Oh, and also I must say that I loved the Vader/Leia dynamic. They do nothing with it in the movies. They focus only on Luke/Vader. I wish they had done more with Leia/Vader.

And now that I've added more to my already-too-long review, my life is complete...

I love drabbles. I discovered them a while back, and have been writing them ever since. So I decided to check this out.

The moment you chose to write about for the first one is such a huge moment to Leila. It's a brilliant moment to write about, and you totally exceeded my expectations. I loved the imagery in the first line, and Leia's introspect following it. It makes for a great drabble.

The second one meets the fine line between reality and metaphor, I think. I really love how you don't really suggest the actual setting until the very last line "Cold metal fingers closed around her throat"--amazing ending.

I like the focus of the third one. You center the drabble around this one object--her own hands. Symbolism aside, it's really...refreshing, in a way, to see her question herself because of her connection to Vader--at least, that's what I got out of it. I don't know if that's what you intended.

The main thing in the fourth one--the part that sticks out to me--is the line about Vader's heart. "his heart was a jagged, unyielding thing of rough stone that sliced open any hand that dared to reach for it." Thank you! I LOVE the symbolism and metaphor and just general poeticness. It makes me happy. It seems like no one else understands poetry in prose.

I like the fifth one the best, probably because of the contrast between Luke and Leia, as twins. Luke sees the good in Vader because of some stupid "father/son" relationship the creators of SW chose to stick in the movies. I hate that, but it is part of Luke's character (unfortunately. I might actually like Luke a bit more if they hadn't put that stupid father/son relationship in the movie. But then again, I might not). While Luke sees the good in Vader, Leia sees only the "monolithic monster" he's become--and that's brilliant for both their characters. And I don't think Luke the better person for trying to save Vader. I hate Luke. He is the worst character in Star Wars.

Thanks for the great drabbles!

This was fantastic. You really captured the range of Leia's emotions. The last line just broke my heart. Well done!

Love the ending! Very nice!

Pretty good. Maybe I'm just used to seeing drabbles written differently. I know these are interconnected, though, so that may be why.

BTW, LMAO at your view of Luke in ANH and ESB! Those were my exact thoughts, too!

Interesting comment on how SW and the profic focus almost exclusively on the father/son dynamic, and stay away from the female point of view. Although I love SW, I find it more than a bit, um, male-oriented. I thought it was interesting that the profic authors have killed off BOTH Solo boys, once Ben Skywalker entered the picture. It was as though they were thinking that the TRUE Skywalker lineage could only be Anakin-Luke-Ben, and Leia (as the - gasp - woman) having boys (and by a non-Force sensitive, too) threw that dynamic off. And Mara was immediately expendable once she gave Luke his son. (Reminds me a bit of the old Bonanza show. Anytime a woman entered the Cartwright household and won the heart of - Adam, Hoss, Little Joe - she was dead meat. And old Ben's three wives were expendable once they gave birth to a SON, too!) LOL! It's also 'interesting' that the only grandchild of Leia is a girl, as well. I have no doubts that when/if Jaina gives birth, it will be to a girl, and Ben's future wife (the poor, doomed woman) will have a boy.

OMG! Your story was... WOW! Drabbles are hard and you nailed it on the head. Truthfully I've never given much thought to the Leia and Vader side of things, I always figured that she'd believe Bail was her father. Way to go!

Very powerful. I do agree with you: much time and angst are devoted to Luke and Vader, but little to the equally powerful Leia and Vader dynamic. That's why my current project is slanting Leia/Vader, I think.

Good work! Drabbles are not easy to do, especially if one is used to writing longer pieces.

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Very nice! I've always liked that scene and wished they'd done more with it. You're like my own personal Santa Claus! It was very emotional, very well written. I like the way they all tied together. So many drabbles are completely unrelated and seeing a series like this - that was like taking a journey - was very refreshing.

This was a very thoughtful look into Leia's thoughts at that moment. How very dark and disturbing. I liked it. And I know what you mean about Leia/Vader fics. One of the very first SW fanfics I ever read was a wonderful epic about Leia and Vader, and it hooked me on SW fanfic. It's old now, can't remember the name anymore.