#tharan

[red-sea-itinerary]

I imagine this happens often.

(suggested reading: the Lion Hunters series by Elizabeth Wein and this fic by @lytarary)

#the mark of solomon #the lion hunter #the empty kingdom #abreha #Tharan #and his handsome mustache #LH #Tharan and Abreha #LH meme #Abreha Anbessa

[takenbybean]

Alley graffiti, Melbourne, May 07 2022

#2022 #tharan #melbourne #people #places #graffiti #art #street art #olympus #35mm #taken by bean

[parseolegacy]

I realised I have so much unposted art that I need to catch up on

#swtor #swtor art #swtor oc #felix iresso #jedi consular #tharan cedrax #Shot his shot and missed #because his target is about as dense as a brick #sorry flirting doesn't work here #you have to have an emotionally tense slow burn with this Jedi or it will not come through #necessary ship dynamic is slowly dissolve brick wall with burning acid #oc: akk'rai parseo #parseolegacy #art #my art

[lanabenikosdoormat]

lanabenikosdoormat can not be stopped in her quest to post the worst content ever imagined

#qyzen is not an avid twitter user let’s be honest #swtor #swtor meme #fake tweets #fake twitter #jedi consular #barsen’thor #qyzen fess #tharan cedrax #swtor holiday #zenith swtor #felix iresso #nadia grell

[miraluking-respectfully]

Hands down the funniest Companion Reacc in the entirety of the consular storyline happens immediately after you take Nadia on as a padawan:

like, Nadia literally just lost her dad. PRIORITIES, GUYS.

#i fucking bust a gut the first time i saw this #felix is forgiven; everyone else has to sit in quiet contemplation until they're ready to be mature #at least Qyzen supports me #oc: savtas thom #jedi consular #felix iresso #tharan cedrax #zenith swtor #swtor oc #swtor

[i-looove-dillydallying]

Tharan Cedrax would go CRAZY for Scorpio send tweet

#swtor #companion #tharan cedrax #scorpio #jedi consular #imperial agent #star wars #mmorpg #videogame #star wars the old republic #light side #dark side #galactic republic #sith empire #npc #qyzen fess #holliday #zenith #felix iresso #nadia grell #kaliyo djannis #vector hyllus #eckhard lokin #raina temple

[grandninjamasterren]

Returning

"Balmorra-" Tai began, but Ivanye shook his head.

"I was born on Balmorra," he said evenly, "Unless something has drastically changed in the last decade or so, I am aware of the current situation regarding the Imperial occupation."

"You didn't say you were from Balmorra," Aluani accused.

"I'm not," Ivanye enunciated primly, "I was born there, I left when I was still young and, quite frankly, I had no intention of ever returning." Tai seemed mystified.

"Why wouldn't you want to go home?"

"Tython is my home," Ivanye said, as calm and collected as ever, "And before that it was Dromund Kaas. Make no mistake, my parents may have been Resistance fighters, but I was raised Imperial." Tai shook his head, mentally comparing the young jedi's features to various Resistance members.

"Your mom wouldn't happen to be Chemish Or, would she?" Tai asked weakly. Ivanye bristled.

"She lost any right to call herself my mother. When our parents were arrested, my brother and I were given new names and identities and adopted out to good Imperial families. If I hadn't have been force sensitive, or if the Sith had been kinder to me, I might have stayed Imperial," Ivanye shook his head, "You don't need to brief me on the situation. Just tell me who my contact is."

"A Resistance Fighter by the name of Zenith. He's pretty paranoid, so you'll need to activate jammers around Bugtown. Be careful of the colicoids." Ivanye saluted Tai with his unlit saber as he moved to disembark.

"Tharan, would you and Holiday care to join me?"

"Jedi, it would be my genuine pleasure," the scientist responded, falling into step with Ivanye as they exited onto Balmorran soil.

#star wars #swtor #swtor jedi consular #my oc #tai cordan #tharan cedrax #writing #fanfic #swtor fanfiction

[eastern-lights]

Please, I can't be the only one who sees this

Doctor Tharan Cedrax walked so that Professor Gale Dekarios could run.

We stan outwardly arrogant but secretly insecure bearded science-men in this household.

#they even both had a relationship with a semi-translucent purple woman at one point #swtor #tharan cedrax #bg3 #gale dekarios #they somehow have the same vibe even though Tharan is the most anti-magic companion you can pick up as a Jedi lmao

[chaos-enchanted]

It’s a shame we never got to have companion comments for the SoR expansions. I mean I get why (especially when whoever my character has gotten with in the class story gets immediately cuckholded by the time I see Lana or Theron). But like, there’s so many companions I imagine would have some funny/memorable moments in SoR, the most obvious probably being Scourge, but also: - Tharan meeting Theron

- Talos absolutely losing his mind with excitement in Yavin (I know he does during the Alliance recruitment quest but still)

- Doc being disgusted yet intrigued by the Selkath experiments (he’d probably steal some tech if he can though, same with Tharan)

- The absolute drama that would go down between Jakarro and Qyzen (tbh you’d probably have to break up that fight)

- Someone (probably Theron) commenting on the smell from being stuck in a room with both Bowdaar AND Jakarro

- Kaliyo would probably just straight up quit, and if not I think she’d at least enjoy using the turret in the Rishi fp (same with Tanno Vik)

- Torian and Akaavi would also have an absolute whale of a time going after the Revanites

- Andronikos being pretty much at home on Rishi (he would 100000% enjoy the whole pirate ruse and definitely the outfit)

I know there are a heap of others and I’d love to hear what you think should also be added to the list!

#shadow of revan #swtor #theron shan #lana beniko #scourge #tharan cedrax #talos drellik #doc kimble #jakarro #qyzen #bowdaar #kaliyo djanis #torian cadera #akaavi spar #andronikos revel #tanno vik

[sullustangin]

Spoilers Ahoy: Consular Thoughts

I’m doing a quickie consular story  re-playthrough, and ... I have thoughts, mainly about the companions.

I do like the overall story arc until Chapter 3 when everyone except the Selkath thinks going to Belsavis to make friends is a great idea.  Awakening an imprisoned army is a terrible idea.  This is sort of how I feel about my OC confronting Malgus alone in prison recently: I don’t have a choice not to be stupid, and I HATE that.  LS is “Gonna get new friends for the Republic” and DS is more like “Gonna get new friends to serve me.”  THESE GUYS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS.  It’s a lot of risk and no guarantee of reward. I’d mark this as ‘a jump the shark’ moment. 

The Consular also has the inverse problem of the Bounty Hunter:  BH gets all the lighter companions first (Mako most of all) and then gets DS only at the end (death to Skadge).  Meanwhile, the consular gets a Hunt All The Things Uncle Lizard, Guy Who Literally Lives in the Basement with his Holo Girlfriend, and a politically inclined Murder!Noodle. Consular only gets LS Felix and LS Nadia as the last two companions, which results in some problems -- they’re also the romance options, which gives them the least amount of development in the vanilla game. 

To be fair, I think Felix Iresso is one of the least problematic guys in the SWTOR universe.  He’s so kriffin’ sweet.  He’s perfect for a young Jedi.  I totally think there was an attempt at a Jace/Satele parallel here. It’s not toxic and it’s well-paced... minus the fact that he doesn’t show up until Hoth.  Yes, I know what’s in his head...but he’s still a good person before and after the experience in Vanilla.  (I know how he was done dirty in his return -- poor sweet man.) 

For perspective, Hoth is when the smuggler gets their last companion, Guss Tuno.  Corso (f!smug romance option) was acquired in Chapter 1, and Risha (m!smug romance option 1) was acquired at Chapter 1′s end.  Akaavi was acquired in Chapter 2 after Balmorra (option 2).  Even then, Akaavi’s relationship feels better paced just by having her a whole planet early.  I know @swtorpadawan​ and others have commented on how fast the Nadia Grell romance is.  Pair that with her relative youth -- even with the consular being super young themselves, it still feels ‘yikes’, especially in the context you romance her.

I love and hate Qyzen.  He’s a great first companion, part of a cultural immersion experience for a young Jedi.  His hunting for the Scorekeeper works in contrast to the peace that the consular seeks to establish, and yet it does provide a path to that -- sometimes, you do have to fight for the 'greater good’ end result; compliance works for the enemy.   However, on a personal level, I have my political loyalties to Wookiees, and I would cheer for Bowdaar to kick his ass.

I do like Zenith, and not just because he’s voiced by Troy Baker.   There’s a very gritty, realist element to Zenith. After the hero moves on from a planet, what happens to it?  Great, Balmorra is liberated, but it doesn’t fix everything going on there. Should there be ‘necessary evils’ done in the name of politics and managing power? All of the war, death, and other baggage can screw a person up; I read Zenith as walking PTSD, having lived in a war zone all of his life (he was born 3 years after Jace and Satele reported the fall of Korriban, and Balmorra has been a mess since). Zenith is a great foil to a consular, regardless of alignment.  

...I have a really hard time justifying Tharan’s recruitment so early minus the fact he does fit on Nar Shaddaa better than anyone else.  I know the developers tried to keep all of the Pub and Imp players running on the same sets of planets in each chapter...but if there was ever an exception to be made, it should have been for the consular, because I feel like Tharan is taking up an important space that he really shouldn’t. He’s not actively evil, but he’s not a pleasant or honest person. Super skeevy vibes once Nadia joins the crew too.   I feel like a lot of time is spent on Tharan with not a lot of growth or character development to show for it.  I think I feel that way because there’s this weird ‘affair’ the consular is propositioned with early on -- it felt like filler from the start.  It’s not as well done as the Pierce one-night stand.  Some of his comp convos seem tacked on or “oh no we have to make more content for this guy.” 

Nadia’s acquisition as a companion hinges on certain late stage events, but I feel as if the romance would have felt ‘better’ if her father had let her go to be a padawan as soon as she manifested on Quesh.   Then, she could have grown up a little more before the later events and would have been on more equal footing and more familiar terms with the consular, romance or not. 

In sum, I think the consular’s personal story with the crew has great elements, but I feel like they got put together in the wrong order.  To me, companion order would be:  Qyzen, Felix (set him on Tatooine, the opposite temperature cesspit in the galaxy), Zenith, Nadia (on Quesh), and then... Tharan on Hoth because someone unloaded him there? or Belsavis for crimes related to unethical experiments?  Again, Tharan’s convos seem overstretched; the Vandrayk Generator could have really been done in two or three convos rather than the big thing it was in Chapters 2 and 3. 

#swtor #swtor consular #tharan cedrax #zenith #swtor zenith #nadia grell #felix iresso #qyzen fess

[kunoichi-ume]

Okay but this was an amazing way to address the similarity in those two names. Of course “Theron” would be the stupid way in “Tharan”’s opinoin.

#swtor #Theron Shan #tharan cedrax

[takenbybean]

Tharan, Mrs Brown, August 06 2022

#2022 #tharan #people #fremantle #blurry #light leaks #taken by bean #wine bar #places #mrs brown

[parseolegacy]

My other most beloved space fantasy movie is back on my brain. I had to quickly redraw these two last night with that one scene because it fits them too well

#swtor #swtor oc #tharan cedrax #swtor art #jedi consular #art #my art #parseolegacy #oc: akk'rai parseo #they went from worsties to besties against all odds #Tharan ought to do his healing job right or that's one of 2 women in the galaxy who can physically tolerate his presence gone

[lanabenikosdoormat]

has this been done before

#swtor #swtor meme #tharan cedrax #swtor holiday #jedi consular #fake tweets #fake twitter

[miraluking-respectfully]

felix being referred to more or less exclusively as "your soldier" in-game speaks to how little the writers put into his character beyond his noggin full of sith secrets & his relationship with the consular; still, i do find it kind of sweet and funny, in a way. he's not a republic soldier, not even your personal bodyguard; he's your soldier. the consular is a small nation-state in and of herself

#accurate. #felix iresso #swtor #jedi consular #open tags for My Rant: #going back through rishi and doing the cute little holocron quest got me brooding - as i often do - on my best boy felix #that the writers could not think to give him anything in KOTXX that wasn't Torture Angst is deeply shitty but a little understandable. #all the other consular comps kind of have a way forward that isn't consular-related when the consular goes away #nadia has the jedi. zenith has balmorra. tharan has his old illustrious career. qyzen has little baby clan and also his religious directive #meanwhile felix isn't involved with your order or a supergenius or a politician or even someone with a lifelong goal #he was a guy doing his best at a dead-end job that turned into a far more enjoyable but still lowkey dead-end job #i would argue they could (should) have sent him to ossus but i can see them balking because Doc was already there #that's a little narratively redundant especially bc Doc has an extremely useful set of non-martial skills you would want to center #when telling a story about survival and persistence against the odds like with ossus #(also he was in the group of companions second-closest in proximity to the emperor in base game) #HOWEVER. #because i am immensely sexy and cool and have a huge brain i think i've cracked it #the way to give felix a compelling story post-consular is to put him the fuck in charge. #no longer your soldier or anyone's. his own. maybe even in charge of a large group of people in need of someone to follow #considering he used to be really good at that #a group like...idk...maybe the rest of the people incarcerated on his prison colony? #much to think about.

[jb-nonsense]

When two egotistical intellectuals are in the same room

#swtor #star wars: the old republic #star wars the old republic #swtor oc #tharan cedrax #darth nox #swtor sith inquisitor #Character: Brinus Dubslayn #Media: Gifs #Fandom: SWTOR #JB's Gifs #and on that way Brinus decided to kidnap a new person to add to his collection #arent you happy he's not my canon commander tharan