Yes!!

Yes!!

TIME FOR PLAN B

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Yes! I’m still alive and ready to party!

Kriff you Joss Whedon and your BruTasha Ship!

CLINTASHA SHIPPERS ARE YA’LL ALIVE???

I love Self Forefilling Prophecies.

“The quote is simple enough, it’s Qui-Gon’s defense of Anakin after Obi-Wan insists that he and the entire Council can see that Anakin is dangerous.

‘His fate is uncertain. He’s not dangerous.’

And it’s true, Anakin wasn’t dangerous, not at this point. Ani was a relatively happy little boy who was expressive, emotive, and unerringly kind, who had been raised to think intelligently for himself and problem-solve along the way. But the things that made him a good person in normal circumstances were the very things that turned the Jedi Order against him. The Jedi would need to take everything that was /Ani/ away and instill their own doctrines, beliefs, and ways of seeing the galaxy to make him one of them, but at his advanced age, Anakin’s personality was likely setting into place. They wouldn’t be able to fully overcome his own instincts and opinions – he wasn’t a baby or a toddler who they could teach or force to think how they chose – therefore he was /dangerous/, he was other, and they immediately treated him as such.

Instead of welcoming him with acceptance and understanding or even compassion, the council immediately set themselves apart from Anakin and make it clear – to a child who had just escaped enslavement and had helped two of their own order – that he was not welcome in their company because he was going down the dark side path simply because he admitted to feeling fear. …In an entirely new place with strangers who are testing him left, right, and center, far away from the only source of love and security he’s ever know, it’s no wonder Ani is afraid. The Jedi use a little boy’s love of his mother to make him unworthy of their time and consideration, they twist love into a weakness and call themselves the better for it.

…Qui-Gon was right. Anakin wasn’t dangerous until the Jedi made him so. The Jedi created their own destruction and it eventually cost them everything. I think this is a theme that often goes overlooked because it’s the ‘good-guys’ doing the wrong things and we like to turn a blind eye to that sort of thing, but it bears noting that the same thing happens again in the sequel trilogy. Lessons are not being learned here. Ben Solo struggled with the darkness inside himself all his life, but it was Luke – a Jedi – who sealed his fate and the galaxy’s by deciding for everyone that his nephew was /dangerous/ and needed to be dealt with. Another great evil is born because of the judgement of the peace-keeping righteous. And it’s just as Rey says, Luke created Kylo Ren, the same way the Council created Darth Vader, and it began here in The Phantom Menace.”

—The Phantom Menace: Judgement and Consequence

(via whimsicalmutterings.wordpress.com)

Me: KITTY!

Everyone else: DANGEROUS CREATURE!!!!

Me: I agree with Fury: it’s just a cute kitty.

*sees the cute ‘kitty’ eat the Tesseract and Kree*

Me: Maybe it’s not just a cute kitty.

Me: . . . I want one. I will even settle for a cute, fluffy orange kitty and name it ‘Flerken’!

Species: Flerken

Threat: high

Don’t let current trends or ‘the norm’ stop you from pursuing your dreams and keeping your standards!

Zahra LARI (UAE) Asian Winter Games 2017 SP | read her story here

Heroes are People Too

People seem to forget that heroes are people, the same as you or me. They make mistakes, say the wrong thing, speak in anger or act in anger and/or not the the nicest person in Real Life.

This of course applies to heroes in works of fiction too. We idolize the heroes of the story the same way we idolize people in Real Life without knowing them personally. However, unlike Real Life, we feel that we know the heroes of our favorite book/movie/game better and feel that we know things about the heroes that may or may not be true

Many years ago now I overheard two older men talking about comic books and I asked them which superhero was their favorite. I don’t remember their answers but one thing I do remember was that they both liked the Marvel Heroes over the DC Heroes even though they did like some of the DC Heroes they liked the more Human portrayal of the Marvel Heroes than the Godlike portrayal of the DC Heroes.and I have heard some people echo this sentiment. It seems people like heroes that they can relate too or that have gentler sides since I have seen people say that they like and miss the Batman from the Batman Animated Series because he had compassion for people, including villains, and wanted to help.

A hero that can do no wrong because that isn’t interesting or compelling.

I would rather read about a hero overcoming the verbal, emotional and physical abuse they endured and learn how to trust people, make friends and eventually find love because it feels good watching a character you have grown to love triumphant over all the crap they went through and not let it define them or control them anymore; it feels like a victory.

Make sure you are idolizes your heroes for the right reasons and please remember that they are Human.