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Going on Hiatus

Hi Folks.

This blog has been fun but my mental health is taking a dive due to ::waves hands at American politics/state of the world:: and I need to cut down on the number of things I do. Sadly, this means this blog is going on hiatus. I hope to come back to this one day, but no guarantees.

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Talking to my baby makes me feel like a video game tutorial. "You can manipulate objects in your environment by using the HAND function. Go ahead and try it now."

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the problem of fandom reducing characters who are women and/or people of colour to sexist/racist stereotypes is definitely aggravated by the fact that a lot of fans simply do not pay very much attention to these characters in the first place then subconsciously paper over the gaps in their perception with things they’ve been culturally conditioned to believe are true about people in the same category as said character

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People are SLEEPING on the most interesting Leia & Padme comparisons because there's so much focus on Leia being "like Anakin" because she gets annoyed sometimes and Padme being this perfect moral beacon of truth and justice despite all of her very canonical lies and cover-ups and obstructing of justice.

If Luke is the Jedi that Anakin should've been, then Leia is the LEADER that Padme should've been.

Padme is a hypocrite, proclaiming that all people deserve basic decency and the right to safety, but at the same time allowing Anakin to get away with a mass murder with no consequences by covering it up.

Leia doesn't even let Han get away with being a little bit of an asshole, there's no way she'd let him get away with mass murder. She holds everyone around her to a higher standard, believing in the best of them but also but refusing to accept excuses for cowardice and selfishness.

Padme talks so much about wanting the war to end, but then allows one of the opposition's biggest generals go free just to get Anakin back because she cares about him, causing the war to continue to go on for even longer.

Leia lets Luke sacrifice himself because she knows it's possibly the only way they might have a victory and beat the Empire, even though she knows what he is to her and loves him. She knows what has to be done and respects the choice Luke is making and would never condemn their efforts just to keep him with her.

Padme's story parallels Anakin's, she devolves as the narrative goes on, until she's barely a shell of the person she used to be. That strength and moral clarity she showed as a Queen is entirely gone, leaving only a scared woman pleading with a murderer to come back to her.

Leia's story parallels Luke's, she gains more and more strength and clarity as the narrative moves forward. The bossy young woman we first met has become a confident rebel leader who knows she doesn't have to harden her heart to be strong.

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It’s been really heartwarming to see just how wonderful my coworkers have been literally from the get go regarding my coming out and transition.  They’ve been so wonderful and kind and I’m constantly giddy and lighthearted knowing that they’re such great people.

I’m so incredibly lucky, and I wish that everyone else going through this could have such a supportive environment as they go through such a challenging time in their lives.

A note on my coming out talk with Michelle last October: yes, that conversation happened.  It was an absolute riot and the moment I got home I immediately told my wife as that was, like, the funniest damn thing ever.

Michelle and I are both prone to be goofs, and this was a top tier, absolute A-Class goofy moment.

Love you, Michelle, keep being awesome!

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Oh, it's not just me, thank goodness

My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

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Princess Leia | illustrated by David Marquez & Paul Mounts

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In an incredible reversal, Builder.AI just declared bankruptcy after admitting that they were faking their AI tool with 700 humans

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the writing brain is like a pc from 2009. cpu overheating. fans screaming. 37 tabs open. microsoft word not responding. ideas buffering. and somehow there’s a minecraft launcher running in the background for no reason.

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Sovereign, Senator, Scoundrel, Spy

Summary: When Anakin's mass murder on Tatooine and Padmé's decision to marry him afterwards comes out, the scandal is enough to drive her out of office, kicking both her and the galaxy far, far away onto a different path. Alone in the city-planet without privacy, Padmé leaps at the first job that might let her do good again — spying on the Chancellor for an unknown Jedi.

Rating: Teen & Up

Ship(s): Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker; Padmé Amidala/Consequences

Relevant Warning(s): Anakin Skywalker's Tuskin Massacre is not glossed over

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66162193

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(2020-21) 79's

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when you need to recharge

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A supervillain unleashes a disease on the world in order to weaken his enemies and monopolize the cure. But his team of goons didn't test it on women. The unaffected female hero(es) confront him and the fight devolves into a conversation about lack of female representation in medical testing.

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Catch us if you can

I’ve always liked how closely the symbols of the Jedi Order and the Rebel Alliance resembled each other, and I have this headcanon that after the rebellion started to gain traction, some of the straggling Jedi left in the galaxy came out of hiding (Kanan, lookin’ at you) to make their final stand against the Empire. Maybe a few of them started embellishing the Rebels’ graffiti with their own taunts.

You can buy this printed on fun stuff over on my Redbubble store!

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Sovereign, Senator, Scoundrel, Spy

Summary: When Anakin's mass murder on Tatooine and Padmé's decision to marry him afterwards comes out, the scandal is enough to drive her out of office, kicking both her and the galaxy far, far away onto a different path. Alone in the city-planet without privacy, Padmé leaps at the first job that might let her do good again — spying on the Chancellor for an unknown Jedi.

Rating: Teen & Up

Ship(s): Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker; Padmé Amidala/Consequences

Relevant Warning(s): Anakin Skywalker's Tuskin Massacre is not glossed over

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66162193

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Now and forever