[image description: digital illustrations of susie and noelle from deltarune. the first is of susie smiling casually and the second is of noelle looking nervous and flustered. the last illustration shows the two of them dressed up and holding hands. noelle is wearing a dress over a patterned jumper and is standing bolt upright, blushing furiously, and smiling with wide eyes. susie is wearing a button-up shirt and tie, partially tucked into her pants. her hair falls in her face, covering up her expression, and she’s saying, “2 tickets please.”]
Leia and Luke will never fully have their feelings about Anakin Skywalker in common, that Leia’s feelings will forever be complicated at the very best of times, neither of them will ever really know their birth mother, Luke has no memories of her, Leia only has a vague impression. They can bond through their grief at losing their parents in the same really terrible week, they can bond through their horrific circumstances in the Galactic Civil War, they can bond through just being siblings.
But it’s also comforting to think that they do have someone in common: Ben Kenobi. He may not have been in their lives long, but he was there for them at a pivotal moment, they felt his warmth and affection for them, he gave them both their first idea of what the Force was, what it felt like.
They both love their families they were raised by and wouldn’t change that, they needed to be hidden from the Empire, but it’s nice to know they had a point of connection, that at least one person in their lives was the same for both of them, the kind Uncle Ben figure they both shared.
