How small must the world be for both Bruce and Tim to witness John and Mary Grayson's deaths
Or for 10-year-old Duke to crack the Riddler's puzzle before Batman swoops in and saves the day, long before his powers came into play
Or for Sheila Haywood to leave her son only to end up assisting his killer a decade and a half later
Not to mention the popular fanon concept of Jason knowing baby Damian in the League of Assassins
Now imagine how many other invisible strings could've tied them together
Like what if Tim and Jason went to the same school when Jason was Robin but all they shared was the occasional bump and "excuse me" in the busy halls
Or what if Babs was a tutor and helped an elementary-aged Steph finally understand her homework only for the Browns to cancel after a couple sessions because they couldn't afford it
What if the first person to buy Cass a hot meal was Kate on one of her travels
What if Alfred witnessed young Selina shoplifting groceries but chose to turn a blind eye
What if Jason lived on the same streets as the Row siblings and gave little Harper tips on how to use tools and defend her brother
What if Steph and Duke shared the same school bus, only he sat in the front while she was toward the back
What if the first person to teach Tim how to tie his shoes was Bruce at a gala because Jack and Janet were busy talking to someone important
What if Bette did a DNA test for fun and found a connection in Nanda Parbat but just assumed the results was faulty because she knew her whole family, right?
What if 8-year-old Dick, the day before his parents died, stayed at a cheap hotel near Crime Alley and found 4-year-old Jason wandering alone and said, "I'll be your big brother for tonight"
What if the universe knew they were made for each other and wouldn't rest until they realized it too
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So I was thinking a lot about how Star Wars fanon must have changed overtime right? like New Hope came out in the late 70s and Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi in the early 80s. I can't help but wonder what people thought of these characters when the movies were first coming out. Like before Anakin and Vader were revealed to be the same person what did people think happened between Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Vader? What did people think happened during the Clone Wars. How did people think the empire came about.
And then when the Vader/Anakin twist did happen how did that change/impact the narrative people had come up with at the time. How did they reinterpret Anakin/Vader and Obi-Wan's relationship. What did they think the Jedi Order was like? What was the theories they held about how the force worked? After it was reveled that Leia and Luke were twins how did the story fans crafted within their communities change?
How did people think Anakin fell to the the dark side? What do they think were the triggers to the change? What was pre-prequel Anakin Skywalker like?
Padme's name or backstory isn't even revealed until the prequels! How did fans fill in the gaps? What were the names she was commonly given? What did they think she looked like? What was her personality like? How did they think she and Anakin fell in love? When did they think it happened? What were the common ways she died (if they thought she was dead)?
So I guess what I'm asking is if there are any old school Star Wars fans on this hellsite please tell me!
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Episode 1×09 is a really clear demonstration of Cassian’s character growth this season. Prior to the show, (as explained in 1x03) Cassian stole an Imperial starpath unit, an evidently expensive piece of equipment he was planning on selling to Luthen on a rainy day. When Luthen asks him how he got his hands on it, Cassian says,
“You just walk in like you belong […] They’re so proud of themselves, they don’t even care. They’re so fat and satisfied, they can’t imagine it. That someone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear”
Cassian’s always understood the arrogance of the Empire, and how to weaponize it into a sense of invisibility, and he comfortably wields this for his own personal gain. Crucially, it’s his success, that indicates the power of the Empire, and causes his disillusionment with the idea of the Rebel Alliance. He believed that the Empire, so powerful that it is blind without consequence to somebody walking right in, stealing from them, and walking right back out, is untouchable in any real capacity.
During the Aldehani arc, Cassian engages with the Aldehani rebels in a sort of hopeless apathetic manner. He’s only participating in the heist because Luthen’s paying him. In a very real sense, he feels he doesn’t have much alternative. He wasn’t very liquid because Luthen never paid him for the Imperial starpath unit and he needed to get away from Ferrix until the imperials looking for him turned their attention elsewhere. When Nemik tries to rationalize the usefulness of rebel mercenaries with his idealistic viewpoint around the Rebellion in 1x06, Cassian says the following:
“The Empire doesn’t play by the rules. They don’t care enough to learn. They don’t have to. You mean nothing to them.”
It’s clear from the context of the scene, and Cassian’s reluctance to begin working with the Aldehani rebels, that he believes the Aldehani heist might be doable, but will not lead to any real success for the Rebellion. This is because he still believes the Rebellion will never be able to strike a decisive blow due to their insignificance compared to the power of the Empire.
But during the Narkina-5 arc, Cassian has truly lost everything. He was arrested, far from Ferrix and his family, under an assumed name and sentenced to 6 years on Narkina-5. But he becomes a much less passive character in spite of his circumstances. He understands that the insignificance of the Rebellion, or of himself, or of his fellow prisoners, is an advantage that can be used for more than just survival. That arrogance of a prison structure, or of an Imperial base, or of the Empire itself, can be a protective cover for more than just talking with your fellow inmates or stealing an Imperial starpath unit. So when Cassian says to Kino
“You think they’re listening? You think they care enough to make an effort? I know this. They don’t need to care […] Why bother listening to us? We are nothing to them.”
It’s no longer a hopeless speech about the pointlessness of action, it’s a call to arms that demonstrate his newfound belief in the possibility of something larger than himself
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okay I promised myself I would not be a perfectionist with my art and aim for a looser style so I’m posting this even though there are tiny flaws.
one thing i know for certain is I'll never be able to look at november the 5th the same way again i can never pretend it's just another date in the calendar it literally changed forever because of them
The director of cybersecurity from the Electronic Freedom Foundation is offering to help women who have been threatened with compromise of their devices.
young smallville meets young gotham
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