#collect stars

[padmestrilogy]

has it ever been more over

#just collecting my fave hate tweets. yes i hate u and ur ahsoka pfp specifically and i can never have fun #mandalorian critical #ahsoka critical #<i think both of those tags are dead but o well #star wars

[captain-mozzarella]

I headcanon that all of Yoda's finest teacups were made by younglings

In fact most masters of the order's finest teacups were made during crèche crafting time when the kids were learning pottery.

#what im saying is that if one jedi is mad at another #they will serve tea in a normal store bought boring looking teacup and not the wonky colourful child made ones #like they can feel the joy an creativity flow from the cups in the force amd it just makes tea time just so much better #so receiving tea in a store bought cup feels more lifeless (unless its a gift from a friend outside the temple or sth idk) #you know youve made it as a jedi when a youngling gifts you a teacup #yoda has multiple of those vitrine shelves to showcase his gigantic collection #Star Wars #obi wan kenobi #mace windu #shaak ti #plo koon #yoda #jedi council

[feral-ballad]

Dulce María Loynaz, tr. by James O’Connor, from Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems

[Text ID: “Your hands have a strange clarity. Have you been walking among the stars?”]

#dulce maría loynaz #hands #tenderness #love #stars #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #typography

[pedro-pascal]

DAD® mode activated

#the last of us #hbo the last of us #the last of us hbo #pedro pascal #the mandalorian #star wars #joel miller #din djarin #thelastofusedit #tlouhboedit #swedit #themandalorianedit #pedropascaledit #ppascaledit #tusercora #usertom #tuserpolly #* #a fine addition to our collection!

[dailyfigures]

Kirby & Waddle Dee & Meta Knight & Magolor ; Kirby ☆ Re-Ment

#bonus post!!!!! #kirby's dream land #kirby of the stars #kirby figure #hoshi no kirby #kirby #waddle dee #meta knight #kirby magolor #magolor #re-ment #re ment #trading figures #trading figure #anime #anime figure #anime figurine #figure #figure collecting #figurine #scale figure #anime collecting #myfigurecollection #manga

[1960z]

ds9 characters as onion/reductress articles

#julian bashir #quark #elim garak #ezri dax #benjamin sisko #gul dukat #kira nerys #rom #ds9 #deep space nine #star trek #mine #there’s going to be a part 2 to this eventually #this feels a bit all over the place character wise imo I was just collecting stuff that I felt fit #next part will be for characters I missed probably

[milkcioccolato]

Big Brother Maul has gotten a new fan!

#she is the squishiest bean #I love her #maul just keeps collecting children #I’d like to believe that he’d be very good with children #he’s gonna have a crèche full of them #the return of my beautiful oc! #ta’ali kiish #star wars #milks artsies #maul #darth maul #jedi maul #jedi obimaul au #ahsoka #ahsoka tano

[sweetheart-dot-jpeg]

Context: I have a theory, and i want to see if im right. for simplicity, its just the big three + the 'other' option. Apologies for no vanilla extract, i want actual data this time lol.

remember to reblog for a higher sample size!

#polls #statistics #data collection #the sun #the moon #the stars #space #galaxies #spaceblr #space aesthetic

[nemfrog]

Snow-flakes : a chapter from the book of nature. 1863.

Internet Archive

#snow flakes #wonders of nature #crystals #shapes #pattern #collection #star shaped #winter #nemfrog #1863 #19th century #1k

[nuzzle]

BABY,THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT BRAND NEW COLLECTION in TOKYO 会場風景♡

#baby the stars shine bright #btssb #usakumya #lolita fashion #egl #egl fashion #egl community #sweet lolita #2024 collection #fashion show #jfashion #japanese fashion #harajuku fashion #elizabeth op #cute #red #pink #my gifs

[david-talks-sw]

Dooku didn't leave because of the Jedi.

At least, if you're going by George Lucas' word.

In deleted scenes of Attack of the Clones, when we learn about Dooku's departure and his values, there's no mention of the Jedi or "the Jedi Order as an institution".

And every time Lucas refers to Dooku's disenchantment and reason for falling, he doesn't mention the Jedi.

"When you realize that Dooku is Darth Tyranus, it explains what Darth Sidious did after Darth Maul was killed: he seduced a Jedi who had become disenchanted with the Republic. He preyed on that disenchantment and converted him to the dark side, which is also a setup for what happens with Anakin." - Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones, 2002

"[Dooku is] one of the few Jedi who became disenchanted with the Republic and left the order and he is leading a separatist movement." - Vanity Fair, 2002

"I wanted a more sophisticated kind of villain. Dooku’s disenchantment with the corruption in the Empire is actually valid. It’s all valid.  So, Chris plays it as, 'Is he really a villain or is he just someone who is disenchanted and trying to make things right?'" - Starlog Magazine #300, 2002

He probably meant the Republic/Senate in that last one, but you get the point. And you're seeing the pattern, right?

Dooku's problem isn't the Jedi, it's the Republic.

He's become disenchanted with a system that - according to Lucas' prologue in the 2004 book Shatterpoint - worked for 1,000 years...

"For a thousand years, the Old Republic prospered and grew under the wise rule of the Senate and the protection of the venerable Jedi Knights."

... but has been rendered ineffective because of 1) senators becoming corrupt and 2) corporations gaining political power.

"But as often happens when wealth and power grow beyond all reasonable proportion, an evil fueled by greed arose. The massive organs of commerce mushroomed in power, the Senate became corrupt, and an ambitious named Palpatine was voted Supreme Chancellor."

That's the message Dooku runs on, when he rallies the systems to form the Separatist Alliance.

"By promising an alternative to the corruption and greed that was rotting the Republic from within, Dooku was able to persuade thousands of star systems to secede from the Republic."

The Jedi aren't really a factor in his decision to leave.

Why would they be? Their political status isn't very high, they're virtually powerless, as illustrated by the film's narrative and stated repeatedly by Lucas.

On the contrary, as we already established in this post, Lucas full-on confirmed that Dooku actually carries the sympathies of most of the Jedi. Again:

Most Jedi agree with Dooku, ideologically.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, the politicians are effing up the Republic, and it sucks because the Jedi see this but aren't allowed to interfere in the political process. They have to resort to looking for loopholes in their mandates to actually get stuff done.

That's what that whole "she's a politician" scene is meant to hint at. In the commentary of Attack of the Clones, Lucas uses a similar turn of phrase as he does with Dooku.

"[This scene gives us] a chance to talk a little bit about politics and the Jedi’s disenchantment with the political process, due to the corruption and the ineffectiveness of the Senate." - Attack of the Clones, Director’s Commentary, 2002

Considering all this, it becomes clear that the intended narrative surrounding Dooku's decision to leave the Order is not:

"The Jedi are dogmatic and asleep at the wheel except for Dooku, who is ahead of the curb and sees the system is flawed, so he left."

It's actually:

"ALL Jedi see the system is flawed, Dooku's the only Jedi who decided to take it a step further and leave the Order so he can try to get into politics himself and change things."

That's why they hesitate to accuse him of murder.

That's why in an earlier draft of the Attack of the Clones script, by the end of the second act, Mace STILL has his doubts that Dooku would sign a treaty with the Trade Federation to attack the Republic.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, Dooku is out there fighting the good fight, making noise because whenever they try to protest it falls on deaf ears... until his betrayal on Geonosis.

After all, let's not get it twisted: the Dooku we're introduced to in the films and The Clone Wars, isn't really just Dooku anymore.

He's Darth Tyranus.

A point Lucas makes sure to highlight in his Shatterpoint prologue:

"Unbeknownst to most of his followers, Dooku was himself a Dark Lord of the Sith, acting in collusion with his master, Darth Sidious, who, over the years, had struck an unholy alliance with the greater forces of commerce and their private droid armies."

It's not about doing the selfless thing for Dooku, anymore. He's knowingly part of the problem.

He's all about ambition, now. His personal goals are things like overthrowing Sidious and becoming the most powerful Jedi.

"[Anakin's] ambition and his dialogue here is the same as Dooku’s. He says “I will become more powerful than every Jedi.” And you’ll hear later on Dooku will say “I have become more powerful than any Jedi.” [...] It is possible for a Jedi to want to become more powerful, and control things." - Attack of the Clones, Director’s Commentary, 2002

"If you put two Sith together, they try to get others to join them to get rid of the other Sith. [When revealing the truth to Obi-Wan], Dooku's ambition is really to get rid of Darth Sidious. He's trying to get Obi-Wan's assistance in that and help in that, so that he and Obi-Wan could overthrow Sidious and take over." - Attack of the Clones, Commentary Track 2, 2002

Y'know? Selfish things.

Dooku - like all other Sith, and like the very corporations and Senators he had sworn to destroy - is consumed by his own greed.

#also functionally-speaking Dooku being a Jedi is done to highlight the ambiguity throughout the investigation on whether or not this is #a scorned ex-Jedi or a straight-up bad guy... you're never sure until the end of AOTC. That and Dooku being a former Jedi shows that #even someone who was once selfless and dutiful can crave power and be selfish #which sets up a precedent for Anakin - who's already struggling with being a selfless Jedi - when HE falls to the Dark Side #Dooku being a former Jedi isn't a plot point meant to narratively criticise of the Order... it's meant to hint at Anakin's downfall. #dooku #george lucas #star wars #attack of the clones #long post #collection of quotes

[insomniac-arrest]

Once upon a time . . . there was a wicked queen. A hungry wolf. A thing in the dark. A dragon thief. A falling star, crooked in the sky. The lines between heroine and Other, fair and wicked, are illuminated in five transformative stories.

Five fairy tales, five perilous journeys, five star-crossed romances. A Snow White retelling that focuses on the wicked-queen-to-be and her mirror. A take on the classic parable of a deer pursued by wolves. A powerless maid making a deal with Shadows. A wishing star pursued to the ends of the earth and the knight sworn to return her to the sky. A princess trapped by a dragon with her only visitor a burglar.

The Crooked Stars is a collection of sapphic stories that shows there are many ways to read the stars and many ways for love to find a way into places it never was before. If you enjoy enchanting tales of adventure and magic, you'll fall in love with this mesmerizing collection that contends with the cruelty and beauty in fairy tales.

Official release date April 16th, 2024.

eBooks ✨ Paperback ✨ Goodreads

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It's here, IT'S HERE!!! My next new collection is on it's way and features two of my all-time favorite stories I've written. I am so excited. Please be sure to boost and leave reviews if you can. I am a small-time author and don't spend any money on advertising so word of mouth is how I get my stories to the world.

Gorgeous cover art by Megan O'Donell.

Website 🌸 Previous Work

#sapphic #fairy tales #book release #gay romance #fantasy books #wlw #the crooked stars collection

[seriesfive]

tshirt that says “ask me about my favorite symbols and motifs and themes and mirrors and foils and parallels (and so on and so forth) from my little shows”

#starting to curate a collection in my mind like knick knacks on a shelf #decker and ilia in star trek the motion picture are a browser tab in my brain that never closes

[feral-ballad]

Dulce María Loynaz, from These Are Not Sweet Girls: Poetry by Latin American Women; "Time"

[Text ID: "The kiss I didn't give you / has become a star inside me..."]

#dulce maría loynaz #love #longing #kiss #star #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #typography #poetry collection #poetry in translation

[faithbetryin]

𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑎 -x- 𝑃𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑛𝑖 ♡ ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟꜱ

⌲ gif credits attached!

#dune 2 #dune #paul atreides #paulchani #chani #chani kynes #chani x paul #paul x chani #star wars #anidala #padme x anakin #anakin skywalker #padme amidala #anakin x padme #gif collection #not my gifs!

[dailyfigures]

Kirby & Waddle Dee ; Kirby ☆ Bandai

#bonus post!!!!! #happy holidays!!!!! ⛄❄🎄 #kirby of the stars #kirby figure #hoshi no kirby #kirby #waddle dee #kirby waddle dee #trading figure #trading figures #bandai #anime #anime figure #anime figurine #figure #figure collecting #figurine #scale figure #anime collecting #myfigurecollection #manga #kirby's dream land