You’re not alone.

Neither are you | Rory. XXII. French. Lesbian. Agender. Obi-Wan and Rey

[prideandprejudice]

TOP 10 CHARACTERS (according to my followers)

8. Cassian Andor (Rogue One)

[mcgregor]

He chose violence. AHSOKA | 1X05 : SHADOW WARRIOR

[inkskinned]

“the curtains weren’t blue on purpose. why should we care?”

my love! let me ask you this - did you eat breakfast today? this tiny moment in your life. just think about it. did you?

for some of you, the answer is yes and for some of you it is technically and for some of you it is does coffee count. some of you reached for cereal or gmo-free overnight oats or frozen waffles or 3-day-old pizza. sometimes we eat the same thing, every day, for weeks. i get tired of eggs randomly, only to go back to craving them desperately. i’m cuban; i take my coffee like my father showed me, very milky and sweet.

some of us ate in a hurry. some of us hate eating breakfast but if we don’t we will get nauseous later. some of us took our meds first or took our meds after. some of us have a kitchen 5 feet wide and sometimes it’s the biggest room in the house. some of us are confident there will be food in the pantry and some of us flinch and say well, the paycheck is coming. some of us turn on a podcast while we eat or we scroll our phones or write in our diaries.

some of us are choosing, specifically, not to eat breakfast. some of us are too busy. some of us are pretending we “just forgot,” but we are ignoring the warning signs that everything feels too-heavy. some of us are so consumed with anxiety or grief that we can’t eat. some of us can’t stand up long enough to make our coffee. some of us have no table to sit down and eat.

i cannot tell you what an artist “meant” by their choices. but they did have to make a choice, conscious or otherwise, to give you information. to give you a little bit more light. each of these choices are little stars of data; connecting speckles for you to weave through, drawing a line.

you cannot use a mirror in a dark room. for some of us; we will not care that the curtains are blue, because that will just be a data point and not enough light to see by. for some of us, the blue curtains will be the same as our childhood bedroom. it will make us seasick. for some of us, blue will be the color of frostbite. it might look like a pixel up close; but from a distance, oh! the picture blooms.

i cannot tell you what will stick out for you. what will carry meaning. some of you will read the sentence “i didn’t have breakfast today” and say “this means nothing.” some of you will read that and say “oh, me neither.” some of you will say “this means the character is probably a little grouchy.” some of you will say “oh, i wonder if they’re okay. why didn’t they eat anything?” … art is a mirror. i am holding hands with you, over space and time, and asking you to feel something with me.

i want you to read my work and find a blue pair of curtains. i want you to read my work and find things in it that i never imagined placing. i have no way of knowing what will resonate with you, that’s true. and maybe i just was hungry while i wrote this, and thinking about the eggs in my fridge. but if you found meaning, that meaning is yours. it cannot be erased just because i didn’t “intend” it. you created a different world by interpreting my work. it’s collaborative! that’s beautiful! that’s stunning!

just! imagine looking at the night sky and saying - it’s stupid to have a favorite constellation or a favorite star. they’re just there.

because here’s the thing - across centuries and cultures, we look up. we still find meaning in the stars. these beautiful, lovely scattered accidents. are you looking? they call. and we look back and say oh! of course we are!

[edenaziraphale]

Once, when I was still a very young writer, a friend of mine was doing me a favor and editing a piece for me. It was a short piece focused around the concepts of loss and re-connection, growth and separation and the pieces of yourself that are held inside of others. When my friend had finished her first read-through and was gathering her thoughts she called me and, completely breathless with excitement, said, “I love the way you structured this! The seasons changing with each new movement, the fact that each passage initiates a new physical aspect of the reunion- I just love that.” It was all she could talk about for fifteen minutes. What beautiful motion I had created, how circular it made the whole piece feel. She was so excited that I couldn’t bring myself to tell her that none of her favorite parts of the story were intentional. I didn’t realize I’d done any of those things when I was writing it. But upon rereading for myself, I could see what she meant. The opening of a door, the crushed leaves of fall, the first step toward a new life. It was all lying in wait for me. I only needed another pair of eyes to show me the way. All of that to say that nothing is created in a vacuum, and the choices that we make are, in fact, choices- whether we realize we’re making them or not. Life is collaborative, which means that art is, too. By default. The things that my friend saw in my art and in me changed my perception of my own piece and in this way, we made something together. That’s how this is meant to go. All of us learning from one another collectively, changing each other on and on. Forever. Reading, as OP said, is a form of creation.

[swsource]

OBI-WAN KENOBI 1.01 | Part I

[mcqraw]

“And Obi-Wan knows, too, that to have lived his life without being Master to Anakin Skywalker would have left him a different man. A lesser man.”

[phi-guy]

recently rewatched the finale of TCW (youchie) and man….. I love her ……. I Love Her!!!!

[gffa]

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE JEDI ORDER IN STAR WARS CANON, PART II [A Meta/Reference Guide on AO3] aka, SO WHAT DO THE JEDI SAY AND DO IN THE ACTUAL CANON? This is the second part in my series of Jedi Culture and Teachings in Canon, which was originally meant to be a much smaller project, but then The High Republic came out and suddenly I can barely keep up with all the new lore!  Which means that this is part 2 of what will probably (I hope) be a four part series, given a rough estimate, just hopefully not two years between now and the next one.  orz One of the biggest motivations I’ve had is to compare how the High Republic books seem to be working to be pretty true to George Lucas’ philosophies and visions of both Star Wars and the Jedi, so there’s a mix of canon sources citations and George Lucas commentary, separated out into eras so that you can get a feel for each one.  While there are some minor differences between the High Republic Jedi Order and the prequels Jedi Order, I’ve found that they’re by and large basically the same exact people with the same exact culture and same exact beliefs and actions, and a huge part of this project was getting to lay a lot of that out! The guide is broken down into seven sections as before: SECTION 1 - HOW THE FORCE WORKS SECTION 2 - JEDI CULTURE & PHILOSOPHY & TEACHINGS SECTION 3 - JEDI AS A PEOPLE SECTION 4 - PSYCHIC SPACE WIZARDS DOING PSYCHIC SPACE WIZARD THINGS SECTION 5 - JEDI TEMPLES SECTION 6 - JEDI AND THE BIGGER GALAXY SECTION 7 - JEDI, BUDDHISM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE Hopefully, this guide will be useful to those who are looking to use it to write fic or just want to see a nerdy project!  None of this is meant as any kind of value judgement on Legends or people who aren’t interested in this stuff or don’t like the Jedi, instead it’s a guide to a) the bigger themes of the Jedi in the source material and b) a list of references if you want to check out the source material yourself, which I always heartily recommend!  That and an attempt to organize my reference and meta tags because they’re definitely a mess. 😂

[thestarwarsdaily]

(♥ω♥*) (♥ω♥*)

[hayden-christensen]

DISASTER LINEAGE APPRECIATION WEEK DAY 7: FREE CHOICE

Yoda’s lineage in the Republic era includes…

[cobbbvanth]

star wars, but it’s just the memes

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

[thebusylilbird]

star wars is so fucking stupid, I love it

[writing-in-the-grave]

Prime example of why being a fanfic writer is painful

[iwritesometimes]

star wars fuckery to english glossary: the reader’s digest version

the star wars universe has no official name but in fandom you’ll see it shortened to GFFA for “galaxy far, far away”

glass - transparisteel

metal used in construction - durasteel

very strong space-plastic (used in stormtrooper armor) - duraplast

tablet computer (analogous to a PADD in trek) - datapad

rather than paper, handwriting is usually done with a stylus on flimsiplast (flimsi/flimsy for short)

holos are 3-d videos or videomessages, recorded and played on a holoprojector (these are often seen in small formats, palm-sized - analogous to like. a GoPro.)

we don’t drive cars, we drive landspeeders or speeder bikes

we don’t shoot guns, we shoot blasters

if you didn’t bring a knife to a gun fight, you perhaps brought a vibroblade instead - an edged weapon that, you guessed it, vibrates. little ones could be called vibroshivs or vibroknives. we actually got to see polearm versions of these in The Mandalorian! it was very exciting.

robots in GFFA are, of course, droids. astromech droids (astromechs) are the like. iphones of the droid world - ubiquitous, multipurpose, most with a similar aesthetic. R2-D2 and BB-8 are both astromech droids. human-shaped droids like C-3P0 are protocol droids.

got a papercut? a nasty flesh wound? a missing chunk of your torso, perhaps? slap a bacta-patch on it or take a dip in a bacta tank for a soothing treatment with this all-purpose miracle healing goo. this is what diapered Luke is bobbing around in during the early part of Empire Strikes Back.

you’re supposed to say kriff/kriffing instead of “damn,” “shit,” or “fuck/fucking,” but this is for cowards. let Obi-Wan cuss.

midichlorians - ignore them.

before the Empire comes to power, baby jedi who can’t hack it as knights or are never chosen to be Padawan apprentices become members of the Service Corps, the branches of which are the Agricultural Corps (AgriCorps), Medical Corps (MedCorps), Educational Corps (EduCorps), Exploration Corps (ExplorCorps)

dates are expressed (typically) as [date] Before the Battle of Yavin (BBY) or [date] After the Battle of Yavin (ABY). for instance, the sequel trilogy begins in 34 ABY.

and, yes: that famous cantina tune from Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes is in a musical style called jizz. because star wars is incredibly stupid.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

popcorn is called bang-corn, because obviously the earth-centric aspect of popcorn is the popping, not the corn.

[siderealsandman]

No, back the fuck up, the Cantina music is called what now

[osheamobile]

Jizz music. Being performed by jizz wailers. It’s very simple.

[starwarsheritageposts]

star wars heritage post

[ahskatano]

The Clone Wars Trio: The modes of persuasion

[ahskatano]

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS 3x18 - The Citadel

[timothechallamet]

Padmé Amidala + favorite outfits

[lildevilry]

tumblr: we want more complex villains!

kylo ren: has been manipulated from a young age and essentially brainwashed, is extremely conflicted over the choices he makes, feels isolated and alone, is unable to control his emotions, pounds on his own wounds to intensify his pain and drive him further toward the dark side, doubts the actions of the first order, and is tempted by the light instead of the dark, SOMETHING WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IN A STAR WARS MOVIE BEFORE

tumblr: no not that one

[azoraahai]

ahsoka’s outfits throughout the clone wars ( 2008 - 2020 )

[beroyas]

fuck the darksaber baton race system, who would be the best mand'alor based on vibes alone

omera

lando calrissian

peli motto

fennec shand

enfys nest

finn

chewbacca

rose tico

tag & bink (at the same time)

gus fring

Voting ended onFeb 18, 2023