Story Forum Community Lounge (Part 1)

Wait, they did?

Dammit, there goes my big hope for a more fleshed out follow up to Squadrons

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Last I heard the show ran into some major production issues, so they canned it

aw that sucks.

Yeah. I was excited for it too

Like I said, the show would be neat, but I was more hoping for a game tie in that would take the base of squadrons and really flesh it out a lot more.

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IM SO HYPE FOR THAT

I wonder how far off that is bcz like REALLY hope itā€™s out soon that has me more hype than the Ahsoka one

Though I was hoping for more old republic like even further back a bit but this is great too

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I know the show is scheduled for sometime next year. Thatā€™s all I know for certain :smiley:

We got new season of The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, Asoka, The Acolyte. Next two years are gonna be great for Star Wars fans :dragon:

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This was an interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing.

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I love those edits

I saw a tiktok trend today using Markipliers smash or pass sound on HoD characters and it made me laugh so I decided to make mine:

Criston: Pass
Aegon: Pass
Daemon: sighā€¦ Smash
Rhaenyra x Alicent: oh christ itā€™s making me question things about myselfā€¦ Smash
Harwin: Smash
Aemond: Double Smash
Rhaenyra: Pass oddly enough (Emma Dā€™arcy though they are Zaddy!)
Laenor: Cuteā€¦ Pass
Alicent: Not as cuteā€¦ Smash
Caraxes: would this make me a furry if I said smash? (poor bb has a birth defect, a deviated septum, and the other dragons pick on him)

I have been feeding my Halbrand x Galadriel obsession with this particualr edit. I love the song Arcade and I just think it hits those emotional sweet spots. Loving you is a losing game. I wish I could find one to Elle DuhĆ© - Middle of the Night but I feel like if I just outright search one out it wonā€™t be good enough, I will dissapoint myself.

I had been ignorant to the communityā€™s reaction to Rings of Power because I donā€™t follow the wrong people, but seeing an overwhelming amount of men call Galadriel a Mary Sue and are actually pressed because sheā€™s ā€œtoo goodā€ Iā€™m over here laughing like ā€œduhā€ sheā€™s just a multi-dimensional Manic Pixie Dream Girl, and all of these machismo guys are like ā€œThatā€™s not my idea of a woman!ā€ bro no ish. Sheā€™s not written for you, you want someone demure and subservient, which is a different fantasy. This is Shakspeare, itā€™s Taming of the Shrew.

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is written for the broody sensitive guy, and sheā€™s written as a life lesson for him. he looses her in the end. Itā€™s a trope for men who are on the precipice of depression, and self harm and women who want to ā€œsave him.ā€

Galadriel is flawed, thatā€™s the freaking point. But to be on the same level as The Dark Lord she has to be a little exaggerated in her greatness sheā€™s the mary Sue to his Gary Stu, thatā€™s what a Twin Flame is. If heā€™s all powerful, so is she. Thatā€™s also hubris, and it usually comes before the fall.

Love it or hate it, no oneā€™s watching Rings of Power for the lore or to feel grounded Tolkienā€™s writing, they are here for the escapism. For the A03 slow burn with comfort and angst.

I summoned you, please come to me
Donā€™t bury thoughts that you really want
I fill you up, drink from my cup
Within me lies what you really want

These burning flames, these crashing waves
Wash over me like a hurricane
Iā€™ll captivate, youā€™re hypnotized
Feel powerful, but itā€™s me again

just call my name, I am yours to tame,

Yeah that slaps.

I love writing meta of a scene so here it goes. The first time he says ā€œlook at me.ā€ he doesnā€™t reach out to her, he wants her to look at him like she did before she found out he was Sauron. But she doesnā€™t and thatā€™s where she starts to lose him, she didnā€™t see the man anymore, she only saw the monster. So he became the monster she saw out of spite. Itā€™s hard to tell if after he grabs her chin and forces her to look at him, if heā€™s actually telling the truth or if heā€™s actually manipulating her (itā€™s a misreading to think heā€™s manipulating her, and I think she misreads him) I think he actually does see a future filled with light and love and goodness with her by his side, but she only sees darkness. Her speech in the begining of how the light is reflected just as brightly in the reflection of the water is a direct allegory to what she saw, of them as a power couple, but she mistook the light for darkness. ā€œHow do I know which light to follow?ā€ her brother says touch the darkness and thatā€™s why Sauron urges her to touch the darkness again.

We know they donā€™t end up mending this and heā€™s pushed more towards the darkness because of it. Even though this season set up a lot of the groundwork for him becoming fully evil, I still think there will be a push and pull between them where he can still be saved, Next season sheā€™s going to be chasing him until there is one defining moment when he rejects her and her light. I love that line ā€œyou bind me to the light and I bind you to power.ā€ This was not a promise of evil. When he said that he wished he could bind their connection on his very being this was how he bound them. In the end he dimmed her light and she made him powerless. I donā€™t understand how anyone can say this writing is bad. I donā€™t respect anyone who doesnā€™t respect ā€œshippingā€ itā€™s how people process and psychoanalyze our interpersonal relationships to become better more emotionally mature people because if it.

https://media.giphy.com/media/Q9AmUk1E3z9vr45PlW/giphy.gif

I did not expect to be steamrolled by a new shipā€¦ I have things to do. I canā€™t hyperfocus, disassociate and become a ball of mush I am a responsible adult with responsibilities and a to-do list. kay bye, off to listen to middle of the night on repeat until I die. /s

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Just in case you are curious. Hereā€™s my vedic natal chart. Itā€™s everything one needs to know about me in an easy to read chart.

Sun in XI
Moon in XIII
Mercury in II
Venus in 1 ASC
Mars in IV
Jupiter in V
Saturn in IV
Uranus in V
Neptune V
Pluto in IV
Lilith in 1X
Node XI

When I was an a kid my mom took me to a psychic fair and I got my natal chart read and the guy looked at me and looked at my chart and said ā€œI donā€™t worry about this child, sheā€™ll be okay.ā€ I still consider that a point of pride. Considering my Pluto in my 4th House, if I can overcome a narcissist mother and a childhood of domesic violence. With Mercury in my 2nd house makes sure I can easily dispatch any enemies and see though fake people. I am a survior of a narccisst. My dad is still stuck in DV, but itā€™s harder for men to admit they are victims of domestic violence due to the stigma and no matter what I say heā€™s not going to leave her or do anything about it. So being called ā€œAmber Heardā€ by a rejected PUA is a juvinile and insenstive insult meant to pick at my scabs and mislead others. I am a cycle breaker, and my boys have a good mom, my chart says so.

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Well, individuals vary a lot, but a lot pf us volunteers are 50% adrenaline junky and 50% gallows humor. A lot to do on a big fire or serious medical emergency, never enough people, equipment, or training, and all of us are disaster humans in some ways, but weā€™re all there is.

And then we also have our ridiculous day jobs, too. Baristas, dispatchers, maintenance guys, brewers, whatever.

We actually saved most of the structure and some of the contents on that fire, which was nice, because the kid of the owners gets coffee a lot at my winter job. I dunno. It sure doesnā€™t contribute to what passes for my sense of reality and when you get used to 100% on moments, it can be hard to adjust to when those peak moments donā€™t hit for a while. Good and bad.

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Yeah, I have a few friends who are EMTs. Lots and lots of gallows humor, donā€™t think any of them are adrenaline junkies but thereā€™s a similar ā€œI donā€™t know how to operate anymore when the world isnā€™t falling apartā€ effect. See it in a lot of my medical friends outside of the EMTs and also teaching, depending on where you teach. Obviously you can only offer one perspective, but it was a new one to me.

And Iā€™m glad you were able to help that kidā€™s family.

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EVERY TIME theres a new SW show I resub to swtor lol I try not to sub to two mmos at once bcz I swear I can barely do one mostly bcz my attention span just like if I donā€™t like the story I donā€™t vibe w it, like Iā€™ve tried like 3 Dif times of coming back to SL and doing the campaigns bcz I just like to see the story and ā€¦ I do like one quest and Iā€™m tired like wow that was a lot Iā€™m a little sleepy all of the sudden.

Thereā€™s a joke online that all green fans are watching the show as a from lovers to enemies tinted lens w them theres so many edits

Iā€™ll have to see if the trend pops up on my fyp Iā€™ve been liking Alicent edits to get it onto my algorithm lol as of now its mostly just cute guys or I have to go out of my way to search edits lol

THIS WAS SO GOOD

One of my friends told me today sheā€™s seen people complain that Galadriel ā€œdoesnā€™t smile enoughā€ and she wondered if that same complaint would happen for a male character

THIS IS WHAT THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE WENT W in terms of

Like I needed them to mend things, because I think he was truthful w her too, but she canā€™t get past who he is now, it kills me a little cause UGH, like that tweet I showed you of someone noting that she always turned to him was SO CUTE AND WHOLESOME

I would have really liked it if they could have ended up together for a season, like if she took that leap of faith and they were a power duo next season, I could see them deconstructing the pair from there as far as being together like having them fall out or have something happened but at least it woulda given us 2 seasons of them as duo.

OMG HOW DO I FIND MINE OUT

Hereā€™s what I know of mine

Cancer Rising (first house)
Leo Sun (first house)
Leo Venus (first house)
Leo Mercury (2nd house)
Libra Mars (4th house)
Scorpio Moon (5th)
Pluto + Jupiter both in Sag and 5th house
Neptune and Uranus both in Cap (7th)
Pisces in Saturn (9th)

I donā€™t think I have the accuracy of the more in depth birth charts though.

:heart: You are very strong and Iā€™m glad you are okay now

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Speaking of edits. This will never not be funny to me :rofl:

Have you found the guy who chops wood yet?

Out of all the tiktok thirst traps heā€™s my favorite.

My feed for the last two weeks has been :star2: negroni sbagliato with prosecco in it :star2: because of this interview.

A badgerā€¦ā€œcute but will fightā€ haha sheā€™s adorable.

I donā€™t ship Alicent and Rhaenyra but Iā€™ve seen that joke. I ship Rhaenyra and Harwin but that ship was short lived and lives on only in fanfic.

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https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

Iā€™m with you I liked Alicent this episode. Iā€™m starting to like her more. I like when she stoof up to Otto and she commanded the room at that small council meeting.

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This scene made me love Daemon even more. For all the flaws this man has, he still loves and cares about his brother

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Actually heā€™s shown up on twitter for me of people talking about his TikToks lol, but heā€™s not my type but he is v attractive!

TYVM for that one , I did mine and my brothers cause he was here LOL

Been reading it over some since I saw this link so havenā€™t replied but Iā€™m intrigued! I think I am very in tune w like my scorpio moon, and my Leo sun / Venus, but I am trying to understand the overall placements meaning like the houses they ended up in etc

Also my mars being in libra is funny to me, and my Lilith sign is apparently Gemini

" Lilith in Gemini

He can feel uncomfortable if speaking too much or too little, or for his intelligence or social skills. He may be wary of people who seem to be indulgent in these ways ā€“ who are social butterflies or who talk too much or who seem to flaunt their intelligence. His curiosity may have been stifled in some manner. Owning and accepting this side of the nature can be empowering. He can be wicked with what he says when angry! Shame in these areas can lead to extremes of behavior and a feeling of being out of control. Working on self-acceptance is the key to empowerment."

Not entirely sure what to make of this but I do find it interesting that I am hyper aware of self awareness, both my own and other peoples, and one thing I cannot handle is second hand embarrassment like I literally have to close my eyes and shut down the way some people canā€™t do horror scenes in movies or shows, like if something I perceive as embarrassing is happening.

And I would also say in that hyper self awareness I do have anxiety from not talking, but I also am worried about talking too much, idk its actually something I am aware of about myself so I found it funny it showed up in my Lilith which I was always curious about what mine was.

One of my favorite things about the Hightowers just as a whole is how perceptive they are of public opinion / the ceremony / trappings of things. I was glad that Alicent had that line about ā€œa good queen calculates the cost to her peopleā€ or what ever she said to that effect because it really reminds me of how the power of perception is in favor for them. They operate a lot like the Tyrells who I am also fascinated by in the sense of Margaery being descended from the Hightowers that would have been Alicentā€™s cousins. So a part of me wonders if we donā€™t see a bit of Hightower motive behind wanting Margaery to be Queen (not that they need to do much since Olenna is v intent on making that happen) but it is curious to me that the next time Hightower blood is on the throne its through Margaery and the Tyrells have that same ideology w the importance of perception etc.

Less about the overall family and just on a personal character level of Alicent, it wasnā€™t my favorite moment but it probably stirred up the most like emotional reaction for me was how she stood in front of Aegon to protect him even if had the dragon fired it wouldnā€™t have done any good, it was very like relatable almost pleading for her son and families life and she didnā€™t flinch.

shakes fist

Iā€™m just kidding though I am glad if you find qualities in him that endears his character to you.

I think my fav people Rhaenyra has on her side would be Rhaenys and Jace in the immediate circle, on a broader scale just in terms of who sides w her I love Cregan and Lady Jeyne

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My liliith in pisces says I was a cult leader in a past life lol. A bad cult leader and thatā€™s my karmic debt. I have to stay away from conspiracy theories. And not become a life coach.

Another interesting thing on your chart is Chiron. Chiron is the ā€œwounded healerā€ based on which zodiac heā€™s in it shows you what you are seeking in this life to heal your soul. My chiron is in Gemini. The Chiron in Gemini wound comes from feeling unintelligent, stupid, or unable to properly communicate. This can manifest in a variety of ways, but always feels the same inside.

(Considering I feel constantly attacked for poor communication and I feel judged all the time as being stupid this actually tracks it makes me feel like a rumbling volcano waiting to erupt)

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OMG I JUST LEARNED ABOUT KARMIC DEBT TOO.

I donā€™t have any I have life path 9 Iā€™m actually terrified of accumulating some cause Iā€™m like Iā€™m not always the best version of myself

Wait maybe Iā€™m missing something but I donā€™t think I got that found out D:

Iā€™m sorry :pensive:

Normally me I accept poor communication or miscommunication I know it sounds stupid but I really hold the idea of accepting the things we cannot change and finding peace in acceptance is how I get over that for me.

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