#ask indras

"Alone? Nah, not really. Always had someone else around. Growin’ up was my ama, other refugee kids, street kids. Then with the Suns, well, was always a party, or a job, or trouble to make, or just sittin’ around chillin’, yeah?" She laughs, "Lotta days we were runnin’ on caf ‘n stims, figured we’d sleep when we were dead, hadta get our kicks while we were still young ‘nough to get ‘em."

Indras:

"Plans? Try not to have ‘em. Dunno what tomorrow’s gonna bring, what the next fight’s gonna bring, so you’re just settin’ yourself up for disappointment if you can’t follow through. Sounds grim, but that’s just the way it is. But, if you’re wantin’ me to go full-on daydream for a bit, can do that…"Let’s see. Learn to speak Mando’a properly. My accent’s kriffin’ terrible, and pretty sure I can’t say more than three words without stutterin’. ‘S a work in progress. Learn to fight too. Well, learn more. Can scrap, but I mean, learn to fight so that I can hold my own. Train on more than just the blasters, cause they ain’t always so useful up close.

Indras laughs. “Sure, got a few titles I’m workin’ on based on recent events.”

She holds a printed list up to the holocam:

'You Don't Belong in the Dragon's Mouth: Proper Techniques for Fighting Wildlife'

'Bleeding is Bad: Why Seeking Medical Attention is not Weakness.'

'Life Fire: Save it for the Enemy'

'There's Sand in my Suit: Signs your Armor Needs Maintenance.'

 ’Do as I say, not as I do: 10 reasons you should reconsider emulating our Esteemed Alor’

Indras snorts with laughter hearing the question. “Surprised you didn’t ask if the carpet matches the kriffin’ drapes, yeah? It don’t, by the way. And it’s more of a sisal rug than a shag-pile.

For Indras and Pipsqueak (I haven’t busted Pip out in a while and I kind of miss him)!

Indras (in order of least to most similar):

Pocahontas (Pocahontas): Specifically two songs. Just Around the Riverbend as her attitude towards life and the way she acknowledges that the galaxy is constantly shifting and her willingness to learn and adapt. And Colors of the Wind which goes some way to describing how she feels as a Force Sensitive who sees the galaxy in a very different way to the rest of her family.

Vanellope von Schweetz (Wreck-it Ralph): A fantastic racer who’s got driving ‘in her code’. Who can also be really obnoxious (ask Maerius and Kad). And for those who were around to see her with the tank might see some similarities here.

Kristoff Bjorgman (Frozen): She doesn’t trust people outside her family easily and she does have a fair amount of lingering cynicism. And she’s quite open about the fact that, even though she loves them, most of the members of Rikat are…less than stable, and a bit nosy and pushy, not unlike the Trolls.

Megara (Disney’s Hercules):

Well, there’s the hips, for one thing. I wouldn’t say that Indras walks that way, necessarily, but she does occasionally put a little extra sway into her walk, and it’s not far off.

"I’m a damsel, I’m in distress. I can handle it." Sums Indras’ attitude towards her problems up pretty nicely. She prefers to handle her problems alone. Especially if they are problems which don’t (in her view) involve the clan. Like paying for her mother’s medical bills, or her own Force-related health issues.

Attitude, sass, voice.

How she handles her feelings and getting close to people (Ahem). That is to say, badly. She’s a bit resistant to it, for what she feels like are perfectly good reasons. And she’s not totally wrong, the reasons she thinks she has are valid ones. I’m just not sure they apply to the situations she tries to apply them to, necessarily.

Finally, her willingness to make sacrifices to take care of the people she cares about.

Pipsqueak: