it genuinely melts my brain watching people take sith monologues at face value like theyâre TED talks instead of⌠you know⌠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 anakinâs ear like âthe jedi are hiding things from you⌠they donât trust youâŚâ and go. wow. compelling. source: dude in a hood who has never told the truth once in his life.
of course heâs going to say that. what else is he supposed to do. sit anakin down and go âhi yes i am actively trying to emotionally isolate you from your support system so i can turn you into my apprentice and ruin your lifeâ like be serious đ
same with maul going âyouâve been indoctrinated by the jediâ as if HE wasnât raised in a sith pipeline since childhood. sir. that is not a revelation.
and dooku. walking around like a philosophy professor going âthe republic is corruptâ yeah okay, we know, and your solution is⌠fascism with extra lightning???
like yes. the jedi made mistakes. but, theyâre an institution, not a divine being. but the leap from âthe jedi arenât perfectâ to âthe sith are telling the truth actuallyâ is INSANE to me.
