In an attempt not to reblog an already long post too many times, here are some replies to that post where Han tries to set DAV Anakin up on a date.
pcklesthings said: I think I like posts like these more than almost anything else on your blog, because everything starts here. These posts are where potential and ideas and your spectacular talent start to blend into Something More. And watching these ideas and snippets come to life and grow is beautiful.
I haven’t thought about it that way before, but yeah, I definitely enjoy being on tumblr because these kinds of interactions give me a lot of ideas. :) I’m glad people enjoy reading them.
@themoosejthm said: #sorry han but anakin is super demi and padme was it for him
YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
LOL. I am super amused that this was your main takeaway here, but yes.
@fairandfatalasfair said: #this is delightful#Anakin is so chill and just keeps…going to these random meetings Han is setting up#and they keep ending well! he really is making friends! (and contacts!)#and also he would be bewildered as heck and also laugh himself sick if he realised what Han was trying to do#and how much effort was going into it#(Not that Luke and Leia don’t have that covered)#but also…#he really did make friends. and that’s important
And yeah, even though Han has fundamentally missed the memo that Anakin’s just not interested in a romantic relationship, he’s still generally a good judge of people (better than he gives himself credit for really), and so all the blind dates he picks for Anakin are people who do have genuinely good chemistry with him. And therefore good friend material. So it’s a winning situation even if it’s not what Han was originally going for.
@nimblermortal said: Body language! Hyacinth’s the same way - he’s used to watching other people interact, so he can see two people be attracted to each other from across a room, but when it’s directed at him he loses track of the signals.How much does Anakin read body language vs facial expressions in other people?
I think Anakin is probably really attuned to both body language and facial expressions: among other things, it’s a necessary survival skill for a slave. Body language is probably a bit more of a tell to him, though. (And in that sense it’s notable that Anakin himself is much better at controlling his body language than his expression when he’s trying to hide his own feelings. That was true to some extent even before the Empire, but after 20 years behind a mask it’s true now in a very...pronounced way.)
