things that I believe in my HEART are on the Beatles' message to Earth (Project Hail Mary)
taumoeba (obviously)
instructions on how to use taumoeba (obviously)
50+ hrs of unedited footage of Grace fucking up a bunch of stuff in the ship
so much info about Eridian language
1700+ hrs of unedited footage of Grace and Rocky fucking up a bunch of shit in the ship
Cannot emphasize how much info on the eridian sentence structure there is here
a weirdass knit sweater pattern that takes people weeks to realize is for Rocky
literally hundreds of pages of Grace just describing Eridian linguistic history which like honestly isn't even his field why should we even listen to this guy- (hes the only one to ever fucking met an intelligent alien Dave. we'll take him at his word)
Why the Goldilocks Zone is for Idiots Part 2: Biological Diversity all across the Petrova Line (subtitled "We haven't found them yet BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN THEY DONT FUDHING EXIST-")
what are essentially just those reaction videos "Alien watches Legally Blonde for the first time" "Alien gives thoughts on movie Cats (2019)" "You'll never believe what this Alien thinks of the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Grace's modified cardigan charts because someone was asking for them on his Ravelry and he never actually got around to posting them
(people have already fully recreated this cardigan just months after his launch. but they appreciate it)
very respective, kind eulogies for everyone who died in this mission (Grace AND Rocky's crew)
a lace shawl pattern inspired by the petrova line with a beaded fringe. knitters everywhere weep in despair because those instructions are gOD AWFUL, the man had 0 (zero) test knitters AND THERES NO PICTURES FUCK
partially-managed mental illness is so fucking funny i'll be sitting around doing my job and suddenly think "wow i hate myself" and immediately get confused because, like, that's not TRUE! i love myself so much. who are you to talk to me like that
It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!
It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.
PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)
I'm gonna say it, I do think that even the laziest person imaginable should have a roof over their head, food in their stomach, and access to healthcare
I know I already made a post to this effect but it's so baffling to me when someone defends the fact that headphone jacks are slowly but surely getting phased out by smartphone manufacturers with some variations of "wireless headphones are more convenient anyway" bc like. If we're talking about convenience what I like about wired headphones is that they conveniently have a single plug that makes the same damn pair of headphones universally compatible with every single audio-output-capable device I own, from my phone and my computer to my fucking gameboy and my casette player, it doesn't get any more convenient than that.
I'm making my own post bc I'm not gonna be that person, but I also can't help myself. I saw a post from someone who's opinions I generally respect and agree with, where they were talking about the Jedi Apprentice series, specifically the bit where Obi-Wan gets left behind on Melida/Daan by Qui-Gon. To paraphrase, this person was saying that Qui-Gon had no other or better choice than to leave Obi-Wan on Melida/Daan because 1) Obi-Wan made the decision to stay and refused to leave with Qui-Gon, which meant the only way to get him to leave was by extreme force, and 2) Qui-Gon was right to leave because the mission was to retrieve Tahl and not to get embroiled in the civil war, and Tahl was in need of medical care.
Now, fair warning, I have not read these books. And to be honest, like many YA fiction novels, I think the characterization of the adults often suffers from the YA-ification problem, where since the are adventure novels for young people that means adults have to be out of the picture or functionally useless so that the child/children main characters can, you know, do the adventure. I don't think the Qui-Gon we see in Phantom Menace is the same guy we see in the Jedi Apprentice books, for a variety of reasons, but also just bc Qui-Gon can't be to present or competent bc then Obi-Wan can't be main charactering properly.
But! All of that disclaimer aside, and purely taking this scenario as presented, with as little fandom bias as possible: Is it the correct decision to leave a 13/14 y.o. child (whom you are the legal guardian of) alone in a war zone, to fight on the side of children against adults, because your mission is to get one (1) critically injured adult to safety and medical attention?
Lmao, no, of course not.
However, I will elaborate so as not to seem facetious. Let's start with Obi-Wan.
Insofar as I understand it, when Qui-Gon insists they leave, Obi-Wan "leaves the Order". Obi-Wan is a child, both by our standards and by the standards of the world he exits in. Culturally and legally he does not have the right or the ability to make unilateral choices about his status as a child under his guardian's care. I, at 13 could not have told my parents I was leaving to join the circus, for example. Now, I don't actually know if Qui-Gon is his legal guardian, or if the order is, or if it's some combination of both, but at the very least Qui-Gon is his caretaker and the adult in the situation. No matter what Obi-Wan said, it would be insane if that was a legal way to handle things! Teenagers are stupid! And quick to make impulsive decisions! It cannot be legal for any minor to just decide to leave the Order at the drop of a hat.
To once again relate it to real life, if I had at any point wanted to leave my parents custody I would have had to prove that I had the ability to financially care for myself, provide housing of some sort and prove that it was in my best interest to no longer be in my parents care. Or, at the very least I would have had to reach an agreement with my parents to live with another guardian. (Or been removed from custody, but that's not quite relevant here.)
In the U.S. legal emancipation age is determined state by state, but the youngest you can be emancipated at is 14. However, a fourteen year old is still not allowed to make a sudden unilateral decision on their custody arrangements. Emancipation is a long, hard process that requires a judge to make the final call.
So, on a legal front Qui-Gon accepting Obi-Wan's resignation from the Order doesn't make sense. But, even if the laws for minors in the gffa are completely fucked and children can just do what they want, we then must consider the situation that Qui-Gon is leaving Obi-Wan in. Because this is not Obi-Wan leaving the Order to live on some planet bc he fell in love with a local or really likes their culture or something. This is a planet that has been at war with itself for generations. That is currently in the middle of a civil war. And that is, as a consequence of that war, directly killing children because those children seek to end the fighting.
This is not a safe place to leave a minor. Even just the fact that it's a planet at war would make it unsafe. Let alone the fact that the war has recently escalated to actively attacking and killing children. If Obi-Wan had found one (1) decent adult who wished to take guardianship, I would still question the decision to leave him, but would at least be able to argue the point. But to leave Obi-Wan with no adult guardian, in an active war zone, with no plans to return or send an adult in his place?
Yikes.
Now, to address the Tahl of it all. As stated before, I haven't read the books, so I can't speak to Qui-Gon's relationship to Tahl, other than that they are, at the very least, good friends. I won't be speaking to any romantic feelings that may or may not be present between them. For the sake of this post we'll assume nothing more than Qui-Gon knows her and cares for her as a friend.
So, was Qui-Gon right to prioritize getting her off planet?
Well.
At the point where the confrontation between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan takes place, Tahl is in need of medical attention,having been captured and tortured by one of the factions on Melida/Daan. If what I've absorbed through fandom is correct, she loses her sight due to this torture and has sustained other serious injuries as well. I do not know how life threatening her injuries are, but based off of their planned quick exit we'll assume her injuries are severe.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are only on planet because their mission is to retrieve Tahl. They are not, technically, there to help with the civil war. Fair enough. Tahl was there to help mediate an end to the conflict and that was a trick to capture a Jedi that ended in her being tortured. The Jedi are supposed to be neutral and by all rights should not be taking sides in this conflict.
However.
The Jedi didn't have all the information when the mission was given. And learning about a whole faction of children, trying to end the war on their planet, should have changed the game.
And failing to act, is an act itself.
I don't know that there's a perfect solution for a organization that's supposed to be neutral getting itself involved in a civil war. I do know that the Young requested assistance with their cause from Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. I do know that I, a certified coward, wouldn't be able to live with myself if I let children be killed if I could do anything to stop it.
Maybe Tahl would have died if Qui-Gon didn't get her medical attention immediately, I don't know. But if she was, well, is one (1) adults life more important than numerous children? A dozen children? One child?
There are ways to tell this story without Qui-Gon coming across as a bad guy. There are even ways of having Qui-Gon complete the extraction of Tahl while Obi-Wan stays on Melida/Daan. Quite simply, Qui-Gon always should have been coming back.
But he isn't. No Jedi shows up until Obi-Wan calls for them, after the Young have forced a cease fire.
And quite frankly, I can't see how anyone could ever say Qui-Gon made the right decision there. Legally, ethically, or morally.
I don't think I've considered before that the Melida/Daan conflict is thematically a parallel for Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's relationship and why they couldn't come together until things broke.
The Melida, the Daan, and even the Young are full of people who DON'T WANT PEACE. They claim they do sometimes, but they're so jaded and hardened by their own traumas and fears and pain that they won't let go of it and so the fighting continues. They won't trust each other and quickly turn on any "outsiders" when strife occurs. This is why Tahl fails to mediate a peace and why Qui-Gon doesn't even bother trying for it when he and Obi-Wan show up to rescue her. There will be no peace until all parties are actually READY to acknowledge their own mistakes and let go of their pain in order to achieve peace. This is something they can't manage until after Cerasi dies and both her friend and her father are struck numb with grief, both sides brought down by the pain of that loss, and they are forced to acknowledge the cost of their own choices.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan can't find peace in their own relationship, either. They both claim to want the relationship, but Qui-Gon primarily goes into it out of a sense of obligation and Obi-Wan chases it because he feels like he has no other choice. Neither of them chose each other because they truly believed in the relationship at the beginning. This leads to constant miscommunications that cause them to accidentally hurt each other until they finally break on Melida/Daan. Obi-Wan's insecurity and Qui-Gon's wariness creates a distinct lack of trust on both ends that stands between them and their ability to connect with each other.
It's not until Obi-Wan rejects Qui-Gon and Qui-Gon leaves Obi-Wan that they're able to see more clearly. Obi-Wan attempts to walk a path he wasn't ready to walk without guidance until he is rejected by the Young and subsequently realizes he can't do this alone, that his efforts have led to nothing but more pain and death. And Qui-Gon has to reflect on his actions and realize that his wariness and distance have done nothing but hurt an innocent boy who just wanted a chance to prove himself.
They broke, and it's only once they've broken that they're finally able to reach out to each other more honestly and finally become the team they were always meant to be by choosing each other and this relationship with more intention and trust. It doesn't erase Obi-Wan's insecurities or Qui-Gon's wariness entirely, obviously, any more than Melida/Daan's scars disappear just because its people are finally willing to stop fighting each other. But it opens the door to a healthy relationship and provides the opportunity for everyone to lead the lives they always wanted to lead.
Alrighty friends. I'm sick and tired of pro-mando, anti-jedi shit so I'm making my own where they all get alone and the Senate is corrupt as hell because that just makes things more fun.
Listen listen. I need baby Obi-Wan fighting on Melida/Daan because these people need help and Qui-Gon was only supposed to be gone for a little bit and then he was coming back with reinforcements.
But the Senate interfered, and now the Jedi's hands are tied. According to the Senate it would be a 'waste of resources' to have the Jedi help a 'doomed planet'. No matter the fact that one of theirs, a child is down there. Qui-Gon can't go against the Senate without risking the Jedi Order as a whole. Which means he's stuck until Obi-wan can get a message out that they have started progress towards peace.
Obi-Wan Knew this was going to happen before he made his choice. He had a pretty good idea that he would die here among the Young but the force called to him and he would not be a Jedi if he didn't answer.
When he started, he wanted to bring Peace. Now he just wants to surive to the next day. The Force is so dark here, he can barely breath sometimes with the way it presses down. Sometimes when he closes his eyes and reaches he can feel the edge of Qui-Gon. It's not enough, never enough but sometimes it lets him sleep just a little easier.
(Qui-gon is wrecked by the fact he can do nothing as his padawan hurts and hurts. The only reason he's semi functional is the fact his Master has taken to making him food, dragging him out to the plants. Mace spars with him sometimes, or medites.
"You're no use to him dead."
But Qui-Gon isn't any use to him alive either.)
And then, the Mandalorians arrive.
Obi-Wan knows that the Mandalorians hate Jedi. He knows they will kill him if they find out who he is. In the same breath, they are the Young's only chance at winning. the Force whispers trust trust trust and he is so tired.
I miss when ads were a single click and then they’re gone. Now every ad has a minimum of three phases where you watch a video, exit the still frame of fake gameplay, and then exit the app download. That doesn’t even touch on the ones that forcibly take you to another app after opening a tab in safari without you ever touching the screen.
I hate advertising. I hate that you can’t do anything without companies jumping down your throat with mostly bullshit ads. I hate that billboards exist. I hate that every company unanimously decided to make their ads longer and longer. I hate that ad blockers try to charge you money and there are in app purchases to remove ads. I hate that my attention has become commodified. I hate that there’s nothing I can do about it.
simon immediately thinking "simon? simon who? that damn pebble he named after me? I'LL KILL IT " and rocky going "SIMON YOU HUMAN SIMON" and simon BOLTS
the lighting is quite shit so I decided to brighten it a bit... and....
OMG THAT'S STEVE. BRO. OH MY GOD, THAT'S STEVE. THAT'S SOME LONG FUCKING HAIR THAT STEVE HAS. OH MY GOD, THAT'S STEVE ROGERS. STANDING IN FRONT OF SAM AND BUCKY. AFTER HE LEFT THEM. AFTER HE LEFT BUCKY. OH MY GOD.
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