#frcebalanced

[ruinreigns-archived]

@frcebalanced asked : ❝ leia? what are you doing up so late? ❞

she had known someone would tell on her . had it been a droid or handmaiden , she couldn't be sure ... but it meant that she'd been expecting a parent to chastise her . she didn't even jump at the sound of her father's voice , focus fully on the projection lola was floating in front of her . she sat on the end of her bed legs crossed with a soft smile on her lips as she watched the twi'leks flowing movements as music swelled .

her mother had told her she was too young for the opera , that she'd be up far past her bed time but that she would take care to have a droid record the performance , knowing that the little one would be mesmerized by the performance . she should have known that uploading it to lola before morning would mean she would neglect her sleep . but there was plenty of time for that .

there was something magical about being entranced by music and dance in the dark of the night when everything else was silent , when she wasn't distracted by the hustle and bustle of life around them , visitors coming in and out , droids checking in to see that she hasn't gotten herself in a mountain of trouble . in the dark , when everything was still , she could imagine that she was right on the edge of the stage , delighting in the music and movements in person .

the swell of the music quiets and she turns her attention to her father with a grin , mischief incarnate . tiny hand reaches out to grasp lola , the little bot quickly powering down as she squirms her way towards the middle of her bed . " mama put the opera on lola and i couldn't wait to watch it . it's educational . "

[ruinreigns-archived]

@frcebalanced asked : ‘  protecting your own happiness isn’t selfish.  ’

                 the words ring hollow in the air between them . it feels as though she's been begging him for happiness for longer than forever , begging to relive those moments on naboo when the rest of the galaxy felt so far a way . things had seemed so different . it was easy to forget the raging war within the senate , the threat of darkness that hung on every breath . in those moments it had been simple ... only the two of them . but now ?

                 now she waits in the dark alone , eyes focusing on nothing as her husband slumbers buildings away in the temple , mind churning too fast for anyone's good as she plays scenarios over and over in her head , desperate to find the one that fits , the one that allows the smile to creep back to her lips , allows her to remember what it's like to love without secrecy . she has no one to blame but herself . she'd known what she was stepping into , known that forbidden meant that happiness would come second to protection . but there are nights she's desperate for more .

                 a heavy breath finds her , fingers folding over each other as her head ducks , hiding her heart away because she knows she can't see him hurt , not for her . she can't see the blame she knows will dance across his features or she'll give in . ❝ if only you truly believed that , ani . it seems as though your vows to the order have stripped you of what it means to find happiness . you're always worried , tied in knots about what the master's think . but what do they know of happiness ? they've taken emotion and turned it into a perversion and the longer i lay in bed alone , the more i wonder if that is their weakness . ❞

[sxperflxity]

@frcebalanced​ has vader telling luke,  ❝ you will only find pain. ❞.

          He hesitates, looking towards the cyborg with a frown, shaking his head. “Pain doesn’t frighten me,” he scoffs, taking a step back and frowning, arms crossing in front of his chest. 

[dxsertsuns]

Everything Luke knew about fighting with a lightsaber he'd learned from Darth Vader and sheer, blind, stupid luck. Oh, he figured out the basics by himself; laser end goes in the bad guy, if you swung it the right way you could deflect blaster bolts, you could get an Imp to surrender just by igniting the blade.

Everything else? He'd learned on Bespin, trying desperately to copy Vader's movements. He'd lost a hand in the process and if he'd been anyone else; anyone other than Vader's son, he would've lost his life.

So when they'd met again, on some rebel extraction mission gone horribly wrong, and Vader'd offered to 'teach him the power of the dark' - Luke had...well...

"Alright father, teach me what you know."

He didn't plan to fall to the dark side. He didn't think he had it in him to be honest, but he needed training if he was to defeat the Emperor. Besides, some uninterrupted quality time could be just what Luke needed to drag his father back into the light.

"Though, I have it on good authority that I'm a terrible student."

@frcebalanced

[itsybitsyparker]

"Ow."

Peter thought that was a fair assessment of things. The transport he'd been assigned to with Anakin Skywalker had, rather unsurprisingly given Master Skywalker's record, crashed.

In the middle of an unfamiliar planet's unfamiliar wilderness. And it HURT. A flicker of concern passed through Peter's training bond with Master Koon, he sent back a wave of resigned tiredness, a flash of humor for the situation. Then he turned to Master Skywalker, who was thank the force, concious.

"Well, that could've gone better," he chirped, too bright and too loud. "Least we're alive, right?"

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[luckheist]

dear amazon ... when i mark something as a gift i thought that meant it wouldn't show up in packaging that says what it is ;A;

long story short ? the darth vader enso ring i got for my fiance for christmas was in an enso ring bag ... and he's the one who checked the mail . needless to say one present came early this year ... 😒

[forcewilled]

@frcebalanced​ liked this !

              HE  STANDS      at  the  front  steps  of  the  jedi  temple ,  clones  standing  guard  at  the  entrance  and  qui - gon  feels  his  heart   sink .  before  the  war ,  the  temple  doors  were  open  to  all ,  for  advice ,  for  meditation ,  for  use  of  the  library .  anyone  was  welcome  if  they  needed  a  place  to  look  for  answers .  but  now  each  jedi  is  looked  over ,  anyone  not  of  the  order  turned  away .  so  instead  he  must  wait  for  anakin  on  the  landing  pad .  he’s  sure  he  could  make  a  case  for  himself  to  be  allowed  into  the  temple  as  a      former      jedi ,  but  he  is  here  for  anakin ,  not  the  order .  he  watches  the  doors ,  leaning  the  length  of  his  form  against  the  speeder . 

[dxsertsuns]

Mom and Dad were fighting again. They weren’t doing it loudly, but Luke could feel their annoyance in the air, the uncomfortable electric tension that Dad said came from the Force. Usually Luke would stay in his room when the Force felt like this, he’d play games with Leia until everything settled back to normal but Dad promised to teach him how to drive a speeder today and Luke had been begging him for WEEKS. 

“Daaaad,” Luke whined at the doorway of his parent’s room. “You said we were going flying today. Pleeeease.”

@frcebalanced​ wanted little luke​