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I'm a little confused. My understanding of catharsis is that in tragedy the audience feels all the feels and is emotionally wrung out at the end but that release is accompanied by an oddly positive feeling for having done that. Which describes my response to the episode. Is that incorrect or am I the reading the episode differently?

you are definitely not incorrect, you are totally right

the big difference for me is that the other sw downer endings give us a visual of the good things to come; rots ends with beru and owen holding baby luke and looking into the binary sunset, rogue one ends with leia jetting off with the death star plans, tcw6 ended with yoda prophesying a better future for them all (though obviously that future was a long time coming). after all this death and destruction, there’s an onscreen confirmation that all of their suffering will eventually be met with some kind of justice, somehow.

I feel like the tree-library-temple is the vagina here. The dark side hole looks more round and puckered, located further south. So more dark side anus as it were (with mirrors inside??!). But yes to all the multi-phallused (because one isn't enough) temples all over the galaxy.

Ah, the cavern - it’s symbolism, it doesn’t have to look exactly like a vagina. I mean if I was at work I would say it’s a passage to the mother womb bah blah blah euphemism, birth and rebirth, noteworthy that caverns are also the setting for many an initiation rite and sacrifices, places of transformation, the entrance to the underworld, to origins, a place from where you start a descent or an ascension, also the place where monsters are born, blah blah blah, but first and foremost, it’s a vagina. 

Oh and I think there’s a point to make about Plato’s cave too. Shadows on the walls and all that. 

In the books, there’s quite a bit of flexibility in the terms used, though you’re right, British terms (and terms that have fallen out of use in everyday speech) are often preferred. I, for instance, favour calling the outer robe a cloak, especially for ones made of a thicker fabric. The sash around their waist can be called an obi, but would generally not be called a belt, because a utility belt is commonly worn over top of it. The undertunic is sometimes swapped for an undershirt, but other than that the terms there are the commonly used ones. (It also depends on the Jedi, because there can be a lot of variety in their outfits. Some Jedi, for example, prefer to wear civilian clothes. In wartime, their outfits could change significantly to accommodate armour.) I’m not sure there is a canon term for those wrist things, but most people refer to them as arm wraps or arm bands. For the most part it’s up to you what to call the different parts. Don’t feel that you have to use many different terms, though; it’s common for the same term to be repeated several times in a row, especially when it’s a more generic word. 

Hope that helps!

I agree with the function of the Mortis arc being vague, but I do have to say I don’t think Star Wars is about Anakin - not for me. The Saga movies have been about Skywalkers in general, but not the new extended universe. Which is why it’s my favorite, tbh. In my opinion part of the appeal of Star Wars is that it is bigger than any one character. Anakin looms large frequently but not everything is there to further his story.

...and how/when people use them vs. kudos.

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Sometimes if I love a one-shot enough, I’ll subscribe just on the slim, slim chance it could one day for some reason get an update...more like as a sign of love, I guess?

Aww, that’s lovely. :)  Is there any situation when you would do this but not leave kudos?

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sometimes I subscribe by accident to stories that are complete. usually I mean to subscribe either to the series or the author, but I hit the wrong button and don't realize for months.

Oof, yeah, I’ve done that! :P  Do you always leave kudos if you’re subscribing?

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Is a story subscription different from an author one? I forget to unsubscribe when people hop fandoms. Also I'm terrible at leaving kudos if reading on kindle or from downloads.

I don’t believe author subscriptions are counted in the story subscription count, but I’m not actually sure! @zz9pzza  @samjohnssonvt any insights?

As @chriscalledmesweetie points out, these are separate forms of subscriptions, and author subscriptions don’t count toward individual stories (though subscribers will get notified of all stories).

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I didn't know how subscriptions worked when I first started using AO3. It could be novice users not understanding the features.

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two lines! I might be the only outlier here, but I liked how it felt (after the wtF did i miss?) How much time passed between when she asked for the attack and when the attack happened? A few hours? Maybe a day, maybe two? I feel like it underscores just how on the fly and urgent and scrambling everything is in the rebellion these days.

Oooh, I must have missed the second line! I badly need to go back and rewatch this whole arc over again, including this episode.

A schematic of Kanan's butt. Oh, you mean on the display. Sorry, dunno.

Have you seen a time yet? I’m assuming 8 or 9 (?) not that it matters, since I’ll use the disney app…