Ah, okay. I'm still pissed at Obi for pretty much everything about his conduct to Padme - and Anakin, to an extent - in the latter half of RotS, yes, but I've got some distance between myself and that rage now. (Though that may be just because I haven't watched RotS all the way through for at least a year or so.) I can actually see the lyrics fitting, even if I don't think Obi wound up being much of a friend to her.
(Aside: I like Obi Wan, but I admit, your arguments have gotten me to see him in a different light -- a lot of SW fans regard him as saintly, but IMO that has less to do with any actual saintliness on his part, and more with the fact that, when we [meaning the fans whose first exposure to SW was the OT] meet him, he's an old man, and looks kind and wise. It's easier to think of old men as saintly than young men, and I can't help but wonder if SW fan perspective on him will change as more people see the films in chronological order, and first meet Obi Wan as a young man.)
I can see why the song would irritate you because of overexposure during "Grey's Anatomy" previews. I don't watch the show myself, but I remember getting sick to death of Enya's "Only Time" being played in promos for the "Friends" episode where Rachel and Ross's baby is born; and the only song on Evanescence's "Fallen" album that I really can't listen to anymore is "My Immortal," because it was played ad nauseam in promos for the series finale of "Friends."
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Date: 2009-03-03 12:34 am (UTC)Yeah, that's what I was referring to. The song's lyrics include "I lost a friend," and I gathered that you thought Obi Wan to be a piss-poor example of a friend to Padmé, and Anakin.
(Aside: I like Obi Wan, but I admit, your arguments have gotten me to see him in a different light -- a lot of SW fans regard him as saintly, but IMO that has less to do with any actual saintliness on his part, and more with the fact that, when we [meaning the fans whose first exposure to SW was the OT] meet him, he's an old man, and looks kind and wise. It's easier to think of old men as saintly than young men, and I can't help but wonder if SW fan perspective on him will change as more people see the films in chronological order, and first meet Obi Wan as a young man.)
I can see why the song would irritate you because of overexposure during "Grey's Anatomy" previews. I don't watch the show myself, but I remember getting sick to death of Enya's "Only Time" being played in promos for the "Friends" episode where Rachel and Ross's baby is born; and the only song on Evanescence's "Fallen" album that I really can't listen to anymore is "My Immortal," because it was played ad nauseam in promos for the series finale of "Friends."