or, Why there’s actually way more going on in all those parallel edits of Anakin and
Ben kneeling before Palpatine and Snoke respectively than just the kneeling and
looking a hot, tormented mess
*hugs* I’m sorry that happened. It’s hard to be positive and someone ruining it always sucks, especially when it was something that’s harmless or could be easily fixed
*hugs* thanks. It’s so frustrating. I just need to try not to let it get to me but it’s very irritating.
A brief vent/rant that will probably make sense to none of you, but that’s okay.
I have never in my life been accused of being “too optimistic”. I’m much more of a pessimist tbh, to the point that I’ve been called “hopeless” and “seriously depressing”. So, if I’m optimistic about something, no matter how silly or little it might seem to anyone else, it means I’m trying. I’m trying to look on the bright side. To have faith that things might just go my way. That I can make things happen for myself or that the universe might just throw me a fricken bone. So for the love of God, don’t harsh my mellow. Could I wind up disappointed? Yeah, totally. Life is unpredictable and sometimes random crap happens that totally fucks you over. But I’m so tired of looking at everything like it’s all and exercise in futility. I don’t want to feel like any shred of happiness I might occasionally feel is pointless or that future sadness negates present happiness.
All I’m saying is I have a hard time letting myself feel hopeful and excited. I have a hard time experiencing joy. So if I’m excited about something or I’m looking forward to something, no matter how far away that thing might be or how many steps I need to take to get there, don’t try to put me in a “realist” mindset where I’ve got to think about all the things that overwhelm me to get there. Just let me have one fucking thing for the love of all that is good in this world. I just want one thing. I’m not “too optimistic” I’m just trying my best. You’re not looking out for me, you’re just pissing me off.
Just so everyone knows, I will be doing another Halloween fic challenge thing this year. The prompts and information will be up on the first of September! We’re looking at about 30 prompts this year. 🙂 Open to all ships and any fandom you want.
@soyeahso asked if I would ever do a bodyswitching story and I said yes but it would probably be stupid, then @flypaper-brain and @kuresoto said they wanted it anyway, so really you have to blame them. I’m actually going to do two. This is the first one; the second one will be smutty and will not involve a porg, thank goodness.
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Since his defection, the former Supreme Leader has been doing his best to make himself useful to the Resistance. He’s already told them everything he can about the future plans of the First Order, he’s been training with Poe and Finn and working with some of the former stormtroopers who had defected as well, and most importantly he’s been doing his best to stay in the good graces of the Last Jedi.
It turns out that, although he’s physically strong and very strategic when it comes to fighting with a lightsaber or flying a starfighter, when it comes to women (Rey. When it comes to Rey.) he’s not very brave. He can’t even bring himself to try to hold her hand, let alone kiss her, so instead he does everything in his power to be useful to her. This involves mostly two things: One, helping her decipher the ancient Jedi texts, and Two, changing the bedding of her pet porg, Porg.
Tim Drake-Wayne adopting a cat from a shelter after moving into his own apartment because no one can tell him no now.
he names his kitty Irene because deep-down he’s still a dork who joined a Sherlock Holmes fan club (sidebar: THIS IS CANON YOU CAN LOOK IT UP)
when he doesn’t wanna get out of bed Irene comes up and butts him with her head because FOOD TIM C’MON
it’s really soothing to pet her because she purrs like crazy?? excellent
one time he was sitting in the middle of the living room crying and she came up to him and started purring and he petted her and it was Good
brushing her fur is also really soothing
one time Kon came over to visit and Krypto unexpectedly came with him and Tim was really nervous but Irene just came over and bapped Krypto on the nose and now they’re friends
sometimes when Tim thinks about dying on patrol he thinks about how everyone else would get on with their lives but Irene wouldn’t be able to understand. all she’d know is that one day he disappeared, and he can’t do that to her
he announces her presence to the world by posting a picture of her napping on some Important Documents and like an hour later Damian is climbing through his window demanding to see this cat, why didn’t you tell me about her Drake???
there’s definitely a fanclub for her now, along with all of Damian’s pets. Tim ends up authorizing an official plushie and all the proceeds go to no-kill shelters in Gotham.
she goes on a field trip to Titans Tower because the Titans demand to see her. Bart reads like eighty books on cats and teaches her ridiculous tricks with his newfound knowledge.
First off, for those of you not familiar with this particularly juicy bit of canon: as Ben was growing up, no one ever told him that Darth Vader is his grandfather. In fact, no one outside of Luke, Leia, and Han (possibly Chewbacca) knew that Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were one and the same. Ben was 23 when it became public knowledge – seven years before TFA.
Storytelling wise, this is a huge deal that I don’t think gets brought up enough. It means that Ben never knew that it was Luke’s love for his father, and in turn, Anakin’s for Luke, that helped defeat the Empire. He must have grown up thinking of Luke as the “great warrior” who defeated both Vader and the Emperor, a similar presumption apparently held by many real-life people for some reason. At least Ben has an excuse – he hasn’t seen ROTJ.
We don’t know the specifics, but presumably Ben had been fed a similar story to the one Luke grew up on his whole life. Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were two entirely different people, and Darth Vader was the one responsible for everything going bad, and he was defeated by Luke. Ben learns the truth eventually, and at some point, Snoke has managed to twist the story to frame it as weakness – Vader and Palpatine, the entire Empire fell because of sentiment. Hell, he may have even been able to twist it into telling Ben that Luke became as powerful as he was because he killed his father, but that’s just me speculating wildly.
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