May 17
The people who think Anakin and Padme are romantic are the same people who think Daisy and Gatsby or Heathcliff and Cathy are romantic. I have spoken.
#toxic? check#obsessive? check#immature? check#inherently selfish? check#guy goes batshit crazy over girl even when it’s been literally decades? check#end in tragedy due not to outward circumstances but because of their own terrible actions? check#these aren’t beautiful love stories#their doomed because these characters choose their obsessions over the wellbeing of those around them#they’re my bad#sure they’re all forbidden but that doesn’t immediately make them romantic#sure they make for interesting stories#but they are depictions of mania#not real love#all of these characters would destroy each other if they actually stayed together for the rest of their lives#Star Wars#anti anidala#anakin skywalker#padme amidala#the great gatsby#jay gatsby#daisy buchanan#withering heights#cathy earnshaw#heathcliff#books#literature#the clone wars#my thoughts
