[modernmusess]

there’s something so gutwrenching about the fact that the female characters in obsession have real dreams and wishes but never get the chance to see them realized, while both male characters waste their wishes on short-term selfish satisfaction. they were complex, free-spirited young women who just wanted to create art, and they were destroyed by a man determined to confine them to his superficial perception of them. nikki wanted to be a writer, sarah wanted to be an tattoo artist and now neither of them will get to be anything at all

[nessa007]

"Preparing [for the role of Nikki] was really fun. We got to watch a lot of fun movies, and kind of pick and choose, like a puzzle, what we wanted in the film. Moments that we took inspiration from, and made them our own." — Inde Navarrette for Fandango "We watched Get Out, and focused on a lot of the moments where characters are showing an emotion underneath but saying something completely different [on the surface], and how horrific that is. There's a scene where [Nikki] is saying, "no", and there is a [similar] scene in Get Out [which we took inspiration from]." — Inde Navarrette for A Shot Magazine Obsession (2026) Dir. Curry Barker Get Out (2017) Dir. Jordan Peele

[spider-mann]

The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel vs Anakin Skywalker: Revenge of the Sith (2005) Dir. George Lucas

[lacebird]

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN On the set of Ahsoka (2023-)

[spider-mann]

Ahsoka | S0105:

Shadow Warrior

[bisexualvader]

Star Wars × Tarot: Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith

[mirrorofliterature]

padmé and anakin's love for each other did not destroy or doom the galaxy

the galaxy doomed them

[planeposting]

Say it with me folks:

People do not deserve to suffer, even if they make mistakes

People do not deserve to suffer, even if they make bad decisions

People do not deserve to suffer

[planeposting]

People especially do not deserve to suffer because somebody else completely unrelated made a bad decision, btw

[emdapaladima]

"In a few days, Padmé had worn white for death, white for battle and finally, white for love."

- Star Wars Fact File #128

[politicalprocrastinator]

It pisses me off so bad when people refuse to engage with the basic politics of star wars when it's a fundamentally political franchise

I don't expect every fan to have a political qualification but when people use their ignorance to justify further misogyny towards my girl padmé I get so mad

The galactic senate does not have political parties like the us senate or parliament - it's much more Greco Roman with warring factions. But the most prominent opposition faction forms at the start of the clone wars in relation to the military creation act. In attack of the clones it is explicitly stated multiple times that padmé is the leader of the opposition. Since this is the biggest issue in the senate right now, and she's representing an important system, that basically makes her the most powerful opposition figure in the senate.

We see this subtly in how she is the one who addresses palpatine in his office, and in the deleted scenes we see it is her alone taking on the chancellor. Bail is older than her but he is a less powerful political presence than she is, thus he doesn't act as the mouthpiece for this opposition faction padmé does.

In the deleted rots scenes we don't see padmé ignorant to the realities of the war cos she's obsessed with anakin (only misogynistic freaks think that) bail and mon are pitching the delegation of two thousand to her because they know they don't have the political capital to take this to the chancellor themselves cos they're not in charge of the opposition.

When they do address the chancellor, who takes charge? Oh right, padmé does cos she's the leader of the opposition. When palpatine declared himself emperor who is the person standing front and centre to oppose him with bail standing behind her to reflect her seniority? Oh right, it's padmé.

Padmé wanting a family and to leave this extremely toxic life she's been trapped in since childhood doesn't make her anakin-obsessed or "less woke" than Leia. It just means she's human and wants to be selfish for the first time in her goddamn life.

Yeah, she may well have retired to naboo had anakin not turned. But politically, she would have probably been in serious consideration for the next chancellor since she's proven herself a worthy leader of the progressive senators for over three years and she's the girl who took on the entire galaxy aged 14 with two blasters, five decoys and a dream.

Padmé amidala is that fucking girl and misogynistic freaks who want to diminish her importance to the rebellion and republican democratic ideals to big up Leia are losers and Leia herself would hate you.

[politicalprocrastinator]

Oh hell yeah

[politicalprocrastinator]

Oh but I heard that padmé had nothing to do with the start of the rebellion from a misogynist on twitter...

[politicalprocrastinator]

Sharing here cos ppl on twitter said padmé is a shit politician who did nothing revolutionary and was nothing but anakin's genocide enabling wife

[evenst4rsburnout]

the way anakin looks at padmé when he realizes she loves him back 🥹

[thirteen-tales]

the aesthetic is running into the arms of the love of your life

— HAYDEN CRISTENSEN as Anakin Skywalker and NATALIE PORTMAN as Padme Amidala in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

[shattered-sky]

For the first time in his life - truly comfortable and happy

[rebel-leia]

best of padme pt 3/∞