#are two different things

[mydogatemymotivation]

I want to know what the rest of the Ghost crew was thinking about Kallus when he first defected. We focus on what Zeb was thinking a lot, or we talk about Kallus' defection through Kallus' own eyes, but what about everyone else?

Because imagine you're the Ghost crew, and you haven't been as involved with Kallus' redemption as much as Zeb, and you didn't see his doubt and his humanity the way Zeb did. So you're completely removed from what he went through mentally and then this guy who tried to kill you a few years ago is just there. In your living room. With a shock blanket and a glass of warm water.

Was everyone expecting the arrogant ISB agent they'd gotten used to? Even if you're not the Ghost crew, you've heard about this new fulcrum agent and he defected from the ISB and survived, that's insane. And then everyone finally gets a good look at him and he's shaking head to toe, covered in his own blood and too scared to speak to anyone. I think seeing him like that would kind of drive home the reality of what the empire was and what it was built on.

Because he's on some level of the Imperial Command structure so the assumption for other defectors who were maybe troopers, low level officers, or pilots is that he enjoyed a comfortable position looking down on everyone beneath him, but that's not the case. He's not this fearsome agent like they thought, he's a lost, confused, shell of a man. And the Spectres are expecting the strutting, smooth talking Agent Kallus they've gotten to know but now his voice shakes when he speaks and he can't look them in the eye. He jumps at loud noises and his eyes dart around the room, and he's frightened without a weapon and it feels more like they're trying to rehabilitate an injured animal than integrate a person into the rebellion. He's probably jumpy around Kanan and Ezra because the only other force sensitives he's been around are the Inquisitors and Vader, and all the force stuff and the weird aura that those two drag around with them is off putting and upsetting for Kallus, instead of comforting like it is for the rest of the Ghost crew.

I just. The realization that the Empire is just a spiraling cascade of fear that seeps from one person to another instead of a well-oiled machine made up of the best of the best has to be sobering. That there are a few at the very tippy top of the dogpile that genuinely enjoy or believe in what they're doing, but everyone else, including the ISB, is operating on fear and orders. This doesn't absolve anyone of anything, of course, but I think it'd be good for people to see that the Empire really is all talk. That it can come crumbling down piece by piece, because it's not actually built on anything real. And that Kallus, who can't trust anyone around him right away, and who holes up in his office to hide, could be the real first glimpse behind the curtain for everyone. Even if you kind of knew that the Empire was lying, seeing how deep it goes must feel like such a shift in perspective for a lot of people. Even the people in it willing can't escape it without ripping themselves apart.

[purplehaired-revenant]

I don't think I shared this screenshot of Dagrun. Kasmeer made her get dressed up for the world summit.

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

where's that The Horse and His Boy quote

[paper-mario-wiki]

in case you're wondering what the greatest AMV of all time is, it's this one from 2008.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

It's always so weird to come down from the biology heavens to see what the average person believes about animals, plants, ecosystems, just the world around them. I don't even mean things that one simply doesn't know because they've never been told or things that are confusing, I'm talking about people who genuinely do not see insects as animals. What are you saying. Every time I see a crawling or fluttering little guy I know that little guy has motivations and drive to fulfill those motivations. There are gears turning in their head! They are perceiving this world and they are drawing conclusions, they are conscious. And yet it's still a whole thing if various bugs of the world feel pain or if they are simply Instinct Machines that are Not Truly Aware of Anything At All????? Help!!!!!! How can you look at a little guy and think he is just the macroscopic animal version of a virus

[bookwyrminspiration]

when a mutual from one circle reblogs from a mutual in another. ?? when did you two meet

[wishfulsketching]

This is what the dynamic was like

[enchantrum]

I hope you guys know I answer anons on the bg3crit blog because it's fun and it encourages discussion with my mutuals

I'm not trying to flamewar anons and I don't think anons are bad people because they disagree with me lol

I see it as like a bg3 tabloid that can foster some snarky but frank discussion about fandom. I enjoy the blog and reading through it

serious time over taking my dick back out now

[keydekyie]

I actually love the change the show made to when SecUnit shows up in the hub and Ratthi says, "Who is this?" Turns out Ratthi was being cute and SecUnit just took it literally. Brilliant. The galaxy's least reliable narrator strikes again.

[majunju]

ghost pirate aventurine and deep sea mermaid stelle

[diegamerdie]

And what a lot of people don't comsider is: someone who lives in a homophobic environment (family, school, neighbourhood ...etc) probably has no access to queer spaces or media and shipping is an extremely hard to police outlet to represent queer relationships.

i do not care if someone learned compassion from a cartoon or a comic or an anime im just glad they're here with us now a better person fighting the good fight. should it have taken something so trivial? maybe not- but it's in the past! and this is the now! and if they're objectively better for it who cares

[mischievous-thunder]

Bonus:

Nap time with the multiversal couple

[suntails]

touch the spindle, touch it i say!

[inkedberries]

what's up with that mr. little amirite?

[mercurymoths]

I recently watched Puss in boots: the last wish (I know, I’m late to the party) and really liked this dialogue :)

(I also wanted an excuse to practice lineless art again :])

Some close ups and the initial sketch under the cut for fun !

[infiniteorangethethird]

btw shoutout to those who feel they are aspec because of their autism. To the aros, aces, apls, afams, and everyone else who feels their orientation is a direct result of their neurodivergency. Your feelings are valid, and you're not "just reinforcing stereotypes" by being yourself, bc you're not a character in a story, but a real person with real, lived experiences. I see you and I feel you