I warn you, anon, I don’t have any snippets with Shmi written yet that aren’t painful, but since several people have asked me for a Shmi snippet, I’m giving you this pain.
And as a bonus, you also get a glimpse of Ahsoka’s POV in the first section.
This snippet is super spoilery, so if you’re avoiding Anabasis spoilers for some reason, you probably want to give this one a miss.
Warnings for: harm to children, trauma reactions, panic attacks, hand trauma, mention of blood, mention of needles and injections
The door slid open.
Masters Yoda and Windu entered first, Yoda looking openly
troubled and Windu scowling. Behind them were two humans, a pale, work-worn
woman in her middle age, and an attractive young man with warm brown skin and a
smile that lit his eyes. He looked oddly familiar, like someone she knew not in
reality, but from images. His smile seemed actually genuine, but it fell when
he caught sight of Vader.The woman beside him sucked in a shallow breath of air, her
face contorting with so many emotions that Ahsoka couldn’t begin to name them.
Her hand reached out, clutching thoughtlessly at the air, and she whispered,
“Ani.”
Tag: yoda
I’d like to request the Jedi order investigating palpating because they think he’s a pedophile and stumbling into proof he’s a sith
“I don’t like how he looks at my padawan!” Obi-Wan snapped out
before he could put it on leash, gritting his teeth a bit at the
raised brows of the council and even Anakin’s startled look. Of
course Obi-Wan had done his best to project an aura of calm and
steady emotions in Anakin’s line of sight.But there were a
few things no one knew about Obi-Wan.Things he had kept
close to his heart.For one of those
things he had never let go of his passion, he still burned like a
wild fire inside waiting to be released even if the outside was
tempered.It just needed the
right kind of fuel to let all that fire out and he feared the day
someone hit that fuel and he couldn’t temper it and be the Jedi he
was expected to be.And Sheev
Palpatine…The name alone
bought a shiver up his spine.“Explain you will
Knight Kenobi. Why this mission you will not take.” Yoda offered,
brows drawn together in disapproval at the young knights outburst
though a layer of concern was hidden beneath it all at the words.Obi-Wan swallowed a
bit then glanced down at his confused looking padawan.“…No
adult…should look at a teenager the way Sheev Palpatine looks at my
padawan.” He started quietly, trying to keep himself under control,
trying not to be upset but it was hard since he was genuinely
worried.“The way he…”
Mace Windu sat back in surprise, his legs sprawled wide as he stared
at Obi-Wan. “Knight Kenobi, what are you implying?”The council seemed
to be growing tense.Anakin was shifting
on his feet.It was too late to
take back his words now though and Obi-Wan had no desire.“…He looks like
he wants to own Anakin, possess him in the most basic of ways. And I
am not going to allow him any access to my padawan without the
assurance that that man won’t…” Obi-Wan’s lips twitched
before an unbidden snarl escaped him. “I will not allow him to hurt
or manipulate my padawan.” He growled out.There was an
uncomfortable silence before Depa leaned forward a bit in her chair.
“You suspect he wants your padawan alone under…intimate
circumstances?” Her eyes flickered over Anakin.The blond was
starting to look faintly green and also somewhat panicked.“I have no
proof.” Obi-Wan stated, shifting his hands into his sleeves. “But
tell me, is it normal that a man over the age of fifty in such a
position of power wants to meet with a fourteen year old without
something untoward going on when he has no personal relation to said
fourteen year old?”The council members
looked to each other.And Anakin pressed
against his side, Obi-Wan resting a protective hand on the boys
shoulder. Obviously Anakin until now hadn’t considered it that way.And that was the
worst of it.‘Perfect grooming
behavior. Nothing wrong in the mans behavior until its too late.’
Obi-Wan held the other to his side.“K…Obi-Wan.”
Plo finally spoke up, his voice hissing but gentle through the
respirator. “We need you to name your suspicion before we can do
anything.” The Kel Dor offered carefully.Obi-Wan looked down
at his wide eyed padawan then back at the council. “I suspect Sheev
Palpatine is trying to groom my padawan for his own benefits. I think
he’s a pedophile and I formally request the Order either
investigates him themselves or involves the Judicial forces.” He
got out.Mace sat up, face
grim. “Then this meeting is adjourned, you and your padawan is now
Coruscant locked until we have resolved the matter.” He growled
out.Anakin pushed more
against Obi-Wan’s side at the tone but Obi-Wan breathed out in
relief. “Thank you Masters, for listening.” He murmured, feeling
a knot ease in his stomach.“All Jedi our
concern must be, differentiate between we can not.” Yoda offered
before he pinched his old lips together, ears lowering. “But
accusations like this not lightly we will take. Investigate the
Chancellor we shall. And if proof we find…”There was a
bristling in the Force.Obi-Wan felt
another knot in his stomach ease.The Council would
help him protect Anakin.Thank the Force.
He bowed to them,
deeply and gave Anakin a small, soothing smile.
What if Mace Picked Obi-Wan because Yoda was trying to Get Qui-Gon to take him. Years later Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are teamed up a lot cause the troll wants Obi as part of his line however he can get him.
This has taken me a bit to get started because of the loss of my grandmother last week. It’s been a tough few months as we lost my grandfather just before thanksgiving, but I really enjoyed this prompt and I plan on continuing on this story, it’s not just a drabble. Thank you for great prompt @demad69
The Philosophy of Lost Chances
“I take Obi-Wan
Kenobi as my padawan learner.” The words echoed through the council chamber as
large gentle hands embraced a small boy’s shoulders. The boy before them was
eleven, not too young to be a padawan, but earlier than most picks. He had been eligible for selection for almost
a year, a year that had been wrought with schemes by one short green meddling
troll. Mace had watched as the grandmaster of their order had manipulated
situation after situation to push a broken man towards a talented young boy. It
was a volatile situation that he had seen play out a thousand times with a
different ending each time, none pleasant for his old friend or the innocent
young man.“Take him you
cannot.” Yoda glanced around the room, his ears raised in contempt.“Take him I will,
if he will have me. This young boy is meant for so much more. We all respect
your words of wisdom, but your feelings of attachment for your old padawan must
be called into question.” Mace stood tall before the council, knowing he was
giving up his council seat, knowing that he was taking on a responsibility that
would change his life. “No one loves Qui-Gon quite like you do, but we all see
what he’s become. We’ve all tried to reach out to the empty shell and breathe
life into him. Yes, this boy may be that life, but at what cost? We cannot push
them together in hopes of bringing back our Jinn just to lose such a spark of
life.”*happy shrieking*
Oh this is so lovely!!
Second thought on Dagobah shenanigans: Bro has heard rumor that Mark Hamill actually argued with George Lucas about the X-Wing thing; Luke knows he needs to get back to the Rebel Alliance eventually and wants to, so he shouldn’t give up on pulling his only ship out of the swamp, why not do a montage of his repeated attempts and eventually success to lift it out of the swamp with the Force? But Lucas was all “lol no Luke gives up and Yoda shows off.”
Bro and I agree with Theoretical Mark Hamill so we’ve decided there’s an offscreen argument between Luke and Yoda where Luke wants to make a pulley system out of these trees and vines and secure his ship before starting training. But Yoda, who has a spent a long time on all his swamp topiary, refuses, and insists Luke can just pick it up with the Force and not ruin his Bog of
Eternal StenchSolitude’s landscaping.And therefore Luke’s “I give up I can’t do it” isn’t about pulling the ship up at all, just about pulling it up with the Force. Yoda hauls it up onto dry land because that last slip under the murk it just did means Luke “I grew up fixing farm equipment” Skywalker is about to hack up all these plants and make an actually pulley system to save his ticket outta here.
Didn’t think I’d find myself agreeing with Count Dooku but here I am.
Okay but he’s honestly 100% right.
Well damn. As much as it pains me to agree with Dooku about anything…. Even fools are right sometimes, I guess.
The Last Jedi
Obi-Wan Kenobi was supposed to go to Mustafar and kill Anakin Skywalker.
That was his last mission given to him by Master Yoda and, on any other day, he would have obeyed. It would have fundamentally broken Obi-Wan, but he would have obeyed and trusted in the will of the Force.
But not today.
It was easy enough to sneak into the Senate building and to take out one of the Red Guards that were assigned to protect the Chancellor.
No. The Emperor.
It was also ridiculously easy to cloak himself in the Force, to let the faintest swirl of his own negative emotions block out the steady radiance that was his own presence. He simply hid in plain sight, just another angry soul in a building drowning in fury and hate. The whole building now reeked of the Dark Side, of the Sith, and the desperation of one young man trying to save his world from annihilation.
Later, Obi-Wan told himself, later he would try to untangle what he felt as he followed after the Red Guard.
He could sense the fight between Yoda and Palpatine and every Jedi instinct within him screamed at him to drop the charade and storm into the Senate Chamber and join the diminutive master in the fight.
But he didn’t.
He couldn’t.
Obi-Wan Kenobi was not there to fight a Sith Lord.
He was there to murder Sheev Palpatine, the man who had single-handedly destroyed everything that had ever been good in Obi-Wan’s life.
WOW
Yoda let a traumatized, grieving man take on a traumatized, former slave 9 year old as a padawan, after telling that 9 year old that he was too old and full of fear to be trained as a jedi.
Yikes.
Which padawan are we talking about? Obi-Wan or Anakin?
grieving man – Obi Wan
9 year old – Anakin
Couple of years earlier Yoda manipulated 13-years-old Padawan with inadequacy issues into being an emotional crutch for deeply traumatized man that didn’t want him in a first place, so it wasn’t his first offence
Yeeeeep.
You know what? Screw Yoda for saying, “There is no try.” NOTHING happens if you don’t try. Doing cannot happen without Trying, you little green potato.
fic idea
all these posts about hot mess that is Jedi Apprentice Qui Gon Jinn reminded me of a fic idea that was stalking me for some time, and which breed one particularly amusing image:
TCW-era Anakin, having involuntarily time-traveled to past with seemingly no way back, having his mind blown by tiny Initiate Kenobi
even better, the amusing role-reversal of
Yoda: no one to train Obi-Wan, there is. to Corps, he will go.
Anakin: NO YOU CANNOT, HE MUST BE TRAINED
Anakin, with pretty much zero idea about how this mess went down originally, unknowingly tag-teaming Qui-Gon together with Yoda to pester him about taking a Padawan. only to make Qui-Gon more obstinate because imagine how he’d take to this random baby-faced Knight’s meddling when he wouldn’t listen to the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order
(also, Anakin’s attempts at subtle meddling is the most ungraceful thing you can imagine)
i imagine the final confrontation going roughly like
Qui-Gon: I won’t take Kenobi as an apprentice
Anakin: but-but-but he’s go so much potential! he’ll be a great Jedi!
Qui-Gon: well if you think so then why won’t you take him as a Padawan? hah. check and mate.
and he saunters off, leaving gobsmacked Anakin there, who’s all ‘fuck fuck i fucked up’ because as far as he knows, he’s the only different thing about the situation, so logically him being there somehow made Qui-Gon not want to apprentice Obi-Wan
so while he can stand around and continue being “QUI-GON WHAT THE FUCK”, he’s got to fix this somehow asap because Obi-Wan must be trained
and that’s why he turns around (full of indignant ‘WELL QUI-GON MAYBE I WILL’), and immediately asks Obi-Wan to be his Padawan.
hilarity ensues.
There is a very evil part of me that wants to see an Anakin-trained Obi-Wan meet canon Obi-Wan.
It could be hilarious or disastrous, depending on several factors, mainly how old is the alternate Obi-Wan. Right now, I have only vague ideas about what kind of person he’d end up being. They would blow each other’s mind either way.
Anakin’s Master is probably this mysterious, wise abstract figure to alt!Obi-Wan, bc Anakin would definitely go “MY Master used to say…” every time he had to lecture him about something, and he always looked so smug about it. Well, now he knows what was so amusing to Anakin. Sooo clever, having him lecture himself in a roundabout way.
Canon Obi-Wan would probably discover his counterpart has some very… unique ideas about Jedi philosophy, at the very least.
It so weird. And awkward. But mainly weird.
Anakin goes to lie down somewhere. That much concentrated Obi-Wan is hard to handle.
This is amazing and I want it so bad.
i wish this was a thing, it would be epic and awesome
i would also love to see Qui-Gon watching this wet-behind-the-ears-powerhouse-with-no-rudder-Knight flail with a tiny-stubborn-angry-talented-Padawan, then meddling because he just can’t help himself and they’re both what could be termed ‘pathetic life forms’ especially when they’re both drenched and looking forlorn after a supposedly easy mission goes belly up
A little bit down the line and Qui-Gon has realised he’s somehow ended up with not only one pseudo-Padawan but two of them
Yoda is quietly laughing his ass off and not even bothering to hide it
Okay but canon!Obi-Wan getting thrown back as well, meeting them all and he’s just wtf-ing it all over the place because “WHAT THE HELL ANAKIN! I WAS BAD ENOUGH AS A PADAWAN TO QUI-GON! WHAT THE FUCKS!” and Anakin is like “WELL I FUCKED UP AND I HAD TO FIX IT IT’S NOT MY FAULT OKAY!”
Qui-Gon is just “wait what? I did teach you” and Canon!Obi-Wan is like “uh yeah” while alt!Obi-Wan just straight up WRECKS SHIT because omfg Obi-Wan trained by Qui-Gon is sneaky and destructive and reckless but dressed up in sophistication. Obi-Wan trained by Anakin however is sheer, unadulterated chaos.
Chaos I tell you.
Mace legit considers retiring via lightsaber to the chest because “fucking hells NO” while Yoda just lets them run wild because it’s fucking hilarious to him the little bastard
Palpatine get skewered by two Obi-Wan’s, an Anakin and a Qui-Gon for good measure and wtf-ing it into an explosion of goop and evil
Anakin who sneakily freed himself and his mom in this alt!verse with alt!Obi-Wan actually fucking giving him advice and tips and “I would not recommend you do that, killing him won’t free your- uh- them”
Gods the galaxy would never be the same.
no, and neither would the Council – they’d be just about used to the shenanigans caused by this hell team of Knight Skywalker and Padawan Kenobe, they’ve realised that these two are basically loose canon that you point in the general direction of the problem and pray (and probably take note of where Jinn is standing, because he’s at the point he always knows where to get the best seat to supervise/pass remarks/point-and-laugh without getting caught in the crossfire)
Orig!Obi rocks up, they (ok, mainly Mace) think, ok, fine, we can deal with another blunt instrument…
But no, they have a civilised, courtly, polite gentleman Knight on their hands, he’s at ease and respectful at Council meetings and in teaching classes, he’s modest and calm, he even manages to temper the excesses that Jinn and Skywalker specialise in. This baffles them but they don’t look a gift eopie in the mouth.
On review, Mace regrets that choice.
This older Kenobi manages to herd cats, and gets not only Skywalker and mini!Kenobi to go where he wants them to, but also Jinn, and it is like watching a ambulatory avalanche of destruction. The resulting paperwork is horrific, and taller than Yoda, who claims that he can’t read because he’s hurt his stomach muscles laughing so much. The Senate keeps trying to pin the Intergalactic-Brat-Pack down, but they get dazzled by the Negotiator who somehow manages to walk away without any penalty for the destruction they can’t quite pin on him, but also has the Trade Federation paying for it. Also, that Senator from Naboo disappeared in suspicious circumstances, and nobody can prove anything… Generals don’t only plot large battles, they also need to know how to cut an enemy off at the source.
Alt!Obi is taking notes, he kinda likes the idea of being a sophisticated space pirate that pretends to be a space monk, and that’s what Orig!Obi kinda looks like
Shmi rolls her eyes at her boys and insists on regular visits (yes, Ani, especially if she’s on Tattooine). Older Qui-Gon is quite taken by this self possessed and elegant Master who has managed to beat every record of upending the Council that Jinn was proud of, and look self effacing while he does it, and he’d like to see more. However, since Skywalker and Orig!Obi talked about the original timeline, Skywalker is trying to burn a hole in Jinn’s head in retaliation for sins that haven’t happened in this ‘verse, and he’s been a pretty amazing cockblock. Orig!Obi has yet to notice
Anakin is sure he’s lost control of this mess, but still can’t pinpoint where. he will take a nap
I’m fucking screaming holy shitting hells *smushes face in pillow and screams*
.
“What did you do?”
Mace’s voice echoes the sheer horror the entire Council is exuding – except Yoda, there’s just mirth there – as they stare at Obi-Wan and he can’t help but raise an eyebrow, face perfectly serene.
“As I was instructed,” Obi-Wan replies, voice level and so very polite it instantly has half the Council on edge. They’ve learned not to be idle, or busy being horrified, when the level of politeness from Master Kenobi ramps up.
They’ll be lucky to leave the room sane even with their increased wariness.
Qui-Gon stands by his side, safely exempt from the horrified questioning from the Council. Anakin is stood behind him and padawan Obi-Wan is beside him, staring at the older version of him, eyes drinking in everything.
The Council is more terrified of that sharp-eyed attentiveness in padawan Kenobi’s gaze than they are the master staring at them calmly.
They can barely handle this devastating blend of Jinn’s maverick tendencies, Kenobi’s born tenacity and this ruthless negotiating ability. Mace would consider Kenobi the best Jedi they’ve ever had were it not for the fact that he wants to throw himself from the tower in sheer dumb-struck frustration.
“You were instructed to obtain the intelligence for the Senate on the matter of the Trade Federation blockade.” Mace near bites out, staring hard at Obi-Wan who just – gods be damned – raises that eyebrow a smidge higher. “You were not instructed to dismantle the Federation’s primary droid control ship and detain two members of the senate!”
“The intelligence was obtained and relayed back to the Temple by Anakin,” Obi-Wan says casually, as though he were commenting on the weather. “We cannot be held accountable for the actions of the Trade Federation upon discovery of Jedi aboard the control ship. I believe the phrase ‘they started it’ is an accurate summary of our necessarily, defensive actions.”
Anakin shifts on the spot, fighting a grin. His master is such a fucking shit. His padawan looks at him, eyebrow raised in perfect mimicry of his elder self and- fucking hells, did Obi-Wan perfect that at birth?
“Defensive?” Master Yoda near fucking cackles, eyes bright with glee. Obi-Wan’s gaze switches to the small master. So does everyone else’s. “Necessary it was to destroy a whole ship mmm?”
Obi-Wan’s eyes are sharp with something that has always made Anakin incredibly cautious. The last time he saw that gleam in his master’s gaze he spent weeks on a ground campaign while Obi-Wan did some of the most reckless shit in their entire master-padawanship.
Qui-Gon’s amusement, carefully obscured to all but the four of them in the centre of the room, tells Anakin that the older master has quickly come to recognise the same… danger associated with that look.
“Well it certainly removed the blockade. Detaining Nute Gunray prevented the Trade Federation from calling for backup. And there was no loss of life; that’s always nice,” Obi-Wan responds.
Anakin swears he can hear the vessels in Mace’s head popping.
He’s kinda proud of the level of incredulity and frustration his master produces. And so politely as well.
The way the eyes of the Obi-Wan by his side are gleaming however gives Anakin pause. Shit.
Qui-Gon dealt with Obi-Wan the first time when he developed this unique skill. And now Anakin was going to be dealing with two of his master: one of whom was infinitely more like Anakin than was strictly safe.
Obi-Wan as a Jedi Master was devastating.
But Anakin clearly recalled how downright terrifying it had been watching his padawan with his master, working together: one knowing everything about the other, even though there were differences.
Master Obi-Wan working with himself as a padawan was literally an apocalypse for their opposition.
With Anakin and Qui-Gon added into the mix… well, the ‘four horsemen of the apocalypse’ from that quaint storybook his padawan had picked up on a mission came to mind.
Anakin kinda felt sorry of the Council as he watched Obi-Wan play them like instruments, to the point where he was honestly considering stepping in just so Mace wouldn’t actually throw himself from the tower.
Yoda kicked them out before he could however, declaring they needed to go to the healer’s and get checked out before retiring to their quarters.
“Cause more property damage you will not hmm?” Yoda says, giving Obi-Wan a look that Obi-Wan returned.
“Not unless it’s necessary Master Yoda,” Obi-Wan says, bowing. The Council relaxes but Obi-Wan’s not done yet “There’s so much paperwork to fill out for each individual act, it’s less effort to remove the property all together.”
Anakin grins, Jedi rules be damned.
look at this gem, look at this beauty, while I try to disentangle my hand from inside my mouth where it was keeping the laughs in to not scare the new roomie in the middle of the night
psst my birthday was two days ago, got any snippets you could be persuaded to part with? (no pressure if not)
Happy belated birthday! Hope it was a good one! 🙂
And since you asked so nicely, here’s another Anabasis snippet. This one follows pretty closely after this one, and is just before Anakin’s deposition to the Senate (which I am definitely keeping secret for now, sorry).
Anakin meets with the Chancellor and Vice Chair of the Republic and tells them about the clones. (Warnings for: talk of slavery, body horror, psychological conditioning, mind control, and all the other things that come with clone territory. Also, Anakin has a flashback.)
Anakin studied the leaders of the Republic with interest.
He’d met them both before, of course, though under very different
circumstances. And when Padmé made the introductions, they’d both acted as
though they were meeting him for the first time. He wondered if it was some
strange idea of courtesy, or if they truly needed to believe he was a different
person now than he had been.Even so, Organa still seemed a bit nervous. Perhaps he was
remembering the last time they’d met.Anakin should have been pleased, but the thought tasted like
rot in his mouth. There was a riot of blood pounding in his head. Somewhere,
someone was screaming.“Anakin,” Padmé said sharply, and he blinked and pulled
himself away, out of the jungle and back into his little cell.“New information you have to share about the clone army,
hmm?” Yoda prodded, watching Anakin sharply.
There's a Mirror on the Wall 