#bripost

the maxes: max lord or max phillips

the marcuses: marcus pike or marcus moreno

the javis: javier peña or javier gutierrez

the spear boys: din or oberyn

ah yes, the newsies

the concerned

the excited

separated only by

I know we’re not big fans of G*na and I know it is difficult and not always appropriate to separate the art from the artist so to speak. But it is so crucial that when you make (well-deserved) complaints and call for her to be removed that the separation between G*na and Cara is crystal clear to anyone reading it. 

Because moments like this are the perfect opportunity for some misogynist higher-up somewhere to make that into an excuse. “Oh? They want the strong female character out huh? Well, I guess we shouldn’t have another one of those.” And that’s so not good.

So please be clear that the character is not the problem. Openly compliment the depth and strength and greatness of the brilliant character that is Cara Dune, while continuing to speak out against what you believe should not be allowed to continue. 

I made it a meme but seriously: this is so important. In real life we don’t seek closeness with every single person we have something in common with. It’s common sense in that case. We recognize it as unnecessary, hard to maintain, and something that would lead to a lot of strife and a poor mental health. So why is it any different in fandom?

You don’t have to be friends with everyone, in fact you shouldn’t be. You don’t have to try to interact with everyone. You don’t have to follow people you don’t jive with. That’s exactly why this fandom in particular (pp fandom) deals with what seems to be magnified amounts of strife. The fandom really started in earnest within the past year and a half or so as such a small, tight-knit group that everyone knew everyone. And it continues to be small enough that you can easily follow most of the major interactors/active members. In other fandoms, it’s (generally) very different. In bigger fandoms it’s easier to find your niche, a sub-group that you mostly align with that generally fills your dashboard and gives you the freedom to, frankly, get away from the people you don’t get on with. It’s big enough that you won’t have to see people you don’t prefer being reblogged on your dashboard if you don’t want to.

Something about the intimacy of this fandom makes a lot of people feel that they need to be all things to all people or that other people need to be all things to them. And it doesn’t have to be that way. Don’t put that pressure on yourself, or others. Seriously.

Please understand how impossible it would’ve been to have Ahsoka’s incredibly long lekku work with the complex actions they had her do. They honestly probably tried it. And it probably fell off or ripped or otherwise hindered her movement.

The designers on this show have gone to great lengths to make this show with as little CGI as possible to make it feel like authentic, classic Star Wars. And I’m glad they chose that route. CGI-ing her look would’ve made it look more true to her original design, sure, but it also would’ve looked so fake.