Okay, another week, another ramble. I just finished episodes 7&8 of Shadow Lord, and wanted to take a second to look at how different my persepective on Rook Kast is. We all remeber that I absolutely hated Rook when I wrote the first one of these. I couldn't stand who she was, I hated how different she was from her actress, I just hated her. That eventually turned into respect, and now, I actually really like Rook. Last week (or the week before IDK, long week) I said that I respect Rook because of how loyal she is to Maul. Elaborating on that, during episode 8, we actually see a group of Maul's mercenaries turn on Maul and try to flee, out of the 11 Mandalorians that Maul has, Rook is one of 4 (or more, IDK) that stays with him. Which is incredible, because, by this point, Rook has been part of the Shadow collective for somewhere between 10 and 15 years (late 20s early 30s SWCW late 30s early 40s MSL). WHICH IS A LONG TIME!!! S0, huge respect to her for just that. But, at the end of episode 7, Maul seems to have died, AND ROOK IS THE ONLY ONE WHO BELIVES THAT HE'S STILL ALIVE!!! But we also see a bit of her fear that Maul could actually be dead, and the grief that comes with it. Which adds just another layer to a character that most of us think we have figured out. Then, later in episode 8, we see the relief when she finds out that he's alive. And the credit goes to everyone who worked on this, but mostly to Rook's actress. Because, the writers may have written all this, but the emotion, the voice, who the character is, is thanks to the people who played them, so, kudos to them. Okay, I'm done ranting, have some fanart.
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