At Tea (AU, Vader/Ami, Leia)

**wipes forehead** Glad the dream made sense to most of you. I was worried about it.

Vadey: I was probably being too allegorical. Anakin says he's safer in darkness, but not that he'll be saved by it. He doesn't believe he can be saved. He claims Leia is safer in the storm, but not that she'll be saved by it. The storm represents Leia's internal struggles. So, as I said, I was being too fuzzy...

AQ: Cool! Glad you liked it.

Goddess: Hey! Welcome in. Great to see a new face! Yeah...I'm actually thinking of continuing this dream. Have you ever read Ender's Game? I compare this dream to the Giant game Ender has to play; this never-ending, confusing world Leia keeps returning to...

benny: Hello! I'm thrilled to have you here! You know, I never even thought about Anakin seeming like Luke. That gives me ideas...

Maeve: HAPPY [highlight=black]BIRTHDAY[/highlight], Maeve! Glad to have been of service.

C_V: You really think so? Cool. I'd been planning on adding a few others, but wasn't certain how the reaction would be. Glad you liked it.

Suzy:

I loved the dream, Sil. Falling into a pit of darkness, as Leia screams. Kind of makes me think that Leia's reaction will be that of the Force when Anakin falls to his hole of shadows.

That's a very interesting observation. **thinks** Have I mentioned recently that you're brilliant, Suzy?

Zita:

"Hmmm....I'm the kis one, you're the nagy one."



Then what? I think almost any Jedi or Force sensitive creature can feel the emotions of the others and if they concentrate a bit they can send thoughts to one another - then why is it so special?! Here, these kind of dreams say the real story. Now Leia gets to know the secretly hidden corners of her father's soul - unknown to any other - to Palpy, to Amidal, to Vader...

You're amazing, Zita. You always catch exactly what I'm trying to do. Vader *doesn't* know what Leia's dreaming about, even though it's through his bond with his daughter that Leia is coming up with this stuff. You're Brilliant. (I think I subconsciously snagged this idea from Fern, but oh well. I like it.)

Another interesting aspect is that this type of "bond" would be a mystery to the Jedi as well- since there were no father/ daughter connections in the Order.

That's a great point. You're giving me ideas... [face_shocked]

Well, I think Lord Vader would be surprised that Leia knows Watto's name.

LOL! Now I HAVE to do something. . .

"I'll let you say that my droid is yours..." oh, I loved it - she knows how to negotiate - her mother would be proud

I admit it. I was thinking a lot of ANH and TPM while writing this thing. Actually, the piece "Anakin is Free" was pretty helpful, too...

Dia: Glad you liked this. I don't know what propelled me to write a dream sequence -- aside from the fact that I like dream sequences -- but it's interesting to explore Leia's bond with Vader.

jen: Thanks. Indeed, moving is the PITS -- having boxes lying everywhere is INSANITY! -- even though I've done it a gazillion times. Good luck with your own move, and unpacking it...

Darthina: Thanks. Most of this is pretty down to earth -- I don't go into super deep meanings on the first draft -- but Zita and Suzy above pretty much dissected everything unapparent at first glance.

Shezan: Glad you liked it! Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what Leia learns...

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Controversial post today...

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?Hit it higher, Leia. The target is to your upper right.?

?I?m trying,? Leia gritted, tightening her grip around the barrel ended gun. Sweat and aching muscles were making her aim grow steadily worse, to her m

 

Your last two posts were wonderful, Sil. I find this last one to be a little disturbing, though. Is Leia tapping into the Dark Side?

At least there's enough Anakin left in Lord Vader to worry about it.

 

hm....very deep and disturbing, things are getting....

vadey should just kill palpy, and then he won't have to worry about him anymore!!! *hint*

 

That was a tad disturbing...

But in the disturbingly brilliant way!

As always it was superb Sil! Superb!

Oh and Sil you are the SWEETEST THING!


Maeve

 

Oh dear, oh dear... Leia could be subconsciously using the Dark Side. Whatever she's doing, it's making Darth Daddy Dearest nervous. *bites nails nervously*

Great job, Sil! Leia's frustration was very real to me, along with Amidala feeling torn in making sure that her daughter knows how to use the blaster and not pushing her. Artoo and Threepio were just adorable! *grins*

Keep up the great work!

AQ

 

The last thing he wanted was for Leia to end up like

(me)

a premature adult.

Ah, that line really stands out to me. Shades of Darthy in little Leia, and Vadey acting like a father, and a cautious one who doesn't want his little girl to fall into his mistakes and patterns. Most interesting.

Have I mentioned recently that you're brilliant, Suzy?

Ah, well, you know, it's a side effect of the brain.

 

Hmmm... seems that Leia naturally used the darkside... It wasn't that dark of a post,nor was it disturbing, don't worry about it. It was very good. Will Leia tell her parents about her dream?

- Dia

 

Uh oh...Leia is a little on edge here. It's not a good sign that she is almost subconsciously using the Dark Side instead of the Light.
I know Anakin killed a blood carver in Rogue Planet. He was 12, I think. However, I don't read the Jedi Quest series...sorry.
Uppy to the top!

 

From the dream:

Something about his gaze was wrong too; too intense.

Adult-like.

From the training scene:

-- so THAT was what had bothered him, she?d been too mature --

Oooooh. Like father, like daughter,

I liked the dream; it was fairly straightforward, yet convoluted enough that I went back and read it a couple of times to make sure I'd absorbed it all. Mainly what I got out of it is that Vader is afraid for Leia, and doesn't want her to try to save him because he thinks he's lost to the Dark Side for good.

What caused the dream? Was it their bond, or did Leia come up with it on her own? Or was it a vision from the Force not directly related to Vader and Leia's father-daughter bond?

The blaster training post was also chillingly delightful. Loved the appearance by Artoo and Threepio -- you've got them down pat.

Leia's reactions to shooting the sim target felt spot-on. Now one only wonders what will happen when she's faced with the opportunity for the real thing. (She will get an opportunity eventually--girls with blasters usually do. )

 

OO go Leia! I'm sure target practise with a blaster is hard... (especially if you're me and can't aim at *all*) But that was a bit disturbing that she tapped into the Dark Side...

Great Post!

 

Hesitant Vader should train Leia. That'd save a lot of trouble in the long run.

Good post.

 

Unfortunately no JQ books are available here... Though I saw some days ago its comic-version in a shop- but the only "detail" I remember that the guy killed by Anakin was a blue alien... It won't help much, I know, sorry... Gala's Family Portrait mentions the incident, I think.

?Perhaps if you focused your energy on hitting the sim, rather than how the sim would feel if you hit it, your aim would improve.? - I liked this line - so typically Vader... Not just the meaning but also the grammar.

Vader's worries make me remember the scene from ROTJ in which Luke gets really mad, beats his father and presses his lightsaber to his throat - I was always sure that I knew what was going on in Vader's mind: "You fool, that's what you wanted?!? You worked so hard to destroy him- now you succeded..."

Szép munka, Sil!

 

He killed the blood carver in Rogue Planet. My recollection is a little hazy (been near a year since I read it) but I think the Blood Carver was holding Anakin and some random EU character hostage and was going to kill them, Anakin tried to stop him and was losing before in a panic he used the dark side and killed the blood carver in a fairly gruesome manner. Obi-Wan didn't realise he'd used the dark side because he wasn't there at the time.

 

Great posts Sil! Just catching up.

I am reading Rogue Planet now. Very good book. He kills the blood carver to keep him from killing a girl from Zanoma Sekot (?). It is a pretty intense part of the book as (like the rest of the book) he's fighting something he has NO control over, as if its his destiny. Its portrayed this way in RP. He has nightmares of a "dark, foreboding" voice speaking to him at different places - leaving you with the impression that its Vader. It's really pretty sad.

Good job!

 

Jador: Thanks. The Dark Side...well, she's certainly tapping into her negative emotions.

jen: Kill Palpy? **mock horror** But then where would the story go?

Maeve: I do hope your birthday went well. And I'm even more glad that you're liking the story.

AQ: Wow, thanks. Yeah, Leia's frustration was pretty much my own...it's awful, but I think I put so much of me into her that she becomes horribly OOC. But I'm glad you're liking this. And as for the droids... Artoo was always my childhood hero, even before Vader.

Suzy: I think you caught me in the act. . . I *was* deliberately making a personality switch between those two.

Dia: Leia, talk about her dream? Not likely. Though you're giving me an idea... [face_shocked]

Amy: Cool. Thanks for the information on RP. (I think I need to read that now.) Yeah...Leia's on edge...

Mina:

WOW! Those two lines were deliberately linked...how cool. I'm really thrilled that you caught that.

I liked the dream; it was fairly straightforward, yet convoluted enough that I went back and read it a couple of times to make sure I'd absorbed it all. Mainly what I got out of it is that Vader is afraid for Leia, and doesn't want her to try to save him because he thinks he's lost to the Dark Side for good.

It's an honor that you went *back* to read it. That means a lot to me. And yes, that's essentially what the dream meant. I didn't really go much deeper.

What caused the dream? Was it their bond, or did Leia come up with it on her own? Or was it a vision from the Force not directly related to Vader and Leia's father-daughter bond?

**zips lips**

The blaster training post was also chillingly delightful. Loved the appearance by Artoo and Threepio -- you've got them down pat.

Good to know they worked. I'm tempted to use them a lot in this story. . .

Now one only wonders what will happen when she's faced with the opportunity for the real thing. (She will get an opportunity eventually--girls with blasters usually do. )

Darthina: Thanks. I happen to have an awful aim myself.

Delight:

Hesitant Vader should train Leia. That'd save a lot of trouble in the long run.

'Cept with all-knowing Palpy, who'd feel her...erm...rise in Force Skill. Actually, that's a good idea, though. . .

Zita:

It won't help much, I know, sorry...

It's good enough to know for *certain* that he DID kill someone. I don't trust myself on that knowledge.

Gala's Family Portrait mentions the incident, I think.

That's RIGHT! I need to go re-read that for my young-Anakin fix.

Vader's worries make me remember the scene from ROTJ in which Luke gets really mad, beats his father and presses his lightsaber to his throat - I was always sure that I knew what was going on in Vader's mind: "You fool, that's what you wanted?!? You worked so hard to destroy him- now you succeded..."

LOL! That's INCREDIBLY TRUE! Wow, Zita, if I had a mind half as good as yours...

Szép munka, Sil!

Kösönöm szépen, Zita.

C_V:

Awesome. You just saved me a lot of work.

Obi-Wan didn't realise he'd used the dark side because he wasn't there at the time.

**puts face in hands** SO typical...

rhonderoo:

Great posts Sil! Just catching up.

Thanks. :-D

It is a pretty intense part of the book as (like the rest of the book) he's fighting something he has NO control over, as if its his destiny... He has nightmares of a "dark, foreboding" voice speaking to him at different places - leaving you with the impression that its Vader.

Whoa. I've always felt sorry for Anakin in that respect -- everything in his life is controlled by prophecy, destiny, or people he doesn't like -- and this only hits the nail harder

 

Yay another Post! And one with Piett Too!!

And they're off... I hope Leia doesn't get too bored on the Star Destroyer... And Maybe she should study

I've never really thought of Piett as a Tour Guide....

Good Post!

 

if you kill palpy, the story will go to happy places where they can live happily ever after!!!

aw, my poor baby has nightmares whenever he is asleep?

mommy's being snappy

lol about the palpy-power-empathizing line!

i liked vadey and leia's little conversation

piett cameo!

aw, poor leia!

melikes

 

*comes in*

hiya, i'm back! sorry for not commenting for over a week 8i think it was, tho i'm not sure)

my comp made trouble, my dad made trouble (the kind of 'dad-using-the-comp-when-you-want-to-trouble') and school always makes trouble.

anyway...i loved the last few posts, especially this last one.

and i need more!!!

hmm...lemme see, what else to say...

oh yeah, ya know, i noticed that in nearly every good fic (at least when i think they're good) is piett. and lookie! here he is!

 

Goodness! Everyone is so tense! I swear, the tension's so thick you cut cut it with a knife. (Wondefully written, by the way.)

I do hope things are better than they appear to be for Leia, though Amidala (I'm too scared to call her Padme) fits in frighteningly well. I can just see her and Vader getting off that shuttle. It gives me chills!

When Mother didn?t feel so highstrung that she could almost spark electricity.



That's too perfect. I can visualize this all too well.

"Lady Vader stood tall and straight, her cold, dispassionate gaze striking terror into the heart of the cowering Neimoidian.

"And now, viceroy, you will die," she said quietly, releasing torrents of lightning energy into her old enemy..."

That's just great!

 

To think that Leia was so excited about living on a Star Destroyer. I hope she is not too disappointed...
Bump.
P.S. Sil, are you going to continue writing The Interceptors?

 

Good post

Yeah it was pretty typical of Obi-Wan. It was made even worse by the fact that he congratulated Anakin on his success in saving the girl! Of course Anakin being who he is didn't want to tell Obi-Wan what had happened then because he didn't want to disappoint him.

D'oh!

 

*shakes finger at Sil*

Now, missy, shouldn't you refrain from biting your nails?

That post was great, Sil. I loved Leia's attitude throughout. Her tension, and her desire to emulate her parents, especially her father. She behaved like a real princess there.

Also loved the little communication between her and Daddy Vadey. I thought it was so cute.

 

Awesome post! I love the first look at the Star Destroyer, Leia's poise, Amidala answering the Captain's greeting like the Queen she was, and darling Piett at a young age! This is great!!!

 

You can take the girl out of aristocracy...
But you can't take the aristocrat out of the girl.

Another excellent post Sil.

I found it interesting to somewhat watch the Skywalker's slip into their Vader personas.

Distant...Icy...Emotionally Absent...

I doubt Leia will be able to keep up that charade for long...

I adore this story! I simply can't wait for more!


Maeve

 

great posts need more soon