#but i like this book so far

[cutter-kirby]

obligatory “cool characterization, still murder” like I’m not excusing him but it does make him incredibly interesting

(*girl gender neutral edition)

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[kcrabb88]

It's truly wild to me how many people out there don't understand that the Star Wars prequels are a tragedy or how tragedies work.

Posts like "these are the Jedi failed movies" truly just make me shake my head. They're actually the "fascism wears a smile until it strikes you down and then it's too late" movies. They're the "the senate became corrupt and clapped in the face of genocide" movies. They're the "make people scared enough of war until they accept authoritarianism" movies. They're the "fear and possessiveness will tear you up on the inside" movies. The Jedi were the heroes of lore, people loved and looked up to them, looked to them for safety, and then too much got put on their shoulders on purpose by Palpatine, and also by a senate that didn't want to act (not you Padme and Bail and Mon, you're perfect). They were drafted and used and scapegoated, which is, you know, a tenet of the vast majority of authoritarian governments (Hitler and Stalin, for instance, might be on different ends of the political spectrum, but they sure both did scapegoat specific groups and commit mass murder, just differently).

When some people say "these movies are about the fall of the Jedi" what they mean is "the Jedi failed" but that's not what "the fall of the Jedi means." It means they were wiped the fuck OUT. Like, Jesus, in Rogue One Tarkin is talking about burning out the final MEMORY of the Jedi by blowing up the holy city in Jedha. Palpatine had to get rid of the Jedi because to get rid of the Jedi was to get rid of the final people standing in his way after he had already worn them out. His intention was not only to kill them, but to alter the galaxy's entire perception of them. To rip away hope. People are always looking for the Jedi to be Bad or nitpick their mistakes (because while other people are allowed to make mistakes, the Jedi never are). Palpatine made himself look like a benevolent grandpa who would keep everyone safe. And that, more than anything, is what gave him SO much power. He stole the narrative.

It's just like. Of course WE know what was going to happen! We know from watching the OT that the PT can only end in tragedy. But the characters don't know that! They don't have all the info! That's how a tragic story structure works. We see it coming and they can't.

Anyway. The Jedi are laser-sword wielding monks with psychic powers who just wanted to do what they could to help. The world would be better if more folks remembered that.

[bellaroles]

I once thought Golden terrace maybe quite the same level of political heavy as qjj. But now I'm 60 pages in, I think I can breathe easier than when I was 60 pages in the first book of qjj lol.

[sharpmouth]

Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

[ba1laur]

2023 darkstalker floating in space doing nothing grinning evily and scary. png 1 and 2

[paintedcrows]

Holiday Classics

Been thinking about Ford watching the 70s Animated Lord of the Rings Movies... (companion comic to this post!)

[egophiliac]

this started as a reply to someone (a million years ago) (I am so sorry) and then very quickly got out of control, as these things do. so...uhhh....here's everyone else at Playful Land!

sorry

[dylanconrique]

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!

[anris-resurrection]

Aren't you a sight for sore EYE

[obsob]

happy and proud!!

✷(print shop)✷

[greatstrangerdinosaur]

They're cute

[trans-androgyne]

I feel a lot of belief that “trans women obviously have it worse than trans men” it comes from assuming men & women are opposites & that their experiences must be opposite as well. As in, if trans women experience one thing, trans men must experience the opposite—but that’s not how it works in practice. Trans women are demonized and sexualized doesn’t mean trans men aren’t as well. Trans women feeling less safe after transition doesn’t mean trans men feel more safe. And transmasculinity being considered disgusting mutilation doesn’t translate to the opposite for transfemininity! I just wish we would stop comparing experiences as though they can be quantified & pitted against one another.

[sussysatann]

WHOEVER ON THE TRANSLATION TEAM DID THIS-

I CAN'T TELL IF I WANT YOU TO GET A RAISE OR TO REFLECT ON YOUR CHOICES

"OUR LEGEND! POP OOOFFF!"

[es-3]

she declined, so instead he gave her a way to summon him at anytime.

[abd-illustrates]

Thank you!

In less than 24 hours y’all rocketed my first book onto the amazon bestsellers list - it even made it into the top ten for new comic releases!! I can’t put into words how it feels to see something I made charting alongside my favorite manga series, thank y’all so much 🥺😭💖

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(PRINT RELEASE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2024)