#tlj anniversary

[mystarwarsmatters]

Don’t worry y’all, Twitter is still trying to convince everyone that TLJ was a good movie and SW fans are the problem 6 years later.

[unexpectedreylo]

TLJ Revisited

TFA did not blow me away when it came out in 2015.  As a long-suffering prequels fan I didn’t like the anti-prequel dog whistles in the months leading up to the film, I didn’t like a lot of the crazed fanboys gushing how it was the best SW movie ever and thank goodness they wrested it away from that horrible George Lucas.  I didn’t like that Disney took Lucas’s outlines and for the most part trashed them, which publicly made Lucas unhappy.  While watching the flick, I was like a bitter ex noticing every flaw of the new trophy wife.  The story structure was not nearly as good as any of Lucas’s six films.  It was too derivative of ANH.  And worst of all, I had a real yucky feeling about what this trilogy was all about.  There was a nihilistic subtext to the whole thing:  Luke failed as a master, Han and Leia failed as parents, and the only scion of the Skywalker clan was almost certainly doomed for death since he was a bad guy and killed Han Solo.  It seemed like a setup so that new heroine Rey would essentially take over the story.  I couldn’t understand why it seemed I was the only person who seemed to notice this.

Then, five years ago, TLJ came out and for two years I had hope, even certainty, that maybe I’d misread the trajectory the trilogy was taking.

Dammit, I hate being right.

That said, TLJ remains something of a slightly nicked masterpiece.  It is the best film of the sequel trilogy, that’s for sure.  I liked the film when I first saw it.  I was pleasantly surprised and well, we all know how I feel about Reylo.  Yet when I look at what I wrote about the film right after seeing it, it seems like I was still pretty tough on it.  I think in retrospect I was still annoyed by a lot of aspects of TFA and the story elements it introduced.  

So five years on, I thought I would take an honest reassessment of the film.  The good, the great, the bad, and the ugly.

First I want to address the perpetual controversy around TLJ.  The curious thing about TLJ is how much anger it still inspires, to the point of irrationality.  It’s one thing if it’s not your favorite SW film or if you didn’t love it.  It’s one thing if you have problems with it.  But I make no secret of what I think of TROS and I still don’t hate everything about it nor do I spend all of my time complaining about it.  It’s almost as though a lot of the narrative and characterization problems TFA raised were ignored when the film came out and then when they inevitably materialized in TLJ, Rian Johnson got blamed for them.  Luke exiled himself to that island for a reason and Johnson had to find a pretty extreme reason to explain why Luke would take that drastic of an action.  The Luke in exile thing was one of the few aspects of Lucas’s outlines that actually made into the movies; he was set to go Col. Kurtz regardless.  But angry fans don’t care about any of this.  They think Johnson is some iconoclast who’s just tearing down Luke because he can.  Mark Hamill’s public complaints about it didn’t help.  The rest of it was anger over dashed theories over where TFA was going to go next.  Really, it’s nuts.  Who gets this excised over a movie?  How does any honest person sincerely believe Rian Johnson is a mean, hateful person who only wanted to destroy someone’s cherished memories of Star Wars?  

Okay, on to the movie itself.

A lot of what I still find flawed about the film comes from what was flawed about TFA.  The whole galactic set up made no sense to me and while Jason Fry’s TLJ book explains it to some degree, that explanation is missing from the film.  Lucas and Co. were great at worldbuilding while telling a story about a core of characters at the same time.  The sequel guys, not so much.  It’s just Empire vs. Rebels 2.0 without going into the how's or why's.  It still makes little sense to me is Luke saying he didn’t want to be found, he just wanted to live out his days on Ahch-To, yet there’s a map to find him.   

Another problem is how TLJ picks up immediately after TFA.  Johnson didn’t really have much of a choice because of how TFA ended.  So unlike the other SW films, there’s no narrative “breathing” room with this one.  There’s no opportunity for the characters to grow or relationships to build or even for the characters to process what has happened to them.  Compare that with TESB, where you can see Luke being a committed Rebel or a blossoming relationship between Han and Leia.  Or with AOTC, where Obi-Wan has been master to padawan Anakin for 10 years and Padme has become a senator.  I think that serves the Star Wars story better.  This way makes the ST feel like a movie adaptation of a really long book they broke into two or three parts.  And because Johnson had no idea what they were going to do in IX, his hand was forced to put everyone still alive back in their corners at the end of the film.

If I wasn’t going to include more of Rey and Kylo Ren, I would’ve included less of the rest of crew with the exception of Rey’s scenes with Luke.  Simply put, Reylo is by far the most interesting aspect of the sequel trilogy and TLJ’s scenes with them are so compelling it’s easy to lose patience with the other threads.  I don’t mind the Canto Bight stuff or Poe’s catfight with Holdo.  I love Rose.  But there seems to be a requirement that every sequel film must firmly focus on the Rebels because that’s who we’re cheering for.  The problem is that in TLJ, you have two elder Skywalkers with a smaller role and their only scion is “the bad guy” who has less screen time than any of the major heroes.  This continued the problem I had with TFA, that the Skywalkers were kind of side characters in their own saga.  Johnson tries to take Finn and Poe and craft actual story arcs for them but it was always a little unclear as to what their role was in the bigger scheme of things.  I guess we’re supposed to understand Poe is something of Leia’s heir apparent in the Rebel leadership but he’s also the house flyboy.  As I posted in my original review, Poe is Wedge Antilles with a bigger role.  Finn has a kinda clingy relationship with Rey and this bromance with Poe but he has no real connection with Luke, Leia, or Han.  There are good things about his arc in this movie but it doesn’t answer the question, what’s he doing there?  What does he bring to the table?  I wish they’d kept the stormtrooper rebellion in this film or in TROS.  And there’s no indication at all he has any affinity for the Force.  There seems to have been insufficient communication all around as to who these characters are, what they’re supposed to be doing or what they're supposed to become.

I’ll never understand why the sequels avoided any “alien” seen in episodes I-VI like the plague.  I never found the designs in the ST to be anywhere near as good, even factoring in the Rick Baker masks in ANH.

And if I may be so nitpicky, I don’t like the use of “big ass door.”  It seems too much our world, not the GFFA.

Finally, I find it interesting that after noting both sides use war profiteers and Rose delivers an eat the rich (profiteer) speech about Canto Bight, we got a might makes right conclusion where it’s all about kicking the bad guy’s butt.  The war’s on, baby!  Look, if your message is the bad guys are evil and it’s a cancer that needs to be removed from the galaxy, stick with that.  The other stuff is kind of a distraction that ultimately doesn’t mean anything to the narrative.

Okay, on to what I like/love about TLJ.  Namely, it’s a brash, bold, beautiful film that in a lot of ways was just what Star Wars needed.  I really worried this was going to be TESB Karaoke, and thank goodness Johnson had more sense than that.  It’s a movie that parallels TESB and AOTC with occasional nods to each film; Johnson understands the difference between homage and just repeating what some other movie did.  TLJ still feels like its own thing while adhering to the rhythm of the prior trilogies.

Johnson’s wisest decision was to get Adam Driver out of the Kylo Ren mask and take full advantage of Driver’s talent.  Sure, it probably made the marketing department mad but man, what a performance.  Today, I think that the timing of the film’s release and the trophy crowd’s disdain for Star Wars other than for the technical stuff, as well as other factors, hosed Driver out of a deserved supporting actor nomination.  Kylo Ren was popular before TLJ but this film turned him into one of the most memorable and complex characters in the nine film saga.  It also IMO made Adam Driver a bonafide star.

But Johnson is one of those “actor’s directors,” coaxing very good to terrific performances from his other cast members.  Daisy Ridley’s Rey in TLJ is absolutely luminous:  emotional, curious, occasionally funny, vulnerable, impulsive, compassionate, and in the heat of battle, feral.  In her scenes with Kylo/Ben, she meets him toe-to-toe whether as enemies or as allies with the hint of something else brewing between them.  As I’ll get to in my upcoming Reylo Heresies, I think we tend to forget that she commits wholeheartedly to Rey, which for a whole list of reasons isn’t an easy thing to do.  

Well, here’s another heresy for you...I think TLJ remains up there with TESB as Mark Hamill’s best turn as Luke Skywalker.  For all of Hamill’s kvetching and fanboy rage their hero was besmirched by that dastardly Johnson, Hamill did a great job.  Luke’s scenes with Rey are great and his cranky reluctance to embrace his destiny were well performed.  His great sadness at his own downfall and his wise wariness of a quickie conversion for Kylo add new depths to his character.  His final duel with Kylo is an amazing cap to his legend.  A lot of old fans like me were never happy that the ST set up our gang as failures and Luke’s behavior seemed a little harsh to me the first time I saw the movie.  Then through subsequent viewings it didn’t seem so bad.  I guess some fans never got over their initial shock.

Like I said, Johnson admirably sets up character arcs for newbies Poe and Finn while introducing new characters like Rose, DJ, and Admiral Holdo.  I’m happy to see Laura Dern in anything.  What a get.  Same deal for oddball Benedicio Del Toro as DJ.  Kelly Marie Tran got too much stick from idiots on the internet; her Rose is a delightful, charming character who teaches Finn what heroism really means and how to embrace something bigger than himself.  Domhall Gleeson gets some fun moments as General Hux, Gwendoline Christie drops by for a compelling final battle with Finn, and BB-8 is as adorable as ever.

This was Carrie Fisher’s last actual performance in Star Wars and there’s something fragile and vulnerable about her turn in this movie.  Few things can beat Luke’s reunion with Leia on Crait for pure poignancy.

Johnson also excels at visuals.  It’s a beautifully shot movie, whether its the harsh interiors of the Supremacy, Snoke’s red throne room, Ahch-To, or Crait’s salt plains.  The scene where Kylo and Rey touch hands is one of the greatest demonstrations of the need for connection and belonging I’ve seen in any movie.  I also love the part where Holdo goes into hyperspace right through the Supremacy, splitting it apart just as Kylo and Rey “come apart” and the Skywalker lightsaber is split in two.  I could go on and on about the many great shots in this movie.

Thematically, TLJ is very much in line with Johnson’s brand of populism.  While the Skywalkers struggle with the weight of legacy, Johnson elevates “regular” Rebels like Rose and establishes that Rey--everyone’s last hope-- is...nobody.  TLJ makes the case that anyone could come from anywhere and be a hero.  Even the “villain” could be heroic for a minute or two if he lets himself.

It also makes the case that the purpose of legends is to inspire those people in the first place.  This is demonstrated at the end of TLJ, unique among SW films in that it doesn’t feature the main characters in its coda.  A slave kid on Canto Bight is inspired by Luke’s story, telling his friends about it as they play with their action figures, then holding up his broom stick like a lightsaber.  TLJ is unique in that it’s the only SW film to basically comment on SW itself.  

As for Reylo, I think TLJ accomplished two things by emphasizing and building upon their relationship.  One is that it made each character more interesting.  Prior to TLJ I found Kylo the most intriguing of the newbies but I wasn’t terribly invested in him or Rey until this film.  The other is putting them together opened so many possibilities.  It’s tragic in retrospect that TROS didn’t take greater advantage of them.  Reylo isn’t just hot or sexy, it’s also mythic.

So that’s my look back at TLJ.  Stay tuned for the heresies!

[supremeprince-bensolo]

65 trailer has come out

It looks so good!!!!

[aimmyarrowshigh]

For the WIP meme. You knew I would zero in on this one...

Star Wars - Damerey.docx (This is In Screaming Color)

Of course! :P

First off, if you haven't read what's been posted yet -- it's here on AO3.

I'm not going to lie, the main reason that I stopped working on it, and stepped away from SW/Damerey as a whole, is because the Damerey fandom became an especially toxic mudhole in a particularly toxic fandom. I still love this story, and I have a lot more written than is posted, but

a) I don't write longfic in chronological order, so I can't post what I have without writing the in-between bits that aren't as interesting to me, and

b) I stopped particularly wanting to give Damerey fandom nice things because it stopped being a place of people who deserved nice things.

The mass bullying of my bb @dracosollicitus in particular, who BUILT that ship on her BACK p much, was my kind of last straw, and at the same time, TLJ/ROS didn't follow through on the goodness of TFA, and also WandaVision came out, so my brain was just like, "I GUESS WE'RE A MARVEL NOW INSTEAD."

But, like I said, I DO still love this story and man, I have a lot of it already written and it doesn't totally suck, so I do intend to SOMEDAY finish it. But I literally mean "someday." Like, it may well be for The Force Awakens' 30th Anniversary Rerelease With The Poe/Rey Hug Scene, or something. It definitely isn't on my immediate TBW pile. But it IS still in the WIP folder and not the WIP Amnesty pile.

Here's a clip of the unposted-yet stuff:

“You,” Poe says, setting his tray down beside Rey’s, “Need to have a talk with your droid.” Rey looks up from her bowl of porridge. She’s covered it with so much sugar that it looks like Hoth in a bowl. “I don’t have a droid, Poe.” “Artoo,” Poe says. He takes the sugar shaker from her scavenger cache and tips some into his caf. “It’s corrupting Beebee-Ate!” Rey actually stops chewing at that, and she wipes her mouth first on the back of her wrist, and belatedly, a napkin. She’s learning. “Is Beebee-Ate alright? I didn’t even think about bugs when Artoo came back online, but do you know, I don’t think it’s been defragged since before the Clone Wars. I’ll take a look through its databank and give it a good wipe as soon as I’ve finished eating. Beebee, too, if you like?” “No, not—really, the Clone Wars?” Poe shakes his head. “Not corrupt like programming. Corrupt like—like—” Poe leans down towards his tray and starts to maim his toast with butter. “It is exposing Beebee-Ate to concepts that Beebee is too young for.” “Beebee-Ate’s much newer than Artoo.” Rey still sounds baffled. “If anything, wouldn’t Beebee-Ate expose Artoo to new material and concepts? Especially after so long in hibernation?” Poe stabs the joganfruit jam. It oozes satisfyingly. “I mean that Beebee-Ate is a child and Artoo is being inappropriate with it.” Rey makes a very strange sound. When Poe looks over, she is very kindly hiding her laughter in her knuckles, but her eyes are bright. “Poe… I don’t think droids work that way. Beebee-Ate’s got a cute little personality, but it’s not actually—” “I don’t want Beebee-Ate to swear and know about—merging programming,” Poe huffs. Of course Rey doesn’t understand this; she’s couldn’t possibly feel the same kind of compunction to protect vulnerable little star-bright things from the shameful, dirty realities of being an old, battered veteran. Like R2D2. (The kriffing Clone Wars, and it’s never been defragged? No wonder it went offline so long.) “Oh,” says Rey, sitting back in her hard plastic chair. “So that explains why Beebee-Ate rolled straight for Threepio this morning.” “What?” Poe half-stands to crane his neck and look around the mess. “I thought Beebee was in the hangar!” “No, they’re right over there.” Rey points to the far corner of the mess. Poe can just barely hear the words “parts assembly” and “motherboard,” and then BB-8 gives a surprised [beep!] and rolls back a half-measure. Its dome swivels in a circle that looks embarrassed, or maybe like the droid’s concept of ‘self’ has changed, which is entirely likely. Poe raises his eyebrows at it when Beebee’s optical finds him. He mouths, “You’re in trouble, buddy.”

[kylosbreedingkink]

Apparently the anniversary of the release of the last jedi was recently.

So I guess happy anniversary to the film that looked pretty but was so bizarre it singlehandedly fucked up anything the force awakens started, leaving tros in a really bad place before it even began.

Tlj being a follow on from TFA is so strange when so many of the characters it in just completely change personalities and lose a lot of their motivations and established stories.

I have no idea why people put the blame on tros when tros was going to be fucked no matter what it did. TLJ is a bad sequel to TFA.

[weedle-testaburger]

Me again, in relation to Wilfred appearing one last time in Dr Who, it got me thinking. Do you ever feel that when an actor dies before their last appearance is shown, that it makes their final appearances more meaningful? I think so. Idk why. I got that with Carrie Fisher in TLJ and TROS, and with Anton Yelchin in Star Trek Beyond. What do you think? As odd as that question may be.

Yeah I think that makes sense, I'm almost definitely gonna have it with Bernard Cribbins in the 60th anniversary Doctor Who special. I'm just hoping that unlike Carrie Fisher they managed to finish his scenes, it'd be especially sad if not. One thing I remember getting that with was Stan Lee's cameo in Into The Spiderverse, I'm not even that big a comics fan but knowing that'd be his last ever cameo was pretty moving, especially because in that movie he kinda encourages Miles to pursue being Spider-Man iirc.

[sapphicvampyy]

Happy anniversary to Star Wars the force awakens I love this movie, it set up a great interesting trilogy that it’s sequel chose not to follow. Rey should have been a skywalker , Kylo should have been her brother or cousin ala Jacen and Jania. I wanted that epic melodramatic fight between siblings. Rey having a struggle with the dark but choosing the light. Also the way the TFA was set up her being a Skywalker is one of the only things that makes sense truly. I wanted Mara Jade in TLJ. But I love this movie and it feels like Star Wars. Sorry you didn’t get the sequel you deserve I wish they had followed George’s ideas and the EUs.

[greensparty]

This Month In History - December

What a month for landmark anniversaries! Here are just a few I am saluting:

Dec. 1, 1977: Draw the Line released

In Dec. 1977, Aerosmith’s 5th album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 45th DTL!

Dec. 5, 1997: Good Will Hunting opens

In Dec. 1997, one of the greatest Boston-set movies of all time was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 25th GWH!

Dec. 6, 2002: Adaptation opens

In Dec. 2002, Spike Jonze’s meta comedy was released. Here is my blu-ray review I wrote in 2020. Happy 20th Adaptation!

Dec. 7, 1987: Remote Control premieres

In Dec. 1987, MTV’s fun game show premiered. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 35 RC!

Dec. 11, 1987: Wall Street opens

In Dec. 1987, Oliver Stone’s best movie was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 35th Wall Street!

Dec. 12, 1997: Scream 2 opens

In Dec. 1997, the best Scream sequel was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 25th Scream 2!

Dec. 14, 1977: Saturday Night Fever opens

In Dec. 1977 one of the all time great coming-of-age movies was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 45th SNF!

Dec. 14, 1992: Incesticide released

In Dec. 1992, Nirvana’s first compilation album was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 30th Incesticide!

Dec. 15, 2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens

In Dec. 2017, the second film in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (episodes 7-9) was released. Hindsight will allow the Sequel Trilogy to be seen differently, similar to how the prequel trilogy (episodes 1-3) are looked at as being better than they were at the time of their release now. But as much as the Sequel Trilogy has been raked over the coals by SW fans, the one in the series everyone seems to agree on is that episode 7 directed by Rian Johnson is the best of the series. This one had a ton of surprises and turns I wasn’t expecting, not to mention Luke Skywalker as a grumpy old man and Carrie Fisher’s final performance. I named this one my #6 Movie of 2017. Happy 5th TLJ!

Dec. 19, 2002: The 25th Hour opens

In Dec. 2002, one of Spike Lee’s best and most underrated films was released. It was one of the first movies to address September 11 as it took place in NYC post-9/11 as Edward Norton plays a convicted drug dealer about to go to prison who on his last day of freedom spends the night with his two longtime friends played by Barry Pepper and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The entire cast is firing on all cylinders. Just watch Norton’s scene as he rants about NYC and try not to be blown away! Happy 20th 25th Hour!

Dec. 20, 2002: Gangs of New York opens

In Dec. 2002, Martin Scorsese’s epic was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 20th GONY!

Dec. 22, 1967: The Graduate opens

In Dec. 1967 my all-time favorite movie was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 55th The Graduate!

Dec. 25, 1997: Jackie Brown opens

On Xmas Day 1997, Quentin Tarantino’s third movie was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 25th JB!

Dec. 25, 2012: Django Unchained opens

Speaking of QT, his 7th film was released on Xmas Day 2012 (he’s had more than a few Xmas releases). Here is my piece I wrote in 2017. Happy 10th DU!

Dec. 25, 2017: Phantom Thread opens

Similar to QT, Paul Thomas Anderson has had several of his films open on or around Xmas Day. His 8th feature was released in December 2017. It is a 1950s-set romance between a fashion designer and a young waitress that changes him. If this was in fact Daniel Day-Lewis’s final performance, he went out on top. It’s also a film I see something new in each time I watch it. I named it my #12 Movie of the 2010s! Happy 5 PT!

Dec. 26, 1967: Magical Mystery Tour premieres

In Dec. 1967, the third Beatles film (following A Hard Days Night and Help!) premiered on BBC. Fans don’t always talk about this one as much as the other films, but it’s got some cool music sequences. I got the 2012 blu-ray in my collection! Happy 55th MMT!

Dec. 26, 2007: There Will Be Blood opens

Speaking of PTA, his 5th film was released in Dec. 2007. Here is my piece I wrote in 2017 and here is my soundtrack review I did in 2019 when it was reissued. Happy 15 TWBB!

Dec. 31, 2022: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind opens

Adaptation isn’t the only Charlie Kaufman-written film to celebrate an anniversary this month. His (ahem) adaptation of Chuck Barris’s wild and crazy autobiography marking the directorial debut of George Clooney was released in Dec. 2002. In a star-making performance Sam Rockwell plays Barris as the host of The Gong Show and his secret life as a CIA assassin. Whether it was true or not, it was one of the most original films of the 00s. No one ever talks about this film in contrast with Clooney’s other directorial efforts, but it’s his best IMHO. Happy 20th COADM!

[ao3feed--reylo]

The Dameron Swerve

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/SwhDQTO

by Section_42

Posted on a whim for the fifth anniversary of TLJ's theatrical release, this is a seat-of-the-pants ad-lib fix-it that takes a hard swerve in the middle of the movie plotline. The story doesn't really go into the mechanics of why events go in a new direction, but I've added some notes at the end...

Words: 2506, Chapters: 7/7, Language: English

Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Gen

Characters: Rey (Star Wars), Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Snoke (Star Wars), Poe Dameron, Kaydel Ko Connix, Amilyn Holdo, Armitage Hux

Relationships: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Kylo Ren/Rey

Additional Tags: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Fix-It, Canon-typical action sequences, Was almost called Turn This Ship Around, Beta? This is stream-of-consciousness first-draft stuff!, I did try and catch the typos though, And no I have no idea what Finn and Rose and Phasma are doing either, But that's not intended as a downer on those characters, this is just about Poe and Connix being a good team and Reylo being Reylo, with a little bit of canon-typical Hux, And feel free to offer an opinion if you have one...

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/SwhDQTO

[sleepymarmot]

The Power of the Doctor liveblog

OH MY GOD AGES AGO I HAD A PLOT BUNNY ABOUT RASPUTIN BEING THE MASTER PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

...Dr Nyarlathothep the Timeless Child?...

School Reunion, take two?

This is a good look on him

Vinder! A bit surreal to hear his voice now. It took me two episodes of the vampire show to look up the lead actor and realize why he seemed so familiar.

...Why did the main subtitle track stop showing in the video even though, according to the subtitle browser, it exists and is timed correctly?

Brutal pipe... something lol

"I love the garb. Got to dress for the occasion. I was just thinking... We could call this the Master's Dalek Plan." lmao how many references can you fit into one villain monologue

Hell yeah the Master having a musical number

"Forced regeneration, Doctor. To force you... to regenerate into me." I have no idea how this works but I'm sure someone in the fandom is yelling "I told you so" right now.

Lol @ the costume

Oh we're going full anniversary mode huh

Meanwhile I go into fangirl mode every time Eight speaks lmao

The ultimate fanservice episode... Reuniting old companions with their old Doctors, that's clever.

Graham! Didn't expect him The psychic paper telling the truth to avoid a miscommunication, that's clever

Ha, I was wondering whether this Doctor would show up! I can't believe Yaz and the Doctor pulled a TLJ Luke Skywalker hahaha Stealing regeneration energy from the Cyber Time Lords? That's a clever use of what we didn't even know was a setup!

Thirteen looks great in this mashup outfit

And now we're doing Journey's End!

Oops I forgot this whole thing was powered by a captured energy being. The Doctor's speech to it is hilarious. Sorry we've been harnessing you, we're about to do that for a bit more then you'll be free to go!

Dramatic bridal carry!

"I have loved being me." HAVE YOU?

IAN!!!!

Regenerating in the sunlight, that's a cool visual

Aww, I was hoping she'd regenerate right into Ncuti

"Introducing David Tennant as the Doctor" lmao

Well, Chibnall and Whittaker went out with a bang! I’m very glad.

[thefaultinourforcebond]

ahhh i miss when tlj came out and i fell into reylo thanks to the Hand TouchTM goOd TImeS

SAME! that hand changed my life.

[thegoodshipstarwars]

Happy one-year anniversary to me becoming a Reylo! 🎉🍾

[save-ben-swolo]

Look at that dark, smoldering, conflicted, space wizard behind the strong, scrappy, space wizard who wants to help him come back to the light after recognizing they share similar trauma and tell me Rian Johnson didn’t try* to give us everything.

[marinersubmariner]

Looking at my archive page and I’m very pleased by this thumbnail arrangement:

both of Ben Solo’s personas agree: she’s neat! :)

[weedle-testaburger]

Me again. Since I mentioned Star Wars I learnt that today is the 5th anniversary of the TLJ release. Again I’ve said it before, I love it and I hope Rian Johnson returns to SW (he was at the Game Awards). Fun fact, I think the screening I went to was the first time I sat in the front seats in a cinema

Oh nice! I thought it was and I was considering rewatching it today because of that, but ig I'll have to do so another day. It would be fun to do though bc that movie slaps and it's fun to watch people get mad at me for saying so.

[crypticpatterns]

It's the one year anniversary since I watched The Rise of Skywalker for the first time.

Time to rewatch The Last Jedi :)