Anghraine

So I thought that this:

“We were supposed to serve the Force and the galaxy,” said Vader. “But the Jedi Order turned us into enforcers of the Senate, without a word of protest. The Republic was corrupt to its core, Lucy, whatever the Rebellion may have told you. And the Order was corrupted with it. Obi-Wan couldn’t see that. When I saw the truth at last and acted, he snuck onto your mother’s ship in order to assassinate me. He simply lacked the nerve to go through with it.”

was the most wonderful paragraph I had ever seen in a Star Wars fic, by which I mean this is completely my headcanon about how the GFFA broke in the PT in one paragraph.

But then I got to this:

“He would have made himself your master,” Vader said.

Lucy, freeborn though she was, flinched.

“Instead, you are to be my master?” she asked.

“No,” said Vader. “I am your father. You will never call anyone master.”

Which so perfectly summarizes how I think the Jedi broke Anakin, because a kid who has been a slave knows that someone who makes you call them "master" does not have your best interests at heart, no matter what the say. Or more to the point there was always going to be that leftover connotation for him of what master meant, that it didn't mean "wise teacher" but rather "owner of you as property". OMG, this is wonderful!