#is it character development if I've developed a fascination with cal

[hoverboards-and-dragons]

all of you other Cali apologists out here like "i like him/find him fascinating as a character but if I ever met him in real life I'd punch him directly in the mouth"

rip to all you but im different, Cal and I would be besties

is he any less of an asshole than any other state, absolutely not and given his position of power he's honestly worse, but he is a specific flavour of asshole im so good at dealing with

I could force self introspection and real solidarity on him under the guise of indulging and investigating every little minuscule argument he tries to pick

put me in a room with Tex and I would not have a single clue what to do, I'd try to go into his beliefs immediately and get decked for my trouble

but i've ran in enough leftists groups to know that endlessly arguing the unimportant details of a topic we all generally agree upon is a love language in which so much personal development can occur, he just needs someone who speaks it back to him

I could fix him<3

#wttt california #wttt #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #wttsh

[fanfoolishness]

1, 2, 3 and 13

1. Usually? Force users. When I was a kid, I would make my eyes cross from effort of trying to produce telekinesis and reach the Force. I would read the parts in the Jedi Academy books of Luke using the Force and try to focus like he did and somehow it never worked…. 😂 The sequels reduced my interest in Force users though when they were so messy and there were blah blah dyads and blah blah Palapatine. That primed me to fall in love with Din Djarin and I've thoroughly enjoyed his character without there being any hint of Force sensitivity. But Cal Kestis has me back on the Force bullshit, as well as the fascinating Force developments in Rebels.

2. Most like.... I wish I had the poise and unflappability of Leia Organa. I looked up to her a lot as a kid probably because I had so little of those qualities. She could be angry but could also use it surgically to get things done; but she also had a softer, kinder side too that losing Alderaan never took away from her. I think she's one of the most emotionally healthy characters in Star Wars and it would be great to be more like her.

3. I'm more of a Luke, or an Ezra; often impulsive, often filled with loads of doubt. I don't repress things anywhere near as much as Cal, so of the Jedi games crew, I might be more like Merrin; accepting of past problems but not defined by them and moving forward.

13. As much as I was deathly grieved to lose Cere, her arc was beautiful and felt narratively appropriate. They did a good job seeding her growth throughout the games so that to me her death did not feel wasteful, she already accomplished a great deal and even if much of it was lost, that growth and effort wasn't wasted. Her influence lives on in Cal and Merrin and Greez, and any surviving Anchorites, and even Kata, in that Cal did attempt to spare Bode just as Cere spared Trilla.

I did hope that at least one person from Rogue One might have survived. Just one! But that was narratively well done too. I guess I might say I didn't want Han, Luke or Leia to die, but mostly for the reasons that they died; while Luke's ending was great his middle was awful, and Han and Leia didn't fare any better. So I wish that if Han, Luke and Leia were going to die, that it would be at the beginning of a new conflict that wasn't due to their failures from the old one; why did it have to be an Empire and Palpatine again? Why not the Yuuzhan whatever they were, or some new threat -- not something that just arose because the New Republic turned out to be as shitty as the Empire? If we could have seen that they had built something and done well with it and then died protecting that thing -- rather than chasing a dream they had all already failed at once before -- that would have been so much more meaningful and powerful, instead of making us feel like they just turned out to be giant losers who deserved to die.

#jedi: survivor spoilers #jedi survivor spoilers #cere junda #cal kestis #luke skywalker #leia organa #han solo #ezra bridger #star wars #star wars sequels

[hedonist-aesthete]

Sir, please give your boy some attention

#is it character development if I've developed a fascination with cal #or is it the residual effects of the argumentative flirt options from ep 4 #calderon lynch #andromeda six #a6 traveler #oc: adaon #YES he has the same name as my favorite black cauldron character #sketch #07:10

[evangelineartemiasamos]

In general, what's your opinion on the Red Queen series? I kind of have mixed feelings on it myself, though it's definitely not the worst thing I've ever read.

I already talked about my thoughts here and here.

Mostly Aveyard should improve regarding representation. And I wasn’t as fascinated by the ending as I hoped I’d be. Although unsatisfying endings are the norm in all fiction, so that’s something I tend to forgive and rather be happy once an ending is really good.

But my general impression of War Storm is just … less. I noticed it again upon re-reading King’s Cage, where Mare and Cameron have these beautiful, nuanced character developments, Eve’s and Maven’s emotional struggles are written intensely and where Farley became my favourite character ever. WS can’t really compete on the emotional level; Mare, Farley, Kilorn or Cameron don’t develop much anymore, they seem finishied already. Maven is still interesting, but static. And the character developments of Eve and Cal aren’t written as convincing or nuanced as the developments in the other books. Do you know the difference between writing something with much inspiration and eagerness because the story/characters/etc is important to you personally and writing something to be done with it, maybe with a deadline? WS feels like the latter to me. Not that Aveyard didn’t care, but that the book was more like a job to finish for her, for whatever reason.

But that is merely the last book, I can still love the rest of the series (or the parts of WS I do like). The thing is, besides the parts should be better, RQ really matched my taste in regard to themes, characters and writing style. I know many people don’t share this opinion, but for me, it just worked and that’s why I’ll continue to read Aveyard’s books. Not only do I appreciate or even love most of the characters, the writing is just what I want to read, a perfect blend of imagery, emotion, action, descriptions and world building plus an intriguing plot. And many amazing women.

#red queen #red queen criticism #ask #regina reads