5) Teaching the children about respecting their own feelings, but not letting it control their actions (I do this all the time and its some of my fave lessons to do with them.)

So, I can pretty much ignore everything I’ve read that indicates Obi-Wan was an itty bitty baby when he was taken to the temple and never remembered his family? Yes, I think so. (And I finally know where the damn rock comes from that shows up in so many fics)

Then, there’s this:

Wait. What? That’s… an odd coincidence, but okay. (Is there a fic where Owen Lars is really his brother? I’d be down with reading that)

And then this:

In a nutshell, someone took him home to visit to see his family again when he was old enough to connect in some way and remember them later. Yep, he let them go to return to the temple, but the Jedi certainly didn’t completely cut him off, either.

Today, Jaro needs to know why he has a dead clone battalion on the agricultural planet of Mepan VII, and he needs to know now. The Force is uneasy, swirling with dismay.

Strangely, the crops are dead too, rotted from the inside out.

Cal holds himself as tall as he can, as composed as a Jedi his age can be. He looks up at Jaro, awaits his orders.

Like a good soldier.

Jaro nods. "Tell me what you find."

Cal walks into a base littered with bodies, pulling echoes out of the Force. After a few minutes, Jaro sees Cal freeze, feels the distance between them as Cal leaves the present and fades into the past where Jaro cannot follow. Emotions boil, roar, erupt and Cal comes back with a choking cry.

Jaro is at his side. He braces Cal with one large hand. "Padawan?"

"Separatists," Cal says with all the emotional control he can muster. "It's a new weapon. A chemical." His hands curl into fists, his face so pale his freckles stand out more than ever. "Everyone died. Poisoned." He swallows, pressing his lips together until he can speak again. "It was slow." Cal sways. Jaro tightens his hold. "They were so sick."

Jaro praises Cal, tells him he can return to the transport ship until it's ready to take them back to the Brave. He does not need to see more of this place.

A Jedi Knight is finally allowed to become a parent a master and they pick up this bright eyed little eleven year old baby jedi. And on their first mission off Coruscant, the Jedi Master insists that their baby holds their hands while crossing the street.

The baby Padawan getting overwhelmed in a new situation and clinging to the back of their Master's robes.

The baby Padawan getting spooked by something, and darting under their Master's cloak, and clinging to the back of their leg.

but i REALLY hope merrical doesn't become a thing in survivor not because i personally dont like the ship/have contradicting hcs but because i feel like it'd take so much away from what the original game was about? itd change the entire tone away from the series and really make it stand out negatively.. like fo handled its character relationships REALLY well especially familial, and even though it is a star wars game with action and laser swords i feel like they really hammered in that the message of the game was about these individuals from various different backgrounds who have all had something horrible happen to them or been through a bad experience coming together to heal. to me, the game is about healing from your trauma and i loved that there was nothing romantic about it like i see so many media on that topic do (eg having chr1 be magically okay and happy bc chr2 kiss them etc) and i feel putting in romance after would just cheapen it???? jfo was REALLY good at balancing the different scenes, and they all blended into eachother in a way that made sense.. assuming survivor will be similar to fo, i cant imagine how they would fit a romance arc into it that isnt just a singular kiss and holding hands in cutscenes, aka never touched upon. also, theyd need to do like... entirely new coding and text dialogues for the optional conversations

i also really hope it doesn't happen because it would follow the ever tiring trope of "a guy and a girl of similar age now exist in the same space, obviously there's some tension😏 because guys and girls can't JUST be friends😏😏" and as someone on the aroace spectrum it's so UGH to me because for starters it's so??? corny?? its the most boring way to start a romance ..

anyway BSHDJFJS i am so sorry for the rant i just am a lil salty about the entire concept... might just be me but i love medias with no romance at all that solely focuses on found family and i want jfo + js to continue that🤷‍♂️

Yeah, as an asexual person, one of the things I always liked about the Jedi Order is how they are (in the films at least, EXCEPT YOU ANAKIN AND LOOK HOW THAT TURNED OUT) portrayed as not having romantic attachments which is why I loved it, even as a child. I felt like finally I had some good representation... It's why I only really accept the first 6 films and JFO as canon (lol sorry to all animation / sequel fans. I CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT I LIKE!!!!!) (okay fine, I don't mind parts of The Mandalorian either...) I would *love* it if they keep Cal and Merrin as just friends with more of a sibling vibe, but *if* they don't, well, that's what headcanons are for. However, that said, given how well-written the first game is, I have hope that it would be handled gracefully.