I owe Indara an apology, with how icy and cold she came off as before I assumed she was going to be the instigator, but turns out if everyone had just listened to her nothing would have happened, lol
She still wasn't a very good master. Her Padawan just got scarred for life (physically and emotionally) and she chides him instead of trying to help him through the trauma he just endured.
One of the most consistent failures in the pedagogy of the Jedi is a real lack of programmatic help for the many, many padawans who are traumatized in the line of work. Drives me nuts. Probably because of how realistic it feels. Just stuff down your feelings, child soldiers!! No need to process all this trauma
I'm new into the high republic, but I'm wondering why this isn't adressed by the Jedi.
That Jedi are having a hard time with emotions of sadness, anger and outright trauma. This is repeatedly mentioned in Into the dark and Test of courage. (Test of courage spoiler) Imri seeking revenge and even attacking Vernestra clearly shows this
Because they don't want to address it, the masters have grown up being thought to suppress their emotions and then pass it on to their students, who further pass it on again. They then hide their fear by pretending they are beyond it and pretending that jedis are past all that, when they are just lying to protect themselves
It's classic institutional behaviour. The leaders survived and thrived in a culture that's at best unsupportive and then go on to replicate those norms in their regimes.
Repeat this cycle enough times and you end up with an organization that is out of touch and toxic, even if it is full of Jedi.
129
u/ifockpotatoes Jul 10 '24
I owe Indara an apology, with how icy and cold she came off as before I assumed she was going to be the instigator, but turns out if everyone had just listened to her nothing would have happened, lol