#im absolutely laughing tho at the beginning of this ask because tbh bestie i forgot i wrote this au too

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KIT!!!!! EITHER I JUST NEVER CONNECTED THE DOTS OR MY ADHD NERFED ME BECAUSE I DID NOT REALIZE THAT YOU WROTE THE BRAID AU???????? ONE MY FAVORITE AUS EVER?????????? AHSJFJDJD

I know Shmi is Hella Mad when she finds out Anakin basically tricked Obi-Wan into being married, but do you have any headcanon about how exactly she comes to know this?? Is it before Obi-Wan finds out what they mean??? I’m kind of imagining her grabbing Anakin by the ear, bitching him out for an hour, and then forcing him to wear a braid that means NAUGHTY CHILD like the Tattooine equivalent of those “I ate my owners underwear” dog-shaming signs for the rest of the time they’re visiting

bestie i love that its an official au and everything it was only 3 posts back in june but im absolutely loving the love for it now tbh <3<3<3 because braid au my b e l o v e d anakin does something he doesn't think obi-wan will every actually find out about but then obi-wan finds out about it >>>>>>>

as for shmi i feel like i adore the idea of there's some free time in the war where theyre near tatooine and obi-wan suggests going for a visit and anakin at first is like yes!!!!! but then he's like :0 wait master take those out take those out take those out right now--

and obi-wan is like ? my good fortune braids?? should i not have good fortune upon meeting your mother padawan mine??

and anakin loses like two minutes trying to sort through all the feelings that brings up but then he's like 'ah she'll be really mad i gave them to someone not from tatooine and i don't want her to be mad at me when i've only got a few minutes to see her'

and obi-wan's heart melts at anakin's (mostly fake) distress so he takes them out and anakin helps and it's awful

but literally does he know that shmi has been following the war news from tatooine and absolutely knows about obi-wan's braids and exactly what they mean (and she has this whole long speech to give to ob-wan about how disgusting marrying his seventeen year old padawan is) but then she sees obi-wan without the braids and then she clocks how skittish and guilty anakin looks and then obi-wan says something about how so many people here are wearing the good fortune braids it almost makes him sad

and she slowly turns to her son and she's like 'master kenobi, please stay here for a second, enjoy the market, keep your coin purse close. i need to discuss something with my son'

and i absolutely love the idea of there being a naughty child braid she yanks into his hair as she berates him for having the nerve to tie his and obi-wan's souls together without obi-wan's permission

and anakin's like yelping and his scalp hurts because obi-wan is always softer when he's practicing his braids and he's like 'ahhhh you don't understand i was afraid he'd die without me'

and shmi is like 'so you MARRIED HIM????'

and anakin is like 'shhhh shhhh shhhhhhhhh please mom please shhhhhhhh'