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Post #332390

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lordjedi
Parent topic
The Clone Wars (2008 animated tv series) - a general discussion thread
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Date created
5-Oct-2008, 12:25 AM
DarkFather said:
And the flirting is disgusting Ahsoka is not even 18 years old and akakin is married. If he went that route not only against the jedi code and cheating on his wife but also a pedophile. But then again he is a mass murderer of children in revenge of the sith so i guess it sort of fits his character.

I said "quasi-flirtatious." I've seen it in all men with teenaged daughters. The mentality is this: on some level, you are attracted to one another, but there's the factors of conventions, morals, and in some cases, incest-resistant brain mechanisms to take into account, so it usually won't allow anything intimate. You tease playfully just for fun, and to relieve some of the tension. It's sexual tension. Ahsoka (close enough to a human) is good for child rearing, Anakin's instincts recognize this, and he has no choice but to react to it in some way during their interactions. Human nature. Disturbing? Maybe.

 

But this is indeed a disturbing universe.

Oh come on.  He has no choice?  He has every choice.  He does not have to react the way he does (I haven't even watched the show yet, but now I'm afraid to).  I'm a married man with a son and I wouldn't dream of reacting like that to a teenage girl even if I worked with her and especially not if she was a subordinate.  It's simply asking for trouble.  A Jedi should be above that type of reaction, but we can plainly see that Anakin isn't.