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highsviolets · 3 years

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hellooooo it’s your mando anon here swamped w finals (grad school is not easy who would have thought) AND I KNOW IM SUPER LATE BUT

i rly don’t know how i felt about this episode????? i thought pedro did a fantastic job and the whole time the helmet was off i felt so scared and uncomfortable for din so kudos to him, there were so many little details in the way he moved without the helmet that made sense for someone whose face is hidden all the time

and i just - i always thought of din as a rly anxious person who pushes through it to get the job done bc he has to, and this episode (and all the others till now this season) rly solidified that for me

i like the lil redemption arc they gave bill burr

but for some reason the episode felt a bit out of place for me? i think i liked it, all the performances were great obs but idk???? i can’t form a proper opinion?????

anyway my last final in the day the finale comes out and i get to treat myself to it as a celebration and i am not READY i rly rly hope it’s good aaaaaaaa

MANDO ANON HELLO!!!!! i’m so happy to hear from you :’))) i was worried my hot take during liveblogging last week might have scared you off (and then i changed my url and was like shit what if mando anon can’t find me!!!) but here you are!

omg. thank you. we are the same. i’ve rewatched since friday to get a better idea in my head (on friday i was v sick and exhausted and literally straight off the heels of an exam and apparently i held a minority opinion about the episode lmao). but i’m still not sure how i feel about it??

pedro is an unparalleled actor. he did an outstanding job. we were supposed to feel uncomfortable, like we were violating his space, and we did.

i actually have a whole headcanon that din is neurodivergent. i know i’m not the first one to bring this up, but the way he presents himself both with and without the helmet speak really strongly to me (i’m ND). i ranted about it in the tags of a gifset a while back, but basically i think he’s the sort of ND that uses perfectionism as a coping mechanism for his anxiety -- he likes to be in control because then he knows. he knows what to do, he knows what’s expected of him, how to act, what to do. there are clear expectations. this desire for control as a coping mechanism is, i think, throughout the entire show: the way he seeks to control the perceptions of others, his very black-and-white conception of what a mandalorian is. he struggles, sometimes, to understand that gray space; hence his constant refrain of you’re changing the terms of the deal - it’s about honor but ALSO about him maintaining control of the situation. bounty hunting gives him space to be independent while also calling upon help if needed (he’s capable of working with others, clearly). it’s also a hyperfocused & adrenaline-seeking profession, two things that a lot (though not all) ND minds crave. several learning disorders and the like also predispose an individual to generalized and social anxiety, which would explain a lot of his hesitancy with new people. he can hold a conversation with people he knows (Cara, Karga, eventually Omera, Frog Lady), but the first few times he interacts with someone, he’s awkward and nervous and doesn’t know how to act.

anyway. about the episode. i agree. everything was ‘right,’ until it wasn’t. something felt very off about it. the writing didn’t seem as strong; the narrative wasn’t as tight. i was confused on what we were supposed to focus on, and i don’t usually feel like that during this show.

i hope your finals go well, dearest!! sending you all the good vibes. (and yea i’m scared too...maybe because i’m listening to a certain song on my din playlist on repeat and it literally makes me cry lmao but I’M NERVOUS)

#mando anon 🪐#ask #the mandalorian spoilers #did any of that make sense #idek #let's just say it does yea?

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empiregalaxy · 6 years

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Villain Problem #2349234

So, I really enjoyed making that Jaime Lannister joining the Night’s Watch gifset. Some one left a comment on it, and I’m about to rant about... everything.

WOAH that would be cool! except, what would the Night Watch fight against once the NK is dead?

Yes, I will have to rethink my theory (besides the Night’s Watch will have a new purpose) but that’s not what I’m going to talk about. I’m going to talk about this part

once the NK is dead

It’s already assumed: The Night’s King will die. The user who posted this is probably right. Euron and Cersei will also die. Star Wars fans, you might as already start speculating about the deaths of Hux and possibly, Ben Solo / Kylo Ren. A villain has three options a) die or b) get redeemed which may include death c) stop being a villain- or have the narrative no longer care that you are a nasty piece of crap (*cough* True Blood)

It seems when a villain is introduced, you can tell immediately they are going to die. You don’t look at them as someone who is going to fuck everything up and change the rules of the game, who will break the hero in ways they haven’t been broken before. But before the villain gets that chance- they are stopped. So the story could go into an exciting, dangerous territory but the narrative chickens out and picks the safe option.

Imagine if IX ends with Kylo Ren, still Supreme Leader having crushed the resistance to bits, forcing Rey, Finn, Poe and Rose to seperate, and Kylo / Ben has just discovered more planets to conquer. Imagine Kylo Ren training the kid in the last scene of TLJ as his apprentice as they attempt to rebuild a newer, stronger yet ever so evil empire.

But it won’t happen. I’ll admit, it’s a bit ghastly. But I prefer it over this: Hux and Kylo dies as evil scumbags, no more FO, mass celebrations and the resistance shines over the galaxy. Leia gets a nice farewell and even is smiling and holding hands. Poe makes a joke, and everyone laughs. There’s a huge, corny line where Finn says to Rey ‘I’m sorry your family isn’t here’ and Rey says ‘my family is here’ and everyone does a goofy smile.

Out of the two endings I’ve proposed, don’t ask ‘which would I prefer.’ Ask yourself: what are we more likely to get? And why would we get that ending?

I’m sick of villains dying in movies. I hate it. Villains should be part of the main cast, and actually given growth and conflict. This is the problem with the MCU: they don’t treat their villains as actual characters. Has an MCU villain actually terrified you? Cause that’s what most villains are supposed to be doing.

I remember when I called Kylo Ren ‘a main character’ and people were shocked than a villain could be a main character. We don’t see villains as depraved, sad versions of ourselves but as plot points. It’s frankly, pathetic and lousy writing.

Most villains aren’t killed off because its a suiting end to their arcs. They die because it’s convenient to the writers.

Take some writing advice from... The Joker.

Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos.

Actually put some tension in your movies, Disney! Upset the audience’s expectations, and everything becomes interesting.

#villains #ramblings #i do think it makes sense that the nk will go #but have we as a society so used to the 'good triumphs over evil' narrative?#time for a change

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wonderlandselfshipping · 3 years

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Fuck it I’m doing the self ship ask with Sam and no one can stop me

1. What kind of blog does your f/o have? Do they selfship on main? Do they look like a regular fan? Quiet reblogs or lots of gushing? Lots of analyses of your character and your source or incoherent blabbering? Do they have a headcanon blog? Do they try to roleplay as you?

He’s more of a secretive type because no one would believe that he’s that weird??? Right? Wrong, Hyper Dimension Traveller Koi is like the one thing besides his brother that keeps him from arson. Quiet reblogs but he becomes a little more vocal when someone adds him to the “official group chat.”

2. Do they prefer selfshipping by inserting themselves into your source, or by daydreaming about you in their own little / personal world, or by imagining you by their side during their daily life?

Both. Sometimes he could be looking all stern and calculating before an interview but could literally just be thinking about just holding her hand and no one would realize it.

3. What’s their self insert like? Is their s/i literally them? Is it basically them but with just a few changes - to be more like the person they’d like to be, or to “fit in” your source better? Is their s/i totally OP or extra or more realistic? Is it an OC that’s totally different from them?

Her series is all about dimension hopping so why should he change a thing about himself?

4. Do they spend more time on wikipedia, on your fandom wiki, on your TV tropes page? Looking for official content they might’ve missed, like fun trivia? Looking for fanart, for fics? Looking for information and details and references for fics or art or other fancontent they’re making because they want to make sure they get everything right?

He has a special skin on his phone that makes everything look like scholarly articles so he can hide his tvtropes. He eventually combined enough references from the official Twitter to make an “official reference.” That’s used by the widespread fandom. He literally cannot read any fics because he can’t insert himself into them and like 90% of the x readers are f/f. Help him

5. Do they create anything inspired by you and/or their ship with you? Fanart? Fanfics? Gifsets? Moodboards? Edits? Songs? Dances? Crafts? Playlists? Cosplays? Do they post them (or pictures of them) online? Do they sell any merch (online, at cons, etc)? Do they make pics of their selfship in dollmakers? Do they spend hours on otp prompt generators? Do they commission art of their selfship?

No, he’s subtle about it. See he has this folder titled “Homework and Interview stuff.” And while normally you’d just find stuff, it’s where he hides his self ship stuff. Just doll makers because he’s too shy to commission art and doesn’t have time to comitt to writing anything. Once he joins the server, they get art for him. He also got a signed autograph from Koi’s va in character as her during some event and it’s his most prized possession.

6. Does your f/o have a selfship wedding with you? Do they celebrate it on their blog or more privately, with their fellow selfshipper friends? Do they make any content (like art, fics, etc) to celebrate?

He’s not comfy with that stuff and he sure as hell can’t get a ring because he knows the fans will be apeshit over it.

7. Does your f/o have fankids with you? If not, maybe pets?

Not comfy, plus in the current arc, she just had a birthday in the height of the Hawk Virus and wasn’t able to celebrate it so everyone’s debating if she’s 18 or not because she certainly doesn’t look it. They’re all still wanting an official confirmation on it.

8. Do your f/o and your friend’s f/o plan for double dates since their f/os (you and your friend) are from the same source? How would that go?

Koi’s the only main character plus 1, he doesn’t have friends and I don’t have friends.

9. If you have multiple f/os (romantic, platonic, anything), imagine them making or joining a Discord server or a group chat about you or your source. Who gushes, who shares art and fics, who analyses everything, who sends memes?

Sam’s quiet, Ingrid basically lore connects everything, Bernie basically has 100000+ ways to gush.

10. Does your f/o have very creative ship names, or are they bad with finding tags / ship names, or do they just use regular fandom tags?

He is exactly like me. Sometimes creative, other times not

11. What’s your f/o like when they read / watch / play your source? Do they reread / rewatch / replay their favorite parts over and over? Do they make comments aloud? Which parts of your story made them laugh? Made them cry?

He has to secretly gush and react since “he can’t be a fan of stupid shit like that, he’s too smart for it.”

12. Do they post any videos related to your source? Like AMVs? Or reaction vids (with them reacting to your source as they read / watch / play / etc)? If your source is a game, do they make a walkthrough? Is it a perfect walkthrough, a more casual one?

No, he’s gotta be on the dl about this, he’s supposed to be an outstanding member of the community

13. Which of your f/os has “y/n’s husband / wife / partner” as a username online?

He doesn’t but Bernie does

14. Do they have merch of you? What kind of merch? Posters? Keychains? Stickers? Stuffed toys? (And if they have a plush of you, do they kiss it and sleep with it?)

Actually he got a surprise plush from a creator he follows online, not realizing Bernie gave it to him bc to her, everyone needs a cuddle buddy.

15. What kind of content do they like / make the most? Is it fluff? Angst? Hurt / comfort? (btw: imagine your f/os going to you when they need comfort, because they love you and you’re comforting to them.) Do they respect canon or do they make lots of AUs? What kind of AUs do they like?

Soft all the way bc they both have trauma and need to work through it with cuddles

16. Which of your f/os has 1341 pics of you saved on their phone / laptop? What kind of pic did they choose as their phone / laptop background? Is it a canon pic of you, or fanart, or art of their selfship with you?

Has one image and that’s a commission Ingrid got him from Ignatz.

#Self Ship AU 🔮

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