#andor thoughts

[ray-green-wicked4good]

UPDATE: They have in fact, still been keeping me up at night. So I kinda had to write about it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65632228/chapters/168991510

How am I supposed to sleep after watching Vel cradle Kleya's rain-soaked face in her hands??

How am I supposed to close my eyes and ask my brain to quiet down when literally all I can think about is the tenderness? the relief? the fact that Kleya doesn't really know where she is and she's so disoriented after watching everything she built with Luthen go up in smoke that she doesn't have an exit strategy this time--but Vel reassures her that it's okay because she's with 'friends'?? A phrase they've always used to identify allies. Assets. But true friends--she's never had before. Not till now?!!

And Kleya's tiny smile as she gazes out at Yavin--still unfinished but full of hope??

Like--who can sleep when Vel and Kleya are literally both alive and right at the start of it all?!!!!

[andorerso]

fair warning: this is gonna be saltier than usual. I wasn't a fan of a lot of choices made in this arc, and I debated even posting this but I wanna document my thoughts for posterity and ultimately, these are for me. so without further ado, Andor arc two thoughts:

episode 4

I personally don't want a Syril redemption arc but I fear they may be setting it up

I appreciate them talking a different language!!

okay no sorry but I have to say this. we only get four small glimpses into Cassian's life during these four years. the first time, he was a hostage barely doing anything for 80% of the arc. now he's shopping for dinner with Bix?? this is critical character development time, what are we even doing?? where is rebel spy Cassian?!

well at least I get to see him cooking!

oh so Syrl's actually playing them, thank god

the fact that they're staying on Coruscant is lowkey ridiculous to me but go off I guess

Cassian still resisting the cause is so painful to me, he should be over this by now!! what do you mean you have to think about it?! what happened to kill me or take me in?? I'm gonna have an aneurysm

well at least Saw is here!! I'm excited for his scenes with Wilmon

that's the guy from Yavin isn't he? so they made it out?

is that medication or is Bix having a drug problem.....

episode 5

for now it looks like Syril is definitely faking but I wonder if he'll have a real moment of uncertainty.... again, I personally hope not

the cunty sunglasses let's go!!

seeing Cassian undercover, playing a role, getting intel, meeting contacts… this is what the whole show should have been about imo 😥

"not much of a revolutionary, are you?" "maybe not" oh shut the fuck up. I actually literally hate this with a fiery passion. shut up shut up shut up!!!

Wilmon!! I have a bad feeling about this

episode 6

I'm sorry but Cassian's over-protectiveness is so eyeroll worthy and it doesn't fit with his characterization imo. he doesn't respect Bix as an equal at all

Cassian going to Luthen's shop just to yell at him on CORUSCANT has to be one of the most egregiously dumb and OOC choices they made him do, I don't even have the words I'm so pissed

KILL ME OR TAKE ME IN EXACTLY. what was the point of that then?? I can't believe I'm siding with Luthen but Cassian needs a reality check. I absolutely hate the way his arc is being handled holy shit

VELCINTA!! and they actually kissed!! let's fucking go

NOT MY BAIL!! I'm sorry, but they couldn't find anyone who looked more like him? Mon's outfit slays though

Krennic/Mon interaction 👀

you gotta be fucking kidding me….. from a stray bullet?! I just. wow... okay then

I mean I never thought she'd make it out of the season alive but for it to happen like this feels like a huge slap in the face. and for what? this guy who interrupted them is literally on their side too?! just fucking pointless

also where the fuck is Cassian AGAIN?!

if only they did kill Krennic 😭

I'm guessing the implication is that Luthen gave them Gorst, right? anyway. they sure made some choices in this arc 💀

AND WHERE IS KAY

[annterry]

Somehow I feel Syril Karn is the core of the story of Andor which Tony Gilroy tried to tell. It's a man who knows nothing about the greater good, without any force guiding, and being such a dust being shaped and crushed by the monster of the system, but it is NOT meaningless. It's an inspiration.

It's "Who are you?" Yes. Who are you?

[pleasestopnamesaredifficult]

Just re-watched Rogue One after watching Andor Season 2 Episode 9 and since I've first seen it when the film came out in the cinemas.

Oh my goodness so many lines having the call back parallels but what hits me the most is Chirrut's line about Cassian carrying his prison. 😭😭😭

Saying more than one though in the context of Andor is saying not only the obvious Narkina 5 reference but after Bix, his resolve for the cause would be like a prison he carries because he's clearly exhausted, jaded and was so ready to leave with calling it a day that his part is done but there's only one way out and that's to see it through the finish line.

It's a horrible and almost necessary kind of hope because it cements what he's fighting for that he's not already dead but he has something to forward to and live for, something to escape the prison of sacrifices of all the people before him with a testimony for him to share as the messenger.

Similar to army wives or partners waiting back home giving soldiers something to look forward to for a lack of better comparison to draw from.

For Cassian there really is only One Way Out and that's to see it through to the end for the cause for not just Bix but she was probably the last metaphorical shackles to the above beyond ride or die commitment to the Rebellion.

Chirrut Îmwe: Relax, Captain. We’ve been in worse cages than this one.

Cassian Andor: This is the first for me.

Chirrut Îmwe: There is more than one sort of prison, Captain. I sense that you carry yours wherever you go.

happy eight years since the invention of cinema

[spaceprincessleia]

Come on. You can't stay out here. (Andor 2x12)

[jyn-ehrso]

Bonus:

Andor S02E03 "Harvest"

[chipthekeeper]

I'm sorry. Well, there's work to be done. We have to live to do it, though, don't we?

[chirrut-foreverinourdreams]

KLEYA MARKI YOU ARE A BAD BITCH 😩😩😩😭😭😭 DONT EVER LET THOSE NASTY ASS SKANKS ON YAVIN TALK DOWN ON YOU OR LUTHEN EVER 😭😭😭😩😩

[djarinvettel]

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME

[anikenobis]

DIEGO LUNA as CASSIAN ANDOR Andor 2.02 | Sagrona Teema

[hegodamask]

"I was safe"

ANDOR S02E05 I Have Friends Everywhere

[andorerso]

wait, I thought I was done but I forgot to post my usual live thoughts so here we go, these are my last thoughts about this arc. disclaimer: VERY salty (not you episode 8, we love you)

episode 7

glad to see Yavin but how is it already this operational? would have liked to see that

literally what the fuck is this hut and how is it realistic that they'd get this in any shape or form 😭

EADU MENTION

idk I don't like the force healer thing. Cassian's not chosen. he's just a guy who wants to do the right thing. that's the whole point of R1

DRAVEN MY MANNNNN

"the day I need permission to come and go, I'm gone" LMAO SHUT THE FUCK UP. YOU FUCKING IMPOSTOR

going on an unsanctioned mission a year pre r1. brilliant. spectacular. makes so much sense, I love it

"we're building a real army" well I wish I could have seen that!!

"Cassian's a leader now" wish I could have seen that too

brain does go brrrrr when Cassian is competent. this is the moments I like, when he's on a mission

episode 8

I'm sorry but "rebellions are built on hope" felt like such a random thing to say in response to that? I… don't like it. it's not my biggest gripe but I wanted those to be his own words

I don't know why they're using their real names with each other out here… use your code names ffs!

is the one that keeps staring Kay 👀👀 my beloved droid

oof Syril choking Dedra. yikes…

the Syril and Cassian fight my god!!

he really did that one meme 💀 rip Syril

Cassian will never understand what just happened here lmao

Cassian helping a stranger get up as they escape 🥺 a small detail but THAT'S my man

don't have much else to say. I did really enjoy this episode, definitely my favorite of the season by FAR, and probably up there with The Eye

episode 9

my casskleya crumbs

yeah. so he witnesses Ghorman and he thinks that's it, I'm done? THIS late into the timeline? fuck this honestly, I'm enraged

at least Kleya read him for filth

"I need to start making my own decisions" the way I fully burst out laughing. bitch you've been doing that THIS WHOLE TIME. like you CANNOT be serious

Mon speech cleared!!

"your cousin Vel is a friend" I'd like to see it

competent Cassian still has me kicking my feet and giggling. him rescuing Mon is solid stuff. too bad this won't last

I really thought Mon's speech at least affected him and he changed his mind but no, he still wants to leave. lmao the clownery

"I've done what I can, and I've done a lot" and are we supposed to just believe it? how about you fucking show us? because all I've seen this season (except arc 1 but he was barely in that) is him playing house, resisting going on missions and wanting, in general, to be done with it

he can just stop talking? this is so insanely OOC I fucking hate it. fucking hell I'm furious this is the direction they thought to take him in

I can't believe she drugs him 💀 was that the entire point of her drug addiction or....? because we hadn't seen anything of that in this arc

so... I'm meant to believe that he stays because his gf leaves him? that he literally has to be FORCED into committing? wow. what a brilliantly brave and selfless choice from our hero. so impressed 👏 genius writing

"I'm choosing for the both of us. I'm choosing the rebellion." IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING HE CHOOSES ON HIS OWN BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING, BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN IT, BECAUSE HE WANTS TO. GOD FUCK OFF

he doesn't even get to reprogram Kay. they just take everything from us

and also... Kay was literally not even in this arc

fucking hate it here goodbye

[rochenn]

That pseudo-French language turning all the subtitled Ghor dialogues into audiovisual torture for French speakers is the funniest thing Star Wars has ever done

[imogenkol]

MON MOTHMA — Mother of the Bride

"With Mon Mothma, there's always that wonderful balance between what's going on behind the public face. To hint that in her costumes, we always had mini layers going on so that she can reveal and conceal."

[animatedjen]

good morning, still thinking about Andor

[han-ban-bam]

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