Fic: Lesser Worlds (Star Wars, Padmé/Anakin)

[butterfly]

Title: Lesser Worlds
Summary: Padmé, the morning after.
Timeline: Set after Attack of the Clones.
Disclaimer: George Lucas pretty much owns it all.

Comments

[selenak]

Beautiful. I love this glimpse of her the morning after, and her need to believe (but not quite believing to the same degree) that Palpatine means best. And seeing that even the Jedi gave up on a peaceful solution.

(Them accepting and using the Clone Army really was a fateful step towards the fall of the order.)

I wish the scene in which Padmé adresses the Senate which is among the extras on the AotC DVD had made it into the film...

[butterfly]

Thank you!

Them accepting and using the Clone Army really was a fateful step towards the fall of the order.

So true. Palpatine really did set them up good -- if they fight at all, they lose, because he's the power behind both sides. It's... brilliant, really.

I wish the scene in which Padmé adresses the Senate which is among the extras on the AotC DVD had made it into the film...

I just saw that the other day, for the first time. Really enjoyed it. It's a shame that some of the best Padmé stuff was cut (and ditto from RotS).

[selenak]

So true. Palpatine really did set them up good -- if they fight at all, they lose, because he's the power behind both sides. It's... brilliant, really.

One of the great advantages of having the Republic Trilogy: the ultimate bad guy really comes across as a scary opponent due to his intelligence, instead of as only a cackling madman.

[butterfly]

One of the great advantages of having the Republic Trilogy: the ultimate bad guy really comes across as a scary opponent due to his intelligence, instead of as only a cackling madman.

*nods*

We actually understand how this guy became Emperor. Very good at behind-the-scene manipulation. And then, he got used the power, and lost his touch for subtle.

[logovo1]

I'm so happy to see you writing in this fandom, I love how you see the characters. Padme deserved so much better than what we saw in the movie.

Lovely to read this.

[butterfly]

Thank you!

And, yeah, I wish that they'd given her more material to work with. Though she did get what I thought was the best line in the movie -- "So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause."

[honorh]

Wow. The subtle tension in this piece--Anakin looking like a predator in Padme's eyes, her ambivalence about his metal arm--is perfect for these two. It's a very melancholy piece set just when you'd think she'd be happiest. The morning after the wedding night is supposed to be full of joy and love. But for these two, it can never be just about that. Wonderful work.

[butterfly]

Thank you.

Wow. The subtle tension in this piece--Anakin looking like a predator in Padme's eyes, her ambivalence about his metal arm--is perfect for these two. It's a very melancholy piece set just when you'd think she'd be happiest. The morning after the wedding night is supposed to be full of joy and love. But for these two, it can never be just about that. Wonderful work.

They have a incredibly different relationship. And unlike many 'star-crossed loves', their love actually was forbidden and they actually did have good reason to keep it a secret. They didn't have much uncomplicated happiness. Even the sweet moment in the meadow has the discomfort of Anakin defending the idea of a dictatorship.

[butterfly]

Thank you!

I'm thrilled because I've now written from the point of view of each of the Big Three from the Republic Trilogy. And Padme was the person that I was least certain of (and then I saw the AotC deleted scenes and finally got a handle on her).

[jic]

Disturbingly cozy....

[butterfly]

Hee. Thanks!