#anidala also ngl

[spacewombatty]

okay but i love the anakin skywalker who’s the hopeless romantic. he’s the boy who fell in love as easily as breathing, with the first woman who’d enamored him. he’s the boy who craves acceptance and love and hoards the people who give it to them. he’s the knight with a stony, grim, off-putting expression hiding a heart of gold, the knight who stores torn up paperback romance novels under his pillow. he’s the general who loves the droids he’s destroying, who finds them fascinating enough to love and trade them as vows. he romanticizes violence into protecting the ones he loves at any cost. he loved so much and it was the thing that damned him and saved him.

[person25]

how i imagine obianidala get together in a happy universe:

Anakin & Padme: be our dilf!🤗

Obi-Wan:…what am i about to get myself into?😔

[briliantlymad]

Do you have any Star Wars fanfic recommendations? Especially Anakin centered. <3 Daddy Anakin if possible.

beloved you've come at the right time because i've been slowly going through my star wars bookmarks for like. the 10th time. I hope you enjoy these

there but for the grace of god is a fix it with dadkin sprinkled throughout.

The Exiled is a darth vader lives au. Anakin, Leia and Ben solo centric. it gets the fxcked up relationship between all three of them so well. Also WOO Grandad Anakin lesgo

Grounded Dad Darth Vader. He's trying with luke and the effort counts

Well It goes Like This Dad Anakin but not with the twins and instead with a gaggle of kids he saves during order 66

The Sunrise Fix it. Parents Anidala who realise that a life after war is a lot harder to get used to. it's a good series i love it.

Little Pilots Rebel AU. Anakin bonding with his kids its fucking adorable.

Shades in the Desert Force Ghost Anakin finding out that parenting is a lot harder when your baby is growing up on tatooine and he's the only who can see you

The kind that was burned first Obikin and the twins as babies time travelled and anakin gets the chance to be a parent. its got less dadakin than you'd want but its a good fic with the little bits it does have.

Jupiter Anakin raises the twins while hiding from the empire and its so precious i love it.

Shatterpoints Emperor Vader who raises his kids and ends up actually being good at the emperor bit cus he's purged the senate of every palpy supporter. Still Crazy Cakes but i think i'd describe his chara as a "good dictator" sjsjsjsjsj. very cute Leia and Luke moments im ngl.

There ya go. a perfect 10 out of the last 10 pages of my 50 pages of Star wars bookmarks.

Some are obikin some are anidala. they're all very good. def teared up at some of these.

[eggdrawsthings]

random Star Wars Visions doodles

[margoshansons]

So I see you've reblogged labyrinth-runner's stuff. She's got a like two whole master lists for them. Celestial-alignments got a loooot of good stuff. And shierak-innava's art is *chef's kiss* and her Twitter is also amazing and I say that as someone who doesn't vibe with Twitter. Also love your-daily-dose-of-obidala.

I just think obidala is lovely and warm and GEORGE WASTED THE POTENTIAL THERE. like. Idk. I'm into media modeling good relationships and I feel like they could've been very healthy and we lost out on seeing a stable star wars couple. Like. All the stable/ kinda healthy ones died in some way (the lars, the organas, stormpilot, rebelcaptain) and instead we get a lot of relationships that either ended because of some toxic trait/weren't built on stable ground. Even hanleia broke up. Like. Nothing good can stay in a galaxy far far away lmao

Okay yes, completely and 100% agree with everything above.

Ngl I originally followed labyrinth-runner because they were a fellow obidala shipper and also they loved padme which I feel like is kinda rare in the Star Wars fandom.

But I'll definitely have to check out those other ones.

In terms of relationships, I do wish we had gotten Obidala because they are healthy, and Natalie and Ewan had outstanding chemistry, and the tropes and everything were there, and WE WERE ROBBED but from a storytelling standpoint I understand Anidala (but not in TCW tho they just piss me off there). DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE ORGANAS THEY DESERVED BETTER.

Truly, the gffa is not a good place for healthy relationships to thrive, at least in new canon anyway. Legends had some healthy relationships. (RIP STORMPILOT AND FINNREY)

But I will forever mourn what could've been with Obidala. I'm also 90% sure whatever George had planned for Obidala was recycled into Satine but ughhhhhh. Padme is just so much better as a character.

[amidalc]

"master, I promise, I didn't mean to put pink dye in yoga's shampoo."

random asks » always accepting 

@skywxlkxr 

                             “   who said anything about   MASTER   YODA   ???   “           she frowns at him as she dries her thick hair.          so   WORD   OF   someone’s hair turning pink had already spread it seemed.           padmé practically   GLARES   at him,       anything but amused   ;;   so the dye had been intended for master yoda   ——   she didn’t know if that made the ordeal   BETTER   OR   WORSE.         

                             “ oh   ???         is that so,       anakin   ???   “          she asks,       now placing the towel on her bed,        her   NEWLY   DYED   pink locks now visible to the padawan.          arms cross   &&   she practically   SCOWLS   at him.          “   ——   so t’was my hair you meant to dye   BRIGHT   PINK   then   ???         can’t say it’s my colour.   “          

                             not at all,       she had   ALMOST   SCREAMED   when she saw her reflection.          “ look at me anakin,       I’M   HIDEOUS   ——   why did you think this was a good idea   ???          how am i meant to walk outside now   ???          anakin,         the next time you want to be funny,          TELL   A   JOKE.   “            

[katierosefun]

okay y’all i re-listened to the entirety of evermore at like 2 am and went to bed at 3 am so this isn’t really coherent but here we are, qeued up to go,,,so here are my thoughts w/ evermore + tcw because y’all k n o w 

1. willow -- strong anidala vibes. taylor swift herself said something about how this song is all about the complexities of desire and. yeah. it shows. // “wherever you stray, i follow” and “i know my train could take you home” and “the more that you say the less i know” and “wherever you stray i follow” and “that’s my man ;)” 

2. champagne problems -- strong sad obitine vibes, which @kckenobi screamed about to me last night and i wholeheartedly agree. big vibes of having to leave a relationship because you have to and also...just sad. might have made me cry and my heart feel empty. def. something on repeat. // “your heart was glass, i dropped it” and “your hometown skeptics called it champagne problems” and “you had a speech, you’re speechless” and “how evergreen our group of friends, don’t think we’ll say that word again” and “one for the money, two for the show, i never was ready, so i watched you go” 

3. gold rush -- okay big anakin or obi-wan vibes. both? both. this is kinda a stretch but. just the feeling of watching these big heroic figures walk around and quietly wonder about huh. who are they anyways. // “everybody wonders what it would be like to love you” and “i don’t like slow motion, double vision in rose blush” and “my mind turns your life into folklore” 

4. ‘tis the damn season -- big anakin and ahsoka vibes, esp. during season 7 help. all about going back to your hometown and kinda wanting to reunite with someone but also knowing that is a bad idea. yes i am sad. // “and it always leads to you and my hometown” and “i won’t ask you to wake if you don’t ask me to stay” and “and wonder about the only soul who can tell which smiles i’m faking” and “we could call it even, even though i’m leaving” yeah i’m not okay either 

5. tolerate it -- big sad anakin and obi-wan vibes, and i’ll explain. idk. vibes of just. anakin mayhaps thinking that obi-wan doesn’t care/love him to the same extent anakin thinks he himself does. help. don’t talk to me about this this is my new exile and it shows because i’ve been listening to this on repeat. // “i wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed” and “you’re so much older and wiser” and “i wait by the door like i’m just a kid, use my best colors for your portrait” and “tell me i got it wrong somehow” and “i know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it” and “always taking up too much space or time”, and @kckenobi pointed out that the bridge onwards is from obi-wan’s perspective after rots help “leave us in ruins, take this dagger in me and removed it” and “gained the weight of you and lose it, believe me i could do it” no i’m not okay

6. no body, no crime -- ngl this is a tricky one. this probably belongs in some convoluted au in which padme and ahsoka snap and murder palpatine or something which. you know. i’m kinda down for that. // “i’ve cleaned up enough houses to cover up a scene” that’s all you need to know *aggressive side-eye*

7. happiness -- big, big, big disaster lineage vibes. anakin and obi-wan, anakin and ahsoka, whichever. big sad. all about having really bittersweet memories. “i hurt you, you hurt me, but we had good memories”. // “haunted by the look in my eyes that would have loved you for a lifetime” and “tell me when your winning smile began to look like a smirk?” and “when did all our lessons start to look like weapons pointed at my deepest hurt?” and “there’ll be happiness after me, but there was happiness because of me” and “i can’t make it go away by making you a villain” and “in our history, across our great divide, there is a great sunrise” gives me so much hope??? mayhaps our tcw trio could....could reunite and have a happy ending please 

8. dorothea -- this is also kinda a reach, but i see this is like the other side of anakin and ahsoka vibes in ‘tis the damn season. kind of seen from the perspective of someone who’s seeing someone come back to the hometown and ‘oh huh she’s different’ but like. still cares about you, you know? which is very anakin and ahsoka vibes season 7. // “it’s never too late to come back to my side” and “you know, you’ll always know me” and “but are you still the same soul i met under the bleachers?” 

9. coney island -- honestly about anyone with anakin. :( it’s just. really sad. destroying something delicate vibes. // “did i shatter you?” and “sorry for not making you my centerfold” and “disappointments, close your eyes” and “but you were too polite to leave me” 

10. ivy -- more anidala vibes, tbh? again, stuff about illicit affairs kinda. cheerful but lyrics are not, actually. idk the metaphorical thing that both anakin and padme are already married to are the order and the senate, obvs. // “i’d live and die for moments that we stole on begged and borrowed time” and “it’s a war, it’s the goddamn fight of my life, and you started it” and “i can’t stop you putting roots in my dreamland” 

11. cowboy like me -- obitine and/or anidala vibes, i know. never thought i would talk about cowboys to them,,,but the vibes. // “you had some tricks up your sleeves” and “takes one to know one” and “we could be the way forward and i know i’ll pay for it” and “and the skeletons in both our closets plotted hard to fuck this up” 

12. long story short -- big obi-wan vibes, also big ahsoka vibes. // “pushed off the precipice, clung to the nearest lips” and “long story short, it was the wrong guy” and “no more tug of war, now i just know there’s more” and “past me, i wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things” and “your nemeses will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing” and “i fell from the pedestal” and the transition from “long story short, it was a bad time” to “long story short, i survived” 

13. marjorie -- big obi-wan and anakin vibes. i think this song is actually about taylor’s grandmother but right now all i could think of bittersweet anakin and obi-wan help // “if i didn’t know better, i’d think you were still around” and “what died didn’t stay dead” and “you’re alive, you’re alive in my head” and “i should’ve asked you questions” 

14. closure -- big anakin vibes w/ lineage fam. just. angry ex vibes. of someone who just doesn’t want anything to do with you anymore. asdfsdfs this is ironic but like. yeah. that was the closest i could think of. mayhaps a stretch but there’s some connecting lyrics. // “don’t treat me like a situation that needs to be handled” and “i’m fine with my spite and my tears” and “i know i’m just a wrinkle in your new life” and “guilty, guilty reaching across the sea that you put between you and me” (this is gonna hit hard if kenobi series speculation is correct and we get obi-wan trying to bring anakin back for one last time)

15. evermore -- honestly gives me obi-wan vibes. // “i replay my footsteps on each stepping stone, trying to find the one where i went wrong” and “this pain would be for evermore” and “can’t remember what i used to fight for” and “i thought of you in the cracks of light, i dreamed of you” but then it transitions from “this pain would be for evermore” to “this pain wouldn’t be for evermore” and ladies and gentlemen, we call that growth and hope!!!

[nottonyharrison]

1, 25, 13 (for Ahsoka specifically) for the salt asks!

❤😍🙌

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?*

Is it a cop out to say I don't really get the concept of an OTP any more? Like the idea that you ship one pairing, and you want them to be canon, and anything that stops that happening is annoying and Needs To Be Stopped?

Because yeah, I don't get that. Exploration of various relationship dynamics is just So. Much. Fun.

Also, Anidala. Or really any ships involving Anakin, I do not care for him.

25. How would you end XXX/Would you change the ending of XXX?

NGL I wouldn't change anything about the ending of TCW I just think it's one of the best final arcs of a TV show I've seen in my entire life so I guess I'll have to pick the current canon 'endpoint' of the GFFA that we've seen on screen, TRoS.

And I am so apathetic towards TRoS that I honestly don't remember enough about it to actually say 'I would have done this or that'. I would have had a plan instead of flying by the seat of my pants and responding to fandom trends.

13. Unpopular opinion about Ahsoka?

Ohhhh wowowowowow HARD QUESTION. I think many opinions I have about Ahsoka are unpopular to a certain subset of fandom, but one that I will absolutely die on a lonely hill for is that Ahsoka is inarguably chronologically older than the clones, and at least as - if not more more - emotionally mature.

Salty fandom asks

[azoraahai]

content creator tag

hi so i’m late to tis trend as always, but i thought by starting the new year by doing this so here goes nothing! rules: answer the questions and then tag 10+ other creators to answer the questions! i was tagged by @bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb-8, thank u v much btw for tagging me!

first creation and most recent creation of 2020: first creation of 2020 is of course a tcw gifset of my mans, obi wan kenobi! also i just realized it’s been a while since i’ve done one of those sets whoops lol. my most recent creation of 2020 is this secret santa gifset of anakin skywalker from rots!

one of your favorite creations from 2020: oh god, it’s so hard to choose there are so many! i know this anidala + happiness by taylor swift  gifset is recent, but i really love how it turned out! ps crashed so many times while making it though, i wanted to yeet my computer off a cliff!!!

a creation you’re really proud of: obi wan and anakin + my tears ricochet by taylor swift gifset i made for my 4k celebration ( which i still havent completed bc i suck ). this gifset i’m really proud of because i was trying new things, and i love the end result!

a new style you tried this year and a gifset that uses it: this ahsoka tano character profile gifset! i’ve made similar stuff before, but this was a different kind of style i wasn’t very used to. still, i like how it turned out and it makes me realize how much i see myself in ahsoka as well bc we share a lot of the same things according to google!

your favorite coloring: ngl,,, i really like coloring star wars: rebels,,, even tho i hardly gif it. ahsoka’s iconic “i’m no jedi” scene and her defeating the inquisitor are very pretty colorings to me! also, this parallel gifset of anakin and ahsoka is a good one too!

a creation you think deserved more notes: i actually have a few that i spent a lot of time on and was a bit sad that they didn’t get a lot of attention. this centuries gifset really flopped, even though i really liked how it turned out. this really angsty harry potter gifset that i cried over. i probably have more, but i’m too lazy to check.

a creation with a favorite scene/quote: the unfinished episode of tcw quote with this scene,,,, god it makes me feel a lot of things! this is one of my saddest sets, but it’s one of my favorites!

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it: i recently got into the lotr/hobbit trilogies and here’s my rainbow gifset for the lotr!

a creation you made that breaks your heart: fuck live action ahsoka, but this quote with animated ahsoka and anakin makes me wanna curl up in a ball and cry!!!! this harry potter gifset as well bc boy oh boy does it make me even more depressed! last but not least,,,, the clone wars series finale with this excerpt from the ahsoka novel,,,, just kill me it would hurt less.

a ‘simple’ creation that you really love: i guess this would be considered simple, but padmé’s outfits gifset is one i love a lot! i love the colorings, the scenes, the outfits, padmé, everything!

a creation that was inspired by another one (add both your creation and the one that inspired it!): i have two that i love! illicit affairs by taylor swift + anidala! here is the set i was inspired by my babe @ahskatano and here is the one i made! another is a hogwarts house gifset with quotes! here is the slytherin version created by @anakin-skywalker and here is the ravenclaw one i made!

a favorite creation(s) created by someone else: there are just SO MANY but lemme list my top favs. the lightsaber color series by @anakin-skywalker! the chaotic trio and the witcher episodes gifsets by @anya-chalotra who i absolutely love every single one of their gifsets like top tier!! this star wars + folklore from taylor swift gifset by @ahskatano is one of my all time favs i love it sm!

some of your favorite content creators from the year: i know i probably will forget some but @pedrc-pascal @anakin-skywalker @andthwip @dakotajohnsom @anya-chalotra @yenvengerberg @ahskatano @ewan-mcgregor @soka-tano @sersi @rise-of-ahsoka @obi--wans @obiwanobi @kenobiies

and for good measure, another a couple more creations of yours that you love: this tired space dad gifset that i impulsively made, ahsoka’s arms gifset bc that is good shit, dramatic siths being their dramatic selves gifset, another ahsoka novel excerpt gifset from tcw series finale, and ofc,,, i gotta include my bitch wife and the not explained plot of the darksaber being taken gifset from s2 of the mandalorian!

[degenderates]

Rules: tag nine people you want to know better/catch up with then answer these questions

I was tagged by @maywemeetagaincommandr thank you babe! 💕💕💕

Three ships: im gonna share some of my not as well known ones since everyone knows me for darklina, wolflet, jacinter, reylo, anidala, e/c, snily, grindeldore, i could go on... -so ummmm tuggoffelees (rum tum tugger/mr. mistoffelees) from cats? they are so cute!!! the way that they find each other as such nuisances but actually not, we stan. a nice lil hate-to-love (not enemies to lovers tho). -no. 2 is barrissoka (ahsoka tano/barriss offee) from star wars the clone wars because they were just that close....a romance is not a stretch at all lol... a heartbreaking friends-to-lovers-to-enemies, my favorite trope. or one of them, at least. -no. 3 is tomarrymort (tom riddle | voldemort/harry potter) idk there’s just so much au potential and usually i love looking at shippy fanart more than the fanfic, but can i just say that the tomarry fandom has provided!!!! and @spookymatthias is helping me plan one right now,,,, it’s going to be way too long smh. tomarrymort also includes tomarry & harrymort, but honestly my fave version is lightning-era voldemort that looks like tom au rather than time travel au or voldemort-is-still-ugly-and-snakey-with-no-nose canon. a wonderful, god-tier, enemies-to-lovers ship.

Last Song: pychosocial by brooke fraser. i’ve never actually listened to this song before; most of my music i get introduced to is through ship playlists, and this is someone else’s tomarry playlist on spotify

Last Movie: cuties. i’m not putting discourse about that movie here, but if you scroll through my blog, you’ll see what i thought of it.

Currently Craving: nothing really. i’m kind of full ngl.

Currently Reading: a couple things: i just finished the sky above us which comes out in 2021; there’s also girl serpent thorn which i’m about to start & of course my current fanfic: the train to nowhere (because i’ve finally hopped onto the tomarry train. pun intended:P). i’m so late to this fic it began in 2011 lmaooo but it’s still going,,, so respect, i could never...

i tag: @mischiefsmanaged @feyesand @edmundrex @jacihayle @artino-nova @sirfitzroys @retropetalss @regulus-black @amiity-blight @cerenoya (that was 10 but whatever)

[laufire]

In depth fandom ask: the last fandom you joined bc I can't remember it now

Well, I guess the last fandom I’ve properly joined --making a few edits, starting yet-another-WIP etc.-- is Black Sails, so. Plus I want to talk about it a little, spoiler-free, in case you decide to watch it ^-^ (I’ll leave that to the s3 post I need to finish...).

Top 5 favourite characters: Max is my number one, without a doubt, and of the rest of my faves Silver has an edge... but the remaining positions are a tough fight between Flint, Jack, Madi and Miranda, and I honestly can’t choose DD:

Other characters you like: Mr. Scott, Anne, Idelle, the Maroon Queen, Billy, Eme, Abigail... This show has a lot of great characters tbh.

Least favourite characters: I still loathe Peter Ashe with every fiber of my being. Alfred Hamilton is obviously The Worst(TM). And though it hasn’t grown into hate (yet), I don’t like Woodes Rogers one bit ¬¬

Otps: Flint/Miranda, and the combos in Flint/Madi/Silver and Anne/Jack/Max (in no particular order at the moment because I just HAVE TONS OF FEELS ABOUT THEM ALL).

Notps: I don’t have strong NOPE feelings towards anything, but I’m not into Eleanor/Max (which is a dynamic I actually really like BUT that I’m glad it doesn’t return to shippiness LOL); Eleanor/Rogers (I might be indifferent towards Eleanor most of the time but I haaaaaate Rogers for her. RUN GIRL), Flint/Vane (booooooooring).

Favourite friendships: Max & Silver (THE duo I swear), Jack & Max, Flint & Silver, Idelle & Max (I might not have said so before but I guess I like a little conflict LMFAO), Billy & Flint (NOT a friendship, but their relationship absolutely cracks me up I swear. “Who’s Billy?” XDDD).

Favourite family: Madi’s family, which is all I can say without getting spoilery. I just. *lies down on the floor overcome with emotions* xDD

Favourite episodes: the problem with binge-watching (okay, I’ve taken s3 more slowly but) is that they all kinda blur together LOL. Hmm. The season finales are all *chefs kiss* so far (sometimes in a very painful way... I’m looking at you s2. Though the ominous Flint/Silver moments in the s3 were A LOT too); any in which I get to see Max & Silver scheming together ofc. And the first handful of eps in s3 were particularly enjoyable to me because I was drowning in PURE ANGST and Flint & Silver feels xDD (I can’t NOT believe the fandom seems to call one of those “the shark date” asñldfjasdfñl).

Favourite season/book/movie: oof. I honestly can’t pick; s1 is probably the “least” because the others include better moments for some of my secondary faves, and because there’s a plot that’s really hard to watch... BUT it has things on it I adore to pieces too. s1-2 doesn’t have Madi (major drawback xD), and s3 is after one of my faves’ death... but frankly they’re all neck and neck so far.

Favourite quotes: “I am ruined over you” always comes to mind DD: “Liked is just as good as feared”; Max combo with Eleanor about sand (typing that down made me think of Anidala LMFAO. The scene itself is very different though! xD) in the s1 finale; “in another time, in another place, they would call me a queen”; “this ends when I grant them my forgiveness, not the other way around”, Mr. Scott’s “No. Only YOU.”... honestly, this show’s dialogue is just too good(TM), I could just quote it all back xD. And of course, I HAVE to mention “WHO’S BILLY”. It’s the law.

Best musical moment: the score is perfection all around, but given that I never skip the intro just to listen and watch it... yeah, the intro xD

Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: well, I *might* have lost it the moment CAPTAIN FLINT COMES OUT TO LONG JOHN SILVER OVER A BONFIRE, IDK XDD

When it really disappointed you: the fact that I won’t get to see a fully fleshed out Mr. Scott-Silver dynamic is MAJORLY disappointing, let me tell you. That Flint’s actor didn’t somehow get his mother (aka Maggie Smith aka Professor McGonagall aka Lady Violet) on the show too ¬¬. LOL.

Saddest moment: character’s deaths of two of the characters listed on “top 5”/“others you like” xD.

Most well done character death: the hanging in 3x09 was well done and served its purpose.

Favourite guest star: for a value of “guest star”... I’m going with Idelle.

Favourite cast member: Jessica Parker Kennedy is the one that I know and love for other projects she’s done.

Character you wish was still alive: THE ONE WE TRAGICALLY LOST IN 2x09.

One thing you hope really happens: I’m cheating because I know there’s some of that in s4, but I want to watch more Flint/Madi interactions pls.

Most shocking twist: well, I wasn’t spoiled for Mr. Scott’s plot in s3 so I was (pleasantly) surprised by that xD

When did you start watching/reading?: a little over two weeks ago; I watched (devoured) s1-s2 and 3x01-3x04 in a few days because I wanted to meet Madi, and then I tragically had to slow down :(((

Best animal/creature: I will always love Treasure Islands’  parrot that Silver named after Flint LMFAO.

Favourite location: Nassau aka Max’s ~domain xD. And Miranda’s house.

Trope you wish they would stop using: noooooone. I love the tropes this show reuses LMFAO. Romantic Betrayals(TM), triumvirates, “good things happen in the dark/away from civilization”, the power of narratives, social climbing and revolt... bring them oooooon.

One thing this show/book/film does better than others: quite a few xD. But one that really stands out to me is the dialogue; both the ~deep and sorrowful type (there were so many quotes where I had to take a break to freak out properly lol), and the humorous ones.

Funniest moments: I know I’m repeating myself, but I recently rewatched the pilot to edit some scenes and I keep remember the WHO’S BILLY one xDD (which I maintain it was Flint trolling him. He could give Abigail a rundown of Billy’s whole life story AND he shamelessly checked him out that one time. Flint knows who Billy is, he’s just an asshole xD). Really, all the scenes between Billy and Flint in that episode are comedic gold lmfao. Billy’s “oh dear I fucked up” expression when he tells Flint the crew has started to think him weak and Flint looks half a second away from murdering him right there, his WTF face at Flint’s antics with the stolen page... Gold, seriously.

Couple you would like to see: I meannnnnn. I would’ve been very happy if the show had decided to go with Flint/Madi/Silver, for one. Bonus if Miranda could’ve been included. Or just explicit Flint/Silver in poly arrangements (THEY ARE IN LOVE, IT’S JUST ~COMPLICATED XD).

Actor/Actress you want to join the cast: MAGGIE SMITH DAMMIT.

Favourite outfit: literally everything Max wears in s3. Eleanor’s s1-s2 outfits were things I’d love to wear too. Flint’s ~dramatic coat. Miranda’s collection of supposedly-puritan-but-showing-the-goods dresses xDD (and ofc her London clothes), Jack’s clothes (he’s Nassau’s fashion icon lbr).

Favourite item: the books!! Especially when Flint gave Miranda “La Galatea” as a gift (given that sometimes he reminds me of my OC Latoya, you might understand the freakout I had when he gave the other member of my OTP a book titled like that xDD).

Do you own anything related to this show/book/film?: no, but I kinda want to. I did have a Treasure Planet computer game I tragically can’t find... it was about collecting money in increasingly difficult scenarios LOL. And I probably have more pirate-y/Treasure Island theme stuff. I had a long pirate phase xD

What house/team/group/friendship group/family/race etc would you be in?: Max’s because I like being on the winning team, thanks xD (though I do ~align more with Flint and Madi’s lbr...).

Most boring plotline: Eleanor and Vane’s ~romance is not at all badly written... but the fact that I find both of them boring kinda ruins the whole thing because I always wish that time went to someone else xD. Also, Blackbeard. Meh.

Most laughably bad moment: n/a.

Best flashback/flashfoward if any: the London flashback where Miranda goes to Flint’s house unannounced to take him to an art gallery, she finds him half-naked and he gets all awkward about it lmao. And then they hook up in the carriage :DDD

Most layered character: we get to explore Flint and Silver the most. Silver’s development in particular is something that never ceases to impress me ngl.

Most one dimensional character: except the one-note characters I wouldn’t really call anyone completely one-dimensional, tbh. Though I do think the fandom attributes more complexity to Thomas than it’s seen in canon? Like, I like what I see; I think he’s functional, he works well, and he adds wonderfully to Flint’s (and Miranda’s) story, but I don’t see him as a full character in his own right. Which is perfectly fine for the narrative so far, but I fear it might fall apart for me at the very end.

Scariest moment: I never know what to say in this... I mean, I guess Flint killing a man with his bare hands in the pilot Like That was scary xD. I understand why Silver freaked out LOL.

Grossest moment: any of Max’s interactions with Vane tbh. Stay away from her ¬¬

Best looking male: Flint has that ruggedly handsome thing going on for him, if you’re into that (and sometimes I do appreciate his ~aesthetics... very sad he shaved his head in s3 though. Like, I get you did it for the Angst, honey, and trust me, I Feel U, but still). I feel like I might be forgetting someone, but seriously, none of the dudes in this show so far do anything for me LOL. I can honestly say I love them for their personalities xDD

Best looking female: I have a weakness for Max, but Miranda, Madi, Anne, the Maroon Queen, Idelle, Eme... all of them are gorgeous in their own way. This show is good for sapphic women’s enjoyment in that sense xDD.

Who you’re crushing on (if any): I could crush on any of the women mentioned above tbh.

Favourite cast moment: I have literally only seen this post about an interview where Flint’s actor says he’s too old to party with The Youth of the cast and just wants to chill on the weekend... with bonus Max and Eleanor’s actress talking about how Vane’s once climbed the side of a building up AND back down. I’m with you, Toby Stephens, you don’t need those shenanigans xDD

Favourite transportation: the Walrus, for sentimental reasons LOL. I liked stolen Spanish warship too.

Most beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): lots of good ones, though I think my fave might be the one of Miranda sitting by the window in London. Or the one of Charles Town burning down, I liked that :))) (I remember thinking “Flint better go full Daenerys on them”. And he did! It was nice xD).

Unanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: n/a, so far.

Best promo: n/a.

At what point did you fall in love with this show/book: I liked it from the word go, but the moment that TRULY cemented it for me was in 1x03, with Max making a decision that I... frankly didn’t expect. It made things worse for her in the short-term, the storyline itself was difficult and disturbing to watch and I still have some mixed feelings about it. But what it said about her as a character and how her journey goes after that... I was in awe of her, and of the show.

[prophezeiung]

star wars

send me a fandom and i’ll tell you... ( accepting )

the first character i ever fell in love with: obi-wan kenobi and i have been in love ever since

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: jarjar.... can u believe... i first watched phantom menace and thought this lil guy is cute.... fuck was i thinking...

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: obidala.... i cannot wrap my mind around it... it was a very cursed time... i stan their dynamic but only as friends ...also 17yo me was obsessed with obikin but i recognize my mistakes and i apologize so hard, the age gap is just too yikes... i hope y’all can forgive me

my ultimate favorite character™: obi-wan kenobi !!!!!!!!! this dude !!!!!! is like one of my top 3 fav characters of all time don’t ask me how but he makes me so fricken happy !!!!! second in line are anakin and qui-gon yuh yuh yuh

prettiest character: padme and leia straight up. i simp daily. they own me. also poe dameron is so damn handsome

my most hated character: i am so sorry but the fandom ruined kylo for me. i cannot take him seriously and i will fight reylos with my bare fists.

my OTP: anidala, han and either of the twins tbh, finnpoe

my NOTP: reylo big time, obi-wan and qui-gon what the fuck

favorite episode arc/scene: this is from the books but the story of how obi-wan became qui-gon’s padawan, anidala in ep ii bc it’s peak cringe, the rako hardeen arc in clone wars, finn and poe escaping together in ep7, that thing luke did where he faced kylo but was a force illusion all along esp bc the aesthetic of that planet >>>>, honestly all of rogue one

saddest death: 1000% qui-gon jinn to me, but also padme amidala and shmi skywalker were heavy... bhodi and chirrut and baze and cassian and jyn.... seeing han, luke and leia die also fucked w me hard ngl but i wanna rewrite the sequels anyway so i don’t take those too seriously in retrospect

favorite season movie: episode iii babey!!!!! i bawl every fucking time !!! i stan the prequels so hard and rots just is a massive fave

least favorite season movie: hmmm ep 8 or 9.... i stopped being invested sorry it was just not well done for me, too many loose ends and bad plot solutions

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: kylo ig rip to this man but he is the snape of star wars to me...

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: anakin lmaooo, cad bane, han for sure

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: obi-wan, FINN

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: uhh none op... i don’t have very many ships esp nothing nasty... maybe hardeen!obi-wan and cad bane or obi-wan and asajj ventress but i’m not too hot on it either they just have a fun dynamic... rare obikin towards tcw/rots tbh but i don’t wanna think too much abt it

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: obi-wan and satine bc it messes w my headcanons, finnrey

[moffftarkin-archive]

SHIPPING INFO !! ANSWER THE FOLLOWING FOR YOUR MUSE SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW SHIPPING WORKS ON YOUR BLOG.

WHAT IS YOUR OTP FOR YOUR CHARACTER?:  tarkrennic.  WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO WRITE WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:   i’m happy to write lots of things but no smut  !!  i’m old enough to write nsfw but i headcanon tarkin as ace.  i also just don’t see tarkin as a shippy character unless it was in some au or something so im p selective when it comes to shipping. HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?:  large age gaps bother me a lil bit. they just creep me out idk??? i know some ppl ship tarkin/vader and i just do not like it??? like tarkin was in his 40s in tcw when he met anakin so its just like uncomfy to me idk, they’re just evil bros okay. ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?: i’m very selective when it comes to shippy stuff, it just isn’t a priority on this blog. HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE CONSIDERED NSFW?: n/a. WHO ARE OTHER THE CHARACTERS YOU SHIP YOUR CHARACTER WITH?: lowkey tarkin/thrawn. DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?: yes. ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?: as previously stated, i dont rlly care about ships that much *shrug emoji*. ARE YOU MULTISHIP?: yep. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?:  tarkin and the death star.  anidala  !! i just love them so much. i love reading y’alls threads when u write anidala stuff, esp in aus where like the end of rots never happened ; v ;  OH -  and obitine,  tcw made me cry a lot over that one ngl.  FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?: usually through interaction !! just if our muses be vibin. TAGGED BY: @regretdestined thank u pal !!! TAGGING: anyone who wants to !!!

[underwaterwoods]

so i saw the star war

spoilers ahoy

i guess this is just gonna be random bullet points

* i actually feel pretty chill about it. yay for being spoiled. also like.... if you ignore the ridiculous stuff there’s actually a lot to have fun with in this one. i don’t know how i’ll feel about it once i’ve processed it more. i just know i had fun while watching it, which i know isn’t true for everybody. i totally understand the negativity - it all makes sense to me. i’m just glad i sort of.... FORCED myself to have enough distance to just go in like ‘i’M PrepArED fOr wHAtEveR’

*i did like all the jumping around between locations in the first half and how ben would show up everywhere rey was. what a ‘you’re everywhere i go’ pairing. /chef’s kiss/. also having the different locations gives a sense of spaciousness (even if it’s all happening over a short period of time) which i missed in tlj.

*one of the things that gave me the most joy as the hux thing ??? X’’’D it was EXACTLY like that ‘the farce awakens’ ep where hux LITERALLY JOINS THE RESISTANCE cuz he can’t stand kylo. like what kind of fanfic...... how do the hux fans out there feel? (i really love the hux fans they’re a great bunch XD). shame that he was gone right after though.

* i actually enjoyed the trio dynamic? like i get the desire to move away from ‘trio mentality’ but the rey/poe tension with finn as mediator was fun. and finn and poe as joint generals? adorable. shame that the whole finn/poe thing got a bit clouded by.... stormpilot baiting and rose erasure and all the things... Also i’m not anti any character - i like zorii - but.... let poe stay a gay icon? i guess he can still be a queer icon it’s all good i’m down for whatever.

*speaking of finn.... loved seeing more of his humour back. didn’t love that there was no unpacking of how he feels taking out stormtroopers. but loved the found family of jannah and the other ex-stormtroopers. i feel like that gave SOME resolution/depth to finn’s origins. and finn being a non force user but seemingly super attuned to the force and its ways? i can roll with that.

*more speaking of finn... i wonder what they were doing with the ‘thing he wants to tell rey that he never gets to tell rey’. seems like an obvious ‘i love you’ thing. but at the same time we got reylo (/basks in that for a second/). it feels to me like throwing a bone to the finnrey people? like they didn’t get it in this movie but it could be a thing in the future? regaurdless, i did like how finn and rey were very connected and back to that loving friendship they had in tfa. we never quite got the ‘you have a force bond with the supreme leader?!!’ conversation but we got.... SOME conversation.

* speaking of the supreme leader... kinda love that we got renperor AND ben solo TM. i prefer to view ben more holistically (he is both ‘ben’ and ‘kylo’) but i get that making them two distinct identities was a helpful shortcut of sorts. he could ‘kill’ kylo and switch to being ben in a single scene. i always prefer Soft Boi Ben but if we were gonna get Bad Boy Kylo i’m glad they established it right out the gate. it was like ok, this is what to expect; this is where we’re at with this character. 

*ben with his costume change at the end....... omg. gave me BIG smuggler!Ben vibes. urgh, give me all the AUs. ben deserves more.

*the amount of swagger when he was fighting the KOR

*idk i feel like i’m not even touching on the big stuff. this was just a ‘get all my side thoughts out of my system’ post.

*adam’s smile after the kiss though......... ...  /the most beautiful thing in this world/

*truly iconic that people were right about the strategic, covert introduction of force healing via baby yoda like one month before tros.

*oh yeah it was wILD that so much of the imagery from the trailers/tv spots etc was in like the first five mintues of the movie ??? i totally assumed the ‘i have been every voice you’ve ever heard inside your head’ moment would be climactic rather than right up front

*oh yeah the vader mask.... that didn’t really mean anything in the end then did it?

* re: ben’s death. maybe it’s because i was braced for it but in some ways it’s the best way he could have gone. he was definitely happy and reunited with the light - both through love of rey and of his family. hIGHKey could have done with ben’s force ghost also appearing at the end? the only good thing about not seeing it is.... LF deciding to retcon his death ? ??XD obs they’re not gonna but if you want a crackpot silver lining there it is.

*what exactly does rey’s future look like, may i ask?

* oh yeah, Passing The Saber Through The Force. maybe my favourite moment. the force bond as a bare concept is so romantic to me i would watch a whole trilogy just exploring the magic system of that - it’s limitations and possibilities. 

* i do like that jj developed the visual style of the bond. we got to see them occupying the same space, the way each of them would be seeing the other (’can you see my surroundings, i can’t see yours, just you’)

*i miss that rian johnson sound editing on the bond though..... god, the iNTIMACY of the tlj bond scenes....

*’i DID want to take your hand’

*also just the word choice of ‘take your hand’/ ‘i offered you my hand’. it’s extremely marriage.

*there was also a moment in the hanger when ben was like ‘we’re one’ basically? he was saying it in the context of rey’s lineage but still...............the validation. one soul. 

*palps was like ‘you live and die together’ which made me REALLY think of skytalkers podcast. obviously assumed they would both have to LIVE together but.... /deep sigh/

*blah this could go on forever i’ll add more later

edit #1:

* OH YEAH! reverse anidala was such a thing! why did it have to be SO reverse anidala though? X’D instead of taking her life, he gives her his own. (i know it’s not clear anakin totally killed padme etc etc but ya feel me)

* ok i hate that ben died obvs obvs but, taking that for what it is, it was very romeo and juliet. i kinda love just the imagery of it. like... the physical blocking/choreography of adam getting daisy into his arms, holding her, then he falls and it’s her holding him. the way she catches his neck. really reminded me of the smoothness of the bridal carry. and rey’s flexed foot in that moment of shock. love the body language. back to that kind of ‘’staccato’’ rey of tfa days.

edit #2:

*lololol @ LF trying to establish how ‘bad’ kylo is by having him kill a bunch of people in the beginning. it was just.... Hot.

edit #3:

* rose deserves better. obviously. she looked so good though. i like that she had some moments with connix too. 

* ben called han ‘dad’......

*ben standing there, overlooking the waves, with his leG EXTENDED BEFORE HIM. wanderer above a sea of fog. wanderer above a sea of foggg.

* rey having compassion for the snake thing. we been knew. kinda nice to have it in there. obviously good set up for ~later force healing shenanigans~

* OH YEAH OH YEAH. i kept thinking about atla. i know people have been making comparisons to it from the start and i’ve been DEEPLY INTO those comparisons. but it was truly a blessing for me to remember.... there is a version of this out there that you love and that is Good Content TM. legit i can just go watch atla again to heal from this. omg yeah cuz REY HEALING HIS WOUND ALSO HEALED HIS SCAR. very crystal cave.......... nah but nah but - the ‘you are every jedi’ was EXTREMELY avatar-esk..... like, engage avatar state. i don’t like how it ended up being the same old conflict between jedi and sith - ‘good’ and ‘bad’ - OBVIOUSLY THE POINT IS TO INTEGRATE THE CONFLICTING PARTS OF SELF; THE SHADOW SIDE; TO TRANSCEND OLD DICHOTOMIES - but i did love hearing all the voices from past jedi. that’s some good ‘the ancestors are with you’ shit.

edit #4:

* i think the first thing we hear rey say is ‘be with me’? ngl i was like ‘pls be invoking the force bond’ X’D i am a clown. that was a beautiful shot though. and love that a version of the bond kicked in like two seconds after that. 

edit #5:

*there’s that bit where reylo are fighting on the death star ruins and he’s winning and rey kinda falls to her knees panting and lowkey defeated and, not to be a shallow bitch but..... it was Hot.

*also dark rey......... was HOT. SHE WAS SO KIRA, WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT MEANS, AND I WAS INTO IT LIKE HNGGGG

*obvs i wanted rey to be truly no one. but casting jodie comer as rey’s mum ? ????? urgh, pefection, i love it.

*palps was so random i stg..... his plan was.... convoluted to say the least. 

*also who was under all those hoods?

*the KOR just kinda... being around again was hilarious. no explaination required. the boys are back in town. ben facing them without a mask and essentially wearing his pjs? loved it. 

edit #6:

*seriously though ben’s redemption outfit.............. /heart eyes emoji into the sunset/.......... you can see his collar bone.............. /cares about the important things/.................

edit #7:

*one thing i loved about the reylo was how Space Wizards TM they both were in this movie. it so highlights their connection by making it clear that they are each other’s only peer. i thought it would be a thing of ‘why is the supreme leader constantly interacting with/going after this girl?’ but it’s not because it’s so clear that they are the only two people on each others’ level. no one would dare question the fact that they’re constantly circling each other in a lustful murderous rage.

[necropsittacus]

theon, turin, anakin

theona song that reminds me of them: song of the sea - cake bake bettywhat they smell like: post adwd probably unfortunate. please help himan otp: throbb can be cute? i feel like i read that more in aus but i'm not averse to canon compliant eithera notp: not big on th/ramsayfavorite platonic/familial relationships: theon and asha's dynamic is Good and i love them. also theon and jeynea headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: i don't interact with more than a tiny proportion of the fandom at this point so idk what's popular but occasionally i see people saying he's going to die and honestly i Hope the Fuck Not for multiple reasonsthe position they sleep in: probably like curled up on his side a crossover au i’d love to see them in: hm y'all may have noticed i don't do crossovers that much lmaoi know i've read a lot of good modern au contentmaybe a silm au? that could jive interestingly with the whole "family's expectations" thingmy favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: uhh i dont remember like specific outfit details but wasn't he like rly Extra Goth in acok at one point? that was goodturin:a song that reminds me of them: wrecking ball - mother motherwhat they smell like: considering the amount of his life spent more or less living in the woods im going to guess probably like dirt and blood/sweat and things of that naturean otp: beleg/turin is Good. idk i feel like probably half the people he interacts with as an adult are kind of in love with him but that's the one i have the most feelings abouta notp: idk there's nothing i've seen much that i have strong negative feelings about? so it'd just be coming up with things for the express purpose of being Bad. there is this one particular turin/celebrimbor fic that i fervently wish did not exist and/or i had never seen but that's more because of like.literally everything else about the writing. than the ship in and of itself yknow?favorite platonic/familial relationships: Small Turin and morwen were cute. also not sure if turin and nienor should properly go in this bin because Yeah but i really do think they were good for each othera headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: this isn't a headcanon per se but the whole nargothrond debacle was not completely, or maybe even mostly, turin's fault, yes he did make some awful decisions but a. there was already a power vacuum orodreth wasn't really filling after the feanorians got kicked out and i don't think turin necessarily meant to step into it and b. there's a reason we mostly don't have emotionally compromised twenty-somethings in high military positions anymore? the position they sleep in: side bc thats how i sleep mostlya crossover au i’d love to see them in: it's honestly been a long time since i've thought about crossovers per se for the silm? so this doesn't really count but i still want to see him interact with the house of feanor tbhmy favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: he doesn't really have like Clearly Differentiated Outfits mentioned in canon i dont think? but i do really appreciate the "dressed all in black" or whatever exactly the line was in the scene where he ran into tuor and voronwe. Let Turin Be Emo 2k19anakin: a song that reminds me of them: everything you're breathing for - parlor mobwhat they smell like: he probably smells vaguely like ship parts or the space equivalent of motor oil or sth half the time ngl. he looks tolerably clean in canon butan otp: anidala mostlya notp: palpatine/anakin exists and i don't like itfavorite platonic/familial relationships: obi wan and ahsoka! also his relationship with luke is important and he would have been a good dad if he'd ever actually had a chancea headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with: i don't think staying with the jedi would have been good for him or fixed everything. like, joining the sith obviously was not the good option i'm not saying that, but the jedi as an organization screwed anakin up a lot and the best thing for his well being honestly probably would have been to go grey and leave the order on his own terms without any murder if that had ever even seemed like an option to him. which of course it didn't. the position they sleep in: don't we see him sleep on his back in canon? a crossover au i’d love to see them in: i keep going back to the idea of star wars transplanted into a standard high fantasy setting which ig would make anakin a Conflicted Paladin or sth like thatmy favorite outfit they’ve ever worn: i liked his ROTS robes thanks emma!!!

[kylosrehn]

for the tv series thing, I know it isn't one but star wars?

send me a tv film series and I’ll tell you:

my all-time ultimate fave character: 

Since the sequels came, I’m highkey loving Rey. But before that it was Vader. Still is, I guess. They’re kinda tied. Yeah I like the villains okay fight me.

a character I didn’t used to like but now do:    

Hmm…Kylo I guess. I never disliked him, but I was pretty meh about him. I just didn’t care all that much. But I like how they fleshed him out in TLJ and built-up his backstory, and I’ve warmed to him since. He’s very much a tragic character and I always like that. Between the two of us, he reminds me a little bit of Ward—or FW Fitz, take your pick. It’s the whole lack of affection/evil mentors make monsters out of good boys/men thing all over again. 

      a character I used to like but now don’t:

I actually left this question til last to see if I could think of something, but nah, I’ve got nothing. I don’t think I went from liking to disliking any one character completely, just kind of…liking them less. Padme is one of those. She used to be my girl through my childhood and now I’m more meh about her. I guess that’s the closest example I can think of right now.

a character I’m indifferent about:

There’s a good few. Rose, Finn, Holdo out of the sequels. They’re the first ones that come to mind. Boba Fett, Phasma, Hux (aside from the fact that he makes for good comic relief). I don’t know, probably a few more.

a character who deserved better:

Maybe Padme, because the whole ‘breed and die’ trope, but it was obviously necessary because she never shows up in the originals and they had to explain that somehow. And Obi-Wan. Though it’s less of a ‘deserved better’ and more of a ‘fuck he’s been through a lot of shit in his life.’ The Rogue One crew I suppose, though again that was a plot thing. 

a ship I’ve never been able to get into:

Finn/Rey. I’m just not very interested in friends to lovers ships (looking at you FS.) And maybe Han/Leia. I know they’re basically at “iconic” level by now, but they never really wowed me. Tbh most SW ships are like, “eh, okay” for me. I tolerate/moderately like them, but there are very few that make me go into hardcore shipper mode. Mini-me loved Anidala growing up, they were literally one of my biggest childhood OTPs, but over time the allure has started to fade and I’ve picked up on more and more flaws, and honestly, I think I’ve just outgrown them. Now I’m focusing on Reylo because it’s just such a cool dynamic that’s never been explored in the films before (I mean, a telepathic/empathic bond that lets them tap into each other’s skills and memories? That’s so awesome, I’m so here for this) and all that build up and development in TLJ really got me. I was kind curious (but mostly in the worried kind of way) to see how they’d approach it after TFA but now I’m 100% on board. I loved what they did with them. Aaaand that’s not the question. (Totally unrelated: I lowkey shipped Vader with Aphra from the Comics. It’s such a rarepair, but the dynamic was quirky and I’m always here for that. She was kinda like a S1-Skye cracking jokes at this evil, murderous Sith Lord. Plus, the line “you’re what I’ve been waiting for my whole life.” ‘Nuff said.)

a ship I’ve never been able to get over:

Reylo. Please don’t screw it up in IX, please please please.

a cute, low-key ship:

Jyn/Cassian. Also, I really like platonic Finn/Rey. And Luke and Leia’s relationship. And I wouldn’t be opposed if somehow Finn/Poe happened. And Poe/BB-8. Okay so not all of those are ship-ships, but y’know.

an unpopular ship but I still enjoyed it:

Tbh I lowkey wanted Poe to be with Paige, Rose’s sister, but lol she got killed off pretty quickly. Unpopular…well, I’m kinda looking forward to seeing how Han/Q’ira plays out in Solo (I’m 99% sure she plays him somehow. But hey, that seems to be my type.) I don’t know.

a ship that was totally wrong and never should have happened:

Eh, I don’t hate any ships, really, or think something was “wrong.” Not a huge fan of Rose/Finn just because I don’t see any chemistry between them and it sorta feels one-sided, but I mean, you can develop feelings over time, so that might change in IX. I don’t mind them, they’re just kinda…there. Not a fan of Kylux but that’s just a fan thing, so whatever.  

my favourite storyline/moment:

Right now it’s the Reylo Force Bond scenes. Yeah, all of them, lol. And the throne room fight scene because you expect them to start attacking each other, but instead they work together and subvert all expectations and I loved it. That scene at the end of Rogue One where Vader just demolishes the rebels. It was so dark and chilling and just all around ahh. Also, the Obi-Wan/Qui Gon/Maul fight from TPM is one of my all-time favourites. And the music! Ahh, awesome. Oh, also, the arena fight on Geonosis. I’m not sure I have a favourite storyline—though I’m admittedly a sucker for the whole ‘here, go on a totally-not-romantic trip to protect to senator on this beautiful, lush, fragrant world and try not to fall in love lol bye’ storyline because it’s just so wonderfully tropey. It’s like something pulled straight out of fic (and not necessarily in a bad way.) I’m kinda tempted to write a fic based on that, ngl. One day. 

a storyline that never should have been written:

Predictably, lol, I’m gonna say the Jar-Jar Binks/Gungan stuff from TPM. The whole underwater kingdom concept was cool, but it just felt like it took up way too much screentime. I wouldn’t have minded if it was just more of a background thing, or if it was of lesser importance. They’re just a huge part of this film and then they’re virtually never brought up again (in the films) in any significant way, so all of that just feels so moot and unnecessary, like it was just a run time filler. The political plot, although somewhat frustrating, does prove relevant to the story later on so I’m cool with it. I don’t think I hated any storyline really. TFA was a disappointment for me in that it felt a little too familiar and I really wished they would’ve taken more risks and tried to pave their own path as opposed to recycling elements (I mean, ANOTHER Death Star? Sorry, Starkiller Base. Really? And the Empire’s defeated but like, merely a few years later they’re back and crushing the rebellion again? Sorry no, that’s…It’s the First Order now. Got it. Totally different. My bad.) from the originals just to please the hardcore fans, but luckily TLJ assuaged most of that frustration. I can only hope the mood for IX is closer to TLJ than TFA because that would be regression and honestly just a huge insult to the saga.

my first thoughts on the show films:

I think I just loved them straight away, lol. I must’ve been…five at most when I first watched them—well, the originals and I and II, they were the only ones that were out at the time—on the good old VHS with my dad because he was/is a huge fan and he got me into it. Obviously the more nuanced stuff flew over my head as a small kid and certain things only really clicked when I rewatched them years later, but the love was there. 

my thoughts now:

I still love it, though my love tends to come in sporadic bursts now as opposed to being linear all the time. Like, I can just push it to the back of my mind for a year/two/three but then something like Rogue One comes out and reminds me just how much I love that world. I ride the high for a few months, read fic, etc. and then the hype tapers off and plateaus for a while. Nothing for another few months/a year, new movie, and wham, I’m sucked back in. 

I try to stay in my own little corner though and not get too involved in fandom because the drama is just nasty and can really suck the enjoyment out of, well, everything really. For a long time I guess I just wasn’t aware of how nasty the SW fandom was—aside from the group that hates on the prequels for the sake of hating the prequels because it’s what the cool kids do or whatever—probably because I didn’t actively go looking for this type of stuff. But then TFA came out and it kind of erupted like a volcano that’s been…somewhat dormant since III in 2005. Still, I stayed away from it for the most part, only hearing stories of hate in passing, and never really engaged until after TLJ, when it became a little “safer” for the Reylos to emerge. Before that it was two years of hell and name-calling and threats and verbal abuse and general fandom wank, to my knowledge. And that’s fucked up. No one should have to endure that, not in any fandom. Stuff like that just pisses me off so much. But I’m sure you already know that.