The seventy-something Vader is based on some headcanon I talked about -- let me see -- here. So I guess you could say he ages in the Force, but it's more that he ages with Luke.
I reallllly love ghost!Anakin and I've always adored the idea of him as a storyteller and as not being all zen and not wearing (...spectral) sackcloth and ashes either, just being sort of brutally honest. Though I imagine he had at least a vague sense of the appropriate when it came to his grandchildren.
Thanks about Luke! I really can't see him ever thinking he should decide who gets to receive it and who doesn't.
Re: teenagers -- hmm, I thought about it a little, but not that much. Mostly I was thinking about Luke, who at eighteen comes off as rather typically teenager-ish until Owen and Beru's deaths. I was imagining that the three of them had such hellish transitions to adulthood that they were determined to give their children proper childhoods and sheltered them from a lot, so maturity-wise they were more at Luke's level than Leia's or Han's (probably still younger, even). At fourteen, Padmé was just beginning to think about her place in the galaxy (esp as a Jedi apprentice overshadowed by her epic relatives vs Alderaanian princess).
I imagine that Naboo's child monarchs are reasonably competent? Intellectually, at any rate, they're far ahead of what an American high schooler would be, certainly. My issue is more that it's horrifically abusive than that their youth ensures bad government. (Now I'm vaguely wondering what Lyra was like at fourteen, because I can't see her ever being quite as youthful as Padmé.)
Oh, I'm glad you like Padmé -- I wasn't sure how she'd go over, so yay. And yeah, she's talented by any normal standard, but as a Skywalker grandchild who is not the best ever she's got some insecurity around that. But not around being a diplomat, since she knows how awesome she is there and she's willing to stick to her guns. (I suspect she has more in common with her namesake than she can see, but she's a lot more well-balanced and has a much better support system.)
LOL, Luke would never be much for paperwork. I suspect that when Leia comes by the next day, she just boxes his ears and carts it away and this is what always happens. And Anakin can't really say anything because he did that even as Vader.
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The seventy-something Vader is based on some headcanon I talked about -- let me see -- here. So I guess you could say he ages in the Force, but it's more that he ages with Luke.
I reallllly love ghost!Anakin and I've always adored the idea of him as a storyteller and as not being all zen and not wearing (...spectral) sackcloth and ashes either, just being sort of brutally honest. Though I imagine he had at least a vague sense of the appropriate when it came to his grandchildren.
Thanks about Luke! I really can't see him ever thinking he should decide who gets to receive it and who doesn't.
Re: teenagers -- hmm, I thought about it a little, but not that much. Mostly I was thinking about Luke, who at eighteen comes off as rather typically teenager-ish until Owen and Beru's deaths. I was imagining that the three of them had such hellish transitions to adulthood that they were determined to give their children proper childhoods and sheltered them from a lot, so maturity-wise they were more at Luke's level than Leia's or Han's (probably still younger, even). At fourteen, Padmé was just beginning to think about her place in the galaxy (esp as a Jedi apprentice overshadowed by her epic relatives vs Alderaanian princess).
I imagine that Naboo's child monarchs are reasonably competent? Intellectually, at any rate, they're far ahead of what an American high schooler would be, certainly. My issue is more that it's horrifically abusive than that their youth ensures bad government. (Now I'm vaguely wondering what Lyra was like at fourteen, because I can't see her ever being quite as youthful as Padmé.)
Oh, I'm glad you like Padmé -- I wasn't sure how she'd go over, so yay. And yeah, she's talented by any normal standard, but as a Skywalker grandchild who is not the best ever she's got some insecurity around that. But not around being a diplomat, since she knows how awesome she is there and she's willing to stick to her guns. (I suspect she has more in common with her namesake than she can see, but she's a lot more well-balanced and has a much better support system.)
LOL, Luke would never be much for paperwork. I suspect that when Leia comes by the next day, she just boxes his ears and carts it away and this is what always happens. And Anakin can't really say anything because he did that even as Vader.
Thank you! <3