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So if Rian Johnson, Kathleen Kennedy, and TLJ are so progressive, can I ask some questions?
Why couldn’t have Rose Tico been the hacker? It’s not unrealistic for the Resistance to have one. She could still think her skills aren’t useful considering most Wars have been won by soldiers and Jedi, not hackers. Why couldn’t she have understood Finn’s trauma instead of ignoring it? Was there any reason she hated Rey?
If TLJ was about “Understateding the monster under a mask”, as Ruin swooned, why didn’t we get any time to understand the REAL victims of the sequel trilogy, the Stormtroopers, that were the kidnapped child soldiers that were forced to become fighters in war they didn’t start?
Why couldn’t Captain Phasma, one of the most markted characters, actually have a character arc? Why did she have to die so pointlessly and with no development? What was the point in giving her so much promotion and backstory, then flushing it away?
Why couldn’t have Holdo worn a uniform but had it customized? Regardless of what anyone says, heels and ballgown is a drastic and problematic way to fight in battle. Where does she even keep her blaster? Why couldn’t have Holdo been a leader who could communicate well instead of belittling another character? Why did she share only 1 scene with her life long friend Leia and why did another OLD character have to die?
Why did the cool, calm and responsible Latino leader Poe suddenly have to be a trigger happy fly boy? Why couldn’t we watch him struggling along with Holdo to keep their people alive? Why couldn’t have Poe gone with Finn? Why is conflict the only thing Ruin can write?
Why couldn’t have Paige Tico actually got a decent amount of lines and an actual character arc so we could care about the character and her relationship with Rose? Why are so many woman and characters of color killed off with no development or even impactful reason?
Why did Rey have to have her character arc be about saving her enemy instead of training with her mentor Luke and growing as a character? Also why did her look have to be changed to more feminine? Why couldn’t have Rey spent any time learning about who she was instead of just being a supporting protagonist that was taken out of the movie by the 4th act on Crait?
Why was most of Finn’s scenes deleted and had disappeared? Why did Rian Johnson believe that Finn’s character arc would still make sense even though 45% of it had been altered or cut? Why didn’t we spend any time learning about how Finn feels fighting against his fellow child soldiers or even a solid answer if Finn is force sensitive? Why couldn’t Finn spend any time with Rey and Poe or even have a character arc that mattered to the main plot of the movie?
Why were the two veterans of Star Wars, characters that literally were integral in the last trilogy and advertised as the heart of the film, reduced to supporting characters that are barely used? Why are the OLD characters expendable and unrelatable, and it’s acceptable for them to die or be defeated but our new heroes are the hope? Luke and Rey’s relationship was said to be the heart of the film, as was Kylo and Leia’s, yet they’re barley interacting. Why does ageism effect such a “progressive” movie?
Why did Ruin Johnson say that there was no point or time for Finn’s deleted scenes, A Han Solo Funeral, Luke mourning Han, Rey and Luke screen time, the Knights of Ren, ANYTHING about Snoke, Kylo’s feelings about his family, or anything else above but we got plenty of time Ben Swolo, Porgs, Canto Bight, frog nuns, shit humor, an unnecessary 4th act, and Luke being a bum?
Why is this movie looked at as the best of Star Wars when it didn’t do anything to raise the bar and destroyed most of the world building 8 films made prior?
If you care about UK Politics and Brexit, you’re going to want to listen to all the audio clips in this thread of the Canadian Parliament’s committee looking into Aggregate IQ which was directly involved with groups funding support for Brexit, and which was found to be in violation of electoral financial laws.
Aggregate IQ is a Canadian company, hence why they’re being investigated by the Canadian Government.
Charlie Angus (NDP), Frank Baylis (Liberal), Raj Saini (Liberal), Peter Kent (Conservative) and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Liberal).
The general reaction from this thread seems to be that the British Press is not covering this committees findings at all, and that some of this is big news on the scandal.
If anyone knows any prominent UK bloggers or UK politics blogs on tumblr, feel free to tag them in this post.
This seems important, and I’d like this to have as wide an audience as possible.
I’m seeing very little about this online. Even on twitter the only way I found out about this is because the NDP MP, Charlie Angus retweeted the thread from the OP (and I doubt many people in the UK are following individual Canadian Politicians like Angus). I follow a fair amount of political British people on my personal twitter and haven’t seen this anywhere, and as I said, neither the British or Canadian mainstream media appears to be covering this.
When your best friend tells you all she had for breakfast Was a packet of Splenda and a Diet Coke, And she tells you that she’ll stop after she loses five more pounds, Do not believe her. Tell her mother. It does not matter how angry your friend gets. The pain of that will always be preferable to the pain Of seeing your best friend in four years Weighing as much as she does now Half-dead in the hospital.
When your father sneaks into your bed in the dead of the night, And he tells you that this is how fathers love their daughters, Do not believe him. Tell your English teacher. She will have read millions of stories of girls like you. There is a one in six chance that she will be a girl like you. There is a five in six chance that she will know what to say to you. There is a six in six chance that she will help you.
When your veins whisper to you in the moonlight And say that there are so many nightmares inside you That could be free If you would just open your arms, Do not believe them. Tell your school’s guidance counselor, No matter how scared you are Because whispers are liars, And opening your arms will only open the passage For more nightmares to climb in.
And when the therapists say that you are better, Totally better, And you don’t need to worry about the sadness again, Do not believe them. Always be cautious, because sadness has a way Of sneaking up on you When you’re not looking. Be careful. Be careful.
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