I Try To Console Myself By Thinking: Well, Those Of Us Who Write Fanfics Will Finally Hold Up A Part

I try to console myself by thinking: Well, those of us who write fanfics will finally hold up a part of the fandom. But why did it have to be this way? 💔 #SaveTheAcolyte

this realization hit me like a truck

*nose twitch*

this is stinger! (I named him that because he reminded me of bees, maybe it's just the yellow idk)

he took up the last of my stuffing and I had to get a pack of buttons just for this project but he's so worth it

hes so cute and I love him more every minute!

Star Wars Tooka Doll Crochet Pattern

So about a year or so ago I decided I wanted to try making one of the little monster/cat dolls that seem to be the most common childrens toy in the Galaxy Far Far away, but I couldn't find a pattern anywhere. So I decided to create my own. After a trial and error creation and revision process, resulting in three sorta good dolls and one perfected by quarantine creativity I figured I should share the pattern!

Tools:

-4.0mm or 4.25mm crochet hook

-2 colors of medium weight yarn (mine says gauge 4, with recommended 5.0mm hook)

-Toy stuffing

-Two buttons

-Needle (must fit through button hole, and have opening big enough to thread yarn)

Step 1-Body

Rnd 1: Color 1: chain 41 + slip stitch to chain 1 to make a circle about 6in circumference

Rnd 2: Chain 1, single crochet 40, slip stitch to chain 1

Rnds 3-28: Repeat Rnd 2 26x

Step 2- Ears

(From the slip stitch of Rnd 28)

Ear A

Rnd 1a: Color 1: chain 1, slip stitch in stitches 1-20, ss to ch 1

Rnd 2/3: Ch 1, sc in 1-20, ss to ch 1- repeat

Rnd 3/4: Color 2: repeat Rnd 2/3

Rnd 5/6: Color 1: repeat Rnd 2/3

Rnd 7/8: Color 2: ch 1, sc 18, ss to ch 1

Rnd 9/10: Color 1: ch 1, sc 16, ss to ch 1

Rnd 11/12: Color 2: ch 1, sc 14, ss to ch 1

Rnd 13: ch 1, sc 10, ss to ch 1

Rnd 14: ch 1, sc 8, ss to ch 1

Stitch Rnd 14 closed (3 stitches should work) tie off and pull string inside.

Ear B

Rnd 1b: ch 1, ss in 21-40, ss to ch 1

Rnd 2-14: Repeat as above

Sew on button eyes at Rnd 24, (approximately) stitches 16 and 24 of body using either color

Stuff ears and body

Step 3: Legs (x2)

Rnd 1: Color 2: ch 21 + ss to ch 1

Rnd 2-4: Ch 1, sc 20, ss to ch 1

Rnd 5/6: Ch 1, sc 18, ss to ch 1

Rnd 7: Ch 1, sc 16, ss to ch 1

Rnd 8: Ch 1, sc 14, ss to ch 1

Rnd 9: Ch 1, sc 12, ss to ch 1

Rnd 10: Ch 1, sc 6, ss to ch 1

Stitch Rnd 10 closed, stuff, stitch Rnd 1 of legs to Rnd 1 of body (sew stitch by stitch so they mirror the ears)

Step 4: Arms (x2)

Rnd 1: Color 1: ch 21, ss to ch 1

Rnd 2/3: Ch 1, sc 20, ss to ch 1

Rnd 4/5: Color 2: ch 1, sc 20, ss to ch 1

Rnd 6/7: ch 1, sc 16, ss to ch 1

Rnd 8: ch 1, sc 12, ss to ch 1

Rnd 9: ch 1, sc 8, as to ch 1

Stitch Rnd 9 closed, stuff and stitch Rnd 1 to sides about 3/4 of the way up

DONE!

the next thing I love about maul is that stupid moment in the middle of his first fight with obi wan.

obi wan cuts his saber in half before kicking him and it makes me laugh every. single. time

(I couldn't find a gif of it so I had to make one)

do you see that face? he just accepted the fact he was falling, just collapsed, still processing what happened to his saber and I love it

so I have no clue where it actually came from but I got completely obsessed with Darth maul out of nowhere.

again.

but I just wanted to say for now, does anyone else regularly think about how this guy is kinda short? I'm so obsessed with it, like so much it's actually painful

look at that difference, he's canonically 5'7 here and I can't get enough of it, it's too much for me to handle

im legitimately so sick of starwars fans ruining everything, the acolyte was a great story with amazing lightsaber fights and good acting and it had so much potential, was it 10/10?? no! but

1: it doesn't have to be perfect to be good!!

2: not everything has to connect back to the characters that we literally know everything about! I want something new!

it just feels like this is a sifi franchise that's scared of actually experimenting with its own universe because the fans can't understand or appreciate anything more complicated than the equivalent of chicken nuggets and French fries

this show was something I genuinely liked and if you need me to tell you that it's fine that you didn't like it

grow up, please

this just sucks