Buddist anon here again (god I should really create a tumblr to talk to you). I think I know why our perspective of the jedi differ. Sorry, I should have made clear to you that only consider the Prequels (PT), Original Trilogy (OT), and the The Clone Wars (TCW) canon and I base most of my opinions from there bc George Lucus worked on those things and Lucas doesn't view anything out of those things canon. For the rest (Legends, EU, games, etx), I pick and choose what I take as canon. If it doesn't align with what I think Lucas's ideas and themes are like the entire idea of gray jedi, i ignore it. Some things that I like and consider canon that's not apart of Lucas's canon is "Obi-wan & Anakin", "Dooku:lost Jedi", "Shatterpoint", the Revenge of the Sith novelization, and "Scum and Villainy". I really liked the "Star Wars Propaganda: A history of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy" book and thought it was really interesting.

So when you say that the galaxy can't be held accountable for standing up for themselves because their the victims and the government is corrupt enough that it wouldn't matter. But how do you think their government ended up that way? It's because the public gradually stopped holding their government accountable and stopped paying attention to politics (you kinda see this in the US). Of course this doesn't apply to governments who were corrupt from the get go. In the PT and TCW, the jedi do help where they can help. But they can't be everywhere at once. I don't know anywhere in the PT and TCW, where the jedi refuse to help when they can help.

The galaxy views the jedi as miracle workers because most ppl have never seen a jedi (remember they're a tiny minority in galaxy full of billions of people) so exagerated rumors spread about everything a jedi can do NOT because the jedi themselves believe that.

For the children thing, based on my understanding from the PT and TCW, the kids aren't taken from their parents, the kids are adopted by the jedi. For most cases, the jedi are given the kids by their parents. In TCW, the Disappeared episodes show the Jedi respecting the wishes of and stopped going to the planet of Bardottans who were unwilling to give their kids to them and accused them of being kidnappers (they found out later that the anti-Jedi attitudes was influenced by rumors spread by the Frangawl Cult, who didnt want the Jedi to discover their plans). In The Children Of The Force episode (esentially Cad Bane steals force sensative babies/infants), Wee Dunn (the Rodian infant) was left with his bio mom despite being intended to be a Jedi. His mom specially said "Master Ropal said that they would come for him to go to the temple but nor for some time." to Cad Bane when he pretended to be a Jedi to steal her kid. If the Jedi just took force sensitive kids, Cad Bane wouldn't have to trick her into giving her kid up. Roo-Roo Page (the Gungan child Bane attempts to steal) is left with her bio mother, there's no indication that she's going to be a Jedi, only that she was on the Force-senssative list. The Jedi don't seem to feel a need to have every single Force-sensative child become a child, considering:

a) they first thought that it was safer to leave Anakin untrained

b) left the Bardottans, Nightsisters, etc alone

c) let ppl leave if they want and still speak highly of them (in Attack of The Clones, the Jedi are reluctant to even entertain the idea that Dooku tried to assassinate Padme).

The Jedi ADOPT kids they don't kidnap them. And from what I can see from the PT and TCW, the Jedi Order are preety respectful about other people's culture and that Jedi from different cultures are allowed and encouraged to celebrate and practice and learn about their birth culture. Are there parents who were pressured to give their kids up? Probably but its probably a miniscule ammount and isnt mensioned in the OT, PT, or TCW. Tbh I don't know why there is a cut-off for kids, I have to think about this more.

I do agree with you that people with power should be held accountable. But why should the Jedi be held more accountable then the corrupt government that rarely ever listens to them? A few notable examples:

- Obi-wan tries for diplomacy bw the Talz and the Pantoran, but is told it's an internal Pantoran matter (TCW, "Trespass")

- Mace tries to prevent further testing done on the Zilo beast and set the Zilo beast free in an uninhabited planet but Palpatine overruled him on Malastare. Later on Coruscant, Mace tries warning Palpatine that bringing the Zilo beast here was a mistake, but Palpatine ignores him (TCW, "The Zilo Beast")

- Mace says that they don't want to send Anakin to Tatooine to make a treaty with the Hutts, but Palpatine does anyway (Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie)

- Mace attempts to stop Palpatine from interfering with Anakin but Palpatine pulls rank and shuts him down:

"Thank you Chancellor, but I'm sure Obi-wan has it well in hand."

"Why, young Skywalker is a Jedi, is he not? The Jedi are under the Senate's jurisdiction. And as i the Chancellor of the Senate..." (Obi-Wan &Anakin)

-Dooku as a Jedi advocates for Serenno in the Senate is practically told to fuck off: "With all due respect, our honorable friend oversteps the mark. The Jedi Council claims to be a servant of the republic, and yet here they are ateenpting to influence senatorial policy. Master Dooku has no buisness petitioning the Senate on such matters." (Dooku: Lost Jedi)

- Mace tries to get Boba's sentence reduced, but is ignored: "A recommendation from Gerneral Windu suggested leniency and rehabilitation as opposed to corporal punishment, a request that ultimately fell on deaf ears in the Judiciary, who cited zero tolerance to attacks against military assets in this time of war." [Scum and Villainy]

Obviously the Jedi weren't perfect because they're people and people are never flawless but they do try to use what little political sway they do have to help better things, but they just get shut down time and time again. They work within the system because they still belive that the Republic can become better.

Now, I'm sorry but I'm going to ask something completely off topic. Do you like thriller psychological crime kdramas? If you do I have a rec for you.

ooh, i treat most games as canon because swtor is amazing, let me tell you that. i can't stop talking about it tbh.

and if i made it seem that "the government is corrupt enough that it wouldn't matter" because that's definitely not what i meant. what i meant with my whole rant is that yes, while the government should be held accountable, the jedi should also be held accountable. it's not entirely the fault of the jedi but they should also share that fault. and you can't really blame the victims for it because that would end up as victim blaming.

victims don't normally know they're victims and have to rely on higher power for them to realize that they really are victims. hypothetically speaking, while some may acknowledge and know that the government should be held accountable, what are they going to do about that without resources? my point with telling victims that they're kind of at fault for not standing up for themselves, is just that you can't expect them to do that. because that's what they are: victims. it may be because of education and the influence of their government as to why they don't know they are victims, which goes back to the government being at fault too, and there are many factors involved but you don't blame the victims. i understand that maybe, that's not what you're trying to say, but i want to clear that up. they should never be held accountable for failing to stand up for themselves because they're the victims.

as for the jedi, i'm sorry if it seemed that i was throwing all the blame at them but what i was trying to say is that they should be held accountable too. they are, at the end of the day, in a privileged position with magical jedi powers, an organization that's been out and about for a lot of years.

i'm also not saying that they should be held more accountable than the people who are literally doing the bad things themselves but they should be held more accountable than they should be. jedis have been around for, like we all know, more than enough years, and there are many times when they sat around and did nothing (though this is in reference to kotor which isn't considered as canon by most people, like you said). so you can ignore this part, but privileged people can always do more. they can always try harder.

and as for the kids...

i get that the jedis don't kidnap them. i hope i didn't allude to that accusation but there's just something inherently wrong with jedis taking kids from their parents, whether it looks like adoption or not. i don't think anyone can justify this to me. i understand it's for the children's safety, and for the "no attachment" rule, but it just bothers me a lot. i feel uncomfortable just thinking about it. that's probably the 'i grew up in an asian household and had a complicated childhood so i'm 100% more sensitive towards the topic of children' in me. but while i understand that, imo, it can't be justified for me.

no one can really convince me to stop being uncomfortable at the idea of jedi taking children, adoption or not. so that's it for me :") and you should definitely make a tumblr! i'd love to talk about this more with you ^

as for the psychological thriller, yup! i love psychological thrillers. i'm not very fond of kdramas since i find them really long and repetitive, and i'm not the type to watch them tbh... but i'd love recommendations regardless :D

The sky didn't fall in, and everything on earth was there. The world was the same as yesterday. The only thing that has changed is me.

Yoo In Na as Yeon Bo Ra True to Love 보라! 데보라 (2023)

nothing says family bonding time like binge watching a kdrama for over 5 hours straight with your mom till 5 am when you were supposed to be studying and both asleep at least 3 hours ago ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[so mun voice]: hi dad mo tak i hope this email blows ur tits clean off

ok conception dream call is funny but are you actually trying to imply shes pregnant after their FIRST time having sex?? i know theyre in love or whatever but did yall not use protection ?????? i guess if theyre happy but an unplanned pregnancy is like a nightmare to me hahaha

i hope she just means like. in the future

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idk how exactly to word this entirely but if i had one criticism of the glory it'd be that i rly wish yeo-jeong's unhingedness was leaned into more instead of making him a walking pile of the worst romance tropes.

like the moments where he gets to go a little bit apeshit are some of the best parts of the show (imo). & i REALLY wish we got more of that instead of. what we did get, u know?

idk i feel like it was a missed opportunity & for a show that deals with exploring trauma so well in its main character, i feel like her love interest & his complex trauma & the v real & complex ways he handles it were kinda sacked.

he shoulda gotten to go full out feral more

"Everyone who doesn't like it just doesnt cause their fave isn't on screen the whole time 🙄"

No fam, it's bad storytelling. Bad storytelling is why we are disappointed.

Kokdu: Season of Deity Ep4 | "In the end, you are indeed... Seol Hui"

Some rants about Alchemy of Souls S1 ending:

- I want to see Mudeok being cool but not that?????making her the one to kill jang uk is just too much damn it. (I understand why it needs to happen and all the foreshadowing that has been happening but it still hurts so much that they just end it like that)

- All the character development that the prince has gone through for the past ~15 episodes are gone through the drain just like that? He formed friendship with Jang Uk but he was still easily swayed just like that?! Jin Mu literally fooled him and tortured his mom for years but he let him go instead of getting all the guards to catch Jin Mu the first time he saw him in that secret chamber? Like...... he is smart enough to not trust Jin Mu ffs

- What happened to bu yeon?!?! if she is that powerful why can’t she stop naksu from running wild? And doesn’t she want to go back to her own family?? Why isn’t she doing anything hhh

- I still cant believe jin mu gained the kingdom’s trust again, like how stupid can they be?

- I still hate jang gang for starting all of this and just die without clearing things up

- Poor choyeon. The girl has gone through so much, even the only figure who shows her love turns out to be a traitor and then killed off just like that. I was hoping for a scene where her mother apologizes to her or something but instead we get this?

- I still haven’t seen Park Jin being a powerful character at all? Like... I can feel that they’re trying to portray him as this cool powerful and wise dude but he... isn’t really doing anything important until the last episode....

- Why did they make a fuss with the whole “four seasons of daeho” if they were not going to show us any scene/arc where four of them work together and being powerful??? Like literally I feel like this is my first time seeing choyeon and danggu fight? More four seasons showing off their skills please!

I think what really pisses me off about the ending is that I feel like they do not appreciate the people who are currently watching the first season at all. I have watched a lot of TV series that use seasons to tell their stories, and just like AoS, they too would also always leave something unanswered in the previous seasons so that people would anticipate the next season. However, there is usually some kind of conclusion to the previous season, even if they leave something unanswered and hanging, they would usually tie up the season somewhat neatly. But this? this feels like the whole 20 episodes was just a bait for the next season. Ugh it just leaves bad taste in my mouth. 

Overall, I feel like I have wasted so much time watching 20 episodes just to be left feeling angry about everything. So many stupid decisions made by our supposedly powerful characters, it’s hard to defend them at this point.  I really hope they will give us a good S2 with less plot holes.

And I still hope we have Jung So Min in S2, not as mudeok but as buyeon. I still hope a closure for buyeon.  

The fact that Color Rush 2 never mentions what happened to the ex that got kidnapped is just...

holy shit im so mad.

!!!SPOILERS FOR SEE YOU IN MY 19TH LIFE KDRAMA AND WEBTOON!!!

(disclaimer-sorry if any of the characters names are spelt wrong or need a hyphen, i get things confused between the kdrama and webtoon)

i read the webtoon way before the kdrama came out and i am still, to this day, so emotionally attached to it like, its one of the most amazing things ive read and i still cry when i think about it too much.

so, imagine my excitement when i find out its getting a kdrama and my absolute dissapointment when i find out that they changed literally everything (this is an exaragation) that made the webtoon so amazing.

when the show came out i was basically begging my sister to watch it with me (since she hasnt read the webtoon) and we are currently seven episodes in because we had to go on holidays however, we will continue watching it (even though i spent a good hour and a half contemplating whether or not i would actually be able to watch it without combusting after i read what they changed) until the end.

so, like the the overly anxious person i am, i searched up the ending just to make sure they hadnt changed anything else apart from min-gi's character and adding han-na (who we will discuss later) and proceeded to rip my hair out after reading that they made the female lead LOSE ALL OF HER MEMORIES ABOUT EVERYONE SHE LOVED.

but before we get into that i want to talk about the things they actually did well, for example, the cinematography, casting and scenery were actually so amazing and its definitely so much better than the webtoon (however the webtoon does still have a special place in my heart) and i think possibly the only good plot change they did was make han-na the reincarnation of seo-ha's mother. as someone who despises sad/bittersweet stuff i love that they made his mother reincarnate and keep her memories even if he doesnt meet her (which i dont know if he does because im only on episode seven) because its so sweet to think that she got a chance to see her son all (sort of) happy and grown up. i also love the fact that they added more depth to her past lives and showed up more scenes of them as, in the webtoon, im pretty sure the only things we got that related to her past lives were- her and min-gi's friendship, her and doyun's 'relationship' in her first life and her being ae-kyung's uncle.

now, onto the things im sad they didnt keep in but that i could deal with, which is mostly min-gi's character as a whole and the convinience store scene with ji-eum and min-gi where they recognise each other from their past lives (which im assuming they dont do since they changed his whole character). apparently, in the kdrama, min-gi and ji-eum used to be rivals/enemies in their past life or whatever so he decides to like hunt her down and basically stalk her😭😭 and then proceed to tell her that she needs to stop speaking and being around people from her past life because it hurts them (something i will talk-type?-about in a bit).

the reason why im so mad at this is because they straight just basically made him antagonistic instead of HAVING HIM AND JI-EUM BE FRIENDS IN THEIR PAST LIVES AND HAVING HIM SAY THEIR LITTLE SECRET MESSAGE AND HER BEING LIKE 'omg someone actually remembers their past life other than me?' AND THEN HIM JUST TRYING TO HELP HER NOT REMEMBER HER PAST LIVES ANYMORE BUT BEING A LITTLE BIT MISGUIDED BUT THEN THEIR STILL FRIENDS AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT 😖😖😖. like, they just ruined his character potential so much my changing that and adding the stupid motherfucking thing about how interacting with people from your past lifes hurts them.

finally, the things i hate, buckle up folks because this is going to be as long as my dick/j. first of all, the ending and THE STUPID 'YOU CANT INTERACT WITH YOUR PAST LIVES' BULLSHIT. i think the ending and the knowing about past lives hurts people is just absolute boiling garbage because 1-it just doesnt make sense 2-it doesnt make ANY fucking sense and 3-why the fuck does she need to forget but the people from her past lives dont forget who she was as ji-eum and as her past lives??? like i would rather they all forget but they're still happy and her and seo-ha are still dating/married and they're all still close but whatever. second, the whole fucking plot change like they apparently made this whole thing that made ji-eum think seo-ha murdered her sister for some fucking angst instead of the perfectly reasonable (and just as dramatic) thing with doyun where she thinks they were married so she distances herself from seo-ha but it turns out they were sisters and her and seo-ha still get to be happy AND THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE DEAL WITH GOD (which also relates to the ending) BECAUSE IN THE END SHE ASKS GOD TO MAKE HER STOP REMEMBERING HER PAST LIVES AND SHE GRADUALLY STARTS TO FORGET THEM BUT SHE STILL KNEW SHE HAD HAD PAST LIVES AND SHE STILL REMEMBERED EVERYONE SHE CARED OUT AND THEN (if i remember correctly) SEO-HA REFUSES GOD'S OFFER TO REMEBER HIS PAST LIVES BECAUSE HE DOESNT WANNA HAVE ANY OTHER LOVE APART FROM HIS AND JI-EUM'S😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭(not sure if thats what he actually says but you get the gist) AND THEN THEY GET MARRIED AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER INSTEAD OF HER FORGETTING LITERALLY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE SHE EVER CARED ABOUT AND HAVING TO REBUILD HER RELATIONSHIPS WAAAAAAAAA I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

THEY ARE EVERYTHING TO ME.

in conclusion, the see you in my 19th life kdrama was absolute trash and i think they should remake it. In this essay i will

fyi to followers if you are considering watching Justice in the Dark:

If you’re not strong and concerned about not getting to watch more later, I suggest waiting to view the episodes until the show is done airing. Which may be in April-March, so just wait until you hear news it’s fully released all episodes. I am guessing like most youku dramas, at some point youku will put the episodes on youtube with subs especially once the show is fully aired so maybe check there in a month or two. 

If you do really want to watch, but again feel concerned we may never see the rest, you could view it as seeing 1 arch or a couple book arcs adapted to live action (like how the Audio Drama seasons are), and just try to view it as that for now. The first book case is covered, I am not sure if the second book case finishes by ep 8 as I’m still finishing up the last few eps, but that’s about where the plot pauses on episodes currently out. I handled the audio drama doing one chunk of story at a time so I’m viewing it this way so I don’t anticipate/get frustrated for what isn’t out yet so much.

If you want to watch it NOW as far as the 8 episodes out, they’re on Youku app (and I’ve heard the machine translations are gradually being updated to human made translations which read much better). There’s both a ‘Justice in the Dark’ version and 光渊 Guang Yuan version, at least one should have updated human made english subtitles, possibly both by now. Mkvdrama site has the episodes for download with the human made subs, several alternate drama watching sites also seem to have the episodes up now but subtitles being mtl or the correct ones depend on the site. I do think in a couple months whenever airing resumes, youku will probably put the show on youtube though since it normally does for it’s dramas. So you can wait if watching on youtube is preferred. 

the amount of media ive consumed but never finished even though I enjoyed it makes me sick

idiots for real

how did meteor garden manage to do the forced kiss WORSE than boys over flowers. like considering how much newer the show was I was HOPING theyd just skip it entirely but noooo it was WORSE