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[raincitygirl]

commodorified recently posted on shame, reassurance, and doing the work. Really interesting, thoughtful stuff.

Also interesting, on a different subject, from musesfool, have why Darth Vader's extension of the olive branch to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back, makes perfect sense, if you're Darth Vader, as opposed to being WTF crazy and delusional.

Also on the subject of Star Wars, and containing major spoilers for the new movie, Why the Fan Theories about Rey Need to be Wrong. I'm not sure I agree with this one, but it did make me think, and think HARD.

Also on the subject of Star Wars (I have a feeling I'll be typing that a lot for a little while yet), did you know that the original trailer for The Empire Strikes Back was really awful? Never fear, a fan has created a modern-style trailer for it that's much better. Using only original footage, I should add.

And selenak has written on (some) plot twists that really worked, and why. With major spoilers for The Empire Strikes Back, the Sixth Sense, Alias, Babylon 5 and my beloved Farscape.

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[jesuswasbatman]

I agree with the argument of the Star Wars essay on Rey and blood nobility, but I think it's almost certainly wrong.

[raincitygirl]

Yeah, it's an awfully good essay, and makes some very good points about blood nobility, but I'm pretty sure that in canon, Rey is a long-lost Skywalker all the same.