#looking for obi-wan obviously DUH

[starwarjotta]

looking for someone on Tatooine

[phoenixyfriend]

Star Wars: Project Runway AU

I feel like I definitely should have talked about a Project Runway AU at some point on tumblr, but I cannot recall doing so.

Okay so. Obviously prequels era because duh.

Mentor: Obi-Wan, more Gunn than Siriano (Unfortunate, because Siriano is a delightful gremlin, but Obi-Wan's really more Gunn.)

Host: Fox (he has many opinions)

Main Judges:

Bail: Head designer at a prestigious fashion brand

Padmé: Former supermodel who started her own fashion line after retiring with the birth of her twins

Mace: Editor-in-Chief for a major fashion magazine (yes, he's the Nina)

Guest Judges include:

Jocasta Nu: Finale judge, very Diane von Furstenberg

Riyo Chuchi: Actress, known for her accessories at red carpet events

Shaak Ti: Retired supermodel

Mon Mothma: Fashion journalist

Satine Kryze: Politician known for her style and her major support of environmentally-conscious fashion movements

Breha Organa: Broadway star

Dooku: Head of Serenno fashion house

Contestants:

Anakin: tends to work at lot with leathers and architectural elements

Bly: fashionista trans lady Bly is not mine, but a piece that @meerlichts shared recently has me going with 'brightly colored professional minimalism.' (Fashionista trans lady Bly belongs to @petrichordiam)

Aayla: very similar to the designs by Victoria Cocieru in (S18), I think. Assymetrical, heavy on the cutouts, usually somewhere between saturated and pastels, which contrasts with her own fashion (dark, textured leather).

Ahsoka: youngest competitor, often gets critiqued for her designs skewing towards a teenage/college demographic that isn't as palatable to older shoppers with more disposable income

Kix: heavy usage of armor-inspired elements; argues with judges on the basis of pragmatism over aesthetic for clothing, but also gets really invested in complicated hair looks and accessories

Ferus Olin: minimalist, usage of clean lines and limited palettes; it's very pretty, but gets critiqued as a little boring and repetitive. I'd compare him to Tessa Clark (S17)

Barriss: a modesty designer in the vein of Ayana Ife (S16)

Krell: competes, but is such an asshole, complete with sabotage, that he gets asked to leave, or even chooses to do so himself (it's happened a few times!)

Fives: known for a use of absolutely riotous levels of color, very clever in terms of color blocking, prints, and design. He's inconsistent when it comes to his finishes and structure, though, and has a tendency to run out of time, so he gets dinged for garments legitimately coming apart on the runway when a brisk walk was too much stress on the seams.

Quinlan: primarily a sports and athleisure designer, struggles with the red carpet challenges

Bo-Katan: clashes with Kix because they both have very military-inspired styles, but in different ways; she has a much heavier use of boning and structural components, with less of Kix's flair

Thrawn: pretentious and old-fashioned in terms of style, but impeccable structure and skill, so he makes it to the finale based in large part on his grasp of technical aspects, much like S18's Sergio Guadarrama

Yané: Specializes in mega flowy things for the AU. We're talking chiffons, organza, lace. A whiz with silk charmeuse, which everyone is incredibly jealous of because seriously? How.

Kit Fisto: plays a lot with geometric prints and draws heavily on Caribbean traditional clothes and streetwear

I want someone who's a bit like Samantha Rei (S16, lolita fashion-y personal style with either jewel tones or bright, saturated colors and big skirts), and someone with a bit of... one of the people that really specializes immensely with tailoring (I want to say... Kenya Freeman, S16). Since this show usually has 16 designers per season, that would really round us out, I think.

Most of the Naboo handmaidens are models for the show, as are some of the clones. I want the S16+ standard of having a variety of body types, but I'm not sure who would be included in that on account of like... SW isn't big on body type diversity.

[tennessoui]

I love Like Saints, Like Monsters! So, for the ask game: “But I will not leave,” Obi-Wan says, and Anakin laughs because surely Obi-Wan is not implying that he’s going to follow Anakin into the refresher. They haven’t done that since the third month of Obi-Wan’s return. “Left too much already,” he continues before Anakin can say anything at all. The words steal his own away from him. It’s worse when Obi-Wan leans back and looks at him with eyes that look—look clear. “We both have,” the alpha declares. It’s the first time Obi-Wan has ever alluded to his own capture all those years ago. It feels like a punch in the gut to hear. No, he’s never leaving this alpha again. Obi-Wan is right. They’ve both left each other too much, for too long. The jolts of arousal from this morning…it’s alarming and disgusting still. But the memory of them will fade if Anakin does not think of them too much. Right? Right.

omg !!! my original most codependent jedi obikin <3 <3

this is from one of the recovery chapters of like saints like monsters, where it shows them together 7 months after obi-wan was rescued (after 7 years of imprisonment) and before the main plot of the story takes place

they're just!!! they're so codependent on each other here it's not even funny!! the chancellor invited anakin to lunch and then guilted/manipulated him into accepting and then held him wayyyyy past the time he told obi-wan he'd be gone but they spent like 6 entire hours apart!! it was awful!!! and anakin feels so guilty because he promised obi-wan he'd come back at a certain time and he didn't

i think this is an interesting passage and chapter because it's the beginning of a lot of things: palps finds out obi-wan is alive, they spend some time apart (the longest ever) which proves they're capable of it, that morning, anakin feels arousal when obi-wan is scenting him, and obi-wan is cognizant and healed enough to mention what happened to him -- that he left the building the day he was captured, that he remembers that.

and that he remembers that and has come to the same conclusion anakin has: bad things happen when they leave one another. (basis for obi-wan tricking the council into allowing him on the mission with anakin)

also it's important because like. writing lslm, i'm like ok ok they are going to get together in the end because obviously duh--- but to feel good about that i want to show that they're NOT together when obi-wan is at his worst....and anakin doesn't want to think about his master like that at all and is being really harsh on himself when his body betrays him

in the present time, i think he's still trying to think like that -- seeing obi-wan through his rut means cuddles, not sex, even if half of him would maybe like sex...it just can't happen

(meanwhile obi-wan really really really really wants it to happen)

[peterparkersnose]

Star Wars Men During the Halloween Season Headcanons

{Kylo Ren, Obi Wan, Han Solo, Anakin Skywalker, Like Skywalker, Din Djarin}

happy halloween loves 🎃

Kylo Ren

Not a holiday man

Hates the idea of mainstream holidays and isn’t afraid to voice his opinions on it

When he comes home to find the apartment decorated in fake spiderwebs and orange and purple ribbon he thought someone was playing a prank on him

And he was pissed

But his thoughts were dismissed when he found you cutting out what seemed like bats from paper

“What is the meaning of this?” he yelled

You looked at him with a stern face, then burst out laughing

Kylo was still confused

But he enjoyed the occasional black licorice so he let the few days of chaos in his house slide

For you

Obi-Wan Kenobi

He had learned about Halloween as a child from books he used to read about the old world

When the fall festivals happened around the planets, he could go down to a festival or two and enjoy some good food and company

But now as he grew wiser and older, he preferred to stay indoors during the actual day of Halloween

You begged him to go to a party with you, but he was insistent of staying inside and handing out candy to trick or treaters

He secretly also didn’t like you going out in such a revealing outfit

Obi Wan is very secretly territorial, but he usually never lets it show

So the two of you kept in comfy clothes and handed out candy to the small children who came around the house

And if you two had kids, you know damn well he would be out there with his warm spiked cider and extra robes following your kids around the city

He would let you stay at home and relax, because that’s just the kind of dad he would be

I can just imagine one kid running ahead and him yelling at the kid to slow down while he’s trying to carry the other one down the street because they got too tired

Han Solo

Definitely attending a party

With a stupid couples costume

But it has to be stupid enough where the both of you still look hot

You two actually met at a Halloween party a few years ago

So they’ve really become a tradition at this point

You either drink too much and start yelling at everyone

Or he drinks too much and eats too much candy (which he swears he only had one piece) and throws up

He refuses to dance, but watches you with your friends while he sits and enjoys a beer in the corner

And at the end of the night, you always find him with the stupidest smirk on his face

“Why don’t you ever dance like that for me?”

“Shut it, Solo.”

Anakin Skywalker

This man wants to trick or treat more than ever

He gets that he’s obviously too old, but he never experienced that as a kid

Asks every single kid about their costume that come to the door

“That’s a what- oh! I’ve never heard of it, but still cool!”

And this man-

You wake up halloween morning to find him rummaging through your closet

“What are you doing in my closet?”

“I need a dress,”

“May I ask why?”

“I’m going to be you for Halloween, duh.”

He sticks his head out of the closet, staring at you with a big grin and a wig that resembles your hair on his head

“Your kidding me, right?”

So naturally you stole his robes

And they were obviously more comfortable than anything you owned

“Lemme use the lightsaber, please.”

“Look Ani, see, I even got your little braid down!” you said, pinning your hair up in a bun and braiding a little braid to match his from years ago

“Come on, it was a phase.”

Luke Skywalker

You two happened to be visiting another planet when Halloween occurred

Luke was super interested in their culture around the holiday

He found the tiny festival in the middle of the town and just had to join

You found him right in the middle of a dance circle

He pulled you in, and you two danced as other people from the town danced and hollered around you

At the end of the night, you two returned to your cabin on the hill and watch the festival wind down

You were given sweet treats from the townspeople

It was really one of the few times you two could let loose and have fun

And at night, the whole town glistened in candles as the people carved out vegetables and left candles in them to ward off evil spirits

You and Luke layed in bed, listening to the wind rustle the tree leaves

But you weren’t ever afraid, you had one of the best Jedi’s asleep next to you

Din Djarin

Was thoroughly confused about what Halloween was in the first place

He never grew up with holidays with the other Mandalorians

You insisted on taking Grogu trick or treating

He was against the idea

“You wanted him to be like other kids, this is another way how.”

“But what if he-”

“Din. He’ll be fine.”

Naturally you dressed Grogu up as his dad

You made the fake beskar out of smoothed out tinfoil

And Grogu loved the resemblance to his father

Grogu got candies and other treats, but while you two were out trick or treating Din went out and found a whole buckets worth of frogs for him

“You think he’ll remember this one day?” Din asked you, sliding his hips against the countertop next to you

Grogu was downing his third frog of the night

“He better,”

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[mikewytrykus]

Okay, Disney. Here’s my pitch: The Muppet Star Wars Trilogy. Remake the original three movies — Episodes IV - VI — and only those three, replacing all actors with Muppets except for the following.

Darth Vader: The main bad guy of any Muppet movie is always a human actor, so we shall keep this tradition. But the man in the suit must absolutely, unequivocally be Hayden Christensen. This is not up for debate. He’s earned it. Use that James Earl Jones AI for the voice if you want. (The Emperor should, of course, be portrayed by Pepe the King Prawn.)

Jabba the Hut: I think the absolutely funniest thing Disney could do in a Muppet Star Wars remake is get a big fat Irish guy to play Jabba the Hut. In fact, let’s keep it in the Star Wars family. Jabba should be played by Brendan Gleeson.

Yoda: He’s already kind of a Muppet, so we could keep him. But I think it would be much funnier if Yoda was played by a live action Frank Oz. Just regular human Frank Oz using his normal speaking voice, but still talking all backwards.

Muppet Cast Luke Skywalker: Piggy is obviously going to be Leia so Kermit should not be Luke. Luke should be played by Walter from the 2011 movie.

Princess Leia: Miss Piggy. Duh. Weren’t you just listening?

Han Solo: This is where we will cast Kermit.

Chewbacca: Fozzie Bear.

C-3PO & R2-D2: Bunsen & Beaker.

Obi-Wan Kenobi: Pops.

Grand Moff Tarkin: Sam the Eagle.

General Dodonna: Rowlf the Dog. We will also use him for General Rieekan in TESB and General Madine in ROTJ.

Wedge Antilles: Scooter

Figrin D’Ann and The Modal Nodes: Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. They will also play the Max Rebo Band in ROTJ.

Uncle Owen & Aunt Beru: Wayne & Wanda.

Stormtroopers: Penguins.

Lando Calrissian: Gonzo the Great. It means we have to wait a movie to get him, but the casting is too perfect.

Lobot and Cloud City security: Camilla and chickens.

Boba Fett: Lew Zealand.

Emperor Palpatine: Pepe the King Prawn, as mentioned.

Rancor: Sweetums.

Salacious Crumb: Rizzo the Rat.

Gammorean Guards: Link Hogthrob, Julius Strangepork, other pigs.

Mon Mothma: Annie Sue.

Admiral Ackbar: Swedish Chef.

Ewoks: Let’s just make them look like the actual Ewoks but Muppets instead of little people in suits.

Make it happen, Disney!

[existentialflirt]

❥ Has someone ever ruined an FC or character for you?

Salty af Munday Meme // accepting

Not really but I am a bit weird about them in a very particular way. Okay, I'm sorry if this sounds unhinged BUT here we go. I don't like when people use fcs for their OCs that are very associated with a certain character. I especially dislike when people use that imagery in their icons. ex: Most people are gonna look at Chris Evans and see Captain America. Which, y'know, valid. It's still his biggest role and frankly will always be. I'd question using him because there's not really anything special about him aside from being handsome white guy model #5679, but I'm gonna judge someone even harder if they use stills obviously from the MCU. Like honestly, he's been in more than enough movies that you can certainly find something else to use as inspiration. For me, it's distracting and kinda breaks the immersion of interacting with the OC. (also, as a personal example, I use Ewan Mcgregor as my FC for John Constantine, but I would never, ever use stills from Star Wars for my icons because duh. I don't want to invoke the ghost of Obi-Wan.)

[offscreendeath]

obi wan

they really struggled giving leia something to do bless her heart...i thought she was gonna do some cool 10 year old prodigy hacking force power shit at least...they had this cutie basically unplug a microwave by herself with no adult supervision and we're supposed to be like. haha yes girlboss! ok sweetie great job we love a young princess doing basic tasks with little to no complex steps...

i know one thing they better not make luke any more capable than she is like ok he's still a dumbass inexperienced farm boy and leia is at least really clever and socially savvy even for a princess...maybe they can start to build up to luke bein more tech savvy and scrappy...like his favva

speaking of....

anakin the original edgelord school shooter neonazi fr

i know obi wan hurt i mean imagine your young nigga traded for the ops and got up on you hella times and has experience murkin niggas on both sides so he hella experienced and got every nigga shook

but anakin a weak nigga fr tho

like obi wan kept humbling him and it drove homie nuts because he kept failing and that nigga hate failing obviously but obi wan the only nigga that kept his ego in check and literally took bro to school

its wack tho bc vader knows how to push his buttons too tho and he keeps getting hit with the mean ass juke moves at the last moment and get stuck looking foolish

now his ass lookin dumb. again. and he's supposed to be a literal nightmare murder machine...lmao embarassing

he hurt!

so naturally he just goes even more berserk because he gotta let that shit out and we know he aint fuckin on nobody no mo

(even though yikes what are the implications here bc disabled people can definitely still fuck and stuff like even villains like this is the future babe why vader can't get a new set of junk or some hoes? c'mon)

anyway all that do is make obi-wan even more disappointed in him LMAOOOO like ah yeah i see you're still doing fucked up shit and imma still have to whoop up on that ass like i did last time bc you literally don't learn...

if i was obi wan and was stuck basically raising kid i'd be like yep fuck my life this nigga is way too ignorant...you just inheriting the big homie responsibilities and you was just a lil homie yourself

gahdam!! and now he got ptsd from soldiering (duh) and shit probably wondering if all that jedi prophecy shit he was indoctrinated with was cap the whole time. know i would be

and of course tala ass had to die i knew that as soon as i heard about them war crimes...sad moment with disposable literally mute giant robot...they even shot her womb out just to drive home that obi wan is celibate and aint fuckin on nobody...nope no romantic subplot here...

even blew up sis for good measure lmaoooo

how did she not know that the empire was problematic bitch they're an EMPIRE what u thought! the goons are literally called stormtroopers bro and everybody dress in s&m gear whats not clickingggg

and from there we got...

3rd sistagirl!!! she had to take that L of course she's not fading the big blood... but she held her own against lord drill-a-lot vader longer than most niggas do tbh like she should be proud of herself for lasting that long but ugh

whats a sith-sith relationship without some betrayal like that's the problem with hanging with niggas who treat life as disposable..u next mf lol you can lose yo special privileges anytime boss

shit grimy!

that nigga vader INVENTED the "it be ya own niggas" traitor arc tho so like of course he saw it coming lol just because he's a bitchass don't mean he actually stupid he just as predictable as he said obi-wan is

but honestly fuck it can't blame a bitch for trying i mean why not get him while he's literally marinating in his little gamerfuel tank while he aint even got no arms and cant breathe presumably without his snorkel?

hit him then, tf?

yeah ur right its probably heavily guarded but pop a grenade innat bitch one good time and issa wrap! idk this is why im not actually an assassin i guess

i hope they give her a new cut...a new color...whats her night routine like i gotta know....whats the bonnet in the off-hours how do the sith self-care?

[grimthejedisith-archived]

[qqueenofhades]

so…now that we all know what you DISLIKE about star wars (and 400% fairly so, you have my full support here)…

what drew you into the universe, what keeps you around?

favorite characters, ships (OTPs or actual spaceships lol), overall themes, do you have a favorite random weird creature or robot that you adore? whatever you wanna talk about!

go off honey (again, but supportively 💖💖💖)

tax paid: the very nerdy star wars punk vest i made and the even nerdier matching vest i made for starsky

Lmaooo, entirely valid. You were like "star wars?" and I was like the drunk person at the bar who can't stop shouting about how much their ex sucks. But now that I have gotten all that off my chest, let's talk about why I love it (since if I didn't love it, I wouldn't have such strong opinions). Basically my feelings on the OG SW trilogy are similar to my feelings on the OG LOTR trilogy, as that tumblr post floating around somewhere put it: sure, they have flaws, but also, they're perfect. I have a complicated relationship with the prequels, as do we all, since George Lucas cannot write dialogue or direct actors to save his life (stick to what you're good at, George, hire other people to do the rest), but even they have their moments. Like. Hit me with that "Across the Stars" love theme, John Williams. Gahh. Just like that.

Because... Star Wars wasn't actually this omnipresent corporate global entertainment monolith when it started out. It was a dorky low-budget indie sci-fi film in the 1970s which everyone thought was going to bomb. But it told a simple and compelling story in an interesting way, everyone agrees that ESB is one of the best films/sequels ever made, and then ROTJ gave it a happy ending while it was still okay to do that. My main thematic gripe with the Disney trilogy (I will try to keep those to a minimum, lol, but I have to bring it up to compare) is that it very clearly fell into the "actual happy endings are naive and unrealistic and a cynical postmodern audience won't accept anything less than things being Bad" trap that, yet again, we have GOT to thank for. It obviously existed to some degree before that, but GOT blew it up to huge levels, where the only valid situation or character is that which is Grimdark and Depressing. Which, in my view, misses the heart and soul of what SW is all about??

Like. ESB is genuinely dark. ANH was this fun plucky little sci-fi film where the scrappy good guys won the day against the Nazi stand-ins, as they were supposed to, and then ESB comes along (speaking of John Williams, let us all chant together, DUH DUH DUH DUHDUHDUH DUHDUHDUH, DUH DUH DUH DUHHHH DUHHH DUHHH DUHHHH) and things go... wrong. Leia and Han are on the run for most of the movie, then get captured and tortured by the Empire and and betrayed (however unwillingly) by Lando. The Rebellion is attacked on Hoth (I tell you, those fuckin AT-AT walkers were SCARY when you see it as a young kid for the first time), and forced into hiding. Luke loses his hand, doubts Obi-Wan and Yoda and realizes that his mentors are fallible, makes dumb mistakes, and of course gets hit with The Most Famous Line In Movie History. But it's also just adrenaline and excitement. THE ASTEROID FIELD! THE HAN-LEIA BANTER! THE FIRST LUKE-VADER DUEL! THE FACT THAT YOU HEAR TWO FRICKING NOTES OF THE IMPERIAL MARCH AND YOU'RE JUST LIKE OH YEAH OH YEAH OH YEAHHHH!

But also then... Return of the Jedi. It gets shat upon for the Ewoks and reusing the Death Star as the Big Bad and being supposedly cheesy and not as Thematically Dark as ESB. Which is all kinda silly, in my opinion, but also, can we talk about Luke Skywalker's character arc and how he chooses possibly the most radical compassion ever demonstrated by a hero in an action movie, let alone a space opera. He insists that Anakin Skywalker is still in there somewhere and puts his own neck on the line to prove it. Luke doesn't save the galaxy by being a Badass Jedi. He saves it by throwing away his lightsaber and saying "I will not fight you, Father." He saves it by trusting that even in the depths of darkness, Anakin can come back from the charred ruins of Darth Vader and finally do what he was supposed to do all along. He can end Palpatine for good and all (we don't talk about "Somehow Palpatine has returned" because it's nonsense, obviously). Anakin can avenge the Jedi and what was done to him and all the lies he believed and the pain he wreaked on the galaxy, even then. It's not too late. It's not too late. Like. I don't care if this is Lightweight or Childish or whatever. It makes me CRY every time I watch it. Especially the moment where Luke takes off Anakin’s helmet and sees how ruined he actually is under there, and yet the downfall and death of the trilogy’s chief villain is not triumphant at all but instead utterly heartbreaking. “You were right about me Luke... tell your sister... you were right.”

Excuse me, I need to just /CRIES INTENSELY/

Luke won't be tempted to the dark side for his own sake, but Leia's ("If you will not join me, then perhaps she will"). I likewise hold firmly that Anakin/Vader is one of the best movie villains/antiheroes of all time and likewise have many feelings and Strong Opinions about his arc, prequel writing clumsiness and eye-rollingly tepid love story aside. (See: he and Obi-Wan were deeply in love and in a way they still are, don't @ me. I have no problems with Padme and obviously stan Natalie Portman at all times, but Anakin and Obi-Wan’s relationship is the real love story, the heart of the prequels, and in some ways even the subsequent movies, the end.) And “so this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause” is... raw af as a line. For being in a Star Wars prequel movie. What?? (Also, the Revenge of the Sith novelization had no business being as good as it was. If only that dude had also written the movie.)

Anyway, my point is: the OG trilogy had plenty of moments of staggering emotional weight and where things genuinely sucked for the good guys and the outcome wasn’t entirely clear. The difference is that it didn’t choose to dwell on them, and it allowed for a transformative fictional space where a happy ending, fiercely fought for and squarely earned, was the right outcome. We didn’t need to go back thirty years later and make everything suck for fear that a cynical modern audience couldn’t connect with it otherwise. (Like I said, we didn’t need the new movies at all, but Disney heard that Cha-Ching of the Almighty Dollar). Star Wars was sci-fi, sure, but it also had the fantasy elements that allowed a happy ending to be the right choice for what we saw the characters go through and the philosophy that carried us through the original trilogy.

Likewise it’s just... Peak as far as dynamics go. C-3PO the fussy metal butler who worries about Everything and R2-D2 who is the droid embodiment of YOLO? Flawless. Sassy scruffy space pirate and badass politician warrior princess bicker constantly, butt heads, drive each other crazy, and then fall in love? Iconic. (And has shaped my ship tastes for... all of eternity, oops.) The above-discussed transformation of Luke Skywalker, whiny ordinary teenage kid, to the truly great man who fulfills what Obi-Wan, Yoda, AND the rest of the entire Jedi order couldn’t manage to do, because of their own flaws and blind spots and black-and-white moral views that didn’t know what to do with a man who loved as passionately as Anakin Skywalker, for better or for worse? The guy who managed to save the galaxy with love? STAN.

So... what? The Disney trilogy decides to retcon all that, throw everything that they’ve fought for out the window, make Han, Leia, and Luke miserable and rejecting the roles they grew into in the original trilogy, and die without ever really reuniting or seeing each other again as a trio? The underlying message was that “these happy endings aren’t satisfactory/realistic/sophisticated enough” and idk, maybe it’s just the shitshow of the last few years, but I’d like to see some entertainment that had the cojones to tell me that despite all the darkness and despair, maybe there’s a chance for hope. (”Rebellions are built on hope,” thank you Only Valid New Star Wars Movie Rogue One.) And Rogue One worked so well, despite being utterly GUTTING as all the heroes died one by one, because we knew what was coming next (A New Hope) and that their sacrifice was going to be worth it. I don’t care if that’s “realistic” or not. As I’ve said before, that’s what stories are for, and if I only wanted things that were Real Life, I would only read the news. Besides, the idea that happy endings never happen in reality is equally bullshit. We as a culture need to accept that more, instead of finding reasons to tear everything down.

So just... yes. The original trilogy might have flaws, but also, it’s perfect. And do I want to rewatch it all now? Kinda.

(Anyway. I warned you this was gonna be long. Oh look, it’s long, and I’m sure there is even more I could say, but still. Ahem.)

sleepover weekend asks

[katierosefun]

Just got “Sad Dad (honorary)” on your latest quiz (so many kudos for those quizzes btw they seriously give me life) and am very proud of being an (honorary) Sad Dad but now I am Very Curious™️ what the “Sad Dad (disaster)” result description was. Din Djarin immediately comes to mind. I guess I’m just glad I haven’t been marked as a disaster (yet lol).

aaaaah i’m glad you enjoy the quizzes, because i certainly enjoy making them!! 

and while i’m at it, i think i’ll just list all the options that you could have gotten, including sad dad (disaster)!!! (and lol yes, din djarin was.....def. sad dad (disaster) in my head sdafdsf) 

sad dad (disaster): dude. you're probably right up there in the ranks with characters like din djarin and lowkey kanan jarrus. as in, you've got a lot of stuff on your plate already, and you're just doing your best. you put on a brave face and you're kind of awkward, but you've got a heart of gold and just wanna make sure everyone's okay and protected. you're doing your very best, and i see you. love you, sad soul. people love you too.

sad dad (honorary): you probably vibe with characters like plo koon and obi-wan kenobi, as in,,,you're just dad shaped. kids love you a lot for some reason, but that's okay, because you love kids too. you're very soft and gentle, and you're a big fan of giving love and comfort when needed. sometimes it feels like you're the only one ever giving love or comfort or hope or whatever it is people turn to you for--and that can be hard sometimes, because you're human too, and you deserve someone to look out for you every once in a while too. anyways, love you. i'm the one looking out for you today! i hope you get all the love you give returned. have you had something to eat yet? maybe you should take a nap.

GayTM: like it says. you're the certified gay cousin. sabine wren and you would vibe. also luke and poe. they would just vibe with you. you've got a rebellious spirit and there's no one else like you, and not just because GayTM vibes, obviously, but just because you've seen enough of the world and just kinda shrug and go "okay cool but im gonna do my own thing", and that's very cool of you. you probably have excellent fashion and music taste because duh. keep being cool, dude.

spunky child who outlives everyone: you're cool by default because i was thinking of ahsoka tano and ezra bridger when i wrote this answer. you're the kiddo who everyone adopted and there's probably people out there who think you're overrated but they're lame and just saying that to look cool. you're awesome. you're brash and loud and got a lotta things to do and a lotta people to see, so keep doing you. can't wait to see whatever the heck you do later, because i know it's gonna be awesome.

Mom-shaped: ily. you're the best. that's all there's to say. you give great advice (even though your own life can sometimes lowkey be in shambles), but you've got a good head on your shoulders. you're nice to people and you're hella good at planning things, but also you're not afraid to go off the rails a little bit. someone hurts someone close to you, and game's over for them. you also regularly check in on people because, see title: you ARE mom-shaped, but also good mom. solid mom friend who's nice to everyone but also would not be afraid to cut a man. good for you.

chaotic bastard who we mostly love but jury’s still out: simply put, you're the hondo ohnaka of the family. stupid chaotic person who keeps dragging the rest of the family into trouble and may be morally grey but it's fine because you have good stories and tell good jokes and deep, deep, deep, DEEEEEP down care a lot for your family / friends, but god help the world if you ever have to actually ADMIT that ohhh no you just cover everything up with jokes and a good time. that said, MOOD, and i hope you're having a weird, fun, chaotic day, you stupid bastard.

Certified Big Brother: idk whether you're rex or anakin or zeb, but you fit in that category of chaotic big bro who kinda is sometimes dumb but is actually super smart and actually gives good advice despite NOT FOLLOWING IT THEMSELVES. you're very fun to be around, very supportive, would not hesitate to punch someone's lights out if they're bothering your family / friends. kind of a disaster. kind of has a lot of deep down sad stuff, but you're working on it. love you, big bro. you can barge into my room and shout "NERD" at me anytime, and i'll do the same because ily.

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

My Ranking of StarKid shows

Okay, so I haven’t posted any original content for a while, so I’m gonna do some ranking. Note: I don’t dislike any of the shows, they’re all amazing and just because a show is low on my list doesn’t mean I don’t like it. 

Also, spoiler warning for all of them (duh)

So here we gooooo

12) Holy Musical B@man

I don’t know, to be honest... the humour just didn’t click with me as much as the other shows did. I’ve never seen or read any Batman or DC stuff, so that doesn’t help, but it just really didn’t stick out to me. However, it’s still amazing. The soundtrack is great (Rogues are We is my 3rd favourite StarKid song), Brian Holden as Superman is iconic, and it was overall very sweet and fun. 

11) Me and My Dick

This is mostly because I don’t like sex, but the other parts are really sweet! Joey/Sally is such an underrated ship (so is Tiffanessa... yeah I’m still thinking about them...) and it had a lot of good songs and funny scenes (AJ as Joey’s Heart was the best thing ever). It was made in 2009, so some of the jokes are outdated, but the good parts are great. 

10) A Very Potter Senior Year

This is mainly so low because of some personal reasons (that I’m not going to go into). But it was really sweet and made me cry, had some great songs (looking at you Sidekick...) and was amazing when you take into account that they barely had any rehearsal time. 

9) Ani: A Parody

I’m actually really sad about putting this so low. Ani is so good and is severely underrated. Chris Allen was amazing, and JJ’s death was, in my opinion, one of the saddest deaths in a StarKid musical. My only criticism is Tarkin and Emily’s relationship, which has got to be one of my least favourite ships, but it did provide some funny moments, and Joe and Julia were amazing. Nick’s Obi-Wan was hilarious. Also, the music slaps and anyone who says it isn’t a real musical because the cast doesn’t sing can fight me, because Clark and Pierce went too hard for us to say that it doesn’t count. Also, despite what a lot of people say, I have watched like 2 Star Wars movies and still understood most of the jokes. They actually did a really good job of making it funny for everyone, and the point of most of the jokes were that you didn’t have to understand them. I think that if I hadn’t seen or read Harry Potter, or watched Aladdin or Disney, I would have enjoyed Ani more than the AVP Trilogy and Twisted. 

Wow, went on a rant there. Okay...

8) Twisted

This is going to be unpopularly low... I do love it, I just don’t vibe with it as much. It was really great, it was constantly making me laugh, the soundtrack was amazing, and I loved how it kind of had a moral to the story. I just don’t really care, y’know. It was great, but just didn’t capture my attention like some of them. I don’t really have any more to say on it. 

7) A Very Potter Musical

Ah, the OG musical. AVPM has so much nostalgic value. I think it really holds a special place in all of our hearts. It was the first StarKid musical I watched, and I just have a lot of fond memories from it. Actual quality wise, it’s probably not as good as a lot of them, but it’s what started this whole thing, and it’s gotta go up higher. 

6) Black Friday

I’ve seen a lot of dislike for this one, which I think isn’t really fair? My only real criticism is that it’s very busy and has got a lot going on, but so do a lot of the others. I think it has one of the strongest soundtracks, Jeff did an amazing job. All of the cast was great, and the filming was outstanding. I think a lot of people don’t like it because it was the most serious, but honestly, I like that StarKid is trying something new (AND it still had so many funny moments as well). Yeah, I just think it is amazing. 

5) A Very Potter Sequel

In my opinion, this is definitely the best of the AVP Trilogy. It was the funniest for me, had the best soundtrack (Days of Summer, The Coolest Girl, Harry Freakin’ Potter, I could keep on going for ages). Obviously there’s the problem with the portrayal of Umbridge. I’m not the best with words, so I won’t go into it, but a lot of other people have put it really well. But apart from that, it’s really great. 

Okay, the next two are basically tied. I usually choose them based on which one I’m vibing with at the moment, but just consider them the same. 

4) Firebringer

I’ll admit, I originally didn’t like this one, but then I rewatched it and was amazed that I’d slept on it for so long. It’s very funny, the soundtrack is amazing, the choreography is amazing (thank you Denise Donovan), and let’s not forget, THE COSTUMES. HAVE YOU SEEN HOW GREAT THE COSTUMES ARE. JUNE SAITO IS A QUEEN. Anyway, yeah, it’s really well written, and i super sweet and fun to watch (also Jazzalil was not rushed and I can and will write a whole essay on it). 

3) Trail to Oregon

I just love how dumb it is. It’s so silly and immature, and it’s great to watch. It is, in my opinion, the funniest StarKid show. It has the perfect small ensemble cast (also let’s take a moment to appreciate Joey Richter. Thank you, you may continue) and it has CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! WE LOVE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! The music is amazing (even You Gotta Go, which everyone seems to hate because of the fart noises). I just love it heaps. Also, it has my ALL TIME FAVOURITE STARKID SONG EVER! WAGON ON FIRE ROCKS! 

2) Starship

I feel like most people assume this is my favourite because of my username, which is valid and I can understand why. Starship is my comfort musical. It’s my emotional support musical. It’s just... so cute? It’s silly and a bit of fun, and is just kind of a feel-good show. I don’t mind how busy it is, it keeps me entertained all the way through and makes me want to come back and watch it again. It is also the home of my OTP (Tootsie/Megagirl is the cutest thing ever and I will die with that opinion). It also has some of the best characters. Also, in my opinion, it has the best soundtrack, despite only having 10 songs - it’s got 2 songs in my Top 5 (The Way I Do at no. 2 and Kick it up a Notch at no. 4), and there’s not a single song I dislike. The puppets were freaking amazing! I just love it A LOT and I think all of the StarKid’s are really sleeping on it (looking at you Nick...)

1) The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals

Yes, I know, I’m very boring and stereotypical. I’m sorry I couldn’t have a more interesting opinion. 

I really don’t think there’s much denying that TGWDLM has the best plot/storyline. It gives me big Dr. Who vibes, which I love. I’m usually not a big fan of horror, but this was the perfect mix of seriousness and comedy. It’s very engaging and keeps you wondering what happens next. I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for angsty endings, which TGWDLM definitely provides. I just really love sci-fi stuff. It has a really strong soundtrack, top notch dancing, and was just overall the best StarKid show. 

So yeah, that’s my ranking. Tell me what you thought! I’ll probably do some song rankings for each show. Also don’t be too angry at me please. 

[whtaft]

Hi! If you’re still taking prompts then please... Either: “we team up for the couples contest every year as friends but this year you’re with someone else and i’m definitely Not Jealous and definitely Not Realising Feelings” Or “we’re secret friends with benefits and you accidentally wore my shirt to to the party so you’re pretending you came as me and it turns out your impression of me is on point and you know me better than you know myself are you sure you’re not in love with me??” :)

“I had the best fucking idea for Halloween,” Bucky says, vaulting over the couch into the worn space on Steve’s couch he always sits on.

“What’s that?” Steve asks, keeping the bowl of popcorn on his lap from toppling over at the movement.

“Zoolander,” he says.

“Buck, you’ve got long hair,” Steve says.

Bucky shrugs. “I’ll cut it. It’s about time. My ma keeps getting on me about it. Anything for the costume contest. My trophy case has room for just one more piece of gold.”

“It’s plastic, Buck.” He pauses, tossing a piece of popcorn in his mouth. “At least the singles costume will diversify your portfolio a bit.”

Bucky frowns. “I thought you could be Hansel,” he says. “I wouldn’t do a costume without you. You’re my partner in crime, remember?” he asks, nudging Steve in the side with a smile.

“Oh that’s…” Steve’s face falls. “I thought I’d do a couple’s costume with, you know…” He smiles, tight-lipped, and shrugs.

“You’re going to the party with Jason,” Bucky says, feeling his own face fall as the realization dawns on him. “Duh, I should’ve known,” he says, looking forward at the TV. Steve’s got he original Scream waving to play. It’s one of Bucky’s favorite movies, but he’s just not in the mood for it right now.

“Are you mad?” Steve asks.

“No,” Bucky says, something other than anger welling in the pit of his stomach. “I’m not mad.”

“I’m glad,” Steve says before popping another piece of popcorn in his mouth. “I was a little worried about your reaction.”

“I’m fine,” Bucky says, grabbing a handful of popcorn and shoving it in his mouth so he doesn’t say anything stupid, like that he’s not all that fine with this. “Pick a different movie,” Bucky says with his mouth full. “I’m not in the mood for anything Halloween tonight.”

He can tell that Steve’s looking at him, but he ignores it, looking at he screen as Steve picks another movie, instead.

— —

“Hey,” Bucky says after answering his phone. Normally, he wouldn’t pick up his phone, let alone pick it up in the middle of the Target Halloween section. This is his hallowed ground, where he feels the strongest, and he likes to go through the aisles with the utmost concentration. But it’s Steve. So he picks up the phone.

“So, Jason doesn’t want to do Holmes and Watson,” he says with a huff of frustration. “I went out and bought the coat already. $45 wasted.”

“You spent $45 on the coat?” Bucky asks. “Steve, it’s like I’ve taught you nothing. I could’ve gotten that shit for $15.”

“The point is that I need a new idea.”

“Just recycle one of our old ones. You’ve already got the costume, Jason can use one of mine, and then you won’t be out any more money,” he says as he takes a bedazzled skull goblet off of the shelf and inspects it.

“I don’t want to just copy what we did. We’re trying to win the contest.”

That makes Bucky pause. “You want to win?” he asks in a quiet voice.

“Of course I do, Buck. I’ve never wanted to lose a contest.”

It’s so very Steve but yet, it came unexpectedly. Bucky knew they were entering the contest together, but winning was always their thing. Six years Natasha’s been hosting this party, and six years they’ve won the best couple’s costume contest.

Now Steve’s leaving him behind.

“Try something Harry Potter,” Bucky says before hanging up.

He sets down the goblet, abandons his basket, and cries in the Target bathroom. It’s kind of a personal low point for him.

— —

“You look good,” Natasha says, eyeing Bucky’s costume as he arrives early to set up for the festivities.

“I wanted to be a Jedi, like my father before me,” Bucky says, cool as a cucumber, before grabbing some bowls to start filling with chips and candy.

“Does this make me Obi-Wan?” she asks, even though she’s obviously not dressed as a Star Wars character. He rolls her eyes and she chuckles. “You’re a little less elaborate than usual,” she says.

“Yeah, well. Didn’t feel like it this year,” he says with a shrug before his phone starts ringing.

Since even his ma has started texting instead of calling, there’s only one person who it could be.

Bucky can’t even say hello before Steve’s saying, “What kind of costume can I come up with with no time, money, or help?”

“What?” Bucky asks. “What happened to the peanut butter and jelly thing you were doing with Jason?”

“I can’t just show up to the party as peanut butter,” Steve says, as if that were an obvious explanation.

“I thought you guys were set,” Bucky says with a frown, setting down the bowls. “What happened?”

“What happened is that Jason didn’t deserve to be my jelly!” He says. There’s a pause. “That came out really wrong,” he says.

“That’s… okay, there’s a lot to unpack there, but we’ve gotta get you a costume, right?”

“There’s no time,” Steve laments.

“Sure there is. Find your pair of blue pants and that white henley that you wear when you wanna show off your pecs. I’ll be over in ten.” He hangs up, then looks at Natasha. “It’s an emergency,” he says.

“Sure it is,” Natasha says. “May the force be with you.”

— —

“Thanks for pulling this together so quickly,” Steve says, admiring the vest, belt, and blaster Bucky put together for him. “You’re a miracle worker.”

“I just had Han Solo on my mind.” He pauses. “Had you on my mind a lot, too,” he admits.

Steve looks at Bucky’s reflection in the mirror. “Yeah?” he asks.

Bucky shrugs. “We usually spend the season together. I’ve missed you a lot.”

Steve turns around. “I missed you, too. I…” He trails off, then stands up a little straighter. “I kept thinking that you made a better partner. In more ways than one.”

“Steve?”

“Would it be weird if Han Solo kissed Luke?” Steve ask.

Bucky swallows, then shakes his head slowly.

Steve turns around so he’s actually facing Bucky, not just looking at his reflection. Then, he closes the space between them, puts a hand on Bucky’s hip, and pulls him in for a kiss.

— —

They lose the couple’s costume contest for the first time but they come out of the party as a couple. Looking at Steve blush as they hold hands makes Bucky realize that an entire cabinet full of trophies can’t hold up to the feeling of being in love with his best friend.

[tennessoui]

Divorced Obi-Wan being dragged tp the kids school events and having to correct other parents and teachers because hes not leias and lukes parent (yet) meanwhile Anakin is swooning

Anakin was NOT consulted before Leia asked Obi-Wan if he was going to come to the school’s fall play that doubles as an open house so parents can see the classroom their kids are learning. And at first when he finds out Leia’s gone and tried her best to give him a heart attack, he’s like “well Obi-Wan is a very busy college professor he won’t be able to make it I’ll be fine and I won’t have to see obi-wan interact with my kids and my kids’ teachers and peers which means I won’t die of unrequited love it’ll be FINE”

But then Obi-Wan clears his schedule and cancels his office hours so he has time to not only go to this silly fall play but also coordinate his sweater of choice to both Luke and Leia’s outfits which Anakin doesn’t think he’ll EVER be emotionally prepared to see again, thanks!!

So they get to the school and obviously obviously obviously everyone thinks they’re together especially because Luke and leia are not shy in saying that obi-wan lives with them (obi-wan goes to correct them and leia rolls her eyes and is like “fine I guess we live with him” and obi-wan gives up.

And there’s a moment where obi-wan is looking at a drawing the twins are showing him and he’s studying it like soooo intently like it’s a fucking Monet or some shit and Anakin’s by the food with these huge heart eyes and someone comes up to him and they’re like “that’s a nice family you got!!” and Anakin’s is all “😌 thanks” and the person says something like “if y’all adopt someone with black hair, y’all would have all the hair colors in one house haha!” and anakin realizes they’re including Obi-Wan in the family too which yeah sure ANAKIN was doing in his mind, but other people think that too?? They can see it ? They think ???

And meanwhile Obi-Wan is pulling out a handkerchief to pay at his eyes because what Luke and Leia are showing him are the family self portraits they both had to do, and both of them include a yellow blob with glasses and hair that looks like it’s made of fire.

(“Oh,” Obi-Wan says in a trembling voice. “That’s me?”

“Of course it’s you,” Luke responds. “Duh!”

“That’s not what’s important though,” Leia interrupts.

Obi-wan doesn’t think he’s ever looked at something more important, but he scours the portraits for anything else that might be even more important than Obi-Wan Kenobi being a part of a family.

Apparently, Luke doesn’t have the patience for him, because he points out what Obi-Wan had assumed was a dining table or perhaps his armchair.

“A puppy!” Luke translates.

“We would like a puppy,” Leia prompts, when Obi-Wan doesn’t immediately respond.

“Ah,” Obi-Wan says. “Oh dear.”)

[clairen45]

Digging into Rey and Kylo’s Spotify Playlists- part 1: episode 7 songs

The Shut Up and Dance with Me post really pushed me to go through the songs from the Spotify playlists and give you the lowdown, as I see it. That these lists even exist is beyond me! And, just to be clear, these lists have been released in 2015 pre-TFA. With no modification, even pre or post TLJ. No added material. If anything, they actually removed some songs from the lists: 2 for Kylo and 3 for Rey. I don’t think the changes necessarily meant that the songs were too revealing or, on the contrary, didn’t fit the characters anymore. It might just be copyright or legal issue or some artistic differences or god knows what. But again, the point of these lists were to get to know the characters a little better. Some characters we already knew of course, the big three ( Luke, Leia, Han Solo), but also Obi-Wan and Yoda, a list for Anakin and a list for Vader, Padmé, Mace Windu, Bobba Fett, Chewbacca... Lists for new characters: Finn, BB8... surprisingly no Poe Dameron. By the way, I think the Dark Side’ list is super interesting! And of course Rey and Kylo. Rey’s list is full of pop, girl empowerment anthem kind of songs, with a few romantic ballads, which already meant something. Kylo’s is of course full of angsty rock. I don’t want to comment on the genre. My mission was less on the musical genres than on the lyrics and how they can shed some light on the characters and their fates. Because, sure, a team chose these songs to let us know about the characters but, honestly, guys, I think somebody let them in on the rough draft of the whole ST. Because post TLJ it is obvious that a lot of songs apply to what happened as far as Rey and Kylo are concerned in this movie. And since we have our bunch of ep 7 songs, and a bunch of ep 8 songs, well, it appears a bunch of songs don’t fit either and could very well give us key information about ep 9. Before I get accused again of “reaching” (LOL), let us be honest: I think they put a lot of care into those playlists. So no, I don’t think coincidences are accidental. And yes, I think it’s fair to speculate about episode 9 looking at the songs. So let’s take the journey and crack these songs together.

There are 53 songs for Kylo (I am excluding the original soundtrack every time) and 54 for Rey. Rey’s playlist also has tunes in common with Padmé, Leia, and Luke. 4 songs in common with Padmé, quite a lot: Smoke and Fire, Rich Girl, Fighter, and Bulletproof. With Leia: Smoke and Fire, and the fact that they both have Love is a Battlefield, except that Leia is Pat Benatar’s song, and Rey’s is Jordin Spark’s song. Same title, different songs. This marks Rey as the “heiress” to these two heroines, which is not surprising. I think it is quite remarkable that she shares so many songs with Padmé, as regards the Anidala inversion we always talk about. Rich Girl, in particular, because Padmé was a Queen, so yes, the rich girl, whereas in Rey’s case the song is ironic. Rey also shares 2 song with Luke: Wild by Troye Sivan (I honestly don’t get what this song does on Luke’s playlist, so that must mean something potentially), and Adventure of a Lifetime. With Luke as a mentor to Rey in ep 8, that would kind of make sense that they would share something. I honestly merely skimmed through all the playlists, but Rey and Kylo seem to be the only one who share  songs with other characters (if I am wrong, please correct me). Kylo shares 3 songs, 1 with Anakin (and NOT Vader), Bored to Death, 1 with BB8, Destroy the Map, and one with Mace Windu on You want a Battle (Here’s War). Interesting also. I won’t necessarily comment on that today, because there is a lot to go through, but these are thoughts to save and process later maybe.

Some songs can also fit two, maybe the three, episodes. And also, I have noticed something very interesting in Rey’s playlist: a lot of songs that feature in her playlist seem to be more from Kylo’s POV (like Shut up and Dance). They should normally feature on his list but because they would break away from the others in terms of genre, it is probably how they ended on Rey’s list. I found on Kylo’s playlist 1 song that, to me, should rather feature on Rey’s list, but again, would seem odd in terms of genre.

1.KYLO’S LIST/ EPISODE 7

Kylo’s list also seems way more descriptive about his character, angst, inner conflict, feelings of pain and revenge, than Rey’s list. There is a lot of songs talking about past abuse and family conflict. Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson is a good example: “ Some of them want to use you/ Some of them want to get used by you/ Some of them want to abuse you/ Some of them want to be abused”. References to dreams and nightmares in Kylo’s playlist are also quite noteworthy because they tie in with Rey’s visions as described in TFA: she hears voices in her dreams, and when she first sees Kylo, she knows that she has seen him before “in a dream, in a nightmare”. We can also find some parallels with the plot in episode 7: the Jakku massacre, meeting Rey, killing Han... Recurring themes are, without surprise, fire, death, suffering, dreams and nightmares...

This Means War (Avenged Sevendold). That song is packed with so much about his feelings and his introduction in the ST. It goes on and on really. I could quote the whole thing. But here are the highlights :

Hide my face again, harbor in the shadows (duh!) Feel this weight of sin hammering away Die, with the guilt of a thousand AWOL soldiers (The pull to the light) Die, watch the scythe usher me astray (Lor San Tekka’s execution)

The ugly side of me is strong

Carry me to nowhere  (Jakku is nowhere!) Lie!Mask the pain Of a child who's forsaken Lie! To myself Praise the new regime (honestly, did they write the song for Kylo?)

I left me long ago Reasons you'll never know No one to miss me when I'm gone With no more words to say No argument to stay. Another post I don't belong (Lor San Tekka: The First Order rose from the dark side. You did not)

No home to call my own No finding someone new No one to break the fall No one to see me through No name to carry on No promise for today No one to hear the call (Oh hon, hang on, the girl is coming!) Buy into the fear (Rey: You are afraid!) My serpent blood can strike so cold (Murderous snake! again) Another thought I can't control (Force bond much?)

Elements of TFA Plot:

Legion of Evil (OFF): “Break down houses”, “ Mystery crews on a murderous spree” (the opening on Jakku, with his mysterious identity) but also “Retaliation against horrible gods/Treasonous snakes with gentlemen's lies/ Waving a false flag to sell the deception” which of course are reminiscent of his line to Rey about the Resistance: “ You mean the murderers traitors and thieves you call your friends ? “. But can also ironically evoke Snoke’s influence on him: he is the treasonous snake with gentlemen’s lies. Or even to him as seen from Rey’s POV in 7 and at the beginning of TLJ: “a treasonous snake”/ “murderous snake”/ “liar”...

The Red (Chevelle) and Evil Eye (Franz Ferdinand), both emphasize the color red, which is Kylo’s color theme.Thunder and Lightning (Motorhead”, “ Maybe you'll die, maybe you'll fly/ Fire in the sky, thunder and lightning”.  Heart of Fire (Black Veil Brides): “ I feel alive inside I won't be terrorized, I'll take all the blame/This heart of fire is burning proud/ I am every dream you lost and never found/ This heart of fire is stronger now”. Also the attack on Jakku.

The Map plot: R2 where are U (Flying Lotus): it takes both BB8 and R2 to find Luke’s hideout. This song is also on BB8′s list by the way. Destroy the Map  (36 Crazy Fists). Obviously the title is interesting because Kylo gives up on the map and gets Rey instead. The song presents some other interesting points: something that could evoke Starkiller base “ And the clouds don't break when the sun is on empty” , and also something that seems to fit straight into TLJ: “You couldn't hold your mouth to stop the sound/ With all these riches on the tip of your tongue/And I was trying to dampen it all out/You were talking louder than I should here/Producing nothing but all these mirrors”, “ Where the baptized drown/We used to breathe” (Rey in the cave) “This time, our time, we have, we'll last”. So gain some songs can actually fit more than 1 episode.

Failing on Starkiller: beaten up by Rey, never got the intel about Luke... At least I’m known for something (New Found Glory): “ I've figured out my situation/ I am an endless source of useless information/ Give me bad news could be something expecting/ I let my front down/ And I know I will regret it/ /But you don't know that and I'm the one to blame for it/'Cause I'm destined for failure“. More Starkiller: My own Summer (Deftones): “ Hey you, big star/ Tell me when it's over”.

Family and Han:

Refusing his legacy. War on the Palaces (Refused):

I carry history with me I carry hope   (I see you Ben You are My Only Hope Solo!!!!) All the nameless faces before us Let's carry them all

I wanna carry the dead (his attachment for Vader instead of the living members of his family) Wage war on the palaces

Bored to Death (Blink 182): “ And it's a long way back from seventeen/The whispers turn into a scream/And I'm, I'm not coming home/Save your breath, I'm nearly/ Bored to death”. Mene (Brand New): “ My father spoke of prophecy/ To think that I believed is self-centered of me/There was something I was trying to say/ But then I choked on it and now it's getting kind of late” (@madandmisquoted did a meta on how Kylo mumbles “I love you dad”+ “It is too late”). Indestructible (Rancid): “ It's so fake now, everything I see right through/I'm ashamed now to say I ever know you” evoke his scene with Han. I don’t wanna Hear It (Minor Threat): “ I don't want to hear it/ I'm sick and tired of all your lies/ I don't want to hear it/ When are you gonna realize.”. Family and mommy issues: Down With the Sickness (Disturbed): “ It seems what's left of my human side/ Is slowly changing in me”, “ It seems you're having some trouble/ In dealing with these changes/ Living with these changes / The world is a scary place/ Now that you've woken up the demon in me”, “ No mommy, don't do it again/Don't do it again/ I'll be a good boy/I'll be a good boy, I promise No mommy don't hit me/ Why did you have to hit me like that, mommy?”. 

Conflict

Got the Life (Korn): “Hate, something, someway, each day, dealing with no forgiveness/ Why? This shit inside/ Now everyone will follow/ So give me nothing just feel/ And now this shit will follow/ God begs me, the more I see the light, who wants to see?”. Strife (Trivium): “ I reach for calm/ I starve for a balance unknown/ This burden tortures me deep in my soul” ; “ Guilt buries me alive/ In a coffin criticized/ I shouldered the blame and dug this hole for me to lay in”. Duality (Slipknot). The title says it all, but it definitely applies to the scene with Han: “ You cannot kill what you did not create”;  “Pull me back together/ Or separate the skin from the bone/ Leave me all the pieces, and then you can leave me alone” (Can apply to “I’m feeling torn apart”, “I killed your son, he was foolish and weak” ).

The Girl

I know that’s what you’ve been waiting for. There are 2 major songs about Rey in that list and one them has been removed, A Cross and a Girl Named Bless (Evans Blue). That song presents some elements that stretch all the way to 9. I’m including it here, because of the obvious reference to the way they meet on Takodana:

She's holding out for weapons to kill the ghosts inside (She shoots at a ghostlike figure in the forest)

Or at least kill the thoughts she has of killing her mind (Get out of my head!)

She says "I love you" with her hands (TLJ: Smut Hut)

She says "I hate you" with her eyes (You have that look from the forest..)

There's a pretty girl somewhere with a pretty name (What girl?)

But I could never let you know how much this means I swear we'll end this war, because we both know

It wasn't worth fighting for  (Major episode IX spoiler)

She, she said to me I will be driving in the wrong direction Did you ever think that maybe your life

Is heading in the wrong direction, baby? (Throne Room Scene)

There's a cross up on the wall See from the corner of your eye When you're down on you knees...and she's begging please So go and lay back down tonight Because you won't know who you are

Until you're down on your knees...your begging please (End of TLJ, Crait)

The other big song is The Answer (Savages):

Wish me luck This was a hard year And I can't see No brighter future Wish me luck I saw the answer It was a girl (What girl?) Will you go ask her  (Interrogation scene, the girl is all we need) I saw the answer Will you go ask her Love is the answer

Evil (Interpol): “ Heaven restores you in life/ You're coming with me/ Through the aging, the fearing, the strife/ It's the smiling on the package/ It's the faces in the sand” (the abduction, Rey is literally a face in the sand, the smile...), “You're weightless, semi-erotic/ You need someone to take you there/Sandy, why can't we look the other way?/Why can't we just play the other game?” (he carries her in his arms like a feather, You need a teacher!).

There is also a song there that is all about Rey’s POV on Kylo in TFA. Headstrong (Trapt) screams Rey during the interrogation scene. But, again, they couldn’t have put it on her playlist so it features on his instead.

Circling your head contemplating everything you ever said (getting in HIS head) Now I see the truth I got a doubt  (You... are afraid you will never be as trong as Darth Vader!) A different motive in your eyes and now I'm out (escapes the interrogation room) See you later I see your fantasies You wanna make it a reality baby paved in gold See inside, inside of our heads yeah Well now that's over

Back off I'll take you on (Forest duel) Headstrong to take on anyone (Come on, that is SO Rey!) I know that you are wrong Headstrong we're Headstrong Back off I'll take you on Headstrong to take on anyone I know that you are wrong This is not where you belong (Trying to turn him in 8)

I can't give everything away (I won’t give you anything!) I won't give everything away

2.REY’S PLAYLIST/EPISODE 7

JAKKU

There are songs about Rey’s life conditions on Jakku. Poverty in Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani): “ If I was a rich girl/ See, I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy girl/ No man could test me, impress me, my cash flow would never ever end/ Cause I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy girl”. Of course the morale of the song is “All the riches in the world don’t mean anything without your love”. To remind us that if Rey has dreams it’s mostly about finding love and belonging. Interesting that she shares this song with Padmé who had the riches + the love and still didn’t get her happy ever after, but more on that later...

New Americana (Halsey) about survival of the fittest, the daily struggle of poverty, social divide. That one is also interesting because of its reference to James Dean: “ Young James Dean, some say/ He looks just like his father”. There is also the big reveal about Kylo being Han’s son.  I  think it’s probably how they first imagined Kylo, as a hypersensitive, rebellious, angsty youth, a character from East of Eden (another reference to Eden). The character played by James Dean, in Elia Kazan’s adaptation of Steinbeck’s famous novel, is Cal, a rebellious son who believes his father does not love him and sees him as evil incarnate. Kylo much?

Daylight (Matt and Kim) can also be about home and Jakku: “I miss yellow lines in my roads/ Some color on monochrone”, ‘Cause the daylight anywhere feels like home”. In TFA she wants to go back to Jakku. Rey is also used to having to fight for her survival: “ Murder lives forever/And so does war/ It's survival of the fittest/ Rich against the poor/ At the end of the day/ It's a human trait/ Hidden deep down inside of our DNA”.

Some songs talk about Rey’s dreams and her feelings of loneliness.Chandelier (Sia): “I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist/ Like it doesn't exist/ I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night,/ Feel my tears as they dry”. How she lives on a day to day basis and feels lonely all the time. Wake Me Up (Avicii):  

Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I can't tell where the journey will end But I know where to start They tell me I'm too young to understand They say I'm caught up in a dream Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes Well that's fine by me (stuck waiting on Jakku)

So wake me up when it's all over When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself And I didn't know I was lost

I tried carrying the weight of the world (Literally her job as a scavenger) But I only have two hands I hope I get the chance to travel the world And I don't have any plans I wish that I could stay forever this young Not afraid to close my eyes Life's a game made for everyone And love is a prize

THE FIGHTER

Of course songs about Rey, the independent girl, the fighter... Fighter (Christina Aguilera): “ 'Cause it makes me that much stronger/ Makes me work a little bit harder/ It makes me that much wiser/ So thanks for making me a fighter/ Made me learn a little bit faster/ Made my skin a little bit thicker/ Makes me that much smarter/ So thanks for making me a fighter”. Another song shared with Padmé. I know the song is about a guy that cheated on the girl and lied to her, but rather than about Kylo, this song can apply to a lot of people in Rey’s life: her parents, Unkar Plutt, and all the people she’s had to deal with since childhood. There is Run the World (Beyoncé) that could also be foreshadowing for episode ix. Kelly Clarkson’s Miss Independent, with the perfect title for Rey’s episode 7, but the message about love in this song actually fits better episode 8. Roar (Katy Perry): empowerment anthem, plus Rey looks like a lioness at the end of TFA, baring her teeth and snarling at Kylo. Possibly Piece of Me (Britney Spears).

Confident (Demi Lovato) fits well with Roar. That one screams end of TFA with beating Kylo down.

It's time for me to take it I'm the boss right now Not gonna fake it Not when you go down 'Cause this is my game And you better come to play

I used to hold my freak back

Now I'm letting go

I make my own choice (accepting the saber)

Bitch, I run this show So leave the lights on No, you can't make me behave

So you say I'm complicated

That I must be outta my mind But you had me underrated Rated, rated

What's wrong with being, what's wrong with being

What's wrong with being confident?

 There is the teaser song about Rey’s origin. That’s Not my Name (The Ting Things). Well, in TFA everybody is asking about her identity, about “the girl”, wo that would make sense to have this song. Rey might not even be her name after all, though she is old enough when her parents sell her to remember it; Does it mean we will l get a new name in ix? Maybe. Or just Rey Solo. I think the song is really there for the fun about the possible identity of Rey...

THE ESCAPE

Songs about Rey leaving Jakku and becoming a pilot. Obviously: Starships (Nicki Minaj) because “starships are meant to fly”. Boom Boom Pow (The BEP): “ I'm on that supersonic boom/ Y'all hear the spaceship zoom”. Alive Tonight (Grace Potter), for these lines: “In the dark of the desert/  I saw a man with a sign, it said/ People get ready, 'cause it's all over/ It's all gonna end tonight, well” ( On Jakku, Lor San Tekka is the man with the intel about Luke promising that “this will begin to make things right”, and eventually this sign gets to Rey through BB8 at dusk in the desert). I also like these lines: “ You wanna get in on the action, you want/ Everyone to listen to you, oh/ You're just living in a prediction/ And that don't, that don't make it true, no” which fits the fact that things will not be as simple as Rey thinks. Also about the end of Rey’s time on Jakku, The Dog Days are Over (Florence+ the Machines): “The dog days are over/The dog days are done/ The horses are coming so you better run”.  These lines are great: “Leave all your love and your longing behind you/ Can't carry it with you if you want to survive”, about giving up on Jakku and close to Maz’s line about “the belonging you seek is not behind you”.

MEETING KYLO

Now, with songs that reflect on meeting Kylo... There is Gibberish (Max): “ But then I caught you creepin'/ Secrets that you were keepin”, which could fit the interrogation scene. Or the title could just refer to the fact that Rey seems to understand every language she meets (BB8, Chewie...). LOL. Obviously, the beautiful Yes Girl (Bea Miller):

I got you figured out, you need to have control You think that I don't know you, I know you, I know Trying to tell you now, I've been doing what you want But I won't be your yes girl, no, not anymore

And these even better lines: “ And now you're my favorite sin, oh/ Cause I'm either on your side or you're a mile away” (which fits TLJ better). There is Focus (Ariana Grande): “ I can tell you're curious/ It's written on your lips/ Ain't no need to hold it back/ Go ahead and talk your shit/ I know you're hoping that I'll react/ I know you're hoping I'm looking back/ But if my real ain't real enough/ Then I don't know what is” (again, mood for the interrogation scene). Also like that line: “ Let's find a light inside our universe now/ Where ain't nobody keep on holding us down”. 

That one seems really more to me from Kylo’s POV when Rey leaves for the MF at the end of TFA. We Come Running (Youngblood Hawke):

Headed for the open door Tell me what you're waiting for (Rey is coded as the waiting one) Look across the great divide   (the ground falling apart between them) Soon they're gonna hear The sound, the sound, the sound (Boom goes Starkiller) When we come running Never go where we belong (obviously, they parted ways when they should be together) Echoes in the dead of dawn  (Force bond foreshadowing echoes?) Soon they're gonna know The sound, the sound, the sound When we come running

And also that one: Force of Nature (Bea Miller). That one really fits Kylo in TFA as he starts falling for Rey during their duel on Starkiller: I don't know why but my hands are shaking I can see you coming and I stand here waiting (Didn’t put up much of a fight, honestly) Yeah I get tongue tied in the conversation (Lost the interrogation scene fight) It's an F'd up, bad, sick situationI tried to tie my heart down, board up all the windows Oh but it's too late now (Too late is classic Kylo) I let you get too close (like inside my head) I know I should take cover, hide inside these four walls But baby I surrender, it all'Cause you're a force of nature (Marry Me Face) Look at what you've done I can taste the danger but I don't wanna run So pull me to the ground and I won't put up a fight (End of the fight) I'm a caution taker, but baby you're a force of nature Baby you're a force of natureI feel your lips move in and they take me under (The Force? Mesmerized in looking at her) You know just what to do, how to make me want you And I know I'll be broken when it's over Oh but I can't help but pull you closerI'll be here 'till we collide I don't care if I survive So crash into me one more time

Say what you want, but this beautiful ballad is all about Kylo’s feelings for Rey!

BONUS: THE INVERSE ANIDALA SONG?

There’s an intriguing tune in Kylo’s playlist. Incorporeal (Tiger Army).

I’m gone I died long ago but my spirit still roams (Incorporeal) Unwanted in heaven, forgotten in hell as on earth (Incorporeal) I don't want to stay here, it seems that I'll never be free Oh can you hear me? (no) And so It has come to be that I must wander forever (Incorporeal) Many things I have seen, empires that rise and then fall (Incorporeal) A life you live long is simply a moment to me A tiny drop of water in the sea of eternity There's no place for me everywhere that I go Only seems to bring upset and harm There's one thing that I want and one thing only Release into the great beyond Don't want to remember when I was alive When I held my true love in my arms For like you I once was, and like me you shall be When you Feel a chill in the night perhaps it's me saying hello (Incorporeal) You're so much like my love though she lived in a long ago time (Incorporeal) I long to see her, the day when my soul's laid to rest The peace that I can not find in life, I can find in death

Honestly, this song makes me want to scream!!! Heavy reincarnation theme. Especially when you cross that with Rey sharing 4 songs with Padmé. And with the fact that Anakin (not Vader) and Kylo share a song. And the song  I mentioned, Rich Girl. Rey is the inverse Padmé already, right? She’s the younger one in the couple, and she is poor with a low status. Again, Padmé has everything (the riches and the guy) and didn’t end up happy. By sharing songs, it might be another hint that Rey will succeed where Padmé didn’t.

This is it for 7, guys. It is quite a beast. 34 songs left to go through in Rey’s playlist, 25 for Kylo.

[revanchistsuperstar]

Do y’all have that one fic you’ve always wanted to write but just never have?

I have two.

One:

Really big into the idea of unrequited pining Obi Wan Kenobi ashamed of his feelings for Anakin. Want to write a fic of newly hermited Obi-Wan looking out for Luke from the shadows, being reminded of Anakin and angsting hardcore.

Have never gotten around to it.

Two:

So obviously Sirius Black and Remus Lupin are lovers, duh. Want to delve deeper into the fact that Sirius suspected that Lupin was the traitor. Also there’s something that Dumbledore says to Sirius at the end of the Goblet of Fire, something like “lay low at Remus’s” (I would have to look up the exact quote again) implying that the two of them spend some time together before the move to Grimauld Place and the events of The Order of the Phoenix.

I’ve always wanted to write longer fic that goes from just before the Potter’s murder to after Sirius’s death and is supremely angst ridden and deals with those themes and that time they have together, but it’s a big undertaking.

Making this post to force myself to maybe think about actually writing these.

[gizkalord]

my wishlist for the obi wan movie

character driven and a focus on the emotional workings and internal struggles of obi wan

set several years after mustafar, so that luke is older than 5 but less than 10

qui gon speaking to obi wan throughout and occasionally roasting him

obi wan bonding with his pet banthas

the villain of the movie is either jabba’s henchmen trying to mess with the moisture farm, or a bounty hunter who’s following a rumor (OR BOTH THAT’S COOL TOO)

“Fulcrum” gets name dropped during a holo transmission with bail and i die and fly to heaven

obi wan’s character arc - he starts off still wracked with guilt, and feeling like he’s starting to lose his sense of purpose; owen has forbidden him from interacting with luke and he starts feeling a little hopeless. at the end, he regains his drive and what defines him now (protecting luke probs and the promise of eventually teaching him? idk i’m not a writer).

i think somehow establishing the fact that obi wan is willing to kill and harm if it means protecting luke (kinda like what they did with him and maul in rebels) - I guess this would take place at the climax of the movie

bonus points if they play around with desert mirages and Force visions a la Mortis. Like he starts seeing anakin out of the corner of his eye throughout the movie, and it culminates where anakin is literally at the campfire with him and obi wan is hallucinating a conversation and he’s shaking bc he feels like he’s failed and he’s afraid he’s gonna fail again. mirage anakin is a mixture of rots! and tcw!anakin, actually ends up encouraging obi wan in a roundabout way and some heart breaking shit like “u need to forgive yourself.” You can tell I’ve thought about this a lot. Basically give me a Hayden Christensen cameo and I’m good.

obi wan is invigorated at the end of the movie, he’s still sad but he’s rediscovered his purpose - asks qui gon to keep teaching him to become a force ghost, makes a promise to himself that he won’t fail luke

a moment at the end where obi wan is leading little luke back to the farm after resucing him or something, and he looks down at luke with this wistful look (bc he sees young anakin in him haha kill me with feels) and they share some wor ds and shit and i die

my only problem is that i’m trying to decide if it’s important to have a consistent character that obi wan can interact with regularly through the movie? qui gon is a voice, luke is a little kid, anakin is not real, no rebels are on tatooine. idk if it would work to create a new character just for this purpose? The only canon option is Ahsoka, which could totally work (though I would throw out everything I just wrote because obviously both of their characters are of equal narrative importance) and I would be 100000% down for that shit, but that depends on whether Disney thinks that Ahsoka has no idea obi wan is alive. She denies knowledge to Vader, but it’s entirely possible she was lying bc duh of course she would. and she would be discreet enough to not tell any allies either. although they might think that it’s too hard to explain her story/existence effectively to the general audience which i also agree is a tough task.

oh and how could i forget, he says “hello there” at some point