#THE LINEAGE

[legobiwan]

I don't know if anyone asked this before, but I'm interested in your thoughts. Let's say Qui-Gon ended up in a coma after TPM. Everything else happens until Clone Wars (before the slave arc, deception, etc.) He wakes up & meets Dooku, Yoda, Obi, Ani, Soka. Does he stick w/the Jedi or join Dooku? If he leaves does everyone else help Obi through this trying period? Does Dooku still want to bring Obi in? What about Qui-Gon? Will he spill the beans on Palpatine if he learns the truth?

Oh gods, so if I ever finish writing "Hung," that story explores exactly this topic!!!

Qui-gon, being Qui-gon, I think tries to have the best of everything. I see him as being completely disgusted with the Jedi's role in the war effort and yet not being able to reconcile Dooku's turn to the Sith. He would, I think, try to understand why Dooku turned, because it wouldn't have been without reason. He would also, I believe, come barging into Obi-wan's life like a bossy protocol droid and just start trying to rearrange things his way. Which would include getting Obi-wan to "see" why the Council is wrong and why the Jedi need to pull away from the war.

The thing is...Qui-gon is going to straddle that line until someone else gives in and inevitably gets hurt due to it. My bet would be on Obi-wan. I don't see Qui-gon joining Dooku as much as chasing after him and trying to get him to see the truth, and then Obi-wan chasing after Qui-gon to save his scrawny, long-haired ass yet again.

And Dooku? Hell, he'll take either of them, both of them, although I have this nibbling in the back of my brain that Dooku would feel 1000% more guilty turning Qui-gon than Obi-wan. Qui-gon isn't meant to be a Sith, in his mind, just someone who is a non-political actor. Qui-gon, for all of his faults, isn't actually angry, not to the point of purposeful destruction. Obi-wan, on the other hand...well, Dooku could not turn down that consolation prize, by any means.

Now in terms of Sidious...no doubt Qui-gon would spill, that's just who he is. Now, would Obi-wan immediately spill is a whole other question, considering the political pitfalls of the situation, not to mention Anakin.

And in terms of the "gang" supporting Obi-wan if Qui-gon did leave? I have to think Anakin would 100% blame Obi-wan for pushing Qui-gon away, considering Anakin's hero-worship of Qui-gon. Ahsoka just doesn't know Qui-gon well enough to make a judgment, and would likely feel stuck in the middle of a very bizarre family feud that she only can catch the surface of.

All this is to say, I should get my ass in gear and finish "Hung." (Otherwise known as, let's win the lottery so I can quit my jobs and write full-time hahahahahaha).

[elijahalijahimafidonchristopher]

[uncanny-tranny]

Fat people deserve mobility aids, too. No matter if it's connected to their fatness or not, because having a mobility issue that is connected to one's fatness won't change that they're still fat and still have the issue at hand. Fat people don't deserve to "tough it out" because fatness should be this divine punishment doled out to those who "deserve" it. Fat disabled people deserve to have the peace of mind that they can exist in whatever way is most comfortable and accessible to them

[snawleyy]

[lualuadraw]

i made a sequel

[agingerpanda]

We’ll be fine, as long as we stay together.

[incorrectstarwarsquotess]

Anakin, after briefing another one of his insane plans: Thoughts?

Ahsoka: And prayers. Holy shit.

[and-loth-cat]

"legacy" oh you mean the disaster lineage

[literallyjustanerd]

the second i saw the temple mural in rebels i knew i had to do this

[Image ID: A mural-style drawing of Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka styled after the mural of the Mortis gods seen in Rebels. Ahsoka is on the right in her white robe and carrying her scepter, a morai perched on her shoulder. Obi wan is in the middle in his Jedi robes, one hand raised. The Jedi Order symbol is behind his head. Anakin stands on the right, with one half of his face obscured by his Darth Vader mask. His hand is clenched into a fist.]

Version without noise (along with me ranting about couple details I'm way too proud of) under the cut:

The beams of light are emanating from the Jedi Order symbol for Obi-Wan, but for Anakin and Ahsoka they are centred on Obi-Wan's heart

The beams emanating from Obi-Wan all reach the edge of the canvas, but for Anakin and Ahsoka some are incomplete

The colours circling their hands are indicative of their lightsaber colours

The light circling Anakin's hand is tinged blue in Obi-Wan's direction

The light circling Ahsoka's hand is primarily white, but tinged in green, and tinged blue in Anakin's direction

[mrv3000]

Ahsoka spacesuiting up and taking on starfighters with her lightsabers is exactly the kind of Disaster Lineage/Anakin's apprentice bullshit I've been wanting to see! They're so damn extra!

[jedi-starbird]

Time Travel is my favourite trope and I think we need more fics where both Obi-Wan AND Qui-Gon time travel together because no matter when they get sent it's chaos. They're saving the galaxy and being physic flash-bangs to everyone around them.

like before Bandomeer?

The entire council is baffled to watch as Qui-Gon 'never taking a padawan again' Jinn has suddenly cut off his post-Xanatos depression tour to return to the temple and beeline to the creche with a frantic energy. His wild eyes immediately single out a fluffy, red-haired initiate.

"You." he exhales with a pointed finger, slightly ominous as he towers over the child. Said child starts vibrating with delight. "Me." he agrees, launching himself at the man. Qui-Gon drops to his knees with a thud that cannot be healthy. Obi-Wan's attempts to clamber into Qui-Gon's robes and maybe onto his shoulders is thwarted by the fact that Qui-Gon's massive hands are cupping Obi-Wan's tiny squishy cheeks. He stares at the initiate for a few minutes with an intensity that is starting to worry people.

Finally, "You're so small." Qui-Gon sounds like he might cry.

'What the fuck?' Plo Koon projects at Mace.

"I'm 9! That tends to be the case!" the child chirps back.

"You're nine." Oh. Ah. Qui-Gon's eyes are distinctively misty. He squishes the boy in a hug so hard he squeaks. Mace makes a series of gestures that imply the need for a head-scan. Depa obligingly drifts off towards the halls. Qui-Gon scoops the child up onto his hip and claims him as his padawan on the spot. The assorted council members and creche-masters burst into noise. Mace tells Depa to bring some space ibuprofen as well.

after Naboo?

Anakin is a little apprehensive of his place in both the order and Obi-Wan's life, but then one day Obi-Wan wakes up and is suddenly a lot less sad in the force?? In fact, if Anakin didn't know better he'd say he was almost giddy, but he's watched Obi-Wan try to pretend his world hasn't fallen apart for the past few months so it can't be that, right? And um, Miss Bant? He knows grief is a funny thing that affects people differently but he's pretty sure 'massive mood swing' and 'having full conversations with invisible people' is not...great? and you said to tell you if Obi-Wan got really weird in any way.

Anyway after a lot of medical exams, intense consultation with the archives, and a couple exorcisms, Anakin ends up being raised by his 'real' master and his ghost master. He is far more well adjusted emotionally and far less well adjusted for what counts as normal people behavior(not talking to thin air). When questioned on this, all he ever says is that he's talking to Qui-Gon. Isn't he...dead? Well, yes. Wait, he's a ghost? Ghosts are real? ...Well this ghost is real.

This starts a great number of existential crises among non-force sensitives and incredibly heated theological arguments amongst the Jedi. Whenever Obi-Wan is questioned on this, all he ever says is some variation of "the force got to know him for 5 seconds and kicked him back out." Mace backs him up on this even though that reasoning is technically blasphemous. Qui-Gon is having the time of his un-life. He's ascended to his final form, his sheer existence is a heresy, this is truly all he has ever aspired towards.

the Clone Wars?

The minute they get dropped back Qui-Gon immediately goes and haunts the shit out of Dooku. They have a signed terms of surrender and promise of info on the Sith Lord within the year. Only half of it is because Qui-Gon's giving Dooku complexes that are only perceptible to shrimp, the other half is because they now have a ghost spy that is not bound by the laws of physics nor spacetime.

Obi-Wan only nominally pays attention to this as he immediately goes and implements his 19 step seduction plan with Cody (he had to focus on something on Tatooine to pass the time). It fails. Spectacularly. Publicly. Ah right. Tatooine was not exactly the height of his sanity. Everyone in the GAR and temple is now riveted by High General and Councilor Obi-Wan Kenobi's attempts to go on a date with his Commander, who bats him away him like a particularly annoying stray and seems one bouquet of cactus away from committing mutiny. Anakin is worrying if it means his master knows about his secret marriage and this is some sort of really weird power play. (It is, but not in the way he thinks)

The next time Dooku goes after Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon spends a good few months appearing tear-stained at the edge of Dooku's perception and only communicating in terrible wails and discordant mutterings of 'padawan. my padawan. my little one.' 24/7.

"Wait, you're annoying Dooku into surrendering?"

"Oh no Anakin, we're crushing his psyche like a bug. :)"

[gold-as-hera]

“I suppose you do come from a long line of ✨non-traditional✨ Jedi.

In that way, she fits right in,” -Huyang

Yeah, that tracks.

[snawleyy]

[stealingpotatoes]

When I was a kid, I remember reading those old Star Wars character books and the section for yaddle said she often gave out candies to the younglings. Considering that her apprentice was cal’s master, I just picture her giving out candy to baby cal whenever he visited her with his master lol

omg YES and it's literally every 'coming back from grandma's house' meme ever,,

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[cornycopeia]

when the parallels are paralleling

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

Cody siping his caf watching Anakin and Ahsoka blow up a building: Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Obi-wan running towards the burning building: MycircusmymonkeysMycircusmymonkeysMycircusmymonkeysMycircusmymonkeys-!