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As amusing as it is to me that Anakin goes stalking around the Temple in the darkest colors (because we all need to know about how Tortured his soul is,) given that Anakin also hates actually talking through his issues, what if he’d gone the other direction and worn like, the loudest, brightest, happy-go-lucky-est ensembles ever, because LOOK EVERYBODY I’M FINE IT’S FINE EVERYTHING’S FINE JUST LOOK AT MY FUN AND FANCY FREE CLOTHES, NOPE NO DARK SIDE TEMPTATIONS HERE.

Obi-Wan: [getting ready to leave for Utapau] Anyways I’m off to take care of Grievous and – I’m sorry, Anakin, but what are you wearing? Anakin: [head to toe in pink sequins, a light-up flower crown on his head] What do you mean? Obi-Wan: …is everything all right, Anakin? Anakin: [laughing nervously] Wh-what? Yes, of course everything’s fine. Would, would a man about to betray the Order and go on a murder spree be dressed like this?! Obi-Wan: [concerned] Excuse me?! [feeling his forehead] When was the last time you slept? Anakin: Ha! I’ve been sleeping, obviously, it’s, it’s not like I’m wearing a ton of concealer under my eyes, or that that’s why I’m wearing these ridiculous oversized sunglasses indoors! [shoving him onto the ship] Anyways Obi-Wan, have a safe trip, I will definitely be totally fine when you get back. Obi-Wan: [staring skeptically out the window of his ship, yelling through the glass] We’re going to discuss this when I return, Anakin! Anakin: [pretending he can barely hear him] Hmm? What’s that Obi-Wan? Oh, sure, I’ll water your plants for you! Don’t worry; I am absolutely definitely totally fine! Bye now!

(Anakin and Padme would have some interesting shopping trips at least, that’s for sure.)

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Skywalker visions are rather interesting because they’re almost always true, even if they vary on details? I actually spend a lot of time wondering if part of why Anakin’s premonitions are dismissed by the other Jedi is because they quite literally don’t realize how powerful he really is.

It always felt to me like the PT era Jedi were very workaday about their superpowers. It had become mundane to them and some of it was the lack of epic battles with the Sith, some of it was negotiating trade agreements between bureaucrats and corporations, but a lot of it was honestly that they did not experience the Force as mystical. That was the realm of old wise ones like Yoda or wild cards like Qui-Gon. Anakin himself is explicitly mystical, as presented by Qui-Gon, but there is ambivalence from the Council and outright rejection from Obi-Wan (obviously your kid isn’t magic; he’s your kid). So, I think Obi-Wan tries to navigate a path where he finds plausible everyday explanations for Anakin’s visions and other Jedi probably find themselves torn between disbelief and fear that it really is true, there really is a Chosen One walking among them, and what does that even mean?

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GUYS I FOUND THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT FOR THE LIGHTNING THIEF ON THE INTERNET (THE ONE THAT MADE RICK RIORDAN SO ANGRY) AND IT IS GOLD

An interesting sci-fi short story from 4chan.

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Afsjshs u posted about Wild Space again! Its been a while since Wild Space was last talked abt in ur blog, a little surprising because it is Prime Prequel Content™. Literally the best most wildest fantastic ridiculous and greatest star wars book to ever be written, period.

This is highly entertaining because I feel like I talk about it A LOT. 😄

That said, I agree. It was high time to bring it up again, even if I didn’t have new content to share. What a joyride that book is! I laughed out loud rereading those recap entries I wrote because A) we all know I make myself laugh, and B) I had totally forgotten about this part where Obi-Wan does some Shirtless Hot Yoga: 

😂I mean…honestly. 

Oh ALSO: every person in this book is The Worst and I am here for it. Obi-Wan almost dies on every other page and yet keeps refusing to sleep for 15 minutes or take Advil (and he is COMPLETELY preoccupied with Anakin every second of his life, and eventually WAKES UP SCREAMING ANAKIN’S NAME at one point while Bail Organa understandably almost dies of amusement), Padme spends pretty much the whole book with her hand thrown dramatically against her forehead as she vows that her Special and Powerful Wuv will fix all of Anakin’s Bad Choice-Making, Those Mean Naysayers Be Damned! (spoiler alert: NOPE), the Order gossips about eeeeeeeevvvvvveerryone, Palpatine spends EVERY CONVERSATION HE HAS WITH ANYBODY thinking about how great it’s going to be when that person is dead, and Anakin. ANAKIN. He wins Best Worst, including: 

the scene where he rushes to Obi-Wan’s bedside after one of the times when Obi-Wan almost dies and is like “hey fuck all this I hate everyone why are you all always asking me to do stuff but also HOW DARE YOU insinuate that I CAN’T do all the stuff and also remember when my hand got cut off BECAUSE I DO” and his tantrum causes Obi-Wan to like, almost have a heart attack on his already-death bed and then Anakin is like WAIT MASTER NO DON’T DIE NO ONE LOVES ME LIKE YOU DO and clutches Obi-Wan’s hand like he’s an expiring coma patient in a soap opera, and a doctor almost has to drag him out of the room 

the fact that when he and Padme are eating space grapes in bed, ANAKIN is the one being fed like he’s a fancy princess because of course

He goes to the Council Room to tell them Dramatic and Surprising Information, and when one person is like “wow, really?!” in response to this, Anakin flips his shit on them and is like OH I SEE HOW IT IS YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME OR OBI-WAN FUCK YOU GUYS and later Mace is like “…wow, that guy? Is a pain in the ass” and I’m like SAME, MACE. SAME. 

he gets annoyed thinking about how Obes is such a Rules-Follower and this naturally morphs into what REALLY reads like him wishing he and Padme could have a three-way with him 

Anakin is mid-Dramatic Farewell Makeout with Padme and practically shoves her off a balcony to go rescue Obi-Wan after sensing that he’s in danger, literally seconds after thinking about how much Obi-Wan annoys him and how he’s wrong about everything 

he has a hissy fit in the hallway at Ahsoka (who did something egregious like say hello to him or whatever) and when people stop to stare at a grown-ass man yelling at his teenage student he thinks to himself that everyone there is UGH ALWAYS so super invested in his personal business because he’s the Chosen One as opposed to, you know, the fact that he’s a grown-ass man making a scene in public 

I don’t think I have ever enjoyed reading a Star Wars book more. It genuinely delights me. 😄

Padme “no concept of my own mortality” Amidala teaming up with Anakin “no impulse control” Skywalker to catch her own assassin. There’s no way this can go wrong

Luke: This droid says he’s yours.

Obi-Wan, out of pure habit and instinct: I have never seen this droid before my life and I cannot be held responsible for anything it has done

One thing I love about the Batfamily is that they’re all so smart and talented and at the same time such dumbasses: 

 Bruce: Is the worlds greatest detective and has contingencies for everything yet can’t have a conversation about emotions to save his life 

Barbara: has the worlds most advanced information network and yet she thinks that the best way to get out of danger half the time is to blow up whatever building she’s in (she has done this multiple times) 

Dick: Has led multiple super hero teams but has no idea how to do his taxes and had to rely on his literal Alien Girlfriend for that 

 Jason: Recites Shakespeare and quotes Orwell. Took over half the Gotham Underworld at 18 and yet he crashes into buildings and the entire reason he wears a mask under his helmet was it became a habit after he did it once for dramatic effect 

 Tim: The Actual Worlds Greatest Detective and he forgets that miles and kilometres aren’t the same thing 

 Cass: Worlds greatest fighter who started learning English at like 17 and can hold conversations easily by 19-20 (that’s an entire language!) and yet she comes up with plans like ‘beat up every mob member until I get the one I want’

Steph: Made puzzles that the police needed to call Batman into solve, she tracked down multiple villain operations multiple times, she knows how to break into the batcave, she once locked Tim out of his own computer systems, she can combat majority of Gotham villains with nearly no equipment or training and has gotten in the way of Penguin’s operations multiple times, she can stay one step ahead of both Bruce and Tim the world greatest detectives for extended periods and can take down the most sophisticated ai in the world yet she falls down in construction sights and thinks crashing a car into a guy with a superspeed suit is a good plan. 

Duke: Is smart enough to listen to seasoned vigilantes & solve crimes yet he thinks being shot is cool & says things like “go go ghost vision”

Damian: Raised by an elite assassin organisation from birth and got PHD’s at like 7 yet he tries to do things like drive a bus even though his feet don’t reach the peddles and jump on guys with gasoline blood in a room that’s on fire

I’m just imaging an AU where Padme’s pregnancy didn’t have to be a secret and Anakin is trying to pick out names for the baby so he asks his men for ideas, and the clones, of course, throw out names like

“Zapper!”

“Sling!”

“Bomber!”

“Kickback!”

Anakin is internally screaming, but he doesn’t want to insult them by saying those are terrible names so he’s just like, “…thanks, guys.”