AN: I was inspired to write this upon reading Gunpowder and Shades of Grey by irnan. Accept this as you will whether you see Anakin/Vader this way or not.
FATHER
I guess, in essence, it's Darth Vader whom I really hate, not Anakin Skywalker. In a way, Anakin Skywalker was as much of a victim as the rest of us; forced to stand by and watch the death of innocence.
Maybe he was no longer innocent, but we were, and he was made to stand at the door of his prison cell, and watch as ours was stripped away, much as his was, by war.
Maybe the war was responsible for all of this. Responsible for everyone's loss of innocence, for his loss of sanity, for the Dark Side consuming him, imprisoning him.
People say Darth Vader is my father. I've even said it on occasion, but, as Han so often corrects me, Anakin Skywalker is, undeniably, my father, in every sense of the word.
Maybe I really hate one and both of them, not necessarily because of what he, or they, did, but because I see myself reflected in him. In a way of course, maybe not in that senseless murderer that was Vader, but in the kind, caring man who fought for the people, and those he loved. The man who was imprisoned by the Darkness, trying to save his lover. Maybe that's where I see myself. Maybe that's why I hate and love him at the same time. Because we're exactly alike.
~Leia Organa Solo