redrikki: Anakin and Padme about to kiss (Anakin & Padme)
[personal profile] redrikki2019-07-21 11:58 am

Skywalkers Ruin Everything?

Earlier this week, I read a joke on tumblr about how the Skywalkers were responsible for everything wrong with the GFFA. But, are they? It's an easy assumption to make. They are the main characters of the trilogies, after all, but let us examine the evidence.

To the meta!

ljwrites: john boyega laughing (john_laugh)
[personal profile] ljwrites2019-03-17 07:10 pm

Kylo Ren: Mentally ill or just entitled?

Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is often held up in fandom as an example of a mentally ill abuse survivor whose prospect redemption is said to be an inspiration and hope for fans who are mentally ill and/or have survived abuse. His bouts of rage seem to be a major basis for this assertion, with the reasoning being that no one would be that irrationally angry if they were sane/neurotypical. His uncontrolled temper, these fans say, must be a sign of trauma, or borderline personality disorder, or some other neurodivergence.

Or maybe it's a sign of a deeply entitled and abusive person?

Link to full text (CW abuse, trauma, Nazis, misogyny, suicide mention)
sathari: OT!Ben with the Mustafar duel as background and the "betrayed and murdered your father" quote as caption (Anakin was betrayed)
[personal profile] sathari2019-02-10 09:27 pm

A Question of Allegiances: On the Jedi Order's Attachment to the Republic

I'm joining the party in sharing some of my thoughts on the Jedi Order and specifically its relationship to the Republic.

The TL;DR version is, "Everything that went wrong with the Jedi Order can IMO be encapsulated in Obi-wan's line at the end of ROTS: 'My allegiance is to the Republic---' as opposed to the Force."

Follow the fake cut!