#but i guess baby yoda name is a spoiler still
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Tales of the Jedi Reaction
Y'all, it was SO
GOOD
<3 <3 <3
Spoilers under the cut
Episode 1
Pav-ti (Ahsoka's mom) is beautiful
And she has a gun :D
Also her dad is a lovable dork <3
I appreciate how they have 1-year-old Ahsoka acting appropriately for her age
This is quite the ritual for one so young. But I appreciate it, in a way.
Ohhhh no big bad monster
Hghhhhhhhhhhh very big bad monster!!
Is this gonna be a Grogu-with-the-mud-horn moment?
Nope, guess not--opE, THIS BRINGS ME DISTRESS NOT GOOD
I mean we know how this ends but STILL
THAT SCREENSHOT THO with baby soka patting the tiger's nose <3 <3 <3
(How on earth did she get on top of that thing?? XD)
Gosh dangit y'all I need to sleep but I now don't WANT TO
Episode 2
Young Dooku!! Is that young Qui-Gon? Can't really tell. I don't see a padawan braid
That's the most actual dog-looking dog I've ever seen in star wars
Dooku's so dramatic with that cape XD
Y'all are leaving your backs wide open
Ohhhhkaaay this is sinister
Mmmmmm this does not look like it's going to end well
His lightsaber was blue <3
Why? Just... why, senator dude?
OH SNAP THERE'S THE DARKNESS
GOOD JOB KIDs FOR DEESCALATING
BUT YIKES
Heeheeheehee it is Qui-Gon <3
Good golly gracious I'm gonna cry Qui-Gon was so sweet
(Noooooo why is this show SO GOOD I WAS GONNA SLEEP BUT I GUESS NOT)
Episode 3
I can see why Dooku is getting very fed up with the system. I would be, too.
What are those GLOVES? Like, are they just for show or are these people only near-human? (I lowkey want a pair)
Hmmm the senator's nervous. He'll do ANYTHING for his people, huh?
Disaster lineage rebellion didn't start with Qui-Gon XD
Thhaaaat's a lightsaber mark in that tree
Ope, LOTS of lightsaber marks
Well this went downhill very quickly
This guy's got mismatched eyes. Neat
Semage. Is that a name I should know?
(As interesting and genuinely fascinating as Dooku's backstory is, I hope we don't spend a whole of time on his fall. It's depressing.)
Episode 4
At least one more Dooku episode. Alrighty, that's fine. I just kinda hope this is the last one.
Ooooooooh I like this inner view of the archives :D
There goes Kamino :'D
Ohhhhhhhhh this is DURING Episode I
"an active imagination", honey--Master Nu--that is NOT the right response to a report of Sith appearing--
YADDLE!!
SPEAKS NORMALLY???
WHAT????
Was NOT expecting that
So Yoda's just weird I guess
Dropping hints, are we, Dooku?
"I will not be there to protect you, my old Padawan"
"You need not worry, Master. Obi-Wan fills that role now."
SHRIIIIIEEEEEK
"He acquits himself quite well."
*shrieking continues"
Dooku still hasn't met Obi-Wan?? Even though he and Qui-Gon apparently still get along?
Is that the last time they saw each other? D':
Here we go. I sense a climax coming. Yaddle's not having it.
Ohhhhh they just got the news about Qui-Gon's death. Oww.
Yeah, I bet this is Dooku's last episode
Yaddle doing some sneaky sneak sneaking
(Ahsoka canonically never knew Yaddle. This is going to be bad)
Ah, so Dooku's already been in contact with Sidious.
"You lost an apprentice and so did I. All in service of our greater goals."
Hrk--
That was a gut punch if I ever felt one
This REALLY hurts, watching Dooku voice all his regrets for his lost honor, as if he's having second thoughts, but we as the audience already know he's only going to fall further
Yaddle... you... okay, mad respect for giving your full and honest best effort to help this man. But this is an absolute tragedy.
Yaddle, I wish you'd've run. I get that you're still trying to save him, but---
HOLY--
Ohhhh that was unpleasant death
OPE JUST KIDDING
But this still can't end well
....I don't know which moment was worse.
Episode 5
Okay, there's only 6 of these, so better enjoy these last two
(Will there be any more? I don't think so...)
Anakin! During clone wars--baby face! LOOK AT THAT BABY FACE ANAKIN
OBI-WAN MULLET
AHSOKA almost HAS SLEEVES!
CALEBBBBBBBBB
AIIIIEEEEEEEEE THat WaS sO CuTE
Oh myGOSH HE CANONICALLY KNOWS AHSOKA DURING THE WAR
Seriously, like, not very many people were in there. That super implies they're close friends
Of course Anakin thinks the training remotes are sub-par XD
Troopers! My boys!
REXXXX <3 <3
"Don't worry Rex, she'll wake up"
Awwwww
IT WAS JESSE!!!
*he waves* "Sorry Commander!"
SQUEAAAAAL
THAT WAS SO CUTE JESSE XD
also, super helpful to know stun blasts work for a whole hour. And that you can "get used to it". And that she's dizzy afterwards
Jeeze Anakin how long were you doing this?
So yeah, she does start waking up faster
THIS HURTS MY HEART
THIS IS WHY SHE SURVIVED
IT HURTS
awww she's still training later in the war
OWWW SHE USES THAT EXACT MOVE IN THE--YES, IN THIS EPISODE EXACTLY WHY ARE YOU HURTING ME LIKE THIS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Episode 6
gaaaaaasp is this how Ahsoka gets her white lightsabers?? So excited
Gah the funeral tho (cries)
Bail absolutely saw her
Ah, there he is
Ahsoka's face--she's just... so broken right now
These poor troopers are like "we picked up a weeeirdo"
Ahsoka got the message, tho :D
REX IS STILL WITH HER
GAH SO MANY LITTLE DETAILS FOR THE FANFICS
Yeeee! Cut Lawquane and the Fam!
Orrrr just farmers, okay thay's fine
Aaaaand there goes Ahsoka's cover
ASHLA IS CANONICALLY HER UNDER COVER NAME!! Yeee!
Yeeeeaaah, kid, you better skip town. Like. Pronto.
Ah, but that's what attracted the Inquisitor. Got it.
Oh.
Oh dear.
That is NOT how I expected this to go
Ohhh mmmaaan this is tense
Awww I'm almost sad that we didn't get to see this super cool/dangerous Inquisitor in Rebels. But nah, it just makes this little mini-episode epic
Eeeeheeehehe, there's where Organa's comm came in handy :D
It's implied that a significant chunk of time passed. And Rex wasn't with her.
HMMM
But that was the last episode
Maybe we'll learn more in the Bad Batch
I'm going to bed soooooo late y'all
But was it worth it?
YES
ALL OF THEM WERE SO GOOD
#star wars#tales of the jedi#tales of the jedi spoilers#spoilers under the cut#it was SO GOOD YALL#mathmusic reacts#reaction post
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Me, an evil bitch: Grogu is going to outlive Din big time and that’s just FACTS
#it hurt me so it gotta hurt y'all too#ooc#mandalorian spoiler#its not a spoiler really#but i guess baby yoda name is a spoiler still
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BnHA Chapter 267: My Name Is
Previously on BnHA: Hawks stabbed Twice in the back of the head. Twice stabbed another guy in the back of the head. Everyone’s just running around stabbing or being stabbed. I should probably clarify that Twice actually died, because this is a shounen manga, so sometimes you have to clarify that this particular stabbing was actually fatal. Not just one of those flesh wound stabbings. Anyway so it was super sad, and now Dabi’s gonna face off with the sexy scarred murderous Hawks, and Toga and Compress are also going to be feeling a bit stabby after all this probably, and so that’s the general mood here I guess. I kind of need a break now so I’m wondering if we’re gonna cut to any of the kids. Because if we stick around Horikoshi may actually have to give us Dabi flashbacks. God forbid.
Today on BnHA: Tokoyami has a flashback to when Hawks told him he’s weak to being set on fire. This terrible thought weighs on his mind as he and the other lads and lasses of U.A.’s child soldier vanguard are escorted away from the battle via Fatgum and his absolute goat of a quirk. Dabi is all “:D you killed Twice, I’m gonna set you on fire repeatedly now” and Hawks is all “ffff no that’s my weakness also WHO ARE YOU” and WE GET SOME HAWKS FLASHBACKS?! and then Dabi is all “:DDDDDD [CENSORED]” and it’s literally fucking censored fuck my life. but also !!! because he actually fucking said it, though?? He really went and revealed it just like that?? And now Hawks knows, and he’s all shocked, and Dabi goes to kill him afterwards but TOKOYAMI IS ALL “ON YOUR LEFT!!!!” and OH SHIT. Also Endeavor saves Miruko so DOUBLE OH SHIT. Oh my god. I’m sorry this summary is all over the place but I can barely type a coherent sentence now so just TAKE THESE EXCLAMATION POINTS AND GO!!! SPREAD THE WORD. BE FREE.
everyone before we begin I would just like to tell you about my discovery this week. I learned that when I type the word “Dabi” on my phone the next word that the keyboard predicts is “flashbacks.” google keyboard is on to me. so now the FBI and the CIA and whoever else google is selling all my data to all know. I can only imagine. “she seems to spend an inordinate amount of time talking about ‘Dabi flashbacks.’ what’s a Dabi.” I’ll tell you what a Dabi is. it’s a guy whose fucking flashbacks we never fucking get that’s what
anyway so let’s read this chapter whose spoiler tags have already been filling up my dashboard, which is always a good sign. who will die this week? Horikoshi please have mercy on us in light of recent real life global events. maybe you can just have everyone abruptly decide that they are all done fighting and want to go home
-- GOD BLESS US EVERYONE
who could have known, years ago when the very first mangaka was drawing the very first color page, that this medium would one day soar to such great heights. who could have imagined that we would one day be witness to this masterwork, this magnificent fucking triumph of a colored manga page. holy shit. I will cherish this always
for real you all think I’m joking but I genuinely don’t want to scroll down lol. let’s just stay with Miruko forever. where it is safe. and sexy. goddammit
OH SURE, THEY GIVE US HAWKS FLASHBACKS
anyways but lol
guys. we’ve been over this. fire is everyone’s weakness. just. I’m not quite sure people like Hawks and Kamui Woods actually grasp that. do they think normal people catch on fire and they’re just “oh, this is actually all right.” also, side note kids, please don’t use this answer if this ever comes up during a job interview
wow
what a gamechanging plan of action. don’t catch on fire. Toko write that down
WOW
you guys. YOU GUYS. IT GOT BETTER
who could have known, years ago when the very first mangaka was drawing the very first gag panel, that this format would one day ascend to such lofty summits. who could have envisaged that we would one day behold such a showpiece, such a grand fucking slam of a joke panel in a shounen manga
anyway Horikoshi sure does love his English portmanteaus. I’m kind of stunned by how great this is you guys. but getting back to more serious observations, all I can say is thank fucking god somebody is actually thinking of the children! nothing terrible had better happen to them or I swear!!
so Fatgum is explaining that the plan was to have them use their respective quirks to help take out a bunch of bad guys at once, and that the grown-ups will now proceed to rope them all in and capture them. and dammit, I was trying to avoid having to post the panel because it takes forever if I post a lot of them, but I just noticed Mt. Lady over there stomping fools in the background and so now I have no choice
A+ chapter so far you guys. 5 stars. keep it up
one-and-a-half year-old Kaminari Denki has already fallen asleep. he wishes he could live there. I wish I had the words to adequately convey how utterly delighted I have been by this entire “everyone rides around in Fatgum’s belly” mini-arc, which is now my favorite part of the entire series (as always with the exception of “Dear Midoriya I’m really sorry”)
and I also just really love the timing of it?? right after the “here’s that angst you ordered” emotional sobfest of the last chapter, we’re taking a quick break to cut back to the Fatgum Express (excuse me, Fataxi) just to keep things from getting too heavy. this is such an important balance to strike. please don’t let this arc get too dark, Horikoshi
oh shit
right, Dabi?? but I’ve had an entire week to process my feelings about it and I’m more or less good now! how are you
not particularly great, then
and also, fuck. so Horikoshi was gracious enough not to show Twice’s murdered body even though he confirmed he was indeed killed (so apologies to anyone who was still holding out hope. it sucks but at least we’ve got closure). first he cuts off the bottom of the panel, and then he has Dabi literally cremate him on the fucking spot. there’s really going to be nothing left at all of him or any of the clones. I’m just gonna sit here and try not to think about that or else I’ll get sad all over again
anyway, so also Hawks’s wings have been totally incinerated now it looks like, and he’s just barely yeeting himself out of the way with whatever he’s got left
boy this is getting rough
love how Horikoshi is avoiding showing Dabi’s face!! that was sarcasm by the way because I don’t love it! he pulls this shit all the time with Bakugou too! show us their emotions dammit!
anyway. how kind of Dabi to stomp out Hawks’s flames for him like that. you see. they’re still friends
HOLY SHIT
APPARENTLY IT IS??? I GUESS WE ALL GRIEVE DIFFERENTLY LMAO. SOME PEOPLE GET SAD AND CRY AND OTHERS JUST GET REALLY SCARY AND CRAZY
like. not to nitpick or anything, but your tear glands are actually located above your eyes. maybe he means his tear ducts. also I’m not a doctor or anything and I can barely name like three bones actually so maybe I should just shut up!
anyways though, out of courtesy let’s just take Dabi at his word that grinning like a deranged lunatic is a perfectly normal response to watching your friend get murdered by your sexy archenemy. who is to say
and what exactly is your dream again? to make Stain’s will a reality or something like that? so purging the world of false heroes I guess?
DAMMIT DABI FIRE IS HIS WEAKNESS
most people would at least scream, wouldn’t they? Hawks??? does that not hurt??!
DSFKJSL:DKGHLSDKGHL
no!! I won’t be fooled!! Horikoshi and Dabi flashbacks is like Wile E. Coyote and painting a fake tunnel onto a cliffside! don’t be conned by his deceitful forced perspective!
LOL YOU SEE
apparently this man really will do anything to keep us from getting a Dabi flashback, even if that means giving us Hawks flashbacks instead lmao. WELL SHOOT. OH DARN. POOR US. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO SETTLE try not to look too happy guys he can sense satisfaction
anyway so here’s baby Hawks
okay, so -- does fandom still hate Hawks. like, I haven’t checked the bnha tag much since this weekend so I don’t know if the general consensus is still “yeah he’s cancelled” or if we’re cooling down at all yet? anyway so I apologize if liking Hawks is still A Wrong Thing To Do, but just fyi he’s still adopted and I haven’t unadopted him and I love him unconditionally even though he’s in timeout. and so now that Baby Hawks has appeared to rival all other Baby Characters (BABY YODA WATCH YOUR SIX!!) with his lil wings and his Endeavor plush and his quiet lil nodding head, I just need you all to know that I would die for him without hesitation and that’s just how it is friends
(ETA: also, jesus christ. “Keigo-kun, you can say goodbye to your name from now on!" I’m surprised they didn’t assign him a fucking number. what the fuck. time for some grueling training, lab rat #184. better get ready. jesus. he’s like 7.)
sdlkfjLSDGHOSIDFOIOOIIO
THE MAN THAT -- WHAT. WELL HOT DAMN, TAKAMI THEORISTS! GO ON AND GIVE YOURSELVES A BIG PAT ON THE BACK. YOU EARNED IT.
snap. gotta calm down. too much hype all of a sudden. easy does it
OH ARE YOU KIDDING ME THAT’S IT??
noooo go back. fuck
and how the hell do you still have eyebrows, Hawks. how are you still even alive, let alone sexy. is fire your weakness?? is it really??! WELCOME TO BNHA THE MANGA WHERE ANYONE CAN SURVIVE ANYTHING. EXCEPT FOR BEING KILLED OFF-SCREEN AFTER WEEKS AND WEEKS OF BUILDUP
WHAT THE MONUMENTAL FUCK
HORIKOSHI WHERE ARE YOU I’M READY AND WILLING TO VIOLATE SOCIAL DISTANCING RIGHT NOW TO PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE SO COME ON
what the fuck. is this a Tarantino movie. or an Eminem song. anyway but we all know what he actually said though so let’s just scroll down and see how Hawks is going to take the news
oh my. I suddenly understand Dabi’s “grinning like a lunatic” reaction to witnessing a tragedy now. ohhhhhh that’s the good angst right there
so now Dabi says that if he wasn’t Hawks’s target in the beginning, then Hawks “would’ve been done for from the start”? ...what. lol what. am I just too tired to understand this you guys. I’m so confused
okay well I still have no fucking clue what that all meant but on the next panel he’s saying that Hawks shouldn’t have been focusing on Tomura or the League
is he suggesting that he has the power to bring down the hero system by revealing that he, the son of Endeavor, was made into a villain? am I reading into this right?
holy moses. I can’t believe this is really happening. this plotline is finally on the move oh my god I can’t even I’m getting way too excited I can’t??
HEY WHAT
well it matters to me you big melodramatic jerk!! don’t even pretend like you’re really gonna do it. I have zero fear of Hawks actually dying right now, not after that. there is way too much plot attached to him, gtfo with this fakeout shit
but more importantly, why the fuck are we cutting to Gigantomachia now oh shit. don’t tell me Fatgum got the babies out of there just in time
FUCK ME I NEARLY SCREAMED OUT LOUD
HE CAN BE ACTIVATED BY THE RECORDING OF AFO!! SOMEONE HAS THE FUCKING ON SWITCH IN THEIR HANDS OH SHIT, THERE’S THE DISASTER WE WERE ALL FUCKING WAITING FOR RIGHT THERE
WE’RE CUTTING BACK TO MIRUKO NOW??? CAN THIS CHAPTER GET ANY MORE HYPE MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS
let the bodies hit the floor let the bodies hit the floor let the bodies hit the floor let the bodies hit the [deep breath] FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO --
OH NO!?
okay like any reasonable person I am very concerned by the implications of this. and yet a part of me just wants to focus entirely on the “AM I GETTING TIRED AFTER LOSING AN ARM AND A SHITLOAD OF BLOOD AND FIGHTING FIVE NOUMUS ALL BY MYSELF FOR LIKE AN HOUR? ...NAH.” you’re absolutely right Miruko that would be ridiculous
ARE YOU SERIOUS
either she’s about to die and she knows it, or SHE WAS JUST TOYING WITH THEM WHAAAAT. I genuinely don’t even know which it is?? but it better not be the former and it absolutely is the latter though
GOSH DARN THAT MIRUKO
THERE SHE GOES. MY CZARINA
excuse me did this guy just fucking impale her
SHE ONLY HAS THE ONE GOOD HAND LEFT LIKE CAN YOU PLEASE. can you fucking not, though?! and also I forgot that being impaled through the torso is another thing in this series that’s actually fatal. well fuck
(ETA: also he ripped out her hair!! look here you piece of shit I’m gonna --)
lmao but yeah, somehow
Horikoshi. if you kill off your one cool strong top ten female hero character. just so you know. I will. ...you know what, just don’t do it, how about that. just don’t
ohhhhhh I might be about to get really mad you guys. we’ll see. we’lllllll see
SON OF A BITCH
GODDAMMIT, OBVIOUSLY TOMURA CAN’T FUCKING DIE SO WHY DON’T YOU FUCK OFF WITH THIS ENTIRE SCENARIO YOU’RE PRESENTING TO US RIGHT NOW HORIKOSHI, HOW ABOUT THAT. fuck everything I can’t believe chapter 267 page 16 was the last page of the entire manga you guys. tell me I’m reading way too much into this
ffffff
you literally had the perfect chapter. Fataxi!! Baby Hawks!! censored Touya reveals!! why would you go and. ...
I knew it was a mistake reading past that amazing color page you guys
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD I DIDN’T SCREAM BUT I SAID “HA HA!” OUT LOUD?!
-- AND AGAIN!!!!!
YOU WANT SOME??? YOU WANT SOME?!?!
FUCK YES. EXCUSE ME WHILE I CRACK OPEN THE WINDOW AND SHOUT SOME EARNEST “WOOOOOOO!!”S DOWN UNTO THE CONFUSED STREETS BELOW
y’all. I was this close to cancelling every damn thing. you don’t even know. my god I think I was grinding my teeth there
“you know what this manga has had quite enough of as of last week? tragic deaths! you know what it has not had nearly enough of? dramatic last minute saves! you know what it hasn’t had any of? TOKOYAMI VERSUS DABI, A.K.A. YOUR NEW FAVORITE MATCH-UP OF ALL TIME, YOU’RE FUCKING WELCOME.” geez. calm down Horikoshi. be cool man be cool
you guys. it was almost perfect, and then it wasn’t, and then it very much was. my god. how did I not see that Tokoyami save coming with all that buildup in hindsight. clearly he saw the fire on page four and was all “oh no! his weakness”
only thing is. it’s yours too, bud. :/ don’t think I’ve forgotten how this all played out during the forest arc. and meanwhile on top of that we’ve got Gigantomachia about to have the rudest of awakenings. goddammit. why is everything so dangerous and so awesome thanks I love it but geez
#bnha 267#dabi#hawks#tokoyami fumikage#miruko#bnha#boku no hero academia#bnha spoilers#mha spoilers#bnha manga spoilers#makeste spoiler recap#makeste reads bnha#plot twist he wasn't actually revealing his name in that panel#he was just unleashing a tirade of vicious cursing#that's why hawks looks so shocked afterwards#really touya#this is a kid's manga
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A Magical Time of Year
Happy Holidays from we the Supernatural fandom! I present to you a fluffy fic of family, gift exchanges, coming out, and copious amounts of Destiel. Minor angst, because I can't resist, but a happy ending all around.
Destiel, No Archive Warnings Apply, and there are spoilers from the finale.
Thanks so much for the help @themoosegoes-deanicandothis!
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“Dean, we have to go,” Cas called out, “Sam just texted me that Claire got here, and we still need to get presents for Jody and Charlie!”
“Alright, let’s just do one last check that we got everything,” Dean said back loudly over the din of the mall. It was December 24, 2020, Christmas Eve, and the pair were finishing up their present shopping.
“Dean Winchester, I have gone over that list five times, we have everything!”
“Humor me?”
“Fine,” Cas grumbled, faking annoyance at his boyfriends antics. Dean really did love Christmas, and was actually enjoying himself in this enormous place. Everything was magical during the Christmas season. There were lights everywhere, everyone seemed happier, and snow made everything unreal. Especially this year, when nothing even resembling an apocalypse was occurring, December was Dean’s favorite month. Even the shopping required by it.
“New hat for Bobby, the blanket with the green creature on it for Charlie,”
“Baby Yoda, Cas!” Dean interrupted, “I showed you the first episode, you know who it is!” Cas smiled to himself. Dean was sure he did that just for his boyfriend’s reaction.
“A silver knife set for Jody,” he continued, “And nunchucks for Claire,” Dean grinned at the last one. It had been his idea, and after extensive convincing, Cas had finally given in and let him buy them. The pros of finally dating.
“We already have the hair products and gun cleaning set at home for Sam, along with Eileen’s new gun, books for Kaia, a new bear for Jack, a pasta maker and hair pins for Donna,” Dean had been particularly proud of Donna’s present. The hair pins could be removed and turned into silver daggers, perfect for hunting, “and that book on mythology and medicine for Alex. And for you a-”
“No, remember Cas, not supposed to tell me,”
“Right. Yours is a secret, but just from you. Are we missing anything, Dean?” he finished sarcastically.
“Nope, we got it all.”
“Good, then let’s get out of here,” Cas grabbed Dean’s elbow as forcefully as an angel could without hurting him, and steered him towards the door.
“Cas, I was thinking maybe we could go grab lunch in the food court before we go?” Dean ventured.
“Dean, I love you very much,” Dean flushed and ducked his head, “but I would rather not spend another second in this godforsaken hellhole.”
Dean conceded, knowing fully well about Castiel’s fear of crowds. It had taken some kissing and pleading to even get him to come today. The hunter nodded his head and threaded his fingers through the angel’s, joining him on their way out.
They left without another word. Dean stayed silent until they got in the car, and let go of Castiel’s hand. He wasn’t quite pouting, per se, but he was very hungry! Halfway home, Cas turned to him.
“We can go get burgers if you’d like…?” A smile broke out on the hunter's face as he jerked the car around. Burgers at the local diner had become the pair’s staple date, so much so that the owner knew then by name.
As they sped off to get their grub, the smile widened on Dean’s face. He reached out and grabbed Castiel’s hand in his own, happy to be exactly where he was.
The enormous metal door clanged open, prompting excited outbursts from Charlie and Donna. The two had taken a surprising liking to each other in the week they had spent together in the bunker, and at this point it was strange to see one without the other.
“Boys!” Donna called out, “Get down here, and tell Jody that the Southern Ocean is totally a thing!”
“The what?” Dean asked jovially. Everything was brighter in the bunker with their family around, the air felt like it was doused in joy.
“The southern ocean,” Jody said, “Donna claims that there’s an ocean around Antarctica called the Southern Ocean, but I know for certain that it didn’t exist when I was in school,” Jody, Donna, Charlie, and Bobby were seated around the war room table. Despite their supposed argument, Donna’s feet were settled comfortably in Jody’s lap, and they were smiling at each other lovingly. Dean would never admit it, but they were a really cute couple.
“I’ve never heard of it,” he supplied as he walked down the stairs, Cas close behind. It earned a “Ha!” from Jody, who pointed at Donna victoriously.
“Jodyo, that doesn’t mean anything! Deano here barely got an education--no offense, sunshine--we should ask a more reliable source!”
“Hey!” Dean called out. He may not have gone to college, but he still went to school. He went unanswered.
“I’ve never heard of it either, and I’ve been around longer than anyone here,” Bobby put in.
“And yet you thought Australia was part of Oceania yesterday,” Charlie said with a cheeky grin. Dean had no clue where all these geography based arguments had come from, but he would be the first to admit they were hilarious.
“Listen here, ya idjit, this ‘Oceania’ didn’t even exist when I was young. Don’t be ageist,”
Charlie scoffed and tried to snark back, but Jody interrupted her.
“Alright, fine,” the sheriff said, “Cas, you’re an angel. Is the Southern Ocean a thing?”
“Yes,”
“See!” Donna exclaimed.
“But,” he continued, “It was only established in the year 2000. So I think you’re both right. Jody didn’t learn about it in school, but it is real,” The women stared at each other, not quite knowing how to react.
“Huh,” Jody said eventually, “Cool, I guess,”
Charlie rose and sidled up beside Cas.
“I tried to tell them that,” she whispered, “Even looked it up on my tablet. But nooooo, they only trust the angel,” she said it all with a smile on her lips, despite the tone of her voice.
After Jack restored everyone and released all his power back into the world, the boys found out he had done them one last favor. Not only had he brought back the Charlie from apocalypse world, he also revived their Charlie, the one killed by Styne. It was awkward at first, but the two actually made fast friends. Apocalypse Charlie had decided to spend this Christmas alone with Stevie, like Patience had with her dad, so it was just the original Charlie hanging with them this year.
“Alright,” Dean said, “As weird and nerdy as this conversation has been, Cas and I have some presents to wrap,” he held up the bags in his hands to prove his point.
“Have fun, boys,” Donna waved them away, and the two headed towards their room.
They stopped in the kitchen along the way, greeting Sam and Eileen who were working on the stuffing, which Dean had assigned to them. He had taken charge of all the cooking this year, working all of their guests to get ready for the feast he had planned. Dean snagged a beer for himself and Cas from the fridge and signed a quick Have fun, Moose Sam’s way before heading out. With Eileen back, the residents of the bunker had all gotten much better at sign language, and Dean was very proud of how far he’d come.
They passed Claire and Kaia watching Home Alone in the Fortress of Deanitude. They stopped by to give them a quick greeting and hugs, but left them to their movie. Claire had said she wanted to educate her girlfriend on the culture she’d missed, but Dean was sure it was just an excuse to cuddle with her. Lord knows he’d done the exact same with Cas.
Jack was wrapping presents in his room, and Dean had to remind him again to keep the door closed while he did.
“But why, Dean?”
“I told you, they’re supposed to be a surprise. That’s why we wrap them, so it kinda defeats the purpose if someone sees what it is before it’s wrapped.”
“Why is it a surprise?”
“Because that’s part of the Christmas spirit. Random things that someone might not even want wrapped in colorful paper stuffed under a dying tree.”
“Okay!” he said with a smile.
Finally, Cas and Dean made it to their room. They had decided on Cas moving into Dean’s room when they got together, considering Castiel spent barely any time in his and Dean’s mattress was better.
They wrapped in silence for a while, before Dean spoke hesitantly.
“I think I’m going to tell them, tomorrow,”
“Tell who what?” Cas turned to him and put down the blanket for Charlie. Dean’s tone was worrying.
“Tell everyone here about us, that we’re dating.”
“Do you want to?”
“Yes.”
“Then why haven’t you told them yet?”
“I’m scared,” Dean and Cas had made a rule the day after they got together. They would be completely honest with each other. Not more lies, tricks, or deception. They were so bad at communication that they pined after each other for twelve years before getting together, and Dean was determined to never let anything like that happen again. Hence the honesty.
“Why?” Cas moved forward, pulling Dean’s hand into his own, “You don’t think they think two men being together is wrong, do you?”
“Nah, of course not. There are more gay couples in our family than straight ones. I’m scared that they won’t want me to be with you because you’re an angel. We’re hunters, babe! Hell, I tried to kill you when I first met you. I know they love you, but what if they don’t think you should be with a human like me?”
“Dean, tell me. What was Sam’s reaction when we told him?” When Dean finally told Sam, a week after Jack brought Cas back and Dean kissed him for the first time, the man’s reaction had essentially been, “finally, you idiots!” It was so much better than Dean’s insecurity had told him that he nearly started crying. Nearly.
“He said we were idiots and was proud of us for finally getting together,” he grumbled.
“And Eileen?”
“She hugged us and gave me a link to something called ‘Archive of Our Own’ that had creepy stuff about us written on it.”
“Jack?”
“He asked if that meant we were really both his dads now,” Dean had actually started crying that time.
“So do you really think the rest of them won’t approve?”
“I know, I know. It’s stupid, but there’s this voice in the back of my head just telling me that they’ll leave me, eventually.”
“It’s not stupid, love, it makes sense. Dean, know that I will never leave you again. And nobody out there will. We love you, we’re your family. Dean Winchester, I promise you that not a single person in this bunker will ever leave you out of choice,”
“Thank you,” the hunter whispered, then leaned forward to kiss his angel softly. Minutes later, after they finally broke apart, Dean made a decision.
“I’m going to tell them. Tomorrow, when we open presents. I love you Cas, and I need people to know that.”
“I’m proud of you, my love,” Cas smiled kindly, cupping Dean’s chin, “Now, let’s finish wrapping these presents, then maybe we can join the girls and watch that movie. I find Marv very funny,” Dean pulled him in for another kiss, then went back to Claire’s nunchucks. He wrapped them in copious amounts of tissue paper, shaping it like a wrapped shirt. Pranks on Claire were his favorites, and tricking her into thinking a weapon was some kind of disappointing Christmas sweater was going to be fun .
The next morning, Jack bounded into their room at six o’ clock sharp. Dean had made the mistake of telling the kid that he couldn’t wake them before six, assuming he would sleep in like every other morning and get them at nine, maybe. Apparently not.
Jack flopped on the bed on Cas’s side that was regularly empty. Not like Dean would ever admit it, but the both of them loved cuddling. It was a rare occasion that Dean woke up without Castiel’s back pressed comfortably to his chest.
Gone were the days when Dean snatched a gun from beneath his pillow if he was startled from sleep. Cas could do that to a man. Today he just grunted tiredly.
“Dean! Cas!” Jack whispered excitedly, “It’s Christmas! Like, actual Christmas, not the one we had with Ms. Butters!”
“Yeah, kid,” Dean grumbled, lifting his head to look over Castiel’s shoulder, “It is. But the sun also hasn’t risen yet, so could you give half an hour?”
“Okay!” Jack said, not fazed, “I’ll go get Jody and Donna!” Dean nodded, brain still addled from sleep. A thought occurred to him.
“Wait, Jack,” he called out, “Be quiet, and only wake up Donna!” Dean had seen Jody in the morning, it wasn’t a good idea to wake her against her will.
Jack nodded, still excited, and rushed out of the room. Dean shoved his face back into Castiel’s neck, breathing in the comforting scent of honey and ozone. He actually wasn’t sure how their guests hadn’t noticed them sleeping together, but they hadn’t mentioned it, so he guessed they just never felt the need to venture to this part of the bunker so late at night.
Exactly thirty minutes later, after Castiel had woken and the two had made no effort to leave their cozy bed, Jack reappeared in their doorway.
“Ready?” he asked, smiling as bright as ever.
“Sure, Jack,” Cas said, very excited for his first Christmas as well, “why don’t you get everyone together in the war room and we’ll meet you out there.”
“Okay!” he said before rushing off again. Dean didn’t know how he had so much energy so early in the morning.
“You ready for this?” Cas asked, giving his boyfriend a peck on the cheek and standing up.
“Yeah,” Dean said, “I actually think I am.”
“Then let’s go,” Cas said determinedly before grabbing Dean’s hand and pulling him up beside him. They headed out the door side by side, clad in scooby doo and bumble bee pajama pants with old band t-shirts on top.
The war room held what Dean thought his heaven must really look like. Sam and Eileen were curled up in one of their brand new armchairs Dean had chosen to sit by the tree, signing at each other with lightning speed. Jody was on the ground with her legs stretched out, Donna’s head in her lap and a cup of coffee in her hands. Claire, Kaia, Alex, and Jack all sat as close to the presents as possible, and Dean didn’t miss Jack trying to peek into a bag with his name on it that Dean had put there last night. It seemed like the girls were trying to explain some of their favorite Christmas traditions to him, but the nephilim just looked lost.
Bobby was seated in the other armchair, and Charlie leaned against its leg. Their family was all here, and it was a beautiful sight.
When Donna caught sight of the pair, a big smile split her face.
“Deano, Angel Boy!” she called out, “Don’t be shy! Come on over here, there’s plenty of room. Maybe Jody’ll even let you put your head in her lap too!” From the look on Jody’s face, Dean didn’t think that was going to happen.
Cas headed in in front of him, and settled himself down right beside Donna. Dean joined Charlie leaning against Bobby’s chair.
“Dean,” Jody grumbled, “that boy of yours woke me up at the asscrack of dawn saying that you told him it was okay.”
“I told him to wake Donna up,” Dean gave a meaningful look at Jack, “because I know she’s an early riser. I specifically told him not to wake you, so I’m wondering why exactly he did?” Dean, Cas, and Jody turned to Jack while he heard something that sounded suspiciously like “Oooooh, someone’s in trouble,” from Claire. Dean shot a glare her way before turning back to Jack.
“I’m sorry, Dean,” he explained, “I was super excited and I really only meant to wake up Donna but I think we talked too loud and woke up Jody too. I’m sorry,” and there were the puppy eyes. Damn kid had learned them from Sam, and who was Dean to resist.
“Alright, Jack, I’m not mad at you,” he gave in, “Just remember to never wake Jody up again. Capeesh?”
“Yes, I capeesh,” Jack nodded, repeating a phrase Cas had obviously taught him. Jody smiled at him kindly, letting him know that she wasn’t still angry at him. No matter how grumpy Jody could be in the morning, she was one of the kindest people Dean knew.
“Not that this hasn’t all been just touching,” Eileen said and signed, “But could we open presents now? I got up this early for a reason, you know.”
“Yeah, yeah, alright,” Dean said, “Go ahead and start handing them out, kid.”
Jack scrambled to grab the first present he could get his hands on, and thus the present exchanging began. Some families did it one at a time, taking a moment for each present. Not the Winchesters and company. They ripped into their gifts at lightning speed, only taking the time to fawn over the present and thank the gifter profusely before moving on.
Kaia loved the books from the brothers and Cas, and squealed when she saw the warding necklace Claire made her, kissing her girlfriend cheerfully. At the same time Donna was thanking Alex for her “#1 Sheriff” mug while Jody protested that she, in fact, was the best sheriff. Their exchange was interrupted by a shriek of “ Nunchucks!!! ” from Claire, which caused Jody to glare at Dean for ten minutes straight. Charlie leapt up and hugged Dean and Bobby when she found a Baby Yoda blanket and working futuristic gun side by side. Bobby loved his new hat as much as Sam loved the beanie Jack got him, and Jody gave Donna a big kiss for her new gun. Alex loved her mythology and medicine book, and Eileen actually got two guns due to miscommunication. She couldn’t have been happier. Cas gave Kaia and Claire an enormous hug to thank them for a new tie, this one stitched with wings and halos. Towards the end, Dean gave Cas a bumblebee beanie and Cas gave Dean socks with pie on them. Dean had to hold himself back from kissing the man on the spot.
Finally, once the present exchange had died down, and everyone was left admiring their new possession, Dean had no more reason to put it off. He had shifted over to sit beside Cas while they all opened their gifts, so he turned to Cas, whispered in his ear what he was going to do, then took a deep breath.
He started to stand up, felt awkward, then sat back down. He cleared his throat, scratched the back of his neck, and couldn’t for the life of him start talking.
“Spit it out, Dean,” Bobby grumbled.
“Heh?” he asked.
“You’ve been shifting around for five minutes like you’ve either gotta pee or you need to say something. I’m betting on the latter, so don’t keep me waiting.”
“Oh, um,” Dean started, his stomach in knots, “Well I do actually have something I need to tell you. All of you. Except for Sam, Eileen, and Jack. They already know, see… And now I need to tell the rest of you because it’s very important but know that I think about it I’d rather not--”
“Dean,” Jody said gently, “You can tell us anything. I promise.”
“Ok, well, um… ok. So, you remember the whole Chuck infinity snap everyone dies thing?”
“Vividly,” Donna said.
“Well we lost Cas right then too. Not for the same reason, that’s a story for another day. Anyway, we lost him, It was…” he started to get choked up. Head in the game, Winchester , he thought, “It was horrible but Jack brought him back and after that the two of us kinda started… dating? Like, we’re together now,” he finished with a grimace, disappointed with his… well, talking skills. Cas grabbed his hand comfortingly, and smiled at him with eyes that said I’m proud of you .
“Uh, Dean,” Claire said, breaking the silence, “We know.”
“Huh?”
“Honey,” Donna cut in, “You two aren’t exactly subtle. To be honest, I thought you two lovebirds were together from the moment I saw you together, and Jody had to convince me you weren’t. Recently though, it’s kinda obvious, sweetheart. You’re both so much happier. You still do the staring thing, but it’s less intense. Castiel’s ASL name for you is literally ‘freckles.’ And you really think we didn’t notice you sleeping in the same room? We thought you knew that we knew.”
“You… knew?” Dean asked, shocked. Donna nodded, “And you’re like, okay with it and stuff?”
“Dean, why wouldn’t we be. I’m dating Jody, Claire’s dating Kaia, why the hell do you think we wouldn’t approve?”
“No, no, not that. It’s just, Cas is an angel. Literally and figuratively. I thought you might not like that we’re not the same… species?” By now Cas’ arm was wrapped around Dean, and he had slouched into his side.
“Well, you were obviously wrong, weren't cha? None of us could ever think Cas is a monster, and you two obviously belong together,” Donna said kindly.
“I'm proud of you, boy,” Bobby added, making Dean duck his head and grin.
“Thanks Donna, Bobby,” he said, “I’m sorry I doubted you. And were we really that obvious?”
“Yes, Dean,” Cas said in his gravelly voice, “I’m fairly certain we were. I thought they knew already at first, but as you are more well versed in human interaction, I trusted your judgement over my own,” at this, Claire cracked up, quickly joined by Alex and Sam.
“Not that this hasn’t been the most awkward conversation ever--except a certain dinner--” Dean and Sam shuddered at the memory, “but I would really appreciate some breakfast. And I was promised pie?” Claire said with a smile, cutting the tension in the room with ease.
Hours later, after breakfast and pie had been eaten, and Jody had already taken away Claire’s nunchucks until further notice, Dean and Cas were left alone in the war room.
“That went a very different route than I expected,” he said quietly, wrapping his arms around the angel’s waist and leading him towards their room.
“That seems to happen often in our lives, Dean,” Cas replied.
“Is it a good thing?”
“Right now, I think it is.”
Dean stopped Castiel in the doorway of the hall, and looked up at the plant hanging above their heads.
“Mistletoe,” he said, then drew his angel in for a kiss.
Christmas truly was a magical time of year.
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So idk if you remember me or not but I was trying to reread all of your stories stories that you wrote chapter by chapter but then I got a job and school started again so I am VERY behind! Anyway, I have been nervous to watch the Mandalorian 2 trailer, bc of a possible love interest for Din. Of course things can't be known for sure just from a trailer but what did you think of the trailer? Also love interest? (guess I just wanna know if Corin is sticking around longer?)
Hello there! Of course I remember you and your wonderful comments <3 I am horrible at remembering things but the support I get from the readers mean so much to me that I hoard every name in my heart. And I know all about how life tends to happen, so no worries, read if you want to/have the energy and make sure you’re safe and well first and foremost :)
I have to admit I was somewhat nervous about the s2 trailer as well. Aside from episode 4 in season 1, we were quite lucky to dodge having more love interests in our faces. (I don’t count Xian as I got the feeling that Din regarded her as a mistake more than a soulmate :P ) Seeing the trailer, I was pleasantly surprised, but I’m not relaxing just yet. Considering that we didn’t see Ahsoka or Bo-Katan, I am still wary that they will have Din visit the personality-transplant-clinic and fall head over heels within the first ten seconds of him meeting one of them. But that is just my battle-scarred and shriveled fan girl heart speaking from bad experience in the past. Maybe the writers will surprise me? Maybe.
As for Corin, his fate is in the hands of the readers, as always ;)
What gives me hope and breaks my heart in equal measure in regards are the rumours floating concerning the coming seasons. I’m putting this behind the ‘Read More’ for the ones who doesn’t want to read possible spoilers...
There has been a LOT of talk about Pedro being extremely unhappy about Din not removing his helmet more and rumours says he lobbied hard to have more scenes with helmetless-Din and got shot down again and again, leading to him getting even more unhappy about things. Because of this, allegedly, s3&4 will be filmed without him in the suit at all, with Pedro only reading lines for the scenes.
This, in combination with the amount of new characters meant to appear plus what I’ve heard about s2 turning its focus away from Din for a bit, leads me to believe that s2 might be Mandalore and Baby Yoda Backstory Heavy, leaving little room for romance.
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What do you think of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Bad Batch (that is, if you’ve seen them)?
In short, I think both are pretty good! More details CONTAINING SPOILERS follow.
The Falcon & The Winter Soldier
This was pretty much a Marvel movie in miniseries form. The action, characters, production, etc, were all just like out of the movies. I enjoyed the deeper look at Sam Wilson, and Bucky made for a fun sidekick for him. I like that the villains weren't just paper-thin terrorists, although I feel like there could have been more to their characters, so that there wasn't just once 'face' as the leader and then a bunch of completely interchangeable mooks. At the very least, they should have had a designated 'lieutenant' character to play off Enfys Nest (or whatever her name was in this one), so they could have done a bit more with the group's dynamic. I really liked all the stuff with Isaiah Bradley, who I knew of from the comics but have never actually read anything about, and I'm definitely eager now to at least check out the 'Truth: Red, White & Black' miniseries.
I thought Walker made for a good 'wrong Captain America,' although I feel like he suffered a bit from the miniseries format, where his subplot climaxed in the fifth episode but then he was still doing stuff in the sixth episode, and then his epilogue went back to the stuff from the fifth episode. I don't know if that's typical of a miniseries or something got jumbled, but it felt odd to me.
Similarly, while Zemo's return was fun, it feels like his role was kind of superfluous since he didn't play any real part in the story's climax, and the show seemed to kind of land on supporting his ideology and actions? I don't remember any example of something that said he was framed as wrong by the narrative, since Sam became Captain America without becoming super-powered, and Zemo's more murderous actions all wound up making sure more dangerous super-terrorists aren't running around. So the show kind of seemed to come down on him being a bit of a jerk but ultimately right about everything important? That was a little weird.
I really love Sam's new costume and the way he's shown to move and fight in it. I enjoy angel imagery when it's done right, and this is the Good Stuff.
I think the shakiest part of the series if the Power Broker subplot. This is another case where they tried to play it tricky, but it was an easily guessable surprise, the result is a reveal that came too late to really explain anything. Something more might come of it in the future, but it feels like there was no payoff to this one. When people criticize Marvel stuff for worrying too much about advertising the next movie, this is the exact thing they're talking about. It might end up paying off really well in a movie or something else, but for now, it's a subplot that limped along and then petered out.
So yeah, overall, it's pretty strong, and could be criticized for trying to do a bit more than it can handle, but it still satisfies in the most important ways.
The Bad Batch
I didn't get a chance to watch this until last night, but now I'm caught up with both the premiere and the next episode.
For reference, I didn't think much of the 'Bad Batch' arc in the final season of the Clone Wars. It wasn't anything terrible, but it was heavily reliant on action rather than more juicy storytelling, so it felt like the weakest arc in the season. The action, at least, was more elaborate and imaginative than the usual fare, but also more cartoony and unbelievable. In a war setting where soldiers die all the time, the fact that the Bad Batch are constantly running into the thick of the fighting and winning without so much as an injury just looks silly, despite their 'super mutations.' And it didn't help that the animatics had already gotten an official release via the Star Wars website, so the weak story was already suffering from essentially being a rerun. When a spinoff was announced for them, I was both surprised and underwhelmed. A look at the early days of the Empire sounded interesting, but the Bad Batch weren't the POVs I was interested in guiding me.
But, now that it's here, I have to say that it's much more interesting and engaging than I expected. The Bad Batch are still unstoppable warriors, but the show is so far putting them in situations where simply killing all the enemies isn't going to win things for them, and making them fugitives is good framing for challenging them. I also think Hunter has been depicted as more human and interesting here, which is a good choice. I think Wrecker is also getting shown as having a childlike side to him, which fits well with his personality, and Echo's being depicted as not entirely fitting in with the rest, which could go in interesting places but for now is adding a nice bit of depth to the overall dynamic.
Omega is largely a mystery for now, but I think the show is doing a good job making her a character, compared to Baby Yoda, who is essentially a plot device. My guess as to Her Deal is that she's a super-leaner of some kind, but maybe the intention is for her to have something to do with the Force. I don't think she was made from Jango DNA, at least not entirely, but so far no other candidates have been presented. I think the show is doing a good job not just in depicting her as a child, but one influenced by having been brought up in the cloning center, where 'defective' or disappointing units are discarded. However, it's odd to hear her real accent right next to Dee Bradley Baker's fake New Zealand accent.
I know the matter of the clones being programmed with chips is a bit controversial with the fandom. I'm actually on the side that doesn't like it; I prefer the 'contingency orders' origin for Order 66, and that the Jedi had all the information they needed to guess where things were headed -- the nature of the clones, the contingency orders, Palpatine's increasingly corrupt actions -- but they never realized how it would all come together or how far it would go.
However, I think that -- so far -- the matter of the chips and the programming has been used well. It helps sell the idea of the clones themselves being victims, and makes Order 66 even more tragic. I think that's highlighted in the handling of Crosshairs, where a mix of his personality and the chip-programming has turned him into an enemy. I can see where people might want to see him fully responsible for supporting the Empire over the rest of his team, but I like how it makes him an enemy that the Bad Batch is even more reluctant to fight. He's not entirely himself, so that really solidifies that simply killing him isn't going to settle things. Maybe he can't be saved, but I think there's strong possibilities in that scenario that can help carry the series into further seasons, if it gets them.
And, as for the look at the army and the wider galaxy under the Empire, the series has once again exceeded my expectations. So far, it's given us a solid exploration; the premiere touched on quite a few elements showing how the army is changing and what that would look like to anyone who isn't programmed for loyalty, and the second episode has done some solid stuff showing the effects on the civilians. Hopefully, this trend will continue.
So far, so good. The Bad Batch once again defies the odds.
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Mando Chapter 13 Spoilers ...
There’s a lot to process here
WOW.
First off, like most of people, I had SO MUCH ANXIETY over seeing Ahsoka in live action.
I mean, she’s my #1 favorite Star Wars character of all time. If she isn’t done perfectly it will be so sad.
Well, I’ll me honest when she said her first line, I was HEARTBROKEN she wasn't dubbed by Ashley Eckstein. Ashley IS Ahsoka and I honestly believe she was highly disrespected by not at least being the voice. I’m truly bummed about it. She deserved that role, even if just the voice.
That being said, I do think this woman did a good job. She looked good and her voice wasn’t so different that it was distracting. I guess she grew on me to the point of being ultimately okay with it. I would not complain if Ashley dubbed her in the future though!
As far as the plot goes,
Grogu ?
Okay. Not terrible, but will definitely take some getting used to! He has a whole history at the Jedi Temple and was trained by many different masters. I actually like this. It makes sense, I guess, but since he’s still a baby in his species I wonder when he was taken from his parents and HOW does training work when you age so differently. I still want to know the species name and home planet.
And which Jedi hid him? It had to be someone who had the time to do so??? Will we get a flashback scene!!!????? Was is Yoda? It was probably Yoda. Now I need to rewatch Revenge of the Sith and see if Yoda specifically says there’s no survivors. Or I can not worry about that and just enjoy the ride lol. BUT WHERE was he hidden? This makes me think maybe it wasn't Yoda or why would he have abandoned him? Dagobah was clearly safe. I know Baby Yoda didn’t exist when the OT or PT was made, but the story has to make sense as if he DID. SO who hid him and where and how did he end up with bandits or whatever where Mando first found him? This has always bothered me anyway. Was he in some type of stasis? Were the bandits feeding him? How long was he just there?
OH, OKAY AND AHSOKA IS LOOKING FOR THRAWN !?
So where the heckie deckie are Ezra and Sabine !? If we see more of the New Republic (or whatever the heck these former rebels are called, I’m sorry I generally hate what Disney added to the post OT timeline) are we gonna see Hera and her son? (Side note, but Rebels really messed up by having her child have green hair instead of just differently pigmented skin like the kids in Clone Wars). Anyway, maybe Thrawn is actually Moff Gideon’s boss??? Maybe Thrawn has Ezra hostage?? I don't know.... We don’t want people who have never seen the animated series to be too lost. Wasn’t there supposed to be a sequel series to Rebels soon anyway? WHERE DAT AT!?
Another thought,
I really enjoyed the scenes with Ahsoka and the ch.....Grogu. I have a feeling that the stone and ship control ball thing are actually significant. I could be wrong, but maybe he didn’t want to let it go for a reason. Maybe he’s missing something that’s significant to him that is similar in shape. Just a thought.
Sooooo... we got Cara Dune thinking about joining the New Republic forces, Mando taking Grogu to a Jedi Temple in search of someone who may train him, the remnant Empire forces doing some shady experiments with Jedi blood. We got Mandalorian/Death Watch cultural struggles and stuff. And Boba Fett fits in here somehow??? Okay. And people say nothing happens in this show. WILL FORCE GHOST YODA APPEAR TO GROGU AT THE TEMPLE ?!
WAIT WHAT IF EZRA REACHES OUT TO THE CHILD AT THE TEMPLE!?
He wasn’t trained by the Jedi Order so he doesn’t have the whole “no attachments” thing as drilled into him as Ahsoka does. Maybe ??????
Anywayyyy
This show literally has the structure of a video game and I think that’s one of the reasons why I like it. The tv western and Japanese samurai influences are appreciated as well. Best Disney Star Wars content, for sure!
Whew... what does this show have in store for us!?
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Mandalorian S2 Ep. 5 SPOILER Talk
I think the only Mando spoiler review I did was the last episode of the first season. I went back and read my nonspoiler review and it’s kind of hard to get so since I was really looking forward to this episode, I thought I’d elaborate a bit more because I’ve been thinking about it all day.
FULL SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF THE MANDALORIAN
So I have to admit, they brought Ahsoka into the episode quick! Right off the bat. They focused on her lightsabers igniting and deactivating quite a lot, it seemed like they wanted to put emphasis on it to show “This is the first jedi of the show, therefore the first lightsaber.” to make it more dramatic and for the most part, it was pretty cool. I like the idea of Ahsoka hiding in the fog or mist with her little cloak on.
Now I don’t know a whole lot about Rosario Dawson but I can say this much, I can see why fans wanted her, she pulls off a pretty good voice for Ahsoka, I was impressed, of course she’s going to look a bit different than the show (though Bo Katan’s design shocked me at how accurate it was!) but it is what it is. I more or less knew that Sabine wasn’t going to make an appearance, I mean that’s biting off a bit more than you can chew and I know how everybody likes to hype everything up, but none the less, I still held out hope, maybe next season boys.
They have that scene where Ahsoka and Baby Yoda sit there, literally just sit there and it goes on...like I know you’re communicating by force but this is a little long, don’t you think?
Ahsoka revealing that she’s looking for Thrawn just about tugged me out of my seat and made me do a Pinocchio dance.
Almost but I also thought “Is that what they’re doing? Bringing the Zahn trilogy to the big screen?” And while I’m all for that and have only read the first book so far (I’m reading it a specific way, ok? And yes, I watched those episodes of Rebels with him in it) I feel like they’d be saying “We messed up making the sequel trilogy and trying to do something different, so here’s something that already exists and fans like.” I really doubt we’ll see the FULL thing, I imagine it’ll be their own version especially since they had the prototype Snoke clones in the last episode, ensuring the legacy of the sequels. I’m not sure how I feel about it yet but I don’t expect it any time soon, if at all for the Mandalorian specifically, this Filoni-verse seems to have more up its sleeve than it lets on. Speaking of, they must have had Ahsoka planned from the beginning because they talked about how they don’t want to call The Child “Baby Yoda”, this must have been the moment they had in mind to reveal that he is in fact named Grogu. I like that he finally has a name.
Now back to the main girl, Ahsoka, I thought this would be the end zone for a touchdown in a football game, that once Ahsoka arrived, she’d snuggle us and everything would be okay, there would once again be peace. But she doesn’t join the party, who knows what’ll happen to her next...big sad. It better not be like “Here’s a sneak preview of our new Ahsoka series!” because that’s just grinding for attention. It just doesn’t make sense that she’d say “I don’t want to train him” obviously because of Anakin but then tell them that he could be trained by a different Jedi...like what the heck? I guess she just really wants to test Grogu and see what he chooses for his own path but still...
I thought about Din (Mando) actually being force-sensitive and that’s why Ahsoka put them off and while that hasn’t happened, it’s still possible, I’ll be super salty if it does though because that spot should be for Boba! (if anybody. I’d be ok if he’s just the same old Boba too) One more thing, my dad actually pointed this one out, so they had Michael Biehn as the Magistrate’s head lackey and he played Johnny Ringo in Tombstone, the whole scene with Mando felt like one big reference to that.
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Star Wars The Mandalorian: “Chapter Three: The Sin”-Review
The Mandalorian makes a fateful decision on a predictable but action packed episode.
(Review contains spoilers)
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The Mandalorian returns to his nefarious Impreial client with his quarry, the mysterious child, in tow. Having completed one of the biggest jobs of his career, The Mandalorian is payed handsomely and leaves behind the baby to the unknown needs of the Imperial remnant. However, even with a new set of armor and Greef Carga’s insistence that he leave well enough alone, The Mandalorian has trouble reconciling the consequences of his sins.
The biggest struggle with “The Sin” is ultimately that it follows a plot trajectory that almost all viewers expected this would go in since the end of the first episode of the series. The Mandalorian has never really ever given us a reason to doubt that its titular character would leave Baby Yoda to the dangerous ends of the Empire. The instant that he gunned down his robotic ally, IG-11, to save the child’s life in “The Client,” we knew that our masked anti-hero would not stomach abandoning the little green infant to its potential death. The last three episodes have been building to this moment and “The Sin’s” first two acts are slow burn to the inevitable moment of rebellion. The fact that the episode functions in a sort of video game like logic isn’t lost either with different set pieces surrounding simply objective based plotting.
This doesn’t stop The Mandalorian from being an entertaining and gorgeous to look at show. “The Sin” marks the first live action Star Wars story to have a listed female director in Deborah Chow, who will take on Obi-Wan Kenobi in his own live action series in the next several years. Chow, who has worked on such shows as Better Call Saul, shows her strong storytelling instincts here.
“The Sin” continues the dense lived in environments from past episodes while diving further into the denizens living in the shadowy corners of this world. Sure, the various bounty hunters in Greef Carga’s bar and The Client may still lack names, but we are slowly but surely getting a better sense of the dangerous world of the galaxy’s outer rim.
In particular, writer Jon Favreau gives us our best look yet at the Mandalorian enclave and the current state of its warrior culture. We haven’t seen much of Mandalore and its citizens since during the events of Star Wars Rebels before the start of the Galactic Civil War. Apparently since this time, Mandalorians have grown even scarcer with various references to a cataclysmic purge that seems to have erased much of their populace. There’s not even a confirmation that further members of their culture exist outside of this particular covert. Favreau guides us through this with subtle moments of vernacular and the return of the mysterious armorer in “Chapter One,” still the only woman with a speaking role.
There is still a bit of strangeness to Mandalore culture as is here. Reference is made to heavy societal rules regarding when and where to remove one’s helmet. This seems to be a new development as Mando’s had not trouble showing their faces in existing media to this point. The current status quo only serves to continue the recurring strangeness about characterization in The Mandalorian. Having a faceless protagonist is difficult, but having him have an intense discussion with a roomful of other faceless characters is an incredible task. Deborah Chow manages to make it work somehow through some smart staging and direction. Pedro Pascal is still doing his best under the circumstances, but with each episode I grow more and more desperate to know a bit more about our leading mystery merc. Where do his loyalties lie? How much does he care for his other brothers and sisters in armor? (I would be interested if The Mandalorian sees a parallel between his own culture’s foundlings and whatever culture our little Baby Yoda looks set to continue.)
Minor quibbles aside, it’s beyond rewarding to see our army of Mandalorians take flight in this episodes thrilling finale. It’s a sight that is undeniably exciting and explosive. Sure, we’ve seen set pieces like this in The Clone Wars and Rebels, but rendered in live-action the result is the sort of spectacle that towers over most other TV. Chow excels at these battle moments with impressive editing and choreography with different characters often finding new and creative ways to upend the flow of battle. It’s also nice to see just the sheer variety of weapons and armor on display by the covert, it brings to life just how dynamic and diverse Mandalorian culture is.
Even before The Mandalorians and Bounty Hunter Guilds go to battle, “The Sin” offers a similarly intense showdown inside the Imperial Remnant compound. Instead of the in the streets Western brawl of the finale, Chow frames The Mandalorian’s infiltration like a slasher movie with our masked protagonist working his way mostly unencumbered and hidden by shadows.
The first act of this seaso has come to a close. The Mandalorian’s status quo has been upended and he has a mysterious, magic baby in tow. Where the plot goes from here is anyone’s guess. Although if we follow genre conventions, the lonely warrior protecting a young child from the world doesn’t usually work out well for the warrior.
Also, is it just me or is the little container holding the Beskar the same as Wilrow Hood’s infamous ice cream maker?
Score: B+
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EPIX/Rise of Skywalker Reaction Post
So, I got back from seeing EPIX this morning, and I figured I should get all my thoughts down!
Everything spoilery is behind a cut, and this post is also tagged with the spoiler tags I’ve listed here. If you want me to add any additional tags, let me know and I will to this and any future EPIX posts.
Okay, so, before I really get into this, I should mention two relevant contextual things that probably strongly impacted my feelings on this movie.
I’m not super-invested in the sequel trilogy. I love (most of) the characters, I’m not really into the story that’s being told with them.
Given where TLJ left us, I went into the theatre expecting something between A Trainwreck with Some Delightful Moments and A Delightful Trainwreck. Basically, it was going to be a Hot Mess and I knew it, but I was pretty sure there was going to be something to love, even if the film as a whole didn’t delight me (which, honestly, is even where I stand with TLJ, which remains my least favorite film of the series). And, you know what? I got exactly that. A Sometimes-Delightful Trainwreck. I’d say it’s even towards the upper end of that Delightfulness scale.
All right, moving on to actual thoughts. I’m trying to focus on the positive here, mostly because I did overall enjoy this movie, but I also had some Problems with it.
I’m gonna talk about Kylo Ren first, mostly because I want to get this out of the way. I will say that--when I first saw TFA, I thought I could be interested in this character. I thought they were gonna maybe go the burnt-out gifted kid route with him, which would be hella interesting to explore for the child of Heroes like Han and Leia, and the Legacy he had to live up to. Obviously, they didn’t, and while the direction they went is certainly topical, it’s not super engaging, at least to me. I know it is to some people, and far be it from me to harsh anyone’s squee, but he basically doesn’t do anything for me. I personally don’t find him particularly interesting or intimidating.
Basically, I don’t particularly care about Kylo Ren. (I don’t know if I’m quite at the point where, as my roommate puts it, I aggressively Do Not Care, but the Not Caring is definitely a thing.)
Anyway, that disclaimer aside--his arc was okay, I guess? I mean...I think my general feelings on the subject are not that it felt phoned-in, exactly, but that it was mostly there because the writers thought it should be there, rather than it flowing organically from the character(s) involved. It also felt rushed, but that goes back to a problem with the movie as a whole that I will get into later in this post. But, given that, the actual beats that were involved in said arc I thought were effectively done. The bit with Han in the wreckage, in particular, was nice.
As for that Kiss though.
...I mean. I’m actually kind of pleased that the end of the film left the romantic threads dangling? It gave me plenty of OT3 feels (though I felt like, especially in the first third or so, the film was leaning more towards Rey/Poe and Finn/Rose, but there was some later stuff that seemed to hint at the full OT3 with a question mark on where Rose stands.)
But I do have a problem with the fact that the only on-screen kiss between Major Characters was between Rey and Kylo Ren/Ben Solo. That being said, I can backfill/justify it in that...you know how some people headcanon that Luke’s initial crush on Leia was some sort of “There is a Connection Here that I Cannot Name and it’s probably supposed to be Romantic given our ages and genders and presumed lack of other relationship so let’s go with that?” Between something like that and the fact that he just gave up his life for her in a very literal way (side note: the Force has always been New Powers as the Plot Demands; but the healing thing was a) if not actually in a canon novel at least strongly implied and b) ALL OVER fanon so even if I had a problem with Random Force Powers suddenly occurring I wouldn’t have an issue with this one; the Force Diad thing was ~handwave plot device~ sure fine whatever). ...anyway, given all of that, I can backfill it to a way where I don’t hate it (i.e., if he’d lived, I don’t think it would’ve been followed up on very much/they would’ve settled into a non-romantic relationship of some kind, whatever that might’ve been). Except that it’s the only one, which kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
Then again, he did immediately die, so...yeah, I can live with this. I don’t like it, and I don’t think I ever will like it, but I don’t hate it either and it’s not a dealbreaker for me.
Most of the other problems I have with this film come down to structure and pacing. In that, thanks to where TLJ left us, this move had to do so much to bring the story to any kind of cohesive end, and not enough time to do it in. Trying to squeeze too much plot into too small a space.
(I actually had the same problem with ROTS initially--although that was more due to the PT having pacing issues as its Primary Narrative Flaw; TPM was way too slow; AOTC actually had good internal pacing but couldn’t quite make up for it; and then ROTS was as a consequence of that really rushed. Meanwhile, with the ST, I feel like the writers are relying on “it’s all there in the manual” a little too much, so not really...trying as hard, if that makes sense? To make it all connect within the film, I mean, as opposed to depending on people going into other/outside/supplemental material to connect the dots (still not as bad as the Prisoner of Azkaban movie on that front, but it’s still Bad; and, like, all film versions of novels leave some stuff out, just look at the LOTR films; but POA left out a key plot point and that--is a rant for another post. Back to EPIX). It’ll be interesting to see what kind of deleted scenes come out, or if it’ll grow on me in future watchings. Not that it’ll ever become a favorite, I don’t think, but it might improve in my eyes.)
Anyway, basically, a lot of this felt rushed or like...introduced but not really addressed/wrapped up in any kind of satisfactory fashion? Kylo Ren’s arc in particular, as I’ve mentioned before, plus the Threepio stuff felt rushed and non-consequential, and also with Rey’s arc to an extent (it...again, all the beats worked for me/I thought it was fairly effective, but it really needed two movies to pay off as well as it could have). ...I mean, there are more plot threads I could probably mention here, but those are the three that stuck out the most.
Also, this movie needed More Rose :( I LOVE HER and she was barely here!!!!!
Another thing I would’ve liked to see is...okay, I really liked the Overlapping Voices bit, but it would’ve been nice to have more Presence from the ghosts? Like...there’s a bit at the end of season 1 of Sailor Moon where she’s in the Final Battle, the other four have died (or just been left behind, if you’re watching the English dub), and their ghosts show up and place their hands on hers and lend her their strength? A visual cue like that would’ve been great and helped the arc feel more complete. Especially since Palpatine had all of his predecessors/Sith ghosts backing him in a more visible fashion. But, then again, that’s a Personal Taste thing and while it would’ve, IMO, made that moment better, not having it doesn’t make it worse, if that makes sense?
(Also, the credits moved too fast for me to track, but I definitely saw Qui-Gon Jinn listed, though I don’t recall hearing him, and I definitely recognized Anakin/Hayden Christensen and Mace/Samuel L. Jackson and Obi-Wan/Ewan McGreggor (and Alec Guinness I’m pretty sure?) and obvs. Yoda/Frank Oz when actually listening, but I couldn’t identify the other voices--anyone have the full list? Was Ahsoka and/or Kanan and/or Ezra involved, or was it restricted to movie-only Jedi?)
But...yeah. Apart from the Kiss being very ....:/ for me, most of my identifiable problems with the film is stuff like this.
I think the other thing I want to talk about in detail is the Rey Palpatine reveal.
So, up until this movie, I was actually in my corner flying my tiny but determined Rey Kenobi flag, and the more I think about it, the more I like Rey Palpatine for some of the same reasons? Like...I don’t remember everything I’d thought through about Rey Kenobi, but it had to do with the cyclical nature of Star Wars, and bringing it back where it started--and we get that with Rey Palpatine, in a nice arc, healing some of the damage her grandfather did, both to this family and to the galaxy as a whole.
That being said--those of you who know me and my fic projects know I’ve been writing a child (daughter) for Palpatine for quite some time now, and I have no intention of stopping, lol. Am I going to take this/Lavinia’s (presumably) half-brother into account in future projects? ...probably not. But I am looking forward to/hoping we get a novel or something about him and Rey’s mother. Because that is actually a story I’m interested in--why canon!Palpatine chose to have a kid, and how said kid managed to break away and got to this point. [...y’know, I actually think Rey Kenobi’s background/thread of descent would be less interesting to me? Since I subscribe to the idea that a) Korkie Kryze is Obi-Wan’s biological son; and b) Obi-Wan had many Friends With Benefits throughout the galaxy and figuring out exactly which one Rey descends from carries less weight for me.]
...okay, I think that’s all the Detaily Bits I want to get into, so here are some bullet points of things that really stuck out to me, in no particular order:
Bawled like a baby re: everything involving Carrie Fisher. Just...yeah. Miss you Space Mommy.
LANDO! I loved his entrance, I loved him adopting Jannah at the end, I loved all of it.
Chewie’s fake-out death was also actually pretty good/well-handled. I mean. First Boom happens and I’m like DDDDDDD: but then I remember how people reacted to his death in Legends and I’m like would they really do it and then DELIGHT.
HUX. Okay. I never really cared about this dude before, and honestly I still don’t really care about this dude but at the same time, those of you who know me know I have a Thing for double-agents and defectors and I LOVE THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PLOT THREAD. I LOVE THIS SHITHEAD TURNING TRAITOR FOR THE MOST VENAL REASONS AND STILL BEING A BAD GUY/EVIL/AN UNREPENTANT JACKASS. THIS WAS PERFECT.
(Also Finn shooting him in the leg instead of the arm as requested was DELIGHTFUL)
SPEAKING OF DELIGHTFUL gotta love Zombie Skeev Palpatine Unliving His Best Afterlife. Was he as Delightful as he is in ROTS or ROTJ? No. Did I still enjoy every minute of his scenery-chewing nonsense? You bet your ass. So happy, Ian McDiarmid looked like he was having tons of fun and honestly what more could I have asked for?
The whole scene on Ahch-To was just *chef’s kiss.* Use of Yoda’s theme with the rising X-Wing, Luke being snarky and kind and beautiful, him emerging from the fire with the saber...just loved it.
LEIA HAD JEDI TRAINING AND HER OWN LIGHTSABER. BB!MARK HAMILL AND BB!CARRIE FISHER’S FACES.
LEIA TRAINING REY. REY CALLING HER ‘MASTER.’
USING THE BOND TO ARM KYLO REN okay like I said I have Mixed Feelings about the arc as a whole but that moment was SO COOL.
Poe’s ex-girlfriend was pretty great, ngl.
JANNAH AND EX-STORMTROOPERS YESSSSSSSS
HINTS OF/SHREDS OF EVIDENCE FOR FORCE-SENSITIVE FINN GIVE THEM TO ME NOW.
D-0 was pretty cute!
All of the Badass Finn.
Also that MOMENT where Finn runs up to Poe like “I NEED TO TELL YOU A THING” and Poe is all “I NEED YOU TO FIGHT WITH ME” and Finn just interrupts himself to thank Poe and they have that “General” “General” moment and it’s SO CUTE I’m love it.
The entire thing at the Lars farm at the end. Just. Burying the lightsabers, seeing the twins’ ghosts, claiming the Skywalker name, Rey having her own saber now. This movie was a Hot Mess but it definitely ended on a high note.
...that’s pretty much what I have for right now. I will probably have more thoughts after discussing it with other people/seeing it again (because I will be seeing it again). But overall...do I like it? Well, it’s Star Wars, which I love and which frankly always has some Super Dumb and/or Frustrating Stuff, and the things I disliked weren’t bad enough to Ruin It for me, so yes, I liked it. Is it my favorite Star Wars/good for a Star Wars movie? ...not really, no. It did have some gorgeous moments, but it doesn’t really hang together. Like the rest of the ST, it relies way too much on It’s All There In The Manual and, between that and the fact that TLJ didn’t do the work necessary to set it up, the movie felt rushed and a little bit...I don’t want to say hollow, maybe shallow is a better word? I mean, I know this is Star Wars and It’s Not That Deep (but the ground is soft and I’m ready to dig or however the quote goes), but this felt particularly shallow even for Star Wars. Like...cotton candy, fairly good/tasty but a little bit prone to melting away and with very little substance holding it together. On that level, I’d actually probably rank it around Solo (which, let me say, I really like)--so, better than TLJ, but still A Hot Mess of a movie. But I enjoyed myself, and I think overall my feelings are middling-to-positive on it. Even if...honestly, even like less than four hours after the movie ending, I’m already forgetting like half the plot points...? Like I said. Cotton Candy.
What did/do you guys think?
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Dan Watches: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones
Alright so I did this for Episode I which you can find here. So.. here’s my weird.. live reaction/note taking/whatever this is.. to Episode ll.
Alright so.. Once again the opening crawl is very politicy.
Count Dooku I think is mentioned for the first time in it and Padme becomes a Senator instead of a Queen in it.. which.. is weird.
The Naboo ships im not sure about.. I like the design but they seem too new and clean for being a prequel. That said they are owned by royalty so i can let it slide i guess.
“I guess i was wrong, there was no danger at all” *EXPLOSION* ffs Jeff, you couldn’t keep your mouth shut?
Nooooooo! Not.. Cordey? Omfg that was the worst death i’ve ever seen. Terribly acted.
Ayy it’s the Jedi avengers, no but like why is like i presume the whole or half the jedi council in this meeting? Shouldn’t they have like 1 representative?
Yooo thats live action Barriss Offee in the back... hey girrrll ;)
actually she’s probably supposed to be like 13 or somehting so i take that back.
I love just all the traffic flying by the window
YOOOO it’s my boy Jar Jar aka Darth Plagueis the Wise, don’t @ me.
Spice mines on the moon of Naboo you say? Isn’t Spice a drug but you mine for it.. there are drug miners in Star Wars.. good stuff.
That elevator would be terrifying.
Obiwan just like.. LOL I fell into a nest of Gundarks.. what a character I am. .. Love him.
Anakin like “I haven’t seen her since i was underaged master.. now i can get my fuck on!”
ALSO ITS BEEN 10 YEARS!?
“Ani you’ll always be that little boy” *Police sirens*
Anakins a little bitch
I think Jar Jar’s ears things are much longer.. but might just be me imagining things.
She’s not forgotten you, she said your name.. you creep.
Heeyy look it’s your custom star wars character Zam.
Obiwan is so sassy
Anakin is pretty creepy towards Padme.
Those worm things are naasty
Yo tbf that was some smooth lightsabering, they were like an inch tall and right up on Padme and he didnt even hurt her accidentally. I’d have killed her there.
Obiwan just fucking dives out the window like its nothing. Mad man.
Zam is the worst, instead of shooting Obiwan she shoots her own damn droid.
Damn it Anakin, he’s told you to stay away from power couplings.
Obiwan is just gonna be like “FFS ANAKIN!” this entire movie... well.. Saga.
I wonder how Jedi pick their robes because like some are very similar and then theres like a few that have darker leather stuff, it’s like there’s a jedi stylist or something.. Someone make that OC.
Amazing catch Obi.
So Obiwan is his real name but he goes by Ben later on and then Ben Solo is named after him but shouldn’t it be Obiwan Solo?
A changeling, she really is a custom character.
Yoo that Twilek wasn’t stupidly thin, I’m here for Thicc Twilek.
What species is Death Stick guy! I wanna know what he does with his life after he rethinks it
I hope it backfires and he’s like “Hey.. I could be doing so much more” and he ends up like the head of a crime family.
She didnt even change.. so much for changeling.
....she did when she died i take it back.
Damn the background Jedi are ugly.
I like how this shows that Palpatine has already begun manipulating Anakin.
Still dont understand why Jedi see the balance being a good thing when it’s leaning heavily towards the light side right now.
Anakin “IM READY FOR THE TRIALS!” .. you aint. You a moody bitch.
I like Padme’s dress.
Anakin just got warned to back down because he’s being a creep.
Omfg whats that rape face.
Dormy or whatever her name is, better actress than Padme.
Poncho! Cal approves.
WOO ITS DEX!
Jawa Juice? Ew.
Wtf is the Rishi maze?
Dex suddenly went sinister at the end, why?
Yess the librarian! She’s the best. I think she has a badass Order 66 story if im remembering correctly.
She’s very sure about her records though.. calm down lady.
“No droids” says the droid to the other droid.
So i presume the head of the Jedi Council is always the one who looks after the younglings.
Awwh the little babies and they’re all gonna get killed by Creep Vader.
Yoda is so soft, good dad figure. Best boy.
They elect queens on Naboo.. thats interesting.
I love the Jedi fighter look.
HOLD THE FUCK UP THEY DIDNT KNOW ABOUT KAMINO
THERE WAS A FUCKING LONG NECKY ALIEN ON THE JEDI COUNCIL IN EP 1..
.... some bullshit.
I should really look into Sifo Dyas
And Why are there not more Clones in Star Wars...
Other than like.. .. spoilers for.. you know what nevermind.
I DONT LIKE SAND! HE SAID THE THING
Anakin you creep
Why the fuck would Padme even lean in at all? He’s been nothing but a creep and she’s shown 0 interest in him at all so far.
The Camino people are pretty chill.
That was the first bit of actual chemistry between Padme and Anakin
Omfg the pear, fuck off.
Also forgot to comment but theres some clear like.. oohhhhhh moments im having with how order 66 got set up.
Has Padme had an outfit change again?
She’s got her sexy outfit on to turn him down.. seems right.
Her make up is a bit.. much
Sooo the force is weaker with the jedi because the light sides had it so good for so long that the force is trying to balance out and bring it back the other way, makes sense.
It’s actually his connection to his mom that brings him towards the darkside to start.. nice.
Padme trying to be inconspicuous is super conspicuous
I like that the droid said okey dokey.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY WATTO
YAAAAY ANI SPEAKING HUTTESE
I love how Watto is happy to see Ani.
Watto doesn’t deserve the shitty life he ended up with.
Love some New Zealander up in my Star Wars.
Seismic charges have such good sound design.
Thats one hell of a missile.
Eyyyyy it’s c3p0 it’s amazing how much i’d forgot of this.
Tusken Raiders are dicks. They know sign language but they’re dicks.
Even Anakin is like “These are good people”, good. They’ll raise your son.
Is that general grevious’ voice?
What the fuck are these aliens
Awwwh noooo she waited just to die in her sons arms.
Tbf i’d go full darkside if someone tortured my mom.
You know what.. this Ani is nothing like the ones from the cartoon, he seems like less of a whiney bitch in the clone wars but we’ll see..
Cleg Lars’ hover chair is pretty dope.
Anakin got over hating Obi Wan real quick.
Even captured Obiwan is a sassy boy.
Jar Jar as badass as he is.. is basically putting the Sith Lord in charge.
So far if you dont know that palpatine is the Sith there isnt really anything obvious telling you which is pretty interesting.
Padme has had another outfit change, another iconic look.
And so behind the adventures of r2 and c3po
C3PO had a costume change, he’s been watching Padme.
The fake out they have you thinking Padme is covered in magma is pretty good
Okay then suddenly she loves him.
Also bye bye lightsaber
Genosians are pretty gross
In my head they were always the same as Toydarians for some reason
I like that bug monster, i remember killing them in one of the older battlefront games.. as maybe Aayla Sekura but maybe i made that up.
Anakin surely got the best one to fight. He basically tames it.
The fucking peck on the cheek, was that needed?
Droidekas are still cool as fuck.
Suddenly Jedi.
The Jedi that made it up to Dooku is terrible, he cant even reflect a few blaster blasts.
Well.. Jango lost his head.
The smile on that green jedi��s face is beautiful, what a beautiful alien man. Kit Fisto.
Obiwan is an icon.
Dooku is pretty reasonable all things considered.
Woo clones!
“Around the survivors, a perimiter, create.” Yoda.. just speak normally damnit.
Yoo what if Jaro Tapal shows up in the new Clone Wars cartoon season.. i’d lose my shit.
I like Dooku’s bike.
Anakin you dumb fuck.
I always thought Dooku’s curved lightsaber was weird.
Rey should have done this sick ass catching the lightning trick instead of the two lightsabers.
Jedi flips all over the place woop.
As obvious as it is that Palpatine is the hooded Sith, i feel like they dont show his full face because i feel like a little kid might not be able to tell.
I kinda like how it shows a bunch of clones (the basic start of the stormtrooper) and then star destroyers and it’s like.. heres where the empire started.
Aaaaaand they’re married? so yeah.. congrats Ani you creeped your way into being a husband.
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Home: Arrow 6x06 Review (Promises Kept)
"Promises Kept" delivers some quality Dyla and Olicity,
but unfortunately the Slade Wilson storyline didn't improve for me in the second half of this two parter.
Let's dig in...
Dyla
John finally comes clean about his drug use to Lyla. I think it's incredibly important that the first person Diggle confesses to is his wife. No matter how tight he is with the members of Team Arrow, Lyla is home base.
She's one of the few people John allows himself to be vulnerable with and that's really what this tremor is about. John is hurt and scared. Diggle doesn't know how to be the man he was (physically), so he's making choices that are impacting the man he is (internally).
But first we get sexy times.
Lyla is back from a mission and is ready to climb Diggle like a tree.
This is the first Dyla love scene we've had since Season 2. THAT IS TOO LONG ARROW VIEWERS.
When you have people who look like THIS
it is mandatory we get a love scene at least once a year.
At least Arrow has the good sense not to waste Antonio Negret's skills. Unfortunately, Diggle has to juice up for sexy times. Alright mister. This is a significant problem!
Diggle needs more supply so he goes straight to the source. The dealer and Team Arrow's villain of the week is Richard Dragon. Each Arrow character has their own villain this season and he is Diggle's. Of course, Diggle doesn't tell Team Arrow that he has a personal connection to the dealer.
Overall, I wasn't too impressed with Richard Dragon. I'm sure there is more to the character, but this week he felt like a run of the mill thug John could pick up with one hand and crush.
Source: queensarrow
Diggle's discovery that Dragon is his dealer leads to some head shaking choices on our Yoda's part. John Thomas Diggle, you did not just hesitate on the trigger (almost killing Rene) because Dragon is your dealer.
Luckily, Rene is fine but now instead of the tremor putting the team at risk, Diggle's solution for the tremor is putting the team at risk. Boy, you are a mess. Go talk to your wife.
What's wonderful about John and Lyla's relationship is how realistic it is.
Source: smoak-and-mirrors
Diggle doesn't run headlong into the truth. He sort of inches his way around it. Diggle tells Lyla he's compromised in the field and has been using an experimental steroid to control the tremors. Sure, I guess "steroid" sounds more medical than an illegal street drug run by a dude named Dragon.
However, John's breaking point isn't about the crippling weight of the lies or an urge to be honest with his wife. Diggle's drug source is compromised and he needs Lyla's help, or ARGUS rather, to find a solution for his tremor. Your wife is the head of a super secret spy organization Diggle. Why didn't you just start with ARGUS' handy bag of tricks?
Once Lyla finds out the manufacturer *cough*drug dealer*cough* is involved in "illegal activity" she puts it together that John isn't using a steroid, but an illegal drug. Still she takes comfort in the fact that John has come clean, isn't using the drug anymore and has gotten the dealer off the streets.
*Cue awkward whistling* Well...
Now Lyla is pissed. Damn right. John argues he had to make these morally compromising choices in order to be the Green Arrow. He couldn't let Oliver, the team or the city down. Diggle essentially is taking the "extreme measures" position both Lyla and Oliver have argued in the past.
A point John is quick to throw in Lyla's face.
Diggle: Lyla, you make the same choices at ARGUS all the time.
Lyla: Choices you've condemned me from making!
Ugh. Keep digging big fella.
Lyla knows she lives in the grey, but one of the things she loves about John is how he sees the world much more black and white. Diggle demands better of everyone because he demands it of himself. He works diligently to hold the moral line and that's why it's always so heartbreaking when John crosses it. Diggle falling from grace always feels longer and hits harder because his goodness elevates him above the rest. Lyla may cross lines but she expects better from John because she believes he is better.
Diggle: As soon as ARGUS has a solution I will get my guy off the street.
Lyla: Until then how many people is this guy going to kill?
Diggle: It's not that simple. It's not that simple!
Lyla: You're the one who taught me that it is.
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The Johnny Lyla loves would never allow a criminal to walk the streets of Star City, simply so he can have access to the same illegal drug the dealer is selling. Diggle may argue this choice is for the good of the city and the team, but it feels self serving to Lyla. In a way that even killing Andy did not.
Lyla could see the necessity for John pulling that trigger. Andy threatened John's wife and his daughter. He needed to get got.
But this? This Lyla cannot understand. Diggle is also frightened of who he is without Team Arrow. He can argue the selfless motives, and they are true, but there is also a part of John that isn't stepping away because he doesn't want to.
Lyla is furious and needs time away from John to think. This is what I love about their relationship. Diggle and Lyla had a fight, a big one, but that doesn't mean the relationship crumbles. Psst, spoiler alert: married people fight.
The key is learning your way to work through your problems. Lyla needs her space and Diggle respects it. Everyone retreats to their corners for a time before the bell rings on Round 2.
Lyla's words do have an impact on Diggle. John hands over Dragon's location to the team explaining a "contact" gave it to him. When Richard lights the lab on fire, Diggle does his very best Smeagol impression as he stares at the burning drugs.
Diggle comes home to Lyla and admits he was a hypocrite.
Even more importantly, he's starting to scare himself. John finally realizes the only thing worse than not being the Green Arrow is losing what makes him worthy of the hood.
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With his son in his arms and his wife snuggled at his side, John starts to feel more like himself. Or at least remember the person he is. He knows it's time to come clean.
John confesses to Rene, Curtis and Dinah. Their reactions are perfectly on point for each of their characters. Diggle is sorry he almost got Rene killed (twice).
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Careful Rene. Keep this up and I'll adopt you.
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As for Curtis, he's completely flabbergasted John didn't come to him in the first place. Remember that time he helped Felicity WALK AGAIN? Dude, same. For reals I am so #TeamCurtis on this particular issue.
And Dinah... is very understanding. She just wants to know John is okay. Diggle offers her a very special apology simply because he lied to her the most. Diggle promises there will be no more lies between them. Lord, does everything they say to one another have to sound so charged?
Dinah promises the same and then continues to lie to John (and the team) about letting her ex boyfriend go. Alright, so that’s another way to go.
Does this mean Diggle's dark spiral is over? I don't know. He still needs to come clean to Oliver and Felicity. Perhaps whatever is going on with John will carry into the second half of the season and perhaps not.
What I do know is this is the first time John Diggle has acted like John Diggle. That's thanks in large part to his wife. I think John has a difficult time asking for help because he's used to being the person everyone depends on. Diggle is used to giving the help - not needing it. However, Lyla will always Diggle's person. She will always help John find his way home.
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Olicity
Diggle isn't able to tell Felicity the truth because she's busy welcoming Oliver home with William. There wasn't much of Olicity in 6x06, but we did get an absolutely beautiful scene at the end that almost made sitting through all the Slade Wilson crap worth it.
Oliver returns from his rendezvous with Slade to find Felicity and William playing video games.
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After Oliver sufficiently smothers his son,
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William fills him in on everything he's missed - most notably that he had ice cream for dinner with Felicity.
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It's impossible to ever be angry with a human being this cute! One of the best parts of parenting is occasionally spoiling your kid by throwing the "adult" decision out the door and having some fun. Felicity has this on lock. You're doing fine girl.
William leaves the room so he can show Oliver his science project. Great idea William. Go get the bottle rocket. TAKE YOUR TIME.
The way Oliver moves toward Felicity is so hot.
He licks his lips and takes one big step to close the distance between them. I'm a little shocked he didn't jump her right then. Antonio Negret is directing after all.
No sexy times for us this time, but Antonio still delivers.
Felicity starts to babble, a little nervous and uncertain how Oliver will react to her being at the apartment alone with William. Girl, please. You are the literal embodiment of Oliver Queen's dream come true. He has named your babies. I wouldn't be surprised if Oliver has already set up 529's for them too. Feel free to play all the video games with William.
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This is essentially what Oliver tells Felicity, only he does it much sweeter and with that face cupping thing that he does. SWOON.
We get another beautiful Olicity kiss courtesy of Antonio Negret.
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Their kiss fades into a rain covered window. We shall call it the Rain Kiss.
The rain is a sharp contrast to the warmth inside Oliver's apartment. If Oliver had made different choices, have become a different person, or never met Felicity Smoak (shudder at the thought) that's all he would have - a lifetime of standing outside in the cold, dark rain. A lifetime of looking into the brightly lit homes of the Star City families he protects, but never experiencing that warmth for himself.
But Oliver is not that man. He made different choices. He did meet Felicity Smoak. The life he never dreamed possible, the one he didn't believe he deserved, is happening now.
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Oliver's time away, seeing everything Slade lost, makes him appreciate what he has all the more. Oliver knows he made the right decision giving up the Green Arrow. He is at peace with his life and his choices.
Felicity and Oliver nuzzle noses and are just about to kiss again when William comes into the room. This child is not fazed one bit by public displays of affection from these two, so you know it happens all the time.
Diggle texts Felicity and asks her to come to the bunker so they can talk. It's not an emergency, so Felicity begs off. Oliver is home and she wants to spend time with her... family.
This is a dream come true for Felicity. She is with the man she loves, there are no secrets between them, Oliver is safe and at peace with himself and she's getting to know William. This is the life she always wanted and it's happening now. Felicity is savoring the moment just as much as Oliver is. They found a home within each other and now they are building one with William. It's absolutely everything. So, let's go up to the roof and fire off some bottle rockets! Diggle can wait.
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Or can he? The thing about being a hero is it invariably requires sacrifice. Oliver Queen may not need the hood any longer, but the hood still needs him.
Slade Wilson
I tried y'all. I really tried. I am simply not invested in Slade Wilson's redemption are and Arrow didn't do very much to get me invested.
So, we're going to snark our way through this.
Arrow fills in the blanks on what happened to Slade after Oliver plunged an arrow into his eye and left him for dead on the Amazo. Somehow Slade washes up on the Phillppine coast, alive and muttering Oliver's name, and is evacuated by ASIS and returned home - to Joe. That only creates more questions like how did he not drown, the Phillipines feels pretty far, wasn’t he trapped under steel? But okay.
Skade promises to never leave Joe again. Yeah, we all know how this is going to turn out.
Slade does alright training Joe in ASIS for awhile, but then Ghost Shado shows up (Hi honey!!!) and Slade goes cray again.
This is where Arrow starts playing fast and loose with the mirakuru. Apparently, the effects come and go now.
Translation: Arrow wants Slade Wilson to be bad or good whenever they need him to be without putting the time or effort required for an ACTUAL REDEMPTIVE ARC.
There are contrived plot devices and then there's THIS. A little consistency is all I'm asking for here.
There's a whole plotline about Slade betraying Oliver, but SPOILER ALERT he's not really bad.
They go a few rounds over how Slade pretending to kill Oliver this time felt more real than it did the last time on Lian Yu.
No it didn't. It felt exactly the same. This plot is identical to 5x23. We already deja'd this vue.
Joe and Slade slug it out. Slade waxes poetic about how the mirakura made him a monster. (See, it's out of his system now so he's good! TA DA!!!). Joe unloads a truth bomb and tells Slade he saw him kill before he left for Lian Yu. Yeah, maybe taking your son on mission was not the best parenting decision Slade.
Although, watching your father slice heads off people should be less traumatic if they are all bad people right? No. NO NO NO NO.
Joe also tells Slade that he has a brother named Grant. Arrow really needs to work on their sentence structure because it sounded like Joe killed Grant because his mother didn't want him... or something?
It's fine. We sorted it out on Twitter. The results of my poll were particularly hilarious. 26% were equally as confused as I am.
That's way too high for something that really shouldn't be confusing!!!
The deal is their mother didn't want Grant to be part of this life, but Joe is like Slade. His first kill was six months after the camping trip. Two separate thoughts. Key take away is Joe did not kill his infant brother.
Seriously, y'all it was a major WTF moment for me. This is dark and twisty even for Arrow.
It's not my fault though ya know? Who can keep track of who's alive, who's rising from the dead, who faked their death, who murdered who, who are we redeeming for murder, what storylines launched on time traveling shows are we trying to do away with or reintroduce for that matter, and on and on and on.
I maintain there was a needed semicolon, comma or parenthesis missed. Thus creating a run on sentence and a world wind of confusion.
Anyways, let's make a long story short. Joe escapes after the fight and Slade vows to find both his sons.
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Then Slade walks off into the misty fog of overly dramatic exists. Angel is the only TV character that can pull that off, Wilson. Don't even try.
As for Oliver, he just annoyed me the entire time.
First, he wakes up with his boxer briefs in a twist after Slade knocked him out. He makes some passive aggressive remark about how he doesn't abandon people.
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Honestly, Oliver you can save your indignance over Slade "abandoning you" because I have not heard one peep from you about Slade abandoning all your loved ones on Lian Yu. Again I ask... WHY ARE YOU HELPING?
When I wasn’t asking that I was asking this, "Oliver why are you here?" Oliver gets himself captured, or maybe it was planned I don't know. I sort of stopped paying attention. Mr. Monosyllabic becomes Chatty Kathy and starts mouthing off about William.
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Joe Wilson is practically salivating at the thought of hurt Oliver Queen's son. Listen cutie, I know you've been out of the game for awhile, but have you lost all of your covert abilities?
Take off your "I'm a Dad. Ask me how!" sticker and shut your trap.
Oliver and Slade talk about sons, following in their footsteps and Slade not blaming himself, blah blah blah. Get on the plane Oliver.
Slade is obviously supposed to be the dark flip of fatherhood and living a double life. Oliver comes home absolutely thrilled he gave up the hood because otherwise William would be putting arrows in people and starting his own crime syndicate by the time he's sixteen.
OR there's a middle ground here Oliver. You can be honest with William without exposing him to the darker truths of this world. You can insulate your son from vigilante life and make him a part of it. The key is balance. And maybe don't use a father/son outing as an excuse to take out a mark.
Slade took Joe on that camping trip because the mission was more important than his son. He didn't know how to balance the two lives without them bleeding together in every awful way possible. Slade lost his grip on home long before Lian Yu. The lesson for Oliver isn't what happened to Slade after the island. The lesson is in what happened before.
Stray Thoughts
I shall forever miss Baby Sara, but little man JJ is pretty damn cute.
The "did anyone understand that" joke is getting old. This is like the fourth epidsode in a row they've made that one. Find a new funny, Arrow.
My spirit animal. Source: richardson-sellers
Diggle's natural voice is his Arrow voice. That's sexy times a thousand.
Oliver’s face when Felicity asked this will never not be funny. This also ignited a debate between @callistawolf and I over how Oliver knows the term. (I had to google it. I am as pure as the driven snow.) I refuse to consider how Oliver knows the term. Also, 3x20 was his first time. Source: oliverxfelicity
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Star Wars Review
There are things I have never seen in my life that everyone’s seen. Marvel movies were one of those once upon a time. So was Star Wars.
I never watched the so-called prequels when they were first out, I guess because of a mix of being taken to watch other movies instead (don’t even ask), and my being into other stuff. Also, I tend to save some things for rainy days (like the LOST epilogue, which I haven’t watched yet — can’t let go!), but I’m not sure why I kept pushing Star Wars back.
Somehow, it became a thing I’d watch once I graduated. And I did that in July. So, naturally, I waited till mid-November to get on with it.
What follows is a review of the entire saga and The Last Jedi, so there are spoilers after the cut.
The sequels
They were so much fun. I still can’t believe a mind can come up with all of that, to make up a world so rich and real, and to make it look the part.
Thinking that it was done 40 years ago only made it more magnificent, as the special effects and all of still looked pretty okay.
Of course I was spoiled for the big things, one cannot simply escape Star Wars, but to see it all play out was very much enjoyable.
Plus, let’s be real, all signs pointed at Lord Vader being Luke’s father, so...
Character-wise, I freaking loved Luke so much. It was distracting that he looked just like Seb, but such is life.
Leia and Han were close behind, truly. As was R2-D2, one of the cutest androids in the galaxy!
One minor issue to me was that I did wish we knew more about all of them — it felt like we knew them, but we didn’t know about them.
The prequels*
Anakin, oh, Anakin! He was such a cutie as a kid, why did he have to grow up?
Honestly, these were not as much fun, but I and III had stuff going for them. The first one because it was seeing this world from a different perspective, in a different time, meeting new people, learning more about how everything works and where it all started. The third one because it’s the conclusion, and though you knew how it’d end, it’s still powerful to see it all come together.
I wanna highlight that, interestingly enough, I believe the prequels were the first step towards answering some of those issues I had mentioned. It’s not that we learned about the characters specifically, but knowing where they were coming from definitely made a difference and added to their cause.
Cast-wise, I think they might have made a few mistakes there, but Ewan, I love with all my heart always.
*Prequel is not a proper word because the prefix “se-” is not a thing, and neither is the root “quel” and I hate it, I had to say that. I’m all for descriptivism, but this one bugs the hell outta me!
The Force Awakens
SO MUCH FUN. Sure, it was a repeat of A New Hope in more ways than one, but they managed to make it feel like a homage, and they added LOTS of cool things, and funny bits, and heart.
Poe. Dameron. I fucking love Oscar so fucking much and so I loved Poe and his fucking beautiful face was so pretty all the time. Best damn pilot, captain of my heart, I love him forever and ever.
REY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She’s so important, okay? Watching the sequels, it’s particularly jarring how there were men everywhere all the time, and Leia’s pretty much the only woman in the galaxy. They tried to make it better with the prequels, but it wasn’t all it should’ve. Here, they put a woman front and center, and Leia’s there too, as are others. Not enough, not quite, but getting there.
Finn, I had so many feels!!! Like, he defected, and there was Poe. And Poe gave him a name, and the jacket (it was coming, but fucking Oscar and his face made it a million times better), and they’re love. Finn’s trying to get out of a bad situation that he didn’t want in the first place, and ended up being a hero and just FINN!!! I think his name sums it up.
Seeing Chewie, Han and Leia back felt emotional even though it hadn’t been 40 years for me. The movie did so well by them, but I was so incredibly sad for Han and Leia and how their lives turned out.
And then I was sad because FUCKING KYLO REN killed Han. Like, there’s no going back. There was no going back before, because he tortured my baby Poe and Rey, but this was it. No coming back, no redemption, nothing. I’m not sure why, but I don’t care for Adam Driver at all, so that didn’t help the slightest bit.
In this sense, I gotta highlight that Vader, as scary as he was supposed to be, never really messed with our people in this way. So while he was the bad guy, killing planets and all, he hadn’t done anything to characters we cared about until he fought Luke... and we know how that one turned out.
Oh, and then there was LUKE, BACK and cloaked, AND I SCREAMED.
Rogue One
This movie hurt my feelings so much. I kept trying to place it within the Star Wars world, and the moment I figured when it was located... Not a good thing to figure out.
So many great characters, it’s honestly such a shame that we only got a little bit of time with them.
At the same time, it was amazing to see how the Rebellion started, the why and the who and all that.
Jyn and Cassian were so great together. I don’t even mean romantically, just, so good, and I can’t believe they were taken from us.
Bodhi is the second greatest pilot in the galaxy and I loved him.
I sorta wish there had been more female characters, it felt like a step back in that sense.
Learning that the bad guy, Ben Mendelsohn, was a Star Wars superfan was the most hilarious and awesome thing.
This time around, Darth Vader was truly scary as hell.
The end was both awfully sad and entirely... hopeful. *wink-wink*
The Last Jedi
Poe started the whole thing being his badass, awesome self, so I was immediately hooked. He continued being all of this and more. Give me a minute to ask: how is he so pretty, I don’t even understand anything. I’m just so glad he made it out alive cause I would’ve started shit right then and there if he hadn’t. He also grew as a person, and we got to know him a bit more. Not enough, but I’ll take what I can get.
Seeing Luke so isolated, blaming himself, that was really sad. I wish he and Rey had spent more time together. Much like Rey described it, Luke’s death wasn’t sad, and it looked peaceful... but I think part of it had to do with what had just happened with Finn.
Finn was back, and being lovely and clueless, and a smart hero. I swear to fucking god, I was about to burst into ugly crying when Rose saved the day.
So when Luke died, at first I was wondering if he really had, and then I was just... I don’t know. I guess I had panicked so much because Finn had a lot to do still, and it wasn’t fair for him to die. Whereas maybe Luke had served his purpose and lived his life well enough. Not to say that I’m happy about it, or that I don’t wanna see him, cause I expect to see Mark show up Kenobi-style in the next one!
One Skywalker twin standing. Every scene with Carrie was so hard to watch. I really need Mark there next movie, he has to be.
When Yoda showed up, everyone was in awe. It was a good thing.
Rose was awesome all throughout, but particularly so when she saved Finn, can we keep her?
I really wish Rey hadn’t been so removed from everything and everyone, but I get it, it needed to be like that for the plot to work. I’m glad her parents were not a person we know, after all, we already had a bit of incest, no need for everyone to know everyone. I didn’t enjoy Rey’s connection with Kylo at all, just ewww, no. I hope she learned her lesson there for good and I can’t wait to see her being the Jedi.
I was so mad when I thought the film wanted to redeem Kylo Ren (I say his full villain name cause I hate him and I’m two). Like NO, it wasn’t gonna happen, not ever. I was entirely relieved when they stopped that.
Kylo and Hux acted like children. I laughed.
Laura Dern!!!!!! I was so mad at her for going againt my most beautiful and precious pilot, but she did good at the end.
Chewie was like Steve from Stranger Things with all his adopted ~children, it’s law.
The action was all the time, all around, non-stop. It was crazy good! But also really bad cause the Resistance is barely a thing!
The parallels with our world were not even subtle, and I’m glad because the world is an awful place these day. If at least one person’s gonna come out thinking things through, then that’s a good thing we should all celebrate.
Like I said with Rey, I wish the characters hadn’t been so divided all the time, but the story needed that. However, it was insane that Poe and Rey only really met at the end of this one! (Was that a meet-cute? Cause, like... “I know”?) My guess is that the next one will have less of that and more of everyone together. Or maybe that’s just what I want.
I can’t wait for more!
#Star Wars#Star Wars: The Last Jedi#spoilers after the cut#Oscar Isaac#Daisy Ridley#John Boyega#to be tagged later#and I will probably add more thoughts to The Last Jedi review cause I feel like I'm forgetting stuff#Rogue One#FinnPoe#Stormpilot#Finn and Poe
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The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Questions Answered
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The following contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 2.
The conclusion to The Umbrella Academy season 2 is all about escalation. How does a second season top a first season that ended with the world destroyed and all its characters flung black through time?
The answer turned out to be quite simple: bring them back to the present, of course! But as the final moment of The Umbrella Academy season 2 reveals, this isn’t the present that the Hargreeves family is familiar with. Both their dad, Reginald, and their brother, Ben, are still alive. Not only that but there’s also no such thing as The Umbrella Academy in this new reality – only the mysterious Sparrow Academy in its place.
Like any good season-ender, the last minutes of “The End of Something” raise more questions than they answer. And the second season of The Umbrella Academy already had plenty of questions floating out there to begin with.
With that in mind, we enlisted the help of Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman to answer some of those questions. Blackman won’t tell us exactly who The Sparrow Academy is obviously…he’s got a third season to worry about, after all. But he did provide some crucial context to their introduction and answered many of our other lingering Umbrella Academy season 2 questions.
So without further ado…
Is Lila One of the 43?
The premise of The Umbrella Academy is a simple, yet compelling one. On October 1, 1989, 43 women across the world suddenly gave birth despite previously never having shown any signs of pregnancy. Reginald Hargreeves tracked down as many of those kids as he could but only ended up with 7. Such is the case in Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s original comic series and such is the case in the show as well. That means that there are 36 other super-powered 30-year-olds out there.
Season 2 now raises the question: is Lila (Ritu Arya) one of them?
“Yes,” Blackman answers definitively.
“Lila’s a great character and I really love the actor, Ritu. She plays her so wonderfully. I came into season two wanting to introduce at least one more (superpowered person). And it was too easy just to meet Lila with no complications.”
Blackman also further clarifies that Lila’s power is indeed mimicry. She is able to use any one of the Umbrella Academy’s abilities, provided that she is in close contact with them at the moment. Klaus got that bit right.
Blackman also confirms that Lila is here to stay should the show get a third season.
“She’s one of the 43 going forward. She’s one of them and they have to get to figure out more about who she is. One of the complications is that she and Diego are in love with each other now, despite who Lila’s mother is.”
That’s right, friends: superpowered quasi-incest is back on the menu!
What Was With Harlan’s Powers?
Speaking of suddenly introduced powers – what was the deal with Harlan’s Vanya-like abilities in season 2? Harlan was presumably born in the late ‘50s – a full thirty years before the superpowered kids were born in 1989.
Harlan also doesn’t display any supernatural features until Vanya gives him CPR after finding him at the bottom of a nearby lake. Did Vanya somehow transfer her powers to Harlan in a sort of reverse Dementor’s Kiss? According to Blackman, that’s exactly what happened.
“It’s supposed to be a little mysterious. But when Harlan has seemingly died, Vanya did something to him in the way she revived him. She’s not realizing at the moment, but she gave a little bit of herself and some power to him. The effect there is that you can see a little bit of this yellow glowy stuff go from her to him.
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“Then later in the season, when she realizes that she’s done that and Harlan is sort of out of control with his new ability, she tries desperately to remove it from him. The final part of it is ‘was she successful?’ Because he seems to still have a little bit of an ability when we see him in the last episode. I don’t think she’s been quite as successful.”
Sissy (Marin Ireland) tells Vanya that she and Harlan are California-bound following the events of this season. Who knows what they’ll get up to on the West Coast? Perhaps a slightly super-powered 65-year-old Harlan will play a role in season 3’s alternate reality.
What’s Up With The Swedes and A.J. Carmichael?
One of the biggest changes that The Umbrella Academy season 2 makes from the comic book volume on which it’s based is in its villains. Hazel and Cha-Cha make their premiere in The Umbrella Academy volume 2 “Dallas.” The show, however, already enjoyed the use of the cartoon-masked assassins in season 1.
So into their place in season 2 step The Swedes. They are mostly-silent Commission assassins, and yes: brothers, according to Blackman.
“It’s not by coincidence that we have three brothers, the Swedes, for our bad guys on The Umbrella Academy. Then we have The Handler and Lila too. They’re all different families, they all have different dynamics. I wanted to see if we can have all of those (family dynamics) play out.”
Interestingly, another one of the comic’s big baddies makes an appearance in the form of the Commission’s goldfish/boss A.J. Carmichael.
“Some of the things in the graphic novel that I love, I just simply can’t do because I need a Marvel feature length type budget to do them. But it was really important to bring Carmichael in,” Blackman says.
“I just have to say the level of research (VFX studio Weta) did was remarkable. Not only did they get real fish to look at, but they went down to the details of the scales and tried to get some more water in (Carmichael’s tank) so you get the water sloshing around right.”
Of course, the real villain of The Umbrella Academy season 2 was a familiar face. Which begs the question…
Is The Handler Really Dead This Time?
“I say this with certainty that The Handler did die this year. She is dead and gone.”
Oh. Well ok then. Blackman offers up this elegy for Kate Walsh’s stylish villain:
“We just loved The Handler so much and the fans really responded to her. I’ve worked with Kate Walsh in two or three shows now – I always love working with her. The Handler was such an interesting character. I wanted to tell a story of what happens if you devote your whole life to a company and then you feel screwed over like she does and go rogue. The Handler going rogue allows us to have a lot of complications. She can really screw with a lot of things. That’s why The Handler was important.”
Is Baby Pogo the Next Baby Yoda?
“Of course, I would love that. You know, we love baby Yoda. But we might love baby Pogo a little bit more. He’s quite cute in his pajamas and his spacesuit, I think.”
What is The Sparrow Academy?
And now we’ve arrived at the biggest lingering question from The Umbrella Academy season 2. What…or who is The Sparrow Academy? Before Steve Blackman offers up his perspective, it’s worth taking a look at the origins of The Sparrow Academy from the comics.
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Though season 2 closely corresponds with volume 2 of the comics, The Sparrow Academy doesn’t turn up until the third volume “Hotel Oblivion.” Even then, the new team doesn’t arrive until the very end of the seventh and final issue and is never actually named. It is reasonable to assume that they would be called “The Sparrow Academy” though given that their costumes are full of sparrow iconography. It wasn’t until they appeared in the final moments of season 2 that they were even given a name. And Blackman confirms that they are indeed the same Sparrow team from the comics.
“Yeah. They were introduced in volume three. I have a wonderful collaboration with Gerard and we talk a lot about where he wants to go with the different volumes of the comics. I had an idea for the end of this season, a little similar to what the Sparrows were. When I heard he was doing the Sparrows, I got super excited, like that’s fantastic.”
Here is what the team looks like in “Hotel Oblivion” as they unexpectedly arrive to help The Umbrella Academy round up dozens of escaped villains.
Though we only get to see their silhouette on the show, it’s quite clear that this is the same team, based on the floating cube behind one of the characters. It’s unknown what this floating cube does as it’s unknown what any of The Sparrow Academy’s powers are (though some seem to involve strength, turning into ravens, and the ability to channel pain). Blackman himself says he’s not sure whether he’ll use the powers Way and Bá create for the team or just develop his own for them.
“I think it will be open for me to decide. Gerard has such wonderful ideas and if they work for our storytelling, we’ll use it. If not, I’ll come up with my own version of it. My goal is to keep as much as I can for the graphic novel fans for as long as it works within the setting of a 10-episode show.”
Even with the comic material and Blackman’s generous participation in this exercise, there is still so much we don’t know about The Sparrow Academy. In the comics, Vanya’s “Mother” (analogous to Grace in the show) takes her to meet them as they’re her “real” family. The team has a Hargreeves-like foppish dandy of a leader known as “Deever.” They also employ explicitly Christian crosses at their headquarters. Why? That’s all anyone’s guess.
In the reality of the show, it’s worth asking whether The Sparrow Academy even existed prior to The Umbrella Academy fudging the timeline in Dallas. While the ending of season 2 makes clear that the Hargreeves are in an alternate or new timeline due to Reginald and Ben’s involvement, would The Sparrow Academy have existed in their original timeline, albeit somewhere else in the world? After all, as the reveal of Lila as a superpowered individual reminds us in season 2 – there are 36 more of these people out there. That also remains to be seen. What we do know is that they’re here now and set to play a big role in season 3.
Is Ben Number One?
The existence of Ben Hargreeves as part of The Sparrow Academy raises another fun question. Is Ben “Number One” for this new team, echoing the final page of “Hotel Oblivion”?
“No comment, no comment. Spoiler, no comment,” Blackman says.
Whether Ben is Number One, Number Six, or gets a new designation altogether from Reginald, the good news is that actor Justin H. Min gets to stay on the show. And that’s good news that Blackman got to deliver right after delivering the episode nine script. Now he gets to deliver the good news of Ben’s continued involvement in the series to everyone else.
“We do get to meet a new Ben who’s flesh and blood,” Blackman says. “Who he is, what his personality type is, I will not tell you – that will be something of a spoiler. But he gets to now interact with all the other characters, which is going to be a delight.”
What’s Next for Season 3?
The good news is that Blackman says that season 3 is in the “planning stages” currently, suggesting at least a little confidence that the show will get a third season.
While the first two seasons have roughly corresponded to their respective Umbrella Academy comic book volumes, there’s a real chance that season 3 could deviate from the third volume, “Hotel Oblivion” entirely. That arc deals with an Arkham Asylum-like “hotel” in another dimension where Reginald Hargreeves keeps all of The Umbrella Academy’s defeated enemies. The show has opted not to include some of the show’s more colorful side villains, instead focusing more on the goings-on at The Commission. With The Commission out of the way and the gang in a sort of alternate dimension of their own, there are many directions the third season can take. Still, Blackman says he’s happy to use the original text as a jumping off point.
“Whatever I can use as a springboard or whatever inspirations I can take from it, I will try to do, so long as it’s in the constraints of what we do as a television show. I’ll take that as a challenge for season three.”
Season 3 will indeed be a challenge, with the introduction of an entirely new superhero team and the presence of Reginald Hargreeves to deal with once again. But now that the show has finally averted the apocalypse, maybe it can delve into the titular team’s daddy issues.
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Rise Of Skywalker (NonSpoiler Review)
What's funny is that I changed my wallpaper right before I left because I'm superstitious and didn't want a wallpaper to come back to disappointed and the ending of TROS is very reminiscent to that wallpaper but you won't know what I mean unless you've seen my wallpaper ;D
For some background, I went into the theater and it was chilly because that was the only theater room with broken heat but it was the earliest showing for the day so they warned us but I didn't care...that is until I got there, I warmed up a little but then I had to pee so I came back and had to warm up again, affected a little bit of my experience, shaking the whole time.
Let me start with the opening, as much as people might complain about TLJ, one thing I can gather from a consensus of the fans is that the opening, though flawed with the gravity aspect, was a pretty good opening. This one's opening doesn't excite me quite as much but more just kind of jumps into it, which I can respect. They have a part where they have that ugly yellow alien, I guess his name is "Klaud", he is on one of the first poster leaks but he only pops in here, but he has no business being on the Millennium Falcon, why? That's one part I never understood.
I can tell they at least listened to some feedback with some of the inclusions and such but don't get me wrong, I don't mean fan-service, they have a moment or two of just nostalgia but I mean something like "Rey is too inexperienced to be that powerful." I never really had a problem with it but they, for one, explain it, and for two, have her training. That and some other complaints I've heard before. They do try to play "Oh, you liked this? Well let's put it in there." It does have Palpatine after all.
They don't really explain everything, like they'll just kind of brush over some stuff and then over others, I never felt like they went knee deep into anything.
They had some really great parts and some great LOOKING shots but for one, it doesn't do too much that's "new" and I don't mean that as if it's like any particular movie, it doesn't seem like a retread.
And the stuff that it does do new, like I said, they just kind of brush over, such as new characters. Zori Bliss? Yeah she doesn't remove her helmet so don't get your hopes too high.
Why is Kylo's mask back? Well...to fit in with the boys. Which brings me to another topic, Kylo not being intimidating, nobody follows him. This is something that we have dealt with for quite some time, after the beginning of TFA, he just kind of stopped being scary, and in a way they take note of that but again, nobody follows him so it's kind of like "if Kylo doesn't follow the original plan then we're not following him." which doesn't make much sense and kind of just makes it seem like they wanted something to do with those characters. What about the beginning? They didn't seem to mind following him then, was that apart of the plan too? That's not rhetorical, it IS a possibility.
They do have a bit of a problem with a common trope movies fall for, I won't mention what it is but I mentioned it in my Frozen 2 review and you might be able to see it through that.C-3P0 is in a good amount, I'm surprised since he's an old character.
I thought about how each movie seemed to be focused on the single one and while that might be fine and is how even the original trilogy was done, it seems like it's not too clear of a vision or path between the 3 movies. Given the two different directors, it's in a way to be expected but also kind of hurts the movie because I can think of the path the prequels had, and yes it took time to fully realize it and everything as I'm sure this one will too.
One of the problems with the prequels was that it had good content and had the puzzle pieces but wasn't quite put together in the right way, you had to view it in a different way in order to get the vision in it's whole. They mentioned how a lot of the people that worked on the original trilogy made it what it is, that the source content was all there but it needed to be realized and cut in a specific way, this movie seems to have that same problem, it has the content but isn't sure what to do with it. It doesn't seem like it really drags, I'm not sure if it tries to cram things in there or what the problem could be pinpointed to but it was brought to my attention (afterwards) that some people think that this is JJ's telling of both 8 and 9 more or less summarized so that it will fit together. If you try to imagine this movie into two separate entities, I feel like it's possible but I also feel like there's a lot of content that was cut in order to fit the mark and be that mashup so it won't be clear until we figure that out.
I'd hate to admit it but part of the problem IS that it takes place many years after Episode 6, it makes it clear because there's a small flashback that I really liked and thought maybe in another world that that would be 7,8, and 9. But George also had scripts for these 3 films that would take place around the same time as the current ones, so I wonder if it would be any better or if it really is that kind of problem. So, LUCASFILM, RELEASE THE ORIGINAL SCRIPTS!
They take things from previous movies that might have been surprising and made them less impactful because they reuse those abilities. I suppose it's fair because a fan could argue "well why didn't they just do this?" so it's not a big deal.
"Is it surprising?" "Did it make me mad?" "Did it disappoint me?" "How does it stack up against The Last Jedi?" Well it does have genuinely surprising moments, none of that fabricating crap from TLJ imo. I didn't feel sour or mad like I did TLJ, I went in expecting stuff to happen, sure, some stuff kind of did happen that I didn't want to happen but what can you do? But there was some stuff I was hoping for that did happen too. They did, however, tease stuff while promoting the movie that I didn't see at all such as a connection to the Mandalorian, I will say that there is ONE thing from the last episode that I saw in this movie but it's not a character, maybe that was the secret, they don't flat out say it but I have a feeling that it connects to "why" they want Baby Yoda? I think it is better than the Last Jedi and before you ask, no, I don't think there are any parts like the Canto Bight sequence. I am...a little disappointed, not gonna lie, I don't regret that I saw it, I liked it but it's not the saving grace I might have wanted or "the best Star Wars movie", I did like The Force Awakens more. Probably the best thing about this movie isn't something I can say, it's an aspect, not a specific scene btw...
There's something that looks like a General Grievous hand in the droid shop scene we saw in the trailer. Also a weird little tidbit is that they put Colin Trevorrow in the credits, odd, I thought he "parted ways" as Disney would put it, and I didn't stay to watch them all, I think his name was as early as the second screen, I'm pretty sure it said "Written by:" This wasn't Trevorrow's take on Star Wars though, I really don't understand and I don't want to be the one to say it but did they do that to throw him under the bus? If not that then is this some kind of weird morph of Rian Johnson, Colin Trevorrow, and J.J. Abram's version? (It sounds scarier than it actually is but still...)
It's weird because I started reading reviews after the movie and they say completely different stuff, not from trolls or haters either, I know it's all a matter of opinion but some stuff like the "training" thing have been mentioned in reverse so these are my raw thoughts after going to the theater. I'm going to try and make a "spoilers" review, either when the DVD comes out so I can rewatch it or just later when I get a better formed opinion of it, as time goes on, my thoughts will be different, I'm almost sure of that, whether it's one way or another. If you're going into it, go into it expecting it to be a new addition, not the big bad end to "the Skywalker Saga", it's like ending it on a technicality. Big payoff to everything Star Wars has done? Not so much, a few things here and there pick up from other places in the timeline but nothing too big.
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