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do you think leia felt everyone on alderaan die but because she didn’t know she was force sensitive she thought it was all her own pain, do you think unknowingly force sensitive people all over the galaxy in the middle of sleeping or cooking dinner or kissing their children goodnight suddenly felt their hearts torn out and had no idea why

#(on a less horrid terrible thing note #i also hold that a lot of leia freaking out #in cloud city #is also a force sensitive thing #because she can sense Anakin? #in a way that manifests as acute uneasiness she can’t shake #but like #Leia does not know he is her father #and the sensing there is not as strong as luke’s #but Anakin held her back as Alderaan was destroyed #and Anakin is responsible for so much tragedy both personal to her #and to the whole mission of the rebellion #that I’m certain that with him like #down the hall there Leia can absolutely sense him #to the extent that she is SUPER uncomfortable that whole time #and she’s right of course) (via mightfindmevaluable)

Adding a thing that slapped me in the face this morning thinking about this:

This explains Leia’s behavior on Hoth, too.

Her twin brother is in mortal danger. While the argument (the more I think about that scene, the more I want to caveat “argument” with some major footnotes, tbh) with Han is going on? Luke has gotten himself strung up like a piece of meat in a Yeti’s cave and is waiting to die, save for his resourcefulness in using the Force and, later, Han’s refusal to follow protocol.

Of course she’s going to be freaking out and on the defensive – just like in Cloud City, mortal danger is afoot, and it involves a member of her biological family, even if she isn’t aware of that link yet.

Leia’s Force sensitivity is shown and stated over and over to be incredibly strong (and is incredibly untrained and uncontrolled, because apparently Obi-Wan and Yoda can’t be bothered to give a shit about Anakin’s daughter, only his son). When it’s in check – and it is 98% of the time – Leia’s actually extremely even-tempered and rational. Look at her behavior in ROTJ – she might as well be a different character. Pretty much the only other time she raises her voice, other than dealing with the extreme stress of the situation in New Hope, which takes its toll on all three protagonists equally, is when she’s trying to be heard and taken seriously in the Rebellion – among troops who surely think of her still as Bail’s little princess playing war-hero dress-up.

But when her Force sensitivity acts up – and it’s only really shown to flare up when the actions of a family member are about to cause imminent death or destruction – we need to treat that with the respect of someone with unique mental health needs, not discuss her “anger issues” or laud it as proof of the sass of Strong Independent Feminism.