Donna-Michelle St. Bernard - Thought #11 - HAN SHOT FIRST

My name is Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and this is my eleventh thought.  

I recently got into a thing with a collaborator about whether Han shot first.  Not really about if he did or not, but about whether it matters if he did or not, and whether that is a thing worth saying.  It matters, I assure you.  If you’re a nerd, ten times more.  But if you’re outside the culture, you might not see why.  And if I try to explain it to you I inevitably bring more niche terms into the conversation that move you further from understanding and closer to confirming your theory that no one will know what I’m talking about.  If you are not receptive to understanding, ten times more.  More importantly, things matter even if they don’t to you, even if they don’t to most, even if you don’t understand why they do.  Han shot first.  Because the past is what happened, not what you wish did.  He shot first, that’s a fact.  I’m passionate about it.  And no amount of CGI muzzle flashes will convince me Greedo did anything more than walk into the Mos Eisley cantina.  Holler at me, nerds.

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