I've been tagged again!

Thanks to Shena and Helen for giving me the the 11 tag award again! 

11 random things about myself
1) I seriously can't wait for Taylor Swift's new album Red! October 22 come quickly!
2) I'm typing this in Math Class
3) I just watched Twilight since I'm curious about why people hate it. It's not that bad... really.
4) When I'm sad I imagine myself laughing on a horse next to Legolas... the sun streaming down my face and the horse galloping to the lake, splashing water in out faces... it's paradise. Took away all reality. In the shadows would be Obi-Wan watching and smiling.
5) I look at my recently acquired LOTR poster every night before I go to sleep. That's like one of the only poster I have.
6) One Direction's "Live while we're young" is stuck in my head. I love that song!
7) I did not have a good night last night. I don't think I want to talk about it either.
8) My future husband would have to accept that he'll need to give me the One Ring from LOTR as my engagement ring, marry like Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan from POTC, unless he won't be my husband.
9) Because of my high expectations, I never had a boyfriend. I don't think I want one. Too young, even though every one else in my grade either has one or looking for one.
10) When let down, my Padawan Braid almost touches my waist.
11) Random Fact: I can't think of a random fact. Does this random fact count?
Update: Got one. I did horribly on my math test. I'm always good at math, even if I hate it. This is I'm not alone though- the whole class did bad. 

I'm going to randomly choose questions from Shena's and Helen's blog.

1) What is your favorite time of the day?
Afternoon when I finish school to evening, watching TV.

2) What is your favorite movie?
Star Wars. LOTR comes close, as well as Harry Potter. The Hunger Games would be on this list but I'm more in favor of the books because of the shaky camera and stuff.

3) What are your top five favorite soundtracks?
Force theme, Across the Stars, Fellowship of the Rings, In Dreams, My heart will go on. 
Hard to choose. Marry Me and POTC theme song fits somewhere in there too.

4) What is your dream life?

Unrealistic:
A Jedi and an Elf being with Legolas, and good friends with Strider. 

Realistic: 
Writing something as close to my unrealistic dream as possible without cliches and getting my book to be a best seller, seeing it become a movie and being in it with Orlando Boom.

Well, that's a bit unrealistic too though.

5) What is/was your favorite subject in school and why?
English because I love books and writing. Creativity is awesome.

6) If you could co-star with any actor, who would it be?
Orlando Bloom. No need for explanation.

7) Which Star Wars book is your favorite?(if you don't read the EU, which Clone Wars episode is your favorite?) 

ROTS novelization

8) Harry Potter or The Hunger Games and why?

Harry Potter. Hunger Games is really nice, but the second and third book is not that good. In contrast, Harry Potter is great till the very end. Harry Potter taught me so much. More that the Hunger Games.

9) What is your favorite song?

It often changes, but right now I can't choose between Fearless by Taylor Swift and Begin Again... by Taylor Swift too.

10) Which member of the Star Wars cast would you like to meet?

I don't know exactly... but I think I'd go for Keira Knightley. While she has a small role in TPM, I still like her and her character in POTC.

11) Which of your favorite books would you like to see made into a movie?

I don't know exactly. I think The Giver would be really nice as a movie though.

My Questions:

1) What are your fandoms?

2) Do you do fan art? If so, can you post it?

3) What is your opinion of Ahsoka and why?

4) Do you like to write?

5) Would you rather be an Elf or a bounty hunter?

6) Explain your perfect fantasy relaxation place.

7) Tell us a strange talent you have.

8) What are things that make you happy?

9) Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings?

10) What's the last song that's stuck in your head?

11) Have you ever been in love?

Yeah, they're really random.

Thanks again to both of you, I enjoyed this greatly! I award this to Covert Knight, Faith, Satine, Jamie, Robyn, James, Arda, Voronda, Lindy, Aayla, and Edessa! May the Force be ever in your favor!

Front Runners Review

"To seek something is to believe in its possibility"

I don't have much of an opinion on this episode, but overall, I liked it. Possible spoilers ahead.

The whole idea is very interesting to me. The plot was great. It seemed as if this is kind of like a grey area, where one side sees the other as black and their own side as white. We're supposed to see the side of the rebels as good, which I do. I think it's interesting for the king called them terrorists. The war is messed up...

I'm starting to like Steela a lot, despite the love triangle going on in the movie. I love her attitude, her skills, and her character. Ahsoka is still a bit strange like in the last episode. Anakin telling her about how he understands is really interesting, like dropping a hint about him and Padme. The end of the episode is really awesome too; echoing Leia's "he's my brother" line. I wonder what Lux thinks of it all, but we definitely know for sure that Ahsoka wasn't okay with it. Despite Saw and Steela looking pretty alike, it never occurred to me that they are related.

The animations are really well done. The battle droids were stupid but funny, like always. This time, like the last episode, there was a really clear goal, which I liked. At least the separatists learnt not to control the droids in one place, but they should have figured out about the power generator...

Filoni hinted that this arc will have something to do with the Rebel Alliance later on. I can't wait to see how this arc turns out. Until next time, May the Force be with you!

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What if...

There's so many what ifs in Star Wars. The Jedi don't go back and dwell on what ifs, they accept the mistake and move on. But sometimes it helps you in the future to look back and reflect. Jedi do that sometimes.

So... let's see.

What if Anakin never gotten the dream?
Most would say that the Jedi would never have been purged, the Republic wouldn't fall, the empire would never have risen, and there would be no Vader.
People would say it would be a happy ending, with Anakin probably leaving the Order, wit hLuke and Leia happy with Padme, and Obi-Wan as an uncle but still a Jedi.

But...

Then why did George Lucas make the story like that? You can't just say that it is for the story to be interesting, or because the original trilogy came first.

It's because it's meant to be, for me. It is because it is the will of the Force.

It is the Force that gave him that dream in the first place. He saw the vision of the future through the Force.

So back to that question. What if Anakin never got the dream?

There's many possibilities. The dream is a crucial point in the whole story.  He might never have turned to the dark side. But I believe that the republic is destined to fall so it can rise again stronger and more powerful than ever.

That kind of sounds like Separatist thinking, but as we know, the separatists aren't really evil, are they? They're just unknowing pawns of evil. The republic is really corrupt. In the end Obi-Wan really thought that the republic wasn't worth fighting for in the first place. Man, the Clone Wars is not black and white... most of it is gray.

I believe Sidious would find another way to ensnare Anakin, and history would turn out completely differently for the Star Wars galaxy. By the time Sidious figured that out the children would probably have been born... I couldn't see where that can lead.

There are many other points that can stop the Star Wars history. For one, if the house of Palpatine really loved their son... he would never have turned to Sidious.

This is just something that popped into my mind often and I think about it. I think too much. I understand now why the Jedi said not to dwell on what-ifs and feel instead of thinking. I get headaches when I do. =)

So... Until next time,

May the Force be with you!

To be a fan

I need to get my feelings out.

There are many things that peeve me out when it comes to fandoms.

My brother keeps saying "Why don't you use the Force to do...". My "friend" keeps saying "I h*te Star Wars" (Can't use the two words in the same sentence). A person online said "Legolas is [something here] and [something here]."

My reaction: ... -_-

The person online is a Lord of the Rings fan, and he doesn't like Legolas and takes it all out. Is he a true fan?

I guess he may like LOTR, but he is never going to be a true fan until he realizes that he needs to accept other people's opinions who love LOTR as well and stop bashing them.

There's many meanings for being a fan. But for me, I simply accept anyone who truly love their fandom. That's it. It's not about knowing everything about it, or having everything with its name. That's just something to the side. To be a fan, you respect another fan. You're passionate about your fandom. You're naturally annoyed that someone doesn't like your fandom, but you stick with it no matter what happens.

Summed up, you accept your fandom just the way it is. That includes its fans. Like when you love someone, you love that person just the way (s)he is.

Sure, everyone can have their own opinions about something. But taking it all out like that... it's just wrong. We need to accept it, since it's part of being a fan, but the person shouldn't do it in the first place. Stay strong.

So... beware. There are fake fans out there, but true fans will accept other true fans, because we are all one. We are a family tied together by that one thing we're passionate about.

There is no passion, there is serenity.

But I can't deny that there are things I'm passionate about. Mace Windu can't deny that he's passionate about the republic.

I look up to my fandoms. Everything in there taught me about life as much as my own experience. Without them, I don't know who I'm going to be. It's going to be like a dementor sucked out my soul and left my body as an empty shell. It's more than just inspiring; it's everything we are. It brings a smile to your face everyday, and not just a simple smile. That smile shows happiness, and how proud I am to stay in that fandom.

There will be times where loyalties are tested. Somedays it is just dark and it seemed like nobody cares, and you just get on with your life like a robot with nothing worth living. But there are people who cares. I care. Your family should care. Your friends. Life is worth living, no matter how much it seems otherwise. You are here so that you experience the joy and the pain, acknowledge them, and make this world a better place so people to come can feel the joy. If we are strong on the inside, everything that annoys us on the outside will never sum up to our love for what we truly believe in. We can't have a little rain without a rainbow.

Remember that there will always be people worse off than you are. When you're depressed over the amount of homework you have (by the way, I must really be getting to mines), there are people with no dinner to eat. They would desperately want your life with its depressions that are minor to them.

Now, I realize I'm not just talking about fandoms. This is... religion, convictions, everything that makes us who we are.

So... an advice from your blogger: just hang in there. And wing it. And may the Force be ever in your favor.

A War on Two Fronts Review

"Fear is a malleable weapon."

I have mixed feelings about this. Actually, I have mixed feelings about everything in my life right now, so doing this would get it sorted out a bit. There would be possible spoilers in this review.

This episode will be the start-up of the arc, which means that it will build a lot up. This is pretty good to know. This is an interesting episode, overall. There were great characters in there. Now... getting deep.

The animation was good, but not great. The Jedi cloaks struck me as... solid and stiff. I like it when Ahsoka puts her hood on though. At the beginning, the jump around seemed smooth and nice, and the dark color seemed to give me an air of anticipation. Later on it was day, and that was just okay. The flames were nicely done.

The plot was slow, but of course this is a build up. It did not satisfy me, but it left me wanting more, which it is meant to do. I can still here the "that's it?" in my head. I hate cliffhangers.

I'm not so sure about the whole Luxoka relationship thing here. After meeting Lux in "Heroes on both sides" I thought he was a pretty nice character, but not a hero. Then there was the "A friend in need" episode where he became tougher, but misguided. I thought that when he left Ahsoka to find his own destiny, it was meant to be. They may have love for each other, but I don't know if it's supposed to be that way. Ahsoka needs to be a good Jedi, but she doesn't seem like one around him. More like her master. Anakin may know, but I'm sure he'll keep quiet about it, because he knows how it feels like with Padme. 

Now here. Ahsoka clearly shows that she loves him. I think Steela and Ahsoka would soon have a fight with each other... over boys. That would be the last thing I could expect. Strong fighters squabbling over a boy? C'mon. This episode focuses on their love triangle... or rather Lux leaving Ahsoka behind and leaving her out of the loop of his and Steela's "love". So, summed up, I think Ahsoka should understand that Lux and her are never meant to be, even though they are pretty cute together. 

Other things I like is Rex's armor, the battle tactics, and revisiting the Jedi high council. It gave me some kind of serenity. Oh, and the stupid droids were really hilarious. Obi-Wan, as his usual self, was awesome, and so is Anakin.

I can't wait to see the turn out of this arc. Until then, may the Force be with you!