#i had this tagged as obikin for a second but we didn't quite get there!

[ragnarlothcat]

1/? So I have this idea (& it’s kind of sad tbh!!) that anakin growing up in the temple didn’t have a lot (or any) friends. & even as a knight the same can be said- like he has a small group of people that he loves unconditionally & is fiercely loyal to but he isn’t mr.popular. But anyway! My idea is that it takes a while for Obi wan to realise this. Obi wan is definitely aware that the first few years for anakin in the temple are difficult. Because of his upbringing he’s wary of strangers, he’s

2/? quick to anger & super defensive & prickly since he’s coming in late & therefore behind his peers & feels like he has to prove himself but I feel as if Obi wan thinks this situation will rectify itself as time goes by & anakin no longer feels as if he’s going to be kicked out of the temple for not progressing fast enough etc. But in my mind, because anakin doesn’t interact with his peers & isolates himself from them from the beginning &continues to do that as time goes on, they just come to

3/? accept that he’s a loner. & I don’t mean it’s malicious or he’s bullied but I definitely see a situation where he gets along with people his age but isn’t necessarily friends with any of them. Obi wan only starts to become suspicious when anakin is in his late teens maybe because this was the time that as a padawan Obi wan used to be trying to sneak out to the lower levels to go drinking or making out in the room of a thousand fountains & anakin just doesn’t seem to be doing that?? For a

4/while Obi wan thinks anakin is just incredibly good at sneaking out (but Obi wan has seen anakin on undercover missions & the boy doesn’t understand the word subtle so he’s definitely confused how he’s never once caught anakin stumbling back to their apartment drunk). So yeah. By all means, anakin SHOULD be popular. He’s tall, good looking & is like the Jedi version of a jock when it comes to athleticism, but he spends all his free time hanging out with Obi wan or at the temple’s hangar,

5/ tinkering with droids or bothering plo koon with questions about djem so (shout out to plo koon! I love him and I feel like he’s one of the few masters who is patient and kind enough to see past anakin’s mercurial nature to the kind hearted boy beneath!) tldr: anakin was and continues to be the super intense loner kid ✌️ps I hope you don’t mind these long head canon asks. You seem to get a lot of them & I genuinely love reading your answers/thoughts about these characters. I appreciate you!

Oh this is a bit sad! The worst thing is I think you might be right. I've mentioned before I haven't read any of the Star Wars books but from what I've been able to glean from fanfiction and other people's tumblr posts, Anakin didn't have a lot of friends growing up. I imagine a lot of factors would have contributed to that, but it sounds very lonely.

And I agree, Anakin has lots of things going for him. He's very passionate and capable of great kindness. I often write him as friends with Aayla but I don't really know what I'm basing that on other than my desire for Anakin to know more than three people.

I appreciate the Plo Koon shout out, always, he is absolutely one of my favourite characters. I think Anakin ends up with a decent relationship with a lot of the other Jedi (until he very abruptly does not)? He, Obi-Wan and Luminara work together and that seems pretty fun. I assume everyone likes Kit Fisto. But maybe that only happened once Anakin was knighted? I can definitely see Anakin's padawan years being a bit isolated. Especially since Obi-Wan wasn't his friend yet, he was still his master, and that's a different dynamic.

Anyway I love when you send me these head canons, they're so interesting to read! I do have one fic on the go that is a deep dive into Anakin's character and some of his struggles which makes this especially valuable to think about. So thank you so much, this is a delight 🥰