Prompt 6D: "Hindsight is always 20/20." -- Billy Wilder (1906-2002)
Looking back, I wonder if there was a moment when I would have had the strength and the determination to say no and to stop everything that happened from the time we were at the Naboo retreat until the way it ended. Looking back now, I can see how wrong it was for me to admit my love for Anakin and for us to get married secretly on Naboo after he and Obi-Wan faced Dooku.
I loved Anakin, but I have to admit that what we did was very unwise. We both had a duty and we let ourselves give in to our emotions and our passions. We were both very young and we let ourselves get carried away. If I had stayed strong and not confessed to him how deep my feelings were, could everything that happened have been avoided.
I'd like to think so.
I'd like to think that if we hadn't given in to the rashness of youth, Anakin never would have travelled down the path that he did. He started out wanting only the power to make sure that I and our children were always safe.
The Emperor twisted his love and his concern. He preyed upon Anakin's fears and his weaknesses when it came to me and he set in motion Anakin's slide down into darkness.
Looking back, I know that I could have prevented everything that happened.
All I would have had to do was say no.
Muse: Padme Amidala
Fandom: Star Wars prequels
Word Count: 243
I loved Anakin, but I have to admit that what we did was very unwise. We both had a duty and we let ourselves give in to our emotions and our passions. We were both very young and we let ourselves get carried away. If I had stayed strong and not confessed to him how deep my feelings were, could everything that happened have been avoided.
I'd like to think so.
I'd like to think that if we hadn't given in to the rashness of youth, Anakin never would have travelled down the path that he did. He started out wanting only the power to make sure that I and our children were always safe.
The Emperor twisted his love and his concern. He preyed upon Anakin's fears and his weaknesses when it came to me and he set in motion Anakin's slide down into darkness.
Looking back, I know that I could have prevented everything that happened.
All I would have had to do was say no.
Muse: Padme Amidala
Fandom: Star Wars prequels
Word Count: 243