take me to oblivion

“You’re too obsessed with that evil star wars guy” please be more specific there are many of them and I am obsessed with all of them

the best part about sci-fi stories told from the point of view of an artificial intelligence is that you can have omniscient first-person narration and it fuckin slaps

oh yeah, also the fact that the narrator will go “Unlike humans, I of course am always 100% rational” and then proceed to do something completely unhinged

my favorite thing about anakin as a character is the inherent nuance lucas wrote into his story, like he's neither an innocent victim nor an inherently evil monster, he's just some guy put in a series of Situations and ultimately failing the test of his humility and self-control. he was certainly flattered and shaped by the devil, spiraling into something unrecognizable, but he chose to take every step down the pathway to hell. lucas knew he would lose a certain demographic by making him basically a greedy pawn in the larger story, not a righteous betrayed macho badass, but he did it anyway. he made him an awkward romantic and a loyal friend, a generous boy and a brilliant teen. he made sure he had all the positive qualities that meant that he had potential to be so much more than vader, but it was clearly his choice to lie, murder, and fully squander that potential. there are no excuses for what he became, no acceptable reasons to commit mass slaughter. he became an unbelievably selfish and impatient man, reckless and wantonly violent. hayden captured that nuance so well, nobody can match the sweetness of his smile and the absolute horror of his scowl on mustafar. to view him through a single lens as either pure victim of manipulation and (canonically unsupported) emotional neglect, or a creepy evil villain, denies the heart of his story and the weight of his tragedy. he's neither an angel nor a demon, he's both and neither, he's deeply human, a classical tragic hero with a flaw of greed. lucas made a choice with the prequels to tell a story that not everyone wanted to hear, and the result was a character that i think is one of the best of modern pop culture, mostly because he feels to me so very, very ancient and eternal.

#explanation: this references the scene where Hektor the prince of troy goes to his wife after a battle and leans in to kiss his son #(who is still a baby and being held in andromache's arms) #but his son cringes away in fear of his father's battle helmet #it's a gut wrenching scene about how war dehumanizes you and separates you from the people you love #this interpretation implies that being a gamer is analogous

you know, thrawn calls to me too

we are in a media literacy crisis

friendly reminder that characters don't need to be saints to be entertaining. and telling a story does not mean endorsement. art does not need to be all about morally good people.

ppl trying to make some of these ships all cute n domestic dont seem to understand these characters are insane. they would have sex by standing on opposite sides of the room fully clothed playing mind games

god I just. love ruthlessness as a character trait so much. sexy sexy sexy

I must stress that the character who gave that speech in Animorphs was Marco. The funny guy in the group. Animorphs was just that kind of series.

i'm just going to post about this again because i've seen a couple things pop up, and. PLEASE stop referring to "lady loki" as a different character entirely from loki. it's a very strange thing to do, to list her as a different character. you would not go up to a genderfluid person in real life and start calling them Lady [Name]. she was only called lady loki as a fun little joke when she was possessing lady sif. she's a genderfluid character, and as a woman, she carries the same titles that she does as a man. she's the princess of asgard, not a lady. a lady is a different title entirely. she's the queen of jötunheim, not a lady.