#mixed experience

[captainsupernoodle]

mando ep 16 thoughts (spoilers. like, big ones.):

hmmmm. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

i accidentally caught someone having a bad reaction before watching it so i didn’t go into it with an unbiased viewing so i’ll have to watch it again. but. hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

i don’t like bo katan? don’t care for her. she’s rude.

on the other hand having an all-woman team + din was just. gosh. i don’t even like the two mando ladies but it was Good. that move on the bridge? Nice. I feel like it demonstrated a little more of what you can really do when you have fully supplied mandalorians in your corner, similar to the bit where the covert comes and gives mando a hand in season 1.

Also. all-woman strike team. v good.

cara’s little bit with the gun. Good. *bangs and belabors gun into working* “excuse me” *shoots people* lskdjflksjdlk

tiny baby clinging to mando’s leg aaaaaaaaaaaaah

fighting!! with! the spear!!! i do enjoy a signature weapon - the whistling birds are Good but not really viable for everyday use. Also it was a lot of fun to see.

that bit with mando getting his head hammered into the wall???? a lovely bit of continuity that really drives home exactly how tough beskar is in a visceral way while also making me go “ouch” eleven times in a row

at this point my brain goes “he’s gotten his bell rung” every time he gets hit in the head bc his helmet is shiny and goes ding but gosh. his ears must have been ringing so bad. also getting a pov shot of that robot just pounding him into the wall must have been miserably claustrophobic.

highlight thought: MANDO GETTING THE DARKSABER? ABSOLUTE FUNNIEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME.

he’s like i’ve LOST my SHIP i’ve GIVEN UP my CHILD and i CAN’T FIND my VILLAGE and NOW?? NOW? i ACCIDENTALLY ENTERED MYSELF INTO THE RUNNING FOR MANDO KING.

WHEN WILL IT END

mixed feelings abt luke bc on the one hand! i do like luke. on the other hand! it feels mostly shoe-horned in?? it’s just like “surprise! luke is there! and also r2-d2!” and i’m like heh?? why?

yeah it mostly boils down to why??????

it doesn’t really jive with the rest of the show - og and movie star wars is v grand, sweeping battles and epic victories and tragedies while mando is a series of sidequests in the down and dirty

also No foreshadowing! no “oh you remember that guy that blew up two death stars! he has a wizard school now! isn’t that wild!” no wild rumors of skywalker adventures that get dismissed as too crazy to be real! nothing!

and this just occurred to me but are they trying to convince me that ahsoka is still alive in luke skywalker times and they haven’t met???????????????? no? that’s not right? she’s a Big Name rebel and he has the same space wizard powers. I Refuse to believe she doesn’t know about him.

In conclusion: it needed more boba fett, less bo katan, and at the very least more foreshadowing for luke - but gosh, those fight scenes were Very nice.

Oh Yeah the helmet thing

dude. is it supposed to be a big deal or no? bc i was buying into it being a big deal and that’s why ep 15 was So Good, it was literally built around it being a big deal.

on the one hand: showing his face to the kid??? Good. Yes. V good, more of this, ideal, i love it.

on the other hand: showing his face in a room full of people, after using the same concept in the last episode? is it important or not? are we still respecting the culture he’s dedicated to or are we going the bo “you’re not a Real Boy” Rude(tm) & Hypocritical katan route and saying he’s getting “liberated” from a “cult”? it’s starting to feel cheap. i feel tricked.

conclusion: we shall have to see i suppose

[mixedmagick]

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[mixedmagick]

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[mixedmagick]

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[nicawas]

10.

I have a first class ticket on the struggle bus. The only way to earn this first class ticket is by drinking heavily the previous night, which is exactly what I did. After a long week of walking through the mud of emotions and feeling completely down on myself, I decided to rinse off my boots and accept the plans my friends had set up. The main goals of the night, drinking, dancing, drinking, and dancing.

It was 7:30 and I needed to be ready by 9:00, usually I don’t need more than 45 minutes to get ready, but for some reason this hour and half didn’t feel like enough time. After a week filled of not doing my hair, putting little effort into my makeup, and my appearance in general. I felt like I had to re-teach myself in the art of getting ready. After my shower I decided that I would use my mothers vanity to start the preparation; moisturizer first, then primer, foundation, eye shadows, so on and so forth, I started to recognize myself again. I had color and brightness in my face, something that I didn’t see all week. I felt happy. I put my clothes on, added some jewelry, a little lipstick and I was ready. I stood in the mirror, scanned over myself, that’s when a hint of sadness set in. I cleaned up pretty nicely, but I realized I didn’t have anyone to show. Or at least the one person I wanted to see me wouldn’t. As I started to get a little lost in those thoughts, I heard a car horn and knew it was time to go and shake away this mood.

Fast forward, 1 hour later. Aprils apartment. After all of us sharing the last week of details in our lives and drinking an entire bottle of coconut-pineapple vodka, it was time to dance. This is when I learned how to twerk, mind you, I am no twerker what so ever. But it felt good to laugh, it felt good to know that happy girl, care-free girl isn’t dead. We were all dancing and letting go whatever was weighing us down at the moment. Then it was time to go. Destination: Steam.

As we arrived it was clear to see that it was going to be a night of creepy men, drunk girls, and spilled drinks. Which is fine, what do you expect to happen on a Friday night. 2 shots, 2 beers later, that I did not need because I already drank enough before arriving. The 3 of us found ourselves in a conversation with 2 guys. The one was almost identical to Adam from workaholics, the other was just a plain guy. As we all continued to talk, Adam snagged April to dance and Ashley ran after her, leaving me with the plain guy that I soon learned was a guy named Greg, who worked in Doylestown. When I asked where he said I’m a nurse at the hospital near the YMCA. Just then my heart began to sink. At first I didn’t know if it was the mixture of beer, vodka, and whisky or the fact that he works so closely to someone I hold onto. At that moment I knew it was time to leave because I have out danced and outdrank the night. It was time to go, I wanted to go back to the place I call “home.”

On our ride back, we decided to stop for some food, it only seemed logical, after a night of drinking, pub food was the golden ticket, but once again the only thought in my head was “home.” The problem with that is.. I’m not allowed to call this place and person “home.” The next hour or so went by quickly, after finishing my French onion soup and giggling about the events of the night, I was dropped off at my house.

I crawled into bed, with the walls and my head spinning..the effects of a fun night I assume, but maybe partly due to the withdrawal of not being “home”.