Drabble# 14

[matril]

Crud. I'm a full-fledged addict of Anakin/Padmé fanvids. I've watched about 100 of them today. They're only 3-4 minutes each, so I'll watch one and think, "Oh, what's the harm in watching another?" and suddenly it's three hours later. Crud, crud, crud. Is there some sort of support group for this?

For the Dead
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Luke looked up at his aunt with his startlingly wide eyes. "They're for dead people?"

Beru knelt down and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's a way to honor them, Luke." She touched one stone. "This is for your uncle's father. Cliegg Lars. He was a very good man."

Luke nodded somberly, touching the stone with her. His eyes strayed to the other stones, and he reached out hesitantly. "What about that one?"

She paused, then answered, "For your grandmother. Shmi Skywalker."

His brow wrinkled. "Grandmother?"

"Your father's mother," she explained gently. "She married Cliegg. They lived here, together, for a few years before she died."

Luke slowly ran his hand along the surface of the stone. "Tell me about her."

Beru smiled. "She was very kind. Quiet, and wise. She always knew how to smooth over arguments and keep the peace." Carefully she added, "She loved your father very much."

Luke surveyed the other stones. "Which one is for my father?"

She bit her lip and finally answered, "Your father didn't die here on Tatooine, Luke. I'm sorry."

He frowned. "I bet his mother misses him."
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Comments

[matril.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there seems to be a rush of A/P stuff in the wake of ROTS; it'll probably settle down after a while. But the die-hard fans will keep at it. ;) I'm always a bit smug to claim the right of being one of the early A/P shippers - I was re-watching the "Are you an angel" and japor snippet scenes over and over again back in '99, years before AOTC gave us the really shippy stuff. Not to mention the burning curiosity about Luke and Leia's mommy stemming from the Ewok village scene in ROTJ, when I was a mere toddler. Heh.