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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

After the first two episodes I was willing to give it a chance, especially since they dispensed with the whole "Is she or isn't she the killer?" nonsense almost immediately.

Then everything went to shit in episode 3 and I just stopped watching. Mae's damage vs. the Jedi is that she set a fire that killed everyone? Seriously? How is that the fault of anyone except Mae? To the point where she wants to kill everyone else?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

If you had kept watching, then you would have learned that episode didn’t show the full picture and that Osha’s memory of the events had been altered by the Jedi.

[–] ryathal 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The full picture is worse though. Mae really did set the fire that destroyed the place. Mae also locked everyone inside before that. She didn't directly kill everyone, but they did that themselves by mind controlling one of the Jedi.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

No it’s not? The fire is literally almost completely irrelevant. The important thing is that Mae, as a child, witnessed the Jedi break in to their home, murder her mother, and that the Jedi basically are ultimately responsible for all of the trauma she experienced.

That’s what Acolyte is about, not trivial bullshit like fire in space. The only people who give a fuck about that are absolute losers.

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