Rey is given a luxury that comes so easily to male heroes – she simply turns a corner, finds a magical item (Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber, no less) and it awakens the Force in her. Just that. No searing infertility, no rape, no revelation of past abuse, no heartbreak, no sacrifice. No heroine whose validity is defined by what she has sacrificed, in the way of Katniss handing up her life for her sister, becoming a martyr for a revolution. In the way of Ariel, handing over her power to speak in order to walk on land. No poison apple, no needle on a spinning wheel here.
Tag: star wars
The science of StarStarStar.
Trek: This is science-fiction, but we want our science to at least sound plausible. Therefore, most of the time, our scientific explanations will be rooted in scientific fact or at the very least solid, generally accepted theory.
Gate: We’re about half and half. We try to make it plausible sometimes, but usually you just have to technobabble your way through it.
Wars: This man has a laser sword. Why does he have a laser sword? Because laser swords are cool. This is all the explanation you need.
“What I didn’t realize, back when I was this twenty-five-year-old pinup for geeks in that me myself and iconic metal bikini, was that I had signed an invisible contract to stay looking the exact same way for the next thirty to forty years. Well, clearly I’ve broken that contract. Partly because, in an effort to keep up my disguise as a human being, I had a child at some point. And then, in an effort to stay sane for said child, I took pounds and pounds of medications that have the dual effect of causing water retention (think ocean, not lake) while also creating a craving for salad — chocolate salad. So yes, in answer to your unexpressed question, sanity does turn out to come at a heavy price.”
— Carrie Fisher
In a bar on a small moon somewhere deep in the Outer Rim, Leia Organa and Zoë Washburne are having a quiet drink.
The trio became inseparable–Ford and Fisher particularly so. Whenever anyone couldn’t find Harrison, you’d say, “Have you tried Carrie Fisher’s changing room?”
MBTI & Actors: Carrie Fisher – ENFP (x)
Another reason to adore Carrie Fisher she is so frank and honest.
This woman is a gift.
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The older I get the more I appreciate the perfection that is Han and Leia
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