Submas Save me, Subway twins please save me ;;w;;

Have my little and confused analysis/list of what I am trying to tell through these portraits regarding these little Jedi:

Jocasta and Sifo Dyas share some elements, her earrings and his braids parallel the other, and they wear their hair in bun/s, and the palette too.

Her lighter colors reflect her stronger connection and trust in the Jedi.

Sifo's colors are still those of the Jedi, but under the lighter brown robe there is a far darker one.

Dooku's colors are dark and share no connection to those of his friends.

Jocasta has a full smile and her hands are both shown, she will not harbor secrets or ill intentions in the future.

Sifo shows only one of his hands, he will keep a terrible secret, but not out of hate.

Dooku's hands are fully hidden, and his smile is more closed off, and in the future we know what he will become.

dark and share no connection

to those of his friends.

It's interesting how both have a certain way of speaking in both English and Japanese, but differently. In English, Ingo is more eloquent and expressive, while Emmet speaks in short sentences and either begins his sentences with “I am Emmet” or end them with “Yup”. Emmet also adds “Verrry” in English.

But in Japanese, it gets interesting! The Japanese language has far more complex aspects, like use of specific pronouns or language structure depending on the situation. And it gets to apply to the twins.

Ingo use 'watakushi', a verrrry polite form of speaking of the already neutral 'watashi'. In most of his dialogues, Ingo speaks in keigo, a type of speech system to refer to respect, humility and politeness, which fits with how Ingo seems to refer to the player as 'anata-sama'; 'anata' is normally very rude in Japan but it is corrected by adding the 'sama' honorific. In other words, Ingo ensure to treat the passengers as important guests, hence why he's so polite. He also seems to adds 'machi' in the end of his sentences sometimes, but it doesn't seem to have any specific meaning.

Emmet do not do that. He doesn't speak in keigo and speaks more casually to the player. He use 'boku', a more boyish version of 'I' and 'kimi', a more impolite version of 'you' for the player. He also has more childish quirks? Emmet sometimes use 'anone', which can be ready as 'you know', so it's kinda cute how he seems to repeat the word in a childish manner. He also tends to say 'sugoku' (very or really) as 'suuuugoku', which empathize another childish trait.

learned how to make powdered eggs into hard boiled eggs

add protein paste to bread treats like sweet rolls or pancakes

absolutely mastered making eggdrop soup from powdered egg (they're very proud of this one)

Turned one of the coolers into a makeshift freeze dryer for the fresh kills Ahsoka manages to drag back to the Resolute (occasionally)

In the same vein as the last one, how to butcher various animals.

Requested dietary supplements from the jedi temple that they crush up and sprinkle into her food like seasoning.

Have an ongoing trade with the Corries where they bring back various contraband from the midrim and in exchange get a couple crates of dried meat sticks.

Tuck away a crate of her favorite ration bars every resupply.

Request for high protein dried plants and grains that store well.

Keep powdered milk.

Things Rex has done to satisfy her hunting instincts.

Started offering her meat sticks as a reward for successful spars.

Assigned specific troopers as targets for her to hunt across the ship. They have treats in their pockets.

Lets Ahsoka run the shinys through their drills.

Making time for her to actually hunt on deployments.

Willingly tasting her kills...even the more questionable looking ones.

If you’re expecting a nicely organized essay, move along. This is one giant brain dump that has been percolating in my brain for months, and I just needed to get it out. 

Comments and asks are welcomed, but don’t expect to hide behind anon. You want to talk? Let’s talk.

Volo and Celestica are interesting in Pokemon Legends Arceus. And by interesting, I mean “why the hell are you here?”

Didn’t think it’d go this deep. 🏛️

Like, clearly they went for a Western look for Cogita, Volo wearing a toga in that last act (both names being Latin, so maybe it’s more Roman, or they combined these similar cultures in the Pokémon world?).

Either way, it does smell of colonialism. :/ I never liked how the residents of Jubilife in particular called us “outsider” - the Clans, sure, but the town full of immigrants themselves calling us an “outsider” (is it “gaijin” in Japanese?) feels hypocritical.

Oh well. I kinda saw this sort of thing coming, with Japan’s habit of just breezing over all the bad things they did through their imperialistic history (much like my own country). 😔

There is the question though: what’s the deal with Celestic Town? It has an obviously Japanese shrine with an old cave depicting Sinnoh’s Legendaries where you meet Cynthia’s grandma as well as Cyrus. Anything Grecian has been all but erased. o.o

Since I have more than 1 AU in Pokemon I think I have to make a post

that doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about natborn biology to contest it

that doesn't stop several clones from taking up cooking

this does not, however, mean that they need test subjects

the Jedi are conscripted as taste testers while the entire battalion stares them down, eager to demand descriptions of the taste and gustatory experience, and even develop complicated Jedi-reaction ranking schemes to compare their prowess in the kitchen

for battalions assigned to non-human Jedi with different dietary needs and restrictions, this is taken as an extra level of challenge

Here's an underexplored and juicy plot point in the prequels that I can't stop thinking about! Because Sifo-Dyas was killed so early in the new canon timeline of the creation of the clones, with Dooku impersonating him to handle the subsequent details, we don’t even know exactly what he intended the clone army to be.

I think there’s even an argument to be made that Sifo-Dyas intended the clones to be culturally Jedi. Raised and trained in the Jedi Temple(s), learning Jedi skills and ways of life, growing up in a shared community alongside the Jedi. The clones serving not as an emergency button to hit in case of war, but as a support to the overstretched, under resourced Jedi Order in an increasingly violent, chaotic galaxy, one that might prevent the war he foresaw from ever even happening.

Because the Council, after they finished going YOU DID FUCKING WHAT would have assigned him to Creche duty for the rest of his living days. Consecutive life sentences. No chance of parole.

absolutely, 100% without a doubt

YES and she also updates him on all the Drama™ such as the domino squad debacle, so like the next time the wolfpack and the 501st team up after fives and echo get co-adopted by anakin and rex, plo’s just like “ah yes i know those two, master ti spent an hour complaining about one of their trainers over holo-skype”

(that first night plo answered her skype-call and didnt even get out a ‘hello’ before shaak EXPLODED into an impressive rant that consisted mostly of IVE ADOPTED A MILLION YOUNG SONS PLO AND I’M GOING TO  F I G H T  SOME NERD SCIENTISTS BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT)(the passive aggressiveness between shaak and the kaminoans is comparable to a cold war and by the time theyre cadets the clones know that if shaak gets That Look™ its time to skedaddle)

plo says to fives and echo “master ti has told me much of your accomplishments” and what they hear is “hey, I’m a Jedi General and I know everything” and what Plo means is “Yes, children, I know EVERYTHING.” the first time he casually saunters over to them and asks a question about something they had definitely never told anyone about fives nearly chokes on his water

there is a MASSIVE black market between the battalions because no decent jedi can really say no to their men - aayla basically runs a library out of one of her storage rooms (the most popular requests are gardening books, ship blueprints, and obscure mythology anthologies) - with such intricate rules that it takes shinies a couple of months to get the bartering exchanges down (two bottles of nabooan wine equals a full pack of chocolates equals fifteen tea bags equals…)

(shaak is in a constant state of barely restraining the urge to fight them all, like oh sure she seems calm but would you be calm if you had to deal with the kaminoans every single day for years? i would not) (all the clones know to Beware The Look™ even though it’s never directed at them because that’s how you know that general ti is having a bad self-control day and/or the kaminoans are somehow worse than usual, which are both excellent excuses to leave the room immediately)

plus plo’s really good at, like, reading people, so like. your secrets are not safe, fives. echo tries to pretend he’s The Perfect Trooper in front of the visiting general but plo’s just like “it’s cute how you think you got away with sneaking into the tipoca city library every night” and echo turns BRIGHT RED and fives does an actual spit take bc he’s laughing so hard, what do you mean echo broke a rule, impossible! (it takes a couple seconds for plo to realize that echo thinks he’s actually in trouble, bc he always forgets that most of the shinies don’t know that the jedi couldn’t care less about whatever rules the kaminoans had, and also does he actually think he’s in trouble for sneaking into the library, every jedi master in the galaxy wishes that their younglings snuck into the library instead of every single other place younglings usually try to sneak into)

yes yes yes! different types of contraband for different battalions and jedi, yes. and of course there’s a ridiculously complicated exchange system because the front lines and the battalions fighting on them are chaos incarnate. (it takes a few months for the shinies to realize that juicy gossip is always an acceptable form of currency, the clone army is a huge rumor mill that’s just as bad if not worse than the jedi order)

(one of these meetings happened when plo was deep undercover with the wolfpack and so shaak patched herself through to obi-wan instead. she got cody at first and The Glare™ was already so deeply set on her face that he didnt even need to hear what she had to say. he went and got got obi-wan IMMEDIATELY and then left.)(now shaak has TWO proxies on these tipoca-city-meeting days and their numbers are growing)

and poor ECHO my child he was so close to actually running away and/or smacking fives THEN running away before plo manages to convince them that of all the things to do, sneaking in a library is probably the least of their worries and that plo’s actually impressed with the amount echo read before being deployed (this is when news of aayla’s ‘library’ starts making the rounds in the 501st and soon echo has never looked happier and disappears to his bunk only to reappear hours later asking plo for another book, please)

oh man. the rumor mill in the gar is UN.REAL. its next level stuff. even the jedi have trouble keeping abreast of all the newest gossip and soon just trust that their commander or captain will let them know the juiciest details so at least they can pretend to be in the know - but the clones have been EMBEDDED in this culture since they were young. theyre fluent in it. bonus points are awarded for evidence - audio or visual, visual preferred. they know EVERYTHING. it knocks new padawans especially off guard, bc they were taught that the clones are Serious Military Men Always, so the first time they see a table of clones clustered around a table in the cafeteria discussing who-was-kissing-who-behind-the-senate-columns the padawans are SHOCKED. but as soon as they figure out that the wolfpack has sweets - man. no secret is safe for very long.

the best gossip is rewarded with a combination of sweets/alcohol/new tattoo designs but those are RARE rewards indeed bc not only does there need to be absolute PROOF - but it needs to be delivered DIRECTLY TO the suppliers, all at once, in person - and that only happens once in a blue moon because how often do their paths intersect? so if a clone happens upon a truly Choice piece of gossip he has to guard it with all his might until he can present it to the clones with access to the reward he wants

(the second shaak’s hologram appears cody’s just like, “OH, uh, i… will go get general kenobi. yeah.” and then he leaves as fast as is humanly possible without seeming rude because being in the same room as The Glare™ is bad luck)

echo nearly DIES on the spot because a member of the jedi council knows i Broke A Rule but plo manages to convince him that he’s not in trouble before that happens (also, heyyyyy, echo, honey - you might want to get used to breaking rules, because anakin skywalker is… not good at following those). and hey, being a bookworm is never a bad thing and someone in the 501st ought to know the rules am i right and plo’s like, “man, if master ti and i had been sneaking into the library every night when we were padawans, we’d have been given seats on the council much sooner than we were” (shaak and plo only snuck into cool places, like the old tunnels carved into the mountain that the temple is built over, which lead to a bunch of cool old shrines and are… restricted to anyone who doesn’t have clearance from the council, oops.)

you KNOW the jedi are too tired when they can’t even keep track of the latest rumors, yikes. but yeah, the clones are all a bunch of horrible gossips and no one is safe. (”who-was-kissing-who-behind-the-senate-columns” I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE, tbh the amidala-skywalkers need to maybe tone it down a little while they’re in public, because they are not subtle)

the commanders are the best sources of Proof™ and specific information about their jedi, but good luck getting them to give it up because their loyalty to their generals runs deep. (for example, rex Knows that anakin skywalker and padmé amidala are Legit Married - oh, everyone knows they’re together, but the extent of it is unknown to the general population - but he’s guarding that shit with his life)

Fox: ... Ja na na jana na na.

Cody: What's happening?

Fox: ja na na jana na na 🎶

Wolffe: oh?

Fox (reving up on air guitar) Ja na na na Na na na na Ja na na na na Na na na jananananana 🎶🎸 I WANNA SHOCK (self echoing) TROOP ✊ ja na na na na na Naa Naa 🎸 I WANT TO SHOCK 🎶

Wolffe/Cody (into it): TROOP ✊

Fox: ja na na na na na Naa Naa Naaaaa 🎸-- welcome to Shock Troop a holo-cast within a holo-cast about the latest and greatest in Senatorial Briefings--

Cody: no wait you need to explain--

Fox (ignoring him) Senator Stonk released the following statement yesterday that he will be proposing a bill that would have Clone Troopers forage for food on planet to bring down military budget expenses.

Wolffe: wait what?

My two favorite interpretations here are:

1. Some styles of Mandalorian music are very similar to styles like Flamenco/Zapateado Calentano where the dancing and clapping in itself is the drums of the music. Which inadvertently gives these cultures some of the most insane synchronicity and rhythm of any people in the galaxy (coming from someone who’s danced Zapateado with 40+ people before it’s an experience)

Imagine huge dance halls with hollow floors specifically designed to echo the rhythm of the dancers, Mandalorian houses having their largest rooms right above the cellars because they’re the best places to host dances where the stomping is amplified, town squares having distinct hollow bricks so that festivals and holidays will always have space for music.

Special dancing shoes with hollow soles specifically made to echo your stomps! Oooo or the really fancy noble clans being able to get specially tailored shoes with beskar soles like tap shoes, a point of pride being able to lead the music of a celebration by being the focus of the rhythm!

I definitely think most if not all robe production is in house! They have ancient textile traditions that are preserved and practiced with the same reverence as any other skill. Jedi are taught very early up to respect their robes as valuable possessions, indicators of the path to which they’re dedicated, as well as a vital opportunity to express individuality.

They definitely have ancient, ethical sources for their silk, wool, leather, etc (this is making me think about the agricorps, your favorite!) and I like to think they maintain close ties with the people who raise the animals or cultivate the plants used for the materials. Imagine retired Jedi moving out to the mid rim to raise space sheep 🥹

I’m admittedly very uninformed when it comes to textiles and fabrics (when I cosplay I just use what I can get from 2nd hand and scrap shops with varying degrees of success) but I imagine the Jedi have an expansive selection of weights, textures, colors etc. Earth tones are in style during the final years of the Republic, but even in a sea of browns and tans, there are endless variations of warms and cools and silhouettes and embroidered details.

Speaking of embroidered details, I like to think that it’s pretty common for Jedi to incorporate patterns or motifs into their robes. While there’s millennia of traditional designs available (which carry different meanings/associations) there are many Jedi craftspeople who are resources for assisting in the creation of new designs to commemorate achievements or honor lineages, as a couple examples. For Jedi who are appointed to stations within the order which typically encourage signaling that station via embroidered robes, it’s expected that they’ll dedicate time to hand embroider their robes themselves (ie I headcanon Jocasta embroidered her own robes with the Ansata pattern).

I love the idea that Obi-Wan's been tying his sleeves back since he was a crecheling, just as countless generations of Jedi have done before him.

I think he's a man comforted by ritual. I think that during the Clone Wars, far from his home and his people, he'd wear every damn layer of those robes even in the privacy of his personal quarters, even 7 hours into formwork in the dead of night. And when he inevitably gets irritated by his sleevies and reaches for the tasuki, maybe 🥺 there's a moment where he remembers his home.

I like to think it soothes him. I like to think he feels a little more settled, a little more composed, a little less alone after.

Mostly I like to think of his dear Marshal Commander watching him from across the table, watching the capable, practiced motion of his hands. The way it reveals wrists and forearms, the way it disrupts the clean lines of his collar, revealing 🫣 maybe a scandalous bit of neck. The easy intimacy of this in the middle of the night, sharing the burden of command. I'm weak for it.

1. Slow down at emotionally important moments.

Big emotions need space to land. If a scene feels rushed, pause the plot briefly to show how the moment affects the character.

2. Add reactions, not explanations.

Instead of explaining what a character feels, show it through physical responses, hesitation, or small actions that reveal emotion naturally.

3. Ground every scene in the senses.

If a scene feels thin, add one or two sensory details—sound, texture, smell, or temperature—to make the moment feel lived-in.

4. Let thoughts interrupt action.

A line of internal thought can deepen a scene without slowing it too much. Thoughts show stakes, fear, longing, or conflict beneath the action.

5. Expand consequences, not events.

You don’t need more things to happen—you need to show what matters. Focus on how events change relationships, decisions, or self-perception.

6. Strengthen setting where emotion peaks.

The environment should echo or contrast the emotion of the scene. Setting is not decoration—it’s emotional reinforcement.

7. Add specific details instead of general ones.

Underwriting often relies on vague language. Swap “they argued” for one sharp line of dialogue or a specific breaking point.

8. Let dialogue breathe.

Short dialogue exchanges without pauses can feel flat. Add beats—silence, gestures, interruptions—to give the conversation weight.

9. Show transitions between scenes.

If scenes jump too quickly, readers feel disoriented. A brief transition helps establish time, mood, and emotional continuity.

10. Clarify stakes early in the scene.

If readers don’t know what can be lost, scenes feel empty. Make sure the character wants something specific and fears losing it.

11. Use the “what are they feeling right now?” check.

After each major beat, ask what emotion is dominant in that moment. If it’s missing on the page, the scene is likely underwritten.

12. Expand scenes that feel “too clean.”

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