Show creator: so here’s a
witty, smart, well-thought character, with a rich background, complex past, and (s)he has lots of interesting quirks and skills…
Tumblr: YEAH, OKAY, BUT IS (S)HE TRANS? HOMOSEXUAL? POC?
Show creator: why does it ma~
Tumblr: BOOOOOOORING!!!!
Show creator: actually yes Tumblr: this is their only defining characteristic and this show is now only for people represented by that quality if they also agree with me on every subject
Show creator: And they have some flaws/ or they’re a villain Tumblr: This show is a homophobic, transphobic, racist, misogynistic pile of crap and all it’s fans are crap too.
Tumblr: *harasses and sends death threats to people over the show*
Show Creator: This is not why I made this show, I wanted to be inclusive and subversive but also make people happy, and this isn’t good, please stop it.
Tumblr: OMG So you like child porn and hate gay people!?!?!?!?!?!?!
The fact that every single one of these has happened exactly like this is really depressing.
Since Leia never knew Obi-wan as "Ben" (or at all, really), that name must come primarily from Han... in honor of the crazy old wizard who somehow chose him out of a cantina full of lowlifes on a dustbowl planet and changed his path forever. Give feels? /grabby hands
Ben squats at the edge of a hatch in the Millennium Falcon, watching his father fix the hyperdrive. The hyperdrive is in a constant state of either needing to be fixed, being fixed, or just about to break. At this stage, Ben isn’t aware that hyperdrives can work any other way.
“What?” Han Solo’s voice is muffled, followed by an arc of sparks and a hastily-cut-off swear word. This kind of thing is regular enough not really bother Ben, so he calmly repeats himself.
“Dad? Why am I called Ben?”
This finally gets Han’s attention: his dad pokes his head up through the hatch and blinks in the sudden light. “Your mom didn’t tell you?”
Ben shakes his head. Han makes a silent appeal to the sky- the roof of the Falcon, maybe, or something further above- then picks up a hydrospanner.
“Ben was the name of the guy who introduced me to your uncle Luke.” The rest is slightly distorted as Han ducks back into the guts of the Falcon, Ben leaning over to watch him as closely as he can. “Walked up to me in this place, Mos Eisely, ah, uh, well, it was kind of a bar and your old dad was there looking for work-”
“Smuggling.” Ben says with satisfaction, because the word always seems to embarrass his dad.
“Smuggling, yes, okay, and this old guy comes up to me, all dressed in robes. Says he needs a pilot.”
“And you were the best.” This is an undeniable fact, like mom being in charge or Uncle Chewis giving the greatest hugs. It just is, so Ben’s surprised when Han stands up again, putting the hydrospanner back and leaning against the side of the hatch.
“I don’t think I was, you know.” He points a finger at Ben. “Don’t tell anyone. But at the time? In that place? I’m sure there were better pilots, with less noticeable ships. But he chose me.”
“And then you met uncle Luke and mom and saved the galaxy.”
“Single-handed, yep.” Han reaches over and ruffles his son’s hair. “So the next time someone unexpected came and changed my life, I thought, I know what to call him.”
That said, in terms of mlp, there’s gotta be a ton of unicorn EMTs in Equestria, considering if they want to perform CPR, they can just use telekinesis to squeeze the heart instead of breaking every bone in someone’s ribcage.
Now all I can imagine is that cloudsdale keeps little rain clouds in breakable glass for defibrillators.
Personally I find the thought that someone could just telekinetically squeeze someone’s heart more than a little terrifying. Talk about untraceable murder.
Yeeaah, I would suggest against that as a CPR technique. Only VERY well trained professionals could possibly know how to squeeze a heart back to life without just simply crushing it in the magic hold.
Do we know how much pressure comes with magic holding? Can the unicorns control it? Feel it? How do they magically grab something they can’t see? Instead of, you know, accidentally start squeezing the lung instead.
And if you can reach somepony’s heart and squeeze it with magic… well, what keeps that from becoming the cleanest way to murder someone?
On the subject of murder that can’t be traced, I always imagined that magic leaves some sort of residue that can be tracked, like a fingerprint or DNA.
Yes but people first need to be suspicious of it being a murder and not just a heart attack of some sort, to do the scanning for magic residue. Depends on how clever the unicorn is. And who is not to say any traces found can’t just be claimed as ATTEMPTS on CPR and not the actual killing blow?
On a side note, I DO have two OC’s with heart attack magic as their special talents…
Well I think a magic scan would be part of the autopsy and would be as routine as checking for poisons or other foul play. They would probably be able to tell if the magic happened before or after the heart attack.
Blogged this forever ago. This started a weird slew of ‘Panel 9′ cultists who worship every panel 9 I draw, and a constant referance to potatoes in everything. This is my legacy.
I saw this long ago but still needed this on my blog so,
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
