so I took her by the arm/we settled down upon a farm/and raised our children up as gently as we pleased
(guess who’s back in the fanvid game)
padme amidala
so like its canon that when padme’s handmaidens were in handmaiden bootcamp before she was coronated as queen (but presumably after she was elected) that padme snuck in and joined them? but like, what if she didnt sneak in? what if its like, The Thing for the queen-elect to join her handmaidens in handmaid bootcamp. like. what if.
amidala seems to be a reigning name taken by padme to conceal her true identity- we already know that the naboo are very fond of shit like that due to the handmaidens/decoys etc.
so like padme went into handmaid bootcamp as padme naberrie, and all the handmaidens were like, heyy padme! wanna join in on our betting pool as to which one of us is secretly the queen? padme bets its dorme, corde bets its teckla, teckla and dorme think its padme, yane bets on herself being the queen because shes a shithead and wants to fuck with everyone, and so on. idk where im going with this, but like. bootcamp shenanigans.
and then when padme is actually coronated and the bond between her and the handmaidens is so much stronger than just ruler and subordinates, which is what was supposed to happen, because the naboo are wily motherfucker- and in the end the queen of naboo is, and always has been, more than just one person.
Future cosplayer here…
Full Transcription:
[Flashes of Queen Amidala and her wardrobe.]
Girl in Costume: So… who says only guys can be heroes?
[Flash of Padmé with a blaster, exclaiming “Get to your ships!”]
Girl in Costume: My goofy older brother, that’s who! I say, what about Florence Nightingale? Or that Queen Elizabeth person we read about in class? They were heroes, just like Queen Amidala.
[Girl descends stairs in full costume.]
Goofy Brother + Friends: Here she comes. She’s gonna get a lot of candy this year. Let’s follow her!
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I nearly didn’t watch this, but I’m glad I did. In part because I’m just weirdly obsessed with this era of SW marketing and products. But also because it goes to show the similarity in marketing for Padme and Rey, both overtly labeled as heroes and suggested as models for real world change in gender norms.
She dreams of herself on a table, dying as her child—no, children—are born.
Leia, dreaming of herself as her mother during Padmé’s death/her own birth 23 years after the fact in “Life Debt” by Chuck Wendig
This one line kills me? Just… damn. Because I was like “Leia isn’t having twins in the new canon I don’t und—oh. Oh.” Leia is so psychically linked to Padmé still, after all these years. “Do you remember your mother?” Luke asked. To which she might have replied, I dream of us still.
(via irhinoceri)
Success?
Asked the Star Wars book account on twitter about plans for a Padme book.
Here is their response:
“Nothing immediate. But we are very well aware of how many requests we receive for a Padme novel”.
So, they are aware of the requests, at least. Not the answer I was looking for, but also not surprised. As long as people keep requesting more Padme material, they’ll realize that there is a market.
