#swrebels

[shop5]

Finally posting the backlog of art I’ve done this year (18/21)

[saltyseaturtle]

WE KNOW TECH TAUGHT OMEGA HOW TO FLY! WATCH HER ROLL UP INTO YAVIN 4 LIKE THIS! 🤣

The Empire couldn’t handle her crazy antics, but can the Rebellion? 😅🥰

[the-radio-star]

SENATOR JAI KELL… RYDER AZADI… LOTHAL’S ENVIRONMENT HEALING AFTER THE EMPIRE… LOTH CATS… EZRA BRIDGER “WE GREW UP TOGETHER(😭😭)… YOU’RE LIKE A SISTER TO ME”… THE LOOK ON HERA’S FACE WHEN REALIZING EZRA COULD BE ALIVE… THE PARALLEL SHOT TO THE OPENING SHOT OF REBELS… THE SCORING???…

REBELS FANS WE WIN

[sunnyxjarrus]

did they actually expect us to believe that Hera and Kanan hadn’t been married for like five years by the time of rebels season one

did they

Look at how in the first one Hera just tucks a comforting hand around him and then the second one what do you mean they aren’t married or even a couple at this point and that they didn’t become a couple until season 4 I know I’m just talking season two right now but have we seen any of season one pick any episode you like out of season one and I can tell you an exact moment where they were very clearly an established relationship

[stopthatmyhandsaredirty]

Which Star Wars TV series is your favorite? (so far)

The Clone Wars (2008-2020)

Rebels (2014-2018)

Resistance (2018-2020)

The Mandalorian (2019-present)

The Bad Batch (2021-present)

The Book of Boba Fett (2022)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

Andor (2022-present)

Ahsoka (2023-present)

Voting ended onJan 29, 2024

ngl I almost forgot The Bad Batch and Resistance

[mzminola]

Similar to the fic premise of "Wouldn't it be fucked up if...?" we have "Wasn't it fucked up when...?"

Which is fans exploring moments in canon that could have had big, long-lasting consequences, yet just...don't, often because of constraints of the genre or story.

Betrayal, manipulation, injuries. "They need to forgive each other because this is a serial format with an ensemble cast." "We didn't do enough research into this injury before the character got it, pretend it didn't happen." "Hm, a realistic fallout for this doesn't fit the vibes of our kids show."

Hera & Kanan keeping the Bridgers' survival and location a secret from Ezra until it's too late for him to help was really fucked up, and for most people would've been too huge a betrayal to get past. But Ezra thanks them for doing what they could and turns to Kanan for a hug; this forgiveness is now part of his canon characterization, yet it probably came about because Ezra getting angry enough to leave, or asking himself "What else are they hiding from me?" would break up the cast to the point of breaking the show.

Tim Drake loses his spleen on Brucequest...but after the scene where he's told his impalement resulted in the loss, it never comes up again. They skip over his recovery, focusing on the actual plot of "working under duress with the LoA", never mention in dialogue or thought boxes that he's needed to make lifestyle adjustments, never show him with pills, and flat out have him fake a completely DIFFERENT injury when he decides it's the best way to protect his secret identity.

With the asplenia, it's easy enough to say all that was just off-page, and incorporate it into fics without altering canon. With Hera & Kanon's secrecy, really digging into it necessitates writing a canon-divergent AU. With some incidents of emotional injury, fics can dig into the characters' hypothetical thoughts and emotions over it without changing their canon actions. Though of course, if it's a media that gets us into their heads, doing so without breaking canon characterization gets trickier.

A fic were Damian's murder attempts permanently injure or kill Tim is a "Wouldn't it be fucked up if...?" Fic where Tim noticeably loses trust in Batman after the 16th birthday incident is a "Wasn't it fucked up when...?"

It's all a big game of "Hey, let's explore this scenario!" but the latter tends to result in a lot more arguments over characterization (at least in my experience). It helps if we're upfront about what we view as Doylistic versus Watsonian choices in canon when discussing them.

[legacy-expo]

We have one final guest announcement! Writer for Dark Horse Comics, Star Wars The Clone Wars, and Star Wars Rebels, Henry Gilroy will be joining us for panels and signings at Legacy Expo next weekend! Get your tickets now and join us in Burbank California September 13th & 14th!

[is-that-sand-in-my-waffles]

Can you believe that Rebels handed us the Ghost Crew and showed us 4 seasons of these people being peak found family, showed us how each character was broken before they joined the crew but, when given the love and support they needed, healed and grew from the people they were before, AND gave us amazing action sequences and some of the best plot star wars has to offer AND YET it is so often dismissed as not essential star wars material simply because it was marketed to kids. In this essay I will-