likeyourpussy

[cursedjewel]

[missbehave-onnaboo]

YES, SIR!! Most important history lesson in Star Wars Canon!!! Thanks for letting them know of Anidala's freaky business at Varykino, however embarrassing that is 😶‍🌫️

Disclaimer: vid not mine, I just share whatever TikTok vids appeared on my FYP for Anidala lovers!!

[officialfoxsquadron]

the thing is star wars does have fantastic female characters but they’re often fantastic in spite of the writers’ clear misogynist tendencies and over-reliance on outdated tropes and more often than not their greatness and nuance is mostly, if not wholly, thanks to the women who play them

[claudiapadme]

the secret to understanding padme starts with understanding that padme was definitely written with misogynistic tropes because it is supposed to be old school romance fantasy style movie with painful earnestness written all over it but that doesn’t make her a bad or stupid character. we can acknowledge both things : she works for the genre she is in and Natalie Portman portrayed it well and her writing isn’t feminist.

[emdapaladima]

fruit & flirting

[claudiapadme]

[claudiapadme]

the biggest difference between luke and leia is that luke was fundamentally fatherless while leia did in fact have a father

[pinqui]

People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live.

GARY COOPER as LONGFELLOW DEEDS MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936) Dir. Frank Capra

[claudiapadme]

for @wlwanakin and @padmestrilogy

[padmestrilogy]

one star war viewing experience that i think has been totally 100% lost to time / cultural dominance: obi-wan being a mysterious and lowkey dubious figure in a new hope. he’s introduced doing this absolutely terrifying screech (which he never does again? before or since?), in a cloak with his face covered (classic villain coding, also very close to the emperor’s exact look) and this comes after a build up of him being some “old wizard” luke is told is dead, that he shouldn’t be going to see at all—and his dialogue only raises more questions than answers. a big part of it is alec guinness’ expert ptsd performance, of course, but there’s such a real strangeness to obi-wan’s debut. he’s a mentor, but he’s also a hardened warrior, also a deliverer of some incredibly ominous lines, also a disembodied voice, an undead, unkillable entity. i don’t think it was some accident that the “fake twist” used to hide the real twist in empire was that obi-wan killed luke’s father, is all i’m saying really. i think there’s an undercurrent in anh that, as the jedi/obi-wan/star war grew in popular culture and the light side/dark side lore got more ironed out, isn’t really accessible now. but it’s fun

[padmestrilogy]

this is one of the most obvious, clearly intentional parallels in all of star wars & it just bowls me over every time. who's gonna pick you up when you're stranded? who's behind the hood?

[ailesses]

Princess Padmé Amidala x Prince Anakin Skywalker moodboard

[padmeshandmaidens]

Padmé & Dormé in the apartment

[elizabethwydevilles]

[missbehave-onnaboo]

Rated: E

Not One of The Girls Chapter 8: Case Study: Boundaries in Friendship

I’m not in love with her. That would be absurd. Dangerous. Self-destructive. I don’t do love. Yes, she intrigues me. Yes, she moves something in me that I thought was long dead—something terrifying and painfully human. She astounds me. She arouses me in ways I’ve never been aroused—because she doesn’t bow to me. She resists me. At first. And somehow, she still sees me. Perhaps that’s why she’s dangerous. She became a fixture in my life without me noticing. A light in the corner of a room I swore would remain dark. I don’t know when it happened. I only know it has. And now, I fear… I might not be able to let her go.

[padmestrilogy]

seeing people on star wars twitter argue about if george lucas had good or bad instincts. amateur hour. he had both in abundance. get into it

[padme-amitabha]

Summary: Padmé Naberrie has always felt the pull of destiny, a force that seems to steer her life beyond her control. After years of navigating the treacherous waters of politics as the long-reigning Queen of Naboo, she has finally returned home, seeking a quieter life and daring to explore the matters of the heart she’s long kept at bay. But the galaxy is far from peaceful. Emperor Palpatine’s iron grip is enforced by the infamous Darth Vader, a dark enigma whose presence alone can inspire terror. Padmé’s life seems worlds apart from the Sith Lord’s shadowy empire—until fate takes an unexpected and chilling turn. Drawn into Vader’s fiery domain, Padmé finds herself face to face with the man behind the mask. As the barriers of fear and power clash with the whispers of the past and unspoken truths, their meeting sparks a dangerous intrigue that could change the fate of the galaxy—and their lives—forever. This is Beauty and the Beast set in Star Wars universe.

Finally finished my fic! (save for the Epilogue)

[claudiapadme]

for @officialfoxsquadron