#to be clear anakin is a demon :>

[tennessoui]

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priest obi-wan au! 👀

trick or treat! 🧛‍♀️🦇 happy Halloween 🥰

priest obi-wan au 🧡🧡 my seasonal and beautiful most beloved !! Here is a ~5 sentence continuation:

Obi-Wan does not turn around—he knows this voice, and he knows that nothing will begin until he turns around, and he knows how it will end already. So he takes his lessons from his holy book—from Lot, who refused to look at his own ruin. He will be like Lot and not his wife.

Even if his ruin feels inevitable.

“Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned,” the worshipper murmurs into the stillness of the empty church.

Obi-Wan closes his eyes. “There must be a limit to how many times I may forgive you for the same sin.”

The voice moves closer, tone growing mocking yet confident. “But that’s not how your nature works, Father, is it?“

Obi-Wan thins his lips into a line before releasing his breath and dropping his head. “No, it isn’t,” he says defeatedly.

“We make quite a perfect pair,” Anakin says as his hands land on Obi-Wan’s waist. “As it’s in my nature to sin again and again.”

[antianakin]

Also, I had another question for you, if you don’t mind giving your thoughts on it: I recently came across a post criticizing Obi-Wan and Yoda for not telling Luke that Anakin was ‘Darth Vader’: AKA: his father. And I think it’s been kind of established that they were going to tell Luke when they felt he was ready, but when things spiraled out of control at the beginning of ‘A New Hope’ that they thought it would just be too painful? And like… OBVIOUSLY they are not telling Luke he needs to kill Anakin to be cruel. They’re telling him Anakin WILL force Luke’s hand into having to defend himself because Anakin will try to slice Luke’s fucking head off. Lol.

But anyway, the reason this tumblr post I came across bothered me is because it was really vindictive and bitter in accusing Yoda… of wanting revenge. Like… saying THAT’S the reason Yoda tried to get Luke to kill Anakin. And not… idk… the fact the galaxy was on fire. 🤦‍♀️ Essentially, they admitted that what the Jedi went through was a genocide. But instead of showing SYMPATHY, they turned it around by saying that Yoda was CRUEL and demonizing him even if he DID want revenge… as a GENOCIDE victim. And it just felt… SO gross. 😭🤢 Because it was OBVIOUS what they cared about the most was Anakin’s pain in the suit and Luke’s conflict with killing Anakin. But Yoda being a GENOCIDE VICTIM meant nothing to them. And that isn’t even the REASON Yoda and Obi-Wan say Luke may have to kill Anakin! It’s because Anakin is dangerous and burning the galaxy down with Palpatine at that point in time. Essentially; they believe it’s for the greater good.

But what REALLY grinds my gears is how even if their theory about Yoda WAS true… they would demonize the GENOCIDE VICTIM over wanting justice/revenge over the actual guy who helped slaughter them. 🤦‍♀️🤢 It just… pissed me off SO much. Lol.

But anyway, you don’t have to give your thoughts if you don’t want to, but I always love hearing your take on backwards logic like this from radical Anakin/Anidala/anti Jedi fans (this was from a radical Anidala fan, which I guess makes sense now that I think about it why they didn’t care about the Jedi’s plight and just the Skywalker family’s pain).

Someone else sent me an ask about something very similar to this yesterday. My response is in the queue, so I don't want to completely overlap this. But whatever post generated these asks, I'm so glad I've curated my dash enough not to have to see it.

I think people seem to overestimate the amount of time Obi-Wan and Yoda have in which they could have told Luke about Vader.

Obi-Wan is a stranger to Luke for most of his life, something that generally gets explained away in other media as Owen not wanting Obi-Wan around, but it's not super clear in the films themselves why Obi-Wan has kept his distance for so long. But regardless, he has. And Obi-Wan DOES give Luke quite a lot of information that his aunt and uncle have been keeping from him in the immediate aftermath of them meeting in ANH. He tells him that his father was a Jedi who was "killed" by Darth Vader, and he tells him Darth Vader was his student and that Vader betrayed them all. The only thing missing is that these are the same people, but also this is their FIRST conversation about this and Obi-Wan is pretty clearly trying to gently bring Luke into this wider world he's never known and not just drop a bunch of massive bombshells on his shoulders. He's also trying to convince Luke to leave Tatooine with him, and it likely won't help to tell him that his father is a traitor who is currently still an incredible danger to him.

And then Owen and Beru die and Luke is in mourning and Obi-Wan's primary focus is on getting to Alderaan and not throwing more pressure on Luke than he can handle in a situation where he's already going to feel under a lot of pressure. And then he dies. And while Obi-Wan is occasionally able to speak to Luke after he dies, it seems to be pretty sporadic at best and he can't stick around for very long until after Luke gets to Dagobah. So his ability to have a nice long conversation about Vader is incredibly minimal.

And finally there's Luke's time on Dagobah where he does seem to have more ready access to both Obi-Wan and Yoda, but Yoda is still seeing a LOT of reasons to keep this information from Luke. Luke struggles with believing in himself, he takes a weapon into the cave, he's reckless and impulsive, etc. And there's no telling just how long the two of them have together and it's more important to get Luke as trained as possible so that he stays alive (and also so that when it IS time for him to learn this information, he can HANDLE IT).

And that's it. There's always bigger priorities and good reason for both Yoda and Obi-Wan to believe that Luke isn't quite ready to learn this given how painful of a truth it would be. And you know what? When Luke IS given this information, he nearly gives up on everything as a reaction. He wasn't ready. Yoda and Obi-Wan were right.

The other ask I answered is more about Obi-Wan telling Luke he has to prepare himself for the super likely possibility that he'll have to kill his father, so I won't go into that much here. It's weird to put accusations on Yoda since, to my memory, Yoda and Luke never HAVE a conversation about Vader, let alone one where Yoda tells Luke to kill him. Is the argument supposed to be that Yoda kept the information from Luke so that Luke would always hate Anakin and therefore be more likely to kill him?

But. Yeah. The kinder, more objective answer to this is like you said, they're preparing him for the possibility that Anakin will try to kill HIM and so he might have to defend himself. They're preparing him for the possibility that Anakin CANNOT BE SAVED because he's shown exactly no inclination to stop murdering people for the last twenty some-odd years, even when faced with people he used to claim to love. Don't lose a thousand people just to save one. If Luke refuses to do what has to be done and dies as a result (or is turned into a Sith himself), the entire galaxy suffers. Leia MIGHT be able to pick up the torch after him (although she'd never have a living master to help her train), but it would probably take YEARS before she could manage to do what Luke could not.

The more bitter answer to this from someone who's not a fan of Anakin is that Anakin deserves it. Like you said, I'm more inclined to feel sympathy for the people who are genocide victims wanting justice or even vengeance for what was done to them than I am inclined to feel sympathy for the person who committed said genocide. It's why I feel a hell of a lot more sympathy for Reva than I ever have for Anakin (Reva also stops killing people WAY earlier than Anakin and shows more empathy towards people she's not personally related to than Anakin ever does). I'm over here HOPING that suit hurts him, I HOPE that he struggles to breathe every day, I hope his breath burns in his lungs every time air is pumped into him, I hope he feels that pain every moment of every day he has to stay alive. I could not give less of a shit about Anakin's pain. It's not even just the one genocide, either. Every single clone who dies after Order 66, their enslavement and loss of what little autonomy they had, can thank Anakin for what was done to them. And then he spends over TWENTY YEARS spreading pain and destruction and death across the galaxy. There are MILLIONS of lives gone exclusively because of Anakin. Anakin is DROWNING in the blood of the people he's killed. I hope it suffocates him. Even if Obi-Wan and Yoda DID want Luke to kill his father out of vengeance, I wouldn't blame them.

So yeah. Fuck Anakin. Who gives a shit if he's in pain. Luke is so lucky he didn't have to actually get to know his complete shit heel of a father and that his primary father figures ended up being Owen, Obi-Wan, and Yoda. Imagine how awful his life would've been if he'd actually had to live with Anakin as a father at any point. Luke dodged a bullet in so many ways.

This is why I don't engage with people like that anymore. There's so little point. I'm set in my ways and opinions now for the most part and they likely are, too. Arguing with them is just going to make everybody feel worse. I'd rather stay in my corner, even if I'm ranting in that corner.

[rose-arwen-padme]

The Jedi Council waited respectfully so he could walk down the ship's ramp first.

Technically, the first boots that met the plaza floor were those of his new guard. New to him—not new to the position. Each of these stone-faced men was already tall, but the black plumes jetting out from their helmets added to their imposing frames. Neither the movement of their uniformed march nor the innocent wind could bend the stricken feathers. The uneducated eye would think these virile men in their metallic armor were the more formidable unit, in stark contrast to the variably aged Jedi Masters hanging behind in their soft, unassuming robes.

Their weapons were on full display. This was about presentation as much as it was about protection. The guards covered as much vertical air as the Neimoidians with their own high hats, yet in their bearing the sentries possessed none of the defeat or cowardliness.

He didn't look at the failed oppressors when he strolled right past them; there wasn't even an acknowledgment of their existence. Perhaps that should have been a sign, but clues are more difficult to spot when you aren't aware you should be looking for them. He was nothing but grins and celebration. Puffed sleeves swung left to right as he traveled forward. This was when he still infused his wardrobe with welcoming blues and browns in the fashion of Naboo's wealthiest—carryovers from decades spent representing them. Long fabrics in charcoal, black, and blood red came later.

I observed from afar as he cordially greeted Obi-Wan. The mild distance and the breeze prevented a clear listening, but I heard him say something about bravery. Then his eyes shifted to the blond-haired boy idling at the Jedi's hip. No amount of space between me and the trio could filter the beaming smile that spread till maxed, nor could I miss the way his eyes went from polite automation to enthralled.

Then I watched—as a pleased spectator to this event, and as a friend—when the new leader of the Galactic Republic placed his hand on Ani's shoulder. The boy was just as worthy of adoration and admiration as anyone, but I recognized what a special moment this was. Though he was so much more than his background, Ani was a former slave from the Outer Rim, only recently indoctrinated into our Republic's fold. Yet the Supreme Chancellor—the most powerful figure in the galaxy; a demon who knew exactly what he was doing—placed a hand of friendship and blessing on the very tunic Ani had worn in his slavery.

Claiming him. Publicly claiming him in front of all of us—the Jedi Council, Obi-Wan, and although I was the unexpected chess piece no one saw coming at the time, he even claimed Anakin right in front of me.

None of us realized what we had just witnessed. When we felt the breeze snake through our ranks, we never suspected it was Fate infiltrating the show. Brushing up against our shoulders. Whispering condolences behind our ears. I remember the weight of my black gown, donned for mourning. I remember the relief I felt at his victory with the Senate, though Naboo had already secured hers without it. I remember the paleness of his hand as it briefly rested next to the boy's tan neck. A bloodless beast touching the sun god heir.

Still grinning, he paraded next towards my group, success at his public and private triumphs electrifying his eyes. Congratulations were exchanged between us like tokens. He smiled at me, and he spoke pretty words for "peace" and "prosperity."

I smiled back and welcomed him inside the palace. Later that evening, we stood side-by-side as Qui-Gon Jinn burned.

If I'd known then what I know now, I would have run forward while Palpatine was still disembarking from the ship, put my body between him and Ani in order to shield the boy, and screamed.

Read more of Suppression, a fanfic telling the story of AOTC from Padmé’s POV, at Archive of Our Own.

[yall-hate-kids-tourney]

Jane Crocker (Homestuck) vs. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Y'all Hate Kids: Screwed By The Writers

Propaganda below the cut

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Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

(cw: brief mentions of assault)

The fandom blames her for the melodrama and problems in Act 6 and shit even though it was ALL the alpha kids who were terrible communicators and having relationship drama. She encouraged Jake to try having a relationship with Dirk even though she liked him too, she wants her friends to be happy even if she isn't. The fandom basically makes her the Stupid Bitch Who Gets In The Way Of Yaoi even though she quite literally made the yaoi happen. She's a victim of Act 6 being messy and written badly. Then we get to the epilogues/sequel. While she's an adult there, it's clear the writers just kinda hate her. She could definitely be a villain but they completely misunderstand her character in order to make her flat and completely in the wrong- even though some of the things she's saying in regards to Troll and Human society intertwining. It isn't looked at with nuance, Jane is just wrong and everyone else has to kill her. Like... hello??? If you're going to make her a villain do it right. Misogyny my nemesis. 

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"Jane Crocker is initially introduced when, in order to win the game they have been sucked into, the original four kids travel to a universe where their grand/parents have been swapped with them and selected to play it instead.  She is the grandmother, now granddaughter of John Egbert, the first introduced character, and her hobbies include detective fiction, baking, wondering how to tell one of her best friends that she's in love with him, and avoiding frequent attempts on her life.

To explain that last one, she is the heiress to the Betty Crocker company and national monopoly, aka. Crockercorp, and has big plans about the good she can do when she finally takes power.  As she finds out in the game, the company is a front ruled by the Condesce, an alien queen from another universe who was gathering power on Earth so that she could leap into the game and thus take over the world it would create.  And she's happy to let Jane rule with her, so long as she puts on this computer and OBEYs.

After she is mind-controlled by the Condesce, Jane has little role in the rest of the story -- she is put to sleep and cured offscreen, and only shows up as a bit player in the final fight with no dialogue whatsoever to resolve her arc.  However, she does have one scene with her crush, Jake, while she is not herself that colours a lot of the audience reaction to her.  

Some context: During the game, she had chickened out during her confession to Jake, and he then proceeded to use her for relationship advice when their other friend, Dirk, succeeded in becoming his boyfriend.  After one of these chats where Jake reveals he forgot her birthday, she blows up at him for using her, which is the last normal conversation they have in the comic.

By the time she is being controlled, Jake is being held prisoner, and so with her inhibitions removed and priorities redirected towards Crockercorp, she tells him all about the future he'll have as her consort and repeatedly harasses and threatens him.  Because there is never any closure for this moment as both characters are shoved to the background, this is the fandom's last impression of Jane, which is used as evidence of her true nature whenever anyone needs to justify their hate for or demonization of her.

Although Jane has plenty of casual conversations with her friends early on that demonstrate her true character -- she is supportive of her friends to a fault, and is initially given the role of team leader but ultimately is too passive to fill it, one of the many reasons for her friends' frayed unity.  However, absolutely none of her traits and decisions are important to the plot, and her arc is dropped with her potential left unfulfilled, leaving it easy for her to be overshadowed by a single dramatic moment she had while explicitly out of character.

And that should be the end of the story, but it gets worse.  In 2019, Hussie released the Homestuck Epilogues, an explicitly ""dubiously canonical"" prose novel with two routes that many fans found so damaging and distasteful that they left the fandom entirely.  Between the book itself and the ensuing flame wars, the fandom was reduced to merely a fraction of its size, and most of the people now remaining belong to the camp that liked the Epilogues, or at least saw it as part of canon.

In both routes of the Epilogue, Jane, now an adult, becomes the authoritarian president of Earth C and coerces Jake into an abusive relationship.  This is worse in the Candy Route, where she is described as a fascist, declares a policy of genocide against trolls, regularly drugs Jake to have sex with him, and uses their kid to blackmail him into staying with her.  All of this ultimately causes her to be cast as a central antagonist in the HS team's ongoing comic ""Homestuck^2"" that continues off of the Epilogues.

All of this follows from an extrapolation of her behaviour while mind-controlled, which is somehow still applicable to her character once she is back to normal.   Now, the popular excuse for her mischaracterization is the backbone of current official Homestuck content.  And because her being an antagonist is key to the story, most fans of the sequel (which is now the majority of online Homestuck fans) have to buy into the justification for her actions in order to properly suspend disbelief and keep reading.  Thus, it is nigh impossible to find anyone who will engage with the canon -- and I mean /actually/ canon, not postcanon -- version of Jane.

Addendum: Although canon Jane is a teenager, I have to discuss how her adult postcanon self affects her perception and basically erases the original character.  Nonetheless, since postcanon Jane can hardly be called the same character, I don't think this affects Jane's eligibility."

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

So poorly written for such an insane fandom that the actual child actor, Jake Lloyd, received enough hate mail to make him quit acting.

[deusvervewrites]

What were the best fics you've read this year?

I'm narrowing this down to the fics that I started reading in 2023

Genesis: AFO!Midoriya as a Vigilante, and Ashido getting OFA.

Shuten-Doriya: Transfem!Midoriya with an Oni Quirk. She and Inko end up making a highly-popular Sake brand. Hatsume and Melissa make a robot that turns communist.

CoG: The Missing Link: A MHA crossover with Psyren that adapts it to the MHA setting in a fascinating way

Hellspawn: Midoriya with a demonic Quirk

Supporting a Hero: Support course Midoriya dating OFA!URaraka. Hero!Toga.

Oops, Seiai: Midoriya is accidentally enrolled in Seiai. Shenanigans ensue.

Mechanize!: Support course Midoriya who has a Quirk, unknown to him.

Changing Gears: Come on. You already know.

Four Minutes for the Truth: Ace Attorney crossover with Ghost Trick that assumes you know the twists in Ghost Trick. Sissel has to keep Edgeworth alive

Gears & GFs: Quote the summary, "Momo hacks. Mei invents. They fall in love, meet, fight, and kiss— in that order."

Ghost of a Chance: Another Ace Attorney and Ghost Trick crossover, this time with Mia as the ghost

Heroes Beneath the Mask: Persona 5 crossover with MHA with the interesting twist of not having Joker and Midoriya roleswap.

Welcome to demon school, Izuku-kun!: Fucking read it.

When Fangirling Reaches New Heights: Fem!AFO!Midoriya is bad at being a Villain but good at flirting with OFA!Uraraka.

Good Intentions (Make Bad Excuses): Dadzawa arrests Quirkless Vigilante Midoriya in an effort to make him a Hero only to discover that he is in a Midoriya Has Trust Issues fic and just shattered the tenuous relationship he'd built

Those who Help the Heroes: Another Support!Midoriya fic, this time with online friends

Pony Tsunotori's Second Quirk: Bootleg One for All: Look there is nothing here I can say that the title doesn't.

Oops, One for All for All: Same author and description as the previous entry.

Accidental Apotheosis: Ash is actually an Arceus because his dad is secretly the Arceus. Hilarity ensues.

Ghost of Tatooine: From the author of my favorite BotW fic, this Star Wars fic is based around the idea that Anakin didn't become Darth Vader because Sideus fucking killed him and Luke can see his ghost.

Feels Like There's No Gravi-TEA!: A fluffy one-shot of Uraraka and Yaoyorozu getting together.

Grindstone and Forge: Midoriya clears extra-dimensional dungeons to gain superpowers and Yaoyorozu has OFA.

[allronix]

This one is for @caripr94 and this post

(I'm pretty sure someone in the thread blocked my cynical butt because I can be That Bitch)

Was it a horrible thing Anakin killed the kids? YES. Though I'd take a fast death by saber compared to whatever the hell Paplatine would think up.

My position though is that the kids never should have been there in the first place.

There is absolutely no universe, either real life or any fictional setting, where we're supposed to see the guys who conscript toddlers as the Good Guys. Especially when the explicit purpose of that policy being too young to have conscious memories or "attachment" to the caregivers. No way in hell that is ever done for benign or benevolent purposes. Even in universe, this whole thing is used to establish the First Order as a bunch of bad dudes.

No, it's not abduction or kidnapping. It's consenting (Jedi apologist argument #1)...though the consent gets kinda dubious in far too many cases. The recruiter has a mighty big thumb on the scale, and no one in the apologia camp has given a clear answer to "who is making sure the Seeker isn't cutting corners?"

And I've heard the Jedi apologist argument that "Oh, it's to make sure they don't accidentally hurt someone with their powers." (Jedi apologist argument #3) That's bantha shit. Anakin, Luke, Leia, Rey in the films, countless others in Legends...they aren't frying the cat or being possessed by demons. They just grow up wherever they are; maybe a little luckier or unluckier than usual, maybe the reflexes are a little uncanny. But no more or less dangerous than anyone else.

The only reason in real life (or fiction, for that matter) an organization recruits children is for control and power. Cut off any potential for disloyalty, any competing desires, any real chance they have somewhere to go if they want to leave. (And yes, I've ranted elsewhere about Jedi Apologist Argument #2, the "Oh, but they can leave if they're unhappy") Get them too small to run away or fight back. In real life, it was also used as a display of power by the ruling classes against those who were not in favor. We can march in and take anything we want, even your kids, and you can console yourself that it's a great honor we're doing it because you can do that or just suck it.

The kids are raised in institutional care without any real specific affection as far as I can tell. Maybe you get nice one like Zia. (Young Jedi Adventures is a guilty pleasure) Maybe you get Jorus C'Both. Developing the younglings as people isn't really the goal here. What this system is set up to do is produce useful tools for the organization. The only time we see a class of younglings in ATOC, for example, they are not learning peaceful communion with the Force or languages, or even playing. No, they are learning to use the organization's signature weapon. It was not really any different from the Clone boys being put through their combat training. Maybe that was a deliberate point on Lucas's part - it would be pretty cool if it were - but it doesn't seem to be the case.

It's like most Jedi compassion; maybe got some good intentions, but the end goal is to make these kids into resources in a weird arms race of "we take them and shape them to our army or The Enemy will take them and shape them into their army." And I can kinda see it with that logic. Take them young, cut off any possible competing loyalties that they could choose over you, shape them to a singular purpose, and you have perfect field agents who are psychologically incapable (in theory) of betrayal or defection.

[blackkatmagic]

I think one of my biggest pet peeves in star wars fandom is about the whole balance in the force theme. Balance in the force isn’t the halfway point between the light and the dark side. The dark side isn’t a reflection or the light one or the other side of the coin.

The dark side is the corruption of the light. You don’t say that a body is balanced when it’s half dead.

A balanced force would be a healthy force, it would be the absence of corruption. The force is light, that’s what it is.

Fandom really like to make the dark side just another part of the force that got a bad reputation or got demonized by the jedi.

But I truly think that the dark side can be so much more interesting when you really see it as what it is, a corruption of the natural state of the force. Some force user get corrupted and fight it, some get corrupted and revel in it, spread it. And there’s potential to create so many interesting thing out of it that get ignored by a lot of the fandom.

It's one of those things where I think fandom has this desperate need to make the whole story edgier than it actually is. SW is, conceptually, a very simple good guys vs. bad guys kind of story, and the OT makes that really clear. But when you add the PT, it's like....Anakin is the protagonist, and a lot of people just believe in him as the Sole Good Guy, so they bend over backwards to justify his choices. From that lens, everyone needing a bit of Dark is normal. That's why Anakin went full Dark Side. It was a natural thing, and not a twisting of the natural order due to greed and selfishness.

But yeah. GL has said that the Force is just the Force, there's no "light" side mentioned in any of the movies. It's the Dark Side that's unnatural, and I definitely think that's a fun premise to play with, given all the ways corruption can be a good narrative. But...fandom, as usual, takes everything way too far, imo.

[windi04]

Double Review: Dashing Youth & The Blood of Youth

Hi everyone, long time no see hehe. Lots of stuff happened, and I’m also kinda lazy by nature, so this blog has been inactive, which isn’t something new.

Anyways, I’ve been having some free time lately, so I binged some cdramas. Tbh I’m not a big cdrama fan… I find them mostly cringey and poorly written. Maybe it’s just the stuff I’d watched was bad, but it’s a shame that I couldn’t really enjoy watching anything since The Untamed, which was like one of the first cdramas I watched. Speaking of which, let me know if I should rewatch it. I want to invest in analysing the characters and the symbolism.

Anyways, back to the topic. I’d been trying to watch Dashing Youth for several months, and it honestly was SO GOOD. Yes, I had no idea that it was a prequel of another show, but because I was unaware of The Blood of Youth, I was basically always at the edge of my seat because I managed to avoid all the spoilers. Anyways, once I discovered this connection I immediately went onto watch The Blood of Youth once Dashing Youth ended.

Both the shows were pretty amazing, and as much as I want to yap about how much I love them, I also can’t. It’s funny - I’m actually a writer but I can’t write even when I want to. Kinda sad, really, my mind literally goes blank.

Anyways, I ADORE how the writers have used geography to lay out the cultures and design the settings. Also, at this point I have to mention that in most cases I tend to not enjoy wuxia dramas because of the exaggerated fighting scenes where everyone flies. But while watching Dashing Youth, I hammered into my mind to think of it as a legend, or a folklore. People tend to exaggerate when telling stories, so it’s only natural that the final interpretation is a bit unrealistic.

I loved the costumes and accessories, although I felt like Xiao Yu/Lord Chi’s costumes drew inspiration from the Fire Nation in ATLA, lol. His long capes also made it seem like he was trying to channel Ye Dingzhe vibes, which I think - given his aspirations of world domination - was what he was actually trying to do. Also why are they wearing long, heavy capes while fighting indoors? There are some other small issues in the wardrobe department, but overall though, it was pretty good.

I did realise that there were major mistakes made with timelines. I know that the shows were made based on a novel - which I have not read - but based on the two series alone I think that Dashing Youth did a poor job at getting the events in the right order. The biggest example of this is how Lei Mengsha meets his wife Li Xinyue. According to The Blood of Youth, they met while Lei Mengsha was travelling with his junior Baili Dongjun. But in Dashing Youth, he was a husband and a father long before he even met Dongjun.

And the women. The WOMEN!!! I never thought I would see such powerful women in a cdrama! Baili Dongjun’s mother, Yue Yao, Yue Qing, Ye Ruoyi, and even Hua Jin - not to mention Li Hanyi, Sikong Qianluo, Ji Xue, and Li Xinyue - such powerful women. Even The Untamed couldn’t introduce such queens to us. But I hate Yi Wenjun. She was the downfall of Ye Dingzhi.

Ye Dingzhi. Ye Yun. I never expected him to become the villain. He’s pretty much the Anakin Skywalker of this universe. Props to He Yu for pulling off this character marvelously! I mean, Ye Dingzhi suffered so much, but he still hoped. When Wenjun disappeared, leaving him alone with their 2-year-old son, he was desperate. Even when he actually became a demon, his conscience was pretty clear. As Ji Ruofeng said, “Good or evil, Ye Dingzhi deserves respect.” Heck, the Eunuchs who were there to kill him were literally trying to blink away tears when he committed suicide!

And Ye Anshi. I never thought Ye Anshi was Wuxin. But I loved his character. Despite being a monk, and a formidable foe, he was pretty chaotic and sassy. I mean, it would be weird if he wasn’t like that after he was carried across the country in a golden coffin.

It’s almost midnight here, and I want to sleep, so here’s one final favourite character before wrapping up.

Ok. I have more than one final favourite character that I want to talk about. So I’m going to wrap this up here. I might put out additional posts about them in the future. But I absolutely recommend y’all to watch them if you haven’t done already. I also found out that another series from the same universe is in the works, so let’s look forward to that too!

[judging-films-of-all-kinds]

Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace (1999) Review

Plot

Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his padawan Obi Wan Kenobi are sent to Naboo in order to aid the planet to stop a full scale invasion. They keep the current queen safe, fleeing Naboo at one point. While doing so they meet a slave boy, Anakin Skywalker.

8/10

It's a pretty interesting plot idea. But plan if you don’t add things to it. 

Characters

I find all the characters interesting. Especially Qui-Gon and Darth Maul. We get to see new and old characters. 

10/10

Acting

I don’t see the acting problem people have brought up. Everyone did a good job. Even kid Anakin’s actor, Jake Lloyd. 

10/10

Character Design 

Very few creatures in this movie were CGI. Everyone else is in suits and I love it. Even then the CGI is really good for a movie that came out in 1999. Then we have Maul and Padme’s makeup. Maul looks like a demon, a monster ready to eat you whole. Meanwhile Padme is stunning. Her full white makeup makes her look like she is above everyone. 

10/10

World Building

The world building is so good. We get to see what the cities on each planet are like. What the planets look like from space. How each one works, who is in charge, are there slaves and so on. It’s just so much fun watching it all! We also learn more from the characters talking to one and another, as you are meant to. 

10/10

Music

Do I really need to talk about this? The scores are really good. Each one has a purpose and hints at the other movies as well. Luke and Vader’s classic theme pops up here and there. We also get a new one, the battle between Maul and Qui-Gon. 

10/10

Dual Battles

The first one we get to see is about an hour in and it’s between Qui-Gon and Maul. It’s fun seeing them go against each other. There isn’t a lot going on besides Maul kicking and jumping over Qui. 

In the next one it’s Maul against both master and padawan. We get to see that Obi and Qui have fought together before, playing off one another. We also get to see how skilled Maul is. He is often able to block attacks he can’t see. All three of them are using the force to read the other’s next move. Though they are mostly using their own natural skills. 

The Third One we see is between Maul and Qui. We get to see the difference between these two. Maul is skilled fighter but he isn’t afraid to “play dirty”, while Qui isn’t. This leads Qui’s death. 

The final one is between Maul and Obi. It’s clear as day that Obi at first was fighting with his anger, much to Maul’s amusement. Maul is still showing off while Obi is just trying to kill him. Once Obi calms down, that's when he wins. Maul got cocky and that was his downfall.

10/10

Rating In Total

10/10

This movie is fun and entertaining for me. People should give it a chance, or a second chance for others.

I will be doing other Star Wars movies this week. Let me know if there is anyone I missed or you disagree on. Till then, see you at the next showing!

[vertebreakher]

Thinking about the parallels between Doomguy and Vader, and what's interesting is the minor similarity between the classic doom helmet and Vader's helmet (particularly the way both broaden on the way to the bottom and the ventilator fully covering the mouth and nose.) But its interesting that are many depictions where Doomguy's face is still visible through the visor, which I think serves as a visual reminder of his humanity and empathy remaining regardless of his rage and fixation. in contrast Vader's face is never shown and when it is he doesn't at all resemble the person he was before being disfigured, his single-minded hatred is the only thing driving him. Doomguy is that one in a million dark side user that doesn't just feed into their own greed and ambition as if those are meaningful in and of themselves. the dark side is passion and desire primarily, but is so often characterized as evil because of how easy it is for people to gravitate towards the most unga bunga "me want big power number forever large" ideology. People like Palpatine are basically just chasing after that endorphin rush from getting that level up after XP grinding. Playing the force like some gatcha game, because they just feel so good when their rare jpeg has higher crit chance. And with the Jedi constantly telling force users to never explore their emotions, its no wonder people who are disillusioned keep falling into an ideology that matches the most pervasive and addictive method of real world manipulation in any form of entertainment Palps was probably shitting his pants a bit after realizing how much potential Anakin Skywalker had as a dark side user, because instead of buying into the "more P O W E R" bullshit Anakin just wanted love and acknowledgement. He needed to straight up manipulate him into sabotaging his own life by committing atrocities and maiming him so his life support puts him in constant agony to control him, because otherwise he'd be empowered purely by the love of his wife and kids. Conversely, Doomguy is just someone who loved his pet rabbit and couldn't stand the idea of hurting people. Demons are equally reliant on the satisfaction of getting the big number as the Sith, and they can't corrupt Doomguy because probably the only thing in life he wanted was to give an animal unconditional love and geek out about nerd shit. I'd say the big difference between Vader and Doomguy is really that Palpatine was smart enough to manipulate Vader into ruining his own life. Because the demons killed daisy directly as a simpleminded act of revenge, Doomguy isn't vulnerable to self-hatred the way Vader is. If Palps had gone "haha I killed your wife don't you feel bad?" Anakin would have absolutely merced the fuck out of him and probably every self-proclaimed sith to ever surface for as long as he lived. Vader wants to keep feeling self loathing and pain, and fall more and more into becoming a monster. Because that's what he thinks he deserves. It took realizing his son was alive to even begin working back from that. Doomguy has a clear understanding of who is to blame for his tragedies, his hate is fixated outwards on something that truly deserves it. He can mess around with guitar and vinyl figure collections and allow himself to still be an empathetic human being without having a moral crisis about whether he deserves those kinds of things.

[creepycreepyspacewizard]

@ladyshivs tagged me in a fun fic game, yay! Thank you!

The rules are: post the beginning lines of your most recent 10 published fanfics and then tag 10 people.

This took some working out cos I have too many accounts and posting has been spotty since the pandemic. Most of the Kylux/Hitaka long fic has been abandoned due to lack of interest. Newest to oldest:

Everything Has To Happen Somewhere (Orville, mpreg, comedy)

Ed Mercer had terrible luck. Okay, that might be an exaggeration. An awful lot of his life worked out just fine in the end, but if something could go wrong along the way, it usually would. This assignment was not a vacation. He’d been very clear on that. Vacations in particular had a way of biting him in the ass. A romantic vacation with Janel had turned into a life or death situation when she turned out to be a Krill in disguise. A relaxing break for the command crew at Kelly’s cabin had been cut short by Admiral Perry’s betrayal.  For the sake of the galaxy Ed should probably never attempt to go on vacation ever again. 

Stranger Still (Kylux, Modern AU, fantasy)

For an area called the ‘Pine Barrens’ there were an awful lot of deciduous trees along this stretch of road. Their oranges and reds were the only thing breaking the monotony, and they weren’t doing a very good job of it. Donal Hux glared at the trees whipping past the passenger window, willing one of them to give him a sign that they weren’t driving in circles.  The trees continued to look just as boring and uniform as they had for the last two hours. Tall, leafy at the top, brown at the bottom, over and over and over until the end of the world or his sanity, whichever came first.  “We’re lost,” he said.  He had no evidence of this, but he was tired of sitting in silence and the radio wasn’t enough to keep his mind busy. He’d rather have a heated discussion than play spot the difference with the landscape. “Nah, we’re fine,” Kylo drawled. “On a cosmic level, I know exactly where we are.”

Heresy (Kylux, Warhammer 40k AU)

Sharing command with an Inquisitor was not the way General Hux had expected his career to go, but to question the Emperor’s will was heresy of the highest order, so Hux would keep his objections in the privacy of his own head. Not that privacy was guaranteed, even there. Everyone knew Ren was a Sanctioned Psyker. Tales of his telekinetic exploits ran through the Regiments like wildfire, so that even the Space Marine Captains seemed quietly impressed by his ability to halt blaster bolts in the air and drag Tyranids to their doom with a wave of his hand. His ‘other skills’ — telepathy scans, projection, compulsion — those were pure speculation. Still, Hux was disquieting to think that Ren might be pawing through his thoughts at any moment.

Ghost in the Machine (Kylux, drama)

As a warrior Kylo had faced death more times than he could count, but he’d never really contemplated his own end beyond its inevitability. For years death had just been something to avoid for as long as he could, and accept when it came.  He’d never thought about an afterlife in terms of how it might relate to himself. That was something for other people. Luke had told tales of speaking to his teachers, and to his father Anakin immediately after his death—all things that had seemed like a comfort to young Ben especially when voices began to speak to him too. 

Wanted: Wedding Crasher (Kylux, modern AU, comedy)

Be naked at my father’s wedding (Cherry Hill) - My father intends to marry the demon known as my step-mother in a mask-free non-socially-distanced ceremony in Central Park next month. I want someone to be naked in the woods and run through the wedding during the vows. I will reward you well and protect you from my family. $$$$ Compensation can be discussed privately. Kylo read through the ad for a fourth time while his stomach growled quietly to itself. There was no point complaining to him—if he’d had money for food he wouldn’t have been trawling Craigslist for ways to pay his portion of the rent and keep the internet on.  He’d known it would be hard to make his name in New York with a heavy metal band, but no one could have predicted lockdown. Everyone was struggling, or so it seemed to him. 

A Pumpkin, A Kitten, & A Very Good Night (Kylux, Modern AU, comedy)

Hux sat on the cold metal steps of the fire escape, staring blankly at the sunset-lit park across the street, and willed his hands to stop shaking around his coffee mug. Just like his manager, his hands weren’t listening to his pleas.  Deadlines — real hard immovable deadlines — were looming now, but he knew he’d go mad without half an hour sitting in the weak autumn sunlight. When had he last left his apartment? A week ago? Maybe longer.  He needed daylight and something that wasn’t a screen in front of his eyes. Just for long enough for his brain to come back online. He probably needed sleep too. “Ha,” he muttered under his breath, then took a sip of his drink before he started talking to himself again.

The Fall of Yesterday (Kylux, A/B/O, drama)

He knew he was dreaming the instant he opened his eyes.  There were familiar, smoke obscured constellations wheeling slowly over his head. Every breath he drew into his lungs was hotter than the last, but his skin was so cold he was almost losing feeling in his limbs. Or perhaps that was just the bloodloss. He was back on Starkiller Base all over again, laying in a snowbank, bleeding out as the planet tore itself apart beneath him. His poor choices had destroyed that super weapon just as completely as they had destroyed every other part of his life. Hux had been the one to save him then—on the orders of Snoke, true, but Snoke hadn’t told the General to hide a tracker on his belt. Given that Hux had once responded to a request to capture a droid safely by carpet bombing the area, the fact that Hux had rescued him at all proved that he had truly cared. The snow beneath his body turned to ashy barren stones. The heat inside him was the burning of radiation and long exposure to the poisonous atmosphere of Exogol. Hux couldn’t save him now. 

Unexpected Avenues (Hitaka, A/B/O, drama)

Despite living through the collapse of Starkiller Base and the destruction of half the First Order fleet, Dopheld Mitaka had never heard a sound as loud as General Hux’s body hitting the deck.  He’d barely even registered the blaster shot—his focus had been on the screen in front of him, not the chatter of the command crew behind him—so it took all his focus not to cry out as his Omeg—as the General fell. As casually as Pryde had handed the blaster back to its owner, Dopheld wasn’t stupid enough to think that any show of loyalty to a dead officer wouldn’t be punished in exactly the same way.  He bit his lip, forced his eyes back his terminal, and tried to will away the tears that were threatening to give him away. There was nothing he could do, and nothing he could have done. Diving in front of the blaster in the middle of a crowded bridge would have only led to both of them getting shot. 

Baby's First Life Day (Kylux, mpreg, fluff)

Holodramas were to blame for this, Kylo thought as he watched Hux bustling around their quarters with three mouse droids beeping at his heels. Sitting happily on his lap Isadora clapped her hands at the colourful strings of lights being carefully hung along the edges of the ceiling. It was hard to believe that this time last year their now sturdy little girl had been causing them so much worry.

Babe, I'm Here Again (Kylux, A/B/O, modern AU, drama)

Armitage couldn't believe he’d ended up in this nerd’s room on a Friday night, again. Not that he had anywhere better to be, but wasn’t that just the point- he should have somewhere, anywhere, better to be than this! At 25 he’s an Omega in his prime, he should be out at an Alpha bar finding a mate, not holed up in a room that smells faintly of socks strategizing the next move in a Dungeons & Dragons game he hadn’t even wanted to join in the first place. Actually, to be entirely honest Armitage had never even been on a proper date. He wouldn’t know what to do with himself in an Alpha bar even if he did like socialising, which he didn’t. If he wasn’t sitting here with Ben he’d be in his own room working on his thesis.

Tagging: @glass-oceans @odekiisu @squire-reblogs @jathis @anonymousblueberry and anyone else who wants to join in.

[paragonrobits]

a lot of anti-Jedi rhetoric is deeply strange to me because a lot of it mostly amounts to sounding a lot like they think that the concepts of self control, NOT acting on your impulses or feelings the second you experience them makes you an inhuman monster

its a very strange fandom phenomenon and while I don't think its exclusively the result of people overhyping the concept of romance as something essential to the human experience (and disregarding the ideas of asexuality or simply that people might have bigger priorities than wanting to smooch someone), I do think that you see a lot of deeply strange conclusions that ultimately feel like people grasping at straws to find an excuse to hate the Jedi for basically existing.

One big example is the tendency for people to imply that the Jedi Order deserved their fate, or that their actions in the past led to it. Not only is this objectively incorrect, and not only is it specifically framed as a horrific tragedy and the capstone on the galaxy having a boot on its throat until the events of the original trilogy, the biggest issue there is the subject of Vader. A LOT of people like to insist that Anakin was demonized for having feelings, but Star Wars as a setting doesn't really do villainy like that, but Anakin often comes off as incredibly entitled and even childish in the prequel trilogy. In Clone Wars, conversely, he comes off as less annoying but at the same time his willingness to abandon Jedi doctrine, focus on his personal friends and loved ones over his greater duty and other character traits, though seemingly admirable, ultimately point to this:

That these are the same exact traits that define Darth Vader. Anakin, in a lot of ways, doesn't change that much.

People like to imagine that the Sith have the potential to be more good than the Jedi because they value passion. This flies in the face of the Sith's dogma, the on-screen behavior of every canonical Sith, and even the source of their power. Anger can be a tool, but being DEFINED by anger, in practice, means lashing out, simmering in resentment, storing up your desire to harm others or destroy for your own satisfaction. It's about a LACK of discipline, of acting upon your feelings as destructively and violently as possible.

There's a reason they almost died out; the reason they kept constantly backstabbing each other even in the middle of a war against everyone else is a result of their philosophical approach. This is the inevitable consequence of their outlook. Conversely, the Jedi's own doctrine (the harmony of all things, flowing with the currents of the Force, having it as an ally rather than something you brute force into whatever you want) avoids this.

It just keeps coming up again, this idolization of the Sith, the demonification of the Jedi, and it ultimately amounting to be people being really inappropriate about religious ideas clearly inspired by Buddhism and overvaluing romance. In all honesty, the Jedi's doctrine makes perfect sense especially when the point is clear; "Anakin fixated on his romantic love and personal feelings above anything else. Look what happened to him; he became the personal hand of the biggest tyrant in the universe. And also he murdered his wife in a fit of rage, because that is the inevitable conclusion to what the Sith are like."

[yall-hate-kids-tourney]

Jane Crocker (Homestuck) vs. Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

Y'all Hate Kids: Screwed By The Writers

Propaganda below the cut

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Jane Crocker (Homestuck)

(cw: brief mentions of assault)

The fandom blames her for the melodrama and problems in Act 6 and shit even though it was ALL the alpha kids who were terrible communicators and having relationship drama. She encouraged Jake to try having a relationship with Dirk even though she liked him too, she wants her friends to be happy even if she isn't. The fandom basically makes her the Stupid Bitch Who Gets In The Way Of Yaoi even though she quite literally made the yaoi happen. She's a victim of Act 6 being messy and written badly. Then we get to the epilogues/sequel. While she's an adult there, it's clear the writers just kinda hate her. She could definitely be a villain but they completely misunderstand her character in order to make her flat and completely in the wrong- even though some of the things she's saying in regards to Troll and Human society intertwining. It isn't looked at with nuance, Jane is just wrong and everyone else has to kill her. Like... hello??? If you're going to make her a villain do it right. Misogyny my nemesis. 

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"Jane Crocker is initially introduced when, in order to win the game they have been sucked into, the original four kids travel to a universe where their grand/parents have been swapped with them and selected to play it instead.  She is the grandmother, now granddaughter of John Egbert, the first introduced character, and her hobbies include detective fiction, baking, wondering how to tell one of her best friends that she's in love with him, and avoiding frequent attempts on her life.

To explain that last one, she is the heiress to the Betty Crocker company and national monopoly, aka. Crockercorp, and has big plans about the good she can do when she finally takes power.  As she finds out in the game, the company is a front ruled by the Condesce, an alien queen from another universe who was gathering power on Earth so that she could leap into the game and thus take over the world it would create.  And she's happy to let Jane rule with her, so long as she puts on this computer and OBEYs.

After she is mind-controlled by the Condesce, Jane has little role in the rest of the story -- she is put to sleep and cured offscreen, and only shows up as a bit player in the final fight with no dialogue whatsoever to resolve her arc.  However, she does have one scene with her crush, Jake, while she is not herself that colours a lot of the audience reaction to her.  

Some context: During the game, she had chickened out during her confession to Jake, and he then proceeded to use her for relationship advice when their other friend, Dirk, succeeded in becoming his boyfriend.  After one of these chats where Jake reveals he forgot her birthday, she blows up at him for using her, which is the last normal conversation they have in the comic.

By the time she is being controlled, Jake is being held prisoner, and so with her inhibitions removed and priorities redirected towards Crockercorp, she tells him all about the future he'll have as her consort and repeatedly harasses and threatens him.  Because there is never any closure for this moment as both characters are shoved to the background, this is the fandom's last impression of Jane, which is used as evidence of her true nature whenever anyone needs to justify their hate for or demonization of her.

Although Jane has plenty of casual conversations with her friends early on that demonstrate her true character -- she is supportive of her friends to a fault, and is initially given the role of team leader but ultimately is too passive to fill it, one of the many reasons for her friends' frayed unity.  However, absolutely none of her traits and decisions are important to the plot, and her arc is dropped with her potential left unfulfilled, leaving it easy for her to be overshadowed by a single dramatic moment she had while explicitly out of character.

And that should be the end of the story, but it gets worse.  In 2019, Hussie released the Homestuck Epilogues, an explicitly ""dubiously canonical"" prose novel with two routes that many fans found so damaging and distasteful that they left the fandom entirely.  Between the book itself and the ensuing flame wars, the fandom was reduced to merely a fraction of its size, and most of the people now remaining belong to the camp that liked the Epilogues, or at least saw it as part of canon.

In both routes of the Epilogue, Jane, now an adult, becomes the authoritarian president of Earth C and coerces Jake into an abusive relationship.  This is worse in the Candy Route, where she is described as a fascist, declares a policy of genocide against trolls, regularly drugs Jake to have sex with him, and uses their kid to blackmail him into staying with her.  All of this ultimately causes her to be cast as a central antagonist in the HS team's ongoing comic ""Homestuck^2"" that continues off of the Epilogues.

All of this follows from an extrapolation of her behaviour while mind-controlled, which is somehow still applicable to her character once she is back to normal.   Now, the popular excuse for her mischaracterization is the backbone of current official Homestuck content.  And because her being an antagonist is key to the story, most fans of the sequel (which is now the majority of online Homestuck fans) have to buy into the justification for her actions in order to properly suspend disbelief and keep reading.  Thus, it is nigh impossible to find anyone who will engage with the canon -- and I mean /actually/ canon, not postcanon -- version of Jane.

Addendum: Although canon Jane is a teenager, I have to discuss how her adult postcanon self affects her perception and basically erases the original character.  Nonetheless, since postcanon Jane can hardly be called the same character, I don't think this affects Jane's eligibility."

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)

So poorly written for such an insane fandom that the actual child actor, Jake Lloyd, received enough hate mail to make him quit acting.

[biblioflyer]

The Acolyte was actually pretty good.

I think I'd actually rate it as maybe the third best season of televised Star Wars, behind Mando s1 and Andor.

I have some gripes about a few details, like the Force Cult's fortress being built out of old Enterprise helm stations, but the main gripe I saw floating around without context, that it makes the Jedi the villains, is clearly way more complex. They're flawed, hubristic, and way more capable of rationalizing problematic actions than they like to let on, but at the same time this is also a story of rogue Jedi. Time and again, cooler heads - whether its Carrie Anne Moss' character or the High Council - tell some of the more impulsive ones to knock it off, to be careful and cautious.

Its also kind of a vindication of the Jedi doctrine on attachments. Like Anakin, you have several examples of Jedi who cannot handle attachment or self regulate in other ways and it leads them to ruin.

Checkmate gray side fans. The evidence just piles up with every twist that people to whom much power is given, much is expected, and for darn good reason. That power in the hands of people who are obsessed with protecting their padawans from unpleasant truths, convinced they know how to live better than others, obsessed with covering up damaging information about what happens when Jedi teaching does fail: it leads to doom.

Osha and Mae's coven I think does have an alternate regulatory method that works well enough for them, that being intense devotion to one another. Which is fine if you're an insular group largely interested in exploring the Force set apart from broader society with minimal potential for collateral damage.

Sad that Disney pulled the plug, I would have liked to see what happens with these characters next. The details of how the scheme to cover up the existence of the Sith blows up, if Mae regains her memory and how, how The Stranger turned: I'm actually intrigued.

Having said that, I think the meta is clear. The fallout from this will lead to the Jedi becoming more politicized and directly accountable to the Senate. A thing the Jedi will resent and will make them easier to demonize as the hatchet beings of a failed regime and traitors who engineered a war on false pretenses as part of a power grab. It will also likely limit them from poking around looking for relics and places of power that have been misplaced over the millennia, allowing our favorite evil antiquarian to dabble unchecked.

Crucially I do think this series proves both theories about Anakin's birth: he could have been a natural product of a verge or a product of the Sith utilizing a verge to try to create life. Although I suspect its meant to lend weight to the idea that Sidious or Plagueis willed Anakin into being: I don't know where current Disney canon lands on this and I'm pretty sure Disney doesn't either considering the questionable canon status of its own EU. Oh sure its officially canon, but....who buys that as the de facto policy?

[hannibalzero]

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Pokémon team!

1. Roserade

Obi-wans first Pokémon. Given to him as a Budew by Qui-gon-Jinn as a youngling.

Hidden within the bouquet on each hand are thorned whips loaded with virulent poison. Roserade moves gracefully as it corners its prey and mercilessly lashes them with its whips.

A Pokémon from a more civilized time.

2. Polteageist (shiny)

Obi-wan enjoys tea, he ordered an antique tea set from Naboo only to be surprise by this charming little guy. Starting as a scared Sinistea, this Pokémon is now brave and can make friends with anyone!

Trainers Polteageist trusts will be allowed to experience its distinctive flavor and aroma firsthand by sampling just a tiny bit of its tea.

3. Escavalier

As a knight of the republic, allowing this regal pokemon on Obi-Wan’s team was needed. A sweetheart to all but deadly to enemies. They are great sparing partner. After the loss of Qui-gon-jinn, Obi-Wan met this pokemon as a karrablast, waiting at the steps of the Naboo royal palace.

They fly around at high speeds, striking with their posioned lances. Even in trouble, they face their opponents bravely.

4. Lucario

This pokemon joined Obi-wan when he became Anakin’s master. As a Riolu she trained alongside Anakin helping the young boy grasp the force. She loves belly rubs and tends to lay across Obi-wan’s lap to beg for treats.

A most gallant-looking pokemon. It emits energy waves and controls them with precision. Using them to sense faraway beings.

5. Milotic

A gift from Satine when Obi-wan was a Padawan. His soarkling diamond of corse. Milotic helps with Obi-wans negotiations and teaching Anakin!

It lives in the bottom of clear lakes, in times of war. It shows itself which soothes people’s hearts and minds.

6. Rotom!

A gift from Anakin after he was knighted. Said that obi-wan needed some company now that he didn’t have a padawan. A naughty little pokemon that likes to live in Obi-Wan’s communicator! He like to sing to Obi-Wan.

Obiwan loves this little demon.

One boy’s invention led to the development of many different machines that takes advantage of Rotoms unique properties.

[jetiisyandereclones]

Hello, I'm starting a new tag game in order to spread some love for OCs!

If you get this message take it as a chance to rant about your OCs, tell us why you love them, why you created them, their tragic past, anything and everything you'd like to share! Go nuts! Then, to continue the love, send this to other people who need a chance to talk about their characters.

Ok, vera sai.

My main girl.

Trigger warning, this has alot of dark themes

Vera sai was born in France in the early 1400s. Her mother, esthianna durand, was a child prostitute forced into servitude after her lord father was beheaded by his people. Esthianna, being a bastard child, was able to slip by without attracting their notice.

Vera's father was a handsome but despicable man with a taste for the very young.

Esthianna was 14 and pretty and a prime target.

Vera's father kept her mother untill she got pregnant at 19, deeming her to look too old to please him.

He cast her out and she was forced to live like a hermit in the woods outside of town, eventually giving birth to her daughter, catherine durand, or as she would later come to be known as, vera sai.

Vera was born with strange birthmarks all over her body. Swirling patterns that gracefully covered her from head to toe. Beautiful, but concerning.

Whispers of the word witch and devils whore had already been caught around the town. She feared what may happen to her baby.

Wsthianas fate was sealed when a strange craft descended from the sky, come to see her from another world.

Come for her catherine.

Qui Gon had sensed the immense, but patchy force cry of young vera sai, and followed it. Followed it through a wormhole.

There was a language barrier. Esthianna had never heard basic before and Qui Gon had never heard of french.

He could only impress, through the force, that he meant no harm to the young mother or her baby.

But things turned sour.

Esthianna had agreed to Qui Gon to take both her and her baby away to wherever he had come from. To somewhere he assured her was safe.

She only asked he give her one night to prepare.

It was one night too many.

The Vera's father had caught wind that his old whore had been visited by someone from the sky and claimed witch craft.

He demanded that esthianna and her demon spawn be brought to the town square, to burn at the stake for their sins.

Well. Esthianna, seeing the mob, ran.

She ran for her horse, getting shot in the leg with an arrow. And when her horse got shot only a couple of meters from the concealed ship, she limped to it.

But she did not know how to get in and no one was coming out.

So seeing no other choice, she bundled her baby up and left her at the foot of the ship, limping away to draw off the mob.

They caught her and dragged her to the town square. Ripping her dress from her body and shaving her head.

The town leader demanded to know what she did woth the child.

Esthianna refused to say anything.

He burnt her alive.

Back at the ship, qui gon had returned with obi wan and anakin from a scouting trip, the lights and screams from the town having attracted him back down from the mountains.

They found the young child crying at the hatch to the ship, and qui gon, sensing something awful had happened told obi wan to take her and anakin inside while he went to look for esthianna.

He was horrified with what he saw then.

The young mother, tied naked to a pyre, screeching and howling as flames consumed her alive.

He ran back to the ship before anyone saw him, and immediatly charted a course for home.

He needed to meditate on this tragedy.

He needed to clear his mind, and his guilt.

But obi wan approached him, holding the young child.

"Master Qui Gon....what happened?"

Obi wan asked.

"The child's mother has been killed, obi wan. She sacrificed herself to save her daughter."

Qui gon chose not to divulge the exact circumstances of the poor girls death.

"I...see." obi wan swallowed, not exactly sure how to respond to the news.

The baby cooed from where she was bundled in obi wand arms, teaching playfully for his padawan braid.

"Master. The force....it is strong with her, but odd...I've never sensed a signiture so...."

"Unstable. I agree. It is...unusual. but perhaps for the best. I can sense her powers are immense. If they did not dip as drastically as they do I dare say they would rip her apart.

Now....she needs a name."

Qui gon said gently, laying a hand on the infant's head.

"Master...I heard the woman talk about something...she said...Versailles? She spoke of it so often...and with so much fondness.

Perhaps her name should be Vera Sai?"

Obi wan suggested, his finger held in a grip but the young girls small, chubby hand.

Qui gon hummed.

"True one who is divine....a... powerfull name to pick. But I think it suits her, my young padawan.

Welcome, vera sai....you will be a great jedi one day"

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That was vera sais origin, where she came from.

I originally made her because I wanted a jedi oc shenwas powerfull. But sort of strayed from the image of a powerfull jedi created by anakin and ashoka.

Shes powerfull, but unstable. Because of this she had great difficulty in learning how to controll her force powers. Instead, she leant heavily into theory, history. And most of all, the physical aspects of the force. She was a prodigy of martial arts. Going through the jedis training programs quickly.

Later on, when it was time to make lightsabers, it was revealed that she could not weild one.

Khyber Crystal's are extremely unstable. The stable energy of the jedinweilder flowing through them is what makes the lightsaber usable.

Vera said force energy was extremely unstable.

A small pulse from her just activating the blade, cause it to explode.

Because of this, she could not complete her padawan trials. She was forced to stay back and watch 5 year as do what she couldnt.

It made her bitter. Angry.

Shed go out at night, into the deeper levels. Drawn to the crime ridden underbelly of coruscant. If she couldnt protect like a jedi, shed protect like a mercenary.

This phase lasted about a year, when the council gathered to discuss her future.

Should she be allowed, at the age of 16, to become a padawan?

Or should she be moved to the corps?

In the end. Two jedi master fought to take her on as an apprentice.

First was master krell, who saw her potential for violence and power and wished to harness her as an asset.

The second master, was shaak tii.

She wished to help vera and beleive the structured, disciplined environment of kamino would be beneficial to the girls journey.

Master yoda debated and meditated over his options and decided that vera should go with master shaak tii.

That is how she came to be on kamino, and training under alpha 17 and fordo. She later met the batch.

After another soul draining lesson in the force woth shaak tii she was going for a walk and happened upon a group of cadets playing on a landing dock in the middle of a storm.

The bad batchers had snuck out to explore kamino.

Vera was about to tell them to get back inside when a particularily strong gust of wind threw an empty crate at one.

The tall, lanky, grey haired boy was hit in the head and knocked into the sea.

Vera immediatly started to run, dropping her robes and demanding the others get away from the edge, before diving in after the boy.

She didnt thinknabout her own saftey, or the massive power of the water crashing over her.

She saw only the drowning, young clone, in startling clarity.

For the first time, it clicked for her. The force lined up and she was able to weild it to get this boy, and carry him to saftey.

Before she knew it, the was in her arms and she was gluing up back onto the platform.

She ran him to the closest med wing. Feeling him shiver and curl against her.

She jumped levels useing the force, leaving the other boys to follow.

It was the first time she was able to weild the force properly, and the first time meeting the bad batch.

The second time she met them was during the invasion of kamino, where vera came across them fighting off the droids.

She led them to where fives, echo, rex and cody were barricaded with the cadets, and started to instruct them.

She was the one who first handed the grey haired boy a long range weapon, and told him to stay by echo and fives up in position.

He took shot after shot after shot.

Perfectly lined up.

Vera couldnt help but remark that he wasnt letting any droid escape his crosshairs.

He called himself crosshair from that day forward.

Vera would later on become a spy for the republic, taking on missions in the deepest of enemy territory.

Her biggest mission?

Spy on count dooku himself from within his own home. She did that for 3 years.

Her lightsaber Crystal's came from inside his vault. She stole them before abandoning her mission.

Her Crystal's were special. They absorbed light and energy, of which she had plenty.

During this time she also took on a padawan.

Bode akuna had list his master to the war and needed someone to complete his training. Vera volunteered. Completing his force training, as well as showing her some of her own tricks. Espionage, intelligence, infiltration, and force abilities that she had mastered over the years.

Bode was a quick learner and within an year and a half, had graduated to knighthood.

Because of this, vera was given the rank of master.

It also tore a divide between her and anakin. Anakin wanted to be a master but couldnt due to his padawan never having graduated to knighthood. Yet vera could come in last minute and take the title?

It was a fact he was bitter about.

And then to rub salt in the wound she was given a spot on the council, which she refused.

Around this time she had been growing close to another jedi, Nazra Ra'shii.

They had known eachother a long time, and decided once the war was over, they would leave the temple together.

That's why vera turned down a spot on the council. She didnt intend to stay.

And that's when the war ended early. When the clone family AU starts.