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It’s totally cool to be crying over STAR WARS and then crying over Star Wars fic, too, right? Yes, totally cool, totally fine. STAR WARS FIC RECS: ✦ Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil by ChibiObiwan (araedan), obi-wan/anakin, human au, 7.9k Forced to flee the city from both the plague and men hunting him, Anakin takes refuge at a Convent under the pretense of being both deaf and dumb. Brother Kenobi, a monk who has secluded himself amongst Nuns for a reason, is at first skeptical but then protective of the seemingly innocent man. ✦ Equinox by lilyconrad, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, sith!obi-wan (sort of), 68.6k wip During the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a remote planet and take shelter in the ruins of a grand estate only to find they are not alone. ✦ Sith Anakimono. by lurkingcrow, obi-wan/anakin(/padme), sith!obi-wan, 1.5k Imagine if you will, a universe where Knight Kenobi and Padawan Skywalker are unexpectedly lost on a mission, and find themselves stuck on a planet/in an ancient temple with a bevy of Sith ghosts for company. ✦ Clarity by anecdotalist, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme & ahsoka & cast, 82.1k 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. ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & some anakin/padme & ahsoka & qui-gon & rex & cast, time travel, 77k 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. ✦ In Time by Ripki, obi-wan & anakin, time travel, 4.9k wip As the Clone Wars drags on and the secrets between them grow, Anakin and Obi-Wan have begun to drift apart. When a mysterious holocron sends them through time, they don’t only have to confront their past and future – but the present as well. (Or the Force, frustrated and tired with all their bullshit, sends the Team to an unconventional couple’s therapy.) ✦ Precipice Bonus Content by shadowsong26, obi-wan & anakin & leia & ahsoka, 2.9k wip Bonus fics and other snippets in the Precipice universe. ✦ Cataclasm by dendral, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & waxer & cast, 51.9k wip For reasons unknown to all but himself, Obi-Wan Kenobi has left the Jedi Order in the midst of the Clone Wars, taking with him a single clone. Anakin Skywalker has been unofficially tasked by the Order to find Obi-Wan and bring him home. Unfortunately for Anakin, it seems his former master is always ten steps ahead of him. ✦ “The Padawan Chooses The Master” by lurkingcrow, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 3.6k prompt: AU - The Jedi say “The Padawan Chooses The Master” Qui Gon lives, Obi Wan is very preoccupied, and Anakin is put into the creche as an Initiate to learn what he can until Qui Gon wakes up from his coma and gets yelled at by the Council. In the meantime, Anakin meets other Jedi Masters and when the Council asks him who he wants to be his teacher, his answer isn’t Qui Gon. Instead it’s *insert your fav Jedi here* ✦ Obikin Drabble by fn_6969, obi-wan/anakin, ~1k Anonymous prompt: “fic idea- darth vader thinking about obi-wan oh no” ✦ untitled by subskywalker, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, sith!obi-wan, d/s elements, 1.5k Anonymous asked: Could you do a headcanon about Sith emperor!Obi-Wan and his Sith apprentice Anakin…who is also his sub?? ✦ For the Sake of the Mission by TheKinkAwakens (thekinkawakens), obi-wan/anakin/padme, NSFW, 2.6k Anakin and Obi-Wan have to go undercover as Padmé’s husbands. Of course, no one mentioned the public display of ‘pleasure’ they’d have to put on to prove their loyalty to her. ✦ Surrender to the Light by Raven_Knight, obi-wan & anakin & luke & qui-gon, 1.1k Ben Kenobi knew exactly what he was doing when he saw Luke watching his duel with Darth Vader. ✦ The Sun and the Ocean by zarabithia, obi-wan/anakin/padme, 2.3k Five things that happened when the twins were born early. hint: threesomes happen and assholes die. full details + recs under the cut!

STAR WARS FIC RECS: ✦ Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil by ChibiObiwan (araedan), obi-wan/anakin, human au, 7.9k Forced to flee the city from both the plague and men hunting him, Anakin takes refuge at a Convent under the pretense of being both deaf and dumb. Brother Kenobi, a monk who has secluded himself amongst Nuns for a reason, is at first skeptical but then protective of the seemingly innocent man. This was really cute and adorable! It’s an Obikin version of that Virgin Territory movie (where Hayden is the prettiest person you have ever seen, oh my god) and it just sort of sailed right by for me because it was happily embracing the fun, cracky concept it was putting forth, that Anakin wound up in a convent with Obi-Wan as a monk there and of course they’re wildly attracted to each other, even as Obi-Wan thinks that Anakin is deaf and mute. It’s just this light-hearted, silly romp in all the ways it was meant to be and put such a smile on my face! ✦ Equinox by lilyconrad, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, sith!obi-wan (sort of), 68.6k wip During the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a remote planet and take shelter in the ruins of a grand estate only to find they are not alone. Chapter 14: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. As always, even before I begin writing this rec, I’m sure it will be a completely ridiculous one, because this fic is tailored to hit my wants, as well as being so well thought out and so well-written that I can’t not talk about everything that comes up in it! Which means spoilers for the events of the chapter and everything up to this point, of course! One of the things that I really love, as odd as it might sound, is that not everything is perfect, that it’s been almost 70k of fic and it’s been fourteen chapters and they had even more intimate sex in the previous chapter, hell, even several chapters ago, Anakin told Obi-Wan about the murder of the Tuskens. If the fic had made everything smooth between them, I wouldn’t have complained, because it certainly laid down a lot of the work necessary to smooth that path out–but it’s not all perfect between them, even as they’ve grown so much closer, and as much as I love when things are fixed, I love it even more when it takes time and it’s not a straight line there, because it gives further weight to just how much those issues do mean when it comes to Anakin, that it actually wasn’t so easy to do and that’s why it took so long to get them even this far. That Anakin doesn’t tell Obi-Wan about the hand he felt on him in a previous chapter when he and Isten went to confront Ugly, that Veris knows exactly how to use this, that Anakin still fearsthat Obi-Wan will reject him, that he’s wrong to hide this, but it’s so, so understandable why he does, that the entire chapter ends in a not-quite-fight, all of that was so incredibly true to who Anakin Skywalker is that I just wanted to roll around in it. Of course, it’s not just that, either–it’s also in the way he sees Isten and Veris’ interaction, the way Veris treats him as well, the way he calls Anakin a stubborn boy, with fondness and exasperation, the way he’s commanding and Anakin may be annoyed, but also it felt like some part of him unthinkingly responded to it, wanted to, while the imagery shared between them still chafes at him because he’s still fighting it. I love that Isten (WHO IS SUCH A BREAKOUT VERSION OF ANAKIN HE IS SO MUCH FUN) is so brash and cocky when he speaks aloud, but is much more obedient when mind-speaking with Veris, the contrast between the two sent a shiver through me because, oh, yes, he wants that, this is his balance and it works so well for him. All of this is tied up in the imagery that Anakin glimpses, the version of Anakin Skywalker naked and kneeling and bound up with ropes, the one who is at peace and wanted there, but by who? Isten? Versis? Obi-Wan? Anakin? All of them or maybe only some of them? This is where the deliberate care with the interactions really is highlighted and you can see why these Sith versions are my favorite–because they’re reflecfions of wants and desires and thoughts from Obi-Wan and Anakin, but also they’re their own people made real now, so everything is a murky fog to try to peer through, to see what the truth is, and that is so good, both for me as a reader and for the legit well-written story! There are so many other little moments I loved here, too–Isten sleeping across Veris, the sense of two very large predatory cats lounging against each other, sleepy for now, but something dangerous hidden underneath. The way Veris seems so incredibly fond of Anakin, that I truly felt the gentleness there, that he had no wish to harm him, that this is the last person he’d want to harm–unless he was somehow a threat to Isten and then Veris would cut anythingdown, even the original source of the one he loves so much. That he’s gentle with both Anakin and Isten when looking inside them, gentle and yet so sharp and cutting, someone not to be denied, and yet you feel the difference, that there’s such easy and familiarity and desire with Isten, while with Anakin it’s a more distant fondness. And there’s such rich, lucious imagery in this chapter, as Veris is in Anakin’s mindscape and vice versa, the rich, roiling darkness, the flower buds on the vine that were so nicely done I could practically feel their weight in my hand and smell them in the air. As well as the dream Veris has in the beginning, the imagery and sense of a person not being where you think they are, that you held onto them and still somehow what you’re holding onto isn’t them, the light and deft touch that let my own imagination do the shading in of the creepy things to match the creepy descriptions, is beautifully done and you can just feel how much the author enjoys writing creeping horror and how good it is here! But also I’m still stuck on how Anakin withheld things from Obi-Wan, because I didn’t quite expect it and I should have. The way Isten, who seems so charming and fey and uncaring at times, absolutely will follow Veris’ orders, you remember that when he looks over the campfire and Anakin tells him, “Master wants to see you.” and his eyes catch on the firelight. And the way, of course Obi-Wan finds out, the absolutely justified frustration he feels and how badly Anakin takes it, even when Obi-Wan reaches out and touches him and shows such care for him, because Anakin overreacting and bringing his own fears and issues to the table is spot fucking on. The way Obi-Wan does not take well that Veris opened Anakin up and looked into him, even manipulated him (if in a very obvious way) and how it’s different from what Veris does on behalf of Isten, but also very, very much a deliberate parallel. The way all of this is about these twisting and twining versions of each other, desires and light and dark and balance, that there’s such darkness in Anakin and he’s trying to work through it, but he’s not there yet, having someone who likes that darkness versus someone who isn’t afraid of it but doesn’t fling them into it, the way Anakin is so wound up and still has so many knots in himself to untangle, oh, it’s such a complicated thing and it’s all there in the fic, in the way he interacts with each of them! Which is why I am so glad the fic ended on Anakin and Isten off together again because they are an absolute joy around each other and I always come away from their scenes with more to think about in regards to Anakin’s character at heart, just as much as I come away with Isten’s relationship with Veris will always reflect something of Anakin’s relationship with Obi-Wan, that they don’t have to be the same for me to draw insight from, and let me tell you about how incredibly satisfying and engaging that makes the fic. I can’t believe there are only four chapters left and I still don’t know how it’s going to end and I’m still so eager to find out and yet never want to leave this one! It really is one of the author’s best and one I would encourage anyone who’s a fan of the pairing to read or just wants a good fic that does the heavy lifting of the pairing while still being subtle and thoughtful. Or just wants a good case story to go with their pairing fic! ✦ Sith Anakimono. by lurkingcrow, obi-wan/anakin(/padme), sith!obi-wan, 1.5k Imagine if you will, a universe where Knight Kenobi and Padawan Skywalker are unexpectedly lost on a mission, and find themselves stuck on a planet/in an ancient temple with a bevy of Sith ghosts for company. It’s been a week for Sith!Obi-Wan fic again apparently! And this was a lovely piece where it’s a sketched outline/half-fic piece where Obi-Wan and Anakin are stuck in a Sith Temple, it’s getting to Anakin, and so Obi-Wan takes the Fall to save him instead, which then becomes all about how much Obi-Wan loves him and won’t let anything bad touch him and how of course Anakin follows him, as he always does, and they become entirely co-dependent on each other and stuck in this feedback loop together and, oh, it’s just so satisfying to me, who loves these two and their relationship so much. Padme is eventually roped into this as well, it’s eventually an ot3, but it’s just such a charming and fun AU fic, that there’s something warm and kind in this AU, it’s just so satisfying and happy to read! Like, there’s something legitimately engaging here that makes it not really that cracky so much as fun and easy to see in my mind’s eye and hits on all these really wonderful beats and it’s just clearly designed to make me happy while reading it! ✦ Clarity by anecdotalist, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme & ahsoka & cast, 82.1k 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. Chapter 16: This is an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. I actually went back to reread chapter 15 when picking this one up again and I loved being able to settle in for a nicely long read and I’m still just totally hooked on everything going on here, that this is a universe where Order 66 still happens, but things have changed and the fic doesn’t gloss over that. One of the neatest things is how much time is being spent on the actual investigation into the clones and what happened, that they’re fumbling blind on this issue and have no idea what’s doing it or where to start looking, so they really have to work at it! And this brings Shaak Ti into the picture and, oh, she’s wonderful, there’s such a serenity to her even when there’s also an intensity to her at the same time, it’s lovely and perfect for her. There’s a bunch of little moments I loved–Cody being super deadpan! Obi-Wan making it worse because that guy always has a quip to make it worse and of course he finds it funny! Anakin practically crawling into Obi-Wan’s lap when he’s happy and wants kisses! the reunion with Shaak Ti! Obi-Wan and Anakin eating dessert in bed and talking, a moment of quiet before everything starts happening again!–that it feels really well balanced between the more quiet, intimate moments and the bigger plot happenings. It’s a fic that balances between all the shit that’s happening in the story at the moment, but still gives hope and affection and love and humor when it’s needed. It’s a story that clearly cares about the characters and plot it’s writing, it’s a story that clearly loves the Obikin pairing at the heart of it, but also wants to write the plot around it, doing both justice and weaving the two together. And it’s a fic that I’m definitely eager to see where it goes next, now that the Kamino trip has gone well (or at least well enough) because it’s just such a good story being told here! ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & some anakin/padme & ahsoka & qui-gon & rex & cast, time travel, 77k 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. Chapters 12-13: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. There’s been about 20k added to this fic since the last time I caught up on it and this was both a good and bad decision to wait–I lovereading bigger chunks of this fic at once, it’s such a warm, soothing story even in the middle of all the angsty stuff, but also now that I’ve finished with it, I have something of a fic hangover and I don’t want a new one, I want more of this thisone for the next day or so! I will warn that there are a lot of typos and such in the writing, but I do so because I want to encourage readers past them because this is honestly one of the fics I look forward to most, as it’s just so solid in everything it does. It’s a story that has fun with the time travel aspect and does the necessary heavy lifting to show the changes, it doesn’t forget about Qui-Gon or Ahsoka or Padme or Palpatine or Maul or the Jedi or the Clones, they’re all very important here, but at its heart, it’s about Obi-Wan and Anakin. At the center of the story, it’s about repairing the relationship between them, it’s about giving them them circumstances that would force them to look at it and then letting them naturally do what they would, to show that the majority of their problems were external and they just needed the right space to see that. And, oh, it’s so good for both characters, it really takes its time with repairing it from both sides, that Obi-Wan is more explicit in his care for Anakin, sees that Anakin needs more of it, and Anakin understands just how little consideration he’s actually given Obi-Wan despite how much he loves him and needs him. These chapters have another swap happening, where Anakin is put back to his right time, but Obi-Wan isn’t, so you have moppet!Anakin with ROTS!Obi-Wan and Knight!Anakin with TPM!Obi-Wan and, despite that they just spent 50k working on things in such an emotionally satisfying way, the fic doesn’t stop there, it keeps going with Anakin further realizing just how much has been placed on Obi-Wan’s shoulders and just how much Anakin hasn’t seen that. It lets ROTS!Obi-Wan look at bb!Anakin and wonder if the path of the Jedi is right for him, but in a really warm-hearted way, where both paths are valuable. And, oh, when TPM!Obi-Wan has a conversation about the Jedi and emotions, how love and attachment aren’t the same thing, that it comes in such a way that works for the scene it’s in, I practically melted for how much this fic really got the Jedi in a way that’s right to canon, in a way that’s right to these characters, and in a way that’s kind. It was so incredibly satisfying and cathartic and made me love all of these characters more, because this is building up instead of tearing down. But most of all it’s the way the fic really embraces so many things that need talking about and gives them the space to do so in a really understanding and constructive way, that it doesn’t feel like it’s giving canon the middle finger, but instead building up from there and then just nailing what the characters are feeling and how they would see the situation and what they bring to the table. Anakin and Padme’s relationship needing to grow, but in a way that makes me root for them! Anakin and Obi-Wan’s relationship having grown so much and still needs more, in a way that shows just how important they are to each other and how good they are together! Ahsoka having issues with Anakin but it comes from a place of love and their relationship grows as well! Anakin really having to think about what his path in life should be! That the TPM versions of the characters and the ROTS versions of the characters are the same person and yet there’s such stark differences in who each of them are, that they affected each other and the war affected them, both in good and bad ways! Just, oh, man, this fic is so well written for how it gets all of that down and lights me up, that it’s 77k into the fic and it’s still absolutely doing justice to how much there is to unpack and have them work through, in a way that’s so engaging and so thoughtful and really, really emotionally satisfying. I cannot rave enough about that warm glow I feel every time I read more of this fic! ✦ In Time by Ripki, obi-wan & anakin, time travel, 4.9k wip As the Clone Wars drags on and the secrets between them grow, Anakin and Obi-Wan have begun to drift apart. When a mysterious holocron sends them through time, they don’t only have to confront their past and future – but the present as well. (Or the Force, frustrated and tired with all their bullshit, sends the Team to an unconventional couple’s therapy.) This fic is only two chapters so far but I’m already absolutely hooked on it and completely endeared to it! They’re being bounced around to different significant moments of their lives, which mean big dramatic reveals happen, just dropped right in their laps and they barely have time to catch their breath before on to the next one, but where the fic really works is that you can feel those conversations are still coming, it’s not glossing over the aftermath of them (which is where the real fun is) but instead they’re still trying to stop spinning first. And this is definitely centered on Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship, the emotional weight between them and you feel that especially hard in the second chapter where there’s so much love and hurt born from love there, it was such a bittersweet scene in exactly the way the fic intended it to be. There’s so much history and connection there, so much sadness and yet love and hope, just the way Obi-Wan watches Anakin and watches the people they stumble over, there’s something he just gets and it’s perfectly done. But also Anakin! Being kind of a disaster in that brilliant way of his! Banter! Breaking the tension by teasing each other! It’s already so good and I wan’t wait for more. ✦ Precipice Bonus Content by shadowsong26, obi-wan & anakin & leia & ahsoka, 2.9k wip Bonus fics and other snippets in the Precipice universe. You probably have to at least be familiar with the Precipice story to read these, though, my favorite of chapter 3 where Anakin and Obi-Wan discuss Leia’s dream, can be read just knowing that the twins are being raised separately, Luke with Padme and Leia with Anakin, and she’s getting old enough to start talking about her connections with Luke and she’ll have questions soon. While I enjoy all of the ficlets in this series (the Ahsoka one had such a lovely bittersweet longing as she almost sees Padme again), that chapter was my favorite for the complicated, difficult position Anakin was in. Telling the truth would put everyone in danger, would put children in danger, would risk their lives, but also Anakin chafes at the idea, and it’s not an easy decision and the light, delicate touches on his relationship with Obi-Wan, who is there to help him, is just so satisfying, to see Anakin put in a position where the answers aren’t so easy and it just makes me love him and everyone more and want the best for all of them. So, I really enjoyed this piece for the quiet tables turning in a gentle, bittersweet way! ✦ Cataclasm by dendral, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & waxer & cast, 51.9k wip For reasons unknown to all but himself, Obi-Wan Kenobi has left the Jedi Order in the midst of the Clone Wars, taking with him a single clone. Anakin Skywalker has been unofficially tasked by the Order to find Obi-Wan and bring him home. Unfortunately for Anakin, it seems his former master is always ten steps ahead of him. Chapter 11: This will be an update rec and will focus on this chapter, rather than the fic as a whole. This continues to be a fic that I never expected to actually have, it’s one of those that I feel like is a “Oh, wouldn’t it be great if someone wrote it and did it justice…?” but usually doesn’t happen, even in the bigger fandoms. But Obi-Wan getting visions and leaving the Order, but still being absolutely a Jedi at heart, that the worldbuilding and understanding of the GFFA, the sheer amount of charm and charisma in the writing that makes me want to read about everyone and everything here, it still sort of boggles me a little! And that’s exactly what I mean when I say this chapter is a slower one, where Waxer gets sick and he and Obi-Wan just spend some time on their ship alone, but it’s great character and world-illustrating stuff in these little small but incredibly charismatic ways, it gets these characters and makes them so, so easy to read about. “Waxer gets the flu and has to drink a terrible thing to help him.” shouldn’t be that interesting and, yet, with this fic it is! Because it’s also about the banter between the characters, it’s also about showing who Obi-Wan is, it’s about showing the dynamic between these characters once they’re away from the rules of the Republic that have been set down on the clones and Jedi both, that we get to see that friendship evolve as the fic actually does the work of showing us, in a very natural and organic sort of way. But it’s also heartbreaking, as Waxer is no longer part of the Republic that owns him, and the individuality that he’d been granted as much as he could have been, starts to grow and he really starts to think about what he wants and what his life means, and it’s not an easy thing, becuase the clones got such a raw deal and it’s heartbreaking to read here, even as I have hope for something better. Basically, the fic is doing everything it needs to to hit my id straight on and be a legit wonderfully written story, right down to one of my favorite things in fandom–taking two characters who aren’t that close, throwing them into a seperate story and seeing how they interaction, which the fic does brilliantly, makes me care about them all over again, and really and truly gets both of them, in a really sharp, interesting way! This is a fic to read even if you’re just sort of a casual fan, even if I sort of worry that it’ll kinda spoil you for the rest of fandom. It’s just so good! Obi-Wan is so spot on, Waxer is so well-written, the other characters (like Ahsoka and Bant and Mace and, oh, Anakin) have been given so much thought and understanding for why they are how they are and it’s “Obi-Wan and Waxer go around trying to fix the galaxy as best they can” kind of road trip antics that are so, so satisfying. ✦ “The Padawan Chooses The Master” by lurkingcrow, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 3.6k prompt: AU - The Jedi say “The Padawan Chooses The Master” Qui Gon lives, Obi Wan is very preoccupied, and Anakin is put into the creche as an Initiate to learn what he can until Qui Gon wakes up from his coma and gets yelled at by the Council. In the meantime, Anakin meets other Jedi Masters and when the Council asks him who he wants to be his teacher, his answer isn’t Qui Gon. Instead it’s *insert your fav Jedi here* I’ve probably recommended this one before, but I reread it again recently and was just as in love with it as ever, because it’s so good-hearted and so sparkling and so spot-on, both in the details it pulls in from the GFFA and the worldbuilding it does in the background. I love it because it’s a fic designed to give Anakin some more breathing room when he first comes to the Jedi, to get used to life as an Initiate and also that way Palpatine can’t have access to him, because that’s not the same thing as a Padawan, who has more independence in choosing who they hang out with, which means he doesn’t have the same poison being dripped in his ear. It also means there’s more time with various teachers to bond with Anakin, where sometimes they’re serious about getting his attention and sometimes they’re not, they just want to have some fun or teach him some things (THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING, when people aren’t wholly serious about vying for someone’s attention, but do so in a way that’s clearly meant to be fun for everyone) and it shows the heart of the Jedi and who they are without outside influence. It’s understandable why it didn’t go this way in canon (Anakin needed the security of having his position as Obi-Wan’s Padawan locked down tight) but it balances that against how this feels true to the spirit of the Jedi and is just an absolutely screaming delight to read! And, oh, when Anakin does choose his Master, it’s better for everyone that they had this breathing space, that everyone had more time to adjust to the new places in their lives and have more experience, in addition to just being really sparkling and charming to read. It’s cute as fuck and leaves me with a warm glow every single time and that feeling is the best. ✦ Obikin Drabble by fn_6969, obi-wan/anakin, ~1k Anonymous prompt: “fic idea- darth vader thinking about obi-wan oh no” This was a short but feelings-laden piece about Vader thinking about Obi-Wan, it’s softer and probably more leaning towards Anakin recognizing the truly monstrous betrayal he’s done, but it was all about making me want to slump down in my seat and cry about my feelings on these two, this character especially, and it accomplished that! ✦ untitled by subskywalker, obi-wan/anakin, NSFW, sith!obi-wan, d/s elements, 1.5k Anonymous asked: Could you do a headcanon about Sith emperor!Obi-Wan and his Sith apprentice Anakin…who is also his sub?? This is a series of headcanons and it’s very much about embracing the iddy aspect of Sith!Emperor!Obi-Wan and sub!Vaderkin in a very porny way, but if you’re hanging around my blog, there’s a reasonable chance you’re into that kind of thing and god knows I really had fun reading it! It’s cheerfully filthy, it’s an excuse for pure porn, and it’s meant to hit a person’s id dead on, if that’s your thing, and, look, we all know I have a weakness for this and I’m really, really here for this, especially when it’s clear the OP is having an absolute blast with it! ✦ For the Sake of the Mission by TheKinkAwakens (thekinkawakens), obi-wan/anakin/padme, NSFW, 2.6k Anakin and Obi-Wan have to go undercover as Padmé’s husbands. Of course, no one mentioned the public display of 'pleasure’ they’d have to put on to prove their loyalty to her. I have not read nearly enough undercover fic in this fandom yet and so this was a delightful fic to find, where Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme go undercover on a mission as the description says and, of course, that means Obi-Wan and Anakin need to touch each other to not blow their cover and what could have given me secondhand embarrassment neatly avoided that feeling for me and instead there was just something fun and light-hearted about this story. It was a really fun read to find today! ✦ Surrender to the Light by Raven_Knight, obi-wan & anakin & luke & qui-gon, 1.1k Ben Kenobi knew exactly what he was doing when he saw Luke watching his duel with Darth Vader. A look at Obi-Wan’s point of view during the duel on the Death Star and everything that’s brought them all to this point, the history with Anakin that’s soweighhty, but also the hope for the future with Luke. Canon shows us that Obi-Wan’s motivation was to buy time for Luke to get to safety, away from Vader, to take Leia and Han with him, but I found this an interesting piece that delved into what the Force was telling him and what Obi-Wan hoped for the future. ✦ The Sun and the Ocean by zarabithia, obi-wan/anakin/padme, 2.3k Five things that happened when the twins were born early. hint: threesomes happen and assholes die. This is a totally cute, fun, fluffy Happily Ever After fic and I need more of those in my life! It does do the attachment = love thing, which is contradicted by canon, and it sort of stuck out all the more because it was a jab in an otherwise warm-hearted, good-spirited fic, but I only mention as a caveat for those who care about that and to encourage past it, because this was soft and adorable and just gleefully embracing the making of everyone happy! It was just the right length for a oneshot and was all warm and fuzzy with how the twins being born early shifted the focus enough to let everything turn out better and I NEED HAPPY THINGS IN MY LIFE I will read all of the happy Obianidala fic, especially when it’s just bouncy and fun!

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It’s Wednesday, which means it’s Crying About STAR WARS Time and I love that apparently it’s a never-ending font of things to cry about in the GFFA. But, hey, at least sometimes it’s crying in a good way? So, here, come cry some more with me about these space monks with their laser swords. STAR WARS FIC RECS: ✦ 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. ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & qui-gon & mace & rex & cast, 31.2k 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. ✦ Obikin Ficlet: Exotic Dancer AU by writegowrite, obi-wan/anakin, imperial!obi-wan, 1k Prompt: “Exotic dancer!Anakin giving a private dance to sith lord!imperial general!Obi-Wan and they haven’t seen each other in 6 months. They missed each other and Obi-Wan just wants to touch Anakin but Anakin won’t let him.” ✦ Clarity by anecdotalist, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme & ahsoka & cast, 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. ✦ Do Not Go Gentle by Glare, obi-wan/anakin, a/b/o, 4.8k wip Anakin Skywalker is only six months into his Jedi training when he goes missing on a mission, bringing his Master’s life crashing down. ✦ untitled by gaealynn, obi-wan/anakin, mild bondage, 1.9k I propose – an Obi-Wan who indulges one of Anakin’s tantrums and is startled to find that he, ah, doesn’t quite mind letting Anakin tie him up and dote on him; and an Anakin who is over the moon at being allowed to do so. ✦ Choices by writegowrite, obi-wan & krell, sith!obi-wan, ~1k The path to the dark was easier than Obi-Wan had ever thought it could be. ✦ Reunion by writegowrite, obi-wan/anakin, ~1k It has been nine minutes since Darth Vader arrived on the Rebel reconnaissance ship. ✦ Lights Will Guide You Home by darlingargents, obi-wan/padme & potential obi-wan/anakin/padme & luke/ezra & leia & ahsoka & cast, 27.3k wip Obi-Wan knew that if he didn’t leave now, Padmé would die. And so he made his decision. ✦ untitled by silvergryphon, leia & mace, 1.7k Everyone expected Leia to follow in her mother’s footsteps. ✦ untitled by stonefreeak, padme & background anakin/padme, 1.2k Padmé stares at the clock on her bedside table. She knows it’s time to get up and get ready to face the day, but she… She doesn’t want to. ✦ untitled by lurkingcrow, obi-wan & luke, 1.2k Obi-Wan braces against the bulkhead as yet another refugee pushes past him, attention focused upon the growing food line rather than the bedraggled figure hunched over his precious cargo. ✦ untitled by fireflyfish, obi-wan/anakin & cast, pirate!obi-wan, 1.9k All things considered, Darth Vader was taking the news of growing pirate fleet surprisingly well, thought Lieutenant Piett as he followed after the towering, black-suited menace. full details + recs under the cut!

✦ 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! ✦ The Exchange by MissLearn, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & qui-gon & mace & rex & cast, 31.2k 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. ✦ Obikin Ficlet: Exotic Dancer AU by writegowrite, obi-wan/anakin, imperial!obi-wan, 1k Prompt: “Exotic dancer!Anakin giving a private dance to sith lord!imperial general!Obi-Wan and they haven’t seen each other in 6 months. They missed each other and Obi-Wan just wants to touch Anakin but Anakin won’t let him.” Oh, this didn’t have to be long to have entirely caught my attention! It had some absolutely lovely imagery here, which isn’t always easy with dancer!AU fics, but this one really worked, it brought to mind so many echoes of canon, so many moments where I could so easily see the Anakin I know in the way he moved, in the way acted/reacted towards Obi-Wan. And the tension between the two characters was absolutely delicious, they never even had to touch for me to be practically on the edge of my seat! Give me a beautiful image and a compelling AU scenario and I’m totally gone, which this one did so well. ✦ Clarity by anecdotalist, obi-wan/anakin & anakin/padme & ahsoka & cast, 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. Chapters 14-15: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. When SW fandom gets busy or when I run into a streak of fics I haven’t come across before, sometimes others that I’m keeping up with get pushed down on my reader and it takes me time to get back to them just because of the way I read. And this one came up for me again recently and I just slid right back into it, where we’re in the thick of things at this point–one of the things I so enjoyed about the fic up to this point is that, even when shit was happening, it felt like there was breathing room for the relationships, both Obikin and Anidala, so I feel like there’s a good base to build on, when the shit hits the fan, as it’s been doing in these chapters. Order 66 has come and that means plot-related things! And it’s really interesting to see how things change because Obi-Wan and Anakin are in different places in their lives, just different enough that things go a little differently. And, who knows, maybe that means not much will change or maybe it’ll mean everything will change, but the point is in the journey there. I’m especially enjoying Bant’s addition to the story–for all that I’m glad the JA books have been contradicted and de-canonized, she’s one of the things I would love to see rescued from them and she’s lovely in this story, this is part of why I love her character so much, that she can provide such heart as she does here. And I also love that, for all that he’s turned a bit more towards a more stable path, Anakin is still absolutely a mess and still absolutely emotionally unstable and in real danger of falling or doing terrible things. And that makes the journey he goees through so much more satisfying for me! And I enjoyed the struggle to understand what’s happening to the clones! And, oh, there’s a conversation between Obi-Wan and Padme in chapter 15–an argument, really–that is so good for me, because so many people overlook that the Jedi were dying in that war, they were overburdened and the Senate was corrupt and they may not have been perfect, but they certainly laid down their lives to try to save people and the Senate did not. And Padme, with all her passion and compassion, cares so deeply and sometimes gets swept away and she’s all the better a person for recognizing that sometimes. Neither of them is the enemy here and I’d have read this fic just for that lovely conversation alone, never mind all the other good plot stuff happening and the ships! But that I get all of it is wonderful. ✦ Do Not Go Gentle by Glare, obi-wan/anakin, a/b/o, 4.8k wip Anakin Skywalker is only six months into his Jedi training when he goes missing on a mission, bringing his Master’s life crashing down. Unable to recover from the loss, Alpha Obi-Wan Kenobi grieves his Padawan’s uncertain fate, unaware that his life would once again be turned on end with the arrival of an Omega Sith Lord to the Temple ten years later. This fic had me at a/b/o dynamics, which I’m weak to! But then it hooked me with the actual story, with alpha!Obi-Wan having lost omega!Anakin as a Padawan, never knowing where he went or who took him and while that first chapter is intriguing and engaging, it was the reunion in chapter two that really got me. I’m a sucker for a good epic reunion kind of scene and this one gave me everything I was looking for, the fighting and the use of alpha/omega dynamics and the hints at past terrible things that happened and an unbreakable bond that still exists between the two of them, even more about the emotional side than any physical side that might still be there. It’s one of those iddy fics that’s well-written and those tend to be my favorites, the ones I look forward to most and will just flail over the most and think about the most. The reunion here was so satisfying that, even if you’re usually on the fence about WIPs, I’d still recommend this one because it has a lot of the good stuff already. And I am super eager to see where this goes! ✦ untitled by gaealynn, obi-wan/anakin, mild bondage, 1.9k I propose – an Obi-Wan who indulges one of Anakin’s tantrums and is startled to find that he, ah, doesn’t quite mind letting Anakin tie him up and dote on him; and an Anakin who is over the moon at being allowed to do so. Oh, this was actually really warm-hearted and kind of fluffy! I love that it’s very much about Anakin not being a reliable narrator and being kind of an emotional mess and losing his shit when he worries about Obi-Wan, so Obi-Wan has to find a way to indulge Anakin after a tantrum and that winds up with letting Anakin literally tie him down and feed him and watch over him while he sleeps and the whole thing. I love it because Anakin is such a mess about it and so very, very needy and really does need Obi-Wan’s attention and indulgeance and it just was really surprisingly sweet for a bondage fic! I enjoyed it a lot. ✦ Choices by writegowrite, obi-wan & krell, sith!obi-wan, ~1k The path to the dark was easier than Obi-Wan had ever thought it could be. This is a short piece, just a bit over 600 words, but it’s a lovely one about a moment that changes everything, where Obi-Wan has two paths laid out in front of him, one to the light and one to the dark, just a single decision that has consequences either way, and will eventually lead him into the dark. It’s a lovely look that continues the themes of The Clone Wars–that there are no truly easy choices in war, that sometimes there aren’t good options, and that sometimes sacrificing a bit of yourself is what will save more people, and yet you can’t know if that was the right choice. But it’s the id-pleasing choice and this was very, very nicely done! ✦ Reunion by writegowrite, obi-wan/anakin, ~1k It has been nine minutes since Darth Vader arrived on the Rebel reconnaissance ship. I don’t know how I missed this one before, but it’s a lovely and heartbreaking look at how the reunion between Obi-Wan and Anakin might have done in a different world, how some things change and some things still echo canon. It’s not a happy fic, but it’s beautifully written and has a lot of emotional weight to it and was a really, really great read. ✦ Lights Will Guide You Home by darlingargents, obi-wan/padme & potential obi-wan/anakin/padme & luke/ezra & leia & ahsoka & cast, 27.3k wip Obi-Wan knew that if he didn’t leave now, Padmé would die. And so he made his decision. Chapters 4-5: This is an update rec and will focus on these chapters, rather than the fic as a whole. I’m still in love with this fic, where Obi-Wan and Padme try to piece their lives back together after Anakin’s fall, as well as fight back against this Empire and whatever it is that Anakin has become. And this is a truly monstrous, fallen Anakin (though, we’ve only seen him through others’ povs so far), especially in the scene he has with Padme, which is awful and terrible and it hurts me, but I can’t say it’s against Anakin’s character, even as I still love him and want redemption for him, want him to work towards that again someday. And also Obi-Wan and the twins meeting the Ghost crew! It’s a good balance between plot and characters/relationships, not a ton happened in these two chapters that I can specifically point to, but that made them no less engaging and this fic no less one that I’m always looking forward to when it updates. It’s a great read and if you like Padme Lives fic, it’s definitely worth picking up! ✦ untitled by silvergryphon, leia & mace, 1.7k Everyone expected Leia to follow in her mother’s footsteps. This is part of a larger AU, but I don’t think you really need context beyond that it’s a happier AU where Luke and Leia are being raised by their parents and the Jedi are still around. (Though, the quoted reblogs will fill you in, too!) What I fell in love with on this piece was, oh, both Leia and Mace were perfect. There was such weight to both of them, tiny little Leia with her anger about injustice and the sheer weight of Mace’s character, even as he was quiet and serene as he talked with her. You could feel the anger in both of them, but good anger and the short conversation they had was pitch perfect and so lovely and everything I want for both of them. I was in love with every inch of this one! ✦ untitled by stonefreeak, padme & background anakin/padme, 1.2k Padmé stares at the clock on her bedside table. She knows it’s time to get up and get ready to face the day, but she… She doesn’t want to. I really enjoyed this look at Padme’s character, in the Supreme Chancellor Obi-Wan verse, where she clearly loves Anakin very much, but takes a really long, hard look at their marriage and that not everything about it is perfect. It’s not a fic that’s down on the relationship, I don’t think, but instead about exploring the cracks in the foundation that are there because that’s what makes them all the more interesting and I loved how flawed they both were and how that makes me love Padme all the more for her pov in this fic. It’s lovely and gentle and a good look at her character! ✦ untitled by lurkingcrow, obi-wan & luke, 1.2k Obi-Wan braces against the bulkhead as yet another refugee pushes past him, attention focused upon the growing food line rather than the bedraggled figure hunched over his precious cargo. This is another fic that came about via several tumblr conversations and, oh, it’s such a heartbreaking and yet lovely look at the transport Obi-Wan takes to Tatooine with Anakin’s child in his arms. The vast ocean of heartbreak that’s underneath every moment of this, even as he tries to be comforting to baby Luke, is just very well done and so, so nice to imagine Ewan McGregor’s singing in. ✦ untitled by fireflyfish, obi-wan/anakin & cast, pirate!obi-wan, 1.9k All things considered, Darth Vader was taking the news of growing pirate fleet surprisingly well, thought Lieutenant Piett as he followed after the towering, black-suited menace. Oh, this was totally silly and cracky and just pure fun. Set in the Accidental Pirate!Obi-Wan AU, this was all about the sheer amount of charm Obi-Wan has and how Darth Vader is hardly immune to it, even when they’re totally enemies now, for real, you guys. It’s light-hearted the entire way through, including the evenutal reunion, it’s a spoof and it’s hilarious! It’s one of those fics that’s based on the headcanons/tossed out scenarios that go around, the ones that aren’t meant to be taken super seriously, and yet still manages to be an entirely engaging, readable fic for it! It was just pure joy to read.

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