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hello minnie <3 for the writing questions i'm really curious about 3, 4, 7, 10, 18 and 20!!!

HILO NINI 💖💖💖💖💖 TY FOR SENDINGGG QUESITONS

3. LITERALLY ALL THE PORN?? LITERALLY ALL THE PORN. i think of a hot position and i'm like "oh that'd be great" and i get ready to write a one-shot and then MY BRAIN IS LIKE "oh, wait, this position would work well in gaba/btf" and then i just. stop. and save it for that. but i really need to just start writing them anyway like who is going to complain about getting two cakes? no one.

also there's a lot of fake dating ideas i have but DAMN do i not want to write that set up LMFAO

4. ohh this one from patch up that i just reread today ohhhh idk why i love it idk...why it's just questions LMFAOO

Red’s expression tells him that’s enough. Why do they need to continue? Why did they start in the first place? What is this doing? What are you doing, Green? This isn’t what tonight was supposed to be about.

i think it's just green reading red's face and spelling out what red's thinking for the readers. and idk every time i read it i'm like "damn i love that line" so

7. I think the characteristics of my writing style areeee vivid imagery when it comes to settings. descriptions that don't overstay their welcome and funny dialogue. and when i'm really focusing on writing to the best of a character's pov (btf) then humor. like i think my writing style is "okayish words for the bulk of the fic, but when you get to the porn/angst/comfort/climax of the fluff, i fucking go ham"

and ya, i think others would agree

10. uhm. i get an idea, then i think about it for a while and plan it out, if it's really long i make an outline. if it has a lot of little details i make a "notes" doc for it. then i don't work on it and think about it some more and i decide if i wanna dedicate energy to write it right now or later. and THEN if i do i forget about it, scream, cry, write two paragraphs and scream, give up for three days, come back to it, try again, get in the swing of it, write 1-2k words, forget about it for three days, and the process repeats LMAO

18. No 😔i don't tend to do this and another reason why is bc i tend do write really long fic? so i can't be thinking of au's and stuff bc i'm already, most likely, working on ten things and they're taking so long bc the idea is so long. so my head literally has no room for au's of au's and the like

20. i thought about this for a long time but gaba is FULL of little details and clues. every paragraph literally has a clue to an event that already happened or is going to happen. that's what i love about planning fics. that moment of being like "oh shit!! this was mentioned way back in chapter 4" it's fucking great. and gaba is so full of those bc i planned everything already

btf is the same but to a lesser extent. i'm making up a lot of shit as i go, but i've managed to sneak some stuff in there. i can talk about that a little. when red and green go to the animal auction, and red's already found the sheep and how he already knows so much about sheep?? that's important. how red is so knowledgeable about all this stuff and we just assume it's be of his previous job experience?? that's important. and it's all backstory but it'll be like OHH when it's revealed it's cool.

also the reason why i always compare red to like ice...bc he's so associated with mt. silver. but when GREEN thinks of red, i flip flop between ice and fire. and then i do the same with green it's like this:

green: wind/fire

red: ice/fire

and idk why i do that i think it's my kingdom hearts writing leaking through but what can ya do.

i also always ALWAYS have red be a lover of nature and the outdoors no matter the au. and i always always have green pursuing some form of academia no matter the au.

i cannot think of anything else... BUT THANK YOU FOR THE ASKS NINI THIS WAS SO FUN 😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕💕💕☺💕💖🥺💕

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rawinternets · 6 years

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Star Wars Episode 4: A Rediscovery

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE

Where it all started: a runaway ship and a jettisoned escape pod to Tatooine. This movie was and is truly great: iconic, consistent throughout, unique, creative, funny, exciting, with only a handful of dud scenes, particularly toward the end (surprising). The opening scroll of Episode 4 is one of the best scenes in all of the series, particularly good when you compare it to some of the later scrolls that sound like a 7th grader wrote it for a homework assignment entitled: “Use seven different adjectives in a three-paragraph mini-story.” And this movie also has the Cantina scene, which might be the best scene of all.

A few other surprises:

The movie drags in the end of the beginning, after the droids land in the desert. It takes some time to pick the meandering storyline back up.

The scenes with Vader and Tarkin are always consistently incredibly well acted, scripted, and executed. They zip along and you feel like you’re in the room.

The Obi-Wan / Vader fight was much better than I remember.

The Trench Run has not aged well. The tactics are asinine and sort of brought me out of the movie.

There is a terrible and wholly forgettable scene right after successful DS destruction and right before the iconic and awesome throne room / medal-giving scene at the end, and this forgettable scene suuuuuuucks. Maybe I was a little harsh, but singlehandedly kept Ep4 from being the best of all the movies.

Average score: 8.00 Standard deviation: 1.39

Opening scroll. 10. Perfection. Punchy synopsis of Rogue One, brings you right into the action, no superfluous words (again, a sin that is committed many times later on in the series).

Chase and escape. 9. SUCH an iconic shot, with the Corellian Corvette desperately trying to outrun a Star Destroyer (we don’t know what they are yet, but they are mesmerizing images). Beautiful and unique music. After seeing Darth Vader crush in Rogue One, I wonder a bit why he didn’t just slaughter them all here, but I suppose he needs to make sure the plans are secure. The first look at Iconic storm troopers. Droids manage to advance plot without being annoying (spoiler: won’t last for long, because C3PO sucks). This set piece ends with an iconic shot of the jettisoning escape pod, beautiful sweeping planet shots, and Vader being a sharp badass.

Tatooine droid landing. 6. The pacing is a bit slow. C3PO and R2D2 are iconic, but annoying here. Why do they shout at each other instead of transmitting signals, I find myself wondering?

Jawas. 7. Super tense, eerie, spooky, and weird. Love this. No music helps. Manages to be funny without trying too hard, and lets the weird lead. Cool steampunk tech and funky droids. I still give it a 7 because the pacing is a bit slow.

Searching in desert. 8. Why are the stormtroopers riding animals? No matter. The tension is rising right on cue. The Jawa... trailer? moving city? is really cool.

Meet the Skywalkers. 8. Love the uncle here. “Alright, shut up” to C3PO - crowd pleaser! Luke is whiny but not overly annoying. Seems very natural. Surprised R2 units aren’t worth more, but for reasons I’m not supposed to know yet.

With Luke and Uncle. 8. Who is Obi-Wan Kenobi! Love the mystery here. The iconic double-sunset overcomes Uncle Owen being a dick. Great hinted line about “too much of his father in him.” ... “that’s what I’m worried about.”

Speeder and sandpeople. 8. More mystery and weirdness. Great tension. Into it.

Obi-wan. 8. More mystery, more intrigue. Great dialogue here as we learn more about the galaxy we’re in. We learn about the force (deeper than we learned in Rogue One). The backstory of Luke’s father doesn’t really make sense the way he tells it, but I suppose with hindsight that lack of clarity is forgivable. Why is he so willing to train Luke in the force - desperation?

Death Star conference. 9. Tarkin is a badass. Vader is a badass.

Tragedy at Skywalker farm. 9. Serious emotional heft here. Smoldering bodies. Wow.

Leia tortured by Vader. 9. Short scene but so very well paced and tense.

Mos Eisley. 10. This sequence is just amazing. The Jedi mind trick, the Cantina. Music restarting after the lightsaber fight. All this interspersed with the tension of the droid search. Han crushes his intro, Obi-wan Dads Luke so hard. Greedo is great. Both shoot at the same time, so that controversy is solved. This scene will be considered for “best overall.”

“Set your course for Alderaan.” 9. Near-perfect scene again with Tarkin. Short and well-paced to keep the story moving.

Droid search and getting off Tatooine. 8. Great tension in the searching, I’m fine with the added Jabba scene to show how “deep” Han is in it, and the fantastic iconic shot of the Falcon taking off. Lots of fun.

Falcon chase. 8. Great tension and space shots.

Alderaan destruction. 8. Great acting. Leia does her best, but it’s hard to get a sense of the destruction of the whole planet. Not much at stake since we haven’t seen it or met anyone from there. Rogue One did this better.

Talking in the Falcon. 8. “Let the wookie win.” All sort of out of place after we just watched a planet get blowed up. Great Han stuff, great stuff with Luke getting a taste of the Force.

Asteroid field Alderaan. 9. “That’s no moon.” Such cool shots. Falcon gets pulled into the Death Star. Vader is on point again. Just perfect pacing.

Death Star sneaking. 8. The “first” (or second, in my order) of a long line of scenes where small numbers of rebels sneak around a large Empire base, but this one is fun. Good tension. R2 Hax0ring and Obi-Wan jedi ninja sneaking are fun. Not big into the stupid crackpot idea to save the princess from the jail, but the Han vs. Luke argument here is fun. C3PO manages not to be terrible, but also not good.

Leia rescue. 6-8. The cleverness of the “my god, he’s loose!” Chewy prisoner plan is fun. Great sexual tension with Leia and Han from the get-go. Great, iconic trash compactor scene and first (and most natural?) “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Very annoying “3PO!!” repetition by Luke. The blaster accuracy and subsequent shitty hollywood rope-swing with Leia and Luke is kind of grating and that part is a 6.

Vader and Obi-wan. 9. Starts out with yet another great scene with Vader and Tarkin. Watching Vader vs. Obi-Wan is so much more interesting after watching him go HAM in Rogue One - Obi-Wan must be powerful and dangerous. The fight is better than I remember, and you almost forget Luke’s annoying “Ben!?” exclamation. How does Luke get Ben’s lightsaber!?

Escape in the Falcon. 7. Takes a while to get the scene setup, but builds some good tension. Great soundtrack, great effects. R2 putting the fire out is funny. “Great kid, don’t get cocky!” But why only 4 TIE fighters chasing them? What about the tractor beam? Why are these star destroyers so big? Why are you so happy that “we did it” when you’re still right next to a huge death star?

Leia and Han. 8. These interactions are incredible. Luke is a schmuck here, and Han fucking with him is funny.

Yavin 4 pre-attack. 6. Great tension-building with the Death Star getting to Yavin vs. planning for the trench run. Han leaving with the reward is great. Pacing is a little slow given how urgent this should be - what’s with all this pilot grabass? Luke and Leia is a mediocre scene. X-wing takeoff scene is fine at building suspense but is it really necessary?

Trench Run. 7. Great action vs. Death Star approaching its range. Great aerial battle with TIE fighters. “X-wings too small for a huge battle station” trope will be repeated so many times you wonder why they build the ships so big. LOVE Vader getting after it himself in the TIE fighter. The A-wing trench run is very fun. Tarkin’s arrogance here makes no sense given Rogue One... he should know there’s a vulnerability. It’s a very tragic attack... everyone is dead and it comes down to Luke. But why are all the pilots simply acting as fodder for Luke? Why don’t they try to engage the TIE fighters? “Use the force!” and “The force is strong with this one!” are hokey but I guess that’s OK. We get Tarkin saving the scene with “you may fire when ready,” which is so well delivered every time. Han ex Machina at the end here. And Luke succeeds.

Short celebration. 3. Vader is alive, straight into a god-awful scene. Sparse clapping and quiet “hoorays” and hokeyness all around. What the shit, Lucas?

Ending celebration (Throne room medal scene). 9. Fantastic music and framing and imagery. R2′s back! Yay hokey!

Credits. Such memorable music. Fantastic. Credits in the stars.

VERDICT

Yep, there’s a reason this movie launched a multi-decade world-changing franchise. Lucas’s vision is powerful but you can also see how he was helped along by great editing, and you can see where the editors met their limits (post-DS celebration scene... man, so bad). Most scenes were 8′s or 9′s, a couple 10′s in there, and only one score below a 6 at all. Great movie.

REVIEW LINKS:

Introduction: Star Wars, a rediscovery.

Rogue One: 6.92 / 10.00 (stdev 2.06).

Episode 4: A New Hope. 8.00 / 10.00 (stdev 1.34).

Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back. 8.00 / 10.00 (stdev 1.29).

Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. 5.00 / 10.00 (stdev 2.08). But probably worse than that, actually.

Episode 2: Attack of the Clones. 5.48 / 10.00 (stdev 2.07).

Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. 7.00 / 10.00 (stdev 1.77).

Episode 6: Return of the Jedi. 7.90 / 10.00 (stdev 1.91).

Episode 7: The Force Awakens. 6.57 / 10.00 (stdev 2.01).

Episode 8: The Last Jedi. 6.31 / 10.00 (stdev 1.89).

Verdict: Star Wars, A rediscovery.

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