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[anghraine]

I hate the assumption that any and all female characters will take their husbands' names, but I hate it most for Leia. I know it was an EU thing for some absurd reason, so I assume it's clinging to that or whatever, but also. Ugh.

And "well, actually I headcanon that both take their spouses' names in some form and so that's why she..." is a band-aid for a much wider and more obnoxious trend that people cannot seem to stop assuming will be a thing in every conceivable case (including in space, in a different galaxy!).

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[beatrice_otter]

It doesn't bother me as much with Leia, because I see it less now than I did even five years ago.

What really bothers me is Breha. Breha is queen! In a matriarchy! in what fucking world would she take her husband's name?!? Which is why I headcanon that the "Senator Bail Antilles of Alderaan" who gets mentioned as a candidate for Chancellor in TPM is Leia's dad, and he took his wife's last name when they got married.

[anghraine]

I see it less than I did then, yeah—but it's all the more annoying when I do!

But yes, it's also frustrating with Breha. And coming up with some kinds of backwards rationale for Padmé's nieces to share her name when ... there's literally no need.