I guess I figured I knew all about myself by this age, which is why a sudden epiphany feels very strange. That and it's very strange to think of myself in terms of "a person who exists in a perpetual state of pain," because I have never thought of myself that way.

A long 🧵 Let's start with the background. In April 1997, I fell off a trampoline and splintered my left humerus in twain. I hypothesize that the surgeon at the local hospital saw an unusual opportunity to practice his arthroplasty skills, as he advised my parents to accept an operation...

Getting mellow in my old age but I guess it's true that as you age, all your qualities just become exaggerated. I always had a hard time caring what other people do. But in the last few weeks, it crystalized to me why I've spent the last 4yrs being totally over "Legends movement" "Legends movement," for those who might not know, is the rebellion against Disney|Lucasfilm's claim that the 1976-2014 canon was never canon, hand-in-hand with their decision to reboot the Star Wars universe and start over from scratch. It was an offensive decision, no argument.

I wish there were magic bullets, I do. I wish the stuff that cures wasn't necessary. I know I need to do stretches and exercises and take a bunch of supplements, drink more water, eat more fiber and vegetables, cut out all sugars and refined grains, be mindful, sleep right. But all I like to do is the bare minimum, which is see the chiropractor as often as he says, and put on braces and pop ibuprofin to get through the day, instead of digging down and doing what I can to resolve the core issue. Because it's uncomfortable and time consuming.

Regarding the actual article: literally nothing abt the health of the son/DIL is mentioned, so there is no cause for NTB to accuse them of being selfish millennials too interested in themselves to think about having children.

Also, these parents are TOXIC
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i… Cultural differences are different, but I feel like that only covers the arranged marriage part. For parents to get up and tell the world "we feel like we have nothing" just because they have no grandchild--those are parents who should NEVER meet ANY grandchildren they might have

The problem with Not The Bee, which crosses the line into "dammit you make me embarrassed to be on your side sometimes" is that they 1) treat literally everything with the same outraged shock. Pedophilia? Outraged shock. People enjoying a food they never heard of? Outraged shock. And 2) IN AN ARTICLE ABOUT PARENTS SUING A SON/DAUGHTER-IN-LAW FOR NOT HAVING KIDS, THEY ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE PARENTS. They bemoan how America is horrible for being obsessed with "love" and "relationships," and complain "make babies already"

Yeah, that's not Jesus. Just sayin'

Thread of every single #StarWars belief that is not only fundamentally integral to my canon...but has also caused some online fanboy to lose his or her mind with anger, blocking and even threatening me on occasion!

In no order whatsoever, to be added to as things occur to me. No xenophobic empire; in fact, no widespread xenophobia of any kind at all. Utterly impossible for systemic xenophobia to exist in a population exceeding 100 quadrillion beings of 20 million races that have lived together in an area of 1 billion settled systems for 30k+ yrs

The thing about fear is it will never just go away on its own. You have to be proactive about getting rid of it--and actively nurturing it is the worst possible thing you can do for yourself.

But if you think you're just going to wait it out until it goes away...it won't happen. Since I ought to be meeting my coworkers for the first time right now but am not, I feel like it's a good time to retell my story about when I decided never to let fear make decisions for me.

I was about 8 yrs old and had gone out with the girls across the street and their dad.

My completed custom action figures, in chronological order:

-Dark Vision Leia from Planet of Twilight (4/1/19)
-Corwyne Liath, @Everlastscribe OC (5/12)
-Weswar, my #swtor OC (6/6)
-GA Thrawn from Heir to the Empire & Manaroo from Dengar's Tale (6/30)
-Mara Jade from HTTE (7/26) -Pureblood Sith Inquisitor from #swtor (9/14/2019)
-Hutt trader from the Character Guide (9/15)
-Corran Horn from the X-Wing series (10/19) *custom-ordered head
-Eeth Koth from Ep1 (10/20)
-Whistler from I, Jedi (10/24)
-Pellaeon from HTTE (11/9)
-Alternate General Kenobi (11/19)

So the first time my parents went to Yellowstone, they turned a corner and saw a bear sitting on top of a Volkswagon Bug. They threw a peanut butter cookie out to lure the bear away from the car. That driver PEELED out.

And the bear decided that one cookie was not enough.

https://twitter.com/Not_the_Bee/status/1407059869488791554

Mom tells the story that the bear slipped its claws in the top of the window right by her head and she was frantically ordering my brothers to find another cookie while Dad stood on the other side of the car taking pictures. I'm sure this story is greatly exaggerated.

I used to remember a lot more dreams, good and bad, from my childhood. Last year I realized, rather shocked, that I can't remember most of them anymore, and there was something depressing about that. I keep trying to catch the tails of them but they disappear too fast.

https://twitter.com/LilLupii/status/1406084408302505987

~ H O W E V E R ~ I do still remember the worst nightmare I ever had, which caused my mom to refuse to let me sleep on the floor in hotel rooms anymore (I liked to build nests and sleep in them rather than share a bed with my sister, so this was a real blow!)

It's not Ponda Baba's arm, and even the EU got it wrong. But no judgment, because we've all spent 4 decades thinking it was Ponda Baba's arm because the sleeve is the same color. I only just realized this tonight analyzing it.

First a little historical background, though.

https://twitter.com/SWForce4EU/status/1265450986417635335

In the 1976 novelization, Luke is attacked by a trio at the bar: "a large squarish monstrosity...a thing--a cross between a capybara and a small baboon...a short, grubby-looking human."

We would come to know them as Ponda Baba, Kabe the Chadra-fan, and Evazan.

@Kylfthean @Resist_Disney All right, since you're so bound and determined to take it here, six tweets to follow: @Kylfthean @Resist_Disney I actually don't accept any of that, which is why I'm refusing to let people get away with painting one of the three most significant events in Star Wars history with that brush. The book is not rapey. I don't know where you get off asserting that I agreed with that adjective.

Why do I love the Galactic Empire? Because Imperial rule is the only government that makes sense for a territory that is both vaster & more diverse than we can imagine on Earth. Because a federally-styled empire demonstrably improves quality of life & stability for its citizens. "But they're evil! 😩"

Wrong. Emperor Palpatine, as a Sith, was obsessive, grasping, and destructive, but his model of government worked. Individuals were corrupt, but under the Imperial system, there were fewer corrupt individuals & they had less power than in the Old Republic.