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This is the funniest way to phrase a massive flaw with the assajj ventress episode

I love explaining the bad batch up to this point to my moots who don't watch it at all because it's like hand delivering confusing bits and bobs and puzzle pieces that don't form a complete picture and every time I need a new piece I have to give it backstory that makes that piece look even worse. I'm like a crow leaving gifts except the gift is cyanide. They always get more confused and end up with headaches.

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Excited to see assajj mad that she was brought back to life and utterly unsurprised that she really didn't do anything at all

I love explaining the bad batch up to this point to my moots who don't watch it at all because it's like hand delivering confusing bits and bobs and puzzle pieces that don't form a complete picture and every time I need a new piece I have to give it backstory that makes that piece look even worse. I'm like a crow leaving gifts except the gift is cyanide. They always get more confused and end up with headaches.

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you. person following me. read star wars the high republic now.

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I love explaining the bad batch up to this point to my moots who don't watch it at all because it's like hand delivering confusing bits and bobs and puzzle pieces that don't form a complete picture and every time I need a new piece I have to give it backstory that makes that piece look even worse. I'm like a crow leaving gifts except the gift is cyanide. They always get more confused and end up with headaches.

#ch posts #and like im always detailed too #its always the same response: ❓❓❓

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Omg thank you so much!!

The Islamic Origins of the Jedi

Ramadan starts in a few days so I figured that now was a great time to talk about this!

(Disclaimer: My point here isn’t to detract from other sources of inspiration that GL used to create the Jedi, but simply to point out another, lesser known one that many often overlook or intentionally refuse to acknowledge.)

I’m Muslim. My family follows the Hanafi madhab, and the guidance of the Naqshbandi order of Sufi masters, mystics, and teachers. I’m by no means an expert or a scholar, but the Sufi theology and view of the Divine is so clearly prevalent as one of the many inspirations for the Force and the Jedi, that it’s hard to get ignore - and it’s hard to watch while people choose to ignore it.

For starters, we know that during his research for the films, George Lucas met and consulted with the Habibiyyah Sufi order in California. He asked questions and learned what they believed.

Something else that’s hard to ignore is the robes that the Jedi wear! I know they’re commonly thought to be inspired by other origins, but I’d like to point out that the traditional Sufi robes look similar to the Jedi as well.

Still not convinced?

Let’s look at the origins of the word ‘Jedi’. While most believe that it comes from the word ‘jidaigeki’, as GL has mentioned in passing, there is an Arabic equivalent that’s translated to fit the meaning of the Jedi Order with surprising accuracy.

The word is Al-Jeddi, which translates to ‘master of the mystic warrior way’.

In an article released by a prominent Sufi Muslim order, ‘jeddi’ is mentioned by name and a definition that looks and sounds familiar to the Jedi Order of Star Wars and how the Force is viewed by them:

“We are, at our core, a Movement of Jeddi; Sufi masters of Futuwwat ("the Way of the mystic-warrior"). We encourage adherents to train both physically AND spiritually, for their own personal edification and to enhance their knowledge and abilities in the Struggle. The Balance does not lie alone in contemplation, prayer and meditation; nor does it lie alone in action and revolution.”

At the end of the day, we know that Star Wars appropriated from many, many sources that went mostly uncredited and ignored - in ways that had lasting and negative impacts on the peoples and cultures that served as inspiration - and this was one of them.

One of my biggest complaints about the appropriation present here is that it is an opportunity missed - a big one. There was an opportunity to educate, to help others understand what is often misunderstood, simply by being transparent about what you took, from whom, and most importantly, why.

So I’m sharing this with you now, because education is everything, and it is so, so important to be aware of examples of things like this in the media we consume!

#save #to read #fave

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Longing (The River of Ash)

This one is for you two @ivvmell @ominouspuff cause you both chose the same palette for Fox. The vibe changed midway through so I ended up taking a lot of liberties with the execution

I probably won't be taking any new requests cause a lot have piled up and I'm not even sure I can finish the ones already there. Just a heads up

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(non romantic) AU where Ahsoka and rex both leave the army and they're renting this shitty one bedroom (Rex takes the couch) apartment in the lower levels of coruscant and they're both broke. Anakin keeps visiting bringing food and always name drops ~senator amidala~ like "hey pad--senator amidala made this for you guys and she said she's got like 3 extra rooms if any of you wants one"

"why do you have food padme made"

"do you want it or not"

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Anakin is just, like, a supercharged molotov cocktail, right?

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#there's somethig about cody that makes artists do the cooliest prettiest sickest themes and motifs in their art of him #im obsessed w the line-like lighting the sun the way it drips like gold the red outlining #the background the contrast the square/rectangular rendering #i need to know what this brush is OP also WOWEE this is so pretty wow #commander cody #fanart

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positing hamas as some kind of evil boogeyman when hundreds (at least 300) of dead civilians are found in a mass grave around nasser hospital after the idf ran through khan younis……………🥴🥴🥴🥴

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experimenting with animation and new rendering style

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I forgot how beautiful it was to watch Boba be adorned in the Tuskens clothes and to make his own staff.

Once again we knew nothing of the Tuskens but that they were "savage" but then they tell us, once somebody actually asks, that some tribes are violent but there's many of them. We see their clothes are earned. We used to assume they were just dirty scraps. It's very likely the fabric they wear is painstakingly handmade and serves a lot of purpose.

Their staffs are earned and taken from sacred trees that we are guided to by the animals or maybe even spirits of the land, from times long before it was sand. It's a part of you just as it's part of the land. Shaped by your hands and used as an extension of yourself.

They dance with their staffs. Moving with the sands in elegance. Steps passed down by their people for millenia. I wouldn't be surprised if their dance was telling a story like so many indigenous peoples do.

Man. It makes me emotional.

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bliz, always in need of advice, too proud to ask, makes a demand of his desperate need for help

#ch posts #Cord and Rex are the only ones who can see that Bliz is always always always looking for advice #to anyone else he comes across. uh. ''tell me how im supposed to do that'' #passive aggressive may be the word #sometimes Bliz is barrelling towards the ''please help me'' without realizing #but he'll close off if he thinks he's embarassed himself #so Cord will start giving unsolicited advice anyways #and notice how Bliz never rejects i! does he apply it? well. that is a different question entirely.

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Rex and Ailani have such an interesting dynamic, they’re like trapped between silly siblings and death row inmates sharing a cell.

#maybe ailani next: why do bad things happen to bad people who dont deserver that specific bad thing. dont answer that.

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Here is your daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!!

Thank you for your help!!

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One episode. Giggling is steadily turning into a cackle

Two episodes left. Lol. Lmao, even.