Jinnobi

A place for my love of Qui-Gon Jinn and the Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon ship.  

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2026 Jinnobi Challenge

Hello there, everyone! It’s March, which means it’s time for my insanely early reminder about the Jinnobi Challenge happening in August! This year will be the tenth anniversary of this quiobi challenge which honestly I’m still a little in shock realizing that it’s been that long, but also I’m incredibly lucky to be part of such a wonderful fandom. Thanks for shipping this ship with me, here’s to many more years! <3

(You can check out all the previous master lists here for the Challenge: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.)

Here’s all the info and FAQ for those who are thinking of participating in this Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon challenge this year (I will repost this info periodically as it gets closer to August).

When is it?: The challenge will run from August 1 – August 31. Any Jinnobi work you submit must be complete and it must be submitted sometime during August 1 – August 31. You have from now until August to work on submissions. PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR SUBMISSION BEFORE THE CHALLENGE STARTS. Due to time differences in various countries, I do allow people to post on September 1st.

Who can enter: The challenge is open to writers, artists and everyone in between. Art, poetry, photosets, videos, gifsets, moodboards, fanfiction, it’s all welcome. There’s no theme except it has to be Obi-Wan Kenobi/Qui-Gon Jinn. It can be set during the prequels, the originals, the kenobi show, or an AU. It’s up to you. You can submit multiple entries too if you want to. For fic writers there’s no limit on the length of your fic(s).

How to enter: When August 1st, comes around you’re welcome to post your complete work on whatever social network or fanfiction site you are comfortable using. Please tag your work (if the site you’re using allows you to tag) with the tag Jinnobi Challenge 2026 whether it’s a fic, art, or a post. Message me with a link to your work (or links, if you submit more than one work), once you’ve published it so I know to put it on the master list!

I can be reached on A03, but I tend to check tumblr much more regularly so if you want a fast response, I recommend contacting me via that.

Rules:

No underage relationships. (underage = below 18 years of age)

No Abuse or Noncon between the main pairing (Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon)

If you post anything triggering, please tag it with the appropriate warnings

Your fic must have a rating on it (the challenge is open to all ratings)

If you’re posting a long WIP, the first chapter must be posted on or after August 1, and the last chapter has to be posted before August 31, so I don’t recommend it unless you know you can get it done in that time.

No AI generated works please.

FAQ:

What if I don’t have anything ready, but I do have a Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan work that I happened to post in August?: As long as the quiobi work was complete and was posted between the 1st – 31st of August 2025, you can tag it ‘Jinnobi Challenge 2026’ and enter it in the challenge.

What if it’s not slash?: This challenge celebrates the Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan ship. Pre-slash is fine, just please no ‘Qui-Gon as a parental figure to Obi-Wan’ fics as that is not what this challenge is about.

What if it’s a fic in a series?: if it’s a standalone complete story in a series than yes, it qualifies.

What if I already entered it in a different quiobi fic challenge?: The fic must be a new fic posted in August 2026 (no reposting old works unless it’s an extreme rewrite to basically be nothing like the original) and it must be complete. It’s ok with me if it is tagged in another challenge as long as it meets the guidelines for this challenge but you’ll want to check if it’s ok with the other challenge you posted it in.

What if it’s Obi/Qui/others? Or there’s Obi/other, Qui/other, but still Qui/Obi?: The main pairing should still be Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon, even if it’s poly, or if there are other partners or past/present relationships.

Does it have to follow a prompt?: No. As long as it’s Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan and complete it can be about anything. If you want a prompt to work with here are a few you can choose to use for inspiration:

Clone Wars AU

Festival or holiday

Long distance relationship

One or both characters are not Jedi

Going on a date

These can be as angsty, fluffy, or as AU as you want as long as it follows the rules of the challenge.

Is there a prize this year?: Yes! I want to continue having a prize each year. I’ll have a post up about the prize with more details in the next few weeks.

By the first or second week of September, I’ll put up a master post with links to all the amazing stuff that everyone has created!!!

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I'm excited for this! Here's to the 10th anniversary of the Jinnobi Challenge!

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all that was lost will return

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let me be with you

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Roses

For this year's Jinnobi Challenge (hosted by @infinitejedilove), I wanted to stick to a portrait style, and I wanted a floral theme. This is what I ended up creating (turns out that roses were the one flower I had a lot of picture references of!). The portraits and flowers were each drawn separately in pencil, and I then combined them using my ancient editing software. I ended up really loving the roses being transparent -- it helped give the finished art a gentle, romantic touch.

I like the contrast of softness with the serious expressions both Jedi are wearing, especially Obi-Wan. There's something compelling about drawing characters with their 'resting faces' rather than have them smiling. I also tried to keep the height difference accurately portrayed, so all of us shippers can happily imagine Qui-Gon having to lean down to kiss Obi-Wan, with roses blooming all around them.  

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The Return It’s August, and you can always count on me to draw something for the Jinnobi Challenge (see @infinitejedilove for entry details)! I worked on this for a LONG time, between drawing and editing (done with some truly ancient software), and I really like the final result, despite changing it during the process about a dozen times.

The story behind this drawing is unclear, even to me. I wanted to draw something during the Kenobi Series era, with Qui-Gon alive. He’s visibly quite thin, perhaps from aging, perhaps from living in hiding, or from the trauma of the war. My original reason for while he’s just wearing a thin blanket fell apart as I re-worked the drawing, but I don’t know, it gives a mystical, ‘I-just-returned-from-the-dead-and-finding-my-husband-is more-important-than-proper-clothing’ kind of energy. I’m really pleased with how both their expressions came out – Obi-Wan looks shocked and overjoyed, almost afraid to believe Qui-Gon is real, while Qui-Gon seems like he could just gaze at Obi-Wan’s face for the next millennia. In short, they’ve missed each other intensely and this is the moment they finally reunite.

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in this moment we have each other

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So this drawing might not make a lot of sense to people who aren't familiar with the Dragon Age video games, but I'm a fan and I was inspired. What can I say, a fantasy universe works well for this prequel ship. (Also I think the conversation came up among other QuiObi shippers on Discord??) Anyway, time for the codex: Obi-Wan is a mage who has recently left the Fereldan Circle because being held semi-prisoner by the Templars was getting pretty uncomfortable. He's not technically an apostate because he has gone through his Harrowing, but most people aren't very good about acknowledging the difference. He teams up with Qui-Gon who is half-Qunari, half-human. This means Qui-Gon is bigger than humans (though probably a bit small for a full Qunari), with horns and white hair. Unlike a Qunari, he does have some facial hair and his skin is less metallic looking. He's actually quite a gentle person but the average Fereldan is terrified of this 'demon giant' and most Qunari wouldn't think much of him either. Obviously, Obi-Wan is a much better judge of character and they work very well together. And fall in love, of course.

I leaned pretty heavily on picture references this time, especially since I haven't played DA for a while and had to do some research! I based Qui-Gon's look off a typical Qunari, except that his body paint does not show any Qun-related symbols because Qui-Gon is a Vashoth and he's never known the Qun. Obi-Wan wears robes that are similar to a Fereldan Circle mage's, but his belt (hidden by his arm, sorry) is a Tevinter Imperium style, the robes are split in the front and he wears trousers underneath for ease of movement, and his sleeves end at the elbow. He also wears a hood (regrettably, it's hard to see in this drawing). There are also dozens of different staffs in the games (probably hundreds), so I just made up my own look for that, with a nod to his lightsaber.

This drawing was a lot of fun, and I'm happy to enter it in the Jinnobi Challenge which is running all of August. See @infinitejedilove for any information about the challenge, if you want to enter!

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The Galactic Senate

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