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The way the snow vulture is vicious, a harbinger of death, but also simultaneously represents survival, freedom, and inevitability, and the way it follows Crosshair all way through the episode and circles him and Mayday as he reaches his breaking point and begins internalize the futility of being a clone in the service of the empire and then is directly identified with him in the moment he takes back his agency…just…thinking about that snow vulture.

As soon as he called the vultures vicious things that knew how to survive I was like "oh okay so like Crosshair" and then the whole thing came full circle in the end with the rock wings and I'm just *bawls all over again*

Crosshair gets an ice vulture tattoo to symbolize his full reclamation of his own autonomy when?

I love how it’s all the things have been jumbled around inside Crosshair this whole time. He’s mean, alone, keeps himself at a distance, he survives, he persists, he never had a choice in how the war was going to end or how the clones were going to be used, and he’s so desperate for freedom and control over his own life that he’s never been able to square himself with the fact that he ever lost it or that he really never had it in the first place.

But the other thing I love about the whole ice vulture symbolism deal is this: How many times have we seen Crosshair watch the Marauder fly away? How many times has he been stuck on the ground and watched as a ship that could take him to freedom disappears into the distance, either because they can’t take him or because he can’t or wont go? Flanking him on either side with those “wings” in the moment he grabs hold of his autonomy is just so thematically cool on so many levels.

the biggest surprise about this andor s2 campaign has been how many RIDE OR DIE krennic fans have crawled out of the woodworks. that’s your man???? in front of god & brasso?

i wouldn't say i'm a "ride or die" fan but i am ridiculously excited to see Krennic on-screen again???? more than any other character????? 🤷‍♀️ or am i just excited for the Return of the Cape

I forgot about “In front of God and Brasso??” I’m going to start saying that every time I scroll through the news now 🫠

*walks through the door with something new on her arm*

Is that what I think it is?

Did the artist observe proper safety protocols? I would hardly call their local establishment a sterile environment.

"Death to the Emperor" seems like a lot of words for a first tattoo. Maybe wear long sleeves if you travel off world.

You alright, Hunter? You don't look so good.

Breathe, buddy, breathe.

Inhale 2, 3, 4…

Exhale 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…

Andor Appreciation Day 2 - Everyone Has Their Own Rebellion

@andorappreciation

I genuinely love how crosshair is a deeply emotional man who seems furious that he’s wearing his feelings on his face at all times.

This is why I have a million screenshots of him.

Why does Crosshair have a red stick on his shoulder pad?

Wrong answers only

Squad smacker

Uhh, sir? All due respect, but they did say wrong answers only

Good point. All right then - moonyo holder.

Awww. That’s so cute @superiorsniper

biggest reason i make so many flop posts on here is because everything i do reeks of the desperation to make a popular tumblr post. this is deliberate, because it is what protects me from ACTUALLY making a popular tumblr post. so long as i crave it, tumblr fame will never find me. it is only when i turn away, and accept my fate of obscurity, that people will lay their eyes upon me. and it WILL be because i tripped and fell on my stupid face while i was turning

time for people to do the funniest thing ever

Do not.

ANDOR (2022-2025) // ROGUE ONE (2016)

matt just fired half the remaining tumblr support staff lmao

from my sources adjacent to tumblr--from which i can spread rumors and insider information freely because i dont give a fuck about ever working in the tech sector--im hearing this round of firings was focused on purging the senior staff, and not just from support but from the entire remaining tumblr workforce. i'm hearing there are about 25 people left.

This is important, people. Please don't scroll past this one.

While I don't think that Tumblr is about to shut down anytime soon, as a fandom old who lost my community and my people when the fandom diaspora happened from LiveJournal, I want to urge that you do something NOW:

I mean this with all my heart. Get this done now. Get set up and find your people now. Tumblr is the home of fandom now, just as LiveJournal was the home of fandom way back. And you could end up losing your fandom home just as easily and quickly as us old LJ people did way back then.

It's a horrible feeling, and most old LJ users still mourn the loss of it to this day.

The rest of this gets a bit long, so it needs to go behind a cut, but please take a moment out of your scrolling to read it.

I JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE BAD BATCH WITH MY BOYFRIEND

IM SOBBING MY EYES OUT SEOUNFSENFSE

Comparing Acolyte vs. Skeleton Crew - Intro/Themes/Links

Alright guys. Deep breath. Since about the middle of Skeleton Crew airing (SC here on out to save on typing), when it was clear it was going to cement itself as one of the best live action Star Wars made so far, I realized I wanted to pick at why SC was doing so well, and why Acolyte, which premiered just six months prior, failed so miserably.

It's still kind of shocking that one, while it had the largest budget and one of the largest viewing audiences of any Star Wars show so far, failed rather spectacularly in both quality and reception, and the other, with a more modest budget and unfortunately extremely low viewing numbers, managed to be one of the best and most universally praised (by those who did watch it) Star Wars shows ever made. 

I also never gave my thoughts around Acolyte in general, so this will be a mix of contrast/compare as well as me writing out my thoughts about each Acolyte episode in the process. You guys have heard me yap a bunch about SC already and you know how much I love it, so I won't be doing a play by play for it but will use it to highlight where Acolyte where wrong.

So first, let's look at what questions are both shows trying to answer, and how (what themes and devices) are they trying to use to answer them. (NOTE: The entirety of both shows will be spoiled in these posts. Obviously 😁. Do not read if you care about that.)

I've gotten through episode 6 in my recap/analysis of Acolyte, and this latest review hits the point where I've figured out the majority of what went wrong with the show and where it faltered/could have been changed, and what things it did well. Check it out here and catch up on my previous reviews above!

Some New Republic Officer arresting Jod: You are without doubt the WORST pirate I’ve ever heard of.

Jod: But you have heard of me.

New Republic Officer:

Jod:

New Republic Officer: YOU WERE OUTSMARTED BY FOUR 10-YEAR-OLDS