#or worms

i mean, within context, the scene clearly frames it as comic relief, yes. you’re meant to think it’s disgusting, cause oh, he eats the bugs and worms alive, and he’s exaggerating it and everything. but out of context... what's so funny about eating insects?

it's kinda not, both from an in-universe and a meta perspective.

in-universe, anakin was raised a slave. on a desert. probably fucking half starved all the time. probably learned to make do with whatever is the closest thing to nutrition that he could scavenge. it’s not far off that he’s probably used that kinda ingredient for dishes before. it’s not even far off that some type of insect might be a traditional ingredient, either. (hell, i grew up around a dish made of pupa.) what do you know about tatooine cuisine and why are you so ready to look down on it?

from a meta pov, looking down on insects as a source of nutrition is /incredibly/ western-centric. it reminds me of all the 'you eat bats' jokes. grilled crickets/grasshoppers/spiders are a street snack in thailand, and laos too i think. the implication, when you look down on people who consume insects, is that it's not 'correct' food. it's unhygienic? what do you know about other cultures' culinary, though?

actually i just realized these photos kind of go together albeit unintentionally but maybe i’ll make a third to just finish it off who knows