jhaernyl:

themikeymonster:

I actually hadn’t thought that far ahead lol. When I wrote it on a whim, I planned for things to play out more or less how they had in canon, so the only divergence was that Anakin was born much earlier and found and trained by the only Jedi (reluctantly) willing to do so.

Since having written it, there are already some divergences (Anakin has both hands, but has lost most of his left leg, he fights with a two ended lightstaff rather than a ‘saber). Off the cuff, I would say that Ahsoka would be unaffected by the changes, and still get assigned to Anakin during the Clone Wars.

Partially because Obi-Wan still hyper-corrects himself into the ‘perfect Jedi’ while being a small ball of extreme attachment and rage. Which encourages the Council to try ‘tying Anakin down’ to the Order by throwing more padawans his way. Ahsoka gets one hell of a culture-shock when she thinks she’s going into a slightly maverick but proper Master-Padawan relationship, and instead gets a jealous, hot-headed master and his overly friendly, mercurial Knight.

Thankfully, as attachment-happy as Obi-Wan is, he’s not the jealous sort. This is not Anakin dumping him on the wayside without any warning for some random kid. Obi-Wan is a knight already, and if they’ve forgone tradition and there is still a tight bond between them – well, none of the Council need to know. Anakin still often puts his hand on Obi-Wan’s shoulder and delights in making his ‘perfect Jedi’ mask crack with humor. Anakin still complains of the Council’s decisions and says, “The last thing I need is another reckless little monster to worry about.”

“The thing about little monsters,” Obi-Wan reminds him wryly, “is they are often born with claws and teeth.”

And so is Ahsoka. She’s shocked by the lack of Jedi decorum her master has, but she adjusts for it. Obi-Wan senses a kindred spirit in her, and once Obi-Wan manages to relax his guard enough around her to crack a smile, they end up forming an incredibly tight sibling-padawan bond. It takes time for Ahsoka to stop arguing on Obi-Wan’s side against Anakin’s decisions because OMG THE CODE and join in on the conspiracy ‘What the Council doesn’t know Won’t Hurt Them.’ She’s much more a Jedi in Anakin’s own spirit – she lacks Obi-Wan’s dupliciousness – but she’s resourceful and knows how to ask Obi-Wan to help her get around the Council’s decisions. Anakin has sheer gall and power going for him, and a hardheaded sense of what is right – but her brother-knight seems to know the right way to speak to their master to convince himself to wait for the right time to do the right thing.

One thing Ahsoka realizes: when Obi-Wan is unhappy, everyone is unhappy. You truely don’t realize how much peace-keeping Obi-Wan does until he’s no longer interested in having peace.

I would like to copy down that last paragraph and put it on a wall if I could and only because it is a bit too wordy to tattoo on my skin.

I think I actually need more fic in general revolving around ‘Obi-Wan let’s the people around him go at each other by virtue of stopping mediating and watches the ensuing flame war / cold war while sipping tea.’