i was brought in on a palanquin

me, an elder fandom veteran, suddenly having anne rice flashbacks:

no.

NO.

starting to rock back and fourth.

you do not understand.

you were born into an age of peace. i was there Gandalf. i was there three thousand years ago. i remember the cease and desists. i remember authors hunting fanfic writers for sport. i remember when every fic opened with a disclaimer because we genuinely thought it might protect us.

we do not charge money for the copyrighted gay wizard stories.

do not tempt fate youngling.

step away from the paywall.

that is how you summon the ancient evils.

Definitely will be painting more grapes. I was intimidated for years but ended up really enjoying it!

- stare at people

- drop the crest out of the sky to evade or attack. That entire maneuvre

- the slutty lil knee stance

- sighing

- getting in someones face when they piss him off. Like he consistently stands RIGHT up in their business

- when hes talking to someone who is clearly some type of nefarious, and lets them think he’s going along with everything they say (“agreeing” to find and “kill” ahsoka in s2)

- the wide shots where he’s far away and looking toward the camera (again idk)

- the way he goes statue-still sometimes (esp when stressed out). Like every muscle in his body is pulled completely and totally taut

- the way his stance shifts and his body braces RIGHT before a fight

- his pained crackly groan when he gets up after being knocked down. Its probably a stock sound they reuse but maaan is it good

- actually all of his noises of discomfort are amazing

- scanning a room

- the way his helmet jiggles around when he talks

- darksaber

- getting injured. limping. labored breathing.

- being kind to people consistently

- honoring his word, even if it means certain death

- when he makes some dark ass jokes about dying a horrible death?? Hot.

- when he’s comfortable around people and his cute ass personality shows. Yes i’m talking about “Wizard.” When he’s with peli

- flying/piloting ships

- understanding how ships work intimately. He knows every part. Likely was educated on this, so he can be self reliant and never stranded.

- the way he speaks to everyone equally. He doesnt baby or coddle. He speaks to the kind lizard lady the same way he speaks to cobb vanth. He’s genuine.

i need to cut it off here or this post will never end lmfao