gffa: STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | “Ghosts of Mortis” “Welcome.  I believe there has been a misunders

gffa: STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | “Ghosts of Mortis” “Welcome.  I believe there has been a misunderstanding.  We really don’t have to be enemies.”“You murdered your sister!  The Force is out of balance.  I have to stop you.”“Must you?” belldreams replied:Ugh, Anakin, must you always default to turning evil.  Could you once NOT turn evil?WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE MORTIS ARC IS, even though it can be confusing on a more in-universe level, I find that it works incredibly well for me as a look into Anakin’s character (as well as a rhyme of his story in miniature) because it shows that it wasn’t just one bad choice, but that Anakin’s fall was something he kept choosing over and over and over.This is why the Dark Lord of the Sith comics have enthralled me so hard, because it shows the same thing–over and over and over, Anakin has chances to turn back, is shown other Jedi following all these different paths in the wake of the Empire, literally has a crystal shove a vision into his head.  And he still chooses the dark path, still justifies it to himself that this is all there is.You have Mortis, where it’s not just about Padme’s life being in danger that makes him choose this horrible path, but about a more generalized frustration with the war and being ground down from all the fighting and how he wants it all to just stop.  He’s shown the future and the terrible choices he’ll make, he’ll do such terrible things, but he can stop it!Not by changing who he is, but by choosing a slightly different path, yet one that’s basically the same.  A creepy, predatory dark-sider lures him over with the promise of peace by making people do what they want, not what they choose for themselves.  That is what the Son is offering, just as it’s what Palpatine offered, just as what Vader offered to Padme and Luke.And it’s not unsympathetic!  Anakin is desperate, he’s in turmoil and wants everything to stop so badly that he’s willing to make a deal with the devil to get it.  He’s so hurt by the things he sees, the way his voice quavers with such pain when he says he’ll do such terrible things, the way his anger surfaces and snarls, “Will we bring peace?”, the way the dialogue of that scene echoes the dialogue of Mustafar, where we know Anakin is also in pain and suffering from the horrible choices that he knows are wrong, but he couldn’t stop himself from making.What could have come off to me as a, “We already know how Anakin’s story ends, you don’t have to repeat it here!” instead really, really works for me because it highlights how these are the choices Anakin makes.  It wasn’t about one specific set of circumstances with him, it wasn’t about just one specific choice he made, but instead that the issues were far deeper rooted into him than that.  He’s shown other options, he has people he could rely on to actually help him, but something in him always goes for the easier option, the faster option, instead of the harder but more rewarding option.And so he chooses this path over and over and over again. -- source link

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