[ SECRET POST #2352 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2352 ⌋

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Comments

[chardmonster]

So, wait a minute.

I think the Empire is fun. I get a kick out of stormtroopers and Darth Vader, and I always preferred the Imperial spaceships over the Rebel faction (except the Millennium Falcon, I owe Han Solo a Wookie Sex Debt).

Does this mean I'm a fascist?

[mekkio]

Do you plan to get their symbol tattooed on you? Mind you, villains are usually my favorite characters in any medium. But I am not going to put their symbol or their motto on my body.

[(Anonymous)]

Why is it only bad if it involves a tattoo?

[quantumreality]

I think it's because if you cosplay as one, you can always take the outfit off. It's not a part of you like a tattoo is. And also, specifically to Harry Potter, there's the fact that Voldemort branded his followers with that tattoo, linking them to him in a symbol of his ideology.

It's a little freaky TBH.

[wldcatsprstr_14]

The Empire has tons of things to it that are visually appealing, like stormtroopers and Vader. Those things have come to be symbols of Star Wars as a whole in popular culture. A tattoo of a stormtrooper helmet doesn't really connote the same 'I think those guys had the right idea' vibe that a Deatheater tattoo does because stormtroopers were pretty much red shirts in Star Wars. Deatheaters were either volunteers or hand-selected for their racist ideals and willingness to do terrible things to people outside their group. Stormtrooper tattoo says 'Star Wars fan.' Deatheater tattoo says 'Deatheater fan.' At least when I look at them and obviously the OP feels somewhat similar. If OP's ex had gotten a Deathly Hallows tattoo, or a lightning bolt scar tattoo, I think it might have been different.

IDK. Just the vibe they give off is really different, IMO.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like this perception may change once HP's as old as Star Wars and people just think back on it fondly as opposed to having intense emotional ties to it.

[(Anonymous)]

Just to say, even a Slytherin tattoo would be different IMO.

[insanenoodlyguy]

How about the imperial symbol though? Say you got that.

[(Anonymous)]

Huh. Is it a mini-Death Star? Or a cog? Or a landmine? Is it the inside of the power tunnel that Darth Vader throws the Emperor down (and therefore, foreshadowing)?

I want to ask the Empire why this is the symbol of the Empire. I was expecting something more overtly evil.

[(Anonymous)]

Some people do have this as a tattoo. At least according to season 2 of Ink Master.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the Empire is a bit of a different thing entirely because we're never really shown any evidence of them doing crazy evil things (in the original trilogy, anyway) other than the wildly impersonal destruction of Alderaan. And they aren't targeting people based on specific racial or theological traits or anything like that, they just want to rule the galaxy.

[(Anonymous)]

Wellll, I don't know. I wouldn't dismiss Alderaan quite so easily - that's kind of the big old evil stamp that follows them through all the movie. They're literal planet killers - they only stopped because they blew up.

As for not targeting people based on specific racial or theological traits, though the films never go into that, I did find it interesting that the Empire is made up of generic human men (are there any women employed on Imperial Star Destroyers? maybe in the kitchens), and the Rebels have lots of alien cultures in the mix.