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shiny-eyed-corvid · 2 months

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NYC street finds 3.27.24-3.31.24

favorites from this round: baby calico critter, spiky red creature my partner found for me, cat butt pin, fancy hairpin, and an angel/devil hello kitty croc charm ✨🐦‍⬛

#when i tell you i audibly gasped when i found the baby calico critter...#my partner teased me for it hehehe #crowcore #found objects #trinkets #mine #shinies #gremlincore #nyc #collection #i'm really pleased with how this arrangement turned out :^)

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im-still-watching-anime · 1 year

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kakashi: who’s your favorite team leader?

naruto: pakkun

sakura: pakkun

sai: pakkun

sasuke: also pakkun

kakashi, through tears: you’re SO right. those are my kids. MY KIDS.

#naruto #naruto shippuden #naruto incorrect quotes #naruto team 7 #team seven #hatake kakashi #naruto uzumaki #haruno sakura #naruto sai #uchiha sasuke #pakkun #yamato: pakkun isn’t a team leader thou—#*collective horrified gasp*#he’s their most valuable member😤#resident brain cell belongs to their little guy #also i like to think about sasuke giving way more respect to pakkun over kakashi #sasuke: kakashi (derogatory)#sasuke to a little dog: sensei (respectful)#i love pakkun bestest lil guy there is

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david-talks-sw · 11 months

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I can’t remember which post it was off the top of my head but you’ve mentioned how George was explicit that nothing in The Clone Wars directly influences Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side, what about indirectly? There’s the obvious one: Anakin finds it easier to give into his anger as the war goes on. But I was also thinking the events of Hardeen and Wrong Jedi arcs weaken Anakin’s trust in the Order that then plays into the circumstances in which his fall to the Dark Side took place. Like that weakened trust meant Anakin distanced himself which gives context for why he refused to go to Obi-Wan when the visions started.

It also fits with his character because one of Anakin’s flaws is that he takes things way to personally, e.g. he was not the only person the Council lied to about Obi-Wan’s fake death. Then when Ahsoka was leaving the Order after the Council let her down, which they did let her down, she had to remind Anakin that it was about her not him.

Of course weakened trust is nowhere near enough to cause someone to commit genocide and Anakin didn’t seem to make any effort to mend those fences either. And of course none of this would have happened without Palpatine manipulating things. Hence my question of how you think The Clone Wars indirectly influenced his journey to the Dark Side even as none of really tied to why Anakin ultimately fell.

I think you summed it up perfectly, actually.

If you're using Lucas' word as the "be-all, end-all", then The Clone Wars is indeed just an asterisk/addendum to the story of the films.

Its purpose? Providing context for the minor changes between Episode II and Episode III, changes that aren't exactly relevant to the story of Anakin's downfall.

"Anakin seems more mature and less whiny, in Episode III, what happened to change that?" He got a Padawan of his own during the Clone War and when you're put in charge of someone, you grow up real quick.

"He and Obi-Wan were constantly bickering in Episode II, now they're best buds, why?" In Episode II, Anakin was in Obi-Wan's care but felt he needed to leave the nest, whereas Obi-Wan was being a helicopter parent. In The Clone Wars, we see that once Anakin gets knighted, their relationship smooths over, now becoming a more brotherly bond than a parent/child one. Obi-Wan will sometimes worry that Anakin will fly off the handle, but he's also able to recognize his former Padawan is now his own man, whereas Anakin takes responsibility more frequently, now, due to now having a Padawan of his own.

"What's the relationship between Anakin and the other Jedi we saw in the background of the movies?" Find out by tuning in to The Clone Wars!

"The clones have names, now? And they're the Jedi's friends, when did all that happen!" You can find out by seeing them fight side-by-side with the Jedi and slowly becoming independent thinkers, only in The Clone Wars.

"The Jedi are more scheming and political in Episode III, they and Anakin are at odds... why the shift in attitudes?" They were drafted into a war, and forced to make compromise after compromise to a point where their values have been rendered pointless and they've become begrudging hypocrites. They're playing politics (and sucking at it) because they've been dragged onto a political chessboard and are trying to keep up with a far more skilled opponent. These terrible decisions impact all of them, even Anakin.

Stuff like that.

But none of that is relevant to Anakin's story, which is more personal, in nature. It's a story about how his own greed turned him into the very thing he swore to destroy, which parallels how the Republic became the Empire for those same reasons.

The films show us this, and The Clone Wars *reinforces* this narrative by giving us further examples of it.

While Anakin is aware of what's right and wrong... the more the war rages on, the more frequently he takes the "easy" path and gives in to his anger and selfish desires, enabled by Palpatine.

Sometimes Anakin does manage to get a grip, he does manage to take responsibility, he does learn to let go... but then something happens (often orchestrated by Palpatine) and he goes right back to square one... then square zero... then square minus one, etc.

He never takes that final step to being a more enlightened person.

The Clone Wars challenges the Jedi at times, questions their actions... but ultimately, the responsibility falls on Anakin's shoulders. The series will show you moments where they fail Anakin, but there's as many moments of him failing them.

Could the Jedi have done more? Yes. But if you think them doing more would've solved the problem, you're missing the point of the story of the Prequels.

Functionally, all that is achieved from the Council/Anakin conflict (again, orchestrated by Palpatine), in Episode III, is creating more pressure for Anakin to cave under. That's it.

They're not a meaningful factor in his turn to the Dark Side.

Padmé is.

When he's hesitating between saving Mace or saving Palpatine...

... he's not thinking "one of them was nice to me, but the other one was mean to me and kicked out Ahsoka, so I'll chop his hand off".

And he's not thinking "this isn't by the book, Mace you hypocrite!"

Lucas tells us what's going through his head, in that moment.

It's about Padmé living. And we've already established that what that's really about is "Anakin not wanting to live without her". So, really, it's about Anakin.

Mace and Anakin butting heads isn't even considered. If Mace had been laughing with Anakin and hugging him on the daily, Anakin still would've ended up chopping off his hand. It wasn't about Mace, it was about Anakin.

If Ahsoka had stayed with the Jedi Order, he still would've joined the Dark Side. Because it was never about Ahsoka, it was about Anakin.

If Qui-Gon had lived, Anakin would've still turned. It was never about Obi-Wan or Qui-Gon being the teachers, it was about Anakin.

Because the message of the story is basically that:

"Ultimately, it's up to you to take personal responsibility and be compassionate. If you avoid responsibility and give in to your darker impulses for selfish purposes, bad shit happens. The only meaningful change can come from within."

And in Anakin's case it didn't. He zigged instead of zagging at almost every turn.

Now, you can agree or disagree with that message. But that's what it is. Even some of the current Star Wars authors acknowledge this.

The story of Anakin Skywalker is told in the movies.

The Clone Wars is there as an addendum to:

Shine a spotlight/provide context on minor changes between Episode II and Episode III.

Humanize Anakin, to further drive the point that what happened to him can happen to anyone.

ADDENDUM:

#yes this IS the post I had written last night then lost by *gasp* pressing Ctrl+Z ???? AKA the tumblr nuke button!#george lucas #jedi order #anakin skywalker #QnA #obi-wan kenobi #star wars #long post #meta #collection of quotes #lucas quotes #attachment #pro jedi

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notebookpapers · 2 years

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“will you shut up about Thor for a minute” MY BROTHER IN CHRIST THE ROCKS ARE HAVING GAY SEX

#THE ROCK!!!! IS GAY!!!!#THE VALKYRIE HAND KISS????#THERE WAS A COLLECTIVE SAPPHIC GASP IN THE THEATER #THE ROCK #IS FUCKING #GAY #AMEN TAIKA WAITITI #thor love and thunder spoilers #thor #thor love and thunder #tlat spoilers #tlat #thor odinson

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olessan · 1 month

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Animal: [exists]

Arisen: understandable. I shall hold you

#“is this your collection of animal picking-up-ing screenshots” gasp you got me #also the rat at the end is not being held but they SHOULD be holdable and also BEHOLD! A MAN!#Dragon's Dogma #Dragon's Dogma 2 #DragonsDogma #Dragon's Dogma II #DD2 #DragonsDogma2 #Dragons Dogma #video games

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faytelumos · 1 year

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BESTIE. I must inform dump on you regarding one TJ wayne because. Because it's just so fucking funny to me???

Thomas and TJ literally looked at eachother, said " your vibes are rancid actually " and disowned one another. TJs been on his own since he was 10 and an absolute terror for boarding schools.

He was the kid sneaking vodka in water bottles and pretended to shrug off a bad grad only to key his teachers car after. Was probably there when Bruce raced with Oswald and laughed his ass off when batman ate shit.

Captured everything ofc,

" smile :)"

" ...I hate you"

" I know <3"

Very much azula if azula was a loser and also somehow. Meaner

My dumb ass was about to ask if Tommy Sr saw how Bruce was acting as a teen and thought he had another TJ on his hands.

Because it sounds like TJ just hit that "I hate everyone" stage earlier than Bruce.

But does Bruce even know about TJ? Like, where did he come from?!

And who looks at a 10 year old who's disowned his father and goes, "Yeah, he's fine to go to school. No, full time elementary classes won't pose any kind of problem at all whatsoever."

And who looks at their 10 year old and goes, "Yeah, there's nothing redeemable about this situation, please get out of my life small child with only 90% of your logical brain development and who has yet to even experience the personality change that come with puberty."

As far as I can tell both Tommys are 100% wrong in this situation and I can't believe Martha didn't put them in a Get Along Sweater, shakin' my head.

And yes, 1,000%, Jason would be up in arms at how TJ is treating Bruce, then turn around and continue to bully Tim and Damian.

I feel bad for Alfred in this whole mess.

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linoguy · 2 months

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hehehehe look what liv @tastelinos got me for my birthday, thank you dear friend 🤎🤎🤎🤎

#idk if the folks know but we’re irl friends so 🤎🤎🤎#hehe collecting the lee know genders is truly so fun #I got a few things for myself and stuff from other friends it’s truly been <33333333 #the gasp I let out when I saw the vivis lee know was soooooo loud ahdjdh #I wasn’t expecting it at all #hehehe the magazine is so fun to look through too it’s <33333333

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mai-mai-lim · 1 year

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Made a sequel comic to this art cause i decide to keep going with my original scrapped idea to which charles is supposed to ask about Cam's accent (plus adding some KR and CN on Ashley just to mess with Henry HAH)

oh yeah Cam's rambles went on full cockney accent near the end hence the scribbles WHEEZE

was hoping to at least color the detailed panels but its getting too late whoops, hope this will do

Toppat!Cam belongs to @rarestdoge (hope you dont mind the tagging again KEK)

Ashley Jang belongs to me.

#thsc #charles calvin #henry stickmin #ashley jang #cameron calvin #henry stickmin fanart #thsc oc #the henry stickmin collection #humanization #that cam dramatic gasp is my fav panel this the one im excited to show--#i sincerely hope the KR sentence is good enough i did use translator but i tried to take extra steps on the accuracy #... crap i havent sign the adoption papers for cam yet aaaaa #mai drawing invasion

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keeps-ache · 2 months

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i don't wanna take over the world, it sounds like a lot. but you know, laying siege to a golf course sounds really nice sometimes

#just me hi #i'm giggling thinking about it hfbvhs #you can use the sandbanks for cover and if you plan far enough ahead you can start farming around those little ponds #and you can steal golf balls :D and use them as currency ?? or just collect them :3 #and you could use the tennis ball guns to shoot the balls at people of course!! and you're supplied with sticks when you get there !! free #weaponry !! :D #and if you can hold out for long enough you could start planting rose and blackberry bushes in places they wouldn't look #why? bc roses Always Come Back #and blackberries will take a minute but who can get mad at a blackberry bush !! nature's surprise :D #oh and of course you could have a noble steed too (golf cart) !! :DD #and you could make the building a castle #and make a little gnome town in the fields once the battle is over #OH you could build a miniature golf in and around the town too :D for the funsies #/places are very cool i like places #could some be used better? oh yea for sure #i have dreams for abandoned malls hfvbs - some of my favorite places ever #that's one big odd thing i want. to have a mall to live in hfhs :3 #is it a lot of space ? ye. but it's also SOO much space.. the possibilities !!#//anyway i Need to go for a walk in a city sometime soon lol #i miss the riverwalk aaa #GASP campus martius during the winter. my dearest #i didn't realize the threshold for being a city was so low lmao ?? like man these are just big towns what is this hfvbsh #//but aside from the city pining MAN #i got to drive earlier today ('got to' they put me in the seat and it wasn't very fun hfvbshf) and oooohhh #you know that feeling on a roadtrip when it's all worth it for just a little while.maybe when you broke over the top of a hill or looked up #from whatever you were doing to find a storm ahead and the rear lights of the cars seemed to blink in agreement with how gorgeous it all is #just that hfbsh :3 #i like places a lot. sobs [<- crying candy hearts]#//okey i'm goin to go do my somethings now hfvhs :3 :D #music and caffeine are SO good ehehhehghhg [slinkies away so fast]

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the-far-bright-center · 9 months

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Hot Toys 1/6 scale Artisan Anakin Skywalker figure

As anyone in the high-end action figure world will already know, this is the prototype for Hot Toys' most recent Anakin figure (limited to 3,000 pieces). It was made available for pre-order last month and almost instantly sold out.

Don’t think I need to explain the appeal! ✨

#anakin skywalker #hot toys anakin #hot toys artisan anakin #artisan anakin #1/6 scale figures #sixth-scale action figures #sw collectibles #sw action figures #i have the original version #and while it's very dear to me #there's no denying the likeness was always 'off'#but they got it absolutely right this time #when i saw the profile view I GASPED OUT LOUD #because...that's him!#that's really HIM!!!

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macfrog · 10 months

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‘Joel shifts a little in his seat, his palm still clamped around the top of your thigh. “Never played squash. More of a golfing guy.’