Tag: anakin skywalker

ekjohnston:

demandingbillydolls:

One thing I kinda take issue with in the whole Fanboy Takes on the Prequels Discourse is this:

What often seems to come up in discussing Anidala is: “Of COUSE Anakin loved Padme. She’s HOT. But why oh why did Padme love Anakin? He’s immature and whiny and cries a lot and has emotional breakdowns”.

Does anyone else notice the weird disparity here?

In this discourse, Anakin is permitted to be (at least initially, if not only) interested in Padme because of her looks. Padme, however, could only conceivably be (again, at least initially) interested in Anakin for his *personality*.

Tbh Hayden and Natalie are both ridiculously beautiful people, and I think AOTC did its job of articulating why the characters would care about each other beyond the fact that they’re both so pretty, but it seems like (apart from the fanboy aversion to the melodrama and plethora of romance tropes in the love story–Right down to a damn balcony scene with Anakin in a romance-novel-style open shirt) there’s this cultural undercurrent that Padme’s physical attraction to Anakin doesn’t matter. Because women, am I right? Men are the visual ones *sarcasm*.

Honestly, it just annoys me every time I see it pop up. Yeah, dive in and try to discuss why certain things in AOTC weren’t deal breakers or red flags for her, or if you felt they should have been, or whatever the case may be–that’s actually an interesting conversation imo that often gives a lot of insight into Padme’s character–but don’t imply that her attraction doesn’t matter or is irrelevant to their relationship. It’s not.

Padmé’s “oh no, he’s hot” moment in AotC is, like, LEGENDARY, tbh. And they’re both so bad at Talking to People (Outside of Work) that she says THE WORST THING IMAGINABLE. It’s glorious. I love it.