anakinsbutt:

thishereanakinguy:

prettypastelrobot:

thishereanakinguy:

pinkiuspiekus:

anakinsbutt:

how many times has anakin skywalker been electrocuted

does someone have a count

is this boy’s brain okay

thishereanakinguy, your life’s purpose has arrived!

Omg my time to shine!

1. Gungan General
2. Hostage Crisis
3. The Citadel
4. Gungan Attack
5. Prisoners
6. Shadow Warrior (at least twice, implied it was much more)
7. Slaves of the Republic
8. Escape from Kadavo (twice)
9. Crisis on Naboo (twice)
10. Sacrifice (though this was in Yoda’s vision and not real life)

So in conclusion, by the time Revenge of the Sith rolls around, Anakin has been electrocuted a minimum of 12 times. This can cause a host of physical and neurological problems, including lack of emotional control, increased aggression, etc. Strictly speaking, Anakin’s propensity towards having huge amounts of electricity (which should by all rights have killed him ages ago – there’s an entire book where Luke is dealing with the pain associated with Force lightning, whereas Anakin’s just like “whatever, just another Tuesday”) played as big of a role in his turn to the Dark Side as anything else, since it sapped his brain of the ability of cognitive reasoning.

…so are you saying that Anakin might have never joined the dark side if he wasn’t a human lightning rod?

I’m saying Anakin’s cognitive functioning and ability to control his emotions and aggression were deeply impacted by being a human lightning rod, which is the long way of saying yes.

yall out here reblogging only the first half of this but not the important stuff