#obi-wan is so great

[ragnarlothcat]

2 and 3 for Obi-Wan on the character asks please!

Obi-Wan!!!! Thank you for sending 💙 (For the character ask game)

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

Just one????? The meanest question ever!!!

I really like his compassion. Not just towards Anakin but think of how he treats Reva and Ventress and even Maul. Even though Obi-Wan is so good and really hasn't faltered in his goodness he is capable of understanding people who have done terrible things and seeing a way forward for them. He's not naive, he's just willing to look deeper.

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

He refuses to get naked 😡

But I guess I'd say that even though he knows Anakin so well, he's strangely bad at actually talking to him. Remember how he has that whole speech where he explains that Anakin is loyal to people, not principles and then there they are on Mustafar with Anakin going through his evil meltdown and Obi-Wan goes "my allegiance is to democracy!!!" Obi-Wan, man, we just established that Anakin doesn't give a fuck about democracy. I'm not saying it would have been effective because a) Anakin was already in the middle of falling and b) that's how prequels work but Obi-Wan is shockingly bad at talking to the one guy he knows better than anyone else.

[drawnbythestream]

Obi-wan and his friend Bant Eerin having a sad moment after certain events

[jebiknights]

Sometimes I just remember that oh right it's apparently a slightly controversial opinion that I think if Palpatine hadn't been involved at all that Anakin could've been perfectly happy and fulfilled with the Jedi.

Like just from rots we see Anakin want to follow Jedi ideals, to seek advice and even help from the very Jedi that fandom loves to act like he hates and who hate him in return, and we see the Jedi around him actually have a lot of respect for him! But every time he makes progress Palpatine is whispering in his ear and pulling out the stitches and re-opening the wounds, making it near impossible for him to actually grow as a Jedi and instead he grows closer to Falling. Not to mention the war, which was orchestrated in part to actively challenge the Jedi's morals and make them make bad and questionable choices.

Plenty of Legends canon and even current canon in things like the marvel comics show Anakin actively wrestling and considering Jedi philosophy, the pros and cons, and working through all his trauma and trying to figure out what's right for him and what the Jedi code actually means. People act like he only ever does lightsaber training and that he never picked up a book in his entire padawanship (which not only is just not how the Jedi Order works from what we see but honestly is just a boring take on the character imo).

Like, I just don't think that Anakin is actually incompatible with the Jedi Order! I think he could've thrived there if he wasn't being actively sabotaged and also had more time.

[coline7373]

[kenobihater]

of all the star wars movies, which of them do y'all 1) enjoy the most 2) consider the best quality and 3) think you've rewatched the most. add your answers in the reblogs or replies, i'm genuinely curious how much of an overlap there is within everyone's three answers. mine don't overlap at all! they're revenge of the sith, empire strikes back, and the force awakens :^)

[jewishcissiekj]

I love (hate) how Dark Disciple Clone Wars arc & the book acknowledged Asajj's character and depth like once or twice then called it a day. They did not care for her other than that, she was only there to uplift Quinlan's character the rest of it

Now this. This right here. It could've been everything. This is probably my favorite moment from that godawful arc/book. But nooooo a moment later Quinlan shows up and ruins my life like every time and Asajj almost dies 2 times because ofc

[padawansuggest]

Jedi and Mandalorians all get invited to pride parade on a planet and a bunch from each show up and now Palpys plans are all ruined cause they can’t get out of each others asses long enough for his plans to destroy them all to work he’s sweating bullets and now they keep showing up at each others planets to have sleepovers he’s dealing with so much he needs a vacation.

[rochenn]

1. for the choose violence ask game?

1. the character everyone gets wrong

ONE THOUSAND YEARS JAIL FOR TCW WRITERS for getting that absolutely GOLDEN layup in AotC and then NOT doing jack fuck with Dooku. They looked right at Christopher Lee's deliberately nuanced portrayal in that movie (within the script's and direction's limitations which were indeed very limiting. Have I ever mentioned that George wasn't too good at writing Dooku either?) and did NOTHING. They made him a Saturday evening cartoon guy in the Saturday evening cartoon and I am inconsolable

I cannot get over how they squandered his potential!! And Asajj's by extension, too. And why do I have to cling to CW 03 for any screentime of them both even just existing in the same room? Like genuinely do we ever see them physically next to each other? They're supposed to be master and apprentice bro something went terribly wrong here!!

Also to bend this back to the fandom and to beat a dead bloated decomposing horse: Obi-Wan. Novels have been written about his fanon alter-ego so I'll just say that most people actually write him just fine until any type of relationship emerges! Ppl want to swaddle this spiritual master and veteran shock formation leader in a blanket so bad they gotta nerf him to hell so someone can take loving care of the shadow of his former self lmao

[engagemythrusters]

smthn smthn the fact that there is no true rhyme nor reason that caleb dume--kanan jarrus--is able to flee the purge while nearly all do not; the fact that he is just some guy, when it comes down to it, neither a great jedi nor a miserable one, struggling as a mentor and a man and all else while still doing his best; the fact that he is so small, in the grand scheme of things, but still the force asks so much of him, still takes everything he has possible to give... and he gives it...

smthn.

[tennessoui]

honestly im editing the first chapter now (9k!!!) so whichever option has the most votes by the time im finished editing wins ty ty

[ragnarlothcat]

4 and 18 for the writers ask game :)

Hello!!! And thank you 💙 (for this ask game)

4. what fic of your own do you read for comfort?

I do love that this quiz assumes we reread our work, because I totally do, it's so right. I think probably Aggressive Negotiations! I love how it comes together and it's one of my favourite Obi-Wans I've written. I always write him as a bit unhinged but at least it builds up in this one and I think he's more classic Obi-Wan in the first few parts before he loses his mind about Anakin. And it makes me laugh, but mostly because the word 'regicide' almost always makes me laugh.

18. Do you only write when you’re inspired, or do you try and sit down at specific times and write no matter what?

I try to write at specific times! At least once a day I open a document and write something, even if I end up deleting it later. I find it's hard to get back into the habit if I take a long break.

But sometimes I busy myself with tumblr ask games or drabbles (although the drabbles are new!), which sort of counts? I'm typing words, at least, I'll take the win!

[magnusbae]

" They had tortured Anakin’s mother for a month. Just to test her resolve. Was it any wonder that Anakin had been left with such a deep, festering wound?" " He could do this for Anakin. His Padawan was dead, his brother, his son, his friend. He could give him this. A fearsome anger unleashed. Vengeance."  " He felt his anger rise, and he took pleasure in it. It was growing inside him and obliterating everything else. He wanted to be overtaken. He didn’t want to be careful. He wanted only the white heat of satisfaction." -The Last One Standing - Jude Watson

[lillytalons]

I wasn't really planning on participating in Sith!Obi week but then I read I saw a mountain at my gates by @blackkatmagic and I really wanted to see Obi-wan with the Hardeen tattoos.

(We'll pretend all his hair finished growing back and he decided it would be fun to leave the tattoos)

(check out the ao3 collection too! Thanks for hosting @sithobiwanevent 💛)

[fangirlforeversthings]

Qui gon would've been so proud to see his once so impulsive and feisty padawan a menace to his nerves, becoming the orders greatest pride.

Their most reliable jedi and litteral incarnation of the ultimate jedi. One of the most wise and powerful masters in the entire order at his time and a member of the high council, a victorious war hero and General. Respected and admired, someone the other knights and younglings go to for advice, to hear all his teachings, practics and advices from his experiences, the other masters seeking his opinion on important matters from time to time. The very first jedi to kill a sith in 1000 years. Yes the pure source of the light side of the force itself.

[obiscribbles]

Week 31 - October 29th, 2023 'A Conversation with Death' - Khemmis Spotify / YouTube

If you follow the Setting Suns AU then this will make more sense. But in quick summary, Obi-Wan’s fall is in grief, and Maul realizes there is something he can do to Obi-Wan that would make death seem like a mercy.

He leads him farther into the dark. 

Enjoy. 

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[youngstalactites]

Pulled from @forcesensitivebantha ‘s fic “these things happen” bc hooooly shit is this fic funny as hell like I laughed out at the taxes scene and everyone is just so gosh darn likeable :))