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"lana is one of the more mature characters in swtor" ok

To add to the discussion/reminder that Theron Shan is poc and not white: a seemingly small yet significant detail about his design-- true to both the game model and concept art-- is that his eyes are monolid.

This trait is shared with Satele Shan:

Monolids are common among people of East and Southeast Asian descent.

For my fellow artists out there; here's a guide on portraying Asian traits and avoiding whitewashing [*largely applies to East Asian]. I bring this up mainly cus I often see art portraying both Theron and Satele without their monolids.

Side note: though in-game Jace Malcom has double-lid eyes

I've seen instances where he also has monolids, like in cinematics. Felt this was something worth noting.

Overall, in any case: both Satele and Malcom are very obviously not white and have features notably absent from art of Theron, official and fan made.

Keeping Theron's parents in mind when portraying him is important even when things between official art, cinematic trailers, and in-game look a bit inconsistent and some speculativeness may be needed. Fan-artists and official artists alike often seem to struggle with giving Theron his parent's features, to show him with ethnic traits; that needs to change.

Bottom line: Theron is poc! Both of his bio parents are poc! And that should show in how he's visually portrayed!

White-ifying poc characters is bafflingly common in Star Wars media and fandom btw (I see whitewashed Clones very often for instance 😭). Let's kill this trend!! Please!!

archfey-edda

In the ship medbay.

herssian

force-walker

‘Theron Shan just has a gun how can he compete with force—‘ Theron Shan has been personally responsible for the death of 2 dark council members I promise you he’s fine .

le-veilleur

chat, I need answers

can Theron Shan cook?

no, he eats dry instant spoodles straight from the packet

yes, but also thinks burnt food is just activated carbon

do you want a new kitchen that badly?

premade burgers, frozen dumplings, that sort of things

normal cooking proficiency (only burns a pot occasionally if deep in datapad)

has once entered a Space Master Chef for an undercover mission and won

your variant

Voting ended onApr 5

#Def microwavable food #or stuff that's convenient and safe #lots of nutrient paste #sometimes some frozen or freeze dry dumplings

tethys-the-aquatic-sea-godness

we're never getting out

herssian

i do love that the way they have your character react in the last few swtor patches truly shows they're 40+ by now and tired of everyone's problems being thrown their way

angularblade

Jedi Consular voice: "On the subject of war, I cast nuh-uh."

ebitenpura

crysdrawsthings

Adding a few of my favourite tags from the reblogs

herssian

every class story in swtor has some aspect of tragedy but the trooper one feels so... realistically shitty. these people in positions of power who are supposed to be in charge of the republic and its various governing bodies keep letting innocents down in the name of number logistics. not like the sith do for power and pleasure but because they think their way of doing things, often not what will benefit the bottom line, is what will be productive for the republic. given the chance, i would take a page from anders dragon age's big fat book of pyrotechnics

herssian

seeing how aric of all people goes from deeply patriotic and duty-bound to what you'd consider an insurgent in the expansions because of how disillusioned he's become with the republic speaks volumes

pentacass

#Lana beniko

nemotoself

I was browsing through the swtor companions' combat voice lines (Link) and stumbled upon these reactions to the player character jumping, probably the infamous mmorpg continual jumping, that's what I'm assuming at least, because I've never encountered them ingame. Any swtor-veterans (who were there, gandalf) remember these, or were they broken from the start? The base game companions have a lot more voice lines than the kotfe companions, so there are many voice lines who aren't in use anymore...

Anyways, i collected them because they made me laugh. The imp comps are down here, the pubs in a separate post.

Sith Warrior