#Jedi Anders (but with lightning)

[carrinth]

You've been talking about Star Wars and Dragon Age recently and basically Anders shouldn't be allowed a lightsaber, but Justice should absolutely be given one.

I spent a bit too many brain cells on this and kinda got away from original prompt (sorry! >_<) but here's my crack idea for Anders and Justice in SW AU!

Anders is a runaway Sith Acolyte that crash-lands onto a marsh planet during his seventh escape attempt. He is unexpectedly rescued from his sith pursuers by a lone old man, who turns out to be one of the last surviving members of the Jedi Order, which was allegedly wiped out years ago.

Just as Anders thinks things are looking up, the creepy swamp man abruptly declares that he will take Anders as his padawan learner because "it is clearly the will of the Force."

Anders protests.

Jedi Master Justice insists.

“I sense much fear and anger in you,” the old man said disapprovingly. But then something in his hard stare softened for just a flicker, blue eyes searching. “But also a capacity for much compassion and fortitude as well,”

“Oh,” Anders could only say. “So... you're not going to kill me?”

The man finally disengaged his lightsaber with a flourish, clipping it back to his belt, much to Anders' immense relief. “No, but you must swear to abandon all your teachings of the Dark Side. Such evil has no place here,”

“Done!” Anders quickly agreed. “Never wanted to be a sith!” Really, all he wanted to do was escape to the nearest space port and disappear.

"Good," strange swamp man nodded, for the first time sounding pleased. "Then I accept you as my padawan learner,”

“Thanks-- wait what??”

“I had not thought I would take another padawan so late in life, but such is the will of the Force”

“What,”

“Your training begins tomorrow,”

“No! Wait! You can't just – I don't-- I just left the Sith! I don't want anything to do with the Force!”

But the crazed old man had already bent down and grabbed him rather securely by his collar like a limp tooka. There was unexpected strength beneath those gnarled, grizzled hands. "The Force led you here for a reason,"

No! An unguarded starfigher with a busted hyperspace calculator led me here! Anders wanted to scream but all his trashing was for naught and that was how Anders, former sith acolyte, was inducted into the Jedi Order by a senile marsh man.

And thus, this is why SW!Anders has a blue lightsaber yet can also shoot lightning. ⚡

(And yes after Master Justice dies heroically saving Anders and friends, Anders vows to avenge his fallen master, only for said master to continue advising/harassing him in Force Ghost form... ^_^;;)

(And yes the Chantry is basically the Empire in this version haha. Anders background is mostly unchanged in that he is taken as a child from his parents after showing Force Sensitivity but in this AU the Sith destroyed the Jedi so Anders is initially trained as a sith but later abandons the Dark Side to train as a Jedi. He's mostly successful and Justice helps encourage his compassion and fortitude, allowing him to access Force Healing, but there are times Anders still falls prey to his repressed anger and fury).

#dragon age stuff #carrinth draws crap #Jedi Anders (but with lightning) #cranky old Jedi Master Justice #i tentatively put this in Old Repubic era but it's an AU so any period probably works

[blackkatmagic]

Not a fan of fandom Grey Jedi myself but I am reminded of Anders from Dragon Age Awakening whenever it's brought up. Just that one line about wanting to settle down in a nice house and occasionally hurl lightning at irritating people. Like,thats what fandom wants Grey Jedi to be. But that's not how the Force works in canon.

Yeah, the fandom version tends to turn into "Dark Side powers with none of the consequences" and that bothers me a lot. Legends had the "I disagree with the Council" version which I can get more behind, but a lot of the fandom takes drive me bonkers.

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