#kckenobi

Without spoiling the book, basically Sabé is on Tatooine working for slave liberation, and specifically trying to find Shmi Skywalker at Padmé’s request. But when she goes back to the old Skywalker residence, she finds there’s nothing but a symbol on the door, presumably left there by the others working against slavery - a small white sun.

Like, Beru Whitesun. Soon to be Beru Lars, aunt and guardian of Luke Skywalker.

And now I can’t stop thinking about Beru Whitesun, 20-something-year-old spearhead of the Tatooine abolitionist movement, a force to be reckoned with, this absolute brilliant hurricane of social change. Sneaking into Mos Espa at night, breaking in and disabling slave tracking chips, leading the people out of the city and loading them with credits and safe passage offworld. Owen and Beru’s moisture farm as a point on Tatooine’s Underground Railroad, or a meeting place for others working for the movement.

And then give me Luke who grew up at abolitionist protests. Luke sneaking downstairs at night to listen in on the meetings happening in the kitchen, where others fighting for justice speak in hushed tones. Luke making friends with the children who used to be slaves while they hide out in his home, their safe-house, inviting them to share his toys and his clothes and his bed. Luke growing up with a heart for justice, working to end the cruelty his father was born into and his mother fought in the Senate to oppose, even without knowing it.

It's such a tiny line in Queen's Shadow, but it feel like it couldn't be a coincidence - that detail is a deliberate choice made by the author and I am HEADCANONING SO HARD. Beru Whitesun Lars, abolitionist leader. Hell yeah.

17. Top five books of the year

skdfjskj this is ABSURD to try to narrow down BUT. in no particular order:

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi This book basically unravels the mystery of how Vivek Oji died, and explores the lives of a group of queer youths in Nigeria - and the core of the story is the dual experience of wanting to "truly" express oneself while also not being out for the sake of safety, which as someone in a relatively similar situation made me want to scream because the experience is captured so WELL UGH

The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste This is such EXCELLENT historical fiction - it talks about the involvement of women in the Italian invasion on Ethiopia as soldiers, spies, etc. and examines the dynamics between them on levels of station, power, allyship, etc. It's so SO SO well written and researched, I finished the entire thing in one sitting

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller I'll be honest I was putting this one off for a WHILE now and finally got to it after seeing your posts about it skfdjsk, the spirit of greek tragedies is alive and well in this one T_T

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Another one I've kind of been putting off, and haven't watched the show for - the entire book is naturally fantastic and then there's the EPILOGUE which breaks the narrative style into like an academic conference at least a century or two in the future which. HOLY SHIT

The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman This is technically a six-issue comic run but ssshhh they're good they're so good!!! Not going into this too much bc Sandman spoilers but it's basically a prequel of sorts to the first issue of the Sandman original run (which should absolutely be read before Overture btw, because Overture contains major spoilers from the final Sandman issues) which messes with such concepts of time, reality etc.. Also Dream reveals a bit of a backstory where he was damselled in a tower while a cool lady came to save him from the dangers lurking outside, which is fascinating from a meta perspective of storytelling.

18. Least favourite books of the year

Heart of Darkness by Joseph fucking Conrad. it's both tedious and fucking AWFUL and i hate that i had to read it not once but TWICE this year for two separate classes. if i have my way i'll never touch this book again in my LIFE

Also The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing. I had such high hopes for this one because the premise sounded interesting as hell but the protagonist is just awful. She's the LEAST compelling person to have written an entire epistolary novel about and her character is the flattest thing on the planet. I've gone on SEVERAL ranting sessions (and even ranted in my essay for the class I had to read it for lol) and suffice to say it's just not my thing

19. Best non-fiction book(s) you read this year

OKAY so there are a few that my professors wrote/recommended that were just incredible but those also involve giving away my location which I really don't wan't to do, but I did read A Feminist Theory of Violence by Francoise Verges and was utterly THRILLED with it!

The book talks through various salient issues (ex. racism, the prison system, sexual violence, capitalism & neoliberalism etc.) and why they don't cross each other out but actually intersect in ways that enrich conversations around these topics individually - furthermore also talks about how the sources of these institutional problems is often very much the SAME thing, meaning they're all interconnected enough that approaching one should, in fact, involve approaching these other structural problems also

Fair trigger warnings for discussion of state violence, racism, rape etc. but it's a genuinely poignant book that I highly recommend!

AWWWW omg! 🥺 Thank you so much Kasey, this is so kind of you to say!! Haha, I am a suck for hurt Obi(and Cody, lol), and I’m just happy that you and maybe some other people also like it…?? 😆🥺 I want to do more similar art soon, as well. Anyhow, thank you again, this means a lot coming from you!

“Fingers running through sweaty hair” (I forgot the sweaty part) + “Feeling so out of it they need constant attention” from sick whump prompts.

This turned out a little more funny/fluffy than whumpy, and I’m still not sure how I feel about the ending. But I finally finished it! My first prompt fill. This isn’t the brand of whump I normally write and I haven’t written anything for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan in...maybe ever? So thank you @kckenobi for helping me stretch my writing wings a little!

Now gotta go, Burrito is losing his $#*!...quite literally!

EDIT: After I finished dealing with literal $#*!, I came back to look at this and saw the first line under the cut got deleted. It’s fixed now.

Also, adding a cut in a tumblr post should not be this complex.

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I did not, Qui-Gon thought in exasperation, sign up for this nonsense.

“I’ll never unsee that,” Ahsoka sniffed, wrinkling her nose in distaste.  She poked at the wriggling mass with her fork, letting out a squeak when it moved.  “Or unsmell it, even.”

“It’s not that bad, Snips,” Anakin replied, eagerly digging into his own plate.  Ahsoka watched as he shoveled it into his mouth and chewed, grinning at her and Obi-Wan.

“They’re bugs, Master!” she exclaimed, gesturing at the insects and worms squirming on her plate.  “No, it’s worse than that—they’re live bugs!”

Anakin tilted his head, still chewing.  “Well, they taste a lot better than dead bugs,” he said.  “Right, Obi-Wan?”

Master Kenobi went slightly green as he looked up from his datapad.

“Don’t remind me,” he muttered, taking a gulp of tea.  “It’s been eleven years of this, Padawan.”

The bugs on Ahsoka’s plate wriggled again, and Ahsoka swallowed, feeling her stomach curl at the sight.  “On second thought,” she managed, “I think I’ll ask Rex if he has any leftover ration bars.”

Anakin shrugged.  “Your loss,” he said, reaching over for her plate and scraping its contents onto his own.  Then he smiled, shoveling more food into his mouth.

Obi-Wan’s nose wrinkled at the sight.

Anakin moaned in pleasure, and Ahsoka turned away, deciding right then and there that she would never complain about ration bars ever again.