these sort of descriptions are better used in first person or third person limited, used to make your main character quirky and quick-witted
because if you use them in third person omniscient im going to assume the narrator is an actual character in your book who is 1) more interesting than your main characters and 2) a god who is going to step in eventually and change the genre to absurdism
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Remember this is just one fans musings and thoughts. As Trespasser has shown everything we know and think about the Elvhen Gods/ the Evanuris are highly likely to be changed. And most likely could play a large role in DA4. But Dirthamen has always been the most interesting of the bunch to me and I’m still pondering a lot of things. And this might connect into a series of posts on Dirthamen.
Raven Symbolism / Mythology
-The raven can have positive and negative connotations depending on the culture. They are most strongly connection to the idea of an omen, whether it be a good or ill omen. They are also association with battle and death in some mythologies, possibly due to the fact ravens are scavengers and carrion eaters. The raven also has a strong connection to intelligence, wisdom, knowledge, oracles, and prophecy.
-Greco-Roman myths hold ravens as a solar animal, since to them ravens were originally white until their feathers changed to black. They are also both associated with Apollo and Athena. Apollo is seen as a solar deity at times as well as the god of oracles. Athena is the goddess of wisdom.
-Odin, the Allfather and head god in Norse myths, is known as the Raven God amongst his many names. He has two ravens named Hugin (thought) and Nugin (memory). Each day the ravens would fly across the realms and in the evening return to Odin to tell him all they had seen. Odin’s daughters, the Valkyries known for choosing worthy warriors for Valhalla, could transform into ravens.
-Celtic mythology strongly associates ravens with both the goddess Morrigan, an oracle, and battle.
-Bran the Blessed is a hero of wisdom in Welsh mythology. Bran actually means “raven” in both Welsh and Irish. In hopes of preserving his wisdom Bran removed his head and had it interred in the White Mount, which the Tower of London was said to be built over. Some say it was buried there to ensure Britain could never be invaded. Ravens are kept roosting at the Tower of London since it is said Britain will fall if the ravens ever leave the tower. Another variation says the presence of the ravens keeps Bran’s wisdom both protected and alive.
-Many Native American tribes feature the raven in their legends. Ravens are seen as helpers, heroes, bringers of sunlight, creation, change, shapeshifting, messengers, bringers of magic, healers, and keeper of secrets.
Fear and Deceit
-Dirthamen is said to have tamed two ravens named Fear and Deceit
-Fear can have several similar definitions. The state induced by a perceived or believed threat or danger. An emotion aroused by pain, danger, or evil. The feeling or condition of being afraid. Archaically, it meant the mixed feeling of dread and reverence.
-Deceit is defined as the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. An act or device intended to deceive. The quality of being deceitful.
What were Fear and Deceit?
-The state of what the ravens Fear and Deceit actually were raise an interesting question. Out of the entire pantheon, Dirthamen is the only one be associated with named companions. Everyone else has animals that are either associated with them or representative of them. This lends to the idea that Fear and Deceit were more than just simple animals. They might have been spirits or demons, especially with Solas’ revelation that before the creation of the Veil elves and Fade residents freely interacted. Without more clarification, however, it’s most likely impossible at the moment to identify what they were under what series of events.
-They were always demons. Dirthamen defeated, bound, or used them in some way. This could work in two ways. If Dirthamen is as bad and as arrogant as the rest of the Evanuris he could have used them to further his power or control his followers. Or it could have been symbolic, to show that fear and deceit could be overcome. It could be why the Dalish continue to call his ravens by the names Fear and Deceit.
-They were demons that became spirits after Dirthamen tamed them, but returned to being demons upon his death/imprisonment. I think this version might have more merit. If Dirthamen truly stood for all the things associated with him (secrets, wisdom, knowledge) I don’t see him as having Fear and especially Deceit as companions. Dirthamen is said to share his knowledge with the people. There was once a mountain city so beloved by him that he shared his wisdom with them and defended them from attack. Dirthamen could have defeated the demonic nature of the ravens and transformed them into gentler spirits. Losing Dirthamen might have then freed the ravens to return to that nature or twisted them back into Fear and Deceit.
-They were always spirits, but were twisted into demons at the loss of Dirthamen. Solas says good purpose can be twisted into demons when forced, or denied their original purpose. In studying Dirthamen I think there is a strong possibility he could have been on Mythal and Fen’Harel’s side, and thus could have been betrayed as they were. He might have also been murdered. If his ravens are as close to Dirthamen as they might be, witnessing that could have twisted the spirits into demons.
-Falon’Din might have some involvement somewhere along the line concerning Fear and Deceit. The story that Dirthamen came across them trying to follow his brother might be accurate. But he could have been the cause of them. We’ve seen several stories already, some directly from Solas or Mythal’s temple, that Falon’Din is one of the worse members of the Evanuris. They could have been in response something Falon’Din did to Dirthamen at the time, or they could have picked up on Dirthamen’s thoughts when Dirthamen either watched or participated in what was happening.
What could Fear and Deceit have been as Spirits?
-There’s been a few instances of spirit-demon or vice versa conversion in Dragon Age. Solas states that Wisdom can be twisted to Pride, and Purpose twisted to Desire. Imshael, a desire demon, presents itself as a spirit of Choice. Justice was twisted into Vengeance. David Gaider said that the corrupted form of a spirit of Faith is Pride. This shows that that the corruption is somewhere between the exact opposite of their original nature, or similar to it but used wrong. Like how Cole’s compassion in Asunder was being oversimplified and leading him to kill.
-Opposite of fear: Most people say Courage is the opposite of Fear. However, fear describes a state while courage is an action, what you do to stand up in a state of fear. So a more accurate opposite to fear is most likely peace, safety, or security. Assurance, calm, happiness, joy, faith, and fearlessness might also be contenders.
-Opposite of deceit: Truth and honesty are the nearest opposites of deceit. Fairness, forthright and sincerity might also be contenders.
Bilbo absolutely butchering Khuzdul when he first starts learning it. Not because he's bad at it, but because it makes Thorin roar with laughter at the ridiculous compound words that he comes up with.
When Thorin is still chuckling while he tells Dwalin or Balin about what he said today, Bilbo enjoys quietly admiring the smile lines around his eyes.
Um actually scrub daddy is my comfort character and it physically and psychically hurts me to see you chop him up and eat him after freezing and cracking him up with liquid nitrogen while naked with big boobs?
It’s an unmasked Miraak! Can you tell that I don’t really know how his armor works -_-
An interesting thing about Miraak is that since he canonically doesn’t have a face, everyone has their own version of him. This is mine from my beast of a fanction, GOL HAH DOV - atmoran pale/blond, covered in ink stains from his extended stay in Apocrypha. What do you think?
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slowly starting to work on my own evanuris designs, first up are dirthamen and falon'din! (i did the busts a month ago now and hadn't decided on the outfits yet so that's why the colours don't match lmao)
some more design notes under the cut :)
next designs -> june & sylaise • andruil & ghilan'nain • falon'din ii • geldauran
in my headcanon, dirthamen was their original spirit (of guidance) and split while making his body because his soul was conflicted about whether he wanted to, or remain as a spirit. when he split, "dirthamen" was content with his new form, while the other half - falon'din - was not, and was twisted into despair. specifically, i imagine it as the sort of despair where you try to cling onto anything to try to make yourself happy, but to no avail.
i thought it'd be neat for them to have a mark symbolising their spirit shattering, like a birthmark. then making it look like their (eventual) vallaslin design made a lot of sense.
i had an idea for dirthamen to have one eye a long time ago, because he has a LOT of similarities to our odinn - god of knowledge and wisdom, often depicted as a hooded figure, and has two ravens (interestingly, while fear and deceit sound like demon names, huginn ("thought") and muninn (anything from: memory, will, remembrance, intention) sound like spirit names). and while elgar'nan holds odinn's title of all-father, he's more like tyr imo.
dirthy's outfit was loosely based off the robed evanuris in the black codex concept art where they're doing the ritual at the blight box lol. i saw that person and was like yeah that's my special god with his dark robes and his little dagger. ofc i had to give him more style though, and dropped in some colour (as falon'din has canonically claimed the colour black) i decided on green because of his eye colour, and turquoise because sometimes when light hits ravens' feathers they kinda look blue. his mosaic has him covering his mouth, so i covered his mouth here too. also, i know his symbol has a little mohawk thing going on in the ingame statues, i couldn't draw it at that angle guys i'm sorry, shapes are hard.
since falon'din mirrors dirthamen in appearance, he got the single eye too. his colours are also more muted because of the whole despair thing. i also found it really interesting that his symbol is the sun, i 100% thought that was sylaise, but it makes sense as sometimes the setting sun is seen as a symbol of death. also the crook he has on his mosaic was really interesting to me and i included it after i read an 18 page paper on them while researching. it's a shepherd's tool - but can also be seen as a symbol of power/status, and there's quite a few of our irl gods depicted holding one. it's honestly really fascinating. that little magic spark doesn't mean anything though it's just for flair :)
i put fally in an ancient elven armour with minimal design changes as he doesn't strike me as sentimental and is rather more like someone who wants to show off and be the cuntiest person in the room at all times. although black is his colour, again i muted it a little, same with the gold. i may edit his design a little in the future to include his owls but for now i'm just kinda trying to figure out how they'd fit in
Jedi culture & community fics, my beloved! They're a bit of a rare breed for what you're specifically looking for, specifically focusing on positive Jedi worldbuilding, so if anyone has genfic recs outside of the ones I know, please feel free to add them! But these should help scratch that itch for you, each of them has at least some focus on Jedi philosophy or how Jedi interact with each other or the lessons they teach!
It's been awhile since I've read some of them, so there might be some that aren't quite as in-line with how I see the Jedi these days, but they're all ones I felt portrayed them pretty positively and they're all genfic (except one that I made an exception for) and all really lovely fics I remember enjoying for the Jedi worldbuilding aspects! And there are some that will make you absolutely melt with how much you love these characters and their beautiful culture, because by god if canon's not going to give us as much detail as we want, fandom will step up.
And fandom made sure to not just focus on the disaster lineage--we love Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka, we always want more of them, please don't stop writing Jedi worldbuilding with them!--but also Mace and Yoda and Quinlan and Qui-Gon and even some Jedi OCs get some love in these fics, which makes me want to explode with joy to see! So, come cry about how much we love the Jedi with me, I WILL GIVE YOU A CRAPLOAD OF FIC TO READ.
STAR WARS & JEDI CULTURE & WORLDBULDING RECS YOU'LL FIND HERE:
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✦ Remedial Jedi Theology by MarbleGlove, obi-wan & anakin & jedi & cast, 51.3k
Let us consider the fact that the Jedi Order is a monastic religious organization based out of a temple, with five basic tenets of faith. ✦ Festival of Light by dendral, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka, 8.7k
During his first year at the Jedi Temple, Anakin learns that even the Jedi celebrate holidays.
✦ Out with Lanterns by SkyeBean, ahsoka & mace & jedi & clones & cast, 312.5k
In another universe, Jedi Masters Plo Koon and Depa Billaba decide a Padawan could do Mace some good. It takes a while, but he eventually agrees. When he takes Ahsoka Tano as his Padawan, Mace knows that he's broken through a Shatterpoint and changed the course of a life. How, he doesn't know.
✦ eat well; be well by gingerbeer, rainsoaked_benevolence (oceans_bluem), obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & yoda & depa & shaak & quinlan & aayla & cast, 18.6k
Or, (almost) all of the Jedi High Councilors (plus Ahsoka) gather to eat dinner together.
✦ Supreme Chancellor Obi-Wan Kenobi by stonefreak, obi-wan & anakin & padme & ahsoka & palpatine & yoda & quinlan & cody & cast, 126.3k wip
By an old Republic law, all members of the Jedi High Council are senators in the Galactic Senate, and can thus be voted in as chancellor. A Senator from a less prominent planet has had enough of Chancellor Palpatine's incompetence and calls for a Vote of No-Confidence and the installation of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi as Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. This one action becomes the catalyst that changes the direction of the galaxy.
✦ Pragmatics of the Jedi by aroacejoot, ghostwriterofthemachine, loosingletters, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & jedi, 31.3k
A series of fanfiction exploring the consequences and results of the Jedi having their own language, and speaking it still.
✦ light by loosingletters, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & mace & jedi, 56.1k
Anakin Skywalker is a Jedi and being a part of their Order means that he is protected and accepted. The war is over and the Republic has to recover from the crimes of the Sith Lord, the Jedi have to figure out what it means to be peacekeepers again and the Clones have to learn how to be more than expendable soldiers.
✦ When Darkness Seems to Hide This Place by IllyanaA, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & kanan & ocs & cast, 94.9k wip
After killing three of the Jedi Order's best and brightest, Palpatine's fight with Jedi Master Mace Windu goes shorter than expected. Afraid he's lost his chance at recruiting a new apprentice, Sidious unleashes Order 66 across the galaxy, but, per their programming, the Clone Army is not to harm Anakin Skywalker. After witnessing the most painful loss he's ever experienced and injured at the hands of his captors, Anakin is ready to die like the rest of the Jedi, though not before getting his vengeance.
✦ Knightrise by Deviant_Accumulation, obi-wan & yoda & satine & ahsoka & asajj & cast, 89.4k wip
"Strong enough to fight the Sith Lord, you are not.“ And just like that the fight drained out of Obi-Wan, the barely scraped together agitation running out of him like water from a broken glass. He looked at Yoda, the other Master already hobbling towards one of the back exits, his presence burning with focus, obviously expecting Obi-Wan to follow.
✦ Make a Brand New End by Batsutousai, obi-wan & anakin & feemor & qui-gon & yoda & mace & dooku & jedi, 118.6k
Feemor, Qui-Gon Jinn's first padawan, did not survive Order 66, but the Force granted him a boon: A chance to go back to days before Qui-Gon's death. He doesn't know why the Force picked him to remember that terrible future, but he's going to do what he can to change it. And if he can heal the rift fallen between himself and Qui-Gon, and finally get the chance to know Obi-Wan, well, he's not about to turn that down.
✦ Unexpected Awakening (The Rewrite) by Rhiw, obi-wan & qui-gon & bruck & feemor & cast, time travel, 135.1k wip
The life of General Kenobi is cut short at the hands of his Padawan, but the sight that greets his eyes upon awakening is not that of blinding light of the Force, but the Jedi Temple he knew when he was still a youth. As he struggles to understand the path laid out before him, Obi-Wan unwittingly captures the attention of a singularly unusual Temple Guard, and that of a reluctant Qui-Gon Jinn.
✦ No Rest for the Weary by orphan_account, obi-wan & anakin & jedi, 61k
Needing a break from life at the Jedi Temple, Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, visit a Jedi AgriCorps settlement on the Midrim planet of Helia. There they encounter new friends, new enemies and have new adventures, all while attempting to navigate their sometimes turbulent relationship as Master and Padawan.
✦ The Moments That Time Remembered by CallToMuster, obi-wan & mace & vokara & bant & quinlan & garen & depa & jedi, 82.4k
Obi-Wan’s first memory was not his own. Rather, it was a vision steeped in darkness and flashes of red and choking heat and you were my brother and the harsh crash of lightsabers striking one another. He woke up sobbing in the arms of the crèchemaster, Master Kitaddik, who was hushing him and gently stroking the top of his head with her furry hands. Obi-Wan hid his face in the soft folds of her tunic and, still crying, fell back asleep. The first time Obi-Wan collapsed due to a vision was not long after that. [Or: in all the various iterations of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s life, the Force spoke to him. But in this one, it never stopped.]
✦ Starrunner by orpheus_under_starlight, obi-wan & jedi & oc, 80.2k wip
In what would have been the year 17 BBY, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine is found slumped over his desk, dead to rights and emitting a foul odor. The coroners declare the body victim to a heart attack and the smell a result of a lack of a timely embalming—a bit of bowels humor, the head coroner says with a nervous laugh when interviewed by the Galactic Enquirer.
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✦ 飽了嗎? | Have you eaten your fill? by virdant, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & qui-gon & quinlan & yoda & dooku & mace & bant & jedi, 13k
The Force is the first language that Obi-Wan learned to speak, the brush of one mind against another. But food is the second language that Obi-Wan learned to speak with, and he talks, he talks, he talks. A collection of fics about food and how food is an articulation of love.
✦ We Will Abide by naberiie, plo & shaak, 10.3k
Light. Dark. Balance. Beneath the Jedi Temple, far below the chaos of Coruscant's Galactic City, ancient halls and corridors sleep in silent darkness. Padawans Shaak Ti and Plo Koon are determined to explore them.
✦ What Is My Heritage? by Marnie, qui-gon & yoda, 7.7k
Qui-Gon, age 13, tries to find a place to belong.
✦ Coming Home by Marnie, qui-gon & yoda & dooku, 18.1k
A story telling how Qui-Gon comes to be Dooku's apprentice.
✦ Master by CJinn, obi-wan & anakin, 27.5k
Obi-Wan Kenobi had always wanted to become a Jedi Knight. What he didn't expect was to become a Master merely days after his own Master died. Adapting to his new role as the mentor and Master of the quite unusual Padawan Anakin Skywalker became a bumpy road.
✦ into the statue that breathes by spoonks, obi-wan & feemor & cin & cast, 8.5k
The night watch in the garden was supposed to be the calmest of them all. No mischievous Padawans “sneaking” in or out, or ne’er-do-well civilians conducting “business” around the lower-level entrances that they didn’t know existed. No the gardens was still, and it was like time was frozen in ice that slowly melted away with the rising of the sun. A slow drip, drip— Drip. Immediately Feemor turned towards the central waterfall. Someone was standing there. Whoever they were, they were small and moved through katas with their hands open like a greeting.
✦ The Cave by Ria Talla (ronia), anakin & ahsoka & cast, time travel, 10k
Ahsoka Tano, post-Star Wars Rebels/? And there was something else, more important, though Ahsoka found herself loath to do it. Her lightsabers drawn, deep in the labyrinth formed by the stone warriors and the crumbled temple. Yet the words broke certain into her mind. Your eyes can deceive you. Her heart pounded, as though warning her otherwise. But Ahsoka withdrew her sabers, and closed her eyes. Rather than her weapons, she let the Force be her light.
✦ A Candle in the Night by phoenixyfriend, anakin/luminara & obi-wan, time travel, 12k
In which Luminara finds a heavily injured Jedi, nurses him back to health, and falls in love. Then they get back to the real world, and she just can't figure him out...
✦ Found Clan by silvergryphon, boba & ocs & obi-wan & anakin & cast, 25.3k wip
After the Battle of Geonosis, a Jedi Healer discovers young Boba Fett mourning the loss of his father. Not about to leave a ten-year-old boy on his own, she promptly adopts him with the full collusion of her Padawan.
✦ the heart of kyber by outpastthemoat, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & depa & kanan & jedi, 32.7k
Tales of the Jedi: Stories about lightsabers, masters, and apprentices.
✦ Stars of Tatooine by Be_Right_Back, ahsoka & mace & kanan & obi-wan & rex & cast, 10.5k
After the end of the world, Ahsoka more or less kidnaps a child, has to air some old grievances, and tries to find whatever peace the universe can still offer. All paths in the Force lead home, eventually.
✦ The Uses of a Sandwich by Laura Kaye (laurakaye), obi-wan & qui-gon & yoda & cast, 17.6k
A few months after being taken as a Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi faces a challenge: meeting his Master's first apprentice.
✦ Familes Found by fyrefly, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & padme & mace & plo, 8.2k
In a universe where "The Wrong Jedi" never happened, the war ends under different circumstances and perhaps everyone will get a chance at a happy ending after all.
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✦ The Mathematics of Repair by panharmonium, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 4.6k
For raw teachers and rough-edged students building in the rubble: tiny steps are enough, provided they carry you in the right direction. Immediately post TPM, in short snippets.
✦ The Living Force; Parables for Padawans by glorious_clio, obi-wan & cast, 6.1k
Since infancy, younglings are taught the Jedi Code, “Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet the Force.” Obi-Wan Kenobi learns these tenets backwards and forwards again. But even as a child, he is interested in nuance. And so his teachers tell him parables.
✦ A Jedi's Cloak ImperialKatwala, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & cody & rex, 6.4k
Jedi cloaks are made for children. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a year and a half old when he first sees this principle in action. He is fourteen, twenty-five, twenty-nine, and thirty-six when he gets a reminder.
Or: Jedi cloaks are weird. Here's a series of events showing why they're made that way.
✦ the master, the padawan, the Force by skatzaa, kanan & depa. 1.4k
Caleb expects things to be different after Master Depa takes him as her padawan, but really, it feels like nothing really changes.
✦ For the Future of the Order by thetorontokid, obi-wan & qui-gon & cast, 3.9k
There are important lessons to be found in the Jedi Temple creche.
✦ Memories of Peace by Margan, obi-wan & clones, 2k
It's not quite flash training, but the Clones are used to learning fast. It helps that this is something that they actually look forward to learning, to putting into practice. Obi-Wan teaches the Clones how to make dumplings in the middle of war.
✦ Liberosis by Be_Right_Back, anakin & mace & yoda & jedi, 2.2k
The war is over, the Sith are gone, and there is now Anakin Skywalker's secret marriage to deal with. While love is a wonderful thing, some truths are hard to face, and letting go is the destiny of all Jedi. Or: the Council and Anakin clash. It doesn't go as terribly as it could have.
✦ Accepting Emotion by LazarusII, obi-wan & ahsoka, 1.1k
Dealing with the stress and anxiety of being a prospective Padawan, Ahsoka Tano struggles to manage her emotions. Obi-Wan Kenobi finds her practicing in the dojo, confidence in tatters. His words make all the difference.
✦ A Long, Long Time Ago by ruth baulding, dooku & qui-gon + qui-gon & obi-wan + obi-wan & anakin + anakin & ahsoka, 5.8k
A wisdom tale handed passed down through the generations poses troublesome questions for a line of masters and Padawans, from Dooku to Ahsoka Tano.
✦ Duet by Silver Sky 1138, oc & cin, 2.3k
Asha Scarsi, the Jedi Padawan who feels the Force through music, isn't half as good at lightsaber combat as she is at singing and mindtricks. So she's a little nervous when Battlemaster Cin Drallig calls her to the training room after class.
✦ The One Where Anakin Tries to Be Serious by GirlwithCurls98, anakin & ahsoka, 1k
Even though they're fighting a war, Anakin finds the time to lead his apprentice through one of the Jedi's sacred ceremonies.
✦ Obi-Wan and the Force by AwayOHumanChild, obi-wan & cast, ~1k
One of the first things Jedi Initiates learn is that everyone experiences the Force differently.
✦ Night Shift at the Temple by ReneeoftheStars, oc jedi & cast, 1.8k
A Jedi Temple Guard sees all, speaks to few, and has attachments to no one. One must be prepared for any threats that may arise, especially at night, while most of the Temple sleeps.
✦ The Orchards by Raven_Knight, obi-wan & qui-gon & cast, 3.6k
When young Obi-Wan Kenobi is injured on a previous mission, Qui-Gon Jinn refuses to accept further off-planet missions until his Padawan's recovery. Yoda assigns the pair an in-Temple mission of utmost importance while Obi-Wan heals. Master and Padawan welcome the change of pace.
✦ Tipping Point by Ria Talla (ronia), adi gallia & finis valorum & eeth koth, 3.3k
"I believe that if what's happening on Naboo is allowed to continue, the other member systems will wonder what they owe to a Republic that can no longer protect them."
✦ A Personal Touch by DragonHoardsBooks, obi-wan & anakin, 6.2k
New jedi padawan Anakin Skywalker realizes that there is more to being a jedi then he tought. Discovering a completely new culture will take time and effort, but maybe he'll make some friends along the way.
✦ Jedi Parables by Peppermint_Shamrock, jedi, 5.8k
Values are often passed down generation to generation through stories, parables, and fables. What stories might the Jedi teach their children?
✦ Songs for Little Jedi by soft_but_gremlin, mace & jedi, ~1k
The initiates are having nightmares, so Mace sings a lullaby to comfort them.
✦ a thin thread of hope by wrennette, shaak & clones, ~1k
Shaak Ti introduces some cadets to one of her favourite crafts, under the guise of training.
✦ rah kat by js71, obi-wan & anakin & aayla, 1.6k
"Aay’shee," Obi-Wan murmurs into her ear, rocking her gently, like when jaieh was off on a mission she couldn’t go on, so her jaieh-raheniel would take turns having her over at their apartments.
✦ Lessons on Attachment by Siri_Kenobi12, obi-wan & anakin/padme & cast, 2.7k
"Anakin once told me that a Jedi is actually encouraged to love." She said after Obi-Wan had settled.
✦ Straw Dogs by Cymbidia, obi-wan & jedi & cast, 2.9k
An old Jedi Master imparts some wisdom concerning Mercy, Balance, and the Will of the Force to young Padawan Obi-wan Kenobi and a gaggle of other younglings. It is a lesson that haunts Obi-wan for the rest of his life.
✦ Refractions of Light by Independence1776, ezra & kanan, 1.3k
Kanan celebrates a Jedi holiday with Ezra.
✦ The grand outing by Ingata, dooku & sifo-dyas & obi-wan & bant & garen & reeft & yoda & cast, 4.5k
Eight younglings and two Jedi masters on a field trip. What could possibly go wrong?
✦ A Short Break by Peppermint_Shamrock, luke & yoda, ~1k
Luke complains about his training, and asks about Jedi training of old.
✦ we are made of our longest days by bereft_of_frogs, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 4.4k
Two years after the events of The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan and his new apprentice are called to a remote moon to fetch a baby who’s showing signs of a rare, unique power. On their journey home, Obi-Wan reflects on the last child he brought to the Temple and catches a faint glimpse of three possibly entwining futures.
✦ yellow, you're a dreamer by nightdotlight, jocasta & anakin (& obi-wan), 2.6k
Normally, it wouldn’t be unusual, but— Jocasta did not earn her post without listening, and from where she stands in the aisle, gaze fixed upon the back of the young child’s shaking shoulders, she can hear a sniffle reverberate around the space. There’s a child curled up in the corner of the Archives— and they’re crying.
✦ once upon a time (a long, long time ago) by thebitterbeast, barriss & mace & shaak & ki-adi & bacara & trilla & cere, 2.3k
The Jedi love children. Children love stories. This changes some things.
✦ not the place that I was born in (doesn't mean it's not the place where I belong) by ghostwriterofthemachine, obi-wan & anakin, 5k
“What were you consulting Master Obi-Wan about?” “Tea!” says the other Padawan brightly. “I’m performing a tea ceremony for my Master, one that originates from her home world. It’ll be the first time I sit foveo with her!” She says that word— foveo— as if it should mean something to Anakin. It does not.
✦ A Friend Indeed by ExtraPenguin, plo & ahsoka, 3.3k
After their rescue of the colonists of Kiros, Ahsoka Tano's Master asks for her to be sent on a mission away from the front. She ends up being sent to the Deep Core with Master Plo Koon to investigate one of the first known locations of the Jedi Order, since abandoned.
✦ In which we burn bodies as bridges by GraceEliz, obi-wan & ahsoka & depa & kanan & ezra, 1.4k
Lineage mantras, and the processing of grief.
✦ Five Times Mace was There for Obi-Wan, and One Time Obi-Wan Returned the Favour by wrennette, obi-wan & mace, 4k
five of the many times Mace Windu offered Obi-Wan comfort over the years, and one of the many times Obi-Wan returned the favour
✦ as the dust settled around us by thebitterbeast, finn & jedi, 5.2k
Bravery has never been the absence of fear. Prompt: There is no emotion, there is peace.
✦ Adi Gallia, Master of the Order by Perspicacia, adi & jedi, 7.2k wip
Palpatine didn't expect it. It was too soon for that in his plans: which Jedi would have left the Temple under assault? But Adi had. Ashes in her heart, she had left the younglings and the elders and the wounded for her duty to the galaxy, choosing to stop the Sith instead of protecting her people.
✦ “The Padawan Chooses The Master” by lurkingcrow, obi-wan & anakin & cast, 3.6k
prompt: AU - The Jedi say “The Padawan Chooses The Master” Qui Gon lives, Obi Wan is very preoccupied, and Anakin is put into the creche as an Initiate to learn what he can until Qui Gon wakes up from his coma and gets yelled at by the Council. In the meantime, Anakin meets other Jedi Masters and when the Council asks him who he wants to be his teacher, his answer isn’t Qui Gon. Instead it’s *insert your fav Jedi here*
✦ The Only Home We Know by ReneeoftheStars, katooni & petro & ganodi & byph & gungi & zaft & cast, character death, child death, 2.4k
The Jedi Temple is under attack. Determined to fight for their home, younglings Katooni, Petro, Zatt, Ganodi, Byph, and Gungi make their way to aid the Jedi Masters in defense of the Temple. But the situation is far graver than they expected.
✦ Obi-Wan and the Force by AwayOHumanChild, obi-wan & cast, ~1k
One of the first things Jedi Initiates learn is that everyone experiences the Force differently.
✦ The One Where Anakin Tries to Be Serious by Mini_and_Might, anakin & ahsoka, 1k
Even though they're fighting a war, Anakin finds the time to lead his apprentice through one of the Jedi's sacred ceremonies. Might become part of a series of missing scenes from the Clone Wars.
✦ Markings by wabbajack, ahsoka & plo, 1.6k
In which it is revealed that Master Plo Koon has always had a difficult time putting his foot down when faced with his Little 'Soka.
✦ The First Trial by Raven_Knigh, obi-wan & qui-gon, 2k
Accompanied by his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, young Obi-Wan Kenobi undergoes his first trial and rite as a Padawan Learner on the frozen planet of Ilum.
✦ Arrival by CJinn, obi-wan & yoda & jedi, 2.6k
Little Obi-Wan was only a few days old when he was brought to the Jedi Temple. His arrival caused some confusion among the Jedi.
✦ The Spire by skatzaa, obi-wan & jedi, 2.4k
The galaxy was on the brink of war, and Obi-Wan Kenobi had been assigned a new room.
✦ Room Arrangements by skatzaa, obi-wan & anakin, 2.2k
Anakin has some concerns about room arrangements at the Temple. Obi-Wan does his best to reassure him.
✦ Lineage by virdant, obi-wan & anakin & yoda & jedi, 1.5k
Anakin is new to the temple, and he does not yet understand that these are his brothers and sisters, his cousins, his uncles and aunts. He does not know yet, but he will learn, Obi-Wan thinks.
✦ A Discussion of Choices by Peppermint_Shamrock, luke & mace, 2k
Mace Windu has traveled the galaxy since the fall of the Republic, keeping out of the Empire's sight and teaching where he can. Upon the request of a ghost of an old friend, Mace finds himself instructing Luke Skywalker, who is still reeling from the truth of Vader's identity.
✦ Emotion is our Shared Tongue by virdant, obi-wan & anakin & qui-gon & quinlan & jedi, 2.1k
There are thousands of different species, with different languages and voices and hands, but what all Jedi have in common is the Force, and with the Force, they have language.
✦ To Know by Armin_05, obi-wan & anakin & shmi & kitster & fives & cast, 4.8k
Nearly all Jedi love learning. Anakin Skywalker is no different. Or, how Anakin found a love of learning and shared it with others.
✦ Shatterpoints and Students by soft_but_gremlin, mace & depa, ~1k
Depa always has shatterpoints hovering around her.
✦ Home-onym by virdant, jedi, 1.1k
Jedi younglings, like any other children, enjoy playing. Playing with lightsabers and playing with words.
✦ Threaded Lineage by Pandora151, obi-wan & anakin & ahsoka & kanan & ezra & luke & rey, 2.9k
The journey of a single river stone through many generations of Jedi, allowing the Jedi of the old and the Jedi of the future to be threaded together.
✦ the river and the rock by nightdotlight, anakin & luminara, 1.8k
Lightsabers clash, and Luminara Unduli holds her ground. She doesn’t move, doesn’t lock her muscles, just makes herself an immovable object and lets her opponent strain against the lock.
✦ Five Meditations of Jedi Depa Billaba by skatzaa, depa & mace & yoda & kanan & kit, 5.3k
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I do really like how well Molly is set up as an unreliable narrator (and he certainly is doing a lot of narrating, even diegetically), and how quickly we can see where that unreliability tests the limits of his narration.
We see before the carnival how he acts when he wants to make others feel good, generally in the hopes that they will perform well, in which he is certainly not an unbiased observer. He has stake in how his carnival performers do, and he needs them to do well! His livelihood—his life—depends on it, as do theirs. That's understandable and doesn't negate the fact that he considers them friends and even family, but it's also a fairly transactional exchange.
And now we see him with Jester. At this point in the show, we cannot know whether or not the Traveler is in fact a real entity let alone a real god. Jester could very much be simply a sorcerer with an imaginary friend. Molly seems to believe something of that sort, suggesting that she should abandon a one-sided relationship with her god and embrace the fact that her power comes from her alone.
And why wouldn't he? He has powers and a past that he can't explain, and he doesn't want to. Even more than that, he wants to claim the powers without the past. His advice to Jester is, as much as it's intended for her, primarily a maxim of his own. But it's a statement that takes nothing of Jester's agency or wishes into account—in fact, whether or not it was his intent, it's incredibly condescending towards her, because it denies that he's believes her capable of adequately or accurately describing her own reality, and it denies that she might know what she needs best.
But even on top of that, this strange team he's thrown his lot in is powerful and has potential, but volatile. Like his past, the Nein as they are now are a set of wildcards, and they already seem to be rapidly stumbling out of their own league. Molly doesn't have the circus anymore; instead these are the monkeys he's left with, and he needs them to perform, and this is the only way he knows how to push them to do it. In his mind, their lives, and his, might depend on it.
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