#thewillowbends

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree There are two effective methods for dealing with Anakin Skywalker during Jedi Council Meetings: - Spike his drink with sleeping pills and let him curl up in Obi-Wan’s seat (sometimes Obi-Wan is already sitting there, sometimes not, either way, Anakin just goes right to sleep when they throw Obi-Wan’s cloak over him) OR - Laser pointer dot darting across the floor, where he’s like, “I DISAGREE, WHY SEND OBI-WAN TO UTAPAU WHEN I--  I--  [ 👀 eyes slowly following the laser dot across the room 👀] when I... I’m.... 👀👀👀👀👀  WHOA WHAT IS THAT!?” and they let him chase it around the room while they get some actual work done.

I'm nearly done in S&B now and honestly startled at how much the show legit sold Darklina as reciprocal compared to the book. Like, it would have been the more interesting plotline either way, but I can see where it was significantly more one-sided on Alina's end. (Has the same problem of her being more sexually responsive to him than Mal, though.)

The mutuality, reciprocity, and level of consent consistently present throughout their relationship in the show was just beautiful. I did not expect it from reading the first book and from all indications they were pushing Malina, so I was just floored. They didn’t have to go so hard for a non-endgame and “problematic” ship, but they did, and I am undone. Keeping the Baghra ex machina twist felt even more wrong in the context of the show than the book.

I really hope they listen to Barnes' comments in that one interview because...like...these aren't the same Darkling lol? Like, he's a borderline different character to me, even as compelling as he is the book. Ben just played him way more sympathetically, human, and more emotionally involved. An unnuanced villain is going to be a hard sell.

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I’m still not entirely sure where the joke came from (I think it was a riff on headcanons about a Harry Potter character originally?) but ace folks adopted dragons as one of our symbols, which I’ve mostly just found amusing since I’ve been a feral dragon furry for ages. Well, acephobes took exception to that because something something dragons are a beloved children’s creature! Only KIDS like dragons, how DARE you asexual perverts steal from children!!

(Nevermind that dragons are a folkloric motif that have shown up in one form or another in a buttload of different cultures.)

I was being truthful! 😂😂😂

yeah i was so expecting the show to go there and since it seemed like the obvious move in retrospect i’m proud of them for not doing it. honestly if dan had hooked up with maze it wouldn’t have changed anything for her but it would i think have kept dan going down a darker path and he didn’t need that.