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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.
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Oh hey some real SW content for a change (perhaps):
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Please do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta
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The general idea is, if you're looking here for rules, you're probably someone who doesn't need to have them spelled out. You're fine. But anyway:
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This is a community for Star Wars memes. This means typically screenshots of Star Wars media with some text or context that's meant to be funny and/or thoughtful. All SW media is welcome: movies, games, comic books, fanart... Other kinds of content, like video links or meta memes (about this community, or Lemmy), are fine as well, just keep it on topic.
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Original content is preferred. Reposts are fine, just please limit to a maximum of 3 per day, per citizen. It is recommended, but not required, to mark original memes as (OC) and reposts as (repost).
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What's the deal with those two fingers anyway? Hollywood seems to have a thing for it but I'm curious what idea they want to convey to the audience.
The orient-ness of it all.
I'm told it's actually a Buddhist hand symbol that warns of strife and danger, so it's a threat display.
Point upwards as a general warning, point it at someone as a threat.
So in Mulan's case the context should be that she doesn't want to hurt her opponent, but she will if they attack. I don't remember this moment so I'm not sure if the film makers knew this. Pretty sure the Star Wars peeps didn't, but Obi Wan was pretty bad at the "diplomats and peacemakers" part of being a Jedi so maybe they did.
Supposedly, not a Buddhist though, that could all be very wrong, but it certainly doesn't offer any martial advantage.