Thread:Atarumaster88/@comment-104549-20151030184059/@comment-104549-20151030231905

I think we can safely go with "ol' Rin". We just hit 157 ABY in RP, so Rin would be...122? Even in Star Wars terms, that's not what most species would call youthful. Since it seems like you were worried about it, I'm not taking any of this personally—I don't consider "critic" a perjorative.

Ah, spirit and text. I admit I'm a diehard textualist (which, yes, does causes me to experience despair on a routine basis when reading cases in which the court looks to legislative intent or public policy...but I digress).

Most of our RP takes place in the Golden Empire, so Rin does emerge as a major protagonist, although we tend not to bring her in too much given her abilities. I think the Empire has a lot of weaknesses Rin tries to keep from others—most notably, she needs to keep it a secret, because the Triumvirate is so much larger and has so many more resources that they could obliterate her Empire in relatively short order. She'd make them bleed for it, but she'd lose, and quickly.

She does have a tendency to inspire loyalty. Tariun I don't really count, because he's her brother. Some of that loyalty, admittedly, comes from those in the best position to challenge her knowing they can't beat her in a straight fight. Part of her Sith nature comes out in that she also hand-picks people for top positions based on how much she trusts them. She doesn't always make the right choice (Vessyk being the glaring example), but she's usually good at getting a feel for people.

I suppose I haven't made a lot of articles about groups resisting Rin, although a lot of Chiss hate her and, even a generation on now, a lot of Fyaar still aren't fans either. I've only written up about a hundred of the Empire's worlds; I'm sure there are more species, and maybe whole worlds, who would like nothing more than to see her dead. As a general rule (with some sporadic exceptions), I don't write fanon articles about anything that hasn't emerged in RP; lack of mention doesn't mean it isn't there, just that we haven't gotten into it.

I'm not sure if I find it reassuring or just intriguing that you find Rin incorruptible. One of my other RP partners (who hasn't written on the Wikia) was initially very hostile to Rin. I guess it depends on which aspects of her personality a reader focuses on. Personally, I think Rin is by nature a good person who does terrible things for (what she feels is) a good reason. Sometimes I agree with her, and sometimes I don't. The person who would help build a home for orphans of war is the same person who ordered the extermination of whole species—men, women, and children—for the greater good. I actually see her in much the same light as some people have cast both Thrawn and Revan (before the abomination that is The Old Republic canon, anyway); good endgame, horrifying methods.