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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.

Triple Zero really has me like this

Has this been done yet??

I think one of the more disappointing things about the Republic Commando fandom is that fans of Kal, generally, argue that critics of Kal Skirata are “unfair” in their criticism. That there’s an uneven attention placed on the character’s flaws that are disproportionate to the other characters.

The issue is that fans generally don’t understand that that’s in response to a narrative that holds everyone else alongside Kal responsible for their personal missteps, mistakes, and abuses, but does not ask the same of Kal, himself.

A favorite scene to, I think, argue the above is the scene where Darman beats the ever-loving shit out of Kal. It’s brought up as if it’s a scene we should take at face value, of Darman taking Kal to task, holding him responsible.

But the truth is, in the context of the rest of the series, it’s not. 

What that scene is, is damage control. 

What Darman knows in that scene about what Kal has done, does not match what Kal has actually done.

That is, what Darman knows is that Kal kept Etain’s pregnancy from him.

What Darman doesn’t know is that Kal knowingly chose to put both Etain and Etain’s unborn child in a position to die. Kal even says as much to himself early in True Colors, but makes no move to change it.

The novels don’t hold him responsible for Etain nearly miscarrying, and Etain nearly dying. They only hold him responsible for lying to Darman about the existence of a pregnancy.

There’s an enormous difference between the two. The difference being that the former is an abusive and controlling man willing to unfairly kill, indirectly, the person his son loves most without his son’s input, compared to the latter of a flawed but ultimately loving man making poor decisions to protect his son in whatever way he can. 

And there should be more concern about the way fans of Kal will defend the former as if it’s the same as the latter, when it’s … not. How fans remember the books, is not reflective of how Kal actually treats his sons. But it is reflective of how an abusive man defends his choices as if there’s no other way or option.

And as much as fans want to sympathize with him, it cannot hurt to also take a step back and critically examine everything he does, and compare to how disproportionate the excuses and the forgiveness falls on Kal compared to the rest of the cast besides him.

If fans are willing to overlook how Kal is constantly playing a game of damage control with all of his sons from book one, but are equally unwilling to overlook the physical abuse Vau has waged on Delta Squad and Atin, then all fans are really arguing is that physical abuse is the only kind of abuse they’re willing to recognize as legitimate. 

And that’s worrisome.

Being critical of Kal is not a personal attack, and if reading about how Kal is abusive immediately makes you defensive, then … it’s worth investigating why it makes you defensive. It’s worth taking the time to reflect on these questions, what it means to you, and what it changes if it’s true. 

Behold, ✨Her✨

I wanted to draw Etain and make my own little fun design for her.