AU ask: Satine Lives
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I think she deserves a cool facial scar. As a treat.
Running with the Rebellion. She's too powerful a symbol to be allowed to take her seat as Duchess back, especially if she decides to work with Bo-Katan; pacifism may be incredibly important to her, but there is a limit to how far you can push someone before they engage in self-defense, and even as ardent a pacifist as Satine will rally her people to survive the Empire. With her and Bo working together, they can do a lot... and that's why the Empire will absolutely not allow either of them to become leader of Mandalore again. (So it goes to Korkie, who the Empire believes is little more than a puppet. They think they know about his little violations of the law, and so they miss the big ones, like smuggling force-sensitive children and O66-survivors away from the Empire.)
She doesn't know Obi-Wan is alive, because Bail forgot to get permission to tell her, until 10 years post-RotS... when Bail invites her to greet "Ben" and Leia on their return to safety on Alderaan. She promises to visit him, if there's a chance.
(She doesn't. Instead, he visits her. Satine is far more likely to be tracked to Tatooine than he is, after all.)
She still doesn't pick up a blaster, though; canon gives us some pretty solid evidence for her PTSD preventing her from being any use at it. However, she's very convincing and is very good at getting on-the-fence politicians on the Rebellion's side... and donating credits, rations, and transports to the cause. (Some even donate weapons. She... tries to ignore that part. She lets it happen, but... it hurts.)
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I'm in a Lot of pain, & I'm allergic to some things my neighbors use (that has seeped into the carpet/furniture -> it seeps into my hair) & it always makes me really sick (IE dizziness, fever, intense brain fog, headache/migraine, nausea, congestion, wheezing & difficulty breathing, hives, itching/burning eyes and throat, contact dermatitis -> anything I touch can cause hives including my clothes or hair, etc etc etc...) and it basically requires 1-2 showers a day and shampooing my hair 2-3 times per shower to get it out of my hair so I can have an hour or two of thinking clearly and breathing without difficulty... But showering multiple times per day for 4-5 days takes a lot of energy, which is already eaten up by my histamines and immune system working overtime + me trying to function through that laundry list of symptoms
I've tried talking to my neighbors about this multiple times, but... they either just don't understand, or they don't believe me. Most people don't believe me when I say what I'm allergic to, which is why I'm being vague here. I've tried to tell them to find a new petsitter, but I'm afraid they'd just take their dog to a kennel... He's around 10 or 11 now, and I just don't want that for him :( So when they text me asking if I can petsit a week before they leave [and don't have much time to find a new petsitter], I say yes
Anyway, because of the pain I'm in and finding out it's scoliosis, my mom insisted that I don't spend more than 1 hour at a time at our neighbors' house, and just go and check on them periodically. I feel bad doing that, but... my neighbors are only gone for 3 days this time, so it's not like I'm leaving them to be lonely for an entire week.
Anyway 2.0 . ALL of this to say lol that even tho I've only been over at my neighbors for 1 hour at a time and spending most of the day here, my cats are making it known that they don't like me being gone and miss me 😭 Ali is using her "sad wet pathetic widdle baby" meow, which she usually reserves for when I close the bathroom door, Kacey meows sadly when I go near the front door, and Bailey spent like an entire 5 minutes purring, drooling (happily), and insistently rubbing his cheek (scent glands) all over my hand this morning. I was like, "Aw, you don't want me to smell like anyone but you."
It's very sweet, even tho like I said I've spent most of the time here and only 45 minutes to an hour at my neighbors' before coming back home for 3-5 hours. It makes me sad that people still insist that cats are unloving/indifferent to humans. Every cat out there has the potential to be this openly affectionate, they just need to be shown that humans are trustworthy. And there's other forms of affection from cats, like slow blinking and just sitting in the same room with you, silently enjoying your company. You just need to be patient and meet them halfway, when it comes to reading body language and initiating affection first 💞
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how did kuvira become the great uniter?
The Great Uniter—a title that was once revered by many, now feared by many; it was a title that wasn’t given to her by the world leaders to add some flair nor was it something she decided to call herself from the very moment she stepped out of Zaofu. Kuvira’s reasoning for leaving Zaofu wasn’t for power, but she had the power to do something while knowing choosing not to do anything would make you just as bad the Earth Queen and the Red Lotus who were major factor points in all the chaos that was running rampant throughout the Earth Kingdom. She could no longer sit by and watch things literally go up in flames, choosing to save those who don’t have the power to save themselves and it is selfish to look the other way.
It is why she left Zaofu, along with a handful of people who shared similar views. She no longer cares what Suyin thinks because she’s someone with the power and status to do away the damage, someone who always talked big about how much she hate the monarchy but never once did anything. The respect she had for Suyin was no more.
After Kuvira stabilized Ba Sing Se, where driving out remaining agents of the Red Lotus and stabilizing the capital took months, her next plan of action was to travel to another place that may need her help before she was eventually approached by the world leaders who had heard what she had down, offering her the position Suyin refused to take. Kuvira accepted of course, with all the newly found resources in her hands, she can do so much more to help all those that are in need. Though, she has also been tasked to unite the Earth Kingdom with a project that became known as the unification campaign; that plan has never been part of her cause, but it was a task she accepted as well since the Earth Kingdom have always been divided and perhaps what her nation always needed was to be united as one. Perhaps, then and there, they can finally take the first step to a brighter future.
Words of her actions quickly spread where she, at first, became known as “the woman with the piercing eyes and fearsome eyebrows.” by many who crossed her way but not many were convinced at first, after all, she was an experience young woman who never saw real battle; not to mention she was Suyin’s protégé who lived most of her life in Zaofu, safe under the metal domes while the rest of the Earth Kingdom suffers every day and living in the fear of roaming bandits. Kuvira held her head up high every time she hears those words, despite the fact that she lived her earlier years in poverty and in a village that no longer exists.
The people’s views of her changed when she moved down to Omashu, joining forces with others and leading them all to takedown a tyrannical king that’d become paranoid over the years where he started to lock his own people up who spoke out against him or putting them to death without a trial. Once the king has been permanently removed and liberating Omashu, Kuvira earned the people’s respect and the city-state became one of her biggest backers.
By the end of the first year of the unification campaign, Kuvira’s deeds continued to spread and all those who doubted her began following her behind once her success continued to grow. She earned the people’s respect and loyalties where many proudly waved her banner and sang her name in songs which is where the title “The Great Uniter” came to be. And it was a name she held with great pride for it was - is - one of the greatest gift she had ever received.
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