A question, if I may? Do you think Anakin, as he was when he first joined the Jedi Order in TPM, was doomed to fail as a Jedi, so to speak? In-universe, not out-of-universe meta. At that point, do you think it could have gone either way for him, in that he was still capable of becoming a Jedi? And may I be cheeky and ask for full details of why you think that, one way or another?
I've written a post about this before because my answer to this kind-of encapsulates my primary interpretation of Anakin as a character.
In case people don't want to click the link, I'll rehash it a little below.
I think Anakin never would've been a good Jedi because by the time you reach him in TPM, he's already the kind of person whose values and desires don't match up with the Jedi lifestyle. This doesn't make him a bad PERSON, at all, and he's entirely capable of getting a lot of good out of the Jedi's teachings. I think that Anakin was capable of really being able to HEAL through Jedi training, but that if he had been able to really learn from them the way he should've, he would've left the Order voluntarily eventually out of recognition that this life ISN'T WHAT HE REALLY WANTS. Anakin doesn't WANT to be as limited as the Jedi are forced to be by making themselves answer to the Senate and the Chancellor. Anakin DOES want to be able to prioritize the people he personally cares about (in the more normal way that people tend to do, not the genocidal way he does in canon).
And all of this is FINE. Honestly, I think this is the ultimate good outcome for Anakin, to spend enough time with the Jedi to allow their teachings to heal him from his past and give him control over himself to the point that he can pursue the life he really wants in a healthy way. I think Anakin was always capable of being an incredible person and the character we see in TPM is entirely capable of going either way on that, but no, he'd never make a good Jedi.
I also think that if Anakin had been found a much YOUNGER age, like 3 or younger, he'd have been perfectly capable of being a good Jedi. It would remove his attachment to Shmi and the way they had to live their lives, it would allow him to have a better foundation of Jedi philosophies, and it would help him to really see the JEDI as his family rather than constantly searching for a "real" family beyond them. This interpretation comes straight from Lucas himself, who has said that if Anakin had been found at a much younger age, he'd have been fine with being a Jedi, but that being found late was, in many ways, his first stumbling block towards darkness. And that's no one's FAULT, obviously (aside from perhaps the slavers who took Shmi), but it doesn't make it any less true.
Let me know if you want more details on my personal interpretation of this!
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tagged by the fantastic @katsigian thank you bb! 😘
Questionnaire + 5 songs!
Songs:
Pulling from Vice's playlist - he (like me tbh) has a bit of an eclectic taste in music, so beware potential genre-whiplash if you do actually listen to them is all I'm sayin' coz I pulled these suckers at random.
All Of Nothing by The Birthday Massacre
Something Else by Childish Japes & Dave Vives
Willow Tree by Twin Wild
Heart Of Darkness by Grim Salvo & Sect Unit
When You Can't Dream At Night by Dayshell
These are all songs he would belt out while cruising NC with the windows of his car down.
Questions:
Three ships you like: Corvo/Outsider (Dishonored), John Silver/James Flint (Black Sails), Nathan Drake/Elena Fisher (Uncharted). These are ships I've actually crawled through pages upon pages of fic to get my fixes of.
First ship ever: Uhhh probably Rick/Evie from The Mummy. That movie is my comfort film.
Last song you heard: Coruja by Far From Alaska.
Favourite childhood book: All of these very pivotal in my mental and emotional development so they're all being mentioned - The Deltora series, The Song of the Lioness series, aaaaaaaand Tomorrow When The War Began series.
Currently reading: I don't actually read things other than fic, anymore 😅
Currently watching: Sons of Anarchy. I'm very late to this party, but I'm getting a lot of inspiration for Nomad shenanigans (like finding the guy who cut you off on the road just to beat him up - Vice would 1000% do that) and Charlie Hunnam is...basically as close as I'll get to a faceclaim for him, so. It's not that bad of a show either, honestly.
Currently craving: TTEOKBOKKI. Been craving this for years, ever since my fave Korean restaurant in my city closed during lockdown. God, I would [REDACTED] for a massively heaped dish of that rn.
Taglist: who the hell hasn't been tagged yet...sorry in advance if you've already been pinged for this, and there's no pressure to do it if you don't want to.......but I am curious 👀👀
@astarionhistears @cyberpunkmenace @totentnz @breezypunk @luvwich @aldecaldhos @nightcxty @hazellblogs @klept0kid
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Surely Dexter knows what’s up now… right?
Also does anyone comment on Octavius’ appearance at the meeting that takes place at the end of the latest chapter??
dexter is certainly starting to uhhhh suspect something or other. i’m hoping that will come up in a later chapter (if i have enough time to fit it in that is). and i don’t think anyone would say anything at the meeting. dexter is definitely staring at octavius the entire time because he is like ‘my brother in christ you did NOT look like that half an hour ago’ but he doesn’t say anything. octavius is always a bit of a mess at work (this man takes naps under his desk on his lunch break and drinks fifty thousand cups of coffee a day and shows up late because he can’t drag himself out of bed in the morning) so i doubt kahmunrah, lance or attila would notice much to be honest, or at least care enough to say anything. they’re used to octavius constantly looking like he’s just woken up from a three year hibernation at this point
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