I'm A Simple Bitch. I Believe The Purpose Of Government Should Be To Improve The Lives Of Its Citizens

I fully understand that the preponderance of evidence is that George Lucas put absolutely zero thought into what Naboo’s culture was actually supposed to look like outside of what we see on screen, but as far as unintentionally effective worldbuilding goes, establishing that Naboo a. has a tradition of electing literal children as figurehead rulers of its planetary government, and b. apparently also has a tradition of assassinating these children with sufficient frequency that dressing up a bunch of other children as decoy targets has become standard operating procedure by the time of Padmé Amidala’s reign suggests that maybe the fact that this random backwater is a breeding ground for Sith Lords isn’t as unlikely as it initially appears.

fiddauthor and jayvik are fundamentally very different ships in many ways but "outsider scientist blinded by ambition gets sucked into an unholy machine of his own creation meanwhile his cosmically disturbed boyfriend starts a cult because he can't come to terms with the innate fallibility of his own human mind and body" is a suspiciously specific niche to fall into

i promised you 🦋

(crossposting from x, bsky, & ig)

sometimes I’ll be complaining about something bc that’s my right as a chronically ill person, and my parents will chime in with a “you’re in your twenties, you’re too young to be complaining that your back/hips/knees/etc hurt(s)” and I’m like, Yeah??? No shit??? You were AT the doctor’s appointments with me, did you forget the chronic part of CHRONIC PAIN????

people: do you like (character)?

me, a little unhinged about said character: He’s fine. He’s alright.

the Machine Herald

(possibly) hot take: force sensitivity isn't a hereditary trait, nor should it really be. the skywalkers are the exception, not the norm. and they're only the exception because, you know, anakin's dad was literally the force. he was literally force jesus. he's literally half the force. i cannot emphasize enough how much he cannot be used as an example for normal force sensitivity

If Mel and Jayce had a little more time to talk…

Aftermath:

Damn can’t believe cosmic yaoi got me to draw for the first time in a year.

(Inspired by @sucredemar’s post about Jayce’s revenge dress fit)

uh idk what act 2 you guys saw but i'm pretty sure this is what happened?

As someone who has worn a brace similar to Viktor’s for a fair amount of time, it’s important to me that you all know that that man is constantly wearing the dress pant equivalent of skinny jeans. Like, TIGHT.

Braces like that are SUPER awkward to wear over anything looser than leggings without some weird folding going on, and since Viktor never wears it UNDER anything, I think we can make some assumptions about the fit of his pants.

Do with this what you will.