#repcomm quotes

Fi smiled. “It’s good to know everyone has sensible reasons for wanting us dead, Doc. I’d hate to be killed on a pointless whim.”

Imperial Commando: 501st

On Quiilura when Fi talks too much and Darman already wants to protect his girlfriend Etain.

Inspiration:

“I just shoot things. And feed the nuna.”

… Because there’s also cutting edge Fi:

Fi smiled. “It’s good to know everyone has sensible reasons for wanting us dead, Doc. I’d hate to be killed on a pointless whim.”

… and tragic humor Fi:

Story time

I used to have a friend that read Republic Commando series because of me and she knew about my obssesion with Fi. Once I had a stomachache and I send her a message: ,,Ouch". She answered me: ,,Shut up and breathe". At first I was shocked but after a second I realised that it was a reference to that dialogue from above 😂

One of my favorite sections of O66 where Kal gets what is a well-earned talking to by Darman after finding out that Kal’s been hiding knowledge of his son from him, and has manipulated and threatened Etain into going along with the deception. The day of reckoning finally came, and Kal got a faceful of blood.

This is an especially telling scene. We have Kal’s overly dramatic manipulation act yet again. Shedding tears, shaky voice. It might work on Ordo, who’s so attached it’s almost hopeless, but it doesn’t fool Darman anymore. He’s a quiet and even-tempered guy, the last person you’d think would explode in a conflict. But when it comes down to it, Darman’s really the most courageous. He’s willing to confront this terrible manifestation of the unknown and force the truth out of someone he was supposed to be able to trust. Even Niner, the squad’s conscience, didn’t want to know everything. Maybe it’s because the betrayal was very personal for Darman. Anyway he has an incredibly good head on his shoulders for someone Kal thought couldn’t handle knowledge of his own son.

Kal lies to himself and others incessantly. He says he was trying to protect Darman; I say BS. He wasn’t doing it for Darman, he was doing it for himself. Lies, betrayal, and refusal to release inappropriate control over someone else’s life aren’t love.

Darman calls Kal a liar a few pages later, and imo, he was correct. Kal never really loved any of his sons. What he did was something twisted and very close in appearance to the real thing, but not the real thing. Love isn’t a feeling only; it’s action — the right action, and very few of Kal’s actions supported the individuation of any of his kids, Etain and Jusik included. The end goal was to comfort himself for his previous wrongdoings — to give himself a purpose in life, and he lied about his motives consistently in his self-storying and of course to his sons.

“Me?” Fi said.