Let's Not Pretend We Know 100% That We'll Going To Be Better Than Anakin, Especially If We Had That

Let's not pretend we know 100% that we'll going to be better than Anakin, especially if we had that kind of power. But we can all still agree that school shooters, and commiting massacres is bad even if we don't know how we would react in their situation. Whatever drug they're using that got them to actually JUSTIFY Anakin's ACTIONS, I want it cause that's wild not to mention going way too far.

Whether or not Anakin's FEELINGS are understandable (holding mom's dying body after being tortured and r@ped can break anyone cmv) he acted on it, killing innocents alongside with the perpetrators and that's what matters.

Ok, since apparently I have to explain this to some people- (*cough* Stanakins *cough*) -here's a quick, easy to understand, post on the topic:

NO AMOUNT OF TRAUMA EXCUSES MASS MURDER, CHILD MURDER, OR VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND!

Zero.

Nothing.

Nada.

I don't give a fuck that Anakin was a slave for 9 years, I don't care that he had to be separated from his mom at a young age, it doesn't matter that he watched her die ten years later.

NOTHING excuses the fact that he literally MURDERED an ENTIRE VILLAGE including THE FUCKING CHILDREN!!!

And, frankly, if you think that committing mass murder and child murder in response to a loved one dying is a "reasonable," "understandable," or "the only human reaction"- (because, yes, I was told that if I wouldn't commit mass murder if my mom died, then I wasn't human) -then please, for the love of god, stay away from other people and never pursue a career in the justice system.

Like, seriously, what the fuck is wrong with y'all?

Imagine if one of Palpatine's opponents tried to discredit him by causing a scandal but every time it fails it gets more unhinged

Drugging the wine to make Palps appear drunk in public but he uses his Sith whatever to keep a clear head

Tapping his office but Palps leaks them information he wants to have spread, so it ends up serving him

(Hiring someone to) go undercover as an intern and trying to seduce Palpy, but all they get out of it is tea & biscuits, during which they receive life advice that helps them face their childhood wounds and they end up sobbing and thanking him

Making Palps end up in a nightclub somewhere, but he's such a sweet grandpa that all the drunk young people just treat him like their new bestie and it becomes a campaign success which wins him support from younger demographics

Living Saint

by Yos Bayu Pratama

^^ another lazy, half assed attempt to backtrack on a shortsighted mistsake they made

Hot take: The Barriss episodes of TOTE would've been better if they'd been about a random stormtrooper.

I love Barriss, I do, but nothing in this arc had anything to do with her. There's no discussion of her past and how that impacts how she feels about the Empire and the Inquisitors and the choices she's making now. Without that, it could've been a story about literally anyone and there would have been zero differences to the way the story played out.

But the Imperial stormtroopers feel relatively underexplored to me and, unlike the First Order stormtroopers, they joined the Empire willingly for the most part.

This could've EASILY been a story about a random stormtrooper who joined up due to some financial troubles and some propaganda about the Empire bringing safety and security to the galaxy and only realizing later just how bad it is and having to make a choice about whether to stay or leave.

It could've even been a three part exploration of Tala Durith from the Kenobi show and how she got into the Empire and the incident that caused her to defect and then how she ended up finding the Hidden Path, possibly with a cameo appearance by Quinlan Vos to explore him more, too.

I WANT more Barriss, but I want it to be a story about BARRISS, not this half-assed bullshit that just ignores the things she's done and the motivations she might've had that would continue to shape who she becomes later in life.

Space steak

In light of the recent lore breaking in the Acolyte, in addition to the braindead characterization as well as the nonsensical plot, false advertizing (where's the mystery thriller factor Headland??) AND filler episodes, I have decided that this is all just a figment of my imagination. Acolyte is not canon. It is, at best, a fan's very expensive yet poorly written fanfic that they should not have charged money for. I feel sorry for all the actors in this, especially Squid Game (who was really excited to be part of Star Wars) and the 2 kids that played young Mae and Osha. Hopefully, the more rabid fans won't come after them, and everyone would forget they were part of this shitshow in the next few years.

Btw, to the corpo bootlicker that told me to that real fan would stick around to the end and that I'm "arguing with bad faith" : it is not the audiences job to give countless chances to the show. It is the producers job to catch and keep the audiences attention. Headcanons are fun and all but are not a suitable subitution. If they do a shit job, no one should feel obligated to stick around til the end. When i watch anime, I don't stick around in hopes that it'll get better or that the plot would finally make sense. No, I give it 2 episodes before moving on.