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thelov3lybookworm · 7 months

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Mere Coincidence? (Part two)

Part 1

Summary: Y/n never thought she would ever be treated like more than trash. So it's a surprise when one of the most powerful men in the entirety of Prythian saves her.

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A/n: okay, so this one is a good one.i like it, and it kinda gives me hope that ill be able to write a slow burn for once(whenever i think of doing slow burn, I end up making the characters kiss and make them get together 🙄)

I also feel like this chapter doesn't make sense kinda? Like everyone's pissed for no reason? Was that a spoiler?

Anyways, Enjoy!

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The slight burn in her hands was almost unnoticeable as she scrubbed away at the dishes. She'd been at it for hours now, washing away the piles of dirty plates.

It had barely been a few hours since her wings were almost clipped, and she was doing her chores like nothing happened.

She simply stared out of the window in front of her, the work not requiring any of her attention, having almost become a habit, a clockwork. She had been doing chores around the camp pretty much before she even learned how to walk without faceplanting in the snow.

She was alone in the kitchen, had been for a while. It was quiet, calm. Which was slightly concerning.

The sun was setting, the fading glow turning everything slightly orange. To someone who had never visited the Illyrian mountains, it would have been beautiful.

But the people who lived here, especially the females, knew how often the orange-red snow from the sun, was colored so red due to blood.

And she was still wondering if it was a mere coincidence that the snow in the center of the camp wasn't covered in her blood at the moment.

It was puzzling, how the General of the Night Court's armies had arrived at the perfect moment to stop her wings from being clipped. How, he was so sure that he would know if her father tried to clip her wings again.

The most peculiar thing was, he was ready to rip her father apart if any more attempts at clipping her wings were made.

She could not, for the life of her, understand why he would do that.

Sure, he was known to be against wing clipping, just like most of the elite members in the High Lord's Court. But she didn't think anyone of them would go to such lengths to protect any females wings. The law had been in place for decades, probably centuries, and still the Illyrians clipped wings left and right.

So, that agian brought her to the starting point. The same question.

Why in the Cauldron's name, was the General so interested in Y/n's wellbeing?

A crash brought her out of her daze, and she blinked as she looked next to her.

There, she found a little girl, who looked barely over five, staring at the broken pieces of glass next to their feet. Y/n hadn't even heard her enter.

When the girl glanced up at Y/n, her lower lip was wobbling, her eyes glassy. Y/n quickly washed her hands, setting the cleaned plate she was holding aside before she picked up the little girl and carried her towards a counter nearby, where no glass shards had reached.

Y/n settled the little girl on the counter, her tiny legs dangling over the stone top.

"What is your name?" Y/n questioned gently, pushing the hair away from the trembling girl's face.

"T-Tiya." The girl answered in a small, shaky voice, still staring at the shattered pieces near the washing area.

"Tiya. You have a beautiful name." Her futile attempt at distraction was wasted, as Tiya continued shivering.

And she was not shivering because of the cold.

It was fear.

Because she had broken a plate.

"Are you afraid?"

That finally seemed to draw Tiya's attention. "They will beat me. They will make me sleep without eating."

It broke Y/n's heart, seeing how scared such a young soul was because of a simple plate. Someone who should have been wondering about what she would play next was wondering if she would get beaten and punished, if she would be forbidden from having whatever scarce dinner the females in the camp were provided.

"Tiya. I want you to listen to me very carefully. Okay?" She waited till Tiya nodded before continuing. "The plate you see there? I was the one who broke it."

Tiya glanced up sharply, her eyes wide, and shook her head. "You are mistaken. I broke it–"

"You didn't. You were in the kitchen, finishing your chores, and you saw me dropping the plate. You hear me?"

"But... is that not lying?"

Y/n's face softened. "It is not. Its just hiding the truth. And even if it was lying, it would be okay, because we're doing it so we do not get hurt. Lying is not okay when we do it to hurt others. But now we are merely trying to keep ourselves safe. It's alright to lie to keep yourself safe."

"They will beat you. They will make you sleep without food." Tiya's eyes lined with tears as she stared at Y/n. "You will get hurt if I lie. That is not okay, right?"

Y/n couldn't argue with that. But she had to. She couldn't let this little girl get hurt. She wouldn't let her get hurt, because no one had tried to save Y/n when she was a kid, and it was not fair. It was not fair that the little kids who should be frolicking around and giggling were stuck sweeping around the camp and having the laughter stolen from them.

And someone had to step up, in whatever way they could.

Y/n could not stop these practices, because who was she if the even the High Lord hadn't been able to get the idea of these primal practices from the thick skull of Illyrians. And because she could not stop them from hurting children, she would take on the punishment for them.

It wasn't much, but it was something. Especially when one good act of hers could help the little ones belive that there was good in this world, and it was not just lashings, beatings and starvation everywhere. That there was still hope, and all that they had to do was hold on and be strong.

She wanted to do this so that the children wouldn't become the hopeless female Y/n had become.

"Can we be friends Tiya?"

Tiya blinked, before nodding.

Y/n smiled. "So consider this our secret, because friends have secrets. You do know what a secret is, right? You can't tell anybody about this. If someone asks, you will tell them that you saw me dropping the plate. Nothing more, nothing less. Okay?"

Tiya sniffed, but nodded. Y/n placed a kiss on Tiya's forehead, hugging her little frame for a moment before picking her up from the counter and setting her down on the ground.

Tiya gave Y/n a small smile before turning, nearly sprinting out the door.

Y/n watched her go, hoping to quickly clean up the mess before one of the head females saw her. If they did, Y/n would receive and earful on top of the beating and starving, and she was in no mood for all of that at the same time.

Tiya came to a sudden stop just outside the kitchen doors, staring up at something–or someone– next to the door.

Y/n's blood instantly chilled.

What if it was one of the pompous asses of the camp, who would run to Y/n's father at every little piece of information just to have the Lord acknowledge his existence? What if this person had heard everything? If that was the case, then both Y/n and Tiya were in deep shit.

Y/n quickly made her way over, prepared to beg the illyrian to keep their mouth shut.

But who she found herself staring at was not who she would have expected.

The General of the Night Court's armies stared right beck at her, his eyes slightly wide.

Tiya's tiny hand closed Y/n's, clutching tightly. Y/n glanced down, looking at the girl who was trying to hide behind Y/n. She turned back to the General, who was now staring at Tiya.

He swallowed, then slid his hand into one of his pockets and pulled out a candy wrapped in colorful paper and held it out to Tiya. To her credit, she didn't take it. To his, he didn't pull back his hand until Tiya reluctantly took the candy.

The General smiled, and the warmth radiating from him could have been the reason that Tiya relaxed.

The reason the little girl began to blush was definitely due to the wink the General threw her way.

After that, Tiya took off to wherever she was going before, and Y/n turned away, walking back to the kitchen to clean up and finish her remaining chores.

She had thought– hoped– that the General would have left.

But the bastard didn't.

He followed her inside, and as she began picking up the glass pieces, he knelt next to her.

She sighed in frustration and looked up at him, a charming smile on his face.

"Need some help?"

"No." She continued gathering the pieces of broken glass, trying to ignore the walking furnace next to her. Trying not to lean into the warmth he gave off to fend off the cold from the snowy mountain.

"That's unfortunate. I was hoping I could help."

Y/n said nothing, simply continuing her work.

"You know, I wonder why you look so panicked. No one would notice one missing plate."

"They would." She mumbled quietly, trying not to lose her temper. She knew it was irrational to be pissed at someone who had helped her, saved the one thing she loved most. But she was frustrated, not knowing why he did what he did. The broken plate was an added bonus.

She had received extremely little lunch, her father being mad at her. She had hoped she could eat at night, but now even that was going to be taken from her.

"How? How would they know? It's not like–"

She groaned, turning fully to him. "What is your problem? Why are you here? What do you want from me?"

The General held up his hands. "Woah, okay. First off, my problem is that I haven't drunk any liquor in a week. Can you imagine? I've been in a weird mood the whole week. On top of that, Rhysand forbade me from killing Illyrians. Truly a tragedy. For the second question, I'm here to try and help you clean that. And for the third one, I am just trying to talk you." He gave her a grin, and she had to stop herself from embedding the glass shard she held in her hand in his face.

A sting on her finger made her gasp, and she looked down to realise she had been squeezing the sharp object. Blood welled on her finger, and she cursed inwardly.

The General also saw that, and he was immediately reaching out towards her hand. "Here, let me help with that."

But Y/n snatched her hand back, glaring at him. "No. Thank you." She bit out. "Leave."

His brows furrowed, but she pointed towards the door, and he sighed and reluctantly stood. And then, without a word, he left.

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She had just left her father's office, the beating she was supposed to receive having been cancelled. Her father had decided against punishing her for some reason.

She still couldn't eat though.

She hadn't wanted to go home yet, so she'd decided to take a small walk near to the forest.

After walking for sometime, she had taken a seat against a tree, leaning her head back.

She was hungry, so much so that she was ready to eat rocks.

Snow crunched behind her, and she stiffened.

Turning, she found the the General walking towards her, a pack over his shoulder.

She almost screamed when he sat down next to her.

They sat in silence for some time. But then the General apparently couldn't take it anymore.

He passed her the pack, and she looked up questioningly.

"It's food. Eat up."

She pushed the pack back towards him. "I don't need it."

"Damned Illyrians and their pride." He growled, dropping the pack in her lap and standing. "Better eat it, and get back home before the sun fully sets."

Y/n blinked for a moment, wondering what had gotten into the male in front of her. She didn't think it was that big of an issue to warrant an outburst.

"And what if I don't?"

"You could end up dead. There are creatures lurking in the forest."

"I see no problem with that "

"Then die." He ran a hand through his hair roughly before he took off, and Y/n stared after him.

What the hell?

She never thought someone would be so pissed that she didn't want to eat, but here she was. That was a first.

She glanced down at the pack next to her, then around her to make sure no one was near.

Then she opened the pack and began eating. After all, who was she to turn down food?

She just hoped no one noticed that she wasn't being starved.

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nikkilover-miraclenikki · 8 months

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【 Miracle Nikki CN 】

New Journey Vol.3 Ch.4 “The Lost Scrolls”

【 Miracle Nikki CN 】

New Journey Vol.3 Ch.4 “The Lost Scrolls”

In the new chapter of the story, Nikki and his team accidentally meet Tu Tart in the wasteland.

After learning that the destination of their trip was the Wind Valley Tribe, Tuta expressed his doubts about the abnormal behavior of the current "Wind Talker" Inanna.

Behind Inanna, perhaps there is a bigger secret hidden...

Suit Display ::

The lemonade is cool and sour, and Ruola's feelings are as green as limes.

The thoughts that cannot be hidden are like the bubbles in soda water, gurgling and churning.

P.1 :: Lime Soda (清柠苏打)

It is indeed very difficult to find clues from the few words and phrases reported in the past, However, when Al really wants to do something, she will use all her patience to figure it out.

P.2 :: Whispers (曦光絮语)

The colorful colors can always bring her many new ideas.

The girl's eyes lit up, and she wrote down her inspiration in the notebook.

What will the bouquet look like tomorrow ?

P.3 :: Wild People (肆野群者)

The wonderful magic show undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention.

The magician Liti has a pair of mysterious and beautiful eyes, as if she can see through the secrets in people's hearts.

P.4 :: Magic Fantasy (奇幻魔术)

In order to rescue her knights, the real princess Tiya put on military uniforms, held up her sword, and led the well-trained royal knights to declare war on the devil.

P.5 :: Royal Knight (皇家骑士)

Countless happy memories drifted away, and the bubble master shook the bubble machine briskly, sending more happy wine into the air, creating a beautiful phantom

P.6 :: Bubble (煦风泡影)

The girl who is usually not good at talking has always been fond of chocolate, not only has a lot of experience in tasting, but also is good at making it into various flavors

P.7 :: Passion (情衷热巧)

Collection ::

P.1 :: Lilith Kingdom

P.2-5 :: Pigeon Kingdom

P.3 :: Wasteland Republic

P.4 :: Apple Federal

P.6-7 :: Gallery

Type ::

Journey Suit Vol.3 Ch.4 “The Lost Scrolls”

Date :: 18/08/2023…..

#Journey Suit #Journey Suit Vol.3 #Lilith Kingdom #Pigeon Kingdom #Wasteland Republic #Apple Federal #Gallery #奇迹暖暖 #Miracle Nikki #Love Nikki #Nikki Up2U 3 #Nikki 3 #Orangecatty #Dress-Up Game #Nikki Diary Thailand

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tarisilmarwen · 9 months

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Rebels Rewatch: "Trials of the Darksaber"

Delicious. Finally some good kriffing Sabine backstory. :)

Really love the unique design of Atollon, the coral reef type plantlife, like the ocean floor drained of water. Love that we get lots of establishing shots this season just looking at and admiring the coral formations. <3

From this look Sabine gives as Rau heads up the ramp into the Ghost's cargo hold I think she already suspects and/or dreads why he's there.

Rau looks at the darksaber with reverence and awe and disbelief like it's Excalibur.

"Liberated" is an awfully nice way of saying y'all stole it, Rau. And oh boy the ink I could spill on that.

Long story short, the thing never should have become a cultural icon for the Mandalorians in the first place, Tarre left it with the Temple, if he wanted the Mandos to have it he would have instructed the Jedi Order to give it to them. Actually kind of sick that a Jedi lightsaber--representative of peace and diplomacy--got used instead for warfare, conquest, and dominance.

Side note though, the 2D animation sequence of the darksaber's backstory is gorgeous.

"I imagine Sabine was excited to recover it." Yeeeeeeeah you don't know her at all, Rau. Sabine has too many family trauma-shaped issues for that. She thought for one second about the implications of finding the darksaber and was like, "Nope! Not dealing with that." straight into denial and avoidance.

Which is not the last time her character journey in this episode will mirror Ezra's from all the way back in "Empire Day/Gathering Forces".

This is so cute. <3

From how Sabine has painted herself this particular wall art must have been added sometime in Season Two, probably earlier in the season. Her depiction of Ezra here is a little bit more flattering than the one she painted in Season One... but still kind of poking fun at him. XD

(Really kind of amazing to contrast this portrait with the one she did in the finale, where Ezra is centered instead of her, and finally looks serene and grown up.)

Sabine is kind of curled up, clutching her helmet a bit self-protectively.

Be honest, you thought the purr Chopper gives when Sabine pets him as she passes was cute too.

The score is already heavily reliant on clarinet and harp, a combination that makes this cue sound vaguely exotic.

Hmm, does this collective family confrontation seem familar?

It does!

Ezra points out the obvious: It's a lot harder for someone non-Force Sensitive to wield and be proficient in a lightsaber. Something that the Ahsoka show will hopefully delve into.

Maybe?

Perhaps?

Please?

Kanan agrees that Sabine "can't fight like a Jedi" (more evidence that she's not actually Force Sensitive) but she can become proficient with the blade, to which Sabine objects because "[...]that is a lightsaber." and there is this raw look of actual fear in her eyes.

This is the first time we hear her theme, by the way, faint in the background.

Sabine has such a defeatist attitude about reconciling with her family. :(

Tiya's voice acting is amazing this episode, Sabine already sounds like she's about to cry.

(Also note she curls her arms around herself self-protectively here, juuuuust like a little Season One Loth-rat we could name. :) )

Hera is being SO very gentle about the fact that she has to, as Rebellion leader, ask Sabine to try and make a strategic alliance with a prominent Mandalorian clan. Sabine feels a little bit betrayed by this, obviously, but Kanan emphasizes she can still walk away if that's her choice, which I really wish the people who trauma-coddle Sabine would remember as a thing he and Hera did.

Does Sabine relent because she feels a sense of pressure? Probably. But also she was not healing ducking and avoiding the issue.

Even though she agrees she's not really committed to her actions yet, and Ezra points out that getting her head right about that is going to be the first step. (Hera kind of gives him stinkeye for this but Hera, this is Jedi Training 101, let the padawan who's already wrestled with this have a say. He's not even that mean about it.)

Sabine gets angry, which is the opposite of what she needs to be in order to do this. (Also, "Give me the lightsaber and I'll make the connection!"/"Gimme the sword, I'm gonna learn how to kick your--") At Kanan's urging she calms herself, though, and it's only then that he lets her hold the darksaber.

AND THUS WE GET ROAD TRIP AND JEDI BOOTCAMP WITH KANAN. :D

Ezra doesn't often get the chance to poke Sabine back so you know he's enjoying this.

Sabine is actually being way pricklier at the teasing than she normally would be, and that's one of our clues of just how emotionally unbalanced and rattled she is this episode.

They start setting up camp and Sabine immediately begins questioning Kanan's training methods, to which Ezra assures her this kind of thing is normal.

Something I really like and appreciate about this episode? Ezra never once acts jealous or bratty about the fact that Kanan's training Sabine too. He's actually very eager and helpful to walk her through the forms.

The only two times he complains it's because Kanan made him unload the supplies Fenn brought instead of taking a break to rest--which isn't really about Sabine at all, more like a typical teenager griping about the chores--and when Sabine uses her new gauntlet arsenal on him. Because you know, that's cheating.

There is nooooooo particular reason I'm including this screencap, nope. None at all.

I said like a liar.

Look at him, he's so proud for her. <3

I love watching the choreography in this episode. Sabine lunges, almost off balance from the very-start, movement heavily telegraphed, and slashes with very little thought or strategy, and none of the elegance or precision she's going to need with an actual lightsaber. So obviously, Kanan easily deflects and overpowers her.

This first clash is punctuated with some lovely drum percussion in the score. Possibly some wood blocks too? That or the drums are Japanese Taiko or something.

He's so excited to teach her, look at him. <3

Fun note from the closed captions: "Hey, slow down, all right? You're not gonna learn this in one day." Ezra being encouraging when she's frustrated about her progress.

After the commercial cut we're back with Ezra and Sabine again and she's almost gotten herself perfectly synced to him.

Hera: "Were you careful with Ezra?" Ah, that would be a NO, Hera. He was not. Lol.

Both Hera and Kanan have points here. Kanan, understandably, doesn't want Sabine to get hurt (his "I'm trying things differently" line) and Hera accuses him of doubting in her abilities because she doesn't have the Force. And it's not that it's that her emotional blockage is going to completely screw up her ability to hold a lightsaber, because to use the Force properly in any fashion, even just enough to hold a lightsaber without dismembering yourself you have to be at peace.

You can't be channeling your emotions because that feedback loops through the Force and amplifies whatever you're feeling and amps it up to dangerous levels you can't always control, especially if you aren't trained.

Kanan is the Jedi, he knows this. But Hera is the mom, and she knows Sabine. By not letting her actually confront herself via the real blade, Kanan isn't helping her work through her issues.

Mostly because he doesn't know how to even begin to approach those issues because Sabine's got everything so battened down and bottled up under stubborn layers of denial and anger and hurt. (So he's going to have to throw her in the deep end like he did with Ezra, and it seems like he doesn't want to.)

Like, this episode is an almost perfect encapsulation of why the Jedi practice mindfulness and why the Jedi way can't be for everyone who shows Force potential.

Though on those lines, again, please note that the show completely supports the premise that Sabine is not Force Sensitive, even with Kanan's line about how the Force resides in all things but you have to be open to it. We'll put a bookmark on this and hopefully we won't have to come back to it for reference with the Ahsoka show. *narrow stare at Filoni*

"I'll be sending out supplies, is there anything specific that you need?" "Patience, understanding..." SUCH a #married line lol.

Back to the boot camp and Sabine is doing marginally better, her movements sharper, more controlled, kept closer to her chest. She's still pressing forward too much, too eager to just attack and overwhelm; Ezra barely expends any effort dodging and blocking her. His form is polished, casual. You can spot several of the established canon block positions. Sabine's is erratic and stiff, her strikes all over the place.

She smacks him for his chipper encouraging compliment but also--

She smiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiing. ^_^

There's a move here Ezra does where he spins around Sabine's strike that gif-makers have noticed she uses later in her fight with Saxon.

Sabine is SO ANNOYED that Rau is adding to the chorus of critical voices lolol.

Rau spoiling Sabine like a doting uncle, aww.

The gifts provide Sabine with a temporary, artificial confidence, which leads to a bit of arrogance on her part. She's too caught up in getting one over her opponent that she forgets all respect and decorum and attacks Kanan out of turn.

Kanan gets a little pissy in return, quickly turning things around and emphasizing that her bullish attitude is going to get her killed.

Oh, something else I love? Sabine doesn't ever target Ezra with her anger, even here where she's yelling at Kanan, all her bitterness is directed squarely at him and she only mentions Ezra because she incredulous he's learned so well when he has such a "lousy" teacher.

But oof, Kanan and Ezra's expressions, ow.

There's this painful little pinch of guilt. Wonder if he's remembering Kanan's doubts about being a good teacher for him, about how when things were at their worst he was the one lashing out at Kanan and claiming he didn't need him.

Sabine goes off to be by herself and after a moment Ezra follows, attempting another of his infamous impromptu therapy sessions no doubt lol.

I love this scene so much. The soft lighting, the quiet rendition of Sabine's theme in harp. Ezra trying to be encouraging and understanding and Sabine just bursting at the seams with all the hurt and pain she's trying to hide because if she gives voice to the reason she left she has to confront it all over again.

Thematically it's all the same beats as their conversation back in "Gathering Forces" where Sabine was urging him to reconcile with and resolve the trauma in his past, reconnect with his former family, only now with the roles reversed, now he's the one urging her.

Gif-makers have not failed to notice the shot-for-shot blocking, the parallels are so strong and clearly deliberate. Ezra's trying to be there for Sabine the way she was for him, with the same results, Sabine shuts down and shuts him out. Ezra withdraws respectfully, though not before pointing out that she still has a chance, because her parents are still alive to reconcile with. (I hear a snatch of his theme right here, very nice.)

Boy fandom gave him so much unnecessary grief for that line. It made... zero sense. Then and now.

Sabine tries to call after him, a bit too late, and just stays alone with her thoughts some more.

Hi Bendu!

See what I said above, Kanan's thinking about the practicality of letting a volatile emotionally-compromised teenager swing around a Force weapon and Hera knows she's not going to get past her issues if she's given an out to avoid things. (Hera also alludes to her issues with Cham, which is probably what got Sabine to start trusting her in the first place.)

Ezra voicing some worry about how long she's been gone. <3 And complete faith in her abilities, feeling like Kanan's maybe pushing her too hard. <3

He's so happy to see her back, too. <3

Oooh this track, relying on those unique instruments again, some kind of flute and that might be an erhu but I'm not sure. This is "Sabine's Catharsis", a cue which takes her leitmotif through an emotional wringer, bending it around different percussion harmonies and giving the theme to different parts of the orchestra. (I counted at least four or five shifts, from the flute, to the erhu and violins, to a cello and some horns, to the full string section and back around again.)

Sabine looks trepidacious at finally being handed the darksaber.

Ezra with an expression of, "Oh this 'bout to get good."

And his anxious glance at Rau when he realizes Kanan isn't dialing down his saber to training mode lol.

Ho man this overhead shot.

This whole sequence. *chef's kiss* The lighting, the score, the character drama... Kanan pushing Sabine to her limit, physically and emotionally, to break past the walls that are preventing her from healing, from accessing that place of catharsis she needs.

Sabine's choreography starts fraying as the duel goes on, Kanan still easily able to knock her down or push her about. At one point the darksaber glances off her right vambrace, singing it, which is probably what Kanan was worried about when he hesitated to actually give her the sword.

(Ezra almost rushes in, because she's hurt, but Fenn holds him back. People holding Ezra back from trying to protect Sabine will almost become a running gag in this arc lol.)

Again, I would love to point out those sweet sweet parallels in the dialogue here.

"You're blocked!"/"You're not committed to this. You should quit."

"I'm not afraid of them!" "Then what?"/"You did run, didn't you?" "No!"

"Ezra, what are you afraid of?"/"Then what's the truth?"

And... it works.

"I'm... I'm afraid of knowing. I'm afraid of the truth!"/"The truth... is that... I left to save everyone!"

Frick, the emotion in Tiya's performance here, it's so raw. :(((((

And finally that juicy juicy Sabine backstory they've been sprinkling out a trickle at a time, lol.

:(((((

All of them pledging to support her as we close out on this powerful image.

Oh man I love this episode. Something that becomes apparent in Season Three is that Sabine is being moved forward into narrative prominence, to wind up ultimately as a co-protagonist to Ezra. That spot had previously been taken up by Kanan, who has been sort of stepping back, the writers very slowly shifting him out of focus and allowing Sabine to grow, and also allowing her and Ezra to grow up together. (I think at this point they already knew that Kanan's days were numbered as Ezra's mentor, and were making sure he still had someone who was always going to be in his corner.)

In the end the show is about them, the children who become adults too soon in a world at war. "A boy who was lost" and "a girl who was broken" as Hera's trailer voiceovers would say, later.

Sabine's backstory confession is heartbreaking. Slightly confusing in places, @seleneisrising has an attempt at a coherent timeline of events, but nothing that dampens the emotional resonance of the scene. So many things about Sabine make sense now, and boy I hurt for her.

Great music, great character work... This episode is on people's top fives for a reason.

#star wars #star wars rebels #space dad and his precious pumpkin child #and his rainbow colored cupcake #sabezra #rebels rewatch #liveblog #music #soundtracks

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grendelsmilf · 5 months

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okay i finally finished rewatching s1 of the afterparty (it took me so long bc i’ve been watching it w my dad and i haven’t seen him in a while) (will respond to whoever asked me about my thoughts on s2 once i get to it) so here are my thoughts (immediate spoilers btw)

yasper literally could’ve gotten away with it AND maintained his friendship with aniq if at the very beginning he had just said “i was up there talking to him and he accidentally slipped i tried to save him but i was too far away also it’s my birthday im a little birthday boyy” . and then even if danner had pressed him further bc she suspected foul play, aniq would’ve had his back bc he would’ve known that yasper was willing to take the fall just so that aniq wouldn’t be implicated. yasper rly fumbled that huh

that said, i don’t think yasper should go to prison because killing xavier is not a crime by any moral standards. in fact he should win the nobel peace prize

also yasper should win ANOTHER nobel just for being enmeshed in not ONE but two examples of toxic yaoi. he’s crazy for that

also i just love ben schwartz. who can resist his precious little punim

and his chemistry with sam richardson is amazing they should star in like a romcom or something

aniq and zoe are still cute together. sorry

on a rewatch the brett episode might genuinely be the funniest one. and the high school episode is still genuinely devastating

as for what I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT FUCKING STAND ABOUT THIS SHOW: it is a show fundamentally concerned with how the lens through which we view media shapes our perceptions of the world. it is a show about narrativization and the nature of propaganda. it is a show that continually lampshades the way in which our media is an inaccurate reflection of our material realities. it is a show that explicitly points out the harmful nature of copaganda, especially in terms of how it contradicts real-world policing…in an episode that simultaneously portrays policing in a fundamentally inaccurate way that plays into the exact same reactionary, harmful tropes it is ostensibly critiquing. and i don’t find this cute or charmingly ironic, i find this to be particularly insidious, because self-awareness without self-critique allows for the viewer (and the writer) to feel smugly satisfied while absorbing the exact same propagandistic tropes they somehow consider themselves immune to. the characters repeatedly emphasize that our perspectives are flawed as a way of gesturing to the failures of our criminal justice system, but the show ends with the same poirot-esque victory for our central cop heroine without ever actually taking into consideration the harm of presenting such a narrative. because the good cop gets to feel satisfied that she solved the case before the bad cop came and made a wrongful arrest, right? it’s especially insidious because they clearly imply that racism is a motivating factor in aniq’s status as the primary suspect as well as danner’s slower career trajectory (as well as misogyny, in her case), but acknowledging that there is racism and sexism embedded into these institutions of policing while otherwise upholding the work cops do as “solving crimes” and “serving the community” is an even more dangerous form of liberal copaganda in many respects. the way yasper’s arrest is framed angers me, but it’s not necessarily because i think ben schwartz is too cute to go to jail (although i still maintain jennifer 1 would’ve made for a better murderer if they had to go that route at all). it’s that the framing plays the assumptions of this fundamentally reactionary genre completely straight; the entire show continually lampshades many of the glaring flaws in this premise as it nevertheless upholds deeply harmful institutions. as far as s1 goes, it is an extremely entertaining piece of comedy with a great cast (although john early and tiya sircar were underutilized so what’s even the point), with an interesting premise and framing device, but completely ideologically abhorrent in a way that genuinely sickens me.

anyway watch gosford park

#the afterparty #o.tv #assuming putting it under a cut for spoilers isn’t necessary considering s2 has been out for a while now #this show pissed me off so much man why did i rewatch it #oh right. because sam richardson is a gem #and i miss detroiters

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heart-of-a-rebel16 · 8 months

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I think one of the worst parts about the ahsoka show is that everyone is knocking it out of the ducking park with their acting….except for ahsoka herself. Like, I never in a million years thought I would love Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Natasha Liu Bordizzo as much as I would Vanessa Marshall and Tiya Sircar, yet here we are! And Rosario Dawson is just there! Giving absolutely nothing! Ahsoka has so much personality that Dawson could have drawn from, yet she’s giving this bland, milquetoast performance that pales compared to everyone around her.

#AND WHERE THE HELL IS ZEB?#all jokes aside #I do have real issues about the ahsoka show that goes beyond rosario dawson #(Zeb’s absence being a legitimate one)#But Natasha and Mary are trying their best #And rosario is the epitome of 🧍#ahsoka series #ahsoka show #Star wars #sw

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atkrnina · 1 year

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memento mori (2)

one clean cut, and it'd be over.

Quaritch held her long braid firmly in his hand, as he considered the thought.

"only three fingers, sir,"

a man said, nodding at her hands.

he huffed in dissatisfaction. she had still cost him two men. besides, her involvement in reaching Jakes children must've meant something. perhaps he was just reaching, but it was worth a try.

"pack her up. she's coming with us,"

then he took her bow and removed the dagger from the leather band around her waist.

—

Tiya awoke in what could best be described as a living nightmare. it was loud, and small. aliens surrounded her and she was disarmed. whatever they had done to her, it was clouding her senses.

her hands were restrained, her right leg felt cold and heavy.

"it's awake, sir,"

a large hand reached for her neck, grabbing her firmly.

she hissed and snarled, as much as she could while her body didn't feel like her own.

"seems like we found ourselves a fighter. safe your strength, you'll need it, sweetheart,"

Tiya attempted to bite him when he pulled his hand back, but she was too slow, far too slow, resulting in the alien reacting way in time. He put his arm under her chin and pressed her neck against the back of the machine they were in.

"what a warrior you are, I cannot wait what you have in store for us,"

his words barely reached her ears, it was too loud. she wished for the silence of the forest, for the comfort of her home. Tiya wished for this alien to leave her alone, to die. To leave this planet at once and to never come back.

as her yellow eyes glanced out of the machine, she looked down at her home, her beautiful home. where they had lived so peacefully, until the sky people returned. bringing nothing more but death and destruction. whatever they touched, they destroyed.

Tiya refused to let them destroy her, too.

—

their home was cold. crowded. Tiya still felt besides her when they pushed her past humans in strange clothing, past unknown rooms. Yet the warrior hadn't given up.

the aliens that held her, didn't hold her particularly firm. they still thought her to be too weak. either that or they thought her to be stupid.

in a well chosen moment, Tiya forcefully tore herself from their grip, running down the cold corridors and past the terrifying humans. they were so small in comparison to her, yet so lethal. without their weapons, they'd be nothing.

a good hunter, was always a good hunter, and a good warrior, if need be. on the back of an Ikran or a pa'li. Even without a weapon, they were good at tracking, concealing their tracks and being one step further than their opponent. humans couldn't do any of that. they couldn't even breathe their air, without a mask.

shouting erupted from behind Tiya, as she kept running, her legs only carrying her with an unusual struggle. blood started to pour again from her wound. when she eventually found herself in a room without an exit. humans besides her stumbled away in fear, speaking and shouting in their demon tongue, as she whipped their precious stuff over with her tail.

terrified and angry she looked around for an exit. her throat felt tight, her lungs were aching for air.

she wondered what Tsu'tey would say, if he'd see her like this. surrounded by the enemy, disarmed, trying desperately to put on any kind of fight.

the tall alien that had shot her, who had sat besides her during the ride back, stood now towards Tiya, as she frantically stumbled backwards, the pain in her right right thigh too prominent too ignore it longer.

but her visage remained distorted in rage, as she hissed and snarled at him continuously, while her throat felt tighter and tighter.

"hold fire, i'll give it thirty more seconds until she's out,"

"yes, colonel,"

the Na'vi looked awful to him, with her right leg that was covered in blood, and her blue skin that looked paler in the artificial light of the room she had trapped herself in. it were her eyes that conveyed unwavering rage towards him and the rest of his kind.

she had knocked everything over with her tail. glass crunched beneath his feet as he approached her.

her big yellow eyes met his and she gave him one last hiss, before falling on her knees, into the shards of glass, wheezing for air.

"mask, please,"

he commanded, as he crouched besides her. maybe he should let her wither away, she was still a killer, after all.

the fight hadn't left her entirely. Tiya watched as the alien came closer to her, using all her remaining strength to bury her fangs in his neck, earning a painful grunt, followed by a sharp hiss, as he tore her away, dragging her teeth over the sensitive skin on his neck.

"shit! colonel are you alright?"

blood immediately poured from the bite, his blood stained her chin and lips, as she finally gave into her oxygen loss. it felt like falling asleep, but worse. because she wasn't at home, she wasn't safe, with her people.

"where's the damn mask?"

another marine stumbled besides him, pressing the mask on the woman's face and mouth.

"let the scientists see her for that wound,"

he pressed a cloth to his neck that another scientist had handed him. the bite stung awfully, she had definitely known well where to hit him. he hoped he didn't contract any illnesses from her saliva, as there was no way that these Na'vi were clean.

"keep her restrained and always in sight,"

—

Tiya awoke after a dreamless sleep. in a small, glass cube with white interior. this entire room was too small for her, Tiya had never been forced into such a small space before and her ears twitched nervously. when she sat up, she immediately saw the unfamiliar white cloth around her thigh. the pain had subsided slightly.

the cloth was wrapped firmly around her blue striped skin. she didn't trust it. it came from these aliens, these sky people. Tiya knew that nothing good ever came from them.

so she began tearing it off her skin, hissing quietly to herself. her tail whipped in distress, as she dug her fingers into the cloth to rip it off. Tiya didn't want this. any of this. she wanted to go home.

it didn't take long until her captors noticed that.

"why are they so stupid?"

one of them huffed.

"i'll go in and see if she talks," Quaritch decided.

his neck still hurt. he ended up getting stitches just like she did for her bullet wound.

Tiya stared in shock at her wound. it was strangely flicked with black strings. her ears flattened as she pulled at them, wanting them out of her skin at once, or else she would feel like she had been poisoned. it hurt, when she pulled at them. blood began seeping out of her skin, as she hissed in frustration and in pain.

she prayed to Eywa that everything would be fine, that she would be freed soon, she prayed for strength and guidance for whatever came next. her hand laid on her colorful neckpiece, as she felt her heartbeat.

it was calm around her. too calm.

when the door to her cell opened, she immediately hissed at the alien who entered, taking a defensive stance that still hurt her wounded leg. the alien towards her put the mask over his mouth and nose, as the door behind him shut. the alien was odd, all of them were. however, she had never seen one so close to her.

their eyes were so small, they probably could barely see at night, so were his ears. Tiya wouldn't be surprised if he had issues hearing his enemies when they approached him from behind. hearing was a sense that was crucial for the Na'vi hunters. no, he was no Na'vi. he was an alien, a monster who tried to walk among them, but failed miserably. with his odd hands, and the even stranger clothes.

"tell me your name,"

even his voice sounded odd to her, especially when speaking in his demon tongue.

her tail whipped aggressively back and forth, yellow eyes fixated him. all he got was a snarl. he hadn't expected more. even when injured, Quaritch was sure she would fight him to death. because she was an animal, like the one who had killed him. the old him.

"tell me your name and maybe you don't die for what you did,"

Quaritch insisted, threatening her. he knew she understood him, she had to. the Na'vi simply didn't want to answer. she wouldn't, unless he made her.

the woman hissed at him again, it was her only reply. she did not fear death, her time was just borrowed, and she had no problem with giving it back to the great mother.

"fine,"

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thank you for reading so far! let me know what you think, I am always open for recommendations and improvement :))

#recom miles quaritch #miles quaritch #colonel miles quaritch #miles quaritch x oc #avatar fanfiction #avatar #avatar james cameron #avatar the way of water #na'vi oc #na'vi quaritch #fanfic

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soulmvtes · 21 hours

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the friendship i have w one of my friends is genuinely so healing and that has caught me so off guard but i am eternally grateful ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

#we became friends last year but i didn't realise that we would become that close #and idk its the little things that i cant explain #but as someone who has always felt so alone and lonely #and has had bad experiences w friendship and never feels like people actually want to be friends w me #it can be so reassuring <3 #diary #tiyas thoughts

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twilightofthe · 8 months

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okay i put all my cranky thoughts into a separate post that's now drafted and it made me feel better so i'll be able to watch this episode now lol but if it gets me worked up again i'm posting the rant i'm sorry i cannot be helped or changed or saved <3

ANYWAY AHSOKA EP 2

also i forgot to say so last episode but kevin kiner my ABSOLUTE BELOVED the return of the king is real so happy to have you here my dude the ending and full theme was absolutely gorgeous

anywayyyyyy so i am guessing sabine did not make like satine and survived her shish kabobing

well there's ahsoka

oh yeah there's bean she's fine she'll be fine xD

damn filoni really gave more handwaving to having a character survive a major impalement vs me twisting myself into fucking knots writing anakin getting run through lmao

ahsoka sorry but actually i'm gonna blame u for this you still kinda seem like a mess and i don't think you were a very good teacher to sabine and now ur dropping back in on her when she's convenient to you?

well at least we know why she's so adamant against training baby yoda lol

ope here's goth girl and the fuuuuck is his NAME again i keep calling him fucking bryan

i like the fancy sithy-looking sundial tho

pfff second ep is "toil and trouble" guess we're getting witchy!

OH YEAH WAS SABINE'S KITTY OKAY

THEY BETTER BE OKAY

I SWEAR TO GOD

yea ahsoka what happened to showing up in the nick of time and saving kanan and ezra from inquisitors in rebels u were slowwww girlie

OK GOOD THE CAT IS OKAY

that's all that matters

ope one more droid hanging around ezra's place

GIRL UR SITTING UP ALREADY?!

GIRL HOW CAN U BREATHE

we do love the mechanic girl of my heart

sabine does love her explosions

no huyang hera just likes explosions

sabine works best under explosive pressure we LOVE HER

ope back to corellia i guess? we can reuse the old solo sets?

sabine

you were just

impaled

"but she's not the one who needs to hear it right now" ahhh there's the sabine and hera dialogue. ugh but i'm still not used to natasha and mary i can just hear tiya and vanessa doing it instead :(

WHY DO Y'ALL KEEP MAKING SABINE AND AHSOKA ANGRY EXES TF

"ancient ppl from a distant galaxy" waaaaaaait are they bringing in those eu dudes

no wait i think i remember something about these guys that was mention as the big bad in the canceled animated rebels sequel

or it could just be the chiss lmao

that could be it too, makes sense why they'd want thrawn

ok that is some real cool galactic map visuals i am an absolute sucker for a good starmap

ok but wait how the fuck did y'all get a map to thrawn anyway did the space whales write it

also sorry morgan but i don't personally think thrawn would go for u nothing personal you are hot but you don't quite seem his type

waaaait is fucking thrawn gonna have force sensitivity now THAT would be absolutely hilarious and he'd hate it so much

who's marrok i have no memory

y'all you can't just make thrawn work for you didn't he only work with the empire cuz he had to because it would advantage his people somehow (has read zero thrawn novels and only seen rebels)

please tell me sabine is in the fucking vents of ahsoka's ship

THERE'S THE GHOST WHERE IS CHOPPER

I AM NO LONGER FUCKING ASKING

okay so i think my issue with Mary is she doesn't have any of the same authority and purpose Hera's meant to hav

CHOPPER

MY MURDERBOT

MY SON

MY ANGEL MY EVERYTHING

Anyway

yeah

oh yeah harping in that the new republic is a total fustercluck

ew a capitalist

bro you know hera used to steal from people like you for the rebellion

sdlkfjsdk omg sabine's mom needs to talk to the teacher to keep her from getting expelled

but also y'all sabine is like 25-30 right now she's not a kid

@ ahsoka bitch you have no fuckin clue what you're doing doooon't talk about readiness

y'know maybe the imperial era just advanced medicine so later impalements don't kill people

oh oh so it IS ezra's!

sabine go find luke he'd love to have you

STOP WITH THE GAY DIALOGUE

ok so yeah she likely doesn't have force sensitvity

goddammit huyang neverMIND

so sabine IS force sensitive :) and kanan and ezra just never brought it up :) great :)

hera my beautiful ship nerd ily

bitch do NOT fuck with hera she has more presence than anyone ever

hera my dude you know better than anyone that if a ship wants to take off you gotta go try and stop it in person

ah i have been waiting like 5 long years to watch hera best pilot there was kick aerial ass

we STAN

chopperrrrrrrrr

oh yeah ahsoka's fighting an inquisitor too lmao

CHOPPER GET THEIR ASS

CHOPPER ADD TO YOUR KILL COUNT

ok this hera and chopper banter is perfect i do love it

VICTORY FOR MY GHOSTS

oh and good job ahsoka lol

aghhh sabine and her therapy cat i'm ;_;

theeeeere's sabine's mando armor

SABINE AND KANAN'S FUCKIN KNIFE I'M GONNA EVEN IGNORE THE BAD MULAN HACKJOB ATTEMPT

okay it seems like mary's kinda on and off for hera so far, she has her moments but she can't hold them

rosario keeps losing me i'm sorryyyyyyyy

natasha is doing GREAT

aaaaaand we redoing the end of the rebels epilogue!

god this makes me miss zeb

and kanan obvs but i've come to accept his death

zeb's still hanging around where is he!!!!!

ah all is right

sabine has her gay haircut back

here we go gay roadtrip to find ezra time

alright so i'm still not really vibing with jedi!sabine at All but i have concluded that this show is watchable but honestly not that good, writing-wise, sorry dave, so i think i'll be able to watch it with my brain turned off

goddammit first i thought the holograms visiting morgan were nightsister witch ghosts xD

RIGHT RIGHT HIS NAME IS BAYLAN NOT BRYAN

morgan stop simping for thrawn i guaranTEE he's not your type

oKAY

we are through with the two episodes! it is very late for me so i'm gonna sit and think on what i've seen so far and shitpost a little. i did really like seeing my rebels blorbos again even if the live action actors don't quite have their groove yet. obviously very excited to retrieve ezra <3 so yeah that was that and i'll be back for more next week!

#sw the ahsoka show #ahsoka #sw ahsoka #ahsoka spoilers #star wars #sw spoilers #star wars spoilers #ahsoka show #ahsoka tano #sabine wren #liveblogging the ahsoka show

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