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making the most of an eight episode cancelled show
Rituals and offerings in commemoration of the birth of Aphrodite by the group OFION - Ieropraktikós Kýklos , photos by Giannis Antoniou
😈 You are not bound by the Hays code.
😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who are not punished by the narrative by the end of the story.
😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who win.
😈 You are allowed to have evil characters who make evil look fun and cool.
😈 You are allowed to make your fun, cool evil character the protagonist.
😈 You are allowed to glorify, romanticize and eroticize evil characters and villainous acts.
😈 You are not obligated to teach your audience a moral lesson.
The Acolyte Incorrect Quotes
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cus what the fuck do you mean i'll never get to see my pathetic loverboy jedi-turned-darksider qimir with his hair partially tied up as he trains my beautiful nonchalant pre-successful-jedi-turned-darksider osha
Obsessed with the Manny Jacinto thirst tweets 💀
I wish you all a good night.
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There seems to be a concerted effort to justify why The Acolyte was cancelled by Disney and/or Lucas Film. Especially after the viral tweet comparing Acolyte numbers to the Penguins viewership, they have suddenly released another news saying the Acolyte cost way more than $180M to make. The new figure I'm seeing is north of $200M. For a show that has been cancelled for over a month, it does seem they are feeling pressured cos they can't stop trying to justify their actions.
I wish they had even an iota of concern for what their actors went through and tried to defend them like they are doing for their reputation.
The Olega Padawan
I love this guy and I wanna talk about him.
In The Acolyte, in Episode 2 "Revenge/Justice", we briefly meet this Jedi Padawan (played by Ed Kear).
He’s a big guy, and he seems eager to prove himself useful; he manhandles a kid, and explains how there was a break-in at the local Jedi Temple where he’s stationed.
He has one or two lines of dialogue, and the story quickly moves on from him. He mainly exists for two (2) reasons in the story:
To give a lived-in feel to the setting: that during the High Republic, Jedi are plentiful and ubiquitous, in direct contrast to every other Star Wars time period we’ve seen in film and TV (and yes, I’m including the Prequels era, which explicitly stated that while there were lots of Jedi, they were stretched very thin, which carries a different tone than the era of The Acolyte)
To contrast against Osha, who flunked out of the Jedi Order (more on that below).
I mean he doesn’t even have a name; he's just credited as the "Olega Padawan", his role is so small!
And the fandom menace H A T E S him. They lament that the Jedi are supposed to be physically and mentally disciplined, and being fat is antithetical to that.
I call horseshit. The Olega Padawan makes complete sense, and his inclusion is a perfect addition to Star Wars.
Visual Storytelling of The Acolyte
For now, let's leave aside the undisputed fact that there are many, many biological factors that contribute to a person's weight beyond how much food they eat. And let's be clear that a person's fitness or fatness is not an indication of their moral character or their value to the world.
So let's just say, for the sake of argument, that the Olega Padawan really is just out-of-shape.
In an era where the Jedi are plentiful, have the confidence of the people, recruit new members easily, and have known peace for generations, is it really so inconceivable that a Jedi who’s not at peak physical condition could exist?
In The Acolyte, we see that Jedi take on a peacekeeping / police roles, sure…
...but we also see them doing scientific research…
…and other non-combat, non-adventurous duties.
The temple on Olega is so tiny, so peaceful, so sleepy that its master -- Master Torbin -- took a vow of solitude, penitence, and disengagement, and the Temple was able to continue on, business as usual.
These are the conditions that the Olega Padawan finds himself in. And we're surprised that he would have other things motivating him besides commitment to physical perfection?
Headcanon: the Daily Life of the Olega Padawan
As of September 2024, nothing has been written about the Olega Padawan's story, but I can see his whole life through the context clues that were presented on screen.
The Olega Padawan was probably not a great physical student at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Unlike Jecki, his lightsaber forms are sloppy and half-hearted, but he was good enough to eek by a passing grade for his trials.
He then was sent to learn under the tutelage of the Olega Knight, where his master taught him to manage the affairs of the local temple.
He probably spent his days worrying about building repairs, negotiating with mechanics when the droids malfunctioned, arguing with incense and candle wholesalers to keep the temple well-stocked, and taking point on charity or community outreach programs. Occasionally, his master would show him how to make requisitions for additional funds from the Coruscant Temple, or how to phrase their weekly reports in such a way that they go largely ignored.
If his master asked him to do anything physical, like move something into storage, the Olega Padawan would have a choice to make: physically lift it, or just move it with the Force... and I'm pretty sure he'd just opt to do it with the Force once his master left the room.
Occasionally the neighbourhood kids would hassle him, because there's nothing funnier than watching a Jedi lose his temper, so the Olega Padawan probably developed a sharp tongue. He'd likely have zero tolerance for bullies.
If he ever finished his work early, he'd find a way to entertain himself rather than go seek more work. After all, what's really so important that it can't wait when you live in a quiet temple in a sleepy town? Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things!
What This Means for Osha
There's one more role in the story that the Olega Padawan plays, and that's as a contrast to Osha.
Osha flunked out of the Jedi Order. Get it?
She flunked out.
She flunked out.
And we saw risk her life to selflessly save the life of a prisoner aboard a ship that was about to crash!
She flunked out of the Jedi Order!
The Olega Padawan, who lives a sleepy life in a quiet temple, did not.
So at this stage in the story, the presence of the Olega Padawan conjures questions like "if he could make it as a Jedi... what the hell did Osha do to fail?"
How much "worse" of a student must she have been?
By the end of the series this is made clear, but by episode 2, the Olega Padawan's mere presence invites us to ask these questions.
I didn’t have it in myself to go with grace, and so the battleships will sink beneath the waves.
tell me what you want to fix and I'll break it
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Oshamir fandom collectively lost it over @icapturedthecastle 's stunning AU The First Hit's Free and I'm no different you have bewitched me body and soul. I've never made fanart for fanfic before but sometimes a visual sticks with you so hard you can't help yourself
check it out and ALSO sign the petition here!
Threads like Mama Aniseya was talking about
Pull the thread
What happens next if you tie your thread with theirs?
If you tie your thread with theirs, then you're both connected to each other.
Qimir slowly closed in on Osha in such close proximity to do this.
You could feel the energy in that moment as he did.
I think that's also why Osha jumped back.
Because she was sensing what he was doing
But it was too late
Qimir pulled Osha's thread, attached his thread to hers, Osha sensed what was happening, tried to pull back but he did it so fast.
That's how he's been able to find her so quickly going forward.
From Khofar
To Brendok
All he has to do is pull her thread, and he knows where she is.
What Type Of Magic Should You Be Focused On?
For the witch girlies & gays <3
Baneful magic? Garden witch? Forest fairy? What do you need to be focused on as far as spell work, candle magic, gardens, etc.
Maybe there is something you're doing that isnt benefiting your spirit. Lets find out :)
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I don’t know how many times I’m going to see “oh The Acolyte should continue because we want to see Qimir.” First things first, no it cannot continue. I don’t understand why people are not getting that the Acolyte is about Osha. We all saw what happened in the last episode. This is HERStory!!!
I get it. Qimir is a very popular character. I’m proud that Manny really embodied that role. However, what we are not going to do is erase Amandla’s efforts of playing Osha and Mae. I’m so sick of people trying to ignore her efforts. Y’all are basically enabling black women erasure. I do not find this okay at all.
Manny said he could not have done this without Amandla. I wish people would understand that. If they ever try to bring back Qimir in any way, then I’m not watching if Amandla is not present (or any of the cast and crew which includes Manny and Leslye). Because what we are not going to do is erase Amandla from her own show. Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.
GQ places The Acolyte in No 3 of the best Disney+ shows to watch in 2024. Warms my heart ngl.
Ace of Swords. Art by Anna Surgan, from the Golden Enigma Tarot.
Absolutely stunning 😍
I know Anakin's desilusions of grandiosity are the talk of the town, but something something Padmé dehumanization of herself as a result of so much survivor trauma and so many close death calls. She's the senator with the highest murder attempts on her, she gets assesination attempts weekly and brushes them off, and she keeps chasing for justice to the point of collition, she sees people dying around her all the time but she keeps on living and living, at some point she's flirting with death as much as Anakin does in the battlefield. And something something, Anakin, ironically, in his extreme trauma and fear of death taking the people he loves, being the only one to say "You're a person, and your name is Padmé, not queen nor senator, and you're as fragile as any other live being" Something something the irony that person that most adored her being also the one who saw her as a person Something something Anakin commiting atrocities not for a goddess, no for a politician no for royalty, for a person. Something something how contrarian it is, that Anakin sees himself as a weapon, and Padmé's extreme guilt becoming what seems like superiority.
And particularly here in this comic something something how easily Anakin can walk through that storm Padme has created, how easily he can enter into her headspace and she doesn't flinch, doesn't blink, she isn't even surprised because she expects him and he's the only one that knows and can reach her like this, they're just having a conversation, something something.
Something.
I swear this was the end of me, so idc if i'm rambling, this comic kept me up awake for more than one day, because the power would go out every single time i sat to work on it, damnit
i need to sleep asap, and eat, eating first probably
friendly reminder: “the acolyte” watch party - part 1
it’s happening tomorrow (eastern time), and yes, it’s friday the 13th, so we’re going to voodoo disney or whatever lol. please join and keep the conversation going 🙏
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