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[cleolinda]

Actually getting somewhere with "Attack of the Clones," thank God. Have been listening to Avril Lavigne all day while writing, which--look, shut up, okay? If it works for me, it works for me. And don't front, "My Happy Ending" is pretty catchy. Besides, I can't resist a song that starts out with the lines, "Let's talk this over. It's not like we're dead." Say what? Way to borrow trouble there, Av.

Points of interest:

The Directorium--a fannish Wiki "to provide a structured, searchable and easily updatable directory of fannish sites for nearly all fandoms and media (fanfic, fanart, vids, zines, archives, screencaps, scripts, etc.)." Not much there at the moment, so those of you with Wiki-editing experience may want to get over there and help out.

A guide on How to Write Good. I know it made me a better writer...

Neil Gaiman is gracious about The Other Beowulf, because he is Neil and that is what he does. *luff*

Question for those of you familiar with the Star Wars universe: Why does Obi-Wan hate flying? He spends most of AOTC being like, "I hate flying! I hate flying anyway, but [your driving] is suicide! ACK, meteors! I HATE FLYING!" The hell? You'd think a prequel would clear up something, not add a new mystery.

Sigh. Taking a dinner break now. Thank God all my Wide, Wide World reading is done for tomorrow. Now all I have to do is wash and dry some clothes while I hammer out some Anakin temper tantrums...


ETA: God, my jaw hurts. I think I've been sitting here too long.

Comments

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

From some sneak peak at episode 2: " Slave I is shown firing a missile at Obi-Wan's Starfighter. Obi-Wan: "Blast, this is why I hate flying!" The missile then hits an asteroid and smashes in a cool way."

So err, he hates flying because people shoot at him when he flies?

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

(and yes, I did google "why does obi-wan hate flying". Because I truly am that much of a dork.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

But he also hates flying when Anakin hijacks that speeder. It's seriously the biggest non sequitur ever. I kept waiting for it to be revealed that, like, a starship ran over his parents or something.

[pigsnicket.livejournal.com]

Cut scene from one of the prequels showing Obi-Wan's childhood.
...And suddenly everyone was run over by a starship.
-The End-

Heh.

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

Another quote I found (I haven't seen the film in ages, so I don't remember if this was cut or not):

ANAKIN
Sorry, I forgot you don't
like flying, Master.

OBI-WAN
I don't mind flying… but what
you're doing is suicide.

(from here (http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/cut_scenes/ep2/chasing_zam.htm)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what he says--I just realized I was sort of ignoring the "I don't mind flying" part (although that's sort of contradicted by the fact that he disliked it enough for Anakin to notice and comment on it), but then when he's chasing Jango Fett, he's all like, "This is why I hate flying!" It's just--I don't get why the whole thing is in the movie at all.

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go with 'idiot writers' and stick with it.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

...Yeah, pretty much.

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

I looked through an encyclopedia thingy for star wars and it didn't mention anything about his fear of flying, so I'm guessing it's not supposed to register as a plot point?

" Obi-Wan was taken from his family at a ery early age, once his affinity with the Force was evident. Note that the novelization of Return of the Jedi claims Obi-Wan was the first son of a moderately wealthy family, and he was a fast learner. He sailed through his education at the Academy, and was praised by his family as well as his acquaintances in the Old Republic"

Maybe they, err, flew him away from his family?


..you can tell that I've loved star wars all my life, can't you.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

See, it's folks like you I'm counting on to get me through the drafting phase. : )

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

At your service.

You have my geekiness.


(Lookie mum, I crossed fandoms!)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Don't cross the streams fandoms!

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

*runs back to SW fandom*

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hmm--since you're my go-to at this point, does Anakin have a middle name? He totally doesn't, does he?

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

As far as I can see, no.

I love that it was an immaculate conception.
Anakin - he's like Jesus in a way.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heeeeee. For real.

See, I really wanted Obi-Wan to be able to yell at him, you know? The whole full name thing. "MISTER, YOU WILL TURN THIS SPEEDER AROUND RIGHT NOW!"

[ex-krazycat651.livejournal.com]

Aaah yeah, that would've been good.
Maybe you can put a nickname there?

[everstar3.livejournal.com]

How about Lefty?