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omega's pure belief in the goodness of people really takes psychic damage on them. like they have no choice but wanting to prove her right or live forever in shame.

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Happy earth day! Today is a good reminder of how Filoni just like Tolkien are anti industrialism & both of them love to use those themes in their storytelling 

We’re supposed to be stewards of the earth so let’s take care of it! 🤍🌎

In the occupation we see how Ezra is saddened by what the empire is doing to Lothal. Where I live reminds me of Lothal & I feel sad when I see the land being developed or stripped for its resources. In chapter 13 :The Jedi we see how Morgan Elsbeth destroyed worlds for its resources but kept a nice little garden only for herself

The Jedi take care of nature, the empire destroys it

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Having BIG™ feelings about how most of the Jedi that survived Order 66 were literal children.

Children whose brothers turned on them, and whose parental figures were ripped from them for reasons that they would never understand. Children who didn't know how to live in a galaxy who accepted them, much less one that didn't. Children who had to shed the identity they'd had longer than they could remember just to survive. Children who watched as their people were labeled terrorists and the things they held sacred were desecrated to the purpose of hurting the people they were made to protect.

Children who had to pick up the (often literal) sword of those who'd come before them to protect innocents and hold onto what scraps of their culture that were left. That, to their limited knowledge, believed themselves to be the very last of their kind. Children who bore the weight of bringing justice to the deaths of thousands of their kin, not through revenge, but through the restoration of peace. Who in the fight towards peace, had to once again become weapons instead of peacemakers.

Of them training padawans when they were technically still padawans themselves. Who had to teach what broken pieces of their culture that they could still remember, because they were still learners when they stopped learning. Who taught in the middle of surviving in a galaxy that was out to get them on all sides. Whose padawans never got the chance to go to Ilum, or see the Temple on Coruscant, or bond with other padawans, or any other experience that should've been theirs by birthright.

If I think about it for too long my brain stops working and I cry.

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something something, emerie free for the first time after escaping tantiss, watching other women be happy and love each other, not knowing why she feels the way she does when they kiss but knowing that it feels simultaneously forbidden and just right

emerie wondering why she dreams of the beautiful girls in the bars, in the market, on the farms, why they linger in her mind the way no one ever has before, why she can never keep her eyes to herself when they walk past, when they smile, when their clothes dip and cling and expose more than they should

emerie thinking there's something wrong with her. emerie thinking she's jealous or intimidated or has lost her confidence because other women make her feel so flustered.

emerie listening to spop (space pop) at a bar/restaurant/the market and she hears a woman singing about loving another woman, wanting another woman, feeling that same longing and joy and awe that she feels for other women, and it finally clicks for her

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More analysis of Emerie’s whole “you abandoned me” thing with Nala Se.

I am starting to think that Emerie and Omega were apart of the same project and for some reason whatever worked for Omega didn’t for Emerie Karr. Hence why Nala Se discarded her. It’s been demonstrated many a time that until Nala Se actually lost Omega in season 1 she didn’t care for literally anyone besides Omega. The reason she cared for Omega is extremely obvious now. She grew to care for her because Omega was the perfect clone. The culmination of her scientific career. She just so happened to grow feelings for her.

I love this dynamic between her, Emerie, and Hemlock.

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An Examination of Emerie Karr

Emerie's character is pretty interesting so far. I know this is a post about three people will read but I wanted to examine the writing a bit.

Docility

The first thing that sticks out is how docile Emerie is from her attitude down to her mannerisms. Her poise and movements are reserved, she almost always looks straight ahead, she doesn't emote much, etc.

Emerie follows all the rules and encourages everyone else to do the same but it doesn't seem to be out of a sense of zeal. Maybe she believes in what she's doing and maybe she doesn't, but in her dialogue with characters like Crosshair and Omega she's always warning them that things will get worse for them if they resist. So it kind of seems like it's more out of a sense of fear, habit, or conditioning than genuine belief.

Backstory

What we know about Emerie Karr so far is that she was taken from Kamino by Dr. Hemlock who claimed to have seen potential in her. We can assume she had a similar role to Omega as a medical/research assistant.

We don't know if she has accelerated aging or not; if she does, she'd (chronologically) be about as old as Omega while if she doesn't she'd be twice her age. In either case, it's implied that she's been with Hemlock since she was a little girl.

Furthermore, she didn't seem to see the way Omega was being treated when she was at Mt. Tantiss as unusual. So we can assume she was was treated the same growing up. No toys, a small room, a daily routine performing various tasks, a curfew, confinement, etc.

We already saw that Omega was starting to become beaten down by the routine there. So imagine that from childhood to adulthood.

Relationships

Emerie's not shown (directly or in the background) to interact with anyone other than Omega outside of a professional context. There's no comradery in Mt. Tantiss like there was in Kamino and Hemlock's certainly not a warm, fatherly figure. Now he does seem to think she's intelligent and capable, but doesn't really talk to her in a friendly way, arguably he doesn't even talk about her like she's a person at all; just an asset.

Emerie seems to have some kind of respect for him for seeing potential in her but comes across pretty lonely otherwise.

So when Omega was brought to Mt. Tantiss, Emerie seemed genuinely interested in connecting with her. First off, she was initially confused that Omega felt a greater connection to Crosshair than her despite them being sisters. So, she really doesn't know much about relationships, she just knows that Omega's her sister and wants to have a good relationship with her.

She consistently spends time with Omega through her stay in Mt. Tantiss, we can assume it's her job to wake her up in the morning so she can draw her blood but other than that it looks like she chooses to visit her at times. She's the only one who's shown to do this, and even half breaks protocol when Omega escapes by trying to talk her down first. Again, her reasoning is that it'll get worse for Omega if she gets caught.

Cracks in the armor (AKA her good side)

Despite all this Emerie's not a robot. Her feelings are suppressed, but they're still there. Unlike other Imperial officials she refers to the clones she's been shown to interact with by name, if she knows it. So, at the very least she recognizes them as sentient and shows some concern for them, like she tried to convince Crosshair to surrender for fear he'd make his situation worse.

Of course, Emerie has a soft spot for Omega, spending time with her when able and even (uncharacteristically) breaking a rule to save her toy for her. Which is the most independence we've shown her act with so far in the series.

And while she ultimately makes the wrong choice, Emerie tried to persuade Omega and Crosshair to stay instead of instantly sounding the alarm when she saw they were gone. Which, again, is an uncharacteristic break in protocol for her.

Ambiguously she also stops them from being shot down at the end of Episode 3, which could be seen either as her doing her job (because she realized Omega's a viable subject), her using the discovery to save them because she cares, or a bit of both.

Conclusion

I think Emerie could go either way. She could be a cautionary tale about how Omega could've turned out if she either stayed on Kamino or was taken by Hemlock instead of being saved by the Bad Batch. Or she could redeem herself and break away instead.

I don't know, but I like the character so far. She's pretty interesting.

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back on my meme making bullshit

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Man I keep thinking of how deeply in love Kallus and Zeb can be based on forgiveness.

It’s such a complicated subject matter when it comes to the lasat massacre, which makes it even more powerful to see how it is dealt with. The show definitely does some retconing past the pilot (which is understandable I think it’s written differently than future episodes even though it’s not *technically* a pilot, but still). It’s a big showcase of the emotional journey that Zeb takes to understanding Kallus, and also Kallus’ roll in forgiving *himself* and coming to terms with what he’s done. Zeb choosing to love him despite all that, and given Kallus’ eagerness to redeem himself is just so good, and I could go into a much longer rant about it but we’d be here all day!

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genuinely one of the saddest parts of this new era of the internet is how hard it is to rick roll someone now. with people's attention spans shortening so much, they wouldn't even get through the first few bait seconds before clicking off the video. like i saw a comment that ended with "btw i made all of this up" and the replies kept treating it so seriously because none of them finished the entire 4 sentence comment. and We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I (do I) A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

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I cannot stress enough to new Star Wars fans that despite the Ahsoka show making him sound like an eldritch magic final boss, Grand Admiral Thrawn is literally just some guy. That's it. Canonically the least Force-sensitive guy in the goddamn universe, with the "Force sensitivity of a rock", employees love him, employers hate him, and his only super power is being the most autistic man ever to destroy environments

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happy ides of march here is me this past summer in rome at the place where caesar died

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Boys night on the 15th of March, in the senate! so excited so hang out with the boys, heard theres cake, hope someone brought a knife.

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The best fics are the ones that recognize that although Luke Skywalker may APPEAR on the outside to be a normal friendly twink who happens to have cool powers, especially when contrasted with such ship partners as Boba or Din or even Han, he is arguably the scariest person alive in the galaxy around the prequel era. AND, crucially, he is also a fundamentally weird guy. This man was homeschooled on a rural farm his entire life and then apprenticed to a swamp gremlin who showed him how to tap into the cosmic power of the universe. He blew up the death star age 19, killing approx 2 million-ish Imperials. He is a vortex of Force power that can communicate with the ghosts of dead Jedi. He’s staring into the distance and mumbling to himself and doing Yoda aphorisms and casually pulling out the “yeah I could crush that guy into a paste with my mind (:” and nobody around him knows what to do with that. I think he is a character who has very little frame of reference for how a Jedi or a person in general is supposed to act and there is some thing about him that is by necessity really fucking weird and a little scary but he’s so nice that it can throw you off the scent a little bit. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

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Jedi Council: you and Bastila share a bond

Me: yeah it’s called Lesbianism

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People need to understand that is not ‘serious actor’ Ryan Gosling, that is ‘Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer’ Ryan Gosling and he is loving every minute of it 😂

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nothing but respect for the zone of interest guy for having the guts to make a statement about gaza. you could see his hands shaking on stage but he did it anyway.

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My love letter to Star Wars Rebels this Rebels Remembered day, 2024.

Dear Star Wars Rebels, happy 6th Rebels Remembered Day. You have aged well, old friend. I don't even know where to begin. From catching season 1 in 2014 on the tv & seeing glimpses of who is now my favorite character of all time, Sabine, & declaring, "I like that Boba Fett girl!" to March 5th, 2018 when I cried my eyes out at the finale of what had quickly become my home, my safe place, my everything. Now in 2024 you are still my home, my safe place, & my everything more so now than ever. You have helped me through so much & I'm sure you'll continue to do so in the future. Though since then you've been brought to life in live action form & have even bigger things in store, I hope you know that I will always love you just the same, if not even more than before. I am proud to say that I will be putting you on my graduation cap with a quote Ezra Bridger says in your final adventure, "I want you to know that everything I've done and everything I will do began with you." In my heart, the "you" means not only my family, my amazing teachers, & friends, but you. You & only you have shown me that despite all odds, there will always be room for love, compassion, empathy, & humanity in this world. You taught me to love & to be loved in return, you taught me how true love should be (platonic & romantic), you taught me the importance of kindness & how far a sigular act of charity can go or mean to someone, how important it is to chase your dreams despite all obstacles, to unapologetically be yourself, even when others may not understand, & so, so much more. I'm tearing up as I write this because after all these years I never thought I'd end up here, being my most accurate self as I can be at the moment, because of you. Throughout life, I know you will always be there for me, even when things are at they're lowest. I'm going to do everything in my power to become the me I've always wanted to be because of you & I couldn't thank you enough. You were always there for me even when it seemed no one else in the world was. You are the reason I've become who I am & I thank you for that every day. As your story expands, so does my heart. I've recently opened up my heart to so many new bright souls to love just as I've loved you & it has made my heart even more full. Though your new era is going to give us one last ride, I will never forget the lessons, the qualities, and the heart that you have shown me. Thank you Star Wars Rebels & all those who created this more than life expirence you call a show. Always know that you will forever remain more than just a show to me.

Here's to 6 years of Rebels Remembered & 10 years of Star Wars Rebels, godspeed!🎉🤎💚🧡💜💖💙

-Lots of Love, LadyWren7💖