#not tagging w anytbing

[merrysithmas]

@obiwanobi hi!! I saw your tags and wanted to type you out a response! It was gonna be short LOL.

So - why I dislike the Mandalorian culture (and thus shows and arcs focusing on them/Mando characters). I dislike them for the exact reasons you've pointed out in your tags!

Note: this isn't hate! i'm really happy people like what they like and I think it's awesome! Mandalorians just are not my personal favs.

1) I find all of their endless wars and fighting and little bad-blood clan fights very boring and borish. I don't like any media that has that as the backbone - it's dull and unfulfilling to me. Game of Thrones, Viking shows, Medieval shit... no. It's the competitiveness that I find very distasteful and dull. Vying for territory and honor stuff? Puts me to sleep. I think find the characters to be like... simple and unlikeable. It's why I greatly prefer stories about the Jedi, the monks like Chirrut, characters like Kanan, or conflicted characters like Anakin who struggle to do good but have a heavy conscience (despite evil deeds). When Vader does smth bad you know Anakin is inside paying for it - that's part of why it's so gleeful to watch him do bad stuff. He never really gets away with it. The Mandalorians on the other hand glorify violence and death and I think it's ugly and frankly I hate watching it. Not my cup of tea.

2) I find weapons repulsive and agree with Obi-wan "how uncivilized". The Jedi saber & how long it takes to properly master is much more my area. Or say, Han who uses a blaster as a failsafe. The Mandos: A culture that glamorizes, or worse, diefies weapons ("Weapons are my religion") I truly find disgusting. It reminds me very much of modern-day conservative USA and I am not at all surprised the show is...very popular for this reason. Again? Not my cup of tea.

3) I LOVE SATINE KRYZE! I think she was the only decent Mandalorian, a true hero, one of the coolest & bravest characters in Star Wars, and the perfect never-would-have-worked-between-us for Obi-wan! Can you see Obi-wan, man of righteous morals and service living alongside warsome Mandalorians, even if he abandoned his life's calling for Satine? HELL no. He loved Satine because she had a voice and literally unheard of bravery in the face of her culture's toxic traits. Obi-wan would've keeled over from boredom and his eyes would've rolled so far back in his head he would've lost them every time Whoever The Fuck from Clan Scalpthem threw another brick through their window or challenged someone to the zillionth duel that week (can't he just read a chapter in his book???) He and Satine were FAR TOO alike and made a great We Respect Each Other Too Much To Do This dynamic while staying true to themselves so hard they had to genuinely walk away & and prioritize themselves. Damn. That's cool.

4) I feel the IRL obsession/phenomenon with the Mandalorian comes down to two things imo - ppl who like Baby Yoda/Dad Mando (valid), and otherwise its fans who are weapons-obsessed toxic dudebros who stomp and cry about everything else and then piss themselves with joy whenever ppl are getting mindlessly gutted on screen. It's why I feel Mando is so popular and other media such as TBOBF (he's a good man, sworn off senseless violence), OWK (introspective show based on emotional and psychological connection btw Obi and Ani), TLJ & Rey in general (a woman with feelings & power) gets shit on by dudebro Star Wars fans and they salivate over Mando.

Don't get me wrong! I think Din is a good character! I like watching him & the show! I find his religious arc that competes with something he discovers is just as important to him (Grogu) very compelling and sweet honestly! I enjoy his timidness and chivalry compared to the other Mandos who are not at all as noble as he is. I enjoy the tragedy of obviously him eventually dying for Grogu/Grogu outliving him by hundreds of years - it's great! But Mandalorians in general? No.

Do I think the show is the best written or filmed? No. I don't like Mandalore or their culture. I find them extremely unlikeable, and I don't like the really transparent worship of the show by the cismen gatekeeping fans whose senselessly and grossly loudly complain about literally everything else for NO reason.

Like sure - you don't have to like stuff! But stop screaming over everyone else, and stop ruining things for others.

I see sooo many SW articles about non-Mando shows like "this show is pointless" "this arc is pointless" "exploring this period is pointless" "why can't this be more like the Mandalorian" "this isn't good" like..... ok.... TO YOU?? but there are a TON of other people who are actual FANS of Star Wars and want to see their favs from the movies do ANYTHING.

That IS the point of the other shows.

So yeah, lol, my mix of reasons for finding Mandalorians and their culture extremely annoying. Legit though: No hate if you like them! It's all cool. Everyone likes diff stuff for diff reasons and I completely respect that.

#not tagging w anytbing #bc this is just my person opinion and likes and dislikes #**personal #sorry this was so long!!

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

ohhh the paranoia hitting BAD tonight

#got a twxt from work. girl i was with all day apparently tested positive for covid. so uh. now i am panicking at every small thing wrong #my throat is not sore but i keep thinking it is. my arms r sore but thats bc i do physical labor as a job. #i have a headache but like. i always have one of those #took loki outside and . its raining and dark and usuallt thats fine #but the good ol coat in someones window looks like a person standing there looking at me hit #and then cars were driving by rlly slow (bc of the rain) #and there was a car. parked in front of my apartment #just. in the road not in a space or anytbing just. in front of my door #so i liteally just. ran by w loki and locked the door real fast #and when i got inside uh. had the awful urge to turn off all lights and shut blinds and #looking @ mirrors is freakin g me out now. so thags fun #literallt took the one off fmy closet door bc i can see it from bed. ive neverdone that before there is sometning Wrong with me #head in hands. #i feel like. jonThan sims. there r eyes everywhere and it Fucking Sucks. i understand u buddy. hate this #i Do Not Like Feeling Like Im Being Watched this sucks so bad. #and usuallt its fine bc its like. a background noise thing. i can ignore it ! but smth abt tonight is just like. nope yhere r Eyes #feels BAD #im ok i promise just. jumpy hsbdjdbsjsnsbs #tw// vent #i guess. havent tagged a ventoost in a while i dont remember the format

[ijustwantagoodurl]

@bitterfrosts help im being bullied by @songziichen

My child wakes up and the first thing I hear is "the fact that xiao xingchen Was Dead as soon as he killed song lan? he did a really really wwx here dead man walking and shit" i

#song lan is xingchens heart #im going for MOM PHINEAS AND FERB ARE MAKING A ROCKET IN THE BACKYARD vibes w this one #i mostly just wanted u to Also suffer this nonsense i #mary is a FUCKING genius bht only uses it for Evil #nhhhh #xiao xingchen meta #songxiao #idk should i tag this as anytbing else?????

[qteaaaa]

People keep saying the smpronpa fic is well written but like. It’s not?? None of the guys are “””in character”””, the author reuses words like 3 times in one sentence, and they really have no idea how to set the tone of the story. For example, the Carson trial. When Carson is on stage I presume we are supposed to be sad or scared, (because he thinks he is about to die), but then he says “wood fired pizza?” Like. Why would you add a meme in there when it’s supposed to have a dark atmosphere?? Its like they’ll throw in these references to things that the smplive people have said to almost prove that they’re fans of them?? It’s really awkward and weird and yeah idk this is rambley

#quela.txt #discourse #not tagging this as anytbing else im basicskky done w this drama now i just think its a rlly shit fic lfmao

[pepprs]

this is why i need 2 like stay on here only n stay away from twitter bc ppl actually are like. Decent and tag thingns out of consideration 4 other ppl? a concept

#im so. tired. like i’ll shut up abt this but god im so upset i had to see that #i use my blacklist n mute list whatever for a reason and ppl on here like. tag stuff and its nice bc then i dont habe to see it! but on #twitter no one does that n i keep seeing ppl qting not only... content similar 2 the horribly disturbing thing j just saw but also like. #transphobia and racism and antisemitism and its often a lot like.. Harsher in its presentation on twitter and ppl dontput tws on it or #anytbing like that. and then other ppl will quote tweet it n add their commentary which is valid but like. god u can just reply u dont have #to repost it so that other ppl can see it? i mean for some things more than others its important but stuff like what i just saw soesnt #need to be spread arojnd it doesnt need to be shared even when its attached w a condemnationor whatever bc like. ppl can still... see the #pic / video / whatever.... im not making any sense im very scattered n panicked from this but im just so upset and angry #purrs