Fandom Flailing

Just me writing a lot of meta, primarily Star Wars. If you want to see a master-list of all of my Star Wars meta click here. Finally, my profile pic was made for me by the ever talented klorophile.

[you-need-not-apply]

Reblog this post to ask mutuals to tell you their weirdest theory about u

[neilaglet]

[samstree]

R2-D2's favoritism towards Anakin is so funny like, he's canonically the most foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, grump old cat-coded droid. The cute appearance is only an illusion to lure you in just so he can tase you, and maybe also kick you from behind just because he wants to. Even the disney princess Obi-Wan loved by all animals on first sight doesn't get along with R2. But he just. likes. Anakin. He's the wingman, he's emotional support, he's a good helper in battle. He carries snacks and checks if Anakin is hungry. He looks at this also ill-tempered angsty goth kid and said, yep that's my bff. Meanwhile Anakin goes around saying things R2 is a sweetheart 😌he's a little angel he's literally the best buddy anyone could ask for and I will risk my life to save him. Everyone else just looks like the demon droid and be like what the fuck are you talking about.

[swan2swan]

Oh.

I love that she has a hooded handmaiden behind her.

[pluvionpc]

Homecoming by Hans Adolf Bühler, 1939

“‘No.’ He laid a gentle finger on her lips, smiling down at her. ‘No buts. No worries. You worry too much as is.’

‘I have to,’ she said, smiling through the tears in her eyes. ‘Because you never worry at all.’”

— Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith Novelization

[ original + rambles under the cut ]

sometimes i think about the realness of anidala’s stories. boys much too young sent off to war; their lovers taking on the emotional burden of being their relief. i think about how padmé, as a senator, would have her own struggles and worries to face alongside stressing that her teenage husband wasn’t going to return from the frontlines. i wonder if she was able to talk about it when they met up, the same way we see her constantly listening to his ongoing turmoil— especially during the latter half of the war. or, maybe, they just sat together. two people charging head-first into different types of battles because they felt they had no other options. i have to do this.

[monkeysky]

Minotaur is not a species

The Minotaur was named that because he was the son of King Minos. Anyone with a bull head has to be named after their dad, like the Kyletaur or something.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[tryingmybest3]

Im sorry you can’t hide this gem in the tags

[shuttershocky-deactivated202512]

Noooooo they retconned Star Wars Jizz

[stopiwanttotalkaboutcheese]

[runawaymarbles]

Reading Mockingjay as an adult is extra devastating because. Of course the plucky teenager and her ragtag friends aren't going to sneak into a government building to kill the president with a bow and arrow. That's absolutely ridiculous. It's the kind of thing that's only possible in the kind of propaganda that Coin developed. But she's so good at it that in some ways she tricks the reader into thinking that's the kind of story this is, too--even after 3 books reminding us that pretty much everything that Katniss does the second she volunteers is manipulated by adults pulling strings to make propaganda in some form or another.

[messrsage]

you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

[torbins-braid]

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) / Padmé Amidala's Senate Gown

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

Most of the time I have an irrational antipathy and disinterest in Boba Fett but then every once in a while I go on a spiral about his fucked up childhood because it's a mindscrew and nightmare. Imagine being little kid growing up on a farm and all the farm animals look exactly like you and sound exactly like you and you watch them all get branded and sent to the slaughterhouse. And you're alone for weeks on end with only these not-brothers for company but you're not allowed with them, you just watch them. You watch them eat and train in rows upon rows and your dad tells you they're just cattle and they're exactly the same as you except they're not, because your dad says so. They're his clones and also you're his clone and the only reason you are a person is because your dad decided he wants a legacy and also it's the only reason you exist and also you don't want to be cattle like them. You exist to be his son and it's the only thing that makes you not cattle. And you're like. six.

Jango Fett is like the opposite of Darth Vader because Darth Vader is redeemed by his son but Jango Fett is made so much worse by every single decision he every made with Boba.

[writings-from-ash]

I wanted to put my own twist on the one with the violin floating around.. Just looking at it makes me want to cry… 😢 ♥️

[sonoftatooine]

Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth by Karen Miller

[clawedandcute]

@rose-red-ink

[cc-cuttlefishculler]

its really telling where you learned about lapis lazuli. put yours in the tags

[jaigeye]

still think about this sometimes like wtf

[skywalkr-nberrie]

This scene from the Junior Revenge of the Sith novelization by Patricia C. Wrede is everything to me. From the way Padmé absolutely adores Anakin, feels their connection, establishes their Force bond, reaches out to him through their Force bond, and fears that she’ll die without making sure Anakin knows, just how much, she loves him.

✨ pain ✨

[gffa]

Sometimes Star Wars makes me want to cry with how awe-inspiring and incredible the Force is and how much I want Anakin Skywalker to be able to spread himself across infinity. (Star Wars: Padawan's Pride | Brian Q. Miller)