Prosset Dibs accusing Mace of corrupting Jedi teachings when he himself goes on to become an Inquisitor is so interesting.
What really strikes me is the ending of the comic, where he says:
“You will do with me what you will. That is what is to be expected of tyrants. Do not insult me with false deliberations. Are you not soldiers now? Is my punishment not to be death?”
And then Mace answers that no, Prosset is actually a victim of the war, and that being angry and confused is normal and that they can’t fault him for that.
And he assigns him archive duties. Archive duties, when Prosset was raving about them being tyrants and smugly awaiting the death sentence. And he says:
“Do not make me some example of your false benevolence. Kill me. Prove to me you are what I know you to be.”
And there it is. The “from my point of view, the Jedi are evil” mindset that all the fallen Jedi share. Mace just demonstrated that Prosset’s assumptions about the Council were false, but Prosset adamantly refuses to see it. He just knows the Jedi are about to kill him. He just knows they don’t care.
In accusing the Order of being blind, it’s interesting how the fallen become blind themselves because they’re set in their point of view. They’re dealing in absolutes. They see any situation through the lenses of their newfound belief that the Order is evil, and are intent on not departing from that point of view under any circumstances.
Prosset sees being shown compassion as false benevolence. Because obviously Mace is corrupted, so he can’t be truthful in that moment, so his empathy has to be a lie.
“Prove to me what I know you to be.”
Instead of relying on proof to formulate a belief, his belief comes first and proof has to align with it.
That’s the mindset of the Fallen. You know the other are wrong and evil, and so you’ll see every action that they take as a confirmation of that. And if the action is objectively good, then it’s them being hypocritical, or extending false benevolence.
Dooku, Anakin, Barriss and Prosset all profess something of that effect, and they’re all fallen, or about to. Dooku is the one heading filthy rich and corrupt corporations, manipulating the whole galaxy and treating slaughters like trivial issues. Prosset becomes an Inquisitor – the enforcer of a tyrant, what he accused the Jedi of being even in the face of contrary evidence. Anakin becomes Vader. Barriss knowingly kills innocents on several separate occasions, when she accused the Jedi of warmongering. They all become the thing they swore to destroy.
You all have done nothing but feed the beast with the last AU pic.
[Image I.D.: The Armorer pins Din in place with both hands on his head as they try to rub blood off the cheek of his helmet. Din begs them irritably to please stop. They say ‘one moment.’ End I.D]
behold. the greatest thing I’ve ever drawn, nothing will top this. I have no impulse control, so when I said I’d draw this, I meant it. This was worth the 5 hours it took. @incorrectfandomquotesjz please enjoy.
(Please ignore that I forgot my signature in the last panel). RBs appreciated!!!
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