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'padmé stans are white supremacists' 1) what the fuck 2) fan not stan 3) WHAT. THE. FUCK.

it's funny that on ao3 there's a whole genre of "obi-wan and anakin switched roles, and now anakin is a bad jedi master, and obi-wan is his talented and kind padawan who has a slave/qui-gon being his previous horrible master background, anakin and the entire jedi order constantly underestimate him, and he's groomed by palpatine for an evil sith lord reasons, because actually he is the chosen one here" fanfics <- i don't know if there's a goal here other than getting a "morally pure" version of anakin who is an obi-wan and a "good victim" and doesn't fall to the dark side despite The Horrors, but i find this shit actually hilarious

do you guys remember that time in the jedi quest novels where anakin, as a young teenager, got abducted by xanatos' son and got drugged with an experimental drug that makes you - and check this one out, fellas - specifically more docile. it changed anakin's behavior to an extent that, although he was a hostage and in serious danger, he didn't want to leave said hostage situation and wanted to remain a captive. i'm sure that went over really fine with the former enslavement trauma guy, and there were no murders committed about this.

like, sure, they're novels for children written to make children relate to the main characters, but jedi quest has an entire novel where anakin gets captured by a slave trafficker he remembers from childhood. he recognizes this individual (known as krayn) by a momento around krayn's belt (and some of these momentos are literal body parts) that anakin recognizes as belonging to one of his childhood friends who krayn probably killed. then anakin is enslaved for a second time and sent to work The Mines TM, and the jedi council genuinely and actually argues to leave him (note: this is a child in danger) there because another jedi operative (note: this is an adult who agreed to take on this mission) might be compromised if they do anything too hasty such as, i don't know, retrieving the fucking child? i'm sure that went over very well with Baby Darth Vader and no murders were committed about this.

there was also a time where anakin offers to race in a podrace, using the win to free someone's enslaved sister. obi-wan and anakin are on the planet for an entirely different mission that this side quest is distracting them from, so obi-wan tells anakin not to, because in his view deviating from the council's orders is morally wrong. in this little exercise obi-wan forgets that the entire reason anakin is not still enslaved is because qui-gon deviated from their mission, and possibly unintentionally telling anakin Never Question Orders & It's Morally Wrong That You're Free is maybe why anakin goes on to never question orders and then sell his mortal soul or whatever. like just spitballing here. but no i'm sure that went over totally fine with Baby Darth Vader and no murders were committed about this.

Just when I think Anakin can't have even more trauma I always end finding posts like this...like, damn, this poor kid.

The jedi quest books are umm something

"i like tcw anakin better than prequel anakin because he's more suave and charismatic" that's the problem!! that's ooc! he's not supposed to be suave and charismatic and the fact that he wasn't in the prequels isn't a problem that needs to be fixed! aotc anakin is an insanely mentally ill teenager talking to his crush for the first time and his swagless looks and cringefail personality are what captivates padme so!

While i do like the complexity of obi-wan and Anakins relationship, Palpatine definitely takes the cake its so icky i get chills when i think about their relationship especially later as Vader and the Emperor, wish fans gave it as much attention as the other