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One of my favourite details from the original Red Rising trilogy, is that no one ever came close to guessing or even suspecting that Darrow wasn’t a gold.
It shows the inherent flaw in their sense of superiority. Octavia had Darrow right there in front of her, with an Oracle wrapped around his arm, and even though she suspected he was a Son of Ares, she never asked if he was anything other than gold, didn’t even come close.
Adrius and Virginia are geniuses, but still, neither of them could have possibly fathomed that Darrow was a red until they had the concrete evidence of his carving right in front of them.
To this day (in canon) the only reason anyone knows Darrow is a red carved to be gold, is because the video evidence of his carving was leaked (initially from Harmony, and later from others).
No one, no matter how intelligent, practical, paranoid, cautions, clever or skeptical, ever figured out about Darrow’s carving through their own suspicion or means of investigation. They were either in on it from the beginning (Dancer, Mickey, Quicksilver, etc) or they were shown video evidence. No one figured it out themselves or “unravelled the mystery” so to speak. Because no one even knew there was a mystery.
And before people say “it was extremely unlikely, they had no reason to suspect” Yes, Darrow’s carving was incredibly difficult and expensive, but the same procedure was performed on Titus not long after, so how rare or hard could it be? We even get a dialogue from Mustang in Golden Son in which she details that different colours go to carvers all the time to have “intrinsic” parts of themselves altered, far more often than the public realizes. So the possibility should have been on Octavia’s radar, but it wasn’t, because she simply couldn’t fathom it. It was too obscure.
How could a red be the spitting image of what gold society idealizes? How could a red be so tall, strong, and beautiful? How could a red graduate top of the Institute, become a peerless scarred, a Lancer, her own grandson’s celebrity hero? Neither her nor Nero or Lorn or even Adrius were capable of even entertaining the idea. It was not a thought that was ever going to occur to them naturally.
And I really love that, from a narrative perspective, because it says so much about how the Society operates and upholds itself. It says so much about how high on their own egos golds really are. It says so much about how the colours are not as different from one another as golds would have them believe.
Cassian Andor: What? To steal from the Empire? What do you need? A uniform, some dirty hands and an Imperial tool kit. They're so proud of themselves, they don't even care. They're so fat and satisfied, they can't imagine it.
Luthen Rael: Can't imagine what?
Cassian Andor: That someone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear.
Andor (2022-)
#andor 2022 quote#the golds simply couldn’t fathom a red walking right into their house without their knowledge#star wars quotes#red rising#red rising series#golden son#morning star#iron gold#dark age#light bringer#red god#darrow of lykos#Octavia au Lune#Nero au Augustus#adrius au augustus#virginia au augustus#lord au arcos
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#quotes#andor tv series#cassian andor#star wars andor#andor#sw: andor#diego luna#best thing in 2022 so far#thank you so much
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so you’re telling me that I watched Andor (2022) and I heard quotes like “one way out” , “Tell him I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong.” , “The pace of repression outstrips out ability to understand it.” , “The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep.” , “You think they care what we say? Nobody's listening. Nobody.” , “Everyone has their own rebellion.” , and “I burn my life to make a sunrise I know I'll never see.” and now I’m just supposed to watch other Star Wars as if the course of my life wasn’t fundamentally changed-
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Third round, fifth fight
Quote number 36 :
You must never give in to despair. Allow yourself to slip down that road and you surrender to your lowest instincts. In the darkest times hope is something you give yourself. That is the meaning of inner strength.
-Uncle Iroh, Avatar the Last Airbender
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Quote number 40 :
"Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love. I've given up all chances at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion: I'm damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight, they've set me on a path from which there's no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet.
What is my sacrifice? I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else's future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? Everything!”
-Luthen Rael, Andor (2022)
#this is the third round of quotes#quotes#polls#quote number 36#quote number 40#uncle iroh#avatar the last airbender#atla#luthen rael#andor
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oswlld’s end of the year requests “registry”
OPEN UNTIL let’s say FRI, DEC 9TH uh allow me to explain
Q: are requests open?
A: no but also yes*
Q: am i celebrating something?
A: besides having dec as my birthday month, im celebrating YOU
Q: is this a way to sift through my to-do list by placing the decision in your hands?
A: YES!
in short, *i want to be able to give you all a gift this year, while giving you the options of what you’d like to receive. technically, this will bleed into the next year, but at least the gifts will keep on giving lol i’ll explain it better under the cut
not sure if this has been done before, but i have quite the leftover to-do list for 2022. i wanna get as much of this off my plate before i take on more edits. thus, i am showing you what still needs to be done and letting you decide** (and be tagged on the post) what you want me to edit: (RULES BELOW)
non-asian dramas:
Taylor Swift (MIDNIGHTS - insp by Kate Bush edit)
Moon Knight (“I took mercy on myself” like pat ep10 James Baldwin edit + Hepburn photo edit??)
Andor (LotR quote “So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.”)
Andor (e4 Luthen descrip of Cassian to Vel, w/ RO caps?)
Andor (insp by the Those Violent Delights edit)
Doctor Who (Google Search template??? For Clara)
Hadestown (Mastermind lyrics?)
asian dramas:
2521 (Core 5 characters?)
Reset (aesthetic photoset insp by radio silence)
Bad Buddy (“Even when you’re not with him you’re with him”)
Bad Buddy (screencap of choice)
Vice Versa (Pang’s story in ep9 vs Puen’s journey)
Vice Versa (Midnights Tracklist?)
Vice Versa (stages of falling in love??)
Vice Versa (insp by the ted/rebecca gifset “the best thing a male character can do”)
Vice Versa (Basic Key Process of Colorist??)
23.5 Degrees (sepia/vintage photos aesthetic??)
Sleep with Me (Edgar Allen Poe quote)
Sleep with Me (Body and Soul quote)
Kinnporsche (“You deserve a lover…” quote)
Semantic Error (Fall vibes??)
okay so, RULES:
open to EVERYONE
and inbox now has ANONYMOUS : ON
SEND ME the most obscure emoji you never use, the more ridiculous the better + **pick up to THREE (3) edits you’d like for me to edit and be tagged in
OPTIONAL: feel free to leave a tv/movie/song rec OR one (1) thing you want to accomplish before the end of the year, OR what you’re thinking about when you see this post
there is no limit to how many ppl pick a single edit, BUT i am taking creative control in having edits fall off my plate if/when i need to
if there are any questions, feel free to reach out in my inbox or dm me
and thank you for a life-changing year 💖💖 for some of you below, you have come into my life in a short window of time and yet improve my life in so many little ways every single day let me continue to give back to you and make the next year even better than the last
tagging everyone in two parts: part ONE
@actually-yikes @ahsung @alderaans @anakinskvwalkcr @aridante @baijingting @buffonia @caribaheine @carricfisher @casualavocados @crowleyaj @curious-earth @danielsousa @dimpledpran @displayheartcode @dramaism @dribs-and-drabbles @elnotwoods @eohwyyn @haillily @hanjiwoos @hoe-biwan @hurmione @icouldhyperfixatehim @intofolklores @ithappensoffstage @jaehwany @jamesbvck @kankanlong @kaonoppakao @laowen @laralaralara @leightonmurray @liyazaki @loversmore @lulabo @lupismaris @merlinaddams @messrprongs @meteor-garden
#tagging this as#oswlld eoty gifties#this is jessi#again this is now open until next friday dec 9th#this is hella confusing to me as well so dont be afraid to come to me for clarification
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10 comfort films
Ty for tagging me @mothdogs !!
1. Matilda the musical (2022) I have watched this film so many times and it's not even been out for a year. I love it so much. It's one of the only dvds I got new from hmv as soon as it came out. I could quote the whole thing on command. I cry whenever I watch it. I feel like I've lived with this film for my whole life when in fact I only saw it on a whim with my parents, towards the end of its theatrical run, cos of fond memories of the show.
2. The Suicide Squad (2021) it's the best superhero film. I love it so much.
3. Time Bandits (1981) pure whimsy. I could also probably write a decent essay on the theology of this film but that's another conversation
4. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) I could probably put any of the apes films here (except the 2001 one) but this one is just. So beautiful and so good and I love it so much
5. The Blues Brothers (1980) I hate illinois nazis
6. Doctor who city of death. Shut up it's on letterboxd it counts as a film. I have other favourites of the show but this is the one I put on to lift my mood
7. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) I only discovered this one like a week ago but will 100% be rewatching many times
8. Star Wars (1977) is it a hot take to say, andor aside, the franchise has never been as good as that first film? I treasure my unspecialised edition dvd BTW I haven't watched the cgi monstrosities in about a decade
9. Bit (2019) it's gay vampires what more do u want
10. Baby driver (2017) banging soundtrack fantastic direction great story
Oh god i'll tag uhhh
@merrygejelh @regicidal-defenestration @charliedooku @rainethorn @justanotherbookortwo @wouldbeheroine @starfrog1 @emailsquid & anyone else who sees this consider urself tagged
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Andor: An Analysis (aka AAA)
Andor (2022-), a Star Wars show based around Cassian Andor, a rebel who appeared in the movie Rogue One (2016), has taken my mind by storm, leaving me with too many thoughts to keep without documenting. This will be my best attempt at a comprehensive analysis of Andor (7450 words), there will be spoilers, and likely some edits. And a quick disclaimer, no, these are not all original ideas, I am writing this as a combination of both my own brain and the brains of tumblr.
To begin, Andor, in my opinion, is not just a good Star Wars show, but a good show in general. The characters are well written, the pacing is well-executed, and it makes a clear argument. What truly satisfied me about Andor was the fact that it brought politics back to Star Wars. After the sequels (which didn’t happen, okay, they’re not canon, they didn’t happen, I think we as a society should just erase it from our memories), the shows Disney was putting out were decent, but despite the lore being entrenched in politics and political allegories, somehow managed to not really be political. Kenobi follows what happened to Obi-Wan, but doesn’t explore the early growth of the Empire. Boba Fett gave us what could’ve been a cool story of a power vacuum in a criminal underworld, if it was executed properly. It mostly fell flat and was all seemingly surface level thoughts. The Mandalorian was a compelling story about the importance of family, but something of a missed opportunity in The Mandalorian is the exploration of the consequences of a rebellion. Andor says “screw all that, Star Wars is political” and brings in everything the Star Wars canon gives us. According to the creator of Andor, Tony Gilroy, it’s allegedly “not supposed to be political.” Now whether this means that Andor was a fluke or if he said that simply to avoid being under fire from unhappy fans is a mystery (I personally think it’s the latter since… well you’ll see).
Cassian Andor:
To begin, Cassian Andor. The focus of the show and the central character. Even though he is the main character and the show’s namesake, he never makes an attempt to make himself the center of attention. Time after time we see Andor hand off the spotlight of rallying people together (Kino in the prison, Maarva’s speech, Brasso leading the charge against the Empire). His main purpose is being a spy: this is how he is introduced in Rogue One and we see that that aspect of his character is true and constant (@kanansdume on tumblr).
Cassian’s character arc has been of some discourse among some Star Wars fans. Some say that him starting off dismissive of the rebellion like Jyn is in Rogue One undermines his line in which he says he has been fighting for the rebellion since he was 6 years old. However, I disagree. I think Cassian’s character development makes his statement in the movie all the more meaningful. I will come back to this at the end of this section, but first I need to explain what this character journey was.
“I think it’s all useless…It’s better to live. Better to eat, sleep, do what you want. You don’t know me. I fought in Mimban when I was 16.” - Episode 4, Cassian to Luthen. This quote shows Cassian in the beginning of the series, jaded by the Empire that he sees no purpose in fighting. He is self-centered and for good reason: all he’s ever known is struggle, all he is ever trying to do is survive. He is disillusioned by the fact that he feels as though he does not have any effect on the Empire at all. Even when he eventually does agree to work for the Rebel Alliance, he is working as Luthen’s mercenary.
However during that heist, he witnesses the deaths of more than half the team. He still takes the money and leaves with his cut, but he kills Skeen. Skeen who seemingly has a very similar ideology to Cass. Skeen says that his rebellion is himself against the world, that he’s not one who has taste for the actual Rebel Alliance. From what we see in Episode 6, Cassian is the same way, so why does he kill Skeen? I think Cassian got spooked from how much he saw himself in Skeen. He saw the danger that Skeen proposed, realized this and ran from it because he didn’t quite know how to deal with it. But these little moments are so important to his overall development because they help explain the switch and changes in his character.
So he goes back home and meets back up with his family to check back in. To his disappointment, Maarva says that she is not going with Cassian (something that will be further discussed in the Maarva section down below). He doesn’t understand this and voices his concerns but still he walks away without Maarva; he should not be judged for doing so, Maarva certainly doesn’t. He tells Maarva that he’ll be back, which becomes somewhat of a catchphrase. Cassian starts to establish that if there is someone his family and friends can rely on, it is himself. Cassian has been looking for a vacation, a break from a war he never chose to enlist in since he was a child. He finally gets this opportunity and he seizes it, but the tragedy of his story is that the Rebellion is not something he could choose to escape, the reality of his situation of experiences is that he does not have the privilege to step away. He gets caught in a charge that has nothing to do with him, is imprisoned with a ridiculously long sentence, and he is not allowed to protest.
Cassian gets shipped off to Narkina 5, a planet where the Empire has decided to keep some of its prisons. The prison he is sent to is a manufacturing one, later revealed to be building the Death Star (significance of this is discussed below). There the prisoners are forced to be barefoot, for the prison exerts control on its inmates with electrocution through the floor. The guards all have boots on to protect them from this, but they force all inmates to give up all of their shoes. I mention this because it adds to the futility of Cassian’s predicament. The significance to Narkina 5 and the prison arc as a whole will be discussed in greater depth later since there is a lot more to these three episodes (Episodes 7-9). The most important thing for now is that it is in this prison where we see the distinct turnaround of his mentality when it comes to fighting the empire. “I’d rather die trying to take them down, than die giving them what they want.” - Cassian to Kino, Episode 10. Here Cassian finally understands what Maarva was getting at when she refused to leave with him, what Luthen was trying to explain to him, what Nemik died for. This sentence is the thesis of Cassian Andor’s story, something we see even through Rogue One. Ultimately, Cassian dies for something he will never see come into fruition, and we see here how he gets to that point of faith.
At the very end of the series, Cassian once again sets up everyone for success, leaving to deal with his own loose ends. As he is leaving, Bix reminds everyone that Cassian will come back and he reaffirms this. At this point of the story, Cassian is no longer a nuisance, but someone that the people of Ferrix can safely rely on to protect them. That, ultimately, no matter what happens to them, Cassian will find a way. This is Cassian’s M.O. He works in the shadows, he is there for Bix when she needs him, he makes sure everyone is set up to do what they need to do, and he makes sure everyone has enough information and resources to reach their destinations and goals. Cassian is a representation of the truest friend.
Now to connect back to earlier about how this works for his story in Rogue One. Cassian has been fighting against the Empire since he was 6 years old, he just hadn’t realized it yet. That was what this show was for, we see him go through the process of realizing that the rebellion was something he was born into. In Rogue One, Cassian is a zealot, willing to do anything for the rebellion. We now know why. He’s lost so much to this cause, he’s lost so much because of the Empire. Jyn, on the other hand, is nearly apathetic. She doesn’t understand his passion. Just like Cassian didn’t understand the passion of Nemik or Maarva. I think in order for Cassian to understand and connect to Jyn he had to go through the same process of finding his belief as before. His radicalization is so important because politically, he was already radicalized, it was his faith in himself and humanity that he needed to learn.
Brasso:
Brasso is the man in the background, a constant, a pillar of the community and a man the characters can consistently rely on. Brasso is the role-model for Cassian. From the beginning he is to his people what Cassian becomes: a man of reliability. Cassian comes to him in the first episode to use him as a cover story, an alibi. We never see Brasso need to do it, but we know that he would cover for Cassian in an instant. When Cassian is away, it is Brasso (and Bix) we see taking care of Maarva. When the Imperial officers zero-in on Bix, even then Brasso risks himself to urge Bix into action, to run. When Maarva dies, we see Brasso handling her funeral, making sure everything is running smoothly. When all the others don’t know how to comfort Bee, it is Brasso who’s there for the droid, being patient with Maarva’s grieving friend. Brasso is the one to lead the fight against the Imperial soldiers in Episode 12.
There are dynamic characters and static characters, and I would argue that Brasso is a static character. However, that is not necessarily a bad thing—if done right, there is a place for static characters like Brasso. In Brasso we see the good of the world, we see that not everyone is bad, not everyone is corrupt. In Brasso we see strength in the devotion and loyalty towards family and friends, the power that small acts of rebellion can have.
Brasso never does something completely outright aggressive until the time is exactly right, he waits for Maarva’s go to attack, but it’s his small actions that no one really sees that I think have the most meaning. He is the one to tamper with the ship in the first arc, that small bit of tampering sent home the message to the Corporate soldiers— never underestimate the power of community.
Luthen:
A man living two lives, one as a rebel and another as an eccentric shop-keep, Luthen is forced to make the difficult decisions. He is the one forced to call a hit on Cassian (at this point of the story, for all Luthen knew, Cassian could very easily take the vital Rebel information he had to the Empire, jeopardizing the movement). Luthen makes the decision to allow a group of rebels to die in order to protect the insider that he had within the ISB ( basically the Star Wars version of the CIA, further discussion of this provided below in the U.S. Government section). Luthen is such a vital character for the Rebel Alliance, while I just discussed how Cassian plays puppet master and makes things happen, Luthen does just that on a much larger scale.
Luthen doesn’t try to be palatable for the more moderate. When Mothma comes to him upset about Aldhani, he doesn’t flinch. When Lonni comes to Luthen, one of the first things he does is mention his daughter to him. The thing about Luthen is that if we didn’t know for a fact that he was on the good side or see any of his intentions, he could be an antagonist. His ways are not the cleanest, but he knows this. This is what he talks about for his sacrifice: in probably one of the best monologues of the show, Luthen explains how he has sacrificed everything from his potential happiness to his morals for the rebellion. He knows how far he’s gone and what that means for him, but we also know that if it’s not Luthen, then it’ll be someone else making those difficult decisions and living with the guilt. Andor doesn’t have morally gray villains, but it does have morally gray protagonists. Luthen and his operation is a prime example of that. Andor shows that, as aptly put by @captjynandor on tumblr, “when you live in a world where existing incorrectly can get you killed, sometimes you have to make the bad choice to survive.” We see this with Cassian, some of his first scenes showing him killing two Pre-Mor employees in order to survive. We see this most strongly with Luthen’s plan at Aldhani, his motivation to kill Cassian, and how he treats Lonni - objectively seen as immoral, but with a glimpse of the bigger picture, we see that it’s necessary.
For all that makes Luthen great, some argue that one of his greatest flaws is thinking similar to the Empire. Meaning, he tends to look over the smaller people. He only looks for people that have larger personalities, like Mothma or Cassian. The realization of his flaw hit him during Episode 12 when he saw that simply the speech of an old woman brought down the strength of an entire town. He saw that the little people can make so much of the difference and saw the power of community. However, there is a different viewpoint on this scene provided by @kanansdume on tumblr. Luthen knows what he’s doing, he knows that what he does on Aldhani will anger the Empire, he knows that the Empire will cause more people to suffer, and he knows that means more people will be angry. He says this explicitly. What he saw in Maarva and the townspeople was not that she was able to accomplish what he didn’t, but rather showing him that his work and sacrifice had paid off. What truly shook him was that he never expected to be able to see the effects of his actions on people. He doesn’t know that Maarva was directly inspired by the heist on Aldhani, but here he sees that impact. It’s not that he never expected the common people to fight back or that he underestimated them, but rather the opposite. He was fully banking on it. He knew what the common people could accomplish, and for him to be able to see that first hand was likely unexpected. I personally like this interpretation better because it makes more sense for his character and story and the ideas that Andor is trying to present.
Maarva:
Maarva, the best mother Cassian could’ve had, is arguably the strongest woman portrayed in the show. She decides to stay and fight, she is the one that makes the decision that Ferrix needs to fight back, and she decides it when she knows she will not have the strength to see it through. Maarva is old, she says this herself, she can no longer afford the time to run, she’s too tired. At the very end, she’s had enough, and she is the one that rallies the town to fight the Empire. The last thing Maarva told Cassian (through Brasso) was “Tell him none of this was his fault. It was already burning. He’s just the first spark of the fire. Tell him he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes and those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good.” Maarva knows Cassian on such a deep level, she knows what he’s gone through and what he’s capable of. Maarva knew deep down that Cassian would be important to the rebels, and here we see a reference to what he is in Rogue One. Andor is before he realizes his full potential and before he “wakes up”, as Maarva says. In Rogue One, we see him take advantage of both his knowledge and emotions and is shown to be the zealot we know him to be.
“Tell him I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong.” She gives Cassian unconditional love, showing him what love and safety feel like. Maarva took Cassian from Kenari to save him, then proceeded to show him what a home was.
While similar to Brasso in passion and reliability, Maarva’s characterization happens most through her words whilst Brasso’s was through his actions. Maarva’s speech and her words to Cassian tell us so much about her and her relationships, as well as her importance to the story. She speaks out to the crowd, telling them it’s time to wake up. It’s a metaphor she uses often, she says “The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than we sleep.” Her point is that for the oppressed, they cannot afford the time to relax. In order to win their freedom they need to use every chance they get, because the Empire will never stop. They are the oppressors and as Nemik says, it is unnatural and it requires constant upkeep (more on this later in the Nemik and Skeen section). There will never be a time where the Empire takes a rest because it knows it can’t afford it, so the only way to counteract that is by making them sweat, by stretching the Empire thin.
Bee:
Bee, the lovable droid who means so much to those around him. He has been with Maarva as a companion since the beginning, and his physical deterioration reflects Maarva’s as well. Maarva tells Cassian that she’s gotten tired and she can’t move around much anymore. We see that in Bee as well, he has aged and now constantly needs to recharge. I really like this aspect they show about the droids, because in the world of Star Wars, droids are basically another race. It ties into how they respect and acknowledge the emotions of the droids and treat them with dignity. It is clearly shown that the Empire only really respects humans. Any other species, including droids, are neglected and disrespected. Not even all humans are treated properly; we see the way the Empire treats the indigenous people of Aldhani, commenting on their smell and talking about controlling them. What Andor shows with Bee and how he is treated by those around him is that discrimination is something of the Empire. This is really important to show in Andor because in Rogue One, K-2SO was one of the main side characters who was pushing for the rights of droids. Here, with Bee, we see that Cassian and the Rebellion are always ones to respect other people. (Bee is not the only example of this, Commander Gorn’s treatment of the same Aldhani natives that the Empire disregarded is another good example.)
Bee is the one Cassian relies on, when everyone else relies on Cassian. When he tells Bee, “I’m counting on you,” Bee responds, “You always say that.” What does Cassian say? “And you always come through.” Cassian knows how important having someone who holds the heart of the group is. He saw how quickly Skeen fell awry when Nemik got gravely injured, and for Cassian, Bee is that heart. He is the one that keeps everyone going, the one that grounds everyone. When everyone is looking to Cassian for solutions and for help, Bee is the one he goes to to make sure that everybody he cares about is safe. Bee is the one he trusts.
Nemik and Skeen:
Nemik’s one of the truest believers in the cause. When he said “Tyranny requires constant effort. Authority is brittle. It breaks, it leaks. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that.'' (Nemik’s manifesto, Episode 12), he was calling ordinary people to arms. Not ordinary people the way Cassian or of the others in the official Rebel Alliance are ordinary, but ordinary people who are not affiliated with any sort of organization. One of the beautifully shown parts of Andor was the way the small people did their own little things to fight back. From the sign language on Narkina 5, to Brasso tampering with the Pre-Mor ship, to the people of Ferrix making noise to psych out the Pre-Mor authorities, to Wilmon Paak building a pipe bomb to use against the Empire, none of these connected with each other besides fighting the fascism of the Empire. Nemik understands this, because he, like all of these people, have been radicalized from their experiences of just simply trying to survive the oppression (@spicysucculentz on tumblr).
One of my favorite lines from Nemik is one of his last lines where he says in his manifesto, “Remember this. Try.” It juxtaposes one of the more famous lines from the franchise, from when Yoda scolds Luke, “Do or do not. There is no try.” Likely, the reason for this difference is in the supernatural. Yoda and Luke are connected to an external, supernatural entity— the Force. But for people like Nemik, normal people who don’t have access to the Force, they can’t afford the binary, the finality of “Do or do not.” They are simply trying to survive, to get through (@killsandthrills on tumblr). In fact, it is because of the average people that the Rebel Alliance was able to become what it was by the time of the original trilogy. The reason why Luke had the cushion of support was because of the efforts of people like Nemik. Luke needed to be able to succeed, fully, but the only way he was able to have that opportunity to finally win is because the Rebel Alliance was already built up by the people who were just trying to do whatever they could to survive.
Skeen was fascinating to me. I originally wrote him off as a kind of bully: the man who would butt heads with Cassian, the guy who wasn’t fully bought into the Rebellion quite yet. Part of that ended up being true, he wasn’t bought in. But we only truly see this part of him that places himself against the world after Nemik is shown to be near death (with slim chances of surviving). We see a sibling-type dynamic between Nemik and Skeen where they’re friendly and playful. And maybe Nemik was helping Skeen start to believe in the cause near the end, but the thing that ripped it away for him was Nemik’s fatal injury. We see their banter, but when Nemik gets hurt, Skeen starts to panic. He is the one cradling Nemik’s head and the one to convince Cassian to go for the doctor. “This kid— he is the reason why we are here” (Episode 6); Skeen knows that Nemik’s passion and ideas are important for progress, he knows that Nemik is the heart and soul of the group. When he started to believe in the cause, Skeen started to feel hope again after a long period of time. But Nemik’s death brought him back to his childhood of pain and fighting. This happens so clearly in front of us, where he went from panicking to cynical when Nemik’s at the doctor’s. Skeen says, “Yeah, luck. It’s what drives the whole damn galaxy.” He references how he doesn’t choose his life, the life of struggling when others were born into wealth and privilege. This is the moment where he goes back to what I imagine would be a younger, angrier Skeen. Convinced that he can’t do anything to change the world he becomes selfish, saying that the only rebellion he cares about is his against the world. Even as he tries to convince Cassian to take the money for themselves, it sounds like he’s also trying to convince himself of what he’s doing.
Mon Mothma:
Mon Mothma is a perfect example of someone who chose the rebellion. She was not born into it, she was raised privileged in a system that married her off young. Mon Mothma used the tools of the Empire against them, using her power to advocate for those being hurt by the Empire’s laws. She used her family wealth to donate to the rebellion, and she faked evidence of her husband’s gambling problem because she knows they’re listening to her. On top of this, as @kanansdume on tumblr pointed out, neither Perrin (her husband) nor Blevin realize that Mothma could be lying. She has put up this front of being just a general nuisance, of being very worrisome and concerned about her image. “She showed the stone in her hand, but everyone missed the knife at their throat, just as she said they would.”
Aside: The Empire is listening to Mothma but none of the smaller people because they make the mistake of forgetting that the small people can make a community and fight back. They don’t listen in to the conversations of the prisoners because, as Cassian says, they don’t need to. They have such a strong grip on the prisoners that they believed that they didn’t need to worry about them or listen to them. But that’s not the case with Mothma. She is a Senator, to their eyes, she poses the most danger. She has money and influence, and to the Empire that’s all that matters. However, in reality, the smaller people ended up being more dangerous to the Empire’s rule than Mothma did. Yes, she was funding the rebellion for some time, but when that fell through, Luthen made a way to get the money anyway.
Mon Mothma is shown to reject some of the traditional values of her culture. Originally following these values, she married young to a man that she is now constantly butting heads with, stuck in a unsupportive, unhappy marriage Because of this, she has tried to encourage her daughter away from those values, but because she’s a Senator and almost always busy she ends up being a distant mother, and her daughter rebels against her. Instead, she is actively moving towards those same values Mothma tried to pull herself away from (@rebelsofshield on tumblr). It clearly hurts Mothma to see her daughter doing this but she knows trying to further control her would also not work. And while she tries not to encourage it, her financial position and the rebellion have all but forced her hand into making a decision that she was not prepared to make.
Kino and Melshi:
We see Kino’s radicalization happen in the span of a single episode. Kino tries so hard to be an ideal prisoner, he follows the rules, keeps his men in line, and is banking on getting out of there alive. He has built his mind completely around the fact of obeying the Empire. He is so concerned about even talking about breaking out or musing about it because he’s worried that someone is listening in. The use of the line, “How many guards on each floor?” is used to show the process of radicalization. In the beginning of Episode 9, he refuses to respond or even humor Cass. The last lines of the episode are exchanged between Cassian and Kino - “How many guards on each floor?” “Never more than twelve”. Here we see a man angry and broken. He tried so hard to be a good prisoner but with the knowledge that they were never getting out, that when a man’s sentence is up they just send him to the other side of the prison, that is the thing that crushes Kino and makes him turn. He realizes even when playing with the rules of the Empire, there is no winning. When in a game where the other side is an empire, an organization so big as a government, playing by their rules means nothing to them. They will continue to hurt and commit atrocities and do injustice, and it’s only the act of disobedience that brings change. Going on peacefully changes nothing, it just makes you all the more easier for them to ignore. But if you cause a problem? If you are even a bit of nuisance, the slightest bit of a thorn? That is when change will come.
Kino in the end never made it out of the prison, when all was done and everyone was running out, we find out that Kino can’t swim (we know that the prison itself is in the middle of a lake). He goes through everything, he rallies the entire prison, but in the end he can’t swim, he doesn’t make it out of there. It’s the theme of the show, sacrifice for a sunrise they’ll never get to see. This is Kino’s.
Melshi, a man we see from the beginning who is already radicalized. He tries to give Cassian a reality check, which was so jarring especially after the introduction to the system, the game that was the prison. That the floors and tables that did the best would get flavor with their food instead of bland food. It’s portrayed as an upside to the prison, to make us think, “Oh this isn’t so bad, it could be worse,” until Melshi comes in and grounds Cassian. He tells him to never look at the numbers, because that is the way they control their prisoners, by giving them hope of freedom, by showing them the days passing and the number going down. Kino pushes Melshi back and tells him to shut up, because Kino is afraid of what those ideas will bring. As far as we see, Melshi is the only one besides Cassian to make it out alive, and we never know if Melshi was able to tell more people about the injustices of the prison.
Syril and His Mother:
Syril grew up in a system where he’s been so blind-sided, so steeped in propaganda, he genuinely thinks he is the good guy. Syril and his mother are examples of people who have bought into the lies of the Empire. He is one that believes that the Empire has genuinely brought peace, and that he is protecting that peace. He hasn’t known difficulty the way Cassian and any of the other rebels have, because his entire world was entrenched in the Empire and he’s known nothing else. Even when he gets screwed over by the system he is working so hard to protect, he still doesn’t try to think critically about this system.
The way he latches on to Dedra in his mind as the one person who has saved him is telling. He is craving for someone to lead him and becomes near obsessed with her. He starts basically stalking her, and there’s some weird tension between the two of them in several scenes. (I have no idea why or what to say about this, it was an observation and an uncomfortable one. I have an idea for nearly everything else, except for this.)
Something that @captjynandor on tumblr points out is that those of the Empire aren’t morally gray. Typically, villains in these types of stories are morally gray, shown to have some other motive or intention that is better, but we don’t see that in Star Wars with the villains. Syril grew up in an emotionally manipulative household but that isn’t portrayed as an excuse for his actions. He is very clearly shown to be an awful person because he wants that power and control over others and because he enjoys it.
As Ben Lindbergh on The Ringer mentioned, Syril is a zealot who wants to stand out in a uniform for an Empire that stresses conformity. For most of the season, Syril doesn’t seem to be going in any direction--all we know about him is that he’s incredibly passionate about what he does. It makes us wonder: if Syril happened to be born to a different family, maybe one outside the Empire, how likely is it that he would’ve become a rebellion? If he hadn’t been born into a family and indoctrinated into the Empire, would he have been against the Empire? There was a period of a few episodes in the middle of Syril’s arc in which it seemed as though it was possible that he may become radicalized. We see him fall due to corruption (he knows it’s corruption), and we see him relatively unhappy in a job that is the definition of a corporate nightmare. But because he has a one-track mind (like Cassian sometimes tends to have), he doesn’t try to question the system but rather throws himself right back into it and begins to climb once again. Syril is a symbol of blind faith, the product of indoctrination and manipulation of the Empire.
The Significance of Narkina 5:
The purpose of the prison was to bring down the prisoners to be only focused on fighting each other instead of the system, but it doesn’t work. Narkina 5 was built to control its inmates. They had several modes of this, the most obvious one being that prisoners were forced to walk barefoot on a floor that could be triggered to electrocute them at any point in time. However the other ways they tried to control were more subtle and nefarious. First, they made a reward system to benefit the most efficient inmate, in order to pit them against each other. The reward system? The winning table would get flavor. Flavor. Not something necessary, not something they cared about. All it was, was psychological manipulation. Not only this, but they would display each inmate's running total of how many days left in the prison they had. As they later learned, this number was arbitrary, once your number went to zero they would just put you on another side of the building. Seeing this number go down by one each day would give them a false sense of hope, some motivation to keep moving forward.
However, this all failed. It didn’t work. The inmates figured out the prison system, then worked together as a cohesive unit to break out. No one turned on each other, they all knew one vital thing and that was that they were all either going to live together or die together. I think the fact that Andor did this, undermining all the prison tropes where the prisoners have to prove themselves, is wonderful (@horatio-fig on tumblr). There are no gangs, just a sense of brotherhood. And this is where the show disproves Skeen’s assertion. Skeen claimed that the way someone survives in an unwelcoming environment is by “climbing over the other guy to get out.” But with Narkina 5 we see that, no, in times of difficulty, the way to survive is by climbing out with the other guy, so that you both get out (@tiarnanabhfainni on tumblr). The prisoners all support one another, and that is human nature. It is not natural for humanity to fight one another, however it is natural for humans to bond with any group they can.
Quick aside about Narkina 5, the planet itself. When Melshi and Cassian are escaping, they catch sight of an alien aircraft and they make a run for it to steal it. They get caught very easily by said aliens, but instead of them being hostile, they help the pair escape. This is such a good detail because it shows that Narkina 5 wasn’t always a place fit for prisons, it was once someone’s home. We don’t see a lot of aliens in Andor but this is such a beautiful representation of the fact that anyone who is not part of the Empire is against it (because the Empire has screwed over so many people) (@kanansdume on tumblr).
The Significance of the Construction of the Death Star:
As @captainofthetidesbreath on tumblr explains, “Yes, Cassian was forced to make parts for the weapon that would ultimately kill him,” but he also had a direct hand in subsequently destroying the very thing that would’ve wrought destruction, the thing he was forced to build against his will, and the event that turns the tides in favor of the Rebel Alliance. The time that he managed to stall the construction was crucial. In Rogue One, the margin of error they had was like threading a needle. The time that Cassian was able to stall the production of the Death Star, even unknowingly, was likely crucial in providing the time for the Rebellion to get the Death Star plans off of the planet.
The Portrayal of Capitalism:
We see the importance of money from the beginning; in this system, no one can do anything or go anywhere without it. We see people in jobs, having schedules working around those jobs and still making time to fight a rebellion in between the times where they have to make a living. One of the first major objectives for Cassian is to get money. Yes, in previous star wars movies they did mention money, but it never seemed to be much of an issue for the characters. It was never a legitimate barrier they had to cross.
Not only do we see the effect of capitalism, but we also see the institutions. The place that Syril ends up going to for work has all the tell tale signs of a corporation. Hell, even before that, Syril worked for Pre-Mor whom everyone called the “Corpos”. He then goes on to work for the Empire in an environment that is so stereotypically corporate: “Everyone matters”, the cubicles, the monotony of the design, everyone wearing the same outfit, they’re all being constantly supervised, using previous familial connections to gain an upper hand, etc. Even the apartments that Syril and his mother live in have the signs of a capitalistic environment. The whole show is a testament to the consequences of oppression and this is one of the best ways they show that. The oppression of capitalism is about benefiting the big man on top by using the time and labor of the little people below. It is a system built on keeping those born without privilege disadvantaged. And so how do we see them fighting back? Brasso using his job in the shipyard to tamper with the Pre-Mor ship, Salman Paak using his storefront as a cover for Bix to signal Luthen, Bix using her business as a cover for the fact that she’s buying and selling stolen Imperial parts - to name a few. They use the system that screws them over to fight back against the same people stepping on them.
Similarity to the U.S. Government:
Here is the illusion of choice, being told that you are in a democracy while there is a facet of the government that is essentially left unchecked. The Senate in the Star Wars government is really interesting, because it is revealed that the people vote for those in the Senate, and while the Senators are allowed to make noise and advocate for change, we don’t see how they truly have any effect. Who has the most power? The ISB. And is the ISB regulated in any sort of way? Not at all. So what would the ISB equivalent be? The CIA. The CIA, something the people cannot control, known to have actively traffic drugs into black communities in order to control them (similar to the ISB leading along cultures in order to control them) and have recruited Nazis (similar to ISB and the Empire in general in how they treat other cultures and races that they see as “other”, and the genocide of several societies). When all’s said and done, if the government wants something done they go to the CIA (ISB) to do it, since they are technically not controlled by the people.
If you do not let your prisoners vote, those in power now have strong motivation to imprison their enemies. This is a very basic rule in civics, something we see in both the United States as well as The Empire. The Empire is actively sending out people to capture Rebels and anyone who is remotely against the Empire, since they don’t let any news of what happens inside the prisons reach the outside and because they don’t allow their prisoners to vote. The reason why the levels of incarceration is so high in the United States is because slavery is legal in prison— this loophole in the 13th Amendment provided ample motive for the US government to imprison people of color or those who would stand against them. In a similar line of thought, the portrayal of the prison-industrial complex in Andor is brilliant. The prison-industrial complex is the idea of the relationship between a government and the various businesses that benefit from the institute of incarceration. We see that the government directly benefits from having people incarcerated, and not just because they are keeping supposed criminals, but because they are attempting to build something they will profit off of. They have incentive to imprison people for more petty crimes for longer sentences because they need to generate a self-replenishing workforce to build the Death Star. This sounds somewhat familiar because that is similar to what the CIA did with black communities.
As mentioned previously, the 13th Amendment provided the loophole that slavery was legal in prison. Because they still wanted to use slavery, they needed to get people into jail. So they trafficked drugs into black communities, which destroyed them and stunted their ability to grow and heal. But the CIA didn’t stop there because they needed a workforce, so then they went on to criminalize drugs, and imprison anyone who was involved with anything drug related. But even if people make it out of prison, getting a job is near impossible at that point, and so they fall back onto crime in order to survive. And then they go back to prison where slavery is legal. It is a vicious circle meant to cripple a population and profit the government.
Not meant to be political, eh Gilroy?
The Tragedy of Rogue One
Cassian Andor goes through hell and back, orphaned at a young age and taken from his sister and home planet while the rest of his people are killed. His life is nowhere near easy, and time after time he is roped into rebel activity. Eventually working for the rebellion on his own motivation, he goes through a whole character arc; again and again, he watches people die for a cause that they will never see come to fruition. He makes bonds with these people and gets close to them, only to see them die. Despite this, he learns that it’s worth it, is prepared to do the same (“Kill me or take me in”), and he realizes that everyone makes a difference, all of the small and big acts. And in the end, he does die for it. At the end of Rogue One, he dies. All of his friends die.
But the tragedy? He had finally, finally, reached happiness. After years of running and fighting in a war that he had no choice but to participate in, he finally finds love: Jyn Erso. And something we’re shown in the show is that he goes through trial after trial, just barely surviving. He survives the attack on his planet, then the attack on his home, then the prison break, then the manhunt- no matter what, he always survives. He always finds a way to keep going, even when things seem dire. Every single time. Except for one. Except for that last time on the beach, when they knew they were about to be killed by the Death Star, what did he do? He sat on that beach with Jyn Erso, and they held each other, knowing that this is the only time that they would be able to spend with each other as a couple. They sat there on that beach and faced death, together, peacefully, after succeeding. They won and they knew it and they knew they would never get to see it and they knew that they would never truly get to be together and that was okay.
#holy hell#thank you so much for reading#counter arguments welcomed#if i told you i was going to credit you and i accidentally didn't lmk#this show has a choke hold on me#sorry for the long post#andor#cassian andor#star wars#show analysis#aaaaaaa
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On today's NEW EPISODE of A More Civilized Age we did a little note comparison. You learn so much about your co-hosts when you share 😇
https://amorecivilizedage.net/45-the-axe-forgets-andor-05
- A More Civilized Age @ More_Civilized on Twitter, Oct 10, 2022
transcript:
Natalie: Just like the first five minutes of this episode were just absolute delicious content for me personally. [Austin chuckles] And I would just, I just think they're truly -- it's wonderful.
Austin: Yeah, yeah, I need you to read -- sorry, Natalie, I'm going to need you to read your actual first note, I don't know what it is [Ali laughs]. But I wanna know -- you, you made this, you phrased it in a way where you were gonna read your note and then you read your first note and then you're like, ‘Mmm, I'll just summarize.’ So I'd like to know what your first quote is -- your first note. I'll give you mine, too. We'll share.
Natalie: Ummm, okay. It's: [extremely drawn out] ‘Yahhhhhhssssssss!’ [Austin: Okay.] ‘Syril Karn is hereeeeee!’
[laughter]
Austin: Mine is: ‘Karn's little twin bed. His puffy face and red eyes.’ And then it's: ‘Italian mom confirmed!!!!!!!!’ with eight exclamation points.
[Natalie laughs]
Rob: Ali? Do you also have a note?
Ali: [laughs] Mine says: ‘My tearful little man, terrible boy.’
[Natalie and Ali laugh]
Rob: Okay, here -- here's my note. [pause] ‘The brief moment of natural sunlight that Karn gets is sublime.’
[uproarious laughter]
#a more civilized age#andor#star wars#syril karn#beautiful. 10/10. incredible podcast notes#on a scale of natalie watson to rob zacny how unwell are you about syril karn
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a creation for every month of 2022
tagged by @antifandor
I tried to do this but realized I only really started making a lot of gifs around Andor season... so there’ll be a few N/As but to make up for it, I decided to list two, three or four favorites for September-December when I was making more stuff!
january
favorite: Cassian + gloves
most popular: Growth (Cassian Version)
february
favorite: N/A
most popular: N/A
march
favorite: N/A
most popular: competency kink
april
favorite: N/A
most popular: incorrect rebelcaptain quotes 8
may
favorite: Cassian + snarky quips
most popular: Diego Luna in Star Wars Vanity Fair Cover Shoot
june
favorite: N/A
most popular: N/A
july
favorite: N/A
most popular: Chivas Regal x Diego Luna partnership
august
favorite: baby Kassa & baby Jyn (actually it’s the I’d choose you one but that’s also the most popular so I wanted to pick something different)
most popular: i’d choose you
september
favorite:
- Jyn and Cassian with their kyber crystals
- wet Cassian
- hope has two beautiful daughters
most popular: Cassian Andor + the tradition of killing a man within the first ten minutes of the show/movie
october
favorite:
- Cassian “don’t touch me” Andor vs. Cassian “what is personal space” Andor
- incorrect rebelcaptain quotes 11
- The mirror hurts.
most popular: ANDOR: Episode 9 (2022–) / ROGUE ONE(2016)
november
favorite:
- Rebelcaptain as Midnights Tracks
- incorrect rebelcaptain quotes 12
- So what do I sacrifice? Everything!
- Diego Luna, the captain of Jyn & Cassian since 2016
most popular: Cassian inspiring people to rebel with his words
december
favorite:
- Cassian Andor + sexiest moments in season 1
- Jyn + smiling at Cassian
most popular: Diego Luna’s headcanon canonized in Andor 1.04
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CREATION FOR EVERY MONTH OF 2022
post your favorite or most popular post from each month this year (it’s okay to skip months)
i was tagged by one of my siblings in disaster @grogus-dad 💜 (who also happens to be one of the most talented people i met here, who inspires me to become a better creator)
it feels a bit surreal that i actually have enough sets to choose from, since i only started giffing in march (so i’m gonna skip january and february - hell, i only started this blog in february what is time). anyways it’s been great to feel less alone in my hyperfixations and i’m so grateful to every single one of you who reblogged my stuff, you mean the world to me 💛
MARCH
favourite: steven grant in the first episode of moon knight
most popular: cal kestis in the jedi: fallen order trailer
APRIL
favourite: cal kestis + prauf quote
most popular: a very in love steven and layla
MAY
favourite: moon knight comics and show parallels and favourite arc from the clone wars
most popular: mr. knight fighting in the moon knight finale
JUNE
favourite: obi wan kenobi in mandalorian armor
most popular: obi wan kenobi and young leia in the show finale
JULY
favourite: the mandalorian - comics and show
most popular: jedi and their bonds with animals
AUGUST
favourite: pedro’s outfits in narcos s03
most popular: din’s very broad shoulders
SEPTEMBER
favourite: hbo’s the last of us teaser + quotes from the game
most popular: ewan and vivien behing the scenes of obi wan kenobi series
OCTOBER
favourite: din djarin outsmarting his enemies
most popular: oscar isaac calling pedro pascal a slut
NOVEMBER
favourite: the planets from andor
most popular: kino loy + “i can’t swim”
DECEMBER
favourite: cal kestis being the empire’s most wanted
most popular: bella ramsey being the perfect ellie williams
i’m tagging (no pressure though) @pcrtgasdace, @pedrorascal, @dasakuryo, @agentplant, @alexturner, @eggdrawsthings and @dickgraaysons 🥰
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I posted 2,993 times in 2022
148 posts created (5%)
2,845 posts reblogged (95%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@photogirl894
@starbirdrising
@maiseey
@dindjarindiaries
@thecoffeelorian
Aww my lovelies 🥰🥰 it makes me so happy see you on my dash 💕
I tagged 2,037 of my posts in 2022
Only 32% of my posts had no tags
#the mandalorian - 337 posts
#the book of boba fett - 316 posts
#tbobf - 300 posts
#din djarin - 284 posts
#the bad batch - 263 posts
#tbobf spoilers - 227 posts
#tbb - 226 posts
#andor - 223 posts
#sw rebels - 204 posts
#andor spoilers - 158 posts
Oh, look at that!! Andor got into the top 10. Nice!! All my shows are here.
Longest Tag: 129 characters
#she blames the children of the watch (that by the name alone i'm assuming they came off the death watch not the other way around)
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
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#4
You know what I find ironic (and funny) the name Paz Viszla. Because knowing how short-tempered and belligerent all members of clan Vizsla are, they dared to name someone Paz, which is Spanish for peace. They did that
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#3
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131 notes - Posted February 11, 2022
#2
You know what I love about Andor, among other things, that it shows that fighting the empire is a collaborative effort. That people helping each other can accomplish the unthinkable; that they don't need to be a hero that did a big, flashy thing to matter and be just as heroic.
That as the episode title suggests, sometimes, there's only one way to go, one way out. It's ride or die.
266 notes - Posted November 9, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
Star Wars Writing Resources
Note: None of the resources below are mine. I just assembled them in one place for your and my convenience. Feel free to use and reblog. If you know of any other useful site missing from the list, let me know and I'll gladly add it.
Places
Interactive Galaxy Map by Henry Bernberg
Map of the Galaxy
List of planets and moons [Wikipedia /needs expanding]
Planet Name Generator 1 [SciFi Ideas]
Planetary System Generator [Donjon]
Character Development
Star Wars Name Generator 1 [Donjon]
Star Wars OC flow chart by @thefoodwiththedood
Star Wars Name Generator 2 [FantasyNames]
Star Wars Name Generator 3 [FantasyNames]
The character creator
Droid Name Generator
Star Wars Randomizer
Clone Trooper face/helmet template pack by @maiseey
Clone Picrew by @batdad
Character Picrew [Twi-leks, Zabraks, Torgutas and Nautolans] @/megaramikaeli
Star Wars Character Templates by SmacksArt [the ULTIMATE battery of template for any human/humanoid original character in any era. From troopers to droids, from Jedi to Sith, from KOTOR to the sequel Trilogy. 100% RECOMMENDED]
Miscellaneous
Standard Calendar and Holidays [including month names!]
Galactic Standard Calendar [wookiepedia // including week day names]
Date converter according to SWTOR [Google sheet]
Hyperspace Travel Times (to calculate how much time would take to go from point A to point B within the GFFA)
Materials (fabrics, leathers, silks, plastics, construction, metal composites, etc.)
List of TCW Opening Quotes
Ship Generator 3D
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Republic Military Hierarchy Flowcharts by @cacodaemonia
Languages; Phrases and Slang; Vocabulary
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I knew which ones were going to be the top 2 but I was curious about the other 3 😆😆
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2022は4,157件投稿しました
投稿数は、2021よりも2,064件増えました!
作成された投稿: 196件(5%)
リブログされた投稿: 3,961件(95%)
最も多くリブログしたブログ:
@parisautum
@perpulchra
@wildwood-faun
@cheesybadgers
@virtuallyinsane
2022年に、自分の投稿で2,749件のタグを付けました
タグが付いていない投稿は、34%だけです
#star wars - 1,282投稿
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2022の人気投稿:
No.5
Bix looking wrecked and singing to herself, disheveled and barely alert, alone, forgotten, frightened fingers lightly resting on the shuddered window of her prison; the light, the air carrying the sounds of distant voices, familiar and sweet flowing into the cracks of her busted mental castle.
I felt that.
159件のリアクション - 投稿日時: 2022年11月23日
No.4
I love Andor because you have epic monologues that include lines such as, “I’ve made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts.”
But then you also have...
“It’s Tubes. He’s my man. He tells me everything.”
258件のリアクション - 投稿日時: 2022年11月22日
No.3
Cassian really stuck all of his beloved besties on one ship and said “Climb” I can’t even with this show. What am I supposed to do with myself now??
353件のリアクション - 投稿日時: 2022年11月23日
No.2
Definitely felt the symbolism in Luthen, whose extreme competence we’ve witnessed all throughout the show not to mention his martial prowess last episode, spending this episode merely observing as the fires of Rebellion sparked on yet another planet. As the light rose. He went there intending to act, but in the end he quietly admired, still an orchestrator in the shadows, in the literal shadow of his hood, drinking in the words of the eulogy, seeing what he had helped to create whether he realized it or not because of Aldhani and the hope that it gave to Maarva Andor, That desire to fight, to stand up, to TRY as we hear Nemik’s voice say. Luthen lives in darkness in order to give other people light.
Luthen wasn’t really there to kill Cassian, not really, though he consciously thought so. He was there to have his faith restored, the faith he hadn’t even realized was faltering, that was tested with his unplanned confession to Lonni Jung and showed signs of breaking when he told Saw that he was no longer sure about sacrificing Anto Kreegyr... to be gifted the light that he so assiduously denies himself every day that he draws breath for the cause.
And then the last shot that we see of Luthen Rael this season is of him smiling at Cassian. A real smile amidst all of the fake ones that we’ve glimpsed on him and on other people all season long. He asks Cassian on a sigh, “What game is this?” because he is all about games. all of the time. He has to be. But not today.
“No game. Kill me. Or take me in.”
Cassian is the sun in his sunless space offering him another possibility.
And Luthen Rael smiled.
443件のリアクション - 投稿日時: 2022年11月23日
2022のNo.1投稿
OKay but when Brasso was reciting Maarva’s words to Cassian and he paused and said, “I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong”, I felt that gut-wrenching sincerity from Brasso himself, whatever trouble he’s ever been in, no matter what money he ever owed him, Brasso always wanted Cassian to be safe above all else. This is like “As you wish” levels of love and loyalty. Ride or die.
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Quotes from "ANDOR" which keep haunting me:
"Gets to you, doesn't it? That's what a reckoning sounds like."
"That's just love. Nothing you can do about that."
"But this time... You can't stay and I can't go."
"Power doesn't panic."
"I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude."
"Never more than twelve."
"ONE WAY OUT!"
"I've made my mind a sunless place. I share my dreams with ghosts."
"I can't swim."
"Let's call it war."
"Tyranny requires constant effort. Authority is brittle. It breaks, it leaks. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
"Freedom is a pure idea."
"I show you the stone in my hand, you miss the knife at your throat."
"Tell him I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong."
"The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep."
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Second round, tenth fight
Quote number 38 :
"Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don't know how lucky you are."
-Mars, Rick Riordan's The Son of Neptune
VS
Quote number 40 :
"Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love. I've given up all chances at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion: I'm damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight, they've set me on a path from which there's no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet.
What is my sacrifice? I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else's future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? Everything!”
-Luthen Rael, Andor (2022)
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I posted 3,368 times in 2022
That's 422 more posts than 2021!
525 posts created (16%)
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#i am not saying she’s stupid though… she’s a lovely protagonist and let’s not act like someone else would’ve figured it before she did
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
“i won't have peace. i'll be worried about you all the time.”
“that's just love. nothing you can do about that.”
another fantastic quote for the books, y’all
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#4
brasso smashing that guy’s head with the brick though… maarva andor sends her regards!!!!!!!
2,130 notes - Posted November 23, 2022
#3
honestly for a guy who is so aggressively catholic, he is a bit of a whore (affectionate)
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#2
i swear i could just watch this gif all day long… it’s truly an experience
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2022 recap tag game
I was tagged by @mygreatadventurehasbegun Thanks!
top 3 films: I’ve somehow managed to barely watch any new films last year! But I did watch Matilda, (highly recommend), the latest Downton Abbey movie, (recommend less: it’s full of things that almost happen but don’t, and it stole plot from Singin’ in the Rain!), and Spencer (recommend if you like psychological movies or have a crush on Kristen Stewart)
top 3 shows: Stranger Things, Kenobi and Andor
top 3 books: Unnaturally Green by Felicia Ricci, I just started Caraval by Stephanie Garber, and I finally finished The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir that I started an embarrassingly long time ago!
top 3 biggest improvements: Confidence at work, being less anxious in crowded public spaces (for the most part), and getting out and doing stuff again
top 3 resolutions: Not sure how I’m going to achieve this yet, but hopefully being in better health, since 2022 was not great (thanks, Covid), continue learning to sew and hopefully progress beyond skirts, and do more art
favorite song: It varies, but right now I’m really into Get Down from Six the musical, but specifically Brittney Mack’s version. She’s absolutely hilarious, and kills it with her vocals
favorite quote: Bravery is to possess fear but carry on regardless
I tag anyone who wants to do it!
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