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Bo-Katan the Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss Girl Kisser

"Bo-Katan isn't mean" Okay because I'm so tired of hearing this:

[/mēn/] adjective: unkind, spiteful, or unfair. vicious or aggressive in behaviour. Not mean? Okay definitely not vicious or aggressive in behavior Like her first appearance where she's part of Death Watch, a terrorist group and slaps Ahsoka's ass without consent to demean her?

Or when she shoves Ahsoka to the ground and *laughs* in a tent where Death Watch (including Bo-Katan) has stolen women from the local village on Carlac and put them into forced servitude?

OR when she helps slaughter the village and burn down said village for asking Death Watch to leave them alone? (that's her on top of the roof)?

Or after when she tried to kill Ahsoka and Lux for trying to help the villagers and leave?

Or when she aided in a plot to cause intentional destruction and fear to manipulate the people of Mandalore into deposing her own sister and overturn Satine's very successful government that ended the clan wars (the Traditionalists then were given the lush moon of Concordia and their own political agency and government in which Pre Vizsla was the governor)? Then forcefully deposed Satine at gunpoint after she had abdicated because of the will of the people who no longer accepted her rule due to the manipulation of public perception by Death Watch.

While Bo-Katan was likely traumatized by the Mandalorian Civil War/Clan Wars at a young age and there's no solid canon evidence but It's widely believed by fans that Bo-Katan was groomed and/or radicalized by Pre into DW from a young age--even if you believe this, IT DOES NOT EXCUSE HER HORRIFIC ACTIONS. None of it justifies her wrongdoing. She still had agency.

Okay so what about unkind or unfair?

Surely that can't apply to her sarcastic comment to Ahsoka when approaching her after she had watched her struggle on Kessel and made no move to assister her, only watching her to use her to fight back against Maul and reclaim Mandalore. While she does respect and befriend Ahsoka by the end of the Siege, she still initially saw her as someone to be used for her agenda.

Or when she uses Obi-Wan's guilt over his relationship with Satine to convince him to aid her forces in retaking Mandalore, which Republic intervention would disintegrate treaties over a hundred years old and start another war on top of the ongoing Clone Wars. Which to her was a legitimate, even desperate method to reclaim her planet from Maul who was only serving his own agenda, but it wasn't a very nice way to do it. In some ways Bo-Katan is justified in how she is mean, but it doesn't make her not mean.

Then there's her anger towards Sabine after she discovering what the Duchess does and that Sabine created it (after hearing how guilt ridden she is and how she already destroyed it.) Was her anger valid, oh yeah. Was it kind and and fair? No.

What about in The Mandalorian you ask? She's not a literal terrorist anymore in the Mandalorian. She's surely not still spiteful or unkind. Definitely not when she insulted Din's religious beliefs and way of life and called the COTW a cult.

Or when she took credit for killing that one guy's brother without any remorse.

Or when she changed the terms of her agreement with Din and forced him into helping her by withholding the agreed upon information after Din upheld his side of the deal. Which was her plan all along. And then on top of that, mocks him by using his own mantra.

And then there's the disdainful opinion she has of Din and her own superiority.

Only agreeing to help Din save his kid when he has something to offer her to serve her own agenda. Which again, valid but not something she does out of the kindness of her heart.

Oh and then she's so direct and straightforward to Boba, not mean at all.

Then in season 3 when Din shows up to help her reclaim Mandalore the first thing she does is take out her anger on him and once again insult his religion/COTW and invalidate his belief that the Mines will restore his place in his religion. All unnecessary.

TO BE EXTREMELY CLEAR: I'm not discrediting Bo-Katan's personal progress into a better person or when she does do good--a hero even by the end of Mando season 3--that's the whole point of a redemption arc, you have to be redeemed from something. And at her core is a commitment to Mandalore, but you can't ignore the cruelty and ego and dare I say it meanness that has gone with it, that's the beauty of her complexity is that she can be a character that grows and evolves and becomes honorable and also still be bitchy. Bo-Katan doesn't have to be morally squeaky clean or a victim to enjoy her character and her sometimes ruthless determination for Mandalore or appreciate her compassionate aspects and letting go of her ego. She's not an easily consumable or morally black and white character. This is in fact, what I love about her.

Thank you @armoralor for assistance with the screenshots from The Mandalorian!

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Mandoverse:Beating up an appropriating fascist 😉

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Dave did retcon a lot of the Ahsoka novel where from I heard Ahsoka a love interest named Kaeden Larte so...yeah 😬

BREAKING NEWS: Dave Filoni arrested over Shin's criminal lack of Ep8 screen time!

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Mandoverse Fic Dev Diary #1

Well I have well and truly jumped down the rabbit hole of writing my Mandoverse AU Fic called The Mandalorian Bride

A list of planned Ships that appear in the fic (Non-exhaustive)

Sabine x Shin x Ketsu (Sabine and Ketsu are already in a relationship when fic begins)

Ahsoka x Hera x Barriss

Bo-Katan lesbian polycule (Guess who 😉)

Garsa Fwip x Fennec Shand

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Ahsoka Finale Spoiler Ramble Part 1

Manifesting Bandit Queen Shin Hati for Ahsoka S2

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WolfWren/Mandoverse AU

My Brain is starting to fixate on a WolfWren Political Marriage AU

Shin Hati is descended from a line of Echani warriors. With the Mandolorian people having being kicked out of Mandalorian space they need strong allies. Sabine is chosen to be Mandalore's representative in the alliance with the Echani.

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Thoughts/Speculation on Thrawn's Return

Thought I'd make a post on Thrawn's return in the Ahsoka before we get much further in the show

I don't anticipate that Dave Filoni has an appetite to continue the lingering plot threads from the six canon Thrawn Novels (The best we can hope for is that the continuity of those books aren't chipped away like they were with the Ahsoka novel)

There is a sneaky suspicion I have that the Night Troopers were born out of the marriage of Nightsister necromancy and Imperial technology

Beyond the obvious I think Thrawn's eagerness to return to the SW Galaxy possibly speaks to the existence of a bigger foe in the Mandoverse

Not sure how/if Dave is going to reconcile why Thrawn and Ezra went their separate ways

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Shin's Arc

So, Dave hasn't exactly been subtle that Shin does not like Morgan and She seems to like the Nightsister Matriarchs and Thrawn even less. To the point that I think Shin realizes Baylan is deluding himself about this partnership. I feel this is all going to come to a head if/when the Night Troopers decided to reenact Order 66 so none of the four force users are a problem later.

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Post Ahsoka EP.4 Thought Experiment Poll

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Me post Episode 4 of Ahsoka

Me thinking about Sabine's strained relationship with the NR and Ahsoka and how it all relates back to the purge of Mandalore.

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Ahsoka First Half Postmortem

Spoilers for Ahsoka episodes 1-4 and Rebels Season 2 below.

Shin vs Sabine Round 2: Going into this fight I was a little nervous that we would be saying goodbye to Shin but thankfully that was not the case. Female dark side force users (with the exception of maybe Reva) have had rather unfulfilling conclusions to their arcs in canon so far in my opinion anyway.

Ahsoka vs Marrok Round 2: These poor Inquisitors never seem to learn that spin to win is a death sentence 😔. It is interesting to think about the fact Marrok was either enhanced by Nightsister Magick or had fell in battle before and was resurrected with it.

Baylan Skoll's Arc: I went into Ahsoka thinking that Baylan was going to be the canon equivalent of Jerec (Same with Shin being our Sariss equivalent) from the Original EU. However, I dare say what we are getting is even better then that and I do find my self invested in what will happen to him in these next four episodes.

Ahsoka's Arc: A fair bit of Ahsoka's arc so far I feel has been seeding the idea that the revelation that Vader is Anakin still weighs heavily on Ahsoka and may even be influencing her actions to a certain extent. So, having a talk with Anakin could very well be therapeutic for her in the long run.

The Fate of Clan Wren: This was the one thing about episode four I'm the most torn on. So, on one hand I'm pretty distraught that we know from Baylan prying through Sabine's mind that her folks died in the Purge. On the other it makes sense that it would take a bit more then the promise of finding Ezra to sway Sabine into forging an uneasy alliance with Baylan.

Hera and the New Republic: So, I think it's pretty safe to assume that the NR is going to be majorly peeved that Hera went on a unsanctioned assignment as well as lost sixty percent of the X-Wings she brought with her.

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Yeah, I'd be cool with that.

If Sabine and Shin had a Force Bond after their first fight

Sabine: After that night I can still hear her voice Shin: Gay Gay Homosexual Gay

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If Sabine and Shin had a Force Bond after their first fight

Sabine: After that night I can still hear her voice Shin: Gay Gay Homosexual Gay

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Post Ep. 1-2 Wolfwren thoughts

With it now 100% canon that Shin and Sabine stare at each other intently before and during lightsaber fights, Picturing Shin seeing Sabine with short hair and immediately combusting.

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Star Wars Confessions-Ahsoka and The Seventh Sister

Something I wished happened even years later is that Rebels era Ahsoka had the Seventh Sister as a rival/love interest 😉

I feel there was much more story they could have told with these two characters. I think even with all her Jedi training, Ahsoka is going to be haunted by what happened with Barriss.

So, the fact that she has to fight another Mirialan Jedi who has fallen to the dark side is not going to be lost on her. Also the idea that the seventh sister is the living embodiment of Ahsoka's fears regarding what could have befallen her friend.

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Shin: You want to kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid Sabine: Wait are you flirting with me to keep me off guard or are you flirting with me flirting with me?