{"id":104655,"date":"2016-04-19T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/19\/vrabia-dealanexmachina-star-warsi-stg\/"},"modified":"2018-09-02T14:22:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T14:22:22","slug":"vrabia-dealanexmachina-star-warsi-stg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/19\/vrabia-dealanexmachina-star-warsi-stg\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-104655 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/19\/vrabia-dealanexmachina-star-warsi-stg\/attachment\/104656\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_o4h0ygpRjx1qg72ijo1_r1_500-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_o4h0ygpRjx1qg72ijo1_r1_500-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_o4h0ygpRjx1qg72ijo1_r1_500-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/04\/19\/vrabia-dealanexmachina-star-warsi-stg\/attachment\/104657\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_o4h0ygpRjx1qg72ijo2_r1_500-150x150.gif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_o4h0ygpRjx1qg72ijo2_r1_500-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_o4h0ygpRjx1qg72ijo2_r1_500-100x100.gif 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/vrabia.tumblr.com\/post\/142297824456\" target=\"_blank\">vrabia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/dealanexmachina.tumblr.com\/post\/141555262542\" target=\"_blank\">dealanexmachina<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/star-wars\" target=\"_blank\">#star wars<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/i-stg-this-is-the-most-millennial-fucking-movie-look-at-these-children\" target=\"_blank\">#i stg this is the most millennial fucking movie look at these children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/one-of-them-rebelling-against-an-oppressive-system-that-seeks-to-reduce-him-to-nothing-but-a-number\" target=\"_blank\">#one of them rebelling against an oppressive system that seeks to reduce him to nothing but a number<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/conditioned-to-believe-his-only-purpose-is-to-be-a-cog-in-a-machine\" target=\"_blank\">#conditioned to believe his only purpose is to be a cog in a machine<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/standing-up-and-saying-%27no-i-am-an-individual-and-i-can-make-my-own-%C2%A0choices%27\" target=\"_blank\">#standing up and saying \u2018no i am an individual and i can make my own \u00a0choices\u2019<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/and-the-other-one-is-a-lonely-isolated-survivor-who-spends-every-day-hoping-for-her-family-to-come-back\" target=\"_blank\">#and the other one is a lonely isolated survivor who spends every day hoping for her family to come back<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/who-ends-up-finding-a-family-that-she-makes-her-own\" target=\"_blank\">#who ends up finding a family that she makes her own<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/completely-out-of-their-fucking-depth\" target=\"_blank\">#completely out of their fucking depth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/still-managing-to-do-the-%C2%A0right-thing-while-mostly-internally-screaming-%27aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh%27\" target=\"_blank\">#still managing to do the \u00a0right thing while mostly internally screaming \u2018aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh\u2019<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/they-both-get-adopted-by-cool-space-parents-who-give-them-a-sense-of-value-and-purpose\" target=\"_blank\">#they both get adopted by cool space parents who give them a sense of value and purpose<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/and-the-bad-guy-is-the-poster-child-for-entitled-white-boys-with-no-self-control\" target=\"_blank\">#and the bad guy is the poster child for entitled white boys with no self control<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/there%27s-basically-a-canon-poly-relationship\" target=\"_blank\">#there\u2019s basically a canon poly relationship<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/and-there%27s-fucking-lightsabers\" target=\"_blank\">#and there\u2019s fucking lightsabers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/tagged\/no-wonder-we-love-this-shit\" target=\"_blank\">#no wonder we love this shit<\/a>\u00a0(@racethewind10)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>PAGING <a class=\"tumblelog\" href=\"https:\/\/tmblr.co\/m9Gtb60GeuHwE5SFogPb_XA\" target=\"_blank\">@janoda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>also this is even more amazing when you go into extended canon<\/p>\n<p>not only did rey grow up orphaned and isolated, but also dirt poor, working a thankless job for despotic boss in order to feed herself and sometimes not managing even that. if you read\u00a0\u2018before the awakening\u2019 rey\u2019s story is utterly fucking heartbreaking because it\u2019s outright said that she has, on multiple occasions, gone so hungry she had trouble <i>standing<\/i>. despite this she loves building things so much that she\u2019d rather keep the best stuff she\u2019s scavenging for herself than exchange it for food. she built her speeder already several years before we meet her, so like, in her mid-teens and she\u2019s very proud of it. she has a workbench in her home and she\u2019s always tinkering with things. rey would literally go hungry to follow her passion.<\/p>\n<p>finn is basically caught in the equivalent of an abusive educational system that\u2019s forcing him in little boxes and teaches skills (which incidentally involve murdering civilians) at the expense of his humanity. not only that but finn is also the overachiever who\u2019s constantly doubting himself. it\u2019s fucked up but before he escapes the first order so much of finn\u2019s thought process is\u00a0\u2018i\u2019m always at the top of the class and they\u2019re saying i have so much potential, so why do i feel like such a failure?\u2019 finn rebels against the order by bringing out his humanity full force and holding it up to them. he\u2019s such a giant fuck you to the system it\u2019s incredible. if anyone is a rebel in this story, it\u2019s definitely finn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>poe is so interesting because at 32 he would actually still be in the millennial age gap. he\u2019s older, and by all accounts should be that disillusioned guy who understood long ago that notions of galactic peace and what have you are useless in real life. he should be that dude who embraced his cynicism and is maybe sort of patronizing towards these idealistic wide-eyed kids. instead he\u2019s the opposite of all that, but that\u2019s not really the point.\u00a0poe, whose family fought to establish the new republic, wants nothing more than to do his part in rebuilding it. but at some point in the process he runs head-first into a wall of corrupt politics and shady business deals that would profit from a war. but instead of giving up and keeping his head down once he realizes what he\u2019s up against, poe goes and becomes a leader figure in the resistance.<\/p>\n<p>so basically you have three young people: one who works incredibly hard and is often unable to cover her most basic needs, but doesn\u2019t give up on her passion; one who should have been broken by an abusive educational system, but instead broke the system by affirming his humanity at every point in the story; and one who didn\u2019t succumb to cynicism and chose to act once he understood politics is always self-interested.<\/p>\n<p>and the second they meet they do nothing but praise and encourage and lift eachother up, loudly and enthusiastically.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>space millennials. my heart is so full of love for this story.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vrabia: dealanexmachina: #star wars#i stg this is the most millennial fucking movie look at these children#one of them rebelling against an oppressive system that seeks to reduce him to nothing but a number#conditioned to believe his only purpose is to be a cog in a 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