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Love it when writers put a connection between two male characters calling it a 'profound bond' or 'two sides of the same coin' or that they wonder 'what I'd be without you' and they've 'forged their two lives into one' but then scream "no homo! They're like brothers!"

Like, mate, this passed brotherhood a long time ago, and now they're soul mates who are so obsessed with each other that it is literally destroying them and the lives of all the people around them.

I love them all dearly.

#supernatural #destiel #bbc merlin #merthur #doctor who #thoschei #star wars #obikin #no homo #just a lot of undefined spiritual connection that makes them obsessed with each other #no biggie

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Yep! 🫡 Most of the time, though, we see things from either Anakin's perspective - his ultimate failure - or after the Jedi Order fell. Wise masters (who set the pecedent of level-headed serene jedi) or young people questioning the old, dead ways and how they failed. Seeing someone actually understanding and processing in the Jedi way as a main focus point of a show is a nice change up! 😊

Re-watching Rebels and have fallen in love with Kanan Jarrus (Caleb Dume) all over again.

He may not always be right, but he's always trying. Like when he first tries to train Ezra.

He may not always be the perfect level-headed jedi, but he listens and deals with his emotions in a healthy way. Like how he initially feels about joining the rebellion and seeing clones again.

He may not be the most powerful, but he hasn't properly used the Force in a decade and then he trains to get better, not only for himself, but so that he can be the best teacher for Ezra. The Inquisitor says it outright and we can also see how much he improves through the show.

Also, his relationship with Hera is just so functional. Love him, love Kanera, love the whole Space Family.

#star wars #star wars rebels #pro jedi code #it's just nice #kanan understood the assignment

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Martha put up with a lot of shit from the Doctor and has learnt to forgive him, move on, and heal so she gets to have her own life with gratitude because she knows that she wouldn't have gotten all the chances she's had without him.

Even so, when she sees 14 walking down the street chatting with Donna (who is obviously present!Donna) she fucking decks him for not telling him that it was OK to contact her bestie again.

#doctor who #martha jones #donna noble #14th doctor #martha jones deserved better #Martha and Donna friendship #she instantly forgives Donna because she obviously had a lot going on and to catch up on #the Doctor though could've messaged the group chat in like five seconds #Donna and Martha go for coffee and leave the Doctor on the ground with no regrets #Donna thought something horrible had happened to Martha because the Doctor didn't mention her and is also really pissed #they finish off the night in a Cardiff nightclub with Jack getting really wasted and exchanging embarassing stories about the Doctor

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Re-watching Rebels and have fallen in love with Kanan Jarrus (Caleb Dume) all over again.

He may not always be right, but he's always trying. Like when he first tries to train Ezra.

He may not always be the perfect level-headed jedi, but he listens and deals with his emotions in a healthy way. Like how he initially feels about joining the rebellion and seeing clones again.

He may not be the most powerful, but he hasn't properly used the Force in a decade and then he trains to get better, not only for himself, but so that he can be the best teacher for Ezra. The Inquisitor says it outright and we can also see how much he improves through the show.

Also, his relationship with Hera is just so functional. Love him, love Kanera, love the whole Space Family.

#star wars #star wars rebels #sw rebels #kanan jarrus #caleb dume #kanan x hera #kanera #space family #Kanan Jarrus appreciation #probably my second favourite jedi after Obi-Wan #it really says something about most sw ships that I think 'functional' is noteworthy

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no but consider anakin post the mustafar fight expect with a fix-it outcome, asking obi-wan out and when obi-wan says 'absolutely not' anakin goes 'only a sith dea--' anyways this is the story of how obi-wan started dating anakin if only to not hear his own words used against him

#obikin #crack #someone please write this

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Me, an Obikin shipper, when Codywan posts ambush me:

#star wars #obikin #no hate but not my ship

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There are certain fandoms that just need to be left alone for a while. They've poked and prodded and tugged and twisted them until they're all out of shape, and the fans either have given up or are holding out for a miracle that they'll somehow retcon everything to be OK again.

Just let them be, and then, if there's a good idea and the fans have had time to forgive, reboot it like Doctor Who 2005, where the whole 'the Doctor is half human!' revelation is never mentioned, and everyone pretends like that never happened.

#fandom #doctor who #lord of the rings #tolkien #anti rings of power #star wars #anti the acolyte #doctor who the movie #we're all tired

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Yep, it sucked.

"This isn't about good or bad (lol yeah right), this is about power and who's allowed to use it." :(

The Jedi: Everyone can! Other Force traditions are allowed and you're free to leave the Jedi if you like. Just please don't murder or oppress people.

The Sith: JUST US OR WE'LL KILL YOU GAHHHHHH!

Case closed I guess. But I have the feeling the show will come to the opposite conclusion or at least suggest that the Jedi are the root cause of the Galaxy's problems when they aren't.

#Star Wars #anti the Acolyte #The Acolyte critical #Pro Jedi #The Acolyte trailer #Also: did anyone else get Voldemort vibes? #there is no good or evil only power and those too weak to seek it #I think I'll skip this one

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There's a lot of freedom for interpretation with 'a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...' I mean, you could argue that anything is canon, and they just didn't record it, or no one's found that record. Anything you don't like in Canon - especially some of the more stupid Disney choices - can be written off as being made up by a dude 400 years after the events with little knowledge apart from names Geoffrey of Monmouth-Arthurian legend style. Or maybe the writers were homophobic at one point and rewrote history like how certain Greek historians say that Achilles' 'holy reverence' for Patroclus' thighs was completely platonic.

Canon literally tells you that it's pretty much impossible to have an actual Canon because it was so long ago, and so far away that it's impossible to know for sure what happened.

#star wars #canon #sw legends #a galaxy far far away #disney star wars #no homo #one lost document away from discovering that Sidious was in a relationship with Yoda on the dl #anything is possible #if you can write it then it can be Canon

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#the silmarillion #tolkien #melian #nerdanel #varda elentari #elu thingol #feanor #manwe sulimo #please don't keep the Silmaril #please don't take my sons - they will die #please don't trust your creepy pos brother #their wives were too good for them #melian was literally a goddess #and thingol was just like 'but what does she know???' #manwe: i can change him! #varda: respectfully dear husband no you fucking can't

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What is it about Obi-Wan Kenobi that makes everyone think: 'I've got to choke this b*tch.' ???

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #count dooku #darth maul #asajj ventress #the clone wars #is this kinky? pretty sure not for Dooku but the others...

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I really don't get it when authors write clones as Mandalorians who are super attached to their culture and language. I mean, yeah, I get that Jango Fett was a Mandalorian (and so many people are so ridiculously horny for Mandalore, but that's for another day) but they explicitly say - several times - that their home planet is Kamino.

Maybe their training had some Mandalore influence, but we also see that a lot of their trainers are bounty hunters from loads of places as well as having Shaak Ti supervising.

They develop their own culture and traditions - like how they decorate their armour or earn their names - which may start out from Mandalorian roots but are obviously influenced by the war, their jedi leaders, and Kamino more than anything.

I just don't get the vibe from the shows and movies that Mandalore is that important to the clones apart from in that distant way people talk about where their ancestors came from. Whenever they talk about 'home' planet, its Kamino. Jango Fett is just their sperm donor bio-dad who they ignore the existence of most of the time.

#star wars #clones #jango fett #mandalore #kamino #their real mom is obviously Shaak Ti #space dad Plo Koon #Yoda is weed grampa handing out hard candy and weird advice

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Series 3 Rewrite idea:

Martha, strong and awesome, doesn't fall in love with the Doctor. She reveals that she was in a relationship but that it ended badly because they lied to her. The Doctor and Martha share a bond from the grief of their broken relationships. She never mentions his name and always looks pained when the Doctor asks as she says that he may have lost Rose, but at least he knew the real her. Which the Doctor then answers with how afraid he was and Martha says that she should have been more cautious since he was older.

Hints are dropped through the series. In the Lazarus episode, Tish is upset that Martha didn't bring her boyfriend before Martha quickly changes the subject. She tells the Doctor that it felt wrong to kiss someone else after 42, and he says that he wouldn't be ready either. Her knowing that is why she's so against John Smith and Joan Redfern because it feels dubious consent wise, and she even brings up Rose to try to snap him out of it.

All through the series, it is just there and is written as if it's just a way for Martha to relate to the doctor, and they do! They become best friends and trauma bond, but then Utopia happens, and she recognises his voice.

Because the man she was dating was Harold Saxon. The big betrayal was that he was married. Only she finds out that it was all just a game for the Master, the Doctor's arch nemesis, to mess with the Doctor's future companion. She's pissed at literally everyone, and then 'Harry' abducts her family and friends and she has to save everyone from her psycho ex-boyfriend.

They have a moment before he takes her onto the Valiant, and it makes her and the audience question if he might actually have had feelings for her, but he dies before she can actually get answers. This, as well as looking after her family, is why she leaves because she needs to heal from the trauma, and she tells the Doctor to do that too. She tells him that she doesn't blame him for putting her in the Master's sights because she knows he feels super fucking guilty about that.

They part as friends, and, obviously, Martha still loves Donna when they meet.

#doctor who #martha jones #the master #tenth doctor #donna noble #fic idea #series 3 #martha jones deserved better #not sure if this is 'better' but its definitely not the unrequited love shit

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Knowing the plot, I'm now skipping past the boring Reva bits in the OWK series because I don't find her a compelling character at all and am only watching for the messy obikin divorce.

#star wars #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #obikin #reva sevander #love the messy divorce drama #reva is boring and acts like a toddler #leia is adorable though #and more mature than reva

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As much as I want the good guys to win, the Separatists/Empire should have pulled an Apple and made all their tech completely incompatible with anything else. Even their own tech, if it's even slightly old. If droids like R2 and Chopper couldn't just access everything, then the jedi, the Republic, and the Rebels would've been wiped out in no time.

#star wars #droid rights #capitalism would've saved the Empire #r2d2 #chopper

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As much as I love the 50th anniversary special and the 12th Doctor, his cameo in that episode is kind of funny. If you said that 11 needed to be the latest Doctor featured so he could be the one to remember, or something like that, then that would have been fair enough. But 12 appearing makes it seem like every Doctor after 12 was like: "Meh, they've got it handled."

#doctor who #doctor who 50th #12th doctor #twelfth doctor #doctors 13 onwards going out on a wild night out with Jack or something instead #not my problem

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Me, coming back to Doctor Who with the timid hope that RTD would resurrect it only to find hollow virtue signalling, deliberate fan baiting, and plots that could fit on the back of a postage stamp because they won't stop banging on about the cause of the week to actually develop anything: I wish none of this had ever happened.

Gandalf, materialising next to me:

#doctor who #rtd2 era #someone stop me #lord of the rings #gandalf #rip doctor who