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perhaps after i hand in my dissertation on the 10th, i'll begin revamping my barbie blog?
hello, i finally remembered my e-mail for this blog, it's been a hot minute and since i've logged onto tumblr, why the heckidy am i seeing "go ad free today $4.99/mo" in the corner, okay??? anyway i hope everyone has been doing okay and having a wonderful time writing! myself? i've been writing over on discord for over a month now and it's consumed me entirely, but i'm here to be like um ............. what if i remade barbie?
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hello, hello, it's been a hot minute. i want to thank everyone with their patience over here. university has been kicking my ass bad and i've spent the last four days writing a four thousand word draft for my dissertation, so all my energy has gone there ... plus the return of my harry os.born brainrot, which is my little treat after i finally stop working about 8pm. i hope things will return to semi-normal next week, i've got another deadline on monday so i'll need to power that over the weekend. but i miss this & i miss anakin 💖💖
anakin's first love will always be tinkering, second to piloting and lightsaber practicing. he's always been good at fixing things. as a young boy he'd tear apart machines & droids just to work out how to rebuild them. at the temple, anakin was the unofficial caretaker of the temple droids. instead of standard jedi meditation, anakin will tinker, he finds it easier to clear his mind whilst keeping his hands busy. it's all he does during his downtime; tinkering with his arm, lightsaber, starships, droids, weapons, anything he can get his hands on.
☁︎ HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as ANAKIN SKYWALKER ☁︎
AHSOKA | Part five: Shadow Warrior
HOW DID HE KNOW? no one knew she was alive, save obi - wan, who's fled to tatooine to watch over luke, sabé and saché, two of her most trusted handmaidens, and bail organa, with whom she'd entrusted to the care of leia. did one of them reveal the truth about her death somehow? HAD THEY BEEN TORTURED? KILLED? the thought petrified her, that something had happened to those so close to her and she didn't know.
now, padmé is faced with a choice. should she lie? she's sure darth vader can sense her emotions. AFTER ALL, ANAKIN COULD. the force was something she didn't quite understand, nor did she pretend to. but if anakin could do it, vader must be able. he was stronger than anakin, after all. VADER KILLED HIM. HE MUST HAVE THE SAME ABILITY IF HE HAS THAT LEVEL OF STRENGTH. could he have deduced this on his own? was he truly so strong in the force that her very identity was made known to him, JUST FROM MERE EXPOSURE? should she refuse to answer? what would he do if she refused him? would she face the same fate as her friends? no, not this way. she's left with one other option — tell the truth.
“ i am. ” she's shocked her voice remains so firm, and the question of how he knows burns deep inside of her. no one has called her padmé in a long time. PADMÉ AMIDALA IS DEAD, AND SO IS HER CHILD. a fake corpse buried with a pregnant belly to match. MEANWHILE, EMORA KLOBIKESS IS BORN. from naboo, someone who detested the empire as did most of her people. it was an easy role to slip into. it's one that sheds away now, as she stares up at the dark metal mask that breathes so loudly she can barely hear herself think or breathe.
she finally sheathes her blaster, hand instantly raising to twist the ring on her left ring finger. her last trace of anakin. she never got to wear it publicly — emora gets to. she tells people she's a widow, that she LOST HER HUSBAND TO THE CRUELTY OF THE EMPIRE. it's not an untrue statement. “ who told you? who did you kill to get that information? ”
she only confirms what he already knew to be true. she was padmé amidala, daughter, queen and senator of naboo, wife to jedi knight anakin skywalker, risen from her false grave. her tomb on naboo just a façade. he had grieved over an empty coffin, grieved for his wife that still walked the galaxy assumingly under a false identity. they had tried to hide her from him, that was a mistake.
❝ he did. ❞ he says — two very simple words that open a hundred possibilities to who he was. but the answer was a rather simple one. no-one had to tell him who she was, because he already knew. anakin skywalker knew. click and hiss of breath, the monolith of dark metal takes a heavy step forward with a loud clang of boots meeting grated floor. but not nearly as loud of a clang as his next revelation. ❝ ... anakin skywalker did. ❞
he knows of the rumours, the hearsay spreading from here to coruscant and beyond the outer rim. because he helped spread them. darth vader had killed anakin skywalker. he assumes that is what she too believes; unware of the truth starting back at her behind darkened, red lenses. the same eyes that have looked upon her a hundred times before.
❝ search your feelings, you know it to be true. ❞ his hud display picks up on her movement and diverts his attention to. the twisting of ... a ring? instinct has him wanting to hold his breath, but the suit forces an exhale anyway. she wears it so openly now, when they never could before. ❝ do you know what happened to him? ❞ a beat, another breath. ❝ what fate befell your husband? ❞
other jedi might grouse about skywalker's methods , but here in the thick of things , sebastian is grateful for them . his methods can be unorthodox , sure , but if they save lives ? who is he to judge ? who is he to question them if they work ? he's deep in thought about protocol and procedure when anakin turns back to face him . ❝ i see you're handling the padawan thing quite well , ❞ sebastian muses — he finds this faint fragment of time perfectly suited for a tiny bit of chat . ❝ she seems very competent so far , @skydraign . you're clearly doing a good job . ❞ down the corridor , sebastian spies the very door in question — THE ONE THAT LEADS TO THE MAIN COMMAND CENTER , the nucleus of this base and the heart of all their problems . that's where they'll finish the job . ❝ of course i can keep up , ❞ he chides in response to anakin's teasing , face a mix between a grin and a grimace . ❝ how dare you . ❞ clear sarcasm . he even adds the lightest little bump of their shoulders as they march down the hall . ❝ just watch me . i'll show you LUCKY . ❞
❝ you think so? ❞ hands land to rest on his hips. he scoffs playfully, rolling his eyes. ❝ you know, you might've just been the first person to ever say that. ❞ his teaching methods can at times be a little ... unorthodox. but in times of war, being the textbook example of a jedi master wasn't going to cut it. the jedi were once peacekeepers; had been when anakin was a padawan, sebastian too. but the title of peacekeeper can not bare the weight of this war. they're soldiers; commands and generals. he's not teaching ahsoka to keep the peace, he's teaching her to survive.
❝ have you ever thought about teaching? ❞ anakin queries as they made their way down the corridor. not light conversation by any means, but his curiosity always triumphs. ❝ it's not all that it's cracked up to be ... but for what it's worth, i think you'd make a fine teacher. ❞ a compliment from anakin skywalker? a rare thing for sure. ❝ maybe i'll lend you ahsoka for a mission — see how you fare? ❞
he laughs, as they pick up the pace some as they near their final destination. ❝ oh, i'm watching master jedi. why don't you take point on this one? show me just how lucky you really are. ❞ he gestures forward with gloved hand to the door. ❝ just don't feel too bad if you have to chime me in to help. i'm sure i'll save your skin in time ... again. ❞ at this point, that smirk of his should be made into a permeant facial feature.
@skydraign : you should be sleeping.
“ and so should you. ” despite spending most of their time apart, even on the rarest of occasions when the couple is able to share a bed, padmé is unable to sleep if he's not there. ESPECIALLY NOW, now that the secret she's kept close to her chest for so long has been shared with the person she's desperately wished to tell since the moment she learned. HE'D HAVE RETURNED FROM WAR THE SECOND HE FOUND OUT, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE HARMFUL THAN BENEFICIAL. but he knows now, and that's all that matters.
padmé comes up behind anakin, one arm looping with his while the other cradles her belly. she rests her cheek softly against his arm as she stares out into the city, and she notices that for once, everything is still. “ what are you thinking about, ani? ” she murmurs, kissing his arm before glancing up at him, awaiting his response.
the clone wars has left nothing up to interpretation or the imagination of man, the last three years of war has left enough to scar his mind and remind him of mistakes made. he can still hear screams over the roar of the battlefield, still smell the blood in the air. sometimes he can feel the heart of a blast he stood too close to.
but these nightmares since returning to his wife — she's with child ... pregnant with their child. a life to be created from their love, has resurfaced a fear that ran deep. he's had these nightmares before, only once, and he can still feel the weight of his mother in his arms. he can't let the same fate to threaten his wife ...
❝ 'm not tired. ❞ he lies, because he's not just tired, he's exhausted. but sleep eludes him, it's a losing battle — anakin hates to lose. feeling her warmth, he falls into her and pulls their arms to urge her closer. ❝ nothing my love, it's nothing. ❞ but still he sighs, and drops his chin to his chest. ❝ the medical droid said you needed to rest padmé, you shouldn't be out of bed ... ❞
― Han Kang, Human Acts
DON'T BE AFRAID. what a big, cosmic joke. she'd said the same thing to her people when they learned that darth vader was approaching, AND SUDDENLY, A SIMPLE RAID WAS NOT SO SIMPLE. the terrifying extension of the emperor's arm, a killing machine that slaughtered everyone and everything in his path. I'M NOT AFRAID TO DIE, it feels as though it happened yesterday.
GEONOSIS, 22 BBY. padmé and anakin, chained to a carriage. most love stories start differently than theirs. most love stories don't involve a jedi padawan and a senator, now that she thinks of it. I'M NOT AFRAID TO DIE, her mind repeats. I'VE BEEN DYING A LITTLE BIT EACH DAY SINCE YOU CAME BACK INTO MY LIFE. she remembers hearing about his death — life had little meaning. her children sent off, a means to keep them safe. it's been ten years — DEATH WOULD BE KINDER THAN THE ACHE SHE'S FELT IN HER HEART EVERY DAY. if the sith lord intends to kill her, at least she will be reunited with her love.
“ i'm not afraid. ” she's shocked at how strong her voice is, grip remains tight on her blaster. up close, HE'S JUST AS TERRIFYING AS HE'S MADE OUT TO BE. at least three heads taller than her, black metal where his eyes, hands, and legs should be. the sound of his breathing echoes in the tiny chamber he's made for them, something that makes him out to be more machine than man. was emperor palpatine's great weapon a droid? one that could use the force somehow? perhaps he was a man at one point, led away from the light side and tempted by something irresistible. WAS IT WORTH IT?
her heart pounds in her chest, but padmé is DETERMINED to stand her ground and remain firm. she thinks of the people he was able to cast away with the wave of his hand, how she needs to fight for them and their survival. even if it costs her life. “ WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? ” few people knew of her true identity — did darth vader know? the prospect terrified her. “ do you want to kill me? fine. IF YOU DO, will you let my team go? ”
ten years of grief comes undone with three simple words — i'm not afraid. her voice is just as he remembers it to be ... the same voice he'd listened to on the holonet give speeches whilst he was parsecs away. the same voice he could easily pick out of a crowded room. the same voice that'd whisper sweet nothings to him underneath silk bedsheets. her voice was intoxicating, like music to his ears. and he never thought he'd be given the chance to hear it again. ❝ no, i suppose you wouldn't be. ❞
anakin skywalker ceased to exist those ten years ago, leaving only darth vader to rise from his ashes. unable to live with what he'd done, in your anger, you killed her, anakin skywalker had to die. he had sworn to protect her, to prevent his nightmares from coming true. he promised to save her and he broke that promise with an enclosed fist. darth vader consumed him, and he let it. he lost himself to the armour and the name, and does the emperor's bidding, because what else is there? what is the means to live if he had failed to save her? if he was the reason for her death?
❝ i do not want to kill you. ❞ despite all his grief and all his burying, snuffing out any remnant of anakin skywalker like the flame of a candle. here she stands, alive and breathing. he hadn't killed her. and she's seemingly unaware of the familiar face beneath the durasteel mask. ❝ how can i kill ... what is already dead? ❞ he disengages his weapon, the hue of red shrinking back down into the hilt.
❝ you have her face and you speak her voice. it is possible you are one of her handmaidens? ❞ but he knows that not to be true, because in the force, padmé was always surrounded by bright light. now, she's a supernova. ❝ but that is not the case, is it? you are padmé amidala. ❞
@neberrie, padmé amidala. ⁽ ᵖˡᵒᵗᵗᵉᵈ ˢᵗᵃʳᵗᵉʳ. ⁾
stoic — he is unmoving. as a crashing wave of white cladded stormtroopers race past him and onwards, firing their blasters and filling the corridor with smoke. lord vader stands. with saber ignited blood red. behind the mask, eyes of sith yellow stare at only one rebel amongst all others. do eyes deceive him? they've never done so outside of his private meditation before. but there she stands ... a woman he longed thought dead.
her death had tore out his heart and replaced it with something else, something cold, something no longer his. her death had followed him; a ghost just out of reach. he had died alongside her. who he had been ceased to exist once she drew her last breath.
yet more of the emperor's venomous lies, spat out in order to secure unwavering loyalty. because there she stands, fighting back against the onslaught of this empire attack. ❝ retreat. ❞ the order is given. an unusual word for even him to speak and certaintly to repeat. ❝ i said — retreat. ❞ there's no need to shout, as the troopers closest to hear began relaying the order through their helmets and soon — they start their retreat.
but darth vader, lord of the sith remains unmoving still. until it is only him, her and the gaggle of rebels remaining — but not for much longer. gloved hand shoots out, the force gathering between his fingers and firing out a powerful shockwave, knocking the rebels back ten feet before following up with the slamming close of corridor doors behind him and her — sealing only the two of them inside the enclosed space.
slowly, his hand lowers back to his side. and only the sounds of his mechanical breath and the hum of his lightsaber fill the air. part of him still expects for her to disappear — to fade from sight like she always had before. ❝ don't be afraid. ❞
also, just a little sidenote, i usually post this pretty early on but i forgot on this new rendition of anakin. but i please ask that your muse doesn't know that vader is anakin unless canon has stated otherwise or we've plotted this out together! vader and anakin being one and the same is the furthest from being public knowledge as 98% of the galaxy believe anakin was killed during the jedi purge.
@emouvere, rory jett. ‘ not all of us have the luxury of choice. ’ ⁽ ˢᵗᵃʳ ʷᵃʳˢ: ᵏᵒᵗᵒʳ ∕ ˢᵉⁿᵗᵉⁿᶜᵉ ˢᵗᵃʳᵗᵉʳˢ ⁽ ᵖᵃʳᵗ ⁱⁱ. ⁾ ⁾
❝ you think i had any choice? ❞ it came out rather abruptly and without hesitation. he bites his tongue a second too late. those feelings he's tried to keep hidden beneath lock and key start to slither through the cracks of their cell. he does not talk about it, because he should not talk about it — he's learned his lesson after all the reprimanding. the past is the past, he shouldn't focus on it now ... he's a jedi.
but every decision determining his life has been made for him — he is a jedi because the council chose to accept him into the ranks because of a prophecy that's decided he'll be their chosen one. but who chooses the chosen one?
anakin's mouth is pulled into a thin line, biting down on the inside of his cheeks to subdue his flustering from that outburst. he averts his gaze, finding something else beyond her to focus on instead. ❝ i'm not going to pretend i know what's going on with you ... because i don't. ❞ shoulders lift into a shrug with pause. ❝ but that doesn't mean i don't understand the feeling of never having a choice. ❞
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