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Ahsoka sees Anakin
(Not ship art!)
Chat Noir is THE BEST character in Miraculous. No, nothing can change my mind. He's THE most interesting character in this show. And yes, he deserves better.
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When people say the Jedi Code led to the Order's downfall
Like yeah, just because you don't understand their ways means they deserved to be murdered. And they always try to sugarcoat it too, like they all just got fired from the Republic or something, instead of what actually happened, they were murdered and hunted like animals, children were slaughtered, their culture was erased and rendered illegal. How was this their fault again? Because they aren't omnipotent beings who can solve problems in a blink of an eye? I can't believe this fandom anymore tbh
“you’re just mad your grumpy fave wasn’t there to glare at everyone”
No, I’m mad that this show doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. What is The Bad Batch doing? What is their end goal? What is this season slowly working towards? I can appreciate a slow burn when I can get some idea of what it’s building up to, but literally what is the end destination for The Bad Batch? Like yeah, the Clone Wars had filler episodes but it also had self contained multi-episode arcs and we knew it was going to all lead up to the end of the war, Order 66, and the rise of the Empire. But what is the Bad Batch doing? It doesn’t seem to be going anywhere and we don’t even know if it’s gonna get more than one season.
We all thought they’d make the end goal getting Crosshair back, especially after they seemed to be pushing it so heavily in the first 3 episodes, but now the Batch don’t seem to care about him at all. Out of 13 episodes, Crosshair has been in like 5 and one of those was only for literally a minute. You separated him from the Batch for… what? The angst? They don’t seem that broken up about it. Because Crosshair is gonna do something important with the Emprie? He’s barely been on screen. And we know the squad is not going to fight the Empire or help the rebellion because Hunter has said they’re not interested in that to both Rex and the Syndullas when offered. So what exactly are they doing? Protecting a Omega from the Kaminoans? Cool. We haven’t heard anything about the Kaminoans in multiple episodes. Figuring out what Omega’s purpose is? Nothing. Just trying to survive Imperial rule? Great. So is the rest of the galaxy. Why are you showing us their story specifically?
I can appreciate a slow burn as much as anyone, and I don’t mind filler episodes (I think more shows these days should have them), but you still have to be careful of moving too slow or else interest in your project is going to fizzle and die out before you actually get to the bits you’ve been building up to. And it’s even worse with The Bad Batch because we as an audience don’t know what the heck you’re trying to build up to. Every time we think we’ve figure it out, a new episode comes and changes the direction. This show has no direction.
So yeah, obviously I’m sad when my favorite character isn’t in an episode, but mainly I’m getting tired of the way every episode only gives us half an inch of plot, character development for Hunter and Omega while Wrecker, Tech, and Echo are just kinda… there, and Crosshair offscreen somewhere being vaguely “eeeeeviiiiilll” when we have absolutely no idea if the story is supposed to continue after one season or not. Every time they’ve set up what could be considered a “main plotline” they then completely ignore it for 4-5 episodes. At this point I really hope they do get another season because I don’t see all those loose ends tying up in a satisfying way in 3 episodes.
Now this is where the fun begins!
STAR WARS: THE MANGA | THE EMPIRE’S SHIPS
"Place where all stars born" Master Qui-Gon Jinn and padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi trowelling near stars cauldron. For @kyber-erso as a part of May the 4th exchange
For some reason people never short in their bad take Mace Windu!
The fact there still people who likes to call Mace Windu as either bloodthirsty and mean is racist. Stop putting your perpetual racial biases known as angry black man stereotype on Mace Windu!
That’s racist.
Mace Windu shown to break Sam Jackson typecast, the character is shown as serious and calm man not the violent type that usually is associated with his character. THAT’S A GOOD THING! BREAKING BAD TYPECAST!
BUT WHY PARTS OF THIS FANDOM WANT MACE WINDU TO BE ANYTHING THAT HE IS NOT.
He is serious but people keep interpreting it as mean, stop and try to think that maybe your latent racism is showing! That’s racial biases are there!
STOP PUTTING ANGRY BLACK MAN STEREOTYPE TO MACE WINDU! THAT’S RACIST!
YOU’RE ALL WRONG IF YOU HATE a) THIS MOVIE or b) ANAKIN SKYWALKER’S FACE
It took me four episodes of The Bad Batch to put it into words one of the big reasons why I feel so disconnected from the show (other than All The Other Stuff, you know), which is because the show itself is disconnected from its own setting. I’ve talked a lot about how it’s taking the story away from other characters that should be getting their own story set on their own character–most notably what they did to Kanan’s story, but even more so egregiously with the “reg” clones themselves–that by making the regular clones low-key antagonists in the background, stripped of their individuality and how that was one of the major points of The Clone Wars, leaves a bad taste because it’s both disconnected from the show it’s trying so hard to say it’s a continuation of, and because it’s flattening the clones’ story. All for the sake of these new characters. But it’s more than that, it’s disconnected from its own setting in that this could also have been a story about how the Empire is affecting the galaxy. The setting is immediately post-Revenge of the Sith, which is an incredibly fertile area to play with, given the immediate rise of the Empire. But The Bad Batch isn’t really doing much with it. There are bits and pieces of it, there’s the brief scene of how people are cheering the end of the war, there’s the brief mentions of the new chain code thing, the exchanging your money for Imperial credits, etc. But they’re not part of the story in any foundational way. This story is set in the dawn of the Empire, but it’s not doing anything major with the galactic upheaval of that, instead it’s about The Bad Batch being on the run for their own reasons, it’s about protecting Omega, and these aren’t bad elements, but they’re not strong enough to get me invested in the story in the way something like TCW or Rebels did. Because those shows were designed around the galactic circumstances that were necessary to the premise, Rebels had to be in the Empire era because it was about the Rebellion and the Empire, The Clone Wars had to be in the final days of the Republic, because it was about that specific war and showing how the galaxy was ground down by it. Smaller, more intimate stories absolutely have their place. But when you bill yourself as being the successor/continuation of TCW, when you are bringing in all these familiar characters and mentions of worldbuilding, to connect it to the bigger epic stories of Star Wars, unless you’re bringing your A-game, it feels disconnected. It’s not bad, but it’s nowhere near what it could have been.
THIS PARALLEL DOES NOT GET ENOUGH CREDIT. Obi-Wan, in being unable to kill Anakin, because he could never do it, he could never force himself to make that last stroke to end Anakin’s life, he just could not do it, feels as though he let the Emperor win because of it. Luke faces exactly the same situation and it isn’t that Obi-Wan is saying that Luke has to kill him (George Lucas was explicitly clear on that he had to be ready to do it, if Vader tried to kill him, not that he absolutely had to, that’s not what Obi-Wan and Yoda were saying), but that he has to be ready for it to be a possibility that will come up. Obi-Wan himself failed at accepting that possibility, even when he went to Mustafar to face down Anakin, to beat him in that fight, even able to cut off his limbs. But he genuinely could not kill Anakin and because of this Vader lived and went on to hurt, kill, or enslave millions of people in the galaxy, because of this, the Emperor won. Because Obi-Wan couldn’t set aside his feelings in the moment that was most crucial, even when there was no other way around that Mustafar confrontation. Yoda was right, he couldn’t have faced Sidious, either. And the reason Luke can succeed where Obi-Wan couldn’t, where Padme couldn’t, where Ahsoka couldn’t, is because Anakin cannot face what he’s done and live with it, he cannot face the look on Obi-Wan’s face, on Padme’s face, on Ahsoka’s face, when they know him, when they knew who he was, when they know what he’d done. Even if they forgive him, they’ll always see who he had been and how he fell and Anakin can’t make peace with that and live. But Luke only sees the future, he doesn’t know much of the past, he only knows that there’s still light in Anakin. And Anakin can let go because he doesn’t have to face how far he’d fallen from the person he once had been, not and still live. This was a miracle and one that nobody was happier about than Obi-Wan, but his advice isn’t wrong either, from his experience. His inability to face the truth of Anakin’s fall and the consequences of it, his inability to let go of his feelings for Anakin, is what allowed Darth Vader to live. Darth Vader made his own choices, nobody is responsible for them but him, but Obi-Wan certainly feels the weight of, if he had killed Anakin then, if he had been able to do that when Anakin forced his hand, then they wouldn’t be in as bad of a situation as they are now. And that makes sense from his point of view–and, had Anakin been unwilling to let go of his own hate and rage, had Anakin been unwilling to give up his own life for Luke’s, it’s entirely possible that Sidious would have deep fried Luke and the galaxy would have been in his clutches still yet, the Emperor would have won again. If Obi-Wan couldn’t stop Anakin, if Padme couldn’t stop Anakin, if Ahsoka couldn’t stop Anakin, it’s entirely reasonable that Obi-Wan would think Luke couldn’t stop Anakin, either. Because Obi-Wan knows who Anakin was, Obi-Wan loved him, and he knows exactly how those feelings can be used against you and evil will triumph.
What is Balance of the Force?
So, balance, obviously it refers to balance between good and evil. Good is the light side, evil is the dark side. Therefore, balance means having equal amounts of light and dark. After all, you can’t see if it’s to bright or to dark, and sight is important, so this is obviously the correct take on what balance of the Force is! Oh, and Jedi = light side and Sith = dark side. Therefore, you need the number of Jedi and Sith to be exactly the same, which would then mean there is equal amounts of light and dark side, which means that the Force is in balance! Everyone knows I’m right because I used an equal sign!
Ok, now that the sarcasm is out of my system, I’m ready to give my answer for what balance of the Force is. I’m only going to be using Lucas canon (orig 6 plus TCW) to answer this question, mostly because that’s all I fully consider canon.
To start off, let’s review what we know about the Force. (bolded emphasis mine)
“The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds the galaxy together”
“For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. It’s energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere. Yes, even between land and the ship.”
The Force is not just about or connected to the Sith and Jedi, but to everyone. This is important to remember for understanding what balance is. It is also the main thing I suspect people forget about the Force.
With that reminder out of the way, let’s talk about balance. What does canon have to say about balance?
The main bit of information we get (outside of word of Lucas) comes from the prophecy. This prophecy says that there is a chosen one who will destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force. This would suggest that the two things are linked. Especially since they’re often mentioned together.
“Is he not the chosen one? Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force?”
“You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!”
This would suggest that Sith are an unbalancing element, and canon seems to support this idea.
Think about it. Are the Sith necessary for the galaxy? Do they at least improve things? The answer to both of the both questions is no. The Sith are not necessary, and they actively make things worse. The Sith do things like end democracy. The Sith have people enslaved. The Sith do things like turn the Republic into a fascist Empire. The Sith do things like having Death Stars created that can destroy entire planets. Who benefits from all this? The Sith, everyone else gets to suffer. The Force is connected to all life. The Sith benefiting while everyone else suffers is not balance. The Sith may not always create imbalance, but they certainly make it worse.
I’ve been talking about the Force out of balance, but do we ever see it in balance? Is the title question of the post ever answered?
Yes, it is.
Balance is when good triumphs over evil.
Balance is when we face and defeat our demons.
Balance is when there is more light than dark.
And last, but certainly not least, balance is when selflessness wins over selfishness.
When good is chosen consistently, again and again, every day, that is when the Force is in balance.
@kenobi-source event 02: favourite quote
“If you define yourself by the power to take life, the desire to dominate, to possess…then you have nothing.” ─ OBI-WAN KENOBI, REBELS
In a galaxy far far away...
Isayama you’ve had your fun now so drop the real chapter RIGHT NOW!
