chaoticace22:

1. When John came back in Supernatural and was all cute and understanding
2. When Sam dies in Supernatural finale (that whole episode actually)
3. Brooklyn Nine- Nine Baby debate
4. Riverdale is always cringey but mostly the moment with Cheryl getting superpowers
5. SNL’s Try Guys skit (is it fictional i don’t know)

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A good dad joke 😅

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david-talks-sw:

Anon is referring to this scene, from the TCW Season 2 episode “Cargo of Doom”.

Earlier in the episode, Cad Bane tortures another Jedi, Bolla Ropal, to death. Having seen that Ropal - like any other Jedi - was willing to die rather than endanger children, he decides to use a different tactic.

Bane says it himself: the bond between a Jedi teacher and his apprentice is strong.

So he lures Ahsoka into a trap, takes advantage of her impulsiveness and captures her, then makes Anakin choose between her and the Holocron. Anakin saves Ahsoka, because of course he does… and in doing so exposes countless Force-sensitive babies to Cad Bane, and, indirectly, Darth Sidious.

• Normally… a Jedi should’ve put the mission first.
• Then again, the Jedi believe all life is sacred.
• Any Jedi would’ve done their best to save both.

But the question becomes which do you save first?

So, in theory, it’s a tricky situation because you need to choose to prioritize one of two selfless acts. It’s sorta like the classic “trolley problem” thought experiment:

You gotta pick between two choices knowing they’ll both have terrible, awful consequences.

But this type of choice is also a very common storytelling trope.

When a protagonist is faced with two choices, they’ll usually pick a third out-of-the-box option. An example off the top of my head:

Spider-Man saves Mary-Jane first and then the ferry in one swing.

Now, upon first glance, it seems like Anakin chose to do something similar, but failed. In reality, though… Anakin didn’t choose at all.

Instead, he surrendered and obeyed Cad Bane’s orders because he can’t lose Ahsoka, as he states out loud. Bane cornered him and Anakin went along with it out of a selfish fear of loss, rather than selflessly putting duty first.

Dave Filoni had this to say on this moment:

“I mean, [Anakin’s] angry, he’s intense. He’s willing to kill everyone in that room to save his Padawan. In a way, we’re seeing this dark side of Anakin, and in a very real illustration of why Jedi should not have attachments, we see that attachment issue get exploited before our very eyes.”
- Dave Filoni, “Cargo of Doom” Featurette, 2010

That’s the issue.

His decision-making abilities were compromised and he complied with the villain. He went from an active position to a passive one.

Sure, later, he tried to fix it and recover the Holocron, but by then the damage had been done and Bane was holding all the cards.

Other Jedi would’ve gone for the Holocron or, hell, gone for Ahsoka, but they would’ve acted, they wouldn’t have given up their advantage because that would’ve been irrational.

Ahsoka herself told Anakin not to do it, and we saw moments later that she was so resourceful that she hung on long enough for Anakin to press the button. Chances are, if he hadn’t given in to Bane’s demands and cut him down… he would have still managed to press the button and save Ahsoka too.
We’ll never know, because Anakin was emotionally-compromised and refused to roll those dice.

Again, it’s a verrrry tricky situation. As Bane points out, some other Jedi would’ve hesitated too, nobody is perfect.

Anakin’s action (or lack thereof) is understandable and it doesn’t make him a bad person.

But, according to the episode’s narrative, it was a failure nonetheless.