i love that star wars comic where padmé's surviving handmaidens hold a last stand against vader but honestly if i were them i would have dedicated the rest of my life to the most comprehensive and inescapable fake haunting in the history of the galaxy. man should not be allowed two successive heartbeats without seeing his dead wife's face gazing soulfully at him across the room and slipping away before anyone sees. literally what else is the point of being a highly trained operative capable of perfectly imitating your best friend if not to torment her husband for decades after she's gone.
(that aren't The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo or Last Night at the Telegraph Club)
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it is true that anthony and kate could have avoided everything with a conversation but i must remind everyone that is a feature not a bug. in theory they have the physiological and cognitive capabilities to form words at each other and understand those words but they are the two most stubborn elder/eldest siblings on the planet with very specific idea of how their lives are going to go until those trajectories smack them into each other. their dynamic is unstoppable force/immovable object. they will not have a conversation.