Learning That People Actually Think Anakin Skywalker Was A Mary Sue Has To Be The Most Brain-dead Thing

learning that people actually think Anakin Skywalker was a Mary Sue has to be the most brain-dead thing I've seen on this site.

Hot take: Padmé choosing Anakin despite (and maybe even because of) his red flags is the entire point of their relationship, and the theory that he intentionally or accidentally mind-tricked her into it misses the point completely and robs Padmé of her agency in the relationship.

Reading over debates and flame wars on this site about the Jedi, Sith or literally anything about Star Wars made me realize how truly futile it is to have true debates on canon. You just can't.

All of the retcons, continuity errors, levels of canon and the differences between Legends and Disney canon just make everyone's arguments valid in their own selected universes. You can't really expect other people to simply drop their universes that they grew up with, bought merchandise and became attached (ironic) to in terms of characters. Having a discussion about worldbuilding or characterization is practically impossible.

It's like arguing on Luke's characterization, only one person in the discussion is using the Star Wars universe and the other is using the Percy Jackson universe as their basis. There's no connection; you're all right in your own universes. And it all just goes round and round and round forever.

I know that the whole reason that Disney created the First Order was to rip off the OT, but can you imagine if it was on purpose.

The First Order was the perfect chance to address Neo-Nazism. All they had to do was make them a fringe group. No fancy spaceships, no stupid space lasers, no stormtrooper armies, just a group of regular people with a dangerous ideology with backing in the New Republic Senate. They have one Dark Sider, but that's the limit. No kidnapping children and raising them to be soldiers, just good propaganda and terrifying brainwashing.

You can't convince me that Anakin wouldn't have ditched Kyle Ron the second he started his weird Vader cult (it was weird when his subordinates and coworkers did it, and it's weird now, Kyle).

Padme would have dumped this asshat in the trashcan while Ahsoka filmed it.

Ahsoka and force ghost Anakin chilling:

Ahsoka: "Your granddaughter is strong with the force. Yesterday she levitated her building blocks. Drove Han crazy while Leia was laughing."

Anakin: (chuckles) "Well someone's gotta mess with my son in law if I can't. All I can do is spook him once in a while and even then Leia hasn't exactly adjusted to me as her father yet so I can't overdo it."

Ahsoka: "Don't worry master. She'll come around."

Anakin: "I'd understand if she didn't though. I'm still surprised you forgave me."

Ahsoka: "I was just happy you came back to yourself."

Anakin: "But Leia never knew me, she only knew.... Hold on. I hear something. I think it's an alternate universe. Oh wow that place is a mess. I gotta say something to help out. What do I say though? Something generic but helpful. Bring back the balance Rey, as I did."

Ahsoka: "What? Who the kriff is Rey? You're the only chosen one here."

Anakin: "I know but she's dying over there, I had to say something that might get her up. Oh here's another good generic one. The force surrounds you Rey. Oh hey Aayla!"

Ahsoka: "Aayla?! She's a ghost too?! Can I see her???"

Anakin: "Unfortunately this is an alternate universe Aayla ghost. She said 'Let it guide you'. Oh hey what if I gave you a cameo? How awesome would that be? Say the words 'as it guided us'."

Ahsoka: "What?! I can't even see what's going on in that universe."

Anakin: "Oh believe me you don't want to."

Ahsoka: "Fine. I'll say it. 'As it guided us'. Ok I said it, why are you so quiet?"

Anakin: "I shouldn't have helped her."

Ahsoka: "Why not?"

Anakin: "She buried my lightsaber in the kriffing sand!!!"

And that's the story of how Anakin and Ahsoka's voices made it into Rise of Skywalker, a messy alternate universe. And yes, Anakin is straight up ignoring Kylo Ren.

Fiction writer's hard-on for the name "Brian"

If I had a nickel for every time a fucked up old dude in a fandom I follow had the name "Brian" sandwiched between a bunch of latin nonsense for his full given name, I'd have two nickels, which isn't that many but it's weird it happened twice.