“There are going to be Jedi who disappoint us Ahsoka but so long as we know there are Jedi who fight for what’s right, it makes it all worthwhile.”
— Anakin Skywalker (The Clone Wars)
Excuse me here one minute because the irony of this quote is practically painful. I wonder if Ahsoka remembered it when she learned of Anakin’s fall?
So I rolled a new Bounty Hunter in Swtor (I’ll ramble more about why later) but I called her Tano’ti after Ahsoka and Shaak Ti and gave her the same orange and blue colouring.
My OG Bounty Hunter was a cyborg which I felt was more thematically appropriate (using every advantage available) but I had no other reason to roll a Togruta. Anyway I am headcanoning that she is force-sensitive but got lost in the shuffle of war like Ventress and is disillusioned and cynical by it all. Hardly original I know but the background works for me /shrug
Not that it matters as I don’t always stick to it. For instance I started playing my Jedi Knight as morally grey/in it for the credits as I was thinking she was related to my OG Bounty Hunter but then I got a bit suckered into the whole “Jedi Knight” fantasy and went straight.
Anyway mark this down as reason for liking Swtor, it engages me in the story rather than just mashing buttons.
Watching The Clone Wars and Satine was just executed and the
“I love you always”
With the hand cupping the cheek just about killed me because it’s tragic. They obviously loved one another deeply. Obi-Wan came to rescue her on his own, probably against orders, in a borrowed ship and bounty hunter armor because permission or not he was going to save her. And then she died and it was because of Maul’s hatred of him.
A couple of seasons back when their relationship was introduced I figured it was a contrast against Padme and Anakin who had given into their feelings. But now I feel like it’s a disservice as while there are similarities as Satine is a politician and campaigns for peace they are different people and it’s their own tragedy, not some knock-off.
I just have feelings ok? I hate unhappy endings 🙁
It gives new meaning to the line “a commitment not easily broken” re: the Jedi order which Obi-Wan says to Anakin. He had his own decision to make and while Obi-Wan would bend the rules, he wouldn’t break them so he couldn’t be with Satine without leaving but the Jedi Order was his family, his belief system and his calling.
If he had left back when they first met and he was a padawan on protection detail I can just imagine how guilty he would have felt when The Clone Wars broke out because the Jedi were the generals, his family in the thick of battle, and he couldn’t help them especially given Mandalore’s neutrality and Satine’s principles. He would have been trapped and Obi-Wan doesn’t strike me as someone willing to do nothing. Still in that AU with Maul not seeking revenge Mandalore and Satine might have survived, at least until the Emperor got greedy.
sunflowerrosedaisy replied to your post “I was thinking yesterday about tasks. I am very good at writing lists….”
I’m pretty much a Master Procrastinator, so I get what you’re saying. The trick is forcing yourself to do the task. It’s unpleasant, but it gets the job done.
Yeah :/ although I do always hope that once the ice is broken habits are a wonderful thing. I have this constant refrain of “if only I could get into a routine” so maybe I don’t know…
I decided to try time blocking again. I have been told that in the past I’ve been unrealistic and uncompromising with it. Only time will tell if that’s the case this time. Still I’m not sure what else to try. Like you said it’s just a matter of doing it.
I was thinking yesterday about tasks.
I am very good at writing lists. I always know what I ‘should’ be doing (that doesn’t always translate into action but *rolls eyes* anyway…). I have a list longer than my arm and it feels overwhelming.
I have tried making “tasty tasks” so attempting to break down each task into bite-size chunks that can be done in half an hour or less. I have tried scheduling time for tasks on the calendar. I’ve probably tried every productivity tip that google has ever deemed to throw at me.
The problem remains. If I block time then if I don’t start bang on schedule I’m inclined to throw up my hands and go “stars don’t align” and just not do it. If I don’t block time then if I manage to accomplish anything then it’ll be the tasks that have some kind of external pressure (so uni work, domestic chores etc.) but I won’t ever do the things that I really want to do – writing! Or drawing practice or reading (it’s been 84 years since I read for pleasure).
Yeah I know in the time it took to write this post I could have read a couple of chapters or something but that’s another problem in of itself. Whatever I do, I’m always aware of what I ‘could’ (or even worse SHOULD) be doing and that is soul-crushing because I like my video games, I like my TV, I like my Lego. Those activities aren’t as ‘worthy’ but they are important to me, I don’t want to lose those either.
Answers on a postcard. Anyone got any ideas on how to balance the endless grind of life?
Time for my regularly scheduled *eyeroll* when it comes to people mocking Brits for being hot. It wasn’t funny the first time and I am so tired of it.
The government has incentive schemes for us to insulate our homes. Everything about British houses is designed to trap heat to make our energy consumption less/fuel bills lower. We don’t have air-con and when there’s zero breeze *throws hands* and that isn’t even mentioning the humidity.
I don’t even bother to argue anymore. I guess instead I’m just whining on here.
#sam is too hot #ofc it doesn’t help that Sam had to slave over a hot printer all day #lets just not mention the two soya icecreams #it has been a day #tomorrow is set for the same
Oh and while I’m in a complaining mood about relatively petty stuff (sorry world) Amazon have started showing me adverts before stuff that is in my video library … MY library.
Like ok if I have to watch an ad before a prime video I’ll accept that but before videos that I bought and paid for? That just isn’t right.
Whoop!
PSA for Swtor players after the patch in July (last month) medical probes are free to everyone!!! I just found out 🙂 They’ve also removed the cooldown on Quick Travel which is awesome!
But still medical probes. There is pretty much one reason why I barely play Swtor and that is why.
Previously unless you subbed or paid cartel coins to buy just 5 probes at a time, then you had to ress at a medical station which could be a long way from your current location. It was a quality of life thing I guess and it just annoyed me so much that I only ever played swtor for a month here and there when I could afford to buy a months sub.
I bought the game when it came out in 2011, I was literally a Day One player, and I still haven’t completed the base game 8 years later due to this on/off again twice a year playstyle. Everytime I play it, I always ask myself “won’t don’t I play this more? this is fun!” but yeah, that’s why.
Obviously sub has other benefits like rested XP, earlier access to speeders etc. but I have a bunch of Major XP boosts saved up, and I don’t really mind about sprinting everywhere. They aren’t dealbreakers, not like medical probes.
So yeah, galaxy far far away is now playable on demand, not just on the odd occasion a sub can be had 🙂
Ahhhhh all these Disney+ announcements I’m so psyched!!
Well alright, my excitement is a bit muted based on no announcement of a UK launch date :/ BUT I just love that there’s a lot of it.
I don’t think I’ve made a secret of the fact that I didn’t enjoy the Marvel Netflix shows. I tried very hard because I thought that I should, I love marvel so why not? But sometimes things just don’t click and they didn’t click for me.
I am positive that I will not enjoy everything on Disney+. I might be excited for it (as I was for Marvel Netflix) but when I see it in reality there will be things that just don’t click. However the fact that there’s going to be a lot means the odds that I will enjoy some things is quite high!
Right now I’m looking forward to everything, especially The Mandalorian (I am so hungry for more Star Wars) and the What if? marvel series (what if? is my favourite writer game). Reality may disappoint but something unexpected might become my absolute favourite.
I can’t wait to find out! 🙂
@little-inkstone is the sweetest!
I haven’t done work on a story in months because I keep having a panic attack everytime I try, but forming it as a conversation seemed to take the terror out. I was just talking with a friend, not a big deal right? Anyway they very kindly listened as I rambled earlier and I actually got some notes down. It’s not words (not yet!) but it’s a start, and more than I had this morning.
I’m going to take the win 🙂
So I watched the last two episodes of Agents of Shield season 6 last night and whoah really haha.
I didn’t go looking for spoilers but I didn’t unfollow half my dash to try and avoid them either so I had seen some things and I thought that there was going to be a character death. I vague posted (so as not to spoil anyone else) about it at the time because it made me sad. I knew there was going to be a season 7 and I was trying to picture a season 7 without two of the major characters that had been there from the beginning.
However that character did not die – I would have cheered out loud if I’d been home alone so I settled for a fist pump instead – and they found another way to bring back the second guy. I should have figured they would have given that this is Agents of Shield and #nobodyisevery100%gone I mean even Trip got a new life in the framework for a bit (I still miss him).
I am quite confused about the #spoilers leading into season 7 because given the tech the team has (which took them to where they are) I don’t understand why the chronicoms are invading. They had to get the tech from Enoch (how did he have it?) and if he did have it why not use it to save his home planet like that female chronicom had planned? Also what is Fitz doing and why can’t Jemma know about it?
Still with the tech in play the possibilities are endless for really cool cameos. Just like I said, nobody is ever truly gone…