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Mon Mothma in Andor (Star Wars)

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i got these knockoff boots online and instead of the brand name on the tag they have the name of an apparently nonexistent martin scorsese movie??? what the fuck

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Local Writer Shocked As She Realises Planned 'Short Fanfic' Is Turning Into Multi Chapters Plot Oriented Slow Burn Fanfic

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the weird schrödinger's emotion that is "that character death was narratively satisfying and emotionally impactful and ultimately the best way to handle their character arc" simultaneously with "noooo but I wanted them to live :( :( :("

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I think mostly what young fandom types (and I guess younger people in general) who are very very invested in the idea that “20 is still basically a minor” need to understand is that the feeling of “I’m just a child pretending to be an adult, and everyone else around me is a REAL adult” is DEEPLY universal (and won’t stop, ever, by the way, sorry!) and also is not, like, praxis.

Believe me, I get it, but the self-infantilization needs to stop, especially when you’re trying to engage in conversations about actual children and the harms they can face. Yes, it is scary to wake up and realize you’re 22 and you still feel like you’re 15, but it happens to all of us. You’re an adult. You have to deal with it.

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quick poll: you have information that carries the weight of billions of lives. your cover is burnt, they're looking for you right this second. if you die, this information dies with you. do you?

a) get the fuck out of dodge with the intel, prioritizing it over everything else as you've always preached to all of your subordinates - who you prioritized the rebellion over, leading to many of their deaths.

OR, do you:

b) compromise that intel to meet up with your not!daughter in a set location that may also be compromised, you don't know, and then spend time handing that intel off to her, losing whatever head start you had. so you can switch your places in destroying your network's communications equipment (her specialization, for the record) and die in her place.

don't ask luthen rael, who is - for the first and only time in his life as we know it - choosing to put someone above the rebellion and act with love instead of guilt or pragmatism!

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ANDOR 1.06, The Eye

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Hehe, it's been a while since I've drawn these two. Missed em ❤️🩵

I have digital watercolor commissions opened. More info 💕here 💕

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There's an Outer Rim moon called Dizon Fray. There was a sentient species there, quite unusual. Extremely hostile to the concept of an Imperial refueling center that was being planned. I say "was" because they created such a stir that the local commanders were granted permission to use any means necessary.

And, um, well, what's important for our purposes here today is that the massacre of the Dizonites was broadcast and recorded as proof of mission. They make a sound as they die, a sort of choral, agonized pleading. It was quite unlike anything anyone has ever heard before. There were three communications officers monitoring the documentation, and they were found hours later huddled together in various states of emotional distress, in a crawl space beneath the ship's bridge.

We've taken the recordings and modified them slightly, layering, adjusting, and we found a section of what we believe are primarily children, which has its own particular effect. Doesn't take long. It won't feel that way to you inside.

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self care is just going the hell to bed

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Aang and Appa

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favorite character from any media BUT it has to be a woman. in the tags now go (pls talk to me about your favorite fictional women pls pls pls pls)

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This man is making me a Star Wars girlie now

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I keep this picture in my camera roll because it keeps me humble

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Location as identity in Andor

There is a lot to say about the repeating motif of identity in Andor, most obviously around the recurring question “Who are you?” and its variants. But I think there are a couple of occasions when a question about identity is framed as one about location instead.

The most obvious example is Wilmon, being challenged by Saw at the end of 2.05. “Where are you, boy? You’re here!You’re not with Luthen… you’re here, you’re right here and you’re ready to fight!”

We don’t see Wilmon in Ep 6, but a year later at the start of Ep 7 we see him returning to Yavin. A lot of viewers took this to mean that he had spent the whole year with Saw, but that wasn’t the case - early dialogue reveals that he’s been continuing to work for Luthen, and furthermore that he’s effectively replaced Cassian as Luthen’s most dedicated operative - with Cassian increasingly drawn to the more military structure and much more home-like environment of Yavin. But Wilmon needed to be with Saw briefly for that part of his growth and education. His journey is so far copying Cassian’s in many ways, with his getting a taste of different leaders and their different methods (Maarva vs Kino vs Luthen vs Nemik) all the while forming his own beliefs. ..

But he comes home. So does Cassian. Cassian and Bix try to make a home throughout season 2, despite the tremendous pressures of the fight and her recovery from PTSD. For Cassian, Bix represents home. Even at their loneliest, their most socially isolated, they bond through their Ferrixian ritual and by supporting each other. Cassian is shown coming home to Bix in very different scenarios in each of the three years of season 2. For much of this time, it’s a big part of why he’s fighting: personal revenge, and the hope of personal gain. The hope of being able to go home to his family.

The Force healer scene is controversial for some because of the way it seems to present Cassian as some kind of chosen one, who is fated to be in a particular place at a particular time. Surely it is a bad idea to let such a person know this, even if it is true, and is this even how the Force is supposed to “work”? I’m torn on this one; I’m no expert on Star Wars generally and while I do like the “reluctant destiny” trope in general I think it’s wrong to see Cassian as Star Wars Jesus in any kind of messianic way, even though his death helps others to live.

But I think there’s a deeper layer here, and it connects again to this idea of identity. The healer says that “most beings are shaped by their past” and carry what shapes them - you can see this of Wilmon. But Cassian, defined as a “Messenger”, is “gathering as he goes”. I think there’s more to this than just surviving an incident or atrocity and going on to tell other people about it, although that’s certainly part of it. I also think there’s more to it than simply having to play a main part in the story of the passing on of information about the Death Star. When the healer tells Bix “There’s some place he needs to be” I think this is not so much about predestination as about coming to a particular mental and emotional state. “Where” he needs to be is in a position to make the selfless sacrifice that he will. In other words, full commitment to the cause.

I think Bix understands this most profoundly, and poignantly, when the healer goes on to say “maybe you’re the place he needs to be” but you can see that she’s either not sure or trying to be nice. Bix’s expression is clearer on a rewatch - that place is not somewhere Cassian can be while she is a day-to-day presence in his life. This is why she can’t just say “you might want to leave the rebellion, but I don’t – I’m staying here. Go if you want to” - because of course he would then stay, but things would be as they are now with him prioritising her whenever things come down to a simple choice. He might see her as home, but she sees herself as at the heart of the fight - even when her PTSD hindered her. In any case, the place he needs to be, until the job is done, is separate from her. He worries about her all the time. That’s just love, but his focus needs to shift to love of a more universal kind. All this is true regardless of her being pregnant; that simply adds urgency to her decision.

“I sense the weight of things. Things I cannot see. Pain; fear; need”. The Force healer is not, I don’t think, literally seeing in detail the events of Rogue One or necessarily any kind of narrative vision of the future at all. Cassian is not some kind of slave to the whims of the Force. But I think it’s interesting that these are the qualities the Force healer appears to identify. She felt his pain – literally his wounded shoulder, but his life has been full of it. His fear: of losing Bix, losing that prize of a future normal life.

His need? I think this is to do with aspiration. He can be in a place that he needs to be, emotionally and mentally, and once he is in that place… he can truly do something great. He’s in that place by 1BBY. Vel dangles the idea of his reconnecting with Bix but he doesn’t – he hasn’t. He knows the time isn’t right. He knows that even if he did go and find her, they would never have peace in an Imperial galaxy. More to the point, he would have failed to be where he needs to be. Ironically, the greatest love he can show her at the moment is keeping far away. It also firmly establishes that this is his choice, his sacrifice, not something he’s been forced into.

I don’t think this is the only interpretation of the Force healer scene by any means, but it might be a helpful one for those – like me – who struggle with the idea of the supernatural or destiny, even within the context of Star Wars. Because Cassian does believe in himself, and can be in a place where he loves selflessly (because even his love for Bix, powerful as it is, can be selfish and overprotective in his moments of fear) . The place where he needs to be is at peace with himself, confident in his decisions, open to trusting others (in the way he will trust Jyn) and - if necessary - giving up his life and along with it his personal dreams of a future after the war.

Without being at this metaphorical place, he could not be at the literal final destination: on Scarif, shooting Krennic, having crawled up that tower despite the agony… through sheer strength of will to ensure the job is done.

Using Bix’s blaster here - a perfect way of saying, “I understand”. I think she and Maarva, who made a similar harsh sacrifice, would be proud of where Cassian ends up, and he knows this at the end. 

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