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@TopMontagnard @dougburzum No, the best SI is that one stannis one set during the rebellion where he doesn't do any of that modernization shit

@dougburzum Is there a single one of these fanfics that actually A. Shows the process of modernization even semi-correctly B. Is actually finished

Terrible. Instead he should have written an unfinished SpaceBattles fanfic where he gets teleported into the body of a Westerosi noble c. 298 AC and has to prevent the plot from happening while also single-handedly industrialising the country by Just Building Factories

@1BrownEyedGirI @JTAlexander So you would of course not mind if men consumed nothing but drawn pornography then, right? No women are being exploited there

@JTAlexander I don’t disapprove of sexual desire. I disapprove of exploitation and misogyny. Not something that difficult to grasp but alas…. “The absolute state of men”🤣🤣🤣

@animeoutsiders This all buys into the pretty common archetype of the pure slut. I.e. a girl that acts forward and sexual like a slut but is actually a pure good girl

He's kind of right. I don't think a lot of weebs realize that IRL gyarus are Japan's equivalent to the kind of girls you see on TikTok flaunting their labubus and featuring in bodycam videos of belligerent drunk girls getting arrested.

@garnierfructis_ @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar Droid use in Star wars is VERY inconsistent Why do we have human pilots? Why does Luke have chores on his uncle's farm instead of a legion of droids? Why does anyone work? Why do slaves exist? The slave underclass status of droids never being explored is part of the series

@F1R3Commando @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar Why cant they use droids? I thought it was Star Wars. Why can't the evil Empire just enslave as many workers as are needed? I thought it was Star Wars.

I think Andor is the best Star Wars can get without Lucas. You’re not going to get the unique genius of the original auteur, and trying to recreate it has been a ridiculous disaster. The best you can do is this sort of grim, new wave interpretation of an existing world that’s good as its own thing.

@garnierfructis_ @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar They were there illegally because they moved there illegally in an empire that doesn't allow free movement. It doesn't fit the modern narratives about illegal immigration because it's not the same situation as economic migrants illegally in another country to make a quick buck

@F1R3Commando @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar As "illegal immigrants?" I was under the impression the Galactic Empire enslaved worlds and species to work for them? instead of worrying about there being too many farmers working to feed the population of Coruscant? But that doesn't fit "modern narratives" about immigration

The biggest killer of whales in the 20th century by far was not the Japanese, nor the Canadians or Norwegians. It was the Soviets. The worst part? They weren't even using the bodies for anything. They simply had a quota for dead whales Communism is a disaster for the environment.

@garnierfructis_ @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar That's not even close to the first time we've seen squishies working bullshit jobs in the star wars universe

@F1R3Commando @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar The Imperial officer makes a big evil speech about it before he attempts to rape our Rebel hero girl, saying that the planet is short on labor and that the Empire allows illegal labor to work on the planet because it's a Netflix show and they forgot about droids and slaves.

@garnierfructis_ @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar Iirc they are mostly working as mechanics and technicians not as literal sharecroppers

@HowlingCalvin0 @F1R3Commando @PalmyrPar The core drama of Andor S2E2 revolves around the Empire searching farms for "illegals" and checking their "visas," though our "heroes" are rebels posing as those "illegals." The reasoning presented in the show is illegal labor, which is impossible in Star Wars, because of droids.

@garnierfructis_ @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar They didn't get permission to move, mostly because half of them are indeed rebels or criminals Ergo they are there illegally and are getting paid under the table They're both

@F1R3Commando @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar so they're Rebel terrorists on the run from the law, not illegal immigrant sharecroppers as the show portrays.

@garnierfructis_ @HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar A restriction of movement between internal states (or in this case planets) to control the population and stamp down on rebellion is pretty common in authoritarian states, the soviets famously did it They're from a planet that recently rebelled, the empire wants to keep tabs

@HowlingCalvin0 @PalmyrPar Andor Season 2 is about noble illegal immigrants being oppressed and raped while Mon Mothma gets drunk and dances affluently and sympathetically.

@patrician_tv Well now that it's been 22 years they should reshoot it again with Hayden so that the ages are right

The original ending is better because it shows Anakin as spiritually redeemed. That's the man he would've been if he didn't turn to darkness. The new ending shows regression. Anakin now reverts back to who he was before becoming Darth Vader, who was still not a good person

@NietzcheanPlus @JadeAtrophis No, they are quite literally descended from those ideologies, and you don't have to understand the ideologies your ideology is descended from to follow said ideology blame genteel progressive wasps in new england

@F1R3Commando @JadeAtrophis Find me a progressive who can tell you what those are an I have a shiny prize ham in my freezer for you. They are a simulacrum or convergent evolution. There's no real connection, only a resemblance.

Yeah they do that all the time actually. It's just this mentality of trying to rewrite the past to align with the present on a larger scale and with a Hollywood budget

@NietzcheanPlus @JadeAtrophis I mean, on the one hand you're right, but on the other hand it's impossible to understand American progressivism without understanding that they are 1) Whigs 2) Calvinists

@F1R3Commando @JadeAtrophis You give them too much credit. That is their post-hoc framework. In all reality they just love their phones and gizmos and Netflix and the idea of manual labor in any capacity frightens them. That's why they get so aghast at slavery. They don't care about freedom, only comfort.

@ClassicCodNjoyr @N1archv Consult the chart zigger

@N1archv They cry about Russia bombing/invading Ukraine btw

These are the exact same people who’ll throw a fit if you joke about the 6-7 million, btw.

I'm a big fan of the "Sky is actually just a really big cave" genre of landscape painting

@abhortheweeb @BurgerGirlFan Yeah she wasn't a real character so she doesn't count "Jaded burnt out veteran rediscovers love for the game" is traditionally a coach arc, while "leading a bunch of newbies and misfits to victory while learning lessons from defeated foes" is a team captain arc

@F1R3Commando @BurgerGirlFan it's so weird that she's introduced as the instructor, with cool entrance via modern tank JUST TO NEVER USE HER TO DO THAT EVER. just an occasional commentator

These have the same plot btw

@PalmyrPar Now that it's been 21 years they should reshoot it again so Anakin is about the right age

If you dislike this change, you’re a permanently Gen X nostalgiabrained doofus. It’s so obviously better to have the protagonist of his own entire trilogy return in this meaningful scene than for it to be Some Guy he never even aged into before becoming Vader.

Better idea: it’s set during Vietnam. Here’s the plot Julius Caesar is a newly elected populist president. He was a famous general in the Vietnam War and considered one of the best generals of all time, but he gets popular by leveraging that to say the war is stupid and wasteful. (cf “War is a Racket by Gen Smedley Butler). The Elites want the war to continue. He runs on ending the war and bringing the troops home. Further, at this time, like the real timeline, the homeland is in disarray. Riots have broken out across dozens of major cities. Caesar, like Nixon, runs on law and order. He talks about why troops should be dying for some ungrateful rice farmers when they could be at home protecting the American people. He eventually wins in 1968 and does what he promised on the campaign. He manages to get a “peace with honor” too. He doesn’t just flee and let S Vietnam collapse, but manages against all odds to get a good peace deal and the North begrudgingly. He continues to be very popular. The people treat him like a hero. He stages a massive parade in Washington for returning troops, but at one point gets on a float himself and the people chant his name. He holds massive rallies. Several Senators make up the majority party in the Senate and become wary of Caesar. They think he is becoming too powerful and too popular. To make this believable, we will mix in rhetoric that is both anti-tyrant but also self-serving. They think they are going to get wiped out in the midterms. Cicero and Cato are part of this party. Caesar begins to flaunt his power. He begins issuing executive orders under the ruse of law and order. Maybe he’s right. Maybe America does need a strong man to bring peace to the homeland. Cicero and Cato begin talking to generals at the JSOC. While Caesar is well-likes by the “grunt” and common GI, the generals are deeply distrustful of him. Btw this really happened irl - some generals were slow walking Nixon’s decisions and this was shown in some recently released court testimony Eventually Caesar gets word of this plot and declares marshal law. He publicly arrests generals who were conspiring against him, declares them traitors, and has them executed. But here’s the thing - is this a tyrant consolidating power, or is he really just protecting the Republic by eliminating people who were planning a coup against the duly-elected President ? He also fills the streets with soldiers to maintain order. Despite all this he is still widely popular. While there is a size able anti-Caesar faction who protests and riots, his approval rating is in the high 60s. He begins talking about the enemies within. Cicero and Cato make speeches against tyranny in the Senate. Importantly these speeches have to be quite good. Eventually Caesar does a State of the Union address (this would be Jan 1970 or so). While there, he is assassinated. The anti-Caesar faction declare they have saved the Republic. Things cool for a bit, but Mark Antony rallies the pro-Caesar faction at Caesar’s massive funeral and the civil war begins.