lately i have been a bit miffed by the lack of awareness when it comes to queer characters, and more specifically sapphic characters, in the Star Wars canon. so, in my capacity as the patron saint of lesbian visibility, i've decided to quit whining about it and be the one to spread some knowledge
without further ado.....a very long and obnoxious lesson
now let me tell you about them. in detail. through very specific categories
you don't have anything else to do, right?
CATEGORY ONE: GAY. ON. SCREEN.
they're gay. on screen.
CATEGORY TWO: THE A WORD
Doctor Aphra and her web of lesbianity
CATEGORY THREE: HANDGAYDENS
Padme Amidala and her gay handmaidens
CATEGORY FOUR: THE HIGHLY GAY REPUBLIC
all the many, many queers of the golden age of the jedi
CATEGORY FIVE: VIDEO GAYMES
queers from the Jedi games and related media
CATEGORY SIX: GAY FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW
characters created for or made queer in the From a Certain Point of View books
CATEGORY SEVEN: COMICALLY QUEER
wlws from comics not involved with Aphra
CATEGORY EIGHT: BOOKED AND GAY
characters who are gay in books, even if nowhere else
whew. still here?
thank you for scrolling all the way through this. if you are interested in talking about any of these people or want to know how to learn more about them on your own, my inbox is always open!!
and seriously folks, if you’re interested in any of them i implore you: read their stories, write fic, make art!!! the more we show that these characters are appreciated and talked about, the more likely we are to get more like them, and hopefully more that are even better and more visible rep
Here are all of the daily and weekly prompts for the event!
Tag posts as #swfsf2024 so we can find them!
Rules for the event, same as they were for Sapphic Week
This event is to celebrate wlw ships within the Star Wars universe! You can include other pairings within your work, just make sure the main focus is on the wlw ship involved!
There is no minimum length requirement for fics to be part of this week
Anakin, already drunk on his third glass of wine, voice dreamy: my favourite thing is when I complain that I'm cold and Obi-Wan will furrow his brow and lend me his cloak, fussing over me and saying how I should wear warmer clothes. Sometimes, when he drops his cloak somewhere in our missions, he will gather me up in his arms and hold me until I tell him I'm warm again.
Padmé, chucking and resting on Sabè's shoulder: and were you actually cold?
Anakin, giddy: not even once.
Sabé, raising her glass as a toast: well played, Skywalker, well played.
In a different universe Anakin and Padmè are both gay and each others beards and thus they thwart Palpatine’s evil plans through gayness.
Like Anakin seeing Padmè for the first time in 10 years expecting to be overcome with feelings of romance and lust only to feel none of those. Padmè seeing Anakin as a little brother. Her preventing the Tusken Massacre because she insisted on going with Anakin because she can fight too and wants to help. Everyone around them being convinced that something is going meanwhile Anakin is in love with Rex and Padmè is with Sabè. Anakin being disillusioned with Palpatine after he tells Anakin that the clones are expendable and that he shouldn’t care about them as much. Anakin staying during the Umbara Arc because he’s not willing to leave his men (and his man) behind for someone who clearly doesn’t care that much about them.
Guys... if I started a blog dedicated solely to star wars femslash ships... would y’all follow it? It would be re-blogging other peoples’ f/f gifs, fics, and fanart, links to different fics on ao3 I might find, etc. Just sort of an interest check
Every twenty-four hours there will be another round. After every round, the ship in last place will be eliminated.
If there are multiple ships tying for last place, there will be a special elimination round. In these rounds, every ship in last place will be eliminated, even if all the ships have tied equally.
When there are only two ships remaining, they will face off against one another in a week-long poll to determine the victor.
If the ship that you consider the best isn't listed here, hit the 'you forgot the best ship' option and reply to this post with the overlooked ship. The ship with the highest 'write-in' votes will be added to the next round. Unless the 'you forgot the best ship' option is the least voted for, in which case it will be eliminated. Welcome to the party, Ketbine and Mralisola!
…and that’s curtains for Padka. Honestly, I’m shocked it made it this far. A good run for a rarepair.
PadMay is an annual event in celebration of our beloved former queen and senator of Naboo, Padmé Naberrie Amidala. There are thirty one prompts, one for each day in the month of May.
You may answer as many, or as few, as you like and there is no specific format. The prompts are jumping-off points and may be considered in universe or meta. Answers may take the form of essay, discussion, fiction, artwork, bulleted lists, gifsets, vids, vlogs, comics, whatever! Create something new, promote something you’ve previously made, or share a favorite work of someone else’s (with proper credit! Share their post if possible). It is also fine to answer prompts on a different day than that which corresponds with the number (if you miss it, or it is simply easier for you). There is no right or wrong way to participate! The purpose of PadMay is to celebrate Star Wars and Padmé, not create work or drama.
When sharing on social media, tag your posts #PadMay2024!
Happy April fools day! And this is not a joke or a prank, but we are some fools. Fools for sapphic content!
Since we ran a Femslash February event this year, just to give everyone a break and give us time to reset after running one event, we will be moving Sapphic Week to the first week of June!
So this year the dates of Sapphic Week will be June 1-7 ✨️
Prompts can be submitted here
We will stop accepting prompt submissions by April 15th, so keep an eye out in the day or two afterward for the official prompts list! The tag this year is #swsw2024