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For a Fangirl Blast?!?  ;)

What's a Fangirl Blast you ask?  (hehe, rhymes....) Well, a Fangirl Blast is a Blogger "game" I suppose you could say.  ;)  Once a week I'll pick a character from a favorite movie of mine.  It might be a Disney movie, or a Star Wars movie, or a different movie all together.  I'll review the movie, and then I'll do a mini character-break-down!!!  I'll post what I love and what I hate about the character....what pairings I ship....details and other things that I love/like/hate.....and then tons of pictures! :)

These will come out every Wednesday probably...and will be a new trend on my blog!  :)  You are all free to submit characters.  This will be mirroring (but not copying, don't worry) Savanna's Character Discussions from Pandas, Lightsabers and Cameras, oh my!!.  She's brilliant, you should check out (and follow) her blog!!!!!!!  :)

Now...for this post...I'll start out with..........................Mara Jade-Skywalker.

Shocker.  XD  Seriously, I LOVE Mara!!!!!!!  So....we'll enjoy some Mara stuff now.  ;)

Character:  Mara Jade-Skywalker

Fandom: Star Wars Expanded Universe

Facts:  Mara Jade-Skywalker is one of the EU (Expanded Universe)'s main characters.  She becomes one of our heroes....Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Leia Organa by the end of the Thrawn Trilogy.  Mara has seen pretty much all walks of life.  Raised to do Emperor Palpatine's dirty work as the "Emperor's Hand", and then left on her own to make a name for herself, Mara Jade becomes an employee of Talon Kardde, and eventually gets into trouble with our original trilogy gang.  After ten years of friendship, (which is good, considering at first Mara simply wanted him dead) Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade got married.  (8DDD <333).  She joined the New Jedi Order officially, and became the Jedi Master of Jaina Solo later on.  Mara Jade-Skywalker had an unfortunate (ahem....stupid, needless...why was it written?!??) end to her life by a certain Darth Cadeus.  She still lives on in the memories of her family (AND ME).

What I like about her:  I like just about everything about Mara!!!!!  She's so EPIC!  She's kick-butt as a Jedi, Smuggler, and the Emperor's Hand.  Her character is really complex, and minus the "I wanna kill everyone" thing, she's a lot like me.  I love Mara....I have ever since I read the Thrawn trilogy.

 

What I don't like about her:  SHE DIES.  I hate that she dies.  XD  I also hate that it takes her and Luke ten flipping years to get their act together!  ;P

Something I wish did/didn't happen:  I wish that they (they meaning the profic authors) had included Mara in more stories....given her and Luke more time together, and eventually her and Ben (and Luke) more time together.  I kinda hate that they are ALWAYS fighting for their lives.  JUST GIVE THEM A BREAK, OKAY??? xD

Pairings/Shippings:  LUKE/MARA LUKE/MARA LUKE/MARA LUKE/MARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

Favorite Quote:  "As long as I'm fighting, I'm not dying."  "Trust me, my capacity for mayhem is undiminished."  "Wait, I'll come with you" (that one's just iconic for me. XD)

Fanfics:  Mara Fanfics?  Oh I don't know.......*sarcasm sarcasm*

Fireworks of the Soul:  VERY LUKE MARA HEAVY.  It's a bunch of one-shots dedicated to them.  ;)

First Kiss:  OH MY FORCE.  Bestie, JediKnightGrl wrote this one, and IT MADE ME SQUEAL LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.  ;)  SO SWEET and SO EPIC!  :D

Mara Jade-Skywalker's Deadbook Page:  Funniest thing EVER.  XD  Written as if Mara had a "Deadbook" (instead of Facebook) where she writes from the 'beyond'.  XDD

Jewels:  Oneshot by my very very good friend Endor.  ;)  This story is SUPER SWEET!!!!!  :D

Shattered Remembrance:  OH MY GOSH.  EPIC!!!!  Sad, sweet, sad, sweet!!!!  AWESOME!!!!!!!  Luke and Mara.  ;)

I, Mara Jade:  Probably one of my all-time favorite fics.  ;)  It's just.....AMAZING.  Seriously, I love this story to pieces.  I've read it a billion times.  Go check out this author's stories...they all feature Mara and are all AMAZING!  :D

Okay....enough ranting about my FAVORITE CHARACTER EVERRR!!!!!!!! :D

Thanks for reading everyone!!!  I'll be trying to post these every week, starting tonight!  :D  Feel free to submit characters, they don't have to be just from Star Wars too!  :D

Vote for Action Figures!

Hasbro toy company is doing a poll for their next action figure!!!!

Go and vote for your favorite character!!  (preferably Mara Jade...)  There are a few weirder characters though...so choose with discretion.  ;)

http://titanmagazines.com/t/star-wars-insider/competitions/hasbro-poll/?locale=us

Thanks!!!  Read a better review of this here at Savanna/Cad Bane's Chick's blog...http://pandasabercamera.blogspot.com/2011/10/hasbro-star-wars-action-figure.html

Adios amigos!  ;)  I'm working on a blog post from this past weekend!  :D  It'll hopefully be done tonight!

My Weekend/Meeting Timothy Zahn (Picture Post)

I am exhausted.  My hair is /really/ messy (from having open car windows most of the day), and it's pretty late.  (9:30 pm on Sunday when I'm typing this).

**sigh**  And this was the best day ever.  :)

I decided to post about all my adventures from the past two days, since I only gave what happened in the car last post.  ;)

Well, you read about getting to Cracker Barrel.  ;)

Here are a few pictures from that experience (and before hand).  XDD

My view...for about one and a half hours worth of driving.

Nutmeg, with her pillow...>.<

My Baby, who I wrote on for hours, until she took a /nap/.

CRACKER BARREL!!!  We spent a long time looking at the candy.

And the canned goodies...

And more candy!!!!!!!!!!  :D 

Famous Peg Game....

The view from my seat...a GUN!  XD

The root beer I told y'all about.  ;)

Nutmeg with her menu.

Captain Rex Pose!!  XD

And then we drove some more, until we FINALLY got to the hotel, where I posted that last blog post.  ;)

My view from out the car window...

Turning onto the street to go to the hotel!

The hotel!!!!  :DDD

From the Car Window....

Then we decided to go to the Beach!!!  :D  Siesta Beach was AWESOME!  :D  I loved the sand, I could just sit in that stuff all day.  ;)

The sign for Siesta Beach!!! 

The sand looks like snow.  ;)

Nutmeg walking in the snow-sand.  xD

See all those seagulls??  There were swarms of them.  XD

Seagull footprints...

The Ocean!!!  :)

Birdie......XDDD

Cute little lifeguard house thing...it had murals of sharks on it, much to Nutmeg's displeasure.  XD

The rolling surf..

Ripples in the Sand

MORE ripples in the sand...

Another pretty shot of the beach...

I love the sand ripples!!!!  XDD

I found a Sand-Dollar!!!!!  :D

Pieces of Sand dollars....

SPONGE  xD

The grasses by the beach were really cool, they were super soft.  ;) 

One of my favorite shots of the beach.  I love the sky in this picture.

The Lakehouse Forums was too long to spell in the sand.  ;)  This will just have to work.  XD

Cute-ish picture of me on the beach....my layers fell out of the hair-tie. xD

We found this rubber shark on the beach!!!!!!!  Isn't he awesome?!!

TEENY-TINY seashells!!!

It's true...I do love TLF.  ;)

I love this picture.  The sunset is sooo pretty! ; )

Look at the clouds!!!  XD

After a wonderful time at Siesta Beach, we decided to go get dinner.  We went to the most AMAZING restuarant.  It was the Dutch Heritage House, in the Amish part of Sarasota.  ;)  SO COOL!!!!!

**Angelic Choir here** 

Me being silly in the car. XDD

BEST. PICTURE. EVER.

BEST. SUNSET. EVER.  ;)

Homemade rocking chairs!!!!!  :D  They were so cool!

Inside the lobby

Part of the downstairs gift shop.  ;)

Our table.

The awesome chandelier.  Pic dedicated to Chibi*Chick.  ;)

Menu

Upstairs in this resturant was a HUGE gift shop!!!!  :D  They sold all kinds of cute crafts, bags, and LOTS of Christmas decorations!!!  :)  My favorite part of the Heritage House was that it was SO CHRISTIAN!  :D  They played Christian music, they sold Christian books and movies,, all the gifts upstairs were either Christmas or Christian related in one way or another, and it was really welcoming and sweet.  ;)

**facepalm**

We wanted to buy this for my mom.  ;)

I literally LOLed at that sign.  XDD

**sighs**  So true.  ;)

ESPECIALLY my Family.  XD

My Future Lamp.  Someday I WILL find one like this.  XD
One that isn't $70.  XD

Cute magnet with the legend of the Sand Dollar on it!  ;)

For all my Wolf loving TLF sistahs. ;)

The Nativity Scene.  ;) 

After having a HUGE filling dinner, we went back to our hotel, for some much needed rest and relaxation.  ;)

Another shot of the hotel.  ;)

Or, rather, my sister decided to sit on my while I was trying to get some rest and relaxation.  xD  ;)

Then we all (eventually) went to sleep, and it was Sunday!  :D  The day I got to meet Timothy Zahn!!!!  But we did lots of things before we even went to the bookstore.  ;)

This was just epic.  The car near where we were parked at the hotel had this Mandolorian Sticker on it, and I showed my mom in excitement.  She groaned and the following conversation occurred.

Me:  Mom!!  Look!  It's the Mando symbol!

Mom:  Oh no!  HAN!!!  FETT IS CHASING YOU AGAIN!

Dad:  DARN IT!!!  KIDS, GET IN THE FALCON!!

Me:  **facepalm**  XDD

Cute house.

Pretty beach en route to Anna Maria Island.

Grass.

My dad and sister on Anna Maria pier.  ;)

The following pictures are all from Anna Maria Pier, which was REALLY windy and fun!!  :)

One of the best shots all weekend.  ;)

And that picture would've been so perfect, had my thumb not been covering part of the lens...>.>

After that we headed to the Barnes and Noble, where I would spend the next four hours.  XDDD

One of my favorite shots of the books.  ;)

My view for the next four hours.

Me...taking pictures with my mom while waiting for four hours.  ;)

MINE!  :D  MY copy of the 20th Anniversary HttE book!!!!  :DDD

They had the 501st of the Tampa Bay Legion out!!!!  :D  Vader, Royal Guard and a Mando (as well as an Imperial Officer) joined us for Timothy Zahn's book signing!!!!  :DDDD

"Hello Citizens..."  XDD

There was a girl under that helmet!  XDDD

EEEE  MR. ZAHN!  :D

ME!  I got to meet him!!!!  :DDDDDD

Look at how happy I am....**sigh**

He signed my Choices of One book, and two copies of my Heir To The Empire 20th Anniversary Edition!  :D

Closeup!  :D  I was SOOO HAPPY I couldn't even breathe. XDDD

By the time I was done, my mom and I just waited around, watching other people talking with Tim, and we chatted with a few others.  I got interviewed for the local Sarasota newspaper, and my picture was taken several times!!  :D  All the "book ladies" knew our story of traveling 3 1/2 hours without a/c in our car so I could meet Timothy Zahn, and they all gave me hugs before we left. ;)  So sweet!!!!

Sorry it's so fuzzy....that's Sandi, one of the "book ladies".  :)  She gave me a hug and wished us a safe trip home, along with a "I'm so happy you got to meet him!!!!!"  ;)

It was honestly the best day ever. ;)  I was soooo happy.  Just thinking about it makes me soooo happy!!!!  :D  Goodness.....I had so much fun.  ;)

Okay y'all, well I hope you liked that post!!!!  :D

Sorry for the wait, it took a while to load all my pictures and then find time to write the actual thing!  ;)  Going to do school now.....at 10 o'clock at night.....>.>

Oh well.  ;)  May the Force be with you all!!!