#a Kylo Ren fanboy?

[anoia]

Confused human walks into a temple of Elune "If yall are priests why do you have moon powers? Aren't yall just balance druids?"

[doctorsiren]

He’s a little kooky

[akanothere]

Fanboy Kylo Ren❤️😍🩵

Meme reference here

[marinersubmariner]

I thought it would be cool to see a Ben Solo Akira slide, but since the Akira slide has been parodied to death (including by Obi-Wan Kenobi himself in Tartakovsky Clone Wars) I changed the angle a bit to be less redundant.

Also for some reason I felt the need to make my life really difficult by trying to design a new speeder bike??? Which foolishly seemed necessary to me because I wanted to align it more with the cyberpunk anime look. And then I just had to keep going and give him a helmet and facial injuries for my own amusement.

Since this sort of started out as a biker gang AU, it really should have aesthetically been Kylo and the Knights of Ren, but that went right out the window because I'm incessantly compelled to dress him in blue.

The design on his helmet is a zoomed-in portion of the symbol from Anakin's podracer and racing flag (grandpa's #1 fanboy). I was initially messing around with placing it in full but thought it looked too busy. I do kind of wish I had figured out a way to keep more of it, because after I drew it I realized it looks like a blue butterfly?!?

Galaxy brain connections just happening to me completely by accident

Details:

[morethansky]

***THE ACOLYTE SPOILERS***

• Me, seconds before I could hear millions of thirsty voices crying out: Oh my god is a nymph-bathing thing about to happen, is he legitimately about to strip

• Sadly, unlike Osha, I am immune to the Stranger's practically full frontal, but the reveal of his little tied-back hair bits at the same time had me screaming into a pillow, so we all win.

• So the island was definitely meant to evoke Ahch-To, right? This was a very The Last Jedi episode (it even had the same mismatched pacing for the three storylines lmao), and the Kylo Ren theme was the most prominent it's been in the end credits. I think the theories about Qimir being a progenitor of the Ren are spot on. I like this quite a bit; it would be smart to build off of High Republic stuff while cementing Resistance-era lore. This would line up with the Bad Batch building off of the Clone Wars stuff while cementing Resistance-era lore. I also personally find it a bit boring that Bane's lineage is laid out all neatly and am particularly interested in darksiders being outside of it. And it would mean the show is drawing even more from the books and comics, which I'm always in favor of. And fun fact, my second-ever SW fic was based on the Rise of Kylo Ren comics!

• But ALSO, given that they clearly showed the cortosis vein, it also evokes Bal'demnic, the planet where Plagueis kills Tenebrous omg??? Not to be an annoying fanboy, but I adore the Darth Plagueis novel and we're apparently supposed to see two additional Sith Lords before the season ends somehow??? And in the novel, Tenebrous secretly trains multiple apprentices. I could totally see the season ending with Qimir suffering a vague fate and an extremely brief Tenebrous appearance that leaves the door open for a season 2 big bad. That David Harewood casting rumor is too delicious to be fake!

• On that note, since episode 2, I haven't been able to stop thinking about how when we're introduced to Qimir, he's sleeping, and he's awoken by Mae, who is now confirmed to have been his apprentice. Which is notably how Palpatine kills Plagueis. It just feels so much like a neat little allusion to me.

• Did this episode not have such Mend This Old Wound vibes?? Waking up in your enemy's lair, finding out your wounds were tended to by him, realizing he really wants to convert you, discovering he doesn't find you a threat, being surprised by his vulnerability, being surprised by what of his past and his inner self he's willing to divulge. Tbh I hadn't even realized how tropey those elements were until I watched this lmao.

• Sadly, despite my lifelong love for enemies-to-lovers stories, I don't vibe with a lot of M/F ships, bad boy/good girl ones especially. I'm happy for the Oshmir shippers, though, and at least it's happening in a story created by a queer woman, so hopefully it'll be done tastefully. Hmm... Perhaps if I genderbent Qimir I could get behind writing something, and then the seduction to the dark side would be strengthened by the queer metaphor...

• BUT ALSO YOOO OSHA/JECKI CONFIRMED???? And after Dafne Keen confirmed that she played Jecki as having a crush on Osha?? Y'all, Osha was TOTALLY floating the idea of asking Jecki out on a date with that whole "the next time I'm on Coruscant" thing, oh my goddd. The gays continue to be buried, but at least they exist, and I guess at least everyone else is buried, too?

• I love that we got a quiet moment of Sol grieving because finally there was nobody watching and he couldn't hold it together any longer. This is what I was begging for the entire run of the Bad Batch. Wonderfully acted, too. Lee Jung-Jae's expression work is so good, and I love the long, lingering shot and how you see the tears well up gradually.

• I love when actors have to act as characters acting, and Amandla Stenberg was already acting as two different characters that they had to keep distinct from each other, but in this episode, they had to act as one of their characters acting as the other character lmao. Incredible.

• Halfway through this episode I was like, why does it feel like we're getting blueballed for information omfg. We're definitely getting the second Brendok flashback episode next week, and obviously they had to keep it at the forefront of the viewers' minds without giving it away, but I feel like structurally they could've lined this up in a different way that didn't just reveal nothing in order to kick the can down the road lol. I guess this is a pretty classic issue in mysteries.

• I've been deeply confused as to why there's been so much Jedi-good/Jedi-bad discourse lately, but I don't see them as firmly in either court and that to me feels like the entire point of the part they play in the story?? Which is why I always love seeing the tension in the Jedi-Senate relationship and the way the political machinations play out, especially when Palpatine's not involved (at least overtly).

So I really liked Vernestra's conversation with the senator and the line about the Jedi always being transparent so an audit shouldn't be an issue and how the show clearly illustrates that that's not remotely true. Which is also really interesting because we have Sol doing a cover-up, possibly him and the other three Jedi who were Brendok doing a different cover-up, and also Vernestra, who doesn't know about what happened on Brendok or what Sol is hiding, clearly looking uncomfortable at the suggestion that the Jedi are transparent, pointing to other things they (or she specifically) haven't been disclosing.

I'm a sucker for political corruption in stories and when well-meaning people's hands are tied, so I'm eating it up. And of course I love how they're setting up the Jedi's fall from grace and building out context for why and how they would walk into Palpatine's trap.

• Qimir talking about being a Jedi a very long time ago is very intriguing. Upon seeing his scar, my first thought was Force lightning and that he was talking about being abandoned by a Sith master. But with Vernestra's whip making an appearance that doesn't add anything to the story otherwise, the show is clearly presenting it as the cause of the scar?? Which is VERY interesting.

• Mog's suggestion that Sol killed all the Jedi made my jaw drop because why would they even speak this outrageous idea into existence if it doesn't have truth to it in some way??? Like oh shit, that's REALLY fun. Has Sol killed Jedi before? Would he? Are the other Jedi wary of him? Do they feel the same way about the other three Jedi who were on Brendok? Mog specifically notes that Sol is very powerful. We already saw this with him going up against Qimir and surviving, so why this line?

• Sol was already my favorite character from the start just with how warm he was and how full of regret and how much he clearly loved Osha even though he wasn't supposed to, and every episode has drawn the darkness simmering within him closer to the surface, which brings him even closer to the kind of character I'm particularly fond of, so I'm very, very interested in where the show takes him. I don’t know if they could really swing Sith Master Sol, but Lee Jung-Jae sure as hell could act it.

• Can I just say, the writing for this show is definitely wobbly, but I at least appreciate that showrunner Leslye Headland has a refreshing understanding of story mechanics, even if she might love foils a little too much (and this is coming from a total foil whore). What she said about a good plot twist being built up so that the viewer realizes what's about to happen just before it's fulfilled instead of coming out of nowhere and being a total shock literally made me pump my fist because I've been complaining about the internet's poor understanding of this concept for literal years!! And the way she talked about how when you watch Jecki die, you want her to move out of the way so you can see the Stranger's face, and how in thinking that you've betrayed her and in a way become complicit in her death, is SO good.

• It's too bad all live-action Star Wars ever is doomed to have mediocre dialogue. But at least these things make me feel fairly confident in having high hopes for the Brendok reveal. And regardless of what happens, I am so excited to see goddess Mother Aniseya again next episode, omg omg!!!

[ddejavvu]

characters I write for:

marauders era: james potter, sirius black, remus lupin, regulus black, lily evans

marvel: peter parker, matt murdock, eddie brock/venom, bucky barnes, steve rogers, wade wilson, logan howlett

stranger things: eddie munson, steve harrington, jonathan byers, robin buckley, nancy wheeler

criminal minds: aaron hotchner, spencer reid, derek morgan, emily prentiss, jennifer jareau, penelope garcia, david rossi

star wars: anakin skywalker, obi-wan kenobi, rex, cody, fives, echo, hunter, wrecker, crosshair, tech, fox, hound, wolffe, din djarin, darth vader, han solo, shin hati, boba fett, jango fett, bo katan kryze, padme amidala, darth maul, savage opress, luminara unduli, kit fisto + pretty much anyone else except for kylo ren. if you want me to write about someone who's not on this list from the sw universe and they're also not kylo ren just ask and I'll do it.

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miscellaneous: tyler owens, kurt kunkle, indiana jones

[tremendouskoalachild]

the high republic has now been around for just over 3 years. even longer if you count the foreshadowing in other projects. it's been referenced plenty of times across the other eras in canon.

Marchion Ro is explicitly stirring up shit to feed his ego. not interested in ruling, just conquering. personally takes the credit for all the Nihil atrocities and can't resist shoving his name in everyone's face. he wants to be space Genghis Khan so bad.

but in the main timeline nobody cares.

Jedi in prequel novels will reminisce about the events and not even think about him. Yoda will have extended flashbacks to the time but spare 0 thoughts for the Ro boy.

Toa the Empire-era archaeology student focused on the high republic will infodump to anyone willing to listen but never mentions Marchion. hell, various characters in Jedi Survivor were around during the Nihil conflict but don't care to mention the enemy leader ever. the Nihil indirectly shaped so many of the game's settings and events but Marchion is completely irrelevant.

Aphra the villain stan history nerd doesn't give a fuck about Marchion Ro. Sana Starros goes on a quest following her ancestor's footsteps while that ancestor's mom straight up publicly dated him but no mention.

Kylo Ren the fascist fanboy looks into the era but Marchion never. comes. up.

the only time Marchion gets a mention is when the heroes accidentally stumble into his home during the OT and then it never matters again.

i know it's because the high republic storyline isn't over but added up it's HYSTERICAL. marchion ro you will never be famous

[a-reader-and-a-writer-for-all]

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[anarchistauthor]

The Last Jedi, the Last Good Star Wars Movie

I'm gonna go ahead and preface this by saying, I have no idea how this will play with my social circle here on Tumblr. I know how my Twitter and Bluesky friends feel about SW, but not y'all. I don't think I've ever even seen a post about it here, and I don't care to go look. Bottom line, I have too many opinions and not enough people who agree with me, so now you have to suffer through this essay. You're welcome.

I was a fan of SW at least as early as I have memories. I'm 29 years old, which means I grew up firmly in the prequel era, and watched them young enough that I didn't even realize older people hated them. Obi-wan was my hero, not my mentor, I never really identified with Anakin and always liked Obi the most. But, and this is important, I loved Star Wars and thought all of it was good. I read one EU book set between episodes 1 and 2, I watched as much of the original Clone Wars series as I could, and I played lightsabers during recess in school. I am at least as nostalgic as every gen xer who laments a bygone era when SW was good because they don't understand that they just liked things better as a kid. But, the difference is, that kind of person tends to despise everything about the sequel trilogy, in my experience. Not so for me.

The Force Awakens was a pretty good movie in my eyes, when I first saw it. I did notice the deja vu, I had very little actual interest in Rey as a character, but just having a female force user at the forefront was huge to me, and it was certainly, at least, a solid foundation for the next two movies. My biggest TFA hot take is that Kylo Ren was the perfect antagonist for this movie, as basically a spoiled shithead who is a fanboy of his grandpa and wants so, so badly to be cool like him. I was also the sort of person who got really invested in the ~mystery~ of Rey's origin, and the speculation of her parentage.

Enter TLJ. My first emotion, at several points during this movie, was dismay. I couldn't believe they just made Rey some random person, after setting up that her background was vague and mysterious! I couldn't believe that Luke never fought anybody and then he died! But, very quickly after, I had time to process my emotions, and I realized that this movie was something special. It manages to "yes, and" TFA while also roasting me for investing so much passion into the questions it rose. "You thought she would somehow be Obi-wan's daughter? Are you serious?" And when you get angry at that, you're met with the obvious question, "Why should it matter?" It shouldn't. We want to see the characters we love come back, but when it comes to this girl, this hero, why should she have to be related to some old dead guy in order to be special? The Force is everywhere, it lives in all of us. That is the central point of TLJ. And, arguably on purpose, this film pissed off Star Wars fans more than anything ever could.

TLJ isn't just a movie that taunts the audience for speculating based on its predecessor, it taunts the audience for being overly invested in the entire franchise. TLJ looks at its series, it looks at the people who watch it, and it demands that you question your relationship with the material. It calls you a fool for assuming that an emotionally-stunted young adult like Luke would become a well-rounded mentor, for assuming that he was incapable of being tempted by darkness, for worshipping him as a pure hero. Because, who is Luke? He was a kid who was bored with simple life, got pulled away into a galactic conflict, and pretty much stumbled his way through saving the world. Even at the final moment, he was very close to murdering his father out of rage. Do you think that's just gonna go away after Palpatine died? Just because Luke put his sword away? No. It also mocks you for assuming Snoke is going to be important just because he's a large man in a fancy chair. He's a parallel to the Emperor, so you assume he'll be the same, and the movie roasts you for it by killing him off unceremoniously. And the Poe plot? That is nothing but one giant own on everyone who loved Poe assuming that the cool guy hotshot was the most important and competent person in the fleet.

The intent of all this playful mockery, I believe, was to get viewers to question how they idealize the past of the franchise. That's what it did for me. But, mediocre white dudes don't like being mocked, as we all know. They take it VERY personally, and they blew up the whole thing. They harassed creatives involved, sent death threats to poor Kelly Marie, and all in all went berserk about this movie for children about space wizards. How dare it move on?! How dare it not just be about my nostalgia?! Not just white, not just men, but I don't feel any need to deny that that's the primary demographic. There was already some backlash to TFA, but TLJ pulled no punches, and the most perpetually-offended fandom in the world lived up to its name. It's really that simple. And as a result, the Disney Overlords scrambled to make them calm down. Enter...Rise of Skywalker.

I. Fucking. HATE this movie. Apart from the fact that it tries to undo everything I loved about TLJ, it's poorly made in more conventional ways. Rushed pace, aimless writing, having no idea what to do with the characters, (not to mention giving the black protagonist a black girlfriend who has all the same backstory and traits as him, lest anyone ship him with Poe) it is the epitome of a movie that only exists for nostalgia, but it can't even do that well. If there's one lesson I've learned from the sequel trilogy, it's that JJ Abrams is not only a trashfire of a director, but he is utterly incapable of reacting to what happened in the previous movie, because he spent so much runtime just calling Rian Johnson a liar! "Rey's not no one, instead she has the most asinine backstory in the history of the franchise." To me, it reeks of a man who despised the way Rian responded to him, and is just desperate to overrule it. As a writer myself, I can't even imagine doing something like that instead of doing my best to work with what came before. The definition of hack behavior.

TLJ was a movie that tried to move Star Wars into the future, to divorce it from idolatry of the past, but ROS is a movie designed with intent to reel it back in, to say, "Hold on, art and creativity are great and all, but Disney gotta make them nostalgia bucks." A return to hero worship, to centering the leads of decades ago, to feeding the lore rather than telling a story. And the fact that it followed a film that told the story it wanted to tell and didn't give a shit how you felt about it, it's just insulting.

This is going to sound like cheesy artist babble, but to me, the art of creation is sacred, in a way. Not literally holy, but just beautiful and meaningful. Even if what comes out is bad, it's worth doing if done with sincerity. That's how I see TLJ. But given the way both fans and the rights holders reacted to it, I'm depressed and pessimistic regarding the future of the franchise. The Phantom Menace was the first movie I loved, and I still like it today. I'm sure I'll love TLJ forty years from now, and I'll probably continue to watch new SW movies when they come out. I don't know if I'll ever love a movie in the franchise again, but I can have hope. This is a movie that proved Star Wars was capable of being better, and that doesn't change just because neckbeards hate it more than they've ever hated anything. This is still going to be the franchise that has TLJ in it, and the haters can't take that from me.

[catgriller]

Now that I know Anakin gets a little defensive over his Vader-y past I bet he jus smiles and nods at his gushing fanboy-grandson; Kylo Ren/Ben Solo

Kylo, holding a Vader plushy with a ‘I <3 Vader’ t-shirt and Darth Vader Disney mouse ears: OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Vader!!!!!!!! ^___^!!!!!!!!!! HAI VADERRRR!!!11!!!!!!!1!!!!

Anakin, snapping his fingers in delight: ahHA! See! I told you being Vader was my best work, Master! *multiple finger guns*

Obi-Wan, silently praying for a third death:

[jarpadandjensens]

do you think jared should played ovan in star wars , ovan was father of han solo and grandfather of ben solo aka kylo ren?

Yes i do anon, because i know that Jared would 100% love to play ANY character in the Star Wars universe (and i would love to watch it) I know Jared is more of a Luke Skywalker fanboy and his fave is Boba Fett, but he sure looks like he could be in the family line of both Han Solo, and Kylo Ren!

[a-reader-and-a-writer]

Whumptober Character Poll

Whumptober is almost upon us once more! 😍 I am so excited and I already have a lot of ideas!

However, because of that, I have certain prompts already assigned but I still would love all of your input on which blorbos I torture (physically, emotionally, or both) this year!

Please feel free to write a more detailed request or pairing in the comments, tags, reblogs, or send me an ask! Not all fics will have a relationship involved, but I am open to writing reader-inserts, slash fics, or OCs (with or without a canon character).

I am also always up to hear who you would like to see me write for that I maybe haven't yet so please send in those requests as well! 💖

Thank you all and I'm so excited to share my Whumptober with you! 💕

[froody]

I’m a Han Solo defender because I understand him like no one else and also he’s slandered so badly by Kylo Ren fanboys. I think he was a good dad and a good man. Other than selling drugs.

[lol-jackles]

https://twitter.com/sarafischer/status/1737577535876259874

Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery (@wbd) in talks to merge with @Paramount — David Zaslav met w Bob Bakish on Tuesday at Paramount HQ to discuss — Zaslav also has spoken to Shari Redstone about a deal — WBD has hired bankers Story on @axios: https://www.axios.com/2023/12/20/warner-bros-paramount-merger-discovery-streaming

More studio news - WBD might be merging with Paramount.

Zaslav really wants the sport contracts that CBS has. It's been rumored for about a month that Zaslav wants to buy Paramount Global (X)

We joked that Disney should buy Paramount so that fanboys can finally have their Star Wars/Star Trek crossover. Back in the day the fandom war between Star Trek and Star Wars was fierce and fun.

Opening scene: The Millennium Falcon is being chased by a Star Destroyer and Tie Fighters. The Falcon takes heavy damage. Shields at minimum power.

When all hope is lost, a wormhole opens and out comes the USS Enterprise.

Admiral Picard: Fire phasers and launch photon torpedoes!

Admiral Kylo Ren: *raises his hand and freezes the phasers and torpedoes in mid route*

Yeah I'll pay money to watch that. But now that may never happen.

[piglet26]

Reylo: Love is in the Costumes

There's hint of Reylo, particularly in their ying yang nature, in their costumes. There's hints about the psychology of both characters in their costumes as well. Let's start with their background.

Kylo Ren

There's no denying how iconic Darth Vader's black helmet has become after having appeared in four of the six existing Star Wars movies, but will any characters in The Force Awakens become as recognizable as the most notorious Sith Lord? So the sequel trilogy played into the nostalgia while making the desire to emulate the past part of the psychology of Kylo Ren. According to costume designer Michael Kaplan,

"We came up with so many different looks for Kylo. I mean it was crazy," Kaplan told the publication. "JJ kept saying he'll know when he sees it and one day we were having a discussion and he was talking about wanting it to be something that a child would remember, you know, that would be indelible in a child's mind, and one of my concept artists came up with that image."

JJ Adams also made a point about wanting Kylo Ren underneath mask to look like a prince, the prince he is.

Kylo Ren is a Darth Vader fanboy. While he wants to emulate his grandfather, ultimately he wants to be someone else. Hiding behind the essence of someone else is a way to hide your insecurities. While he isn't sure who he is, he knows who he wants to be. His long tunic and mask is very clearly influenced by Darth Vader's look.

"This was by far the most difficult character to nail down, and we had many different concept artists working on it. We didn’t want to make it Darth Vader 2. It wasn’t so much the clothes, it was the helmet. The helmet is the face, that’s where your eyes go, that’s the personality."

His outfit also is reminiscence of Padme, his grandmother.

Concept art for Kylo Ren

Not gonna lie ....... looks pretty badass.

Rey

Michael Kaplan: “When I began designing Rey’s costume (the first costume I decided to tackle) no actress had yet been cast. I like when this happens, in that I am not influenced by body type, familiarity with the actor’s previous work, etc. and this enables me to deal with the character totally objectively. Of course I had already read the script, which is always my initial road map in discovering a character. I knew that Rey lived and worked in an oppressively hot and dusty desert climate. I knew her life as a scavenger required a certain agility. I knew she was poor. I knew she drove a speeder. By taking all of these ‘clues’ I was able to build a believable character from the inside out.

Every garment she wears has a reason or purpose; nothing is superfluous. For example, the gauze fabric she wears crossed on her body can be wrapped around her face in sand storms. Her head wrap keeps her hair out of her face while working, and keeps the dust out of her hair- it’s actually a tunic, with the sleeves tied around her head. This tunic can be worn on chilly desert nights.

Rey wears a pair of goggles to protect her eyes from the intense sun and dust kicked up while riding the speeder. At close inspection it becomes evident that the goggles are home crafted and the lenses are old Stormtrooper eyes she must have scavenged from spaceship wreckage. If noticed, this touch gives information about the character’s ingenuity; if not, they still look good. Rey’s color palette just seemed appropriate for her environment.”

This sounds so incredibly logical and is very uncommon in movies. Most female characters are primarily dressed to look good and feminine, not comfortable and certainly not practical.

Earth tones, mostly in the white and light gray families. Implies purity under a layer of grit. Though she’s tough she’s slightly naive, but her heart and her honor are valiant. In short terms, a diamond in the rough. Obviously her costume also makes us think of another desert dweller.

There is so much symbolism in Rey and Kylo's uniforms. Not only is one white and one black, but the pattern of the gloves on Kylo match the bandage look on Rey's arms. Now Adam Driver did make a request regarding his costume going forward after The Force Awakens and that was that his costume be less cumbersome.

Rey made a noticeable change in The Last Jedi and that was incorporating darker clothes, but there were special Reylo details. The black underneath Rey's uniform is the same kind of fabric as Kylo/Ben Solo. Her belt is also reminiscent of Kylo's. Dark grays with very little white still in the earth tones family. Symbolizing not only disillusionment, the stripping away of naiveté, but her growing connection to Kylo Ren. Her outfit is the epitome of "I'll meet you in the middle". Her hair is down pulling away from her three bun little girl hair style. They also both dressed up for one another.

Likewise, Kylo Ren in the Last Jedi at least when in Rey's presence starts appearing more and more human. From being comfortable being shirtless in front of her, taking his mask off for her and removing his glove so they can touch skin to skin. In the novelization it's clear he does these things not only so he appears less threatening in front of her, but also as a sign of trust. Kylo Ren's hair is also a hint at his mental space. When Kylo Ren is with Rey his hair is always neat and orderly.

While the all white look in The Rise of Skywalker has a symbolic meaning for the character the real purpose was more than purely character driven. Per Michael Kaplan, "The white was just my desire to have her close the entire story in the same way that Carrie Fisher began it — all dressed in white......But, basically, the costume is similar [to her first outfit]. It's not exactly the same, but the pleated fabric and cross in the front is very similar to what she had done in Episode VII and I liked the movement of the flag that comes down on her side. It just looks great when she's in action and there is so much action in this movie. It was just continuing the iconic costume that J.J. and also the fans found quite beloved."

While I love the tribute to Carrie Fisher ummmm JJ Adams and Michael Kaplan just wanting to continue on doing the same exact thing but this time in a more pristine white. Seemed a bit of a waste. Likewise with Kylo Ren wearing that damn mask again.

There's not much information about Ben Solo's costume development and we never see his costume in the light. Ben Solo deserved better. Something that is very clear though is his relaxation. He's wearing loose clothing and he isn't trying to create barriers between him and the world.

Hopefully I was able to capture of some the romance within their clothing. Stay calm and Reylo.

[klysanderelias]

I think the thing I hate about this fucking show is that it was basically tailor-made for 13 year old me, and I mean that perjoratively against the show and not myself.

It was made for a kid who could encyclopedically recite trivia that no one else remembers (such as the name of the star destroyer thrawn used a flagship, and the name of his noghri slave [which both come up in this episode]) and who read every book and wrote fanfic in his head and for whom the good guys looked like agent kallus and the bad guys looked like saw guerrera.

And that's really the problem, right? Because that's what I saw, on every TV show and every movie and the cover of every book. The good guys were white, attractive, generally male, people of my culture. And the bad guys were often aliens, depicted with sloping foreheads and big noses or enormous rotund forms like bloated slugs (literally in the case of jabba the hutt).

And I'm watching this show made for 13 year olds like me, and I'm seeing the way they treat every non-white or alien character. I'm seeing the way that Azmorigan is a slobbering fat man who buys slaves and is willing to kill and die for treasure. I'm seeing the way that Hondo Ohnaka is a backstabbing untrustworthy man with a heavy accent that COULD be some version of caribbean but DEFINITELY has a distinctly japanese name. I'm seeing the way that Sabine Wren's family is vaguely japanese and obsessed with family honor to the point of siding with the evil fascists until the brave white man(dalorian) arrives to help change their mind. I'm seeing the way that the man who lost his entire species to genocide actually DIDN'T and he even forgives the guy who did it because actually the guy who did it actually DIDN'T and even if he did he felt bad about it and besides he once saw another guy of that species do something bad once so it all evens out.

I'm seeing the way the first black character on screen is lando calrissian up to his old tricks, scamming and double-crossing the team while flirting tremendously with the women. I'm seeing the way that the SECOND black character on screen gets killed immediately in order to prove that the stakes are real. I'm seeing the way that the THIRD black character on screen is Saw Guerrera, positioned as an recalcitrant terrorist prone to violence and willing to commit genocide in order to get what he wants, until the good (white) guys talk him down and they part on uneasy terms.

And I'm like, yeah.

No wonder I was like that. No wonder so many other kids were, ARE, like that.

Because some dumb motherfucker who was that kid too is highly placed in a writing room going 'damn this agent kallus guy feels like such a cool dude. No idea why. We should make him the good guy. That just feels right, right everyone?'

'Damn this kylo ren guy feels like such a cool dude. No idea why...'

'Damn this finn guy just isn't working for me. He's too nice. He's too much of a mary sue. What if we made him a complicated, nuanced character by making him a side character with a minor plot arc, so we can bring in this kylo ren guy...'

I'm just so tired. I don't think there's a world where I get to escape this. I wish I could take a pill to turn off all my higher level brain functions to get through the fucking week.

And really the problem is I just need to balance it out. I need to watch tv that isn't made by white fanboys who've never had to interrogate their deeply-held biases. I need to read books and watch movies that are actually good.

But the problem I'm having is that it's nearly impossible for me to keep up with something that I can't talk to anyone else about. I can watch rebels because there's a podcast dissecting it in minutiae the same way I do. There's no one I can do that with for gundam (there IS a podcast but it's one of those '1 hour analysis - look inside - summary' deals).