I don’t really know what I’m doing either

A father and son share the same restless or anxious movement like chewing on the inside of their lip or tapping their fingers. A mother and daughter both raise their eyebrows when they’re in deep thought. Two siblings both tilt their heads when something is intriguing. A younger brother copies his older brother’s posture. A grandchild copies the way their grandfather crosses his arms behind his back when he walks. A father throws his hat down when his sports team loses and his child grows up to do the same.

Adding niche similarities between my characters and their families is one of my favourite things to develop and one of my favourite ways to connect them despite whatever relationship and differences they may have.

They could hate their family and yet they tap their foot side to side when they’re standing in one spot like their father does, and they scrunch their nose when they close their eyes like their mother did. This can be used to portray your character’s struggle with their family, and amplify their fear over ending up like their family. It’s a subtle addition and yet it adds more depth to their turmoil.

Or on the flip side, it can help show how much your character admires their family by emulating them. It can help show how important their bond with their family is to them by showing those shared, unconscious similarities.

Something about the motif of helmets in Star Wars. A shot we keep seeing in the media is a helmet being held so carefully, as the character takes in a helmet that is the same as millions that were manufactured, but changed over the years. Mandalorian helmets are rarely in pristine condition after the wearer dies. This would be telling of how much the individual has endured and kept pushing through, even after the downfall of Mandalore across the years it takes to start rebuilding a united society again. Vader’s helmet resembles a skeleton. He has been surrounded by death and darkness his entire life, it eventually consumed him entirely, When Ben Solo holds up said helmet, it is melted and mangled. Scarred and tired, like Vader was. But on the other hand, it’s melted and mangled, presumably by the end of Return of The Jedi, when Vader died, and between the burned gaps there was a bit of Anakin Skywalker inside. The 501st legion were subjected to attacking Ashoka due to the inhibitor chips, but the paint on their helmets in honour of her serve as a reminder that they, as people, would be heartbroken with the events of Order 66.

Rex has been painting Mandalorian markings and keeping tallies on his helmet during his time serving and leading in the clone wars. Almost every clone does this. It’s their way of saying “I’m here as a soldier, but also as me! This is who my brothers and friends remember me as.”

I failed to mention the word „unaltered“ in my original post which would contradict messing with chromosomes. First I kicked myself for it then I rechecked Tech‘s words and was glad I forgot it because he doesn’t say „unaltered“, he says „She has pure first generation DNA.“ and „Omega is a pure genetic replication.“

So since he put it this way copying the X and omitting the Y wouldn’t contradict him, the genes would still be a „pure“ replication.

He also says:

„Since he disappeared at the start of the war, that makes Omega the sole living source of Fett‘s raw genetic material.“

In the end that’s what made her so special. One could argue that the Y chromosome is a goner but it’s really small and I don’t think something relevant for the cloning program would be found there. One could probably just replace it with any other healthy Y chromosome with minimum consequences. But that’s me using half-knowledge about the genetic information at the Y-chromosome, so don’t take my word for it 😅

Thanks for making me reconsider 🫶

Now about the haircolor…

If you happen to stumble upon an ad that looks like this, DO NOT SCROLL DOWN.

The rest of the ad is a very tall GIF of strobing red light that can potentially cause seizures. You cannot scroll past this ad quickly enough to avoid seeing it.

There seems to be no way to report the ad, so the next best thing is to use an adblocker (if you haven’t already) or even stay off the mobile app.

but then there’s this split second where aaron looks to his left, which is where kingpin’s car was parked and where kingpin would shoot him from

before he looks back to miles for half a second

and then he gets shot

The band, the music, the dance.

1. Playing an instrument is difficult. Doing so in sync with others even more so. Don’t think I’m stepping on any toes saying that.

2. Dancing is difficult. Doing so in sync with others even more so. Still not controversial.

3. YOU AVOID, AT ALL COSTS, MOVING YOUR BODY WHILE PLAYING A WIND INSTRUMENT.  To make the correct, pleasant sounds, you need to be in the correct form. And that form involves your ENTIRE body, even your legs when sitting down.

4. “oh, but I’ve seen marching bands before and-” MARCHING BANDS HAVE ENTIRE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS DEDICATED TO FIGURING OUT HOW TO MARCH WITH MINIMUM BREAKING OF PROPER FORM. A marching band tries to be as smooth as possible while moving, so as not to jar their instrument, mouth, neck, arms, torso, or anything else.These ladies and gentlemen are BOUNCING and still playing properly, what the FU-!