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Most annoying Padmé and Anakin takes:

1) the idea that a 14 year old Padmé was romantically/sexually interested in a 9 year old Anakin because she was kind to him

2) because Padmé is five years older than Anakin she is an older woman™️and the age gap is evidence of Anakin having a mummy kink

#padme amidala#anakin skywalker#star wars#if a man is five years older than their female partner that's considered unremarkable#but the other way round?#it's called sexism babes
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cheesenames

anyway I think the flip side of the “after her death Padmé becomes a symbol of the revolution” idea, the part where her family, in addition to the actual death of their beloved daughter/sister/aunt, have to deal with the memory of her also being lost because she’s transcended personhood to become a symbol, is interesting and should be the hottest new trend to examine

#hmm#the commodification of her image erasing Her is an interesting continuation of the 'image' of amidala overtaking padme the person#padme amidala#star wars#somewhat related thought#it is not talked about enough that Padmé took on the role as senator because the new queen asked her too#and 'she [felt she] couldn't refuse'
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padmestrilogy

the thing is ☝️ we are introduced to padme as the ultimate cog in the republic (soon to be imperial) machine . she is 14, queen of a whole planet, and easily manipulated. she is used as a weapon by palpatine blatantly and no one cares. padme has to be stoic, monotone and come up with a winning battle plan at 14 or everyone she knows dies. she does the impossible and it doesn’t even matter because that was what palpatine wanted!!

is it not that classic star wars “poetry” then, for her to die resisting the help of machines, for once allowing herself to fully feel? does it not rock that the first time we hear padme truly scream is on her deathbed, refusing to live in a galaxy so cruel it’s denied her this right?? fuck “died of sadness” jokes. fuck “palpatine sapped her life force” theories . padme could only find catharsis in death & that’s her whole character !!!

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padmestrilogy

the movie parallels padme’s death with vader’s birth for a reason!! both were swept into palpatine’s machinations as children and now are adults in the godawful position of having to either embrace the machine fully or die. the cold, sterile hospital environment shows padme at her most emotional and unguarded. the gritty surgery room leaking blood and rage shows vader transformed into something sleek, industrial. obi-wan is by padme’s side, unable to even tell her anakin is dying: palpatine is by anakin’s side, telling him about padme’s death with obvious glee. one is having trouble tapping into the right emotion, the other can manipulate emotion all too well. it’s about exploitation and struggling to exist as a full human. if you even CARE

#reading this after watching tpm in the cinema…#let's talk more about how padme is used by palpatine just as much as anakin#padme amidala#star wars
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