Thank you! It's very reassuring to finally come across people who don't adore Obi-Wan/Satine, or even just Satine. Was starting to think I was the only one to passionately dislike both Satine and the ship.
I had serious issues with the line about leaving the Jedi Order for her. It just didn't seem in character for one as ambitious and goal-oriented as Obi-Wan, someone who clearly cares about career first. Since Obi-Wan was a teenager, I can buy that he had a crush on her and all that. But I can't buy that it still persists after what, twenty years? Plus, Satine struck me as the kind of person who wanted to change Obi-Wan, liked the idea of his Knighthood more than the reality of who he was. She calls him out for scarring her for life and criticizes his beard. I dunno. I just don't really get a sense that she wants to understand him.
Disagreed with reasoning with extremists, too, and wondered about aggression for defense, what she'd have done if push came to shove. The way "The Lawless" had things felt wonderfully logical and I honestly felt relief that I could relegate Satine to the sidelines. Her rescue and death just left me cold. It was like, "Yeah, this is inevitable."
Sorry for the rant. Just the very mention of Satine or the "romance" pushes the wrong buttons.
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I had serious issues with the line about leaving the Jedi Order for her. It just didn't seem in character for one as ambitious and goal-oriented as Obi-Wan, someone who clearly cares about career first. Since Obi-Wan was a teenager, I can buy that he had a crush on her and all that. But I can't buy that it still persists after what, twenty years? Plus, Satine struck me as the kind of person who wanted to change Obi-Wan, liked the idea of his Knighthood more than the reality of who he was. She calls him out for scarring her for life and criticizes his beard. I dunno. I just don't really get a sense that she wants to understand him.
Disagreed with reasoning with extremists, too, and wondered about aggression for defense, what she'd have done if push came to shove. The way "The Lawless" had things felt wonderfully logical and I honestly felt relief that I could relegate Satine to the sidelines. Her rescue and death just left me cold. It was like, "Yeah, this is inevitable."
Sorry for the rant. Just the very mention of Satine or the "romance" pushes the wrong buttons.