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Anakin and Padme Modern AU Headcanons [Does this one have a happier ending?]

The modern AU ends nicer because I want it to. Andbecause there’s no Jedi and no slavery and no Force.

they meet at college

Padme is the political science major from a rich, respected family that’s hoping for a career in politics and is involved in all sorts of activity at the college

Anakin is the engineering major from the bad part of town who only got in through a stipendia and also works a lot to support his mother

they don’t really get each other at first

then Padme organizes a rally against a law that would push down the minimum wage

Anakin, who through his mother has always been very aware of social justice problems, and has seen his mother work at minimum wage joins in

he makes multpile wry suggestions as to how to maybe make it more accesible for people who don’t study at college

Padme is very confused and also a bit pissed about this, because really, it’s supposed to be college rally

Anakin points out that the people who will suffer most if the minimum wage is pushed down are those who couldn’t go to college in the first place

Padme is suitably ashamed of herself, though she does her best not to show it

they end up organizing the rally together

it’s a huge success

Shmi comes, too, and Padme is really, really impressed by this lady who raised her son alone and also seems to have raised half the village she’s from, and also knows a ton about politics

afterwards, Anakin and Padme kinda become the go to duo for social justice rallys and things

Anakin ropes in that professor he’s known forever, Professor Kenobi, quite often

(Padme is never quite sure how Anakin met Professor Kenobi, they tell a different story every time)

Anakin developes a crush on her like, immediately

Padme doesn’t really

she’s convinced that she does not have time for dating

it’s only after like, a year that she realizes that for all intents and purposes, she and Anakin behave like a couple. He even brings her flowers sometimes!

she mentions it the next time they see each other

he just grins and asks if that means he’s allowed to kiss her

and well, that’s that

they have long, passionate discussions of social inequality and such things

Padme is an idealist, Anakin rather cynical

he never quite gets over his distrust in the governmental authorities

not in the conspiracy theorist way, but in the “they don’t care about the poorer people” way

it’s not like he’s that wrong, really

Padme’s family does not approve of Anakin. At all

Shmi likes Padme, though

Luke and Leia are still kinda an accident, born a year after Padme graduated and while Anakin is still in college

they get a shotgun wedding after that

In this moment, I am humanity, I write. The last of my kind. 

Of course, this isn’t true, but the one thing the invasion hasn’t sucked out of me is my dramatics.

Before the aliens came I was Samantha, an average girl who was averagely good at everything. Now I'm a prodigy of gunmanship. A side effect of using a Remington 700 for the past few months. Remy is my pride and joy, my last true companion, the only thing left I can trust. I trust her with my life, which is a good thing seeing as it’s the last thing I have left to defend myself with.

Now I don’t know who I am. The invasion has taken everything from me. 

Every day I run, I find shelter, I write in this stupid journal hoping that something good will happen. But it never works. Of course it never works. The aliens don’t care, why would they? 

I sit up. The woods are silent, not uncommon considering I haven’t seen another human for weeks. But even now, they are silent- no birds chirping, no trees laughing, no breeze whispering. But a strange electric current hangs in the air, humming gently and tickling the backs of my ears and neck. 

I am not alone.

have a some quick scribbles of the Rampion Crew as their energy levels:

these are 100% accurate, thank you for attending my Ted Talk.

the potters

(I will boop everyone who reblogs this post, for the record 💖)

@zutaraweek day 3: union

a little follow up to this comic i did last year. i really liked the idea of union in a political context and this was a very round about way of that. like, a little tongue in cheek with all the different kids from different nations just sort of talking and gossiping together. teens doing teen stuff despite their high profile roles in society, that type of thing.

initially this comic was a lot more ambitious but some complications happened in my life which made me have to chip away at a lot of it. such as having it in full color, with backgrounds. there's been a lot of thought put into the world of the chief kya au, though! particularly related to yue that is not featured at all asdfghjk.

the more i worked on it, the more i got worried zuko might be a little ooc. but i was a bit inspired by crystal catacombs and the softness he had there. whenever i try to write him in this au, he's just usually just happy to be around katara so i'm just going to let him do what he wants.

Anyway, a transcript along with brief image descriptions is beneath the cut under my obligatory art links as well as in the alt text of the art!

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Page 1: Zuko and Katara are at a gathering for those invited to the peace accords which seems to be more packed then usual.

Katara: Wow, there’s a lot of people here Zuko: Yeah. There’s a lot of people this year. K: I don’t recognize anyone yet. Z: Oh! I can help you. Z: That’s Mai. Her father is an official. Z: She’s Suki. Leader of the Kyoshi Warriors. Z: And next to her is- K: Yue!

Page 2: Katara and Yue hug and the teens (Zuko, Yue, Katara, and Suki) all chat.

Yue: Katara! K: I missed you! Y: I’m so happy to see you! have never spoken more than hellos was just trying to chat with Yue awkward turtle duck Z: So you do know someone. K: We’ve known each other since we were kids. Lu Ten: Prince Zuko?

Page 3: Lu Ten appears, Yue and Suki gossip, and Katara's a bit sad as Zuko leaves with Lu Ten to handle business elsewhere.

Z: Lu Ten? L: Sorry to interrupt, but can I steal you? Z: Is it important? L: Unfortunately. L: They seem nice. I’m happy you’re making friends.

Page 4: The girls gossip and Mai overhears.

Y: I didn’t know you knew Zuko. Suki: Yeah. Do you know anything about the scar? K: I don’t really know him. We just met. What do you guys know? Mai: No one actually knows. M: About the scar. They kept it quiet.

Page 5: There's a small flashback to Zuko at 14 after receiving his scar, the girls continue to talk, and there's a final panel of Ozai, alluding to a family secret.

M: He just went away for a while. And then he came back and there it was. M: That’s all anyone knows. Except Zuko. K: That’s awful. There has to be more. M: Well…people have some suspicions.

This is so funny i never get tired

"Girlfriends? 🤔" "No no no, not girlfriends 😒"

"boyfriends! 😌" "NO no not boyfriends either 😨"

Gif:@tvstrangerthings

"IS THIS THE DEATH OF ART?" Well art has died before. Art died in both the 1980s and 1940s. Art died in the industrial revolution. Art died when they invented the printing press. Art died when we stopped painting on cave walls. Art died when you, personally, stopped finger painting. You can absolutely be a hater though that's part of it