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helent [T]
Fandom: STAR WARS [AU]
Pairing: Anakin Skywalker/Padmé Amidala
Length: 175,140
Author on LJ:helent
Author Website: HelenT @ ffn
Why this must be read: So, in ROTJ, everyone dies. Well, okay, not everyone. Anakin dies. Anakin dies, and what do you think? He becomes one with the Force. He becomes a ghost. So does Obi-Wan. And Yoda. and so, presumably, does Padmé. And then, there's a reunion. And then, there is sex.
Except, there isn't. I know what you're thinking, and let me tell you: this fic is not fluffy. It's dark. It's scary. It's absolutely terrifying in its plot, its pace and its charactersiations. In Purgatory, the Underworld is split into three parts: the First World, where the good go, the Second World, a Purgatory, and the Third World, where the irredeemable are sent. Unsurprisingly, or maybe surprsingly, depending on your interpretation of canon, Anakin ends up in the Second World. To get to the First, he has to be redeemed. Hey, you think, didn't Luke just do that? Er, no. Things are never that simple.
I can't describe the plot without ruining the suspense that HelenT creates, but let me tell you this: it's angsty, it's well-characterised and it's gripping. Anakin is on the verge of falling to the Dark Side, Padmé is confused and bitter with it, and HelenT brings in a whole cast of believable, brilliant OCs that add to the story perfectly, such as the corrupt and power-hungry Lyonides, the gruff pilot Sal who is almost, but not quite, like a darker version of Han Solo, the soul-reader Lorne, who will read for you if you sing, and the Wookie Freyrr. There are the carvnivorous and deadly Nazargh, the ghostly presence of Obi-Wan, and the villain -- oh, come on, I can't spoil that for you. (That implies that no, it's not who you're thinking.)
This is simply, in my opinion, one of the best Star Wars fanfics out there. It would be a crime not to read it.
So. Read it.
Purgatory @ ffn
Pairing: Anakin Skywalker/Padmé Amidala
Length: 175,140
Author on LJ:
helent Author Website: HelenT @ ffn
Why this must be read: So, in ROTJ, everyone dies. Well, okay, not everyone. Anakin dies. Anakin dies, and what do you think? He becomes one with the Force. He becomes a ghost. So does Obi-Wan. And Yoda. and so, presumably, does Padmé. And then, there's a reunion. And then, there is sex.
Except, there isn't. I know what you're thinking, and let me tell you: this fic is not fluffy. It's dark. It's scary. It's absolutely terrifying in its plot, its pace and its charactersiations. In Purgatory, the Underworld is split into three parts: the First World, where the good go, the Second World, a Purgatory, and the Third World, where the irredeemable are sent. Unsurprisingly, or maybe surprsingly, depending on your interpretation of canon, Anakin ends up in the Second World. To get to the First, he has to be redeemed. Hey, you think, didn't Luke just do that? Er, no. Things are never that simple.
I can't describe the plot without ruining the suspense that HelenT creates, but let me tell you this: it's angsty, it's well-characterised and it's gripping. Anakin is on the verge of falling to the Dark Side, Padmé is confused and bitter with it, and HelenT brings in a whole cast of believable, brilliant OCs that add to the story perfectly, such as the corrupt and power-hungry Lyonides, the gruff pilot Sal who is almost, but not quite, like a darker version of Han Solo, the soul-reader Lorne, who will read for you if you sing, and the Wookie Freyrr. There are the carvnivorous and deadly Nazargh, the ghostly presence of Obi-Wan, and the villain -- oh, come on, I can't spoil that for you. (That implies that no, it's not who you're thinking.)
This is simply, in my opinion, one of the best Star Wars fanfics out there. It would be a crime not to read it.
So. Read it.
Purgatory @ ffn
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