I would not classify teasing in high school as 'psychological trauma', although it can be cruel. A given Revan could've gotten a 'Let's just be friends' line, and that could've turned her off to future relationships. I'm not saying this is realistic, but it could happen.
Oh I didn't mean rape either. All I'm saying is that if they have the choice of giving her a happy past (where she was a cheerleader and dating the captain of the football team) or one with some angst (like making her the head of the chess club that gets teased and turned down by boys), wouldn't they pick the first option, just to make sure there wasn't any bitterness that might crop up and lead her to the dark side?
Going back to the jealous fangirls thing, though... I think I do sorta see their view. I think a given Revan really might feel jealous of Morgana, a dead woman. It's not logical, but emotions rarely are, and rarely controllable (I don't care what the Jedi say), but she might (and feel really bad about it).
Oh yeah, I can see Revan herself feeling some jealousy and insecurity (and a whole heap of guilt) towards Morgana. Absolutely. I just found it strange that a bunch of fangirls were jealous of the dead wife of a completely fictional character. I just wanted to scream: "You're not Revan. He's not a real guy..."
I think Revan might really be envious of the normal life Carth and Morgana led (glossing over the fact that he was rarely home during the wars), and their having had a kid together.
This I can totally see. It makes a lot of sense to me, especially in the case of your Revan who is completely unsuited to that kind of life. I can see Min feeling this way too, although I doubt she'd settle for something as mundane as a white picket fence (more like a palatial mansion and designer clothes...lol).
I have to wonder, too, just how suited to that white picket fence Carth is, too. I mean, two wars and the trauma of having his wife die and his homeworld destroyed will change a person in unexpected ways, and I wonder if he isn't stuck in the 'action, gotta save the galaxy' mode permanently after that.
This is a good point too... although maybe it doesn't have to be one or the other. Possibly if they worked really hard at it, they could find a compromise. But then I'm in the minority view that thinks that Revan would have to go into self imposed exile, because it would be impossible to live any kind of life as Revan in the Republic (unless of course her identity was a secret). Which begs the question: would Carth really be able to do that? Toss everything aside and leave the Republic with her? Maybe that's a good reason for Revan asking Carth to stay behind after kotor 1, because she knows what it would do to him.
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Date: 2005-05-31 01:51 pm (UTC)Oh I didn't mean rape either. All I'm saying is that if they have the choice of giving her a happy past (where she was a cheerleader and dating the captain of the football team) or one with some angst (like making her the head of the chess club that gets teased and turned down by boys), wouldn't they pick the first option, just to make sure there wasn't any bitterness that might crop up and lead her to the dark side?
Going back to the jealous fangirls thing, though... I think I do sorta see their view. I think a given Revan really might feel jealous of Morgana, a dead woman. It's not logical, but emotions rarely are, and rarely controllable (I don't care what the Jedi say), but she might (and feel really bad about it).
Oh yeah, I can see Revan herself feeling some jealousy and insecurity (and a whole heap of guilt) towards Morgana. Absolutely. I just found it strange that a bunch of fangirls were jealous of the dead wife of a completely fictional character. I just wanted to scream: "You're not Revan. He's not a real guy..."
I think Revan might really be envious of the normal life Carth and Morgana led (glossing over the fact that he was rarely home during the wars), and their having had a kid together.
This I can totally see. It makes a lot of sense to me, especially in the case of your Revan who is completely unsuited to that kind of life. I can see Min feeling this way too, although I doubt she'd settle for something as mundane as a white picket fence (more like a palatial mansion and designer clothes...lol).
I have to wonder, too, just how suited to that white picket fence Carth is, too. I mean, two wars and the trauma of having his wife die and his homeworld destroyed will change a person in unexpected ways, and I wonder if he isn't stuck in the 'action, gotta save the galaxy' mode permanently after that.
This is a good point too... although maybe it doesn't have to be one or the other. Possibly if they worked really hard at it, they could find a compromise. But then I'm in the minority view that thinks that Revan would have to go into self imposed exile, because it would be impossible to live any kind of life as Revan in the Republic (unless of course her identity was a secret). Which begs the question: would Carth really be able to do that? Toss everything aside and leave the Republic with her? Maybe that's a good reason for Revan asking Carth to stay behind after kotor 1, because she knows what it would do to him.