#moonlight's giant list of fic recs

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About a month ago @countessofbiscuit asked for STAR WARS fic recs from the Anakin’s days as a Padawan and his relationship with Obi-Wan. I had to pull myself away from posting new recs (so many incredible fics this week that I wanted to flail about immediately!) but I love this era and the chance to put together this list was a delight. This is an entirely gen set, though I think it will appeal to those interested in the relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin, however you like to see them, if you read genfic at all. There are some absolutely gorgeous and oftentimes Top Ten Fics In This Fandom level stuff here! (Last Updated: 2017.07.13) ✦ In All The World by Ammar, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 76.6k wip ✦ All But Name by Mirror and Image, obi-wan & anakin + padme & dooku & qui-gon & yoda & ocs & cast, 107.9k ✦ Shadows of the Future by stormqueen873, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast, 129.3k ✦ The Hand Dealt by not paranoid enough, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 75.9k ✦ Ashes to Ashes by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 5.3k ✦ Of Questions, Dishes, and Pathetic Life Forms by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 3.1k ✦ Life And What Comes After by Ibelin, obi-wan & anakin & cast, amnesia, 32.6k wip ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & some anakin/padme & ahsoka & qui-gon & rex & cast, time travel, 57.8k wip ✦ The House That Obi-Wan Built by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin, 10.4k ✦ Sofa, So Good by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin, 10.9k ✦ House of Cards by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin & oc, 23.8k ✦ Come On, Get Up, Let Me See Your Bruises by Imadra Blue, obi-wan & anakin, 5.8k ✦ A Good Place to Die by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash?) + some anakin/padme & yoda & bant & cast, some violence/injury, 115k ✦ Measure of Force by esama, obi-wan & anakin, 2.1k ✦ You Didn’t Hear It From Me by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin & garen & bant, 6.2k ✦ Sleepover by SkippingSteppingStones, obi-wan & anakin, 2.1k ✦ Don’t Look Back by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 26.7k ✦ Behind a Waterfall, Before the Pyre by Persephone_Kore, obi-wan & anakin & yoda, 1.4k ✦ Life Beyond the Code by Bek-K, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 141.7k wip ✦ Coalesced Matter by Mirror and Image, obi-wan & anakin & dooku, 48.4k ✦ The Promise by Ripki, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k ✦ Learning Curve by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin, 5.2k ✦ Take My Waking Slow by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin, 2.7k ✦ Nightmare by saxgirl42, obi-wan & anakin, 1.6k ✦ Finding the Words by freedomfry, obi-wan & anakin, 2.2k ✦ Death and the Living Force by YamiSnuffles , obi-wan & anakin, 4.6k ✦ The Mathematics of Repair by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 4.6k ✦ My Very Young Apprentice by squelchything, obi-wan & anakin, 1k ✦ Works in Progress by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin, 3.2k wip (sort of) ✦ From One Generation by Phosphorescent, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k ✦ They Who Stay Behind by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 20.4k ✦ Our Honored Dead by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 9.1k ✦ i am young, but i have aged. by shoiryu, anakin & cast, 1.5k ✦ Into the Breach by Melody_Jade, obi-wan & anakin & the council, 4.9k ✦ Sleeping with the Enemy by Imadra Blue, obi-wan & anakin, 1.9k ✦ Promise by Aridette, obi-wan & anakin, 1.2k ✦ First Rain by Allie_el, obi-wan & anakin, 3k ✦ Reemerging Daylight by Pandora151, obi-wan & anakin & bant, 7k ✦ Young Old Man by LuvEwan, obi-wan & anakin & oc pov, 4.1k ✦ Scared of You by LuvEwan, obi-wan & anakin, 2.3k ✦ The Trouble With Gungans by saxgirl42, obi-wan & anakin & jar jar, 1.9k ✦ Keeping the High Ground by Pyxelle, obi-wan & anakin + luke, 2.5k ✦ Enquiring Minds Want to Know by Gabri Jade, obi-wan & cast, 3.3k ✦ A Code to Love By by gizzi1213, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k ✦ The Stray by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin & ocs, 10.4k ✦ A Good Cause by 221B.B, obi-wan & anakin, 3.3k ✦ A Trip to Forget by amber75, obi-wan & anakin, 14.8k ✦ Passing Dreams by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 2k ✦ Brass Knuckles by skygawker, somewhat obi-wan/anakin (can be read as gen) & ocs, 15.1k ✦ Sloth by keep_me_alone, obi-wan & anakin, 1.3k ✦ Lightsabers by Jillie chan, obi-wan & anakin, ~1k ✦ Autopilot by FernWithy, obi-wan & anakin, 2.4k ✦ The Dynamic Duo by Kian-Rai Delcam, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k ✦ Reassurance by j_k_rowlingjr, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash?), ~1k ✦ Worthy by whereiismymindd, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k ✦ The Consequences of a Crash by SkywalkerShenanigans (HedgehogJawn), obi-wan & anakin (this can be read as entirely gen) & cast, some injury content warning, 31.9k ✦ When the world gets too heavy put it on my back by nematoda, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + references to to obi-wan/anakin, 25k wip ✦ Masters and Padawans: Three Generations by GirlwithCurls98, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + anakin & ahsoka, 24.6k ✦ What the Heart Hides by Valairy Scot, obi-wan/siri & anakin & cast, nsfw for descriptions of violence/torture, 269k ✦ And The Truth Shall Set Us Free by Nicole1, obi-wan & anakin, 23k ✦ What You Are (the Certain Point of View Remix) by Beatrice_Otter, obi-wan & anakin & padme, 1.3k ✦ When the world gets too heavy put it on my back by nematoda, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + references to to obi-wan/anakin, 25k wip ✦ Epiphany by Elenothar, obi-wan & anakin, 3.8k ✦ Tears by ForgottenMoonbeam92, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k ✦ untitled by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & satine, ~1k ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 11.2k ✦ untitled by letslipthehounds, obi-wan & anakin & dooku, 1.1k ✦ The Teacher Learns Twice by Magical_Destiny, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 4.5k ✦ Homesick by SkippingSteppingStones, obi-wan & anakin, 2.8k ✦ Moving Forward by Oswald-Girl, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k ✦ Waters Edge by Sealgirl, obi-wan & anakin, 8.9k ✦ Encounter by Sealgirl, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k ✦ Gifts of the Heart by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin & shmi, 2.7k ✦ The Drinker by Little Sister’s Keepress, obi-wan & anakin, 1k ✦ untitled by stonefreeak, obi-wan & anakin, ~1k ✦ Hello Again verse part 1 / part 2 by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 2.3k wip ✦ untitled by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & satine, ~1k ✦ To Argue is to Love by Zinga763, obi-wan & anakin, 1k ✦ In Want by updiddlyupup, obi-wan & anakin, 7k ✦ Temple History by sanerontheinside, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k ✦ No Galaxy for Good Jedi by Annie_Walker, obi-wan & anakin & padme & qui-gon & dooku & yoda & cast, some obi-wan/satine, sith!qui-gon, 124.8k wip ✦ The Stars Died So That You Could Be Here Today by WinterSky101, obi-wan & anakin & padme, 4.6k full details + recs under the cut!

✦ In All The World by Ammar, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 76.6k wip    The story of how Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi tamed each other, from Naboo to Anakin’s early days at the Temple.    Rec #1: I spent about two days of reading time devoted to nothing but this fic because it was just so engrossing and satisfying for what I was looking for. It’s very smoothly written, it’s easy to just sink right into, and it does such a fantastic job at being what it sets out to be-the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, mixed with plot, mixed with philosophy on what the Jedi are, mixed with world-building. It’s set in the days just after Qui-Gon’s death, as Obi-Wan grieves and tries to figure out what’s next, while there’s still aftermath happening and new assassination plots happening on Naboo, while Anakin tries to figure out where he fits into all of this, and how there are all these awkward moments between him and the Jedi, how the beginning seeds of his friendship with Obi-Wan are there, but haven’t yet had time to grow, yet it’s so important, all mixed with a lot of thought and care given to how the Jedi look at the galaxy.    It’s a wip and the first arc isn’t complete yet, but I found it satisfying because the plot isn’t really the point for me (though, it absolutely is well-done and I’m glad the fic has it, it makes it so much more satisfying a read to have them actually doing things, that Obi-Wan is already teaching Anakin things), it’s about the characters and there’s a lot of good stuff there. This is an Obi-Wan who is still young, who hasn’t matured into who he is in AOTC or ROTS, but you can see the beginnings of it, as he struggles through these difficult times, as well as Anakin who is young and so eager to help, but you see the seeds of so much anger in him, both are just spot on for this moment in their lives. There are loads of great moments as well, especially the question of who cut Obi-Wan’s Padawan braid was beautifully handled in the fic! It’s one of those that’s a genfic but it’s exactly what I look for in genfic and was so, so good for me.    Rec #2: Oh, I know I’ve recommended this fic at least once before, but I think it’s updated at least twice since the last time I did a full rec for it? And I just really, really love this fic a lot, because it’s got such a solid plot, it’s all about the days just after The Phantom Menace, where Obi-Wan is just beginning to teach Anakin and they don’t really understand each other fully yet, where the fic also does an excellent job of how there’s actual tension there, how Anakin has moments of being angry and frustrating, how you can see both the good and the future fall in him, which is perfect. But the writing is incredibly solid all the way around, I cannot delight enough in how it’s a story about investigating an assassination attempt but uses it to actually teach Anakin things, to get to see Obi-Wan explaining everything, to answer questions and start shaping Anakin’s training, which is something we have very litte of in canon.    And it’s fantastically characterized, I love everyone where and it’s always easy to just slip right back into the story, to get caught up in what’s almost a sort of… slice of life type of story, for Jedi. Not quite, there’s a continuing plot, but the highlight is definitely on the friendship between the characters and it’s one of those that I’d love to make everyone read!    Chapter 13: This is an update rec and will be focused on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. I was delighted to see this fic updated and I tore through the chapter because, ahhh, it was just as good as ever! I do recommend the fic as a whole, it’s one of the best Obi-Wan & Anakin early days fics I’ve read recently, it’s got fantastic characterization of those immediate days on Naboo afterwards and it has such a fantastic plot, like it’s used as a vehicle to drive the characterization, but it’s genuinely interesting for its own sake as well! And that’s not something I get often enough, even in Star Wars fandom! This chapter especially goes in for the political and plotful stuff, there’s a lot of talking about the situation on Naboo, which is really beautifully done, it feels like it fits so well, like this is a set-up that absolutely could have happened, that this is a snafu that Obi-Wan and Anakin could have been drawn into, that it’s a great way to show the distance between Obi-Wan and Anakin that they start out with, but is slowly starting to be bridged, as they work through this case. A CASEFIC. For Obi-Wan and Anakin’s early days! That’s already 70k! Like, you don’t know what a treasure that is, especially when it’s such top-notch, professional level writing for it. And it makes me read about the politics of characters and worlds I’ve only barely met and yet I care! I’m interested! I’m here for Obi-Wan explaining to Anakin and helping to teach him how to think something through and it’s so good.    Chapter 14: This is an update rec and will focus on the current chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. I tried wait until there were at least two chapters of this one, but I love this fic so much that I couldn’t resist jumping on it as soon as I saw it updated and I just really, really love this fic a lot. It’s centered on a plot, that something is going on with someone having hired a bounty hunter to possibly assassinate the Queen post-The Phantom Menace, but of course it turns out to be so much more complicated than that, and it’s about Obi-Wan struggling to deal with the loss of Qui-Gon and getting to know Anakin and starting to teach him. So much thought and care has gone into the story part of this fic, just as much as has gone into the characters of the fic, that it’s one of the best fics I’ve read in the fandom and I look forward to every update on it. This chapter especially had me taking screenshots of it to remind myself of some of the stuff I loved because it hit me straight on with how good this fic is:    Your focus determines your reality, Qui-Gon always said. It was one of those Jedi teachings that seemed strange, the first time you encountered it. Reality seemed concrete; unshiftabe, unyielding to the ideas of beings. Stone and duracrete cared nothing for your focus, your attitudes. If you thought that a durasteel wall would yield to you, it wouldn’t. Fools ran at durasteel walls and bashed their heads on it and bled. And yet: didn’t focus matter? This is in the middle of an investigation, while Obi-Wan is discussing a Naboo artist’s painting in the office of a person of interest, and the layers of the story here are fantastic–it’s a scene that’s about Obi-Wan on a case, it’s a scene about expanding the culture and history of Naboo, it’s a scene about the Jedi philosophy and what objectivity and focus mean, that it’s at the heart of the Jedi code.    It’s this almost small scene amongst a bigger case fic story, but it had such an impact on me because it felt so incredibly solid like it could have been lifted right out of the GFFA itself, like this story is such an incredibly natural, organicextention of Naboo’s culture that it fit seamlessly for me. It’s not even really meant to be about that! It’s just adding in detail that would naturally come up in the story! And yet it’s one of my favorite things, for how well-written it is and how it balances characterization with it, it’s not just info dumping things on me, the reader. And it’s that incredibly enjoyable sense of solidity and smoothness (it’s so interesting to read about Obi-Wan digging into all of this! and teaching Anakin as he goes!) that make this one of my favorites in the fandom, too. ✦ All But Name by Mirror and Image, obi-wan & anakin + padme & dooku & qui-gon & yoda & ocs & cast, 107.9k    “You will be a Jedi, Anakin. I promise you. In all but name.”    Oh, let me tell you my feelings about this fic. By the time it was finished, despite that I’d just read a novel’s worth of fic, I was so sad it was ending because it’s such a great build-up and great characterization and great pacing and great story. When I first started reading, I was a little wary because Obi-Wan didn’t entirely feel like himself to me, despite that I acknowledged that he was grieving and he was just post-TPM and hadn’t had the time to progress yet, but by the halfway point of the fic I got it, I understood why the story made all the choices it did, why it put Obi-Wan into the situations and places that it did, because it absolutely was about a larger path that he was following and the Force needed him to be right where he was at those specific moments. By the end of the fic, you can see the care and thought that was put into the story, why everything happened the way it did, in addition to how much insight and care the authors put into Anakin’s development as a young child still emotionally and mentally developing. It’s not just that the writing is really smooth and easy to become engrossed in, it’s not just that there’s a plot happening (maybe not that many light saber battles, but there are some and it’s a great balance between the quieter moments of their lives and the healing process they go through and the bigger, more epic moments of their lives), but also that I cared deeply about the characters.    It’s a fic that’s about Obi-Wan and Anakin’s early days and how things are different when they’re no longer part of the Jedi Order, how that subtly changes their dynamic until it’s entirely different (and yet still entirely recognizable) from where they ended up in canon. It’s one of my new favorite fics because it does justice to how those changes start small, how Anakin has more freedom to express his attachments and emotional instability because they’re not at the Jedi Temple and because Obi-Wan doesn’t have the support from others, so he can’t be as strict about it, plus he too needs that emotional connection in the wake of his own losses, until they’ve grown close and found a better way for Anakin to deal with his anger and emotions, because they were nudged in just the right direction for it. It doesn’t villainize anyone (not even the Jedi Order is villainized, thankfully! they’re not perfect and some characters are furious at them, but they’re still good people) but instead gives these characters a different path to follow, one that I could see the canon characters going down if they’d had these circumstances instead. That thought and care was given to how they would interact with each other, how each of their mindsets and motivations would affect their interaction, that Anakin’s anger and restlessness aren’t just swept aside, but instead tackled head-on, in a more subtle sort of way. Reading the author’s notes really gave a look into how much thought was put into his development and I loved it for that.    But ultimately, at its heart, this is a fic about Obi-Wan and Anakin becoming much more emotionally available to each other as they both develop over the months they figure out their new lives, it’s a fic about having only each other to rely on and that creates a more intense bond, even as it nearly threatens to drown them. It’s a fic about Obi-Wan grieving his losses and struggling to hold onto what he can, dealing with depression and coming through it after a struggle, it’s a fic about learning to accept help from those who care about them. It’s about all those things, but it’s also about how awesome Obi-Wan is, how brilliant a negotiator he is, about how morally unbreakable he is, about how he’s amazing in so many ways, as well as just how much sheer, raw potential Anakin has, how he’s such a caring little moppet even when he’s a trouble magnet. It was a fic that I legitimately respected on a technical level, but it won my heart for giving me so much that pleased my id at the same time! And that’s not even getting into how fascinating Dooku was in the last third of the fic, how I loved his addition to the story and every interaction he had with Obi-Wan was absolutely satisfying as hell. This is a fic that is really, really worth reading and this is why I got into the Star Wars fandom in the first place! ✦ Shadows of the Future by stormqueen873, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast, 129.3k    ObiWan lost the duel on Mustafar, but instead of dying, he finds himself on a ship leaving Tatooine, with his old Master and a familiar young boy. As events begin to unfold, can he stop the future he knows from occuring?    I AM SO SAD THIS FIC IS OVER. I admit, the beginning is super fluffy and it takes awhile to get into the real tension of the piece, but when the fic delivers on the revelations, when Qui-Gon finally finds out what Obi-Wan knows, when Obi-Wan finally has to really let loose in a fight, when Anakin realizes what happened in Obi-Wan’s future, all of it is so goddamned worth the wait. I do actually enjoy the fluff of this fic, I don’t mean to indicate otherwise, because it’s adorable and necessary, where Obi-Wan just loves kidlet Anakin so much and has the experience to be more open about it this time, the maturity to better handle everything, has Qui-Gon still alive to let up on his own grief, it’s wonderful to read and soothed my heart and paved the way for the relationships being even stronger than they were.    But it’s really in the second half where this fic becomes absolutely magical, where shit finally hits the fan and revelations have to happen and the plot cannot remain the same because Obi-Wan’s not going to let things fall apart again. I absolutely could not put the fic down by that point, I was utterly engrossed and read practically the whole second half in one sitting because I kept needing to turn the page, just one more time, just one more time! The tension of how things unfold, Sidious and Maul’s plots, the Jedi Council trying to figure out what’s going on, Qui-Gon trying to figure out what the hell is up with Obi-Wan, Anakin bonding so fiercely to Obi-Wan, all of it ties together and culminates in a fine as hell epic fight scene that left me so damned satisfied.    The fic is absolutely focused on making things better, in fixing everything, but it never forgets that Obi-Wan is not who he was in the original timeline, because he’s grown, he’s healing here, but he’s still a Jedi Master who has Seen A Lot Of Shit, that the second time around is necessary to be built on top of the previous one, which is how time travel fics work best for me. Plus, this has one of my new favorites of the duel on Mustafar, when Anakin won that duel and how he won it, how you realize it shapes so much of what happens between them. And the ending! MY HEART FEELS SO MUCH BETTER AFTER THIS FIC. ✦ The Hand Dealt by not paranoid enough, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 75.9k    Just before boarding the ship to escape Naboo, Qui-Gon is injured. Now, it’s Obi-Wan who has to find the hyperspace generator, Obi-Wan who meets Anakin—and that changes everything.    Oh, man, this fic. I have always sort of vaguely wanted a fic where Obi-Wan was the one to walk into Watto’s shop instead of Qui-Gon, but I never knew just how much I needed it until I stumbled over this fic and could not put it down. It’s beautifully written and everything it’s doing is so satisfying to me, because the first quarter of the fic is all about the beginnings of this developing relationship, that Obi-Wan and Anakin immediately take a shine to each other, that there’s this absolutely perfect dynamic of mild competitiveness without Qui-Gon being a sore point between them, that it’s entirely about Obi-Wan and Anakin. And that developing relationship remains absolutely fascinating, because the events somewhat echo canon, but are entirely different at the same time, which leads the relationship between them to be entirely different–that lack of Qui-Gon between them starts them out on an entirely different footing, it pushes Anakin to imprint on Obi-Wan so much harder than even in canon, it provides Obi-Wan a reason to care for Anakin more directly early on than even in canon. It creates a situation where other people are still important, but this relationship becomes so vital so much earlier that other things get shaded in differently and I cannot waitto see how the sequel deals with that.    But it’s not just that the overall structure is satisfying, it’s not just that the writing itself is absolutely lovely and nicely polished, it’s that the characterization of both characters is spot on. Anakin is this precious little moppet who is so mecurial in a way that’s just right for the character, he’s so good-hearted and giving, but he’s also full of fear and rage, the uncertain circumstances in his life and lack of structure wear away at what little stability he has. Obi-Wan is just the right blend of feeling guilty and being hard on himself with the self-assurance and emotional stability he has, he’s so solid even when he’s been dealt difficult circumstances, even when he’s not sure what to do. There are so many amazing little moments in this fic, any time that Anakin gets Obi-Wan to smile or when Anakin tries to gross him out and Obi-Wan instead holds his ground because he’s not a child, yet he still obviously indulges Anakin at times, that sense of growing connection and bond there is so well done.    The entire fic is all about putting them in circumstances that are true to both their characters, they’re both incredible and powerful yet so human, flawed but wonderful at the same time, and being entirely emotionally satisfying to me, as well as genuinely interesting divergences from canon, that it’s one of my favorites and I cannot express my love nearly enough. (Seriously, that moment where Anakin tries shoving a bug in Obi-Wan’s face to gross him out and Obi-Wan, who indeed does not like bugs, just stares right back and doesn’t so much as blink, that’s when I knew I loved this author for getting these characters and their relationship.) ✦ Ashes to Ashes by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 5.3k    A few months after the events of The Phantom Menace, Anakin is having nightmares about burning alive.    This is a short but lovely piece about the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s training, which is sort of cute and seemingly harmless on the surface, but when you know what’s coming, is super ouchy underneath that. I love that it’s not cold-hearted, you can see the Jedi care, but you also just quietly understand where it all starts going wrong from the beginning, and the fic does that really well. ✦ Of Questions, Dishes, and Pathetic Life Forms by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 3.1k    Obi-Wan has never been very good at babysitting Qui-Gon’s “pathetic life forms”. Anakin is no exception. Incessant questioning, chaos, and a little big of snuggling ensues.    Oh, I loved this fic so much. Set just barely after Anakin was first brought back from Tatooine and Obi-Wan really didn’t know what to do with a child yet, he was vaguely annoyed by having one around, but little moppet Anakin just somehow charmed his way right in by being adorable and kind of a failboat and maybe a little obnoxious but in a good-hearted way. The whole fic was so charming and wonderful and spot on, a lovely examination of the time before Obi-Wan loved him, but you could see the beginnings of it, the awkwardness still there but slowly starting to melt away, and it was just so damn precious, in a really well-written way. ✦ Life And What Comes After by Ibelin, obi-wan & anakin & cast, amnesia, 32.6k wip    Obi-Wan dies on Jabiim. Anakin blames himself, doesn’t know how to go on and yet - he does. Maybe the Force rewards that kind of thing, or maybe he just gets lucky, but when a mission lands Anakin on a vaguely familiar planet, he gets a second chance to do what he knows he should have done in the first place: save his master. (And maybe a chance to save the galaxy, too.)    Chapters 1-2: I love that one of the tags is “Unrealistically Well-Adjusted Anakin Skywalker” because that put me in exactly the right frame of mind to read this, that I could just totally roll with Anakin making well-adjusted/emotionally healthy choices, as well as this is a fic that’s entirely about being a fluffy amensia fic, after the whole thing on Jabiim. My immediate reaction was: Give me it. And I was not disappointed, because the two chapters that have been posted are fantastic–there’s some heart-wrenching hurt as Anakin mourns Obi-Wan’s loss, but the second chapter had an absolutely stellar conversation between him and Mace, where they don’t have to be friends to both be good people. The conversation was so engrossing, I loved how I understood where both characters were coming from, that it kept the conflict and tension between them, while putting them in a space where they could both really listen to the other, bringing out spot-on characterization and lovely moments of Jedi philosophy from both of them. I read that whole chapter just wanting to clap my hands to my chest and go, yes! this is what the Jedi are! this is what Mace Windu is! because the fic clearly wanted to treat everyone with respect.    While I would have read for just that conversation alone (and it’s the highlight of the fic so far), I’m practically champing at the bit to get more of this fic, because if that conversation went so well and the fic did that well with those two characters, I’m definitely intrigued about how things will go once Obi-Wan is properly back in the picture. I’m already having feelings about Anakin’s thoughts of him, how the fic managed to balance their good moments and bad moments, that they absolutely clashed and there was tension, but when Obi-Wan is gone, Anakin is devastated and so much of the good paths he walks down now are because of Obi-Wan, like, yes, show me Obi-Wan’s influence on him and Anakin’s loyalty to him, all while making better choices, and I am totally, totally here for that.    Chapters 3-4: I was already pretty hooked on this fic, but then chapters 3-4 were posted and, yes! Finally! Finding Obi-Wan again! And I loved the way it happened, the way Anakin stumbled over him in a way that seemed almost nudged along by the Force and then how desperately glad he was to see Obi-Wan was still alive and just… I love that it’s not perfect, Obi-Wan doesn’t remember much, but it’s good, that the whole thing just made me really happy, the entire conversation they have was engaging for being so good-hearted and caring and about the connection between them, that Obi-Wan may not remember, but there’s something here that he’s missed, some part of him has missed Anakin. It’s definitely an Anakin who is much more emotionally well adjusted but the fic has decided to roll with that and it works for me, it’s still really well written and warms my heart and just… there are scenarios (like amnesia fic) where you want the reunion to be satisfying, it has a natural building up of tension and expectations, and this one was just… not precisely understated, but just had this really warm glow that I absolutely adored and am super ready for more of this one!    Obi-Wan dies on Jabiim. Anakin blames himself, doesn’t know how to go on and yet - he does. Maybe the Force rewards that kind of thing, or maybe he just gets lucky, but when a mission lands Anakin on a vaguely familiar planet, he gets a second chance to do what he knows he should have done in the first place: save his master.    Chapter 5: This is an update rec for this fic. I tried to wait until there was more, at least two or three chapters together, but I couldn’t wait because it was the second part of the conversations Anakin has with an amnesiac Obi-Wan and it’s just so intriguing! The little things (like the brief hints dropped of what Obi-Wan’s former life was) and the bigger things (like the implant that’s super suspicious and meant to raise the readers’ wariness) make me really excited about what’s coming next and I’m enjoying that Anakin is not exactly the best person to be subtle in a conversation like this, as well as he’s clearly just barely holding himself back from flinging himself at his master and clinging onto him and that just gives me all the Anakin feelings. And I love that the author continues to have this way where… yes, there’s angst and hard times, but there’s an undercurrent of things will be okay, even if it takes awhile. That there’ll be fluff as well as angst, which is exactly what I want from an amnesia AU fic!    Chapter 6-7: I’m doing another update rec for this because I have feelings and because it’s one of those fics that I read pretty much as soon as I see it’s been updated, where I intend to let some of my favorites build up for a bit but I just cannot resist this one, it’s too good of a mix between being a fluffy, comforting fic and a gently building plot/tension fic, where I’m enjoying Obi-Wan and Anakin reconnecting, the almost laid back slice of life-esque moments just as much as I’m enjoying the hints of what happened to Obi-Wan while he was gone, what’s going on with him now, what greater machinations are in store. And these two chapters were especially good for me, as someone who is heavily invested in this relationship, as Anakin has such intense feelings about Obi-Wan, both absolute and utter joy that Obi-Wan’s alive and that there’s something in him that recognizes Anakin, but also Anakin’s jealousy of Obi-Wan caring about someone else, having in-jokes with someone else, of Obi-Wan having someone else in his life. It’s a genfic, but it doesn’t need to be more, their relationship is so very satisfying, how Anakin is getting this glimpse of what Obi-Wan’s life might have been like outside of the Jedi and he both enjoys it and is jealous that Obi-Wan cares about someone else. So satisfying for that.    Chapter 6-9: This is an update rec and will focus on the current chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. There have been several chapters updated recently and, oh, if I adored this fic before, I’m definitely invested in it now! I am entirely here for plot-based fic, especially plot-based fic that absolutely is centered around long conversations between Obi-Wan and Anakin where they may not have their usual context (because Obi-Wan doesn’t remember him, except that some part of him clearly very much does) but they still have all this weight and connection between them that’s both beautifully written and a straight shot to my id. This is a gen fic, but Anakin’s jealousy over Obi-Wan’s maybe-sorta-possibly girlfriend, whether you want to read it as an undercurrent or just that Anakin can’t stand anyone taking up his Master’s attention, is absolutely perfect, I read these chapters practically wriggling around on the bed because it was just so much exactly what I wanted. I’m definitely curious where the plot of the story is going, what the medical implant does and how it’s going to be removed, I’m curious about anything else the fic will throw at me, but if it was just super satisfying conversations of Anakin being made of feelings while desperately wanting his Master back, being so close but unable to just quite reach him, loving him so very much and you feel that in everything he says? I’d still be more than content with this fic.    This is one of the fics that I pick up as soon as I see a new chapter has been posted, one of those that I’ve become entirely charmed by, because it’s so solidly good and knows how to build up tension and give me interaction between my favorite characters, how to write those deep undercurrents of feelings while still having everyone behave within reason on the page. And it does a great job with Anakin’s character especially, sure, he’s more stable than he is in canon, but the fic embraces that and instead focuses on the more satisfying parts of Anakin that are super emotional, like how jealous and restless he gets when Obi-Wan is just out of his reach and I eat it up like delicious candy for that. ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & some anakin/padme & ahsoka & qui-gon & rex & cast, time travel, 57.8k wip    The Daughter has a bad day and it irrevocably changes the fate of the galaxy, twice over. Or; ROTS Obi-Wan and Anakin are swapped with their younger, TPM, selves. It changes things, in both parallels.    I am so glad I stumbled over this fic and got caught up in it because it really was a whole lot of fun! I do have the caveat that it’s rough around the edges and takes a chapter or two to get going, but once I was in the thick of things, I was absolutely engrossed in it and the heart of the fic is on the Obi-Wan & Anakin relationship and it is absolutely so satisfying with that. Swapping places with their older/younger selves leads to some important discussions for ROTS!Obi-Wan&Anakin, which, let me tell you, I was glued to my reader during that conversation because it was just exactly what my heart wanted from it! But also, TPM!Obi-Wan&Anakin in the future, stumbling over everything going to hell as it does during ROTS, and how they’re thrown into this mixed up world and start to bond and obviously complement each other right from the start, was also deeply satisfying.    It’s a fic that’s also about their relationships with other people, but it’s very much revolved around these two characters and their relationship, which is what I picked this fic up hoping for and got something that I really got hooked on and would absolutely read another 100k of this. It’s good-hearted and clearly loves them both, loves everyone in this world (except for Palpatine, but fuck that guy) and, though the shit they go through is difficult and painful, I feel like this is a story about hope, even in the most dire circumstances, I feel like it’s a story about giving the characters the room to set things right. And that sense of how the people they meet are so good–it was so much fun to see Mace being kind, so much fun to see Rex being kind, so much fun to see Padme being kind, so much fun to see Qui-Gon being kind–in addition to Obi-Wan and Anakin having space to work shit out, ahhhh, that’s so very, very much my jam.    Chapters 8-9: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole–though, I will do my best to avoid any major spoilers, so that the rec is still useful for those who are seeing it for the first time! I picked up these two chapters last night to read, so it was about another 15k of fic to read, and promptly got sucked right back in and ate it up like candy. There’s a brief caveat I have, in that Clone Wars era Anakin is in his 20s, while TPM Padme is 14, and there’s some mutual flirting/attraction that gave me brief pause, but it doesn’t go much of anywhere and the fic quickly moves on to Anakin interacting with Qui-Gon, to how he’d put this person up on a pedestal and had all these idealized notions about who he was, and has to confront who he actually is, which doesn’t go the way Anakin expects. Which was so, so satisfying and good for me, the way Anakin gets more and more upset as he’s old enough to see who people are more clearly, which leads to him realizing how desperately he cares about Obi-Wan, still needs him, understands more what Obi-Wan has done for him in being his Master. The scene where Anakin is practically crying on Obi-Wan, clutching at him as he’s spiralling off, oh, man, so good for me, I would have read the fic just for that scene alone!    But it’s more than that, it’s also TPM era Obi-Wan and Anakin in the future, thrown into the ROTS thick of things and having to struggle to figure out what the hell is going on just as much as they’re struggling to stay alive. And it’s sosatisfying to see them interacting with Padme and Ahsoka and Rex, who they are already warming up to and kind of already adore as well, but there’s a connection between them, a bond forming between them as Anakin tries to find any stability in this new world he’s trying to wade through, as Obi-Wan sees more of Anakin than he ever had a chance to before and realizes how much he wants to help him and teach him and protect him. I would have read this fic just for time travel shenanigans, but it’s very much at its heart about Obi-Wan & Anakin’s relationship, helping to provide them with the room to better understand each other and show just how much they love each other and are necessary to each other, it’s about revelations and climaxes that are so goddamned pleasing to my id but also genuinely engaging and fun and touching. I hope this fic goes on for at least another 50k!    Chapters 10-11: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. Ahh, another time when I should have let it build up more, but I couldn’t because I had to read now, especially when it’s continuing the Obi-Wan and Anakin feelings all over the place. It’s so incredibly satisfying, there’s so much emotional outpouring here, especially when the two Anakins switch places and so all the feelings that they’ve conveyed to each other are clashing/contrasting against the other version of their Master/Padawan. Moppet Anakin with Master Obi-Wan and Knight Anakin with Knight Obi-Wan and they understand so much more, but also all that history isn’t there anymore, and, ahhhh, it’s so good. And yet there’s still connection there, that even this different version of the person they care about is still there with them, there’s still that gravity between them. Plus, oh, man, Master Obi-Wan with Moppet Anakin is ADORABLE. And just how much Obi-Wan puts up with when it comes to Anakin, every moment of realization of just how much patience and kindness and carehe’s put into Anakin over the years, done in a way that also shows how wonderful Anakin’s character is, oh, I’m serious, I could read this forever. It’s so engaging and charismatic and wonderful. ✦ The House That Obi-Wan Built by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin, 10.4k    Obi-Wan and Anakin find that home life isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.    I admit, I had to edit the HTML of this fic to make it better format so I could read it, but it was absolutely worth it. I had a bit of a depression spiral over the last couple of weeks and this fic was the one that helped cheer me up when I needed it. It’s this great fic where Obi-Wan decides that Anakin needs something different in his training, a different approach, and so he decides to take him to Malastare to live for awhile, to set up a house there, because Anakin is an unorthodox Padawan and so could use unorthodox training. It’s adorable and has all this incredible sparkle and charm, it hits me right in the domestic adorability place, the author is really great at writing that dynamic of an older brother and younger brother who clash but clearly care deeply about each other. But also just really, really great characterization, especially Obi-Wan having a trolling streak in my absolute favorite bit of the fic: “Oh. And I wanted to say thanks for letting me have the big room. That was real cool of you.” “Not at all. You’re a young boy. Young boys need lots of space to bounce around. Besides, I have this debilitating fear of large rooms. Give me space and I just can’t handle myself. I start sweating, shaking…it’s impossible to function.” “You’re doing that thing again when you’re making stuff up with a straight face, aren’t you?” “Yes, Anakin, I am.” I cackled out loud because, yes, that’s perfect. It’s a feel good fic, but also has a lot of genuine charisma and sparkle, which was exactly what I needed. ✦ Sofa, So Good by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin, 10.9k    Why would anyone want Obi-Wan’s grody old couch?    You may want to read The House That Obi-Wan Built first, but all you really need to know is that Obi-Wan decided to train Anakin on Malastare because he needed something different and they’ve started sprucing up the place they got. I also had to reformat this fic to get it into readable shape (but it was just a find & replace job), which I mention to encourage others through that because, oh, every moment of this was joy. The author does an absolutely fantastic job with their dynamic, that older brother and younger brother dynamic that works so well for them here, BUT ALSO that Obi-Wan is an absolute shit cook and he’s kind of a dick sometimes in that way older brothers are, especially when responsible for their brother’s training, but it’s always done with love, and it’s so sharp and engaging and fits the characters, especially for something that was posted in 1999! But then I’ve always liked anything by Smitty and this fic really holds up, it’s absolutely charming and sharp and was an incredible bright spot in my reading this week, which was already pretty great. ✦ House of Cards by Smitty, obi-wan & anakin & oc, 23.8k    Just when Obi-Wan thinks he has life figured out, a shadowy bounty hunter proves him wrong.    It would probably help to have read “The House That Obi-Wan Built” and “Sofa, So Good” before this one, but it’s not absolutely necessary and all you really need to know is that Obi-Wan has decided to train Anakin on Malastare instead of on Coruscant and, of course, shenangigans happen along the way. My one caveat about this fic is that it spends more time on the OC than I could really quite get into, so I wound up feeling a bit distracted during those parts, but the Obi-Wan and Anakin stuff is just as delightful as the other fics in this series. I really love this author’s take on both of them, especially that there’s a sense of sharp fun to the both of them, there’s a weight to both characters that strikes me as true, that this can be a warm-hearted fic, but I wouldn’t really call it fluffy, either. Especially in the interaction between Obi-Wan and Anakin, you can tell the author loves both of them and there’s this great exchange that had me cackling: “I have some errands to do. I want you to work on that patience exercise I taught you yesterday.” “All morning?” “No, Anakin. Your line is, ‘Yes, Master. Your every wish is my command. I live only to serve.’ No, go medidtate.”because, oh my god, that’s it, that’s them, it’s hilarious and perfect. For all that this was apparently posted in 1999, it really holds up as a great sense of who these characters are and how they’d interact! ✦ Come On, Get Up, Let Me See Your Bruises by Imadra Blue, obi-wan & anakin, 5.8k    When Obi-Wan and an eleven-year-old Anakin crash land on a muddy, dangerous planet, Anakin is badly injured. Obi-Wan is pushed to the limits, determined to save his young Padawan, even if it’s at the cost of his own life.    Oh, no, feelings. ): Obi-Wan and Anakin are only just a little ways into their Master/Padawan relationship, so they don’t really know how to talk to each other very well yet, the feelings are there but neither of them really realizes it, and so of course they fall into a dangerous mission with a terrible crash that leaves them injured and that’s when they realize just how much they’ve come to truly love each other. It’s so satisfying for whump fic and h/c in the way Obi-Wan is so desperately worried over Anakin, in that it eventually gives us them melding their minds together so Obi-Wan can help keep Anakin focused when he has a concussion, and it just happily, happily embraces being all about shoving these characters into tough circumstances to make their bond even stronger and give me feelings about it. God bless. ✦ A Good Place to Die by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash?) + some anakin/padme & yoda & bant & cast, some violence/injury, 115k    Exhausted after over a year of fighting in the Clone Wars, our heroes are sent on another mission to a vacation paradise planet. This mission brings danger and the aftereffects may very well shatter the deepening friendship between Master and Padawan.    This fic consumed me for the last several days and I am going to try to write a coherent rec for it, when all I really want to do is just keyboard smash like you wouldn’t believe. I admit that the fic is OTT in places, some of the reactions aren’t really earned, as well as I would say Obi-Wan would be less “this is all my fault” and more “get your shit together, Anakin” (in a supportive way), but at the same time, what the fic does is takes issues that are absolutely there in canon and puts them in a high pressure cooker and watches everything explode in the most satisfying for me way possible. This is 115k of Anakin absolutely losing his shit when Obi-Wan is near fatally wounded, in a really selfish and hypocritcal and emotionally messy way that is entirely, entirely accurate to his character. Anakin is a character–especially at this point in his life–where he thinks that he’s ready to be a Knight, that he’s ready to be on his own, then something happens and he has to actually stand on his own for awhile, and he absolutely cannot handle it, he swings wildly between various emotions, he’s angry and hurt and terrified and desperately doesn’t want Obi-Wan to die because he still needs his Master.    It’s 115k of Obi-Wan’s slow path to recovery and how he protects Anakin still, how he tries to make things easier on Anakin, how he tries not to burden his Padawan, tries to give him the space to be happy, how he just cannot take Anakin’s happiness away, not even when he needs help. It’s an exploration of Obi-Wan’s struggle to accept help (instead of always giving it), to open up emotionally to Anakin, just as much as it’s about Anakin’s absolutely horrible reactions when something bad happens. It’s chock-full of those moments that are an absolute struggle to get through to the other side of because they’re both so terrible at communication, it’s a fic that’s all about how Obi-Wan tries to encourage Anakin’s indepedence and respect his privacy, while Anakin just desperately wants Obi-Wan to shove him into a chair and make him talk about these things. It’s a fic that’s about how there’s such affection there (all the little memories of how Anakin used to crawl into Obi-Wan’s bed or curl up against his side when he needed comfort or the forehead kisses were so good for me), yet also you see how the distance has grown between them.    It’s a fic that absolutely nails how much I want to just smack Anakin for his reactions, how much of a brat he is, how selfish and hypocritical and hurtful he is when he lashes out, how he was wrong in his reactions, but while also still completely loving him, that is exactly how I should feel about Anakin Skywalker. He’s does and says horrible things and is selfish and hurts people who love him, but I still get why they love him and I still love him myself, I would still move mountains to help him. It’s a fic where you get that Anakin really does need someone to grab him by the scruff of the neck and make him apologize for the shitty things he’s done and to put him back in his place because he needs someone else to set the boundaries. There’s even a moment towards the end that shows how Anakin loves both Padme and Obi-Wan, that he gets different things from them, and it’s only a brief moment but it nailed how I feel about these two characters in his life. It nailed how he’s so incredibly sorry afterwards, how much he hates himself, how Palpatine twists things around and makes Anakin’s inability to trust in the love from others all the worse. It’s a fic that also had some great Obi-Wan & Yoda moments, some great moments with Bant and Garen, that I could see undercurrents of Obi-Wan/Anakin to go with the textual moments of Anakin/Padme, it’s a fic that’s about how Obi-Wan and Anakin do love each other, how they can say it to each other, how they can finally understand a few more things about each other. It’s long and just one id-satisfying amazingly cathartic read that left me entirely sated by the end of it. ✦ Measure of Force by esama, obi-wan & anakin, 2.1k    Anakin woke up with his heart thundering in his chest, explosion echoing in his head.    Oh, I loved this fic something fierce. I love the concept of it, I love the little details in it, I love the philosophy of it, but I also love that it understands the characters. I love that it’s this quiet moment between Obi-Wan and Anakin, where you can feel the weight of the fate that binds them, yet also still they only just met, it’s a quet few minutes in the middle of the night and yet something incredibly important happened here, all over tea. I love that already you can see Obi-Wan becoming Anakin’s teacher, not just scolding him or talking at him, but to him, listening to what he says in return, which allows for some realizations when Obi-Wan’s metaphor on the Dark and the Light sides of the Force gets away from them a bit. And what I really love is this sense of… the series of events we see in canon could have been this giant vision that Obi-Wan saw, there’s a chance to follow a different path in this universe, all while done in this really lovely, understated, in-character way that was just a beautiful read. ✦ You Didn’t Hear It From Me by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin & garen & bant, 6.2k    Garen Muln reminisces about his childhood friend.    Oh, my god, this fic was an absolute scream, I don’t think I stopped making :D faces the entire time I was reading it! It’s delightfully told from Garen’s pov, talking to Obi-Wan’s Padawan (never named, but) about what he was like as a youngling and it’s pure joy from start to finish, where Obi-Wan is the worsttroublemaker just about ever, but in really sharp, clever ways that are different from how a typical troublemaker would be. It’s so perfectly spot on for what Obi-Wan would have been like as a youngling, the hilarity of all of the shenanigans he got into and how they were tailored beautifully to his character, how he was so goddamned Extra As Fuck, but in a very, very Obi-Wan Kenobi sort of way, and it was just such a great fic to read and perfectly spot on, I totally agree that this is exactly how Obi-Wan would have been and it’s hilarious what a little shit he was. ✦ Sleepover by SkippingSteppingStones, obi-wan & anakin, 2.1k    Shortly after having been accepted into the Jedi Temple, Anakin’s…idiosyncrasies have bought him a place in Obi-Wan’s quarters. Obi-Wan thought that it would make him happier, but all it seems to have really done is get him closer to a boy he can’t begin to understand.    I will read so many fics just like this one–in the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, when they’re still stumbling with trying to begin to understand each other, when their worlds are so different, but they’re trying, and it’s not a smooth road at all, but there’s such care and effort there, that it finds a way to work out in the end. And this fic was solid and lovely for that, with Anakin being cold and that’s not really what’s wrong and Obi-Wan eventually figures it out, just right the mix of bittersweet and actual sweet. I felt all warm and fuzzy reading this, just the way I was supposed to! ✦ Don’t Look Back by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 26.7k    ObiWan Kenobi doesn’t believe in luck. It’s one choices and training, not luck, that determines one fate. When he and his padawan are stranded in the mountains, he faces a life or death decision and Anakin Skywalker faces a lesson he never wished to learn    For a fic that’s over 26k, this one really just flew by and I feel like I’d barely gotten started before it was over! Partly this is because it’s a fic that’s focused on one event–Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a planet and have to try to climb to safety, but Obi-Wan has to cut their cable to save Anakin and then the struggle to find their way back to each other, when Anakin fears his Master is dead and Obi-Wan very nearly is dead from his injuries. And, granted, it probably helps if you’re super into “Anakin thinks Obi-Wan is dead and proceeds to flip his shit about it” like I am (BOY, AM I INTO THAT) so I ate this up like it was delicious, delicious candy, but I do think it’s a really solid, good read.    It’s set early in their relationship, they’ve only been together a fairly short time, but already Anakin is intensely attached and deeply panicked at the thought that Obi-Wan might have died, as well as Obi-Wan is intensely protective of Anakin and basically gets up in the morning for him and fights his way back for Anakin. It’s very much a fic about how deeply connected they are already, how they’re still feeling each other out, but there’s such importance there, and that’s deeply satisfying to me, so I whipped through this like you wouldn’t believe and was so glad to have read it. ✦ Behind a Waterfall, Before the Pyre by Persephone_Kore, obi-wan & anakin & yoda, 1.4k    The thunder of a waterfall and Yoda’s silence give Obi-Wan shelter to feel until he’s ready to think. His Knighting and a promise give shelter to Anakin.    This is a lovely look towards the end of TPM, just after the loss of Qui-Gon, but before the funeral pyre, the heavy weight of Obi-Wan’s character and the loss and the future responsibility he has, the really well done sense of quiet where nothing can really be fixed in the moment, nothing can really make it better, but grief can be shared and, when Yoda sits down next to him, there’s a quiet sharing of that grief. And when Anakin huddles up next to him afterwards, it’s the beginning of something, it’s an awkward first step, but a bittersweet one, you can feel the importance of what’s starting here and how they’ll come to mean so much to each other. It’s a short read, but it was a really good read for me. ✦ Life Beyond the Code by Bek-K, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 141.7k wip    After the Naboo incident, Obi-Wan defies the Council to train Anakin. Leaving the only life he knows behind and with Anakin’s help, he discovers life beyond the code.    I do have a couple of caveats about this fic: The first half of it is the stronger half, but I also recognize that I’m most interested in the fic when it’s focused on Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship. The fic works better if you assume Obi-Wan is about ten years younger than he actually is, because he doesn’t feel like someone who’s almost thirty years old, but instead in his early 20s. And while the fic does have a plot, the best moments are more in the slice of life family building that Obi-Wan and Anakin have with each other, when they kind of leave the Jedi Order and decide to build their lives into something else. And that’s where this fic got me, it had such heart and charm in those moments, but I’m always here for that kind of heart-warming slice of life stuff, so it was right up my alley. It’s one of those fics about how things are fluffier here, even when they have trouble, you know things will work out for them, and so it was like a warm blanket in the right scenes for me, and sometimes I just really need that in my life. Plus, with the length of it, it was nice to have something longer to sink my teeth into and just read read read for a few hours at a time! ✦ Coalesced Matter by Mirror and Image, obi-wan & anakin & dooku, 48.4k    Jedi Master Dooku is in a long-term undercover assignment with slow but steady progress. But he gets a distress call from this Knight Kenobi with a Padawan Skywalker and things just start to go crazy.    Cranky grandpa Dooku is apparently a thing that I desperately needed in my life and I’m so glad I read this fic. I had a day to do not much else and so I was puttering around to find a new fic to read and thought, eh, I’ll give it a try. I promptly got sucked into the whole thing because it was exactly what I wanted, where Obi-Wan and Anakin are picked up by Dooku who is still a Jedi but is teetering on the edge of becoming a Sith and the three of them are forced into playing family, which provides the nudges that all of them need to get back onto a healthier track. Dooku finds connections, Obi-Wan is able to get past his grief sooner, and Anakin finds the structure that one person alone cannot provide, the balance between healing from Qui-Gon’s death (that affects them all) and building on it is lovely, and there’s plot shenanigans! The beginning is a little rough, a little more tell-than-show, but once I got underway, the fic was a solid read that utterly captured my imagination and I would have read at least another 50k of this one, it was just so pleasing to what I want. Which is apparently cranky grandpa Dooku who finds himself having feelings for these grand-Padawans of his. And that they still really need guidance while you can feel how incredible they’re both going to be in the future, like, that is the perfect blend to strike for a fic like this! So, so satisfying. ✦ The Promise by Ripki, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k    Unwilling to leave, Obi-Wan waits beside his young padawan’s sickbed.    This is pretty much how I see the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, yes. That Obi-Wan cared about, grew attached to, and probably loved that little munchkin from the time he was just a year or two older than when we first saw him. I love that this fic did a lovely job of being about feelings, that Obi-Wan knows Anakin will get better when he’s sick, but he just can’t make himself leave, even though Jedi detachment tells him that he’s not actually doing any good here. It’s not denial about his feelings, Obi-Wan knows exactly what he feels, but Anakin is always different for him, there’s such deep and understated affection and care here that it gave me all the right feelings. It was a fantastic read. ✦ Learning Curve by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin, 5.2k    It is a poor student who does not thereby also teach his master.    Two adorable scenes from early on in Anakin’s Padawan days, both of which appeal for different reasons! The first is a fic where Obi-Wan has returned after a long delay on a mission and Anakin is upset about how long he’s been gone, scared because he was so worried and it’s set in an AU where Qui-Gon is still alive and able to help smooth things over a bit, but it’s still wholly about Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship and, ahhh, so adorable and heart-tugging! The second is a delight because you absolutely see the ending coming and yet it’s no less great because absolutely Obi-Wan can be a bit of a dick on purpose when he wants to get something done. Two scenes from Anakin’s early days as Obi-Wan’s Padawan and it was a joy to read them both. ✦ Take My Waking Slow by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin, 2.7k    The elusiveness of sleep, and the practice of patience. Three very early mornings in the Kenobi-Skywalker quarters, once the droids have been dismantled and the pyres burnt down.    Three scenes of waking up early or being unable to sleep, during the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship and they’re each just… bittersweet and yet something good, something hopeful, something meaningful. They’re little bits of filler scenes, nothing that has to be epic, instead more slife of life and they’re perfect for that, they contribute to my feelings on what was such an important relationship and how difficult it was for both of them and what it meant to both of them and just…. I could read a hundred more of fics exactly like this, which were understated in the right ways and not trying too hard and just had a very solid, smooth style that left me with the sense that… even though they were short scenes, they were entirely satisfying, they didn’t need to be longer to make me feel like I truly read something. ✦ Nightmare by saxgirl42, obi-wan & anakin, 1.6k    A young Anakin looks for comfort on a cold, dark night.    This is everything I wanted from the early days of Anakin’s time as a Padawan, where he has a dream about losing Obi-Wan, the person who is the only constant in his life right now, and can’t help but sneak into Obi-Wan’s room to make sure he’s still there, which leads to Obi-Wan pulling him into the bed for them both to sleep and comforting Anakin. It’s just exactly what I’ve been looking for, where there are cuddles when they’re needed, where Anakin has just completely grown on Obi-Wan, where it’s cute and a little bit bittersweet, both in just the right amounts. ✦ Finding the Words by freedomfry, obi-wan & anakin, 2.2k    Anakin frowned as he looked through the words beginning with S. “I’m not here,” he said.    This was super cute! And then it wasn’t. The concept might seem a little silly, the theme of s-words across the span of such serious events, but the actual details and moments, the charm of the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, the cute kid and the surly but still lovable teenager, all the way to Darth Vader and how heartwrenchingly painful all of that was, it’s really well done and made my heart ache all over again. Any fic that can produce an actual ache in me (I admit that I’m prone to it, but still) is one I’m glad I read, it’s a bittersweet and well-written look at the characters, even if I kind of want to cry afterwards and stuff my face into some fluff to make myself feel better. ✦ Death and the Living Force by YamiSnuffles , obi-wan & anakin, 4.6k    Not much time has passed since Qui-Gon’s death and both Obi-Wan and Anakin are trying to find their own way. Little did they know, the one they mourn will also help them move forward.    I both love and hate this fic with such a passion–I love it because it’s so exquisitely spot on to how I think Obi-Wan and Anakin’s dynamic was in those early days, but I also hate it for the same reason. I want things to be off to less of a rocky start, I want Obi-Wan to be more emotionally open, I want Anakin to be less of a burgeoning rage monster, and yet it’s not who they are, it’s not Obi-Wan to hug the moppet like I want him to, not when he’s grieving like this, it’s not Anakin to settle down and be more secure and mature. They still find a way to move forward, it’s obvious they care greatly about each other and this is an epic relationship in the making, it’s ultimately a bittersweet but good fic, but man. It broke my heart in a way that feels very much like canon. ✦ Hello Again verse part 1 / part 2 by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 2.3k wip    When Anakin Skywalker is born, Obi-Wan Kenobi is flooded with dreams-memories-visions of a life already lived.    These are two scenes from a much larger AU, which hasn’t been written yet but oh boy did these two pieces capture my attention something fierce and are already giving me the good stuff, so even if nothing more comes of this one, I’m already happy. It’s an AU where they both are flooded with memories much earlier on and Anakin knows that his Very Important Person is a Jedi and is somewhere in the Temple and, oh my god, I didn’t know how much I needed an AU where todder!Anakin is looking for someone, the Jedi don’t know who, they think it’s someone else, and then eventually, WHAM, he and Obi-Wan are finally reunited in the most hilarious and adorable way pretty much ever. I had so many feelings during their reunion (and almost-reunion!) and the writing is so sharp and perfect and engaging, I practically grinned until my face hurt the entire way through both pieces, I loved them so much. ✦ untitled by delicatefury, obi-wan & anakin & satine, ~1k    She takes a moment to look at the blue projection of a waiting Jedi padawan before entering her private comm room.    This is a follow-up to the Hello Again verse (here and here), which should probably be read first, but either way, this was a short but lovely look at Satine’s pov when Obi-Wan calls her with some important news. It’s about the fun dynamic between them, how they have these sharp edges along this such deep affection and care, how they banter and how they have these soft moments, all of which fit them very nicely here! But it’s also about something so incredibly important that Obi-Wan wants to share with her and, oh, my fannish heart. ✦ The Mathematics of Repair by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 4.6k    For raw teachers and rough-edged students building in the rubble: tiny steps are enough, provided they carry you in the right direction. Immediately post TPM, in short snippets.    Another fic that’s about Anakin’s moppet years, told in snippets and scenes/moments, to create a collection of slice of life stories. I love how it’s not always easy, they’re still feeling each other out, still adjusting to the losses they’ve both faced and trying to figure out who this other person is, but they get there with small steps and moment by moment. I loved how each of the moments is something I could easily see, as they face new situations and new things to learn or adapt to, new people to meet, and there’s a really great sense of little details, of time passing, of them doing things, but that it’s still at the center about the characters and their relationships. I loved the slow progress towards being able to banter with each other, the sense of hope that’s there when they’re finally on the same wavelength, that there’s finally an established connection between them. It’s such a lovely fic and it was so satisfying to read, both because I crave moppet Anakin stories, but also because it was just a genuinely good character piece! ✦ My Very Young Apprentice by squelchything, obi-wan & anakin, 1k    Anakin and ObiWan take a while to get to know each other on a rainy Couruscant night.    A short but lovely piece set not long after TPM, where Obi-Wan is still grieving Qui-Gon and Anakin just curls up in his lap and it’s a quiet bonding moment. I will read a thousand of these fics, just watch me, because it hits my id so directly on and it soothes my heart and they’re just entirely enjoyable, especially when the fic really gets exactly what I wanted and is lovely to read. ✦ Works in Progress by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin, 3.2k wip (sort of)    Padawan Anakin Skywalker is a work in progress. But then, so is his master. Various unconnected snippets set during the apprenticeship of Anakin Skywalker, updated whenever inspiration strikes.    This is a collection of shorter fics (two of them at the time of this rec), moments in the lives of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, so each of them can be read on their own, if you like. And I absolutely adored both of them–the first one is total joy because it does such a great job with Obi-Wan’s character, who is resoundingly responsible and noble, but also would absolutely make bets on Padawans’ sparring and the way he answers Anakin’s questions, direct and yet not direct is great. I would have read it just for moppet Anakin years, but the Obi-Wan characterization was even better.    The second is more serious, as Obi-Wan deals with Anakin trying to do too much too quickly, always so talented with technical skills and not yet emotionally mature enough for all of it, in a way that was really, really good to read. The way Obi-Wan gets Anakin to stop and think, to look at things in a bit of a different light, the way it’s a struggle and works well enough, but not perfectly, the way they’re both really trying here and you can see them making progress, but it’s so frustrating, even as there’s so much good and hope here? It’s absolutely perfect, I could read a hundred of fics just like this one and still come back more just like it. ✦ From One Generation by Phosphorescent, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k    “What do you know about it, anyway?” Anakin muttered resentfully, scuffing a booted foot against the floor. “You were a perfect padawan, probably just like Ferus karking Olin.” His Master’s eyebrows shot up nearly to his hairline.    Yesss, I love moppet!Anakin stories and this was a lovely one, where Anakin has gotten in trouble and grumbles about how Obi-Wan wouldn’t understand, so Obi-Wan tells him a bit about what he was actually like as a Padawan Learner. It’s super adorable and easy to see as part of canon, both of them are absolutely spot on and the conversation has a great flow to it, especially for Anakin’s mercurial temper. An absolutely delightful read! ✦ They Who Stay Behind by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 20.4k    A newly knighted returns home with a new padawan. It’s time to start a new life, trying not to mourn one lost and forever gone.    Oh, I really enjoyed this fic, it’s set in the days just after The Phantom Menace, and there are times when it goes a little hard on the angst (Qui-Gon’s treatment of him is a little harsher than I see it in canon, but it’s used for the purpose of Obi-Wan’s story, so I understand why it’s here), but at its heart it’s about Obi-Wan coming to terms with everything that’s happened, with the story of how he struggles through those difficult times, when he’s had so much crumble under him and yet has to stay strong for Anakin, how that relationship with Anakin gets off to a rocky start, but they do have affection for each other and they do figure out how to reach each other. There are moments of absolute adorableness and moments of bittersweetness and moments of upset and hurt, all of them winding around together in a satisfying fic about the beginning of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, all in a way that was a really good read. ✦ Our Honored Dead by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin, 9.1k    One year after tragedy and triumph, Obi-Wan Kenobi and his padawan Anakin Skywalker return to Naboo for its first Memorial Day. It is an anniversary of endings and of beginnings.    This fic is exactly what’s on the tin, it’s set a year into Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, so things are going more smoothly now, both between them and in their adjusting to the circumstances in their lives after all that changed for them on Naboo. It’s another fic that’s solid for seeing these two interacting with each other, for showing that not everything is perfect, but they care about each other, that they’re both wonderful characters to read about, that it’s about really starting to heal. There are some flashbacks that are ouchy in just the way they’re meant to be, but also they have crying moppet Anakin flinging himself into Obi-Wan’s arms to get a hug and the comfort that only Obi-Wan can give him just punched me right in the feelings place. A really lovely, super solid fic that was very satisfying to read. ✦ i am young, but i have aged. by shoiryu, anakin & cast, 1.5k    Let us say you are nine years old, and you are a slave.    This was half-meta, half-fic, and it’s a lovely look at Anakin’s character and the deep-rooted issues he has from childhood and on into adulthood, from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader. There’s something intimate about the second person pov that really worked well for me here, it’s not something I always like, but it allowed for a better sense of being in Anakin’s shoes and made me feel for this beloved trash child all over again. Plus, oh, this one moment especially: His attention cannot be allowed to waver from you for an instant, for if it does, you will be alone. If he is not watching you or scolding you, he does not care, he does not love you. Oh, Anakin. ✦ Into the Breach by Melody_Jade, obi-wan & anakin & the council, 4.9k    Qui-Gon survived the duel with Maul but is gravely wounded and in a coma. Obi-Wan is left to champion for Anakin’s fate before the council himself.    This is one of those fics that definitely takes a harder view of the Council’s attitude towards Anakin and you just have to roll with that, but it’s one that doesn’t get my hackles up because it’s from the point of view of a character who would interpret them that way and they’re not cold-heart and the fic’s point really isn’t about them, but about Obi-Wan bonding with little moppet Anakin sooner (because Qui-Gon lived but was in a coma, so it forced them together and gave them the chance for a little breathing room in their grief) and so he defies the Council in a more obvious way right from the beginning. The real point of the fic is the super cute and delightful bonding between Obi-Wan and bb!Anakin, which was absolutely a highlight to read, I will never get tired of reading about them at that point when it’s as warm-hearted and easy to read as this one was. ✦ Sleeping with the Enemy by Imadra Blue, obi-wan & anakin, 1.9k    While Qui-Gon is in a Council meeting, Obi-Wan is left with the care of young Anakin. Anakin’s irritating, but much like a tumor, he grows on Obi-Wan.    SUPER CUTE. Obi-Wan and kidlet Anakin forced to spend time together, where the fic balances that tension between them, because they don’t know each other yet and Obi-Wan has no reason to care about him yet, with that there is an instant connection there, an instant fascination that Anakin has with him, a very quick affection that Obi-Wan develops for the little moppet. It’s super cute and fluffy without being too sugary and I may have done a bit of hand clasping after having finished it. ✦ Promise by Aridette, obi-wan & anakin, 1.2k    Obi-Wan goes on a dangerous mission, leaving his young Padawan behind. When he returns injured, Anakin insists he come along the next time.    I am so very weak to tiny little moppet Anakin who desperately wants to stay by his Master’s side, who is adorable with all those feelings and this fic knew exactly how to get straight at my heart, because I am intensely interested in this era of their relationship, as well as of course there is eventually a tiny little missile launching itself at Obi-Wan because he wants to hug him. Give me that forever, especially when it’s as precious as this one is. ✦ First Rain by Allie_el, obi-wan & anakin, 3k    Obi-Wan runs back to the Temple in a frenzy when he believes something is wrong with Anakin.    The fic starts off a little rough, but by the midway point of the first chapter, I was totally onboard with the super cute and absolutely adorable fluff here, when little Anakin is scared by a thunderstorm, which he’s never experienced before. The fic just happily embraces that it’s all about Obi-Wan being protective of the little moppet and that it’s about Anakin needing a hug and to curl up against Obi-Wan, and that even when he’s older, it still helps because he’s still just as emotionally needy. It’s pure soul-soothing fluff that I ate up like it was delicious candy because it was. ✦ Reemerging Daylight by Pandora151, obi-wan & anakin & bant, 7k    Obi-Wan, still struggling with the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, collapses under the pressure of being a new Knight as well as a Master to an unusual Padawan. Anakin watches him fall and begins to understand his new master so much more. Set two weeks after the events of The Phantom Menace.    I admit, the fic went a little hard on the angst and whump for me, but it also brought the reveling in how it brings Obi-Wan and Anakin closer together, how it helps connect them and shows how much they’re already beginning to care about each other, how they start opening up to each other. It was a lovely read, one of those set in the early days of Anakin’s training as a Padawan and was all about getting them to a point where they could hug each other even. The ending was super cute and this was absolutely a satisfying read! ✦ Young Old Man by LuvEwan, obi-wan & anakin & oc pov, 4.1k    Anakin tries to learn more about the character of his new Master, soon after the tragedy of Naboo.    I was a little thrown by the “young old man” aspect of the fic, but! OC POV on the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship! As Obi-Wan takes Anakin to a place that he helps out at, sharing something that means a lot to him, as Anakin soaks up all the new information he’s gaining about his new Master. It’s a really good use of an OC to have an older woman free to give Obi-Wan shit because she remembers him from when he was younger, as well as taking Anakin aside and talking warmly to him, while still making it about the canon characters. It was one of those nice little gap fillers that was a really solid read! ✦ Scared of You by LuvEwan, obi-wan & anakin, 2.3k    Obi-Wan struggles with his apprentice during two very different, but traumatic moments.    Two scenes during Anakin’s Padawanship, where he’s utterly devastated by a loss, one time a pet he was clinging to as something comforting, the other after the loss of his mother, both of the times that Obi-Wan was there for him and comforted him, helped him. It’s a couple of bittersweet scenes, because you can feel the affection and care here, they do struggle their way towards a strong connection with each other, they do find the right things to say, but you know it’s not going to be enough. There’s such heartbreak here, but such hope as well, which sometimes makes it worse, just the way Star Wars fic always should be. ✦ The Trouble With Gungans by saxgirl42, obi-wan & anakin & jar jar, 1.9k    Jar Jar causes trouble for Anakin in a Coruscant pub.    And I loved this fic as well! Because it’s a cute story about Anakin tripping into trouble that Jar Jar has caused entirely by just being Jar Jar and Obi-Wan has to deal with this shit and I love that, even when his patience is low, he practically spoils Anakin in that way that you almost don’t notice, because Obi-Wan is clearly utterly fond of him, even when he probably should at least get a little bit of a lecture. But when Anakin gets knocked around, nope, Obi-Wan is much more about being protective than anything and it was so good for my soul because it was an utterly charming fic! ✦ Keeping the High Ground by Pyxelle, obi-wan & anakin + luke, 2.5k    While training with Luke aboard the Millenium Falcon, ObiWan remembers a lesson with Anakin that reminds him of what he is still fighting for    Oh, no, this gave me too many feelings, it was too charming and sweet which only made the feelings worse, because we all know what happened in the end. But it really is a great look at Obi-Wan training Luke and remembering when he trained Anakin, when he was teaching him so much, when he taught him to keep the high ground, to not take chances when he was vulernable, when he was trying to help him overcome the very thing that would later undo Anakin. It could have been overwrought or too much, but the fic really knew how to keep it sparkling, so that it wasn’t too foreshadowing or too overdone, it was just… almost a slice of life memory while Obi-Wan was on the Millennium Falcon and it worked really, really well for me for that. ✦ Enquiring Minds Want to Know by Gabri Jade, obi-wan & cast, 3.3k    Obi-Wan struggles with an unusual assignment.    This was really cute! Often times, when you get a fic like, “Obi-Wan is tasked with writing an advice column for a magazine, because the Jedi want to seem more approachable.” you get utter crack or no attempt at making it seem feasible within the actual world. But this felt a lot like something that maybe could have happened, it was reasonable and understandable and yet lost none of its gentle humor for that! I loved not-long-after-TPM Obi-Wan struggling with how to answer things, coming up with reasonable answers and thinking seriously about the questions but also super annoyed by them, and it was just… it put a smile on my face because it was such a charming fic to read. ✦ A Code to Love By by gizzi1213, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k    When Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a distant planet, the strength of three little words reveal themselves.    A short but satisfying look at Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, after Obi-Wan is wounded and Anakin proceeds to lose his shit in really dangerous and telling ways while Obi-Wan is out, until Obi-Wan finally starts getting better and he can calm down a little. I make no bones about how I love Anakin being a total mess, especially when it’s over the person who sets so many of his boundaries, and so it’s probably a little OTT in places, but my id was super, super delighted to read this, because Anakin just loves him so much and Obi-Wan loves him as well. And the more fucked up Anakin is about it, the more I love it. :9 ✦ The Stray by ruth baulding, obi-wan & anakin & ocs, 10.4k    Even in a galaxy far, far away, every boy needs a dog. Anakin brings home a pathetic life form, and Obi Wan is far from amused. But which of them is the worst rascal?    I cannot even begin to tell you how much I loved little bb!Anakin in this story, when he takes in a stray and of course everything winds up blowing up in his face and I felt every bit of the struggle he has with trying to adjust and you can see the foundation being laid for everything that’s to come, but it’s also a cute little story about a mishap when he’s young and it ends with Obi-Wan being a stealth asshole to people that annoy him in the absolute best way and kind in his own way, too. It’s a semi-quick read and just so utterly solid in the writing of it! ✦ A Good Cause by 221B.B, obi-wan & anakin, 3.3k    Not surprisingly, an argument with one’s padawan doesn’t do one good.    No, but, seriously, if you give me a fic where Anakin practically curls up on Obi-Wan because he still needs comfort from his Master even once he’s an adult and a Jedi Knight himself? I’m pretty much guaranteed to be yours. And this fic is lovely because it’s just a touch of Obi-Wan being amused at Anakin having difficulties with his Padawan, just as Obi-Wan had with Anakin, but then when it actually happens, no, Obi-Wan loves him far too much to be amused, it’s still far too soon from their own relationship for him to be anything but sympathetic and wanting to help Anakin. He doesn’t fix everything for Anakin, he just cuts through Anakin’s emotional spinning and then lets Anakin curl up on him a bit and it really, really worked for me and gave me all the bittersweet warm fuzzy feelings, just like I wanted. ✦ A Trip to Forget by amber75, obi-wan & anakin, 14.8k    ObiWan and Anakin’s latest mission starts off on the wrong foot and gets worse from there!    I usually prefer a little later in their relationship, but I got pulled into this fic and couldn’t put it down until I’d finished it, because it was a lovely, solid story about Obi-Wan and Anakin on a mission, how things aren’t perfect, they’re not a seamless team yet, but you can see the beginnings of it, you can see the rough edges between them, the lack of understanding, but also see how they bridge those gaps, all while trudging through a jungle. It’s self-contained and perfectly paced, I enjoyed every inch of their mutual discomfort as various bits of jungle decided to make their day terrible, but most of all the building of the relationship between them was perfect. ✦ Passing Dreams by Yesac, obi-wan & anakin, 2k    The first time that Anakin has a nightmare about his mother, he and Obi-wan are coming home from an assignment.    Oh, my heart. The way Obi-Wan and Anakin just don’t quite understand each other emotionally, especially as Anakin is worried about his mother and just cannot cope in the way Obi-Wan does, all of that blended with how they try and find a way to at least connect, to come together and Obi-Wan may not be perfect, but he’s there and he makes it clear that he cares. You can still see Anakin’s road coming, but you also see why his relationship with Obi-Wan is so intense. A wonderful fic. ✦ Brass Knuckles by skygawker, somewhat obi-wan/anakin (can be read as gen) & ocs, 15.1k    Anakin gets rejected, flirted with, involved in a less-than-legal race, and punched in the face—but not necessarily in that order. Written for the AcesInSpades ficathon, features demisexual!Anakin. Written for the prompt “brass knuckles.”    I admit, I read this fic as the sexual attraction between Obi-Wan and Anakin being genuine and there, just not the right time for either of them, but it’s totally possible to read it as gen as well, if you want. And it’s only sort of about that attraction, the point of the fic is on Anakin’s character and how he deals with being an emotional mess and tries to work through things and just isn’t really a very good fit with the typical Jedi ways. It’s a lovely look at his character, how he copes with things, how he’s trying so hard and sometimes it’s hard to read about him like this because he really is a good person at heart, but so much gets fucked up in his life, and while this time works out, while it’s not an entirely miserable fic to read (and could even be a Divergent Timeline, if you wanted to read it that way), you can see more than one trouble spot with him. The characterization is lovely, I really enjoyed teenager Anakin being both rebellious and resentful and desperate for even more of Obi-Wan’s affection, who clearly loves him very much, but isn’t always sure how to handle such a mercurial teenager. I really loved the kind and caring scene where Obi-Wan turns Anakin down, it was so spot on for them both, it wasn’t over the top or or too dramatic, it was just the right amount of understated, and I loved the ending that made my heart feel better. A lovely fic all the way around, especially because I could not agree more strongly that Anakin is absolutely demisexual, that is a hill I will die on. ✦ Sloth by keep_me_alone, obi-wan & anakin, 1.3k    Anakin’s a lazy fuck and Obi-Wan is so tired    This is a short piece but I’m such a sucker for this era and for Anakin being such a little troublemaker even when he doesn’t really mean to be and Obi-Wan’s life is just really goddamned hard. I think it’s Obi-Wan being tired in his very soul, but in an affectionate way, we’re reasonably sure, that just delighted me with this. ✦ Lightsabers by Jillie chan, obi-wan & anakin, ~1k    Obiwan has stumbled on a secret of Ani’s…    This was a cute, silly, humorous little fic of Obi-Wan stumbling over Anakin’s lightsaber stash (setting aside that lightsabers aren’t that easy to make, if anyone could sneak enough kyber crystals for them, I’d buy it of Anakin) and I am always here for Anakin getting caught and Obi-Wan actually being better than all of us when dealing with that brat. ✦ Autopilot by FernWithy, obi-wan & anakin, 2.4k    Obi-Wan devises a test to teach Anakin trust    A short but interesting look at how Anakin copes with Jedi teachings, just one of the little ways that things go wrong not because of the lack of care but just because sometimes that’s how things work out and also terrible communication. It’s more of a sad piece than anything, but definitely still worth the read. ✦ The Dynamic Duo by Kian-Rai Delcam, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k    What happened in Anakin’s padawan days, and how in the Force did Obi-Wan manage to not kill the boy? A series of one shots surrounding the pair, some humorous, some dark.    This was short but totally adorable! I love the image of Obi-Wan getting frustrated with Anakin, who is just always getting into something, but gentles it into teasing him, as well as a scene of Obi-Wan letting a young Anakin sleep in the bed with him after a nasty dream. I will read a thousand of these kinds of fics and never get tired of them and this fic fits right into that collection of how it made me happy to read it. ✦ Reassurance by j_k_rowlingjr, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash?), ~1k    Anakin is only little and the flames worried him. He missed his mom. And he missed Qui-Gon. But he had his new mentor, Obi Wan.    Despite that this is marked as a pairing, I found that it read just as well as entirely gen, so I’m gonna put it into that section, all the more so because it’s in line with a bunch of fics that I’ve been reading–short, bittersweet, comforting fics when Anakin is still a little kid and needs Obi-Wan to comfort him. Including Anakin crawling into Obi-Wan’s bed and asking to stay there for the night and my heart just being entirely soothed for it. And this fic is another lovely addition to the collection, ahhh, bless it, too. ✦ Worthy by whereiismymindd, obi-wan & anakin, 1.5k    12-year-old Anakin is upset because other Jedi think he isn’t good enough. Obi Wan tries to help him, while dealing with some demons of his own.    I am always, always here for fic like this, where I feel really badly for poor kidlet Anakin, but Obi-Wan is entirely there to help him back up, to say what he needs to hear, to care for him and protect him, even if it’s just emotionally. I loved the moments of Obi-Wan talking about what he was like as a Padawan as well, but mostly it’s just about Obi-Wan’s utter dedication to how much he cares about Anakin and will protect him. My heart, okay. ✦ The Consequences of a Crash by SkywalkerShenanigans (HedgehogJawn), obi-wan & anakin (this can be read as entirely gen) & cast, some injury content warning, 31.9k    Anakin doesn’t remember how they lost control of the ship. A newly made knight and his former master crash on an unknown world and must hang on until help arrives. Obi-Wan is injured and anxious. Anakin is injured and, well, being Anakin.    Rec #1: There are only three chapters at the time of this rec, but I’m enjoying it a lot! Anakin is such a hot mess when shit goes down, when Obi-Wan is injured and Anakin’s faced with that he might die and the only thing holding him together is that Obi-Wan is still awake enough to help him, which is exactly how it would go. The writing is solid and I enjoy h/c when it’s clear that the characters are doing what they can to mend each other, when they draw comfort from just being near each other, when they’re two idiots who seem to always get into this kind of trouble and yet it’s still somehow terrible each and every time. It’s a really fun fic and I’m looking forward to more!    Rec #2: This is a fic that you want to turn to if you’re in the mood for some whump and h/c and Anakin absolutely losing his shit at the thought of Obi-Wan not being in his life anymore. That’s the heart of the story, the possible gentle nudge towards making them say something to each other (and it’s up to the reader to decide whether or not that’s enough to change things), to go along with injuries on a remote world when they crash + Anakin’s emotional instability being on full display, no matter how hard he tries to pull it together, no matter how much he whiteknuckles his way through a lot of it. What the fic does really well is this building sense of danger, as the days and scenes pass, that things aren’t getting better, even when they’re trying to keep up their spirits, even when it’s not like there’s any one single moment where you can pinpoint that it all goes wrong.    It’s a fic that’s about the stress of feeling helpless when something is wrong, that it’s a fic about Obi-Wan trying to let go of Anakin because he feels that’s what’s best for him, while Anakin is not dealing well with it because he’s just not made to let go of the people he loves. It’s a fic that’s about digging into that aspect of their relationship and making my fannish heart hurt with the feelings I have about these two, that the slow but inexorable drag on Obi-Wan’s health makes me feel Anakin’s panic and terror that he’s going to lose him. It’s one of those fics that got me a bit misty-eyed in the right places because, oh, I do have such intense feelings for these characters and I’m super invested and when you write something as solidly done as this, I’m just going to be a bit of a mess, too. ✦ When the world gets too heavy put it on my back by nematoda, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + references to to obi-wan/anakin, 25k wip    Studies of platonic love in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, exploring the master/padawan relationship with Qui-Gon and eventually with Anakin.    This was an interesting look at Obi-Wan’s character, where he comes across as younger/less insightful than in canon, but I absolutely get where the author is coming from with the fic, that he just doesn’t get the sexual drive other people have, that he wants physical contact but doesn’t see how it comes across to others. Each of the chapters is basically its own story, each set at a different point in his life, but all doing a really great job of showing what it could be like for an ace character trying to navigate relationships when he doesn’t want sex. And I can still put this together with canon, because aro and ace are not the same thing (while the fic doesn’t touch on this, I can put it together in my head) and the fic does a great job at not trying to shoehorn in our modern language or try to push it into ways the characters wouldn’t talk about it, but instead actually showsit and doesn’t make it define the characters.    I picked the fic up for platonic interactions in Obi-Wan’s life, because I’m a sucker for that, and I especially loved the Obi-Wan & Anakin scenes, because they really felt solidly spot on to the characters, from when Anakin was a cuddly little kid to when he’s a sullen and moody teenager that Obi-Wan struggles with to when he’s an older teenager with hormones who has a complicated relationship with his master. Each of these is something I wanted, because I love bb!Anakin! And I love that teenage Anakin swings back and forth from being sullen to desperate for Obi-Wan not to leave him, just a complete and total emotional mess that was so satisfying to read about! And I love teenage Anakin who really kind of desperately wants his Master to fuck him, but Obi-Wan’s just not interested in sex, and it’s complicated because Anakin can’t help feeling that if Obi-Wan loved him he would fuck him, even when they manage to get around that, it hit so many of the things I wanted from their interaction.    What started as just wanting some gen fluffy interactions turned into, oh, no, now I’m having feelings about Obi-Wan and his complicated relationships with people, especially with Anakin and the fic’s writing is absolutely lovely and knows exactly how to hit some of those emotional beats that we all come to fic for. ✦ Masters and Padawans: Three Generations by GirlwithCurls98, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + anakin & ahsoka, 24.6k    Three generations of incredible bonds.    Oh, I never wanted this fic to end because it was such a perfect thing for what I was looking for and was so many great moments and was paced so well! Each chapter has three scenes, set around a common theme, with each generation of Master and Padawan pairings, showing all the comparisons and contrasts between all of them, showing all the care between these characters. It had such charm and sparkle and was so very, very easy to see these moments, some big and huge, some small and like little slices of daily life, some happy and some sad, all of them filling in even more of the detail of these characters’ lives in the way I crave. It was so solid and satisfying a read, I just couldn’t put the fic down, I had to keep turning the page, all the more so because I wanted to see the reflections between one generation and the next, because the fic was so good at keeping just the right length for the scenes!    They’re short scenes, but I never felt like they were too clipped or brief, the fic was great about choosing moments that only needed to be little snippets, about making them complete on their own but feeling much bigger because they were part of a set of three scenes, in a fic that had 30 chapters of this. That’s 90 different moments in the various points of the timeline and yet none of it felt repetive of pointless, all of it was about the connections between Master and Padawan, so it was just one of the most emotionally satisfying things I’ve read lately! ✦ What the Heart Hides by Valairy Scot, obi-wan/siri & anakin & cast, nsfw for descriptions of violence/torture, 269k    Jabiim and ObiWan’s death there and how it affects Siri Tachi.    I have a few caveats about this fic before I get going: The fic is definitely overly long, it could have easily been edited down to half. The fic is definitely a navel-gazing fic, where the author really wanted to revel in what they were writing, and so it went on at length, there was a lot of talking about reactions, rather than showing things (the tell-rather-than-show) thing. And Obi-Wan absolutely went into Gary Stu (for lack of a better term) territory here, that I suspect you really have to be a fan of the character to enjoy. I mention these caveats because I want to encourage people to keep reading because underneath those things is a really solid story that I’m glad I got to sink into for several days, because I could just read and read and read with it! The entire first half of the fic is about Obi-Wan being captured by Ventress and part of the reason it’s so long (other than the author wanting to really revel in it) is that it’s showing the slow grinding down of Obi-Wan’s defenses, that it’s not about breaking him physically, but spiritually and to do that with someone who is as morally strong as Obi-Wan Kenobi, you really have to go for it. It was longer than I was expecting, but the second half is all about Obi-Wan’s recovery and, I admit, that was definitely what I was here for, so getting ~130k of Obi-Wan trying to let go of the hate and darkness that seeped in, while dealing with Siri and Anakin’s attempts to help him, that’s my jam.    And, yeah, okay, I was definitely also here for the way the author writes Anakin, who is sometimes incredibly unfair to Obi-Wan, how Anakin so often makes situations all about himself even when he’s trying to help someone he loves, and the author really nails how much anger is in him, how it’s protective and based in insecurity and just consumes him sometimes. I love that this fic is gen for their relationship, but the author is friendly towards Obi-Wan/Anakin fic, it’s really easy to read the potential into their relationship, and more than once there’s a pretty clear undercurrent of parallel being drawn between Siri and Anakin, both as characters and in their relationships with Obi-Wan.    This is a fic where I think you have to go in wanting to get out of it what the heart of the story is focused on, that if you’re here for just one of the things (an Obi-Wan fic, an Obi-Wan/Siri fic, an Obi-Wan & Anakin fic), you’ll probably end up feeling like you’re wading through a lot you’re not here for, but if you like the combination of those things, it’s nice to have a fic that’s basically two novels worth, it’s nice to have a fic that just absolutely embraces how much it loves Obi-Wan and how great he is, how even when he’s being tortured he’s still solid in his emotional stability, that even when he questions himself, it’s in ways that anyone else would have cracked over. It’s nice to have all these moments of the author nailing how Anakin is, how it takes awhile for Siri’s personality to come through (she’s fairly flat until the second half) but it’s fun to watch that happen and you can tell the fic really enjoys the building up of that relationship. It absolutely is a fic that decided to write almost 270k of Obi-Wan whump and everyone loving him the most and Obi-Wan loving them the most and spending all that time talking about the characters in practically a meta way (the fic is at its strongest when there’s direct action or conversation, I admit) and if you’re good with that, it’s a solid read that you can get lost in for a few days! I’m absolutely glad I read it, if only for the line about how Obi-Wan has Anakin half-convinced that there really is a Jedi rulebook he’s quoting from, because that was goddamned hilarious and perfect. ✦ And The Truth Shall Set Us Free by Nicole1, obi-wan & anakin, 23k    ObiWan and Anakin are sent on a mission to a planet that holds painful memories for both of them.    I’ll admit ahead of time that this fic needs a good scrub with the grammar brush, but the heart of the fic is absolutely solid and provided me with a) satisfying Obi-Wan whump and b) Anakin freaking out about potentially losing Obi-Wan and c) SURPRISE SOUL BOND. It’s a gen piece, but it’ll be satisfying to both gen fans and pairing fans, because the relationship between the two characters is so strong and it’s literally soul-deep by the end, as well as there’s plot happenings and action scenes! I was especially fond of just how badly Anakin reacts to the idea that Obi-Wan might be dying from being poisoned, you can see how emotionally needy he is and why he teeters on the edge of the Dark Side so easily sometimes, because he’s so desperate about his affection for others, while Obi-Wan is so much calmer and solid with himself, even as he loves Anakin just as dearly. I do wish there’d been a sequel, I’d have greatly enjoyed seeing how this affected ROTS, but it stands well on its own and was a really solid, satisfying read! ✦ What You Are (the Certain Point of View Remix) by Beatrice_Otter, obi-wan & anakin & padme, 1.3k    Three people look up at the stars at night.    Oh, this was lovely and bittersweet, the three times these three different characters look up at the stars and think about all these bittersweet or painful things. Obi-Wan thinking about Luke and Anakin, Padme thinking about Anakin, Anakin thinking about his future, it’s all so lovely and wonderfully written and just quietly sad, in that way Star Wars fic has. Each is a good insight into the characters but also makes a lovely collection together, so pretty and painful. ✦ When the world gets too heavy put it on my back by nematoda, qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + references to to obi-wan/anakin, 25k wip    Studies of platonic love in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi, exploring the master/padawan relationship with Qui-Gon and eventually with Anakin.    This was an interesting look at Obi-Wan’s character, where he comes across as younger/less insightful than in canon, but I absolutely get where the author is coming from with the fic, that he just doesn’t get the sexual drive other people have, that he wants physical contact but doesn’t see how it comes across to others. Each of the chapters is basically its own story, each set at a different point in his life, but all doing a really great job of showing what it could be like for an ace character trying to navigate relationships when he doesn’t want sex. And I can still put this together with canon, because aro and ace are not the same thing (while the fic doesn’t touch on this, I can put it together in my head) and the fic does a great job at not trying to shoehorn in our modern language or try to push it into ways the characters wouldn’t talk about it, but instead actually showsit and doesn’t make it define the characters.    I picked the fic up for platonic interactions in Obi-Wan’s life, because I’m a sucker for that, and I especially loved the Obi-Wan & Anakin scenes, because they really felt solidly spot on to the characters, from when Anakin was a cuddly little kid to when he’s a sullen and moody teenager that Obi-Wan struggles with to when he’s an older teenager with hormones who has a complicated relationship with his master. Each of these is something I wanted, because I love bb!Anakin! And I love that teenage Anakin swings back and forth from being sullen to desperate for Obi-Wan not to leave him, just a complete and total emotional mess that was so satisfying to read about! And I love teenage Anakin who really kind of desperately wants his Master to fuck him, but Obi-Wan’s just not interested in sex, and it’s complicated because Anakin can’t help feeling that if Obi-Wan loved him he would fuck him, even when they manage to get around that, it hit so many of the things I wanted from their interaction.    What started as just wanting some gen fluffy interactions turned into, oh, no, now I’m having feelings about Obi-Wan and his complicated relationships with people, especially with Anakin and the fic’s writing is absolutely lovely and knows exactly how to hit some of those emotional beats that we all come to fic for. ✦ Epiphany by Elenothar, obi-wan & anakin, 3.8k    After the tiring mission to Ansion, Obi-Wan&Anakin are both stressed-when dreams about his mother dying plague Anakin more and more, his emotions start getting the better of him as his Master struggles to understand his apprentice before it’s too late…    One of the reasons I keep coming back to this pairing is the way they hurt each other because they love each other so much, that the words they fling at each other sometimes hit a mark deeper than they mean to, so it’s all this delicious emotional h/c for me, when they figure out a way to come back to each other. Anything that can give me that ache in my chest, when Anakin is upset about the dreams of his mother’s death and lashes out, when he hurts Obi-Wan precisely because Obi-Wan loves him, and then he’s desperately sorry about it afterwards, oh, just give me a spoon because I’m going to eat that up like delicious candy. ✦ Tears by ForgottenMoonbeam92, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k    The night after Qui-Gon is killed, Anakin wakes to find Obi-Wan by his bedside. Surprised that the reserved Jedi is seeking company, he hardly knows what to do. But sometimes, nothing needs to be done.    I’m serious, I will hunt down every single fic like this I can, where it’s not long after TPM and they share their grief, where Obi-Wan is still mourning but reaching out to this little kid who has no idea what to do next and is so sad as well, hugging him and pulling him close, so that they can share this moment together. This is entirely one of those fics meant to be sweet and soothing, even as it’s in a bittersweet, painful point of their lives and it’s exactly the kind of fic I’m gonna read as many of as I can find, bless. ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 11.2k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers.    I believe I’ve recommended these fics before, but on the author’s tumblr, rather than AO3, so here, have a fresh rec now that they’re up here as well, because, oh my god, these were so great. The first one is a time travel AU that I loved, the second one is a divergent timeline that I also loved, both totally worth reading! But, oh. Chapter 3 is Basilisk!Obi-Wan, where he is a giant snake instead of a Human and it’s amazing. It’s told in snippets across the span of his life, from how he first came to the Jedi Temple to his time as an Initiate to his time as a Padawan and to his time as Anakin’s Master and during the Clone Wars. There are so many incredible little moments, so many hilarious moments, so many geneuinely touching moments, so many moments of struggle and overcoming them, so many moments of just Obi-Wan being awesome, all of it is something I never knew I needed as badly as I did. I honestly just have the biggest grin on my face every time I reread even little snippets of this one, it’s so delightful. ✦ untitled by letslipthehounds, obi-wan & anakin & dooku, 1.1k    Anonymous asked: Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus runs into Obi-Wan and Anakin several years prior to AOTC, and decides that they are Qui-Gon’s legacy and he is going to make sure they do well.    This was another short piece, but one I enjoyed because I really love fic where Dooku’s path in the story is interrupted because of his connection to Qui-Gon’s legacy, whether for better or worse, because it makes the character so much more interesting. His intentions there, the potential in such an interesting situation, really got me and I enjoyed this just for the brief look at what might have been or what could be the start of something bigger, it works both ways. ✦ The Teacher Learns Twice by Magical_Destiny, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 4.5k    Early in his apprenticeship, Obi-Wan learns an important lesson. The words of Qui-Gon Jinn become a legacy in the most surprising of ways and the most unorthodox of settings — Dex’s Diner.    This was a solid, interesting piece of two scenes rhyming with each other, set in Dex’s Diner. I especially enjoyed the Obi-Wan & Anakin scene, it was really interesting to see how Obi-Wan had changed and grown up, that he was the person we saw with Anakin. But mostly I loved that, even when things are tense or bittersweet at best, there’s still such hope and joy here, there’s still looking to the good in life. And I loved that it didn’t try to browbeat the reader over the head with issues on attachment, instead it felt much more like how Obi-Wan wouldbehave, especially with Anakin, who struggles with these things so much and how Obi-Wan is so much better suited to helping him than another would have been, all told through little moments of Obi-Wan letting things slide or skipping a lecture, in ways that felt so very organic and natural. ✦ Homesick by SkippingSteppingStones, obi-wan & anakin, 2.8k    After his surgery to remove the slave detonator from his body, Anakin Skywalker has grown lonely in hospital, and reflects on life.    Where this fic got me was in the second half of it, when Obi-Wan shows up in the medwing and it’s the start of something here, where it doesn’t have to be perfect, there’s still a lot of distance between them, but you can absolutely feel the beginnings of what they’re going to become, that it’s just this really quietly heart-warming fic about these two people coming together, that they’re taking the first steps in their friendship. It’s just… really cute! In a way that worked for me with these characters, especially after the angsty first half with Anakin being so lonely, just one of those really solid and great reads I stumbled over today. ✦ Moving Forward by Oswald-Girl, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k    Obi-Wan and Anakin find comfort in an unlikely place after Qui-Gon’s death: each other.    Another short, but bittersweet & sweet fic about the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, as they’re just learning to understand each other and find comfort with each other and build their relationship. And I will read so many fics about Anakin thinking Obi-Wan doesn’t want him, where Obi-Wan reassures, yes, he is wanted, that circumstances may be complicated, but he’s very much wanted, like, that is what I am here in fandom for. ✦ Waters Edge by Sealgirl, obi-wan & anakin, 8.9k    Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent to investigate a mysterious ocean world were people and things keep vanishing!    This was an interesting little mission piece, where it’s exactly what it says on the tin, they’re sent to a mysterious ocean world and try to figure out why people keep disappearing. What I really liked about it is that it balanced the Obi-Wan&Anakin relationship with the plot of the story, that there was something just kind of unsettling about the feel of that place, like there was something lurking just out of sight, but without having to spell that out. Instead, it was in the way Obi-Wan seemed distracted and Anakin just wasn’t feeling anything too terribly off, it added nicely to the mood of the piece, rather than just telling the readers so. And then there was action and rescues and trying to figure out how an alien world worked and Anakin being kind of a real brat but also good-hearted and it was just a really good, solid read. ✦ Encounter by Sealgirl, obi-wan & anakin, 1.1k    On a lonely planet, Obi-Wan and Anakin almost get caught in a landslide.    This is a short piece, just an almost sort of slice-of-life in the day of the Jedi who seem to attract trouble even out in the middle of nowhere with no one else around. It’s half about another mishap and half about the relationship between the characters, that there’s this undercurrent of something there, even if it’s not quite pre-slash. The potential, maybe. And sometimes that’s just perfect for what I want, especially in a fic that’s just about these moments along the way in their lives, just one more thing that adds up to a greater whole when you look at the scope of all of it. It’s well-written and nicely done! ✦ Gifts of the Heart by Valairy Scot, obi-wan & anakin & shmi, 2.7k    On a day with two meanings: celebration and anniversary, one happy and one sad, ObiWan Kenobi gives his padawan a gift of the heart and receives it back.    Oh, this fic was so good for me. Obi-Wan takes Anakin to Tatooine when he’s young, just for a visit, to give Anakin a gift of the heart (to visit his mother) and then Anakin gives a gift in return and it’s just. OH MY HEART. It’s so sweet, just the right amount of bittersweet as Obi-Wan still misses his own Master and is trying to step back to give Anakin some space, mixed with how open and eager this Anakin is, how much he already loves Obi-Wan, who loves him back in that understated but deep way already, and it’s perfect. It’s not too sticky sweet or too fluffy or overly angsty, it was just the right amounts of everything for me and what I was in the mood for. ✦ The Drinker by Little Sister’s Keepress, obi-wan & anakin, 1k    He was a master at these drinking games.    I am 100% onboard the “Anakin is an absolute shit drinker”, that he’s a total lightweight, so fic where he tries to keep hold of his liquor and pretty much fails utterly at it, partly because of youth and partly because he’s just shit at it, I AM HERE FOR THAT. It doesn’t have to be a long fic, it’s just a couple of scenes in a fairly routine mission for them, where Anakin feels awful afterwards and Obi-Wan is much more serene and in control of himself and it’s just totally adorable and fun and spot on. ✦ untitled by stonefreeak, obi-wan & anakin, ~1k    Anakin wakes from nightmares tinted red. The darkness of his bedroom seems oppressive, and no matter how many times he blinks red seems to seep into the edges of his vision.    This is a short ficlet, but oh it’s lovely and adorable and bittersweet and heart-warming and perfect. When Anakin is 13, he feels he should be too old to sneak into Obi-Wan’s bed for cuddles and sleep, but a nightmare gets him up and sneaking out anyway and, oh, I love how easy it is in this moment, how it’s simple and quiet and Obi-Wan just lifts up one arm in invitation and I can see it so clearly and it’s perfect and my heart feels so much better after this lovely piece. ✦ To Argue is to Love by Zinga763, obi-wan & anakin, 1k    Anakin is sick, Obi-Wan is confused.    I read this while I was super sick with the flu and it was some really lovely timing for that, as well as one of my favorite things–the early days of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, when their dynamic was still just getting set up. And it’s super adorable, the first time they really start to banter with each other, that uncertainty of how to approach the other that they both have, the way Obi-Wan finally manages to tease Anakin out of it, the sheer amount of care on both sides that neither really knew how to convey, all of it was just exactly what I wanted and was adorable. ✦ In Want by updiddlyupup, obi-wan & anakin, 7k    Desperate to avoid all the ways he isn’t settling in, Anakin goes on a quest.    This was a combination of adorable little moppet Anakin and the awkward first days of his apprenticeship with Obi-Wan, how they don’t really understand each other yet, how they haven’t really connected, and how Anakin is having trouble adapting to life at the Jedi Temple. It’s just the right amount of angst, while still being generally light-hearted and really pretty cute, just the right amount of hilarity and the right amount of feeling for both of these characters. It was actually a fairly quick read, because it was just the right length and it kept a good focus, and it was just… a really, really solid little fic that I delighted in reading. ✦ Temple History by sanerontheinside, obi-wan & anakin, 1.4k    There was no way his Master wouldn’t see that bruise, and so now Anakin was hiding.    Oh, this was a lovely look at Anakin’s younger years, trying to fit in and struggling with it, especially because it’s not preachy or unbalanced, but instead this really warm-hearted, kind look at a tough situation and how these characters dealt with it. Moppet Anakin is adorable and I felt so much for him, loved him so much, but, ahhh, the moments between him and Obi-Wan, the way a Master looks after a Padawan, just had me utterly melting at how perfect and good this was. ✦ No Galaxy for Good Jedi by Annie_Walker, obi-wan & anakin & padme & qui-gon & dooku & yoda & cast, some obi-wan/satine, sith!qui-gon, 124.8k wip    Obi-Wan Kenobi was only a young padawan when he ran away with three-year old Anakin. He had no choice after his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, fell to the Dark Side by Master Dooku’s manipulations.    I have a handful of caveats about this story to start out with–the writing really needs a good scrub with the beta brush, as there are constant typos and misused words, up to half a dozen of them on almost every page of the story. I mention this to encourage readers past it because the writing underneath that is very solid and very easy to just read, read, read, but I had to be in the right headspace for it, I admit. Second, there’s a lot of fairly minor details of canon that don’t really work with the story, including that Qui-Gon as a Sith isn’t really how Sith are in canon, it’s more the Soft Sith thing that fandom loves–which, by the way, I am totally fine with! Third, this is an Obi-Wan who isn’t quite like the majority of canon, he’s much younger and more all over the place, but that works for his age, where he’d be about as old as he is in TPM. And, finally, I admit that the Obi-Wan/Satine stuff felt like it came up a little too fast and kind of derailed the fic until it got back in track. I mention these things not to give a back-handed compliment, honest! I wouldn’t have read well over 100k of fic and kept coming back for more if I thought this was a bad story, but I genuinely want to encourage people to pick it up because it’s very much worth it, even if I might have skipped past it myself because of these things.    Those things all said, holy crap, I definitely ate up this fic like you wouldn’t believe! The thing about the story is that it’s very solidly done, it’s almost one hundred and thirty thousand words and I felt like I could read that much more all over again if the author happened to drop it in my lap right this second. It caught my attention because the heart of the story, for all that it occasionally drifts off into other things, is set on Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, that they love each other dearly, that they are the most important person in each other’s lives, and that was so incredibly satisfying to read.    The fic winds its way through several twists and turns, there’s a lot happening and it’s not in any rush to get to the end, there’s plenty of breathing room here, in the sense that each section of the plot (whether they’re on the run, whether one of them has been captured by the Sith or the Jedi, whether they’re staying on Naboo or Mandalore for awhile, etc.) has plenty of time to have things actually unfold there, it spends time on each of these thigns. Yet I never felt like it was padding things out just to up the word count, it felt like each scene was there because that’s what the story wanted to be focused on in the moment. That may sound like a weird thing to focus on, but when I read longfic, one of the major things I’m wary of is a story that’s just endlessly dragging things out, so many scenes that don’t advance the plot or the characters. With this one I felt like these scenes were the point, that action happens just as often as it needs to (there are several fight scenes in the fic!), that it’s a story that’s not about rushing to the end, but about the long haul of this journey it’s on.    Though, ultimately, what endeared this story to me is that Obi-Wan and Anakin’s older brother&younger brother (edging into something like father&son territory) was the heart of so much of the story, that pages and pages were dedicated to either their high octane antics and how desperately they didn’t want to be separated, how much they worried and missed the other when they were, how Anakin is devastated when away from Obi-Wan, how adorable moppet Anakin is and he’ll curl up against Obi-Wan when falling asleep, how there are moments of quiet domesticity that were a joy to read and soothed my soul. I enjoyed the plot of this fic a great deal, it hit me right in the genfic id places, but this relationship is what got me to pick up the fic and is absolutely the highlight of it, it’s what really got to me about the story and why I’m so glad to have read this one and look forward to every update! ✦ The Stars Died So That You Could Be Here Today by WinterSky101, obi-wan & anakin & padme, 4.6k    Anakin and Padmé guide Obi-Wan through his mourning for Qui-Gon.    Oh, this was so lovely for all three characters. It’s set from Padme’s point of view and she shines so much in this fic, but it’s really lovely for Obi-Wan and Anakin as well, it’s very much how these characters would react, it was so easy to see this in my head, there’s such warmth and care, framed in how thesecharacters would express it that it had my heart from the beginning. I really can’t express enough affection for that warmth this fic had, that I came away caring very much for each of them, that Padme has such compassion to her, that Anakin is bright and shining, that Obi-Wan is loved and will find his way even when he’s struggling right now and that makes you care more for him. I want to flail over little things, the way Padme is firm without being preachy, that she gives others their space, but also won’t back down from kindness, she’s warm, she’s the kind of person I want to be around, she’s the person I recognize from the movies. And it was just really, really meaningful to me today to read this.

[vvienne]

RANWAN FIC RECS

Absolute Zero by jitterati

Pathologically solitary academic Chu Wanning left behind a life of research to enlist with the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps Jaeger team when giant monsters began to emerge from the Pacific ocean, eager to leave his personal entanglements behind him and join humanity's collective battle against the threat of extinction.

His goal is to build an artificial intelligence that will allow a pilot to operate a Jaeger mech solo - eliminating the need for pilot compatibility and the mortifying ordeal of being totally known by another person, a "neurological handshake" known colloquially as the drift.

He didn't expect his former students to follow him all the way to front line of the war against the kaiju.

Featuring lots of side character interaction, pining, yearning, questions on the nature of personhood, friendship between jerks, people coping badly with loss, snarky AI, and giant robots. Illustrations by Saika & Daru

Husky and his White Kitten Disciple by JustAMoon123

Within a lonely heart, the seeds of hatred start to grow.

-A 2ha Age and Role-Reversal AU.-

NOTE: This Story is Now E Rated!

[Before meeting Chu Wanning, Mo Ran had drawn his power exclusively from the Wood side of his dual Spiritual Root, and his Qi had always glowed green.

Now, only when in battle did it do so, with Bugui’s blade encased in a tyrannical green light.

Outside of battle, like when he set barriers of warmth; or made Crystal Butterflies to tease golden flowers; or cast a small array to keep a box of food warm, his Qi manifested with a gentle red glow.

Mo Ran’s Wood was destructive, while his Fire was protective.

Ah, Mo Weiyu, Mo Weiyu. Even your power betrays you.]

Burn, Pine, and Perish by moonqueenmaia

It’s been two days since Taxian-Jun’s last visit, and Mo Ran hasn’t touched Chu Wanning at all, beyond gentle and fleeting caresses. Chu Wanning decides to take matters into his own hands by surprising Mo Ran when he comes back to their home after a trip down the mountain.

it's no coincidence (it's a kitty-incidence) by lanzhan (gothguk)

There’s a white cat lounging in the middle of Mo Ran's bed.

to touch you with bare hands (even if it burns) by moonqueenmaia

Chu Wanning is a renowned professor of mechanical engineering at Sisheng Peak University. Beautiful, lonely, and talented beyond belief, he has spent his 32 years mostly by himself, silently and secretly yearning for affection and companionship. Yet Chu Wanning has resolved to himself that he will spend the rest of his life alone, no matter his hidden fantasies.

Enter Taxian-jun, an unruly, arrogant, and struggling student, fiery and domineering, who comes in and shatters the calm of Chu Wanning's life. They enter into an agreement, both burying their feelings underneath a storm of lust and lies. Yet amidst it all, something deeper may be helplessly and slowly blooming.

It is up to them to cultivate it, or destroy it for good.

cursed by devilsoupe

Chu Wanning and his disciples are sent to investigate an abandoned village, and Chu Wanning is hit with a curse.

Mo Ran was determined to treat his shizun respectfully in this life, but what choice does he have?

liar liar cock on fire by lofikv

I (32M) walked in on my roommate (23M) masturbating in our living room. Ever since then I couldn't erase the image of his penis in my mind but I found a sex toy online that is almost as big as him, so I bought it and tried it on myself so that I can imagine how he would feel inside me. I have also been romantically attracted to him ever since we started living together. How can I cope with this?

UPDATE: He caught me in the middle of an emergency.

(Absolute) Unit 311 by devilsoupe

Chu Wanning doesn't have a soulmark.

Neither does Mo Ran.

ducks entering highway by Sectionladvivi

Mo Ran finds out his well-respected, MILF-coded, tears-of-angels-tight-ass robotics professor moonlights as an erotic novelist. He immediately leverages this knowledge for an opportunity to play tonsil hockey.

to yearn by devilsoupe

Chu Wanning starts to cough up flowers. Taxian-Jun is angry. Chu Wanning is not allowed to die pining for someone else.

When it starts happening again in his second life, Mo Ran knows enough to worry.

from blossom to blossom to impossible blossom by Wildehack (tyleet)

Taxian Jun is the victim of a flower curse.

sticky fingers by fakeplasticlily

The man tosses the towel unceremoniously back at Mo Ran’s chest, like he’s personally offended by it. And the fact that his hands had just been all over said chest barely minutes earlier, maybe. “Please pack a box of egg tarts with extra custard filling, a box of red bean paste buns with extra syrup, a rice pudding with extra candied fruit garnish, and a box of osmanthus cakes with extra sweet pear jam.” Mo Ran’s eyes grow progressively wider as he lists the items. It’s him. Not the suburban mother of four, not the elderly guy dealing with a midlife crisis, but quite possibly the hottest guy he’s ever seen. Who also happens to have the highest sugar tolerance Mo Ran has seen in a human being in his two years of running this bakery. 

Hard to Love The Lonely Night by bloodsongs

Chu Wanning glares up at him, adjusting his women’s robes. “Still, why couldn’t you have been the wife instead?”

Coughing politely, Mo Ran looks to the side, avoiding his gaze. “Shizun’s skills with the illusion barrier far surpass this humble disciple’s, and, well…”

He doesn’t need to complete his sentence—it’s infuriating, but Mo Ran is now taller than him, broader than him, larger than him. Very much so. The young sapling he raised in Sisheng Peak is now a full-fledged tree, a man built like the mountains Chu Wanning has seen in his travels.

Chu Wanning and Mo Ran pretend to be a married couple visiting a small mountain town to investigate some suspicious disappearances. Mini Canon AU casefic. Contains spoilers up to Chapter 130 or so of the novel.

Purple Ink by jeejaschocolate

Chu Wanning is a robotics engineer who lives a life of isolation and loneliness, only partially due to his chronic illness. Eventually he gets so sick that he requires the help of a full-time medical assistant.

Of course, these days, all those jobs are given to CyberLife androids.

Chu Wanning resents the android they give him. From his fiery eyes to his long black hair, to his incomparable tenderness and consideration for Wanning’s feelings.

He resents him. All the way until he falls in love with him.

Fallen Flowers in Swallows' Nests by bloodsongs

You deserve better—I refuse to disrespect you ever again. I want to be better. I must be better.

But I don’t know how. I don’t know what to do.

I don’t know where Taxian-Jun ends and Mo-Zongshi begins.

I only know now that I cannot lie to myself: I want you so fiercely that I burn with it, I am consumed with the desire to make you mine and mine alone. To become one with you, feeling your fire twine with mine.

Or, Chu Wanning finds letters from Mo-Zongshi that were never shared with him.

These hitherto undiscovered letters cover a range of emotions that weren't present in the book he gifted his Shizun: contrition, yearning, and desire.

Counterpoint by senchafloat

Five years ago, Mo Ran was just a boy who loved playing piano—there were many things he didn't know. He didn't know how capricious and unforgiving the world of classical music could be. He didn't know just how lucky he was to have Chu Wanning as his teacher.

Five years later, Chu Wanning is now a renowned concert pianist, and Mo Ran is an upstart conducting student. When Chu Wanning shows up unannounced at his alma mater, Mo Ran has plenty of questions, along with a desire to prove his worth to his old teacher. But as it turns out, Chu Wanning isn't as invincible as he once seemed. As old secrets come up to the surface, the two of them are forced to reinvent the ways they'll make music together.

impatient to adore you by riverdanceeee

At some heartbreaking point in his life, Mo Ran accepted that Chu Wanning would never reciprocate his feelings, so he dealt with it as any other person would. He'd rid himself of his affection, respect their friendship, and learn to move on. But Mo Ran's affection runs too deep, and when any opportunity to spend time with Chu Wanning knocks on his door, he goes running to answer and accept. Even if it means he has to break up a potentially dangerous dog fighting ring.

To Bow Before A Willow Vine by bloodsongs

“I…” Mo Ran hadn’t thought that far. He shakes his head, lowering his head in deference, resting his forehead against Chu Wanning’s knuckles. "I'll do anything you want of me."

The silence stretches on for a beat too long.

"Anything?" Chu Wanning says eventually, tilting his head.

Written for 2Ha Week, Day 4: Reverse AU for the 0.5 timeline. When Chu Wanning storms Sisheng Peak and crowns himself the cultivation world's new emperor, Mo Ran trades his life for Xue Meng's. Contains spoilers for up to the end of the novel.

Call me by my name by rinsled05

When the man called Taxian-Jun arrives, years later, it’s the coming of a storm.

He sweeps into a dinner appointment between Chu Wanning and a client, clad in black, a smirk tugging at his mouth. Over the spark of irritation, Chu Wanning can’t help but admire his lean frame, the way his hair, cut rebelliously short, falls over smoldering, dark eyes. The way he towers over him, even when Chu Wanning rises to full height.

Chu Wanning’s heart races as Taxian-Jun leans in close, ignoring the shouts and gasps around them.

“Sakaki of Ran,” he purrs in their native tongue. “You’re mine.”

Chu Wanning lifts his chin. “I don’t know you.”

“You will,” Taxian-Jun says, and leaves.

In which Chu Wanning is a courtesan serving Chinese merchants in Nagasaki, Japan, and Taxian-Jun decides to make him his.

荷官牌型 ♠️ The Croupier's Hand by bloodsongs

In deep financial straits after losing his job as a teacher, a desperate Chu Wanning becomes a croupier at Sisheng's new casino.

The once sleepy town of Sisheng Peak grows busier by the day as the casino draws more and more tourists to their mountains. Consumed by his lingering regrets over the worst mistake of his life that destroyed his teaching career, Chu Wanning is too distracted to worry about anything else but his next shift, his next paycheck.

Except that's when Mo Ran, the reason Chu Wanning lost everything, returns to Sisheng Peak.

As the heir to the casino.

White Rabbit Club by minkit

Desperate to rid himself of a few pesky things called virginity and desire, Chu Wanning waltzes into a world he knows little about and right into the embrace of a mysterious stranger who reminds him of the student he's been dreaming about all year. The lust fueled dreams his student stars in are the very reason Chu Wanning applied to the sex club in the first place, and now he's desperate to get rid of these filthy impulses once and for all.

Congratulations, Chu Wanning, on your acceptance into the White Rabbit Club. We hope you enjoy your stay.

Risk and Restraint by purloinedinpetrograd

There is nobody Mo Ran works with who does not love him. He’s worked hard to cultivate this image while he climbs the corporate ladder at Sisheng, and it’s paid off in dividends. He’s in every WeChat group. He can call in favors with any division of any department. He can make even the tightest of deadlines relax their stranglehold on his team.

That is, there is nobody except, of course, Chu Wanning.

A Lingering Sweetness by theherocomplex

Chu Wanning is now all too aware of what he looks like: a dry stick of a man, never handsome, angular and cold and pale. A drab, short-tempered creature, as appealing as a splinter in one's foot. But Mo Ran looks at him as if he will never get his fill, and part of Chu Wanning thinks, What if —?

At the end of the line by PearlAquaBlue 

“So … I reckon someone thought you needed to loosen up a little bit. Now that you’re here, want to try it?”

Chu Wanning hangs up. Throws her phone on her pillow with a disgusted glare after it. Stands up and paces to the kitchen in long, angry strides. Her cheeks are burning. With trembling fingers, she grabs a glass and pours herself some water, gulping it down in one go. It doesn’t help much. She grips the kitchen counter tightly, then marches back into the bedroom to glare at the phone again. Her fingertips itch, and it’s as if some kind of magnetic force draws her closer and closer to her bed until her fingertips are but an inch away from that tempting black mirror. Before she knows it, she’s unlocked it unsteadily and pressed “repeat” on the last call.

“Welcome to Sisheng Peak – ”

“And what would that entail?” she asks, a little too breathless.

Let's Fall in Love for the Night by purloinedinpetrograd

Chu Wanning could only stare in horror as a large cloud of sickeningly yellow pollen rose from the field, blanketing the place where Mo Ran stood in a heavy fog. “Um,” he said lamely.

“Fuck,” Mo Ran cursed, and Chu Wanning didn’t even have the heart to chastise him for his coarse language, because he was too preoccupied wrestling the surge of fear at seeing his disciple disappear behind the haze of that indeterminately threatening dust.

A million terrible possibilities raced through his mind, each one more dramatic and gruesome than the last. His heart hammered against his ribcage, threatening to crack the bones. “Mo Ran,” he said slowly, “I think you should tell me what that does, now.”

Xue Zhengyong sends Chu Wanning and Mo Ran on a mission to find a specific ingredient for some concoction of his wife’s. Chu Wanning is torn between rejoicing at the chance to spend time alone with Mo Ran... and grieving over the very same thing.

But, well, it’s just flowers. What could go wrong, right? (Spoiler alert: it’s sex pollen.)

the day dawns in your hues by localshabba

2ha Week 2020 Day 1 prompt - Haitang

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Schoolteacher Mo Ran is having an ordinary day until he has an awkward encounter with the notoriously rigid school librarian, which leads to the start of something new.

Also features: flowers, dinosaurs and lots of tenderness and pining.

helping hands by verity

When Mo Ran was but a young, innocent, virtuous grad student—well, one of those things—she built that couch from a flatpack box with her own two hands. Over the years, the smell of polyester and cheap foam padding has given way to an equally aromatic blend of Chu Wanning's haitang blossom perfume, spilled coffee, and white lithium grease. Chu Wanning herself is always perfectly dressed without a stain in sight. Even right now, her head tucked onto one folded arm, the other loosely gripping her tablet, she looks so formal.

Mo Ran gently rests a hand on Chu Wanning's socked ankle where it peeks out of those tailored white trousers. She really should behave herself.

She really should... behave herself...

in plain sight by localshabba

Written for a prompt fill in the 2ha Kink Meme.

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"I have a surprise," Mo Ran breathed, coming to stand so close behind him that his breath landed on Chu Wanning's nape. Not touching Chu Wanning any other way, because he likes to make Chu Wanning lean back just a little bit, to seek out that contact himself.

"I think Chu-laoshi will enjoy it."

Chu Wanning is sure he agreed to the whole idea; he's just unclear on when. Things got hazy around the point when Mo Ran turned him around by the shoulders, got down on his knees and...well. Apparently he'd skipped breakfast that morning.

When he returned to his senses, his clothes were all neatly tucked into place, not a stain on them, and a charmingly pink sexual aid was nestled comfortably up his--ahem, inside him.

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Now available in Spanish!

casually acquainted by tagteamme

Chu Wanning knows what he is and what he isn’t. And where he lacks in pleasantries and outward appeal, he makes up for in untouchable grace and dignity.

It threatens to unravel once he meets a familiar face in an unfamiliar city.

“So quick to run away from me, Chu-laoshi,” Mo Ran says, voice gently teasing as Chu Wanning refuses to make eye contact with him. “After you came all the way from…”

He trails off, waiting for Chu Wanning to let him know, but he sees the map open on Chu Wanning’s phone and grins wider. “You want directions?”

Chu Wanning clears his throat, and shakes his head. He should say something— instead, he stays silent as he looks down at his phone and punches in the hotel name again.

Happily, his phone tells him to try again when he has signal.

The Right Hand of Light by gedsparrowhawk (FaceChanger)

Chu Wanning is asleep on the bed, clutching his hands tightly to his chest and curled in on himself. He’s still wearing the same robes he was in in the water prison. On the writing desk, a bowl of water and clean linen for bandages sit untouched, and a tub of bathwater has cooled without being used. Mo Ran sighs to himself. Wanning is truly hopeless.

He sits on the side of the bed and touches Chu Wanning’s shoulder. “Wanning,” he says. “Wanning, wake up.”

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Rare 0.5 tenderness, after the water prison.

nothing can consume you by tagteamme

Mo Ran’s violent history has never had to catch up to him.

It’s already embedded itself into him as scars on his body, as a tattoo on his forearm, as the lingering taste of blood in his sleep and finally, as the searing brand pressed against his chest before he’s thrown into the sea as punishment. He knows that this is where all his chances come to an end.

But as the deep fathom of the water swallows him up, something else saves him and pulls him to a tiny cove tucked away off the coast of an overlooked port town. When he wakes up under the care of a mythical creature wearing a familiar face, an even older and more distant past finally finds him.

[mrsluthordanvers]

This is a lot but do you have a list of the best multi chapter supercorp fics in your opinion? I’d comb through ao3 but there’s SO MANY

Sorry for the wait! I really need a fic rec tag for exactly this reason, I always seem to blank whenever I get asked!

This is BY FAR not an exhaustive list of all the good multi-chapter fics in this fandom but here are some I really enjoyed reading

hold fast to dreams by tothevision

Mrs. & Mrs. Danvers by @hrwinter

don't go slow 'cause you're gonna be someone by @i-am-robie

let me be your ruler by lostariels

Believe me now? by Valle_Girl

Paper Cranes by ClaraZorEl

You, Me, Her by @deadbiwrites

Giant by coeurastronaute

training montage by exprsslyfrbidden

listen closely and the stars will sing by celaenos

Moonlight Serenade by acoolusername

[sitp-recs]

Do you know any werewolf draco fics?

I feel like I read everything 😭💔

Hi anon! I haven’t read many creature fics in general so I am listing all the Werewolf!Draco fics I know. I reckon some of them are not very well known or recced, so I hope you can find some new reads in here :)

Dangerous by Faith Wood (2014, E, 6k)

Being trapped in a dungeon with Malfoy — who's a werewolf, a former Death Eater, and a giant git — is definitely dangerous. Harry has no reason to be excited. None at all.

Heat of the Heart by @carpemermaidtales (2017, E, 6k)

Draco was recently bitten by a werewolf in the line of duty as an Auror. He'd been dealing with it as best he could, but then his first heat came on hot and fast in the middle of filling out reports with his Auror partner, Harry Potter. Luckily for him, Potter has a knack for saving his arse.

Service Bell by @shiftylinguini (2022, E, 8k)

Draco is: a werewolf, living in a cabin in the woods, minding his own business, and never going to buy plaid because he's not that much of a fucking cliche (yet). He's also counting down the days until he sees Harry again.

Harry Potter and the Werewolf Consultant by 0idontknow0 (2014, E, 15k)

After Teddy transforms into a werewolf for the first time Harry and Andromeda don’t know what to do. They consult an adult werewolf to help Teddy adjust and that werewolf turns out to be one Draco Malfoy.

Just Beneath the Skin by leontina (2016, E, 16k)

Draco is a new werewolf and has found a supportive mentor in Remus Lupin. Trying to deal with his monthly transformations and keeping it a secret is hard enough, but it's even more so when Harry insists on following Draco around thinking that he's up to something.

Savage by marguerite_26 (2012, E, 18k)

In a post-war world that lives in fear and ignorance of werewolves, Draco Malfoy has taken every step to keep his condition hidden. When the delicate balance of his life shatters in a single moment, it is Harry Potter alone standing in his defence.

Dull Knives and White Hands by calrissian18 (2012, M, 19k)

Voldemort has finally been killed but not before unleashing his final hell on the wizarding world: a highly contagious lycanthropy virus that spreads through skin on skin contact.

The Elusive Mate by 0idontknow0 (2014, E, 25k)

Harry had done it (a) to save lives and (b) because the idea of him being Malfoy’s mate was clearly ridiculous, but now he had to tell Malfoy.

Clouds That Veil the Midnight Moon by @drarrytrash (2020, E, 36k)

According to Harry’s personal narrative regarding the incident, he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy for purely self-destructive reasons, or out of convenience, or by some unlucky accident. Looking at him, sprawled in the moonlight, Harry is devastated to recall that he’d hooked up with Draco Malfoy because he’s hot.

Anatomy of a Wolf Heart, orphaned (2021, E, 40k)

Three years ago at the tragic Battle that freed our great Wizarding World from the grip of a megalomaniac Dark Wizard, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, our world lost many Witches and Wizards. Among the dead and missing was Draco Malfoy, the only son of notorious Death Eaters Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, both of whom volunteered their home for He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to use as a headquarters.

Embers by @shiftylinguini (2017, E, 41k)

Werewolf Alphas aren't meant to be alone, or to suppress their ruts indefinitely like Draco has been since he was bitten eight years ago. He needs company, companionship, to knot ― he needs an Omega Heat Companion.

Nightcall by @femmequixotic and @noeeon (2015, E, 116k)

A hideously mauled corpse is found sprawled across the paving stones of Brick Lane in the East End of London. Inspector Harry Potter--widely believed to be the lead candidate for next Deputy Head Auror--is called in to investigate a possible magical crime.

Edit: thank you @uggghhhwhy for reccing Turning Over a New Leaf, Entering the Next Phase, And Other Rot Like That by Allychik6 (2020, M, 80k)

For Harry, it's all in a day's work, helping Hermione with her werewolf outreach program, handling drunken splinchings or late night break-ins on the nightshift , fixing the faulty floo in his parlor, and putting Teddy to bed on time. So it doesn't leave much time for dating, that's okay because Ginny's out of town most of the time anyway.

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Recs!

Hello! I’m on a Shingeki No Kyojin kick right now so this is a list of recs that I have personally read! Most of them are ereri because it’s my favourite pairing in this fandom! 

Venti Double What? by wasterella All Eren wanted was to go to Starbucks and get his complicated drink in peace. Was that too much to ask? Apparently.

What He Found on the Bookshelf by wasterella   All he had tried to do was grab a book, and everything in his life turned upside down.

These Golden Hours by mybrainproblems  His parents are in Europe and his sister is in Japan; he's been left to his own devices for the summer with a house, a car and unrestricted access to a credit card.Jean finds an ad for Rent-A-Gent and convinces Eren to hire a gent of their own. The first time was a dare, the second a redo, the third because a hurricane went through his living room (don't ask), the fourth... now he's crushing on a man more than twice his age who's making him question a lot of things about life, the universe and everything.

Just Go With It by EvangelineSinclair  Levi was debating if he should just face the humiliation and leave when the chair at his table was yanked out.He looked up to see a gorgeous stranger standing on the other side of his table, taking his coat off. “Fuck, I’m so sorry babe. Traffic was fucking awful, I’m so sorry I’m so late!”Levi stared. “Who the fuck are you?”The waitress was headed back to his table again and the brunette leaned in to whisper, “Just go with it, okay?” When Levi is stood up on a first date, he’s embarrassed beyond words. Luckily, a handsome, bright-eyed stranger decides to take the situation into his own hands.Or, the story where Levi gets stood up-and somehow ends up with a better date than he’d hoped.

Chance by galaxystiel  “So I can bring my date, right?” The words came out before Eren could even attempt to hold them back. He didn’t have a date, what the hell had he said that for?Eren invented himself a boyfriend for a dinner with his friends and his ex-boyfriend. Now he just has to find one, and fast.

Who Are You and Why Are You Naked in My Pool? by VitalCakes Levi walked up to the edge of the pool in time to see a mass of brown hair emerging from the water. He furrowed his brows when his eyes wandered along the boy's body to find that the brat was improperly dressed.In fact, he wasn't dressed at all.“Oh. Hello,” he said, blushing.“Why the hell are you in my pool?”

Timeless by Tamithna for Emiza 2000 years after the Final Battle, a crystallized Eren is woken up by a reincarnated Levi.

The Pain We Call Hope by DarkShadeKristen Time has stopped for Levi, life ceased to move completely. He's been stuck in a moment ever since the tragic night.Frozen.And then one day, his eyes meet bright green and his world starts anew. His heart gets a sudden jolt and time begins to move once again. But does Levi remember what it means to truly live or is it too late to melt his cold heart?Is it frozen? Or maybe it's broken beyond hope?

You Got It Bad by PyroGrape Levi's drug exchange doesn't go as well as planned. In other words, he ends up beaten and bleeding to death in a dirty alleyway. His savoir, which turns out to be a blind florist that goes by the name of Eren Jeager, flips Levi's world around simply when they meet eyes. Bonds are tested and love comes around when the getting is still getting.But Levi only has one question on his mind.How long does it take to court an angel?(This fic will go through some minor changes. It's old, so read at your own risk.)

Empty Handed by sorrows_stark After Erwin leaves, and his and Levi's relationship ends, Levi finds himself feeling more isolated and empty than he thought was possible. He's spiralling downwards and away from the people he held closest. Until one day, in unusual circumstances, he meets a young photographer at the Sina Museum. He's not sure if it's the brat's mischievous smile, the complete awkward dork that he is or those green eyes that draws him in the most, but either way there's something about Eren Jaeger he just can't shake.

Critical by SlayerEnfiniti Alternate Universe - Levi moonlights as a sharp-tongued food critic, Eren is an aspiring chef. Shenanigans.

Point of Interest by HipsterHobbit Levi is a taxi driver in Trost city, when his usual Saturday night is shaken up when a drunken Eren falls into his taxi with his friends. After a few chance meetings a relationship starts to form between the unlikely pair.

Wake Up by Emiza Eren dreamwalks in his sleep and invades people’s dreams by accident. He usually can avoid alerting the dreamer of his presence, but one day he’s caught by a mysterious man whose touch feels like fire. However, the man only thinks of Eren as a figment of his imagination.Based on Porcelain-Blue's wonderful idea.

Shingeki Ink by hellaradical Eren Jaeger decided he wants people to wear his artwork. As his first step to becoming a well off tattoo artist, he attempts to land an apprenticeship with world famous tattoo artist, Levi Ravaille. Eren follows Levi through the daily life of being a famous tattoo artist and owning a very popular ink parlor in New York City. Tattooing isn't the only thing Eren falls in love with.

Eyes of Gold by shingekicorn In which eyes see more than that of a normal human being, and humanity has more than one advantage over the giants who threaten their existence.One boy who sees through the sands of time and gives premonitions, and one who sees past the veil of death to act as a messenger for the fallen.

Shattered Façade by kylar After being disowned by his homophobic father during his senior year of high school, Eren's only option was to move in with his boyfriend, Reiner. But Reiner soon became possessive and controlling of Eren, and it turned into an abusive relationship. Five years later, Reiner's control over Eren is complete, until one night they meet a detective who will shatter Eren's happy façade.

Wrong Number by screwtodayimsleeping Eren gets a wrong number, but ends up with something more than he anticipated.

The only time I feel good falling is when I'm falling fast and hard for you by SailorHeichou   He started out as just some random guy who sat next to him on a park bench one cloudy afternoon. The day Freshman in high school, Eren Jaeger, met college student Levi Ackerman was the day Eren's life would change forever.

For Your Entertainment by SailorHeichou 22 year old Eren Jaeger is a stripper at Club Rose and a damn good one at that. He takes his job seriously and loves the attention it gets him. Not to mention the pay ain't so bad. When his usual client and boss, Dot Pixis, requests him to personally perform for his VIP group of colleagues Eren will meet the workaholic, sexually frustrated Levi who can't help but want to make Eren his by the end of the night.Problem is, with a clingy ex boyfriend always coming around begging for sex and a particularly handsome bouncer constantly asking for dates, throw in some commitment issues, past drug addictions and a shit past always coming to bite him in the ass, Eren might not be so easy to win over. Can Levi somehow convince this broken boy that he could be the one to fix him?

Leave Your Lover by SailorHeichou Levi is a 30 year old divorced Chef who works at his best friend's restaurant. An ex military Sergeant, Levi lives his life according to a strict routine. One day, his strict schedule is thrown off when a mysterious cat makes it's way into his apartment from the open Balcony. When Levi hears it's owner knocking on his door, he wasn't aware that his life would be turned upside down and all because of this boy standing in his doorway with the biggest, brightest green eyes he'd ever seen and his name is Eren Jaeger.The story in which Levi doesn't know he's gay and is in denial about it until a certain bright eyed boy moves in next door and steals his heart. The only problem is... he's got a boyfriend.

Haute Couture Love by SailorHeichou Eren Jaeger is sharp, determined and hard working but doesn't consider himself beautiful or good looking in the least. When he lands his dream job, working at Survey Corp Publications as the Executive Assistant to a high-end Fashion magazine's Editor-in-Chief, his life is turned Topsy-Turvy. All he wants to do is work hard to become an Editor, but his boss Levi seems keen on making his life a living hell.Levi is a notorious playboy who gets what he wants both in and out of the bedroom. As Editer-in-Chief of New York's best selling high-end Fashion Magazine, Levi is forced to work with an overly determined, hot-headed brat with a rat's nest for hair and the most incredible eyes he's ever seen and it's all because of Erwin Smith.

Don't Reach For The Moon by SailorHeichou Eren Jaeger is the young son of the Ackerman family's chauffeur, Grisha, and he has been in love with Jean all his life. Jean is an idle playboy who has never noticed Eren, much to his and the household staff's dismay. Eren then attends school in Germany, and he returns home as an attractive and sophisticated young man. Jean is quickly drawn to him despite his recent engagement.Jean's workaholic older brother, Levi, sees this and fears that Jean's imminent engagement may be endangered. If the engagement is broken off, it would ruin a great corporate deal. Levi realizes he can only do one thing to save his merger. He must get Eren to fall in love with him instead.

Undercover Lover by SimplyTsundere FBI Agent Eren Jaeger goes undercover into The Legion, a notorious group running drugs through the city of New Orleans, to avenge the death of his best friend and partner. How will his life change when he realizes that sometimes things aren't always as black and white as they seem?[Prologue Added March 30th, 2016][Edit/Rewrite In Progress 5/30]

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STAR WARS is really good for time travel fic, the urge to give the characters a chance to fix things, now that they have an idea of what went wrong or what to look out for, while still having to relive so many painful things, that balance of suffering and yet it’s worth it for the hope it offers, it’s exactly what the best fic is made of. I LOVE TIME TRAVEL FIC SO MUCH, so I’ve collected together a bunch of my favorites! (Last Updated: 2017.04.19) ✦ Shadows of the Future by stormqueen873, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast, 129.3k    ObiWan lost the duel on Mustafar, but instead of dying, he finds himself on a ship leaving Tatooine, with his old Master and a familiar young boy. As events begin to unfold, can he stop the future he knows from occuring? ✦ Lost Reflections by esama, obi-wan & ben, 30.k wip    Obi-Wan didn’t become Qui-Gon Jinn’s apprentice, and Ben didn’t exile himself to Tatooine. On Bandomeer the two meet. ✦ Threads of the Past by Magier74, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & xanatos, 37.8k    Obi-Wan and Anakin make an unexpected detour returning home from a mission. ✦ time to change the road you’re on by wreckageofstars, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & cast, 24.3k wip    The end of the Clone War is near - the fall of the Republic even nearer. Anakin Skywalker, caught up in the events that lead to the rise of the Empire and the loss of everything he holds dear, finds himself sent nearly two decades into the future. ✦ these are the good old days by QueenWithABeeThrone, han & obi-wan & anakin, 2.3k    Han Solo, after being killed by his own son, wakes up as an eight-year-old on Corellia, then runs away from home. just his luck (or the Force) that his ride crashes on a world being squabbled over by the Republic and the Separatists. just his luck (or the Force) that he runs into Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi, too. ✦ set this dance alight by QueenWithABeeThrone, obi-wan & ahsoka & han & cast, 3k wip    “And don’t call me squirt.” “You’re shorter than I am,” Tano shoots back, “I get to call you anything I like.” or: Han Solo finds the Millennium Falcon a decade or so earlier than scheduled, and Obi-wan Kenobi finds himself adjusting to his new padawan while on the job. ✦ White Rabbits by Butterfly, obi-wan/anakin & background anakin/padme & luke & leia & han & cast, NSFW, time travel, 102.5k wip    Through the Force, everything is connected. Anakin and Obi-Wan find this out first-hand. ✦ Futurus (-a -um) by cadesama, anakin/padme + obi-wan/anakin/padme + luke & leia & mon mathma & ahsoka, mildly nsfw, 53.2k wip    Cracked hyperdrive? No problem. Just hold it together with the Force. Time travel? Well. That could be a bigger problem. ✦ One Day More by CalaisKenobi, obi-wan & qui-gon & anakin & cast, 31.2k    Obi-Wan is given the opportunity to make some changes in his past. With the help of some old friends, and the hindrance of some old enemies, the Galaxy will be forever changed. ✦ Wake the Storm by bedlamsbard, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash) & cast, 75.4k    Considering that he had picked up what was probably a Sith artifact, promptly passed out in the middle of a war zone, and apparently woken up twenty years in the future with Obi-Wan having taken up residence in his head, Anakin thought he was entitled to have a few questions. ✦ Old Man Luke by scarletjedi, obi-wan & anakin & luke & cast, 10.4k wip    Obi-Wan narrowed his eyes. “Who are you?” He asked, hoping a direct question would yield answers. The old man seemed adept at side-stepping information when asked a bit more deftly. “I’ve never heard of a Master with your level of talent.” ✦ Hello From the Other Side by DarthNickels, anakin & luke & han/leia & kylo ren & piett, body swap, time travel, 16.7k wip    Kylo Ren is destined to take up the mantle of Vader. The Force can be incredibly literal. ✦ I Found You by KeeperofSeeds, obi-wan & shmi, ~1k    A pregnant Shmi makes it to the Jedi Temple and immediate seeks out and finds the boy who was (will be?) her son’s Master/brother/teacher/friend. The boy who became the man to sacrifice himself for her grandchildren. The One who shared her Visions. ✦ went back and put up a fight by springsoldier (ladydaredevil), obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka, 2k    She probably shouldn’t trust the wish-granting Sith artefact. (In which Ahsoka makes a brave attempt at hugging the Dark Side out of Anakin) ✦ Tumblr Ramblings (Obi-Wan Time Travel/AU-jump) by gaealynn, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast,    At the end of RotJ, Obi-Wan reaches out a hand to help Anakin cross over and instead – wakes up on Naboo. ✦ Hollow by JennMel, qui-gon & obi-wan & anakin & others, 5.6k    Obi-Wan has always had a secret. And Qui-Gon could not, must not, ever know. If he did, then they would never even make it to Tatooine, let alone deal with the rest to come. One perfect possible future, that’s all Obi-Wan needed to achieve…that’s all. ✦ Conversations at the Intersections of Time by Sentimental Star, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 5.2k wip    What happens when a thirteen-year-old Anakin Skywalker and his twenty-nine-year-old Master get snatched back in time, only to come face to face with a fifteen-year-old Obi-Wan…and a very much alive Qui-Gon Jinn? ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & padme, 4.9k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers. ✦ The Dark Path Lit by Sun and Stars by delicatefury, obi-wan & luke & leia & han & cast, time travel, ~4k    Obi-Wan wakes up in the middle of a space battle. Or rather he doesn’t. Regardless, a dogfight is no place for an existential crisis. ✦ TDPL Snippet - Leia and Obi-Wan by delicatefury, obi-wan & leia, 1.9k    In honor of Carrie Fisher, here’s the first Leia POV scene I wrote for The Dark Path Lit by Sun and Stars. ✦ TDPL snippet - The Padawan Discussion, round 2. by delicatefury, obi-wan & luke, 2.4k    “I know… I know I made a big deal about being a Jedi like my Father,” Luke beings. “And I’m not taking it back,” he hastens to add. “I wanted to be a Jedi at first because he was. I guess I just wanted to know him in someway. But I didn’t wanna be a Jedi like my Father, y’know?” ✦ There’s Still Time to Change the Road You’re On by victoria_p (musesfool), anakin & luke & leia, 3.6k    “Time travel? Are you kriffing kidding me?” ✦ I’ll Be There For You by SinkingLikeASunset, obi-wan/anakin/padme (eventual) & qui-gon & clones & cast, 40.7k wip    Just days after his fateful encounter with Anakin on Mustafar , Obi-Wan has resigned himself to a lonely existence on Tatooine. However, he has been granted a chance to go back and fix things. Obi-Wan must alter events and make changes as he struggles with memories of a dreadful future and deals with new developments this time around. ✦ untitled by cadesama part 1 / 2 / 3, obi-wan & anakin & leia & rey & padme & finn & poe & cast, 2.7k wip    A decade ago, Leia would have considered this a headache. Perhaps a nightmare. Now, she was mostly bemused. ✦ of deserts and droids by songstress, rey & anakin, 3.9k    Rey accidentally time-travels, and realizes that Jedi are even more weird than she had ever imagined. ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & padme, 4.9k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers. ✦ One Day More by CalaisKenobi, obi-wan & qui-gon & anakin & cast, 31.2k    Obi-Wan is given the opportunity to make some changes in his past. With the help of some old friends, and the hindrance of some old enemies, the Galaxy will be forever changed. ✦ Conversations at the Intersections of Time by Sentimental Star, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 5.2k wip    What happens when a thirteen-year-old Anakin Skywalker and his twenty-nine-year-old Master get snatched back in time, only to come face to face with a fifteen-year-old Obi-Wan…and a very much alive Qui-Gon Jinn? ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 11.2k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers. ✦ The Dark Path Lit by Sun and Stars by A_Delicate_Fury, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & luke & leia & cody & cast, time travel, 4.3k wip    After a disaster on the cosmic scale that Obi-Wan is still trying to wrap his mind around, he finds himself back in the early days of the Clone Wars, Commander Cody loyally at his side, Anakin at his back, and Sidious plotting against the Jedi at every turn. He’s been given an unasked for chance to do everything over again. And with the Force as his ally, he intends to set the galaxy on a brighter path than its current trajectory. ✦ The Reality of Change by midnight_vision, obi-wan/anakin/padme & ahsoka & cast, time travel, 66k wip    Padmé dies on Mustafar and wakes up in the past, about a year before everything falls apart. She’s determined to make sure none of it happens again, and with some help, she tries to expose Palpatine for what he really is. But even if Anakin and the Republic can be saved, that doesn’t mean the outcome will be something any of them want. ✦ From a Certain Point of View pt 1 / pt 2 / pt 3 / pt 4, obi-wan & anakin & padme & ahsoka & sidious & cast, 7.5k ✦ Tumblr Ramblings (Obi-Wan Time Travel/AU-jump) by gaealynn, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast,    At the end of RotJ, Obi-Wan reaches out a hand to help Anakin cross over and instead – wakes up on Naboo. ✦ The Fires by Driverpicksthemooseic (Ratkinzluver33), obi-wan/anakin & hinted obi-wan/anakin/padme, 4.2k    He wakes quickly and without thought, breaking through the barrier of unconsciousness to find himself face down on the floor of a starfighter. (OR, Groundhog Day. ROTS, Battle of Mustafar, Full-On Groundhog Day. Yes, I am a masochist, thank you for asking.) ✦ Where Have We Come? by soaring_heart, obi-wan & anakin, 1.9k    The first time was one of the hardest and the easiest. Obi-Wan loses at Mustafar, but instead of dying he wakes up at the dawn of the last day of the republic, doomed to repeat the worst day of his life, over and over again. ✦ All Over Again by tricksterity, obi-wan/anakin & qui-gon & shmi & cast, time travel, 27.7k wip    Obi-Wan Kenobi is sixteen years old when he collapses in the training salle to the shock of his master, Qui-Gon Jinn. When he wakes up two days later after multiple seizures and flatlining once, he remembers the Clone Wars, remembers Mustafar, remembers being cut in half by the man he loved more than anything in the universe, and he remembers Luke and Leia. ✦ Soldier, Poet, King by Glare, obi-wan/anakin & qui-gon & mace & dooku & palpatine & cast, sith!obi-wan, NSFW, 95.4k wip    Second chances are very rarely given, but the Force smiles upon two of its favorite children and returns them to a time before their actions have met their consequences. Anakin Skywalker, also known as Darth Vader, seeks redemption while Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi, disillusioned with the Jedi Order and its Code, falls to the Darkness. full details + recs under the cut!

✦ Shadows of the Future by stormqueen873, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast, 129.3k    ObiWan lost the duel on Mustafar, but instead of dying, he finds himself on a ship leaving Tatooine, with his old Master and a familiar young boy. As events begin to unfold, can he stop the future he knows from occuring?    I AM SO SAD THIS FIC IS OVER. I admit, the beginning is super fluffy and it takes awhile to get into the real tension of the piece, but when the fic delivers on the revelations, when Qui-Gon finally finds out what Obi-Wan knows, when Obi-Wan finally has to really let loose in a fight, when Anakin realizes what happened in Obi-Wan’s future, all of it is so goddamned worth the wait. I do actually enjoy the fluff of this fic, I don’t mean to indicate otherwise, because it’s adorable and necessary, where Obi-Wan just loves kidlet Anakin so much and has the experience to be more open about it this time, the maturity to better handle everything, has Qui-Gon still alive to let up on his own grief, it’s wonderful to read and soothed my heart and paved the way for the relationships being even stronger than they were.    But it’s really in the second half where this fic becomes absolutely magical, where shit finally hits the fan and revelations have to happen and the plot cannot remain the same because Obi-Wan’s not going to let things fall apart again. I absolutely could not put the fic down by that point, I was utterly engrossed and read practically the whole second half in one sitting because I kept needing to turn the page, just one more time, just one more time! The tension of how things unfold, Sidious and Maul’s plots, the Jedi Council trying to figure out what’s going on, Qui-Gon trying to figure out what the hell is up with Obi-Wan, Anakin bonding so fiercely to Obi-Wan, all of it ties together and culminates in a fine as hell epic fight scene that left me so damned satisfied.    The fic is absolutely focused on making things better, in fixing everything, but it never forgets that Obi-Wan is not who he was in the original timeline, because he’s grown, he’s healing here, but he’s still a Jedi Master who has Seen A Lot Of Shit, that the second time around is necessary to be built on top of the previous one, which is how time travel fics work best for me. Plus, this has one of my new favorites of the duel on Mustafar, when Anakin won that duel and how he won it, how you realize it shapes so much of what happens between them. And the ending! MY HEART FEELS SO MUCH BETTER AFTER THIS FIC. ✦ Lost Reflections by esama, obi-wan & ben, 30.k wip    Obi-Wan didn’t become Qui-Gon Jinn’s apprentice, and Ben didn’t exile himself to Tatooine. On Bandomeer the two meet.    Holy shit, I got sucked into this fic hard, despite that I really did not expect to. I was wary because my heart hurt at the idea of Obi-Wan never becoming a Jedi Knight, that Qui-Gon passed him over and never changed his mind, and the lack of other characters around them. But I’ve always enjoyed this author’s work whenever they write something and the fic quickly engrossed me and eventually I realized why it’s perfectly set up–it’s not about the big, epic events of the greater storyline, but it’s about Obi-Wan Kenobi. It’s set from the younger one’s POV, as a strange possible Jedi named Ben Kenobi shows up on the farming world he’s been assigned to, so you can guess at so much of what Ben’s been through, but you don’t know the specifics and it works so well for that, especially because you can feel that bone deep weariness of soul and heart, even as he still has such care in him. It’s perfectly set up because it’s interesting, the ways that they use the Force in the AgriCorps that’s different from how a Jedi Knight uses it, it’s genuinely impressive what they do and it strengths their abilities in different ways.    This isn’t a time travel fic about fixing the timeline, it’s about Ben Kenobi finding healing because he needs to find himself. It’s about slice of life moments, it’s about nothing being hurried or frantic, but about Ben doing something wholly good again and lessening the hurt of those he’s lost (especially Anakin’s fall). And, oh, it’s a fic with gorgeous characterization, I love how different these two characters are, yet they are both Obi-Wan Kenobi, that deep well of caring and strength of personality and rightness of heart, even as there are absolutely feelings of anger and bitterness that young Obi-Wan works through. And Ben is perfect, even as the fic slowly reveals the wounded parts of his character, he still the absolute epitome of a perfect Jedi, he’s always composed and refined and graceful. He’s such an incredible teacher (of course, it helps that he knows exactly what he needs), always patient and yet not without humor and finding amusement in frustrating his apprentice at times, that he is so good for younger Obi-Wan, who grows so much with this guidance. It’s not about big reveals, it’s not about greater plot machinations, but instead about the slice of life moments that build (or fix) the foundations of both of the characters. It’s a WIP, but it doesn’t really matter because everything you’re getting out of this fic is present in the chapters that have already been posted and, honestly, while I would read 100k more of this (or at least like to know the ultimate ending), it’s also entirely satisfying the way it is. I got sucked into this and read it all in one sitting just about because it’s exactly the balm my soul needed, too. ✦ Threads of the Past by Magier74, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & xanatos, 37.8k    Obi-Wan and Anakin make an unexpected detour returning home from a mission.    Another fic that I found myself getting sucked into before I knew it! It’s Obi-Wan and Anakin traveling back to just before Obi-Wan became Qui-Gon’s Padawan and of course things do not go smoothly, but in a way that ultimately winds up being really satisfying to read. I do wish there had been a bit more filling in of details (the revelation scene was sadly missed) but ultimately I don’t mind because it still gave me so many things I was here for: Anakin getting a better understanding of Obi-Wan for having seen him as a less controlled child, being kind of freaked out because if Obi-Wan dies then he won’t be there for Anakin, the getting to actually see Qui-Gon instead of placing him on an idealized pedestal, as well as Obi-Wan seeing Qui-Gon again and learning how to really work through that grief. But also beyond that the timeline changes and that means plot changes happen! Xanatos becomes more important to the grand scheme, it means Obi-Wan and Anakin are closer when Anakin’s life goes to hell, it means the events of the galaxy shift into a better gear bit by bit. It’s not a terribly long fic, but it was suitably epic in scope and utterly satisfying by the end, it balanced the bigger plot stuff with the smaller human moments (Obi-Wan helping Anakin through his mother’s death is a scene that really stuck with me) in a way that really made me happy. Another example of why I read time travel fic, god bless. ✦ time to change the road you’re on by wreckageofstars, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & cast, 24.3k wip    The end of the Clone War is near - the fall of the Republic even nearer. Anakin Skywalker, caught up in the events that lead to the rise of the Empire and the loss of everything he holds dear, finds himself sent nearly two decades into the future.    Oh, I’m terribly hooked on this fic. The first couple of chapters were just this utter struggle, like an absolute slog to get through, in exactly the way it should be, because there’s so much history and weight on these characters, that throwing Anakin forward in time to Ahsoka, before she meets Vader face to face again, but after she knows who he is, and then she sees Anakin again, practically dumped in her lap, but on the verge of falling, already so far gone that it feels next to impossible to fix all of this, even when they have the chance. It’s exhausting, but so good, especially because it’s such a difficult situation and Ahsoka handles it as best she can!    One of the things I especially loved about it is, when she finds herself in that position, she doesn’t tell the whole truth, and you can see why, that she can be upset and hurt that someone else didn’t tell her the whole truth (though, I’m not sure why she’s angry with Obi-Wan when she finds out about him, how would he even have told her?) and yet still you understand, because she’s been there herself just now, that it’s not always so easy to just tell the whole truth. And that’s one of the things about Star Wars–it’s understandable to be upset when someone doesn’t tell you these horrible things you wanted to know, but there are understandable reasons why that person didn’t. It’s not directly paralleled, but I felt like it helped further show why Obi-Wan made some of the choices he did in canon, because sometimes there are just only bad choices and you have to pick one.    But the heart of the story is about Ahsoka trying to deal with all of this, trying to reach Anakin, who really is just a mess, it’s a story about a lot of things coming out because they have the chance to fix things. It’s a story about reconnecting everyone to each other, giving them a chance they thought lost, and, oh, when they get to Obi-Wan, when he sees Anakin again for the first time, my fannish heart broke in exactly the way it was supposed to. I was practically wriggling in my seat in the build-up and it really didn’t disappoint me at all, there was just so much there, even in just a page or two. So much love and loss. So much love and loss with Ahsoka as well, so much aching sadness whenever moppet Leia is on the screen or when they talk to Bail, so much sadness and suffering in this Star Wars universe, even though there’s hope to maybe fix it. This is a bit of an exhausting fic, but that only makes me respect it more, because this is supposed to be exhausting. And I cannot wait for more of this one.    Chapter 5: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. Oh, I read this entire chapter with a heavy feeling in my chest, in exactly the way the fic was supposed to give me, that it lived up to the potential of it in all the ways I was hoping it would. Ahsoka and Anakin have found Obi-Wan on Tatooine and the entire chapter is about trying to piece together what happened, along with just how much it weighed on Obi-Wan, just how much of him died back on Mustafar. The little touches, the way Anakin is so on edge here, but then flings himself at Obi-Wan to cry on him, the way Obi-Wan brushes Anakin’s hair out of his face when he’s sleeping, the way every word about what he knows feels like it’s a heavy stone being dragged up a mountain, all of it made me feel that sheer weight of feeling, how much love and care there was there and how much it hurt when things all went bad. It’s lovely writing and does so much justice to these characters and events and the Ahsoka pov is used so well to show how worn down this version of the man she used to know is, how different Ben Kenobi is from Obi-Wan Kenobi. There’s so much hurt and anger and exhaustion here, in all the right places and it’s so good. ✦ these are the good old days by QueenWithABeeThrone, han & obi-wan & anakin, 2.3k    Han Solo, after being killed by his own son, wakes up as an eight-year-old on Corellia, then runs away from home. just his luck (or the Force) that his ride crashes on a world being squabbled over by the Republic and the Separatists. just his luck (or the Force) that he runs into Anakin Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi, too.    Oh, my god, this was such a joyful ride, I could have read it for another 100k and eaten it up like it was nothing but delicious candy, even as it’s just the right length for what it wants to achieve. It’s such a great Han voice, the right amount of “wtf” blended with “well, whatever, this is my life now, I guess” feeling, the fic does a glorious job of those reveal moments that you know are coming, when he realizes just who he’s run into, the hilarious shock of, oh, shit, it’s kriffing Vader and oh, fuck, that’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, but also they’re not really what Han was expecting, either. The whole fic is an absolute scream, I never knew how badly I needed Han Solo to be the worst time traveler ever, to interact with Anakin and Obi-Wan in hilarious ways, to have his life just entirely fucked up by these Force users. But this was super great and everyone should read it, my face hurts from grinning just remembering reading it! ✦ set this dance alight by QueenWithABeeThrone, obi-wan & ahsoka & han & cast, 3k wip    “And don’t call me squirt.” “You’re shorter than I am,” Tano shoots back, “I get to call you anything I like.” or: Han Solo finds the Millennium Falcon a decade or so earlier than scheduled, and Obi-wan Kenobi finds himself adjusting to his new padawan while on the job.    You’ll probably need to have read these are the good old days before this fic to understand it. I used to really dislike the idea of Force Sensitive Han, because not everyone has to be Force Sensitive, but he’s so cranky about things here, the idea that he’d hate so much all the things he’s good at are because of the Force, that actually seeing time traveling Han Solo be de-aged and sort of stumble into becoming Obi-Wan’s new Jedi Padawan Learner? AMAZING. This fic is just pure joy to read, as bb!Han sneaks out and gets sort of caught by Ahsoka and he’s just like three feet of pure grumpiness and old man cranky and smuggler to the core. Every time he thinks about baby Vader (aka Anakin) or has a scene with Obi-Wan or gets along with Ahsoka or misses his friends, I’m just entirely :D :D :D about it. ✦ White Rabbits by Butterfly, obi-wan/anakin & background anakin/padme & luke & leia & han & cast, NSFW, time travel, 102.5k wip    Through the Force, everything is connected. Anakin and Obi-Wan find this out first-hand.    I do have a couple of caveats about the fic–it hasn’t been updated in close to a year (but it’s also been in progress for over 10 years, so the author does keep coming back) and the beginning of the fic (probably about the first third at least?) is very much the plot moving the characters rather than the characters moving the plot, that they don’t really react to things in a way that feels organic to their own motivations, but rather where the scene wants them to go. And I do have some trouble wrapping my mind around the idea that Anakin wouldn’t be all over his kids, even as the fic gently nudges him away from them because of jealousy and then fear for Padme’s life. I mention these things because I want to encourage readers beyond them (as I always do with recs) because it’s a story that I read over the course of a couple of days and the writing is really smooth and just so nicely sailed along and it very much has a plot and does a really lovely job of balancing the five rotating character povs (Obi-Wan, Anakin, Luke, Leia, and Han), of throwing this tangle of characters together and keeping up with group scenes. The fic’s plot is absolutely intriguing and the author is taking their time with it without feeling like it was dragged out, it’s almost sort of hard to believe that it’s a fic that’s over 100k because it was just so easy to keep reading and never felt bogged down or padded out just to up the word count.    And once the fic settles into the story, as Obi-Wan and Anakin discover more and more about this future, as they’re thrown into a situation where Anakin has to face what he’s capable of (once he hears about Vader) and how the fic sort of… balances between trying to reconcile that/fix it and also just sort of avoiding it by going I WON’T DO THAT I WILL AVOID IT, which is actually a pretty perfectly Anakin Skywalker reaction. The author also knows how to write UST while still giving some resolution, that Obi-Wan and Anakin are very attracted to each other and it’s being thrown into this mind-boggling situation where Anakin desperately needs someone to help and support him, he desperately needs someone to cling onto, that seeing this future where the Jedi are gone and this horribleness is possible, that finally breaks that last hurdle and jams them together. I love that Padme may not be here, but Anakin’s love for her never is dialed down a notch, that so much of why he wants to go back is to save her, that he still loves her just as furiously and obsessively as ever, even as he loves Obi-Wan as well. And the sex scenes were lovely, the way Anakin is desperate to grind himself against Obi-Wan is lovely, as well as the brief moments where Obi-Wan’s hands slide lower down his back, not quite ghosting over the prize there, but the implication of the future, that one day he may open Anakin up and push into him is there, and just the right amount of promise of it.    But also! The later chapters are starting to get into just what all is in this world, what’s left that they might still remember, that they’re still working to uncover just what happened, both to them and to this world that may be their future. And I do love that it’s Leia who pushes for them not to change things, because they worked damn hard for this future, because they fought and bled for it, because she won’t give up this hope or gamble it away on something that might be better or might be worse, that who she is, everything that’s made her Leia Organa, could disappear, it makes perfect sense that she would try to convince them to stay, and it allows the fic the time and room to explore these characters from the past in this future. It’s a fic that’s definitely a WIP and may take a long time to update again, but I greatly enjoyed what was here and it was just so very easy to sink into and I appreciated having that over the past week! Plus several Obikin kissing scenes yes thank you! ✦ Futurus (-a -um) by cadesama, anakin/padme + obi-wan/anakin/padme + luke & leia & mon mathma & ahsoka, mildly nsfw, 53.2k wip    Cracked hyperdrive? No problem. Just hold it together with the Force. Time travel? Well. That could be a bigger problem.    I have two caveats about this fic before I begin: It’s a WIP that hasn’t been updated in about a year, so I’m not sure if it will be. But it gets enough satisfying stuff in so even though it ends on a cliffhanger, I found it absolutely worth reading! And that it’s very fast in the beginning, there’s not much time to build up suspense before the reveals are already happening. This isn’t a fic I wound up reading for the suspense or reveals by the time I got into the thick of it, this is a fic that’s about the building relationship between Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme. Previous to this fic, I’d never shipped anything but Anakin/Padme, so their relationship being strong here, being absolutely important to Anakin’s pov, while the shifting nature of his relationship with Obi-Wan is slowly changing, works for me, it eased me in at just the right pacing and made me actually really, really want it.    What the fic does the most beautifully for me, though, is how Anakin is so beloved and so special and so brilliant, but he’s also an obnoxious pain in the ass, the way Padme and Obi-Wan both love him dearly, but he’s also a dumbass, oh, that worked for me because that’s exactly it, that’s how they relate to him. The plot part of the story was interesting as well, I definitely want to know where things are going, how this will affect history, and I love love love that the PT characters were the ones thrown forward into the OT’s time, that’s where my heart really is, and this fic just completely and totally charmed the hell out of me! I especially appreciate that it gently eased me into shipping this OT3 in a way that worked for me and got me to be able to actually see it. ✦ One Day More by CalaisKenobi, obi-wan & qui-gon & anakin & cast, 31.2k    Obi-Wan is given the opportunity to make some changes in his past. With the help of some old friends, and the hindrance of some old enemies, the Galaxy will be forever changed.    I am an absolute sucker for time travel fic and it’s nice to see one that’s finished and kept fairly short! Obi-Wan is so beloved by the Force (always a way to get me to click on a fic, lbr) that he gets three chances to change different days in his life and the fic isn’t really about the lengthy details of the changed timelines, but instead more about using one or two moments in those changed times to highlight how things could have done differently. It’s really a fic about how selfless a character Obi-Wan Kenobi is, how he would never sacrifice someone else for his own gain or happiness, that’s just not who he is at all, that he will always put himself in danger before anyone else. It’s a fic about how dearly he loves the people he cares about, Qui-Gon and then Anakin later (though, the first section is lighter on Obi-Wan’s love for Anakin than I would have thought) and the ways he comes up with to save them.    It’s a fic that blends a lot of elements, the time travel/chance to redo things that I love, the explanations Obi-Wan eventually gives because suddenly you have a Jedi Master in a Padawan’s body, the emotional charge of losing those he loves again (because you know it’s not going to go right until the third time around, so the second time around with Anakin was just all the feelings place ouchies for me), and the fic floating the idea that I rather largely agree with, that Anakin does bring balance to the Force, that the Jedi Order had become stagnant and the Force wanted change, however that came about. But, ultimately, it’s a fic about giving Obi-Wan a chance at happiness without sacrificing the things Obi-Wan will always do, that saving the galaxy doesn’t have to be about those rare bigger moments, but instead it’s about the everyday joy and love for life that pulls the galaxy towards something better. And all of that was just exactly right for me, centered around Obi-Wan’s character as it was, it’s everything I want from this fandom. ✦ Wake the Storm by bedlamsbard, obi-wan & anakin (pre-slash) & cast, 75.4k    Considering that he had picked up what was probably a Sith artifact, promptly passed out in the middle of a war zone, and apparently woken up twenty years in the future with Obi-Wan having taken up residence in his head, Anakin thought he was entitled to have a few questions.    So, I pretty much sunk into this fic and didn’t come out again until I’d read the whole thing, I just absolutely couldn’t put it down! My only caveat is that, while the build-ups and suspense are stellar, you just kind of have to roll with that the fic is not as strong at reveals. The way the fic is structured, there’s a lot of “omg when will Character A find out about Character b????” that don’t necessarily happen or happen late in the fic or aren’t pieced together when they should be or aren’t dwelled on for long. I don’t think this is a huge detriment, so long as you know what you’re getting ahead of time, though, because what the fic is about (Anakin skipping around the timeline and other universes, dragging Obi-Wan along with him) is absolutely fantastic. The writing is incredibly engaging, it’s the kind where I find this far more readable than a lot of professionally published books, that the plot structure and pacing of the scenes is all rock solid for me. (Tbh, probably the only reason any caveats occur to me at all is because the fic as a whole is so well written.)    The characterization is lovely and gets at the heart of what I wanted–where Anakin experiences the destruction and tragedy that happens, his horror at it solidified by the time he finds out his connection to it, as well as his interaction with Obi-Wan is strengthened up because of what Obi-Wan has been through and how he’s seeing Anakin again and how much time he’s had to think over the events of Anakin’s future. The plot is interesting and the fic spends time with each world but doesn’t linger and there has clearly been thought given to setting all of it up, but it blends into the story perfectly, like… you know those fics you can pick up and just read and read and read because they’re so engaging and written with such good pacing that you don’t want to put it down, that even when it shifts gears, you find yourself rolling right along with it because you want to know what happens next? That’s what this fic did for me, I was so curious about where it was going next and how this was all going to affect them.    While this story itself is gen, you can tell that the story is heading towards Obi-Wan/Anakin/Padme, so it spends time building Obi-Wan/Anakin back up and shifting it to romantic instead of platonic, that it doesn’t happen here at all, but you can feel how desperately Anakin loves Obi-Wan and how Obi-Wan has been given the time to really reflect on feelings and attachment and on Anakin in general, so that I believe it. Plus, I’m a sucker for all the little touches, like Anakin sleeping on Obi-Wan or the way he touches Anakin after he goes through a tough time, it got me right in the feelings place, to go along with the intriguing greater story. I am now going to proceed to dive right into the monster sequel fic and probably roll around in my feelings some more. ✦ Old Man Luke by scarletjedi, obi-wan & anakin & luke & cast, 10.4k wip    Obi-Wan narrowed his eyes. “Who are you?” He asked, hoping a direct question would yield answers. The old man seemed adept at side-stepping information when asked a bit more deftly. “I’ve never heard of a Master with your level of talent.”    Ahhhh, I’m sorry that there’s only four chapters so far, but I totally do not regret reading this! I love time travel fics and having Luke be the one to travel back? To have him at a point where he’s so strong in the Force and then gets to see Obi-Wan and Anakin at the height of the PT Jedi’s presence? In the middle of the Clone War? It’s so intriguing and so much fun and I just tore through all of this super quickly because I couldn’t put it down. I really like this Luke characterization, he’s so thoroughly moral and good, so calm and centered, but without being a non-entity. He still has presence and reactions and feelings! But also Obi-Wan and Anakin! The bits of their friendship that are in the fic are also delightful and I’m practically champing at the bit for them to get to the big reveal about Luke, because the set-up is really good and the writing is really smooth and the characters/plot feel really solid, and I absolutely want more! I love all time travel fics, but I love them especially when they can give me something new and interesting and follow through on that potential like this one is doing. ✦ Hello From the Other Side by DarthNickels, anakin & luke & han/leia & kylo ren & piett, body swap, time travel, 16.7k wip    Kylo Ren is destined to take up the mantle of Vader. The Force can be incredibly literal.    Holy shit, this fic sucked me in hard and grabbed hold of me and I tore through all of what was available in one sitting because it was just so damn interesting. Vader and Kylo Ren swap places and times, Vader in the future, Kylo Ren in the past, and both are absolutely fascinating for all that could happen! Kylo Ren in the past, being able to “fix” Vader’s mistake at the end, the momentary weakness he had, being able to change things towards the dark side in this timeline, so interesting! But also. Oh, man, Vader in the future, finding Luke again and then seeing Leia and Han, while in the body of their son, the amount of delicate work to write that scene so exquisitely well, to keep all of them in character, especially Vader’s cold distance and Leia’s vulnerability for Ben and her fury at Vader, then the doubly difficult path of writing Vader discovering who Leia is, oh, it’s so good. It’s so painful and terrible and absolutely perfect, this Vader is spot on, this Leia is spot on, and the whole group being there and trying to figure out what the hell to do next, it’s just everything I could have possibly asked for. ✦ I Found You by KeeperofSeeds, obi-wan & shmi, ~1k    A pregnant Shmi makes it to the Jedi Temple and immediate seeks out and finds the boy who was (will be?) her son’s Master/brother/teacher/friend. The boy who became the man to sacrifice himself for her grandchildren. The One who shared her Visions.    It didn’t take long for me to fall in love with this fic, because I love love love the set-up of it and how it was done and how eager I am to know more about this universe. I love time travel fics, I love when there’s more than one person who lived the original timeline, I love the chance to do things over, I love that this fic cares how much Anakin meant to Obi-Wan, BUT ALSO SHMI SKYWALKER, who has visions of everything that was Anakin’s life. There is SO MUCH POTENTIAL here that I’m just ridiculously excited about where it could go and what it could do! ✦ went back and put up a fight by springsoldier (ladydaredevil), obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka, 2k    She probably shouldn’t trust the wish-granting Sith artefact. (In which Ahsoka makes a brave attempt at hugging the Dark Side out of Anakin)    Ahsoka time travel fic! This wasn’t long, but it was enough to get to the good stuff–Ahsoka being dumped back into the past and pretty much the first thing she does is go hug Anakin because, oh, he’s still there and I just really had a lot of feelings right along with her. I loved how hopeful and good this fic was, I love how much I believed in Ahsoka to change things, to help fix things. I loved this as a time travel fic and as a “Fuck yeah Ahsoka Tano!” fic, both were super delightful aspects. ✦ Tumblr Ramblings (Obi-Wan Time Travel/AU-jump) by gaealynn, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast,    At the end of RotJ, Obi-Wan reaches out a hand to help Anakin cross over and instead – wakes up on Naboo.    I am always willing to pick up a time travel fic, especially if it’s Obi-Wan time travelling, so I enjoyed this half-fic, half-scenario piece just for those things! And I love that this is an Obi-Wan who has suffered through so many terrible losses, the weight of that isn’t gone, but he’s still that guy who keeps getting up again, who doesn’t know how to surrender when something like this is put in front of him. And, oh, there’s a scene in the second chapter where he meets bb!Anakin again, where he knows there will be hope now, and there’s cuddling and, oh, it’s Anakin and just. I had feelings all over the place during that scene alone! ✦ Hollow by JennMel, qui-gon & obi-wan & anakin & others, 5.6k    Obi-Wan has always had a secret. And Qui-Gon could not, must not, ever know. If he did, then they would never even make it to Tatooine, let alone deal with the rest to come. One perfect possible future, that’s all Obi-Wan needed to achieve…that’s all.    I greatly enjoyed this piece, one that didn’t need to be long to do some fixing of the timeline and having an interesting concept that it pulled off nicely. I love how it changes things, offers so much hope, but without making it easy or without a lot of pain and sacrifice, which makes the potential for something better all the more well earned. ✦ Conversations at the Intersections of Time by Sentimental Star, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 5.2k wip    What happens when a thirteen-year-old Anakin Skywalker and his twenty-nine-year-old Master get snatched back in time, only to come face to face with a fifteen-year-old Obi-Wan…and a very much alive Qui-Gon Jinn?    I am entirely a sucker for time travel fics, especially ones that are about both Obi-Wan getting to see Qui-Gon again and about Anakin seeing a young Padawan Obi-Wan. The fic does drop you into the middle of things (which I’m fine with, all the sooner to get to the good stuff!) and has an epithet problem, but it has young Obi-Wan and young Anakin bonding together and talking about the adults and even if this is just two chapters (so it’s more like a snippet out of a larger story, if you want to view it that way) I had fun with it and am very glad I read it. I will always read adorable Padawans trying to figure stuff out, especially when Anakin starts to understand Obi-Wan better because of it. ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & padme, 4.9k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers.    These are two separate fics and I loved both of them dearly and would have read 100k for each of them, even as they stand well enough as snippets on their own! The first one is a time travel fic that, oh, just absolutely punched me in the feelings over Obi-Wan’s life and how much he loses post-ROTS, but also the chance he has for things to be different when he wakes up again! It’s one of those that I really would have loved more of it, but am happy with what there is, the little moments that were worked in, how much he cares deeply about Luke and Leia already, the moments he spends with Anakin and you can feel all the undercurrents there, even as they’re simple moments, the way his younger self looks at him and the determination he has that his younger self won’t have the same future as him. It might have been short, but it was a great piece for Obi-Wan! The second is an AU of ROTS, where Anakin doesn’t turn in quite the same way and so instead sneaks off at the end and the Republic is left cleaning up the mess, and this one is much more of a moment of what would be a fascinating larger AU but ahhhh it captured my imagination so well that I loved it dearly. Both are such great concepts with really neat execution that I heartily enjoyed them both. ✦ The Dark Path Lit by Sun and Stars by delicatefury, obi-wan & luke & leia & han & cast, time travel, ~4k    Obi-Wan wakes up in the middle of a space battle. Or rather he doesn’t. Regardless, a dogfight is no place for an existential crisis.    This is a collection of snippets from a longer fic (which you can find on the author’s tag for it as well) but I fell so utterly in love with it that I can’t wait for it to be written into a proper fic to be posted, because I’m a sucker for time travel fics, but also because it’s already hitting all my buttons like you wouldn’t believe. I started with this snippet, where de-aged OT trio meet a strange Jedi in a strange place and just, WHAM, like that I was totally in love, especially with the ending moments and how much they touched my heart. The writing is lovely and the scenario is intriguing as all get out and even just told in snippets as I’ve been reading, I’m already invested in all the little moments, with Luke seeing Obi-Wan again, with getting to see the Jedi temple at its height, or the quieter moments where Obi-Wan especially can finally rest for awhile during all the fighting. It’s a really lovely, delightful set of reading and I am eagerly looking forward to more of it! ✦ TDPL Snippet - Leia and Obi-Wan by delicatefury, obi-wan & leia, 1.9k    In honor of Carrie Fisher, here’s the first Leia POV scene I wrote for The Dark Path Lit by Sun and Stars.    Oh, this was such a lovely scene. I love the idea of Obi-Wan & Leia interaction, there’s only been a handful of fics that really even touch on it much at all, which is understandable, but I still love the idea of it (especially when she’s so very much Anakin’s daughter) and I absolutely adored her vulnerability here, because one of the best things about Leia’s character is that she doesn’t always have to be commanding and in charge, that she can be unsure and scared and sad. I love this moment between her and Obi-Wan, because it is easy to see how his relationship with Luke can overshadow everything else, but that this moment is entirely theirs, that context of Anakin and Padme and Luke are never forgotten, they’re still there, but this moment is wholly about Leia’s character and her relationship with him. And, oh, it was lovely to read. ✦ TDPL snippet - The Padawan Discussion, round 2. by delicatefury, obi-wan & luke, 2.4k    “I know… I know I made a big deal about being a Jedi like my Father,” Luke beings. “And I’m not taking it back,” he hastens to add. “I wanted to be a Jedi at first because he was. I guess I just wanted to know him in someway. But I didn’t wanna be a Jedi like my Father, y’know?”    I was initially wary going into this one, because I love Anakin dearly and bashing of his character usually makes me run the other way, but… this wasn’t bashing at all, it was a very gentle look at the effect his decisions and actions had on other characters, the weight that he left on Obi-Wan’s shoulders and the damage he did. I loved Anakin no less for every moment of this fic, that Luke doesn’t want to be a Jedi like Anakin was a Jedi, not in that way, that it takes nothing away from how much Luke believed in and loved his father, but that their paths are not meant to be the same. This is a Luke characterization that brought up all my Luke feelings, that I love this character so very much, how bright and shining and good he is, without losing the warmth and humanity that invests me in the character. And, oh, Obi-Wan is fantastic here as well, he is so calm and serene, but he still feels things, he still carries such a heavy weight, and it’s one he bears up under, he can handle it, but when some of that weight is taken off, when Luke connects with him, oh, my heart. This had me kind of maybe misting up a little because it was so lovely and perfect and meaningful and good. ✦ There’s Still Time to Change the Road You’re On by victoria_p (musesfool), anakin & luke & leia, 3.6k    “Time travel? Are you kriffing kidding me?”    This was totally adorable and fun, having Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker accidentally vaulted forward in time, running into Luke and Leia in the future, and it goes better than expected. I love that it’s from Anakin’s point of view, but you can still feel Luke’s incredibly excited, eager reaction and Leia’s angry, burning reaction to being face to face with this person. The first half is just really cute, fun action where they’re running away at high speed together, but then shit hits the fan because of course Anakin recognizes his own kids in this situation, in the most delightful moment of OH SHIT YOU’RE MY KIDS :D reaction and I love that they spend all of five minutes trying to protect the timeline before mistakes start happening, before little things slip through. I loved the little mentions, that Luke tells him Obi-Wan can never say it but he does love Anakin, the way Leia looks like Padme and it makes Anakin want to do whatever she says, just. This started out as such a fun thing and then became such a hopeful thing and that made it a great read. ✦ I’ll Be There For You by SinkingLikeASunset, obi-wan/anakin/padme (eventual) & qui-gon & clones & cast, 40.7k wip    Just days after his fateful encounter with Anakin on Mustafar , Obi-Wan has resigned himself to a lonely existence on Tatooine. However, he has been granted a chance to go back and fix things. Obi-Wan must alter events and make changes as he struggles with memories of a dreadful future and deals with new developments this time around.    I think I read this whole fic in just about one sitting, it was one of those that just quietly sucked me in and I found myself turning the page a little too easily and suddenly I was all caught up. It’s a bit more of a quiet sort of read than others in the genre (Obi-Wan wakes up in the past, starts changing everything), it’s a bit more low-key and a bit more slice-of-life-esque, but that contributed to how it was this solidly satisfying read for me. And it’s not that things are easy, there’s definitely a lot of pain and suffering, this is still Star Wars and it’s not like Obi-Wan can just go telling everyone what’s going to happen, so there’s struggling through trying to figure out how to change things, how to figure out what went wrong in the first place and what to do better, as well as deal with the weight of all that tragedy, as well as just how much he loves Anakin, how determined he is to save Anakin this time around, and how it’s a long road to walk, one that seems so very heavy for him, but he keeps doing it. It’s one of those fics that hits so many of the tropes of this particular fic genre and embraces them so fully that it’s just this really quietly satisfying fic to read and I’m so glad to have found it.    Chapter 1-8: I believe I’ve recommended this fic before, but it’s updated since then and I continue to enjoy it! The beginning takes a bit to get underway, but once Obi-Wan is in the past and has settled a bit, the fic shifts into gear and really engaged me. I like that it’s a fic where things aren’t really in a rush, even as they’re often tense and there’s a looming sense of things on the horizon. There’s room to breathe here, as well as some really good scenes between Obi-Wan and various people, especially Anakin, who gets frustrated that Obi-Wan won’t tell him what’s wrong, but Obi-Wan is slowly getting him to learn to trust that he’ll tell Anakin when the time is right. Not that Obi-Wan knows precisely what to do, he stumbles and is at a loss at times, but he’s still making his way carefully and is still determined to make things better this time.    But what I’m really here for is the slow development of Obi-Wan/Anakin/Padme as a threesome and how Obi-Wan/Anakin is getting so much of their communication finally worked out. Chapter seven has a nicely id-satisfying scene where much of the building confrontations finally happen, where Obi-Wan and Anakin finally really talk to each other, how Obi-Wan finally says directly what he now realizes Anakin needs to hear, how Anakin warms under that praise and affection. The fic is at its best when it’s focused on them (and Padme), when it lets me just happily roll around in the tropes that it embraces and just makes me feel all warm-hearted and content!    Chapter 9: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rater than the fic as a whole. This fic starts a bit rough in the beginning, but once the timeline starts changing and the fic settles into the more daily life stuff, it becomes really cute and charming and chapter 9 really exemplifies that for me, it was just so adorable to watch Anakin verbally flailing and tripping over himself because Obi-Wan knew about his marriage to Padme, like I would have read five chapters in a row of that, because that’s where the fic is at its best and it’s just fluffy and pure iddy fix-it and cuteness! And I’m enjoying the slow roll towards Obianidala as a pairing, that it’s been 40k of fic now and they’re just sort of getting around to it and Obi-Wan’s affection for them is very nice and both Anakin and Padme are really cute, especially when Obi-Wan is so calm and serene, because that’s how he is, while they trip over themselves trying to pretend they’re not in a relationship. But also I will apparently eat up with a spoon any time Anakin has a panic attack and Obi-Wan’s presence and guidance helps bring him back, yesss, give me that always, that’s what I’m here for! ✦ untitled by cadesama part 1 / 2 / 3, obi-wan & anakin & leia & rey & padme & finn & poe & cast, 2.7k wip    A decade ago, Leia would have considered this a headache. Perhaps a nightmare. Now, she was mostly bemused.    Oh, I am so charmed by this whole collection of ficlets, finally there is time travel fuckery that includes the TFA characters! And I am so here for Clone Wars era Anakin and Ahsoka plus TPM era Obi-Wan and Anakin and Padme ending up in the future, I’m so here for the hints of Anakin having to interact with Kylo Ren, I’m so here for there being two Future Darth Vaders lounging around their base and everyone Not Knowing What To Say about this, I’m so here for Rey’s utter “wtf” reaction to all of this bullshit, I am so here for Leia just rolling with it because she always lands on her feet no matter how weird something is, and I’m just so here for the banter and the fun of all this collection of people from different eras and what a joyful, joyful clusterfuck this is. :D ✦ of deserts and droids by songstress, rey & anakin, 3.9k    Rey accidentally time-travels, and realizes that Jedi are even more weird than she had ever imagined.    Oh, I love the tone this fic takes, it definitely is crack treated seriously, but it does it so well, it embraces and just totally rolls with the concept of Padawan Learners accidentally time traveling via the Force through meditation and is absolutely precious to see a young Anakin interacting with Rey, the way he’s so chatty and charming and adorable and complains about his life constantly but Rey can absolutely read between the lines of what he says, he’s just such a ball of energy and you instantly feel for Obi-Wan having to deal with that, but also you absolutely love the little shit because he’s got such a charisma to him, but also this is a great piece about Rey and her early days of learning to be a Jedi. And then the ending hits and, wham, I had an attack of the feelings exactly as I should and it was just. A really easy read that I immediately got pulled into, had a joyful time reading, and then was quietly devastated all over again. Just what Star Wars fic should be. ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & padme, 4.9k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers.    These are two separate fics and I loved both of them dearly and would have read 100k for each of them, even as they stand well enough as snippets on their own! The first one is a time travel fic that, oh, just absolutely punched me in the feelings over Obi-Wan’s life and how much he loses post-ROTS, but also the chance he has for things to be different when he wakes up again! It’s one of those that I really would have loved more of it, but am happy with what there is, the little moments that were worked in, how much he cares deeply about Luke and Leia already, the moments he spends with Anakin and you can feel all the undercurrents there, even as they’re simple moments, the way his younger self looks at him and the determination he has that his younger self won’t have the same future as him. It might have been short, but it was a great piece for Obi-Wan! The second is an AU of ROTS, where Anakin doesn’t turn in quite the same way and so instead sneaks off at the end and the Republic is left cleaning up the mess, and this one is much more of a moment of what would be a fascinating larger AU but ahhhh it captured my imagination so well that I loved it dearly. Both are such great concepts with really neat execution that I heartily enjoyed them both. ✦ One Day More by CalaisKenobi, obi-wan & qui-gon & anakin & cast, 31.2k    Obi-Wan is given the opportunity to make some changes in his past. With the help of some old friends, and the hindrance of some old enemies, the Galaxy will be forever changed.    I am an absolute sucker for time travel fic and it’s nice to see one that’s finished and kept fairly short! Obi-Wan is so beloved by the Force (always a way to get me to click on a fic, lbr) that he gets three chances to change different days in his life and the fic isn’t really about the lengthy details of the changed timelines, but instead more about using one or two moments in those changed times to highlight how things could have done differently. It’s really a fic about how selfless a character Obi-Wan Kenobi is, how he would never sacrifice someone else for his own gain or happiness, that’s just not who he is at all, that he will always put himself in danger before anyone else. It’s a fic about how dearly he loves the people he cares about, Qui-Gon and then Anakin later (though, the first section is lighter on Obi-Wan’s love for Anakin than I would have thought) and the ways he comes up with to save them.    It’s a fic that blends a lot of elements, the time travel/chance to redo things that I love, the explanations Obi-Wan eventually gives because suddenly you have a Jedi Master in a Padawan’s body, the emotional charge of losing those he loves again (because you know it’s not going to go right until the third time around, so the second time around with Anakin was just all the feelings place ouchies for me), and the fic floating the idea that I rather largely agree with, that Anakin does bring balance to the Force, that the Jedi Order had become stagnant and the Force wanted change, however that came about. But, ultimately, it’s a fic about giving Obi-Wan a chance at happiness without sacrificing the things Obi-Wan will always do, that saving the galaxy doesn’t have to be about those rare bigger moments, but instead it’s about the everyday joy and love for life that pulls the galaxy towards something better. And all of that was just exactly right for me, centered around Obi-Wan’s character as it was, it’s everything I want from this fandom. ✦ Conversations at the Intersections of Time by Sentimental Star, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 5.2k wip    What happens when a thirteen-year-old Anakin Skywalker and his twenty-nine-year-old Master get snatched back in time, only to come face to face with a fifteen-year-old Obi-Wan…and a very much alive Qui-Gon Jinn?    I am entirely a sucker for time travel fics, especially ones that are about both Obi-Wan getting to see Qui-Gon again and about Anakin seeing a young Padawan Obi-Wan. The fic does drop you into the middle of things (which I’m fine with, all the sooner to get to the good stuff!) and has an epithet problem, but it has young Obi-Wan and young Anakin bonding together and talking about the adults and even if this is just two chapters (so it’s more like a snippet out of a larger story, if you want to view it that way) I had fun with it and am very glad I read it. I will always read adorable Padawans trying to figure stuff out, especially when Anakin starts to understand Obi-Wan better because of it. ✦ Tumbling Star Wars by esama, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon, 11.2k    Various Star Wars snippets. Some crossovers.    I believe I’ve recommended these fics before, but on the author’s tumblr, rather than AO3, so here, have a fresh rec now that they’re up here as well, because, oh my god, these were so great. The first one is a time travel AU that I loved, the second one is a divergent timeline that I also loved, both totally worth reading! But, oh. Chapter 3 is Basilisk!Obi-Wan, where he is a giant snake instead of a Human and it’s amazing. It’s told in snippets across the span of his life, from how he first came to the Jedi Temple to his time as an Initiate to his time as a Padawan and to his time as Anakin’s Master and during the Clone Wars. There are so many incredible little moments, so many hilarious moments, so many geneuinely touching moments, so many moments of struggle and overcoming them, so many moments of just Obi-Wan being awesome, all of it is something I never knew I needed as badly as I did. I honestly just have the biggest grin on my face every time I reread even little snippets of this one, it’s so delightful. ✦ The Dark Path Lit by Sun and Stars by A_Delicate_Fury, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & luke & leia & cody & cast, time travel, 4.3k wip    After a disaster on the cosmic scale that Obi-Wan is still trying to wrap his mind around, he finds himself back in the early days of the Clone Wars, Commander Cody loyally at his side, Anakin at his back, and Sidious plotting against the Jedi at every turn. He’s been given an unasked for chance to do everything over again. And with the Force as his ally, he intends to set the galaxy on a brighter path than its current trajectory.    Chapter 1: I’ve been reading the snippets the author has been posting on tumblr and enjoying those greatly, but it’s lovely to have the first proper chapter here! And, oh, it’s one of my favorite tropes and centered around one of my favorite characters and I’m so looking forward to where this goes and how things play out, because I greatly enjoyed the way Obi-Wan found himself back in the days of the Clone Wars, that he’s both Old Ben and General Kenobi at the same time, that there’s this messy, complicated, knotted up feeling to the character in a way that’s fascinating to read about. That the Force is screaming at him to go do something, but nothing is really quite clear yet, there’s so much history and weight that’s happened, that Obi-Wan has to process gaining back everything that he’d lost without letting on that he’d lost it all, that those years of exile still were there with him, oh, I felt so much for the character in those moments. At the same time, though, OH MAN I CANNOT WAIT FOR MORE, especially to see Anakin show up because that is going to come with a whole lot of thorny feelings that will be delicious. But also Luke and Leia again!!!! I am excite!    Chapter 2: This is an update rec that will focus on the current chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. This chapter is a little slower than the previous one, it’s all about Luke, Leia, and Han trying to figure out how to get along when they’re stranded on Jakku in their younger bodies, but will read very well when the fic gets longer, as it does a lot of set-up and little bits of details about what’s going on with all of them. It’s almost sort of domestic, as Luke works on machines, Han scrounges for whatever work he can, and Leia is feeling sick and trying to struggle through it. There’s definitely a sense of Imending Things swaying above all their heads, as well as Luke definitely feels the Force tugging on him, and I spent a lot of the chapter just itching for things to happen, the exact reaction I was supposed to have, but also there’s some really cute stuff along the way! Luke and Leia being adorable sunburnt moppets! Han being the galaxy’s oldest teenager! Some really adorable trio interaction, with protective!Han and cranky!Leia and Luke trying his best but the pressure gets to him, too! A lovely chapter and I’m eagerly awaiting more. ✦ The Reality of Change by midnight_vision, obi-wan/anakin/padme & ahsoka & cast, time travel, 66k wip    Padmé dies on Mustafar and wakes up in the past, about a year before everything falls apart. She’s determined to make sure none of it happens again, and with some help, she tries to expose Palpatine for what he really is. But even if Anakin and the Republic can be saved, that doesn’t mean the outcome will be something any of them want.    I could have sworn I’d done a rec for this fic before, but I cannot find it anywhere in my files, so I’m going to assume I haven’t actually and do one fresh. I am always here for Obianidala fic and I’m always here for time travel fic, so I picked this one up and tore through pretty much all of it over the course of a few days! I do have a couple of caveats about it, the biggest being that the Jedi are used as antagonists, even against established canon (like, they’ve specifically said they don’t keep people against their will, that they wouldn’t force Anakin to stay), which can be jarring sometimes, so you gotta roll with the premise of them being villains, but when the fic is all about the domestic trio learning to figure out their relationship, the fic is at its strongest and it’s just really heart-warming and delightful. It’s a long fic, so it’s a bit of a slow burn, not in that there’s lack of resolution, but in that there’s no hurry to get there before everyone is ready, instead it’s a much more natural pace that I really enjoyed.    I love that it’s a Padme time travel fic as well, because I very rarely see one about her, especially because she doesn’t know everything that happened and it gives her a chance to work through what happened between her and Anakin on Mustafar, that she has to work through all that fear and mistrust, because this Anakin hasn’t done those things, but she has to process that they did happen, that it could have happened, and that’s something that takes quite awhile to get over. There’s also some lovely Padme & Ahsoka friendship scenes, there’s a whole lot of Padme telling people what she knows, there’s a lot of Anakin having to deal with feeling kept out of the loop, that he’s still got anger issues and isn’t emotionally stable, but Obi-Wan and Padme have better tools this time around, there’s a good amount of Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship building, and there’s a lot of satisfying fixing of the timeline, including killing Palpatine plot!    The fic is at its best when it’s about the breathing room the Obi-Wan/Anakin/Padme trio has or when they’re interacting with Ahsoka, when the story is going towards fixing things, that’s when my heart is happiest and I just really had a lot of fun reading this, especially since it was lengthy and I loved being able to tear into it and read read read for so many pages! ✦ From a Certain Point of View pt 1 / pt 2 / pt 3 / pt 4, obi-wan & anakin & padme & ahsoka & sidious & cast, 7.5k    Or, how Ben Kenobi’s boldfaced lie prevarication saved the Galaxy (but not in the way he thought it would).    This is a series of headcanon/bullet points plot elements series of posts about an AU where Luke time travels and only manages to convey half a message to his father, which winds up saving the galaxy, but not it the way you’d expect. And while I would have enjoyed a full fic of it, I found that I greatly enjoyed it as it was, it conveys the story really well and it lets the pace stay fun and upbeat, it gets to put in a lot of humor and cover what would be a long, complicated storyline. It’s very much about Everything Going Just Right (or going Just Right in a way that may not appear Just Right to the characters but ultimately is), it’s all about moving everything towards the better and fixing things, so nothing really goes wrong, and it’s satisfying for that, because sometimes I just really want all the grim heartbreak tossed out the window and for everyone to be happy and live good lives! This was a delight to read and there’s still an epilogue to go, but it was fairly lengthy for an outline and was just charming as all get out! (Also, it’s hilarious when Anakin gets all paranoid and follows Obi-Wan around like a hyper vigilant cat ready to pounce on anything that so much as twitches wrong. MY PRECIOUS DUMPSTER FIRE TURNED TOWARDS THE GOOD. ♥) ✦ Tumblr Ramblings (Obi-Wan Time Travel/AU-jump) by gaealynn, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cast,    At the end of RotJ, Obi-Wan reaches out a hand to help Anakin cross over and instead – wakes up on Naboo.    I am always willing to pick up a time travel fic, especially if it’s Obi-Wan time travelling, so I enjoyed this half-fic, half-scenario piece just for those things! And I love that this is an Obi-Wan who has suffered through so many terrible losses, the weight of that isn’t gone, but he’s still that guy who keeps getting up again, who doesn’t know how to surrender when something like this is put in front of him. And, oh, there’s a scene in the second chapter where he meets bb!Anakin again, where he knows there will be hope now, and there’s cuddling and, oh, it’s Anakin and just. I had feelings all over the place during that scene alone! ✦ The Fires by Driverpicksthemooseic (Ratkinzluver33), obi-wan/anakin & hinted obi-wan/anakin/padme, 4.2k    He wakes quickly and without thought, breaking through the barrier of unconsciousness to find himself face down on the floor of a starfighter. (OR, Groundhog Day. ROTS, Battle of Mustafar, Full-On Groundhog Day. Yes, I am a masochist, thank you for asking.)    I’m a sucker for time loop fics, so of course I was going to read this one and I love the concept of it, I love the idea of Obi-Wan living that day on Mustafar over and over, trying to figure out what he needs to do to actually change things. The fic really hits its stride for me in the second half, when Obi-Wan asks quieter questions, when things are a bit more understated, where Obi-Wan has more of that ‘still waters run deep’ feeling to him. It’s a fic that shows just how badly things have been wounded between them, that hope for them is still so small and difficult to find, but it is still there. And the use of the Mortis Arc and the ending of this, I just had a lot of feelings about them! I love time shenanigans fics and this one was a nicely satisfying one to add to the collection. ♥ ✦ Where Have We Come? by soaring_heart, obi-wan & anakin, 1.9k    The first time was one of the hardest and the easiest. Obi-Wan loses at Mustafar, but instead of dying he wakes up at the dawn of the last day of the republic, doomed to repeat the worst day of his life, over and over again.    I’ll warn ahead of time that this fic isn’t about resolution, but instead about the repetition of Obi-Wan caught in a time loop, trying to figure out how to stop it, how to solve things, and how to save Anakin. It’s a fic that really is about those two at the heart of it, that Obi-Wan has to live this day over and over, that he tries so many things to save Anakin, to understand him, to help him, to just steal him away, to die with him, to be caught up with him. It’s a bittersweet, ouchy fic, it never stops hurting, how deeply Obi-Wan loves him and how many tragic turns their lives take in these moments, how many different ways things can go wrong or just not quite right. And that’s what really works for me here, even if it’s not really solved, the foundation is there, the love between them is there, the sheer amount of how important Anakin is in Obi-Wan’s life and vice versa is there. ✦ All Over Again by tricksterity, obi-wan/anakin & qui-gon & shmi & cast, time travel, 27.7k wip    Obi-Wan Kenobi is sixteen years old when he collapses in the training salle to the shock of his master, Qui-Gon Jinn. When he wakes up two days later after multiple seizures and flatlining once, he remembers the Clone Wars, remembers Mustafar, remembers being cut in half by the man he loved more than anything in the universe, and he remembers Luke and Leia.    Oh, this is another fic that I am already just completely g o n e on, where I don’t really know if Obi-Wan traveled back in time or if he really just lived through something that’s not quite a vision of the future, but it doesn’t really matter because he’s got a second chance at this and the fic is doing a really lovely job of showing the weight of what he’s been through, just how much of a toll it’s taken on him and that the cost of it isn’t light at all, but that there’s hope for the future, that things are getting better again, that it’s an uphill battle but one that’s worth climbing again. While it’s painful for me to only have two chapters (at the time of this rec), I already appreciate the pacing, I love that there’s already some great stuff here, despite that Anakin hasn’t even made an appearance yet. Obi-Wan is dealing with the sheer shock of being back here again, the almost father-like relationship he has with Qui-Gon is meaningful, especially when you realize that so much of their time together hasn’t happened yet, Obi-Wan is only sixteen here, but there’s a trust and affection already there. And that Qui-Gon’s going to miss out on those years is actually really sad, especially when this Obi-Wan is so damaged in his soul, but there’s also something just… really hopeful about where all of this is going, what can be saved, that I am ALL FOR.    The fic is pleasing on an iddy level (Jedi Master level Obi-Wan in a 16 year old’s body again! time travel fic is my favorite!) but also genuinely well written, the pacing is great in that it doesn’t skip over the reactions that need room to breathe before the full plot kicks in, it’s interesting to watch Obi-Wan walk through the Temple again, to watch him talk to Qui-Gon about what’s happened to him, to watch him talk to the Council about what he can/can’t say and the fic makes sure to put those down, making it stronger in the end. Despite that I just want him to hop on a starship and fly out to Tatooine and pick up that little brat already! But the mentions of Anakin, how he’s never too far from Obi-Wan’s thoughts, the way he’s such a central point in all of this even before he’s appeared, it’s all really, really well-written and so very good for me already.    Chapter 3: I tried to wait before doing another rec, but I’m already invested and I don’t think I could wait a week until the next one. This chapter is more of Obi-Wan settling back into his life, while everyone around him adjusts to how much he’s changed, how he’s a Jedi Master in his sixteen year old body, that he was a High Council member, and that he’s going to go pick up a Force-sensitive child in the Outer Rim and he’s definitely not asking. It’s just so exciting and satisfying, especially because it’s building up to the reunion between Obi-Wan and Anakin, I love it because I briefly felt saddened for Qui-Gon, who is going to lose out on those years with Obi-Wan, but then he’s just quietly happy about the new defiance in the face of the Council that Obi-Wan has, and I love Obi-Wan thinking about Anakin, what he can do this time around, and there’s so much hope for the future and it just makes me all the happier to read this fic, it’s already given me a lot of satisfying things and it hasn’t even gotten to the reunion proper yet!    Chapter 4: I am still so hooked on this fic, you don’t even know. It’s so many of the tropes I love–Obi-Wan time travel tropes, especially!–done in ways that are both genuinely delightful and sparkling, but also entirely satisfying to my id. It’s one of those fics where I was a little wary about the build-up to the Obi-Wan/Anakin reunion, because it’s such a central part of the story, but once I got there it’s probably been the most satisfying one I’ve read yet, all the more so for how I had this moment of absolute joy at how much it echoed my own thoughts/feelings/wants about how such a reunion would go! It’s one of those that I respect on a technical level and how I just absolutely reveled in Obi-Wan hugging the crap out of this person he so loves, the way they were so wrapped up in each other in that reunion, the way the rest of the world practically fell away, the way I could feel how these two meant everything to each other in those moments. The way that there is such emotion there and it’s so openly displayed in a way that worked for me, even with Obi-Wan, because of how it took awhile to build up to this, how it was a reunion that had such depth of feeling that I could feel on both sides, from both of them, and because of how Obi-Wan has a chance to fix all of it, of course he’s going to go full-tilt, because this is Anakin. It was so goddamned good for me and I was practically floating away after reading that chapter and I am super, super excited about the rest of the fic. Because I enjoyed the build-up to the reunion, with Obi-Wan as a Jedi Master in his sixteen year old self, enjoyed the sense of how he was going to fix everything he could, how his relationship with Qui-Gon was so meaningful and healing, but, oh, man, that reunion was where it was at for me, because, oh, for Obi-Wan it’s always Anakin.    Chapter 5: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. The previous chapter to this one was all about the reunion of Obi-Wan and Anakin, so the pitfall to avoid was feeling like a drop in the excitement after that, but this fic avoided that trap neatly by having Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon meet Shmi and having Anakin practically clinging to Obi-Wan like a limpet in a way that was absolutely perfect, the little touches, the way they can have a conversation about what all of this means, the way the words are largely calm and considered, but there’s this undercurrent of just how intensely these two love each other, the way Anakin has no restraint on wanting to physically touch the person who means so much to him, the way Obi-Wan returns those touches in a more understated but just as deeply true way, all of it is so satisfying and exactly why I keep reading time travel AU fic.    Not that it’s all sweetness and light, there are still heavier things in the undercurrents, because what they went through meant something, there are still lingering effects and even moments where they come roaring back for awhile. The overall tone is one that’s going towards mending these things, but it’s all the more satisfying that they’re still there, that the story has weight, that it gives further context to the times where Anakin throws his arms around Obi-Wan’s neck or firmly situates himself in Obi-Wan’s lap and refuses to move or when Obi-Wan kisses the crown of Anakin’s head or stays by his bedside when Anakin needs him. I practically just wrapped myself up in this chapter and let out a satisfied sigh when I finished reading it, it’s everything these tropes/genre of fic should be.    Chapter 6: This is an update rec, so it will focus on the current chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. This was another chapter that was just good for my soul, where the group gets back to Coruscant and Anakin sees the Jedi Temple again for the first time, where it’s all about the connection between him and Obi-Wan, where it’s so much stronger this time around after everything they’ve been through and this chance at a fresh start, to do everything better this time. So there’s lots of little touches, lots of little kisses to the tops of heads or hugs or gentle brushes of a hand on the back of Anakin’s neck, little things that aren’t about anything more than comfort and intimacy. While all the bad stuff that happened isn’t forgotten, it’s still there under the surface and pops up in nightmares and lingering thoughts, this is a chapter that’s all about introducing Anakin to the Jedi in happier, more reassured circumstances, so his anger and fear are so much lessened, that he’s a much happier person this time around.    There’s also so much adorable here, with Anakin’s half-memories, that sometimes they’re just impressions, enough that he vaguely remembers them without the same baggage that came before, and that further contributes to the sense of warm and hope here. Yet again, this is one of those fics where I’m practically champing at the bit to get the next chapter and read it as soon as it’s posted, because I am just so delighted by and warmed by all of it, that it doesn’t have to be 100% fluffy to make me feel good and hopeful about their futures again. ✦ Soldier, Poet, King by Glare, obi-wan/anakin & qui-gon & mace & dooku & palpatine & cast, sith!obi-wan, NSFW, 95.4k wip    Second chances are very rarely given, but the Force smiles upon two of its favorite children and returns them to a time before their actions have met their consequences. Anakin Skywalker, also known as Darth Vader, seeks redemption while Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi, disillusioned with the Jedi Order and its Code, falls to the Darkness.    Rec #1: I very badly just want to vomit my feelings up everywhever for this fic because I love it more and more with every chapter that’s put out, it’s just so interesting and is doing so many things I love! Time travel fuckery with Obi-Wan and Anakin! Sith!Anakin traveling back to the past, his motives not entirely clear just yet, but he’s got something in mind and he’s adorable and charming and sort of clear-headed again, sort of not, but his interaction with Padawan!Obi-Wan is delightful! And then Sith!Ben hiding in the shadows and watching over all of this, you know he’s going to start some shit eventually and when he does, it’s not long (not so far, not with only 4 chapters as of the time of this rec) but it’s so satisfying, even just seeing Anakin’s reaction from Padawan!Obi-Wan’s eyes! Who is totally confused about what the hell is going on here. And it’s just. It’s this glorious tangle of various versions of these characters all in the same timeline and both the building up towards reveals and the beginnings of the reveals starting to happen and my satisfaction at yet another Sith!Obi-Wan fic that works for me and finally a time traveling Anakin fic that works for me and just–! I’m having a little trouble writing a coherent rec for this one.    Because I delight in just what this author is doing, the way Sith!Ben is dangerous and powerful and has unleashed himself, the way Anakin feels a bit more settled but still is a little out of his mind, the way I love everyone here and the writing is so charming and the plot has absolutely caught my attention, I want to know what’s going on with the Sith holocron, I want to know what’s going to happen with Anakin, I want to know what Sith!Ben’s plans are, I loved the scene where he (sort of) showed himself and proceeded to knock Anakin on his ass (physically and emotionally! my favorite thing!! I love when smug Anakin gets knocked back down, so good for me, especially when it’s done with such care, in its own way), I love how well he knows certain things about Anakin, I love the mentions of the bond being back in place between them, and just. So many things. I am completely useless at writing a rec here because I’m just having way too much fun with it.    Rec #2: I cannot tell you how in love with this fic I am, how much I love what it’s doing on both a plot level and an id-pleasing level. The fic first got me with these little moments of Ben (older Sith!Obi-Wan) and the way he would crowd into Anakin’s space, the way he would touch Anakin, the way he would run a hand down Anakin’s back or shove him up against the wall when he was getting out of control, there was this quiet but powerful intimacy between them, both dangerous and something very genuine there. It’s so incredibly good, the way Anakin curls up against Ben’s side or wriggles onto his lap, the way he so very much wants affection from his once-again-Master, the way Ben knows this after all they’ve been through together and the lives they’ve lived and this second chance, the way he absolutely is manipulative and much more iron-handed than he was before, but some part of Anakin feeds on that. It’s so well written and there’s such charm and sparkle to the writing, it’s that sweet spot between just exactly what my id wants and the more rational part of me that is impressed with the world-building and plotting and character motivations, that I legitimately respect the fic. It’s such a great example of what Obi-Wan would be like if freed from the restraints he puts on himself as a Jedi–he has power, sure, but it’s also such intelligence and insight, such lethality and being predatory in all the right moments, the way you really, really understand how Obi-Wan is dangerous when he puts all of his skills to less noble purposes.    And the plot is good, it’s a great cast of different versions of the characters, the older versions having been dumped back in time and are running around to fix things in their own way, including a time out to go free the slaves on Tatooine and, of course, have more run-ins with the Jedi. I love that there are light saber battles, I love that they’re not just idling around, they’re doing stuff, moving the pieces around from the shadows, in addition to their complicated relationship developing further. I am H O O K E D on this fic and it’s honestly one of the most satisfying I’ve read in the fandom yet, it’s one of those that I pretty much drop everything else to go read when there’s a new chapter, it’s one that I’m torn between tripping over myself to read everything as fast as I can because I want more and forcing myself to go slower becaus I want to savor it, it’s one of those that I never want to end, but also I want all of it to be able to read everything right now. I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve read from this author but, oh, this one is special.    Chapter –>21: I’ve written a couple of recs for this fic as a whole before, but I forget which chapter I left off on, so this rec will focus on the later chapters (up to 21, which is the most recent at the time of this rec). This fic continues to be one of my absolute favorites in the fandom, it’s combining two of my favorite tropes–time travel! Sith!Obi-Wan!–and writing something really long and satisfying out of it. I admit, I wish I had all of the fic at my fingertips to read, it’s one where I think it benefits from having a bunch to read at once (which is why it’s a good time to jump in now, because there’s been a really good amount of events happening + lots of the fun stuff has happened/there’s been at least some resolution on the Obi-Wan/Anakin front), but at the same time I absolutely am enjoying the regular updates and being able to read each chapter as it comes out, it makes for a very satisfying, lengthy experience with the fic! Especially when there’s plot stuff I’m so curious to see how it’s going while the character stuff isn’t totally settled (not by a long shot!) but has enough resolution that I’m not frustrated. That can be a difficult balance to achieve, to keep a reader invested without feeling like nothing’s going anywhere–but this fic finds that line for me, that Obi-Wan and Anakin do finally cross over the line they’ve been edging towards, they do finally bang and step over into having an actual relationship, but all the shenanigans with Padawan!Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon and the timeline that they’re fucking around with are still up in the air.    There was a chapter where Qui-Gon met Ben through the Force in their mindscape, where the fic does this delicious job of getting teasingly close to the “current” day characters figuring out just who these two Sith Lords are, while at the same time, Anakin is just a total clingy mess that shows up in the form of a goddamned huge dragon and I was just. Oh, man, that was kind of amazing for me, because it’s the perfect thing for Anakin–all this tremendous power and presence and, at the same time, like he’s metaphorically tugging on Obi-Wan’s robe and curling up against his side because he’s a needy brat. And then! Masquerade ball! Which is such a lovely metaphor for the characters’ way of hiding–that it’s obvious who they are, if you really look. The reader can feel how close Qui-Gon and Padawan!Obi-Wan are to putting two and two together (or, really, being willing to put two and two together because it’s a hard thing to accept), while still understanding how they could keep from seeing the truth at this point.    I’m just really invested in this fic and it’s so pleasing to my iddy wants while also being genuinely well-written and has great writing/pacing and I just really want to shove it at everyone to make them read it and revel in how satisfying the whole thing is!    Chapters 22-23: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters rather than the fic as a whole. I should probably try to wait until there’s at least three or four chapters to the fic when I write an update rec, but I’m weak and I love this fic so much. Especially when shit is really starting to hit the fan now, when things are coming to something of a head, where the identities of these two new Sith Lords will be revealed and, in fact, more than one person has put it together already. The scenes where we finally get to see some reactions are worth the wait, even as my heart quailed a bit because, no, I just want everyone to be happy! But I really loved the use of Dooku in chapter 22 and I loved the entire masquerade on Alderaan and I really love how eager I am for every new chapter, that I’m just as invested in the plot shenanigans as I am with the Obikin shenanigans. The author really has mastered the sense of how these characters can be so interesting and charming when unmoored from their morals for various reasons, how these can be darker versions of the characters, but so charismatic and charming, even with all their sharp edges.    And, oh, chapter 23 was so good for me, I love how much anger there is in Ben and how there’s a really great line: “No,” Ben says with a bitter chuckle. “Obi-Wan Kenobi died with his padawan twenty years ago. I’m… what remained, I suppose.” and how it hurts just as much as Owen’s line about how Obi-Wan Kenobi died around the same time Luke’s father did, without feeling like being a retread. And Mace Windu was fantastic in this chapter, I love that he felt very much like a Jedi here, I recognized this character from the canon, and I love that he’s not necessarily on Ben’s side, but that he’s calmly trying to understand what’s going on here. All of this is just sucking me in and it’s so alluring and promising and every chapter makes me want the next one (is Anakin okay?? Ben’s absolute refusal to even consider the idea that he’d be dead got me in the feelings place! and the reveal was so satisfying! but now I want the Ben/Anakin reunion–!!) in exactly the way a good fic should.    Chapters 24-25: This is an update rec, so it will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. There will also likely be some spoilers for the fic by this point. I’m definitely still really in love with this fic and I think what really got me with these two chapters is that I was just so thrilled to see a Mace Windu that I recognized! He doesn’t have to be perfect, but he’s trying, he genuinely wants to understand, and that may not let him trust Ben any more than anyone else, but he’s a Jedi and he’s genuinely trying to do what’s best and is trying to look out for young Obi-Wan Kenobi. Qui-Gon provides more of the emotional drama here, reacting very badly (so that Master Tholme can read him the riot act about it) and I can’t say I mind too much because, yeah, sometimes I’m kind of grumpy about Qui-Gon’s actions. Ultimately, I think he’s still meant to be a good person, just that he gets blinded by his emotions and that tends to fuck over the people around him, so I can’t say I minded him getting yelled at for awhile.    Though, honestly, chapter 25 was my favorite of the two, because I love love love the imagery of Ben/Anakin’s shared mental space, the overlap between the two of them and what it says about what haunts each of them, as well as the super satisfying sense of, yes, reveal time! Mace getting a bit more context, actually seeing what made Ben and Anakin into the people they are, being metaphorically knocked on his ass from it, yesss, that’s what I read Secret Identities fic for! And I love that it was with Mace, I love that I felt for him, even as my heart was with the other two assholes who are entirely wrapped up in each other, like, yes, this is catnip for me, bless.    Chapter 26-28: This is an update rec and so will focus on these chapters rather than the fic as a whole. This also means there will be spoilers by this point–more generalized recs can be found on previous rec lists! These three chapters are largely about the time that Ben and Anakin spend apart after events force them to separate, where Ben has been dealing with being caught by the Jedi, and Anakin is… well, Anakin about his missing Master and how badly he needs him to come back. It’s satisfying on a plotful level, because things continue to move and happen, events occur and so I enjoy this on a respecting-the-writing kind of level, but also. Oh, man, Anakin being a disaster without his Master, that there’s still the lingering threat of that he would do terrible things to keep from losing anyone (and why wouldn’t he? it’s not like that much has really changed on an emotional level for him since the end of his life last time), that it’s not just a vague and distant threat, but a very present and real one, while also Anakin is just a disaster, he’s a walking bottomless pit of need because Obi-Wan Kenobi isn’t there to sit him back down and keep him together. It’s so good for my id!    But it’s also that there’s a flashback scene and a moment of reveal, where Anakin’s memories are used to have a dramatic confrontation about just who he and Ben really are and I ate it up because, look, if you’re going to have identity porn in your fic, you need to have satisfying reveal scenes and I thoroughly enjoyed the method of how this one came about! I get adorable flashbacks and satisfying reveals! BUT ALSO. Oh, man, Ben has his own reveal-slash-confrontation to handle, that simmering anger under the surface that makes perfect sense with this person he’s dealing with, what this person did to Anakin, the one he loves more than anything, yet also the utter trust and assurance Ben has when it comes to knowing Anakin is his. The Soft Sith dynamic is like goddamned catnip to me, especially when so well written and with such charm and that certain quality that keeps me engaged in every chapter like you wouldn’t believe. Chapter 28 was really, really good for me and I loved it because it was so great at showing (instead of telling!) that Ben was choosing to be confrontational and crude in a deliberate way, because Obi-Wan would, he knows how to direct interactions like that and everything that it said about him was great. It’s just. So goddamned good, satisfying, and charming, I cannot even convey it with words.    Chapter 29: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. This is a chapter that has a lot of satisfying things happening in it and why I’m okay with reading it as a wip, because not everything is resolved, but things happen and there’s some resolution for some of the things, just enough to keep the right pace for the story. By which I mean, Ben and Anakin finally meet again and it’s super fun, as well as we get more aftermath of a big reveal (big reveals are fun, but they’re at their most satisfying when you get to spend some time with the reactions and aftermath of them, as we do with Ben and the people who know about him now!), as well as… there’s a line that Ben says in this chapter that really stuck out for me:“The last time Anakin was given the liberty of choice, he walked himself into Sidious’ arms and razed the Jedi Temple to the ground. He understands that it is in everyone’s best interest that look to me for guidance.”    I love this line because it’s such a good bit of context for Ben and Anakin’s relationship, the way it’s both unhealthy and the best choice for them, that they’re co-dependent in a way that makes Anakin especially more stable and it’s what Ben wants, they fit together like this, and it’s just really, really id-pleasing. These characters, especially these versions, are better off when they’re in this dynamic, when Anakin turns to Obi-Wan for guidance (as Anakin has always wanted an ultimate leader to follow), but also just: yes, thank you, that pleases me. *__* This chapter also has some deeply satisfying reunion moments, especially right in front of the Jedi High Council, like it’s fun and used to show exactly where these characters are at in their lives, what they do/don’t care about and, of course, a bomb dropped at the end that makes me practically champ at the bit for the next chapter, exactly as it should.    Chapter 30: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter rather than the fic as a whole. Should I have waited until there was another chapter for an update rec? Ehh, probably. But I also don’t care. Because it’s a bit of a breather chapter after the previous one, it’s dealing with the aftermath of events that happened recently and it’s really satisfying–for both versions of the characters. Stepping carefully around spoilers, what happens with Padawan!Obi-Wan left me all excited and bouncing because I’d wondered and I loved the conversation with Plo Koon and how this chapter left off with this Obi-Wan, what it could mean for his future, because oh man yes do want! But also the future version of Ben and the downtime he has with Anakin, how it’s nice to have a chapter where they spend time together without any other pressing concerns in the very immediate future, as well as some really lovely, delicious shower sex.    Where it’s just the two of them and Anakin whining for more so Ben opens him slowly and carefully before sliding into Anakin, who needs this, you feel how much he needs that connection again, rather than the fic telling you about it. That Ben has a moment of actually allowing himself something nice, to be pressed inside this person he loves so much, to have Anakin back after everything they’ve both been through, how it leads up to telling Anakin he loves him, because it’s one thing for us all to know it, but to read the words is so satisfying, right along with the lovely sex, that Anakin is safe in his arms again, trusts him again, listens to him again, wants more of him again. That they’ve found this balance, right exactly like this, and it just really made me happy in my soul for all the characters.

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Sometimes you just want a nice, long novel-length (or thereabouts) STAR WARS fic to sink into, maybe you’re going on a long car ride or maybe you’re visiting family without regular internet or maybe you just want some kissing to happen in that novel-length fic! I mean, canon is amazing and wonderful, but sometimes you want to pick up something and have the undercurrents finally rise to the surface, so here are some of my favorite Obikin and Obianidala novel length fics! (Last Updated: 2017.05.17) ✦ wicked thing by imaginarykat, obi-wan/anakin & ventress & dooku & ahsoka & cast, 97.3k wip    There are rumours of yet another Sith Lord hiding among the Separatists. The Council sends Anakin to investigate. Anakin has a bad feeling about this. ✦ Ouroboros by bedlamsbard, obi-wan/anakin/padme & cast, time travel, 458k wip    Considering that he had picked up what was probably a Sith artifact, promptly passed out in the middle of a war zone, and apparently woken up twenty years in the future with Obi-Wan having taken up residence in his head, Anakin thought he was entitled to have a few questions. ✦ Seed by bell (bellaboo), obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme, NSFW, 44k    When Anakin falls prey to a lethal poison, Obi-Wan has no choice but use all his resources to heal him– no matter how reluctant he is in administering the antidote. ✦ Soldier, Poet, King by Glare, obi-wan/anakin & qui-gon & dooku & mace & cast, NSFW, sith!obi-wan, time travel, 101.5k wip    Second chances are very rarely given, but the Force smiles upon two of its favorite children and returns them to a time before their actions have met their consequences. ✦ Negotiation by Glare, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka & bail & cast, NSFW, modern au, serial killer au, dark themes, dark!obi-wan, 73.7k wip    Over a year ago, Coruscant Police Detective Anakin Skywalker vanished without a trace while hunting the prolific serial killer known within the media as “The Negotiator”. ✦ flowers for a ghost by QueenWithABeeThrone, obi-wan/anakin & cast, modern au (sort of), 42.2k    Anakin Skywalker’s had a rough go of it, from being imprisoned to losing his hand to remembering an entire past life. He’s only looking for a place to stay the night when he comes to Obi-wan’s doorstep. ✦ The World Undone by lilyconrad, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka & maul & cast, nsfw, sith!obi-wan, 143.3k    Anakin Skywalker, proud symbol of the strength and purity of the Jedi Order, is the target of a strange and handsome Sith named Obi-Wan, whose only goal seems to be pulling Skywalker down into the dark with him. ✦ you knock me out, i fall apart by blackalien, obi-wan/anakin/padme & han/luke/leia & ahsoka & cast, 64.8k wip    ( aka: the one where anakin was a sith lord for literally an hour, everyone is alive, and they’re actually happy ) ✦ World Come Undone by crazyundeadfairy, obi-wan/anakin (maybe?) & luke, 68.3k wip    Unexpected things happen when ObiWan takes Luke to Tatooine. ✦ Futurus (-a -um) by cadesama, obi-wan/anakin/padme & cast, time travel, 60.8k wip    Cracked hyperdrive? No problem. Just hold it together with the Force. Time travel? Well. That could be a bigger problem. ✦ Clarity by anecdotalist, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme & cast, 73.7k wip    Anakin’s jealousy leads to the start of something new between him and Obi-Wan and a lot of frank discussions about things they should have talked about but didn’t in canon. ✦ White Rabbits by Butterfly, obi-wan/anakin & luke & leia & han & cast, NSFW, time travel, 102.5k wip    Through the Force, everything is connected. Anakin and Obi-Wan find this out first-hand. ✦ The Reality of Change by midnight_vision, obi-wan/anakin/padme & ahsoka, time travel, 185.1k    Padmé dies on Mustafar and wakes up in the past, about a year before everything falls apart. She’s determined to make sure none of it happens again, and with some help, she tries to expose Palpatine for what he really is. But even if Anakin and the Republic can be saved, that doesn’t mean life will be easy. ✦ Sigh No More by edenwolfie, obi-wan/anakin/padme & ahsoka & luke & leia & cast, 158.2k wip    Anakin makes slightly better choices, Obi-Wan is a Mess™ and Padmé deserves none of this. AU from Mustafar onward with liberal manipulation of canon to culminate in some angsty, fluffy, domestic fix-it because we all deserve better. full details + recs under the cut!

✦ wicked thing by imaginarykat, obi-wan/anakin & ventress & dooku & ahsoka & cast, 97.3k wip    There are rumours of yet another Sith Lord hiding among the Separatists. The Council sends Anakin to investigate. Anakin has a bad feeling about this.    I’ve done several recs for this fic, which are collated on this post, but am writing a new one to encompass the entire fic rather than piecemeal, so those that are new to this fic will have a better one to hopefully encourage them to read it! This is another fic I’ve been reading pretty much since the beginning and would immediately read it as soon as a new chapter dropped and will have a tough time writing a coherent rec for it–there’s a reason it’s so massively popular in the fandom, because the writing is absolute joy to read, that it’s almost 100k of Anakin’s point of view where he’s a completely #Relatable emotional mess, in that sort of hilarious and utterly engaging way. It combines that with the just as delightful Soft Sith aesthetic/dynamic that is so, so much fun with these characters and writes an Obi-Wan Kenobi who is charming and charismatic, but so much more dangerous, where he’s so much more selfish and all that insight and precision and lethality to him are turned to much more dangerous avenues.    The fic sparked a ton of trends in fandom (especially helping to popularize Soft Sith!Obi-Wan, for which I am forever grateful) and, once you start reading, it’s easy to see why, there’s just something to this fic that is really special, it’s an Obi-Wan/Anakin fic, but the kind that I would recommend to anyone who is one the fence about them, the kind of fic that draws new fans into the pairing, the kind of fic that may not be their canon selves, but keeps enough of their dynamic and is just plain ridiculously hot and delicious, that it hits all the right buttons for the ship. There is still Anakin being so tremendously strong in the Force, but such an utter disaster in his personal life. There’s Obi-Wan who makes things seem easy, but has worked incredibly hard to get where he is. There’s Anakin being absolutely and completely turned around and confused and not knowing which way is up, really wanting someone to follow, and Obi-Wan who may not tell him everything, who may be kind of manipulative, but there’s such a solid foundation of genuine care there. All of this is balanced together so well and then written with a plot and an incredibly deft hand, so that every single scene sparkles and draws the reader in. It’s that Obikin fic that I will go, “Here, read this if you’re thinking about getting into the pairing.” because I think it does the groundwork for showing what a fun pairing they can be, while also just being a scream of a fic. ✦ Ouroboros by bedlamsbard, obi-wan/anakin/padme & cast, time travel, 458k wip    Considering that he had picked up what was probably a Sith artifact, promptly passed out in the middle of a war zone, and apparently woken up twenty years in the future with Obi-Wan having taken up residence in his head, Anakin thought he was entitled to have a few questions.    Wake the Storm: So, I pretty much sunk into this fic and didn’t come out again until I’d read the whole thing, I just absolutely couldn’t put it down! My only caveat is that, while the build-ups and suspense are stellar, you just kind of have to roll with that the fic is not as strong at reveals. The way the fic is structured, there’s a lot of “omg when will Character A find out about Character b????” that don’t necessarily happen or happen late in the fic or aren’t pieced together when they should be or aren’t dwelled on for long. I don’t think this is a huge detriment, so long as you know what you’re getting ahead of time, though, because what the fic is about (Anakin skipping around the timeline and other universes, dragging Obi-Wan along with him) is absolutely fantastic. The writing is incredibly engaging, it’s the kind where I find this far more readable than a lot of professionally published books, that the plot structure and pacing of the scenes is all rock solid for me. (Tbh, probably the only reason any caveats occur to me at all is because the fic as a whole is so well written.)    The characterization is lovely and gets at the heart of what I wanted–where Anakin experiences the destruction and tragedy that happens, his horror at it solidified by the time he finds out his connection to it, as well as his interaction with Obi-Wan is strengthened up because of what Obi-Wan has been through and how he’s seeing Anakin again and how much time he’s had to think over the events of Anakin’s future. The plot is interesting and the fic spends time with each world but doesn’t linger and there has clearly been thought given to setting all of it up, but it blends into the story perfectly, like… you know those fics you can pick up and just read and read and read because they’re so engaging and written with such good pacing that you don’t want to put it down, that even when it shifts gears, you find yourself rolling right along with it because you want to know what happens next? That’s what this fic did for me, I was so curious about where it was going next and how this was all going to affect them.    While this story itself is gen, you can tell that the story is heading towards Obi-Wan/Anakin/Padme, so it spends time building Obi-Wan/Anakin back up and shifting it to romantic instead of platonic, that it doesn’t happen here at all, but you can feel how desperately Anakin loves Obi-Wan and how Obi-Wan has been given the time to really reflect on feelings and attachment and on Anakin in general, so that I believe it. Plus, I’m a sucker for all the little touches, like Anakin sleeping on Obi-Wan or the way he touches Anakin after he goes through a tough time, it got me right in the feelings place, to go along with the intriguing greater story. I am now going to proceed to dive right into the monster sequel fic and probably roll around in my feelings some more.    Queen’s Gambit: I haven’t yet finished Queen’s Gambit, but I’m including it on this list because I enjoyed the first fic a lot and I think I can safely recommend the sequel already. ♥ ✦ Seed by bell (bellaboo), obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme, NSFW, 44k    When Anakin falls prey to a lethal poison, Obi-Wan has no choice but use all his resources to heal him– no matter how reluctant he is in administering the antidote.    I love how this fic started out as an excuse for fuck-or-die blowjobs, but then went and developed feelings and an actual plot. That is my favorite kind of thing! But what really gets me about this fic is that everything is so carefully considered and given so much thought, that the miscommunication between Obi-Wan and Anakin takes so long to resolve (but without being dragged out too long just for the sake of drama or padding the fic) is central to the story and such care is given to show how these two characters misunderstand each other and why they clash and things so often go off kilter with them. The entire point of showcasing that miscommunication is to nudge the characters into a situation where they have to face it and actually work to resolve it. This is not a smooth path, especially not with feelings being brought to the surface, that both characters have to work through.    Obi-Wan meditates and tries not to burden Anakin with his feelings and balance being a Jedi with what the heart of the man wants, which works so well because Obi-Wan has never been about denial of feelings, but instead about letting them go, about accepting them and releasing them because he has another path that he’s chosen to walk. So what happens when he finds that these surfaced feelings are stronger than he intended and he doesn’t want to let them go? The fic works hard to bring him to a fork in the road where he has to choose one path or the other, that both are important roads for him, and the choice is legitimately difficult. It takes care to show that Obi-Wan isn’t perfect, he doesn’t always understand Anakin, he’s human and Anakin gets to him, but also that Obi-Wan is someone who knows himself very well and is emotionally stable, that the difficulty is in the choice, not the knowledge.    By contrast, Anakin is just an emotional mess who doesn’t understand Obi-Wan, but also doesn’t really understand how to process anything, that he’s all instinct and reaction, but that doesn’t make his feelings any less real or there. This is a fic that is about Anakin struggling to understand Obi-Wan, struggling to understand his own feelings, struggling to not make all the worst choices–there’s a moment later in the fic where he could make an absolutely disasterous choice and keep an important secret from Obi-Wan, but he’s struggled through so much (and become so much more trusting, because his relationship with Obi-Wan is closer) that he makes a better choice. The fic is just as much about dragging Anakin into making better choices, tiny bit by tiny bit. And about how Anakin is just never going to be an independent person, he’s always going to be dependent on those he loves, and that Obi-Wan has to come around to understanding this and accepting it about him.    It’s also a fic that may not be centrally about her, but Padme has a very real and very present role in the fic. Anakin’s love for her is just as valid as his love for Obi-Wan, that he thinks of her while she’s not there, that he’s terrified of losing her, that the conversation he has with her about Obi-Wan is painful and difficult because he leads with his heart, that actions that might be manipulative in others (like wanting to be with two people and have them approve of him being with both) are just who Anakin is. He’s still selfish and probably entirely hypocritical (he would never share either of them the way he wants to share himself), but it’s never done with artifice, he clings to both of them because he’s so insecure and needy, he’s desperate to keep both of them, he’s an absolute mess, and the fic never denies that. It doesn’t deny that this is painful for everyone involved, because it’s not easy for Padme to share her husband, it’s not easy for Obi-Wan to feel like an intruder on someone else’s relationship, and it’s not easy for Anakin to know that he’s asking for so much, but terrified of losing either one of them. I love that this fic holds Obi-Wan and Anakin apart because Obi-Wan is very much “if you’re going to do something, do it right” and he holds firm on that, he draws a boundary and keeps it there, that he’ll reassure Anakin in other ways (the element of Anakin asking for Obi-Wan’s total honesty when Obi-Wan won’t budge on starting a relationship until they’ve worked the problems out was so satisfying for this!), but he won’t cross lines that shouldn’t be crossed, like, yes, that is Obi-Wan’s character and exactly what Anakin needs from him in this relationship, just as Padme doesn’t react happily to the news that Anakin’s in love with Obi-Wan, but she has such emotional openness and care that she provides the warmth and acceptance that Anakin needs, the two of them filling in the different jagged edgegs of Anakin’s character.    Which is what I mean about this fic giving such thought and care to each scene and character, that I can pull all of it apart and it holds up to that scrutiny for me, that it may not be the longest fic I’ve ever read, but it’s certainly one that knows the characters it’s writing and what it wants to do with them and what motivates them. It’s a fic that starts out as cracky, but then uses it as a character exploration and is just really damned satisfying to me for it! ✦ Soldier, Poet, King by Glare, obi-wan/anakin & qui-gon & dooku & mace & cast, NSFW, sith!obi-wan, time travel, 101.5k wip    Second chances are very rarely given, but the Force smiles upon two of its favorite children and returns them to a time before their actions have met their consequences.    I’ve done several recs for this fic, which are collated on this post, but I’m sticking with an earlier rec that won’t give too much away, but still hopefully tells you why you should read one of my favorite fics: I cannot tell you how in love with this fic I am, how much I love what it’s doing on both a plot level and an id-pleasing level. The fic first got me with these little moments of Ben (older Sith!Obi-Wan) and the way he would crowd into Anakin’s space, the way he would touch Anakin, the way he would run a hand down Anakin’s back or shove him up against the wall when he was getting out of control, there was this quiet but powerful intimacy between them, both dangerous and something very genuine there. It’s so incredibly good, the way Anakin curls up against Ben’s side or wriggles onto his lap, the way he so very much wants affection from his once-again-Master, the way Ben knows this after all they’ve been through together and the lives they’ve lived and this second chance, the way he absolutely is manipulative and much more iron-handed than he was before, but some part of Anakin feeds on that. It’s so well written and there’s such charm and sparkle to the writing, it’s that sweet spot between just exactly what my id wants and the more rational part of me that is impressed with the world-building and plotting and character motivations, that I legitimately respect the fic. It’s such a great example of what Obi-Wan would be like if freed from the restraints he puts on himself as a Jedi–he has power, sure, but it’s also such intelligence and insight, such lethality and being predatory in all the right moments, the way you really, really understand how Obi-Wan is dangerous when he puts all of his skills to less noble purposes.   And the plot is good, it’s a great cast of different versions of the characters, the older versions having been dumped back in time and are running around to fix things in their own way, including a time out to go free the slaves on Tatooine and, of course, have more run-ins with the Jedi. I love that there are light saber battles, I love that they’re not just idling around, they’re doing stuff, moving the pieces around from the shadows, in addition to their complicated relationship developing further. I am H O O K E D on this fic and it’s honestly one of the most satisfying I’ve read in the fandom yet, it’s one of those that I pretty much drop everything else to go read when there’s a new chapter, it’s one that I’m torn between tripping over myself to read everything as fast as I can because I want more and forcing myself to go slower becaus I want to savor it, it’s one of those that I never want to end, but also I want all of it to be able to read everything right now. ✦ Negotiation by Glare, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka & bail & cast, NSFW, modern au, serial killer au, dark themes, dark!obi-wan, 73.7k wip    Over a year ago, Coruscant Police Detective Anakin Skywalker vanished without a trace while hunting the prolific serial killer known within the media as “The Negotiator”.    I’ve done several recs for this fic, but am writing a new one to encompass the entire fic rather than piecemeal, so those that are new to this fic will have a better one to hopefully encourage them to read it! I feel like I hardly know where to start with this one, because it’s another that I’ve been reading as each chapter comes out and I think it might be my favorite of the author’s work. It’s a fic that initially caught my attention, despite the seemingly incompatible concept of the character, but what got me is that this isn’t canon Obi-Wan, but he shares so much of the traits of him, like what Obi-Wan would be without his unbreakable morals and faith from the movies and the show, that if you changed those things about him, you would get this fascinating look at the way he uses that charm and gentlemanly manner and incredibly insight to do such terrible things, to focus on the person he loves (Anakin) more than anyone.    And that’s the other thing that gets me, the way their relationship is played, that it takes so long for Anakin to come around is to the fic’s credit, that it’s not dragged out beyond what it should have been, that instead it needed that space to show the way he was stripped of his defiance bit by bit, just tiny step by tiny step. That this is never portrayed as healthy or anything other than Stockholm Syndrome, the fic is very aware of what it’s doing, but there’s a dark charisma to it, that I find myself rooting for it, even when it’s clear that it’s a terrible thing. The fic is very good at balancing those two things–the fascination with that dark yet beautiful dynamic, obsessive love that can still be genuine in its own way, even as it’s awful. It’s charming, even as you don’t forget that Anakin has been conditioned into this, you still see the layers being peeled away from him to get at something that’s underneath that, something that says a lot about who Anakin Skywalker is.    It’s a modern AU, it’s a serial killer!Obi-Wan AU, it’s a story about Anakin being manipulated into dependence on him, it’s a lot of things that I might normally not be that keen on, but between the fic visibly embracing those things while still keeping so many echoes of their original selves, while hitting all those elements that made so many of us fans of Hannibal, that it’s honestly one of my favorites in the fandom. ✦ flowers for a ghost by QueenWithABeeThrone, obi-wan/anakin & cast, modern au (sort of), 42.2k    Anakin Skywalker’s had a rough go of it, from being imprisoned to losing his hand to remembering an entire past life. He’s only looking for a place to stay the night when he comes to Obi-wan’s doorstep.    I’ll note ahead of time that I haven’t finished this fic yet, but I’m far enough in that I want to include it! It’s the first part of a long sort-of-modern-AU where the characters are reincarnated into current day Earth and are all kind of giant messes, especially Anakin, and this is the story of him trying to recover from just how much he’s been damaged along the way. Not only is there his previous life as Darth Vader to contend with that haunts him, but also the terrible things that have happened to him in this life, the further terrible choices that he’s made that landed him here and weigh him down. It’s a fic that’s a very long, slow process (and very much a slow burn between Obi-Wan and Anakin) because there’s so much for Anakin to wade through and so little progress he can make at any given time. There’s so much about this fic that’s bittersweet and haunting and lovely in a really heartbreaking way–it’s moving towards the better, step by step, but it’s a long road and it’s fragile and brittle the whole way there.    But, ahhh, the relationship and the utter need Anakin has for Obi-Wan and how this situation is both id-pleasing (accidental Force bond, yessssss, give me that always!) and all about doing the slow, almost daily life of recovery, both for Anakin himself as a person and for his relationship with Obi-Wan. There’s a sneaking plot here as well, there’s a lot of characters they run into, there’s an expansive world unfolding here, but at it’s heart it’s a fic about Anakin’s recovery and trying to piece himself back together–trying to find the will to want to piece himself back together, after everything. And the length of it is necessary (even as I scream at them to just kiss already) to show that that’s something that’s not easy or quick. This is a lovely read and I’m adoring it so much. ✦ The World Undone by lilyconrad, obi-wan/anakin & ahsoka & maul & cast, nsfw, sith!obi-wan, 143.3k    Anakin Skywalker, proud symbol of the strength and purity of the Jedi Order, is the target of a strange and handsome Sith named Obi-Wan, whose only goal seems to be pulling Skywalker down into the dark with him.    I’ll note ahead of time that I haven’t finished this fic yet, this rec is based on the first 2/3rds of the fic, but I’m far enough in that I want to include it! Oh, I hardly know where to start with this fic! I admit that it took me a bit to get into, for personal reasons (I usually turn right around at fic where someone other than Obi-Wan trained Anakin if it isn’t a complete disaster, I’m not a big fan of Maul’s character/thought Dooku or Sidious would have been in his role), but those aren’t really criticisms, they’re just things that popped up on my own personal radar. I mention this because, if someone’s tastes are like mine, I want to encourage continuing with this one because once the story kicked into gear for me, I just got swept away in it, I kept reading and reading because I wanted to know where it was going. Once Obi-Wan and Anakin started interacting regularly, once the attraction between them was unable to be ignored (even if it took awhile for some resolution!), and once the main mystery of the story got underway (which I would say was about halfway through when I read this fic), it became a really well-plotted and paced story.    The fic does so many things that I really love about it, right down to the language has shades of something like poetry but the author makes it work, it never had me doing that, “wtf does that even mean” feeling, but instead… oh, like when they finally have time to be together, when they have just enough space to breathe for it and there’s a line that really struck me: Obi-Wan only drove in harder and faster, a shooting star in free-fall along its own doomed line toward earth until it flashed and burnt itself out in its own flare of beautiful white heat inside the velvet night of Anakin’s body. What might have been too flowery in another fic, I really loved this line, I love that it was highlighted their relationship, how passionate this Obi-Wan was about Anakin, how desperate Anakin is to clutch at something, to have Obi-Wan in him, as a steadying presence and to fill him up, that that’s both a culmination of the long attraction between them and shows how their relationship works here. Because this isn’t canon, but it still has so many elements of it, the way they care about other people (especially Anakin and Ahsoka’s relationship has several meaningful scenes, it’s very much an important part of Anakin’s character), but they revolve around each other, Anakin still needs Obi-Wan like that.    The reveals take awhile to happen, but they’re worth waiting for, because they’re satisfying and so interesting, the slow pealing back of the layers and hints, until we finally get proper flashbacks and you understand how the characters came to where they were. The author knows how to pace a story, how to write something long without feeling like it was dragged out, that it takes its time, but it’s not padded to hell and back, and that kind of solidity is incredibly appreciated. It’s one of those fics that just feels… smooth and solid, one of those that’s satisfying to have such a long fic that knows where it’s going and you can feel that even from the beginning, whether or not it grows some here and there or expands in a few unexpected places, it keeps on topic and is paced just right for me. And, of course, I enjoy so much the way Obi-Wan and Anakin are slowly coming together here, that it’s a long path for them to take, but each step forward is sure-footed and will get there. ✦ you knock me out, i fall apart by blackalien, obi-wan/anakin/padme & han/luke/leia & ahsoka & cast, 64.8k wip    ( aka: the one where anakin was a sith lord for literally an hour, everyone is alive, and they’re actually happy )    This fic was my happy place for two days straight while I read it, because it’s everything I was hoping to get from it–it’s a collection of non-linear scenes spanning from ROTS to probably twenty years into the future, showing the snippets of their lives, the family they all build together, while balancing something so incredibly charming with the occasional moments of absolute heartbreak. Primarily, this fic is definitely about making a happy family AU, whether it’s Anakin keeping the people he loves close or eventually he and Padme convince Obi-Wan to join them or giving Ahsoka a family to come home to or getting to see the twins grow up, but it’s also about how Anakin is never going to be entirely emotionally stable and about how Ahsoka bears the scars from being too young in the war and about how Obi-Wan is so solitary for so long and about how it’s not always easy to grow up a Skywalker for either Luke or Leia.    The fic is really good about making those moments genuinely serious, it’s not really a cracky fic and the serious moments are genuinely serious, and it’s… I think of it as being like The Clone Wars show, only trending in a positive direction instead of negative, where sometimes it’s heartbreaking, sometimes it’s ridiculously charming, and sometimes it’s just straight up cute fluff, but all of it is well done. And I cannot convey enough of that sense of charm, that kind of sharpness to the happy AU that makes it so good to read, the kind that makes it straight into my fannish heart, rather than just me seeking out fluff because I need it to soothe me. This one captures my feelings and my imagination, it’s ridiculously engaging and one of those fics of my heart. ✦ World Come Undone by crazyundeadfairy, obi-wan/anakin (maybe?) & luke, 68.3k wip    Unexpected things happen when ObiWan takes Luke to Tatooine.    Oh, lord, this fic. I cannot tell you how hard this fic grabbed me and would not let go until I finished it! There are a couple of caveats: The first two chapters are fairly slow, a lot of monologuing over things actually happening, but once Luke starts talking, it kicks into gear and doesn’t let go. It’s also a WIP and hasn’t been updated in a few years, but the author has gone years between updates before, so you never know, but more importantly! You get so much of the good stuff in what’s already here! So, while I would have loved to have had the rest of the fic, I’m genuinely content with what we had here as well, because let me tell you about my feelings on Obi-Wan raising Luke, who is this amazingly sweet little moppet that I was instantly in love with, as well as Anakin eventually finds out and tries to steal Luke away but gets in his own way too much and finds himself trapped in a situation that he’s not sure how to get out of.    I was initially skimming ahead to just read the confrontation between Obi-Wan and Anakin when they saw each other again, just to see if the fic picked up, and found myself getting sucked in because the fic does a great job with each scene making me want to read the next and the next and the next, so I had to go back to my original place and then I just hungrily read the entire thing because Anakin wants to take Luke and kill Obi-Wan, but he can’t because he wants Luke to love him and that won’t happen if Luke knows he killed the only father he’s ever known, yet Anakin still burns that Obi-Wan has taken Luke, despite that Obi-Wan has always talked about Anakin to Luke, always told him stories, and Luke can already feel that there’s still love there, no matter how much anger and hate is held onto, sometimes on both sides, after all that’s happened.    It’s one of those fics where they’re forced to be semi-civil to each other again, but underneath is all this emotional tension and hurt that made my fannish heart absolutely ache while reading it, yet was delicious candy at the same time because it hit my id perfectly. Getting well-written fic that does justice to the iddy concept it has is such a rare treat in fandom and I love this fic for doing that for me! It’s one of those situations that I would dream up without trying to properly justify it in my head just because I wanted it, but the fic actually sold me on it and doesn’t shortchange that Anakin is full of rage and hates Obi-Wan, even as you feel how much of it is borne out of still loving him.    Obi-Wan is fantastic, he’s so steady and solid, but that doesn’t mean he’s passive or without his own anger on Anakin’s actions, even as he’s still willing to try to help him again. And Anakin feels so right to me, that he’s not there yet, he’s not doing any of this for the right reasons, his love for Luke is still selfish and obsessive, but there’s hope in him and you can see the sparks of maybe something still good in there. And I’m labeling this as Obi-Wan/Anakin because the author has written slash fic for them before and the relationship is very central to the story, even if there’s no kissing, and Anakin’s relationship with Padme is very important and I just really, really was hit spot on by this fic, okay. So good. ✦ Futurus (-a -um) by cadesama, obi-wan/anakin/padme & cast, time travel, 60.8k wip    Cracked hyperdrive? No problem. Just hold it together with the Force. Time travel? Well. That could be a bigger problem.    This is a fic I read very, very early on in my time in Star Wars fandom, so I can’t say how it would hold up for me if I tried to go back and read it, but it will always be one of those fics that’s dear to me because it helped tip me from shipping just Anidala into also shipping Obikin and Obianidala. And so I’m leaving the rec as I originally wrote it, as I think it does a good job of conveying my reaction to the fic!    I have two caveats about this fic before I begin: It’s a WIP that hasn’t been updated in about a year, so I’m not sure if it will be. But it gets enough satisfying stuff in so even though it ends on a cliffhanger, I found it absolutely worth reading! And that it’s very fast in the beginning, there’s not much time to build up suspense before the reveals are already happening. This isn’t a fic I wound up reading for the suspense or reveals by the time I got into the thick of it, this is a fic that’s about the building relationship between Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme. Previous to this fic, I’d never shipped anything but Anakin/Padme, so their relationship being strong here, being absolutely important to Anakin’s pov, while the shifting nature of his relationship with Obi-Wan is slowly changing, works for me, it eased me in at just the right pacing and made me actually really, really want it.    What the fic does the most beautifully for me, though, is how Anakin is so beloved and so special and so brilliant, but he’s also an obnoxious pain in the ass, the way Padme and Obi-Wan both love him dearly, but he’s also a dumbass, oh, that worked for me because that’s exactly it, that’s how they relate to him. The plot part of the story was interesting as well, I definitely want to know where things are going, how this will affect history, and I love love love that the PT characters were the ones thrown forward into the OT’s time, that’s where my heart really is, and this fic just completely and totally charmed the hell out of me! I especially appreciate that it gently eased me into shipping this OT3 in a way that worked for me and got me to be able to actually see it. ✦ Clarity by anecdotalist, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme & cast, 73.7k wip    Anakin’s jealousy leads to the start of something new between him and Obi-Wan and a lot of frank discussions about things they should have talked about but didn’t in canon.    This is one of those fics that I’m going to write a terrible rec for, which is frustrating because I very thoroughly enjoyed it and it’s one of those that’s… one of those solid reads in that it’s satisfying and having 60k+ of it to tear through was a delight because I really got to sink into it and it has so much… idk, it’s not quite breathing room, because it’s not really slice-of-life, there’s events happening and things moving towards Big Events, but at the same time, I feel like there is breathing room for the Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship to develop, especially as it doesn’t crowd out Anakin’s relationship with Padme. It’s definitely focused on the Obikin side of things, much of the point of the fic is Obi-Wan settling into his feelings and the new direction his life is taking, that it’s… I love that it’s not this big, huge, overtly emotional thing, because that’s not who Obi-Wan is, it’s much more still-waters-run-deep that works for me, like this is someone who may struggle with feelings, but he knows how to get to where he needs, and there’s this really just… warm and comfortable air between him and Anakin for so much of the fic.    I think maybe that’s my favorite part, now that I’m trying to put this into words, that even when there’s shit happening elsewhere, when the plot stuff ramps things up in later chapters, there’s still a warm connection between Obi-Wan and Anakin, I trust that they love each other and they know they want to be together, that Obi-Wan knows himself and Anakin is still kind of a mess, he’s just got almost no self-control, and thus Obi-Wan tempers him and puts him back when he needs it. The three of them (Padme as well) have this… they don’t necessarily fit together perfectly, but there’s the sense that they’re working on it, that Obi-Wan and Padme fill in the various edges of Anakin’s character, how the three of them just fit together, it really is supremely satisfying. And there are loads of little touches (I love that Bant gets several good scenes! I love that Obi-Wan’s path is departing from the Jedi, but not in a judgmental sort of way! I love the way Obi-Wan and Anakin meditate together! I loved Obi-Wan being in the room with Palpatine and Anakin, so Anakin follows Obi-Wan’s lead instead and it subtly changes so many things!) and I love that this is a fic that’s about gently turning Anakin’s relationships to the better, that I felt good reading this, even as I’m eyeing future chapters with trepidation. ✦ Sun Kissed by Vee017, obi-wan/anakin & mace & yoda & cast, nsfw, dark themes, past sexual abuse, 81.7k wip    Being on a world that supports slavery is one thing. Buying a slave and bringing him into Republic space is entirely another.    I admit, I usually turn right around at fics like this, I’m not big on AUs where Obi-Wan didn’t become a Jedi or where Anakin was never found and instead became a sex slave, but I liked the author’s other fics and I was terribly curious about this one, so I picked it up and found myself just sort of quietly falling in love. When I read the summary, I had a lot of expectations about the tropes, based on previous experience with this kind of fic, but this one surprised me where there’s something really almost gentle about the way it writes the characters and their relationship, how it’s been almost 80k and there are definitely feelings and being in love, but they weren’t really in the right place for a relationship yet. The fic does a lovely job of establishing Anakin’s healing process and their daily lives, that it uses this time not to just drag things out, but to clear away the things that need to be cleared away first, that Anakin has to truly be ready, not just wanting more with Obi-Wan, but truly being ready to go there, and this fic gently keeps them on that path.    And that’s what really makes me enjoy this fic, that it’s well written in a way that’s easy to read, but also well written in a way that builds something here, that I can legitimately enjoy beyond just iddy kink reasons. I’d have read this story with or without the tropes! And it’s hard to believe that it’s as long as it is, because it was just so easy to pick up and read and read and read, there’s something so smooth about the pacing and writing style, something that pulls me along without me even realizing it! And I love that there’s enough resolution by this point that I think the WIP factor doesn’t matter too much–though, it’s been in progress for ten years now, it still gets slowly updated, so I don’t doubt that it’ll continue to be so.    It’s a fic that I went into expecting it to be one of those early 00s types of fics that were cheesy and appealed to my id for the OTT kink, but instead found a fic that was much more gentle than expected, that took its time and wasn’t about dragging out the angst forever, but instead that healing took time and that the majority of the fic was actually pretty calm and laid back, the most exciting parts (previous to the most recent chapters) were Anakin’s frustration with himself to not be over his past more quickly, that he still had nightmares sometimes. Sure, once things start heating up, there’s more action and plot going on, but at its heart this is still a fic about being a slow burn relationship and it hasn’t strayed from that–I have no doubt that it’ll get there, but I love that it’s taking its time to do so, because the journey there is the important part. ✦ Second Chances by Driverpicksthemooseic (Ratkinzluver33), obi-wan/anakin & han/luke & ahsoka & leia & cast, de-aged fic, 121.3k    Leia wasn’t convinced inviting evil incarnate to join them in fighting the Empire was exactly one of Obi-Wan’s brightest ideas.    This is a delightful cracky fic where, mid-ANH, the Force decides to de-age Obi-Wan and Anakin by about twenty years and then Anakin decides to defect to the Alliance and be a scary over-protective helicopter parent when he finds out Luke and Leia are his kids and also oh yeah falls totally in love with Obi-Wan. And then more characters from The Clone Wars and Rebels are pulled in, the plot goes off in its own direction, and it’s this fun, easy to read fic that I just sailed through! It’s very long, but it’s focused on a fairly large cast of characters (though not so large that you can’t keep track, especially since they’re all characters you’re invested in already) that’s about the greater web of connections between the SW characters. I picked it up for the Obi-Wan/Anakin ship, which is actually a relatively small part of the overall story, it’s really more a group fic about how Vader defecting to the Alliance changes a lot of things, and it’s about Anakin angsting a whole lot about trying to balance himself and his emotions and not always doing a stellar job of it, it’s about the people he’s hurt along the way and how some are able to be won over, but others take a much longer time.    I read practically the whole thing in a single day, that’s how easy it was to sail through, and it’s one of those delightfully tropey fics where I’m just so here for de-aging fic (why is there not more in fandom?? I want it!!) and it was nice to have a longfic to sink my teeth into again! It’s one of those stories that really hits a person’s id if you’re into this kind of thing and I am definitely in fandom to read about helicopter parent Anakin Skywalker who’s practically the same physical age as his kids. :D :D :D ✦ White Rabbits by Butterfly, obi-wan/anakin & luke & leia & han & cast, NSFW, time travel, 102.5k wip    Through the Force, everything is connected. Anakin and Obi-Wan find this out first-hand. I do have a couple of caveats about the fic–it hasn’t been updated in close to a year (but it’s also been in progress for over 10 years, so the author does keep coming back) and the beginning of the fic (probably about the first third at least?) is very much the plot moving the characters rather than the characters moving the plot, that they don’t really react to things in a way that feels organic to their own motivations, but rather where the scene wants them to go. And I do have some trouble wrapping my mind around the idea that Anakin wouldn’t be all over his kids, even as the fic gently nudges him away from them because of jealousy and then fear for Padme’s life. I mention these things because I want to encourage readers beyond them (as I always do with recs) because it’s a story that I read over the course of a couple of days and the writing is really smooth and just so nicely sailed along and it very much has a plot and does a really lovely job of balancing the five rotating character povs (Obi-Wan, Anakin, Luke, Leia, and Han), of throwing this tangle of characters together and keeping up with group scenes. The fic’s plot is absolutely intriguing and the author is taking their time with it without feeling like it was dragged out, it’s almost sort of hard to believe that it’s a fic that’s over 100k because it was just so easy to keep reading and never felt bogged down or padded out just to up the word count.    And once the fic settles into the story, as Obi-Wan and Anakin discover more and more about this future, as they’re thrown into a situation where Anakin has to face what he’s capable of (once he hears about Vader) and how the fic sort of… balances between trying to reconcile that/fix it and also just sort of avoiding it by going I WON’T DO THAT I WILL AVOID IT, which is actually a pretty perfectly Anakin Skywalker reaction. The author also knows how to write UST while still giving some resolution, that Obi-Wan and Anakin are very attracted to each other and it’s being thrown into this mind-boggling situation where Anakin desperately needs someone to help and support him, he desperately needs someone to cling onto, that seeing this future where the Jedi are gone and this horribleness is possible, that finally breaks that last hurdle and jams them together. I love that Padme may not be here, but Anakin’s love for her never is dialed down a notch, that so much of why he wants to go back is to save her, that he still loves her just as furiously and obsessively as ever, even as he loves Obi-Wan as well. And the sex scenes were lovely, the way Anakin is desperate to grind himself against Obi-Wan is lovely, as well as the brief moments where Obi-Wan’s hands slide lower down his back, not quite ghosting over the prize there, but the implication of the future, that one day he may open Anakin up and push into him is there, and just the right amount of promise of it.    But also! The later chapters are starting to get into just what all is in this world, what’s left that they might still remember, that they’re still working to uncover just what happened, both to them and to this world that may be their future. And I do love that it’s Leia who pushes for them not to change things, because they worked damn hard for this future, because they fought and bled for it, because she won’t give up this hope or gamble it away on something that might be better or might be worse, that who she is, everything that’s made her Leia Organa, could disappear, it makes perfect sense that she would try to convince them to stay, and it allows the fic the time and room to explore these characters from the past in this future. It’s a fic that’s definitely a WIP and may take a long time to update again, but I greatly enjoyed what was here and it was just so very easy to sink into and I appreciated having that over the past week! Plus several Obikin kissing scenes yes thank you! ✦ The Reality of Change by midnight_vision, obi-wan/anakin/padme & ahsoka, time travel, 185.1k    Padmé dies on Mustafar and wakes up in the past, about a year before everything falls apart. She’s determined to make sure none of it happens again, and with some help, she tries to expose Palpatine for what he really is. But even if Anakin and the Republic can be saved, that doesn’t mean life will be easy.    At the time of this post, I’ve only read about half of this fic, but it fits theme and I wanted to include it! But it’s definitely a rec based on half the fic so far: I could have sworn I’d done a rec for this fic before, but I cannot find it anywhere in my files, so I’m going to assume I haven’t actually and do one fresh. I am always here for Obianidala fic and I’m always here for time travel fic, so I picked this one up and tore through pretty much all of it over the course of a few days! I do have a couple of caveats about it, the biggest being that the Jedi are used as antagonists, even against established canon (like, they’ve specifically said they don’t keep people against their will, that they wouldn’t force Anakin to stay), which can be jarring sometimes, so you gotta roll with the premise of them being villains, but when the fic is all about the domestic trio learning to figure out their relationship, the fic is at its strongest and it’s just really heart-warming and delightful. It’s a long fic, so it’s a bit of a slow burn, not in that there’s lack of resolution, but in that there’s no hurry to get there before everyone is ready, instead it’s a much more natural pace that I really enjoyed.    I love that it’s a Padme time travel fic as well, because I very rarely see one about her, especially because she doesn’t know everything that happened and it gives her a chance to work through what happened between her and Anakin on Mustafar, that she has to work through all that fear and mistrust, because this Anakin hasn’t done those things, but she has to process that they did happen, that it could have happened, and that’s something that takes quite awhile to get over. There’s also some lovely Padme & Ahsoka friendship scenes, there’s a whole lot of Padme telling people what she knows, there’s a lot of Anakin having to deal with feeling kept out of the loop, that he’s still got anger issues and isn’t emotionally stable, but Obi-Wan and Padme have better tools this time around, there’s a good amount of Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship building, and there’s a lot of satisfying fixing of the timeline, including killing Palpatine plot!    The fic is at its best when it’s about the breathing room the Obi-Wan/Anakin/Padme trio has or when they’re interacting with Ahsoka, when the story is going towards fixing things, that’s when my heart is happiest and I just really had a lot of fun reading this, especially since it was lengthy and I loved being able to tear into it and read read read for so many pages! ✦ Sigh No More by edenwolfie, obi-wan/anakin/padme & ahsoka & luke & leia & cast, 158.2k wip    Anakin makes slightly better choices, Obi-Wan is a Mess™ and Padmé deserves none of this. AU from Mustafar onward with liberal manipulation of canon to culminate in some angsty, fluffy, domestic fix-it because we all deserve better.    I believe I’ve recommended this fic at least once before? But now that it’s up to 22 chapters, I’ve caught up on the fic and it was time to write a fresh rec for it. I do have a few things you need to just roll with the fic for–that the characters go hide out on Tatooine instead of fighting back, that Obi-Wan is often more indecisive than he would be, that Anakin’s emotional problems tend to go away more easily than I think they would. But the point of the fic is to write a really long, really revel-in-it story about the domesticity of these characters on Tatooine, to just wholly embrace digging into the slice of life stuff in this remote, isolated area where it’s just the three of them + the twins + Ahsoka. It’s a story that has the room to breathe with the characters, that it’s not about dragging things out, but instead that the whole point of the story is that slow, incrimental moving forward with the relationship(s). It’s a story that I pick up when I want something where the characters are (for the most part) taken away from galatic level action and instead are given something like a peaceful life (as much as one can get post-ROTS, of course) and I just want to roll around in something that’s hopeful and kind.    The length is nice as well, because it really gets across that this is a story that’s meant to be a slow burn and a slow build even once things finally do catch fire. As mentioned, I don’t feel like it’s dragging things out, but instead that the slow process is the whole point, that it’s about building their relationships, their life here, step by step. It’s domesticity and slice-of-life and really reveling in it to the fic’s heart’s content. But also omg I admit I’m definitely here for the sex scene, because Anakin and Padme are adorable, Obi-Wan and Anakin had a very pretty frottage scene earlier, but then chapter 22 was exactly what I wanted–where they finally have the time and both are in the right place for something more intense, something deeper. And, boy, does Anakin find that he enjoys being held down, that he has Obi-Wan’s attention all on him, that he likes the way he feels when he’s pressed down onto the bed and held there, when he’s filled up with Obi-Wan, who opens him up with such care and affection, until there’s no other noise in his head, that all the anxieties and fears and insecurities are pushed out, as Obi-Wan pushes into him. I’m really not kidding that I will read that a thousand times because Anakin needs it a thousand times and Obi-Wan being able to give that to Anakin is so good for him as well. There’s also a lot of cute stuff with Ahsoka coming and going, watching the twins grow up, and more! But I can’t lie, I’m here for Anakin Skywalker, my precious child, getting the happy life I always wanted for him.