Love-Thy-Acolyte

Dedicated tp the series "The Acolyte"

[sirlairla]

back at it again

[lokislady17]

I often think about Osha and the criticism lobbed against her by people who didn't like The Acolyte. "She isn't interesting." or "She's poorly written." or "She's boring." Well, I think her story is more interesting than people would give her credit for. Osha's story is one of a young person who has had her destiny and choices interferred with her entire life. As a child, she wanted to be a Jedi and dreamed of the galaxy outside of Brendok. Not a bad dream but I feel like Mother Anniseya knew the Jedi were not all they were cracked up to be and that life off of Brendok would be hard for Osha. But it was Osha's chosen path with consequnces she would have to learn for herself. But while Anniseya stepped aside so that Osha could go forth, Mae interferred, she tried to stop Osha, she started the fire that destroyed their home. This in turn lit the flame of guilt that Osha carried with her into the Jedi order. From there, Osha would live a life in the shadows, supressing her feelings of shame and anger. When I saw episode 8 for the first time, I half expected Mae or Qimir to step in at the last minute and stop Osha from Killing Sol. But they don't. I think becasue, by then, both Mae and Qimir understood that the true root of Osha's pain was the result of her actions being interferred with by others. So, they both decided that whatever happened next, it had to be Osha's choice alone. Osha joining the dark side might be viewed as a tragedy by some but I find it empowering. Whatever happens from now on will be her choice and her choice alone. She's finally free. If that is not a compelling story then I don't know what is.

[system-of-cells-interlinked]

"You' re with me. I'm with you. Always one, but born as two. As above sit the stars... and below lies the sea... I give you you... and you give me me."

they KNEW what they were doing when they wrote that. Absolutely devastating to see it for the last time. Makes me want to bite and break things.

[tatooineknights]

MARK HAMILL & CARRIE FISHER (1976)

[whyactlikeahuman]

[quasikool]

#i literally crack up everytime #at least ten of the notes are from me

[mrkestis]

Put these four in a Star Wars project together and I’ll be happy.

[msanonny]

Manny Jacinto aka Qimir/The Stranger talks about the difference between Maemir and Oshamir.

[my-dailydreams]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you love archive of our own and how they firmly refuse to let censorship have any place on their platform

[imthefkgsupreme]

Glad that we ditched the "I can fix him" narrative and replaced it with the "i can join him" narrative. Let women be evil!

[blergarfvader]

[aneurins-barnard]

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!!!! Created by George Lucas in/sp

[bobafettn1fan]

what would yall do if i said that i enjoyed the acolyte and the sequels and tbobf like. a lot

the writing might be a little shit but who cares bro.

[lokislady17]

I would say welcome to the fandom and you keep enjoying what you enjoy :)

[flythesail]

When people don't like the acolyte because it was making the dark side out to be a good thing or because it doesn't understand what the Jedi are saying about attachment, it's like... how do you know that? How do you know s2 wouldn't be Osha slowly losing herself as she strays further from the light? How do you know her relationship with Qimir wouldn't become this twisted thing that can only end in tragedy for them both?

[lokislady17]

Wake up with some Acolyte. Good morning.

[lokislady17]

The day is almost over but I admit that I have been having some feelings. I remember a year ago today, scrolling through this very site, hoping to see some of the latest Acolyte news. Boy oh boy, did I find it. I saw a post about the Acolyte being cancelled. It’s not the first time a show I liked had been cancelled. Far from it. But this was the first time a cancellation affected me so, so much. I cried and that is not hyperbole. Mostly it’s because this is the show that made me fall in love with Star Wars all over again. I really enjoyed the story for its fresh, even daring ideas. Taking place 100 years before the Skywalker saga was one of the show’s greatest strengths as the show wasn’t just a nostalgia montage. And I finally, finally had a new ship in Oshamir. And that ship was written with the Reylo ship in mind. No longer was I consuming Star Wars in NPC mode. I had been that way since the disappointment that was TROS. I really don’t know if I will ever consume SW content ever again. I just don’t want to anymore. Still, I’m glad I participated in the campaign to bring the show back (I’m still involved with that). It allowed me to participate in email campaigns where I said a little more of what is in my heart a little more. The effort was worth it.

@savetheacolyte

[sirlairla]

acolyte x text posts (anniversary post)

("no sé cómo agarré tanto vuelo" as we say here)