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[legobiwan]

Unpopular opinion: Darth Maul should have died in the Clone Wars series instead of Rebels

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I don’t wholly disagree, but it would entirely depend on how it happened. I feel that if anyone but Obi-wan killed Maul, it would just be unsatisfactory. I mean, if Palpatine had ended Maul during “The Lawless,” that would essentially rewrite most of the recent Star Wars canon we know. I’m not...totally against this, by any means, (I mean, we had no idea what Maul was doing for ages), but again, it would really depend on what we got as a substitute. 

Now, did Rebels get really caught up on the Obi-wan-Maul plot line and then only give it one episode to play out? Yes. But on the whole, I am a big fan of Twin Suns, so I can’t argue too, too much with it. 

In terms of a TCW death...I just feel if Obi-wan had killed Maul during that timeline, it would have been in anger and then we would have gotten Sith!Obi-wan or at least dark!Obi-wan. Which, I mean, I looove that incarnation of him but we weren’t going to get that in canon (not even in the Mortis arc YOU COWARDS). And, to me, anything else would have been less than satisfying. 

I don’t know. TCW and Rebels are imperfect, but I’m pretty pleased, overall, with how they handled Maul. 

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[wolfcrunch]

Dabi turned into such a JoJo Villain, that i was expecting the song thriller to be playing on air. Though seriously I liked the fact how Dabi was always potrayed as a some stoic snarker by canon and fanon but this arc has revealed how much of a manic he truly is. Even Shiggy would be telling Dabi to chill out at this point.

we got so much character for dabi just in one chapter...cant wait to see what ost bones pulls out when dabi’s dance gets animated. hes so dramatic i love it

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@agenttao I had to change the language back to Korean lol I noticed halfway through the episode something was off, and that they switched it.

The dub isn’t bad but the original voices are better.

Episode 3 had me crying at 4 in the morning 😆 I had to stop there man. That was the power duo of the whole show. I loved that man, man.

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"This is the story on how I became the world's greatest hero." Then continues to narrate revealing that Deku has placed the world under a Hero dictatorship ruling it with an iron fist hidden in a velvet glove, so that he can protect all of the smiles in the world. Plus every city in the world is mandated to have statues of All-Might and Gran Torino

SJFHSKSKS NOO

deku would never do that asjskskd but imagine,,

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Personally I hope Endeavor lives even if he loses his quirk because Endeavor's whole identity and career has been shaped around mastering his quirk and his efforts to stamp out any weak points. There would be lot of potential development for the Flame hero. Plus he can still be a mentor for the monster trio especially for Deku who will need someone that can literally understand his mumbling and master the other quirks in OFA. Plus I can see Quirkless Enji leading the Resistance against Shiggy

yeah, i’ve seen a fair few people want Endeavor to die but there’s no chance that Endeavor dies here. his story isn’t done yet, and seeing as there’s several unresolved plot points, killing him off here would work, and especially not by Shigaraki’s hands.

Also, notice how similar these two final pages look - All Might vs AFO, and then Endeavor vs Shigaraki. no. 1 hero vs no. 1 villain.

this may very well be a battle of loosing quirk rather than loosing life, much like All Might vs AFO.

and yeah, as you said, Endeavor could still be a mentor to the trio, which I would still love to see because he and Izuku work really well together.

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[legobiwan]

Hello! I recently discovered your blog and I love your stuff about Obi and Dooku. Especially about the Count. If you don't mind me asking what are your thoughts on Dooku and Ventress's relationship? What do you do think would have happened if Dooku refused to obey Sidious and not let Ventress go? Sorry if it's a lot to ask.

Hello there and welcome, friend! I happen to LOVE Dooku so you have come to the right place!

So this is an interesting question and a GOOD question. Dooku is a hard Master, a hard man - but that’s always been the case, even when he was a Jedi. (Rael states this outright in Master and Apprentice and still, I always have to wonder how Rael Aveross, aka the human equivalent of a perpetually wrinkled shirt with one prominent and indelible grease stain on the chest, how Rael got so under Dooku’s skin that Dooku would hug- hug! the man after not seeing him for months. Anyway, that’s another story for another time.)

Anyway, Ventress. I think the scene where Sidious orders Dooku to eliminate her is instructive.

Sidious: “Your assassin is powerful.”

Dooku: “She’s important to me.”

That’s…not what Sidious was saying, Dooku. He’s totally betraying his feelings here. 

And, you know…Dooku probably was, either consciously or subconsciously grooming Ventress to help him overthrow Sidious. I do think he kept certain things from her in order to maintain the power imbalance between the two of them, but they were close, in a kind of screwed-up way. Look how betrayed Ventress was when Dooku abandoned her. Look at how Dooku tries to fight for Ventress with Sidious, something he rarely does outright. 

And in Jedi Lost, Dooku actually shares a lot with Ventress. About his childhood, his training with the Jedi. Dooku isn’t a man to open up to anybody, even to manipulate them, so it says a lot that he allows Ventress this wholesale glimpse into his life. (It also says a lot as to how intimidating Dooku must have been, to allow this vulnerability while keeping his absolute authority over Ventress. I actually think the only person not fully swayed by being Dooku’s apprentice was Rael, and that’s probably why they had the relationship they did. Even Qui-gon, according to Rael, would have eventually followed his Master anywhere, which begs a ton of questions if Qui-gon hadn’t been killed on Naboo, but again, I’m getting off-track.)

In a way, Dooku set up Ventress to fail. Her fighting, her tactics…they really showed a marked improvement after Ventress left the Sith and this feeds into the idea that Dooku was purposefully suppressing her potential as to a) not catch Sidious’s attention (too late) b) to not usurp him as it was the way of the Sith and c) possibly because Dooku was still (perhaps subconsciously) after a larger prize (Kenobi). Also, Dooku might have, on some level, still felt ambivalence about his turn, and in keeping Ventress distant, he could keep his feelings about his turn distant. 

But Dooku is a teacher, through and through. And teaching, while often an altruistic act, is also a power imbalance and can confer onto the teacher certain feelings of superiority depending on the circumstances and people. I think Dooku liked it all - the act of passing down his knowledge, of creating the lineage he could never have with his family on Serenno (and this goes for both Canon and Legends). 

Now, if Dooku had disobeyed Sidious? 

CHAOS.

The first thing they would have had to do is create a splinter group of Sith, a la Maul and Savage. And then how would the economics of the CIS play out? Dooku was the political and military leader of the Confederacy, but Sidious was playing both ends so corporations like the Techno Union, the Trade Union, and the Banking Clan were funding both sides. In some ways, the advantage might go to Dooku there, as Sidious would still need to keep up his persona as Chancellor while Dooku and Ventress would have nothing to lose. 

And then what? They would try to kill Sidious, of course, before he killed them. Would Dooku and Ventress try to strike an alliance with the more unorthodox arm of the Jedi? Ventress would be a better emissary for that, and even then, probably only Obi-wan would have heard her out. And that creates some interesting possibilities. Or if they even kidnapped Obi-wan (or Ahsoka. Probably not Anakin as Anakin was a little too murdery.)

But speaking of Anakin - how would Sidious have dealt then? Timeline moved up? Order 66 right then? Save Anakin and tell him how tragic it all was but they could take strength in each other? How it was all Dooku and Ventress’s fault? How Anakin needed to exact revenge on them? But still, politically, the pieces weren’t quite in place yet. So instead, the CIS might have turned on itself, or the “neutral” corporations would have shifted over to the Republic. Or not. It would have been MESSY AS HELL.

(And if Ventress wasn’t cut loose, that means no Savage, which means no Maul, which means…Obi-wan might have had a better time of it. Or Ventress might have gone back to Dathomir anyway and found Maul and then what? An unholy triumvirate of Dooku, Ventress, and Maul? Poor Obi-wan, is all I can say.)

Anyway, the fallout of Dooku disobeying Sidious would have been MASSIVE. 

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[wolfcrunch]

Something that has been on my mind for awhile is that Deku received a copy of Destro's book from Hawks and said that he was reading it. Makes me wonder if Deku will take any lessons from the book and incorporate them in a positive way to help reform society unlike the MLA. It would be interesting if we learned more about Destro's ideology since the MLA had a 100k army who were dissatisfied with the status quo.

I honestly forgot that Hawks gave him (as well as Todoroki and Bakugou) a copy of Destro’s book...

they’re for sure going to come back at some point in the future...otherwise i dont think Horikoshi would’ve shown Hawks giving the books to them...

but it’d be interesting to see if Izuku, or any of the other students, did take that book and those ideals and tried to mold them into the better and help reform society with them......i wouldn’t be opposed to that happening.

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The other thing i was thinking is that the 100% process was for AFO to hijack Shiggy's mind and body for his own survival. Shiggy's new body would be ideal for AFO to bodysnatch since his own is horribly damaged and unstable without a powerful quirk like Eri. But Mirko interrupted the process inadverntly saving Shiggy's life and now Shiggy will break into prison to kill AFO to free himself from AFO's control. Plus Dabi, Spinner and Toga would want to see Stain who is right next to AFO

huh, thats another way of looking at it - im sure at 100%, AFO probably would’ve possessed Shigaraki by now,,,,,,, Miirko deserves our thanks. at 75% Shigaraki has the power, but still regains his own mentality to (for now) push his master away.

but yeah, he’s for sure killed AFO at some point i think. and an encounter between Dabi, Spinner and Toga with Stain would be neat to see. I wonder how Stain would react,,,

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[legobiwan]

What do you think Dooku would have been like as Emperor? Assuming he managed to overthrow Palpy or turn the Separatist Systems Alliance into his own personal fiefdom.

OH YEAH

So, Finer Shades of Why gets into this and I just love the way the author portrays Chancellor/Emporer Dooku. Much like Sidious, he consolidates power, essentially turns the Senate into puppets, and does his best to grind out any opposition. Now, any leader turning a democratic republic into a totalitarian state would follow a similar blueprint, so this not too radical considering the circumstance. What I find interesting is how those visions for an Empire would diverge, between Sidious and Dooku, that is. I cannot see Dooku thriving in what the Empire became - a bloated mass of ineffectual bureaucracy spearheaded by a shadowy strongman straight out of someone’s nightmares (Anakin) and an evil puppetmaster who seemed to draw back from the public eye as the years went on (Sidious, obviously). Dooku turned due, in part, to his idealism and I can’t see him happy in Sidious’s Empire, which is basically a grey-and-steel version of what the Republic had become. 

What would Dooku do differently, then, as Emperor of the defeated Republic? We know he would want to clear out corruption in government (dare I say, “drain the swamp?” I jest, Dooku is 500 times more intelligent than the barely-sentient moldy orange rind we have in office and that’s an insult to orange rinds around the world.) Anyway, I could see him starting with an anti-corruption campaign and going hard on it, using loyalists in the local military and the clones to clear out the filth. Dooku’s very politically savvy, so he’d probably parade them on the holonet for a show-trial, instilling a similar snitching-ethos in the Senate that I’m pretty sure Palpatine used, as well. I don’t think Dooku would copy the blatant militarism of the Empire we knew. Not that he wouldn’t re-organize his military and wield it, but I imagine the messaging would be a little less dystopian and more understated, invisible terror dressed in velvet and rich furs. 

I also imagine the same anti-alien sentiment in Palpatine’s Empire would continue in Dooku’s. Dooku is an old-school aristocrat, with old-school prejudices, although it would be expedient to not wear those prejudices on his sleeve in order to not foster rebellion. 

Now, where I see Dooku faltering is with the Jedi, or what is left of the Jedi. yes, he’d hunt down the survivors of Order 66, but Dooku is such a teaching addict, I can’t see him being happy to sit back and be an administrator for the rest of his life. Plus, he’s not a young man and he doesn’t have the same inclination to attempt immortality that Palpatine does. (And I’ve always liked that about Dooku’s character. He’s a Sith, he’s dark, he wants power of a sort, but he’s not obsessed with immortality, which is fascinating for a bad guy of his age.)

He’s going to need to build a support system around him. He’s going to need students, a lineage to take up his mantle in 10, 20 years. And Dooku doesn’t trust easily, nor is his taste in sentiments wide. He is a picky man with exacting standards, so whatever infrastructure he builds is going to be aimed in this direction. And I suppose, in the end, this is one of the main differences between Sidious and Dooku. Sidious assumed to live forever, to rule forever, to keep power forever and just grow and grow, never stopping. Kind of like people assume we should do with the economy. Just keep growing, it’ll be fine. Not. Dooku, on the other hand - his preoccupation is lineage, it’s teaching, it’s righting wrongs in the Jedi, in the Republic, in the Force that only he can. And so any government run by him is going to have personal stamp on it and you can be damn sure whoever he grooms is going to have his stamp on them, as well. (*coughcoughcough*calling one Obi-wan Kenobi*coughcoughcough*)

I suppose, then, this “new” Republic would be quite strict in its legislation, giving no sway to its politicians and likely handing out strict punishment for any type of infraction. 

It really depends, in the end, how drunk on the dark side Dooku is at that point. He is so far fallen that he only craves or can he step back for a moment and rule with a semi-clear head? It’s interesting, because we are never really shown Serenno post-Dooku takeover, aside from some glimpses in Dark Rendezvous. Is Dooku a good leader? Does Serenno flourish? I’m inclined to say yes, but I know I’m biased. Perhaps a Dooku-empire would be a large-scale Serenno, assuming the Serenno project was successful. In the end, a Dooku empire might be slightly more civilized, and more dangerous, in that it would be velvet trap for those unable to see its dangers. 

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I think Mt. Lady is going to die and that's why Hori was crying. Gigan is a freak of nature that hasn't displayed it's full power yet and Mt. Lady will be our first brutal demonstration why Shiggy's pet kaiju is something to be feared. Plus Shiggy will need to escape from the heroes after getting beat so badly and losing mental control.

well we dont know if horikoshi was crying over the chapter/manga in general or not,, its possible it was over something else. i do feel like people are probably taking the crying comment a bit out of context because it could really be for anything.

but its possible that mt lady dies here. at the very least she gets badly injured. machia isnt going to be held back by her for very long,,,,,,,,, shes in for a wake up call, i think.

they’re gonna get to shiggy before he gets caught or anything. no way is shigaraki being taken into jail after all this. that actually leaves the heroes in a bad spot because machia has the rest of the league, i doubt they can fight all of them. especially with aizawa and endeavor injured

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So I just read chapter 270 and I have a couple thoughts, one I think your theory about Deku being the unintentional traitor has more weight then I wanted to admit, two ofa and afo are much closer then we thought and three I think present mic might actually die since he is close by shiggy and has the doctor close by

👏 i live for the unintentional traitor deku theory, although to be fair there’s not really a lot of evidence for any traitor theory, it could go any way

i always figured that as quirks, afo and ofa would be connected. even if its not the same way ofa has connected itself to the quirks of previous holders..given that afo had a hand in creating this quirk, i dont think it would be too far fetched.

and he might! i’d rather he die over aizawa if it came down to it

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(@ agenttao's ask) Deku is actually an acronym and it stands for "Dictator Everyone Kneels Under." Bakugou has future vision and tried to turn it into an insult as a way to hopefully break Izuku down so that he'd never be confident enough to gain total control, but it didn't work and every day throughout highschool as Izuku's power grows, so does Katsuki's fear.

oh my god you cracked it. this is the true meaning of the series. this is katsuki trying to warn us. he’s always known.

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@agenttao

Season 2 episode one of Kingdom shat on every zombie flick and show I’ve ever seen. Damn was that a badass episode. Especially the guy who sacrificed himself and the badass music they played as they prepared to leave the city at night.