joyeux noël

two geeks, one helmet

i admit, i’m no true-blue star wars geek. i hadn’t seen the original trilogy until this year and honestly, hayden christensen was the sole reason my 13 and 16-year-old selves went to see 2/3 of the prequel trilogy on their opening days.

but despite my lack of knowledge of random quotes, character histories and the star wars universe in general, for a long while i’ve had a thing for the imperial stormtroopers. what’s funny is that i’m normally drawn to uniqueness and individuality, yet i find an army of soulless, impersonal, mechanical soldiers positively sexy (lando and either one of the fetts can get it, too, though). i’m so not the damsel in distress type, but i’ve had dreams involving my prince stormtrooper rescuing me from potentially life-threatening situations, like a white knight in sterile, shining space armor. maybe i’m attracted to the anonymity and the mystery. their oxymoronic menacing innocence. or it could simply be that their badass uniforms turn me on. the clean lines and rigidity. the permanent scowl on the faces of their helmets. they’re stark white, save for a few accents, and still manage to come across as threatening (even if they can’t aim for shit). gotta love a man in uniform.

…but only if his uniform looks like it was designed by gareth pugh.

anyway! yesterday as i was browsing tumblr, i stumbled upon redandjonny — a tumblr dedicated to a guy and gal who take pictures of themselves in various situations wearing stormtrooper helmets!

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