InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Boo~!"

Padmé Amidala Skywalker (i_cannot_follow) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2013-04-06 23:42:00

Entry tags:

carol peletier, padme amidala

Who: Padmé Amidala-Skywalker, Carol Peletier
What: Run-in in the library
When: Sunday, April 7, 2013 - morning
Where: Library
Rating/Warnings: Low, will update if necessary
Status: Closed / Incomplete

Padmé was, perhaps, taking the research into impending motherhood a bit far. She had been perusing books for children of various (young) ages. She had gotten a number of parenting style books and even a few DVDs. She had watched those when on her own in the rooms. There was so much information and sorting through it was mentally overwhelming. But it didn't change how excited she was about all of it. She was 12 weeks along, and there was no way that the remaining time could ever prepare her fully, but she couldn't wait to have a family with Anakin.

She had also started to wonder what she could teach her child. The idea of politics had lessened in her mind, almost like a fog clearing out. The desire to help those who needed it, who were less privileged, was still strong. She wanted to teach that. But she didn't quite know what else to pass on, which had left her wondering about hobbies or things she ought to be doing or learning to better herself as a person rather than just as a parent.

But for now, she had a moderate size stack of books and was headed to a table to sort through and give a look when the top book slid off the stack and fell onto the floor. She paused to pick it up and, in that moment amidst trying to balance the books in one arm and bending over, someone else came into her path. She smiled, ever polite, and said, "Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry. I suppose I picked up one too many books."

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

i_cannot_follow
2013-04-22 12:14 am UTC (link)

Padmé was certainly rather curious, if not a little amused, at the idea of politicians equating fat, bald, white men. But she did know that, in some cases, patriarchal societies seemed to have problems with men coming it power and abusing it; but there were matriarchal societies that she knew of as well, so she didn't assume patriarchal or matriarchal of any societal structure or political system without being told or having indications otherwise. She knew of the Nightsisters from seeing the cartoon about the Clone Wars, though they were only a part of the society on Dathomir. Noghri of Honoghr were Matriarchal as well, as was the entire planet of Hapan. Hapan was, perhaps, the most extreme case. Padmé had read a little on it to find out about a Princess that would (or did?) have a child with one of Leia and Han's sons. But if she had gone into a list of planets where equality wasn't the case, it would've taken her all day. It was unfortunate. If by gender or by class, people generally didn't go into politics with the idea of trying to represent those less fortunate and, instead, went in with the prominent question being what they could use to their advantage to gain power. If anything, knowing Palpatine's deception and betrayal had opened Padmé's eyes to that unfortunate fact.

"Thank you. It really was - rewarding, at times." But 13 years, plus any unofficial involvement at younger ages down to eight, really did mean Padmé needed to get a life outside of politics. She just wasn't entirely sure how. "And I'd like to be able to teach him or her more than politics... and I'd like to have more things to keep me occupied. I just don't know what, exactly. I'm going to have to change my current job, at least temporarily, too."

"I do wish there were a way to tell who has no one and help a little, however small. It can be a task to figure out who knows who here, though." She added after a beat, her mind straying to her own confusion upon arriving. She was sure others likely had the same experience.

The explanation of caring so much made Padmé smile because, in truth, it was at the core of why she was nervous. She cared. She wanted to do this right. She knew how she was raised, but she didn't imagine raising her own children that way. It wasn't anything against her parents or their decisions, but she wanted her kids to have a chance to just be kids. It made her feel a bit warm inside and, as a whole, a little more on track. "I really do hope so. It's silly - speaking in front of an entire Senate was something I got used to, but the idea of one small being is terrifying."

(Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -