I had this little silly idea of Obi-Wan ending up reporting back their latest progress to the council during one of their missions literally sitting on Anakin's lap. Because Anakin insisted on not letting Obi-Wan stand for one second longer than needed after they had taken refuge in an abandoned and shabby building during a hard and extensive battle where their men had suffered many injuries, Obi-Wan had also managed to injure one of his legs.
So Anakin being himself wouldn't let go of him and literally drags Obi-Wan to sit on his lap during his call with the council. Obi-Wan knows he can't win this silly battle and gives into his exhaustion and lets himself rest just for a few minutes, while he is also easing Anakin's anxiety and stress by gently stroking his hair or rubbing circles on his back and it works wonders because Anakin almost seems to fall asleep and that makes Obi-Wan smile fondly at him when his head hits Obi-Wan's chest, his hair tickling Obi-Wan's neck, as he is talking and Anakin's arms begin loosening around his waist.
Meanwhile the entire council are preparing themselves for a long kriffing lecture about attachments for their sweet return home. Obi-Wan surely senses that but as Anakin starts to fall asleep against his chest and his breath evens, his body starting to relax, worrying about the council is one of his last priorities while his apprentice and his men are stuck on this godforsaken hell of a planet.
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"What if Macaque was possessed instead" is super interesting because I'm pretty sure that was LBD's original goal. I mean. She HAD The Mayor, HAS had him since way back in ancient times. Why would she engineer that whole thing with Macaque just to release her when she already has The Mayor- unless the reason is because she needed a host and she didn't want to possess The Mayor because why take him out of the game when he's so happy to work for her the way he is?
YEA someone said something similar in an ask here but yeah i love that concept sm ESPECIALLY since the idea of his future hearing ties in so nicely with her visions of the future.
this isnt something i necessarily think happened in canon, (maybe if we make this a real au then this happened in this version,) but i do think itd be really neat if lbd approached maq before he died, asking him to listen to the future for her to confirm her visions. when the future he heard didnt line up with the future she saw, she assumed he was lying to her and she orchestrated his death so that she could resurrect him and have him under her control, then he wouldnt be ABLE to lie to her. obvs that didnt work bc swk killed her before she got the chance.
itd also be pretty cool if she had promised maq enough power to make swk return to ffm in return for him listening to the future for her. thatd be why he took on swk, knowing swk could kill him, because he was granted extra power, not enough to win, but enough to think he had a chance. and thatd be why swk actually killed him, it was the only thing that could stop macaque while he was hyped up on power like this
Mabel’s eyes drifted towards a familiar silhouette. The mystery guy had returned, strolling around the hall with his hands behind his back. His wandering eyes caught Mabel and he stopped. And smiled. Like he knew something she didn’t.
All is Not Okay at the Met: A Mabel and Theo heist AU