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They slot together! :O

You know, I don’t think I’ve seen any fandom hate the target of their fanning like the Thrawn fandom. And I don’t mean comments like “you magnificent bastard, you!” (because if there’s anyone deserving of the moniker, it’s Thrawn, lol) I mean things like “he’s an arrogant piece of crap and deserves to be mocked” or “I hope Filoni humiliates him” or “he’s a moron and I hate him.”

I think part of what’s happening is that he’s a morally complex character in a time where moral nuance is deeply unpopular. People see the world in terms of heroes and villains. Good and evil. Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine. There’s no space for someone who isn’t exactly good but isn’t entirely evil, either (which is not only more reflective of how human beings actually work, but was the entire POINT of Thrawn in the first place, lol). He works for the empire? He’s evil. 100%. His reasons for doing what he does don’t matter, he’s scum.

That and people really just don’t “get” him. It makes sense—within Jungian typology he’s the archetypal INTJ, leading with subjective, seeminingly mystical and otherworldly visions/ideals only he understands; he uses impersonal and unfeeling logic as his main tool; he refuses or is unable to understand/acquiesce to societal pressure; and his emotions, motives, and values are very private. I suppose it’s no surprise, then, that fans gravitate toward conventional, familiar, “safe,” ISTJ Everyman characters like Eli and Samakro. Even if they share Thrawn’s values, even if they ALSO work for authoritarian regimes, the ever-important S groundedness is going to make their motives make more “sense” to most readers (hence their placement as audience surrogates).

And lastly there’s also the assertion that he’s “just a male power fantasy” for “obnoxious nerds,” as though there aren’t women (like myself) who find him inspiring, too.

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To @foreverforty2

They’ll help you move to reach your goals! 🥰😘

- (chaos rising)

- (greater good)

- (lesser evil)

I have another question. I'm guessing u use digital art, and I wanted to know what kind of program and if ur using a drawing tablet, and if you have suggestions regarding these things? Thnx

I have an ipad pro and apple pencil and they’re wonderful, (although those are big bucks expensive… but should last me a long time) and I’m using the free Sketchbook app for the digital art. I’ve used Photoshop in the past, and there are definitely tools it has that I think Sketchbook does not, so sometimes I have to use Gimp (freeware Photoshop) on my laptop to do some image manipulation afterwards. I also put my images through the photo editing optimization on my iPhone before publishing to brighten and fine tune it because everything directly out of Sketchbook comes out really dark and will look like shit if you straight publish it. Best format for Instagram is 4:5 width:height and I also may convert the image to jpg to reduce the file size so Instagram doesn’t kill the quality when it gets compressed for the post. And that’s just a few of the things I’ve discovered with the last few pics :p

And with the keyboard cover for the ipad, I can also type my fanfics in bed which wasn’t really feasible with my laptops. <3

#the girls are fighting!! STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE • 3.07 “Civil Defense”

Hi there friend!

I just again wanted to say to you that your writings are amazing and you are very talented! I hope I can buy all of your novels in the near future! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you 🫠 Your support means so much to me !!! And I’m so glad I write things you love too (and I love to sneak you extra content ahaha, because I know you will appreciate it) ! I think we have similar taste 🤭 All my love to you 💝

A lot of fans project onto him many positive characteristics due to the new canon books, but it’s all the same Thrawn, he just gets darker over time.

Old EU/Rebels Thrawn: Ruthless. Coldhearted. Calculating. Mean.

Book Thrawn: Nerd. Socially inept. Meets his crush’s racist parents with a smile. Wants to save everyone in the Galaxy. Writes poetic and emotionally charged farewells. Can’t drive. Likes to cosplay.

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