(no subject)

[sandhate]

Who: Anakin Skywalker
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Paisley
When: Right meow

There are a lot of questions and interests about other worlds lately. I have one question that I'm interested in right now. [ Alright, Ankain you can do this. Forget about that scolding Obi-Wan voice in your head telling you that the future is always changing. ] Does your universe-- do you believe in fate?

[ Oh, great. It sounds like a load of bantha dung when he actually hears it out loud. Awkwardly: ]

Destiny.

[ That doesn't help, which is fine. It's fine. It goes against the Jedi teachings and feels wrong just saying it. Nevermind that things are different with each universe, so it can't be really applicable, right?

Whatever, roll with it.

He adds, without pause, a completely unnecessary definition. ]

That certain things needs to happen in the future.

Comments

private.

[collegedropout]

And that might not be so bad. To be stuck in the doorway.

It gives you time to think. Sure, it's frustrating to think so much without being able to move, but. Some people aren't afforded that time back home, with all the crap that gets thrown at them left and right.

It sounds kind of corny, but when I get overwhelmed, I usually just try to do something that benefits the world around me. It's a nice distraction, you know?

private.

[sandhate]

I've tried that too.

[ Cole. And well, look what happen to that. And Greed, damn. It just brought more nightmares on himself. ]

It's ... It shouldn't be complicated but that's what it feels like. Everything I'm trying here is that. I've come up with a solution to my problems in my... one of my potential futures. It's perfect, or at least it's more than a valid consideration. It just--

[ He sighs. Cutting Palpatine off the Force would be like death, trapping someone in a shell of what they used to be but it would work. He knows it. It would be a bloodless, effective way to neutralize their biggest foe, in a way for non-Jedi to understand. ]

It's not good enough. Some would be call it wrong.

private.

[collegedropout]

[He sighs softly.]

I'm not going to pretend my morals and world can match yours. I couldn't tell you how to judge your actions. Sometimes good intentions can go wrong, sometimes they can save the world.

... I've killed to protect others. I've stopped evil things, and I've stopped not-so-evil things who couldn't help but be what they are. There's no easy answer; I think you know that. But it sounds like you also know the repercussions of your choices in the future, now.

That you might know where things go wrong.

You'll need to weigh the costs of changing those choices.

private.

[sandhate]

[ Casualties of war. He doesn't even bat an eye at it. You kill one to save the million, that's the outcome. He doesn't care about his soul if it means that Padme lives in the end and if his children grows up with their mother. ]

I would do anything but there are too many things that could go wrong. Saying that I know where it could go wrong doesn't mean I can act on it. Not being able to act on it. [ His turn to sigh ] There's no point in it now. I'm talking myself in circles.

private.

[collegedropout]

Oh, in that case, it's all hopeless. Might as well lay down on the floor.

[He smiles thinly, though.]

... It'll always be what you make of it here.

How you cope, how you dwell on it or don't - you're the one who has the power, in the end.

You've got people here you care about, right? I'd hate for you to lose precious time with them in the present thinking about how you can't do anything about the future. [A pause.] When you start spiraling into that kind of thinking that feels so torturous, maybe going out and dedicating that brainpower to someone in the fleet will help.