#but there is a hint of plot

[alexander-norkat]

"Here lies a strange energy"

More shenanigans of things that doesn't exist, a complete amalgamation of my feelings from rainworld (I was just fooling around with the brushes)

[whamgram]

Doodle dump from chapters 25-30 of my Charlastor fic, Under My Skin. I loved exploring the growing intimacy, both emotional and physical, between these two in these chapters. Early relationship fluff is one of my favorite things to write. 🥰

[thatsbelievable]

[david-talks-sw]

Dooku didn't leave because of the Jedi.

At least, if you're going by George Lucas' word.

In deleted scenes of Attack of the Clones, when we learn about Dooku's departure and his values, there's no mention of the Jedi or "the Jedi Order as an institution".

And every time Lucas refers to Dooku's disenchantment and reason for falling, he doesn't mention the Jedi.

"When you realize that Dooku is Darth Tyranus, it explains what Darth Sidious did after Darth Maul was killed: he seduced a Jedi who had become disenchanted with the Republic. He preyed on that disenchantment and converted him to the dark side, which is also a setup for what happens with Anakin." - Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones, 2002

"[Dooku is] one of the few Jedi who became disenchanted with the Republic and left the order and he is leading a separatist movement." - Vanity Fair, 2002

"I wanted a more sophisticated kind of villain. Dooku’s disenchantment with the corruption in the Empire is actually valid. It’s all valid.  So, Chris plays it as, 'Is he really a villain or is he just someone who is disenchanted and trying to make things right?'" - Starlog Magazine #300, 2002

He probably meant the Republic/Senate in that last one, but you get the point. And you're seeing the pattern, right?

Dooku's problem isn't the Jedi, it's the Republic.

He's become disenchanted with a system that - according to Lucas' prologue in the 2004 book Shatterpoint - worked for 1,000 years...

"For a thousand years, the Old Republic prospered and grew under the wise rule of the Senate and the protection of the venerable Jedi Knights."

... but has been rendered ineffective because of 1) senators becoming corrupt and 2) corporations gaining political power.

"But as often happens when wealth and power grow beyond all reasonable proportion, an evil fueled by greed arose. The massive organs of commerce mushroomed in power, the Senate became corrupt, and an ambitious named Palpatine was voted Supreme Chancellor."

That's the message Dooku runs on, when he rallies the systems to form the Separatist Alliance.

"By promising an alternative to the corruption and greed that was rotting the Republic from within, Dooku was able to persuade thousands of star systems to secede from the Republic."

The Jedi aren't really a factor in his decision to leave.

Why would they be? Their political status isn't very high, they're virtually powerless, as illustrated by the film's narrative and stated repeatedly by Lucas.

On the contrary, as we already established in this post, Lucas full-on confirmed that Dooku actually carries the sympathies of most of the Jedi. Again:

Most Jedi agree with Dooku, ideologically.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, the politicians are effing up the Republic, and it sucks because the Jedi see this but aren't allowed to interfere in the political process. They have to resort to looking for loopholes in their mandates to actually get stuff done.

That's what that whole "she's a politician" scene is meant to hint at. In the commentary of Attack of the Clones, Lucas uses a similar turn of phrase as he does with Dooku.

"[This scene gives us] a chance to talk a little bit about politics and the Jedi’s disenchantment with the political process, due to the corruption and the ineffectiveness of the Senate." - Attack of the Clones, Director’s Commentary, 2002

Considering all this, it becomes clear that the intended narrative surrounding Dooku's decision to leave the Order is not:

"The Jedi are dogmatic and asleep at the wheel except for Dooku, who is ahead of the curb and sees the system is flawed, so he left."

It's actually:

"ALL Jedi see the system is flawed, Dooku's the only Jedi who decided to take it a step further and leave the Order so he can try to get into politics himself and change things."

That's why they hesitate to accuse him of murder.

That's why in an earlier draft of the Attack of the Clones script, by the end of the second act, Mace STILL has his doubts that Dooku would sign a treaty with the Trade Federation to attack the Republic.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, Dooku is out there fighting the good fight, making noise because whenever they try to protest it falls on deaf ears... until his betrayal on Geonosis.

After all, let's not get it twisted: the Dooku we're introduced to in the films and The Clone Wars, isn't really just Dooku anymore.

He's Darth Tyranus.

A point Lucas makes sure to highlight in his Shatterpoint prologue:

"Unbeknownst to most of his followers, Dooku was himself a Dark Lord of the Sith, acting in collusion with his master, Darth Sidious, who, over the years, had struck an unholy alliance with the greater forces of commerce and their private droid armies."

It's not about doing the selfless thing for Dooku, anymore. He's knowingly part of the problem.

He's all about ambition, now. His personal goals are things like overthrowing Sidious and becoming the most powerful Jedi.

"[Anakin's] ambition and his dialogue here is the same as Dooku’s. He says “I will become more powerful than every Jedi.” And you’ll hear later on Dooku will say “I have become more powerful than any Jedi.” [...] It is possible for a Jedi to want to become more powerful, and control things." - Attack of the Clones, Director’s Commentary, 2002

"If you put two Sith together, they try to get others to join them to get rid of the other Sith. [When revealing the truth to Obi-Wan], Dooku's ambition is really to get rid of Darth Sidious. He's trying to get Obi-Wan's assistance in that and help in that, so that he and Obi-Wan could overthrow Sidious and take over." - Attack of the Clones, Commentary Track 2, 2002

Y'know? Selfish things.

Dooku - like all other Sith, and like the very corporations and Senators he had sworn to destroy - is consumed by his own greed.

[mattzerella-sticks]

The falling animatic from the Junior Year intro...

Is them all going into the briefcase!?!?

[rhiangalaxy]

Working on my Binghe designs! (Some design notes under the cut :p)

Edit: Had to reupload the image because I forgot his demon mark 😭

[ID: A Scum Villain Drawing. There are three half body shots of Luo Binghe in books 2-3, book 4 to post-canon and Luo Bingge. The left most Binghe from books 2-3 wears a tired, upset expression with less fluffy hair and primarily red and black clothing. The middle Binghe from book 4 and post-canon is wearing a remarkably happier and lovestruck expression, with much fluffier and curly hair. He is wearing a green hair ribbon around his throat, green jade earrings and light green inner robes. His outer robes are dark grey and red. Bingge is wearing an angered expression. His hair is noticeably straighter and has a small braid on the left side. He is wearing black and dark red robes. End ID]

[ID: Notes from the illustration above. In the book 2-3 version there are notes stating that his hair piece is from Huan Hua, and that his hair is less fluffy with the quote 'what no shizun does to a mf'. The second Binghe has notes that his side braids are done by Shen Qingqiu and that the hair ribbon around his neck was given to him by SQQ during his disciple days. The notes about Bingge state that the braid is from the Bingmei vs. Bingge Extra and that his hair is straightened. End ID] 

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

More mock screenshots since ppl seemed to really like the first set!

Enjoy!

Part 1

[strawberri-draws]

POV: Gus after hunter tells them he’s a grimwalker 😔🙏

[youngpettyqueen]

I know the decision to have Julian's parents have him augmented was made on the fly but imo its pretty obvious from early on that Julian has Family Issues because he avoids talking about his family like the plague and I think they should've incorporated this into the Julian and Sisko dynamic right from early on because I think it would've made for some really compelling stories and moments and could've set up a REALLY interesting Julian and Jake dynamic which they kinda started to do but never fully went for

[olessan]

🖤🕊️

Time to speculate on this completely innocuous emoji combination that is absolutely not a hint towards his character

99% chance his emoji choice means nothing, but given he knows his character, and a quote in the Deadline article pictured about not wanting to play villains, hmmm...

The only heraldry that fully fits a black heart and a dove is Telcontar, which is obviously not applying here because that's Aragorn's Reunited Kingdoms house. lol

The House of the Wing, Tuor's, has a wing but is on blue, and also Jamie's character is implied to be a main cast regular, so he cannot be a flashback character. That also rules out Eärendil and Thingol whose devices are also superficially similar, with a lot of black and then pointy bright elements

The house of Anarion's device is the classic Gondor white tree on black, no feathers, but the dove also has a branch, but the only other white winged bird is a swan.

If this IS an intentional hint, and he's hinting at Anarion, a swan may have been way too obvious and the dove is a more incognito choice

HOWEVER... Celeborn is of Doriath's royal house, so even though Thingol is his grand-uncle it could theoretically still be a hint to Thingol's device (white winged moon on a black field) that way, suggesting Celeborn?

[fulcrums501st]

guys they didn’t do queerbaiting with Burt and Irving, they did corporate-espionage-baiting. they did all-these-hints-will-build-to-something-crucial-to-the-plot-baiting.

[erinwantstowrite]

MY BOY NED IS TRANS IN LOF???? 🥹🥹🥹

HE IS!!!!

[asksavel]

( Song )

I know I won't change, I have tried Was feeling so caged, hands tied I can't find anything feeling so right, it's blinding hope

The Reaper is close, save a spot A matter of time, can't deny I won't try to run, run, run This destiny's mine

The countdown has begun The walls are falling down My life is on the line The fear is mine

It's dangerous to sacrifice It makes your blood run to throw the dice It's dangerous, it's what you're like It's what you'll die for, to live this life We're going on and we'll never stop We're going on till our worlds collide It's dangerous

Dangerous

Dangerous

[thatsbelievable]

[susartwork]

Wait neither asgore nor toriel knew healing? I'm a little surprised they died to a simple shank. Whoever that guy was, fuck him. Azzy was to soft to let Chara get revenge. He's going to be even sadder if he remembers as flowey

Excellent question!

At first I wanted Toriel to try healing them, failing, but then I though "OH WAIT, what if Tori decided to learn healing magic BECAUSE she couldn't save her child?"

But even if she knew healing magic, it wouldn't have worked.

That shank hit Chara's chest, where their soul is, which is basically like a headshot in my AU. Plus they bled all the way up the Mount Ebott... (Asriel was holding up only to see their parents... before collapsing).

About that guy, we'll talk about him in Chapter 1 °cracks knuckles°

And yes! The whole plot will revolve around Flowey trying to "fix his mistake" and make it up to Chara. One way or another =)

But was it all his fault...? =(

[bluiela]

After reading 5 books of epic fantasy and romance you come out and your favorite scene is Azriel taking potatoes dish then please dude take a hint that this is not for you💀💀.

Like please read more romance books if you think this is romance.

P.S- Grown ass adult woman thinking their ship is superior when they are spamming the comments of a posts aggressively just shows the toxicity of that side like their actions are speaking loud and clear for themselves. I originally didn't see them because I blocked all of the spammers last time and last night my friends screenshotted and sent me the shit they wrote, and I was just shocked to see how these are adults?! older than me?! like dude either touch grass get therapy because this is not normal behavior. I had better fandom etiquette at 14! like these grown women need a life or a job