#and Obiwan encouraged him

[pararararablof]

Puppy eyes for kisses 💋

[virahaus]

Thinking more obikin thoughts,,,,

(I should make this a series at this point aknsksns)

Anyway in a fix it universe where padme and Anakin are just besties, and Obi-Wan promised Anakin that after the war they could do whatever they want (comic compliant that's right),,, we arrive to completely-oblivious-of-his-feelings!Anakin & trying-to-woo-your-former-padawan!Obiwan combo 👀

Obi-Wan trying to give Anakin presents and bring him out on dates all over the galaxy, keeping his arm always around Anakin's waist and being affectionate,,,, all of this and Anakin, while drinking it up like a sponge, just doesn't get it. He thinks Obi-Wan is being affectionate because the war is over and after their last almost-death situation the council just doesn't care to reprimand about their obvious attachment anymore.

All of this is resolved, impossibly, by anonymous fanmail. The Jedi (even if they survived in this scenario) took a mighty blow on their public imagine with all the subtle propaganda Palpatine sprouted about them so they are trying to reply to the galaxy concerns and misconceptions about them. All jedi who are knights and masters are eligible for this fan mail stunt and the more famous they are the more of it they get.

Anakin gets a lot of fanmail where they gush about his and Obi-Wan romantic relationship and while at the start he's totally dumbfounded about it, the more they cite things he and Obi-Wan have been doing in these last few months (and years, let's be honest) the more he being (unknowingly) in a relationship with Obi-Wan makes sense. He gets his freak out with padme (who thought they were just being discreet and smacks some good sense into Anakin) and so for the next outing Obi-Wan organises for them, Anakin tries to up the game to see how Obi-Wan responds,,,, and Obi-Wan is Enthusiastic™ about it (poor man was going mad thinking he was doing something Wrong and now all of a sudden Anakin begins to initiate,, some more encouraging touches so he's Ecstatic).

Just think: them going on romantic dates for months, but with no kisses, Obi-Wan staying patient because he knows Anakin has never done this before but getting progressively more depressed thinking he may have interpreted this wrong, and then out of the blue Anakin kisses him after their date. Obi-Wan mind is blown. Man is going to worship is boy now that he has the all clear lmao

(even funnier is thinking about Obi-Wan pestering other jedi about it and getting smashed while crying that Anakin maybe changes his mind. Quinlan just drops him into his apartment and vows to never ask about Anakin again while Obi-Wan drinks: it only gets him Obi-Wan dirty old man rants or his infinite sadness rants. No in between).

Even more hilarious is the fanmail being explicit at some point (everyone says to Anakin that he must be enjoying Obi-Wan big dick energy so much) and Anakin first thought is be offended that ppl would think of him as the bottom - and then getting turned on by the thought of being fucked into incoherence by Obi-Wan. Classical Anakin behaviour Mr."I want to be in control" and then having a meltdown the second he gets the supposed control he wanted. Poor boy just needs to be fucked pliant and he'll be good.

Anyway, that's it. My 1 am obikin thoughts strike again.

[kenobisrightboot]

a love letter to cody: some fic recs

for a character that probably has less than an hour of actual screen time, this squatter lives in my head rent-free every day. fanon has done for his character what lorge gukas should've in the first place, crafting a guy packed with so much narrative and emotional potential for the wider sw universe that i regularly tear my hair out over the topic. i'll climb on my soapbox about that later, though.

so have this: a list of some solid cody-centric fics, organized roughly < wordcount-wise. fics are either complete, update regularly, or i'm hoping a boost of attention will encourage the writers. i plan to do a separate post dedicated to cody ships. if you want to find me on ao3 and rifle through my raw bookmarks, dm me.

eat up.

"Su Cuy'gar, Vod" by Triscribe. ~7k words, part of a series, rated ga. the clones get thrown back in time, and cody finds himself on melidaan

"these dry lands" by qigiined. ~10k words, rated t+. au, cody is trying to keep his little commander alive. features non-human obi-wan and qui-gon. this author has a lot of great non-human au fics that feature tons of humorous whump and well-written disabled characters

"glory be" by never_going_home. ~15k words, rated ga. time-travel, but sideways and back - disabled characters and interesting force shenanigans. (send this author some encouragement! ^^)

"Gold Leader" by TheShinyLizard, wanderingjedihistorian (RangerJedi67). ~15k words. cody's quest to find obiwan, post order 66

"The Force of My Love" by Quarra. ~20k words, rated m. eldritch clones, need i say more. crack treated seriously

"little warrior (be careful who you trust)" by TheGodWith5Yen. ~25k words, rated t+. desert husbands healing from trauma together

"keep" by TallNegotiations (dionova). ~30k words, rated t+. angry, angry cody. whump. what makes a human?

"Spring Thaw" by handdrawnisopach, SniperAnon (The_Big_Reveal). ~40k words, rated t+. obiwan is a recovering sleeper agent, and cody and alpha-17 take care of him

[merrysithmas]

What do you think of Obi-Wan and Satine's relationship? I read somewhere that it's legitimately canon that Obi-wan loved her and would leave the jedi order for her if she asked but... i have a little trouble believing that. Yes, I think he cared about her but I think the only person he would leave the order for would be Anakin, no one else. Anakin is the one who shakes the world on Obi-wan's feet but also the one who gives balance to him, he is his other half, the only certainty he has in the midst of so many wars and chaos, I think Anakin wouldn't even need to ask for him to leave the jedi order, Obi-wan would simply leave for him if he had to. What do you think?

Canonically Obi and Satine did have great affection for each other! She tells him she will always love him, and he admits that had she asked him, he would have left the Order for her - but the thing is, based on who Satine was (a noble, incredible woman) she would have NEVER EVER EVER EVER asked that of him. EVER!

That is the difference between Satine and Anakin! Satine has such high and strict principles, was such a strong and admirable leader for the Mandalorians, that she would have NEVER asked Obi-wan to betray HIS "creed" aka his Jedi Oath, just as she knew she would NEVER betray her principles of pacifism in the face of Mandalorian war culture.

They were in fact a perfect match - so perfect that could never actually be together! Lol! They are foils to Anakin/Padme in the sense that their sense of responsibility was SO HIGH they could never touch a relationship - whereas Padme and Anakin had 0 sense of responsibility and were totally selfish. They destroyed a system where Obiwan and Satine's resistance upheld it. Metaphors.

So anyway, all of this is to say that Anakin was actually better for Obi-wan as a person. Anakin is the one that taught Obi-wan he can bend the rules of the Order. Anakin taught Obi-wan it's okay to criticize those in power. Anakin taught Obi-wan it's OKAY to be a little selfish. And on the other hand Obi-wan impressed qualities of restraint and nobility into Anakin (things that eventually helped him overcome Vader and save Luke).

In canon, Obi-wan DID leave the Order for Anakin - albeit in a way he could have never predicted. But I honestly believe if Anakin had come clean to Obi-wan he would have left on his own accord - eventually. Because at that point, Anakin (and Ahsoka) was what was of value to him not the Order.

Even in the end Satine and Obiwan had great respect for one another - but their affection was ultimately borne of shared restraint and principles. Things that inhibited any exploration of possibilities and stayed in the realm of high mutual respect.

Anakin is the opposite of Satine - his very presence and personality encourages Obi-wan to challenge his prinicples and beliefs and analyze where they comes from, why he holds them, and if they are truly just.

It's worth noting that Obi-wan never tells Satine he loved her - but he does say so to Anakin.

[sendpseuds]

Love the last chapter! was obiwan already interested in men, like I know something was mentioned in the first chapter and of course him mentioning that anakin is handsome, but I wasn't sure if he is aware or ready to have something with anakin or a men?

Thank you so much for this incredible question!

There are a lot of layers here, and while I plan to address a lot of it directly in the fic as we go, some of this will just be there as subtext, so I'm super excited to talk about this.

[read perfect spiral]

Obi-Wan definitely knows he's bi and has acted on his attraction to men throughout his life. He definitely doesn’t pursue men as often as women, and I’d go as far as to say he represses that attraction to some extent but, aside from the typical homophobia in organized sports keeping him in the closet, he has more complicated feelings about the fact that he’s bi than he does about the fact that he is attracted to men.

He carries a lot of shame about the fact that he’s closeted, but whenever he gets close to thinking he might want to come out [Satine often encouraged him to, especially toward the end of their relationship], he always comes to the same conclusion: 

What’s the point?

What’s the point in saying “hey! I like dudes!” if he’s just going to turn around and be in a heterosexual relationship? The queer community deserves someone who actually represents them, and Obi-Wan has convinced himself many times that he cannot be that person.

[he’s an idiot, obviously, but that’s how he sees it]

Now, as far as if he’s ready to have something with Anakin?? 

No. 

At least not where we left off in the last chapter.

Right now in the story, Obi-Wan is at the point where he’s willing to admit to himself that he finds Anakin attractive, but he hasn’t realized that he is attracted to Anakin yet, and he certainly hasn't realized that Anakin is attracted to him.

I also want to mention that Anakin is a completely different ballgame for Obi-Wan— it’s not the fact that he’s a man that is the biggest burier between them, it’s that they are teammates. That is a forbidden line that they both struggle with. This is a point I really really want to make clear in this fic, these two do not go around ogling other players. For both of them, football and sex are two completely different facets of their lives, and this blurring of lines is the biggest issue with them getting together. There’s this horrible notion that a queer man in a locker room wouldn’t be able to control himself, and that is just simply not the case. 

This isn’t lust at first communal shower. 

Whatever is going on between these two idiots is just something else entirely.

Anyway, now that I’ve turned your lovely ask into an essay, I hope I answered your question! 

I am having the best time writing this story and everyone’s thoughts and questions have really been helping me to make the world so much richer. Please keep the thoughts coming, I would love to hear from you 🖤

[dathomirdumpsterfire]

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~King of the Dragonfish: Chapter 9~

Obi-Wan watches the end of Maul's translucent fins disappear beneath the water line, and scrubs a hand down his face. The jedi turns away, and plops down in a mediation pose next to the magma ball.

He hadn't quite realized the extent of it before, but the sith's mind was not… whole.

It had come out in the dips and flows of conversation. In questions about concepts that were common knowledge. Odd moments where yellow eyes would twitch off to the side, or stare into the distance. He expected any sith to be a little crazy, driven halfway to madness by the darkside itself, yes, but... this was something more.

Maul the dragonfish was a very different man from the unblinking, uncompromising apprentice he'd faced at Theed. Was it the… transformation? Was this clever, curious mind underneath the expressionless assassin all along? Was the sharp wit and quick tongue natural, or new? Obi-Wan didn't think he'd ever find out for sure.

And none of that really changed his most startling realization yet: that Maul was strangely good company when he wasn't being psychotic.

All the kidnapping and such aside, Obi-Wan hadn't… he hadn't played like a youngling tussling on the floor for the fun of it in... years? Hadn't curled up with someone to sleep next to since… well. It has been a bit. Bless him, but Anakin is a handful. Adults-only time for training and private pursuits had perhaps not been as common as they should have been these past six years.

It did not help that being on-world and free at the same time as his usual partners for casual assignations simply didn't happen enough for his, ah… tastes. Bant was a prodigious, in-demand healer, and Kit was always hairing off on another adventure.

Actually, the dry spell might explain why he couldn't stop wondering about…

More importantly, it didn't help that for being the prisoner of an evil, insane sith, Obi-Wan finds himself ever more comfortable. That was surely a bad sign. There was some sort of prisoner psychology thing… stackhold or some such? Yes, his experience was probably being colored by that.

He finds himself a bit concerned that such a thing could set in so quickly. His stay at the bottom of the sea thus far was measured in days, not weeks or months. Was his mind prone to the… stackholding?

Obi-Wan regrets not taking more psychology classes as a knight.

The jedi master hums, leaning closer to the black stone to soak up it's radiant heat.

“I need to stop enjoying myself when he picks on me,” he tells himself. “He's being a bully, and just because I like it doesn't mean it's okay to encourage him.”

Obi-Wan resolves to stop rising to provocation.

“I need to stop responding with humorous rejoinders when he is being a smart ass,” he affirms as well. “It only provides him openings to be entertaining and establish… rapport, and rapport leads to regard, which leads to…”

He resolves to be more bland in conversation.

“I must find a way to free myself. Anakin needs me. My duty is to the order, and to the people of the galaxy at large,” he states the obvious. "Though Maul seems... really quite lonesome, actually. Hmm."

His meditative self reflection continues, turning over those thoughts.

Yes he needed to go home, and to go home he needed to escape… but how? Plan Aurek had been a supreme failure.

Obi-Wan knew of a fair few animals, had connected with hundreds of different species in his lifetime… but rarely did he encounter one that was capable of prevaricating. The octopus he had called for aid had come… but it had been sentient enough to lie. To cunningly send him feelings of curiosity and friendliness under false pretenses.

The gorogoro had betrayed him. It had died horribly for it, but that was no comfort.

Obi-Wan sighs. That really had not been a good result for anyone. He still needs help though. Down, over, that way, something like a hundred yards off, he could feel the faint twinkle of his kyber. He assumes -hopes really- that his rebreather is there too.

With a heavy heart, he reaches out into the seas with the force, very careful to avoid the nexus of darkside that is Maul, and the glimmer of other gorogoro. He does not want a repeat of the previous situation, but he will not simply give up.

‘Hello?’ Obi-Wan calls, in feelings instead of words.

‘I’m friendly. I'm safe. I need help,’ he sends.

His gentle energy reaches plenty of creatures, but nothing so dexterous or intelligent as an octopus. Little fish swarm by the water’s edge, excited enough to make little plips and plonks of noise. They can't help him, but the sweetness is heartening nonetheless.

After a little while he gives up. Nothing else with enough force signature to be large or smart was nearby at the moment, but surely something with potential would happen by at some point?

What he does not sense, because it is impossible and so he is not paying attention, is the panicking flare of his padawan’s force bond. Thirteen some odd sectors away, his tiny call for help had been heard by a fifteen year old. One who had been worrying and wondering where his beloved master was.

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[infernaleikon]

1/? Okay but that line “I would never fall for you” applied to obikin Is so so delicious. Idk, some au where anakin grows up resenting obiwan for some reason. Maybe some sort of misunderstanding that never gets resolved & anakin just holds onto that grudge. But over time his reason for hating Obi-wan gets weaker & weaker until at some point he realizes he doesn’t actually hate him & it’s just a matter of pride at this point/he’s made a point of being enemies with him for so long he doesn’t know

2/? how to stop without embarrassing himself. Anyway maybe on a night out with a mutual group of friends anakin finds himself involved in a debate about the type of person he’d fall in love with & Obi-wan makes a joke about how anakin just described him & that’s anakin’s response! Except as he says it he realizes he’s actually fucked up and gone and fallen in love with Obi-wan but Obi-wan thinks anakin HATEs him and yeah. Just love Obi-wan being his charming flirty self versus anakin having to 3/3 pretend he isn’t affected by Obi-wan’s charm & handsomeness. Fond, teasing Obi-wan meets pouty, sullen anakin who always has to act aloof in his presence

oooooohohohoho i love this!!

this makes more sense to me in a modern au tbh so i was thinking that they're neighbours or obi-wan is a family friend or they've known each other otherwise for a long time. and when teenage anakin finds out that obi-wan is quite popular with people, he just sort of scrunches his nose and very confidently in his teenaged arrogance tells him that he would never fall for him. obi-wan barely even snorts because it's not like some bratty teens opinion on that matters much to him and plus, he pities the person who will possibly, some way down the line, fall in love with anakin who is whiny, arrogant and awkward on a good day.

cue several years down the line, anakin is now in his twenties, he's matured (a bit skskks) and he's a catch, thank you, regardless of what obi-wan other people say. it's only a bit unfortunate that he's developed a huge crush on obi-wan between then and now. obi-wan's gone on to become a professor at the college anakin's ended up studying at and anakin had taken a class or two of his. and well, the first one of obi-wan's classes was a mandated one and anakin had grumped and bitched about it all the way until the first session (which is when he found that it's not actually terrible and that obi-wan is very easy to listen to). and over the span of the semester, something had sparked in him, something had shifted, something felt different but anakin being anakin refused to even consider that obi-wan could be hot.

except, well, they do see each other outside of class regularly as well. and because anakin befriends aayla who is friends with/being mentored by quinlan who is friends with obi-wan, anakin ends up seeing him even more than before. and it's then that anakin sees obi-wan flirting with other people, being charming, being, well, obi-wan.

it's not just a crush, of course. and over the course of anakin's undergrad, he gets closer to obi-wan in new ways. obi-wan helps him when anakin is frustrated with his studies or struggles finding friends or needs a few kind words and encouragement or stresses about something that he thinks he can't talk with anyone else about. and, he realizes, it's not even that obi-wan is suddenly different than before. he's kind and patient, he offers advice and support, but he doesn't coddle. he's firm and straightforward and never lets anakin stew in his self-pity.

and then anakin makes the mistake of taking an elective class with obi-wan. anakin doesn't pay much attention to it's course content, he just wants to be in another one of obi-wan's classes and wants to sit and listen to him teach, moon over him, and just watch him being passionate and competent and obi-wan. except the class turns out to be something about sex and eroticism in poetry or something, so anakin has to sit through a whole semester listening to obi-wan talk (and read) about that. it awakens one thing or two in anakin. he hands in his final paper beet red. obi-wan smirks only a little.

anyway, yeah, they're out one night and they somehow get to arguing about what type of person each of them would fall for, and when anakin argues his own case, obi-wan snorts a little and quinlan howls with laughter and imitates arrows pointing at obi-wan being like, hi hey that's this guy. but anakin has his pride, okay, and he remembers that conversation from years ago and how obi-wan had been so unimpressed. he's convinced obi-wan would laugh in his face if he knew about anakin's feelings. but that's beside the point. anakin has his pride. so, he, again, stupidly, says "i wouldn't fall for you" except he already did and obi-wan smiles wryly and answers, "yes, so you've said"

MEANWHILE obi-wan is working through massive amounts of guilt over falling in love with this loud-mouthed brat that used to irritate him to no end (and still does, even) and that he watched grow up. and he has his pride, too, a little. (it's mostly the guilt tho.) but he can't admit that he's pathetically fallen in love with this bright eyed kid when not that long ago he felt pity towards whoever would develop feelings for anakin skywalker. joke's definitely on him. and then anakin just goes and describes obi-wan as his ideal partner but reiterates that of course it's not obi-wan.

but then they eventually get around to who would be the type of person obi-wan would fall for. quinlan is smirking like a shark, and well, obi-wan realizes he does seem to have a type and that type being contrary, argumentative, bratty, insufferable, keeping him on his toes and occasionally giving him headaches but passionate, loyal, ingenious and earnest. he lists those attributes and shrugs, joking about how he's had partners like this and he values these traits but yet he couldn't make any of the relationships work. and quinlan quips lightly how there's one person right in front of him who he hasn't tried with. obi-wan doesn't kick him in the shin and he doesn't flee, exactly, but he does decide to leave then and orders quinlan that one obscenely expensive and equally disgusting drink that they serve at the bar before before he does.

anakin just sort of scowls through the whole thing, blinking, watching obi-wan avoid his eyes and ducking out of the booth, while something in his own head blinks red lights at him. and he sits with it for a little, feeling like he missed part of that conversation, and it isn't until he's on his way home with aayla that a persistent, giddy, hopeful part of him breaks through and urges him to go see obi-wan and find out what that was all about.

when obi-wan opens his door, there's a strange look on his face; a weird mix of surprise, hope and defensiveness, maybe, something wary and tired and yearning.

but instead of asking, what does it mean, or any of the other things anakin had come to ask about, he rushes in and kisses obi-wan. and for a split second, nothing happens and his anxiety is just about to ratchet up, when obi-wan grips him and kisses back. the surge of relief and joy is huge.

between kisses anakin tells him, "i would fall for you. i did," and punctuates it by pressing closer still, kissing obi-wan eagerly, sloppily, full of enthusiasm and pent up horniness, and obi-wan groans and kisses him back deeper, biting and nipping, losing himself in the intoxicating feeling of having anakin in his arms.

but then anakin pulls back and asks, "did you...did you, too?" and he looks so bashful despite the spit slick, swollen lips. obi-wan wants to eat him, so he dives back in but anakin leans back, blinking huge eyes at him, and there's a subtle smirk on his face.

"yes, i did," obi-wan says, fondly, so affection, but he can't help the eye roll, "you insufferable brat."

and anakin's smirk grows wider. "so you've said," he says before pulling obi-wan back in for more kisses.

[hannibalzero]

Hi. What brought you to Obikin? What made you think : "Ok. I ship it."? (I ask with all the curiosity and respect).

I don’t mind sharing! It’s kinda a complicated answer. Sooooo way back in 2005 I went to see Revenge of the sith. I was 13 years old and just discovered deviant art. I know I’m old haha. So I saw the movie and thought that Obi-wan was acting more like Padme should of been, confronting Anakin trying to make him see what he’s doing is wrong. Padme did a little of it, shame they cut the knife scene. Okay we we are at the point where Obiwan yells “I loved you.” And Anakin yelled “I hate you.” Not meaning it. He never meant it, he just wanted to hurt obiwan. At 13 it hit me that, oh ohhhh they really loved eachother. More than the brother, master or anything. They where soulmates. This was wayyyyy before the force dyad was introduced. Anakin needed Obiwan and Obiwan needed Anakin.

Then I saw a tv special where George Lucas talked about who Obiwan and Vader are two sides of the same coin. They are Luke and Leia’s father.

Okay so back to 13 and being a budding yaoi fan girl. This was before it was cringe. There was this picture of a mpreg Obiwan and a protective Anakin Skywalker. The image stuck in my mind for a while. I moved on to different ships and yeah I still liked Star Wars but anime boys were life!

So moving forward I was 27 and just finished up watching the new starwars stuff. Yeah I had fun but eh? Kylux is a great ship btw. I missed the old stuff and rewatched the movies 1-6. Yeah it was cheesy but knowing it was written for children, Lucas little boys apparently. I saw them through a new light. I remembered that old mpreg obikin picture and thought I would see what the Obikin fanfiction looked like now a days. I read a few back in the day but nothing great.

I was blown away by the new fanfics and writers on ao3. I was very impressed and then inspired, maybe I could write something? There isn’t any more fics I can read! I’ve roleplayed for years I could write a bit. So I did, just to see if I could write alone. Honestly I was expecting to be ripped a new butthole for bad writing. At 18 I tried writing fanfiction for yugiyo and yikes…yikes man. But the Obikin community was loving and encouraging. I kept going. My writing improved, they loved my crazy random ideas and silly world building.

I love Obikin, the relationship between Obi-wan and Anakin. The fun cannon of Star Wars that can easily fit anything. They’re complicated relationships between Quigonjin, Dooku, Padme and yoda. The amazing fan-artist, how Ewan Megreger is handsome. ( one of my first crushes) along with Hayden Christensen. (That photo of him giving a lightsaber to his daughter?! 🥺)) being a romantic I wanted to give these characters a happy ending.

But the community, is what made this my favorite ship.

I know that was a lotta text, but you deserved a full explanation.

❤️🐰❤️🐰❤️🐰

All my love

Hannibella .

I think this is the artist. Geez 2005…that’s a looong time ago!

Side note? I miss iPods :(

[jedibongrip]

am i good enough for your kiss relationship: anakin/obiwan no warnings apply rating: E 1.8K tags: bottom anakin, rimming, sub anakin, premature ejaculation summary: Obi-Wan gives Anakin a reward for being a good boy. It proves to be a bit too much to handle. my submission for @anakinfest :)

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“Anakin, if you’re not going to do it properly then I will find someone who will.” Despite the tremble and rasp in his voice, Obi-Wan’s voice was stern and conjured memories of repeated katas and writing lines in his youth. A voice that demanded attention and correction.

Anakin whined and stiffened his tired tongue, prodding deeper into Obi-Wan’s hole, already shining with lube and spit, copper hair plastered to the skin. He must have been slacking for Obi-Wan to call him out. This evening was supposed to be a reward for Anakin, a gift for a job well done, and an encouragement to keep up the good work. But that didn’t mean he could ignore the rules, ignore his duty to his master’s pleasure. He opened his eyes and tried to look at Obi-Wan, past the valley of his stomach and the forest of chest hair, to look at Obi-Wan’s beautiful eyes, no doubt boring into Anakin’s messy hair between his legs. His gaze was blocked by Obi-Wan’s cock and the broad hand lazily stroking it as Anakin lapped at his hole.

“Focus, darling,” Obi-Wan snapped again. A free hand reached down and tangled itself into Anakin’s frazzled curls. Anakin groaned at the sharp sting of hair being pulled, needing no encouragement to press himself closer to Obi-Wan’s toned ass. Nose buried in Obi-Wan’s skin and hair, Anakin inhaled as deeply as he could, laving the soft, wanting hole with as much love as he could muster.

Even as he devoted himself to Obi-Wan, he couldn’t stop his hips from rutting against the bed. (“You’re like an unfixed mutt,” Obi-Wan once cooed, laughing as Anakin tried to grind against his leg, his mouth stretched wide around Obi-Wan’s cock. “I suppose that could be my fault.”) His dick was so hard, aching, as it dragged against Obi-Wan’s smooth bedspread. He could feel precome beading at the head, making each slide and grind wet and slick as he humped the mattress, hips twitching without his control. He clenched and felt the plug that Obi-Wan slipped into him earlier shift, could feel leftover lube as it bubbled and squeezed out of his rim. Remnants of the fucking Obi-Wan bestowed upon him earlier, as he stroked Anakin’s cock to an almost painful hardness before slapping it back to a soft and docile state. Punishing his prostate while giving Anakin sweet kisses.

This evening was a reward, but Obi-Wan hadn’t let him come yet. He tried to remember what Obi-Wan said as he undressed Anakin earlier. ‘Restraint can lead to the greatest pleasure?’ ‘Pleasure comes from patience and control?’ Something along those lines. And while he knew Obi-Wan liked to drag things out for himself, Anakin just couldn’t - didn’t have the control or the experience that his master did.

It was unfair, really. Obi-Wan only had to not come while fucking him, but Anakin had to hold back while fucking Obi-Wan Kenobi. Had to have patience while servicing his cock and hole, while being stretched by his massive dick. It was as cruel as it was heavenly.

Anakin pressed wide kisses, broad licks, and thin fingers into Obi-Wan’s hole, fighting back grins as his master shuddered and his hips worked themselves back on Anakin’s tongue. His broad hand and strong grip kept Anakin from moving, not that he had any inclination of being anywhere except between Obi-Wan’s thick, hairy thighs.

Obi-Wan let out a groan that made Anakin’s dick throb. “Oh, fuck, Anakin, your mouth is divine.” He let out a shuddering laugh and Anakin watched as he stopped stroking himself, instead holding the base of his dick tightly. “Just a little bit more, darling. Then you’ll get your treat.”

Anakin furrowed his eyebrows. He thought this - the fucking, the rimming - was his treat, even as he was being taunted with the spectre of release. Not letting his confusion interfere with his job, Anakin dove back in, trying to sense what Obi-Wan’s intentions were, as he writhed against the bed.

Obi-Wan hummed and tugged Anakin’s hair, pulling him away. Anakin whined, lips feeling hot and used, empty and useless without the press of flesh against them. Obi-Wan smiled and brushed his fingers through tangled curls. “So perfect, Anakin. You were so good. Look how hard I am.”

Anakin glanced at his master’s cock, red and big, dripping precome so perfectly. He tried to lean forward, to lick his balls and kiss the head. Obi-Wan pulled on his hair again.

“Not so fast, dear one. I have something else planned. On your knees now.” Anakin huffed as pushed himself up to his knees, his cock bobbing, a string of precome stretching from the head to the mattress, before snapping. “Now give me a kiss.”

Confusion and annoyance lifted as he surged forward, grinning stupidly. Blinded by enthusiasm, the first kiss missed Obi-Wan’s lips, leaving Anakin to mouth along his chest, feeling coarse hair against his lips as he searched for his prize. Obi-Wan’s tongue awaited him, wet and perfect, ready to brush against Anakin’s. Anakin shifted between Obi-Wan’s legs, moaning as Obi-Wan’s hands travelled down his back, leaving pink tracks, and gripped his ass. One hand even went to jostle the end of the plug, making Anakin hump embarrassingly against Obi-Wan’s cock, thick and larger than his own.

Lost in Obi-Wan’s mouth, skin on fire where his hands touched, Anakin almost didn’t notice as Obi-Wan's right hand - rough, dominant, the hand that held his life - dragged around his hip to grip his cock. Anakin keened and jerked. Obi-Wan’s hungry mouth followed him.

Obi-Wan stroked Anakin, the glide smooth and easy. Anakin whimpered.

“Anakin,” Obi-Wan whispered, a smirk clear in his voice, even as Anakin kept his eyes clenched tight, too lost in trying to control himself. “You’ve been such a good boy, so sweet and perfect.”

“Please let me come,” Anakin begged, letting an eye squint open. Through the blur of eyelashes, Obi-Wan’s face was flushed and pleased.

“You will,” Obi-Wan promised. His hand travelled up Anakin’s weeping dick and back down, squeezing Anakin’s taut balls. “But first, my good boy is going to fuck me.”

Anakin whimpered, eyes watering. Fucking Obi-Wan was a treat, his hole was so warm, so wet from kisses and fingering, so tight and welcoming. But Anakin was already so close, so desperate. He wanted to be good even as his body was betraying him.

“Doesn’t that sound nice?” Obi-Wan teased, pushing Anakin to his knees, and guiding his dick to his winking hole. Anakin nodded, sniffling, and his eyes rolled back as he pushed in.

Obi-Wan let out a shuddering breath. “Oh, Anakin, you feel so good. What are you feeling?”

“It’s so good, Master,” Anakin moaned, drawing his hips out and then in, trying to get accustomed to the pleasure. Walking into a pool instead of jumping in. “So perfect, so tight, so-”

Anakin swore as Obi-Wan’s legs wrapped around his hips, pulling him tight and grinding against Anakin’s pelvis.

“Yeah?” Obi-Wan asked. “You like your master’s hole? Can my good little boy fuck it properly?”

“Yes, yes, yes,” Anakin chanted, even as he closed his eyes, trying to focus on his master, on his warm and wanting hole, instead of how tight his balls were or how much his dick ached. “Please, master, let me fuck you.”

Obi-Wan let his legs part, giving Anakin space to pull out and thrust back in, skin slapping against skin, pushing moans out of them both.

“Fuck!” Obi-Wan said, followed by a surprised laugh. “Oh, aren’t you eager! Keep it up, Anakin!”

Anakin groaned and tried to follow orders. He panted as he worked his hips, trying to press all the spots that made his master yelp and melt into the mattress. Anakin gritted his teeth, osculating from melting into the pleasure and having to draw himself back, reigning himself in as he got too close to the end. Sweat beaded down his face and tears overflowed.

“Master, Master, please,” Anakin cried. He could feel his cheeks heating, his nose getting clogged, as tears ran down his face. “Please, I can’t- I can’t-”

“Yes, you can, darling,” Obi-Wan moaned. He pushed back against Anakin, fucking himself on Anakin’s dick, throwing his head back as it hit all the right places. “Oh, Anakin, you can hold on. I believe in you.” He let out a gasp as Anakin's thrusts quickened to an almost bruising speed. “Oh, my! You’re so good, my darling, so perfect! Keep that up!”

Anakin let out a sob, gripping the sheets in clenched fists. He sniffled and tried to concentrate, trying to move his hips in the controlled fashion that Obi-Wan needed. But he was so hard, his balls aching as they slapped against Obi-Wan’s toned, tight backside. He reached for Obi-Wan’s dick, stroking it almost frantically, trying to get him off quicker. Obi-Wan moaned and clenched around Anakin gratefully.

The tightness, the heat, the sight of Obi-Wan’s head tilting back, lips red, chest sweaty, eyes full of love as he murmured, “Good boy, Anakin!” was too much. Anakin sobbed as his hips stuttered. His elbows weakened and he pressed his face into Obi-Wan’s chest, mouthing against it as he moaned. He ground against Obi-Wan as he came inside, dick twitching as it found an unpermitted release.

Anakin sniffled as the tingles of orgasm subsided. He couldn’t bring himself to look at Obi-Wan, even as he petted his hair gently. He felt Obi-Wan’s dick, still hard and needy, pressing against his stomach.

“Feeling better?” Obi-Wan’s teasing lilt drifted in through Anakin’s pleasure and guilt-clouded mind. Anakin nodded softly, whining as Obi-Wan clenched around him.

“Sorry,” he whimpered. He swallowed the lump in his throat and looked up. Instead of disappointment or annoyance, he saw a kind smile and playful glint in his master’s eyes.

“Such a sweet boy,” Obi-Wan said, wiping away a stray tear on Anakin’s face. “Was it just too much?”

Anakin nodded shyly. “Are you mad?”

Obi-Wan smiled and shook his head. “This evening was supposed to be a treat. I can put you over my knee later if you want.” He cupped Anakin’s chin and guided him to his lips. Anakin groaned as his dick, slowly softening, slipped out of Obi-Wan’s hole. He pressed himself against Obi-Wan’s side, drinking in affection.

“Though,” Obi-Wan continued, once Anakin was breathless and dazed from love and not tears. “If you really wanted to be a good boy, you could get back between my legs and rim me again. Clean up your mess and get me off.”

“I’m a good boy,” Anakin said automatically. Obi-Wan grinned.

“Oh, I know you are.” A hand tangled itself in Anakin’s hair again, pushing him back down towards spread legs, back to where he belonged. And if he was really good, maybe Obi-Wan would let him try fucking him again. As Anakin made his first lick, tasting sweat and his own spend, he vowed that next time he earned a reward, he’d be able to make the most of it.

[gospelofme]

The only relationship encouraged or allowed though would go no further than friendship. That means no girlfriends/boyfriends. No marriage. Yes Obiwan had an affair with Satine, but in order for them to be official about it he would’ve had to leave the Order. He broke it off to follow the rules of the Order, thus putting being a Jedi above any feelings of love he had for her. Any romantic relationship is hidden and treated with the utmost secrecy.

The only Jedi allowed to marry was Ki-Adi Mundi and that was only due to the low male birth rate within his species. However he had to hide any affection he had for his wives (he was a polygamist). He couldn’t get attached to his family in any way. He had a favorite wife, which he refused to have children by because he knew he wouldn’t be able to hide his feelings for her if he did (which was a requirement of him to do as a Jedi).

Yes attachment in the form of possession and obsession was certainly frowned upon. As it should be quite frankly. Attachment can be defined as affection, fondness, or sympathy towards someone or something. A sentimental attachment. The attachment that’s required to form romantic relationships, such as expressing love for or being in love with anyone, was also frowned upon. The attachment that happens naturally between a parent and child was not allowed.

Friendship was allowed so long as it didn’t conflict with the overall duty of being a Jedi. Any loved ones would be strictly limited to immediate family, such as parents or siblings or extended family. And even then, the love that would naturally be there would have to come second to being a Jedi.

"no attachments" in SW literally just means "don't be selfish and possessive". that's it. that's all there is. doesn't mean jedi can't have friends and loved ones. they can. just. don't be possessive and selfish about it. don't murder thousands of people in an effort to save one.

[vgilantee]

obiwan is SUCH a drama starter. he lives for gossip. so when rex has told him about you and cody? LMFAO.

but rex also started talking about it too. he's happy but can't help but be a little jealous

obi-wan is actually the biggest gossip of the council, and quinlan only encourages it when they're together (look at me mentioning side characters lmao)

the first thing obi-wan feels when he finds out from rex that cody and you are dating is joking offence (he's kidding, of course. but obi-wan "hello there" kenobi is nothing if not dramatic so he plays up the jealousy). the second is pride that is commander is finally letting himself be more than a clone commander. and third, obi-wan feels, deep in the force, that he needs to tell. everyone

[merrysithmas]

If Anakin went back in time, and somehow became a master and took Obiwan as his padawan, how would that change them both? Would they become a couple? I love your reviews on them, thank you so much for blessing the obikin fandoom <33

Awww you are so sweet!! Love my Obikin fam!! Best part of the SW fandom!

Hmmm if there was a role reversal and Anakin trained Obi? Well, we have already seen that Anakin is a SUPERB Master. Ahsoka is well known to be one of the most revered, powerful, trustworthy, honest, upstanding, and noble force users in history. She credits Anakin's teachings CONSTANTLY for this, and sees Anakin as a good person - she believes in him ardently and unfailingly even when she is confronted with Vader. She does, in fact, blame the Jedi institution for Anakin's fall canonically. She is literally his biggest stan.

Given that, I'd say Anakin would have done a decent job training any padawan including Obi-wan. He would've for sure been encouraging and tried to get Obi out of the structured regimented thinking he relies on out of anxiety. This is something he did as Obi's contemporary and friend, and I can only assume it wouldve helped tremendously in Obi's formative years. If you know about Obi-wan's relationship with Qui-gon, it seems Anakin wouldve been a much warmer and supportive alternative as a master.

I think Obi-wan would have benefitted from Anakin's teachings. I do still think Anakin would have fallen to the dark side - and the ending on Mustafar would have played out much the same way. Obi-wan is not Ahsoka OR Luke. Obi-wan doesn't ever try to save Anakin so much as he does feel deeply betrayed by him. I don't think Obi-wan is a very "let me save you" kind of dude. He's more than a little severe, judgemental, but ultimately undone by his unexpressed emotional attachments.

I wanna say something dope like "Oh I think Obi wouldve been the one to turn to the darkside in this case" but I think ultimately the beauty of the Anakin/Obi-wan dynamic is inherently in the notion that no switch up of their roles or stations would effect the outcome of their relationship or affection for each other - or even necessarily their personalities.

They are very much eternal yin/yang always and never touching.

[whump-adjacent]

Omegaverse preg birth concept for the day 💭

And a variation on this ~ Alphas can help induce/progress labour in their pregnant Omegas, but only via skin to skin contact (kind of like skin to skin with a newborn but also not like that at all 🙃). 

Anakin is determined he will not need any assistance and is perfectly capable of delivering without any of this old-fashioned Alpha:Omega mumbo jumbo. 

However, their baby has other plans. 

After white knuckling it through a very long & painful labour, the medic informs them Anakin is currently at 3cm. Even as a battle-worn war hero, he must admit this is Very Hard Work. Staring down the barrel of more invasive intervention, he finally agrees to try the ✨old fashioned stuff✨

A midwife is brought in. They instruct Obi wan to sit behind Anakin with his hands under his shirt (Anakin will not let them take it off 🚫) so that they are resting directly on Anakin’s belly. The midwife also works with Anakin on his breathing so that he can still his mind and really tap into his Alpha:Omega bond with Obi wan.

His contractions pick up almost immediately, and his exhausted body gets a second burst of energy from Force knows where. 

Obi wan plays it totally cool, but secretly he is V Excited & Emotional to be playing an active part in the birth of their child. From this new angle he is also able to murmur words of encouragement directly into Anakin’s ear, which - now that they are in the throws of Alpha:Omega “mumbo jumbo” - has an extraordinarily centering effect on Anakin. 

Anakin moves quickly into active labour, and before long he is ready to deliver. Obi wan tries to shuffle out to give Anakin more space, but Anakin won’t let him move an inch. He is now locked onto Obi wan with a bond so strong he literally cries out if he feels his Alpha might go anywhere. 

Their baby is born within the next hour and Anakin is almost delirious with Omega hormones as he holds their shiny little newborn against his chest. He all but purrs with contentment when Obiwan wraps around him, holding them both at the same time. Even though they are a mated pair (clearly 😏) Obi wan has never seen Anakin this comfortable in his Omega-ness - he finds it altogether breathtaking. 

It with huge regret that Obi wan finally asks permission to get up from behind Anakin because he has completely lost feeling in both legs.

[stardustallaround]

GOTTEM I GET TO RANT NOW! (thanks so much btw!!!)

apologies this is gonna be really long

format is [lyric]: description; explanation/comments

- [I've earned myself a reputation]: all of the commanders and Rex as cadets; I wanted to start from the beginning

- [That my bark | is much worse than | my bite]: zoom in on cadet wolffe, change to older wolffe; I mean. self explanatory bro chose his name to be a misspelled animal pfff

- [But I keep snapping at Goliath's hands]: the iconic scene when Plo Koon and two of the Wolfpack are stuck and Plo Koon says they’re not expendable; I liked the idea that Plo Koon rebelled in his own way, eg. appreciation of his sons

- [With all of my tiny might]: pan to the two troopers; clones have very little control, but they fight for each other as hard as they can

- [There are no stones at my disposal]: Rex’s helmet; Rex likely often feels powerless to stop Anakin’s antics

- [There's no God to award me a crown]: hands grab Rex’s helmet; Rex means “king,” this is sorta alluding to the idea that he gave himself his own crown (name/helmet/honor)

- [But I am always swinging at]: 501st on umbara

- [Somebody I can't knock down]: pong krell, blasters in peripheral; self explanatory, except they do shoot him down

- [All of the fire I've swallowed]: gree with luminara unduli; no concrete reasoning for this, but possible suspicions that luminara encourages the troopers to hide their feelings for others since she’s like that with barriss

- [All of the sparks that went dark in my gut]: gree watching ahsoka and barriss walk away (gree is slightly smiling); he worries for barriss, especially considering how young padawans are, and he feels like an older brother

- [I am always burning up]: gree watching hologram of the tank getting crushed; canon episode reference! he’s distressed abt potentially losing barriss and has no power to stop it :(

- [Dress me in red and throw your roses]: fox on patrol and a bottle gets thrown at him; red armor! bottle=roses!

- [And I'll wrangle the beast with words]: fox standing behind palpatine; palps is a yapper also fox lies to him to save his brothers (often at his own expense)

- [It's a graceless dance of epithets]: fox standing behind senator chuchi; uhhhh senators scheming but for good ‼️

- [We learn to make somewhat hurt]: fox standing alone without helmet, bleeding; note he has lighting scars (rude palps) and early gray hairs (due to his brothers, but I also like the head canon that he’s “defective” and has been getting these his whole life and that’s why he never takes off his helmet)

- [They will consume your sweet resistance]: bly looking at Ayla; bly is a sweetheart just try to argue with me

- [And they'll carry your heart in their teeth]: Aayla smilkng at bly; teeth literally with the smiling, also blyla <3

- [But I am always feeding them]: Felucia battlefield; very sad parallel with canon

- [The ugliest parts of me]: bly and aayla fighting droid; they for sure don’t want to fight, but they have to

- [All of the words I've swallowed]: ponds fighting with windu on ryloth; as cool as windu is, it must have been difficult to work with him

- [All of the sharp things I've kept in my mouth]: ponds and Zillo beast; teeth. sharp things in mouth are teeth

- [I am always bleeding out]: death by aurra sing; uhhh this was supposed to be aurra sing I drew the wrong person, but symbolically I think I had boba bc he was technically fighting against the other clones (ngl I drew this one a while ago and was very sleep deprived)

- [Take me to war]: cody, obi wan, and anakin at holotable; this was a common scene in the war, eternal planning

- [Honey, I dare you]: obi wan, from over Cody’s shoulder; obi wan had many antics that poor cody had to suffer through, and codywan <3

- [I'll be the sweetest thing]: ghost company with obiwan; they’re all besties ur honor

- [To ever scare you]: obi wan “dead” arc, ghost company watching hologram; BIG sad, wish we could have seen at least ghost company at the “funeral”

- [Give me a fight I can't resist]: numa; this was originally gonna have boil and waxer with her but I got lazy, anyway they want to protect her

- [Give me something to break with my fists]: cody punching droid; the commander class is just Built Different, cody even more so

- [Take me to war]: cody picking up lightsaber; I often think abt the fact cody canonically has a belt clip for a lightsaber

- [Honey, I dare you]: cody handing lightsaber to obi wan; really wanna know how often this happened for the aforementioned belt clip

- [I watched a weed usurp the garden]: a corrie in senate pod, palps at the center of the senate talking from over a guards left shoulder; crusty dusty palps swaying the senate, also over left shoulder indicates “bad people” and the opposite for right

- [And it poisoned the rest of the crops]: senate pods with corrupt sentars going forward

- [Would take days of fighting stubborn roots]: padme, bail, mothma over right shoulder of guard; let them cook ‼️

- [To tear the whole damn thing out]: senate building; the whole place is pretty much corrupt

- [So I will leave it where it's standing]: back to guard looking at senate floor, leaves out of frame

- [And instead I will find me a match]: fox w/blaster facing fives; fives could have been the key to avoiding the Horrors

- [I'll turn it all to kindling]: fox lowers blaster; what I wish could have happened, don’t ask me how this would have been feasible (I hc that palps was controlling fox here)

- [I'll burn it all down to ash]: hologram of The Chip; this could have been the key to fixing it all, so in my delusion fives gets to tell fox and spread the word

- [All of the ire I've swallowed]: fox w/gun; he’s mad when he finds out

- [All of the coals that still sit in my gut]: palps, menacing; he’s actually The Worst

- [I am always burning up]: fox raises gun, blaster pulled, silhouettes, palps shot; man I just wanted fox to shoot palps bc he deserves it the most

- [Take me to war]: plo’s bros on side of ship; this section is all “memories”/ happy times

- [Honey, I dare you]: Rex and ahsoka spying on padme and anakin; bestest siblings, legit one of my favorite ideas, in the original sketch I had anakin ranting abt sand

- [I'll be the sweetest thing]: Ayla leaning against bly, asleep; once again, bly is the sweetest

- [To ever scare you]: coruscant guards laughing around a table with cards and drinks; don’t tell me everyone else wasn’t afraid of the Corries, also I like to think they would have game nights every now and then

- [Give me a fight I can't resist]: ponds at 79’s with others

- [Give me something to break with my fists]: gree is gifted a mug from barriss; this is an extremely obscure call back to another piece of art that I did where obiwan had a mug from ahsoka that says “best grandmaster” and I like to think the padawans have an arts class

- [Take me to war]: ghost company with obi wan at dex’s; the usual suspects including boil, waxer, cody, wooly, AND fanmedic helix (he’s canon in my heart)

- [Honey, I dare you]: fives rescuing ech from skeco minor; echo was def sad when he realized his twin wasn’t there so I fixed that :)

Some general notes on artistic choices:

• While I usually draw in grayscale (rendering scares me), I specifically made any "identifying" features (like armor paint, hair color, etc.) for clones be present, partially for identification and partially with the idea that these are the things that show their individuality. The only exception to this was when there was a lightsaber (I like the cool glowing sticks).

• Characters besides the clones are specifically in a single shade of gray to put more focus on the clones (as this is meant to be an animatic about THEIR tragedy). However, there are a few cases when I made the other characters be "rendered" but in grayscale if what they are doing/their character arc has an impact on the clones in the panel.

• Most of this portrays canon or canon-adjacent to a certain point, I made the second half in mind of "What if Fox was able to chose differently."

• During the final "Take Me to War" section, the panels are specifically grayscale because they are supposed to depict happy "memories" of the war. In my "headcanon what-if" clones no longer need their identifying colors after the war because they have found their autonomy with the end of the war, though many may still keep them. (this is totally not because I didn't want to fully color more panels shhhhhhh)

• I learned how to edit videos in Blender for this

animatic depicting the tragedy of the clone wars and answers the question: what if Commander Fox was able to put down the gun and raise it at at someone else?

Song: Take Me to War (Live) by the Crane Wives

if one (1) person asks I will post an in depth analysis of every panel

[tessiete]

(art by @rcrisdraws)

AT LAST! It is done.

After ten months, and 200 000+ words I have at last finished my Year on the Run fic chronicling Satine's rise to power, and her romance with Obi-Wan.

It's been a huge part of my life, and I will get to the comments that so many wonderful people have left for me (seriously, the love and depth of engagement people have expressed for this fic has BLOWN ME AWAY. I'm forever grateful for that incredible support!!!) but in the meantime, let me say THANK YOU to everyone who has read along, and encouraged me, and held my hand.

Special thanks especially, to @treescape who listened to EVERY SINGLE chapter breakdown, discussed character motivations and arcs, pointed out holes and found solutions, and was really a guiding light the whole way through.

Thanks also to @pomiar and @the-last-kenobi who listened to be kvetch for WEEKS. Pom, who helped and still helps me figure out how to make it function as a complete novel, who was never afraid to point out something that was out of character, or demand much needed explanations for things that weren't always clear. Her vision is just SO acute and insightful! And TLK whose undying enthusiasm pushed me to the finish line. She's always eager to hear more, full of encouragement, and her utter faith in me was exactly what I needed.

The biggest thanks of all to the Obitine discord, and the wonderful people there. I wrote this to convince @duchess-of-mandalore that we don't need canon, to try and give @the-obiwan-for-me something HALF as wonderful as her fic (SSTW) gave to us, to make @mg024 laugh, and cry, and astonish her as much as she manages to astonish me. And for everyone else there who has been with me. It's for you!!!

You can find the whole thing HERE

And now, because I love process, here are some behind the scenes tidbits...just in case you were curious.

There really is nothing known canonically about "The Year on the Run" except:

1. It was "an extended mission when I was younger. Master Qui-Gon and I spent a year on Mandalore, protecting the Duchess from insurgents who had threatened her world. They sent bounty hunters after us. We were always on the run, living hand to mouth, never sure what the next day would bring."

2. They were attacked by venomites on Draboon

3. Obi-Wan carried Satine when they first met, and he dropped her which resulted in her getting a scar.

That's literally the entirety of what we know.

So, I had to expand on it A LOT.

The whole fic is a re-imagining of The 12 Labours of Hercules. What I didn't know when I started is there is no modern consensus on the morals/meanings of each task, so I had to do a bunch of research to find the most consistent interpretations, and then fill in the rest myself.

The hydra is represented by the nine bounty hunters that chase them the whole way throughout.

By rank: Aden Kast (meaning: wrath) - died by own hand Pre Vizsla - defected Jaro Spar (meaning: death wish) - arrested Bann Dryden (meaning: refuse) - killed by Qui-Gon Prudi Saxon (meaning: shadow) - deserted Paak Saxon (meaning: salt) - killed by Aden Kast Mirala Chorn (meaning: thoughtful) - disappeared Kyric Eldar (meaning: kill/end/death) - banished by DW Trikan Kelborn (meaning: sorrow) - killed by Bralor

Extra bonus: Hercules is eventually killed by the poisonous blood of the hydra, and so, this task is one that kind of defeats him. Pre Vizsla is that poison in Only Hope. He sides with Satine here out of cunning, ambition, and self-preservation, but later is her ruin.

Satine's big thing is pacifism, and it was important to me in telling this story that pacifism not be confused with passivity. And so, I spent a lot of time researching how pacifism as an ideology can be made practical. Of course, I looked to Gandhi.

Using the three pillars of pacifism, I expanded on them within the text to demonstrate just *how* Satine makes this ideology work. Mandalorians are warriors, and she is no different. Only she battles hate, fear, and prejudice instead of people.

Beyond the political philosophies at play, I also spent a lot of time translating things into Mando'a. At the beginning of the story, Obi-Wan does not speak the language, so until he learns it, his POV chapters were FULL of fluent Mando'a.

This meant that I had to make up a ton of idioms, mottos, and myths to fill out the world of Mandalore. Things like these:

I also made up war songs, and beer hall anthems:

Of course, sung by Obi-Wan

And new gods for the old Mandalorian religion:

And about a MILLION Mandalorian names: Nur, Naani, Jori Ast'Atin, Haati be'Murtin, Bralor, Paak & Prudi, Iviinya, Kih'sol, Ta-Ciryc, Bu'ataaka, Rang, Kyric, Trikan, Gamnyn, Kut, Bora-Gaan, and on and on.

And a million cities: Dalabiik, Meshurok, Chorus, Amancitia, Pohja, Jiilma, Antioch the Needles, blah blah blah

And a million words: kalesera, etyc'baar, bo'aka, koryai, etc.

And of course, it wouldn't be a SW story without a ton of Obi-Wan whump.

(art by the incredible @kyber-erso)

Anyway. That's all for now. Thank you everyone for your interest, and love, and support!

- tess

[intermundia]

will ive started reading brotherhood and lmao. just lmao. the first like 20 pgs in or somethin and anakin asks obiwan if he still has to call him master and obi fucking goes “only if you know your place” LIKE WHAT??? HUH? 🤨📸 and then a page later anakin wants to be a brat and a single look from obiwan makes him shut up. Okay. Anyway <3 my thoughts so far

It sounds like The Dynamic™ is present, which is encouraging!!! If Obi-Wan can't shut up Anakin with a look, what's even the point 😂