I think I have finally found a fandom pet peeve when it comes to the extended Star Wars universe.
And that is when people refer to just any forcer user as a Jedi, and any dark force user a Sith.
Please. People I am begging. Being a force user does not make a Jedi. It is an organization. a religion. you have to WANT to be a Jedi and follow the Jedi Code to actually BE a Jedi.
And its the same for the Sith! It is considered to be a religion in the star wars universe, but it would be more aptly named a cult. To be a sith, you'd have to devote yourself to their customs. While not a lot is known about the Sith and how exactly they operated, we do get some aspects. for instance, the rule of two. A master, and an apprentice. No more, no less.
But for both religions, they have their own codes, beliefs, practices, rituals, historical knowleged that gets passed down. Regular, anyday force users would not have access to any of these things.
And! just because a Jedi has "fallen" does not automatically make them a Sith!!! Just because both Dooku and Anakin decided to be dramatic and go tits up to the dark side and become Sith, does not mean that any fallen Jedi would be a Sith!
And just to clarify, this is all light hearted. I will still read and consume fanworks that do not acknowledge this distinction. This is just something that I noticed was pretty common in the fandom, and it just ticks the little autistic "Urmm, actually ☝️🤓" button in my brain and I wanted to rant a little about it.
But yeah, feel free to share your own fandom pet peeves!
