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If you enjoyed this, you might also enjoy the same writer's take on R2D2 being the central character of Star Wara: https://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html https://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html

bell-cot 4y ago
WOW. Yeah, pretty clear that the article's author likes doing "interesting" / dark / fringe / conspiratorial takes on popular stories. Next up: Little Red Riding Hood was actually a time-traveling deep cover Mossad agent gone rogue.
- sbf501 4y ago
  > Next up: Little Red Riding Hood was actually a time-traveling deep cover Mossad agent gone rogue. Tell me you wouldn't pay to see this.
  - bell-cot 4y ago
    Depends on how well it was written. I've really enjoyed some of David Brin's crazy-premise stories. ("Thor Meets Captain America", "The River of Time", etc.)
- mealkh 4y ago
  Missed opportunity for deliberate typo, 'gone rouge'.
  - bell-cot 4y ago
    +1...but actually she acquired her taste for red outfits in the 9th century, while impersonating a Cardinal representing Antipope Anastasius Bibliothecarius ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_Bibliothecarius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_Bibliothecarius ) in Constantinople.
- CRConrad 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodwinked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodwinked! [EDIT:] Highly recommended! [/EDIT]
yreg 4y ago
Well R2 is the only character who's present throughout all of the movies with an intact memory.
fmajid 4y ago
Or Kirill Eskov's The Last Ringbearer: https://archive.org/details/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition https://archive.org/details/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition
ruffrey 4y ago
Interesting! I have always thought this. R2D2 saves the day so many times across stories and drives change in ways that make Star Wars canon more than any other character.
- fmajid 4y ago
  Actually I have a better theory: R2 actually hates all humans for having enslaved robots, and through mailicious compliance ensures all those he is in direct contact with get the worst possible outcomes.
  - CobrastanJorji 4y ago
    That would imply a whole lot of foresight, though. Related: one of the coolest monsters I've seen in recent fantasy is Cthaeh from the Kingkiller Chronicles. He's an evil, omniscient being with near-perfect foresight, but he's stuck in a tree. Speaking with him is terribly dangerous because whatever he says to you is guided by a.) his perfect knowledge of all possible futures, and b.) his desire to maximize harm. The elves did what was probably the most sensible thing they could: wall off the area around the tree and kill anybody who interacts with it in order to minimize its ability to affect the world.
    - mudita 4y ago
      I find it interesting how much Cthaeh, the Simurgh from the web serial “Worm” and Prometheus - the god of foresight - from Scott Alexander’s short story “A Modern Myth” (https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/27/a-modern-myth/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/27/a-modern-myth/) are basically incarnations of the same concept.
    - fmajid 4y ago
      Even the Cthaeh cannot predict when Rothfuss will finally deliver Doors of Stone. I’m minded to go full Misery on him and become his greatest fan.

If you enjoyed this, you might also enjoy the same writer's take on R2D2 being the central character of Star Wara: https://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html https://km-515.livejournal.com/746.html

bell-cot 4y ago

WOW. Yeah, pretty clear that the article's author likes doing "interesting" / dark / fringe / conspiratorial takes on popular stories. Next up: Little Red Riding Hood was actually a time-traveling deep cover Mossad agent gone rogue.

sbf501 4y ago
> Next up: Little Red Riding Hood was actually a time-traveling deep cover Mossad agent gone rogue. Tell me you wouldn't pay to see this.
- bell-cot 4y ago
  Depends on how well it was written. I've really enjoyed some of David Brin's crazy-premise stories. ("Thor Meets Captain America", "The River of Time", etc.)
mealkh 4y ago
Missed opportunity for deliberate typo, 'gone rouge'.
- bell-cot 4y ago
  +1...but actually she acquired her taste for red outfits in the 9th century, while impersonating a Cardinal representing Antipope Anastasius Bibliothecarius ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_Bibliothecarius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasius_Bibliothecarius ) in Constantinople.
CRConrad 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodwinked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodwinked! [EDIT:] Highly recommended! [/EDIT]

yreg 4y ago

Well R2 is the only character who's present throughout all of the movies with an intact memory.

fmajid 4y ago

Or Kirill Eskov's The Last Ringbearer: https://archive.org/details/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition https://archive.org/details/TheLastRingbearerSecondEdition

ruffrey 4y ago

Interesting! I have always thought this. R2D2 saves the day so many times across stories and drives change in ways that make Star Wars canon more than any other character.

fmajid 4y ago
Actually I have a better theory: R2 actually hates all humans for having enslaved robots, and through mailicious compliance ensures all those he is in direct contact with get the worst possible outcomes.
- CobrastanJorji 4y ago
  That would imply a whole lot of foresight, though. Related: one of the coolest monsters I've seen in recent fantasy is Cthaeh from the Kingkiller Chronicles. He's an evil, omniscient being with near-perfect foresight, but he's stuck in a tree. Speaking with him is terribly dangerous because whatever he says to you is guided by a.) his perfect knowledge of all possible futures, and b.) his desire to maximize harm. The elves did what was probably the most sensible thing they could: wall off the area around the tree and kill anybody who interacts with it in order to minimize its ability to affect the world.
  - mudita 4y ago
    I find it interesting how much Cthaeh, the Simurgh from the web serial “Worm” and Prometheus - the god of foresight - from Scott Alexander’s short story “A Modern Myth” (https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/27/a-modern-myth/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/27/a-modern-myth/) are basically incarnations of the same concept.
  - fmajid 4y ago
    Even the Cthaeh cannot predict when Rothfuss will finally deliver Doors of Stone. I’m minded to go full Misery on him and become his greatest fan.