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OMFG! Anakin might do ~something~ *pearl clutch* (darkforcerising) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2013-07-04 22:18:00

Entry tags:

anakin skywalker, obi-wan kenobi

Who: Anakin Sr. and Obi-Wan
What: Bro-time. Obi-Wan just keeps learning terrible news about home. He’s upset.
When: Shortly after this
Where: A balcony.
Rating/Warnings: Maybe medium – possible discussions about war and violence. Will update if necessary
Status: Complete

Anakin found his former Master easily enough. The man’s emotions were like a beacon, though, he was trying hard to mute them. Anakin just had the benefit of knowing him for more than thirteen years. He knew when Obi-Wan was upset.

He stepped out on the balcony and leaned against the stone balustrade.

“I am sorry,” he started. “There’s… so much that happened back home. I don’t know what you want to know and what you don’t… But I should have told you this.”

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	darkforcerising 2013-07-06 01:50 am UTC (link)
	“I’ve never told him he can’t. And neither has Padmé. She tells him all the time he can make different choices. This is an improvement; he used to not say a single word to me.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-07-06 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"No, now he tells you that you ruin everything." He looked at Anakin. "He'll come around. It always took you longer to let an idea in when your emotions got in the way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-07-06 02:53 am UTC (link)

Anakin gave Obi-Wan a look, one might even call it a scowl. He didn’t like agreeing, but it’s not like he would have any leg arguing against that statement. Everything his whole life, this current discussion even, was a testament to the fact that Anakin Skywalker’s emotions controlled him more often than not.

He snorted and looked away.

“He just thought that once I told you everything, you would hate him. More fear of losing attachments.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-07-06 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"Do you think my training him is counter productive?" Obi-Wan asked curiously. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	darkforcerising 2013-07-06 03:10 am UTC (link)
	“I think you’ll be more successful here where you and he don’t have a Sith Lord unraveling everything that you do.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-07-06 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"What did you mean when you said he was 'subtly discouraging' my instruction?" Obi-Wan asked. "Discouraging how?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-07-06 12:21 pm UTC (link)

“He’d tell me you were wrong- Not directly. Those moments when I was discouraged- my age-mates were ignoring me, I was struggling with some academic lesson, or you’d reprimanded me for not listening, for sneaking out, or the thousand other reasons you had. It didn’t matter why I was upset. On the surface it sounded like encouragement; but really, what he was saying was you were wrong or an active block against me reaching my full potential. That you didn’t understand or accept that I could to more or should be given more understanding. He’d say similar things about the Temple as a whole, too.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-07-06 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Actively blocking you?" Obi-Wan didn't think he'd ever been more wounded by an accusation in his life. "That's the most horrible thing I've ever heard." But it did explain some things. "Why would anyone in the Temple hold you back? That doesn't make sense." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-07-06 02:34 pm UTC (link)

“Really?” Anakin’s eyebrows knit together. He could feel Obi-Wan’s affront through their Force bond, but didn’t fully what he was saying. That’s, the most horrible thing you’ve ever heard? He let that remain a thought. He was sure Obi-Wan caught it.

“I was ten, no one wanted me there but you, and half the time I wasn’t even be sure of that. And he was someone the Order supported. I had no stunning insight about him at that time than the rest of you did. I thought he was just being nice to me.”

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master_kenobi
2013-07-06 02:44 pm UTC (link)

Obi-Wan was suitably chastened by the thought. Anakin's revelations about his fall barely seemed real, though. They hadn't happened. Their time training together, however, had been the most significant endeavour of Obi-Wan's life. The idea that Palpatine had convinced Anakin he'd been sabotaging it was shocking.

"It's not true that nobody wanted you there," he murmured, glancing away.

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	darkforcerising 2013-07-06 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	“Besides you, who else?” Anakin wouldn’t accept Ahsoka for an answer, she wasn’t even aware of his existence when he was a youngling at the Temple. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	master_kenobi 2013-07-06 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Anakin, don't confuse the Council's concerns - valid concerns - about what your training could mean with them not wanting you there. They gave me permission to train you. And many of your instructors spoke very highly of you often." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

darkforcerising
2013-07-07 07:45 am UTC (link)

Anakin looked at Obi-Wan, considering his answer. He knew for a fact Masters Yoda and Windu adamantly did not want him at the Temple, even if in the end they reluctantly agreed to side with the majority decision of the Council. He knew other members of the Council felt the same. His knowledge of this was separate form Palpatine leading him to believe the Temple was holding him back. He could tell the difference now.

Anakin looked away. No, they were your family, Master, never mine.

“There is a social gathering tomorrow.” He was changing the subject. “Down by the lake. Ani was invited before you arrived. He will be expecting to go. You’re welcome to go, too. The whole castle is.”

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	master_kenobi 2013-07-07 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	You grew on them. Master Yoda, in particular, developed a great fondness for you. "He's informed me. I expect to attend, he said he would rather like me to." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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