it genuinely melts my brain watching people take sith monologues at face value like theyāre TED talks instead ofā¦ you knowā¦ villain speeches.
like. these are not neutral historians. these are not unbiased narrators. these are men who wake up every morning and choose manipulation as a lifestyle.
and yet people hear palpatine whispering into anakinās ear like āthe jedi are hiding things from youā¦ they donāt trust youā¦ā and go. wow. compelling. source: dude in a hood who has never told the truth once in his life.
of course heās going to say that. what else is he supposed to do. sit anakin down and go āhi yes i am actively trying to emotionally isolate you from your support system so i can turn you into my apprentice and ruin your lifeā like be serious š
same with maul going āyouāve been indoctrinated by the jediā as if HE wasnāt raised in a sith pipeline since childhood. sir. that is not a revelation.
and dooku. walking around like a philosophy professor going āthe republic is corruptā yeah okay, we know, and your solution isā¦ fascism with extra lightning???
like yes. the jedi made mistakes. but, theyāre an institution, not a divine being. but the leap from āthe jedi arenāt perfectā to āthe sith are telling the truth actuallyā is INSANE to me.
