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theclonewarsdaily · 4 years

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let’s talk: the clone wars rewatch!

This week is the second half of season 1 starting with s01 e11 (Dooku Captured).

There are 12 episodes in this half (11-22), with each episode being around 22 minutes each, which means around 4 hours, 40 minutes worth of clone wars. Bellow the cut is a list with summaries of the episodes in case you dont want to rewatch but still want to talk about some episodes. (Courtesy of Wookieepedia and my brain’s recollection):

Dooku Captured (s01 e11)

Having allowed himself to be captured, Anakin is rescued by Obi-Wan Kenobi onboard Count Dooku’s ship. The two then go to apprehend the Count. Dooku escaped in his solar sailer with the two Jedi on his tail in a transport shuttle. Direct hits on the solar sailer forced the Count to make an emergency landing in a wilderness on the nearest planet. When the Jedi suffered a hit from a droid fighter, they were forced to crash land, as well. In a nearby cave, the two Jedi began to hunt for Dooku, but he ambushes them by causing a sudden collapse in the cave ceiling, causing Anakin to lose his lightsaber, which Dooku retrieved. This distraction allowed Dooku an opportunity to exit and seal the cave with Anakin and Obi-Wan still inside. While the Jedi tried to find a way out, Dooku cames upon Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang salvaging his ship. Outnumbered, the Count considers his options and chose to accompany the pirate gang on their ship off the planet as a ransom to the Separatists, or a prize to the Republic. The Jedi High Council assigns Anakin and Obi-Wan to meet with the pirates to verify that they do indeed have the Count in custody, agreeing to the condition that they must arrive unarmed. Upon arriving in the Twilight, the Jedi were met at gunpoint and escorted to Hondo, who arranged a meeting with their prisoner. After Anakin and Obi-Wan entered Dooku's cell and subtly mocked his current imprisonment the Jedi were "invited" to attend a banquet in the pirate gang's grand hall, which the Weequay had no intention of letting the Jedi miss.

The Gungan General (s01 e12)

While negotiating Count Dooku's ransom, Anakin and Obi-Wan are taken prisoner. The Jedi and Sith form an unlikely alliance in a bid to escape, with Jar Jar Binks as their only hope. With no choice but to work together, the two Jedi and the Sith try to escape to the hangar, but are caught and reincarcerated. Obi-Wan then uses a mind trick to compel the guard to let them out and go out drinking. Unfortunately, while trying to pole-vault over a wall, Dooku's line is shot; Obi-Wan grabs him, and Anakin is forced to hold onto both; they are re-captured by Hondo hanging from the wall. Meanwhile, Jar Jar Binks and Senator Kharrus fly to the Weequay pirates' lair with a bounty of spice on board as a ransom for Dooku. Unfortunately, Turk Falso decides to go behind Hondo's back, since he thinks dealing with the Separatists would have been more profitable, and has his men shoot down the shuttle to sack the ransom for himself. The pilots and Kharrus die in the resulting crash, and Jar Jar subsequently gets unintentional command of the surviving clone crew. Though the clones think of waiting for reinforcements, Jar Jar plans to go after the pirates, riding the skalders to catch up. They intercept and defeat the pirates, and with the spice back in hand, they follow a series of power supply lines straight to the pirate base. Meanwhile, Hondo becomes increasingly annoyed at the Jedis' attempts to escape and tortures Anakin and Obi-Wan with electricity, while Dooku remains locked in his cell. When the blackout hits the base, the Jedi and Dooku make their escape and go their separate ways: Dooku kills Turk and takes off in a ship; Anakin and Obi-Wan take Hondo hostage before meeting Jar Jar outside. Obi-Wan tells Anakin to let Hondo go, as they don't have any quarrel with him since Dooku had escaped. Hondo commends the Jedi on their honor, but Obi-Wan reminds him that Dooku is likely to seek revenge on him, before the Twilight takes off.

Jedi Crash (s01 e13)

When Anakin Skywalker is gravely injured in battle, Jedi General Aayla Secura must teach Ahsoka the Jedi philosophy of having no personal attachments -- while they brave a hostile planet in search of medical help for the Jedi Knight. Aayla's group finds a giant tree that was depicted in the tablet. However, giant seedpods come falling down on them from the trees but no one is hit/hurt by them. Aayla notices a trail made from dragged-away seedpods, and they follow the trail.Back at the camp, something is watching Rex and Anakin. Hearing rustling in the bushes, Rex goes to check it out. As Anakin finally comes to, he senses something and tries to get up but collapses. He manages to tell Rex that there is something behind him. He turns around and a mastiff phalone attacks him. He manages to scare it off with his blaster. Aayla, Ahsoka and Bly soon find a village of Lurmen who had settled on the planet, far away from the war. The village elder, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to aid them, fearing that destruction will break the peace they already have. However, at Ahsoka's request, he does allow his son, Wag Too, to help them bring Anakin back to the village for medical support. But he requests that only one Jedi is to go with him and that Bly should follow. Ahsoka and Bly go back with Wag Too in their company, while Aayla remains behind as insurance. At the camp, Anakin senses more creatures nearby and stands to fight. Two emerge from the bushes, ready to strike. As they charge, Rex shoots one of them, but the other rams between them. Luckily, the others arrive in time; Wag Too uses rope to bind the creature, but tells Ahsoka not to kill it, merely to topple it. They pull on the rope, bringing the creature down on its side. They then bring Anakin back to the village, where Wag Too uses healing oil on Anakin.

Defenders of Peace (s01 e14)

As Anakin recovers from his injuries obtained during the Battle of Quell, Rex spots a Separatist dropship which descends near the Lurmen village. Tee Watt Kaa goes to meet the newcomers, while the Jedi escape, to avoid the Lurmen having to pay the price for their presence. The Separatist commander, Lok Durd imposes his "protection" upon the Lurmens and orders the village to be ransacked to secure his "new colony". The Jedi, Rex and Bly retreat into the tall grass; Wag Too sends his friend Tub after them to watch their departure from the planet. Lok announces to his droids that he had developed a defoliator, capable of destroying organic life while leaving non-organics unharmed. Anakin predicts that the Separatists are headed for the Lurmen, so he tells everyone that they will take out the communications station, steal the shuttle and then return to help the Lurmen. Ahsoka points out that Tee Watt Kaa didn't want their help; Anakin justifies that there is a difference between pulling innocents into a war and leaving them to extinction. As night falls, the Jedi and clones infiltrate the base and take out any battle droids in their way, with Rex, Bly, and Anakin taking out three droids in a Separatist command center. The group eventually take the shuttle and two shield generators with them, and return to the Lurmen village, informing them about the impending attack. However, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to fight, holding onto their people's beliefs even if it means their death, despite Wag Too's pleas that they must at least defend themselves. Defying his father, Wag Too and his friends engage the droids, toppling them down to be decapitated. Meanwhile, Anakin destroys the defoliator cannon and slices his way to Lok, capturing him through levitation.As Anakin and his companions prepare to leave, Wag Too and Tee Watt Kaa offer their thanks.

Trespass (s01 e15)

While investigating the disappearance of a clone security force, Anakin and Obi-Wan get caught in the middle of an escalating conflict between the furry territorial inhabitants of a desolate ice world and the greedy representatives of a nearby moon. Despite the language barrier, Obi-Wan and Anakin manage to make clear that their mission is for peace, and they arrange a meeting between the Pantorans and the Talz. When they deliver the news, Chairman Chi Cho arrogantly refuses to believe that the Talz can be considered a sentient race and calls them trespassers and animals, stating that Pantora hasn't found a slight bit of life on the planet in all their history. Riyo Chuchi tries to mediate, telling that it is for the Senate to decide this matter, but to no avail. Chi Cho still refuses to accept the Talz as sentients and arrogantly declares Plutonia as sovereign Pantoran property, deliberately provoking a war. While returning to their base, Chi Cho and his escort are ambushed by a Talz war party, forcing them to fight, and Chairman Cho is severely weakened by a spear in his back. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Senator Chuchi just arrive in time to save Cho, Rex and the remaining escort from being overrun, but even with his last breath, Cho insists on killing the Talz for the 'good' of his people as his final command. Chuchi politely declines, informing him of the Assembly's decision. Dumbfounded that he was overruled and that his people prefer peace, claiming that he died for them, Chi expires. Senator Chuchi pursues a peaceful approach and manages to cease hostilities, conceding sovereignty of Plutonia to the Talz. As she and the Jedi board a gunship, Obi-Wan requests that to maintain peace, she should make it last.

Hidden Enemy (s01 e16)

Anakin and Obi-Wan discover evidence of a traitor amongst their ranks while attempting to lead Republic forces to liberate the planet of Christophsis from a Separatist siege. When the Republic is ambushed on Christophsis, it becomes clear that someone has set them up. The Jedi suspect the Sith, while Rex and Cody uncover information that points to a spy amongst them. Slick, knowing he's been discovered, escapes. Cody and Rex try chasing him down, but they are too late: Slick blows up most of the gunships and AT-TEs, as well as the weapons depot, with earlier-placed charges. The other clones inform Cody and Rex that Slick went into the command center, and they order the others to secure the perimeter while they go inside.In the meantime, as Anakin and Obi-Wan race to the Separatist base on BARC speeders, they notice an increasing number of droids spying on them, but still decide to continue the mission, despite the fact that it has been compromised. They arrive at the enemy base and inside, they meet Asajj Ventress again and begin to duel with her. The Jedi manage to overcome Ventress and demand her surrender, but as they edge closer to capture her, she creates a large hole in the floor beneath their feet with her lightsabers, pushing them one level down. Ventress taunts them and runs away, and the Jedi follow her, discovering that she has set up a whole army to invade Christophsis. Slick engages the commander and captain in physical combat, stating that he was tired of all the suffering and was offered freedom and money from Ventress. Cody manages to knock him out and they apprehended him. As they present Slick to the Jedi, Slick snaps that his brothers are enslaved by the Jedi, that he was striking a blow for all clones and that he loves his brothers, but Cody and Rex retort that he has now exposed them all to certain doom.

Blue Shadow Virus (s011 e17)

Padmé and Jar Jar are captured while searching for a secret Separatist bio-weapons lab, sparking Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka to try and save their friends and halt the release of a deadly virus. Upon arriving on Naboo, Anakin, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan learn of Padmé and Jar Jar's departure. Anakin sends Ahsoka with Peppi to find them, while the rest of them analyze the data from one of the lobotomized droids. Ahsoka and Peppi search the swamp, inadvertently find a spy cam and manage to hide from it. Ahsoka contacts Anakin and Obi-Wan, who instructs her to detonate a bomb in the south bunker while they enter through the hatches. Anakin then joins with Rex and his men to start the mission; Obi-Wan reminds him that the safety of the galaxy is worth more than Padmé's life and she may already be dead. Ahsoka levitates a thermal detonator, perfectly dropping it on the hatch and distracting many of the droids to her position; Rex and his team also arrive to assist her as they hack their way through droids before having to retreat with the entrance of droidekas. This allows the others to infiltrate the base unheard. But as Anakin enters Vindi's lab, he finds Vindi torturing his hostages with electricity, forcing him and his clones to surrender. As Vindi leaves Padmé and Jar Jar to suffer, he runs off with his virus bomb; Anakin breaks free and saves them. Obi-Wan arrives with the Bomb Squad. With Vindi and another droid each carrying a detonator, they split up between the two. Obi-Wan tries to catch Vindi, but the villain throws away a number of virus vials, forcing Obi-Wan to catch them while Vindi makes his escape. Meanwhile, Padmé and Jar Jar track down the droid, managing to prevent it from escaping. With the bomb squad's help, they are able to deactivate all the bombs, just as they capture Vindi.

Mystery of a Thousand Moons (s01 e18)

The fatal Blue Shadow Virus is released, infecting Ahsoka, Padmé and many Clone Troopers - and giving Anakin and Obi-Wan just 48 hours to find the antidote on a mysterious planet from which no visitor has ever returned. Anakin and Obi-Wan approach Iego, but not before passing through a massive ship graveyard in its orbit. As they land, they find strangely disfigured droids with mixed-up parts, all saying, "Welcome to Iego". A boy approaches them and introduces himself as Jaybo. Jaybo explains that when the Separatists left, they left a lot of their droids behind, and he simply reprogrammed them to serve him. When Obi-Wan and Anakin inquire about the Reeksa root, Jaybo mentions that the system is "haunted" and no one gets off the planet, since Drol, the phantom ruler of Iego, destroys anyone attempting to leave. Anakin and Obi-Wan descend a cliff, while Jaybo shouts down to not touch the vines, because the plants "don't like it" and have teeth. A Xandu appears, and the two Jedi grab ahold of it. It takes Anakin and Obi-Wan down to the bottom, and Anakin begins to hack away part of a root while the Reeksa plant awakens. Anakin and Obi-Wan manage to fend off the Reeksa and ascend the cliff. Anakin and Obi-Wan attempt to leave Iego in the Twilight, but as they pass through the debris field, sensors activate an energy field that prevents them from getting very far from Iego, and they return. Obi-Wan theorizes that the Separatists installed the energy field to prevent the inhabitants from leaving the planet. The Jedi call a meeting with the citizens of Iego. Obi-Wan tells them that Drol is not a ghost, but a Separatist security system. Obi-Wan notices Vulture droids in another room, and he asks Jaybo to reactivate them so that Artoo can fly them via remote control. The Vultures are activated, and after Jaybo transfers control of the droids to Artoo, they launch and follow the Twilight into the ship graveyard. The laser field activates, and Artoo attempts to send the Vulture droids into the laser emitter, but they are destroyed. Obi-Wan fires at the generator, and the energy field explodes. The Twilight immediately jumps into hyperspace for Naboo.

Storm Over Ryloth (s01 e19)

Ahsoka disobeys Anakin's orders and loses most of her squadron - prompting Anakin to help give his Padawan a lesson in a respect for authority, and the opportunity for redemption. Ahsoka sits with an unconscious Admiral Yularen and mournfully apologizes for her failure. Rex then calls her away to Anakin, whom she finds in the hangar bay, repairing her starfighter with the help of R2-D2. Anakin tells her they need to proceed with their attack on the blockade. Ahsoka, still shaken from her earlier failure, questions her readiness. Anakin receives a call from the Defender and orders Ahsoka back to her quarters to cool off. Alarms sound aboard the Resolute, and Ahsoka exits her quarters to find clone troopers running to stations. A clone reports to Ahsoka that the Defender is being evacuated for an unknown reason. When she arrives in the hangar, everything from the Defender is being loaded into the Resolute. Anakin leaves it to Ahsoka to command the remaining forces while he remains defenseless in an escape pod after destroying the Defender. Anakin leaves on a shuttle, and "Commander Ahsoka" is now in charge of the Resolute. The Defender emerges from hyperspace, and Anakin hails Captain Tuuk, offering to surrender himself and his vessel in exchange for safe passage of food and medical supplies to the people of Ryloth. Ahsoka details the battle plan after Anakin's collision with the battleship. She intends to tilt the Resolute in a maneuver away from the frigates, using it as a screen to launch fighters that would then defeat the remaining ships. The navigation officer is doubtful, and suggests taking time to come up with a better plan. Ahsoka asserts that these are her orders, and that Anakin is counting on her, but then corrects herself and says that he is counting on them. Admiral Yularen returns to the bridge and supports Ahsoka, giving her much-needed confidence. Anakin leaves the Defender with R2-D2 and boards an escape pod. Captain Tuuk orders all cannons to fire at the Defender. The Defender pierces the center sphere of the battleship. The battle droids, leaderless and confused, manage to order a basic attack on the Resolute, but the Republic Y-wings and V-19 Torrents manage to rip apart the remaining ships in the blockade. Following this, three Acclamator-class transgalactic military assault ships carrying Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, and their troops emerge from hyperspace. Obi-Wan contacts Ahsoka, wryly commenting on the state of Anakin's invasion fleet, and Rex dispatches a shuttle to pick up Anakin's escape pod.

Innocents of Ryloth (s01 e20)

To sabotage a powerful Separatist weapon, Obi-Wan and a small clone force enter an occupied town, and discover that its residents are being used as a living shield. Obi-Wan dispatches Cody, Wooley, Waxer and Boil to scout ahead. Waxer and Boil stumble across the young Twi'lek orphan Numa, who at first is fearful of them. After they remove their helmets, Numa relaxes a bit; she calls them both “Nerra”, and takes a ration bar that they give her. Numa somehow gets ahead of them and leads her to a shattered building that was once her home. Waxer and Boil, moved by the losses the war has inflicted upon the child, take it upon themselves to keep her safe. Meanwhile, Ghost Company is attacked by the gutkurrs. Obi-Wan uses the Force to lure the creatures into an alley bordered by a bridge. Cody and his men fire at the bridge, and the gutkurrs are trapped, while Obi-Wan leaps out. Though the clones defeat the creature, TX-20 knows that their numbers are very thin. Suddenly, Waxer and Boil emerge from a hatch in the street nearby, with Numa in tow. Obi-Wan converses to Numa in Twi'leki, who agrees to lead them to the prisoners while Cody and his men create a diversion, with Obi-Wan, Waxer and Boil freeing the Twi'lek prisoners. Obi-Wan takes control of a proton cannon, and with the help of Waxer and Boil, he manages to destroy the other cannons. The Acclamator transports land, and Mace Windu commends Obi-Wan on his victory. However, their new objective is much harder: to take the Ryloth capital of Lessu and free this world. Waxer and Boil say goodbye to Numa. As the army heads toward the capital, Numa calls “Nerra!” out to Waxer and Boil again, and Obi-Wan translates: “Nerra” means “brother”. Smiling, Waxer and Boil turn and wave back at Numa, before moving out toward the sun, intent on freeing this world.

Liberty on Ryloth (s01 e21)

As Mace Windu and his forces head to Lessu along a cliffside path with AT-TE walkers, they are ambushed by several AATs. The tanks incapacitate the first walker in the line and then target the rear walkers, seeking to trap and destroy the Republic forces. Mace saves the gunner, and then Commander Ponds comes up to him and informs Windu that they're pinned down. Windu and Ponds orders Lightning Squadron to the front while Windu Force-pushes the first fallen walker off the cliff, clearing the path. With republic forces stretched thin, Mace decides to enlist the help of the Twi'lek Resistance under the command of Cham Syndulla. Mace, Razor and Stak accompany Cham to his hideout under a wrecked C-9979 landing craft. Mace mentions that they can stop another massacre from happening, but Cham states that when the droids invaded, the Republic was unable to help, and they were forced to surrender. Meanwhile, battle droids escort the civilians of Lessu to the outer wall to slow Windu down. As Mace and Cham discover this, they spot two MTTs making their way toward the city. Cham reports that his spies say that they are filled with stolen treasure, and they decide to use them to get across and activate the bridge despite the chance of being scanned. Mace, Razor and Stak slice a battle droid on a STAP and enter the rear transport, while Cham prepares to lead the attack. Mace orders Ponds to create a diversion and get Lightning squadron ready. The plasma bridge is activated for the transports, and they begin to cross. The bridge is deactivated, and Mace uses the Force to push Razor and Stak across. Mace uses an STAP to get to the other side, and battle droids begin to attack the three. Mace orders the troopers to get the bridge back up while he holds the droids off, and Cham begins his charge. Mace takes out an entire droid squad and a tank on his own, while Razor and Stak get the bridge up just in time for Cham, Ponds and their forces to cross. The citizens of Lessu wave happily at the passing freedom fighters; Mace instructs Cham to take care of the droids while he finds Tambor. The freedom fighters and Lightning Squadron take out the AATs and the droids quickly.

Hostage Crisis (s01 e22)

To free crime lord Ziro Hutt, bounty hunters seize control of the Senate Building and take hostages—completely unaware at first that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker is still inside. Anakin manages to elude his pursuers and hot-wires a terminal to communicate with Palpatine. The Chancellor advises Anakin to get to the central power core to contact for help. Anakin managed to disconnect and hide before the bounty hunters find him. Anakin managed to locate the power core, but a panicked Robonino shut the door behind him. Alama then come up behind Anakin. Though Anakin grabbed his gun, Aurra Sing then attacked Anakin, and Robonino shocked him into unconsciousness.Bane then gave Palpatine instructions to give a pardon chip to Orn Free Taa to be transported to the prison where Ziro was being held. HELIOS-3D then came in to take the Senator. They arrived at the prison and shipped Ziro away. An unconscious Anakin was dragged into the lobby, where the bounty hunters started to plant bombs that will go off if their laser detectors are triggered. This enabled the hunters to leave the Senate unhindered, despite an attempt by Orn Free Taa, Palpatine and Clone Commander Fox's detachment of the Coruscant Guard to have them arrested. Anakin woke up and Padmé gave him back his lightsaber, playing it off as that Anakin had dropped it. He then managed to save everyone by cutting a hole in the floor and dropping everyone one floor down, just before Bane triggered the bombs anyway for the clone troopers' interference. Padmé thanked Anakin for his daring escape.

#this half of season 1 is just sooo goood #lets talk #the clone wars #season 1 #s01e11 #s01e12 #s01e13 #s01e14 #s01e15 #s01e16 #s01e17 #s01e18 #s01e19 #s01e20 #s01e21 #s01e22

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spookywinnerpainter · 7 years

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We have planned for these things well prior to and contend our cards near our chest

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We have planned for these things well prior to and contend our cards near our chest

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Representational image. AFPRepresentational image. AFP Take, for instance, the campaign within the media picked up that Mayawati had given largest share of tickets (97) to Muslims. Similarly, it had been not a coincidence that at the peak of Akhilesh’s substance blitz, an associate degree potent cluster of Muslim clerics came forward to support the BSP and Mayawati. They urged Muslims to vote for the BSP. For the primary time, Muslims as collective grouping found itself on tenterhooks relating to the choice of either the Samajwadi Party-Congress or the BSP.

As the campaign picked up momentum, this confusion was combined once the Akhilesh-Rahul alliance tested to be a non-starter on the bottom. as an example, the normal higher caste voters of the Congress deserted in favor of the BJP whereas the BJP launched a sustained campaign to co-opt most backward categories (MBCs) that type nearly thirty-six p.c of the state’s voters. In the western province, the party used soul anger to its advantage by toil in non-Jat backward castes to its fold.

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PARTY LEAD WIN L+W TOTAL SEATS: 403 COMPLETE RESULTS BJP + 1 324 325 325 SP+CONG 0 54 54 54 BSP 0 19 19 19 OTHERS 0 5 5 5

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cold-neon-ocean · 4 months

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Baatar re: the beast soldiers like "Do not talk to me or my 100 dogs ever again."

#LoK Thoughts #LoK AU: Sovereign Guard

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cold-neon-ocean · 4 months

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Rattling my cage and biting the bars I wanna talk about Baatar's spirit energy soldiers from my AU so much, I've only drawn them a handful of times but haven't even scratched the surface there's so much going on with them. I wanna talk about the different variants and how after he created them they started mutating on their own which inspired him to start pursuing building a living machine, how it's slowly revealed they respond to his emotions even when he's not near them, how they only listen to him and he doesn't even have to say anything, how in making them he essentially took his mind to a cheese grater with each of them so they all have a little bit of him in all of them. Oouugghh I wanna talk about it all so bad I weep

#LoK Thoughts #Sovereign Guard #[ and this is just the soldiers themselves not even getting into the living machine stuff!!#do you ever just love your own AU so much like ouoough Sovereign Guard my ultimate beloved ]

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cold-neon-ocean · 4 months

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I always lurk in servers but man I feel like a LoK server would be fun c': if to at least have a central place to find content. My main hang-up is that I don't want it to be too big bc big servers make me nervous lol

#;and that was the trivia for tonight #plus I've managed to find and be found by the few Baatar enjoyers out there #and I do not want to be in a bigger server where I know the dislike for him outweights the like #such is the curse of liking a side character the majority of the fandom are rather hostile towards for reasons I don't understand lol #I have a private server for my Sovereign Guard AU but it's not a social space #it's just for me to organize all the content I've made for it (which isn't a lot)#I don't want to assume the responsibility of making one either lol #I just like chatting LoK and would like to do so more ]

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cold-neon-ocean · 2 years

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Some headcanon-y/AU thoughts about Baatar, Kuvira, and Bolin and how they’ve been living in my head as a goofy little friend group. This has been sitting in my drafts since January so I may as well post it~

Brief note: a lot of my thoughts here are contingent on my specific LoK AU Sovereign Guard but still extend to the canon as well lol

I personally really like the idea of Bolin becoming genuine friends with Baatar and Kuvira. And he's pretty much their only friend because they're a pair of weirdos no one really knows how to deal with. But they're each in a weird state of emotion that opens themselves up in different ways to each other.

With Bolin and Kuvira, having been pretty estranged from his previous best friend Korra, Bolin's feeling her absence and Kuvira comes to kind of fill that space in her own way. But he isn't just friends with her because he misses Korra and Kuvira is vaguely reminiscent of her, he does actually like and admire her on her own, especially her resilience when it seems all the world is against her. From Kuvira's end she just genuinely appreciates Bolin's willingness to be, and to continue to be friends with her despite the picture that's being painted of her by her various detractors, primarily Opal and Su. For the longest time, her and Baatar kind of just emotionally self isolated themselves believing no one would truly understand them, and this they deemed everyone not worth expending their energy on. Meanwhile Bolin had been willing to accept her- knowing good and well what kind of person she is, hearing all things Opal- his girlfriend, says about her and still choosing to be her friend. It's just kind of nice~ But Kuvira is that possessive sort of friend that needs constant reminders that you care about your friendship with her more than you do your friendships with others. It's like a competition to her where her prize is the validation of feeling like someone cares about her. She unsuccessfully tries to be subtle about it but she really doesn't like hearing about things you do with your other friends and about how much longer you've been friends with them compared to her. Bolin can mention his times spent with team Avatar and she always tries to steer the conversation back to talking about the time he has spent with her and Baatar. It's an insecurity she's developed after having grown up with exactly one friend (Baatar) and always knowing they were both each others' favorite. So knowing that a person likes her more than they like someone else is just a weird validation that makes her happy. Bolin miraculously has never caught on to her doing this.

Between Bolin and Baatar things are a bit more complicated. Bolin and Mako's relationship isn't necessarily estranged, but there are subjects they can't seem to discuss without arguing- mainly him joining the Earth Empire. Despite Bolin feeling proud that he's finally found a direction for him life apart from the group by his own choice, what with everyone from team Avatar growing out into their own directions, the fact that Mako can't be happy for him and has to criticize Kuvira, Baatar, and the way they're doing things- it hurts because Bolin feels like he just can't make decisions for himself without being put down for them since everyone thinks of him as a dumb one of the group. Especially after the whole film incident with Varrick. So Baatar just by virtue of proximity gets miscast into the roll of surrogate older brother, much to his.. eh.. disenchantment. See, for Baatar, he's not been on speaking terms with any of his brothers for a long time. And try as he might to convince himself and everyone else that he is entirely indifferent to the matter, he misses them so much it hurts. Hurts to where pretending he doesn't miss them at all at might convince himself that it's true after enough practice. But Bolin, who is incredibly reminiscent of the twins, starts unintentionally peeling that bandaid off, and Baatar really isn't sure how he feels about it. He does, in his weird way, like Bolin. He's very awkward about it but he does. But he also feels like he's in a place where letting anyone in is too precarious and too capable of leading to a similar fallout to the one with his family. The war campaign has turned him into a very different person. The kind that most would probably find.. less than palatable what with all the- you could say "unethical" experiments he's been doing with the spirit energy. And he just doesn't want to open himself up to the possibility of heartbreak again. He compensates by keeping Bolin at just enough of an arm's length that he is still he's really risking anything but it's still clear Baatar regards him closer than their other subordinates. In that Bolin hangs around him a lot more and doesn't get his head bitten off the way Baatar snaps at literally everyone else (minus Kuvira of course.)

And so the three of them are this weird little trio of oddly woven series of friendships/friendship-ish things. Bolin is closer to the two of them than anyone else has ever gotten. He's seen them at their best and their worst (to an extent) and despite how enigmatic they both try to act, like no one in the world could ever be capable of understanding them, he has a pretty good grasp on the two of them as people. People he's willing to put his faith and friendship in, and his loyalty to them primarily comes from there. Meanwhile Baatar and Kuvira are navigating the pitfalls of actually letting someone else in and not just scoffing at them for their failed attempts. Because much to their shared surprise, Bolin does get in, and seems to have done so without either of them realizing. For so long it had just been the two of them, and they both kind of don't know how to act with someone they have to actually build a newfound relationship with because relationships take being genuine with each other. Exposing just themselves to their worst is a lot easier than exposing to someone else. Baatar and Kuvira have already accepted the worst parts of each other and are both well in the knowledge that most people wouldn't do the same, so they don't want to be completely open but still want to connect with Bolin because he seemed at the very least somewhat receptive to them. But just connect in a way that doesn't compromise things. Kuvira does want to be Bolin's friend but she also wants to preferably be his BEST friend and gets very jealous/defensive to the contrary. Meanwhile Bolin and Baatar are unconsciously projecting their current damaged relationships with their actual brothers onto each other which makes things awkward despite the fact that they certainly could develop a stronger friendship if Baatar was willing to take an equal step but that would mean unveiling to Bolin some of the "hard truths" about the work he's been doing which Baatar is sure would cost him any sort of friendship so he's simply leaving things in the somewhat unclear state they're in now.

#Baatar Jr.#Kuvira #Bolin #Legend of Korra #LoK #LoK Headcanons #[ I'm constantly imagening these 3 like the horses from Ferdinand #it makes me cry laugh constantly lolol #Baatar and Kuvira have successfully converted Bolin to their weird celerity brand of obnoxious villainy #Bolin is ofc still a very sweet boy but he's trying to act like Baatar and Kuvira kind of cool because thats what they tell him is cool #meanwhile Baatar and Kuvira are just weirdos #plus I really just want Bolin to sort of ground them #and for them to give his character some purpose #like as scuffed as they are Bolin still values them as friends and people #he ofc doesn't excuse their behavior #but in potential redemption arcs he's the one sticking his neck out for them #to push them to be better because he KNOWS they can be #anyway there's a lot I could say about these three but I'll leave this here for now! ]

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cold-neon-ocean · 2 years

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Co-dictatoring miscommunications~ Baatar at least gets points for his creativity!

#LoK #Legend of Korra #Baatar Jr.#Kuvira #Baavira #AtLA #Fanart #LoK: Sovereign Guard #[ I have missed drawing these two shitheads lol #more ominous AU content #needless to say Baatar's enthusiasm is appreciated #even if a little misplaced #but Kuvira likes the energy regardless! ]#Neon Ocean Art

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cold-neon-ocean · 2 years

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I've made minor mentions about my wardrobe redesign for Baatar, and have technically drawn him with it several times but never fully in color nor anything below his shoulders lol so I finally got around to quickly sketching it~

So since he has an entirely unique role in the Earth Empire unto himself, he gets his own unique uniform color- being black and grey. And as the Empire's lead engineer/scientist he generally has a labcoat over top, since the lab is where he spends the majority of the time but takes it off when he needs to look more 'proper' for more social/political affairs. This would also mean that the mecha suits wouldn't have a black variant since the color would be designated as Baatar's specifically. He technically DOES have his own unique mecha suit that is black but he just never really used it, or at least not as it's supposed to be used as he has since used it for his experiments with the spirit energy but it was his to begin with so it's fine.

Kuvira was just very adamant about his status being apparent at first glance and since she already gave him his own special rank he may as well get his own color. Plus he just looks really handsome in black~

#Baatar Jr.#LoK #Legend of Korra #AtlA #LoK: Sovereign Guard #[ eventually I'll get to how the rest of the empire uniforms are color coded #I added more colors to denote role and rank #instead of everyone having the same green #Baatar goes first ofc because his uniform ended up being my favorite #black looks so good on him ]#Neon Ocean Art

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cold-neon-ocean · 2 years

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The way I write Baatar and Kuvira is like

>:( : someone will die...

>:D : of MURDER!

And either one of them could be either half of the statement LOL

#Matsu Blogging #Baatar Jr.#Kuvira #LoK: Sovereign Guard #[ they're both so chaotic and unhinged

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cold-neon-ocean · 2 years

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I'm glad y'all like the idea of Baatar having no qualms with dismembering a man and Kuvira being way too into it LMAO

The versions I write of them are a good bit more nefarious than the canon- Baatar ESPECIALLY, as I really like playing up a more mad scientist vibe with him. Like yeah Varrick is a kooky eccentric but not directly hurting anyone, he's just an asshole, meanwhile Baatar is the one with bodies on his lab table lol~ On Kuvira's end she just has so few fucks left to give and is all to endeared to how much Baatar as come out of his shell since leaving Zaofu (for better or for worse) and watching to see just how far he'll go- to a certain extent. Their newfound freedom has led to quite the learning experience about themselves, such as Kuvira's willingness to take advantage of her status and heavy hand people when she doesn't have the energy to compromise, and realizing that her crusade is a lot more self serving than she proclaims, and Baatar's surprising enjoyment of public attention, an unsurprisingly short fuse and foul mouth after years of choking down his own anger, and a newfound skill with a scalpel and scissors- whether he's as skilled with it as he is with a wrench and screwdriver is up for debate, and applying it to things be they inanimate or otherwise. Kuvira thinks she can easily enact her own rules and solutions to things because to her the answers all seem very obvious even if people want to be difficult and argue with her on it- eventually they'll understand, after all she knows what's best as she's is coming from a place of complete neutrality; and Baatar is an engineer who believes he can apply the same logic and principals to surgery and organic anatomy, after all, what is the human body of not a machine just built of flesh? It shouldn't be all that different. And machines can always be modified and improved.

And neither of them are even remotely interested in checking the other on their less than socially acceptable new tendencies lol if anything they're relishing in the abandon of it all~ It only comes to an issue when it starts directly affecting them two specifically. And of course it eventually does.

#matsu blogging #LoK: Sovereign Guard #Kuvira #Baatar Jr.#[ I have so much I could say about how I characterize these two #and develop them over the course of my AU but their each need their own separate post lol #there's so much #and it's very specific to my story and portrayal of them #but I'll save that for another day ]

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cold-neon-ocean · 3 years

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what the hell do they think is so funny?

#Legend of Korra #LoK #Baatar Jr #AtLA #LoK AU #LoK: Sovereign Guard #[ ANOTHER VAGUE AU POST LOLOL #alternate title 1: me and the boys laughing at you behind your back #alternate title 2: shithead mcfuckface and his loyal doggies #at this point I'm just posting SG stuff as it comes because I doubt I'll ever be ready to explain my AU fully lol #so the next best thing is to just post it in pieces so I can at least say I got some of it out #it took me five solid hours to relay the whole thing to a friend of mine wheezes #but this has been my brain rot for the past several months so have a taste lolol ]#Neon Ocean Art

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cold-neon-ocean · 3 years

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now that can't be good for your lungs~

#Legend of Korra #LoK #Baatar Jr #AtLA #LoK AU #LoK: Sovereign Guard #Fanart #[ i stg art of him just comes out of me effortlessly #i lov him #anyway #more vague AU stuff #this isn't really canon to anything just more a moody WIP I wanna finish later #it is based on a scrapped idea that was inspired by the Little Sisters from Bioshock #whenever I get around to explaining things you'll come to see a lot of things surrounding Baatar were inspired by Bioshock :3c #and.. a lot of horror games wheezes ]#Neon Ocean Art

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cold-neon-ocean · 3 years

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I truly don’t know where to begin with explaining my LoK AU so I’m just gonna post WIPs without context ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#Legend of Korra #LoK #AtLA #LoK AU #LoK: Sovereign Guard #[ IN CASE ANYONE WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY AU #i apologize for the lack of context for this aklsjdf #also yeah Sovereign Guard is the title #I'm very proud of it tbh #like i said i don't know where to begin with this #but lets just say I really push Baatar's mad scientist potential sweats ]#Neon Ocean Art

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cold-neon-ocean · 3 years

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Hello and welcome to my current brain rot:

The Beifong brothers, but they’re a k-pop group.

#Legend of Korra #Baatar Jr #Huan Beifong #Wing Beifong #Wei Beifong #LoK #LoK AU #LoK K-Pop AU #[ holds head in hands #this is all I've been able to think about for the past week don't look at me #Sovereign Guard is on pause in my head rn for goofy k-pop brothers wow #this is my first time drawing Huan and the twins #I thought a lot about their individual styles it was so much fun dressing them ;__;#I just gave Baatar the clothes I want sobs #bc he's my favorite ofc :3c #eventually I'll color these properly aksdjf #but yeah have some k-pop boys #bc that's the kinda content I'm here to provide lolol! ]#Neon Ocean Art

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spookywinnerpainter · 7 years

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