x comes from a desert planet where she was sold into slavery by her ‘parents’
x amazing mechanic
x stellar pilot
x lightsaber calls to her; this hasn’t happened to a single skywalker yet; it calls to her because it recognises its true owner
x grows strong attachment (finn, bb8, han)
x has big dreams of helping the resistance like anakin dreamt of freeing the slaves
x has a propensity to the dark side
x wins her first lightsaber battle and hones her abilities quite quickly because she has done it before in her previous life
x maz told her in tfa to forgot her past (her traumatic past as anakin) and focus on her future (finn, luke)
x rey immediately thinks of luke because unconsciously is hopeful to finally have a relationship with her son
finn is padmé:
x incredible goodness and kindness
x amazing blaster aim
x finn is a born leader; used to head his team of stormtroopers just like padmé led her planet
x has a way with words, knows exactly what to say to get what he wants; he gets the resistance to save rey through his clever deception; reminiscent of padmé’s diplomatic nature and her job
x will do anything to save his loved ones despite opposition; finn will save rey no matter what han says and padmé will save obi-wan no matter what anakin says
x thinks of others first before himself. when he gets knocked out on jakku by the blast he immediately asks rey is she’s alright just like padmé asks if anakin is alright when she’s, uh, dying
x “same eyes in different people” we know that maz has lived for a long ass time and it’s not unreasonable to assume she has met padmé or at least heard and seen of her
x they’re both beloved by many people. finn is loved by rey, poe, and rose and padmé is shown to be the crush of quite a few people. they have a magnetism which attracts others
finnrey is anidala:
x they met on a desert planet
x finn is 4-5 years older than rey just like padmé was 4-5 years older than anakin
x rey believes finn is with the resistance and anakin believes padmé is a handmaiden at first
x padmé: come away with me; finn: come with me
x (in case finn is not confirmed FS) jedi x rebel couple (yes padmé is a rebel in rots)
x immediate, unexplainable connection
x soulmates
x finn stares at rey when he first sees her. as if … she is familiar
x rey: we will see each other again, I believe that. she believes that because they already did once
x finnrey is established as main pairing in tfa just like anidala
x finn and rey hug in tfa like anakin and padmé do in tpm
x finn’s priority is rey just like padmé’s priority is anakin
If he needs to find peace from people patting his ass and telling him it wasn’t his fault, then fuck his peace. That sounds, again, suspiciously like a threat that the people he hurt need to swallow down their pain and anger and endlessly accommodate him to avoid a greater threat, whether from the First Order or Kylo Ren’s own darkness. It’s his own damned responsibility to find peace, not the people he tortured and tried to murder.
The same goes for Padmé: There is no peace without justice, and if she was seeking “peace” by literally getting in bed with a mass murderer at the expense of justice for murdered children, then her idea of peace is not peace but appeasement.
I also never said the stabbing attempt would be a positive thing, I specifically said it was suicide and too little, too late. It would be an expression of despair born out of Anakin’s crimes and guilt for her own silence, not a positive development. At least it would show an awareness that she had made a terrible mistake, not a doubling down on the same make-nice avoidance of accountability that had worked so spectacularly (as in, not at all) before.
I’m an Anidala shipper and… I don’t think it would have been OOC for her to try to kill Anakin after confirming what he had done. Going to Mustafar specifically to kill him, with the twins along for the ride wouldn’t make sense imo. But having her wake up after he choked her and shoot him, causing him to fall and burn, during his duel with Obi-Wan would have. It would also have been preferable to the high ground explanation.
Exactly! Let her play an active role Lucas you coward.
So is Finnrey unlikely because it’s too obvious or because there’s no romantic chemistry? I’ve seen anti Finnreys say both. The idea of re/lo happening, including “platonically,” as I’ve seen shippers argue at one point (by that metric Finnrey is long past canon), is not just unrealistic but disgusting to me after the events of TFA and TLJ.
Wait! What? Anakin and Padmé was unexpected by the audience? In who’s universe?
Akjadlksdjlkadjsakdasds. Sorry I can’t stop laughing.
These asshats were not around for the Prequels were they? Because I remember a huge fucking argument against Anidala being canon (and Pamdé being Luke’s and Leia’s mom) was that “it was too obvious”. And by huge I mean “you couldn’t go near any Star Wars discussion without this shit cropping up at least once” kinda big.
In its own way it was the “reylo” theory of the day. Big, annoying and its proponents enormously irritating and damaging to everyone else’s fun in fandom.
These wankers need to learn their franchise and fandom history, they’re utterly without.
Omg I had NO idea. I mean I think I was spoiled because I saw an interview by Natalie saying it was fun to play a character who is going to fall in love with a much-younger Anakin, but I just assumed from the start it was endgame. I guess that’s the viewpoint of the much-discussed GA who has 0 idea what’s going on in fandom and just looks at what’s on screen.
I wonder if all the arguments against Finnrey happening will similarly look silly in hindsight. I certainly hope so, for a number of reasons. I hope people will increasingly wonder what the big deal was.
I would
like to personally thank Dave Filoni and his last season of SW Rebels, which
gave me so many hints to create a time travel au.
When she
escaped Malachor temple, Ahsoka learnt that there are other time portals
scattered through the galaxy and yet she can only go back to the last time she
saw Anakin, so she is unsure whether her words will affect him in any way, but
she has to try. I know that this comic is anidala-centric only in the second
part, but to create this story I needed many more characters. And, even if Ahsoka
is the one who sets some things in motion, also in this AU Anakin is the Chosen
One, he is the one who decides the fate of the galaxy – just like at the end of
the OT.
What I like
about this is that, for this AU to happen, the story of the first 6 movies must
still necessarily happen the same way. Enjoy it!
@lj-writes a little thing I thought you’d like if you hadn’t seen😢
Plot twist: this is based off your reincarnation theory @lj-writes
After crashing on Naboo after escaping the First Order after another successful Stormtrooper liberation, Finn is nursed back to health by Padme’s still living family. They can’t help but think that something, just something, reminds them of the aunt they use to know. They shake the feeling though.
Finn tells them about the freedom he’s fighting for the Stormtroopers, his friends in the Resistance, and the Jedi he fell in love with that came from a desert planet. The family swears his story sounds familiar, yet also different…
Finally after a few weeks of healing, a New Republic ship shows up for Finn. A short haired brunette girl with a long Jedi Padawan braid jumps out of the ship before it lands and runs up to Finn, crushing him in a bone crushing embrace. Crying, laughing, and light jests are heard from the shorter force user, but Finn just smiles like a damn fool in love.
As the two leave Naboo, the family that cared for Finn watched them go with a warm smile on their faces. Memories of a Jedi that walked on the sky and their warrior Queen who fought for freedom flooded back to them.
Padme and Anakin had found each other once more.
They also recognized that snappy sense of fashion!
and he was Anakin. She could not prepare her heart for the storms that brewed in his. She could not follow him. She could barely reach out as he tore past her like a comet. She was not ready.
When they next met, he was Finn and she was Rey. This time, he is ready.
Got an app for baby mood boards. They’re not great, but they’re more than I could do ten minutes ago!
Based on a fan theory of reincarnation that I very much love, written by @lj-writes
The fanart of the Anidala forehead kiss in the first image is by @jekadoodles
I made this so it counts as art, right? This is still an art blog. I’m just doing my civic duty. Posting art… to my art blog. Definitely not a fandom blog….
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