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I literally cannot go to sleep until I watch Ilya Rozanov tell Shane Hollander he loves him approximately another 187 times

#it cannot be done #sleep will not take me until it happens #and then i will dream about it #because this show has stolen my soul #heated rivalry spoilers #heated rivalry #shane hollander #ilya rozanov #hollanov

Challenge (impossible): recreate a Sim

#sims 4 #it cannot be done #i am still trying though

Took my dog on a walk. Limping as usual. Now with a mangled face. Didn’t really consider how this would look. As I’m walking down the sidewalk by the road a cop drives past. I don’t really notice. Suddenly the cop has swung around and parked across the street from me. I’m still thinking he’s just going to the house he parked in front of. Suddenly he’s walking towards me. Aside from the fact that he’s a cop he’s pretty hot so congrats to him on that. Anyway he comes up to me. “Are you alright? Do you need medical? You seem to be limping.” And I have to explain that I’m fine and have been limping for months and that the limp is what caused the fall that caused the mangled face and that even though I look like a domestic abuse victim I am only a victim to myself and gravity. Probably I should stay inside until I heal a bit more but like. My dog needs her walks.

#i look incredibly fragile but i will reiterate—i cannot die #it cannot be done #i will apparently be here until the heat death of the universe or until the universe tires of me

Tom get your horny ass away from Ianite she don’t like dead boys, she likes them alive and neutral

#mianite #I cannot see Syndinite #it cannot be done

That’s the thing most people ignore. Anakin had a fulfilling life before the Dark Side. It was all utterly destroyed in a few days, but before that, Anakin was a celebrated Jedi Knight, had a deeply loving relationship with his wife, and had the support of his mentor and friends. When he died he had two living children, both allied with the light. There is no indication Ben Solo had similar “golden years” before his fall nor is it possible based on current canon that he has any children.

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I bring this up all the time because it matters. Back when people were saying Anakin’s redemption was fine because he had enough victim points and therefore nothing was his fault whereas Ben is ~privileged and ~spoiled, so he has no excuse. Anakin had a support system, Anakin was a well-adjusted child, Anakin got plenty of ‘chances’. Anakin also fell as an adult (this isn’t about their literal ages before someone informs me of the numbers). Ben is targeted in the womb and has every refuge or pillar of support systematically knocked out from under him, one of the most consistent beats the EU has hit with him is that he went to Snoke because he sincerely believed he had nowhere else to go. Ben is still in mythic childhood.

This is why I constantly emphasise that Ben is young and has never been happy, because this is A Story and these things deeply affect how him dying comes across. He is a beautiful youth consistently portrayed as a romantic figure and the symbolism of that is very, very non-negotiable. You cannot compare Anakin’s release from pain, a bittersweet death as an aged and infirm father who has the opportunity to address his son, impart his legacy to his children, and whose contemporaries are all dead already- to the tragic snuffing out of a tortured adolescent depicted as the source of our protagonist’s belonging and happiness.

#ben solo #redemption #Go Big or Go Home #the death of parents is just par for the course in mythic storytelling #the death of the mentor is a trope you can set your watch by #but the death of the equal- the match- the promised husband is NOT a thing that happens in fairy tales #if he has a 'death' it's actually a transformation #like I genuinely don't understand why it's so hard to grasp that there is literally no way no POSSIBLE way #to write his death other than as a tragedy #it cannot be done #it cannot be swept aside and then they all go to a party #all you pessimists saying this is an acceptable ending- really TRY to imagine it and keep in mind what SW films are actually like while you #do so

oh... oh rob is a little shaved in the mythic quest trailer... a little shaved and a little... buff.....oh...oh a little bit of both.... oh... oh i cannot watch mythic quest. i am sorry

#no... no....#makes me feel like i am watching. king of the rats #it cannot be done #mythic quest #today while running the lowest on gas i ever have i had an elaborate fantasy in my car in which i knocked on his door and made a #pun about reverse selling him gas door to door. yk. just in case my car broke down