#but then not even obi-wan could see that

[tennessoui]

au where jedi healers take a vow not unlike jedi temple guards, but instead of wearing a mask and becoming anonymous, they give up their sight and wear blindfolds to allow the Force to guide their every action. it’s also supposed to blind them to their patients’ differences, which used to be symbolic but since the war between the jedi and the sith broke out, has become much less so

because jedi healers are supposed to heal regardless of if their patient is a jedi or a sith, when they’re deployed on battlefields after the fighting is over, they use the Force to heal every injured person they come upon.

anakin skywalker, who was chosen from the creche and agreed to follow the Healing path at the age of 9, thinks it’s sort of stupid that they have to wait until after the fighting is over to begin to help because he can feel people dying in the Force, he can feel their pain--

young general kenobi, who remembers his old creche-mate anakin skywalker and how blue his eyes once were, thinks it’s beyond foolhardy that this healer is stealing out across an active battlefield, blindfold over his eyes and bending down to heal karking darth maul and single-handedly diverting all of obi-wan’s attention away from the droids and sith legion because now he has to make sure he’s ok he can’t just leave him to the whims of the Force, he’s unprotected and he’s going to get himself killed----

it’s a headache and a half for everyone involved because general kenobi keeps abandoning his battle strategy and sometimes even position to ensure healer skywalker’s safety and healer skywalker keeps dropping everything and everyone the moment he feels obi-wan kenobi get hurt in the Force to rush to his side, Force Vow of Healing Equality be damned.

but......the Council keeps deploying them to the same battlefield because healer skywalker is never more effective as when he knows he must heal fifty mortal wounds before he can rid general kenobi of a headache, and general kenobi is never as ruthless as when skywalker is on the field close to him, in potential harm’s way

despite how much they insist they hate each other 

#kit's silly lil aus #obikin #healer anakin au #writing this out i thought of like five thousand scenes i'd want for this #a scene where obi-wan is pissed at anakin because he keeps fucking fixing one of the sith #so he's not letting anakin heal him and refusing to see one of the clone medics #so they're in his tent and he's just holding a compress to his head wound and bitching at anakin who is bitching back at him #and obi-wan is like 'at least you don't heal DROIDS' very scathing #and anakin goes quiet and is like 'i used to want to be an engineer did you know that?' #and obi-wan is like 'force when we were kids i knew everything about you. crush the size of a senator's ego' #oh and another scene where a sith (lbr maul) attacks anakin and obi-wan gets in the way #and takes the blade for him and anakin kills him rather violently #because i dont like healer anakin aus that take the violence and teeth out of anakin skywalker #so he snaps and breaks his vows to kill maul and eliminate the threat so he can heal obi-wan #and probably the council had encouraged him to become a healer because they could see his capacity for violence and fear and hate #but they couldn't see his attachment to obi-wan #but then not even obi-wan could see that #and a scene after that where obi-wan wakes up in his tent and the first thing he sees is anakin's blue eyes #because anakin broke all his vows to protect and obi-wan and killed many many people to keep them away (in a very feral way) #so what's one more #and obi-wan's first thought is that he missed those eyes #everything else and their consequences can wait #oh also mostly in it for the blindfold sex before this #absolutely here for the blindfold sex #same age aus also my beloved

[antianakin]

I recognize that this mostly happens because Obi-Wan is and always has been a direct foil for Anakin, but I am SO tired of all of Obi-Wan's more canon love interests ending up being more about making commentary on Anakin and Anidala than they are on exploring OBI-WAN. It's just sad and I'm so tired of it and I think that until people are willing to write a romance for Obi-Wan that isn't actually about Anakin at all, Obi-Wan should just be made off-limits for romance plot lines entirely. Leave the man alone, please, I am begging you.

#star wars #obi-wan kenobi #i just finished reading the first half of secrets of the jedi with the siriwan relationship #and holy mother of god was it anidala coded all to hell and back #obi-wan is turned into a mighty prude and siri into this sweet motherly character just to make it work #everything from the reaction obi-wan has on seeing her at the beginning to how quickly the relationship moves to the secrecy #it's all anidala #it's all ABOUT anidala #obi-wan is so ooc in this that it's not even funny #he's not even in character to previous works written about him BY THE SAME AUTHOR #and yet somehow it is STILL miles better than whatever the fuck obitine was supposed to be #where obi-wan is given a love interest specifically designed to be killed off so that they could compare that to anidala #and honestly the scene where she dies is probably their ONLY good scene together #it's certainly the only scene where they seem to genuinely understand or even LIKE each other #like siriwan has obi-wan acting ooc but at least he's not literally misogynistic towards his love interest #unlike the way tcw chose to write him #like yeah sure i really feel the romance in obi-wan calling satine 'hysterical' over her perfectly reasonable political views #and at least siri respects and understands the jedi life and LOVES the jedi order unlike satine #so despite how frustrating siriwan is - obitine is 10x worse still #it makes me SO so glad that tala ended up losing the romantic aspect of her relationship with obi-wan #because you KNOW that that would've just ended up another anidala parallel #again #as obi-wan loses yet another female love interest to death at the hands of the sith. again. #honestly tala's relationship with obi-wan is IMPROVED by the lack of a romantic love interest #there's a lot of interesting meaning in that relationship that i honestly believe would be lost if it had been romantic #obi-wan and love interests just don't seem to mix well in canon or anything canon-adjacent #free my man from terrible romantic storylines that aren't even about him #obitine critical #siriwan critical #anti obitine

[p4nishers]

remember obi wan kenobi?? man was he gay

#ESPECIALLY general kenobi #MAN THAT WAS SOME GAY SHIT HE PULLED IN LITERALLY EVERY CLONE WARS EP #im in love w him #reading 'kenobj' rn and he's literally the sweetest ever its from other ppls pov so we can see how ACTUALLY charming he is tf that man is #wooing everyone while in exile UNKNOWINGLY i might add #he's so ughashhsheh #HONESTLY ok HONESTLY its a BIT boring bc theres orrin or whoever tf i cannot fucking stand and i have literally drag myself thru his pov #and there are literally chapters where ben is not in it and im at this point only reading for his meditation scenes (where we kinda? #get his pov) and for a mention of cody bc i will not rest till i read about ben missing cody #anyway to end this long rambling he was gay (or bi) and idc what you have to say #AND ppl seem to forget that they announced that he was bi AND aroace like???? HE'S AROACE ISN'T THAT THE BWST THING YOU EVER HEARD???? #ok u don't have to read all of this im just bored in french class and venting about obi passes the time so #no cause like he had chemistry with fucking everyone ( i am myself am a codywan shipper but we got to admit that man could FLIRT alright) #even with general grievous i was so fucking shocked u dint even jnow when he started HARD CORE flirting w the droid mid battle #i love him so mucv he's so so SO #obi wan kenobi #ben kenobi #codywan #gay #aroace

[destroyedparadise234]

oh, how Obi-Wan consistently melted at the sight of Anakin. How piercing eyes crinkled in the corners as a stern frown softened into a timid smile

like he couldn’t help it, that even in moments of frustration and teaching he couldn’t help but let his pride for Anakin slip through. Couldn’t stop his blinding affection from gentling his features.

Anakin looked at Obi-Wan like he hung the stars, but Obi-Wan looked at Anakin like none of the other stars in the sky even mattered in the face of Anakin’s light

#obikin #dont mind me just having emo hours after seeing another gif of obi wan smiling at anakin #he smiles like he cant help it and it KILLS me #he loved anakin so much #he LOVES anakin so much he loved and loved and loved so much more than anyone could ever know #more than anakin could ever even realize

[firefly-fez]

in all honestly a resolution in ahsoka and obi wan’s relationship would be nothing but tragedy. meeting after order 66 wouldn’t go…well. there is immediate relief to see that the other is alive. just as quickly, there is guilt. obi wan’s guilt. he cannot bring himself to tell her that he is anakin’s killer. ahsoka sees obi wan’s depression. he looks hopeless and lost. the mentor she knew is gone forever. she sees the guilt in his eyes thinking it’s because he couldn’t save anakin. she tries to tell him it’s not his fault, he’s not alone, she loved him too, they can grieve him together— he won’t let her in. the obi wan she knew is gone; what can she do? she cannot help someone who does not want to be helped. he won’t talk to her about what happened and she doesn’t understand why. years later, she understands why. in horror, at last, she understands why. she’s questioning everything all over again. how can she trust herself? everything she was ever taught was taught to her by— him. obi wan, still nothing like his old self, but a little better, now, thanks to the purpose luke (and leia) have given him, runs into ahsoka again. he recognises her guilt, her grief, her doubt, immediately. her fear. her fear of herself. she knows. his belated attempt to be there for her isn’t the comfort he hoped it would be. it’s not that she’s angry. not at him. it’s just that she doesn’t believe him. not anymore. he tries to reassure her that she is not destined to fall into the dark side. all ahsoka hears are empty words. his belated belief in her is just empty now. you believed in him, too, she says, defeated. you always said we were so alike. give me a reason. any reason to believe in me that you haven’t once said about him.

and he can’t.

#obi wan #ahsoka tano #i actually think that the distance between obi wan and ahsoka in the rebellion era makes a LOT of sense #beyond ‘we can’t retcon the OT so… uh…they think that each other are dead’ #ahsoka represents everything obi wan doesn’t want to confront after mustafar #and by the time he has healed enough to be ready #she is all grown up; grown away from him; and his voice is no longer the voice of counsel and reason she goes to for guidance #even after they both know the truth about vader #they’re not on the same page #obi wan leaves his confrontation convinced anakin is gone and vader is his killer #ahsoka leaves her confrontation with vader believing anakin remains. she tries to bring him out again and almost succeeds. #obi wan breaks the mask and sees anakin dead #ahsoka breaks the mask and sees anakin alive #they are not on the same page #i think obi wan can’t accept cader could be redeemable #because he can’t accept that HE can’t be the one to save him. he can’t accept that he’s not enough #but i think that ahsoka could. luke and leia could bring something out of anakin that she cannot just like they did for obi wan #no matter how hard he tries obi wan just can’t find the words to convery his faith and pride in ahsoka #putting his wholehearted faith into her means nothing after his wholehearted faith in anakin proved to be undeserved #how can he find the words? #he cannot #someone could #someone could remind her that she is able to let go; something anakin never could do; that she is more like qui gon now than her master #she embodies the true selflessness of the jedi; for she doesn’t prioritise lives based on how much she loves them but by their innate worth #you have mastered the very lesson that anakin could not; which led to his fall #someone could find the right words #but i don’t think that someone could be obi wan #because that would mean admitting that /anakin/ fell; it goes against the lie that vader killed him #OT era obi wan is still in denial #but i think ahsoka acknowledges anakin’s duality in a way obi wan can’t accept

[izzythehutt]

I like how the normie consensus about the Kenobi show is that it "fixes" Obi-Wan lying to Luke about his father being dead at Vader's hand as opposed to being Vader himself because "oh Vader told him that and he really believed it" (I don't think this ever needed to be fixed, personally), when from my perspective it makes Ben look like more of a dick because it suggests that he was perfectly capable of killing Darth Vader in the in-between trilogies period and just...didn't for no clear or discernible reason. And in fact pushed off the responsibility onto Vader's own son. Which makes him MORE of a dick.

Look, I can forgive Mustafar. Anakin had just turned, it was an emotional time, and Obi-Wan was not unreasonable to assume nobody could survive that. But a second shot that you walk away from?

They could have made the final fight a little less of an obvious win, or given Obi-Wan a clear and urgent reason to run away before finishing the job (like one of the twins in danger) but instead he just completely overpowers and curbstomps Vader, then dicks off and leaves his former apprentice/murder robot a wheezing mess. If Obi-Wan really does think Vader "killed" Anakin, then he's a shitty Jedi, fullstop. You can have him not be able to let go of Anakin and therefore not have it in him to kill, OR he's completely accepted Vader is just a Sith and a menace and he has to kill. You don't get it both ways.

I enjoyed the dramatic angst of the confrontation as much as the next person, but I am also forced to concede that the entire OT depends on the fact of Luke (and, failing him, Leia) are the only people capable of defeating Vader and the Emperor. The movies just...kind of fundamentally don't work if there's another option, since Yoda and Obi-Wan literally say "there is no other option." This is the Skywalker show.

(In this house we ignore the ST because it's garbage, but I digress)

So what I'm saying is the show is, like most everything in the Disney era, a superfluous and canon-breaking fanfic I'm perfectly capable of enjoying for what it is while fully recognizing it contradicts what the films it's spun off from gave us in the first place.

TL;DR Ben Kenobi never left Tatooine between Ep3 and 4 and that's what I'm sticking with.

#fixes #anti disney star wars #star wars #obi wan kenobi 2022 #anti obi wan kenobi 2022 #obi wan kenobi #darth vader #anakin skywalker #basically can we stop pretending that ANYTHING in disney SW canon as opposed to making it more complicated/convoluted? #even the use of leia in the show which had its heart in the right place kind of just made anh less emotionally satisfying #they could have actually addressed what the plan was for her #with bail and ben #but they didn't #just tagging this anti to be safe #honestly i actually did enjoy kenobi #but i find the fandom's tendency to bend over backwards to fit new canon into the mythology annoying #am i taking crazy pills here? #some of this shit just really doesn't work #the bb leia and anakin parallels REALLY DON'T WORK Shmi and Obi-Wan are not comparable at ALL and also Leia NEVER DOES SEE HIM AGAIN #BECAUSE IN THE OT SHE HAD NEVER MET HIM #I am the first person who would go back and rewrite aspects of Leia's role in the OT if I could tbh #To make her fit into the family drama more organically #but we can't #okay i'll shut up now

[girderednerve]

i know we all already know that the ahsoka show is bad but it is so fucking bad. there is zero narrative reason for this show to exist, its plot requires random character assassination (why is hera so bad at her job? why is sabine suddenly terrible at fighting? why is ahsoka a grouchy block of wood?), and the production design is bizarrely horrible (the lekku & makeup still look awful, nothing looks lived-in, the lighting is flat as hell). i am still watching it so the joke is on me here but i hate that we arrived here, watching flat characters mouth dull jokes to move a senseless plot in a world which looks completely dead. it didn't have to be like this

#this is my fault for still caring obviously but like. whyyyyy #the stock answer for years about what made the original trilogy so compelling was the grime!! & now we're just in galaxy's edge forever #why are hera's pants so fucking tight! why is she still wearing orange if she's not wearing a flight suit! it's the wrong orange!! #why is she now super bad at politics & letting her subordinates take the heat for her! what the fuck! #why is sabine terrible with a lightsaber & unaware that you can fight well without being able to see? she learned from kanan jarrus!! #why did we need to see anakin again i love anakin he's hilarious to me but we did not actually need heavyhanded reminders that he's vader #anakin wasn't ahsoka's only teacher. perhaps he wasn't even her most important one; she could talk to obi wan or frankly rex! #what sense of lineage & inheritance am i meant to get from CGI botox hayden christensen?? agh!! #this show is INFURIATING. i should do something else with my time

[mutatiio]

the irony of maul losing his mind after being bisected and defeated by obi-wan. and then for the mere thought of obi-wan to be the thing that also keeps maul sane.

#⸢ dynamic ⤑ maul ⸥ i'll spend my every breath getting even. ⸤ kenobi ⸣ #both times too. #the thought of revenge on obi-wan brings him back to reality. #and then finding out obi-wan is alive after tcw. #maul was directionless and hopeless and couldn't see a way of defeating sidious. #so he dived into searching for anything that could help him defeat sidious. #and instead found that obi-wan was alive. #which... maybe sane is a strong word... but it kept him?? sort of sane?? #and this is without going into my whole revenge theory spiel. #i'm not overcomplicating it.

[thekenobee]

how about Kenobi series but instead of a butcher Obi-Wan is a barber

#im a simple woman i see a beard i go MMMM *microwave noises* #oh but Owen Lars wouldn't be allowed ofc #obi wan once made this cool REPUBLIC POSTER beard cut and Owen didn't like it #(he hated it) #txt #Kenobi series #obi wan Kenobi #obi-wan Kenobi #owen lars #beards of tatooine #ohhh and cmon Obi-Wan would totally have a tatoo #what could it possibly be #sw #my thoughts #star wars #kenobi show #text #also even Chewbacca trusts obi wan barbering skills #owk #owk series #owkedit #obi wan

[katierosefun]

had a dream that for some reason vader was holding obi-wan’s face and obi-wan (who was fully out of it), goes, “are we going home, then, anakin?” and i want to scream at something

#caroline talks #i don’t even know what i was doing there #i think i was knocked out though #but i woke up enough to hear that #and then vader walked away and i jumped up and ran after him #and then for some reason i was yelling about Luke and Leia and padme and I might have been strangled #but then I said ‘oh and obi-wan he loved you he LOVED you and you could never SEE it’ #i don’t know if I was myself in my dream but boy did i sound angry ! ! !

[tennessoui]

re: timing of mentor reaping

ooh both options are delicious. the tragedy of obi-wan operating per usual and volunteering only for anakin to be called soon after is appealing, but i feel like mentor reaping after the tributes could be really interesting.

like on obi-wan’s end, the horror of anakin being called could freeze him in his place, also make him think about the year he put his name in multiple times and wondering if he lied and did it again, thinking about having to mentor someone he wants to die so that anakin makes it out, etc. and then on anakin’s end, i feel like even if he is nonchalant-ish about being reaped, the moment that would create insecurity/break him momentarily would be obi-wan pausing to volunteer as mentor bc he would follow obi-wan anywhere and and kill to come back to him and why is obi-wan not doing the same? when rlly obi-wan is just too shocked/still processing to react in a timely manner

j my thoughts, thanks for listening!

(re: this hunger games au post)

so this absolutely mirrors my thoughts and why i'm torn!

if obi-wan's 'reaping' is first and he volunteers to be the mentor regardless of his name not being drawn because the one chosen is pregnant or just won five years ago and is too traumatized or something, and THEN anakin's name is drawn, it's devastating for obi-wan who now has to be his mentor and maybe watch him die while trying to do everything he can to prevent it. it's also devastating to anakin who will never know if obi-wan would have volunteered for him.

if obi-wan's reaping is after anakin's and he volunteers, a part of anakin can just be smug and satisfied -- and there can be a moment where he's watching the victor section from the stage, eyes locked on obi-wan's devastated face, and he gets to see him volunteer, gets to see him torn to shreds by the possibility of losing anakin and then maybe gets to see a hint of 'killer disassociation' flash over obi-wan's eyes as he stands to volunteer to be the mentor. anakin's obsessed with obi-wan's games and would absolutely adore obi-wan getting so angry and feral over him.

and then there's the option where the victor mentoring reaping is after the tribute drawing but obi-wan's name is pulled and he doesn't volunteer at all - either anakin's latent but powerful control of the Force makes the person drawing choose the slip of flimsi with obi-wan's name on it, or the odds are just in anakin's favor and the galaxy itself knows that where anakin goes, obi-wan should follow and vice versa, aka what anakin's been trying to tell everyone (even obi-wan) for years

#asks #hunger games au #obikin #tbh ALL GOOD OPTIONS in my opinion!! #theyre all just different flavors of angst #especially because anakin's insecurities about always taking and never being given affection from obi-wan #have been so spelled out in the first chapter #that i think the right combo of events in the second chapter could really emphasize those insecurities and worries #which would make him even more feral #which we love <3 #and that would build and build until the very moment that obi-wan breaks #and begs him to do whatever he has to do in order to come out of that arena alive #(right before he gets sent up to the arena) #because that is one of those moments im literally writing towards #thats gonna be such a heady moment #cant wait #see you there lol

[kingjasnah]

i will admit i feel slightly duel of the fates baited. all the fire was a nice touch but i just think when you open up the kenobi trailer with thee star wars music of all time im expecting it to play during The Big Scene We've Been Watching This Show For

#i cant even remember what was playing on mustafar during their duel but it doesnt matter it will never be duel of the fates #and they cant fight again after this itll just make the ep 4 now i am the master line worse #i am not being normal abt this though. rip. #kenobi spoilers #obi wan kenobi #star wars #also im done complaining abt this but everytime one of them turned their sabera off i was like. brother i cannot see #ewan mcgregor could be acting his heart out and id never know

[gottagobackintime]

When Obi-Wan bought that cape for Leia and he told her she didn’t need those gloves but then he immediately gave in and bought them for her…

#obi wan kenobi spoilers #I almost started crying not gonna lie #I loved seeing them together! #and omg when he almost lost her when she fell 😭 #how am I supposed to wait a week for the next episode?! #also uncle Owen can go fuck himself how dare he say those things to Obi-Wan! #he didn’t even allow him to give Luke a toy!! #what the fuck is wrong with you Owen?? #like you could even take credit for it if you wanted you fucking bastard! #let him buy Luke gifts! #also Luke is basically Obi-Wan’s nephew too so… #nicole watches stuff

[tachiisms]

Anakin was glad to see Siri, but seeing her meant he would have to see her Padawan, Ferus Olin. He wished that someone else — anyone else — had turned up to rescue them. The two of them had never gotten along, and things were worse between them since their mission on Andara, when Ferus had been abducted and Anakin had withheld the knowledge from Obi-Wan. Anakin felt he'd had good reasons, but neither Obi-Wan or Ferus had understood them. --Jedi Quest: The Moment of Truth

I love how Anakin’s like ‘I know I basically left Ferus for dead while knowing he had most likely been kidnapped by murderers without even taking 2 seconds to look for him or telling anyone he was missing, but idk why he trusts me not-at-all when he used to trust me just-barely, I had sure good reasons for doing so which was that I wanted to be the one to get the most credit for the mission just ‘cause I don’t like Ferus.’ like gee Anakin, idk, maybe because you basically left him for dead while knowing he had most likely been kidnapped by murderers without even taking 2 seconds to look for him or even tell Obi-Wan that he was missing. that one’s a real mystery, son.

#what REALLY breaks my heart about the whole thing on andara is that anakin could have found him in under 5 minutes. #it takes obi-wan and siri like 10 minutes to find him once they get to the school. #and also that anakin spends not even 2 seconds trying to look for ferus meanwhile ferus doesn't fight back or put up a fuss #when he gets ambushed /because he doesn't want to risk blowing anakin's cover/ and put anakin in danger. #like anakin honey i love you but you didn't even ever say you were sorry or that you should've looked for him. or at minimum told obi-wan. #it's so upsetting. especially since in anakin's pov chapters you can see his rational and why he thinks he was right in not looking. #but he was 100% wrong for not looking or telling obi-wan.

[destroyedparadise234]

I can’t wait to evaporate next week when we hear Vader almost begging Obi-Wan to admit he hates him, that he wants Vader dead after a devastating and heart-wrenching battle

and Obi-Wan can only brokenly whisper back, “I love you, Anakin. I never stopped. But it’s time for me to let you go.”

#obikin #come on deborah and co give me these two broken and on the last stand of their sanity fighting each other #and vaders sloppy and unhinged and he just #NEEDS to hear that obi wan hates him #needs to hear his rage and anger to fuel his own so he wont feel the way his heart is tearing itself to shreds #and i need to hear obi wan defeated and finally admitting to himself that he never stopped loving anakin skywalker #even after all the horror and loss he could never let go #that he was just as badly attached to anakin #when he told vader he LOVED him on mustafar he was lying #bc its not like he stopped loving anakin in that moment #but even if he loves him and always will #he sees now that he cannot save anakin #not obi wan himself anymore at least #and that even if he loves anakin its time to let him go #there has to be a reason we didnt get the ‘i loved you’ in the opening flashback #and i sincerely think its bc they were saving it for this finale

[senseiwu]

Thought about the reaction from the "go woke go broke" crowd if the hunchback of notre dame came out today and nearly threw up/cried

#i wish i could escape these pkeple but #*gestures at my dad* #mr. 'disney is social engineering/propaganda' #please help me #i cant talk to him anymore #all he ever talks about is politics and 'politics' #he says its politics but being gay isnt politics shut up shut up shut up #i asked him to watch encanto with me and he started going 'is it all political bullshit propaganda' #'they RUINED obi wan!' #you dont even care about the damn franchise anymore shut the fuck up #i cant tqke this i cant #thank god i dont live there anymore #thank god i rarely see him