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still a little amused by (& pretending to find unsubstantiated vindication in) the fact that jason fry conceived of brendol hux as a dude obsessed with a warped (or not?) idea of jedi methods first, and general hux’s father second. then two separate authors write brendol into their stories and afaik the jedi thing isn’t mentioned once. then jason fry writes the tlj novelization and he’s like “armitage hux, as he was strolling along doing his evil thing, was struck by the memory of his father brendol telling him about how he admired the JEDI and their mETHODS OF INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN”
#i have noticed that brendol’s ecentries are gone in phasma and aftermath#in universe i’ll chalk it up to stress and it not coming up in context#but i like how the novelization has established that brendol did keep talking about it to his son#sloane: CAN I FIND SOMEONE WHO ISN’T OBESSED WITH THE JEDI
I still have no real clue what canon believes his “stress” to be, and the most plausible explanations are all putting tropes where they don’t seem to fit
there are certainly things one can imagine putting a damper on his mood, but. I can’t really understand why he wasn’t hopeful or invigorated once he was chosen to create his ~lifelong dream~ of a jedi-like army
what could be so stressful it would overwrite his satisfaction at being able to pursue his greatest ambition? I take a low-effort route – it adds up if there was something he cared about more than that. but fanon can always be satisfying, the point is that canon feels lacking
permian-tropos:
permian-tropos:
still a little amused by (& pretending to find unsubstantiated vindication in) the fact that jason fry conceived of brendol hux as a dude obsessed with a warped (or not?) idea of jedi methods first, and general hux’s father second. then two separate authors write brendol into their stories and afaik the jedi thing isn’t mentioned once. then jason fry writes the tlj novelization and he’s like “armitage hux, as he was strolling along doing his evil thing, was struck by the memory of his father brendol telling him about how he admired the JEDI and their mETHODS OF INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN”
#i have noticed that brendol’s ecentries are gone in phasma and aftermath#in universe i’ll chalk it up to stress and it not coming up in context#but i like how the novelization has established that brendol did keep talking about it to his son#sloane: CAN I FIND SOMEONE WHO ISN’T OBESSED WITH THE JEDI
I still have no real clue what canon believes his “stress” to be, and the most plausible explanations are all putting tropes where they don’t seem to fit
there are certainly things one can imagine putting a damper on his mood, but. I can’t really understand why he wasn’t hopeful or invigorated once he was chosen to create his ~lifelong dream~ of a jedi-like army
what could be so stressful it would overwrite his satisfaction at being able to pursue his greatest ambition? I take a low-effort route – it adds up if there was something he cared about more than that. but fanon can always be satisfying, the point is that canon feels lacking