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I have so many thoughts on this! Mostly boiling down to being a great idea for any surviving Jedi.

Sure against the likes of Vader, Sidious or the Inquisitors the Jedi would need to disguise their Force Presence while incognito or their secret identity would go poof. But otherwise? It'd fool troopers of all types and investigators would need to do the grueling detective work to suss out that secret identity. A place like Coruscant could make this a particularly nasty headache - like finding a needle in a haystack made of a trillion stalks.

Cal Kestis needs to take notes.

Star Wars story idea...

A Jedi who survived Order 66 and is now living in the "Dark Times," who keeps their head down during the day, but at night swoops in as a caped crusader to defend the helpless against the tyranny of the Empire. They got their hands on some old Temple Guard robes and are suiting up to remind everyone that the Jedi aren't completely gone.

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I LOVE OBI-WAN AND BANT'S FRIENDSHIP

There is such a moment in the "Jedi Quest 8: The Changing of the Guard" and I decided to draw it

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Still thinking about Galidraan, about the Legends vs Canon treatment of Dooku’s character, namely his exit from the Jedi. 

It’s funny how much it matters to me and improves Dooku’s story that he didn’t leave the Jedi out of growing disillusionment with the Order itself. In the current canon, it’s all framed around a very Padme-esque disenchantment with current political makeup of the Republic, the Jedi being used by the Senate and political machines inappropriately, and how planets with little wealth or influence are left out. In the penultimate moment of crisis, he leaves for Serenno, not because he can’t be a Jedi any longer. Because of a conviction that he could truly make something better. 

And I don’t mean to suggest that he never expresses any criticism of the Jedi or particularly, the Council. He seems to have founded that characteristic trait within the Disaster Lineage. (Ironically, the person in Dooku’s story who should have the most legitimate reason to have a personal problem with the Jedi Order is fucking Sifo-Dyas, who never seems to have considered leaving and literally dies telling the camera he did it all to save the Jedi, but that’s a different post.) But that isn't what compels Dooku to leave. In fact, he remains close with the Order for years afterward.

Why it matters to me is because that detail makes Dooku ultimately betraying the Order SO MUCH MORE FUCKED. 

Because they weren’t an old score he was settling. It wasn't seething resentment that boiled out into revenge years later. They were innocent collateral damage of his decisions. His family. His lineage. His legacy. It makes his treachery so much more personal. He had a wager, power for a horrible cost, and he took the power and paid the horrible cost. Sidious really gets him with:

If Dooku hated them and had always thought they deserved to be destroyed, it wouldn’t have been a true Sith bargain, the trade off wouldn’t have tallied. In the same way that Vader could not have existed if Anakin hadn’t loved Padme and yet still killed her.

If Dooku was just a horrible, conceited, power-hungry ass who expectedly traded the kinda shitty people in his life for a shot at more power, it wouldn’t be a very good story. If he really didn’t give a shit, why would Sidious make that his initiation? But if he does - does care deeply about Sifo-Dyas, does love Qui-Gon like a son, is touched by Yaddle’s kindness and sympathy, begins to see Asajj as a true apprentice, consistently tries to save Obi-Wan out of affection, still considers the Jedi his true family - and yet still dooms them all, how much more tragic and horrible and sickening and real and interesting is his story?

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Help me to save my family

My name is Mahmoud, and today I am writing about my family

I’m husband and father of two children we evacuated at the beginning of the war. but my family is still suffering inside Gaza

My family was a beautiful, cheerful family that loved life and they love each other.

We have children are make fun and they the source of happiness for home

Until one day, the sounds of explosions overtook them. Days passed, and these days were very difficult for everyone in the family. Suddenly, my father fell ill, and it was determined that he was suffering with cancer, and needed surgery outside the Gaza Strip. But, because of the situation, he was unable to leave Gaza for treatment — eventually, due to lack of medical care and after suffering with his symptoms, he died.

The money we hope to raise through this fundraiser will go towards caring for and supporting the remaining members of Mahmoud's family, in light of the loss of Mahmoud's father. The money we collect will be utilised to meet his family's needs

The money raised will go towards evacuation fees for my family of 9 members : 4 adults and 5 children. I hope everyone will help my family, and help them receive the urgent medical care they need.

I hope everyone can help me 🙏

My account vetted by:

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Help me to save my family

My name is Mahmoud, and today I am writing about my family

I’m husband and father of two children we evacuated at the beginning of the war. but my family is still suffering inside Gaza

My family was a beautiful, cheerful family that loved life and they love each other.

We have children are make fun and they the source of happiness for home

Until one day, the sounds of explosions overtook them. Days passed, and these days were very difficult for everyone in the family. Suddenly, my father fell ill, and it was determined that he was suffering with cancer, and needed surgery outside the Gaza Strip. But, because of the situation, he was unable to leave Gaza for treatment — eventually, due to lack of medical care and after suffering with his symptoms, he died.

The money we hope to raise through this fundraiser will go towards caring for and supporting the remaining members of Mahmoud's family, in light of the loss of Mahmoud's father. The money we collect will be utilised to meet his family's needs

The money raised will go towards evacuation fees for my family of 9 members : 4 adults and 5 children. I hope everyone will help my family, and help them receive the urgent medical care they need.

I hope everyone can help me 🙏

My account vetted by:

@emperorpalptittay

@a-shade-of-blue

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EEEEE!!! Horsie! OMG you did it thank you *rolls in art like a dog in a New Smell* Both their expressions are so precious they love each other ^_^ They're so gentle and soft with each other and almost look like two halves of one face together XD

and this one is called ‘returning your boss’ sword but he’s always caught up in some nonsense so it’s a whole side quest every time’. [id: An illustration of Commander Cody from Star Wars in knight armour. He's seated in front of a large tree and looking off to the side of the frame. He's wearing armour on his legs, arms, and chest, with a pale tunic underneath and a warm, golden cape over his shoulders. Around him are various items. A large round shield, resting against him, and his helmet and travel bag behind him on either side as well. He's relaxed but focused, reaching an arm out to a sword that is on the ground beside him. The sword has three engraved stars on the flat of the blade, and has a braid wrapped around the hilt. The illustration has desaturated and simple colours, with the golden cape and face of the character standing out the most. The colours fade into a pale white background. /end id]

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THIS^ Patriarchy is a constructed system of oppression NOT an innate biological fact. When we think otherwise we miss the sexism within other women

and within ourselves.

the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.

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You ever hear that old chestnut about how most people neglect the part of the story of Icarus where he also had to avoid flying too low, lest the spray of the sea soak his feathers and cause him to fall and drown? You ever think about how different the world would be if Icarus died that way instead? If the idiom was to Fly To Close To The Sea? A warning against playing it far too safe, about not stretching your wings and soaring properly? You ever think about how Icarus died because he was happy?

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I was watching clone wars last night and I had a realization.

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Mand’alor Tarre Vizsla te Kara’kal

Close up and design info under the cut

She has a mixed heritage, so she is theelin, zabrak, cheravhian and human!

Overall her black + warm color combo is supposed to resemble the one that Tor Vizsla will wear hundreds of years after, I did this because I like the idea of him taking inspiration from the mandalorians of the past, and so he imitates the armor of his own ancestor.

The orange symbolizes "lust for life", black i for "justice" and the brown is for "valor", but also a call back to her jedi heritage, which she also represents with the tabards and the symbol of the order on her pauldron, while on the other one is the symbol of House Vizsla

While in mandalorian culture gold symbolizes "revenge", in this case Tarre is using the Cheravhian meaning of it, which symbolizes "life" and also "the soul of all living beings". She uses it to paint stars on her armor, which represent each person she killed during the war. Not as tallies to be proud of, but as a reminder of the pain and death she had to bring upon others to win the war and bring peace to her people.

Her name as Mand’alor, "Te Kara’kal", means "The Stars’ blade", in reference to her lightsaber

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Hi all! I want to boost Birdie Sam, self-described as a Tlingit 2spirit multi-media artist, speaker, educator and content creator. Birdie goes by showme_yourmask across all social media (Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Threads).

I've known and deeply admired Birdie for a couple years. They are a tireless climate and Indigenous justice activist, as well as a skilled and inspiring artist. Also a maker of awesome wearables: I've been a fan of their orca-focused activist pins and stickers for a long time!

Birdie's father, Bob Sam, is a lifelong repatriation expert and cemetery caretaker in Alaska, who has dedicated his life to bringing home Indigenous people who were taken from their homes, died, and were buried and forgotten far away.

Recently Bob has experienced housing upheaval among other difficult things, and Birdie is flying him from Alaska to their home to stay with them while he rests and heals.

Birdie is trying to raise $2,000 to support their father—an extremely achieveable goal, already at $797 raised!

If you have anything to give, please consider supporting Birdie and Bob! It would be great if you could match my $5 donation!

You can also support Birdie by becoming a patron or purchasing from their shop, and just generally engaging in their content!! Thank you so much!

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i also genuinely wish to know if the reason the jedi are considered zealots so often is because it's considered "too much" to be religious at all? to have faith and be open/talk about it at all is already considered zealousness?

is the bar that low and that reactive for the topic of any religion, including this fictional one centered on in-universe space magic practiced by what are, by the creator's standards, peacekeepers?

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#Repost @mattxiv

may the universe reward their bravery

first image by @soulwork6

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This may seem like a very “well duh” post but i do think it’s important to be clear that when trump claims he intends to “deport” U.S. citizens that that is definitionally not deportation. Deportation specifically refers to the civil process of removal a foreign noncitizen to the country where they hold citizenship. Deportation is also, in most cases, a legal punishment in itself and will not result in the deportee being jailed upon arrival to their country of citizenship. Removing US citizens from the US and placing them in jails in countries that they have no citizenship claim to is commonly referred to as “disappearing,” “kidnapping,” or “trafficking” and discussions around trump’s desire to remove US citizens from the country should refer to it as such