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RedGold Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 1/17/05 11:12am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!}) - Date Edited: 1/17/05 1:17pm (1 edits total) Edited By: RedGold
	Gabri_Jade Chill, girl. Number one, oba didn't tell you you were completely wrong, she said she disagreed with you completely. What she is doing is 'thinking differently' than you, which is certainly allowed. Number two, it's no insult to think differently. I would think you'd be well aware of that, as someone who thinks differently herself. Number three, I've had readers with whom I disagreed completely, and I still appreciated the fact that they took time to read my stories and leave feedback. Complete agreement with a train of thought is not a prerequisite for gratitude for general thoughtfulness. head hits table My strange sense of humor strikes me down again... I really didn't mean it like that. I probably should have put some emoti-cons in there to show that I was being sarcastic/making a joke by it. I more-then-half expected oba to shoot back with an amusing sarcastic remark to me. I'll try to remember those emote's next time. Me and oba have been PM'ing and she knows it's cool. I'm still waiting for that sarcastic come-back though! Oh wait, I did get one. Nevermind. Anyway, It's nice to know she has good fans like you who defend her so. Rock on Gabri! -----signature----- Legend... Recluse... Forgotten... Will one day return... http://www.starwarsfanfic.com
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LaYa_ Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 1/17/05 2:57pm Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	LOL! It's funny, because I don't normally write political intrigue. But I had a lot of fun with it in this, and I think it really does add to the story, having all this going on while L/M get to know each other. I don't normally read political intrigue. Well, maybe I read some stories with it, but I believe this one will have much more political intrigue than the others. Just my feeling! And it's good. I am really enjoying the story -----signature----- The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
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Knight_Aragorn Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 1/17/05 3:30pm Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	Why wouldn't Mara be willing? You're making an assumption about Mara, and her relationship with Luke. She's spoken to him twice. They're not even on a first-name basis. I know... I was kind of talking more into the future, making a very hopeful assumption that eventually Mara might face a bit of a conflict between what the Rebellion wants her to do and... something else....??? And I know you're not going to answer that. I'll just have to wait and see... spouting random theories in the meantime.
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RedGold Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 1/17/05 3:33pm Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	spouting random theories in the meantime That can be dangerious around here! runs and hides from Gabri -----signature----- Legend... Recluse... Forgotten... Will one day return... http://www.starwarsfanfic.com
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Katarina42 Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 1/17/05 4:15pm Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	I have to say this is honestly one of the most intriguing fics that I've come across in a very long time. Kudos! Kat
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Neo-Paladin Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 1/17/05 5:14pm Subject: Ahh, that's the stuff
	Well, I'm hooked. I'm greatly enjoying this story. I'm not compleatly sure why I clicked it (good title I guess) as I haven't been in a L/M or a 'massive AU' mood for awhile, but I'm very glad I did. It is a fantastic fix for my adiction to good fanfic. -----signature----- Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. Edward R. Murrow
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Gabri_Jade Title: Fan Fiction Archive Editor Emeritus Registered: Nov '02	Date Posted: 1/18/05 12:11am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	RedGold: runs and hides from Gabri No need to hide as long as things are cool with oba. I haven't brought out my thwacking stick yet, after all. -----signature----- Evil Twin of LadyPadme This concept of "wuv" confuses and infuriates us! - Futurama All I can do is be me. Whoever that is. - Bob Dylan Serendipity (Leia-Mara vig) - http://boards.theforce.net/b/b1/30178069 !!11!1eleventy
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obaona Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 1/18/05 2:07am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	RedGold: We've already talked, so just waves. Jedikma: giggles Why am I not surprised to hear that? And yes, I was thinking of you when I wrote in some lines. I just couldn't resist! You'll see what I mean when you get to them. Gabri: RedGold: Isn't Gabri wonderful? Anyway, I'm glad we got that cleared up. LaYa_: I normally don't either! At least, not when it's in the amount it is here. And this one does have a lot. However, one of my goals with this story is to have at least three things happening at once, so political intrigue never overtakes the main focus - L/M. Thank you! Knight_Aragorn: One I can't confirm or deny, but a good point nevertheless. You're right - who knows how things will change? Maybe Luke is the one who gets conflicted. And I like random theories, no matter what RedGold says - it's intriguing. RedGold: Hey! I like theories! I just reserve the right to laugh because they're totally wrong ( ) or because I respectfully degree. Katarina42: Thank you! I certainly hope it continues to be. Neo-Paladin: LOL! One of the things that kept me from posting for a few days was the title - I wasn't sure if it was the right one. So if it was the title, I find that very amusing. But anyway - thank you. I definitely know what you mean about getting addicted to good fanfic. Gabri: Do you think if I made a smart remark about your age, I could run fast enough to dodge your thwacking stick while you struggle to get it out and ready? -----signature----- MS Word is designed by sadists with masochists in mind. - teh atty my recent Atton (KOTOR2) fic: http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/30335989
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obaona Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 1/18/05 2:54am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {Updated Jan. 14!})
	Feedback is, as always, adored. Emperor Skywalker is known for his political astuteness; his enemies fear him with just reason. --- Annals of the Empire, Vol. III. Luke always kept a certain distance from his subjects. Due to the political nature of his position, it was more difficult to keep to that line, but he nevertheless did so. He attended meetings and events, of course, but he never fraternized. He just smiled at his people. He did love and care for them – but ‘they’ was a huge number in his mind. He thought he rather failed to see the trees for the forest, but such was nearly unavoidable in his position. He sensed that Lady Jade was mentally debating whether he was sincere when he smiled at the crowd assembled around the massive building. They were together – this would be one of their joint public appearances. She had taken Mauwel’s advice rather reluctantly, and wore a dark green dress with her red hair loose around her shoulders. And while they both went through the motions of opening Coruscant’s planetary museum, Luke had his thoughts on other matters, and Jade had her thoughts on him. The Vaderians were causing more trouble. Assassination threats were becoming more frequent – frequent enough that Mauwel wanted to cancel this particular public appearance. As a result, Luke had ordered Mauwel to send assassins after the lead members of the group. The whole thing was almost silly, in Luke’s opinion – he was Darth Vader’s son, and yet they wanted to kill him. Did they think that would please Vader? Well, who said fanatics had to have logic? Lady Jade’s suspicion and thoughtfulness tickled at the edges of Luke’s senses. Her regard, while not really discernable to the public eye, was nevertheless intense. When they both sat down for the celebratory dinner – one where Luke had plans to undermine two bills the Moffs were proposing, among other things – he sensed Jade relax. Luke made polite chit-chat with the Grand Moff from Delerka Sector, mentioning offhand how he ‘disliked’ certain new policies that other Moffs were implementing. The man quickly paled – he was easily manipulated – and hurriedly gave a few excuses, then went off to talk to one of his fellow Moffs. Luke watched him long enough to confirm the spreading of what he had said, and then dismissed the problem. Either they would get the hint, or they wouldn’t. If they did not, Luke had already set up a rivalry between Delerka and Massanor Sector that he could use. New, more easily manipulated Moffs weren’t hard to come by, though good ones were. He kept those. Jade was close enough to him that they could speak softly and still not be heard by others. “Do you think threatening him was necessary?” she asked casually, almost as if the subject wasn’t that important to her. Luke looked at her with some surprise. He let it show in his eyes, in the Force, but nowhere else – no reason for anyone else to realize what the two of them were talking about. “He will either get the hint, or he won’t,” Luke replied. He hadn’t been aware she kept up with politics enough to realize what he was doing, though he should have expected it. “So you get your way with threats?” “I get my way by outmaneuvering them,” Luke said, shooting her a sharp glance full of warning. She didn’t appear affected. “So it’s someone else who holds the bloody knife, then?” “Such melodrama,” Luke said dryly, becoming more interested in the conversation. She raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly. Her body language changed slightly, leaning in, becoming more aggressive in stance. “But I’m right.” “Nevertheless, your technique could use some work,” Luke shot back, consciously making himself appear more relaxed, instead of tensing. Jade leaned back. “I’ll keep that in mind.” “I’m sure you will,” Luke muttered. Jade smiled. The rest of the dinner passed in silence between the two, though both made conversation with others. It wasn’t necessary that they speak to each other, and Jade was apparently content to leave it that way, at least for the time being. In the beginning, she had been more cooperative during the public appearances, but recently she had taken up the habit of saying things meant to startle – only to him, of course. She kept the agreement of their first meeting studiously. So while Luke felt the subtle shift in her emotions during the dinner, he paid it no mind other than to note it. At night, the Imperial Palace lit up. The gardens which surrounded the entire area – something Luke had encouraged to spread during the annual updating of the grounds – had luminescent strings wrapped around the trunks of trees and the delicate low-hanging branches of bushes and hanging plants. Sometimes Luke enjoyed walking out at night – it seemed then like he was alone, even though he knew he wasn’t, and had he cared to look, he could have confirmed the fact. Small, ivory leaves lay along the pathways running throughout the gardens. They were shaped in little hearts, and some seemed perfect and beautiful lying there on the thin, wide pieces of wood that the walkways consisted of. Except, of course, for the few lying on the border between the walkway and the garden – they were muddy and trampled; torn. The keepers could have kept everything immaculate, of course, but Luke preferred the more natural appearance. Disorder in order. Luke wandered. He walked slowly, with no particular direction in mind. Exhaustion from the day was setting in, and while he knew he should go to sleep, and he knew that he could probably force himself to go to sleep, he gave into his restlessness. He knew he wouldn’t be bothered – few were even allowed into the Palace, and even fewer would be permitted to get close to him at all. The soft, indirect light of Coruscant filtered in from above; the thick brace of leaves only blocked some of it. “Skywalker.” Luke turned, startled. He reached out with the Force at the same time he recognized the voice, cursing his own stupidity. He always had to be aware; even when he was safe, he had to be aware. “Hello, Lady Jade,” Luke said, turning away, continuing his walk. Jade wasn’t wearing the dress of earlier anymore – instead, she wore a loose tunic and a pair of dark pants. It wasn’t the style of a Jedi, though, despite the colors. It was more casual, less heavy and overbearing. The light seemed to touch upon her like a ghost, giving her sharp features a mellow blue cast. Even her striking red hair was dimmed. “We never got to continue our talk,” she said softly, walking fast enough that she caught up to him. “Which one?” “The one in the museum,” she replied, shifting her hands so she held them clasped behind her back. The movement made Luke aware she was had her lightsaber; Luke had left his in the Palace. Another moment of careless stupidity. “How did you get here?” Luke said, changing subjects. Jade cocked her head. “Don’t you remember giving me permission to have the run of most of the grounds? Including the gardens?” “Ah,” Luke said. It hadn’t occurred to him that she would ever find him here when giving that order. One thing after another. “What were you thinking about?” Jade asked, still walking beside him. Luke shrugged. “Nothing in particular.” Which was true enough – not that he would have shared anything of his thoughts with her regardless. Jade wasn’t taking the hints that he was giving to leave him alone. “I was thinking of our talk in the museum,” she said. “About the things you said . . . and the possible motives of them.” Luke resisted the urge to raise an eyebrow, though he was surprised. Surely Jade wouldn’t confront him on Kearek. She was supposed to think the emotional talk in the museum was meant to be manipulative, and the talk of Sefer a threat or a decoy. When Luke said nothing, Jade continued. “Vader loved you?” Luke stopped walking. Why in the Force would she want to know about that? She was supposed to think he was trying to manipulate her emotionally. Should I play along? Luke wondered. “Yes,” he said cautiously. Jade looked away, green eyes glinting brightly for a moment, the color quickly subsiding. “Why did he kill Palpatine?” It was Luke’s turn to shift his gaze. “To save me,” he murmured. Jade looked at him. “Why?” “Why?” Luke said, scoffing. “Palpatine was a Sith, I was powerful and young . . .” “But wouldn’t Vader have used you in the same way? As a tool?” Luke shook his head silently. “Why won’t you answer me?” Jade demanded. Luke pursed his lips. “If you persist in your assumptions, it will never make sense to you. I have already told you why.” “My assumptions?” Jade said, a hint of outrage to her tone. Luke smiled grimly, and subtly shifted the topic. “Your Master Yoda has a saying about the Dark Side. Touch it and forever will it dominate your destiny.” “Yes?” Yeah, your point being? her eyes said. “I personally don’t believe that, but he does have a point,” Luke said, starting to walk again. Jade had to half skip forward, unprepared for his sudden movement. “Touching the Dark Side does influence you.” He met Jade’s eyes. “Did it never occur to you that it could go the other way as well? That the Light Side could influence a being of darkness?” Jade looked stunned, her eyes wide. “I –” “No matter. I can see it hasn’t. I can’t say I’m surprised – in your persistence of being only Light, you can ignore what is right in front of you,” Luke said caustically. “That the Light and Dark Side are different, exact opposites, is not in question – but are intelligent beings so clear?” Careful, he warned himself. Don’t get to close to the truth. Jade wouldn’t meet his eyes, though he tried. “I didn’t think of it that way.” “You aren’t encouraged to,” Luke stated. “Too much risk, I suppose.” It was half apology, half insult. Jade started to recover. “And what of you? Are you saying the Sith see things more clearly?” “Not at all,” Luke replied. “Sith are just blinded by Darkness as Jedi can be by Light.” “The Light doesn’t blind,” Jade snapped. “No,” Luke agreed. “But you can use it to blind yourself. The Dark Side blinds all on its own.” He shrugged, leaving the obvious unsaid. Jade said nothing. He could see thoughts racing through her mind – her eyes showed her confusion and surprise. She was freshly wary of him. “The way you speak . . . are you not a Sith yourself?” Luke hesitated – stupid, stupid, he thought, don’t hesitate. “I have the skills of one,” he dodged. “But not the Darkness?” “We all have Darkness,” Luke said with an almost gentle smile. Jade wasn’t giving up. She folded her arms, her gaze intensifying. “Your father, the man who raised you, was a Sith Lord, and you’re telling me you’re not on the Dark Side? I don’t believe that – trained from birth, you’d be too deeply enmeshed to see your way out.” “Trained from birth?” Luke blurted without thinking, and then stopped himself. Taken by surprise, the best thing to do is attack. “And are you too deeply enmeshed in the willing blindness of your Order to the gray of this universe to understand of what I speak?” “I wasn’t trained from birth,” Jade said, eyes narrowing, but not commenting on his tone on the matter of his own training. He wondered if she believed being trained from birth marked one irrevocably in what they were trained in – she was foolish if she did, considering the amount of Jedi that turned to the Dark Side during the Clone Wars. “My Master found me as a thief in the Empire. You know that – or you should.” “Giving my intelligence operatives credit?” Luke murmured, a smile lurking at the corners of his lips. For all the danger in this conversation, he found himself enjoying it. Jade wasn’t surprised or taken off balance easily. He supposed he respected her in the same way he did some of the New Republic – they kept him on his toes. “You’re distracting me,” Jade said, starting to give a rather disbelieving smile. “Getting me off the subject.” She cocked her head. “You didn’t answer my question – are you in the Light or Dark?” Luke decided to answer honestly, instinctively knowing lying would be futile. “I don’t know.” Jade frowned, her fierce expression softening into something more gentle – concern. “You can’t dance between the two.” Her eyes narrowed, as if realizing that while discussing the Jedi, Luke had never claimed the Light Side weaker or useless – he had attacked the Jedi, never the Light Side. It was a fine difference, and one Luke hadn’t really expected her to catch. “And you don’t want to, do you? But you don’t know how to stop.” Luke let his expression harden. “Don’t presume,” he said harshly. Jade reached out – for what, Luke didn’t know, but this had gone too far. He had miscalculated both himself and her, and done so badly. It was too obviously not a play at sympathy to her. He grabbed her wrist, much in the same way she had grasped his at the first meeting. Jade didn’t react other than to stop moving. “I have my lightsaber,” she pointed out softly, “and you are unarmed.” “I am the weapon,” Luke hissed. His father had trained him to be able to deal with any situation – one like this included. As long as he kept his wits . . . Jade flinched slightly, but didn’t back away. Luke had lost ground, and he wasn’t going to get it back. He was too sympathetic in her eyes. He had lost this round – and perhaps the whole battle. Regardless, he could try to minimize the damage. Maybe he could still pull this off the way he had planned. Moving so quickly she hadn’t a hope of reacting in time, Luke grabbed her arm and immobilized her, suddenly behind her with all the leverage. He took her lightsaber off her belt and pressed the business end to her throat. She wasn’t breathing hard, but her pulse was racing and her body tense as wire. Luke leaned in close, able to smell the clean scent of her skin. Her hair moved with his breath. “Don’t threaten me.” With a casual flick, Luke shifted the lightsaber away from her throat, turning it on as the business end faced beyond her. He dropped it over her shoulder, and while she was fast in grabbing the hilt, she wasn’t fast enough to stop the blade from lightly touching her skin. Luke was already a few steps away as Jade turned, eyes full of anger, to look at him. He said nothing, merely looked at her levelly. He could see her consciously calming herself, falling into Jedi techniques easily and naturally. It was hard to say how she would react his sudden violence, but she would likely believe him verging more on the Dark Side than the Light, which is what he needed out of the action. She shut off the lightsaber. “I get the point,” she said coldly. “Good,” Luke said, expression impassive, and then very deliberately turned his back on her and walked away. Mara went to her quarters with an outwardly calm appearance, though inwardly she was seething – not at Skywalker, as much as she was tempted, but at herself. It was a bad habit of hers, she knew. Adi had often chastised her, reminding her that anger at oneself could be as dangerous as anger as someone else. And Mara had a natural tendency towards anger and impatience. It was tempered by practicality and control – she would even use the emotions at times, to the concern of Adi – but still, it was not the way for a Jedi to act. Though, who knew? With a mild curse, Mara walked into her bedroom and pulled off her shirt and shift. She threw them onto the huge bed and walked into the refresher. Like all rooms in the Imperial Palace, it was beautiful and luxurious. Mara still hadn’t adjusted, though she liked the mellow greens and blues of the fabric and marble. She looked at her shoulder in the mirror very carefully, studying the red and blistering skin. The wound stung, but it was not a bad burn; with Jedi healing techniques, it would be gone by tomorrow. Really, her ego was smarting more. Skywalker was a Sith. She couldn’t forget that. She couldn’t forget what Adi told her – to remember what she was, and what he was. And yet . . . he was nothing like she expected. What he had told her about the Jedi, about blindness, about people . . . it rang of truth to her. It wasn’t even precisely heretical, it simply wasn’t the way Jedi thought. Of course there was black and white – but weren’t there also shades of gray? Was Skywalker in one of those shades? If he was, Mara thought darkly, he was probably way over, nearly into black. But he was right when he said intelligent beings were rarely one or the other. As insane as Vader being affected by the Light Side might seem, it could very well have been the case. And again that seeming contradiction. The unexpected violence, and yet . . . the telling of truth, the gentle sadness in Skywalker’s eyes when he spoke of his father. “Sithspit,” Mara muttered, and immediately decided that wasn’t the best curse word to use in this case. Of course, ‘by the Emperor’s black bones’ wasn’t much better. She rummaged through the cabinets and found a first aid kit. It was one of the best-stocked she had ever seen – and it had even had instructions. “Nice job,” she said to herself, taking out a bacta patch. It was layered bacta, with thin strips of anti-infection agents in between. After carefully putting the patch on her shoulder, she turned the shower on, but didn’t step in. She put on another tunic, this time one of her Jedi ones, and carefully took out a small, round disk. She set it on the counter, hit a few buttons to scramble any spy devices in the area, and then waited. It was unlikely Skywalker’s people could listen in with the combination of the scrambling quality of water and the high-tech devices set into the small disk, so she would fairly free to speak for a while. Within a few moments, a very small holograph of Adi Gallia appeared. She smiled when she saw Mara. “Hello, Master,” Mara said with a faint smile. “Something wrong?” Adi asked immediately, pleasure shifting to concern. Mara shook her head. “I’m fine.” Adi’s pale eyes narrowed slightly. “How are you handling Skywalker? Are you having any trouble with him trying to read you?” Handling? Hardly, Mara thought. And he doesn’t have to use the Force to read me, judging from his immediate reaction to my shift in feelings – disgust to pity? – half an hour ago. “No, no problems. He’s largely ignoring me.” That much was true. It was the times when he didn’t that she had trouble. Adi nodded slowly. “Good.” She took a deep breath. “I’ve got a few things to update you on.” “Let’s hear it,” Mara said briskly. “You were right – Sefer was a decoy. It was abandoned when we found it, through some fortuitous ideas of our intelligence operatives, but the NRI went digging deeper and found a place called Kearek. It’s a weapons facility, and it appears to be in full gear.” “As in, readying for war?” Adi nodded. “Yes,” she said. Mara couldn’t read her expression well, nor read her in the Force, but she instinctively sensed some kind of regret in the single word. “So the treaty . . .” “Maybe to soften us – get more spies in through open lines,” Adi suggested. “Regardless, we’ve decided to take some action. You won’t be directly involved in any spying, but you’ll be covering for some operatives. You won’t know who, however, for safety’s sake.” Mara nodded. Logical. “We’ll follow the letter of the treaty, just as he is,” she said with a slightly wicked smile. Their talk continued on some time after that, going into details and specifics. As the talk continued, Mara felt herself become angry at someone besides herself – Skywalker. He went on and on about his good intentions, about he had already proved himself in doing the treaty at all. She had almost bought it, and the galaxy was buying it. It was infuriating. Adi finished with a less than professional goodbye, making Mara smile. Adi was always the one to give her these updates and her orders. It was a connection they cherished – they could, of course, speak any time they wanted to, but this was the only time they could talk without being overheard by Skywalker’s spies. The hologram finally winked out, and Mara was alone again. With her thoughts and frustrations, as it were. Skywalker was a lying Sithspawn after all. Good intentions, her ass. -----signature----- MS Word is designed by sadists with masochists in mind. - teh atty my recent Atton (KOTOR2) fic: http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/30335989
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 1/18/05 4:10am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {UPDATED Jan. 18!})
	LOL, great last line. And the thing with the saber's kiss was a bit creepy, just to remind us of where he stands. -----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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VaderLVR64 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Feb '04	Date Posted: 1/18/05 4:22am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {UPDATED Jan. 18!})
	Superb post! Their battle of words was extremely well done, the dialogue was impeccable! I'm SO jealous! These two still have a fire ignite between them, though not exactly a romantic one, LOL! “No,” Luke agreed. “But you can use it to blind yourself. The Dark Side blinds all on its own.” He shrugged, leaving the obvious unsaid. Loved it, very astute of Luke. -----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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Elena Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 1/18/05 5:29am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {UPDATED Jan. 18!})
	He's good, very good. I haven't seen intriguing like this since Isard was running around. He clouds everything under lies, because he knows they will not trust him and will look harder because of it. But I still want to see Han... Elena -----signature----- Pretty, practical, and the Ewok's Hand: Redheaded teenaged girls make the best assassins Always willing to do a side-job for Quiet_Mandalorian, though And Kreia...well, Kreia was a woman who tried to be a Jedi, then tried to be a Sith, and failed at both
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RedGold Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 1/18/05 5:59am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {UPDATED Jan. 18!})
	Oba First off, another great post. I like this Luke, I really do. And the whole "gray" thing, well played. That's always been my belief as well. Isn't Gabri wonderful? Yeppers. Anyway, I'm glad we got that cleared up. So you called off the assasins? THANK YOU!! Hey! I like theories! I just reserve the right to laugh because they're totally wrong ( ) or because I respectfully degree. Oh really? Well, I have this one theory about you using "heart-shaped ivory leaves" that I'm sure I could get at least 20,000 words out of. It involves chimpanzee's though. Gabri No need to hide as long as things are cool with oba. I think they are cool. She put me in a force-choke and said "I'm the writer SO DEAL WITH IT!". Nah, we just talked and I explained that I'm weird. She was like "oh, okay." I haven't brought out my thwacking stick yet, after all. You have a thwacking stick!!!!! COOL! -----signature----- Legend... Recluse... Forgotten... Will one day return... http://www.starwarsfanfic.com
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Jedi-2B Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/18/05 6:03am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {UPDATED Jan. 18!}) - Date Edited: 1/18/05 6:31am (1 edits total) Edited By: Jedi-2B
	Emperor Skywalker is known for his political astuteness; his enemies fear him with just reason. I think this line sums up just how much AU this story is. Canon Luke is not renowned for being politically astute. Though he's certainly smart, and becomes more savvy as his years as a Master progress, it's not what first comes to mind when thinking of Luke. Makes you wonder if this is how he would've turned out if he had grown up in the Empire, or even with the Jedi Order, instead of on a moisture farm. Anyway, great dialogue with Skywalker and Lady Jade. (I'm waiting for when they call each other by their first names. ) Loved how Luke had to jump to a violent act just to counteract how she was thinking him soft. And his theory on how the Light and Dark sides can blind seemed right on. No, I don't see them jumping into each other's arms for quite awhile, except maybe to strangle each other. In their verbal sparring, Luke has met his match in Mara, which he wants to resent, but which a small part of him welcomes. There are tons and tons of Light Side Luke stories, and some great Dark Side Luke stories, but this is by far the best 'Straddling-the-fence Luke' story imaginable. -----signature----- It was on her fifteenth day in the darkness of the Nirauan cave when Mara Jade awoke to discover a rescuer had finally arrived. It was not, however, any of the potential rescuers she would have expected. It was Luke. ~~And the rest is history~~
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LukesTheMan Registered: Apr '04	Date Posted: 1/18/05 6:20am Subject: RE: Drive You Mild (L/M, massive AU -- political intrigue, romance, drama -- {UPDATED Jan. 18!})
	I love and admire this story so much I don't even know how to express it. So I shall content myself with a -----signature----- Of Metal and Flesh http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/19859245 Empty Vessel http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/19744934 Proud Master to Annika_Skywalker
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