#barrakin

[pawsimses]

Parallels

I do not normally indulge my hidden ship of Barriss and Anakin but when I do its symbolic

[phoenixyfriend]

Jedi arranged/political marriage pretext I'd like to see more of: Jedi DO leave the Republic, and the marriage is of a Jedi, probably a council member, to secure the safety of their members on their new home planet.

The Mandalorian angle has the benefit of being less closely tied to Republic rule, and could be very tasty and easy to justify with either Obitine or Jangobi, both of which I enjoy. Depending on where in the timeline it happens, the spouse varies.

But I think that if it's Mandalore, especially Jangobi, a heavy part of the argument for getting the Jedi settled and making up for 'draining resources' is shoveling as many people as possible into Agricorp work on the deserts of Manda'yaim.

As an Obitine fic that takes place between TPM and AotC, it's really easy to justify?

Like just. The Jedi Council going "okay do we have any planets where we could move, and there's a primary ruler that would be open to marrying a Jedi for protection from the Republic and… wait. Someone get Kenobi."

(This also works for BailObi, but Alderaan is unfortunately still staunchly Republic territory, while Mandalore's status is a lot more vague.)

With the Jangobi angle, it would be a lot more "Mand'alor Fett captures a Jedi because he's been hearing rumors about them expanding their influence, gets the story that they're actually looking to move, and are basically going to be refugees, and decides that there would be no power move that would secure Mandalore's independence from Republic bullshit like getting their best warriors on his side, but he needs to prove that he's in control to the Death Watch-style extremists, so he's going to have to marry a Jedi for. Reasons."

IDK it's arranged marriage fic, we don't need a whole lot of justification.

God it's so easy to make these about Obi-Wan (consider: Quinlan/that one force-sensitive Stewjoni prince he saved and messed around with a few years ago), but it would be really funny to make this Anidala by shifting ages around a bit or starting the war later. Just like.

Naboo, the planet the Chancellor of the Republic is from, has taken in the Jedi, threatening secession, and refusing to give them back. Senator Amidala has married one of them. Everyone has questions but none of those questions are getting answered. Count Dooku of Serreno has made overtures to join the CIS but Naboo is uninterested. Amidala has been unavailable for her comment due to being on her honeymoon. Master Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi has only offered that this entire situation is a headache and he'd love to know where he went wrong.

I'm trying to figure out what other ships I could do with this. I think "senior padawan Barriss saves Tatooine's accidental ruler-through-incredible-violence Anakin from an attempt at retaking the planet by the Hutts, spills some personal woes while tending to his wounds (she can't leave the planet yet anyway and wasn't even supposed to be here), and he wakes up like 'hey if you need to move somewhere you can come to Tatooine, I'd marry you in a heartbeat'" would be a fun one, and also immediately collapse as like. A'Sharad overhears Barriss's report and goes to fight Anakin about it personally for inviting more settlers to a planet that's already trying to crowd out the native populace. That would need some tweaking... maybe Anakin's actually already done something similar, and led an exodus of Hutt slaves from Tatooine and settling them on a new planet, and needs help keeping Hutts and other slavers away from trying to take back their slaves? Not sure Anakin would suggest a marriage, though. Someone else might, but not him.

I considered Blyla, but IMO the plot only works if the Jedi are in decent standing (instead of suffering from war propaganda) with the galaxy at large and only need to escape the Senate's influence, not widespread hate.

OH wait if Anakin took over Tatooine when he was a teenager and then gave control to his mom, because she's the smartest obviously, and Qui-Gon survived Naboo, then maybe Qui-Gon/Shmi???

I'm struggling to think of more ships or pick one to drag on an AU adventure. Help. My brain is trying to argue that Obi-Wan marries Hondo and the entire Temple ups and leaves for Florrum.

[phoenixyfriend]

Barriss about Anakin (Ahsoka is so tired)

Or Anakin about Cody (Rex is so tired)

Or Ahsoka about Rex (Fives and Echo are not tired, they think this is hilarious)

(The song, not the video. I mean, maybe the video. But mostly the song.)

[phoenixyfriend]

Every time I see anything in the vein of "girl is really into her best friend's older brother" I can only think of Barriss having a very stupid crush on Anakin. Mostly this is about the song from Victorious, but today I'm trying to force it on this video

[phoenixyfriend]

Anakin and Barriss being buddies 😭

They're only two years apart in canon! I want them at 14and16, flipping flash cards and accusing each other of using the Force to guess the answer instead of knowing it.

Screaming into pillows about coagulation processes before Barriss suggests they have some tea and meditate before they try again.

[phoenixyfriend]

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end of year WIP meme!

From the second chapter of Pass the Existential Dilemma, Would You? (aka Anakin and Barriss go undercover as a couple):

“Untouched?” Anakin asks, with the air of a man only passingly interested. This man is their mark. Everything he does is of interest. The trandoshan laughs again. “Of course not! Need a girl with experience, if you’re going to be spending money. I want my money’s worth from a whore.” “I see our tastes are pretty different,” Anakin says. He pinches Barriss’s cheek with a mean little grin. “We liked our fresh start, didn’t we, baby?” “Mm-hm,” she mumbles, turning her head to press a kiss to his palm. It doesn’t feel as unnatural as last night, even when he crushes her to his chest and knocks back another drink. “Waiter!” “The waiter’s busy,” their mark says. “Send your gal over; she’s certainly trained enough to not muck the order up.”

[phoenixyfriend]

Modern AU Barriss POV fic structured entirely around her having a crush on Anakin that's just the Victorious song "Best Friend's Brother"

[phoenixyfriend]

For the writer's ask: 10. Do you have an idea for a story that intrigues you but haven’t been able to piece together? What would it take to inspire you to actually write it?

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Oh boy, I have whole lists of concepts that I just need time and motivation to actually do. There are two original fics that I'd like to do but need a lot more focus than I can usually spare (and I'm going to try to get one of them written while I'm unemployed), but as for fic... my usual problem isn't really 'I can't put together the concept' so much as just 'I physically do not have the time to do every fic I'd like to do.'

That said, I'm kinda struggling with the Barriss fic. It's very hard to balance all the moving parts and character bits and vibes on that one.