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Amnesiac Revan: The game must be dangerous, otherwise why play it?
Carth: Well... I do believe there is something seriously wrong with you!
Bastila *whispering quietly*: If only you knew...
Revan, Malak, the Exile (at the age of 25+-): lead jedi against mandalorians because the Jedi Council aren't going to lead them to help the Republic.
Bastila (at around 20): has to deal with the consequences.
They are all *in unison*: Thank you, the Jedi Council, for our happy youth!
It seems to me that Saul Karath is a revanasi shipper (or revastila one, it depends)...)
May I think that he's a secret revalek shipper too?:D
It occurred to me that if Carth hadn't talked to Saul and then got into a heated argument with Bastila, they might have managed to escape Darth Malak...
On Dantooine:
Bastila *while training with Revan*: You may be able to stop Malak...
Amnesiac Revan: Who says I want to?
Bastila *sternly*: Why did Carth run out of the cockpit shouting that he didn’t want to talk about that?
Revan *innocently*: If you're so interested, maybe you'd better ask Carth about it?
On Dantooine:
Amnesiac Revan *speaking to Bastila and the rest of the Ebon Hawk crew*: Of course, I'm the best candidate to defeat Darth Malak! He'll be astonished when I demonstrate how I speak Wookiee and masterfully pick locks. I'm sure it'll blow his mind and he'll surrender immediately!
On Manaan:
One of the jedi knights from the Dantooine Enclave: Now, we don't have many jobs on Dantooine after you left the planet. But we searched the surroundings for opportunities. After that me and my friends took to the road, and I found an old lady and rescued a cat. We each got an apple.
Mission: Aye... well, I guess you have to start somewhere.
Jolee: I'm sure this old woman was as delighted by your actions as we are.
Bastila: Well, if it had been our leader doing it, the cat would be lost, the tree burned down, and the old lady would be travelling with us now.
On Dantooine, before Kotor 1:
Bastila *to Darth Revan, who's trapped in a force cage*: Behold a list of your sins! *holding out a datapad in front of Revan's eyes*
Darth Revan *speaking proudly, barely glanced at the list*: Actually, this looks like a list of my achievements!
Carth, Bastila, Canderous and Juhani: I'm here for the plot
Revan: *walks by in light armor and swinging their hips* hey guys!
Everyone: hey, Revan!
Revan *leaves*
Juhani [whispering]: the plot thickens
*Various agreement noises*
I don't disagree, but I feel the burning desire to assert that the Anahiri age gap is ONE YEAR. Tahiri is 14 and kisses Anakin 2.0 who is 15.
Edit: we're both wrong, it's 2-ish years, lol. It's 14 and 16, I think? Not sure when their "OMG we're gonna die" kiss happens, but I'm pretty sure Edge of Victory has Tahiri at 13? I know SbS has Anakin 2.0 around 16.
(he doesn't make it past 16 and she's still in love with him at 34, which is.... no comment)
(Don't get me started on her relationship with Jacen, though. It's heavily implied to be dubcon at BEST. He goes Sith and suddenly becomes a gigantic scumbag, even though he has an incredibly hot baby mamma RIGHT THERE, willing to take him back if he decided to not be evil anymore)
((yes I *might* have a *tiny* crush on Tenel Ka, however could you tell))
(((ok, all the HanLeia kids AND their originally intended SOs are hot, this is not my fault)))
And based on the actors' ages Kylo was a wholeass adult when Rey was like... 8, so don't just @ legends, canon has this shit too. (not to mention the incest undertones due to the fact that they're basically the Disney counterparts to the Solo twins...)
Age gap becomes less of an issue as characters age, as well. Think of it as fractions.
Anidala originally had a gap of 14/9, or 1.5555, and when they married, it was at 24/19, or 1.2632. At the time of ANH, they would've had a gap of 43/38, or 1.1316. The 5-year gap becomes progressively smaller as time passes. In general, if following the half plus six rule, they're fine to marry at their canon ages.
I think people's problems with Rexsoka is not only does he look like an adult, despite being younger, but also that the physical age gap is getting wider despite time passing. 22/14 = 1.5714, and 42/24 = 1.75, etc. I don't dislike the ship (I personally mildly ship them, mostly because I'm more of an old EU girlie, but they're one of the new!canon ships I actually like), but I can see why others might not choose to ship, especially since she's technically his boss?
(and there's the whole "clones aren't sentient" thing used to justify lack of rights in TCW, which might be considered a consent issue/power imbalance?)
In defense of rexsoka again.
Why do people get mad at rexsoka. Star Wars couldn’t make a normal relationship if they tried. Every relationship either has an age gap, a power imbalance, or both. Some age gaps are barely legal, some are not legal.
Here we go:
• Anakin and Padmé have a power imbalance; a 9 year old slave and 14 year old queen. And they get married at 19 and 24
•Han Solo is 32 and Leia is 19. And in legends, don’t get me started on their kids. Han and Leia have 3 kids in legends: Anakin Solo, Jacen Solo, and Jaina Solo.
•Jaina Solo’s Jedi master, Kyp Durron, has a weird dynamic with her. Kyp and Jaina like each other romantically and flirt with each other. When she’s 15-17 and he’s in his 30’s. age gap AND power imbalance. (Also, Kyp is friends with Han Solo. Both Han and Leia know about Kyp’s relationship with their daughter but are only upset because Kyp lied to Jaina and tried to bring her to the dark side. They’re fine with the 16 year age gap tho)
• Tahiri Veila is 13 and kisses Anakin Solo who’s 16, and Jacen Solo who’s 17.
•Hera Syndulla is 18 Kanan Jarrus is 22 (from a canon book called “A New Dawn”, takes place before rebels)
•Also in legends/EU, we got a clone, Darman, who married a Padawan named Etain Tur-Mukan. So the clone x padawan trope already exists.
• Jango Fett and Sheeka Tull have a relationship when she’s 18 and he’s 25.
• ALSO REVAN AND BASTILA SHAN ARE LIKE TWENTY YEARS APART. In KOTOR, Bastila is like 20 and Revan is like 38.
And these are just a few, from canon and legends/EU. I’m not saying two wrongs make a right. But I am saying that antishippers treat rexsoka shippers like criminals, but literally every relationship in Star Wars is just as bad. Not a single normal relationship in the entire galaxy.
You think bastila was losing her mind watching carth ineffectually flirt with the dark lord of the sith
Coming to Terms - Chapter 1
Fandom: Star Wars KOTOR
Characters: Female Revan/Carth Onasi, Female Revan & Bastila Shan
Rating: T
Summary: With the Star Forge destroyed, the crew of the Ebon Hawk are hailed as the saviours of the Republic. As the sudden scrutiny threatens to bring dangerous truths of the mission to light, they must confront the past and the future.
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The Republic’s losses had been harsh in the battle, but they were still standing. Rank had its perks, and Carth had never been more grateful for it as he weaselled into the Ast Yanthar’s medbay. Deep into second shift, the bay was relatively quiet, and he made his way along the familiar route he’d traced for the past two days. Through the general ward to the array of kolto tanks, third on the left. As he approached, he discovered a slender silhouette in front of Velire’s tank.
Bastila. A jolt of surprise ran through him. He hadn’t seen her since she’d surrendered herself to Master Vandar, and even now she looked like she’d toured all nine hells. The pale blue glow of the tanks stripped any returning colour from her face, emphasising the rings under her eyes. Her right arm was still in a sling, her hair loose around her shoulders.
It was hard to reconcile with either the prim and proper Jedi or the Sith apprentice he’d glimpsed on the Star Forge. But all he could see was the casualty lists he’d been staring at for the past few days—two thousand three hundred personnel and counting. Three dreadnoughts, eighteen cruisers and hundreds of fighters.
Somehow she was so caught up in monitoring Velire that she didn’t notice Carth until he was almost beside her.
Bastila startled. Her eyes, wide and white-ringed, fixed on him as if he were a nexu that had sprung out of the bushes. “Carth! I didn’t…”
“It’s all right. We’re all tired.” It wasn’t all right at all, but she didn’t disagree. After almost eight months of living with Jedi, he knew he shouldn’t have been able to take her by surprise. “I just wanted to check on Lire.”
There was no change from any of the other times he’d visited. Velire floated in the tank, sedated, her willowy limbs half-curled around her. The thin medical jumpsuit she wore barely covered the necessities and certainly didn’t cover any of the damage, while a breather mask obscured most of her face.
The sight never failed to make his bruised heart squeeze. He whispered, “Hey, beautiful.”
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I'm saying this now
Theron Shan inherited his Bi Diaster vibes from Revan and not Basitlia. "Republic Hero(?) With A Questionable Relationships With A (Former)Sith" is what he inherited from Basitlia.
This includes Satele too.
My last Star Wars comic before I take a 2ish month hiatus on posting them (with obvious exception for things I share on Patreon and my Discord). I thought I might finish strong.
[Inspired by this Lil Nas X Tweet that still haunts my Dreams / Nightmares]
Revan must be fun to hang out with.
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It's the Bastila in him.
TIL THAT "SHAN" IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON CORUSCANTI SURNAME AND LIKE. I CANNOT FUCKING TAKE IT THAT SHIT IS TOO FUNNY. THERON SMITH. BASTILA JOHNSON. HELP
Bastila, honey, they're not even at their worst.
30 seconds before Malak fires on Revan’s flagship.
Based on this classic, Lilo and Stitch meme.
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Darth Revan & Bastila (accepting both sides of the Force)
I love this story
Fanfiction net. Dark Destyny
Revan was silent for a minute, then said, "You have been misled by your so-called teachers. Light Side, Dark Side, you see them only as good and evil. In truth, they are so much more."
"Oh? Then what are they?" Bastila asked incredulously.
Revan began to explain his philosophy. "The Light Side is the, shall we say, wider area of the Force. It consists of the, for lack of a better word, 'higher' emotions. Selflessness, self-sacrifice, compassion. All of them are very positive things. But the Light Side ignores the more human emotions. If you limit oneself to the Light Side, you lose touch with your natural emotions."
Bastia had to interrupt. "Even if I believe you, which I don't, isn't that a good thing? Human emotions, selfish emotions; they only bring down a Jedi in the end. That's why we keep them under control, so our judgement is not clouded."
Revan shook his head. "You misunderstand. Many more basic emotions are not selfish. Personal love and happiness are not, but they form part of the Dark Side. You have been raised, Bastila, to see the Light and Dark Sides to firmly represent good and evil, but you are wrong. Yes, anger and rage are part of the Dark Side, but so are love and passion. No, the Dark Side is not evil, it only comes from natural, human emotions."
Bastila considered his words. It was an interesting philosophy, but she knew Revan was either lying, or deluded.
"I am not deluded, Bastila. In fact, I will be your first Master who is not. The Jedi have it all wrong, Bastila. The danger is not using the Dark Side. No, the danger is becoming too limited on one side of the Force. Only focusing on the Dark Side can lead to your anger and greed consuming you. That is what happened to Malak."
For the first time, there was a hint of regret in Revan's voice. Did he feel remorseful for what had become of his friend? Maybe he...no, Sith felt no remorse. Whatever Revan said, they were evil, and Bastila knew that.
"On the other hand, becoming blind to all but the Light Side is also very dangerous. Over time, you lose touch with your humanity. In the end, you become nothing more than an emotionless puppet. Eventually, you stop truly caring about those you protect. You start to help others only out of a sense of duty, and deep down, you don't actually care anymore."