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The Twinkification of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Hi everyone! I have emerged from the abyss to posit an opinion and analysis about something that has been ongoing in my corner of the fandom for some time now and I just wanted to share my thoughts. Please note that this is not meant to be a call-out post. If you have made references to Obi-Wan being a twink, we are cool, we simply have a difference of opinion! As always this blog is an open space where people from across the fandom are welcomed and loved.
With that being said:
The Co-Opting of "Twink"
It isn't uncommon to come across the term "twink" nowadays while scrolling the social medias. In fact, there are several videos referencing men, both real and fictional, using "twink" as a kind of affectionate endearment.
Is there a big, beefy man who shows his emotions in your favorite TV show? Chances are he has been called a twink.
Looking at a cute post of a straight couple? There is a chance the woman has captioned her post with: I love my twink boyfriend! :)
Is there a trans man on your for you page? Peer in the comments: chances are he, too, has people teeming in his comments to call him a twink.
Let us be clear: this is not what the word "twink" means.
The term "twink" is a queer term that has become so mangled and co-opted by cis, straight people (especially women) that it has become misused across the internet. So what is it, exactly? "Twink" is a queer identifier. Traditionally, the term refers to gay men who are:
Thin
Not very muscular
Not hairy
Young
Of course, there is always room for nuance. Also, there are so many layers to this conversation I have not and will not address fully. However, the main purpose of this conversation is to discuss its relation to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
So You Want to Woobify a Warrior
Most of the time when I see someone refer to Obi-Wan as a twink, it is in reference to mid-thirties, mid or post-war Obi-Wan. I am not going to address sexuality here because I am a firm believer in allowing people their interpretations of characters' sexualities. Instead, here are some photos of Obi-Wan Kenobi during and a bit after the era previously mentioned, and of his actor, Ewan McGregor:
Here are some things of note: Ewan and Obi-Wan are not especially petite. They are muscular, hairy, and visibly middle-aged. Or at least, visibly older than 20s.
In Karen Miller's Wild Space, Bail Organa throws up in his hands out of fear when Obi-Wan is having hallucinations and moves to attack him.
In Christie Golden's Dark Disciple, he punches a droid in the face and it stumbles back.
My point here is that Obi-Wan is intimidating. He underwent years of rigorous training, fought in battle after battle, and is an expert in martial arts. The chances of him escaping that with the appearance of being boyish, early 20s, skinny, and not muscular seem... slim. War does not typically have anti-aging effects.
I once saw someone on this app make a point that because Obi-Wan is portrayed as the more intuitive and emotionally regulated character in contrast to Anakin's brash violence, he is perceived as more feminine. Therefore, he is more "coddleable." And, furthermore, the "feminine" narrative lends itself to the stereotypical parts of the label of twink. (Again, there is a deeper conversation to be had there. I am generalizing).
Unless Obi-Wan has been extensively malnourished, shaved, and de-aged, I don't see sense in seeing him as a twink.
The part of all this with even more implications associated is that I see a lot of this mentioned in relationship to Obi-Wan being in a relationship with Cody. There is a lot of comparison there, usually positioning Cody as the strong, indestructible warrior of whom Obi-Wan is either envious of or saved by. The racist undertones there are infinite and have been addressed and readdressed, especially by POC in the fandom.
Anyways gorgeous people, this concludes my thoughts, as it is very late. I am hoping to be able to participate in Codywan First Kiss Bingo, but I was hit with the flu and have been working diligently to catch up in my uni classes. I love you all and wish you nothing but the best!
Bit of something I noticed when I watched the "Outpost" way back...
Mayday has the exact same character as Clone Wars Hunter.
Someone who's irritable, someone who is snarky towards command, lightly mocking, seems to operate better in the midst of battle or once the "Worst has come to pass", and someone who's used to surviving against bad conditions.
( And of course, someone who cares for his brothers, and tends to adopt the odd-ones-out no matter how they got there )
And he can match Crosshair snark to snark, which TCWs Hunter did too.
Hell if it turns out he likes the Thrill of Extreme Sports (Looking at you Hunter, and skysurfing without a parachute on that flying Lizard), he might as well be Hunter.
... At least, Clone Wars Hunter.
Something that should be pointed out about the differences between TBB Hunter and TCWs Hunter.
Remember Echo's situation? He was turned into a weapon. That weapon was used against Thousands of Troops, possibly more than that. Thousands died, more so than anything under Crosshair's record. While its clear he wasn't in his right mind, or really any mind at all, he was forgiven about it.
Yes, there was some doubts and mistrust, yes, Hunter was distressed as hell about it all--more vocally than anyone else, really.
( TCWs Hunter seems to make it a point to be distressed about everything except when he's on his own or only with his team. )
--But it was Hunter who offered Echo a spot on the team (with of course Team backing). Hunter who saw an odd brother out, and kept him.
And Mayday did that for Crosshair. ( For a little while, at least. )
... Could you say that TBB Hunter would do the same? Did do the same?
TBB Hunter seems to be the kind of character who does an awful lot of running away.
Where Mayday went back for bodies, and TCWs Hunter faced danger head on.
Do you think that while Crosshair was trying to bring Mayday back to base, that he wished he had Wrecker’s strength? If only he was as strong as Wrecker, he’d be able to get back faster, able to carry Mayday instead of forcing him to walk, able to withstand the cold. Do you think he thought of how many times Wrecker had saved him, how Crosshair could always rely on him when he needed that strength?
Do you think he wished he could be that for Mayday?
Jedi reacting to news of Commander Fox killing the chancellor (aka the Clone Uprising)
Mace Windu: ughhh, that’ll be so much paperwork.
Yoda: knew it would happen, I did.
Plo Koon: oh that’s fine, I just hope no one was hurt.
Ki Adi-Mundi: oh he actually did it? I thought he was joking.
Kit Fisto: Is Palpatine that old guy in the senate??
Depa Billaba: * too busy to give a statement *
Shaak Ti: that’ll do it.
Anakin Skywalker: oh my god, I just, oh my damn, that’s like, wow holy shit-
Obi-Wan Kenobi: oh WHAT that was today?! I missed it?!
Ahsoka Tano: wow dunked on
Aayla Secura: lmao
Quinlan Vos: lmao
I just know little Padawan Anakin would subconsciously speak in Obi-Wan’s accent when around him and Obi-Wan doesn’t talk about it, in fact he finds it endearing
It wasn’t until Mace was talking to Anakin and hear little Ani with Obi-Wan’s vocal cadence and slight Coruscanti accent and he is just “???” because Anakin has only been at the temple for a month? Why does he sound like baby Obi-Wan?
Even when Anakin is a full grown knight, he would slip in this habit when giving report to the council and they are just “yep yep that’s still Obi-Wan’s baby”
it is cody day, my dudes
"AAAAAHHHHHHH"
i feel positively evil for having missed it last year when everything actually matched up perfectly (2/2/24 if you're beyond confused) but i was flipping through tumblr while running errands earlier so i rushed home and spit this out (that is 100% what happened with no abridging whatsoever)
pardon the impromptu anatomy study but i did not feel like drawing all that top half armor nonsense and i needed the practice
A clothing concept for young Mirta Gev, Boba Fett’s granddaughter, from the EU Legacy of the Force book series
"Jedi must ignore their feelings." "That's quite a statement. Is it your own?" "Yes." Then the boy considered. "Well... Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan said much the same." "I think you misunderstood," Mace said. "Jedi do not ignore their feelings. They integrate them. Own them. They fear, but they are not afraid of fear. They grow angry, but they allow their anger to motivate only honorable action. Do you understand?" The boy nodded, but Mace knew he did not --yet. There was time. -Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss by Steven Barnes, pg 24
Mace Windu can do whatever he likes with whatever attitude he wants actually cause he's in charge of wrangling a group of superpowered, psychic adreneline junkies who like to have heated academic debates using laser swords in their spare time. and then. AND THEN!! he has to regularly talk with politicians too??? disgusting. awful. my man is so tired.
The Bird Song by Noah Floersch but it's just codywan and order 66
ignoring my responsibilities to put Cody in The Void again
@codywanfirstkissbingo : Sleight of tongue
I wasn't super duper focused on the prompt - I mainly just wanted an excuse to draw wlw codywan. theyre pretty.
Bingo card under the cut
manifesting the bad batch season 3 trailer with this redraw of Crosshair and Omega
and old art for comparison
Over 10 years ago I drew this mother naga with her kid and a bowl of gulab jamun, and I was blown away to see people still reblogging it and saying kind things here. I decided to draw a sequel, the PTA (People That are Anacondas) meeting is over, and she finally gets to have some gulab jamun. c: I really hope this cheers you up some.
okay, never done something like this before, but try new things and all that
Last Song: Paint the Town Blue (arcane soundtrack)
Favorite Color(s): orange 🔆
Last Book: The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Last Movie: Grown Ups (watched with my parents against my will)
Last Show: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Sweet/Spicy/Savory: gotta say savory, unfortunately I don't have a spice tolerance and some stuff is just Too Sweet
Relationship: never had one and don't wanna try it, aroace
Last Thing I Looked Up on the Holonet: spider man mentor meme (it was because I'm an artist with freewill and ocs)
Current Obsession: star wars, just as a whole. the clones/fetts and my ocs specifically. they just take up all my brain space.
Looking Forward To: seeing my siblings again
idk who to tag, I don't really know anyone yet
10 people I'd like to get to know better
Tagged by @sadundefinedbread, my beloved ❤️
Last song: Monitoring by Deco*27 feat. Hatsune Miku
Favorite color: turquoise
Last book: last book I finished was 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King; last one I read (and am currently reading) is The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Last movie: A Muppet's Christmas Carol
Last show: Dexter
Sweet/spicy/savoury: I like all of them, but sweet reigns supreme
Relationship status: Married in the same way a nun is (aka I'm too emotionally devoted to a character - or, in my case, several - to have an IRL partner lol)
Last thing I googled: if color blind was one word or two. Fan fact: "colorblind" is an American-ism that started gaining popularity in the 1990s
Current obsession: Besides the omnipresence of Supernatural, Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Looking forward to: finishing and posting a couple of fics :3
Tagging: @pavlovianfuckery @sastielbeltscene @sammywinchesterslover @flannel-wrapped-nightmare @boykingscourt @slutsons-blog @deancaslover @castiellesbian @autisticandroids @sastielbeltscene
omega: don’t tell them about this
crosshair: you want me to LIE to our brothers?
omega: is that a problem?
crosshair: no, absolutely not
Hunter: how was your day?
Crosshair: no one died.
Hunter: that bad, huh?
Crosshair: Hunter, why are you on the table?
Hunter: it's my ship! I can stand where I please!
Crosshair: *deep sigh* where's the spider?
Hunter: ...it's in the corner. please kill it-
Okay crowd we really need to talk about the fact that Batch really never even thought about saving Crosshair in the first seasons when they found out it was the kriffing chip the whole time. They never tried to come for him even if it meant to take him by force and put themselves in danger, which they would (and did) do for Omega as many times as needed. Smells like someone has a least favourite brother.
baby girl na'vena!!
she is eidami's other girlfriend! she's the mechanic and pilot of the group, she only allows eidami to help her fix stuff because lotti messes things up on purpose and valsi messes things up on accident.
crucial alpha-17 fact (to me) is that he does not think of himself as impossible to love. he knows people love him. his batchmates love him. obi-wan loves him. cody loves him. he simply thinks he is incapable of returning that love.
people can love him all they want! but something something faulty incubation chamber, too many pieces taken out of his genome, whatever. he's human, yes. but not enough to love like humans are supposed to love.
Alpha-17 and Obi-Wan being friends (derogatory) on 17's part and friends (threatening) on Obi-Wan's part is such an underrated dynamic
They could be so funny and terrifying, like Obi-Wan went through a soul shredding experience with Alpha-17 as his only company. They're friends because what else are you gonna be after you witness each other at absolute rock bottom from torture.
It's like 'dog put in cage of cheetah who's threatening to go crazy', except the dog is a grizzly bear and also threatening to go crazy.
Emotional support trooper except the trooper in question has never done any sort of supporting in his life and is actively an emotional distress trooper to a great number of the CC batch.
I want them texting everyday, I want Obi-Wan mailing handmade BFF bracelets to Alpha and Alpha sending pics back of him flipping off the camera but still wearing them, I want Alpha using Obi-Wan to keep track of and occasionally terrorize his cadets, I want 17 ending problems in the GAR (like Krell) before they begin because Obi-Wan has him shipped out on a personal transport at the first opportunity, decked out with slug-throwers Obi-Wan got him for his decant-day.
Natborn officers think this is all just an odd indulgence of General Kenobi, the Vode, however, correctly identify it as a goddamn threat and their danger assessment of Obi-Wan ticks up significantly.
When Alpha arrives on Kamino, Shaak Ti presses a shiny new comm into his hand. It has the Jedi Order symbol painted onto it alongside a smiley face sticker, and it pings immediately with a new message: Hello! I hope you're settling in well!
Alpha stares at the message, stares at the singular contact named 'OWK' and then stares Shaak Ti in the eye as he pitches the comm straight into the ocean. Shaak Ti's serene smile only grows larger as she calmly reaches into her robes and pulls out an identical comm, only this one has a frowny face sticker, and presses it into his hand. It lights up: I'm afraid we've bonded, Alpha :). Alpha shuts it off and pockets it with resignation.
Cody arrives on Alpha-17's personal recommendation.
A-17: He's the most difficult little bastard I have. You're perfect for each other. OWK: Thank you, he's very handsome :3 A-17: No. Stop.
The first thing he asks once he gets comfortable is who his general is texting so much that has him swinging his legs and twirling his hair. Cody assumes it's Anakin, given they seem joint at the hip anyway, but little does he know Obi-Wan's ability to consistently have the Weirdest Relationships Ever.
"Oh, it's Alpha-17, I understand you're familiar with each other?" Hmm. OK. Cody.exe is experiencing a processing error, please hold. He exits the room instead of answering. The next day he peeks over the General's shoulder when he's texting and sees walls of rambling messages from Obi-Wan. Alpha-17 replies every hour with a single text: Lose this number. Obi-Wan giggles. "He's so funny." he says.
When Obi-Wan meets the rest of the CC batch, Cody makes sure to stand perfectly angled so that he can record the reactions when his general cuts off their introductions with "Oh, no need, Alpha-17's told me all about you." It's always immediate FEAR.JPG followed by a slow spiral of What The Fuck.
What do you mean by that General. What does that mean Cody. What do you mean they text. No. Cody. What the fuck is happening, Cody. Alpha-17 doesn't have friends he has enemies and enemies he tolerates enough not to shoot on sight.
OWK: Wolffe reached for his vambrace? when I mentioned you A-17: That's where he keeps his spare knife. OWK: Hm that does explain the way he eyed me up, ambitious. A-17: Clearly not enough, he should have followed through. I taught them better.
Cursory research into the meanings of Mandalorian armour colours...
Black - ne'tra = justice, an unshakeable moral code (also wanting to avoid stains on your clothes)
White - cin vhetin = a fresh start or clean slate (good for converts/adult adoptions)
Grey - genet = mourning a loved one (or recently rejected)
Gold - ve'vut = vengeance (a warning colour)
Silver - beskar = unpainted armour, a search for redemption (Din Djarin's guilt complex, anyone?)
Bronze - tranyc'bes - nobility and high status (favoured by stuck-up self-important jackasses)
Brown - daryc - valour, galantry, The Audacity (particularly when associated with them cunty lil jedi cape drops)
Tan - vhekadla - loyalty (lit. 'sandy' but I don't like sand, it's coarse and rough and...)
Maroon - daryc'tal - power (all hail Maroon 5, our benevolent overlords)
Red - ge'tal = honouring a parent (very popular, 10/10)
Scarlet - galar'tal - defiance and relentlessness (Mandalorian Scarlett Johansson omfg be still my bi heart)
Orange - shereshoy = shereshoy, a lust for life (the party people)
Yellow - shi'yayc - remembrance, burnt out vengeance (makes for funky funerals)
Mint green - cin vorpan - lust for peace, guardians and peacekeepers (does not necessarily mean I want to fuck guardians and peacekeepers, get your head outta the gutter)
Green - vorpan = duty, commitment and hard work (favourite of farmers, too)
Teal - jahaal = healing, violence as a last resort, I've seen some shit and now I defend peace (favoured by healers and New Mandalorians)
Blue - kebiin = reliability and faithfulness (favoured by single parents)
Sky blue - kebii'tra = new love, newlyweds, marriage and all that fluffy stuff (Satine's famous jewellery TCW S2 - ObiTine for the soul)
Indigo - jiisaviin = prosperity, victory, the feeling that we have achieved our hopes (tempting fate, perhaps)
Lilac - saviin = luck, change, survival in adversity, hope for the future (associated with the old God of Luck)
Pink - cin ge'tal - respect and knowledge, a fusion of past and future (associated with journalists and academics)
Ofc this is a rough guide and if anyone either doesn't like my sense of humor or wants more detailed information, check out these posts too: x x x
The Bad Batch’s true Himbo
I need you to hear me out here.
Hunter is the dumbest of the original four Bad Batchers. Hunter is the himbo. Hunter
Because think about it. Wrecker has to be fucking intelligent to work with explosives. Intelligent and gentle, considering how delicate explosives can be. Plus Wrecker matches bomb squad energy so fucking well. As for the fact that he is played as the dumb one could really be explained from the obvious head trauma he received. Or even Aphasia; which is the overall term for a brain-connected problem with language abilities. AND Aphasia is usually caused by damage to the left side of the brain, WHICH WRECKER HAS!!
Then we have Crosshair. He is also fucking intelligent. Because sniping is all math. Crosshair mostly doesn’t have a spotter, unless you count Tech, but Tech isn’t always there. So Crosshair has to calculate a lot of different things at one time. The targets speed and path, the distance between himself and them, the angle and height difference if he’s sniping from far away, wind speed and direction if blaster bolts can be effected by the wind and the trajectory he would need to use. And he does all of this very fucking quickly. I mean we’ve all seen how fast he can switch between targets and drop them.
And then we have Tech. He’s a walking encyclopedia. He knows a lot of fucking shit, fuck his little nerd heart would explode if he ever found his way into the jedi archive. He’s just fucking brilliant.
So Hunter’s the dumbass of the group. Wrecker might do dumb shit, but Hunter’s the least intelligent.
Frankly my intelligence ranking from smartest to dumbass would be: Tech Crosshair Wrecker Hunter
Thank you for coming to my TED talk
Found a sketch I made a while ago, so I wanted to finish it. Wish I could remember what the point of it was. Wonder what they are looking at.
'Desert hermit Ben Kenobi develops a reputation as a crazy wizard because he keeps talking to thin air.'
No. This is Tatooine, talking to yourself is hardly the weirdest thing they've seen. Ben Kenobi, however, keeps having full on fucking screaming rows with thin air and seemingly gets replies back, which is decidedly a step up.
(They've managed to piece together that a major point of contention is the acquisition and raising of a child? Clearly Ben is a wizard that had a bitter divorce with a desert spirit and is working through a custody dispute)