thalakro

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samakro

#thrawn #samakro #ufsa'mak'ro

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hello, dave filoni. it looks like you’ve been ignoring the canon thrawn trilogies in order to change thrawn’s character into something more similar to the heir to empire trilogy that is no longer canon. i’m sure this makes thrawn fans so happy. let’s play a game: you have six books in front of you…the thrawn trilogy and thrawn ascendency trilogy. you have one hour to read these and come up with an actual understanding of thrawn’s complex motivations and personality or you will be thrown into a sarlacc pit.

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thrawn and che’ri 🥺🥺🥺

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scribbling more of my thrawn character interpretations ~ add these chiss girlies to the collection

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Chissmas Day 13 ~ Family

Chiss chosen for the day: Thalimakro + Che'ri

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here have a zistalmu doodle before I've decided to erase it from existence

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Compilation of my thrawn art

#i love how stylistic this is #thrawn on the early 2000s computer thats got to be my fav #artwork

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At the moment I am perhaps a little bit (only a little bit) obsessed with Samakro x Thalias. Just a little bit. I love the great fan fics.... and the art. But I am totally okay. Btw I discovered a really great playlist on spotify named Samakro. I am okay. Sort of.

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i miss thalias and samakro so bad rn

#old posts of mine get notes and im reminded of them every now and then #ill probably reread the trilogy for the trillionth time soon #thalias #samakro #thrawn #thrawn ascendancy #thalakro

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Thalias from the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy is how you do a female character with "traditionally feminine" virtues correctly.

The culture of the Ascendancy involves using young girls - the only Force sensitives their race has, since they all lose their Force sensitivity when they enter puberty - as ship navigators necessary to navigating the chaotic part of space that they live in. These girls are taken from their families at a young age and raised by a series of caregivers, and just like a bunch of plenty of carers IRL a lot of them are dogshit at their job. As someone who's worked similar jobs and watched other people work similar jobs, Timothy Zahn is BRILLIANT at portraying all of this - it gives me feelings like I can't describe. If you've ever seen a mean preschool teacher harranguing their charges or a shitty foster parent who doesn't treat their foster kids as individuals or anyone of the sort, you will feel this in your bones. Zahn goes hard on the "children are people" themes in this trilogy and I love love love this - it really means a lot to me to see a man known for his military and engineering competence porn stuff put so much thought and care into portraying caregiving as the important and complicated task that it is without coming off as sexist or patronizing towards it.

Anyway, Thalias is one such navigator, but even though most of them want nothing to do with the whole trauma-inducing system once they grow out of it, Thalias ends up returning as a caregiver and puts so much effort, compassion and logical thought into it that it makes me cry tears of joy. She draws on her own experiences but is quick to course correct when she realizes that Che'ri's experiences are different from her own (Thalias loved to read as a kid and still finds it comforting, Che'ri hates reading), she treats Che'ri with empathy and gives her as much autonomy and independence as she is allowed to. She uses a scientific method to figure out how the navigator powers work and adjust Che'ri's work routine accordingly - something no one has ever thought to do. She advocates for Che'ri with the rest of the ship's crew. She's amazing, and Zahn also makes sure to show how HARD it can be at times rather than just make her a perfect mind reader who always knows what her charge is thinking and what to say or do.

She's also kinda flawed - she seems to have an unhealthy obsession with Thrawn because he was once nice to her when she was a miserable kid in the throes of the shitty navigator system, and it comes off as kind of weird or cringe at times, and that's a GOOD thing in my book because it makes her character more 3D.

ALSO, the really nice part of it is that these books are filled to the brim with cool female characters that all feel really really different from each other, so Thalias being the nurturing, diplomatic type doesn't feel like Zahn sending some kind of message - the other prominent character is Ar'alani, a clever military woman who's a natural leader, excellent at handling her subordinates and recognizing their talents, excellent at handling politics even though she hates it, excellent at improvising on the fly, and also a kind and loyal friend. A lot of the other soldier or officer types are also women, and Zahn's other works also have a shitton of varied and cool women, so you feel safe in the knowledge that anything Thalias says or does is indicative of Thalias as an individual and not some vague idea of what women are like that the author has.

I also love how her character provides a contrast to all the "necessary evil" and "people are assets"-type thinking that a lot of the Ascendancy's more military types endorse (which make up a large percentage of the main cast, since this is mil scifi after all) - her conversation with Samakro about this is just chef's kiss to me. I feel like it's cool that we get this kind of POV because to me it serves as confirmation that Zahn knows what he's doing here - he's not being a stupid edgelord fanboy in love with the concept of doing shitty things for the greater good, he's just keenly observing how different people approach life and how all of these sorts of thinking are very useful in certain situations and deeply stupid in others. And the topic is treated with zero smugness - I've read things where similar arguments are used as a way of showing how wise and perfect one of the characters is and how stupid the other one is (coughvorkosigansagacough), but here everyone is treated with respect and empathy and consideration.

THALIAS SUPREMACY!!!

#THALIAS FUCKING SUPREMACY!!!!!!!!! #thalias

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Lowkey on board with Zistalmu and Thurfian’s scheming little friendship.

Like that shit's almost cute:

"Thrawn's story is at an end. My question today is what of ours?" "Ours?" "I don't claim we were ever friends," Thurfian continued. "But we had a relationship once, one that enabled us to bypass family rules and rivalries and work together for the betterment of the Ascendancy. Do you think such a relationship could ever again be possible?" "I don't know," Zistalmu said. "I'lI have to think about it." "Take all the time you need," Thurfian told him. "I'll be ready to speak again whenever you make a decision." "I will." Zistalmu paused, and another reluctant smile tweaked the corners of his mouth. "But next time, let's make it your homestead. As you said once, the seats and food there are far superior." "Indeed they are," Thurfian are," said. "I must go now. Farewell, Syndic Prime. And once again, thank you."

(Honestly if you two could just kiss and chill we would all be the better for it.)

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ok based on the Chiss page in the Timelines book, Thrawn was born in 59 BBY and exiled in 18 BBY. 

that means this man is 41 years old:

???hello????

#i could VERY WELL be wrong i havent read the books since december but #(assuming this is the chaos rising cover i already forget) #i think these chaos rising illustrations are of him in his cadet uniform when he was in his 20s #like in the Memories chapters #but this could easily be debunked because like i said. have already forgotten how the books go again

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Next he’s gonna analyze “Rendering Process :]”

#STOP 😭😭😭

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please take this unfinished jun-c chart i havent worked on since december of all my takes on the character designs

#thrawn #thalias #samakro #wutroow #roscu #thurfian #thrass #zistalmu #thrawn ascendancy #chaos rising #lesser evil #mitth'raw'nuruodo #che'ri #jun-c

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i love blue space people (not the avatar kind)

These were just my first ideas of what each character looks like, since ive never actually drawn them before. These are pretty quick doodles btw thats why theyre so scrimbly

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I love Thrawn:Treason bc Eli gets his chance to be a little hater, and good for him

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snow on csilla

#i LOVE long hair thrawn. #artwork