#theladyofthorns

[thebastardofgloucester]

Didn't Andrew Jackson loathe paper money, so it seems like having him on the $20 would be something he'd hate anyway(although given how awful he was posthumously annoying him seems like a good thing)

He did, and besides his being an all around horrible person, that’s the most compelling reason against his presence on the $20 in the first place.

[thebastardofgloucester]

theladyofthorns replied to your post:

“I'm fully convinced Luke will die Obi-Wan style in The Force Awakens,...”

yeah it was Luke in the cloak, I can't even remeber thany of there kids names tbh, I mean it's disapointing that a lot of the great post ROTJ EU will be ignored like Thrawn or Mara Jade, but on the plus Chewie isn't dead

Jaina (Alive), Jacen (Turned to Dark Side and Killed by Jaina), and Anakin (Killed by Vong).

Haha Chewbacca seems to be the hard line a lot of people took with the New Jedi Order and everything that came afterwards. Weirdly enough I didn’t hate that as it was given narrative weight, and the role reversal that came with the near-victory of the Vong was actually earned by the story, as opposed to the ones afterwards, which tore the galaxy apart basically because Jedi and Sith are cool. 

We’re going to miss Mara or her stand-in entirely at this rate, which is incredibly sad. Mallory Ortberg described Luke of RotJ as a zen, sexless being, and that characterization may have survived 30 years, unfortunately. 

I mean, I love Thrawn, and Pellaeon (they are narratively inseparable to me and Pellaeon is basically the case study in how the Empire can last as long as it does without the Emperor), but they aren’t narratively necessary to the original trio the same way that Mara is. Luke actually getting to have a family and being a husband and father is kind of an important part of his personal growth. If he’s been hermitting it up with R2 somewhere, we lose that entirely.

Also have Leia and Han really gone 30 years without settling down? I’m not sure I can believe that. Even if there’s a reluctance to introduce another Skywalker who could steal the thunder of the new trio, ending things here (especially if Luke dies) would be...a waste. 

[thebastardofgloucester]

I'm fully convinced Luke will die Obi-Wan style in The Force Awakens, I do find the lack of Luke in the promotion for the film disturbing though

Yeah, I think there’s a very good chance of that as well. as excited as I am about the new canon, if Luke’s really failed to bring the Jedi back in 30 years and then dies before he can teach the new generation (basically plays Obi-Wan to Finn and…maybe Rey (I’m fucking desperate for Rey to be Force sensitive I will be bitterly disappointed if she isn’t)) it’s all kind of shitty and I’m not pleased with that, especially as the EU Luke Skywalker was one of the most formative influences on my teenaged self. Also it suggests Leia is still not a Jedi, which also annoys me to no end.

Any of the above speculation could be completely wrong, so I’m not going to say anything definitively (Rey could really be that far out of galactic society), but I don’t like the way it is leaning. 

I think Luke appears briefly, the cloaked figure reaching out to R2-D2. 

Like, I had better get some quality new EU material explaining what the hell the Skywalkers have been doing with themselves if they decide to go that direction. 

Of course, what seemed to be one of the biggest weaknesses of the EU in recent years was its inability to let the younger generation take the spotlight (to the point where two of Han and Leia’s three kids died). After all, authors don’t have to deal with ageing actors. 

yeah Norton has been the worst for a while…how the mighty have fallen

[ariamaculata]

the thing is i switched to eset now but i just googled me and found my fake usa address

i mean what

the

fuck

[glorianas]

theladyofthorns replied to your post: my fam came over to virginia in 1645 f...

but the real question is did they have hats with buckles on them

i hope so

[glorianas]

theladyofthorns replied to your post: theladyofthorns replied to your post: ...

But say what you will some great buildings were under Henry VIII’s patronage, the only thing Oliver Cromwell did was ban Christmas and kill the Irish

the more i learn about oliver cromwell the more i hate him, not saying that charles i was better but i still hate oliver cromwell

[glorianas]

theladyofthorns replied to your post: hears about beautiful old medieval chu...

besides Oliver Cromwell obviously

lmao tru

and henry viii

[glorianas]

theladyofthorns replied to your post: i’m an american so honestly i’ve heard...

the south east is THE most conservative voting part of England aside from places like Slough, that being said there’s a pretty deep strain of conservatism that’s pretty much ingrained all over

i sort of knew that before i moved here but y’all were not kidding at all w o w they are evil in the south-east