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February is Valentine’s month. Their date is sparring 💜💛

Feb’s delivery for the KZ Club

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There is no glory in war

Why?

Because I kidnapped him

And now we live on a farm

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Imagine surviving the war only to lose most of the people closest to you.

The Woman that once upon a time held your heart in her hands.

The Girl that you loved like a daughter and whose death would ultimately lead to you losing your only brother.

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In this universe, the river of time flows differently. Each step, each choice, and each poignant moment in its stream drift slightly off course.

It starts like this:

When Ahsoka and Bo-Katan ask the Jedi Order for aid in freeing Mandalore from Darth Maul's grasp and finally putting an end to the former Sith's reign, Obi-Wan does not ignore their call for help. Satine's ghost still haunts his nightmares, and it's the look on her sister's face, along with the redheads snarling accusations and Ahsoka's distant demeanor, that cause his typically composed exterior to splinter.

Through the cracks in his shields, a presence slips in – wild and tumultuous, yet practically radiant in its brilliance.

Days, months, weeks and even years later Obi-Wan will wish he'd taken a little longer to cradle her presence close.

It ends like this:

Anakin with Windu on the Invisible Hand. A incapacitated Sith in custody and another, more vile, more cunning, more sinister, choosing the wrong moment to reveal himself. A twist of fate. A long lost friend showing signs of old loyalty. Lightning. Screams. Hurt and Betrayal. The Chosen One as he was meant to be without terrors of the night influencing his most damning decision. Red clashing with purple, with blue. Red, blue, purple, blue, red, purple— A head rolls. The cackling stops.

For a moment, Peace.

A bond, frail at the edges but oh so resilient, crafted amidst blaster fire and silly nicknames and bets made on the battlefield, breaks—

Anakin screams.

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On Mandalore the last chess piece falls with a Padawans last sacrifice.

First, Maul taunts. Maul laughs. Maul feeds on rage, on grief and hurt and terror, terror, terror. He's stronger here. Less controlled too, but while his greed costs him his head, his strength costs Obi-Wan the centerpiece of his lineage.

Obi-Wan holds his daughter as she bleeds out in his arms. His shoulders shake but he does not cry. His eyes burn but he does not weep. His lips twitch but he does not sob. He holds Ahsoka much the same way he held Satine only months before.

“No, not you too.”

Something flickers inside his mind, once, twice. It grows ever dimmer and Ahsoka's grip on his shoulder, ever weaker. A feeble voice inside his mind, It's okay. It doesn't hurt. I'll be okay, Master.

But this time no reassurance, no hand to his cheek, no last confession, nothing, will temper the anger slowly rising in tandem with his grief. He needs a medic. He needs a medic, now. Where's —

Cody!

Obi-Wan doesn't like the expression on the face of his slowly approaching Commander. The furrow of his brow, the emotion in his eyes. He doesn't like that Cody has taken off his helmet and reaches out to hold Obi-Wan by his shoulder as if he knows Obi-Wan needs the physical support, as if Ahsoka is going to —

“Master—”

Obi-Wan turns his eyes back on his Grandpadawan. Hers are barely open, her lips smeared with blood. Obi-Wans eyes catch on the red trailing down her chin and the length of her throat.

Ahsoka catches his eyes and smiles. She tugs on their bond the way she had always done before a battle, up until her last assignment on Caito Neimodia.

She tugs once, twice, three times. His heart squeezes painfully in his chest. He tugs back three times.

He does cry then. For the life she will never have. For the peace she will never experience. For the war she fought and whose final victory she will never reap. For the girl he learned to love as his own.

And even in her last moment, even in pain, even after Hurt and Miscommunication, and Betrayal born out of insecurity and misjudgment, she still worries for others first. For him.

You're safe. You're all sa—

He shushes her. Tired amusement tingles across their bond.

Then,

Inhale. Exhale. Inhale.

You are forgiven, Obi-Wan.

Exhale. The light winks out and as their bond shatters his last remaining one pulls tight with white hot agony.

Cody is all that keeps Obi-Wan upright right then and there.

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The war is over. They won. So many dead. His lineage torn asunder.

Ahsoka is dead. Anakin won't speak to him. Qui-Gon is dead. Dooku is imprisoned.

Here the river of time finds a stream parallel to the one we know.

Obi-Wan and Yoda at the end of things.

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Zuko Apology but it’s Post-Zero Hour Kalluzeb💜🔥

Idea came from this post:

Some unapologetic hurt/comfort my 14-year-old self would be proud of ➕ gratuitous use of the Kallus hair strandTM to account for the lack of Zuko’s anime hair

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U know what? Obi-wan gives off Mom energy. Like that vibe when you can feel it in your bones that they love you so much and disappointing them is genuinely painful.

The negotiator? Yeah 1/4 of those negotiations was him giving sad disappointed eyes at them with hands on hips and they crumble under the sheer weight of their shame.

Anakin was oblivious to obi-wan’s Mom status because Palpatine is an ASS-

Baby Anakin: Obi-wan made me eat vegetables >:(

Palpatine: oh what a shame. A true loving guardian wouldn’t do that. I bet your mother never made you eat vegetables.

Anakin who’s mom would have Totally made him eat his vegetables: YEAH RIGHT???

Order 66 is stopped cuz Obi-wan gets his Mom senses activated before he goes off to defeat Giant cyborg man and he just grabs Cody (for his deadly dad stare that has stopped baby clones in their strides before) to go get Anakin and stop him from doing something stupid.

The 212th gave them the code names Mom and Dad just so they can say “OOOOO MOM AND DAD ARE FIGHTING AGAIN” whenever Obi-wan and Cody bicker over battle plans.

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Trick or treat! 💜

A little from the soulmate fic I was going to finish today if it hadn’t been a crazy day:

The morning after he chose the battalion colors and painted his armor, Kenobi nearly dropped his mug of caf on the war table when he caught sight of him, his eyes going wide and the Force catching his mug before he quickly schooled himself and returned to his conversation, though his gaze remained angled at Cody. Cody wondered at the reaction but it hardly mattered. He had chosen the golden orange of his soul mark for the battalion and the sunburst he had lost for his armor, and even if Kenobi hated it, he wasn’t about to allow what was his to be taken a second time.

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Excuse me bestie, do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior, WenZhou’s wedding hairpin?

Word of Honor ⇛ EP36

+ Bonus :

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looks like october is…. octover

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Corruption arc

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“Portraits, Commander & General of the Republic army.”

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So a quick Jean singer seargent study quickly snowballed into me wanting to do a bunch of these so I’m starting off with the favorite boys.

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Complexity of Obi-Wan Kenobi

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zosan, to me, is one of the biggest fuckin switch couples out there. because whoever's topping in the situation is entirely dependent on who initiates. early in the relationship it's definitely zoro doing like 100% of that, because sanji's homophobia issues prevent him from going after it. but once he settles enough that he's comfortable doing the flirting???? that first time he uses the bedroom voice/eyes first, zoro is a stuttering, cursing, cherry-red mess. he's flattered and flustered and he's mad about it and that opens the door so wide for sanji to intentionally flirt, because holy shit getting that reaction out of zoro of all people is addicting. it's both turning him on and annoying him!!! because zoro is an awkward little piece of trash when he's not the person in control!!! anyway i just love them a lot and i love them getting to remain how they are with each other while also just being. into each other. the draw isn't them changing everything, it's building on what they already have, which is (affectionately) antagonistic, deep-rooted trust.

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“It’s the coward’s way out.” “… Well, you know me!”

When you accidentally learn/unload too much about/onto your crewmate, but it all works out. Set between Water 7 and Thriller Bark.

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I love how fandom often argues over “why would Padme go for Anakin when Ewan McGregor is right there?” despite that there are plenty of real world people who real world prefer Anakin instead of Obi-Wan so clearly people’s tastes are just different, that’s just the way people work.  But apparently ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS NOT ANAKIN SKYWALKER, like there is zero evidence that Obi-Wan and Padme are having an affair, AND YET meanwhile Anakin’s first thought when Padme is saying, “Hey, you murdered a bunch of kids and don’t even seem to be sorry about it and you’re going down this really bad path, I can’t believe what I’m hearing.” and Anakin’s first thought is, “Because of Obi-Wan?”  Even Anakin Skywalker is like, “Why would Padme go for me when Ewan McGregor is right there?” apparently.

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Okay, but Obi-Wan wearing trooper blacks under his robes? The Negotiator is stocked with underwear and undertunics for one Jedi and the equivalent for several thousand clones, and I'm pretty sure Obi-Wan gets into the kind of trouble that leaves his clothes in a state beyond saving more often than normal people.

How much time did Obi-Wan spend walking around the Negotiator wearing just blacks and his coat (hinders movement = not worn into battle and shrugged off before fights, ergo longer life span than his robes and leggings)?

How many heart attacks has this given Cody?

And what do you want to bet he gives Obi-Wan some of his own laundered blacks rather than a new set when he picks him up from medical, even though it makes the heart attacks worse?

Also, the robe drop when they do go into battle - yes, shiny, we know our General is hot, we know blacks without armour leave little to the imagination but sadly the only way to get him to wear that is to put it on him while he's unconscious. Please avert your eyes, focus on the battle, and see the self-help group on deck 12 later for advice on how to proceed from here. Also, don't ever let the Commander catch you looking at the General's, ahem, assets.

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is this what winning feels like? kalluzeb nation how we feeling