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I think one of the more disappointing things about the Republic Commando fandom is that fans of Kal, generally, argue that critics of Kal Skirata are “unfair” in their criticism. That there’s an uneven attention placed on the character’s flaws that are disproportionate to the other characters.

The issue is that fans generally don’t understand that that’s in response to a narrative that holds everyone else alongside Kal responsible for their personal missteps, mistakes, and abuses, but does not ask the same of Kal, himself.

A favorite scene to, I think, argue the above is the scene where Darman beats the ever-loving shit out of Kal. It’s brought up as if it’s a scene we should take at face value, of Darman taking Kal to task, holding him responsible.

But the truth is, in the context of the rest of the series, it’s not.

What that scene is, is damage control.

What Darman knows in that scene about what Kal has done, does not match what Kal has actually done.

That is, what Darman knows is that Kal kept Etain’s pregnancy from him.

What Darman doesn’t know is that Kal knowingly chose to put both Etain and Etain’s unborn child in a position to die. Kal even says as much to himself early in True Colors, but makes no move to change it.

The novels don’t hold him responsible for Etain nearly miscarrying, and Etain nearly dying. They only hold him responsible for lying to Darman about the existence of a pregnancy.

There’s an enormous difference between the two. The difference being that the former is an abusive and controlling man willing to unfairly kill, indirectly, the person his son loves most without his son’s input, compared to the latter of a flawed but ultimately loving man making poor decisions to protect his son in whatever way he can.

And there should be more concern about the way fans of Kal will defend the former as if it’s the same as the latter, when it’s ... not. How fans remember the books, is not reflective of how Kal actually treats his sons. But it is reflective of how an abusive man defends his choices as if there’s no other way or option.

And as much as fans want to sympathize with him, it cannot hurt to also take a step back and critically examine everything he does, and compare to how disproportionate the excuses and the forgiveness falls on Kal compared to the rest of the cast besides him.

If fans are willing to overlook how Kal is constantly playing a game of damage control with all of his sons from book one, but are equally unwilling to overlook the physical abuse Vau has waged on Delta Squad and Atin, then all fans are really arguing is that physical abuse is the only kind of abuse they’re willing to recognize as legitimate.

And that’s worrisome.

Being critical of Kal is not a personal attack, and if reading about how Kal is abusive immediately makes you defensive, then ... it’s worth investigating why it makes you defensive. It’s worth taking the time to reflect on these questions, what it means to you, and what it changes if it’s true.

#Kal Skirata #Republic Commando #Darman Skirata #Etain Tur Mukan #meta: repcomm

izzyovercoffee

So this has been a question that I’ve seen a few times, and a lot of fix-it fics and general speculation has come up to address it, but I wanted to take the time to answer this question with actual SW Legends canon.

Was a cure ever developed for the clone army’s accelerated aging?

Short answer: Yes there was !! Woo! And the best part? Its development was by a clone trooper, for other clone troopers.

Null ARC Trooper Lieutenant, N-7, Lt. Mereel, synthesized a “cure” after several years of research, work, and the assistance of an ex-separatist geneticist, war criminal, and freed POW Dr. Oovolot Qail Uthan.

Please note: this isn’t to prevent you from writing your own fic or developing your own headcanons. I just wanted to provide a resource post for all of you who want to pull directly from Legends canon or use as a starting point. Under the cut will be literally everything you need to know about it.

Also note: there was a nod to the virus in question on The Clone Wars show. Depending on who you ask, this indicates the potential for a cure having been canon, if they ever do decide to pursue that route.

Back when Legends was known as the Expanded Universe, Null ARC Trooper Lieutenant, N-7, Lt. Mereel Skirata, developed a treatment via gene therapy (by viral vector) to undo the accelerated again done by the Kaminoans through genetic engineering (which was done by non-viral methods).

How does Dr. Uthan fit in? Well, at the start of The Clone Wars she had begun design of a viral bioweapon aimed to attack clone troopers only — and the way the bioweapon knew how to only attack clone troopers was by isolating the genetic markers that accelerated aging. Using her pathogen and Lt. Mereel’s research, they took what was meant to kill all clone troopers and instead give them a chance at life.

Listen, if that’s not poignant and poetic ??

First you have a clone trooper risking everything to save his brothers, and is eventually successful. He literally studied genetics and became a hotshot geneticist over the course of 4 years (or so) in order to do the impossible.

Second you have what was a PROMISE OF DEATH turned into a CHANCE AT A FULL LIFE !!

“Why didn’t I hear about this ?? Why wasn’t it distributed to the rest of the army??” You might be asking. Well, ask no more!

Simple answer: Because the “cure” wasn’t successfully developed and tested until at least six months to one year after Order 66, and because it was developed in secret by an ex-Republic Black Ops group who went AWOL just before Order 66, distribution was (understandably) limited.

The long answer goes under the cut, and will detail the how / when / why / what of the “cure’s” development, machinations, Lt. Mereel’s contributions, and everything you need to know so you don’t have to read the series it’s from if you don’t want to / don’t have the time / etc.

Keep reading

#meta #meta: clones #meta: the clone wars #The Clone Wars #resource: clones #clones #star wars #Republic Commando #repcomm #meta: repcomm #resource: repcomm #resource: the clone wars #char: Mereel Skirata #char: Oovolot Qail Uthan

Honestly, people are always so upset about Etain’s fate in Republic Commando: Order 66, but I rarely see anyone actually ask “does it make sense, within the story?”

And here’s the thing: it doesn’t. It genuinely does not make sense.

My biggest issue with the scene is that Etain steps into the path of a lightsaber to protect someone standing behind her.

If you don’t think deeply, yeah, okay, sure. Why not.

Why is this an issue?

It’s an issue because Etain Tur-Mukan has been training with lightsabers her entire life. Since early childhood, and in serious combat, for over a decade.

Jedi training, we even see in the movies, has lightsaber training from a very, very early age. Jedi are expected to be competent with the saber before they even become a padawan. And though Etain has been criticized for a great many things, her skill with a lightsaber was not among that list. So.

Under no circumstance would she ever have even considered walk into the path of a lightsaber in order to protect someone standing behind her.

Her training just would not allow it. =/

Why not?

Because she would know that that lightsaber would cut clean through her and the person standing directly behind her. Training would have emphasized this.

It’s a scene, from a purely critical view on combat, that carries so little logical weight as to be completely nonsensical. Incomprehensible. No one who’s trained with a lightsaber for as long as she did would walk into the path of a lightsaber to save anyone, because she would know that they would both die.

Jedi also train in combat against each other. Sparring. Jedi die having been struck down by a lightsaber, yes. But this scene? Was not a one-on-one fight, or even an unfair fight. It wasn’t a fight at all. This scene was Etain watching from the sidelines, and then jumping in front of the blade to “protect a trooper” directly behind her --- completely ignorant of the reach, or that the trooper should have died too.

You know who would do this, though? A civilian, who has never trained with a lightsaber before. It’s something that someone unfamiliar with the destructive potential of a lightsaber would do.

But a Jedi? No.

What does a lightsaber do?

Cut through everything in its path.

A person who is thoroughly trained with this weapon knows, intimately, the full extent of damage it can do, and has been taught to wield this weapon as an extension of herself.

It’s like trying to stop a sword with a stick of butter. Why would you do this thing, this thing that makes no sense?

Not even touching on the narrative inconsistencies. Just the above, alone, renders the scene out of character. You don’t have all this buildup over the course of four novels about training, and training that becomes as ingrained as instinct, to then ... erase it so you can kill a character in a scene that doesn’t make sense. There were so many other ways to go about it, to really give the true, honest impact. But instead we’re left with ... this.

You have a Jedi literally act like a civilian who has never seen a lightsaber before.

I just don’t buy it. It’s not a good scene. The entire book needed extensive editing, but for one of the most climactic scene in the entire series, if not the most? This was just ... lazy.

#Republic Commando #Republic Commando: Order 66 #Etain Tur Mukan #repcomm #Etain Tur-Mukan #meta #meta: repcomm #This is coming from someone who has had weapons training and you know fights and so on; for whatever that's worth here; probably very little #but when I look @ fight scenes like I try to picture it from whether it's one that was choreographed well and makes sense #or one that was written by someone who has never even SEEN a fight in their life and has no idea how joints bend and what leverage is #and this scene screams someone who's never actually considered what Jedi training would include; how they would regard the lightsaber #how it's a part of them and their sheer awareness of its potential as both a tool and a weapon #it was written with so little respect to what a lightsaber even is and the fighting art that would be involved with it as to be like okay ..#so you just wanted to kill Etain #like I get it; you wanted her dead. but why not let her go out with a bang?#she's the kind of gedinla person to sacrifice herself for someone else; in a REAL and MEANINGFUL way #this way had no impact. it was senseless. it was poorly written. it was added in the last minute; lazily; with no consideration to the rest #of the leadup into that moment; and there's a LOT to be said about how her being there makes no sense #if you want to argue please feel free; but ultimately I'm coming from a place where I'm personally familiar with training and conditioning #with training overriding instinct; because instinct? doesn't make the best decisions. that's what training is for. and at some point #training WILL supercede instinct #bc that's the POINT of training. that's the point of it. so that the above mentioned scene? doesn't happen.

izzyovercoffee

Today I’m gonna focus on a negative insult, one that is a dialed down version of hut’uun, because hut’uun is considered an extremely harsh insult and is not appropriate for most situations.

Then, for balance, its opposite affectionate term of abuse. You know, like calling someone an asshole, but with a smile you can’t suppress. Lovingly petting someone and call them a di’kut. Simultaneously, it can also be used as a perfectly serious warning.

Mostly, we don’t have enough insults, nor affectionate uniquely mandalorian pet names, as it is. I don’t really want to make a huge list all at once, because I like to posit the thought process behind each construction to see if people agree / disagree / have suggestions.

Which leads me to today! Today’s phrases:

n’edeemi — no bite

an’edee — all teeth; (all bite)

They’re fairly simple constructions: n’edeemi, edeemir with the negative prefix attached, and an’edee from an, all, and edee(mir), teeth; to bite.

Okay, but what’s it for? Why do we need it?

Well, after going through the mando’a dictionary, I noticed that Mando’a is missing the phrase “all bark, no bite.” Which is funny, because quite a few phrases and insults, and references to outsiders in particularly, all hinge around the concepts of cowardice, and stagnation, among other things. Granted, I might have missed the equivalent phrase, but consider:

Having no bite, to a mandalorian, is offensive.

Ergo, someone who deserves to be insulted in a cutting way, or egged on in a ego-hurting jab, receives n’edeemi (these are specifically for situations where hut’uun is grossly uncalled for and completely inappropriate. hut’uun, as a rule, is an extremely harsh insult, and should never be used lightly).

example: One teenager trying to egg on another teenager to scale a 20ft wall barehanded, after the first already bragged about totally being able to do it … but when called out, comes up with some poor excuse not to follow through.

“N’edeemi. I knew you can’t do it.”

Okay, but what the hell is an’edee then?

An’edee is what you get when you have someone who always follows through with a threat, or someone whom you know can and will follow through the second you give them a legitimate reason to do so.

An’edee is what you have when you have an incredibly prickly person who is about that fighting life, and maybe you or whoever you’re warning should tread very, very carefully when interacting with them.

Imagine a smile that’s all teeth. An’edee.

But, aside from its literal meaning/warning, it also carries an undercurrent of affection. Mandalorians, in general, seem to venerate fighting, or venerate combative take-no-osik attitude (yes, even the pacifists, but I digress). Thus, an affectionate term of abuse for someone close to you who tends to get into fights, or is always ready for a fight, and is always ready to pick a fight.

They’re an’edee. (ง'̀-‘́)ง

#meta: mandalorians #meta: mando'a #mando'a #mandalorians

captainofthetidesbreath

With @izzyovercoffee outlining issues with other fan constructions of clone in Mando'a (see this post), I put forward eyayad.

It’s from the noun echo, eyayah, and literally translates to something “one who is an echo [of another]”. It captures the prime-clone relationship relatively well, the clone recalls the prime but isn’t an exact replication in the way an echo does an originating sound. It’s also neutrally toned, maybe even a little sentimental in my opinion. And it’s a lovely, pretty poetic term, and I like that about it.

As for verbs, I’d simply propose using “to echo”. To clone, to copy, and similar are synonyms, and Mando'a already relegates so much to context that I find it feasible that synonym usage can be handled similarly. There isn’t a verb form of echo given to us by Traviss, but I’d imagine it’s a simple eyayahir, eyata'ir or eyayir, I suppose depending on what one finds most natural, accounting for regional or dialectical variations (assuming echo is identical across the board). Context simply carries the weird if one means “to echo”, “to copy”, or “to clone [a living being]”.

izzyovercoffee

to add onto this, consider, also: Jango using eyayad.

While he was referred to as a hard man chipped sharp from a hard life, the word takes an additional dimension of affection, or sentimental irony — and it rings very personal, but can, in tone, be made cold and clinical in expression, depending on context.

Also consider one clone referring to his brothers also as eyayad(e). A different, but still relevant, personal dimension of affection that someone non-clone doesn’t have access to, but can still use the word for its intended purpose.

Personally, I just love the word and the dimensions it brings to conversation depending on context and who says it / how it’s said.

#meta: mando'a #mando'a #meta: mandalorians #mandalorians

izzyovercoffee

Out of curiousity, what's fandom been using as mando'a for 'clone?' I either don't see the part of fandom that picked a word to run with or I saw it and expunged it from memory for the reasons you mention.

sorry @katarnarmor I didn’t see this earlier, I always forget to check messages when I’m mobile B(((

Also, a lot of these determinations / unpacking came through conversation with @cassiansfuzzyjacket, so I’d like to give credit over to Gena as well. She’s wonderful and I love her.

Okay, so. The offending word in question is “ ara'gotenir ” from arasuum and gotenir. Yikes. Time to explain why we should not use it.

( Also, I understand that originally the word was meant as a verb and not noun, but nouns within mando’a are constructed from their verb equivalent. So. Keep that in mind. Also, the supposition that the {also fandom constructed} word for twin ara’vod is equal. it is not, and still a poor/offensive choice, with even heavier negative ties to Arasuum due to the use of vod. anyway. )

This got really long after all, so if you don’t want the lengthy explanation, here’s the bullet points:

if ara’gotenir is used, it can only be done so in a derogatory way, as a specifically structured slur against clones, reasons following:

arasuum — stagnant, remain the same, unchanging

scientifically incorrect, clones are not exact copies

extreme negative connotations within mando’a / mando culture

negative connotations out of universe

arasuum, the word itself, has a very specific cultural context and it is a negative one — just outside of the already negative connotations the idea of stagnation and unchanging already carries

gotenir — birth, give birth

as a verb construction, as in the act to clone, then I can kind of understand it, as a very literal translation across language lines

but even so it still doesn’t apply, because the clones are not birthed, and if anything … combined with the above reasons of why arasuum is not a good word to use …

can only be interpreted negatively, as a sort of offensive irony or sarcasm

thus, ara’gotenir

is offensive, and/or

literally translates to stillbirth

so don’t use it in the context of clones and cloning =/

I’m all for world-building, and I can see some mandalorians pushing forward the idea that the clone men are not “real people,” but the thing is … I believe this was entirely unintentional. Also I can’t really throw myself behind a word that ultimately would only make the most sense when used to demean their humanity in very … very specific ways that are devastating within mandalorian understanding and language =/

I also cannot endorse creating nor using slurs for an entire body of non-white men in order to dehumanize them further than the source material, and fandom in general, already does. It does not matter that it’s fiction.

EDIT :: as pointed out by @silenthouse

aragotenir, literally translated, means stillbirth

Which only lends an even worse connotation on top of the given meaning.

Though ara has multiple meanings that can be derived, it was specifically chosen from arasuum — stagnant, remain the same. This is wrong for a variety of reasons, but I’ll try to keep this short (lmao yeah right, me? keep anything short? anyway I failed so here comes a cut) and stick to the main ones.

Keep reading

#meta: mando'a #meta: mandalorians #meta: clones #meta: the clone wars #mando'a #mandalorians #clones #The Clone Wars

izzyovercoffee

Finally, to be caught up on my checklist of mando’a posts I should’ve made and just haven’t for no reason other than procrastination, I want to thank @thesummerstorms and @cassiansfuzzyjacket for the original conversation that brought up this construction.

The Mando’a dictionary lacks severely in some departments — one of them being a word or phrase that carries with it the same contextual weight as one expect when stating “I’m serious.”

One of the suggestions was ori’haat — “It’s the truth, I swear, no bull.” But … ori’haat doesn’t convey the same meaning. No bull is a response to someone accusing the speaker of fibbing, or lying, or exaggerating. It doesn’t work if the speaker is angry or frustrated, as it’s not really an appropriate phrase across all types of conversations.

So, to say one is serious, the phrase should be based on what mandalorians take very seriously. Logic then followed that mandalorians, of all walks of life (from pacifist to extremist) takes honor very seriously. Thus:

Bat ner’ijaat — on my honor, “I’m serious”

The thing is, while this works, it still didn’t feel strong enough for when the speaker is pissed. Because, if it were me, and I’m not being taken seriously when I absolutely am serious, then perhaps it’s not my honor to be called into question, but your’s.

Honor is serious business. Ergo, also consider, in conjunction with the above:

Bat GAR'jaat — on YOUR honor, “I’m serious” (very strong, harsh, in a you fucked up, cut the shit, way)

It’s meant to be used like a command, but in an inexact manner. I’m serious, shut up, listen to me, and so on similar meanings or areas of phrasing that have been lacking.

Also try saying both phrases out loud.

Bat ner’ijaat! has a nice flow to it, and I can feel/hear it being a toned down, less rough, less harsh, more professional/polite understanding of the second phrase.

Bat gar’jaat! on the other hand feels harsh, feels rough, but feels satisfying to say in the kind of snap one would out of frustration/anger.

YMMV. Use responsibly. 8)

#meta: mando'a #meta: mandalorians #mandalorians #mando'a

izzyovercoffee

I meant to make this post a few months ago, but something happened and I forgot about it, or it was posted and then lost. So, trying again.

Lately, across a few blogs, but noticeably on @officialmereelskirata I’ve been using the tag #kairkiyc.

“What is kairkiyc?”

Kairkiyc — desperate heart; a feeling, to love something or someone with such desperation or so intensely that to be without them for even a moment causes intense distress, or physical pain

The construction as follows: it’s a blend of aikiyc, meaning desperate, and kar'ta, for heart.

It is like a heart pain, or a pang in one’s chest. It is the physical pain one might feel when feeling intense love. It is not necessarily romantic love and shouldn’t be used only for that (I’ve seen how fandom tends to lean heavily towards romantic usage for otherwise full spectrum affectionate terms, and this is not one of those terms that should be romantic exclusive, so please don’t bring it there and only there).

Personally, I’ve been using it more towards how a parent and uncle/aunt might feel for their child, and generally tagging children or sweet-but-painful moments as kairkiyc.

#meta: mando'a #meta: mandalorians #mando'a #mandalorians

izzyovercoffee

“Bait and Switch” always seemed like such a fun concept. Something that translates across different languages and people — put down the temptation, and when they go for it, switch.

Mando’a doesn’t even have a word for “switch.” But, for reasons I’m not gonna get into right now, I needed a translation for bait and switch. Thus, I present for consideration:

jek bal ja’aat — bait and switch

Broken down into three parts.

jek, from jekai — bait

bal — and

ja’aat, from jahaatir, meaning “lies, to deceive”

I shortened both jek and ja’aat as I felt the phrase jek bal ja’aat has a nicer ring and flow to it than jekai bal jahaat(na) (arguably a mouthful, and not the good kind).

I also went with jahaatir, as the flow for ja’aat is smoother, and unlike some other words that would flow just as well, “to deceive” is more relevant in the contextual understanding of the switch part in “bait and switch.”

As far as pronunciation goes, the dropping of the ‘h’ from ja’aat is meant to allow the word to be one syllable, instead of two, but you can put extra emphasis on the second “aht,” ergo jah-aht.

Anyway, have fun. 8)

#meta: mando'a #meta: mandalorians #mando'a #mandalorians

toxizzity-archive

all right for those interested the word alverdewolffe and I are using is

cye’ruus

it literally translates to rolling stone, but in some contexts [ read: slang ] it means

precious cinnamon roll

due to cye holding an affectionate connotation in all its uses, but also translates vaguely to rolling [ read: rolling with the punches, rolling waves, different and varied meanings that change upon context from literal to figurative ]

and ruus literally means rock, but colloquially is dependable / reliable / something of foundation [ read: like how certain cultures have go-to elements to dishes that are absolutely fundamental ]

it’s pronounced very similarly to the name “Sheres” (from which the pun originated), whose name comes from shereshoy.

cye’ruus : shay-roos Sheres: shay-rehs

i guess it’s not so much a word as a phrase but like ..??? there it is

#meta: mando'a #meta: mandalorians #mando'a #mandalorians #I honestly don't remember if I reblogged this or not so here it is again lmao

izzyovercoffee

as an addendum to the previous post, which I left off the post for personal reasons but I felt I should mention …

given that I’m mixed khmer and conditionally white passing, hunar (and aruetiise) holds a different implication that I appreciate that a good chunk of mandalorian fandom might not be able to personally relate to, as a large percentage of mando fandom is … well, white.

that is, aruetiise, as I understand the word, is much like how haole or gweilo or wypipo is used to indicate specifically “white people” as a group. it’s not “necessarily” negative but there is a specific undercurrent of “this group of people who are not us who can wield institutional power to destroy us”

hunar is the word to describe my silence when a white woman cracks a racist joke and then looks directly at me for validation and to join in her laughter. hunar is the specific choice to not engage and not validate that ugliness, even if I’m in a position where I cannot actively shut that down (ie. while at work, where shutting that down does in fact put my job on the line).

#mando'a #meta: mando'a #mandalorians #meta: mandalorians #previous post being wrt HUNAR

opinions are like ... I don’t like that flavor donut, or coffee, but you can.

or character hate is like ... this character sucks and i dont have a good reason why except i just hate him lol

what it is not is

... this man is abusive, here are the reasons why, outlined and bullet pointed in clear and concise ways for you to read and see how they’re executed

but you’re gonna continue ignoring them and fluff him up because he’s your favorite character, regardless of the serious damage he commits and the real world contribution to the normalization of abuse lmao ...

#i am of course talking about #Kal Skirata #pls don't frame meta about how Kal is abusive as 'character hate'#you're quite literally missing the point to defend a character who doesn't deserve it #thanks #char: Kal Skirata #meta: Kal Skirata #im very tired tbh very very tired #Republic Commando

izzyovercoffee

Let’s talk about a mando’a word that doesn’t exist but should!

So, the other day, I was looking through the mando’a dictionary, as one does, and I looked at the word “to laugh” — nuhunar, and noted the negative prefix n’ / nu / ni attached to hunar. “What is hunar?” I thought, and went looking.

Hunar doesn’t exist.

Thus, I decided to define it on the fly, because though this concept doesn’t yet exist, it should. Ergo, the below:

HUNAR — the stoic, uncomfortable, awkward silence that follows an unfunny, perhaps offensive, joke or other statement meant to trigger laughter and comradely banter

The reason why I think this is an actual thing for mandalorians: the existence of the helmets, and the fact that they wear them almost all the time.

There’s a barrier that exists just as a given between mando’ade and non-mandalorians, culturally speaking. On top of that is an additional barrier: the armor, and the internal private frequencies that can be used to communicate while in armor, that do not need to be broadcasted to anyone around them not also keyed into that private channel.

Generally, mandalorians are not particularly … sociable or friendly, nor inviting, to non-mandos, being a fairly insular people both in Legends and canon. There is a word that already exists in the language to describe this philosophy (aruetiise, a word specifically to indicate “outsider,” non-mandalorians. contrary to how it’s popularly used by fandom, this is not a negative term, it just means “foreigner” or “not a mandalorian”).

Add to that the negative image that mandalorians in full armor tend to hold in the greater galaxy (ie, the galaxy does not regard them highly, at all) and the superficial way many people in the greater galaxy make small talk in the way mandalorians might not want to (or not feel comfortable doing so) with aruetiise, and … well, you have hunar.

Example: A senator seeking to make small talk with two mandalorian bodyguards cracks a joke that reduces mandalorians to brainless lumps in armor. The senator looks to the mandos for validation while laughing — the mandalorians remain silent, the T-visor gives nothing away. The laughter tapers off into uncomfortable silence. Conversation dies down. The senator wonders if they’re going to pay for that later.

That is hunar.

#meta: mando'a #mando'a #meta: mandalorians #mandalorians

captainofthetidesbreath

Listen, I understand. Kal is a flawed guy, and characters should be flawed. Kal makes a lot of mistakes. “Why do you hate someone for being flawed and making mistakes?”

I don’t hate him because he’s flawed.

I hate him became the narrative acts like he’s perfect and flawless. The narrative tries to tell me that I should love Kal. The narrative doesn’t even acknowledge a plethora of shitty things he’s done. The narrative tells me he’s more often than not right, even when he’s more often than not wrong. When the narrative does agree he made a mistake, he does not suffer for it, rather others do. The narrative bends itself and its characters into pretzels to excuse or forgive Kal for everything or ignore what he’s done. Half the Fandom itself tells me that Kal is a paragon.

Kal gets off the hook for everything, and he never faces proper criticism or consequences for any of his actions. THAT is why I hate him.

#meta #meta: repcomm #char: Kal Skirata #kal skirata #yeah ...#meta: Kal Skirata