what is ur fave thing about asajj? like what makes her a great character nd what drew u to her?
rhys you just opened the floodgates to my fuckin heart, get ready for me to just unload everything I love about my girl.
I’ve liked asajj ever since I first saw tcw back in ‘08, when I was an itty bitty 5th grader. back then I thought she was cool as hell (still true) and that it was awesome how she could go toe to toe with two jedi all on her own. I didn’t really have the same thoughts about her that I have now cause, like I said, I was in the 5th grade. nowadays I just can’t stop admiring what an incredible villain and anti-hero she was.
tcw is full of amazing villains, but I didn’t latch onto any of them quite like I did with her. my favorite thing about asajj is that she’s just so complicated. I’ve been fascinated by her for years because of it. she’s introduced as your run of the mill “sexy but deadly” villain, but as we see more and more of her there are just so many layers to look through. we find out that she hasn’t always been dooku’s apprentice; she’s a nightsister, she was a slave and a jedi padawan. she conquered rattatak on her own and was practically a queen. and after dooku betrays her, she goes on to be a bounty hunter with no ties to the jedi or sith. I already thought she was awesome before delving into her backstory, and once I started to really explore the different parts of her life I just knew this was a character I wanted to write.
once I did make this blog and started writing her, it only made me love her more and more. a lot people say the same thing about the muses they take on, but yo. when I say she’s my muse I damn well mean it.
there are very few characters I’ve written that touched me this deeply. I’ve been writing asajj for so long that I just feel like she’s part of me. I’m nothing like her, but she is just… I can’t NOT write her, ya know? stepping into her shoes is so fun and I love getting to write her experiencing all these different emotions. in a way she’s kinda become an outlet for me to be the confident, ruthless bitch I’m too scared to be haha.
so in short? I love her because she’s complicated, interesting, and because she’s been a part of my life for so long. even through all of the breaks I take from this blog, I’ll always come back to her.
