darththalia (darththalia) wrote in tpm_flashback, @ 2005-02-23 22:36:00 |
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Original poster: jedi_runya
Since I messed up last week, here are the two recs to catch me up... (and I am keeping my fingers crossed that I got this figured out.)
Title: Still As Bright
Author: Wolfe
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Q/O
Warnings: Slash
Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id: cwolfe@gatewaynet.bigpond.com (I don't know if this is current.)
Link to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/s/s
Summary: Qui-Gon is given a gift (yes it's another Obi slave story).
Reasons for recommending: This was the first au story I read upon entering the fandom in 2001 and it hooked me for good on Q/O slash.
It is very well written and entirely captivating. I found the characterism of Qui and Obi to be rich and unforgettable.
Quote:
Obi-Wan Kenobi. Such a small thing to remember ... two words, six syllables ...yet so profound. *Oban* was a pleasure slave
who didn't remember his childhood and had been rescued by a Jedi master. *Obi-Wan Kenobi* was a Jedi padawan
who had been captured by raiders when only thirteen and seen his master killed. Which was he? Was he both? Would he ever
be sure? Two names ... two lives ... two identities chased each other around in his mind.
The fact that one identity existed only as fragments of memory and a name helped not at all. That identity called to him,
jostling with the reality he had lived with every day for the past nine years. Resolutely pushing his uncertainties aside Oban
followed his master into the training room and lost himself in the joy of physical achievement.
Pride mingled with dismay as Qui-Gon watched his padawan. The young man almost shimmered with the Force as he moved.
Remembering his name seemed to have given Oban an equilibrium he had lacked before but it had done nothing to ease the
torment of loss that still ached through the bond.
His life before the Traders remained a mosaic that lacked most of its pieces Qui-Gon watched as the younger man flowed
through the forms. He felt how Oban focussed on the moment, revelling in the joy of achievement and finding peace for
the first time since he had relived the loss of his first master.
Title: No Other Sun
Author: Binky
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Q/O
Warnings: None
Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id: BinkyTorture@ikillclowns.com (I don't know if this is current.)
Link to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/n/n
Summary: Qui-Gon is seeing things.
Reasons for recommending: This story is another au with a twist. Binky has the gift of pulling the reader in and making the
story come alive. It is funny and sad at the same time with one of the greatest fix-it endings I’ve read.
Quote:
Mace blinked at his friend. "You did what?"
Qui-Gon sighed, sinking back into the plush sofa in Mace's quarters. "I kissed him. Or maybe he kissed me. The end
result was the same."
"You kissed a ghost." Mace's tone was flat, unbelieving.
Qui-Gon remembered the steady heartbeat, the solid heat of the man. "He's not a ghost."
"You don't know that, Qui-Gon." Mace's voice was getting louder, and Qui-Gon began to wonder if he'd made
a mistake in coming here.
"He only appears to you, he pops in and out of existence, or reality, or whatever you want to call it, he might be a threat to
the Temple or the very fabric of time itself, and all you can think to do is kiss him?"
Mace was practically yelling now, and Qui-Gon couldn't quite hold back a smile. "You'll make a great Council member one
day."
"This isn't about me!" Mace yelled. "This is about you being reckless with the safety of every Jedi in this Temple!"
One of Qui-Gon's brows lifted. "I hardly think my lips are that deadly, Mace. And even if they were, you're fixating on the kiss when
you should be analyzing what he said." His eyes narrowed. "Are you jealous?"
His friend's face went utterly blank. "I'm not going to dignify that with a response."
Yes, indeed, Qui-Gon thought. A fine Council member.
"I will say this, though--whatever this thing is--"
"He's not a 'thing,'" Qui-Gon interjected quietly.
"Fine. Whatever this phenomenon is, until we know more about it, you need to be more circumspect in how you
deal with it. If he shows up again, comm someone immediately."
"That won't work, Mace--he tends to disappear when others get too interested. Besides, what
if I'm off-planet? He seems to find me wherever I am."