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Thinking thoughts about Clark βjust be normalβ Kent and Lois βbe extraordinaryβ Lane in that lois is in a competitive, misogynistic, eat or be eaten world and needs to yell to even let her voice be heard to survive it while clark is an illegal immigrant who might be white-passing but Knows that the moment someone finds out heβs different, not only will he be treated differently, heβll actively be feared
+ the fact that both of them (in most universes) choose not to ignore the hate and corruption that fills the world but instead call attention to it using their respective positions in order to change it for the better and spread messages of love and peace when it would be so easy for both of them to keep their heads down
Soulmate AU where the soulmate thing is in fact totally fake and a conspiracy.
Turns out that there's this ancient society of wizards who perfected the means of telepathically linking up two individuals. While early uses included stuff like espionage and such, early on there was an incident where a wizard accidentally synced the wrong targets up. It just so happened that instead of syncing the crown prince to the intended informant, the mistaken target was a young lady who was a shrewd political match, and both their parents had been looking to arrange the matter (but were struggling with the reluctance of the relevant parties).
With sudden telepathic bonding on the table, the couple took it as a sign from the gods that they were meant to be, and got together of their own accord.
The wizards realized the potential for matchmaking as a means of manipulating the political landscape, and abandoned their prior attempts at subterfuge (a limit of the telepathic bond is that it's two-way, so the target also gains your secrets, which meant a lot of them had to be assassinated after the fact.)
So the wizards converted their lair into an ostensible temple of the Goddess of Love, where people could come to pray to find their soulmates. Wizards were also sent out to arrange matches that would advance the interests of their cult, as well as some random ones just to help cover their tracks. As the influence of the Goddess of Love grew, new branches of the temples sprang up. The cultists were soon divided into two categories: wizards who still knew the truth and pretended to be priests, and actual priests who weren't in on it and genuinely believed they were helping soulmates find one another.
The culture around it goes something like this:
Not everyone has a soulmate, and not all soulmates are destined to be together in every lifetime. But if they are, the Goddess will bless you with the ability to hear one another's inner voice, if it is your fate and/or if you pray hard enough. Some soulmates know each other from their first meeting, but others take time to recognize the bond and open their hearts to the possibility of connection. If you're wondering why it took like eighteen separate meetings with someone before the bond manifested, do some introspection and consider why you might have closed your heart off or whatever. Like it's definitely a you problem, and it's rude to blame the Temple of Love, which is only trying to help people and has no other agendas whatsoever.
Also consider donating more money to the temple next time. Higher donations mean more priests can petition the Goddess on your behalf, and she's a busy lady, sometimes it takes a lot of petitions to get her attention. π
How would this factor into a plot?
My thinking is that a pair get setup as soulmates, and they are just absolutely both adamantly convinced that they are not. Like not in an enemies-to-lovers sense or anything, they just get the psychic bond thing and it's like, no. I don't know what's up but the Goddess of Love has definitely made a mistake. So they set out to gain an audience with her, but along the way they uncover the truth about the cult and its manipulation of generations of political marriages and business alliances.
It could be a metaphor for amatonormativity. Like some of the priests argue that even if it's a con, it's one that's been running for so long it's already steeped into the culture. How could the main characters bring themselves to expose it? To tell people who think they've found their soulmates that it's not really the case? Think of all those bonds they'd be threatening!
But then like, wait a minute. That's bullshit. This whole format for relationships has so many problems, and it's all working in service of manipulating and controlling people anyway! Why should they let the cult go on hooking up individuals that suit it? Shouldn't people know that it's possible to CHOOSE to make a telepathic bond with someone they actually want to? Shouldn't they be able to decide to manage their own relationships as they see fit, without some misleading pressure of fate or gods? And what about the ones left feeling excluded and unlovable because they don't "have" a soulmate? It's not like people are going to stop loving one another or finding themselves if they aren't being led around to do it this specific way!
So they upend the whole thing, and upset a lot of people, and then have to deal with the fact that they're still telepathically bonded until one of them dies.
Ugh.
Stupid cult.
βHaha remember when murder-hornets were gonna be a thing? What a nothingburger.β
Yes, because the Washington state government activated like a sleeper-cell and ruthlessly, systematically hunted them down and annihilated them.
βY2K came to nothing amirite?β
Yes because an army of software engineers working around the clock, losing sleep, and busting ass till the last minute prevented it from happening.
βRemember the hole in the ozone layer?β
You mean the one that was fixed through rigorous world wide government action?
One of the root problems of our society is a refusal or inability by media to articulate that all those βitβs gonna be an apocalypseβ disasters were not disasters because we collectively did something about them.
The good news is this is actually quite correctable. I maintain my firm belief that we as humans are capable of solving almost all of our problems, when we decide to do so.
And I still think thatβs going to happen. I donβt know when or how, but I do know that abandoning hope wonβt help bring it about.
And I refuse to let the cynics own a chunk of my heart.

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I do appreciate an academic with a sense of humor.
How the βObi-Wan failed Anakinβ subplot was retconned by George Lucas.
So an argument I see a lot in some βObi-Wan failed Anakinβ posts is sayingΒ βBen failed Lukeβs father, he said it himself in ROTJβ.
Now, while I could simply quote LucasFilm creative executive Pablo Hidalgo, who tweeted in 2017β¦
βIf a fictional character thinks something, it doesnβt necessarily mean theyβre right.β
β¦ and leave it at that,Β I think itβs interesting to see just how far the βObi-Wan failed Anakinβ subplot went with Lucas, before he retconned it into something else entirely.
The original subplot:
In a story conference forΒ Episode VIΒ that was first transcribed in 1981 and later collected in The Making of Return of the Jedi (2013), Lucas discussed this with Lawrence Kasdan and Richard Marquand:
βBen [takes] the blame for Vader. βI should have given him more training. I should have sent him to Yoda, but I thought I could do it myself. It was my own pride in thinking that I could be as good a teacher as Yoda. I wish that I could stop the pestilence that Iβve unleashed on the galaxy.β His burden is that he feels responsible for everything that Vader has done.β
And in an interview done with in 1996, collected in the book The Star Wars Archives: 1999-2005 (which I highly recommend getting, soΒ insightful) Lucas discussed how he planned on portraying Obi-Wan in one of the earliest screenplay drafts forΒ The Phantom Menace: Β Β
βThe story has Obi-Wan as a young Jedi in his mid-twenties. Heβs ambitious and takes on the mentorship of this kid who starts out about eight or nine years old. [β¦] Even though heβs too old to start the training of a Jedi, Obi-Wan feels the Force is so strong with him that he has to train him as a Jedi. [β¦] Obi-Wan begins as this strong Jedi character but when you see all six movies, youβll see that what Ben is doing with Luke is very close to the same mistake he made with Anakin.β
So Obi-Wan was the only Jedi we saw for the first half of the script.
And, by the wayβ¦ he wasnβt always in his mid-twenties. As concept artistΒ Ian McCaig puts it:
βObi-Wanβs age changed all over the place β at one point he was substantially older, like a youngish 50. For a long time we had a character who was samurai-like, with a ponytail and long sideburns.β
So hey, bottom line (and as illustrated below by artist Doug Chiang):
Obi-Wan, alone, comes to negotiate with the Trade Federation. Just like he and Qui-Gon did in the final cut, he fights his way off the ship, he rescues the Queenβ¦
β¦ and heΒ finds Anakin.Β
He is impressed by his skills with the Force. He decides to bring him to the Jedi and he insists that Anakin should be trained.
So far, this is consistent with what is mentioned in Return of the Jedi, and itβs clear that, at this point in time, the narrative Lucas was originally going for was the notion that: βIn his ambition and arrogance, Obi-Wan trained Anakin but overestimated his own abilities as a teacher, which ultimately resulted in the creation of Darth Vader.βΒ Β
Bringing in Qui-Gon:
But months later, when tackling a newer draft of the script, Lucas decided to split Obi-Wanβs impact on the story into twoβ¦ and thatβs when he made the decision to give a bigger role to another Jedi who originally appeared much later in the film.Β
Thus was created a Jedi mentor for Obi-Wan called Qui-Gon Jinn.
βI wasnβt able to develop Obi-Wanβs character fast enough. When I got through the rough draft I realized that I had a second Jedi that comes in about halfway through the script who is an interesting character and the more I thought about it the more I thought of things I could do with these two Jedi together because one alone didnβt have much to react to.β
And when I looked further into itβ¦ this isnβt actually new information!
This was also mentioned in the old Databank on earlier versions of StarWars.com, and in The Art of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, in which they also explain that they briefly considered making Qui-Gon be Obi-Wanβs Padwan, and having Ewan McGregor playing βPadawan Qui-Gonβ, before they finally settled on having Obi-Wan be the apprentice instead.
Other fun fact: thereβs a scanned copy of the 1997 shooting script online (you can download it here)β¦ and in it, youβll notice that in the scene where they have dinner at Shmiβs house, some of the character description still reads βOBI-WANβ instead of βQUI-GONβ, because they forgot to replace some of them :D
But as a result of bringing in Qui-Gon and shifting around the character dynamics, the decision of ambitiously taking Anakin in no longer falls on Obi-Wan⦠but on Qui-Gon.
How the addition of Qui-Gon changed the subplot:
If we look at things objectively, Qui-Gon saw a boy with an enormous M-count and massive potential in the Force, and figured βthis kid must be the Chosen Oneβ. And part of Qui-Gonβs character is that he feels, instead of thinkingβ¦ he uses his instincts. And his instincts are never wrong (or so he thinks).
But while Qui-Gonβs instincts are correct (Anakin is indeed the Chosen One, no question there), heβs going about it the wrong way.
βSo here weβre having Qui-Gon wanting to skip the early training and jump right to taking him on as his Padawan learner, which is controversial, and ultimately, the source of much of the problems that develop later on.ββ¨ - The Phantom Menace, Directorβs Commentary, 1999
βI think it is obvious that [Qui-Gon] was wrong in Episode I and made a dangerous decision, but ultimately this decision may be correct.ββ¨ - Cut Magazine, 1999
Heβs insisting this kid become a Padawan at once, without having him spend some time with the younglings to adjustβ¦ and everyone else is saying that thatβs crazy. Cuz it is. But he is unable to consider the fact that heβs mistaken. β¨His instincts are never wrong, right? So he just keeps pushing for it.
Then he gets killed and with his dying breath, he forces the task of training Anakin onto Obi-Wan, who hasnβt even gone through the Trials, yet.
So right here, the original subplot has been retconned:
Obi-Wan no longer takes Anakin on because heβs an ambitious big-shot Jedi who arrogantly goes βpfft, if Yoda can do it, I can tooβ.
Instead, at the start, he takes Anakin on reluctantlyβ¦ not because Anakinβs a problem, but because Obi-Wan feels that he, as a Master, wonβt be up to the task.Β
Still, he steps up and takes on the responsibility.Β And while the task itself is ambitious, Obi-Wan doesnβt do it for the βglory of training the Chosen Oneβ. Heβs just keeping a promise, by being there for a 9-year-old kid who was taken away from his mother and whose paternal figure just died.
He decides to train the boy, honoring Qui-Gonβs memory.Β
The new subplot:
Now, while Obi-Wanβs fear that he may be inexperienced may be accurate in some areasβ¦Β Β it isnβt in others. Namely, Obi-Wanβs ability to deal with a personality like Anakinβs.
Anakin had many character traits in common with Qui-Gon, including the following flaws:
Theyβre both headstrong, unruly mavericks.
Neither is very forthcoming about their own emotions.
Some people are outgoing, and need someone who will listen. Others are not, and need someone who will ask them and get them to talk. Anakin and Qui-Gon are examples of the latter. They get lost in their own thoughts and donβt open up unless they are pressed.
But this means that Obi-Wan already had experience dealing with this sort of personality before taking on Anakin. So he knows exactly what to do.
Whether Anakin is stressedβ¦
β¦ or is just bottling up his feelingsβ¦
β¦ most of the time, Obi-WanΒ willΒ get Anakin to open up.
(credit to @ashleyecksteinβ for that last GIF)
As Lucas said:
βOne of the primary issues between this relationship between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon is that this is establishing Obi-Wan as the kind of straight arrow, the center of the movie, and Qui-Gon as the rebel, as the one whoβs constantly sort of pushing the envelope. Which will switch itself in the next movie when, rather than having his master be the rebel, he has his Padawan learner become the rebel. Iβm using Obi-Wan as sort of this centering device through all these movies, even as we get in with Luke and everybody else later on.β - The Phantom Menace, Directorβs Commentary, 1999
Obi-Wan is a centering device.
Heβs not so dogmatic that he will do anything the Jedi Council says, though he will try to stay within the lines. That said, you can change his mind, if your point is valid, unlike Qui-Gon who will hunker down on his own stance.Β
Obi-Wan is the middle ground (despite what the memes say π).
Heβs the stable Yin to chaotic Yangs like Qui-Gon or Anakin.
So it turns out that pairing Anakin with a master likeΒ Obi-Wanβ¦ is actually a great fit! They complement each other, thereβs a symbiosis.
And so he trains and practicallyΒ raises Anakin as a paternal/fraternal figure, they become friends. Then, when Anakin is knighted, they become equals.
Anakin becomes an almost-perfect Jedi Knight, despiteΒ the terrible odds he faced. He is brave, kind, generous, powerful, loyal, heβs the best fighter pilot in the galaxy. He is more street-smart than your average Jedi, he has political connections like Bail or PadmΓ©. Heβs training a Padawan mere months after being knighted. By the end of the Clone War, this guyβs in the Top 3 fighters of the Jedi Order.
Anakin becomes a goddamn superstar, in the Jedi Order. And Obi-Wan is very proud of the man heβs grown up to be, despite the odds he was facing.
So eventually, Obi-Wan leaves for a mission which could turn out to be just a wild Bantha chaseβ¦ he imparts one last lesson, says his goodbyes to Anakinβ¦
β¦ and comes back to this.
He is understandably devastated⦠and, of course, in true Jedi fashion, he blames himself:
But hereβs the thing.Β
Forget that Obi-Wan is the ultimate selfless Jedi. Letβs put that aside.
Any parent would blame themselves for how their kid turned out. And sometimes? Theyβd be right to do so.Β
This isnβt one of those times.Β
Obi-Wan did his best; and Anakinβs choices - influenced though they may have been - were his own.
And thatβsΒ the new moral of Obi-Wanβs story, in the Prequels, according to Lucas.
βWhen youβre in this position as a mentor, whether youβre an actual father or not, this person is your charge, but you have no control over how theyβre going to use that knowledge. [β¦] You hope theyβll turn out okay, you hope they do the right things, you hope you raised them right, and all that stuff. But thereβs no guarantee or anything. You never know whatβs going to happen. Thatβs the challenge.β
Obi-WanΒ will never stop thinking he shares some blame in his boyβs downfall. We see that he eventually is able to see things more objectively in From A Certain Point Of View, though, clearly, in Return of the Jedi part of him still feels he is somewhat at fault.
But we, the audience, know: he did his best.
And if his teachings hadnβt been regularly sabotaged by Palpatine for 13 years, if the Devil himself hadnβt manipulated Anakin and turned his own fears against himβ¦ Obi-Wanβs best wouldβve been enough.
time loops that include two characters meeting for the first time are heartbreaking because like I know everything about you. You have told me your favorite color more times than I can count and i know exactly how your eyes look right before the light leaves them because Iβve been here before but you only just learned my name.
I am so tired of short-attention-span, trim-the-fat culture. All writing advice these days is for how to write like Chuck Palahniuk. "Cut 'think', cut 'feel', cut 'wonder' - only action, only pushing forward, show and move and move and move." What if I could emulate this style, and still don't want to? What if I want to write like Henry James, with three paragraphs of introspective musings between each dialogue line? The music advice is, "make it shortform, make it Tik-Tok compatible, make it punchy, hit the refrain as soon as possible." What if I want that 10-minute prog rock piece? What if I want that symphony? What if I want it slow and luxurious and lazy? Movies. Series. Poetry. Bodies. Everything is "trimmed trimmed trimmed trimmed, stripped bare, you have three seconds to win me over, make it airport chic." I don't want to win you over, then, I guess. I want the fat left it. I want the pleasure and the indolence and the indulgence. Fuck this art-advice that's always "your art needs Ozempic."

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There are ten trillion pictures of flowering trees to the point where they sometimes seem trite and overdone. But then you see a tree in full flower and go holy shit this rules and I've gotta show this to everyone so they can experience the same magic and wonder and there are ten trillion and one pictures of flowering trees
Friendly reminder: the Jedi are not a "cult of baby snatchers," and it's pretty wildly offensive to call them that or compare them to the First Order kidnapping infants, replacing their names with call numbers, and raising them to be stormtroopers.
All the Order does is identify Force Sensitives and ask if their families wish for them to be trained. Families make the the choice to keep or give up their children by themselves. TPM makes this clear when Qui-Gon asks Anakin if he wants to be a Jedi, clearly identifying that it's a "hard life" and "won't be easy," and asks Shmi if that's a life she wants for him. It's also clearly standard practice, as we see with Plo Koon & Ahsoka in TCW.
Jedi children keep their birth names. Their family information is on file for them to check if they wish. They're allowed (and encouraged, even!) to have culturally-important clothing, traditions, markings, and jewelry. They're not being denied that knowledge or forced to stay.
Dooku is named COUNT Dooku specifically because he voluntarily left the Order, returned to his homeworld, and reclaimed his birth heritage and title. He knew Serenno was his homeworld and he'd known since he was a child, because that wasn't information the Jedi hid from him.
Luminara and Barris Offee have traditional Mirialan facial tattoos and there's a practice of Mirialan Jedi taking on Mirialan padawans that the Order clearly accepts. Ahsoka and Shaak Ti wear their Akul Teeth proudly on their montrals. Quinlan Vos wears facepaint. Depa Billaba has her Mark of Illumination piercings despite being too young to have formed a genuine connection with Chalactan culture when she was rescued. Jedi do not deny children their names, families, or connections to their birth cultures. It's exactly the opposite, and I really need fandom to start thinking criticially about this issue.
STAR WARS: EPISODE V β THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) STAR WARS: EPISODE I β THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999)
sad when you go back to dismantle an earlier draft for parts and encounter a section that's both entirely obsolete and maybe one of the loveliest passages you've ever written
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Lmao thank you for thinking of me this is delightful