go to a, b, c, and d without making an active decision. They’re just blindly following the plot. Basically reacting would be like if the No Man’s Land scene in Wonder Woman was just Diana following one of the other characters into battle.

Finn never reacts. He acts. He constantly makes his own decisions, except for when Poe makes the decision to go back to Jakku (although they both lose the chance to choose when they’re shot down).

Now onto the Hero’s Journey. Everyone knows what the Hero’s Journey is. Every basic fantasy story tells it. But I’ll give you the cliff notes version if you haven’t heard of it previously.

Ordinary world, call to adventure, refusal of the call, meeting the mentor, crossing the threshold, tests & allies & enemies, approach to inmost cave, ordeal, reward (seizing the sword/treasure), the road back, resurrection, return home with the prize.

(As per movieoutline.com)

I once used Finn’s story arc to help myself better understand the Hero’s Journey. It fits perfectly (although I can’t quite place the acts toward the end of the journey. I keep coming up with different scenes).

So Finn is not only a three dimensional character, he also acts within the story, and fall perfectly into the Hero’s Journey. Not to mention, he has some of the best development of any other character in the movie.

Compare this list to any of the other “heroes” of TFA, without falling back on information gathered from comics or books. Falls a little flat, doesn’t it?

We the audience aren’t allowed to know Rey’s backstory, other than being dropped off on a planet. Rey also never makes the active decision to help the Resistance, she just tumbles along with the plot. The only time they give her the option to choose her destiny, it’s offscreen (an argument could be also made for the lightsaber scene).

The same goes for Poe, unfortunately. He’s missing for half the film and we’re not given his backstory/personal history.

Now before you grab your pitchforks, I’m not hating on Rey, and I’m certainly not hating on Poe (who is my bae). I’m simply pointing out the fact that the writers just… didn’t really do much with their characterization. And if they did, it was all off screen.

With Finn, it’s on screen. It’s always on screen. He’s the most important person in the movie, the one with the best development and characterization.

So please, tell me again how Finn is not the lead of this film?

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I have 2 names for girls and one for a boy that I have had in mind for years and I will use sometime, even if I have to get a pet just to name it my chosen name. (Amara, Xera, and Mikal; pronounced like Sarah and Michael.)

Welcome to the ‘No I’m Not Pregnant, I’m Just Naming My Characters’ Club.

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Complaints about work

When someone tells me that the store I'm working in is so much more expensive then x other store. What would you like me to do about it? I'm a cashier. You chose to shop here. Literally across the street is the store you just named. LITERALLY. Go there if you don't like it here. When I'm away from the register on the night shift and some a** decides whistling is the best way to get me to check them out. I'm not a f***ing dog. I was in full view of the register and they weren't even there yet to know if I was there or not, and words are always better. That one co-worker who whenever they open their mouth you want to flip them off\ hit them. Not for what they're saying, but just the way they talk. (My coworker like this always sounds angry and like doing it first will be self-defense.) Having the same schedule issue three weeks in a row. Seriously, if I'm closing, there is no way I'm opening the next day. Especially at a twenty four hour store. Fourteen hour shifts are illegal for the store and even putting two hours or so in between. Cutting one of my days for your mistake doesn't help either. Just... Wanted to rant a bit.

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reblog if you would hug a trans boy

and if the trans boy doesnt want physical contact, youd give him a sick air-high-five

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Depression is not beautiful.

Anxiety is not adorable.

Suicidal thought is not romantic.

Dissociation is not sweet day-dreaming.

Self-harm is nothing to be proud of.

Mental illnesses don’t make you edgy, nor wise. They are disgusting feelings that haunt you everyday and night. They are the reason why your life falls apart and you always feel miserable.

Stop romanticizing mental illnesses. Thank you.

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Please read this****

If a thief forces you to take money from an ATM, do not argue or resist. What you should do is punch your pin in reverse. EX: if your pin is 1234 you punch 4321. The moment you punch in the reverse, the money will come out but will be stuck in the machine and the machine will immediately alert the police without the theif’s knowledge. Every ATM has this feature.

Reblog this so everyone knows, this happens all the time especially in the city

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A few weeks ago my mom stapled pages of a story in one of her women’s magazines together and handed it to me. She gave it to me pretty much with the tag lines “for your feminist blog” and “something new to consider.” Indeed it was; she knows me well.

The story is titled “I was forced to be pregnant.” With a title like that, reading it was actually not on the top of my to read list. I thought it was about women not exercising their right to choice. I was very, very wrong on that one.

Have you ever heard of Reproductive coercion? It is a term that was quite recently coined by the advocates against domestic violence to describe a certain type of abuse some women face. It occurs when a man pressures their partner to have kids and/or impregnates them against their will. Reproductive coercion comes in three different types: 1. Emotional pressure that turns into verbal and physical abuse. 2. Sabotaging birth control 3. Marital rape Over 75% of women 19-49 who reported once experiencing domestic violence also endured some type of reproductive control by men. It’s all about control and domination over a woman’s body.

The first story in the magazine is about a woman who got married around 36 years of age. After a few months of dating her boyfriend talked excitedly about having children. After he proposed he began calling her “The Babymaker.” She then confided with him that one of her fallopian tubes was blocked. He in return insisted she see a fertility doctor. She recounts, “I had finally met a great guy who was eager to start a family with me. What woman wouldn’t fall for that?” Soon after her honeymoon he persisted on in an obsessive manner, but his efforts had to be temporarily halted as she had to get emergency back surgery. Alas, 6 months into recovery he was back to pressuring her again. She was in much pain at the time due to her back, but she agreed to In Vitro Fertilization. She then became pregnant, but soon miscarried. In response, her husband grabbed her by the neck, choking her. He apologized, blaming his outburst on his grief and had her sign up for another round of IVF. And then a third round. She tried to put him off with the excuse that she needed to weigh more before she could take treatments, her husband forced her to get on the scale often and filled the fridge with fattening foods. “It hurt that all I was good for was getting pregnant.” She recounts. At the end, he screamed at her, threatening to replace her with a maid if she couldn’t get pregnant and she told him she no longer wanted to have his child. He destroyed bedroom furniture, pushed her down the stairs and threatened her with a gun. She fled to a domestic violence shelter.

The second story was about a woman who faced marital rape. This woman was 40, had a then boyfriend and two children from a previous marriage. After telling her boyfriend she did not want any more children, her boyfriend refused to wear a condom and began to rape her.  She then became pregnant with her third child. Birth control was never an option for her because she couldn’t hide pills anywhere for he went through all of her belongings. Three months after giving birth, he raped her again, impregnating her with twins. She lost the twins in a physical fight with him, but soon became pregnant again. During her recovery she begged her obstetrician to remove her ovaries and devise a lie to tell him; that she had cancer. After a decade of sexual abuse and violence she was able to get a job that kept her out of the house and often times traveling.

One in four callers to the National Domestic Abuse hotline said that their partners had tried to force them to become pregnant. Why? As one woman stated, “Its like he wants to own me from the inside out.”  Having a baby is the perfect tie that binds. These type of abusers want to create a circumstance in which their partner is dependent on him.

WHAT’S THAT HAVE TO DO WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD?

Many voters never consider how defunding these clinics could hurt victims of domestic violence who turn to them for counseling as well as pregnancy prevention. Abused women will turn to health care providers long before they will turn to domestic abuse hotlines and organizations. Many women in abusive relationships rely on life saving, affordable care programs such as Title X. It is critical that such places are open and operation when women and children need them so desperately.

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Reblog this if you think Black Widow and Hawkeye are superheroes please, I'm trying to prove a point to my brother

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Unfollow me if you make fun of trans people’s pronouns or their identity

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