In the shadows of Coruscant I will always love you
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She/Her | 24 | Anidala and Vaderdala Shipper | Padmé and Anakin stan | Prequels Defender | Lucas Trilogies + CW 2003 I Anti Disney Canon
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rewatching the anidala scenes from AOTC just to confirm that no, anakin is never pushy towards padme, just earnest, and he respects padme's boundaries very earnestly, he is so teenage boy, my heart.
On the context of people feeling like Padmé was disrespectful of Anakin for a brief time in AOTC, what they obviously don’t know nor consider that she’s in a very frustrating situation and no one will listen to her, and what it is that she wants. She’s just been told to sit back and watch the fiasco when she wants to catch her would-be killer and be there for an important senate vote against the creation of a military army in the Republic. Her efforts to stop war and shedding more violence is failing and she is rendered is incapable to stop it. Anyone can agree that she is well within her rights to feel upset. If she takes it out on the wrong person, that’s an example of how humane and relatable she is as a character which makes her feel complex and nuanced, which she always was. Plus the utter disregard of Padmé’s intentions, she never meant to hurt or disrespect Anakin. He’s precious to her and she cherishes him.
She’s just frustrated but another important thing to remember is that in this moment she’s also trying to fight off her fast growing feelings for him that are coming onto her too strong. She feels like if she treats him as he’s still that little boy from Tatooine, she won’t have to acknowledge how badly she’s falling for him, she won’t have to want him, she won’t have to break her heart when she knows she has to choose duty over him. She never disregards him because she looks down on him. She simply can’t afford to love him then lose him.
This is why we Padmé lovers say that Padmé actually has a lot of nuance and depth in her actions and dialogues if y’all just cared to analyze her past 4 seconds.
always thinking about how cool the prequels would be as medieval fantasy. you already kinda have the tropes with the courtly love and the order of knights and the mythical adventures. like i just think that would really work. also i'm a sucker for medieval aesthetics.
'padme is so mean and cruel to anakin, brushing off his security attempt like that' hm. no. padme is in a high-stress position under assassination threat, just had two of her handmaidens die protecting her, and is having the jedi shoved into her life to 'protect' her when she has perfectly competent protection detail, and the jedi are by and large ignoring what she is saying [no, it cannot be dooku! spoilers: it was dooku]
I don't think padme snapping at anakin during the apartment scenes in AOTC are in anyway personal. she's stressed! god forbid a woman has flaws towards your favourite man
Right side is doodle showing one incident where Luke got himself into some trouble and Vader had to come to the rescue, but not without suntanning some nasty injuries in the process. He doesn't care though, as long as Luke is safe, he would gladly carry as many scars as he needs to ensure it remains that way.
The left one is them having a very normal father and son moment. Luke's young body gets antsy easily, so he's prone to doing silly things like this with his dad sometimes, especially when he's waiting for his dad to stop brooding.
Vader yelling into the void every day for the rest of his life begging for Padmé's ghost to yell, or even better, kick him or something.
Edit: this is not a SW novel guys, this is from Wuthering Heights (I put it on the image description, sorry if it was misleading, i just meant it to be fitting to his character.
"Ani?"
"Yes, master of the universe, lady of the stars, empress of the galaxy, regent of the light, angel of my destiny and owner of my life, my decaying heart and my inmortal soul?"
"do you think this dress makes me look fat?"
"-hard to translate, basically that she's sexy and makes him horny, in not a subtle or elegant way at all-"
"oh, how elocuent!"
Was not prepared for the sudden, overwhelming obsession with Vaderkin and Luke to return this quick, but oh boy did it hit me like semi truck last night.
I CANNOT get ENOUGH of it. So the first pic if of course from the LukeandVader AU, but the second one is a new one I thought of called Renew AU
Basically, only a few months after the events of The Dark Side Strikes Back, Luke is captured by one of Sideous's Inquisitors and taken to a remote facility on the Outer Rim for a secret experiment.
Vader quickly catches wind of this and heads there immediately, blasting his way through the base, not caring how angry Sideous will be at him for doing so, knowing how much danger his son is in.
He finds Luke alive, but chained to some strange altar with advance technology pulsing around it. He has no idea what the hell the machinery is it for, all he cares about is getting Luke out of there fast as possible.
Of course the two banter at one another, especially when Luke realizes Vader is rescuing him, his relief flooding the force like a wave, which surprises Vader greatly as they settle into an uneasy truce.
The chains seem to resist to bend under the will of the Force, so Vader is forced to use his metal hands the break them loose from his son's form, but it's too later, the machine activates and they're both seized by a violent, twisted energy.
For a moment all they feel is pain, Vader doubly so as he feels wires and tubes rip themselves from his body as the foreign machine explodes and sparks around them, and then nothing.
When they both regain consciousness, they both realize they've been de aged by almost 10-12 years, thankfully their are memories intact and Vader's lungs and body have healed, but his metal limbs remain, and Luke is now stuck in the body of a small, defenseless young boy.
After a long talk they both agree Luke is too vulnerable to go back the Rebellion and Vader can't go back to the Empire without endangering Luke, so their only solution is to go on the run until they can find a way to get Luke back to his original age.
((They find a way, but it takes like 5 years for Luke to grow back into his twenties. They have to do this slowly with a mixture of medicine and the force because if they try and age Luke too fast is body would go into shock and die.))
((Luke quickly realizes his is essentially holding the leash of the galaxies most dangerous monster. His father would fight anyone or anything for him, and Luke is both overwhelmed and deeply touched by this fact.))
((Luke still has his memories but he still is affected by his tiny bodies hormones. He's physically weak, cries easily, and instinctively seeks comfort from his father, much to his embarrassment.))
((Vader is having a rough time. He's trying his best to behave for Luke, but he feels like he's wearing another man's skin. He can't look at his face in the mirror and usually covers his lower face with a cloth or scarf, as he can't stand how expressive his face can get it either.))
((Somehow I'm gonna drag Obi-Wan's ass back from the dead to deal with this bullshit too, but I'll figure that out later!))
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