[ SECRET POST #3991 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3991 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Fall]


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[Louisa May Alcott, Little Men]


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[Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly]


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[Marvel Comics]


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[Shetland]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 10 secrets from Secret Submission Post #571.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - this is not really the place for blind items ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[philstar22]

All those things happened, yes. But in that moment he was mourning Obi-Wan. And not a single thought was given to the fact that Leia lost her parents and her entire planet. And had to watch it happen. And also, for that matter, had been tortured.

[(Anonymous)]

But... but... Luke's manpaiiiiiin!

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, what had happened to her was objectively worse, but Leia wasn't the sort to visibly mourn - particularly in front of strangers. Luke on the other hand, who had *literally seconds ago* watched Ben die, is an openly emotional person. Seeing that he was mourning, Leia (always the kind of person to put her own feelings aside for the good of others) comforted him. What was she supposed to do, make it a feelings competition? How dare you feel sad about the death of that man you just watched die, what happened to me was so much worse?

[(Anonymous)]

You seem really eager to be outraged, but you've missed philstar22's point, which was not to criticize Leia for her actions, but to criticize the media in general for framing it in such a way that we have to come up with an elaborate explanation (like you just did) for why the emotional impact of an entire planet's destruction is given so little thought. It doesn't have to be a competition in order to acknowledge both types of loss and pain. Failure to do so is not the characters' fault, it's a flaw in the writing/directing.

[(Anonymous)]

My apologies if I seemed over aggressive; that wasn't the tone I was trying to convey. However, the post in question specifically refers to the characters actions. I love Star Wars, but I will forever be bugged about that scene in ANH where Leia, who watched her own planet be destroyed, comforts Luke about the death of someone he barely knows.

While I agree that the destruction of Alderaan and its massive death toll is egregiously brushed over in the original trilogy, I feel that in that scene it wasn't at all odd. Other than Artoo or Threepio, nobody else in that room has any connection to Leia or Alderaan, and Luke is focused on the personal tragedy that had just occurred in front of him.
Now, if Obi-Wan had survived I could easily see him (Obi-Wan) sharing a moment of sympathy and mutual grief with Leia, but as it was bringing up the planets destruction during the escape sequence wouldn't have really worked emotionally.