People always forget that Shmi started the Skywalker line. People always forget that Anakin carried Shmi in his heart until he died, that her death was the reason he turned to the dark side. People always forget that Leia’s resilience and strength is also from Shmi, and that Luke’s kindness and ever hopeful outlook on life is Shmi’s blood running through his veins. When people think of Leia and Luke, they never think of them as descendants of Shmi. The fandom never credits Shmi Skywalker as being a strong female character. No one ever makes comics or fics of Shmi’s ghost watching over the Skywalker twins.
The fandom just forgets about Shmi, forgets that she is the mother of the most powerful line in current canon. We forget that she is one of the most strongest female characters in the saga. To raise a son in slavery, to make sure he is healthy and care for, and to give him away so he could have a better life is strength. And to essentially be forgotten by the Republic,to be forgotten by the literal queen/Senator she gave aid and shelter to and who eventually marries her son-who had the resources to save her, and to receive no aid in return, yet still stay strong in the face of torture just to see her son one last time, takes strength.
We see her in Anakin, Luke and Leia yet, there is hardly ever mention. There is hardly ever recognition for her connection to them in the fandom. Well, guess it’s time to make my own Shmi content since the fans pretend she doesn’t exist.
Like for real, the skywalker line was started by a slave woman who gave all she had to help her son, and her granddaughter became a senator and her grandson became the head of the new jedi order. That is big and none of that would have happened without Shmi.
Freedom of speech is always a thing, but if you’re writing racist trash, it’s other people’s right to call your racist ass behavior.
Don’t like it? Then don’t be a racist.
And talking about it and making people aware that this is a segment of fandom that actively supports antiblackness is not harassment. Fans of color should be aware that this is a hostile environment, especially toward Black people. Fans are rallying around this author and this fanwork in support.
They’ve already made it clear that they will fight to protect racist fanwork before, and they’ll keep doing it. The fandom has a responsibility not to look away, because this is real life. If someone has that much hostility toward a black fictional man being in the vicinity of a white woman, do you think it doesn’t reflect at all in how they view real people? They sure don’t hesitate to go after Black fans, regardless of ship.
It’s not guilt by association. He had full knowledge and was entirely complicit in the destruction of Hosnia. He KNEW about the plan to destroy Hosnia, he was right there when Hux presented the plan and Snoke approved it, but didn’t do Jack Schitt to warn anyone. Instead he doubled down, imploring Gramps to help him stay strong in the Darkness. He literally stood and watched Hosnia happen, knowing it was wrong and even conflicted about it but having made his choice.
This is where the comparisons to Zuko are so insulting. When Zuko found out about his father and sister’s plan to destroy the entire Earth Kingdom he realized this was a bridge too far and refused to be part of it. He confronted his father and then left the Fire Nation to train the Avatar in order to put a stop to the planned genocide. Even a sixteen-year-old boy who had been abused and scarred by his own father acted against and refused to be part of what he knew to be unconscionable.
And YES, throwing Kylo Ren in jail is for the greatest good. The Resistance sure as hell don’t need him. He’s already killed off Snoke, ending up doing some good that way for his selfish reasons, and Rey is stronger in the Force than he is. Finn could still be revealed to be Force sensitive. The Resistance never needed Kylo Ren, and Rey would have seen that from the first if not for her insecurities and self-doubts. I have already detailed how the Resistance could still come back from the end of TLJ (link). I don’t think the lack of one murderous white guy with an overblown sense of his own importance is going to doom them lol. I would far rather place hope in the people around the galaxy, heroes who have sacrificed so much for galactic freedom, and the tens of thousands of enslaved Stormtroopers than on a selfish, narcissistic elitist.
Throwing Kylo in prison would not just be for his involvement in the genocide of a Star System, which he definitely is. The Order was given by Snoke, Hux and Kylo share equal blame.
Let’s list off the known/on screen crimes that would throw Kylo in prison:
Kylo and the Knights of Ren killed their fellow classmates and burned Luke’s temple.
Kylo killed a defenseless Lor San Tekka in cold blood.
Kylo ordered the slaughter of the surrending Jakku villagers.
Kylo tortured Poe, a New Republic Soldier.
Kylo led an attack on Max’s castle and was responsible for the deaths multiple people.
Kylo killed Han, a General in the New Republic.
Kylo led the attack on Leia’s ship, personally killing many of the soldiers on the hanger, like Tallie Lintra. Also this attack Kylo led, killed multiple high ranking soldiers still in affiliation with the New Republic, like Admiral Ackbar.
And finally, Kylo led and ordered the attack to destroy the rest of the Resistance that caused the deaths of multiple New Republic soldiers, including Commander Luke Skywalker.
Kylo at this point is lucky is he gets prison. It’s would be a charity, that would literally be a favor of the greatness magnitude for Leia.
Death is too easy. I want him to stew for the rest of his life in the humiliation of defeat, ranting about how right he is. And if he does end up seeing what horrible, irreversible crimes he committed and his conscience mauls him for the rest of his life so he never has a moment of peace, then all the better.
I don’t want Kylo to die, because death means nothing to him.
A fitting karma would be for Kylo to loose his connection to the force and be cut off from it for good.
THE OZAI SOLUTION OMG
THIS. I want him to be imprisoned for the rest of his life BUT at the same time I want his connection to the Force be permanently cut.
Also, can we please just add that he needs to be held accountable simply for the narrative and world to be believable? Imagine if the crimes listed above were simply tossed aside or he‘d only get a slap on the hand for it. It would destroy SW for me (and I love Kylo) and much worse, imagine what kind of message that would send to children and adults alike who watch SW? That‘s ok to torture and murder if you regret it afterwards, esp if you‘re a white man? That you will be forgiven and that those destroyed lives, ultimately, don‘t matter?
Just because one might feel for him as a character, doesn‘t and mustn‘t absolve him from his deeds. So yeah, put that boy in prison. Hold him accountable.
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