as a person who drops things, breaks important things on accident, and just frankly struggles with certain adroit motor skills, i've often felt torn between two cultural precedents. on the one hand, bella swan: sexual compatibility, and desirability, conveyed through one's physical clumsiness. edible art! what Edward would not want a Bella? and on the other end, the unloved and despised clumsiness of a clown. think of Beatrice saying "for he both pleases men and angers them, and they laugh at him and beat him." or — well, for precedent: "you were banished because you were clumsy?"
for some time, a romantic era dwelt
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you have to explain to me why the obi wan kenobi tag is here. Is it because he fumbled Satine?
That would probably be funny, but no! It's because he's the one who says "You were banished because you were clumsy?" to Jar-jar in Episode I, a line that echoes in my head every single time I mess something up due to my own maladroitness.
every time i do anything clumsy i just say aloud 'im so moe' and it makes me feel better