You know which team I play on! But I'm still really sorry that the 'verse just isn't going to be the same for you anymore; I felt the same way with Anakin Solo, back in the day.
That being said-- if you're setting out to take somebody down, no matter how much you love them and what you've been through and what you mean to each other like family, there's a certain point where you need to shut parts of yourself down in order to do what needs doing. I would never fault Jaina for not giving Jacen that one last chance at redemption, because, frankly, I think it's long past that. You don't offer redemption if it means the chance of giving your opponent an advantage; you don't offer redemption if it means humanizing what you cannot anymore. Sometimes we can't allow ourselves that one weakness.
Small personal generosities are not an excuse, nor a sign, nor a deciding factor, of a person's goodness. If anything, it just reinforces the idea of that person's selfishness from the start. I know you're totally TEAM JACEN, and I'm being a bitch-- in the same way I hope Jaina is going to be, actually! haha-- so, um, yeah. Sorry. D:
(Jaina might get haxxed into the Sword of the Jedi-- some sort of mystical Force voodoo crap! In some ways, the Mando training might just bring out her latent warrior mad skills; the equation of Jedi + Mando should only result in something awesome, regardless.)
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Date: 2008-05-03 03:16 am (UTC)That being said-- if you're setting out to take somebody down, no matter how much you love them and what you've been through and what you mean to each other like family, there's a certain point where you need to shut parts of yourself down in order to do what needs doing. I would never fault Jaina for not giving Jacen that one last chance at redemption, because, frankly, I think it's long past that. You don't offer redemption if it means the chance of giving your opponent an advantage; you don't offer redemption if it means humanizing what you cannot anymore. Sometimes we can't allow ourselves that one weakness.
Small personal generosities are not an excuse, nor a sign, nor a deciding factor, of a person's goodness. If anything, it just reinforces the idea of that person's selfishness from the start. I know you're totally TEAM JACEN, and I'm being a bitch-- in the same way I hope Jaina is going to be, actually! haha-- so, um, yeah. Sorry. D:
(Jaina might get haxxed into the Sword of the Jedi-- some sort of mystical Force voodoo crap! In some ways, the Mando training might just bring out her latent warrior mad skills; the equation of Jedi + Mando should only result in something awesome, regardless.)
UH UH, HAY.
Sucks about Zekk, though. What the hell.