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But I already have a series of vampires in my list of writing to do, inspired by *First Kill*, because the potential of the Juliette & Calliope relationship really made an impression on me. So I don't know what to do...

“I’m terrified I never had you.”

Judith the first female assassin and Deborah the first female judge.

As someone old enough to remember when Star Wars canon consisted of one (1) movie that featured a spunky but whiny farm boy we'd only seen driving a landspeeder before taking a one-in-a-million shot to save the day...

Oh! By the way, he's got a T-16 we haven't heard of before the Deathstar mission briefing back home. And two-meter rodents for target practice.

At least Luke Skywalker is an adult.

Do not get me started on a nine-year old enslaved child who doesn't know what the Force is, never mind having a nanosecond of training, becoming the first human to win a race he's never finished and follow that up with hitting a control hub no fully trained pilot in the sky at the time could get near.

That's just them being strong in the Force, naturally.

But let a young adult woman who grew from toddlerhood fighting for her place (that's not a walking stick she's carrying around) among freelance salvage operators digging through literal space-going war machines know how to operate one and suddenly MARY SUE.

Why doesn't Rey get the Skywalker benefit of "the Force is with her"?

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