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things that i think thrawn + the ascendancy gang would love (part 2)
thrawn: earning as many doctorate & masters degrees as possible (he loves being able to say that he’s a master at everything from art history to underwater basket weaving - & he has the diplomas to prove it)
eli: the dying crafts list + being the one person preventing so many crafts from not being practiced anymore (he tries to teach them to the sky-walker girls with varying degrees of success)
ar’alani: women’s sports in general, but also really niche sports (you know she was playing pickleball way before everyone else, but now that it’s kind of popular she’s moving on to like roller derby or something)
wutroow: the duolingo owl - not the app, the owl specifically (even though she speaks like 5 languages already & will 10000% learn another just so she can gossip without other people being able to eavesdrop). also chappell roan.
che’ri: spontaneously chopping off all your hair in the bathroom at 2am (&& probably giving yourself bangs too for good measure)
samakro: renaissance festivals (you know he’s got a giant turkey leg in one hand, a mug of ale in the other + is booking it to axe throwing)
thalias: modern adaptations of jane austen novels (no one appreciates yearning like she does)
faro: driving late at night with your windows down & a killer playlist blaring (bonus points if it like just rained & you can smell it in the air)
ba’kif: sam reich on game changer (he wants his cedf officers to experience just a fraction of the stress they put him under so badly)
thrass: the headspace meditation app (also under so much stress, but handling it in a very different way)
thurfian + zistalmu: the reesa teesa ‘who tf did i marry’ tiktok series (this much hot goss? for free?! they’re sat)
#star wars#thrawn#eli vanto#che’ri#samakro#wutroow#ar’alani#thalias#thrawn ascendancy#thrawn series#mitth'raw'nuruodo#ufsa'mak'ro#kiwu'tro'owmis#mitth'ras'safis#thrass#mithh’ali’astov#thrawn headcanon#ba’kif#thurfian#zistalmu#mitth family
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some more about ar'alani and chiss ascendancy, love her so bad TT...
(so I've got a lot)
#star wars fanart#admiral ar'alani#ar'alani#chiss ascendancy#thrawn ascendancy#thalias#eli vanto#thrawn#thrawn trilogy
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scribbling more of my thrawn character interpretations ~ add these chiss girlies to the collection
#star wars#thrawn#sw#my art#thrawn trilogy#sw thrawn#star wars fanart#art#thrawn ascendancy#thrawn treason#chaos rising#greater good#lesser evil#thrawn novels#timothy zahn#chiss expansionary defense fleet#star wars chiss#chiss ascendancy#thalias#che’ri#vah'nya#character design
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hey guys did you know i’m fucking crazy about them?
#thinking abt ar’alani and her disillusionment w thrawn uuughhhh#star wars#my art#thrawn#mitth'raw'nuruodo#grand admiral thrawn#grand admiral mitth’raw’nuruodo#admiral ar'alani#ar’alani#thrawn treason#thrawn trilogy#thrawn ascendancy#thrawn 2017#chiss ascendancy#samakro#eli vanto#karyn faro#thalias#thrass#vah’nya#un’hee
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Welcome home, Thrawn.
All the hugs for my favorite boy. bc @amukmuk wrote this lovely fic and just got me thinking that this man needs more hugs.
#thrawn#mitth'raw'nuruodo#thalias#mitth'ali'astov#ufsa'mak'ro#samakro#che'ri#ar'alani#ba'kif#chiss ascendancy#thrawn ascendancy
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Thalias from the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy is how you do a female character with "traditionally feminine" virtues correctly.
The culture of the Ascendancy involves using young girls - the only Force sensitives their race has, since they all lose their Force sensitivity when they enter puberty - as ship navigators necessary to navigating the chaotic part of space that they live in. These girls are taken from their families at a young age and raised by a series of caregivers, and just like a bunch of plenty of carers IRL a lot of them are dogshit at their job. As someone who's worked similar jobs and watched other people work similar jobs, Timothy Zahn is BRILLIANT at portraying all of this - it gives me feelings like I can't describe. If you've ever seen a mean preschool teacher harranguing their charges or a shitty foster parent who doesn't treat their foster kids as individuals or anyone of the sort, you will feel this in your bones. Zahn goes hard on the "children are people" themes in this trilogy and I love love love this - it really means a lot to me to see a man known for his military and engineering competence porn stuff put so much thought and care into portraying caregiving as the important and complicated task that it is without coming off as sexist or patronizing towards it.
Anyway, Thalias is one such navigator, but even though most of them want nothing to do with the whole trauma-inducing system once they grow out of it, Thalias ends up returning as a caregiver and puts so much effort, compassion and logical thought into it that it makes me cry tears of joy. She draws on her own experiences but is quick to course correct when she realizes that Che'ri's experiences are different from her own (Thalias loved to read as a kid and still finds it comforting, Che'ri hates reading), she treats Che'ri with empathy and gives her as much autonomy and independence as she is allowed to. She uses a scientific method to figure out how the navigator powers work and adjust Che'ri's work routine accordingly - something no one has ever thought to do. She advocates for Che'ri with the rest of the ship's crew. She's amazing, and Zahn also makes sure to show how HARD it can be at times rather than just make her a perfect mind reader who always knows what her charge is thinking and what to say or do.
She's also kinda flawed - she seems to have an unhealthy obsession with Thrawn because he was once nice to her when she was a miserable kid in the throes of the shitty navigator system, and it comes off as kind of weird or cringe at times, and that's a GOOD thing in my book because it makes her character more 3D.
ALSO, the really nice part of it is that these books are filled to the brim with cool female characters that all feel really really different from each other, so Thalias being the nurturing, diplomatic type doesn't feel like Zahn sending some kind of message - the other prominent character is Ar'alani, a clever military woman who's a natural leader, excellent at handling her subordinates and recognizing their talents, excellent at handling politics even though she hates it, excellent at improvising on the fly, and also a kind and loyal friend. A lot of the other soldier or officer types are also women, and Zahn's other works also have a shitton of varied and cool women, so you feel safe in the knowledge that anything Thalias says or does is indicative of Thalias as an individual and not some vague idea of what women are like that the author has.
I also love how her character provides a contrast to all the "necessary evil" and "people are assets"-type thinking that a lot of the Ascendancy's more military types endorse (which make up a large percentage of the main cast, since this is mil scifi after all) - her conversation with Samakro about this is just chef's kiss to me. I feel like it's cool that we get this kind of POV because to me it serves as confirmation that Zahn knows what he's doing here - he's not being a stupid edgelord fanboy in love with the concept of doing shitty things for the greater good, he's just keenly observing how different people approach life and how all of these sorts of thinking are very useful in certain situations and deeply stupid in others. And the topic is treated with zero smugness - I've read things where similar arguments are used as a way of showing how wise and perfect one of the characters is and how stupid the other one is (coughvorkosigansagacough), but here everyone is treated with respect and empathy and consideration.
THALIAS SUPREMACY!!!
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Why can you only add 10 photos on mobile :/
(pt 1) (3) (4) (5)
#I’m going to do a series of these because I have so many jfjsjfjdj they’re so fun to make#also figured I’d do the thing where you link like all the different posts? because I appreciate that when I see other posts like this so#:3#thrawn#thrawn ascendancy#fake tweets#samakro#Thalias#Eli Vanto#che’ri#ar’alani#lakphro#thrass#sw#Star Wars#z speaks
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Welcome back to more crack summaries and notes. Today it's Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, and I am absolutely distraught after reading it.
Linked: Chaos Rising and Greater Good
Starting out strong with this one aren't we, Mr. Zahn?
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Samakro: please let this be a normal fucking side trip-
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The Springhawk: *appears*
Jixtus: Not this mf again. Give me a damn BREAK-
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Thrawn, over comms: If there are any Watith here, we have your prisoners.
Generalius Nakirre: I'm going to answer him.
Jixtus: Do NOT
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Generalius Nakirre: If you're not going to tell me, I'll just ask him.
Jixtus: nO-
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(word for word)
Generalius Nakirre: The Kilji path will prove superior
Thrawn, flatly: No. It will not.
Generalius Nakirre: Again, you dismiss our wisdom without even hearing it.
Thrawn: In my experience, superior wisdom can stand on its own merits. It does not require a warship to force acceptance.
Generalius Nakirre: You also bring a warship to this place.
Thrawn: But I do not claim to offer superior wisdom. Nor do I intend to impose my wisdom upon others.
(Thrawn, I love you dearly).
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Jixtus, quietly in the background for the last five minutes of the comm call with Nakirre and Thrawn: Oh my fucking gods, DISENGAGE. DO NOT LET HIM KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT YOU-
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Nakirre, internally during the comm call and Jixtus' warnings: WHY SHOULDN'T I FUCK HIM UP? HE'S ASKING FOR IT. IT WOULD BE SO EASY.
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Thrawn: *blank stare on the bridge, facing Thalias*
Thalias: Look at him going into deep thought. *Turns back to Che'ri*
Thrawn, directly behind her now: So have you-
Thalias, jumping about a foot in the air: -STOP SNEAKING UP ON PEOPLE LIKE THAT!!!!
Thrawn: I wasn't????? Anyway, has Che'ri had anymore nightmares?
(He was sneaking but he doesn't know that lmao).
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Lamiov: *sends Ba'kif a message about Thrawn*
Ba'kif: *Dropping absolutely everything and moving faster than his colleagues would if there was all out war because his Son is up to things*
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^^^ All that was just in the prologue and I was nearly losing it lmao.
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Thurfian: *makes a decision*
Thivik: *judgemental vibes*
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Thrawn: *rattling off info about the paintings in the reception area of the Mitth crib on wherever it is that they were*
Thrass: How the fuck did you know all of that-
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Lappincyk: Larawn. Has a nice ring to it.
Me thinking of that vine: Larawn James sjsjs
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Lappincyk: Ok and what is Thrawn to you?
Thrass making a spur of the moment decision: He's my friend.
Thrawn, sitting down: :3
(That felt like a set up. Thooraki and Lamiov going "Thrawn needs someone who knows politics" and then shoving Thrass into his orbit).
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Jixtus: I have information you'll want
Thistrian: let me consult with the Patriarch.
Thurfian: Tell them to feck off. We don't want anything to do with them.
Thistrian: o h
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Ba'kif when he found out about the Magys: SORRY YOU WHAT- NO. WHAT POSSESSED YOU
Thrawn: :)
Samakro: I'll see this through. I'm in too deep.
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Thivik what's on that datacard??? WHAT DID THRASS PUT TOGETHER-
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All the Thrawn and Thrass interactions give me life.
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Zistalmu: I got a divorce.
Thurfian: babe, please. :'(
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Roscu: *blathering on & being all high and mighty while a fucking asteroid missile is lining her up*
Ziinda: Can you shut the fuck up?
Roscu: I- ok.
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Thrawn: I'll see y'all later. Uingali and I are going on a trip for a bit.
Samakro: k, bye.
later
Samakro: Where are we???
Bridge crew: idk man??
Che'ri: I'm following him. He's in danger and we need to be there.
Samakro after a lot of talking with Thalias: Oh. ok.
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Thrawn: Can you fire a charric?
Qilori: *nervous wreck* nO
Thrawn dragging him up out of his chair: You're about to learn.
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Thrass, holding a chair & ready to use it: Yeah, that's right! Drop the knife!
The thief: *slowly puts the knife down, looking behind Thrass the whole time*
Thrawn standing menacingly behind Thrass ready to deck the thief like he did his accomplices: >:)
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Thrass: Ok, Roscu, but if you did fire on us you'd be killing a Mitth Aristocra and his brother.
Thrawn: :0
Lappincyk: :D
Roscu: Damn, ok.
*after the Odo ceremony*
Thrawn: Are we actually brothers now?
Thrass: Yeah, if you want :3
Thrawn: :') ok
*cue secret sharing*
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CEDF: *trying to keep the peace in the Ascendancy on Syndicure orders*
CDF and Family Fleets, with the indignant air of a 10 yr old Sephora girl: Oh my GODS, can you LEAVE? You have NO POWER here!!!!
CEDF: Ok, fuck you. *sorts out the fighting anyway then dips off to wherever they get sent to next*
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Che'ri: I'm fine. I can cook my own food while you're gone, and Mid Captain Samakro can check in on me.
Samakro: *worried Dad being left with the kids for the first time noises*
Thalias: ok.
Che'ri: Niceeee
Samakro: *sweating bullets*
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Thalias: You Borika?
Borika, fake accent on: You a cop?
Thalias: What-
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Borika: *nice rancher lady*
Borika 0.5 seconds after Thalias mentions the Seekers program: *pulls a charric on Thalias once they're inside the house and drops the accent*
Thalias: Holy fu- HANg oN-
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TIMMY!!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU LET BORIKA AND THRAWN MEET!!!!!
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Fuck the Ascendancy too btw. The systems in place are shit. Those poor sky-walkers.
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*Two families fighting*
Ar'alani having been sent to deal with it, angry admiral voice engaged: OI, STOP THAT
One gunboat: NO. YOU HAVE NO JURISDICTION HERE CEDF.
Ar'alani, fed up: Flicker all of them, then drag them away from each other
Wutroow: That's going to piss a lot of people off, Admiral.
Ar'alani: idgaf. They're being stupid and putting civilians in danger.
Wutroow: Then might I suggest dragging them back to different orbital levels? if they want at it again, they'll at least have to try.
Ar'alani: Excellent thinking. Let's do that.
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Ja'fosk 20mins after they flickered everyone and are headed back to UAG: Ar'alani you need to stop hanging around with Thrawn so much.
Ar'alani: Ok but he's right.
Ja'fosk:
Ar'alani: Y'all are just haters.
Ja'fosk: Just get back to UAG.
Ar'alani: Ok.
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Ar'alani: *Firing on Dy'lothe's ship because he's ignoring her and possibly about to fuck up Thrawn's plan*
Dy'lothe: AR'ALANI, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
Ar'alani, sick of CDF bs: GETTING YOUR ATTENTION. ANSWER YOUR DAMN COMMS, MAN-
(SHIP, SHIP, SHIP, SHIP)
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Dy'lothe: Acting on the Syndicure's orders-
Ar'alani: Oh, so illegal orders, then?
Dy'lothe: ...yeah
Ar'alani: ha.
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Ba'kif: Here's Thrawn's latest plan. I'm giving you and anyone else you can convince permission to go and assist him.
Ar'alani on four hours of sleep: This is completely insane and could ruin our careers.
Ba'kif: So you'll do it, then?
Ar'alani: Of course!
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Thalias: There's no bus to the spaceport-
Borika: I've got you, girlie. I'll drive you.
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Samakro: Oh yes, you're Thrawn's big, strong protector.
Thalias: yes.
Samakro: :)
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Samakro: So, here's Thrawn's plan.
Thalias: Fuckkkkk, that's insane.
Samakro: Yeah... anyway good luck with Thurfian. I'll wait here for you.
(SHIP, SHIP, SHIP!!)
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Che'ri: *possessed by the Magys*
Samakro, dad mode engaged: IF YOU DON'T LET HER GO, I'LL OBLITERATE YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE
Magys: You jest
Samakro: I do not >:)
Thalias: TAKE ME INSTEAD
Samakro: HELL NO-
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Thalias: I pulled a charric on the Patriarch.
Samakro: WHAT-
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Jixtus: And what question would that be?
Thrawn: The most critical one. Are you ready to surrender?
Everyone: oohhHhhoOhohoho, you've got some balls saying that, Senior Captain.
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QILORI KNOWS ABOUT THE SKY-WALKERS. nOOoooOOOOOOOOO
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Can we appreciate how well Thrawn's plan went? They tore Jixtus UP.
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Ja'fosk, pleased: How did Senior Captain Thrawn obtain such accurate information?
Samakro who was fully ready to admit that he fed Thalias false info because he thought she was a spy: o H, uH. Yeah he kinda just pulls things like that out of thin air, you know? I can't explain it.
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Che'ri has now met both Kivu siblings AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. I think she's going to figure it out if Thalias hasn't told her yet.
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Everyone going into the chamber thinking Thrawn's going to get a promotion or something and then the Admiralty exiling him and stripping his honour chains sucker punched me in the gut. Thurfian's smugness did not help matters either. I could feel the anger from everyone in that scene.
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Sorry the way the Aristocra had everyone lined up for serious consequences instead of the commendations etc they got in the end because Thrawn took all of the blame himself to keep them in positions where they'd be able to guide the Ascendancy's forces in his absence got to me oh my gods.
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Ba'kif: We're telling you so that you don't kick up a fuss about the exile thing
Ar'alani: I would never!
(She would. She was going to)
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Ba'kif: *explaining the Clone Wars*
Ar'alani: I'm not remembering all that. Happy for them, though. Or Sorry that happened.
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(Not crack, just pain)
Ar'alani: Don't you dare leave before I say goodbye to you, Thrawn.
Thrawn: Of course not. That's not what friends do.
Timmy: *doesn't write their goodbye scene*
Me: *screaming*
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Thrawn: It's only for six months. Perhaps a year.
Ar'alani: And then you come home?
Thrawn: Yes. It will be alright.
Me: It was not, in fact, alright. seventeen-ish years and then another nine missing out on Peridea is not 1, mate.
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Ba'kif: it's a shame I'll never see you in admiral whites.
Thrawn: Nobody here is senseless enough to promote me to admiral lmao
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Ba'kif: We have time for one final meal together, if you wish
Thrawn: If you don't mind, I'd like to eat alone. There's a bistro where Thrass and I used to meet. I'd like to spend my last evening on Csilla remembering him.
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I'm not okay. Probably going to have new fics to write now. hhhhhhh. That was sad as hell at the end there.
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Also these two trilogies just highlight how little Felony understands Thrawn, and I hope all of you understand after reading the books, how badly he massacred our boy in Ahsoka. It shouldn't be, "omg we got him in live action!" anymore. It should be, "who is that blue guy and why are we being given such shit quality shows and expected to like it when the characters that mean so much to us have been reduced to having less dimension than a cardboard cut out, and that a slug could move 1 kilometer at a faster pace than the supposed plot that's scarcely here?" Have some standards that aren't six feet under, please, everyone (this is not aimed at y'all who have seen this from the start <3).
Anyway! Onto the Imperial Era I go :D
#thrawn ascendancy: lesser evil#thrawn#jixtus#generalius nakirre#ba'kif#lamiov#thalias#samakro#che'ri#borika#ar'alani#thurfian#zistalmu#grand admiral thrawn#wutroow
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Thalias 🥹
#star wars#thrawn#star wars fanart#thrawn ascendancy#thalias#mitth'ali'astov#thrawn novels#chiss#chiss ascendancy
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Hi everyone!
Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and excitement! It is because of this that I am looking for some mods to help me get this thing going!
If you are interested in serving as a mod for this zine, please fill out this form.
This zine is, first and foremost, for fun! And, due to the inclusion of romantic and platonic ships and entire cast of characters, it is necessary that anyone interested in being a mod maintains an open mind. This is a celebration of our favorite characters and everyone is welcome!
#chiss#ascendancy#thrawn#aralani#samakro#thalias#cheri#eli vanto#chaos rising#greater good#lesser evil
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Ok, so horrifying concept for the Ahsoka show.
We all know that Thrawn is most likely going to be mischaracterized as purely cruel and power hungry (which if you've read the novels you know he's not, he has causes and people he genuinely cares about). Rebels kinda painted him as a total villain, but since it's a kids' show ( love it tho <3) I think that's acceptable.
But hear me out here, it could work if he is just completely cruel and power hungry in Ahsoka. Imagine if the Chiss lost the war with the Grysk. He finds his way back to the ascendancy only discover that in his absence Ari'lani, Eli, Thalias, everyone, had died. He is the last of the Chiss, truly alone with no friends to turn to.
In the cannon novels, Thrawn always has friends or allies to turn to. He also holds to his (grantedly somewhat strange) morals. In rebels where he is more cruel and cold, he is alone, out of touch with the cause he is so loyal to.
So imagine Thrawn in Ashoka, with no cause, no friends, just the ghosts of his past and mistakes haunting him. He would be ruthless.
All this to say, lets hope for Thrawn angst in Ahsoka.
#make my boy suffer :)#thrawn#ahsoka series#ahsoka tano#star wars#mitth'raw'nuruodo#star wars rebels#sw rebels#chiss#eli vanto#thalias#thrawn books#thrawn ascendancy#angst#predictions
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ascendency era political intrigue show. you agree.
#need to see these families arguing#i need to see the grysk slowly make their influence over the families#i need thrawn and ar’alani cameo NOW#i do not think that the og thrawn trilogy should be turned into a show whatsoever#BUT the ascendency trilogy? sign me UP!!!! it would make a good show#also it would have to be animated <3#preferably in one of the styles from visions#star wars#chiss#chiss ascendancy#thrawn#grand admiral thrawn#thrawn trilogy#chiss expansionary defense fleet#admiral ar'alani#ar’alani#samakro#thalias#che’ri#un’hee#vah’nya#wutroow#ziinda
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my dreamcast for Thalias circa 18 BBY in the Ascendancy books is someone like Ella Purnell
#grand admiral thrawn#thrawn#thrawn trilogy#thrawn ascendancy#chiss ascendancy#thalias#mitth’ali’astov#thrawn books#star wars
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Some of the passes of Thalias’ hair I went thru before deciding on her blonde peeking. Really wanted to include the idea she may have dyed her hair after her job as a skywalker was over. Maybe in school.
#thrawn ascendancy#thrawn#star wars#mitth'ali'astov#thrawn x thalias#thalias#chiss art#chiss expansionary defense fleet#chiss ascendancy#artwork#character design
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