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coconuts-are-mammals · 1 year

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Okay, BUT

I need to rant about something because I can't get it out of my head

QUI-GON JINN AND DOOKU

THESE TWO >>>>>>

THE GRIEF THAT DOOKU FELT OVER THE LOSS OF THE PERSON WHO WAS ESSENTIALLY HIS SON OU OFSAIUFH WAIUHF

I CRIED SO HARD DURING THAT ONE SCENE IN TALES OF THE JEDI

THE SADNESS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP

And also, I think it serves as a nice foil to the relationship of Ahsoka and Anakin. Perhaps not intentionally, or not thematically, but in terms of where it ended up as opposed to the younger members of their lineage. Because Ahsoka's grief over loosing the person she once looked up to vs. Dooku grieving over the loss of the person he cared so deeply for.

The fact that Ahsoka, despite all her hardships and tragedies, kept going after the loss of Anakin and developed into such a prominent figure in her later life.

But the fact that Dooku, after being beaten down after so much and being at such a low point in his life, traumatized, and manipulated by Palpacreep, fell completely after the death of the person in his life he cherished most.

Just...

The EVERYTHING.

The differences in what it's like experiencing loss, either death or corruption of a loved one into someone you don't recognize, shining through in this story when comparing the two characters to each other.

And I hate to get controversial, but I feel as if a lot of people judge Ahsoka and Dooku's story on stuff that primarily isn't canon, which leads to the characters being misshapen into something that differs so much from their original form (like Obi-Wan is.)

Ahsoka and Dooku both lost what was a very similar amount to them, but they handled it so differently and came out on complete opposite ends of the spectrum. And yes, I'm aware that Dooku 'fell' or was at least working with Sidious before Qui-Gon was dead, but he would have had quite a good chance to return to the Jedi, had his Padawan not been killed and he himself not driven to the edge.

And I haven't seen Rebels, so I don't really know much about Ahsoka's character development past the finale of the Clone Wars, and I know that there's a lot more development in Rebels then most would like to admit, but I think that a lot of her hardships are shown through her behavior or personality in the later seasons, after the Wrong Jedi arc. Not all are positive, but there's certainly some perks of her experiences.

But, I will say that I'm not impartial to bias towards Dooku and against Ahsoka (i mean, if you got this far in my rant, you probably know this already) due to the fact that I can't relate to Ahsoka as much, BUT I do think that, taking a break from character analysis and moving towards writing analysis, Dooku is a better character in terms of the pace of his development. He was given what is, excluding Tales of the Jedi, likely an hour of ACTUAL development, but Tales of the Jedi, while being a bit rushed and controversial, managed to do SO MUCH with a character given so little, but SO LITTLE with a character given so much.

#Am I concerned that I relate heavily to a ruthless dictator who murdered many of his own friends and companions and committed some-#-old fashioned genocide? yes. I am concerned.#Anyways #Have to go #Gonna go WEAP over 'I used to bring Qui-Gon here as a boy...'#have fun #Feel free to contradict some of the points I made with Ahsoka #Also Dooku #But good luck finding points to contradict #Because there really isn't a lot on him (which is one reason he's such a great character and Ahsoka sort of falls flat for me_#i mean #its hard to do anything nuanced or interesting with a character given seven seasons #multiple cameos #an important role in a different multiseasoned and lengthy show #and an upcoming live action spin #but I do quite like her thematically #ANYWAYS #Ahsoka Critical #Star Wars #Star Wars: The Clone Wars #Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy #iaminaminoramountofpain rants #Jedi Master Dooku #Brief mentions of Qui-Gon Jinn in relation to his living successors #Rebels #Sorta #convoluted opinions #Tales of the Jedi (is underrated)

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