Ah, Simon Pegg. *Sighs* I'm not really familiar with the guy, but it is a bit baffling -- either Dave Filoni has an awful *awful* sense of humor, or the extent of Pegg's prequel bashing is blown *way* out of proportion. (Knowing how batshit SW fandom can get at times, I'm going with the latter. #AtLeastItEasesTheNightmares)
and then clicked around the OT forum and somehow ended up with ten tabs open full of people going "lol people actually thought Leia was pretty??"
Because God forbid someone actually *dislike* the prequels. /sarcasm. Seriously, guys, someone disliking the prequels won't make the Earth turn on Her axis. Seriously.
and insisting that Luke triumphs because he's just ~so pure~
Yeah, because "he has too much of his father in him" *totally* means "flawless Jesus stand-in who makes no mistakes". /sarcasm. Yeah, I...wish I was kidding on that one. I guess at his core, Luke -- not Faux Skywalker by any means -- *is* a good person, but he's not perfect. He can be as judgmental and petulant as the rest of us -- he just masters it a little better than Anakin -- but it's not Anakin's fault at all! I think if anything, it was Palpatine trying his damndest to make him break. Yes, Anakin broke some things by himself, but at the end of the day, I think it was ultimately him trusting Palpatine too much, and fearing to lose those he loved. *Sighs* And the Jedi's treatment of him as well, including Obi-Wan -- but that's another rant altogether.
and then arguments over Lucas' original intentions (no, he always meant Luke and Leia to be twins and for their mother to die in childbirth, really!) and the periodic "you're just nostalgic!" and blaming Vader for Alderaan and Luke throwing away his lightsaber is wimpy and basically everything that has ever bugged me in SW fandom, ever, gathered into one place.
That has to suck. I'm sorry. *Hugs*
And that's definitely good to know, regarding the plotbunnies! :D *Resolves to take a look sometime -- when I'm done with the AU Big Bang. And maybe the RR-verse*
And that's definitely good to know, regarding SPLINTER. *Sighs* I definitely need some nice, relatively sane Luke and Leia, especially after everything else, really.
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Warning: Rambling/ranting/incoherence.
Date: 2012-03-04 08:29 pm (UTC)Ah, Simon Pegg. *Sighs* I'm not really familiar with the guy, but it is a bit baffling -- either Dave Filoni has an awful *awful* sense of humor, or the extent of Pegg's prequel bashing is blown *way* out of proportion. (Knowing how batshit SW fandom can get at times, I'm going with the latter. #AtLeastItEasesTheNightmares)
and then clicked around the OT forum and somehow ended up with ten tabs open full of people going "lol people actually thought Leia was pretty??"
Yeah, how could *anyone* find Leia pretty? /sarcasm. Seriously... *Sighs and facepalms*
and whining about RLM
Because God forbid someone actually *dislike* the prequels. /sarcasm. Seriously, guys, someone disliking the prequels won't make the Earth turn on Her axis. Seriously.
and insisting that Luke triumphs because he's just ~so pure~
Yeah, because "he has too much of his father in him" *totally* means "flawless Jesus stand-in who makes no mistakes". /sarcasm. Yeah, I...wish I was kidding on that one. I guess at his core, Luke -- not Faux Skywalker by any means -- *is* a good person, but he's not perfect. He can be as judgmental and petulant as the rest of us -- he just masters it a little better than Anakin -- but it's not Anakin's fault at all! I think if anything, it was Palpatine trying his damndest to make him break. Yes, Anakin broke some things by himself, but at the end of the day, I think it was ultimately him trusting Palpatine too much, and fearing to lose those he loved. *Sighs* And the Jedi's treatment of him as well, including Obi-Wan -- but that's another rant altogether.
and then arguments over Lucas' original intentions (no, he always meant Luke and Leia to be twins and for their mother to die in childbirth, really!) and the periodic "you're just nostalgic!" and blaming Vader for Alderaan and Luke throwing away his lightsaber is wimpy and basically everything that has ever bugged me in SW fandom, ever, gathered into one place.
That has to suck. I'm sorry. *Hugs*
And that's definitely good to know, regarding the plotbunnies! :D *Resolves to take a look sometime -- when I'm done with the AU Big Bang. And maybe the RR-verse*
And that's definitely good to know, regarding SPLINTER. *Sighs* I definitely need some nice, relatively sane Luke and Leia, especially after everything else, really.
And I can imagine, regarding TWILIGHT. :)