gffa: gffa: Queen’s Shadow | by E.K. Johnston“I will never run for office again.”
gffa:gffa:Queen’s Shadow | by E.K. Johnston“I will never run for office again.” is a sentence that, when you don’t have hindsight, comes off as pretty genial and almost sort of humble.But when you know what happens in the future? IT IS CHILLING. He’ll never run for office again because he’s already plotting out the war that will extend his term long past the limits it should have been, then he’ll declare the Republic dead and that the Empire will rise, with him as Emperor.No, he’ll never run for office again. He’ll never allow another election for his position so long as he’s alive.I LOVE THAT LINE AND I LOVE PALPATINE’S LOVE FOR POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE AND GRAND GESTURES. I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS GUY:THIS IS A GUY WHO APPRECIATES SOME DRAMA, OKAY.THIS IS A GUY WHO LIKES BIG GESTURES AND NOBODY MAKES BIG GESTURES LIKE SHEEV “IF I CAN’T RULE THIS EMPIRE, I AM GOING TO LITERALLY LASER IT INTO OBLIVION” PALPATINE.I love that we should never forget that Palpatine is from Naboo, a culture that thrives on grand outfits and elaborate traditions! Yes, later in life he hides away under a simple black robe, given that he’s been disfigured and he just wants to sit in his chair and cackle over his Empire, but he still has a flair for the grand entrance and ~setting the scene~.LOOK AT THIS DRAMA LORD:THAT IS A WHOLE AESTHETIC HE’S GOT GOING ON THERE.Yeah, no kidding this is the guy who wanted to build the Death Star! SHEEV PALPATINE FUCKING LOVES A GRAND GESTURE, THE BIGGER THE FUCKING BETTER. -- source link
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