#musings. (leia)

[faint-taste-of-almonds]

yes there's a lot of things to criticize about Star Wars but one thing i will always love it for is being so unabashedly tragic

i'm sure it's been said before, but one of the main things i think powers the SW fandom (fics in particular) is the (in)evitability of it all

time travel fix-its are one of the most popular sub-categories of fics that i've seen (for the prequels at least) but i see it much more rarely in other fandoms. i know each fandom has their own niches that they dig into but star wars fic writers took one look at this decades long story of people who were doomed from the start and said 'not in my house bitch'

and i'm never tired of it, because there's so many places where just one different action could have changed the story entirely, but didn't

was it over the moment Palpatine succeeded in feeding Anakin's fears and his distrust toward the Jedi? the moment the Sith gained control of the senate? what about when the war started, when the Jedi were made generals of men designed to be their executioners? what about when Dooku left the order? when Qui-Gon Jinn died, leaving barely-knighted Obi Wan Kenobi to raise a child he had no idea how to care for? when the Jedi massacred the Mandalorians at Galidraan, leaving Jango Fett primed (hah) for revenge? when Palpatine, and thus the Sith, first gained influence? when the Jedi were tied to the Republic, all the way back at the Ruusan Reformation?

there are so many little moments that turn into this huge web of cause and effect when you take a step back. and in canon, these characters are dooming themselves while we watch, but what reason do they have to do anything different? they don't know they're in a tragedy - its dramatic irony at its goddamn finest

but there's this thing about decisions: for it to be a choice, there has to be another option. and our heroes make their mistakes because that's what they do, while we aren't privy to that other option, leaving that little what-if. it's a favorite human pastime, to think about what might have been.

we start at episode 4, though, fourty or so years after what you could arguably call the start, and find ourselves watching the dominoes fall in place throughout 1, 2, and 3.

and we can hate the choices, hate the tragedy, hate what happened to our beloved characters, but we knew. we had the luxury of knowing.

it's a love story, it's political intrique, it's sci-fi at its finest, and they were dead from the start.

[kaitlinamberxo]

“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope.”

kaitlin's 100 favorite female muses — 70/100: Leia Organa

[aldereign]

your muse + you!!

i stole this from @angea tehee i just love these picrews and it's always fun to make leia in them :))) tagging: @nexusbeing @feliney @noctradite @warplanet @eueclid @gainscient @warbyrds @presidentlaufeyson @diam1nd @greenelight @moonsworn @kaerinio & the person reading this :)

[cagg1969]

[funnypansexualanimorph]

Anakin is never Vader around the twins.

He's a surprisingly good father, much to Obi-Wan's surprise.

He also makes custom mechanical Droid toys for them.... they are not quiet.

There's a reason the kids room is on the opposite side of the living quarters level of the Death Star.

If it wasn't, Obi-Wan would get less sleep than he already does.

[shadow3142]

NEVER KILL YOURSELF

[toomuchracket]

matty getting a sword is so office nerd bf coded. he is dragging girly to comic con i just know it <3

[celestialmuses]

Closed starter for @willowswriting

"Okay, so I think I have everything checked off on my to-do list. I got the gelt, and the applesauce and sour cream for latkes. I double-checked the RSVP list to make sure who was coming. I have all the plates clean in the dishwasher ready to put out. All I need is for someone to hang all the decorations." Leia said, glancing at them with a smirk. "Think you can help me set up for the greatest Hanukkah party ever? There's a sweet reward in it for you."

[my-t4t-romance]

ily leia

[marigoldbaker]

i forgot kenobi as a show existed as a concept and then got one little edit on my social media feed of obi wan with baby leia and now i’m like . How are there so many fucking things in this world that i just kinda SKATED BY bc i was busy locking myself into other stuff???? i should have WATCHED THAT . i need to watch it NOW

[prosperae-archive]

made a blog for rachel's friends (aka, more life is strange muses) so if you're interested -- you can find the blog here. 🫶

[heroestales]

“Let’s just say that the greater good has rarely outweighed my own self-interests.” (Anakin to Leia)

@magikborn

Leia had been trying. Kriff, she had been trying so hard to give her family a chance even if Anakin had gotten only like 5 percent of that grace. yet as he was helping her fix the car she had been forced to get here and they told stories, the rage that lay dormant in the former senator seemed ignited. Luke's hand had been lost to his self interests. her mother had been lost. Or that's what she had thought. Anakin knew some of what had happened but not all of it. So Leia's past would always be lost to her and lost to the father who had tortured her for the sake of his own gain. Had he known? She felt her hands white knuckle the side of the car. Brown eyes blazing. "Oh, I think the entire galaxy was aware of that, daddy dearest."

[mayxthexforce-moved]

"You know [Roganda Ismaren] was the Emperor's Hand. His other Hand," he added, as Leia looked quickly up, a protest on her lips. "And Mara's fried as a fish about it."

— Han Solo to Leia Organa in 'Children of the Jedi' by Barbara Hambly.

[cagg1969]

[tragcdysewn]

when the villains fall, the kingdoms never weep. no one lights a candle to remember. no, no one mourns at all, when they lay them down to sleep

@mcrcki @lcngliive @hiddencitywaters

[ofdragondreamers]

@starsdrew -- rey & leia.

"i do not believe i have ever celebrated an actual holiday before," rey points out, smiling softly at the other. she always enjoyed leia's company -- feeling welcomed by her, despite rey's lineage. "perhaps we should have some kind of get together, for halloween. with all of our friends."