The “we’re Cheaper Than Droids And Easier To Replace” Line From Andor Episode 9 Has Me By The Throat

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Honestly, the last episode of Andor was so fucking great, and it’s all in the eyes.

Bix’s eyes as the torture helmet is slipped into her head and the horror slowly crashes over her. I love that they didn’t include the sound and just let us as the viewers imagine it as we looked into her eyes.

Derdra’s eyes as Syril grabs her outside of her work, a place where she’s supposed to be powerful and in control of everything, and he’s not letting her go.

Kino Loy’s eyes as the news comes filtering through about what happened on Level Two, how he’s scared shitless, but knows that he has to keep it together for the sake of his guys, because if he loses it, then his whole team will lose it too, and then they’ll all get fried. How he insists that as long as they keep playing the game correctly, everything will be fine and they’ll all get out eventually.

Kino’s eyes as Ulaf dies and the medic tells him exactly what happened on Level Two, when he realizes that the game has been rigged all along and that he’s never going to get out and see his family again. How he silently makes the choice to throw his lot in with Cassian and damn the consequences.

It’s just such fucking good acting, and it’s SUCH A FUCKING GOOD SHOW.

Now getting hit with the realization that if I said "November 5th is my favorite Holiday" to a normal person they'd think I was really into the day a guy tried to blow up Parliament despite not being from England. But no, this is just the anniversary of the day my favorite ship went canon in the best and worst way possible during the third day of the US election while rumors of Putin retiring flooded the internet.

they're very special to me

i hope you guys know defending disabled people's right to exist in public also involves defending disabled people's right to exist in public in ways that others might perceive as annoying, unpleasant, uncomfortable, and inconvenient at times. a blatant example is the "slow walker" thing. someone with tourette's syndrome who has issues with verbally ticcing is likely going to have trouble staying quiet in a public space where they're expected to be. autistic children (and some adults) getting triggered into meltdowns due to an overstimulating environment. people with hearing problems having their phone on speaker while on a phone call. a wheelchair user taking up part of the road/sidewalk/aisle. people with autism, adhd, hearing problems, or other things that affect volume control having loud conversations. someone audibly talking to themselves, which can be attributed to many things. motor tics. dyskinesia. ataxia. pseudobalbar effect. the list goes on. some of thus may even be potentially triggering for your own issues if you're someone who's also mentally and/or physically disabled, but if you're well aware of how you can't help your response to it, you should be equally aware of how others can't help themselves either. people who aren't able to be disabled quietly and conveniently don't deserve to be punished or met with anger (or turned into a spectacle) for not deciding to shut themselves away.

Episode 1×09 is a really clear demonstration of Cassian’s character growth this season. Prior to the show, (as explained in 1x03) Cassian stole an Imperial starpath unit, an evidently expensive piece of equipment he was planning on selling to Luthen on a rainy day. When Luthen asks him how he got his hands on it, Cassian says,

“You just walk in like you belong […] They’re so proud of themselves, they don’t even care. They’re so fat and satisfied, they can’t imagine it. That someone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear”

Cassian’s always understood the arrogance of the Empire, and how to weaponize it into a sense of invisibility, and he comfortably wields this for his own personal gain. Crucially, it’s his success, that indicates the power of the Empire, and causes his disillusionment with the idea of the Rebel Alliance. He believed that the Empire, so powerful that it is blind without consequence to somebody walking right in, stealing from them, and walking right back out, is untouchable in any real capacity.

During the Aldehani arc, Cassian engages with the Aldehani rebels in a sort of hopeless apathetic manner. He’s only participating in the heist because Luthen’s paying him. In a very real sense, he feels he doesn’t have much alternative. He wasn’t very liquid because Luthen never paid him for the Imperial starpath unit and he needed to get away from Ferrix until the imperials looking for him turned their attention elsewhere. When Nemik tries to rationalize the usefulness of rebel mercenaries with his idealistic viewpoint around the Rebellion in 1x06, Cassian says the following:

“The Empire doesn’t play by the rules. They don’t care enough to learn. They don’t have to. You mean nothing to them.”

It’s clear from the context of the scene, and Cassian’s reluctance to begin working with the Aldehani rebels, that he believes the Aldehani heist might be doable, but will not lead to any real success for the Rebellion. This is because he still believes the Rebellion will never be able to strike a decisive blow due to their insignificance compared to the power of the Empire.

But during the Narkina-5 arc, Cassian has truly lost everything. He was arrested, far from Ferrix and his family, under an assumed name and sentenced to 6 years on Narkina-5. But he becomes a much less passive character in spite of his circumstances. He understands that the insignificance of the Rebellion, or of himself, or of his fellow prisoners, is an advantage that can be used for more than just survival. That arrogance of a prison structure, or of an Imperial base, or of the Empire itself, can be a protective cover for more than just talking with your fellow inmates or stealing an Imperial starpath unit. So when Cassian says to Kino

“You think they’re listening? You think they care enough to make an effort? I know this. They don’t need to care […] Why bother listening to us? We are nothing to them.”

It’s no longer a hopeless speech about the pointlessness of action, it’s a call to arms that demonstrate his newfound belief in the possibility of something larger than himself

GOJO'S SIX EYES because we don't talk enough about what Gojo sees... and when you really think about it, it's TOO MUCH

First off, thinking about how freaking insecure I'd be if Gojo were real and he could see me.

That man's vision is beyond 20/20 when his eyes are uncovered... Aside from seeing cursed energy in incredible detail, he can probably see very fine details and that's scary.

He can see all the flaws. LITERALLY.

There's a panel in the manga that also revealed he can see someone's soul... WHAT THE FUCK. He perceives it the same way Mahito can.

A normal human body to his uncovered eyes consists of physical and spiritual layers and he can see it.

Gege mentioned in a fan book that with the blindfold on, his vision is like a high definition thermal camera.

What does the world even look like to his naked eyes?

Do his eyes function like a microscope sometimes? Since, you know, manipulation of cursed energy to an atomic level and all that. And when he was a student, he passively mentioned learning how to detect poisons to essentially train his Infinity to recognize it as a threat and filter it out.

Speaking of manipulating cursed energy to an atomic level, Gojo would be great at physics, chemistry, and math. 🤷‍♀️

How far is his field of vision and how's the depth? Do the Six Eyes defy logic and Gojo has 340º vision? Like a bird of prey or something? Maybe not literally, but his visual perception probably is something similar to that or idk.

I bet he can see through his eyelids too.

Can he see through walls? It's insinuated that he can in Season 1 Episode 3, when Nobara was fighting that low Grade 3 Cursed Spirit. And he was wearing a blindfold.

Can he see other wavelengths of light? Infrared, radio, ultra-violet, X-ray, and gamma-ray?

The normal human eye interprets a limited range of light. Meaning, there are colors that normal people can't see. "Impossible colors" are a thing... And Gojo is not normal. Can Gojo SEE "IMPOSSIBLE COLORS"?

Gege... I know you hate the man, but give us a full breakdown of what the Six Eyes can SEE. I WANT TO KNOW. 😭 My imagination ain't enough.

His eyes got me on a spiral, and don't get me started on the amount of information his brain is probably processing every fucking day if his eyes are uncovered.

Also, if Megumi brings it up at some point, Gojo would DEFINITELY argue that he has better eyesight than a bald eagle. 💀

I would kill to see a spin-off series of that. get on it BBC!

Bill, Jack and River together. In a TARDIS. The Universe wouldn’t survive.