#thewillowbends

[gffa]

Opinion: nothing in RotS would have gone as badly as it did had somebody just started spiking Anakin's water with sleeping pills during Jedi Council meetings so they could actually get work done.

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree There are two effective methods for dealing with Anakin Skywalker during Jedi Council Meetings: - Spike his drink with sleeping pills and let him curl up in Obi-Wan’s seat (sometimes Obi-Wan is already sitting there, sometimes not, either way, Anakin just goes right to sleep when they throw Obi-Wan’s cloak over him) OR - Laser pointer dot darting across the floor, where he’s like, “I DISAGREE, WHY SEND OBI-WAN TO UTAPAU WHEN I--  I--  [ 👀 eyes slowly following the laser dot across the room 👀] when I... I’m.... 👀👀👀👀👀  WHOA WHAT IS THAT!?” and they let him chase it around the room while they get some actual work done.

And once he’s tired himself out chasing it, then he takes a nap on Obi-Wan’s chair.

[cto10121]

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I'm nearly done in S&B now and honestly startled at how much the show legit sold Darklina as reciprocal compared to the book. Like, it would have been the more interesting plotline either way, but I can see where it was significantly more one-sided on Alina's end. (Has the same problem of her being more sexually responsive to him than Mal, though.)

The mutuality, reciprocity, and level of consent consistently present throughout their relationship in the show was just beautiful. I did not expect it from reading the first book and from all indications they were pushing Malina, so I was just floored. They didn’t have to go so hard for a non-endgame and “problematic” ship, but they did, and I am undone. Keeping the Baghra ex machina twist felt even more wrong in the context of the show than the book.

I really hope they listen to Barnes' comments in that one interview because...like...these aren't the same Darkling lol? Like, he's a borderline different character to me, even as compelling as he is the book. Ben just played him way more sympathetically, human, and more emotionally involved. An unnuanced villain is going to be a hard sell.

By this point I’m just hoping they will let Ben Barnes do whatever the hell he wants with the character next season. He deserves it for creating an actual character out of a cautionary tale with legs.

[forcearama]

How many burnt offerings were you at when they dropped the news today that YO BOY would be back???

LOL I’ve lost count, honestly. The rumor mill seemed noisier than usual so I was inclined to believe it was happening but at the same time, I went through that song and dance PLENTY in the last few years, so it’s nice to have confirmation. I appreciate not having to do this for another couple years before we finally see the damn show. 😂

[lilithsaur]

Just wanted to drop a note saying how much I enjoyed scrolling through your Tumblr today looking at all your unique art and pairings. You have a really lovely style. Thank you so much for sharing it with us!

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Thank you so much!

[mulderscully]

Between Maze’s overly convoluted plot lines and Eve eating up so much time in S4, I often wonder if the writers forget who their lead female character is. Chloe is a painfully rare example of a 30+ female character who is emotionally complex, flawed, and has a well realized backstory, and they’re so bizarrely disinterested in exploring that. 5A was a breath of fresh air in that regard, but it’s really glaring in S3-4. Maze, Ella, Marcus, and Reese all get character focused eps, yet somehow Chloe, the lead, only gets the half-assed high school episode whose thematic point is literally undone several episodes later during the dating arc. (And hoo boy, don’t even get me started on Marcus exploiting her emotionally being used to examine LUCIFER’S pain and for which there’s no emotional fallout followed up on in S4.)

tbh if i think abt s3 and all of that too much i get really angry so i try to ignore it most of the time which sucks because i shouldn't have to. you bring up a good point that all these less significant characters had specific back story episodes that chloe hasn't. i actually hadn't realized that. wow.

[sparkylurkdragon]

thewillowbends said, on this post: Aces...stole...dragons? Do they mean like...you guys claimed it or something?

I’m still not entirely sure where the joke came from (I think it was a riff on headcanons about a Harry Potter character originally?) but ace folks adopted dragons as one of our symbols, which I’ve mostly just found amusing since I’ve been a feral dragon furry for ages. Well, acephobes took exception to that because something something dragons are a beloved children’s creature! Only KIDS like dragons, how DARE you asexual perverts steal from children!!

(Nevermind that dragons are a folkloric motif that have shown up in one form or another in a buttload of different cultures.)

It was very strange and mostly just very funny to me because of how much of a reach it was.

[arlome]

"for my PhD" WHAT A F*CKING NERD LOL

I was being truthful! 😂😂😂

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

thewillowbends said: I’m glad I’m not the only one who was surprised Dan/Maze wasn’t the shock pairing lol, but I do prefer that she got a female interest instead.

yeah i was so expecting the show to go there and since it seemed like the obvious move in retrospect i’m proud of them for not doing it. honestly if dan had hooked up with maze it wouldn’t have changed anything for her but it would i think have kept dan going down a darker path and he didn’t need that.

giving us canon maze x eve at all is amazing to me and more than i hoped for from a show where eve came in as an obstacle to the core otp.