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Anyways I'm only part way through but I think Kenobi is saying that even if you failed before you still have a responsibility to continue - you failed to save a child once and you still can't save him, but look there are others and you can save them and so you have to, failure is not an excuse for despair and hope is a responsibility.

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ocs. have you guys heard about this?

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ca. 1763 via Musee McCord Museum

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This wedding dress is one of the most outstanding garments in the McCord Museum’s collection. A rare piece, it is one of the few 18th-century silk gowns with a hand-painted floral design to be found in a North American museum. The soft cream silk was handwoven in China, where the floral pattern was handpainted in tones of lavender, blue, yellow, green and brown. This charming dress was worn by Mary Chaloner in Guiseborough, England, when she married Colonel John Hale. The groom had served under Major-General James Wolfe in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, and it was he who brought the news of Wolfe’s death back to George III in England.”

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This is my favorite response to my post, thank you <3

"no attachments" in SW literally just means "don't be selfish and possessive". that's it. that's all there is. doesn't mean jedi can't have friends and loved ones. they can. just. don't be possessive and selfish about it. don't murder thousands of people in an effort to save one.

#return of the op #<3

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So I had no expectations for this post to blow up, but it has, and I have a couple of responses in mind for the trends of comments that I've seen on this post.

"How is a toddler loving their parents toxic?"

It's not! That's normal and appropriate! The prequels make it very clear that the Jedi Order adopts children young because they know that their way of life is hard, and older children or adults will struggle to adjust to it. Anakin is a prime example of this. In an interview (that I'm not invested enough to hunt down) George Lucas actually said that had he been found at an earlier age, Anakin would have been able to adjust to the Jedi way of life when it comes to non-attachment.

It should also be noted that parents willingly let the Jedi adopt their children. It's not like the Jedi are kidnapping anyone.

2. "Did the Jedi know that's what attachment means?"

Yes! They did!

3. "The Jedi never explained that to Anakin."

They did actually, and we know they did because Anakin explains the concept himself. Anakin knows the teaching, he isn't stupid. Anakin chooses not to follow it.

4. "I thought SW meant sex work at first..."

For a moment, I was so caught up in the indignation of people misunderstanding attachment in Star Wars, I lived in a world where sex work didn't exist.

5. "I need to misunderstand the concept for my fic tho"

Valid, carry on.

"no attachments" in SW literally just means "don't be selfish and possessive". that's it. that's all there is. doesn't mean jedi can't have friends and loved ones. they can. just. don't be possessive and selfish about it. don't murder thousands of people in an effort to save one.

#return of the op #star wars #also i want to be clear that i'm not hating on anakin as a character #i like anakin! he's a great character! #but i also think he is totally responsible for every choice he made #including the choice to help palpatine commit genocide and murder children #that's completely on him #also i'm not touching the ''jedi are glorified space cops'' argument i've seen in my notes #because it's so incredibly wrong i don't see how it can be made in good faith

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Beige floral silk evening dress, ca. 1897, French.

By House of Worth.

Met Museum.

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Y'all. I was gone for three days, what have you done to my notes????

#ink speaks #so this is my legacy #scooby doo and a star wars vent post #also welcome new followers #nice to see none of you are bots #which is what i initially thought when i started getting emails

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Someone asked me to expand a little on a topic that was buried down in a big chain of reblogs, so I'm doing that here--it's about the use of the archaic "thee", "thou", "thy", etc. in LOTR and what it tells you about characters’ feelings for one another. (I am NOT an expert on this, so it's just what I've picked up over time!)

Like many (most?) modern English speakers, I grew up thinking of those old forms of 2nd person address as being extra formal. I think that's because my main exposure to them was in the Bible ("thou shall not...") and why wouldn't god, speaking as the ultimate authority, be using the most formal, official voice? But it turns out that for a huge chunk of the history of the English language, "thee," "thou," and "thy" were actually the informal/casual alternatives to the formal "you", “your”, “yours”. Like tú v. usted in Spanish!

With that in mind, Tolkien was very intentional about when he peppered in a "thee" or a "thou" in his dialogue. It only happens a handful of times. Most of those are when a jerk is trying to make clear that someone else is beneath them by treating them informally. Denethor "thou"s Gandalf when he’s pissed at him. The Witch King calls Éowyn "thee" to cut her down verbally before he cuts her down physically. And the Mouth of Sauron calls Aragorn and Gandalf "thou" as a way to show them that he has the upper hand. (Big oops by all 3 of these guys!)

The other times are the opposite--it's when someone starts to use the informal/casual form as a way to show their feeling of affection for someone else. Galadriel goes with the formal "you" all through the company's days in Lórien, but by the time they leave she has really taken them to heart. So when she sends them a message via Gandalf early in the Two Towers, she uses "thee" and "thou" in her words to Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli because now they're valued friends and allies. And--this is the big one, folks, that was already alluded to in my previous post--Éowyn starts aggressively "thou"ing Aragorn when she is begging him to take her along as he prepares to ride out of Dunharrow. She is very intentionally trying to communicate her feelings to him in her choice of pronoun--an "I wouldn't be calling you "thee" if I didn't love you" kind of thing. And he is just as intentionally using "you" in every single one of his responses in order to gently establish a boundary with her without having to state outright that he doesn't reciprocate her feelings. It's not until much later when her engagement to Faramir is announced that Aragorn finally busts out "I have wished thee joy ever since I first saw thee". Because now it is safe to acknowledge a relationship of closeness and familiarity with her without the risk that it will be misinterpreted. He absolutely wants to have that close, familiar relationship, but he saved it for when he knew she could accept it on his terms without getting hurt.

So, you know, like all things language-based...Tolkien made very purposeful decisions in his word choices down to a bonkers level of detail. I didn’t know about this pronoun thing until I was a whole ass adult, but that’s the joy of dealing with Tolkien. I still discover new things like this almost every time I re-read.

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The thing about war, boy, is while it happens, you’ve no idea what's going on–and when it’s over, everyone spends the rest of your life telling you what you did. - Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup

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Why am I like this

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1910s Evening Dress (Russia)

satin, tulle, lace, glass beads, spangles and artificial flowers

(State Hermitage Museum)

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i love being a hater of media that i’ve never seen or listened to. no i will not give it a chance. it’s called listening to my heart

#if more people did this #then maybe hollywood would start making good media again #queue

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if your writing feels bland add dragons

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Having two WIPs at once and getting anxiety trying to choose which one to work on is such a vibe

#writer problems #i wish it was only two #queue