Concept. Brewing.
I'm obsessed with AUs where a character dies and then comes back (often with time travel, sometimes without) as… a cat. They have information and secrets and maybe superpowers and also no thumbs. Or speech capabilities. Or respect.
I want to do one and IDK who or when.
Easy option is "Vader dies and is trying to Fix things but the only person who knows this kitten is a reformed Sith Lord is the ghost of Qui-Gon Jinn, who is also currently invisible to everyone except sometimes Yoda."
Probably a time-travel AU just so I can toss "a Sithly kitten" into the nebulous period between TPM and AotC and have the Jedi (or someone) deal with... This random cat that does things like "Attempts to maul the chancellor" and "Bites Pong Krell" and "naps and purrs on the lap of one random tog initiate."
I do feel a little like putting Vader in the Temple gives him way too much opportunity to actually influence things. I need to give him trouble. I need him to face numerous obstacles.
I could toss him into Naboo but. Consider Rattatak
Ventress is now being bullied by a Formerly Sith Cat that is trying to push her back into being Not Sith and also trying to fix up a ship to get her off-planet because uhhhh fuck this, the Jedi need to handle this angsty teenager, Vader is NOT interested.
Though if Ky Narec is still alive that could also provide options.
Ventress: This is my… emotional support animal. The Jedi as a whole: That is an entire-ass Sith Lord. Anakin, yowling: [former!] Everybody: [fails to understand him]
From @lizasweetling:
the lack of respect is so actively funny especially if he's Post-original-Trilogy, so he's been walking around being totally unreasonable as people cower at his approach for like 18 years to- aaaw what a cute kitty!! that thing about cats and being a supreme killing machine that unfortunately only weighs 7 pounds
