Grooveless Plorn

If Luke is the Jedi that Anakin should've been, then Leia is the LEADER that Padme should've been.

Padme is a hypocrite, proclaiming that all people deserve basic decency and the right to safety, but at the same time allowing Anakin to get away with a mass murder with no consequences by covering it up.

Leia doesn't even let Han get away with being a little bit of an asshole, there's no way she'd let him get away with mass murder. She holds everyone around her to a higher standard, believing in the best of them but also but refusing to accept excuses for cowardice and selfishness.

Padme talks so much about wanting the war to end, but then allows one of the opposition's biggest generals go free just to get Anakin back because she cares about him, causing the war to continue to go on for even longer.

Leia lets Luke sacrifice himself because she knows it's possibly the only way they might have a victory and beat the Empire, even though she knows what he is to her and loves him. She knows what has to be done and respects the choice Luke is making and would never condemn their efforts just to keep him with her.

Padme's story parallels Anakin's, she devolves as the narrative goes on, until she's barely a shell of the person she used to be. That strength and moral clarity she showed as a Queen is entirely gone, leaving only a scared woman pleading with a murderer to come back to her.

hahaha

magic to me, I was there

when it was written.

The liege who has constructed the most convoluted suicide plan that seems to be failing entirely because their evil advisor refuses to kill them: whatever you say handsome:) by the way you have got to try this wonderful new fish delicacy, I heard it's so easy to make poisonous on accident nobody would blink an eye if someone drops dead after a single bite, it's hardly a rare occurrence even. Curious, isn't it?

Bear with the long post, teahearts. This is important.

It's summer slow season and June did not save us this year (we had no Pride rush this year, it's usually the only thing that gets us through the season), not to mention a few major invoices haven't been paid to us on deadline.

We would really love to keep our doors open and we have some big ol bills (now late) to pay that usually the last weekend of June handles.

Note: horrifyingly, this is what "successful" actually looks like for indies right now: simply staying in business at all. Between operating expenses getting spendier and Pride being pretty much nonexistent this year, we're about $10k shy of where we need to be this week (and ASAP to avoid accruing late fees).

Some great options if you want to help your fave tea shop survive the summer:

🍵 Don't need more tea and just want to spread the queer nerd cash cache around? We do have a shop financial health fund donation link!

🍵 We can handle regular orders out the wazoo. Bulk tea is non-taxable in the US, so that's better for us than a donation, plus is great to stock your cupboard, gift to loved ones, etc. Bonus: tea doesn't even think about staling for at least a year, so you can do your holiday shopping NOW!

🍵 Gift cards are a great way to give indies a cash infusion while spreading out the actual fulfillment workload! Always a lovely choice.

🍵 See also: reserving custom blend appointments to redeem later!

We don't want to burden already-stretched pockets. If $$$ is a stress for you, consider FREE ways to support us:

🍵 Share share share! Word of mouth, link-shares, socials posts about your faves, etc!

🍵 Ask your local cafe/retail store to ping us about wholesale!

🍵 Ask your office to stock your favorites of our teas!

🍵 Ask your team lead to use us for corporate gifts!

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