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coldgoldlazarus · 11 months

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Okay, so now people are going from "The jedi never did anything wrong ever and are perfect and flawless and made zero mistakes and literally everything was Palpatine's fault even when there were moments he was clearly speed-chess-ing to account for the unexpected," a kinda dumb but not unreasonable take, to "Everything is Anakin's fault and he never had the potential to be better and we're just gonna ignore his slave upbringing and Palpatine's influence and just decide he was always the worst person alive and his redemption at the end-" (which I will admit was kinda small in comparison to his crimes, but also was still the centerpiece of the movies that are the centerpiece of the franchise) "-does not matter at all, fuck that guy, and also the Jedi are still 100% perfect btw". And I do not like that.

I really don't wanna get into the weeds here, but there's something about this that really doesn't sit right with me. I will happily call Kylo Ren a neo-nazi school shooter all day, because his awfulness was established and reinforced as his own choice, (no matter what RoS may retroactively claim) and while I could understand the argument for Palpatine being to blame for literally everything in the Prequels, (he is the big bad for a reason, after all) and I won't deny that Darth-youngling-slayer-Vader isn't even remotely close to innocent either; idunno, it still feels off.

There's just, this weird undercurrent of pushing the blame, or the idea the Jedi may have been even the teensiest tiniest bit less than perfect, or provided any ammunition for Palpatine to use against them, off to anyone and everyone else. And not only does it feel divorced from the actual subtext or even text of the Prequel Trilogy, the context of all the different factors that led to Anakin becoming Vader, (some of which he was responsible for, some of which he was not) or the ending of RotJ; but it also just feels increasingly bizarre outside of that. Like y'all are projecting onto the Jedi so hard that anything said against them feels like a personal attack, and the response is to refuse all responsibility on their behalf. And pardon the pun, but that feels very irresponsible when taking into account the political aspect of some of what the prequels were trying to say about complacence in the face of rising fascism.

I can sorta get why people would be like this, I have heard horror stories about Karen Traviss's Jedi-bashing nonsense, but this is going too far in the other direction at this point. I can also understand how RoS dropping the ball with TLJ's setup could aid in this, since I think TLJ's overall point that the Jedi are still good, but do severely need to evolve and change, was undercut by JJ's own blind worship. But that doesn't make the point any less valid at the end of the day, you're just missing it completely.

#not a reblog #star wars #star wars discourse #jedi discourse #maybe there's some vital context I'm missing #in the clone wars or whatever #since I am a movie-only gal #but this really reads to me like people #who took the OT's stilted and biased account #of them at face value #but instead of getting mad at the prequels #just decided to completely misread them #to align with that prior perception #for the record I do not think the jedi suck #I think they were trying to do the right thing #but made a fuckton of mistakes #that Palpatine was more than happy to exploit #thus this trend of completely denying those mistakes #is really really fucking stupid #and honestly a little uncomfortable #and I just hope that y'all don't approach #important irl issues the same way #really. every time I see stuff like this #it reminds me that at the end of the day #while TLJ made me appreciate #and even love the movies again #I will always hate 99% of star wars fans

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theduchessofnaxos · 1 year

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Suddenly had the realization that my ideal relationship dynamic is Han Solo running back into the rebel base on Hoth to check on Princess Leia (me) and make her leave because he knows she'll stay and die in the battle unless someone drags her out.

... Does "wanting a handsome rogue to drag me out of a battle" damage my feminist credentials if I identify as a man also?

But the REALLY concerning part is that I've been using *FrUK* as my go-to "project onto them about my ideal relationship" (according to my therapist) and Han and Leia end up breaking up despite still being in love. Which is a super FrUK thing.

Idk what that says about me but I don't like it 😂

#for the record i am whiskey drunk and packing up my first big boy apartment to move back in with my dad #because he has lung cancer and i am *frightened*#and then in a few months I'm going to go to his undergrad school to do my grad degree #so i am ALL KINDS of emotionally fucked up right now #so if you're worried about the horrendous things this post says about my psyche: get in line 😂#also its super OOC FrUK #it's basically an entirely different relationship/personalities just with the same physical characteristics #i promise i am not trying to get into a dysfunctional relationship like that.#Han and Leia on the other hand...#is a man who's willing to give me up if I'm in love with someone else the WORST a man could do?#also while I'm drunk and ranting: Empire Strikes Back is one of the best movies ever and I WILL KILL ON THAT HILL.#once saw someone say #I won't die on this hill because none of you have the strength to kill me on it #and that is me and Empire to a T.#it is a perfect movie and no one will persuade me otherwise.#(I stg I'm not one of THOSE Star Wars fans. I think all Star Wars is great. Idgaf if Rey is a Mary Sue (she isn't)#or if Phantom Menace sucks (it doesn't)#I just like the Jedi fighting the Sith man #it's a fun series with compelling characters and i will never understand the fanboys who bitch about it.)

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cloned-eyes · 1 year

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Bad Batch Tattoo HC

Okay, I admit that this is me fully self indulging in my need to make every character that hasn't shown skin on screen a heavily tattoed menace. Enjoy

Hunter

I refuse to be believe that he only has a face tattoo

This man is committed to the bad bitch lifestyle 100%

Otherwise he wouldn't had blacked out 50% of his face

For body tattoos I really like the idea that he kept it symmetrical with the rest of his body head to toe

We talking simplified, heavy, blacked out motives mirroring his anatomical insides

Hunter got balls and I tip my hat at that

For the right side of his body I think he has some well placed tattos in an "etching style", basically what would be considered medieval motives but make them star wars.

You can't convince me that Hunter hadn't had a (jedi)knight/Mandolorian warrior obsession phase when he was a kid. Enticed by the noble ideals of knighthood and the honourable ways of living of his donors culture, he had always wished to be more than just a soldier

I think symbols of traditional weapons and Mandolorian incography

Hunter does pretty good in sessions but likes/needs to take a lot of breaks to avoid severe sensory overloads

Doesn't bring snacks but sips away liters of soda during and directly after getting a tattoo

Aftercare 7/10 in the first month after that his tattoos are on their own

Please sir put some sunscreen on your face and some lotion on your body at least once a week

Crosshair

Equally committed to the bad bitch lifestyle as Hunter but prefers finer lines

I picture Crosshair as someone who uses tattoos as an emotional outlet

Being a certainly a rather reserved individual who keeps emotions and feelings in check and exclusively to himself, he expresses everything freely by etching it into his skin.

Crosshairs body is littered in a mix of Ignorant and cyber tribal. Lots and lots of words, small and big symbols that hold all kinds of meanings to him. Reminders of certain situation in his life, reassurances, impressions of feelings he had, you name it.

Likes to cover them up since they're basically his deepest inside spilled out all over his skin.

Likes to look at and appreciate them whenever he's alone. Could stare at them for hours on end, lost in reminiscing each one of them and what meaning they hold.

Definitely takes care of them the most out of the batch. He wants them looking as nice as possible for as long as possible. Basically his way of taking care of himself emotionally too.

Sits really well in sessions since size and complexity of the motives are rather manageable

He keeps himself distracted by toying with his toothpick or studying the wall art in the studio, already planing his next tattoo.

Always treats himself with with space McDonald's and a nap afterwards.

Tech

Boy looks like a soft polite nugget from the outside but he is packing heat

Loves heavy black work and cyber motives. Tattooed his thighs/legs himself. Also tattooed Crosshairs eye and Hunters left body side since getting a tattoo done this big gets tricky scheduling with a studio between missions.

Knows what he's doing.

For his own motives he has a good mixture of scientific based ones. Star maps, equations, visualized audio track of his favourite sound recording you name it.

Also has some well placed ones for aesthetic reasons. Serves him as creative outlet

Wants hand tattoos really bad but hesitates since he could be 'out of service' for a few days due to swelling.

Tech keeps his tattoes in rather good condition but since he doesn't hold as much emotional attachment to them as Crosshair he restricts himself to basic care.

Sits like a champ. It's all or nothing with him when it comes to tattooing so strap in. Brings snacks and soda to the session and likes to keep himself occupied on his holopad during it.

Wrecker

As much as I would like this big boy to be coverd in ink from head to toe he's the lightest tattooed member of the Batch.

Doesn't like needles, sucks at aftercare and needs Tech to constantly disrupt him from scratching his tattoos in the itchy stage.

He still has a few, most of them rather small and one big chest one, an explosive hazard warning, to testify his love for blowing things up.

Tech did all of them because there is no Tattoo artist in the whole galaxy patient enough to put up with his squeamish butt.

Due to his reckless behaviour and with that corresponding obtainance of injures some if his tattoos got a bit roughed up.

They still look pretty and surprisingly good giving the environment they have to obtain themselves in. Strong and resilient as there owner

Sits bad in sessions, even though he has a good pain tolerance. Ignores all kinds of aftercare and still somehow manages to get them not infected. Please sir, your skin is begging for some moisturizer.

#the bad batch #the bad batch headcanons #tbb crosshair #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker #tbb tech #tbb headcanons #star wars #Eyes writes #Holy hell I actually came up with something and posted it

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gffa · 1 year

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I am here to concede my point that I believed the Jedi had the power to take force sensitive infants (which was a good thing for them). The recently released High Republic Chronicles of the Jedi says "Jedi recruits must be given up willingly". On an earlier page it also says "Though an emotional moment for parents, offering up a Force-sensetive child to the Jedi Order is considered a great honor to most cultures. This honor extends beyond the borders of the Republic, for even nonmember planets recognize the profound opportunity a child will have by joining the Jedi." This suggests to me that during the prequel era when the Jedi's reputation wasn't as good, there were more refusals. That makes Cal's destruction of the holocron recording their locations quite important.

My condolences on having to concede a point, that always sucks. In our own world, it would make sense, because there are going to be instances of varying circumstances that might need interference, but within a fictional world, thematic elements are more important so they can get away with rules like this. And I think, for me, it's always made sense thematically--our first introduction to the idea of Jedi adoption is them telling a very powerful child no, they don't think it's a good idea to train him. In the TV show, they have a list of known Force-sensitives that they're aware of, but aren't at the Temple. We see them rescue a known Force-sensitive little Gungan girl and hand her back to her mother, calling her the mother's daughter, not a future Jedi. When the Bardottens say to stop coming there, they stop coming there, saying they're not kidnappers. It's not impossible to weave these together with the idea that the Jedi would have had the authority to override a parent's decision, but for a fictional world that is heavily reliant on themes, it's always made more sense to me that the Jedi would have the rule that parental approval is must for them. Like with how the Jedi generally have internal authority over their own business, but when it comes to the galactic public, they very much do not. That's a huge point of the whole mess with Ahsoka, that that's how they get the Jedi, by pointing out that members of the Republic have been hurt here, so the Jedi can't say this is an internal affair. It makes sense to me that their adoption process, which involves members of the Republic that aren't Jedi, would have to have permission. And I think it must be that they don't go around auto-testing children for midichlorian levels, either, because otherwise they'd have said, "Let's check the list of known Force-sensitives while we're looking for the Sith Lord" when trying to track him down after TMP. At the end of the day, I think the Jedi's being entwined with the Republic the way they are and their own boundaries on respecting others' wishes makes thematic sense and you know Star Wars, they love their themes over whatever might me more realistic for our world!

#jedi order #meta #i tried to make this answer as non-annoying as possible #but i fear that it comes across as condescending or prostelyzing anyway orz

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antianakin · 8 months

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Not to be salty but have you seen "He was a good master" from the Ahsoka show? Thoughts?

Nothing positive lol.

I don't think the Ahsoka show did anywhere NEAR enough to really earn this moment of Ahsoka saying that he was a good master when they refused to really delve into what should've been Ahsoka's very complicated feelings about Anakin. The closest we get to it is "You were more powerful and dangerous than anyone realized" which... barely scratches the surface. It doesn't hit on anything particularly PERSONAL about Ahsoka's feelings regarding Anakin's betrayal, both of the Jedi and of herself. It doesn't get into her guilt over having left him, her anger at what he took from her. They have her question what she's able to pass on to a padawan one day, but she attributes her lack of ability to having fought in a war rather than Anakin's own training of her. The show even sort-of implies that it's Anakin's training that will help her overcome the "death and destruction" she thinks is all she has to offer.

This show won't let Ahsoka have any real emotions. She's not allowed to be angry or betrayed or guilty or scared. Episode 5 tossed out a few lines that sound really profound and deep but don't actually do anything to explore Ahsoka's psyche or her relationship with Anakin in a way that's particularly meaningful. Those lines are pretty, sure, but there's nothing nuanced behind them.

I also just don't think that Ahsoka deciding he was a good master is all that interesting of a conclusion. Like sure, maybe he had some good moments she can remember and decide were real. But the nasty shit he did was real, too, and that SHOULD still enter the equation. He still lied to her, he still abandoned her to die, he still stole her future from her, he still tried to kill her on Malachor. He WASN'T a good master, because those are all still things he did to her. So he made her a few recordings, so he taught her to "be a soldier" during the war. I'm sure those things are important to her, but the stuff he did to HURT HER are important, too. And this show focuses entirely too much on Anakin just... being a good dude for my taste.

I think I would've preferred for Ahsoka to land on something closer to "He had his moments that were real, and I do think a part of him genuinely did care about me, but he wasn't ready to be a teacher and he chose to abandon ME, not the other way around. I can learn from his mistakes and do BETTER."

It also really is starting to feel like they're continuing to refuse to let Ahsoka move on from this relationship. It's the ONLY important relationship in her life, she is literally DEFINED by that relationship to Anakin. There was no attempt to bring in ANY OTHER JEDI CHARACTERS or even have Ahsoka MENTION anybody else. We got like half a second of Rex in a flashback scene, but no exploration of that relationship at all. It sucks. Being Anakin's apprentice should be the LEAST of who and what Ahsoka is at this point and instead it's become the focal point of her entire character.

#star wars #ahsoka tano #ahsoka show #ahsoka series #ahsoka spoilers #anti anakin #anti anakin skywalker #anakin critical #anakin skywalker critical

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youreobsessedwithtoomanyfandoms · 5 months

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Why'd You Have to go and Lock Me Out When I Let You in?

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Warnings: probably poor writing and OOC characters but whatever

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Just letting it know that I'm having that Anakin this happens before the events of AOTC as well as immediately after

Kinda having this lowkey based on the relationship between my OC and Anakin, which is why Y/N is a bounty hunter

Also oml I'm so sorry for how bad this is, I tried though, I really did

This is the "All You Had To Do Was Stay" part of my 1989 event!

Anywho, enjoy

Love Z <3

Y/N stared at the holopad as the transmission came in. It was from Anakin. A person who she hadn't heard from in what felt like forever. She questioned about answering the call, wondering what good could come from that. But...she knew it could easily just be Jedi business needing her expertise again.

She sighed heavily before allowing the transmission come through. Soon Anakin appeared, arms crossed with a confused look on his face. "Y/N, I didn't think you'd answer."

She crossed her own arms, "What do you need?"

"Figured it would be obvious."

She sucked in a breath, "Anakin--"

"You said it yourself, screw my Jedi code and--"

"And you walked away telling me that I would never be the person who would make you break it. That would be Senator Padmé Amidala." She ran a hand through her hair, "Let me remind you that this she pointed around her, "Is what you wanted. You ended the possibility of us."

"You helped drive us off the rails, you didn't stop me!"

"Because all I wanted was you! But not in the way I had you!"

She watched as he took a sharp intake of breath and stared at her through the recording. He sighed before speaking, "I'm sorry for what I did. But I want you now."

"Anakin, you had me and then you left me. All you ever had to do was stay." She breathed sharply, "I mean, you always locked me out after I let you in how I felt. Every single time." She shook her head, "This is what you wanted. So unless it's Jedi business related, leave me the hell alone."

She pressed the button to end the transmission before sitting back in her chair and running her hands over her face. "This was what he wanted." She breathed shakily and suppressed the tears, "This is what he wanted."

#anakin #skywalker #anakin skywalker #anakin skywalker x reader #anakin skywalker imagine #star #wars #star wars #star wars x reader #star wars imagine #x reader #imagine

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narkinafive · 9 months

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ahshowka breakdown! tagged #ahsoka spoilers and #ahshowka

the good:

when i tell you i almost stood up and cheered during the memorial ceremony. i could feel the great cosmic energy surging through my VEINS, senator jai kell and clancy brown and UGH. thank GOD

relatedly, i really liked having hera be the first person to say his name. idk. it felt nice and in character that she still thinks of her crewmember-cum-son-and-boy

i, for one, am really, really really digging the slow, deliberate pacing. time will tell if it ends up more plodding than contemplative, but i love having the space to breathe and observe... almost like a jedi? lol, but mostly i'm happy not to be taken on a roller coaster

kiner bros putting their whole pussy into the soundtrack

EMAN ESFANDI ON THE RECORDING WHEN HE DOES THE LITTLE HEADSCRATCH i was like yes. yes. this man understands

showing sabine's helmet in the foreground and having her twice avoid it to pull out other stuff from under the table. i have so many thoughts

man i love that they're all kind of bitches to each other. i support unlikable women

huyang: man you suck ass at this whole force thing, huh

the... less good:

ignore the makeup ignore the makeup ignore the makeup

i'm interested to see the show tackle the idea of how to transition from empire to republic, and i think it can be a salient critique of capitalism to have the republic essentially absorbing the imperial workforce so as not to stop production, but i am, as always, skeptical, since LF has uh... not been great about this before (i mean narratively, not even like getting into unfortunate implications lmao)

utterly bored with we-have-asajj-ventress-at-home and the other dude (rip ray stevenson tho, what a phenomenal talent) but i'm hopeful that will change!

dreading thrawn just bc i hate thrawn but that is entirely personal and not at all a critique of the show 😂

seated and watching:

i am extraordinarily interested in the sabine/ahsoka dynamic, and i am dying to know more, because it really is reading like a nasty lesbian breakup. which i am totally okay with

i am less... concerned? wary? of sabine as ahsoka's apprentice than i was before we started. idk, given all the visual emphasis on sabine avoiding these two "opposed" poles (avoiding the jedi by not going to ezra's memorial, avoiding the mandalorian by shoving her armor away under the table) i am curious to see how this plays out. it feels like a natural evolution from her rebels arc of choosing her new family in the ghost crew, but inverted? which i'm interested in. idk. feeling hopeful, tho

there's an interesting motif of seeing things through (and failing to do so) in these first two episodes. obviously ezra says that to sabine almost verbatim, but there's also ahsoka walking away from both anakin and sabine before training was completed, there's the new republic failing to fully eradicate imperial sympathies (sometimes deliberately so), and there's something there too, i think, about failing to confirm thrawn's death. or account for his return? anyway. i'm interested

but truly, highlight of the premiere is huyang being like good god you are bad at this

#ahshowka #ahsoka spoilers #also yes ok to rb!

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direwolfrules · 1 year

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Some things I noticed while rewatching "The Academy" episode of The Clone Wars

Soniee's at the docks to greet the Jedi, but Almec doesn't introduce her which. Is weird. Almec why do you suck so bad?

Seriously, she's left standing there when the others are called up. Just hanging in the back, forever alone.

Lagos just looks so done on the docks. Just so done.

Lagos also leans forward a little when Korkie asks to see Ahsoka's lightsaber. She wants to see the laser sword too, she just doesn't have Korkie's impulsiveness.

When Korkie gets pulled back by Almec Satine is utterly unfazed and Amis and Lagos exchange a look, like "By the manda he did it again".

The way the cadets turn with the guards implies they've done drills and stuff. So like, does that mean the discipline part of Mandalorian martial culture was kept? Or something, I don't know.

Hey look, weapons are only banned for off-worlders, and that's a recent thing after Obi-Wan swung by a few months ago. Did ya hear that Satine haters who claim blatantly false things?

In the establishing shot of the Academy you can see one student running towards the building. Poor bastard is late for class.

The students' chairs look so uncomfortable.

There are different colored lines on the students' uniforms' kar'ta beskar. Korkie's got red segmented lines, Lagos has plain red lines, Soniee has white lines, and Amis has no lines. What do they mean? Are they meant to signify something specific? Who knows, headcanon away.

The girls' uniforms have brown/bronze cuff patterns and the boys' have gold cuff patterns.

The Cadet Squad also has different shoulder marks on their uniforms. Korkie and Lagos have plain gold, Soniee has plain silver/gray, and Amis has a silver mark with a gold and red bar on it. What does this mean? I need headcanons people!

The marks are also present on the side flap things of the boys' uniforms.

Apparently, there are a bunch of twins and triplets in the cadets' class (reusing assets? it's more likely than you think)

Almec's hair has a pattern of beskar hearts, because of course it does.

Lagos' hair is actually really short with an accessory that mimics pigtails.

The wall screens in the cadet's dorm have Mando'a script.

Soniee's the first to snark at Amis. It's great, 10/10 sibling energy.

Soniee almost always has a computer on hand in addition to her little tech visor thing. I love that.

When Soniee tells the Cadet Squad that the Academy's out of rations again she's staring at her laptop. Did she hack the Academy's inventory records so she could determine if a late-night snack run was possible?

Amis' response about no late-night snack runs makes it seem like that's a thing they've done before, which is adorable.

Korkie: These doors are heavily secured by top-of-the-line government security programs, we'll never get in.

Soniee: *flips down her visor* I eat top-of-the-line government security programs for breakfast.

Korkie literally pronounces Ahsoka with the most over-emphasized "ah" sound.

Almec's response to Satine spitting facts is to put a shock collar on her. Because he's a pathetic little worm-man.

Korkie's like an inch away from being tortured with a shock collar and you can see when the camera cuts to Satine that she almost gives in. You see her grit her teeth and her eyes fill with despair. She loves that boy dammit.

The cadets throw themselves on Almec's goons to take them down, which is just so funny looking.

Everyone else seems to have knocked out their assigned evil henchman except Soniee, who was apparently too light, so Amis just jumps on the guy with her.

The cadets are so synchronized, I just can't. I love them and this fight scene is hilarious. I'm pretty sure at one point Amis headbutts a metal shield and doesn't even flinch.

Almec gets hit with a fraction of the shock collar time he gave Satine and immediately folds. Cause he's pathetic.

Soniee still has her visor after all the headbutting and flopping. I love her. Korkie, move aside, you're getting out blorbo-ed.

Seriously the end of episode fight scene cuts between Ahsoka engaging in acts of Jedi badassery and the cadets looking like Yakkety Sax is playing in the background.

#mandalorian cadet squad #korkie kryze #soniee #lagos #amis #mandalore #The Academy #the clone wars #satine kryze #prime minister almec #duchess satine #ahsoka tano #sw tcw #tcw #tcw 3x6 #star wars the clone wars #star wars

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loveoaths · 1 year

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I’ve been reading through Darth Momin’s Wookiepedia entry recently and he is fascinating. Momin is considered a “Sith heretic” which, conceptually, is just…… how bad/weird/annoying do you have to be for the SITH, the biggest annoying asshole whiners in the galaxy, to look at you and think, “Yeah I’mma need this bitch OUTTA HERE ASAP”???

The answer is: pretty goddamn annoying. But I’ll get to that in a second.

His “heresy” is believing that the Sith do not control the Dark Side; the dark side controls them. They exist solely to serve it, to please it through their works and actions. He does not believe in the wanton destruction of his peers; he believes in creation. Adding to the world instead of taking it apart. Unfortunately his idea of “adding to the world” is shit like “use the Force to lock an entire city in the second before it’s utter annihilation, thus creating an endless source of pain and fear and terror to fuel my Evil Engine so I can get a good grade in Being Loved By the Dark Side, which is both normal and something possible to achieve.”

And then he fucking FAILS at it because some pesky little Jedi get onto his engine and the mere presence of light side energy distracts him so much that he EXPLODES HIMSELF. this guy sucks so fucking bad it’s unreal. I’m obsessed.

Momin thinks the Sith obsession with Jedi is stupid and irrelevant to their purpose, which is to honor the Dark Side and execute its will across the Galaxy. This school of thought appears to be unique to him, since it is considered antithetical to everything mainstream Sith believe, and it dies with him, because they ensure his name is not recorded in any Sith or Jedi holocron; his legacy is all but eradicated. This is 1) hilarious, but also 2) indicative of the accusation he levels against the Sith: they are so focused on hoarding and hiding knowledge that they undermine themselves and the efforts of their entire group, when they could be serving one goal — honoring the Dark Side — and rebuilding the galaxy in its image. This guy is technically the eclectic fringe hippie guy of the Sith, and he’s like. An art / architecture / engineering triple major with a minor in being fucking creepy.

And the reason he is LIKE this is because he got one (1) bad art review on his first sculpture — which was totally understandable considering he made said sculpture out of the family pet. And Momin decides, fuck it if y’all don’t like my work then I don’t like YOU. Also DIE.

His art (and therefore life) philosophy becomes obsessed with pain and fear. To him they are the only true emotions, the only ones that define our nature, the only emotions that matter. Sure dude. I’m sure that has nothing to do with everyone hating your art and being freaked out by you. You totally didn’t create an entire artistic vision that claims how people receive YOUR work is universal and the only purpose of art, because there is no way your art isn’t just awful and bad and nauseating. Noooo, that’s what art is supposed to be!

He also thinks Vader is a bitch, which is hilarious, because seconds after this Vader smears him across the floor.

If this guy was a doughnut, the outside dough would be Art/Stem Boy Who Tells You You Like Art Wrong and his inside would be Hannibal + Villanelle jelly.

He may as well have said “This is my design.”

Oh, and on top of being a brilliant dingus, this guy somehow conjured a door to the dark side itself, pulled his original body from it and transfered his consciousness to it (implying that he has technically unlocked the key to immortality that the Sith have been banging on about for eons), is strong enough in the dark side that a fragment of his soul can survive inside a stupid little helmet long after he’s dead, doesn’t believe in the Master-Apprentice dynamic, is a perfect plot vehicle for any time travel fic because if any bitch has found a way to the World Between Worlds it’s this guy and he WILL be making it your problem, and is somehow both one of the most unique and most exhausting Sith —

All while looking like a rejected Keebler elf.

I’m obsessed.

(Credit to @gffa for these comic images I found in the #darth momin tag!)

#I need to actually buy these comics because I NEED to see the full picture but goddamn I’m so ridiculously amused.#this guy is like. an evil liberal arts school kid. that is objectively so fucking funny #he names his lightsabers Praxis and Direct Action #he is staging the bodies of his enemies as an art installation in the middle of a walkway so everyone has to see his GLORIOUS PURPOSE #he is the teacher’s pet of the fucking dark side. look at me. that’s hilarious. WHY IS THAT SO FUNNY #darth momin #you know i love a freak in a mask. i reject his white boy face though. i’m gonna commission art of him and he will look so awful #darth Vader #I don’t even go here but I do now. I’m a Jedi lover but this guy is too ridiculous not to stan . I’m going to write something so weird #long post #ALSO HIS NAME IS BASICALLY EVIL MOOMINS. THANK YOU TOVE JANSSON!

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ageless-aislynn · 1 month

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Aislynn and the Long Rambly Rambles about Video Games and Finishing My Halo WIPs and Potential Future Halo Fic Ideas and I Dunno Maybe I Should Finish My Last Two Flash WIPs 'Cause That Would Be Super Rad, Too, Right?™️

Finished! I had a lot of fun with Portal! I did finally manage to compensate for the weird "look to the side and look all the way up or down" problem I was having, thankfully. The puzzle aspect was awesome!

Now, since I'm here for a good time, not to be an amazing gamer, I'mma be straight with you: I looked up the answer whenever I got stuck. I tried all of the puzzles "cold" first and kept trying even when I had no idea what to do. Then, when I reached that first hint of ~~frustration~~, I just looked up the answer. Most of the time, I still had to work to get through it, so it wasn't a gimme. But I don't even care if it does. Like I said, I'm here for a good time, full stop. After really thinking I was never going to get to play any other games in my Steam library because of all of Georgette's serious computer issues, I'm just super happy to be playing again!

I may play the second Portal next, might just go for something else entirely.

I still want to finish Scott/Peebee and Scott/Jaal in Mass Effect: Andromeda but while I can't make any further GIFs, I'm not in a big hurry to do that next. I can still capture the footage, though, so might just have to do that and then hope Georgette will let me install Vegas. 🤞😣🤞

I also have Half-Life and Half-Life 2 and I believe they're connected to Portal in some way? Also have heard they're good games, so they're definitely on my to-play list.

Also there is, in no particular order:

Mass Effect Legendary Edition (got to finally experience the OT, after all!)

Dragon Age: Inquisition (I'm thinking this might slightly scratch my itch to play Baldur's Gate 3, since I'm waiting on that to go on sale)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (been looking forward to this one for a long time!)

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (another one I've been looking forward to for a while)

Tomb Raider (2013) (DEFINITELY been looking forward to this for ages and ages!)

Titanfall2 (have heard a lot of good things about this one; have also heard it's not too terribly long, which I'm looking for right now, I've got things like ME to play if I want something really long and involved but I'm honestly also looking for a few things that are less of a large time commitment to intersperse with the epic-sized games 😉)

Dead Rising 1, 2 and Off the Record (There are a few things about them I hope won't make me feel stressed out, I don't always do good with things that have time limits, but mannnn, I really want to try out all of the funny weapons and such that you can craft! So the plan is to not worry about "winning" just get in there and have fun!)

I've also got the Resident Evil Village demo but am kinda bummed that it's on a 30 minute time limit. So, like, if it takes me forever to get the hang of the controls, I might not get to see 5 minutes of gameplay. That'll suck. 😠It seems like it would've been better for the demo just to be a level or part of a level and if it takes you an hour to play it, what does it matter? You're still just playing that one little chunk they set aside for you to test out. Oh well, I'll give it a try out of these days.

The Resident Evil 4 remake demo isn't time-locked and you can replay it as much as you want, so I'm thinking about giving that a try. I dunno. I've watched a LOT of playthroughs in this franchise and I'd like to try them myself but I also know I can get skeeved out by body horror and sometimes survival horror in general just stresses me out. So, don't plan on picking up the full game of either of these until I get a chance to try out their demos at least. And I want them to be on a great sale in case I try the full game and then find myself going

Anyway, if you play games, what are you into these days?

Halo MCC will always be my comfort place, needless to say! Does anybody here do the weekly challenges? I love doing them! Just need 100 more points and I can buy everything on the final level/season/whatever they call it. I love getting new nameplates, lol!

Anyway, I did also do some writing today towards Camp NaNo and made my ridiculously low daily word par. I'm hoping to actually get all of the rest of "Recreation" and "15 Minutes" done in first draft form this month. That would be rad to just have to do final editing and get them posted in May! I'm going to miss them when they're done but I want to make sure that I get their story told, you know?

If I should achieve that goal, then I have a fluffy Vannak x Reader one-shot I'd like to finish. Then I realized if I do that, I'll have given everybody in Silver Team a Reader character except Riz. Can't have that, now can I? Riz is also MAH BB!

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engagemythrusters · 9 months

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okay. ahsoka. here we go

Immediately a fan of the music. Did they get the same people as TBOBF and The Mandalorian? The Ludwig person? Forgot the name…

INTRO CRAWL?! DAMNNNNN

But also red? Why red crawl?

Why is she searching for Thrawn not Ezra. Like I know the two left together but you think Ezra would be the priority. Not thrawn.

Aaand there’s the ship. Always start Star Wars with a ship.

Uuuugh my pirate site keeps buffering. Booooooooo

“They’re jedi” okay vibe but are they actually. Or is it those sorta-Sith guys

Ugh okay my annoying I have to go without subtitles now… :/ tbjs js gonna be hard

Okay that was a very Star Trek move. Why. For what.

YEAH ITS THOSE SITHLIKE BITCHES

Shin Hati evil love that for her. Love evil gorls

Evil granpa got shoulders daaamn love that for him

Ah it’s Bad Wig Girl.

God seriously why are the wigs so bad. Fucjing Disney. Boo.

Man I miss when Star Wars had cool titles. Phantom Menace. Return of the Jedi. Now it’s just fuckin NAMES.

Oooo interesting place. Old jedi temple? Looks like it.

Aaand her Lekku and Montrals still look like shjt styrofoam.

Okay fun lightsaber trick. At least theh didn’t forget how cool Ahsoka Tano is.

Wonder if we’ll see Morai…

Oh wow. Ahsoka wearss lipgloss ig. Okay.

This is very slow paced. Move a lil girl.

Those remind me a lil of the Zeffo spheres. But if they were filled. Idk maybe I’m making a connection that isn’t there. I just really like Star Wars Jedi games. Their lore was WAY COOL.

What do droids need capes for tho. Like why. That’s literally so fuckin impractical

UH DAVID TENNANT rip

RAMP JUMP RAMP JUMP RAMP JUMP

God I love T-6 shuttles. Best Star Wars ship. I mean other than bobas. But yeah T-6 sexiest SW ship

Do we get to see Sabine soon I miss her

OH MY GOD HERA

OHHHHHHHHH MY GOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

THE GASP I JUST GUSP

Okay her makeup and contacts really really suck

Hera just. Disbelieving. I get it. She’s so hurt she can’t let herself hurt anymore.

“Does that mean Ezra—“ WEEPING

Hera “oh my god more jedi bullshit I can never escape” Syndulla

SHES NOT FORCE SENSITIVE LEAVE HER ALONE

YAY SABINEEEEEE

Oh lothal so so pretty

RYDER hi!

EZRA MONUMENT?!

Ohhh it’s that wall

Ohhhhhh weeping

SABEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

Oh she’s not there

Hehe I love her

OH IS THA—YEDSSS JAI

I love u Jai

God look at them. Look at the wall. Christ. Kanan…

Hehe sabine

SPECTER?! YOURE NOT ALLOWED THAT. YOU DONT DESERBE IT. THATS FOR THE FAMILY. THATS FOR! FAMILY!!!!

Sabine u shit hehe

This is a good actress for her 10/10 thank you for giving yourself to our beloved explosions girl

“She’s crazy” yeah she had years of being stupid with Ezra to make her nuts xoxo

TOWER TOWER TOWER

OHHH KITTH KITTH KITTY AAAH

What’s the kitties name

Ohh it even uses the same loth cat sounds from the show AND real kitty sounds

What’s the NAME of kittyyyyy

Oh Ezra’s stuff 😭

EZRAAAAAAA

“More than others” WHAT?! Okay. Not sure what that means.

YES SISTER OKAY YES. NO SHIPPING. JUST SISTER. AND BROTHER.

Not sure that I like the change that recording brought. But. It’s okay I’ll accept it.

Evil gorl <3

SHES A DUCKIN NIGHTSISTER?!

WHYD she choose such a bland ass name then?!?!!

INQUISITOR?!!!

THATS AN INQUISITOR

SABINE IS NOT FORCE SENSITIVE *FUCK YOU* LITERALKY S4 OF REBELS CONFIRMED IT SO HARD THAT CHANGING IT WOULD MAKE THIS THE STUPIDEST THING EVER IN THE HISTORY OF STAR WARS

oh my god. Jesus that was force shit wasn’t it. Fuck that oh my fod DONT MAKE HER FORCE SENSITIVE YOU DUMB FUCKS. IM SO FUCKING MAD.

Haircut time?

No not yet.

That was CRAP dialogue. That was HORRIBLE. Wow. Oh my god fire these writers. So hard.

I do love this music tho. It’s p good.

Okay so far it does NOT make sense how ahsoka arrives at the tower at the end of rebels. This isn’t fair. I loved that scene so much.

Awww chopper drawing.

Okay she’s a puzzle maker now as well as an artist? That’s dumb

GOD SHES NOT. FORCE. SENSITIVE.

THIS IS SO FUCJING STUPID THIS IS DUMB!!!

SHES! NOT!! FORCE!!! SENSITIVE!!!!

And she’s gonna steal it isn’t she hehe she is def Ezra’s sister >:)

Huyang like “I taught this”

Luke so not the only jedi he was meant to be hehe I mean k get it. But also it’s so dumb 😂

SHE DID IT HEHE I LOVE U SABINE

Sad that they didn’t make Lothals mountains just like the ones in the real series.

Towerrr

Kittyyyy

WHAT JS KITTY NAME PLEAS TELL ME

callin him Turkeyleg until told otherwise

Sigh I miss Ezra.

Fucking miss Kanan. It still hurts so much.

It’s been so long does Sabine still hurt? Does she still miss him the way she used to?

Heraaaa hiii 🥰

Hera knows her daughter

Okay so why is holograms so. Sounding like this. It’s more… MORE. Than how they used to sound. Is technology worsening or some shit?? Don’t like that.

Ahsoka stop being MEAN TO MY SABINE.

Yeah SNIPS. Ha.

Heras greatest strength is that she is understanding above all else. And I love her sm for it.

FATHER SON DAUGHTER RIGHT

I better be

Palm hand fist…

Oh.

Okay fine.

Hhhh.

SHES SO SMART I LOVE HERRRRRR

Mr Tukeyleg

OH NO DONT HURT SABINE OR TURKEYLEG

Ah shit yeah I figured

Nothing will ever be easy for her. Nor for ezra.

HELMET

*HIS SABER*

SHES NOT FUCKING FORCE SENSITIVE OKAH

She can use a lightsaber and she can use the Darksaber BUT BY GOD SHE IS NOT FORCE SENSITIVE

Why are u flying so slow 😭

OH MY Fod

OH MY GOD NO SABINE

No not my girl 😭

Oh is that the end ep 1?

Oh who is Ray? Rest well, Ray <3

Ep two coming in a sec.

#star wars: ahsoka #spoilers

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icouldntfinditsoiwroteit · 2 years

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Tag and Bink are Jedi who never made it to the rank of padawan, they are also the ones that accidentally deleted Kamino from the Jedi Archives. You can find more info on them through searching the tag of “Tag and Bink” on Tumblr.

Ok so this took me a lot of time to answer and I did search like you told me and I finally found it

So first of all I do admit I got a bit miffed about them since it felt a lot like anti Jedi stuff, or at least that's how it felt could be wrong since I got most content from the fanon

Since I mean, I really think two younglings just disappearing would raise some concern in the temple, since they didn't disappear in a mission but from the Temple, so I am going to go the route of their masters simply sucking and not telling anyone their padawans disappeared

But I did still fall in love with them, they are so stupid b ut also lovable like it's not fair

So I think it would be cool for them to first meet the coruscant guard but since they are on basically opposite sides it will have to be the 187th legion or to be more specific lighting squadron

They met during the fight over Ryloth and its liberation of the separatists

How did they end up in Ryloth?

Power of the script

Anyway, I decided that they had been helping around before the invasion happened

While this happened they soon joined the rebels fighting against the separatists

Here they met the lighting squadron multiple times as they helped them get rid of some droids

But due to the abuse, they went through with their masters they always remained away from the squadron and Windu since they worried he would recognize them

Windu of course did sense they were force sensitive, but Tag and Bink never really even showed themselves or talked to them, they would simply cause small rock avalanches that would bury the droids or shoot at them sniper style.

So he didn't get much of a chance to look into this since they were fighting at the moment

But they finally met Windu when he met the rebels and Cham Syndulla

Here Windu finally managed to at least know they were padawans

He of course asked about their masters to which they mostly just went silent so he let it go for the moment since they had to take the capital back

You bet your ass that after this Mace went back to them to ask about how they had gotten in Ryloth in the first place

There was no escaping this man because unlike SOMEONE whose name starts with A and ends with nakin, he didn't forget about them

So of course they first thought he knew about them erasing Kamino from the records and began apologizing like crazy

But first Mace told them no one knew about it and second it was the least of his concerns

The first being why they were here and where were their masters

So they both explained how they got there but they didn't know about their masters

Since they thought the reason no one went searching for them was that their masters were busy and had more important things than them

You know, the classic abuse victim defending their abusers cause they think it's normal

Of course Mace just stops them right in the middle and assures them that the way their masters treated them was not normal and that they could go back to the Temple with him

The two are a bit skeptical since they are worried they will be punished

But Mace once again assures them they will not be punished because they did nothing wrong

Obviously, he begins mother henning them, because why wouldn't he?

He found two padawans who somehow got themselves on the other side of the galaxy, are at the moment in the middle of a planet invasion, with the belief the Jedi would punish them and not take them back

Like the only way, he wouldn't mother hen them is that he would need to be unconscious or dead

So they take his offer and go back to Coruscant with him

But in the meantime they of course begin talking with the clones

Who also goes into protective big brothers mode

Like once they hear what their master treated them like they will love to have a "chat" with them

But Mace will beat them to it

I don't know why but I have the feeling that they would give Ponds grey hairs if he had any hair

There would need to pass only a few days of Mace assuring and mother henning them both for them to get comfortable a begin to pull a few "harmless" pranks

Simple things, like misplacing a few things or drawing on someone's face

When Mace informed the council of who he had found and what they had told him they were beyond shocked and ashamed this could have happened under their watch

And I don't know why but I think it would be cool for Mace to want to take one of them as a padawan after the war

Like they would manage to weasel their way into his heart and the force if even saying like "dude, one of them IS going to be your padawan or so help me"

Next part (cause Tumblr won't let me post it all here)

#mace windu #commander ponds #tag and bink #the clone wars #yandere clones au

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annakie · 1 year

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A Very Star Wars Christmas, Part 2

Continuing the recap of my family’s just-before-Christmas trip to the Disney Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. Part One here.

There will be a part three.

So in the last post, we arrived, I explained the tech like the magic band and the Datapad App, saw a little bit of the Atrium, a quick tour of the room, met D-3, ate lunch and saw a bit of the dining room, then headed back up to the Atrium and met a couple of the characters.

One thing I wanted to note is that while we were headed in we found out that our cruise was either sold out or very close to sold out, the staff seemed excited about it. I wasn’t, because I was like “welp, it’s gonna be crowded and it’s going to suck.” For the most part, I gotta say, crowding wasn’t an issue. There’s only like 502 max guests at Starcruiser and I’d say we were close to that. I’ll talk later about where it did feel crowded but for the most part, it was very comfortable.

We were hanging out in the Atrium not just to get some intergalactic tech support and to meet Ouannii and SK-620, but that afternoon is “Muster”

Wasn’t really looking forward to Muster because A) if you go on a real actual sea cruise, Muster is usually the worst part of the cruise even though it’s essential safety information time where you go where you’re supposed to go if there’s an emergency and they tell you want you need to do, but also B) I forgot to mention that after going through security but before getting on the shuttlepod to go up to the starship, you’re shown a safety video where they explain the difference between an in-character/story element emergency and what happens then, and if there’s an actual, real life emergency. That’s where they told us about the “lifepods” in each of the rooms.

So I was like, what are they going to tell us at Muster that we didn’t already see?

Long, long post below.

Also, in case you missed it in part one, I am going to say things like “the ship” and “the cruise” even though I am well aware that it’s a hotel on solid ground and not an actual spaceship. :p

Also a weird thing was I think that my brain has been tricked by having gone on several cruises and every once in awhile some part of my brain really did feel like I was on a ship and thought the ship was rocking, which was extremely silly as I knew that was impossible. Also I’m not sure a spaceship would feel that way. But it was a little disorienting for just a second a few times in there.

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Well, it turns out that Muster is actually the first big Story Moment on the voyage.

First, you meet the Saja (Sajas?). They’re basically “force guardians” or like, low-ranking new Jedi, who work on the ship keeping the force alive I guess. There are four on the ship, and they are both guards and teachers. You got assigned a muster station based on where you were sitting/standing at the time, and we were station Kresh, and here’s our Saja.

After that, Captain Keevan came out to welcome us, and introduced us to Cruise Director Mok.

Everything seemed to be going great, and then uh, well, it was announced that the First Order was nearby and, well, we got boarded.

Lt. Cray and his Stormtrooper flunkies were here to observe our entire voyage, apparently, and watch for seditious Resistance activity.

Also on the ship was Sammie, an engineer who just seemed to be involved in everything for some reason (a little more on him with a pic later), Sandro, a younger Mirilian guy who really wanted to meet his idol, Gaya and make it big in his recording career (the only pics I got of him are not good and will be some of the last pics I post), oh and galactic singing sensation Gaya! And her manager, Raithe. More on him in a sec, but say Hi to Gaya.

All the people, including the staff, we’d met so far had been very excited that Gaya was going to be performing on our cruise.

Raithe, well, he looked like a guy I wanted to talk to, so I made note of that and waited for my chance later.

Note: I am going to spoil most of the storyline in these posts, but not the detailed stuff. Honestly a lot of it was a blur. AND also I missed some of it. I really don’t think it’s possible to see EVERYTHING that happens on one trip. But there will be some spoilers because I can’t talk about the experience without it, and yes, the grand finale in particular is gonna get spoiled because I really want to talk about it, but I’ll warn you when that happens.

Right about then is when we started getting text messages on our datapads from some of the people we’d met. The captain, Cruise Director and Lt. Cray all had things to ask us. I basically told all of them I wasn’t here to be helpful to either side, but was friendlier about it to the Captain and kept my options open. (I wish I had screenshots, but honestly it’s all basically choosing dialog options, like “Sure, I’ll help you.” “Let me think about it.” “I’ll never help the First Order!”)

The characters all mixed it up in the lobby for a bit, but it was kind of a mob for a little while. We also took this time to look at more bits of the ship, but I’ll hit on those when it’s more natural.

This is a pic from much later, but it’s the best pic I have of Raithe, and Captain Keevan.

I did manage to spot Raithe while he was only with a small group of people, casually chatting. I hung back and waited, and at one point he spotted me and smiled, and a few minutes later asked me specifically about my necklace. I said something about how it was a gift from an old friend, just some precious stone. He shook my hand, saying he wanted to talk to me later, and while we were shaking hands, he slipped me a little card.

I gotta say, it was a very, very cool moment. I actually felt like I was living life as a smuggler for a few seconds. I also had no idea that the smuggler storyline would have a lot to do with a kyber crystal and it was just like... perfect coincidence that I was a smuggler wearing a kyber crystal.

So I went and found someplace quiet to see what Raithe slipped me. The card was written in Arabesh and it had a thing to scan on it, so I pulled up my Datapad and translated the words, then scanned the scanner bit. It was (spoiler) information on a particular kyber crystal important to the Twi’lek people.

A little while later, Raithe texted through the app (again, note it is not the human actor sending messages but just a part of the app, though the actors are aware of how the app works and what their characters say in it), and asked me if I was down to help procure an item on the down-low, then told me that when Gaya performed later, to pay attention to the words in a certain song. I told him I was very down, and wouldn’t tell a soul what we were doing.

My guess is that the card I scanned triggered the quest in the app, but likely there were other ways to start the questline I didn’t see.

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We had early seating dinner, so next we headed back down to the dining room for dinner.

As I mentioned in the previous post, our dinner server was Gina, and she was fantastic (I know my dad tipped her well the second night, thankfully!) We sat way back in the back corner of the main part of the dining room, right next to the stairs on the left in the pic I posted in the other post. Dinner was kind of a blur, but I do remember it was all very good. There’s no menu, everything is brought out family style and there’s a large variety of stuff to try, and if you want seconds you can have it. Gina also asked us on the first night how many people didn’t like seafood and made sure to bring out extra non-seafood dishes on the second night since... most of us don’t. (But also there was PLENTY for the few who did eat it.)

Gina was especially great with the kids, she called them “my younglings” and gave each of them as much attention as she could. I was sitting with most of them that first night and my bro/SIL were on the other end of the table and so she did call me “mom” a time or two and I had to laugh and point out who Mom and Dad were.

Gaya performed for us for three or four songs during dinner, which was very good. She has a great voice!

This pic above is basically the reverse view of the lunch pic I took of the dining room in the first post.

I did indeed pay attention to the lyrics of the song Raithe texted about, and made notes about a few things, and about the necklace Gaya was wearing.

Oh wait, my mom got a pretty good pic of Raithe at dinner, too. He saw me and winked, and I nodded back like “yeah, I’m in!”

So uhhh... one other thing happened at dinner.

Gina told us we were lucky because we had some of the best seats in the house even though we were way in the back away from the stage. And during this part where we were up on our feet clapping while Gaya was singing and Raithe was working the crowd, I looked over to my right, and hiding behind a pillar not ten feet from me was.... WAS...

HOLY SHIT Y’ALL CHEWIE IS ON THIS SHIP WITH US. CHEWBACCA. RIGHT THERE.

(look it’s just some guy in a suit blah blah I know and I don’t care. In that moment, I BELIEVED.)

What was Chewie doing here? Oh man, I couldn’t wait to find out. He slipped out almost as quietly as he slipped in. I doubt half of the people in the dining room were ever even aware he was there, but the niblings and my mom (and I) were so excited. (Han and Chewie are my mom’s faaaavorites.)

So anyway, dinner was amazing.

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Leaving dinner, my family were all going to go back to the rooms to sort luggage since all the luggage ended up in the wrong rooms thanks to the same mixup that kept us at Security for twenty extra minutes. But as I was waiting by the elevator, Cruise Director Nok asked me to go to the “fashion show” happening in the atrium. SO I hopped in the elevator with her. But then we got to the atrium, and Raithe was nearby, talking to a few people, saw me, and jerked his head over like “Hey, come join this group talking to me.” So I did.

Annnnd he talked about the missing Twi’lek Kyber crystal and how they had plans to retrieve it, but first he needed access to more of the ship’s systems. He sent the half dozen or so of us off on a secret mission to go gather data in the bar. So I snuck off to help do that. By the time I finished, the fashion show had started, and I needed to head down for lightsaber training with the Saja. Sorry, Cruise Director Nok!

A little while later I got a text from Raithe to hack into a computer terminal and get him access to another part of the ship.

I hadn’t yet explained that there’s a dozen or so terminals around the atrium and common hallways.

This repeat of a pic I posted last post is the best pic I have of one of them, sorry, but now with the terminal circled! :p

These are both actual information terminals where you can do things like view a map of the ship or see a schedule, but ALSO you can scan your magic band at them and it will know things like YOUR schedule and also what quests you’re on and will give you access to places to complete quests.

Here’s an interface to one of them, courtesy of my SIL. I blocked her name out.

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So NOW it was time to head to Lightsaber training!

OK well, my back was really, really hurting at this point (I have scoliosis and back pain has been a constant in my life) so I decided to sit lightsaber training out and take lots of pics. My parents and aunt also sat it out but loved watching the kids and my bro/SIL.

One of the Saja (not our muster Saja but I think she’s the head one?) did the training. There were five or six lines, and everyone took a turn.

It was very cool though, they first learned their stance, and then the positions to use to block with their sabers. Then everyone took a turn blocking a laser beam with the lightsaber.

Once everyone learned that, they did some advanced techniques, and the first two rows of the line also got shields to block any bolts the trainees in front missed.

Lightsaber training went so well that the trainees were visited by (spoiler alert) a little green force ghost, which was extremely awesome.

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After Lightsaber Training, there was a little bit of downtime for questing and catching up on the app. The niblings also visited the snack bar in the atrium (and I was just like HOW ARE YOU EATING MORE I SAW HOW MUCH YOU ALL ATE AT DINNER but I mean... kids and candy haha.)

But it wasn’t long before we had Bridge Training!

Everyone gets to do bridge training! Let’s look at the bridge, shall we?

First of all, you can just walk right onto the bridge at any time, as long as bridge training isn’t happening for some group. It’s at the front of the Atrium (the stage I posted pics of earlier is the back of the atrium. The bridge is obviously at the front of the ship. :v)

So I jokingly sent pics to some friends earlier in the day of the empty bridge and, as IT Security and Compliance is my RL job, joked about the lack of controls and how they’re definitely gonna fail their security audit.

A few pics of an empty-ish bridge:

There’s a ton of control stations and when it’s empty you can just walk around and play with all the buttons, though they don’t do much. It is a very cool feeling to be in there, though. The buttons are very real and the layout is great. There’s just a ton of details to find, as well.

For bridge training, Sammie lead us, with a few other crew helping out.

More or less, there are four different kinds of stations and each station has a different minigame. The minigames play out either via overlays on the windows (aka on the screens) or smaller screens where you’re standing. Most stations need to be run by at least two people.

Also there are four sets of controls (ops, weapons, retrieval droids and shields) (and two of most of the games in each set.) So you’re divided up into four teams for training. You take a turn at one control, then rotate to the next control for the next game.

In one game, you control a droid out in space trying to pick up boxes of cargo that are floating around, and your partner controls a grabbing arm on the droid. I was partnered with my aunt.

In another, it’s more or less a shooting game with one person controlling a shooty droid and the other controlling the firing, iirc.

The hardest station was operations, and in that middle picture you can see two halfs of the two operations stations. There are a TON of different buttons/switches/levers/dials on the panel, and the monitors just above it tell you which parts need to be changed to which positions. It took a lot of concentration and I still felt like we were really slow, haha.

The last station is the big circular desk that I posted as the first pic in this post. In that, you’re deflecting asteroids with the ship’s shields. There’s like 8 stations around there.

I feel very lucky that somehow I ended up at the back center station for my final training regiment. Because when our training was done, we got an alert that we needed to go... do a thing. So Sammie said we were all good enough to actually man the bridge, and we jumped to light speed.

Not only did we jump, but my niece got to pull the controls!

(ooo, gifs, fancy!)

I was very happy for her and very annoyed at the woman who hopped right in front of us. :p Also just trying to mask my nephew’s face there a bit with the !!!!

Anyway, we got ourselves into a spot of trouble, and in order to not be too spoilery, I’ll just say we stepped up to the job, but also were aided by (spoiler) a certain pair of droids that we were all very excited to see, even if only on a vidscreen.

Also, the First Order showed up at the end and arrested Sammie for clear Resistance sedition! Booooo!

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My parents had ducked out during Bridge training (juuuust missing the cool stuff at the end) because they were exhausted and tbh, by this point, so was I. But there was supposed to be a Gaya acoustic performance in the atrium, so we settled in for that.

Gaya didn’t get very far before the First Order showed up, laughed about arresting Sammie and made him put a restraining bolt on SK-620! We booed him, and some other plot stuff happened which, honestly I was too tired to remember clearly anymore, haha. But the First Order was sure interfering a lot in our fun little trip.

But honestly, it was also very cool to like, be walking somewhere then BAM. There’s a couple of Stormtroopers standing there questioning you or someone else. They could only say like, pre-recorded things, and I’m guessing they control what they say with hand gestures? Or maybe it’s on their blasters? But there were a lot of things they said and their presence really worked.

Also it was really fun just having antagonists on board. And last post I mentioned how if I ever did this again, I’d probably join the First Order. This is specifically because there were a few, but not many, people who did join the First Order and those that did really got a more up-close experience with their faction leader, Lt. Cray, to the point where he knew all their names and gave a group of them an actual squad name (his Legion of Doom!). I think they ended up having a very cool experience, and when you join the “bad guys” you know you’re going to fail from the start when you’re in a Star Wars story but along the way they got to see and do things those of us who allied with the more popular sides didn’t. But more on that next post!

Okay so, after that we more or less headed up to bed. Like I posted in the last post, when we got back to the room, D-3 was on the vidscreen talking to us (we let my niece do most of the talking), asking us how our day was, then we advised her on how to resist the First Order, and she told us a bedtime story. I was EXHAUSTED but man do they really pack a lot into the first afternoon and evening of Starcruiser. But tomorrow would be an even bigger day!

#star wars #galactic starcruiser #star wars starcruiser #annakie's star wars stuff #personal post tag thingy

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Trash Heap Souvenir No. 3

No. 3: 2002/2021. Tower Records, Tustin.

September 2021. The plane lands. I’d gone to Chicago to catch the Pumpkins in their hometown at Riot Fest. Caught their set right there in the front, only the guards and a barrier between us. Thunder and lighting and rain pouring. It was great.

But most of that trip I was feeling low. I was questioning everything: my relationship at the time, this training program I was in. I was aiming to get certification so I can work on film sets in key roles and be something more than a no-budget filmmaker who hasn’t gotten anywhere. I was concerned about too many damn things to list or bother anyone with now. I was not content. For every smile I had, two anchors appeared and weighed it down. But, hey, what else is new?

Waiting for Joey Halter to scoop me up at LAX I get a message from Charlie Bagcal:

Poul is dead.

A clip show races through my head. I thought of the crash, him punching me hard in the gut in a mosh-pit, us smoking weed out of an apple with Caroline, how we met. We had a falling-out when he was clumsily booted from our band, as it goes, back in the aughts. We didn’t talk for years and were friends again by 2011. And then he vanished in 2013. The last time we kicked it was during the RETURN OF THE JEDI anniversary screening at the Egyptian. He was a STAR WARS nut and we had a freakin’ blast. Parted ways. And then nada. Sometimes that just happens. People part ways and don’t reach out.

Last I heard he was living up in the boonies somewhere as a park ranger. But that information could be wrong. He was off the grid.

But everything changed after this striking news. For the best. I dropped out of the course, aborted ideas I had, made sure I got so busy that I couldn’t think about anything else, and I started to push my significant other away, picking fights when there were none to be had instead of maturely assessing the situation. But I don’t need to go into all of that.

Point is: Charlie’s message was a reality check.

“Time for decisions to be made.” – THE REPLACEMENTS, “Hold My Life”.

—

I first met Poul at Geez Louise in 2002. I was posting up flyers for my band The Fuzz Guns.

I worked at Tower Records. A job I really dug because I didn’t want to wear no stupid uniform and they didn’t make you wear a stupid uniform. I had been at the Virgin Megastore after Borders and they made us don their company tees and up-sell all the damn time.

And that ain’t me, babe.

“Hey, you want a copy of The Zombie Survival Guide to go with your ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ digipack single? No? Well, how about this new arbitrary album that we’re constantly pushing even tho it sucks-ass and has zilch to do with your music taste, blatantly obvious by what you’ve set down on the counter? No? How about this George Clinton Chia-Pet? I’m sure it’ll look great in your home.”

One of the managers, “Up-sell, Mike! Up-sell!”

“Motherfucker, you just want to look good to HQ so they can see this store is doing better than the other stores and give you a promotion. You fucking weasel. Why don’t you up-sell my fist up your urethra Franklin?”

I never said that. But I sure thought of it!

Even in school, when Orange County had enforced school uniforms I flipped. I bought a shirt that said ORGASM DONOR on it. Here I am in seventh grade, not really knowing what that means, sitting in the back of the class as I usually did, proudly wearing that shirt. And then my teacher told me to turn it inside out, but she also couldn’t stop laughing. My dad eyed the shirt eventually and told me I’ll get far in this world.

I was by far the youngest at Tower (as always amongst my peers back then). And there was this dude, Darby, who I hung out with. Who was kinda cool. Kinda weird. My sort of cat. And there was a manager whose name I can’t remember. She kind of looked like Lara Flynn Boyle so I’ll refer to her as Lara. Lara was a chain-smoker. Always frowning. Always appearing as if running away from something that she consistently allowed to catch up to her, addicted to the game. This Tower was in the Tustin Plaza. And there was a dining area outside of it because of the Wahoo’s Fish Taco next door. That’s where the smokers went on their breaks. One day we see Lara in one of the chairs out there. But she’s slumped over. She’s passed out. The key tip-off here is the big pile of ashes building up from the cigarette in her dangling hand.

Darby pulls up next to me as I’m looking out the window, “Fuck.”

“What?”

“Shit. Fuck.”

Darby runs outside to wake her up before anybody could catch a gander. He shakes her and shakes her and she slowly begins to move. She was feeling sick. And had to go home.

Learned then that they both were junkies. And had been hooking up for a while. But no wonder I couldn’t connect with them when I tried to geek out about music: they were too involved with drugs to care about music. And music was my remedy.

“WHY ARE YOU WORKING AT A RECORD SHOP IF YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT MUSIC?!”

This triggers another memory. 2003. I was seeing this girl and she had flown me out to Philly on a trip. This was around the period I initially entered the insomnia realm. I was so goddamned tired. Her brother was a shady dude. And I was at her parents’ house, in the backyard, being antisocial and reading this big ass Oscar Wilde compendium. I had fallen asleep, sunk into the patio chair much how Lara was over at Tower. Her brother tells her to go wake me up before their parents noticed ‘cause I looked very suspicious.

She wakes me up.

“Are you okay? My brother thinks you’re on drugs. Are you on drugs?”

“No, I’m not on drugs! I’m tired. I passed out.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, I’m sure! What do you think? I smuggled a kilo of heroin up my ass on a flight to Philly?”

Anyway. Do you know how badly I wanted to connect with someone with the same music taste? I always associated Darby with Darby Crash and I don’t remember if he even listened to the Germs. He was just a bit checked out when it came to tunes, like I mentioned. Eventually we lost touch. And the rest of the staff at Tower? This Brad dude who I thought I could bond with via our love of anarcho-punk (never heard him play the stuff but his backpack had a Crass patch and some pins) was a fucking dick. And every morning when he came in he’d blast Stevie Wonder’s “Superstitious.” Day in. Day out. Sometimes on repeat.

They wouldn’t let me put on any music at this place too even though I was married to the counter for it was an arranged marriage.

Tower used to rent out porn in those days, too. Man. There was this incredibly old dude who used to drop in every Tuesday, like clockwork. He’d rent a stack of Buffy the Vampire Slaver VHS tapes accompanied by a random anal sex vid. Never swayed.

Another time this other guy turned in a stack of porn tapes all bloodied up.

“Those are going in the trash,” Ernie said, eyes on, and distancing himself from the pile.

Ernie was a manager. Thirty-years older. Long haired. Beard. I mean, he had that Dennis Hopper/EASY RIDER look about him. Usually in a Grand Funk Railroad shirt. One day I managed to sneak in Suede’s DOG MAN STAR on the speakers.

He comes in, “What is this?”

“Suede.”

Grumpy, commenting on Brett Anderson’s vocal-styling, “Hmph. This guy listened to too much Bowie.”

He took Suede off.

Whatever, Ernie. But I liked Ernie. Something about him. Maybe ‘cause he reminded me of Hopper and I was a Hopper fan boy.

I saw EASY RIDER at the perfect age. Right when I was getting into punk. Right when I was questioning all this shit that the powers that be forced upon society. These guys in that movie had long hair and just lived each day, day by day, no reason to conform and do all the bullshit that the public demanded from them. Live free. Who cares? They were my heroes. And they get harassed for looking the way they do by the local yokels? Fuck off. And then Jack Nicholson? Now that guy steals the show. That guy is fucking cool.

I wanted to be cool. I wanted Ernie to think I was cool too. I wanted all those older rocker guys managing Tower to take me under their wings.

I tried to give them up-to-date news on the stuff they were into, to fit in:

“Oh, did you hear about that Sabbath reunion? And Tony, uh, Tony, um,” ---

I couldn’t remember Tony Iommi’s name ‘cause I get nervous unless I’m drunk when I’m talking about something I’m passionate about with people I look up to. And I stutter a lot.

“Yeah, Tony was all like—”

One of the older staff members, “Who the fuck is Tony?”

Ernie, “Tony?”

Me, “Uh… yeah. On guitar. The guitarist.”

Ernie, “This kid. ‘Tony’. What are you, fucking friends with him? You mean, Tony Iommi. Iommi, not Tony. These kids, man…” Turned to the staff, “Didn’t know them two were on a first-name basis.”

Everyone laughed.

Hey, he was right. These celebrities are artists, not your goddamned brunch buddy (unless they are).

Ernie would later inspire a record shop owner that Bobby works for in BOYS ABOUT TOWN; a segment we have yet to film but soon will.

And then there was this other dude. Punk guy in his thirties. Tall, spiky blonde hair with a ’77 Clash look. He was in a band called The Fakes. And he got wind that I was in a band too and asked me to join them on a bill. Our first real show! And he made this rad pop art inspired poster for the gig. 11x17. It was eye-catching.

This was the poster Poul was letting me tape to the store’s window. He takes a look at it:

“Which one’s your band?”

Enthusiastically like a total dweeb, “Oh, The Fuzz Guns!”

“Yeah? What do you sound like?”

“Oh, kind of like The Stooges and MC5 but more Standells and Seeds. Like, garage rock.”

“I like those bands.”

“Yeah, but our drummer sucks.”

“Really?” All self-assured, “Well, I’m a drummer.”

And that’s how Poul joined the band.

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carthonasi · 5 years

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#the jedi exile #kotor #kotor 2 #knights of the old republic #the exile #g0 t0 #goto #jadin starr #knights of the old republic 2: the sith lords #first attempt at giffing kotor woo #i've never actually had footage so this is wild #i started recording using a playthrough i had started a few years ago #so i don't have anything from peragus telos or the first half of nar shaddaa #but i'll have the rest #also past me wtf were you thinking doing nar shaddaa first you suck #i just really like the exile's response here and i've never giffed kotor before so this is pretty much a test run #tbh i'm not a big fan of goto so I always pick the snarky responses when he speaks #also plan on recording kotor 1 footage at some point too so that's neat #my gifs

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captainsophiestark · 2 years

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Halloween

Enzo St. John

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Fandom: The Vampire Diaries

Prompt: “Halloween sucks.”

Summary: Y/N LOVES Halloween, and even if their boyfriend Enzo isn't as sold on the kooky costumes and everything else with the holiday, Y/N refuses to be deterred. Unfortunately for Y/N, vampires complicate everything—especially Halloween.

Word Count: 2,661

Category: Fluff, Angst

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"Halloween is the best!" I cried, looking at my costume proudly. I'd decided to dress up as a classic, over-the-top vampire (since I was dating a real one), and it looked exactly like I'd been hoping it would.

"I don't see what all the fuss is about," muttered my boyfriend, Enzo, from behind me. He was kicked back on our bed without a costume, watching me with amusement. "It's just an excuse for humans to dress up and pretend they're something they're not. Although, I have to say, I don't mind the view it's giving me right now."

I caught him looking me up and down with absolutely no shame as I glared at him in the mirror. When he met my eyes, he just grinned at me.

"You're a menace," I said. It only made him smile wider. "Besides, the best part of Halloween is the idea that you can pretend to be anything you want to be! When I was a kid, I went as a Jedi and absolutely kicked the ass of this jerk from school that tried to challenge me to a duel with his knight's sword."

Enzo laughed and didn't bother responding as I went into the bathroom and put the final touches on my vampire makeup. Finally, once I was satisfied, I walked back into the bedroom with a massive smile on my face. I did a slow turn in front of Enzo, then spread my arms wide in a 'ta-da' gesture.

"What do you think?" I asked.

"I think you look absolutely gorgeous, even when you're wearing that ridiculous costume," he said, finally pushing off the bed and standing. I frowned at him as he came over to me. "Now, if you're ready, we were supposed to be at Caroline's stupid party an hour ago."

"Oh come on, she'd kill us if we showed up on time to a party," I shot back. "And where's your costume?"

"Didn't my complete disinterest in the holiday and mockery of how much you all love it get the message across? I'm not dressing up."

I glared at him, but he just smiled right back at me. I used our brief staring contest to think, and after a second, a brilliant idea came to me. I put my hands on my hips and fixed Enzo with my fiercest look.

"If you go like that, in your plain gray v neck, I'm gonna tell everybody you're dressed as Edward Cullen."

Now it was Enzo's turn to glare. He stared me down and I stared right back, but after a few seconds, he broke down with a heavy sigh and an eye roll.

"Fine. Give me five minutes. But I want it on the record that I'm not participating in this ridiculous holiday by my own free will!”

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Just over ten minutes later, Enzo and I were in the car on the way to Caroline's party. She'd found some crazy location at Whitmore to host, as usual, and invited the whole school and then some.

Fortunately, that was exactly the kind of energy I wanted for Halloween.

I'd been waiting for Enzo in the driveway when he came out of the house with, like, four nametags stuck on his shirt with the names of the Salvatores, Matt, and Tyler. When I asked what he was, he replied with "Identity thief", and I didn't say a word before rolling my eyes and getting in the car.

"Better than Edward Cullen," he'd muttered.

"Barely.”

Finally, we arrived at Caroline's party. There was almost no space to park, and I could tell things were already in full swing. I grinned at Enzo and took his hand, pulling him towards the doors. He tried to keep up his aloof attitude, but he couldn't keep a smile off his face as he looked at me. My energy was infectious, and there was nothing he could do about it.

We entered the building only to be met immediately with deafening music. My body moved to the beat involuntarily as Enzo and I wound our way into the crowd. I pulled him closer and leaned in so he could hear me over the noise.

"I'm going to go get us drinks!"

"Please! I'm going to need it to deal with all these ridiculous costumes!"

I rolled my eyes at my boyfriend, but he just grinned back at me. I tried to hide it, but that mischievous look always made me smile.

I turned and headed for the bar, steadily winding my way through the crowd of people. I pushed past the ones hovering at the bar's counter and put our order in with the bartender, then leaned back to take in the party around me.

"I like your costume," I heard someone say from my right. I turned to find a woman I didn't recognize smiling at me, dressed in a similarly over-the-top and old fashioned costume. She smiled, and I noticed a pair of fangs peeking out too.

"Likewise!" I said. "One of my favorite parts of the holiday is seeing how many different ways people can dress up as a vampire!"

"Same here," she said. She met my eyes and held them, smiling a massive, toothy smile the whole time.

"So how do you-"

"Y/N."

Enzo interrupted my question as he slid up next to me at the bar. I turned to him, but his eyes never left the woman next to me.

"Hey babe. This is... well actually, sorry, I didn't get your name-"

I turned back to the woman I'd been talking to, but to my surprise, she was gone. I stared at the spot she'd disappeared from in confusion as Enzo leaned in close to speak into my ear.

"Careful with that one, love. She's for real."

I whirled around to look at him, expecting a smirk or something to give away the joke, but there was nothing. He wasn't kidding.

"Seriously?" I demanded.

"Seriously."

"And she came dressed up like that?"

Enzo raised his eyebrows at me.

"Before tonight, you were doing everything in your power to get me to come dressed up like that."

"Yeah, but that's different," I insisted. "I'm your human girlfriend, and I thought it would be funny. Although, I guess it's even funnier if she's playing into her own absurd stereotypes."

Enzo shook his head at me, then turned to grab our drinks as the bartender put them up. He handed me mine, and I took a sip as I surveyed the room.

"Penny for your thoughts love?" he asked over the music.

"I'm just wondering who else here is a vampire in disguise! Probably a lot of them, with how many vampires usually show up around Mystic Falls and Whitmore."

"I know there's at least one other than the one you were just talking to."

I turned and gave him an exasperated look, but he just grinned back.

"C'mon gorgeous, let's dance. You can tell me who you think is secretly a vampire while we spin around the room."

"Sounds like a plan."

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Enzo and I danced the night away, saying hi to our friends as we spun past and refilled our drinks. And, the whole time, I kept trying to guess whether one of the suspicious-looking passerby was really a vampire or not.

Enzo either knew or was doing a really good job of pretending he knew, and whenever I made a guess, he would tell me whether I was right. I'd gotten a few, since I'd started to have some idea what to look out for, but for the most part I was still clueless.

"You're telling me a real vampire showed up to a party with fake blood on his vampire costume?" I demanded.

"Unfortunately. What an idiot."

I laughed, and Enzo smiled at me as he spun me around the room.

We laughed and talked as the night went on, and the party showed absolutely no signs of slowing. Eventually we ran into Stefan, Damon, Matt, and Tyler, and it was hilarious to watch their reactions to Enzo's costume. He and Damon were starting to get into it, so I decided to take a moment to get some fresh air.

I'd heard those two play out different versions of the same taunting argument enough times already. I didn't need to hear it again.

I saw Elena and Bonnie by the door, and I gave them both a wave and a smile as I stepped outside. As much fun as the party was, it was sweltering hot with so many people jumping and dancing in one place, and the cool night air felt amazing.

I leaned up against the wall of the building and took a few deep breaths. It helped clear my head, and I was just about to head back inside when someone else came out from the party.

The guy was wearing a pirate costume, and he came to a stop in front of me, blocking my way back inside.

"'Scuse me," I said, trying to step around him. He moved with me, however, and I quickly realized this wasn't an accident.

I took a step back, trying to keep one eye on the guy in front of me while scanning my surroundings for some kind of weapon or escape. As I backed up, the guy's eyes darkened and black veins grew. He bared his teeth, as if I needed more evidence that this guy was a vampire.

"A pirate? Seriously?" I muttered, mostly to myself. "You have got to be kidding me."

I caught sight of a firewood pile towards the corner of the building, left over from students who'd been using the firepit earlier in the day. If I could find something sharp enough, I could use it as a stake.

I sprinted for the corner of the building as fast as I could. I'd almost reached the lumber pile when the guy lurched towards me with superspeed. I managed to dive out of the way, barely, and the guy paused for a beat, looking shocked.

His hesitation didn't last long, but it was enough time for me to snatch a wooden stick out of the pile. This time, when the guy ran at me, I didn't move away. He slammed me into the wall at the same time as I slammed the stake into his heart, hoping I managed to be accurate. I held my breath as the pirate stared at me, shocked that I'd managed to wound him at all, and then I saw the telltale gray veins creeping up his neck before he fell over, dead.

I sighed and leaned over, hands on my knees as I tried to catch my breath. That was not the kind of adventure I needed tonight.

"Tommy?" a voice called out from the front of the building as the doors swung open and the vampire lady I'd met earlier in the night stepped out. "You got your human yet? We're ready to go."

She looked one way, away from me, then her eyes landed on me. She took in me, the stake in my hand, and the pirate—Tommy—on the ground, dead. She had six or seven people behind her, and every single one of them was staring at me.

"You killed Tommy," she said, not sounding particularly upset. "You're going to pay for that."

She took a few steps towards me, and I did my best to get ready.

"Watch the humans," she called over her shoulder to someone in her group.

Great. Not only did I have to fight vampires, I had to fight vampires without knowing which ones were fucking vampires.

I braced myself and took a deep breath to scream for Enzo. He probably wouldn't hear me with all the noise inside, but I'd be a fool if I didn't try. The vampire in front of me just looked amused, but before I could scream or she could make a move, the doors to the party came flying open for a third time.

Enzo stepped out, and in a flash, the head of the vampire who'd been advancing on me was separated from her body. Enzo made quick work of the rest of the crowd, killing about half of them without batting an eyelash and leaving the others untouched. For whatever reason, he didn't seem to have any trouble telling the vampires from the humans.

"Are you alright love?" he asked, speeding back over to me and carefully taking my face in his hands. I dropped the stake and sighed.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for the rescue."

"Always." He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close to his chest, and I hugged him right back. We stayed like that for a few beats, then when my heartrate finally went back down, he pulled away enough to look at me again. "What do you say I wipe the memories of these drunk college students and then we go home?”

"I'd say that sounds perfect."

Enzo smiled and placed a soft kiss on my forehead, then sped over to the humans. They were all still standing there in total shock, but their expressions quickly went back to normal and unbothered as soon as Enzo spoke to them. He sent the last one inside, then strolled back over to me.

"All done. Ready?"

"Don't we have to do something about these bodies?" I asked, glancing at the corpses Enzo and I had left on the nice lawn.

"Nah. I told one of the humans to send Damon out here. He can deal with them."

I grinned. Damon would hate that, and he'd definitely be whining about it the next time we saw him, but right now, I didn't care.

"Alright. Then let's go home."

Enzo smiled and wrapped one arm tightly around me as we walked back to his car. He held the door open for me while I got into the passenger side, then he queued up some of my favorite songs before pulling out and heading for home.

We drove in silence for the first half of the ride. I was exhausted, and still processing the fact that I'd almost died. I should've expected it by now, honestly, but it still got to me.

"Penny for your thoughts?" asked Enzo softly. He glanced over at me before turning his eyes back to the road, and I sighed.

"Halloween sucks."

Enzo burst out laughing, so much that the car swerved a little on the road. He pulled himself together enough to keep us from crashing, but he was still cackling with laughter as we pulled up to his house.

"After everything that happened tonight, that's your takeaway?" he asked incredulously.

"Yup." He laughed again, then turned to me with a grin. He took my chin in his hand and turned me towards him as he leaned over the center console to kiss me, then pulled back looking happy as ever.

"Well, I'm sorry those fools ruined your favorite holiday. But, I have to say... I'm not terribly disappointed I won't be expected to dress up as something next year."

I couldn't help smiling back. Enzo beamed, happy that he'd managed to break through my funk, and stepped out of the car to come around and open my door for me. We headed into the house with our arms around each other, and despite everything that had happened tonight, I felt safe, content, and happy.

No amount of vampire or Halloween crazy in the world could beat out the feeling I got when I was with Enzo.

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