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 jin is so cute 😂

light it up like D Y N A M I T E!

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These dudes are fucking legit.  They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and will always have their back.  And less important, but also cool, is that the few times a couple of them have come into my cafe, they’ve been super friendly and polite and when I told one of the guys that I noticed his Bikers Against Child Abuse patch and wanted him to know how awesome I thought he was because of it, he got kind of shy and blushed and said, “The kids are the awesome ones, we just let them know they’re allowed to be brave.”

The source is long, but so, so good. These men and women are available in 36 states, 24 hours a day to stand guard at home, in court, at school, even if the child has a nightmare. Many of them are survivors of childhood abuse as well, and know what it’s like to feel scared and alone.

Actual tears.. hnngh

Show me more of people like this, world. I give up on humans too easily.

where do i sign up for this,i want to be in this gang

This is fucking amazing. It may be out of character for me to say this but rock on

Bikers Against Child Abuse was founded in 1995 by a Native American child psychologist whose ride name is Chief, when he came across a young boy who had been subjected to extreme abuse and was too afraid to leave his house. He called the boy to reach out to him, but the only thing that seemed to interest the child was Chief’s bike. Soon, some 20 bikers went to the boy’s neighborhood and were able to draw him out of his house for the first time in weeks.

Chief’s thesis was that a child who has been abused by an adult can benefit psychologically from the presence of even more intimidating adults that they know are on their side. “When we tell a child they don’t have to be afraid, they believe us,” Arizona biker Pipes told azcentral.com. “When we tell them we will be there for them, they believe us.” ( Article)

More about BACA, from their site

My parents are a part of this organization and they are metal af

They go on runs to protect the child if they feel even the slightest threatened no matter where. If the child needs them to go on vacation with them, they do. Bikers come from across the nation to watch over and take shifts for these kids. And the best part is once you’re adopted into this family as a BACA kid, you’re always one. Even when you’re 40 and the perp gets released from jail, they’ll come meet with you and find your best options for avoiding the person and maintaining the life you’ve built for yourself. Once a BACA child, always a BACA child. In Florida, there’s 100% rate for identifying the perp based on the child’s testimony. Why? Because BACA stands with the child and supports the child so they feel comfortable enough to point out their attacker.

What’s better than a badass biker gang being on your side???

NATIVE AMERICAN CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS A BIKER AND NAMED HIMSELF CHIEF HELL YES I’M HERE FOR THAT AND BIKERS BEING BAD ASS TO PROTECT KIDS. HELL YEAH.

it’s back! I will always reblog BACA

Damn good people.

I know they wouldn’t consider themselves such, but these people are freaking heroes and the world is a better place because of them. 

Hey folks, it talks about this in the article but its not mentioned in this post, BACA is a 501 © (3) charity that depends in part on donations to help pay for stuff like gas for their bikes. If you want to help, consider donating. 

@copperbadge You like posting about heroes, Sam. Seems like this would be up your alley.

I love these folks! I’ve reblogged them before but it’s wonderful to see the donation information has been added. 

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Rian Johnson is a gift to us all (a compilation)

or: some quotes to cleanse the palate after all the bs we’ve been getting

“To me, these movies are always, to some extent, about the transition from childhood into adulthood. When I hear [George] Lucas quoted as saying, “These movies are for kids,” it doesn’t mean they’re for little kids who laugh and point at creatures farting. It means that they’re about kids who are on the cusp of adolescence and about to transition through those stormy waters into being an adult and finding their place in this world. The hero’s journey, the myth that Joseph Campbell writes about, that Lucas famously pulled from, it’s not about becoming a hero. It’s not about becoming Hercules. The hero’s journey is really about adolescence. It’s about becoming an adult.” (starwars.com)

(On taking over the story) “My goal was really just to make something that felt like a straight line going forward from VII that made sense to me. Rather than come up with some crazy take on what it would be and then figure out how I get there, I was really just trying to continue the line forward in a way that made sense.“ (starwars.com)

“I think Rey and Kylo are almost like a dual protagonist. You identify with Rey, but also you identify with Kylo in a way that you never did with Vader. I know I do. Because if these movies are about adolescence, Kylo is that anger of adolescence and that rejection of the parents, and wanting to screw over your dad; and that’s something that all of us, to some degree, can identify with. And the idea of there being a bad guy who you identify with as much as you do the protagonist in some way, that’s really interesting.” (comicbook)

“That’s why Rey is so angry with him just saying, ‘Screw you’ basically in the first few Force connections, because my assumption is that’s how we’re gonna feel about him coming into this movie. How to transition him slowly from there to here in a way that was plausible through Rey’s eyes. The notion that Rey sees this opportunity in him. Maybe she sees something more than that in him to earn this connection, I guess. That was something we spent a lot of time – Adam, and Daisy, and I kinda talking through how we were gonna get there.” (TLJ commentary)

“So these Force connections… when I was writing the script, I knew that I needed Kylo and Rey – wanted to form, to delve more into that relationship. [...] I just wanted to make them talk. So I thought of the idea of this, ‘Okay, what if a new kind of connection happens between them?’ And we had to figure out how it would look like… I kept thinking, I want it to just be intimate. I don’t want any kind of swirling, magical kind of thing. I don’t want it to be about the effect of how they’re looking at each other. I wanted it to be painfully intimate, just like you’re sitting across from someone and talking.” (TLJ commentary)

“For me, there is some kind of primal connection between Rey and Kylo. The fact that even though they’re on opposite poles, and he’s kind of a hateful character and she’s an incredibly good character, the fact that they’re both the only ones who have this power in the movie. And they’re kind of on these two opposite islands, there’s some connection between them. Beyond that though, I needed her to have an actual, buyable justification for why she would go and think that she can turn him, and lay out for Luke that, ‘If I do that, this could actually win the day.’ So that felt very, very important to me.” (TLJ commentary)

“[What do you think is special about Rey and Kylo’s relationship?] Well, to me, it was one of the most fascinating relationships in The Force Awakens. That’s why I was just immediately drawn to figure out how to get these two talking to each other. I want to connect these two. I think it’s so fascinating because in a way, they’re simultaneously opposites, in terms of he’s Dark Side, she’s Light Side. He’s got the worst intention, she has the best. At the same time, they’re the same. At the same time, they’re alone in the same way that they both have this power, that is incredibly powerful inside them, that gives them all this potential. And they’re both kinda figuring out what they’re gonna do with it.” (SXSW Q&A)

“I disagreed with John Williams twice regarding the score. For example, there's a scene where Kylo Ren and Rey touch hands, before they are interrupted by Luke Skywalker. When John wrote the score, he was very protective of Rey's character, exactly as is Luke. Kylo’s presence was menacing, musically speaking. It's a valid point of view, but I didn't think of the scene like that. I wanted it to stay on Rey's POV: I wanted that we could believe in this romance.” (SFRPresse)

“To me that’s one of my favourite shots in the movie. Just those two fingers touching. It’s the closest thing we’ll get to a sex scene in a Star Wars movie.” (SXSW Q&A)

(On the Throne Room Proposal) “From his point of view, it’s a very naked, open, emotional appeal. It’s his version of ‘I’m just a girl standing in front of a guy asking [him to love her].’ It’s Kylo’s sick, evil version of that but from his perspective, the same way that when he tells his version of the story with Luke, I don’t think he’s lying. That’s his experience of that moment, and I think he’s telling it honestly.” (Empire)

“I think that this is something that he genuinely saw, and genuinely believes that because of this connection [they share], basically. It’s less like, ‘I can use this on her.’ It’s more, ‘Oh my god, we have this in common, this is more of a kindred spirit that even she realizes.’ I don’t think he’s playing chess here.” (Buzzfeed)

“Kylo appears to believe that Rey was discarded by her parents, much like he feels his parents, Han and Leia, discarded him.” (Buzzfeednews)

(On Rey Nobody) “I like the idea that we’re breaking out from the notion that the force is this genetic thing that you have to be tied to somebody to have.” (Empire)

"It's a lot more interesting to me, the idea that anyone can pick up the flag and start running forward with it at the head of the army, as opposed to, no, you have to be of this lineage, you have to be the Chosen One. I don't want to step on any mythology. I don't mean that you can decide to be the Chosen One from the Force, because obviously you can't. I just mean in life, anyone can pick up the flag and be a hero.” (Buzzfeed)

“The original trilogy and the prequel trilogy being the story of the Skywalkers made sense. I think now if we want to keep telling stories in this world, and I do, it has to move beyond that." (Buzzfeed)

“When people ask me, ‘Don’t you think people are going to get sick of Star Wars movies?’ to me that question indicates that they’re thinking of Star Wars movies as a museum exhibit that is wheeled out once a year so you can say, ‘Oh, I loved that thing. Oh, I remember that thing!’ And yes, if Star Wars is that, people are going to get sick of it really quickly.

“But if Star Wars are great new movies that are exciting and fresh, and that challenge you and surprise you and make you feel things and engage you the way that those original movies did—but always taking you to new places, both in the galaxy and emotionally—that’s never going to get old. That’s what it’s all about.” (SXSW)

For Ben Solo. For Adam Driver. Bring our boy back!

Just know if it wasn’t for Ben Solo surviving a huge ass fall into a pit, and climbing up without any help from force ghosts, Rey would still be dead. Everyone in the resistance would be crushed and mourning her, but that never happens because of BEN SOLO. He’s the hero of this trilogy. I said what I said.

Ben Solo was the true hero in tros.

Thank you Adam Driver for playing Ben Solo in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015-2019)

He is a fricken legend 💙

I cried so hard during this scene 😭

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

This scene was so powerful that I cried during it 😭

Yesssssss signed it ☺️ I need more Ben solo

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hands up if you’d kill a thousand baby yodas to bring ben solo back

I’d kill every Baby Yoda alive if it meant bringing Ben Solo back.