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1:55am July 30, 2015

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the entire plot of the Star Wars films repeatedly shows Jedi dogmatism and ideals are unrealistic, and the Jedi causing problems for the entire galaxy with their black and white morality and religious authority happens continuously

so why does the EU consistently act as though they are gods who are never wrong

THIS.

I’d totally rather be a Sith.

Because if you’re going to be a villain, you may as well get all the super powers.

there’s also like…. 

one of the things that strikes me when I write star wars fanfic is that being a Sith gives you a lot more freedom in how you apply philosophy, in part because they don’t automatically declare any prominent minority view or splinter group a heresy and lead a centuries long crusade to kill all the followers of it

the Jedi do this a lot in the expanded universe and it’s never really treated critically

(also the kind of villains the Jedi are horrifies me viscerally in a way that Evil Overlord tropes do not, frankly.)

Lawful evil is the most horrifying. But it’s not just that. I think it’s related to why Ender’s Game is horrifying.

It makes totalitarianism feel like liberation, or something.

Yes, lawful evil terrifies me in a way chaotic evil and neutral evil don’t.  And part of it is the equating of lawful with good that a lot of people do.  Like lawful good is considered the most good (chaotic good is seen as weird at best, an oxymoron at worst) and chaotic evil is considered the worst evil.   And even though history, including very recent history and current events, is full of lawful evil people, people still ignore it.

(And yes I know this is about more than being lawful evil, but being chaotic good, I sometimes feel the need to emphasize it.)

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