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  1. Channelknight Fadran
    The first strike fell short of Reelwiron, but the second veered off its former trajectory as Krarik jerked the beam aside, snapping against Rajib's blade; he twisted around once again, now sending a pair of whirling blades straight for Rajib's head.
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    The first blade found itself knocked aside, and the second soon after - but Krarik followed through with a twist, bringing them both up once again from beneath. The speed was uncanny as he subtly fed the attack some extra momentum with the Force; nothing fancy yet, but it served as a warning to what this saberwhip's true potential would be.
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    The moment their blades touch, Krarik once again vanished into this mists - then, not a blink of an eye later, reappeared to counterattack Reelwiron.
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    The holocrons, eh? Krarik snapped into existence just behind Cloud, lightsaber swinging for his head. "Perhaps."
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    "Those guys! The ones talking about not wanting to be heard."
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    "HEY BOSS! THERE'S A GUY!" @The Honorable One
  9. Channelknight Fadran

    What ignoring social media for a few hours can do for you:

    1635 words written :D

    1. Frustration

      Frustration

      It's also great for your state of mind, you feel so much better.

  10. Channelknight Fadran

    What I have learned about today is not the worst thing to ever happen

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    (The worst things to Probably Ever Happen:)

    • Genocide (Most notably the Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan Genocide, Holodomor... an argument could be made for The Great Leap Forward)
    • Slavery (It has existed since the dawn of time and shows no signs of vanishing - it is arguable as to whether historic or modern slavery is "worse," but also not arguable because why the hell would you try to argue that)
    • War (Pretty much all of it, but my mind always turns to WWI as the most miserable time period in all of history. Death by chlorine gas, flamethrower; drowning from a U-boat attack, stabbed with a bayonet, bleeding out from amputation; waiting in the trenches for days and weeks on end for the cold to finally finish you off)

     

    But I will say this: it is definitely up there.

    To all my queer friends, you probably know all about Conversion "Therapy." To all my other friends who are otherwise out of the loop, you might have conceived the idea on your own time as Something that Probably Happens. It is the "practice" of "fixing" a person's sexual orientation, gender preference, or pretty much anything else that isn't just Straight. I've always assumed that were some bad-apple religious zealots and who actually did it, but I kind of figured that it was a rare occurrence.

    No.

    First of all: disclaimer. The best numbers I could find were for a research paper taken in Ohio. The article citing it discloses several times that their "national" statistics are extrapolated from these, and that no conclusive Everywhere Study has crunched the numbers on the whole thing.

    Second of all: trigger warning? Maybe I should've put this earlier, but if you're uncomfortable with the idea of suicide, self-harm, identity assassination, and other forms of enforced self-hatred; be warned. 

    Because exposure to "Conversion "Therapy"" doubles the suicide rate for queer teens; in the best of cases.

    I am not queer, to my knowledge. I am a very straight, cishet, white, default American male; and as a professional Autistic guy, I've always had trouble with empathy. Sympathy I can manage just fine, but to actually put myself in someone else's shoes and try to feel what they're feeling is really hard; so when I first learned about this horrendous practice, and felt genuine rage and terror at just the mere idea... I couldn't begin to imagine what it would actually be like for a real person.

    The "process" varies from practitioner to practitioner, because it is not a science in any respect - dozens (if not hundreds) of studies have completely berated the practice, citing it as anything and everything from baseless to actively harmful to literally deadly. The practice is banned in 20 states, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico; but even then, the law cannot extend past medical 'professionals.' 4/5 "therapists" for the process are religious leaders.

    Like... let me make it clear just how unprofessional that is. A large number of modern-day religions are structurally opposed to queer individuals (I'll be referring to Christian denominations because I'm not particularly qualified to discuss anything else), but many have several individuals who either don't actively depose their identities. The literal Pope has made several remarks that - while still rather homophobic in nature - don't claim that homosexuality or transgenderism is a sin against God. Even if his words are to say "I'm sure God can help you gay folks," there's still a heavy theme of "we must accept everyone, regardless of who they are, so long as they are good."

    So... homophobia is homophobia. But d'you want to know what's worse than homophobia?

    CONVERSION THERAPY

    THIS IS THE WORST THING THAT IS LITERALLY LEGAL ACROSS MORE THAN HALF THE UNITED STATES

    Here's some numbers: roughly 2% of all LGBTQ+ minors will be exposed to Conversion Therapy. There are roughly 2 million LGBTQ+ minors in the USA. Badabing badaboom: 40,000 minors exposed to Conversion Therapy every year.

    LGBTQ+ minors are four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers; Queer individuals exposed to Conversion Therapy are twice as likely on top of that, making their chances eight times more likely than the "average" person.

    How many Queer kids to undergo this process will attempt suicide a year? Thirteen thousand. How many will succeed? Three thousand.

    Conversion Therapy has a 13% mortality rate.

    You are more likely to survive a Cancer Diagnosis

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    2. Experience

      Experience

      :(

    3. The cheeseman

      The cheeseman

      I do not affiliate myself with those people. Thank u, have a nice day

    4. Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      Thaidakar the Ghostblood

      That's absolutely horrible!

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    f o R g
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    I Know All Things; I have Seen All Things. The Universe, Time, Reality - it is all laid bare before me... save the foolish Nintendo Switch! To reasons yet unknown, its structure remains hidden from my sight.
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    Can you fix Nintendo Switches the voice from Without
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    Master Feisyyd strode forward, bringing out a second hilt of her own. "Recall what I told you about Kyber Crystals - they are gems that resonate deeply with the Force, and thus can be felt and tamed by Jedi and Sith alike. The colors such as blue and green are most common, but through a terrifying process - called Bleeding - can be turned red. A red crystal can be Healed as well..." She ignited her second blade: pure white. Her master's old lightsaber. "I suspected this Assassin might have achieved the Truedark: a perfect Attunement to shun the Light Side in its entirety. Just as a man can become one with the Darkness, a Kyber Crystal can become black as the night." Feisyyd eyed him. "What he has done with that blade confirms it. I would not be surprised if his Step of Shadow is tied to this state - or, at the very least, he has mastered it to a degree beyond what any other Sith could ever hope to achieve. Either way, his use of the technique will be incredibly efficient." Krarik twirled one blade around, allowing the second to swing about from the end of the beam. "Meanwhile, all of you... how many days have you known Truesight? Or is it only hours? I can already feel how exhausted these children are... they have not Attuned. So I'll complete your ultimatum." He pointed directly up, where the sun was nearing. "There are about five minutes until high noon, and the shadows of these pillars become all but nonexistent - I will be incapable of wielding my signature Technique, and will eventually find myself overpowered by your combined prowess... however, at your current rate, every single one of you will have collapsed from exhaustion by that point. Thus, I have won: unless you can find a new strength in yourself, and persevere long enough to defeat me." Krarik moved his finger down, leveling it at the faces of his opponents. "Watch your shadows - time has drawn short enough now that I will not hesitate, not even for a moment, to slaughter you. React a moment too short, and you will die." With that he vanished, once again, into the darkness. @ΨιτιsτηεΒέsτ @Ancient Elantrian @Ravenclawjedi42 @Scars of Hathsin @Justice_Magician
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    "You see the Darkness as pain and malice, but it's not so simple... just as Light can be blinding and painful, Darkness can be calm and quiet. Neither is 'good' and neither is 'bad.'" Krarik proceeded to connect his two sabers from the hilt, but not into a saberstaff; instead, a crackling beam of energy emitted from the ends, connecting them by a chain of lightning. "I Healed this crystal the same way any Jedi might, just for a different purpose."
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    "Say, my friends... I'm sure many of you are aware of how a red lightsaber blade is created, yes?" Krarik guarded himself, sliding Rukk's blade aside. "To Bleed a Kyber Crystal, pouring into it your malice and hatred... it tears the weave of the Force, wringing the gem's essence, corrupting it. Certainly, a process to enact the will of the Darkness, you would think... but the Force is neither Light nor Dark. Kyber is not a Jedi's crystal, nor a Sith's; thus Red is not the color of Darkness, but the color of confusion and anger and hatred." "To Heal a Kyber is to return it to the light, yes? But you needn't Heal only Red - any color will do. Every color is an Impurity in the Force; only the purest of shades represent the purest of wills." Krarik held up a finger, then reached down to his belt. "This red blade... it isn't mine. I claimed it from my father, many years ago, after I slew him in single combat. I considered Healing it, but... well, I can't say I dislike the effect. But the lightsaber I constructed..." He retrieved a second hilt, this one curved at the end - then ignited the pitch-black blade. "To Heal a Kyber to the Light will turn it pale... and to Heal it to the Darkness? You see now what becomes of that."
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    Bouncer
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    I'm not having a good time

    want to know what

    would make my time

    a bit better?

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    REPLY TO JEDI INSURGENCE YOU BANTHA FODDER

     

     

     

     

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    2. justice magician

      justice magician

      IM AT SCHOOL BRO HOLD ON

      give me like, an hour kay?

    3. Channelknight Fadran

      Channelknight Fadran

      Chill, homie - 'twas only joshing you

    4. justice magician

      justice magician

      lol ik

       

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    it doesn't really matter
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    ...dude, we're just trying to have fun. No one cares if it's not "the meta"; RP isn't a trading card game
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    What I'm saying, Aeo, is that you're hanging with the wrong crowd if you think we're gonna not do worldbuilding
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    Youtube: [Recommends a video chronicling all the lightsaber duels in Star Wars]

    Me: I guess it's time for a TIER LIST

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    (I didn't actually do that I'd need a lot of screenshots)

    First of all:

    Garbage:

    • Luke vs. Leia (Rise of Skywalker): Apparently this one counts? I gave it a 1/10, and frankly I think it deserves less. It's approximately three seconds long and absolutely nothing happens.
    • Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Asajj Ventress (Star The Clone Wars Wars): 2/10. It's awkward and jumpy and Kenobi is kind of annoying throughout the whole thing.
    • High Inquisitor vs Kenan Jarrus, Rematch 2 (Rebels): 2/10. There were an awful lot of these semi-fights, and this one was the worst.
    • Kylo Ren vs Rey (Rise of Skywalker): 2/10. Their first fight in this god-awful movie. I really needed Rey to stop grunting all the time - this will become something of a theme
    • Master Yoda vs The Senate (Revenge of the Sith): 3/10. On the notepad I gave this 0 for the Sin of Interrupting Duel of the Fates, but honestly it deserves better than all the above pieces of garbage.
    • Anakin vs Dooku, feat. Sand (Star The Clone Wars Wars): 3/10. Out of the two god-awful lightsaber duels this god-awful movie had, this one was almost acceptable. Gets points for tactical usage of sand.
    • Anakin & Kenobi vs Ventress (The Clone Wars): 3/10. She grunts too much.
    • Ben vs Rey (The Rise of Skywalker): 3/10. This fight is garbage. Too much grunting.

    Watchable:

    • General Kenobi vs General Grievous (Revenge of the Sith): 3/10 - one point for about every second of actual lightsaber vs lightsaber combat there is in this "fight"
    • Darth Maul vs Qui-Gon Jinn (The Phantom Menace): 4/10. Remember when they fought for about three seconds on Tatooine? It was okay.
    • Darth Maul vs Pre Visla (The Clone Wars): 4/10. It's a decent action scene, but hardly any of it is actual Lightsaber Duel
    • Anakin vs Barriss Offee (The Clone Wars): 4/10. The fight itself is a little uneventful, but does come with a great meme
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    Fancy_stal "The only thing the Jedi Council believes in is violence! 'GNITES A SECOND LIGHTSABER TO PROVE HOW WRONG SHE IS - iFunny Brazil

    and yes - this is the best-quality image I could find. 

    • The Senate vs Master Windu (Revenge of the Sith): 4/10. First few seconds of Palpatine just killing off random schmucks is a little weird, but his duel with just Windu is pretty solid. Obv I don't like the grunting but it's kind of part of the effect with Sheev.
    • Ben vs Vader (Kenobi): 4/10. Yeah it's okay.
    • Grand Inquisitor vs Kenan Jarrus, Rematch 1 (Rebels): 4/10. Tries to be like Dooku vs Anyone, but ultimately comes up short.
    • Ezra & Kenan vs. Inquisitor Bros (Rebels): 4/10. The action is okay, but it suffers from Conversationitis
    • Ezra, Kenan, & Ahsoka vs Inquisitor Bros (Rebels): 4/10. Again, the action is okay... but this time there are just way too many lightsaber blades to make sense of any of it.
      • And then Maul shows up: 3/10. The action actually becomes worse now.
    • Blind Kenan vs Maul (Rebels): 4/10. It's okay, but also about three seconds long.
    • Sabine vs. Mandalore guy (Rebels): 4/10. It was kinda boring.
    • Rey vs Kylo Ren (The Force Awakens): 4/10. I would rank it way lower if the CGI wasn't as good.

    Decent:

    • Darth Sideous vs. Maul & Savage (The Clone Wars): 5/10. Would've been better if there'd been more Lightsaber and less Force Pushing
      • Maul vs. Darth Sideous: 11/10. After Savage is killed, this fight becomes wildly incredible.
    • Count Dooku vs. Anakin & Kenobi (Revenge of the Sith): 5/10. It's actually kinda lucky it got this high - the whole thing is carried by the last few seconds of Anakin vs Dooku. Otherwise it's just some weird Force shenanigans.
    • Darth Vader vs. Third Sister (Kenobi): 5/10. Respect any fight that lets Vader give absolutely no craps about his opponent.
    • Inquisitor vs Kenan Jarrus, Rematch 3 (Rebels): 5/10. And another one gone... this one's okay. Ezra shows up later on and the fight tries to be Maul vs Kenobi & Qui-Gon, which... no.
    • Finn vs. Kylo Ren (the Force Awakens): 5/10. Remember earlier when I said Rey's first duel with Kylo was bad? In fact, it was so bad that Finn's loss was actually better than her win.
    • Kenobi vs Vader (A New Hope): 5/10. It's the first ever lightsaber duel and it honestly goes pretty hard.

    Pretty Good:

    • Kenobi vs Dooku (Attack of the Clones): 6/10. 'S okay.
    • Padawanakin vs Dooku (Attack of the Clones): 6/10. 'S okay
    • Kit Fisto vs General Grievous (The Clone Wars): 6/10. Was better than I expected and remembered.
    • Ventress & Savage vs. Count Dooku (The Clone Wars): 6/10 here we have the first Prime Example of Clone Wars Dooku kicking name and taking bubblegum.
    • Ventress vs Ahsoka (The Clone Wars): 6/10. This is the one a little way's in when Ahsoka's been framed or whatever... maybe I should've dropped it lower. There wasn't much Lightsaber going on the whole time.
    • Inquisitor vs Kenan Jarrus (Rebels): 6/10. Yeah, that's right - there were four of these. And the first one was the best.
    • Ahsoka vs Maul (Rebels): 6/10. For all five seconds we have, it is glorious.

    Really Good:

    • Darth Maul vs. Qui-Gon Jinn & Obi-Wan Kenobi (The Phantom Menace): 7/10. A legendary duel, if a tad slow in the middle.
      • Maul vs. Kenobi: 11/10. Those last thirty seconds are incredible.
    • Dooku vs. The Ghost Witch Ladies (The Clone Wars): 7/10. Did I mention how epic Clone Wars Dooku was? He's the only one who could take completely unnatural-looking movements and a pair of pajamas and make it look metal as hell.
    • Kenobi vs. Darth Vader (Kenobi): 7/10. I liked it. Dropped off near the end.
    • Vader vs. Ahsoka (Rebels): 7/10. Darth Vader's movements seem a little weird, but otherwise it's a great fight.
    • Obi-Wan vs. Padawanakin (Kenobi): 8/10. Say what you will about this show, but it had some pretty solid lightsaber duels.
    • Yoda vs. Count Dooku (Attack of the Clones): 8/10. Yeah, yeah... the screaming is weird. But otherwise it's definitely the best fight in the movie.
    • Count Dooku vs. Yodette (Tales of the Jedi): 9/10. Started weird; got better.

    Really Good:

    • Count Dooku vs. Anakin & Obi-Wan, Drugs Edition (The Clone Wars): 9/10. Peak Dooku! Peak Dooku. I will take no criticisms at this time.
    • Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader (The Empire Strikes Back): 9/10. Did you know that this movie is actually really good???

    The Best Ones:

    • Luke Skywalker vs. Anakin Skywalker (Return of the Jedi): 10/10. Did you know that this movie is actually really damn good???
    • Maul vs. Ben Kenobi (Rebels): 11/10. They finished Maul's story with a duel against Kenobi... it lasts three seconds.

    Tied for First Place:

    • Anakin Skywalker vs. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Revenge of the Sith): 12/10
    • Ahsoka Tano vs. Maul (The Clone Wars): 12/10

     

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    2. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      I'm assuming this is lightsaber vs. lightsaber, because I'm not seeing Kylo Ren & Rey vs the Praetorian Guard, which was actually amazing.

    3. Frustration

      Frustration

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      Kylo Ren vs Rey (Rise of Skywalker): 2/10. Their first fight in this god-awful movie. I really needed Rey to stop grunting all the time - this will become something of a theme

      @dannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnex if you slow this fight down you can clearly see the lightsabers go through each other on this fight.

      Multiple times.

      Like they weren't even trying.

      I'd honestly have given this one a negative score personally.

    4. Channelknight Fadran

      Channelknight Fadran

      the important thing here is "Trying to be cool" versus "being cool."

      Anakin vs. Obi-Wan? Cool. The movement is fluid, the strikes have weight, the choreography has tension.

      Pretty much all of the ST fights? Trying to be cool; or occasionally not even. They have wildly exaggerated slashes and jabs, punctuated with pointless grunting to make it seem like they're going all out - but it looks more like a group of kids fighting with sticks than Force-wielders fighting with lightsabers.

      There were incredibly unnatural attacks and moves in the older movies, but they flowed together well and just looked cool; you could accept "yeah, this isn't a sword fight, it's a lightsaber fight."

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    (>`-`)> (^._.)^ (>._.)> ....whatever. Just add me to the PM
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