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i think we should really talk about ZEB. he has so much going on and everyone ignores him but his character development through the series is INSANE if it isn't extremely Obvious. as we know zeb was a captain in the honor guard on lasan before it was destroyed & he was in charge+
of so much shit that he felt personally responsible for the death of his people but we often forget that he's extremely smart & strong emotionally and he's a crazy skilled warrior!! but when we meet him in season one he acts like a child & like he's nothing but a bruiser for the+
ghost crew, which is so not true and him acting like this literally makes people think he isn't a 40 year old man like the amount of casual watchers i've seen say that they thought zeb was younger than hera and kanan??? but i think we really need to look at WHY he acts that way.+
& when we find out in
season 2 about him being a captain & the fact that he hid it from EVERYONE?? guys..he was too scared to have the responsibility of others depending on him because he was terrified he'd fail again & everyone he loved would die so he hid who he was. and+
season 2 about him being a captain & the fact that he hid it from EVERYONE?? guys..he was too scared to have the responsibility of others depending on him because he was terrified he'd fail again & everyone he loved would die so he hid who he was. and+
legends of the lasat. he just spent between 10-15 years thinking he was the last of his kind. & suddenly there's two more lasat right in front of him & that's a lot for him to deal with!! rightfully so man!! he is a tortured tucking being!! we see he already struggles with ptsd+
in episode TWO when he
sees the ion disrupters. his reaction to seeing them is a massive hint that there's much more going on with this bucket-punching muscle man. but he sees these two lasat, and they have so much HOPE. they have such hope that lira san is real that it+
sees the ion disrupters. his reaction to seeing them is a massive hint that there's much more going on with this bucket-punching muscle man. but he sees these two lasat, and they have so much HOPE. they have such hope that lira san is real that it+
overwhelms zeb. he had hope that too once, i'm sure, & over the course of those 10-15 years it was totally destroyed. he literally says "i'm the last of my kind" in 'always two there are' and even if it's a throwaway line meant for humor that means he NEVER met another lasat in+
all those years of working with the ghost, flying all over the galaxy. never. it's such a shock to his system to see chava & gron. with ezra in their room, he is THIS close to breaking down & the only reason he probably doesn't is because he's alone with a 16 year old who never+
could understand, even if he tries to. he feels like a big brother to ezra and just like i suspect with his relationship with sabine, he doesn't want to burden his younger siblings with his problems. so he holds them all in. he likely feels that way about hera too, because that+
he's got about 14 years on her, and he has about 10 on kanan i think, so there's possibly a disconnect there too. he's very alone in his struggles of being a warrior and dealing with his past which is another reason why i think he's able to click with kallus. they're both+
alone, very much so emotionally. kallus is a warrior and everyone around him is... like, a Proper Officer or a trooper. zeb is a warrior and he's surrounded by jedi and teenagers (TEENAGE JEDI??? GIVE THIS MAN A BREAK) and hera. everyone he loves so dearly but still hid himself+
from. kallus is also the only person around him that's actually in his age range lmfao. how long do you think it's been since zeb had a real conversation with someone who isn't at least 10 years younger than him. even if kanan is literally 29 zeb is still going to feel.. out of+
touch. regardless. he finds someone who, somehow, against all odds, understands him. to a point where kallus cannot let go of him, he takes the meteorite back, he name drops zeb to sabine when he could've said ANYTHING, he chose to bring zeb into it. because zeb is the only+
person kallus is close to, in literally the entire world. anyone kallus thought he was close to he realized they're only coworkers. and he sees zeb with such a welcoming, warm and loving family and he Latches Onto Him. but i just think it's so beautiful to look at zeb in the+
first few episodes, even the first season, and just see how angry and pent-up he is, so in need of someone to talk to, so afraid of responsibility, and the only therapy he gets is beating the shit out of stormtroopers (ex. going absolutely berserk on the troopers directly after+
seeing the ion disruptors. he knows he'll never get a chance to talk about (and he doesn't, kanan brushes him off, ezra bothers him, hera and sabine just leave him alone) and he uses hurting them as his way of getting his feelings out). and then you see him during the legends+
of the lasat, being forced to face everything he's hidden for so long, not just from everyone around him but from himself too. and it's terrifying for him but he's able to overcome it, with such immense strength. he is a changed person in the honorable ones, and kallus being+
able to open up to him as he did means so much, really. as i've said before, pre-lira san zeb would've killed kallus with no regrets on bahryn. but this zeb not only saves him but listens to him, and they both change in so many ways from their experience together. zeb is able+
to now recognize another warrior who's never been able to talk about what he's been through, never been able to figure it all out on his own, and took it out on his enemies through violence. (massive kallus and zeb parallel!) so he listens because he can already see that+
the big and strong aGeNt KaLLuS is cracking, and there's light peeking through all that darkness. he sees himself in kallus that night. and the final test of strength is taking kallus home, after all those years and everything they've been through, zeb is able to take the man+
he feared the most to his most sacred hideaway. he's strong enough to face his biggest fear in the eye: losing everyone again, losing lira san, and he brings kallus anyway. zeb went through so much, so fucking much & he overcame EVERYTHING with grace & power. i love him so much.
