On A Train By Bearblue On Ao3, One Of My Favs

Biggest problem with modern politics: there aren’t any Chosen Ones. Seriously. Governments in stories are almost always terrible, at least to start out with, but it’s okay, because by the end things get better. The corrupt advisors die, one of the heroes takes the throne, the Ministry acknowledges Voldemort is back, etc. But irl there’s nothing stronger than the government, yk. It’s shit because there’s just nothing that can change or overthrow the system and the system sucks. So yeah, I want a Chosen One.

On a Witcher kick, and Farah Dowling is my favorite character of all time.

(If the gifs are yours please let me know so that I can source/credit properly!)

it's insane because Mon is going to flee the Empire. we know this. things are going to get fucked enough that it's not safe for her to stay. but how on earth her husband and daughter fit into this we have no idea.

i assume she is going to work with the Chandrilan mob guy.

i mean i feel like, just based on assumptions, Lieda is definitely going to be at least initially into meeting this random cute boy and then after Mon has convinced herself it was just an introduction that's definitely not all it will stay. and i mean.... i imagine in order for her to give the speech she gives in Rebels (which is during season 3 so i think that's actually 3BBY) we'll see how all of that plays out next season on Andor, or more specifically what leads up to that. but i imagine things have to be completely fucked already. she knows she'll have to flee after that speech. so maybe things were already at that point and she had nothing to lose and everything to gain. she went out speaking the truth and becoming a 'traitor.'

I name the Emperor, himself, for ordering the brutal attacks on the people of Ghorman. Their peaceful world is one of countless systems helpless against his oppressive rule. This massacre is proof that our self-appointed Emperor is little more than a lying executioner, imposing his tyranny under the pretense of security. We cannot allow this evil to stand.

and then she doesn't just disappear she gives a speech, from the Ghost, to bring together the Alliance to Restore the Republic

This is Senator Mon Mothma. I have been called a traitor for speaking out against a corrupt Galactic Senate. A Senate manipulated by the sinister tactics of the Emperor. For too long I have watched the heavy hand of the Empire strangle our liberties, stifling our freedoms in the name of ensuring our safety. No longer! Despite Imperial threats, despite the Emperor himself, I have no fear as I take new action. For I am not alone. Beginning today we stand together as allies. I hereby resign from the Senate to fight for you, not from the distant hall of politics but from the front lines. We will not rest until we bring an end to the Empire, until we restore our Republic! Are you with me?

anyway I'm so interested to see how she gets from Andor episode 10 to here.

One of the nice touches during Mon Mothma’s escape from the senate building after her speech is that she quietly sheds her coat of office, because of how noticeable and cumbersome it would be. Practical but also coming after, in her speech, she observed that she came to coruscant and the senate as a child and has few memories of significance prior to that, and how deep her bond is to the senate and her service, it was somewhat poignant and sobering.

This debate over what Mon Mothma’s speech was commentary on irl annoys me so…

It could have been about a lot of things. It was about one thing.

Fascism.

The Empire is Space Fascists. Space Nazis.

And one of the most famous and obvious examples of a massive propaganda campaign - aka ‘the loss of an objective truth’ - is Nazi Germany.

See this…

and this…

and finally…

Anyone else this speech made you think of is either heading down or has already arrived at the end of a dangerous road.

Leverage Redemption Season 3 Trailer!

Premiering 17th April

"Rebellions are built on hope."

1) I may have teared up a little hearing the hotel clerk say that

2) He demonstrates that rebellions are also built on small, everyday acts of resistance. Not logging Cassian into the system allowed him to evade Imperial scrutiny, which then allowed him to witness what happened on Ghorman, which sets off a series of events that eventually leads to the Battle of Yavin and the destruction of the Death Star.

These adorable dorks

So for the Sea Snake and The Queen That Never Was...There is one pizza roll left. Who eats it?

Anybody else annoyed with people who go online to post things that they hate? Like, if you like it, great! If you hate it, don’t watch or engage with it. Why do you want to ruin it for everyone else?

Anybody else thinking that after the water trial centered around Jen and her shop and vibes, it’s not a coincidence that the scenes from the next episode that we have seen are all 70s style singer vibes, and there’s a theory the next trial is fire, i.e. Alice, whose mother was an old singer, like from the 70s?