novellafreak13 asked: in the empress au who does vader care more about, padre or the twines (ie. if she ordered him to do something like kill them, would he?)
… ha. ha. ha. hahahahahahahahahaha THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, FRIEND.
Look, there is not really a “care more about” there, he literally can’t parse that between those three, but I think we can all agree Vader is not quiiiite hitting on all eight cylinders here. He has LITERALLY dissociated from “Anakin” as thoroughly as he is able to except for when Padmé wants the persona trotted out and oh yeah he’s still convinced Obi-Wan deserved, you know, to be SKEWERED and LEFT FOR DEAD in a FUCKING LAVA PIT. And look, sure, he murdered basically everyone he ever fought beside who isn’t currently under lifetime mind control, but that was for PADME, so it’s fine. Like, obviously.
But long story short, yeah, Padmé COULD get Vader to kill the twins. She would have to do it in a very specific WAY–one that fit the script, one that was For The Best–but she could do it, yes. And he WOULD do it, yes.
Alternately, the twins could get him to kill HER, if they came up with a reason that fit the script. It would be REALLY FUCKING HARD to do, though, and the likelier result would be ending up with a broken Sith Lord, and possibly whoever was trying to talk him into killing the other person being the dead one instead. Or, you know, both! ‘CAUSE YOU KNOW, HE DOES HAVE A HISTORY OF THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
Basically, you do not want to force Vader to choose, because if you do? He’s probably not choosing you.
