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Journey to Bespin

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Commissioned piece. Requirements: Han and Leia canoodling in the Falcon cockpit. Leia in her Hoth jumpsuit, Han shirtless. Ooh...there's a tough one...not really...:)

Colored pencils: Prismacolors and Polychromes on Canson paper.
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Is it me or is it getting warm in here? You just know things like this happened on the way to Bespin. They were much too familiar with one another by the time they got there. He's kissing her on the forehead like this is not some intimate gesture they've never done before; she's guilting him over the fact that as soon as he gets her back to the fleet he's "as good as gone, aren't you?"; and when Vader is behind that door in the dining room, Han pushes Leia behind him to protect her, shooting the whole time. They have that moment when he looks down at her and he can see the fear in her eyes--Vader is probably a recurring nightmare Han has seen her wake up from--and he takes her hand so they walk in together.


And for all that modern audiences give a big raspberry to Han's response when Leia calls out, "I love you," I maintain that he said "I know" because he feels she already told him in lots of little ways that had nothing to do with talking about it. Things like this pic. She's showing him how much she trusts him and that he means something to her. And in the end, he's just trying to be brave for her.


Do I think he should have said more? Maybe. But who's to say he didn't tell her in this moment or another one, and she just couldn't say it back at the time? Maybe he already told her, but she couldn't return it because she knew he was going to be leaving her soon and she couldn't open herself up to that kind of heartbreak... and now she is saying it back.