#complementary halves of a single warrior

[qilingxiong]

the amusing thing about approaching star wars from a c-drama brainrot perspective is that if you told someone around here the rough story of obi-wan and anakin's relationship without mentioning their names + dug up quotes from the revenge of the sith novelization and then said this was all from a bestselling wuxia bl novel i'm pretty sure they would believe it no question

[madecookiestoday]

The best kind of Anakin&Obi-Wan content is when you seriously cannot tell if it's romantic or platonic. You have to be going in with outside knowledge that their relationship is platonic and the author meant it as platonic.

[virahaus]

I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.

Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

⋆⭒˚.⋆🪐 ⋆⭒˚.⋆

They knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior.

Matthew Stover, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

[intermundia]

one thing i love about obikin is that the boys are not terribly distinct in terms of their height or weight or strength (at least in live action, filoni's clone wars makes obi-wan appear very slender and small, almost in order to make anakin look bigger and more masculine, but that's a whole other discussion). i like that their physical similarities only emphasize the brother-in-arms, complementary halves of a single warrior aspect of their bond, how they're the dark and light sides of the same coin, one of aristophanes's soulmates split apart and seeking to be reunited as one body. like yes vader becomes super tall and massive when he becomes more machine than man, but back when he was just anakin, he and obi-wan saw almost exactly eye to eye, they didn't have to work to whisper in each other's ears, and fighting back to back was easy and natural. young anakin grew up until they became equal and opposite halves of the team, until they weren't anymore, but lord it was beautiful when they were.

[lyctoralsaints]

⠀⠀⠀⠀ yes, that he knows. the annihilation, the betrayal; he can feel commander cody's heart wavering, his own conflict screaming through the bond they have forged over the years. so many people he loved turning their backs on him, on them. why? why at this moment, when they were so close to being free of war? . . . peace was so close. peace and happiness and something so new, he couldn't imagine it. now, he stands between two men ┉  two men he loved, trusted, intended to spend his life with ┉ but now it seems their thoughts have shifted to harmful intent. if he is to die, he supposes that it being at either of their hands is better than dying to the hands of a stranger. behind him, he can almost hear teeth gritting as cody struggles to not pull the trigger of his blaster. another step toward anakin, hand outstretched as if to halt him. ❝ I was your master, anakin. and I was your brother . . . ❞ blue eyes search a familiar face and find his brother's features but a lack of familiarity; he is eclipsed by the darkness they have always fought to keep at bay. and the clones. the clones. this is all shifting the balance; they will drown in death before the night is done, and he is to blame for not realizing sooner the path anakin was walking. ❝ the order is wrong, anakin. and so was I. I know this now . . . I understand now. you must realize that this is not something padmé would want, ani. all of this.  we can leave. together. ❞ his heart aches at the thought of abandoning his people, their people. but maybe this is the only way. he should've realized the flaws of the order before. his head tilts, gesturing for the younglings to start to move toward the exit. he's so close to anakin now that opening his hand fully causes his palm to press flatly to the other's chest.  ❝ I understand your love, anakin. I have felt the same for someone. ❞ satine, yes but he also chances a glance over his shoulder at the clone commander struggling against the manipulation enveloping his mind. ❝ and I am sorry for ever speaking to you in a way that made you feel that love was a crime.  ❞

 ‍ save him? there is nothing obi-wan can do now. there is nothing he would have done, not if he had known the truth. it is vader that is meant to save padmé, save them all — he is the one with the strength to do what is necessary. and this, this is . . . necessary? yes, it is. the galaxy will know peace when the war ends, and it cannot be brought to such an end until the jedi are gone. all of them. obi-wan kenobi must die.

 ‍ but something stays his hand, frozen on his lightsaber. this conflict . . . anakin teeters back a step, raises a hand to his temple in frustration. why here, now, does he not even have the strength to do the one thing he must? obi-wan is the one thing that can ruin it all, the living personification of all that was meant to be good and just in the order. he should strike him down. he can't.

 ‍ 〝 it's too late. 〞his next breath hisses from his teeth, half a stifled sob smoldering on the embers in his throat. anakin looks at him; his eye marred by the scar the sickly yellow of the sith, the other whole and blue. there is a war beyond these walls, a slaughter; but the height of the destruction battles within him, a clash of darkness and light. beware your heart. 〝 the clones are turning on their jedi. the order will fall, and the empire must rise. 〞

 ‍ it has to. it has to end. 〝 I have tried. I have tried to find another way, something else, but no one would listen! no one has the power to save her — except, my master. he will . . . he will show me the way. 〞

[infernaleikon]

hey (with the intention to remind you that blade-to-blade they were identical. after thousands of hours in lightsaber sparring they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers, they were complementary halves of a single warrior)

[grumfield]

Do you have any Obikin fics that you could recommend? I'm dipping my toes in the water for the first time because of the Ranwan parallels

Hehe YESSS happy to provide for a fellow ranwanist!! I actually never read fic before this ship so I’m so happy I can finally answer a fic request ask!!

I’ll give you the first three I read that really got me into the ship because of 2ha adjacent vibes!! These are good entry points I think for my beloved 2ha followers, because over the past few months most of the stuff I read has gotten more fandom-esoteric lol

All He’ll See is Me is basically the premise of 2ha condensed into a clean 35k and was my first fic-intro to the ship. Evil dark lord dies and gets sent back in time and porks his teacher, but this time, it’s in space! I’m pretty sure it’s the most popular fic in the ship tag based on kudos

haunt me then is very much a 0.5 timeline esque 7k one-shot the author describes as "he came back wrong to you, but he came back to me” featuring weird codependent willing attic wifey stuff with the shadow of the person you used ton love and still love. absolutely delicious, and is nonlinear for extra flavor.

Come Down From Your Holy Mountain is the one I credit to really launching my interest, it’s like completed at 150k where, instead of leaving Anakin to die after chopping off his limbs on a volcano planet, decides to save him and rehab him. I really loved how involved the plot was and the slow-burn development of their relationship

Also, though it’s not a fic, it may as well be so I’m suggesting it. If you decide this ship is up your alley do your self a favor and read the The Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matt Stover. Aside from being really really really phenomenally written, is literally the most yaoi a book’s ever been without being explicitly yaoi. It’s somehow even more homoerotically charged and gayngsty than any fanfiction where they have sex. I literally cannot articulate to you how fucking insane it is. It’s literally what actually drove home my obsession because I was kind of like “okay wow…this codependent one sided yaoi is actually way more insane than I ever imagined” because Matt Stover writes Obi-Wan like a repressed gay monk in love with his friend, and as a result literally every other author to write official Star Wars books involving them channeled that energy but amped up the weird to untouchable levels.

Some batshit from the novel since I need to get this across to you:

“Blade-to-blade, they were identical. After thousands of hours in lightsaber sparring, they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior.”

“Every day and every night [Obi-Wan] violated every principle the Jedi had taught him about staying in the present moment, about acceptance. Going over every argument, every talk, to find the key that he should have turned in order to unlock the secrets of Anakin's heart.”

‘Palpatine lifted his shoulders. "Perhaps not. Perhaps it's simply a question of whether you love Obi-Wan Kenobi more than you love your wife."’

A scene where Anakin’s wife basically calls out Obi-Wan for loving Anakin and it literally reads like someone’s wife confronting her oblivious straight husband’s “confirmed bachelor” friend when he’d thought he’d kept it a secret.

And more. On like every page to the point where I was like. What the actual fuck were you on.

Anywayssssss hope this was helpful to you LMAO!!! If anyone wants recs or to chat you’re always more than welcome to DM me to ask or talk about it lol.

[homoeroticbetrayal]

Iconic Homoerotic Betrayal: Round 1

Round 1 Directory

Context:

Anakin/Obi-Wan (Star Wars)

"The whole 3rd arc of the "Return of The Sith" movie is effectively just the painful end of the most powerful and committed relationship in all of Star Wars. Obi-Wan even told Yoda that he could not kill Anakin and he was right. He couldn't deliver the final blow to Anakin and just assumed that Anakin's severe burns would do what he could not. Even when he's gone into exile on Tatooine, he still wishes he could see Anakin again. Anakin is never not on his mind, even in the end. The ROTS novel is even more explicit about their love for one another, something that transcends brotherhood, friendship and lovers."

"They are so dependent on eachother like get a room boys. Also they have one of the most iconic fights (when Anakin falls to the darkside in the Revenge of the Sith movie) and Anakin literally takes time out of the lightsaber fight to choke Obi-Wan like hello?? Also this is a quote from an official canon Star Wars book; "Blade-to-blade, Obi-Wan and Anakin were identical. After thousands of hours lightsaber sparring, they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were the complementary halves of a single warrior."

Macaque/Sun Wukong (Lego Monkei Kid)

Mac + Sun Wukong were the bestest buddies in the whole world until Sun Wukong was forced to go through a character arc road trip and made NEW friends. Mac severely misunderstood the Forceful Character Growth methods and attempts to kill Wukongs friends. So, to defend the new friends, Wukong kills Macaque in return. Now, Macaque does come back Wrong and there is some speculation on how there could be some possible trickery and manipulation regarding Mac's death, but watching LMK it is intensely homoerotic.

[soulmatebracket]

Soulmate Bracket: Round 1 [Side A — Part IV]

Provided reasoning under cut:

Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Sywalker

Lines about them from the books (actual canon): "They knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior." and also "Anakin and Obi-Wan. Kenobi and Skywalker. From the beginning of the Clone Wars, the phrase Kenobi and Skywalker has become a single word." and we can't forget "Neither can imagine life without the other. The war has forged their two lives into one." They become Force ghosts in the end and spend the rest of eternity together in the Force so... I'd say they qualify as immortal, in a way. After all; there is no death, there is the Force.

They are soooo special

They are described like this in the novelization of Revenge of the Sith: : "they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior." which is pretty soulmate-y. in the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Show they are hinted at being a force dyad, which is basically the star wars equivalent of a soulmate. they are not reincarnated but they are reunited as Force Ghost after they both die, and Obi-Wan is the one who reached out to Anakin when he died to make it possible for him to become a ghost and not just die (and while this isn't a soulmate specific power they still chose to spend the rest of their death together)(also there is a fan theory that says that being a dyad is what made it possible for anakin to become a ghost while not having done any of the training necessary to become one)

​​ People often argue if their relationship can be read as romantic or only platonic, but nobody can argue how deeply connected these two are to each other. In the universe they have been called partners, The Team, their enemies would say "Where there is Kenobi, you will always find Skywalker not far behind", in Stover's novelisation of the ROTS he calls them "2 parts of one perfect warrior". Their bond is unmistakable. They went from best friends and brothers to enemies. And at the end of RotJ we see them as friends once more. As force ghosts they will be able to spend the rest of eternity together.

They are literal soulmates in canon; they share a bond called a “force dyad” wherein they are two halves of a whole. This can apply to them platonically and/or romantically.

Kaidan Alenko & Commander Shepard

They’re fated in space and they’re hot. It’s destiny, your honour.

They fall in love, Shepard dies and gets reincarnated, and Kaidan falls in love with her all over again because she keeps showing him it’s really her.

The two of them are peak, “I know you and I refuse to lose you”. They’re star-crossed lovers like you wouldn’t believe. Shepard keeps trying to die (and successfully dying and then not being dead) and Kaidan keeps loving them anyway. Shepard comes back changed and Kaidan still loves them.

[edgeofn1ght]

For the Character Ask Meme - 7 and 15 and 25, please!

ahhh thank you, my dear! 😊 (and for the bonus obi-wan, too!)

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

When the fandom ships him with happiness! When they give him any kind of happiness because he deserves it so much. And heaven knows he doesn't get a ton in canon. lol

15. What's your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

obikin! i am a very, very long-time brobikin fan and still am - that pair means everything to me platonically, as 'brothers,' as master and apprentice, as friends, etc. etc. But their rich story in canon means there's also a lot to play with for a ship, too! I wouldn't ever want it to be canon, it's perfect the way it is, but it's just another interesting dynamic.

Then you've got Matthew Stover out here writing,

They knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior.

And like.... come on. Complementary halves! It doesn't get much better than that.

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

I saw the OT in maybe the early 90s, and I have to admit, i was a lot more taken with young Harrison Ford then lol. But i liked Obi-Wan a lot! It took the prequels though for me to really LOVE him, know what i mean? When he came on screen with his magic anxiety, it was love at first sight. 😂

from these asks

[obikinexchange]

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[qilingxiong]

can't remember if i talked about this, but god i wish i'd gotten around to writing my force demigod!anakin au, where as a 20-something year old flying around the galaxy and smuggling resources back to tatooine, he runs into newly knighted jedi obi-wan who's still grieving qui-gon, who is promptly awestruck and jealous by this insanely powerful forceling who appears to draw on the force and embody it so easily (truthfully, he's not)

[swfandomevents]

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[intermundia]

I posted 6,839 times in 2022

That's 524 more posts than 2021!

824 posts created (12%)

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I tagged 3,435 of my posts in 2022

Only 50% of my posts had no tags

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#the team - 139 posts

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Longest Tag: 137 characters

#im really honored that you consider my fics safe 💙 thanks for being in the community it’s nice to hear from you and i’m glad you’re here

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

fellas is it gay to hallucinate the distant figure of your beloved, fallen apprentice as you walk beside his daughter who asks if she's your daughter and the answer is no and the answer is you could have been, and you can see him, but he's not really there, he never was, and vader's coming, the force is murmuring, whispering, warning, that you can't escape him, obi-wan, except it's ben now, obi-wan's gone, because anakin's gone, and vader's all that's left, and you can see him, just over there, standing across the field, his arms folded across his chest in that commanding way he used to have, his gaze piercing from all that distance and across all those years, his handsome face like it's carved from marble, his daughter pulling on your arm to wake you up. he's there, he's gone, you can't escape him, obi-wan.

2,443 notes - Posted June 1, 2022

#4

fellas is it gay to bury your weapons together in a shared coffin box entombing the lives you shared while wielding those blades as complementary halves of a single warrior

2,646 notes - Posted May 26, 2022

#3

nobody looks unhinged quite like hayden, like he’s so pretty but his kubrick stare is terrifying. he’s got the face of an angel and when his expression contorts with pure vicious loathing, it’s awful. the casting for anakin was so perfect it makes me feel feral. every time he loses his goddamn mind on camera i feel such glee. nobody could’ve done it better imho

2,706 notes - Posted January 19, 2022

#2

"I found it quite hard," McGregor, now 50, admits of the reaction to the prequels. "For it to come out and get knocked so hard was personally quite difficult to deal with. And also, it was quite early in my career. I didn't really know how to deal with that. I'd been involved with things that just didn't make much of a ripple, but that's different from making something that makes a negative ripple." Simultaneously dealing with sudden fame and criticism, the now-40-year-old Christensen also couldn't help but experience a measure of emotional whiplash over the prequels. "When the films came out and the critics were very critical, of course that was a difficult thing — because you care so much about this thing that you've invested so much of yourself into. So, for sure, that's challenging."

"Now I meet the people who we made those films for, who were the kids of the time," says McGregor. "And our Star Wars films are their Star Wars films. In the way that Carrie Fisher and Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford's films were ours, we're theirs. And that's beautiful that they were important to the kids who we made them for. It's just so nice to finally get that wave of positivity about them." (x)

guys stop making want to cry

6,526 notes - Posted March 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

friend texted me this and im dying. why on earth would the global south play as those fighting back against imperialism?? and the global north enjoy playing out imperialist fantasies?? i’m sure there’s no implications to this whatsoever

11,466 notes - Posted September 28, 2022

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[secreteviltwin]

that word weaving didnt even have the complementary halves of a single warrior thing smh

[jessequinnfirstofhername]

The final results are in!

Before celebrating our winner, let’s take a moment to acknowledge and appreciate all of the other fabulous ships that have featured in this poll.

Firstly, a round of applause for all of the ‘write-in vote’ ships from Round One that didn’t quite make it:

Sabedala, Velcinta, Merrical, Gingerpilot, Wolfwren, Skybridger, LandoLuke, MaraLuke, HanLuke, ObiMaul, and of course, Peedy.

…and a further round of applause not just for all of our runner-up ships, but for their passionate fans who worked so hard to keep them afloat for as long as possible:

Anisoka, Anidala, Reylo, Kylux, Kalluzeb, DinLuke, HanLeia, Kanera, and Finnpoe.

Without any further ado, it’s time for some medals.

In third place, we have Rebelcaptain! 🥉

In second place, we have Codywan! 🥈

…and finally. After eleven rounds, a mountain of Discourse, in-fighting, reflection, and a small novella’s worth of tags, we have our winner.

The Best Star Wars Ship Of All Time.

This is it, the definite answer. No further discussion. This is the one.

Our winner is… OBIKIN! 🥇

…they knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were the complementary halves of a single warrior...

Congratulations boys! Also, a huge shout-out and congratulations to all of the passionate Obikin shippers who propelled them to victory.

This poll was so much fun! Thank-you to everyone who participated. I have plenty more poll ideas coming, so stay tuned.

Also, please check out my Best Star Wars Femslash Ship Poll, and my Best Lightsaber Poll. Feel free to peruse my fanfics too.

-Jesse xx

The Only Important Rule To Remember:

When there are only two ships remaining, they will face off against one another in a week-long poll to determine the victor.

Sadly, we must bid goodbye to Rebelcaptain. Allow me to salute all of the wonderful, dedicated Rebelcaptain fans who fought so valiantly for them. You got them into the final three! 🫡

…and then there were two.

This. Is. It.

It’s the battle of the Obi-Wan ships.

Will the winner be Obikin?

Or will it be Codywan?

Cast your votes for the last time to decide, once and for all... what is the best Star Wars ship of all time?

...oh, but remember, this is all just for fun! So don't take it too seriously ;)

Happy voting, and may the best ship win!