A Fangirl Haven

A blog for all my fandoms:  Doctor Who, Disney, Star Wars, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Marvel and D.C. comics, and more.

[bisexualvader]

You fought in the Clone Wars?

[sparrowlucero]

A couple more driftwolves (available on my kofi as adoptables!)

[xenosaurus]

I turn 30 next month so here’s what I learned in my 20s:

—don’t work for startups, they’re always one ‘innovative idea’ away adding ‘sell your kidneys on the black market’ to your job description.

—keeping a collection of basic OTC medicine on you will save your life one day. I recommend Advil, Imodium, and TUMS.

—those little single-use glasses cleaning wipes are 1000% worth the money

—overly self-depreciating jokes just make people uncomfortable, wean yourself off of them

—you can buy dehydrated mini marshmallows in bulk online and they’re a godsend for hot cocoa

—people don’t care if you have fidget toys on your desk they just want to play with them

—try to go to bed BEFORE the existential ennui kicks in

[thelittleblackfox]

Also drink water and eat a plant

[liz-squids]

This is all GREAT. I turned 40 last week, so permit me to add what I learned in my 30s:

keep on not working for startups

sometimes there comes a point where the thing (fandom, hobby, friendship, romantic relationship) you loved no longer brings you joy. And that's okay. Try to mourn the loss, take joy in the memories, and don't burn any bridges in case ten years go by and you find yourself back in that fandom/hobby/relationship again

it turns out that (ugh) moderate regular exercise is (spit) good for you. The sooner you make it part of your life, the easier it'll be

related: if you throw yourself into a new exercise regime too hard and too fast, without stopping to rest or consider whether a particular move is good for you ... well, shoulder injuries are painful and consults with orthopedic surgeons are expensive

knees are bastards too

don't even get me started on ankles

there may come a time when your digestive system is too fragile for ibuprofin. I'm sorry

one day you're gonna wake up and realise you no longer give any fucks about some things that used to bother you

on the other hand, you might be alarmed to realise what you still give a fuck about

never get down on the floor without an exit strategy for getting back up

[covington-shenanigans]

I turn 50 this year. what I have learned in my 40s:

"loving yourself" is less of a feeling and more of an action. you can start doing it any time and it will make your life better and better as you go on

this will happen incrementally - be patient

along those lines, if you haven't started making an active effort to quit shit-talking yourself, suck it up and do it

no, shut up. do it. "but it's haaaaard!" don't care. do it.

whether you like it or not, you are mortal and you need to go to the doctor for an annual checkup

stretch regularly - your future self will thank you

at some point you will encounter people much younger than you arguing passionately and incorrectly about history you personally remember and experienced

this will be infuriating and annoying

otoh, most other things just... will not matter to you as much

at some point you will shift from wanting to go out to being like "eh" and deciding to stay in. this is okay.

you will have absolutely no idea what The Youth are talking about and you will not care

but if you keep your mind open to new ideas you'll never be irrelevant

your company still doesn't love you - don't give them more than they pay you for

get a fucking hobby, especially a hobby that involves physically creating/handling something and/or moving your body in physical space. it will do you more good than you can imagine

[atlinmerrick]

Just turned 60 and let me say:

Find joy, every kind, it's always worth it

I'm talking that massive, never-ending Discord chat with your bestie? The one that makes you giggle through the day? It's not a "waste of time," it's what time was made for

If that's fanfic for your favorite characters who never even met on screen celebrate that!

If that's building a tiny fleet of snake villagers for your snake town and they just cover your mantel hell yes!

If that's collecting pillows and making a fort of them every weekend I'll be right over

Feeling and sharing joy is the whole point

[cricketcat9]

This is too tempting…, so, I’m 74, and: don’t fund startups

Please keep stretching and exercise enough NOT to need an elaborate strategy to get up from the floor. IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE

Say bye to your employer as early as you possibly can, unless you really love your job. You won’t be sorry.

Keep doing the annual checkups 🙏🏼

Enjoy that fucking hobby you’ve acquired in your 50, or find something new. Do try new things & adventures.

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[aqualed]

“Where’s Jaina!?”

Jaina Solo Fel

[sparrowlucero]

lindwyrms on a string

(available on my kofi as adoptables!)

[emmbrr]

𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱! 🎃 happy halloween my friends!

[farmboy1]

You’re a good person Luke and wanting something better in life doesn’t make you a bad person. It’s just normal.

[macabre-muses]

OMGG MARA JADE MENTIONED IN THE YEAR 2026

[draconian62]

Her other superpower is fashion sense

[ckducky]

My Adventures With a Dog(?) 

[wingletblackbird]

The Jedi Council in the Prequels was Supposed to be Frustrating

Just watched a review of the prequels, and the complaint was made that the movie was bad because the Jedi Council was awful, that they were “d*cks” who did nothing. I was stupefied; that’s one of the better aspects of the prequels! The Jedi were stagnant, arrogant, and narrow-minded. This contributed to their fall. Of course Yoda was awful; he was supposed to be awful! He was supposed to be old and set in his ways. It’s nothing new; he called Luke “too old” as well. The hints of the truth of the arrogance of the old Jedi Order is in the OT. Why are you complaining about something in the prequels that is actually done fairly well? Why?

[wingletblackbird]

#they complain because they wanted them#to be what Obi-Wan promised #they’re supposed to be#Guardians of peace & justice #why are they actually just dicks#the good guys are supposed to be stalwart and pure#now we have to empathize with Anakin #and he’s just supposed to be pure evil (Tags by @redrikki)

This makes sense, I suppose, but wasn’t what you described the whole point of the prequels? That Darth Vader had once been a nice guy, and a very good friend to Obi-Wan? (Who is a very biased narrator…) But Anakin fell to the Dark Side, and was lost? Ergo, it is a tragedy, because a good person became something truly evil? I mean, if  we don’t even sympathise with the man, why are we going to rejoice (twice-over) when Luke saves him? Moreover, totalitarian dictatorships have historically, consistently come out of chaos due to poor economic and/or governmental systems. Therefore, it can hardly be surprising that the Empire came out of a time of distinct arrogance and moral greyness. The logic, to me, is truly baffling: They may loathe the prequels for not being what they expected…but then what were they expecting?

[the-far-bright-center]

What were people expecting? Lucas addressed this:

“Well, when I said I was going to do the prequels, everybody said, ‘That’s great, we get to see Darth Vader kill everybody.’ And I said, ‘That’s not the story.’ When I announced that the first story was going to be about a nine-year-old boy, everybody here said, ‘That’s insane, you’re going to destroy the whole franchise […] And I said, ‘Yeah, but this is the story.’ ” —George Lucas

and:

“People expected Episode III, which is where Anakin turns into Darth Vader, to be Episode I. And then they expected Episodes II and III to be Darth Vader going around cutting people’s heads off and terrorizing the universe. But how did he get to be Darth Vader? You have to explore him in relationships, and you have to see where he started.” —George Lucas

To those of us who actually love and appreciate the Prequels as they are, it may sound nuts, but so many fans back then legitimately expected (or perhaps just wanted) those films to be about ‘Darth Vader’ *as* Vader, and to just show him hunting down the Jedi the whole time. Far too many fanboys just wanted to see Vader being a ‘badass’ on-screen, while still maybe having a smattering of cool Jedi heroes to mindlessly root for. For some reason, many viewers had missed the entire point of RotJ and didn’t seem to realise that Anakin Skywalker was a good person and someone for whom we were supposed to feel pity and empathy. So they couldn’t understand why we were being shown his childhood and why the Jedi were being so harsh and cold to him. Surely it must just be because he was ‘evil all along or something’, no way we might actually be meant to be question the Jedi’s treatment of him…🙄

[narrenstrich]

“That is the kind of fear that lives inside Anakin Skywalker: the dragon of that dead star. It is an ancient, cold dead voice within his heart that whispers all things die…“

[kozh-lucium]

Do you think Anakin and Qui-gon would have been a headache for the separatists

Most definitely. Even though he's not as extreme as anakin, qui-gon's unorthodox thinking would've been a pain in the ass to deal with (for both sides, let's be honest 😂).

Jokes aside though, qui-gon is probably even much troublesome for the seperatist because unlike anakin who's all "screw the plan", he is actually good at planning and strategizing. And canon wise, qui-gon has quite a lot of battlefield experience during his padawan years (thanks to dooku).

Regardless, I would love to see anakin & qui-gon wreak havoc on the battlefield lol

[darthbeans]

cant get this post out of my head

[jedidragonwarriorqueen]

have some star wars eu memes

[blazingstorm8895]

The characters for the incoming Era of Myths and Legends have all been revealed!

1. Mara Jade Skywalker as a JKLS-led lifter

2. Yoda (Dark Side Vision) as a Sith Healer for DJJ

Pic TBA

3. Starkiller (Luke Concept) as a CLS lifter

4. Stormtrooper (Concept) as an Imperial Troopers lifter

5. Jaxxon as a Dash/Scoundrels/Smugglers/Landos lifter

6. The Ronin as a Sith for DJJ

7. Darth Jar Jar as the Legendary unit leading the new Sith, Darth Maul, and Darth Sidious

Of note, Yoda and Ronin lose a few things without Jar Jar but are still looking great for theorycrafting purposes

[serenoarts]

Duel of the Fates