#wooloo-writes

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When it finally happens, in addition to the obvious partying and celebrating, you should go out and buy yourself a present, a treat, a reward, for having to endure him and for surviving him, you deserve it, you earned it, boy did you fuckin earn it, I mean jesus tap dancing christ

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I like to think that Dooku factors into Vader's belief that there is no coming back from the dark side

As we see in the film, Anakin is never really comfortable with his execution of Dooku, for all that he hates Dooku Anakin knows that killing him was wrong, he feels guilty about it, Dooku was defeated disarmed and helpless, it weighs on Anakin's conscious, despite the fact that Dooku was truly evil and fallen

But if there is no coming back from the dark, that's a relief on Anakin/Vader's conscious, because in that case what Anakin did wasn't wrong, it was the only choice, no coming back means killing Dooku wasn't cruelty, it was like putting down a sick, dying, or rabid animal, its just something you have to do

And in turn, this may also be why Vader is so adamant that he is too stained in the soul to leave the dark side, because if he can, then Dooku could've too, which means Anakin didn't just murder a defenseless defeated enemy, he also denied them the chance at redemption, staying in the dark means Anakin doesn't have to face what he's done, as long as he is irredeemable so was Dooku

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I feel like people miss the point of the "war is bad" message

What it's supposed to mean is that war is terrible, it's destructive, it ruins lives, it leaves scars, and you should only partake in it when there are no other options, because even if you win, even if you survive, you will not be the same, which is why the phrase used to be more commonly known as "war is hell"

But "war is bad" seems to have been construed by people in fandom into "any fighting is bad, if you fight you're morally terrible and impure, you should not fight at all, no matter what", this is annoying in fandom, as it often misses the point fiction is trying to make, but what's worrisome is when people apply this to real life, as I have seen people do regarding russia's invasion of Ukraine

And that's almost never the point of "War is Bad" works

Works like Lord of the Rings, Avatar The Last Airbender, Transformers, The Clone Wars, Halo (especially Reach), etc all have themes on how horrible war is, but they categorically do not say it is wrong to fight, what they say is usually along the lines of "war is terrible, and what makes it so terrible is that we have no choice but to fight, it would be ideal if we didn't have to fight at all, but we must fight, because not fighting is not an option, because not fighting, not opposing tyranny, conquest, and evil only allows those things to exist unimpeded"

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Anakin is not an example of a person disillusioned or hurt by a religion, he's an example of someone rejecting the teachings of a faith for his own indulgences

And i think that is what throws people off, it's a really uncommon message in mainstream media, typically you'd only see it in religious media (and you know the kind I'm referring to), most of the time when it comes to faith (read: Christianity) in media the story is of someone rejecting the faith (Christianity) out of disillusionment or harm received from it, and people expect that

But the Jedi are not Christianity, they're Buddhism, and turning his back on the Jedi/Buddhist teachings is what causes disaster for Anakin's life, it's rather subversive, and that confuses and angers people, they want things to be the way they expect them, they don't want different, so they construe a version of SW that fits their preconceived notions of religion (specifically the Christianity they grew up in) where the Jedi are oppressive and controlling over the congregation and Anakin is someone who got sick of it and broke free like they the viewer did (never mind how many of them never unlearned their mindsets born out of a Christian upbringing and just apply that mindset to other things)

This is of course a depressing misunderstanding of a fairly straightforward text, but also a concerning insight into these people's view of the world, that religion is all the same and bad and those who follow are trapped and only by abandoning faith are you free

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Every time you hear about a judge blocking one of 49% eo's you better look up which judge it was, because odds are it was one of the TWO-HUNDRED THIRTY PLUS judges Joe Biden appointed as president and were confirmed by the Democrat controlled Senate (with tie breaking votes from Kamala Harris) of 2021-2025

Yall fucking owe them

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By far the most surprising part of Skeleton Crew is the lack of "New Republic bad!" crap

No "they're no different from the empire", no "they're inefficient", no "they don't care about helping people", the New Republic in Skeleton Crew is heroic, quick to fly in and save the day, and always ready to help

Just... so refreshing

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Lex Luthor hating Superman just because of who/what he is (an other) not because of anything Superman does, much less anything Superman has done to Lex is important as it can be another angle of "Superman is a Jewish character"

So much of antisemitism is baseless, oh sure Jew haters will make up an excuse for why they have to beat, abuse, discriminate, and kill Jews, but it's really nothing, that or it's a delusional perception of the Jews doing something to them

Exactly like Luthor

He has his excuses for why he must destroy Superman, his justifications that make murdering a good innocent man OK, Superman is holding humanity back, Superman's out to dominate and destroy humanity, Superman secretly plots against mankind

Oh hey look, it's that brand of antisemitic conspiracy