Lady_Jedi_Carenix posted:

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SkywalkerShine posted:

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Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while here, guys. Been kinda busy. But I did do a picture for you all!

http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn219/rockinstarfan/?action=view&current=NooneDiesforme.jpg

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Aww. Very touching.

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TNPredsFan posted:

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- Our man Cade is scaring me with his "the ways of the Force are a tool" reasoning. We saw this same reasoning in the post-NJO novels, and things didn't turn out well.

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Jedi Trace posted:

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I think this next part is general enough not to be spoilery: Personally, I've never had a problem with the Force-as-a-tool idea. The nature of the Force (Entity vs. Energizer battery) has been debated forever, and I've never seen an argument strong enough to make me believe that either view was the right one.

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I'm really intrigued all the way around. Everyone's made good points. I see why Cade wants to assassinate Krayt; I see why the Jedi don't. I see why Shado would think Cade dark and dangerous; I see why Cade believes he can walk both paths and stay under control. I don't know who's more right in either conflict, but I don't believe anyone so far is in full possession of either the truth or a moral high ground. I think it's going to be really fascinating to watch this play out.

I have seen the concept of a strong Force-wielder consciously using both light and dark techniques simply as tools while disavowing loyalty to either the Jedi or Sith way in fanfic (and it's always been an interesting philosophical exploration); I'm unsure whether I've seen it in profic before. As Nicki pointed out, we've seen the Jedi use dark side techniques before and it wasn't a real smart move. But as Traci says, in those instances they were using Vergere's "there is no dark side" philosophy, as well as trying to hold to the Jedi way. Cade is very deliberately using dark side techniques without denying that they are of the dark side, nor is he trying to be a Jedi. Definitely a difference there.

Of course, even if Cade can use both and keep his control, he's setting himself up as the ultimate moral authority, and that's a slippery, slippery road. I'm unconvinced that it would be a safe course even for someone with both great power and centuries worth of wisdom and experience like Yoda; how much more dangerous it must be for someone like Cade who's young, emotionally unstable, and addicted to strong hallucinogens.

I like Azlyn more and more. Her inner conflict is a fun addition to the conflicts already abounding in this story.

Poor Jariah. I agree with Nicki; he's carrying one heck of an emotional burden here, no matter what his father was like. I'm impressed, though, that Jariah grew up to be as good as he is when his greatest influences were apparently his father and Rav.

I know we don't have official confirmation of Marasiah's heritage (unless I've missed a rather important announcement somewhere along the line ), but she sure does look like a descendant of Jaina and Jag to me.

I wondered the same thing about that Arkanian girl, Nicki. Veeerry interesting.

Lady_Jedi_Carenix posted:

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I like flawed characters because they can make a mistake and deal with it. For example, when Cade sleeps with Darth Talon, he has to apologize to Blue. I wonder how would Luke explain a similar situation to Mara. I don't think he could, because a) he's too "perfect" a character to cheat on his wife, and b) Mara would kill him. In the case of Blue, she knows Cade is flawed, so when he screws up, its not the end of the universe. When a "good" character sits and angsts over right and wrong for too long, I start to lose interest. At a certain point, a decision has to get made and then there are consequences. In Cade's case, he doesn't always make the right decisions, so he has more consequences pop up in his life that tend to make for more interesting reading than a mostly perfect character who can't let go of their guilt/angst over making one bad choice.

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divapilot posted:

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And Gabri, is there ANYTHING you don't know????

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s65horsey posted:

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I spoiled myself because I have no idea when I'm going to get this comic. I'm either going to have to have them shipped to me somehow from a dealer or have my mom do it. I'm not even sure if the first one is an option.

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