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Lisse Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 10/6/05 10:10pm Subject: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	Just playing catchup with some of my old ficlets. Is this in line with EU canon or possibly even movie canon? Probably not. Ah well.shuffles off Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars. This story was written for fun, not profit. Hunch Pooja remembers her aunt in clear, perfect detail -- the way her hair curled, the cut of her dresses, how her voice sounded. This is not noteworthy or unusual, because Pooja remembers everything with such clarity. It is what lets her pass the grueling public service exams by skimming the study guides and what allows her to fit political puzzles together when the pieces span decades of half-heard conversations. When she was little, she closed her eyes every time she wanted to remember something important. Pretending to make an effort seemed better than making no effort at all. * She rises through politics quickly, from Princess of the Lake District at eleven to Imperial Senator at nineteen. The Naboo value the idealism of youth, and Pooja has neither the heart nor the desire to disillusion them. But she has her memory -- sometimes she thinks it is all she has -- and that perfect databank files away everything she hears in the cloying halls of the Senate. The back of her mind threads moments and hunches together on long interconnected strings. She does not know who is wrapped up in what scandal or who silently supports the Imperial Navy's increasingly vicious tactics, but she has her guesses. And for as long as she can remember, guessing and knowing have been one and the same. * She guesses that her aunt was married three years before anyone tells her. When her mother asks her how that's even possible, she smiles and says, "I remember Padmé's Jedi." * There are drawbacks to her memory, and one is that it is very easy to judge past behaviors and correctly guess how harse consequences will be. Pooja thinks that she has no imagination -- but when she listens to the whispered rumors of reprisals and brutality swirling around the senators, she can draw on old holos and news reports to paint vivid pictures in her mind. She never joins the Rebellion. No one ever tells her they have joined the Rebellion, either -- but she whispers her guesses and hunches to Ryoo, passing on galactic-scale blackmail like little-girl secrets, and somehow the information is always used. She sees senators fall and she is glad for it, taking it as evidence that there is some kind of justice left in the galaxy. But she never asks Ryoo about her part in it, and Ryoo never tells her. She can't remember what she has never seen or heard. When the Emperor disbands the Senate at last, she listens to his speech with her eyes shut and thinks hateful, terrible things. She has no memory of Aunt Padmé even raising her voice -- but these are different times, and she is not Aunt Padmé. * Sometimes she thinks only of the Jedi and wonders how a tall, long-limbed young man named Anakin Skywalker met his end. When she was little she pretended that she had a cousin just like him, a little blond boy to fuss over and tease and be a big sister to. She tried to make up memories of him, but all that came to mind was the funeral and her aunt with flowers in her hair. Now she doesn't try. The should-have-been cousin is a misty idea, and she cannot remember what has never been. * Pooja is on Naboo when the newest official notices come through. She reads them out of privilege and habit and perhaps to be sure Ryoo is not listed in one of them. And then she sees the boy at the top of the list -- a blurry little holo, not at all like the perfect memories in her head -- and she reads through the name and why someone so young is worth so many Imperial credits dead or alive. She would know even without the name. He has Aunt Padmé's smile and a Jedi's blond hair, and she would know him in the middle of a crowded Coruscant street. For the moment she does not care about the whys or hows of it -- just that he exists. Pooja erases the holo as if that will protect him or her family or everyone at once. Then she closes her eyes. * "You're wrong," Ryoo says when she whispers to her. "It's a coincidence. It's not possible." Pooja glances at her, just for a moment, and decides what is best -- what won't break their mother's heart. "I guess I'm imagining things," she says. But she knows she isn't. -----signature----- Mal: Do you want to be captain? Jayne: Yeah, I do. Mal: Oh. ... Mal: Well, you can't!
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JadeSolo Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 10/6/05 10:45pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	but she whispers her guesses and hunches to Ryoo, passing on galactic-scale blackmail like little-girl secrets Great way to show things from Pooja's perspective! Loved the bit about her aunt with flowers in her hair. -----signature----- "If you expect a kick in the balls and you get a slap in the face, it's a victory." "May God bless you and keep you always...I mean that in a civic deist way." -Prof. Siegel "No guaranteed money, but all guaranteed fun!"
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AngelQueen Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 10/7/05 5:23am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	Wow... excellent oneshot, Lisse! Loved it! It's really interesting how Pooja managed to figure so much of everything out. She figured out that Padme did indeed marry her Jedi, and that they did have a son. I wonder if she ever figured out what became of Padme's Jedi... smiles sadly Perhaps there are somethings she's better off not knowing... Again, outstanding story! AQ -----signature----- "Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy!" "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy." "Only a Sith deals in absolutes. I will do what I must." "You will try." Obi-Wan and Anakin
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VaderLVR64 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 10/7/05 7:10am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	Wow! I loved it! Pooja is on Naboo when the newest official notices come through. She reads them out of privilege and habit and perhaps to be sure Ryoo is not listed in one of them. And then she sees the boy at the top of the list -- a blurry little holo, not at all like the perfect memories in her head -- and she reads through the name and why someone so young is worth so many Imperial credits dead or alive. She would know even without the name. He has Aunt Padmé's smile and a Jedi's blond hair, and she would know him in the middle of a crowded Coruscant street. This was so sad and yet, there was hope in it as well. I've always thought that someone who knew Padme would connect Luke Skywalker with Anakin, and then perhaps to Padme. Here's to hope! Lovely work! -----signature----- R.I.P John, Alex, Jason, and Christian Never forgotten Soldiers' Angels http://soldiersangels.org/ 2114 soldiers waiting for someone to care
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BrownEyes_Blue Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 10/7/05 9:20am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	Lisse posted: When she was little she pretended that she had a cousin just like him, a little blond boy to fuss over and tease and be a big sister to. She tried to make up memories of him, but all that came to mind was the funeral and her aunt with flowers in her hair. Now she doesn't try. The should-have-been cousin is a misty idea, and she cannot remember what has never been. Awwwwww If only that was true....it would've been a beautiful family. Pooja and Ryoo would adore Luke and Leia and vice versa. -----signature----- "He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger." Anakin & Padme....the greatest love story in a Galaxy Far, Far Away.
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AzulSaber Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/7/05 3:09pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	You know, I have to say it, I just can't contain it anymore: I LOVE your writing. She would know even without the name. He has Aunt Padmé's smile and a Jedi's blond hair, and she would know him in the middle of a crowded Coruscant street. For the moment she does not care about the whys or hows of it -- just that he exists. Pooja erases the holo as if that will protect him or her family or everyone at once. Then she closes her eyes. So bittersweet, the fact that Pooja figures out who Luke is, but knows that they can probably never meet, and certainly never had a chance to be a normal family. I wonder if she figured out who Leia was... Excellent job! -----signature----- I have a bad feeling about this. Never tell me the odds. 30 Years of Geek Heaven. Celebration IV here I come!
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Golden_Jedi Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 10/7/05 4:18pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	For the moment she does not care about the whys or hows of it -- just that he exists. Sweet! -----signature----- New Bespin Café - come visit THE place for H/L fans http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/29538471 Diving (a H/L intertrilogy AU) http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/27836852
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KELIA Title: The Pretty in Pink Fan Fic Manager Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 10/7/05 4:48pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	That was very well done. -----signature----- "Do or do not, there is no try." Master Yoda A Light In The Darkness: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28150602/p1/?8 NaNaWriMo Progress: 11,018
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bobilll Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 10/7/05 6:41pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	Wow, beautiful execution! I love how Pooja doesn't join the Rebellion because she's too scared... makes the situation feel so real, despite the dreamy feel of imagination. Great work! -----signature----- You'll have to buy him a sweater.
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DreamingIce Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 10/8/05 2:17am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	This is marvellous! I love anything that has the Naberrie family! And Pooja's emotions on the rebellion were very realistic, after all, you would assume that Palpatine would be keeping an eye on them in case one of them was a 'lil Padmé. ~Misha -----signature----- Crazy padawan of JayaSolo "Do not disturb... Im disturbed enough already" Canon sucks! Get it away from me! http://boards.theforce.net/fan_fiction_resource/b10304/23417532 ^ The Jacella Index. Sweet Perfection.
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Indra Registered: Dec '03	Date Posted: 10/8/05 6:11am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	That was incredible. Extremely original and well-written. You showed wonderfully how that gift to remember everything perfectly could be both a blessing and a curse. Great work. -----signature----- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. - Douglas Adams Picking Every Blade of Truth http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/23113954/p1/?1 - collaboration with VaderLVR
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Pandora26 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 10/8/05 7:27pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	This is an interesting story--and more frightening than it appears to be at first read. No, Pooja is not Padmé, though it's easy for the reader to assume she must be. At first, anyway. When I read the bit about Pooja passing on her guesses to Ryoo, at first I assumed that she was bringing down bad people. I mean, that's what Padmé would do. But it's not clear just who exactly her information is hurting. Is it Senators that have joined the Rebellion? So it seems. In the end, I didn't get the feeling that Pooja was for either the Empire or the Rebellion. I can almost see Padmé, in death, becoming an image for her nieces to admire--and resent. A few notes: little-girl secrets This phrase makes the galactic terribly small and personal. I also like the way the story takes place in brief, almost repressed snapshots. As though Pooja can scarcely endure her memory at times, and this is the only way she can handle it. -----signature----- we'll take our hearts outside leave our lives behind I'll watch the stars go out --dubstar "stars"
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Lisse Registered: Jan '01	Date Posted: 10/12/05 6:56am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	JadeSolo - Thank you. The shot of Padmé's family in RotS was so that I had to include a reference to it. AngelQueen - That was one of the difficult bits of the story -- figuring out what Pooja could put together and what she couldn't. I think probably she's better off not knowing what happened to her aunt's Jedi. But I'd be amazed if no one in the Naberrie family connected Luke with Anakin (and with Padmé) especially since he's using the same name. VaderLVR64 - I was always really sad that there was this whole branch of Luke and Leia's family that they never got to know. Since Luke kept using his dad's surname, I'd be stunned if none of the Naberries connected him to Anakin and Padmé at some point. BrownEyes_Blue - I know. They would've had big-sister-type cousins fussing over them. AzulSaber - Thank you. I wish we'd seen something about the Naberries in the EU, since like I've said to other people, I'd be really surprised if none of them ever managed to connect Luke and Anakin at the very least. They don't even have to meet or anything; I just kinda want Padmé's family knowing her kids survived. Golden_Jedi - Thank you. KELIA - Thanks! bobill - I've seen a couple of fics where Ryoo and Pooja wound up operating Rebel cells, but that didn't feel as realistic, especially since we know Pooja wound up being an Imperial Senator. This was sort of my attempt at a compromise. DreamingIce - I love anything about the Naberries too -- and yes, I can absolutely see Palpatine keeping a very close eye on them, especially since Pooja went into politics. Indra - Thank you. Pooja's memory definitely isn't something I would wish on anyone. Pandora26 - Wow. Thank you for such a thoughtful review. I left exactly what Pooja was passing on deliberately vague, because you're absolutely right -- she isn't Padmé. I've always pictured her as a Rebel sympathizer (or at least someone who wasn't terribly pleased with the Empire) but she's also an extremely unreliable narrator. As far as she knows, guessing about senators' actions and allegiances is the same thing as knowing them. She thinks she's bringing down corrupt people, but she could very well be upsetting the funding for a Rebel cell or mistakenly incriminating innocent people. She doesn't know, and the need to double-check things doesn't occur to her. In the end what Pooja's actually "for" is her family, and that includes her ideas of what her aunt and Anakin were. I suspect that's going to determine what side she comes down on far more than anything else. -----signature----- Mal: Do you want to be captain? Jayne: Yeah, I do. Mal: Oh. ... Mal: Well, you can't!
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Darth-Buddy Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 10/21/05 6:16pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	I enjoyed your story and agree with your premise that young people know more than we think they do. My 11 and 14 year old boys continually amaze me with what they pick up. Excellent job. -----signature----- Buddy - A mini-pin with a Darkside. Fan Fiction is better than the Exploited Universe! Obidala sucks!
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kateydidnt Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 3/13/06 11:36pm Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	WOW! Excellent. I loved this! -----signature----- R2D2: The Swiss-Army Knife of Droids The Outer Rim: Minor Character Index http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=21597215
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 3/14/06 12:47am Subject: RE: Hunch (Naberrie/Skywalker family oneshot)
	Great collection of circumstantial evidences that have so much power. I loved the little-girl secrets line. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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