Favourite Fanfic depictions with Azalea’s Dolls
Inspired by FernWithy’s “Father’s Heart”.
Here - queen Breha Organa and viceroy Bail Organa of Alderaan, as well as Saché.
This isn’t 100% true to the original fic, given it clashes a bit with the established canon. It might be that this is due to a lack of information on Leia’s adoptive parents at the time it was written. I, therefore, took the liberty to make a little change in order to correct that.
In the fic, Bail Organa’s wife - and, hence, Leia’s adoptive mother - is supposed to be Saché Organa, a former handmaiden of Padmé Amidala, instead of Breha Organa (who doesn’t exist there). This wouldn’t pose much of a problem, since you could just resort to switching the name in your head ... were it not for the fact that Saché’s death later in the story (sorry for the spoiler) was a very important factor for the plot. However that may be - we know quite well that the canon Breha Organa, on the other hand, survived until the destruction of Alderaan in ANH.
To solve this I mentally split these two in the fic - with both existing in it.
Breha as Leia’s actual adoptive mother, and Saché being the Organas’ aide, and a governess and teacher to the young princess - something I consider quite likely, given it seems a natural choice for the Organas to hire a former handmaiden and confidante of Padmé Amidala to help raising the latters’ daughter - also as a means to preserve her legacy and memory.
I imagine Saché being really close to both Bail and Breha (all of them being old friends of Padmé, and common members of the Rebel Alliance), as well as Leia - who almost considers her as a second mother, and a close friend.
That way, it works with both the established, as well as the fic-verse canon. Breha lives on, but we can still have the tragic impact that Saché’s demise has on both Leia herself (plus the furthering of her dedication to the Alliance), as well as providing the pivotal moment to spell doom on her former friendly relations to Darth Vader.
[ Saché was killed in a raid of a rebel meeting, by troopers that were under the command of Vader - who wasn’t present at that time, and who would definitely have prevented it if he had been, as he a) wasn’t even aware she took part in the meeting, and b) never meant to harm her regardless (she was also one of his friends once) - therefore he deeply regretted what happened upon finding out when he arrived. Unfortunately, Leia arrived a moment later, and misconceived it all as an intentional betrayal on his part - which it, obviously (well, to the readers), wasn’t. ]
So, most of the time Saché is mentioned I insert Breha’s name, but in some situations I leave it be, given to what I think is appropriate there, according to context.
