#jinn’s answers

[rwbybutincorrect]

Thank you!

okay, this one I'd like to dedicate to @chadfarsight

I sadly cannot provide the link, due to Tumblr's new rules about Asks, but he gave me inspiration to take up meme editing again

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[jedi-starbird]

APLAP (Assigned Pathetic Lifeform at Padawanship)

New padawan Obi-Wan trying to figure out how the FUCK to make his master listen and not abandon him to go running off following "the will of the force" when it hits him. Qui-Gon is perfectly happy stopping and taking care of pathetic life forms, but not Obi-Wan. That's it. He's always been prepared, always been dutiful, strong, self-sufficient.

He's cracked the code. He needs to be more pathetic.

The next time he senses Qui-Gon's about to run off he coordinates a scene of utmost pathetic-ness, that is, he throws himself into the nearest fountain. He trudges up to his master sopping wet, water-logged robes swallowing him, with hair sticking to his face and containing bits of algae from the fountain. He mumbles out an apology for being clumsy before looking up at Qui-Gon with the biggest, most woeful eyes possible to ask if he happened to bring any spare robes (he didn't, Obi-Wan knows this because he is usually the one to pack spare robes for them both). His wet hair is dripping water into his eyes that's beginning to turn them an irritated red, and there's algae sliding down the side of his face, it really is masterful work.

"Oh...I'm sure I'll be able to find something by myself, it's okay Master, I know you had important work to do."

Qui-Gon visibly hesitates. Obi-Wan starts shivering. He turns to walk away. He's stopped by his Master's hand on his shoulder. His Master, who walks back with him, who gets clean clothes from their hosts, who has folded like wet flimsi and even explains his stupid, stupid plan before choosing to hotwire a hoverbike with a passenger seat! Oh, Obi-Wan really has cracked the code!

Afterwards, Obi-Wan stages an increasingly pitiful accident for himself every time his patented 'Qui-Gon Jinn Bullshit' detector goes off. Eventually, his Master stops leaving him behind at all, even giving him funny looks when he turns around and Obi-Wan isn’t next to him. It never fails to make Obi-Wan grin and run to catch up. Sure, his reputation as a perfect padawan is in tatters, alongside his dignity, but it’s a small price to pay for a place at his Master’s side, for him to remember there’s a place for Obi-Wan there.

When the ray shields come up on Naboo, Qui-Gon doesn't charge ahead and leave his padawan behind, he hasn't for years. He waits for Obi-Wan because it feels wrong to do otherwise, his padawan belongs at his side.

Much, much later, when Obi-Wan is drinking to the end of the war with friends, Commander Cress will ask him how he kept General Jinn from running off for entire decade. Obi-Wan laughs, informs him, and resolutely ignores the scene Quinlan is making as the man cackles and pulls up a book to shove at them both, titled Classical Conditioning 101: A guide to subtle psychological manipulation.

[bubblew0lf1]

Would little baby dragon Obi-Wan puff up his feathers and fur like owls and cats do when feeling threatened?

Absolutely!!!! (Adult Obi-wan also does it, Anakin laughs himself to death every time, Cody thinks it's cute)

POV: You're Gui-gon and it's bath time for your young padawan

Qui gon has photos of all of these expressions and has them framed in his room

[david-talks-sw]

What "The Hidden Fortress" (1958) tells us about the Jedi's status in the Prequels.

In 1999, George Lucas had this to say on BBC Omnibus: A Long Time Ago: The Story of "Star Wars" and then The Phantom Menace's director's commentary.

“I greatly admired Kurosawa, especially the film Hidden Fortress, which told a story from the point of view of two serfs, two slaves...

... peasants who tag along with this famous general and a princess-- y'know, royalty. And the whole story is told from their point of view. And I like that idea. I like the idea of telling a story from the lowest person's point of view, uh, in the food chain, and that's how the story got to be told by Artoo and Threepio.”

“[The Phantom Menace] is told primarily from the Jedi's point of view, but the story that's being told is essentially the story of Queen Amidala and her plight of having her planet blockaded. As in, say, Episode IV, where the story is told through the eyes of the droids, in this one, it's told through the eyes of the Jedi.”

“But [from the moment we get to Coruscant, Anakin and Jar Jar] are standing on the sidelines. It's a little bit a riff on the very first film where the story is told through the point of view of the droids, who were sort of the lowliest characters.”

“And in [Phantom Menace], I'm doing it through - primarily - the two Jedi, but then the secondary characters are also carrying a lot of the weight when the Jedi aren't around.”

George Lucas draws a comparison between lowly characters like Hidden Fortress' peasants Matashichi and Tahei, the droids in A New Hope, as well as the Jedi in The Phantom Menace.

What do they all have in common? They are all the lowest-ranking characters in their respective films. Repeat: the movie frames the Jedi as almost at the bottom of the food chain.

Because of course they are. Functionally, they're just diplomats. They hold no political power whatsoever and barely have any authority .

What little authority the Jedi do have in TPM comes from the Queen's young age, which allows them to ease into a more advisory position, and Qui-Gon's rebellious streak. And even he's explicit about the fact that his mandate has limitations.

The only characters "below" them in status are Jar Jar, an exiled Gungan, and Anakin, who just yesterday was still a slave kid, Artoo the literal object and that's it!

Also the other Prequel films are consistent with this portrayal. Who do we see lower in status than the Jedi? Dexxter Jettster and the clones. Everyone else is pretty much above them.

Yes, the Jedi are part of the system, but they're not as high-ranking as you'd think. Yes, they have Force Powers, but that means squat when put against political power. So, like, to expect the Jedi to...

influence the decisions of the Senate,

wage a war against the Outer Rim to end slavery,

or blatantly refuse an order to join the war effort,

... is incredibly unreasonable.

They're not meant to be seen as "the elite, peering down upon the people from their ivory tower".

They're the servants! Servants of the Republic.

And they're seeing their higher-ups destroy what they should all stand for, but are unable to stop them.

Later on, with The Clone Wars, we are introduced to civilian characters and from their point of view, the Jedi are ultra powerful and are highly placed and "should do more but don't".

It makes sense that these characters would see the Jedi as 'the elite'. But they don't have the full picture.

We, as the audience, do.

So we know that the reality is more along the lines of the Jedi "should do more but can't".

After all, we are made privy many instances of the Jedi speaking up and trying to change politicians' minds, only to be dismissed and overruled at every turn.

↑ these aren't even all the times we see it happen, btw, there's more examples...

So at some point, if you - as an audience member - see all this and are still saying "the Jedi should've done more!" I really need to know... what more could they have done?

Take control of the Senate?

That'll result in a dictatorship, there's a reason they waited as much as they did before trying to take down Palpatine.

Power corrupts and they're wise enough to know it.

Don't join the Republic in the first place?

George Lucas never frames the Jedi's involvement with the Republic as a bad thing. In the foreword to Shatterpoint (2004), he says their being part of the Republic led to 1,000 years of prosperity.

Where's the issue, then? Well, it's a two-man job and the Jedi's bosses, the Senate, grew corrupt and stopped doing their part. They stopped carrying their end of the couch.

But “no Jedi in the Republic from the get-go” means the Sith will rise to power even faster. Fun!

Stay neutral in the war?

The Separatists were killing civilians and testing weapons on neutral systems, or enslaving them.

The choice put before the Jedi was "do what we tell you and fight, or let people die".

But also, out-of-universe... do you really think Palpatine, genius politician, master of spin, can't re-frame the Jedi staying neutral in a negative light?

When they joined the war, he unleashed propaganda that either directly (on the Separatist side) or indirectly (on the Republic side) framed them as "warmongers who corrupted their values". If they don't join, they're "apathetic cowards who care more about their own values than the lives of the people they're supposed to protect".

So either way, Order 66 comes around, wipes them out and the Republic goes "good riddance".

So what else could they do?

The answer is "not much".

Because the whole point of the narrative is that Palpatine checkmated them by taking the fight to a field the Jedi had no experience in or right to meddle with: politics.

So if you look at these characters who are nowhere near the top of the food chain, and say "well, why didn't they fix things?" I'm sorry to say you're missing the point of the narrative.

Or maybe you do get the point of the narrative and just aren't trying to be fair...

... in which case, at least be consistent and also argue:

"Why didn't Threepio & Artoo do more to save the Rebel crew of the Tantive IV from the stormtrooopers?!"

"Why didn't Matashichi & Tahei do more to save the Akizuki clan?!"

[phoenixyfriend]

5 headcanons for my obi! au? 👁️

send me an au and i’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it

Reference: My Obi! AU

Obi-Wan carries Anakin around like a duffel bag regularly. Anakin is a little too disconnected from his Future Memories to care beyond Obi-Wan Is Holding Me and so he kind of loves it. Obi-Wan is filled with dread about letting Anakin out of his sight and so results the duffel carry.

Shmi ends up spending a lot of time with Qui-Gon as everyone tries to figure out what the hell is going on. He is also, in Shmi's eyes, a parent whose child is suddenly Strange And Different From Before.

Obi-Wan is not super interested in having personal time. Everything in him is saying to keep Anakin in his sights and under his supervision at all times. On the rare occasions that he separates from his future-past-future padawan, it's mostly for Anakin to cuddle Shmi or Aayla or Qui-Gon. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan spends that time with, specifically, Quinlan or Mace.

Anakin has a tendency to wake up in a panic if he sleeps wrong. More specifically, if he lays in a way that has something over his mouth or nose, like his pillow or the blanket or his arm, his dreams go to the life support suit, which he does not entirely remember but has subconscious awareness of. And if a nine-year-old dreams of a suffocating inability to breathe, he will wake up, panic, and run to his mom. Or to his older brother. This happens a lot.

Shmi and Qui-Gon bang. Neither of their kids notice. (Feemor notices, though.)

[hannibalzero]

Kid Anakin most definitely asked obi wan if he was an angel.

This is a canon event. Yes he also asked Padme but these are two different angels. Padme is a standard angel! Padme glows goodness, beauty and nature (always has since she’s the queen of Naboo) but Obi-wan is a archangel. Older subtitle, hidden in a cloak with a small smile. A kind word, a gentle hand, but ready to protect and fight at any moment.

Anakin hides in Obi-wan’s cloak peaking his head out of the soft brown homespun while they wait for Qui-gon-jinn as he does stuff. Anakin feels safe, something he doesn’t feel without his mother. lol padme gets a little jealous and asks if she could try hiding with Anakin.

Obi-wan amused by the Queen and little boy, opens his cloak and Padme hides inside with Anakin. Padme, strong and proud allows herself this moment. Giggles like a kid and relaxed with Anakin. It’s been a while since she has acted like a kid. Yeah she’s just 14…freaking 14 and a queen.

As for Shmi, this event is what made her believe the Jedi where the right place for Anakin. Not only freedom but love and kindness. A chance to be a child as well.

“No Master, I have not seen our Dearest Padme nor Anakin Skywalker. I’m afraid I have lost them.” Obi-wan said hands hidden in his sleeves as his robes giggled.

“Padawan mine, I believe you’re cloak is infested. What could it be?” Qui-gon-Jinn holds Obi-wan’s cloak open making both children scream and start a game of chase.

Okay so I might of went off on a ramble but this was a fun thought. A moment of fun before all the stars and the wars lol.

[strqyr]

does it ever just hit you that ozma returned for salem.

light tells him that mankind is no more, yet the world remains, and in time mankind will grow to walk its face once again, but they will be but a fraction of what they once were. light offers ozma his task that can only end in two ways: either humanity remakes itself and is made whole again, or the world will be wiped from existence.

and ozma says no; "that world just isn't as dear to me without her." he'd rather go back to afterlife to be with salem... except salem isn't there.

so ozma changes his answer to yes; "i'll do it."

and it's just so. yeah, it's no wonder he isn't pushing full steam ahead trying to fulfill his task bc it was never really about that for him. he didn't accept to return for some altruistic reason of wanting to save the world and make the humanity whole again, he returned for salem.

"so all those times you talked about having faith in humanity, that was just for everyone else?" <- i think ruby is hitting the head of the nail here, to an extent; does ozma actually have faith in humanity? the same humanity that he was told by light was but a fraction of its former self? the humanity that needs to be remade, to be made whole again? it certainly adds another layer to his secrecy, this deep underlying "i'm not like you, broken and fractured" that has been knocked down, notch by notch, with every reincarnation he has gone through, every reincarnation he has learned to live with instead of taking over their lives, bc those people are part of that broken, fractured humanity who obviously care about their own kind.

but the fact remains that it all started with salem being in the first place with the world and this new humanity in a distant second and it's driving me up the walls.

[teecupangel]

Tee, I'm re-reading Esama's glorious Sailing the Stars again and, a few chapters in, I thought- if the Desmond who could Hear Us got caught up in this scenario, many of us would be screaming at each other. Some in panic, some in excitement, and a few/one of us are starting to sound slightly unhinged from how long we've been laughing (read: cackling) for and how it's been growing so loud that's it's more like mad howling and it starts to drown out everyone else through sheer Awkwardness and how Unnerving it is.

Meanwhile, Desmond is just standing, awkwardly, before either a couple of Jedi or the entire Council- who are also slightly frozen in awkwardness because the Force is being as unhinged as the Cacklers but less Awkward and Unnerving and more, laughing/howling at a joke that it's decidedly Not Explaining. To Anyone.

And then the cackling suddenly stops and someone says, with a slasher grin you could almost hear: "Hey Des baby, can you go ruin the entire fucking careers of some Siths for us? Pretty please?"

Not sure which time Desmond would come out of, but I find it hilarious if Desmond manages to appear during a time when Qui Gon Jinn and Dooku were having problems later in their relationship but before he takes Vosa as his padawan and now Jinn has to deal with not only the knowledge that His Master Fucks but also has, and does occasionally, Fuck with Sifo Dyas and Madame Nu when the time and preference arises. The mental damage alone has some of Us laughing our asses off. Not to mention the implicated existence of Actual Gods/Patrons and the multiverse.

Sailing the Stars by esama (If you love Star Wars and Desmond Miles, go give it a read if you haven’t… or reread it if you already have XD)

This… isn’t exactly a fanfic of a fanfic because this can be summarized more as “Desmond gets awaken in the Star Wars timeline during maybe the Tales of the Jedi series? and he can still hear us”. I don’t think you need to have read Sailing the Stars to get this little snippet, at the very least.

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Desmond has no idea what to do.

By this point, the voices in his head, the capricious ‘watchers’, would be giving him directions or suggestions but they were all still freaking out.

Because, according to what he could actually understand from their freak outs, he was not supposed to be here and this was a ‘crossover’ and “OH MY GOD” and the occasional “I don’t know enough about this!” sprinkled here and there would imply that he wasn’t in his ‘universe’ anymore.

Even the first who talked to him had fallen silent after a dreadful “fuck, this isn’t my fandom” and that was definitely not a good sign.

The other voices he could recognize were too busy freaking out and they were arguing where Desmond.

To be more exact: they were questioning if Desmond was in ‘canon’ or in ‘legends’… whatever that meant.

There a low chant of “Desmond for Darth Revan!” that was being shushed once in a while

And here he was… just… standing.

This council of what they call Jedis was staring at him with furrowed brows, something about how the Force was surrounding him and was… very ‘chaotic’?

But not in a bad way?

Like the kind of giddy chaos that children would get into?

At least, that was what that short green… alien?

Is it racist for Desmond to call him an alien?

Aren’t they all aliens anyway?

Isn’t Desmond an alien too because, apparently, he’s different from the other humans that the Jedis have on record.

Being both more primitive and also too ‘different’ to be considered one of the older ones, whatever that means.

Desmond would have assumed that it was because of his Isu-human gene ratio but the more logical reason would probably be because he was…

Well…

Not from this universe.

Not that he was going to say that.

Even if he did, they would probably just assume he meant not from this specific ‘galaxy’ or whatever.

Desmond would take any kind of distraction at this point and he finally got his wish when the door slid open and two more men entered the room.

The voices were silent for a moment before some of them began to shout, “Oh my god. Is that Count Dooku?! He’s soooo young.”

“Oooohhh, Qui Gon Jinn! Look at him! He’s so baby!”

Desmond’s eyes met the older man that he was certain was supposed to be Count Dooku and the voices hushed for a moment before someone whispered.

“300K, slowburn, corruption arc, hurt and comfort, BAMF Desmond Miles, Good Count Dooku.”

Desmond wanted to sigh.

Maybe he should just run away at this point?

[mojo-chojo]

All I imagined when I saw the Tango with Skizz and Impulse art was how small Tango would look between the two of them

yeah i thought about that too lol

they all took a nap together and cuddled hehe :)

[badolmen]

‘Luke takes after Anakin!’ ‘Luke takes after Padme!’ You’re both wrong. Luke takes after Qui Gon.

[rwbybutincorrect]

i think you might’ve been blogging on the wrong blog last night

THIS IS SO…. MOD WEISS HOW DID YOU MANAGE THIS SO MANY TIMES….

[pickalilywrites]

Petra is shopping for Levi's birthday/christmas present at the mall. but has trouble what to get. She runs into her friends and ask for help

thanks!!! have a good holiday :)

gift shopping

rivetra. high school au. 2119 words. read on ao3.

Petra feigns a smile when she finds herself running into her friends at the mall. Somehow, she’s not surprised to see them here. Even though she already knows the answer, she asks, “What are you all doing here?”  

“Holiday shopping,” Eld replies easily without any trace of shame. Behind him, Auruo and Gunther nod their heads a little too vigorously. Eld grins down at Petra. “You’re going gift shopping too, right? Maybe we should shop together. The more the merrier, right?”  

“We could also be helpful if you’re shopping for a guy. It’s good to have a male perspective in these situations,” Gunther says. He’s a little too eager, a little too helpful as he tries to subtly convince Petra to allow them to join her shopping spree.  It would be obvious even to an outsider that they’re not so much helping as they are trying to weasel their way into her business.  

“Especially if you’re shopping for a special guy,” Auruo adds. He wears the same eager smile that Gunther does and it makes Petra stumble backwards in alarm. “As special guys ourselves, we would be more than happy to help you in that department, Petra. Especially if that guy is Levi Ackerman.”  

Her cheeks flush red at the mention of Levi’s name, but Auruo’s words are not untrue. She has come to the mall with the intention of purchasing a gift for Levi’s birthday, although she is admittedly having difficulty finding the perfect gift. Levi isn’t a very materialistic person to begin with, so Petra is afraid he will be less than impressed than whatever she manages to find. She has already been at the mall for two hours scouring the shelves of half the stores in the mall only to come up empty-handed. At this point, Petra should be glad that her friends have turned up and offered to assist her, but she knows they’re only here to meddle rather than offer any goodwill as they so claim.  

“You three are awfully interested in my affairs with Levi Ackerman,” Petra mutters. She moves towards a rack of winter coats and flips through the various peacoats even though she knows she won’t find anything suitable for Levi. Even though she doesn’t turn her head, she can hear her friends shuffling behind her, following her every move. “It’s just a birthday present. It’s not that interesting.”  

“If it has anything to do with Levi Ackerman, it’s automatically interesting. Those are just the rules,” Eld says. Behind him, Auruo and Gunther nod in agreement.  

Despite being rather popular at school, Levi Ackerman is an enigma. He’s in a well-known indie rock band called No Name with two other classmates. While the band has their fans and even holds concerts from time to time, Levi tends to keep to himself and only speaks with a few other classmates. It seems Petra is a part of this precious few, much to her friends’ utter delight. 

In complete contrast, Petra and her friends can fly under the radar at school. They don’t stand out, but they aren’t at the bottom of the social ladder either. They blend in seamlessly with the rest of the crowd at school. If Petra were any more popular, she’s sure that her unexpected friendship with Levi Ackerman would surely turn heads, but she’s so invisible that nobody has noticed aside from her small circle of friends.  

“It’s really not that interesting. I’m sure it’s not that different from buying a present for any other guy,” Petra mutters. 

“Untrue. Would you buy the same present for Levi that you’d buy for me? Or Eld? Or Gunther?” Auruo asks. He doesn’t falter when Petra shoots him a glare. Instead, he grows more confident, standing up taller and puffing out his chest as Petra refuses to answer. His smile widens. “See? You need us.”  

Petra doesn’t agree, but it would be tedious to argue with her friends. If she refuses to accept their help, they would only follow her around the store at what they believed was a discreet distance even though she would easily be able to see them if she turned her head to look over her shoulder. It would be more convenient to just accept their help. At least then she could just buy the first thing they recommend her and return it the next day before continuing her gift shopping by herself. 

“I don’t need you, but I’ll allow you to help me,” Petra says and instantly regrets it when she sees her friends pump their fists in victory.  

“You’ll be so excited once we help you find the perfect gift for Levi,” Eld says. He links his arm around Petra’s and begins to lead down the aisle.  

Auruo links his arm with Petra’s free arm. He’s practically vibrating with happiness. “We’re going to help you find the absolute best gift, Petra. You’re going to wonder why you hadn’t begged for our help earlier,” Auruo grins. He seems to have forgotten the fact that Petra hadn’t begged them for help in the first place. 

As it turns out, shopping with her friends is more distracting than it is helpful. Gunther has a tendency to try every article of clothing of interest, insisting that Petra needs a live model to get a good visual of how the clothes fit rather than relying on mannequins and online models. Never mind that Gunther and Levi are completely different body types, the other boys think that it’s an excellent idea and give their honest opinions of Gunther’s modeling, asking him to turn so that they could see the clothing at every angle. If they are looking at food items, Auruo will snatch whatever Petra is looking at from her hands and inspect the list of ingredients. He nods whenever he comes across ingredients he knows and for those he’s less familiar with he will look up on his phone. When he finally finds the ingredient online, he announces it for everyone to hear. (“Malic acid,” Auruo says at one point with a wrinkle of his nose before furiously typing it into his phone, and everyone waits for him to give them the definition before moving onto the next item.) It can be argued that Auruo and Gunther are at least trying to help in their own way, but the same cannot be said for Eld. With Eld, Petra finds that they’re constantly being pulled towards whatever gimmicky, holiday-themed gift that catches Eld’s attention. He’s dragged them to a rack of ugly Christmas sweaters, Christmas stuffed animals with loud bells or bright lights, and Christmas chocolates that are so sweet that it hurts Petra’s teeth just to look at them. 

At this particular moment, Eld is having them try out different Christmas headbands. The entire afternoon has been wasted and Petra is no closer to find a gift for Levi than she was at the beginning of the day. She would have plucked something off the shelf and bought it for Levi just to rid herself of her friends, but she has already tried that three times before and each time her friends wrestled whatever random object she had out of her hands because they didn’t believe it was the right gift for Levi. At least their hearts are in the right place. 

“Petra, what do you think of this one?” Eld asks, turning around to show her the headband he’s slipped on his head. It looks like an elf hat, bright green with thin red stripes and a large bell dangling at the end. 

“Is that for you or for Levi?” Petra sighs. She’s been trying to steer them all away from the holiday section of the stores they visit. She doesn’t think Levi would particularly enjoy a Christmas themed gift for his birthday even though his birthday’s the same day. Her own birthday falls at the beginning of December and she still gets Christmas themed presents. 

“Come on, Petra. Lighten up. This is all part of the process,” Gunther says. Petra would normally trust Gunther, but the ridiculous Christmas tree hat on his head makes him lose any credibility he previously had.  

“Yeah, all part of the process,” Auruo echoes before placing a headband with a large, sparkly green gift ribbon on Petra’s head. On his own head he wears an enormous pair of reindeer antlers that flicker and light up. “It takes time to find the perfect gift.”  

Petra is about to snap and reply that finding a decent gift shouldn’t take an entire day when a familiar voice squeals, “Gift shopping? Us, too!”  

Petra is horrified when she turns around and finds Isabel bounding towards them. Behind her are Levi and Farlan, shopping bags hanging off their arms. They look amused to see Petra and her friends with holiday headbands on top of their heads. 

Isabel doesn’t seem to notice Petra’s distress. The redhead hooks her arm around Petra’s and smiles widely up at her. “Have you been shopping very long? You guys don’t seem to have very much.”  

“That’s probably because they don’t buy everything they think is cute,” Farlan grumbles, setting the bags down at his feet.  

“Maybe they’re just unsure of what people want!” Isabel says. She gives Petra another dazzling smile. “If you guys are buying Christmas presents for us, I really like holiday gifts. I think they’re so cute!”  

“Oh, is that why you purchased everything with a reindeer or a snowflake on it?” Farlan asks sarcastically as he gestures at the bags he had set on the floor as well as the bags that Levi still carries. 

“I’m just trying to get into the Christmas spirit! It’s better than being a scrouge like you!” Isabel huffs. 

With shopping bags still hanging on his arms, Levi navigates towards the rack of holiday accessories that Petra and his friends had been looking at earlier. He shifts all the bags onto one arm so that he can look through the racks better. As his friends bicker, his gaze passes over the festive hair ties and headbands. He seems more interested in the simpler ones: hair ties that are plain red or green with gold sparkles or silver stripes, little gingerbread men on plastic hair clips, or a clip with a poinsettia. He eventually pulls out a bundle of hair ties with jingle bells attached to them.  

“Hey, Isabel, will these do?” he asks, holding them out to her.  

The redhead’s emerald eyes grow in excitement. “Oh, those are so adorable!” she gushes.  

“Good. Now you can leave me alone about buying you a Christmas present,” Levi says.  

“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” Isabel cheers. She jumps up and down in her excitement and accidentally jostles Petra in the process. She turns her head to apologize but must notice something in Petra’s expression because she composes herself quickly and asks Levi, “What would you want as a present, Levi? It must be difficult buying presents for you because people have to buy things for Christmas and your birthday.” 

“A present? I don’t really care much for them,” Levi says. His eyes travel from Isabel to Petra and his gaze settles on the green ribbon on Petra’s head. “As long as the person put thought into it, I’d be grateful. Especially if they took the time to wrap it nicely.”  

Something about his gaze is too much for Petra to handle. She has the urge to cover her face with her hands or at least snatch the headband off her head so she looks less like a fool, but all she can do is look down quickly and hope that the flush of her cheeks isn’t too apparent. She’s so lost in her thoughts that she’s startled when she finds Levi gently touching the gift bow on her head. 

“This looks nice on you, Petra,” he tells her. 

“Th-thanks,” she manages to stammer. 

“We need to get going. I need to pick up one of my purchases before the store closes,” Farlan says as he looks down at his watch. He picks up his bag and starts off. Isabel has detached herself from Petra’s side and is skipping behind Farlan. “It was nice bumping into you all. See you later.”  

“See you guys at school!” Eld says back, waving off Farlan, Isabel, and Levi. When they’re far enough away, Eld and the rest of Petra’s friends turn towards her with shit-eating grins. “I guess you know what to get Levi for his birthday this year, Pet.”  

“Shut up,” Petra mutters but she nonetheless pulls off her headband and stomps towards the cash register to buy it as her friends fall over in laughter behind her. 

[bubblew0lf1]

In your dragon!Jedi AU, are Obi-Wan's feathers waterproof? Or does the poor thing get absolutely waterlogged and sulks and has to be scruffed/scooped up by Qui-Gon/others?

Love this question!

So here's the thing about Obi-Wan's feathers. They're pretty durable against harsh weather conditions and the elements (I'm not going to elaborate on that one because that's A HUGE spoiler for the story). So he's fine with water as long as he's not submerged in it.

For example he is perfectly fine in a heavy storm with rain, but if he falls into a large body of water, his feathers get soaked and his wings drag him down (which makes him a terrible swimmer, if he manages to swim at all).

Throughout his life, someone repeatedly has to play life guard with the guy cause of course he keeps falling in rivers and lakes like that's not one of his biggest weaknesses. (Also the reason why he hated it when Qui-gon washed him in dragon form, he just ends up a big ball of fur and feathers by the end)

[charmwasjess]

hi!! qui-gon + 2, 3, 12

Hi!!! Thank you for playing!! I'm sorry I'm a little bit late with this answer. I have been absolutely savoring these and spending too long on my answers. THEY ARE SO FUN.

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Honestly, the moment where Qui-Gon is in the middle of the Duel of the Fates and kneels down in front of the wall of lasers and the prowling, glaring Maul to meditate. Coming into TPM after the OT, Qui-Gon is the first full-on Jedi in his prime we've ever seen, and that moment is so precious to me, not just for how it characterizes him, but for the picture it gives us of what the whole Jedi Order are like as a people. It's a beautiful, iconic scene. When I think about why I like the Jedi stories in Star Wars best of all, I think about that moment. 3. Least favorite canon thing about this character? I think we're supposed to wince at this moment in TPM - the camera cut to Obi-Wan's blindsided, hurt eyes, literally left behind as Qui-Gon steps forward to announce to the Council that Anakin will now be his Padawan. It's excruciating. It's uncomfortable. The echo of that same fact coming back when he spends his last words on Anakin, and not the boy he's already trained who is actively crying onto him.

But frankly, I actually like this about his character, even if it kills me - because the best characters have interesting flaws, and Qui-Gon has some horribly good ones. I could go on and on about this. And the point is never that I think Qui-Gon is deliberately thoughtless or evil in this, it's just the painful complexity of a really good character.

....If you want a more petty answer, I'd also say I'm annoyed at Master and Apprentice's vague and unclarified suggestion that Qui-Gon had Some Big Love Interest in his past, unless they plan to actively re-canonized Tahl. (Which they should. Light of the Force. Love of my life.) 12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?

I don't know if this counts, because it's definitely a Theory as much as a headcanon, but nothing will convince me that Darth Maul wasn't specifically added to the Naboo shitshow by Sidious for no reason other than to kill Qui-Gon. Maul does nothing during TPM except try to isolate and destroy him. He routinely ignores his actual target (stopping/controlling Amidala) to get at him. And I think the reason for this is because, much like Sidious groomed Anakin for years as his ideal/intended student while Dooku was his apprentice, Sidious was moving out Maul for Dooku, and he needed Qui-Gon's death as the ultimate destabilizing factor to topple Dooku's house of cards.

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[phoenixyfriend]

Pirate au for star wars?

send me an au and i’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it

Going for that Golden Age Fantasy vibe that PotC runs on

Padme is a godly entity masquerading as a noblewoman. She pretends to be a fancy rich lady, corsets and panniers and lacy fans. She is not. She is some kind of god and only a very small number of people are aware of this.

Anakin snuck his way onto a pirate ship when he was nine for Reasons. Those reasons are that Qui-Gon's ship stopped by in a Certain Port for the first time in ten years and, all said, 'living on a pirate ship with the bio dad he's never met' was somehow still better odds on making it to adulthood than sticking with Shmi. Qui-Gon did not want to take a kid to sea, because he thinks being a pirate is understandably way too dangerous for a child. Unfortunately, Anakin.

Qui-Gon was actually a Law Man until a few years before Anakin happened. Specifically, four years before Anakin happened, when Qui-Gon kidnapped a twelve-year-old who'd been scheduled for execution for some insane, overblown crime in a town by Telos (turns out Xanatos is 100% willing and able to get preteen Obi-Wan murdered by the government out of pure spite), and was labeled a criminal when he left. Even after Xanatos and his father were removed from power, Qui-Gon's crimes were not pardoned, and so he and Obi-Wan just went full on Robin Hoods Of The Sea since it wasn't like they'd be safe on land anyway.

Ventress and Grievous run actual Historically Horrible pirate crews that do all the classically evil shit.

Mace is technically supposed to be trying to catch pirates, but if Qui-Gon, his apprentice, and his tiny child--what the HELL, Qui-Gon, what possessed you to bring a CHILD with you--escape from his brig rather more frequently than anyone can justify... well, it's not like Mace is the only one to lose them.

Bonus: Rael is a minor sea spirit who just randomly shows up, drunk as fuck, on Qui-Gon's ship every full moon.

[hannibalzero]

for the asks if you feel up to it, how would bunny-wan deal with nyanakin getting zoomies and yowling at midnight or when he gets into cat fights with Kitty ferus.

A lot of this is what Bunny-wan experienced with Qui-gon-mew. You think Nyanakin is bad? Ha! Qui-gon-mew is zooming at hyperspeed

Qui-gon-mew at 3am: PADAWAN THE FORCE IS AMAZING!

Bunny-wan; -is sleepy on his pillow- yes master..

But with nyankin, bunny-wan tries to play with Nyankin during the day to sleep at night but some things are just nature.

Bunny-wan will just watch nynakin go. Damn he is fast.

As for Nyankin fighting? The no no squirt bottle of disappointment works well along with grounding.

But every now and then, Bunny-Wan gets the zoomies!

Joy. The force, carrots and hay are on sale. Sidious fell down the stairs. All good things bring out bunny-Wan zoomies.