"What does it mean to be a Jedi alone?"

okay

so like at her introduction it’s pretty clear the writers were basically just saying “we needed a new character that wasn’t burdened by canon to carry this series” but when you put her in the context of the series as a whole she becomes “this is what luke missed out on by not having anakin around as a dad for better or worse” and that’s what makes her work, luke and ahsoka both have anakin and obi-wan as father figures but they’re inverted versions of each other

ahsoka's image of obi-wan is filtered through anakin's resentment

luke's image of anakin is filtered through obi-wan's regret

ahsoka sees the flaws in the jedi order that led to its collapse and that’s why she leaves

luke sees the strengths of the jedi order that are worth preserving and that’s why he tries to rebuild it

ahsoka instantly accepts that anakin is gone because she knows what led him there

luke holds onto the hope of saving him because he doesn't know how he got there

ahsoka's overall arc is about disillusionment and self-determination

luke's is about finding his place as part of something bigger

the basic details and setup are pretty similar between the two but they go in completely different directions

OBI-WAN KENOBI (2022) - PART VI

and for yuletide we haveeeeeee a bunch of sleepyheads!! it's been years since i participated in a tumblr secret santa, wow, so sorry to those who got my art 10 years ago, it's so much better now. anyways !!! here's my secret santa for @anidalaweeks <3

here you go @mysticqueen-bee :))) i loved drawing the skywalkers so cozy like this, i hope you like it!!!

Shows up late to the Jedi Council Chambers with boba tea

*goes through chancellor’s desk drawers and finds this*

It can't possibly be that blat-

for your reference, i tracked down one of my original posts; which had a notes section that looked like this:

and here is what it looks like now:

holy shit. by my math, that is not even two percent of the amount of aggregate notes my writing actually has. i am not able to see any of the literal hundreds of replies, comments, or tags.

maybe this is a bit presumptuous but i consider myself to be fairly popular on this site. i still remember the first time a large blog "picked up" my work - how quickly all of a sudden i was getting seen. notes on my poetry jumped from like 10 to 300 to 3k. overnight. that was the magic of tumblr, and the incredible writing community i found here.

but now if i answer any of my fellow writers, if i say please go check this out or even if i add additional context to my own work - the artist is removed completely from their own content.

do you want to reply to an "ask game"? do you want to reply to a story prompt? do you want to just make a funny joke with your friends? well, that sucks - you might be depriving them of literally 98% of their notes.

it isn't about clout chasing. it is about giving creators control over their own materials. even a silly post deserves to be connected directly with the person that thought it up.

The Jedi who loved too much, in spite of his self-sacrificial adherence to the Code.

He continues as a Jedi fully entrenched in the light probably because of that Code he adheres to which includes beliefs about what happens after death that are likely comforting to someone who can literally feel the force.