Written for @anakin-rarepairs-week, Day 6: Not-a-Jedi!Anakin AU
I've been meaning to write something in this vein for a WHILE now, and I'm glad to have finally gotten to it! It's split into two parts. The first is set up, including a hefty dose of Obitine, which is why the preview below is set in TPM. The second chapter is the actual Shippy bit. Enjoy some Bokkin! (childhood friends flavor)
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It is a combination of factors. It is little tweaks, misunderstandings, miscommunication. It is Obi-Wan being too sleep-deprived and too consumed by grief to realize that he can push harder. It is Yoda not bending quite so quickly as he might have. It is Obi-Wan only realizing that he could take his mistake back once it was too late to be anything other than awkward. It is Obi-Wan looking at his comm and asking himself if he can fix things, and the Force whispering don’t.
When the Jedi Council refuses to let Obi-Wan train Anakin, he turns and leaves. They call for him to come back, to discuss things, to negotiate, and were he in his right mind, he would know that he could argue for his and Anakin’s places with the Jedi, that he could convince the Council to bend.
(That, in another universe, they would have, oh so easily. They care for him, and for younglings like Anakin. They would have, in most timelines.)
But the Jedi Council chooses to ‘give him time to cool off,’ and does not press for him to come back to talk to them. Obi-Wan believes that they have accepted his threatened resignation, and so he takes Anakin and the gift of a ship from the Queen of Naboo, and he heads for the skies.
By the time the Jedi find that he is gone, they can only believe that this is Obi-Wan telling them that his resignation is genuine.
By the time Obi-Wan thinks that he may have jumped the gun on leaving before exhausting all his options in negotiation, he thinks it is too late to go back without embarrassing himself.
He wants to.
He wants to go home, to the Jedi, to his family. He wants to teach Anakin with the support of his community.
But by that time, he is already on Mandalore, and the Force whispers stay.
This is where you can help.
This is where you can fix things.
Obi-Wan wants to go home, but he follows the Force. Even without the official ID and with his access codes modified, he is a Jedi to his soul.
ANYWAY I've decided I'm going to go with Bokkin for Anakin/Bo-Katan.
It hits that "jokingly call them a practice sword because they are violent children and Bo really wants the darksaber" angle that I was initially aiming for when I considered just straight up 'bokken' but didn't want to use a full existing word.
Suggestion courtesy of @epicmusic42, @shamecone, and @nottolerationbutliberation.
Hey I just found your fic shipping Bo Katan/Anakin and I'm like omg FINALLY! Like why has no one written this... and of course, I know why. These two never really interact, and yeah they're very weirdly similar but also could be an argument of why the ship is ludicrious (maybe that's why I'm attracted to it). Is it okay...if I talk to you about writing a fanfic... I have some ideas but am unsure how to go abt it. Also not sure about Bo's character...
Thanks! I love these morons. They're both A Lot. They both have the potential to be good people! They are both somewhat predisposed to be The Worst! They're such disasters, and I adore imagining them causing problems for everyone, but most especially for their older siblings.
That said, I am not currently in a mental space to offer advice.
