An observable universe.

Imperial Prince Luke was Lord Vader's greatest pride and much beloved by the Empire. A bright and cunning man, the prince became his father's right hand in enforcing the emperor's will throughout the galaxy. He shared Lord Vader's skill in lightsaber combat, yet he was not cold and ruthless in the manner of his father; in fact, many of their enemies would come to vastly prefer meeting the prince in battle instead of the dark lord.

Contrary to what the rebels would have us believe, the prince was a strong advocate for justice and the welfare of others. He worked tirelessly to abolish slavery in the Outer Rim, bestowing especial favour upon Tatooine, and eradicated the Hutt Cartel among many other prominent crime syndicates. His philosophy was to rule with a kind hand rather than an iron fist; indeed, none could resist his benevolence in the end, and those that did would live to dearly regret it.

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Here is Luke's official portrait as the Imperial Prince, also commissioned by Vader as part of the dual set with Leia's! This one is entirely based on George IV's 1821 coronation portrait by Thomas Lawrence; George has a sweeping black cloak in that one which matches Queen Victoria's portrait very nicely, so I went with it XD

I added Bast Castle to the background to indicate Luke's loyalty and closeness to his father. That's not to say that Leia isn't close to Vader in this AU by comparison, but I imagine she'd vastly prefer the brightness of Coruscant to the depressing lava world of Mustafar loll And, just like his sister, Luke reaches for his lightsaber to assert his dominance and power, especially with the Dark Side ;)

Imperial Princess Leia was the jewel of the Empire and the star of Lord Vader's eye. Her beauty and elegance were unmatched, as sublime as the snow-capped mountains of Alderaan. Many suitors desired her hand, yet even those rare few who could win Lord Vader's approval found the princess's love still unattainable; her heart was as cold and sharp-edged as the clearest kyber crystal, and her interests lay in the cutthroat maze of politics rather than the frivolities of romance.

When the public discovered that she had been a captive of the Organas throughout her childhood, there was uproar and a call to have Alderaan's royal house executed. However, the princess, ever merciful and generous, appealed to her father to spare the Organas. Moved by her pleas, Lord Vader granted her full authority over Alderaan as a gift, and she thus enjoyed many visits of retreat among the planet's magnificent landscapes.

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First post of 2026! To kick it off, here is Leia's official portrait as Imperial Princess, commissioned by Vader XD It's entirely based on Portrait of Victoria of the United Kingdom by Winterhalter; I really wanted to give Leia a grandiose silhouette with a dark velvet cloak, and Queen Victoria really gave off those vibes, so I just went with it loll

I also put the Imperial Palace in the background to symbolize her ties to politics and the Empire; but she reaches for her lightsaber as a way to show dominance through power, especially with the Dark Side of the Force.

Here are some of my ideas for Leia's imperial outfits, some with moon/night motifs! I imagine her style would veer more toward Naboo's extravagance, which would also serve as a link to Padme. The third design is inspired by Padme's black corset dress from episode 2, and I imagine it'd nearly give Vader an aneurysm upon seeing it loll The fourth design (black hole inspired) is supposed to have intricate embroidery like the others, but I got too tired to finish it ^^;;

Neoliberal feminism - Wants women to be equal to men, yet they want this equality within the same structure that oppresses them. Think Hilary Clinton and books like Lean In. This is the feminism that believes women in non-Western countries must be saved from patriarchal systems like Laura Bush's speech after 9/11.

Transnational feminism - Challenges neoliberal feminism by doing exactly what you suggested:

Audre Lorde told us The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, a postcolonial theorist, is a good foundation for this branch of feminism

Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the term "intersectionality," asks us to look at how multiple forms of oppression intersect

María Lugones, an Argentine decolonial feminist, examined how the legacies of colonialism, and by extension capitalism, continued to uphold oppressive systems in the Global South

Sarah Deer, a feminist legal theorist and member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, has written multiple texts about how neoliberal feminism doesn't even serve women within Western countries

If politicians can take or distribute them, then they're not "inalienable" and they're not "rights."

We don't have inalienable rights we have conditional privileges, divvied out according to the whims of whoever currently holds the reins.

hello everyone... as you can see, ive watched iwtv.

details + GORE under the cut.

suzume is a movie that imo has a similar premise and does a good job of answering the question. without going into spoilers, suzume is a grieving girl who abruptly becomes responsible for preventing a cataclysmic end to the world and by traveling around japan, she allows herself to open up and be close to both her companion but the people she meets along the way. the characters suzume meets don't feel like props, they feel real in a way that allows the audience to connect to the world suzume needs to save and at the same time, empowering suzume to be able to do so.

don't get me wrong- i love all the side/bg characters in lazarus. they're fun and have such wonderful designs and personalities. however, due to pacing, i feel like their impacts were lessened. skinner's bond with belinda and the island residents could've been used to emphasize his existing love for the world. the homeless shelter and the islands were a good snippet of the world perservering in spite of everything, but again- pacing, and they were overshadowed by everything else that was happening in the show. which leads me to my other main point of 'trying to be vs. what is actually did'- lazarus begins with a philosophical premise, continues as an action series, and tries to end on a philosophical note.

now you can be both 'philsophical' and 'action' oriented. (but with the amount of episodes and what lazarus did with that time, they did not succeed). i think the timing of schneider and the inclusion of soryo greatly underscored any emotional impact scenes like the island. in the show, they say that the breadcrumbs skinner is leaving behind might be what skinner wants them to see, a world worth still saving so 'find me'. i like the idea of inscom being responsible for taking over skinner's drug and skinner hatching this convoluted plan to expose them- it fits the biblical themes well. if schneider had been introduced way earlier, none of it would feel rushed or out of left frield. soryo, imo, shouldn't have been introduced at all. he had no correlation to hapna or axel, and he didn't even add any character development for anyone so. literally why is he here beyond conflict fluff and giving axel someone to fight lmfaoo. (also in hindsight that bunker episode was sooo unnecessaary lol)

this long winded rant is getting more convoluted but also skinner living in the homeless shelter the entire time is lowq a cop-out imo. it's not like he has any personal attachment to the area and with lin, he has access to funds to live anwhere. i understand if theyre going for a 'defeated' feel, but to me this contrasts his motivations. a plan like his takes effort and willpower. its a desperate move made by someone with nothing to lose and he's hoping for someone to prove him and inscom wrong. if he had been somewhere with more personal meaning, i think it wouldve been more fitting.