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The Future of Land and Sky
Jun. 7th, 2008 04:18 pmCross posting from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
shipper_asylum.
I had a question that I feel needs addressing on the community. It will be added somewhere in the Intro/Author's Notes section when I figure out where with all my re-organizing last night the reader writes:
Very nice! I am so happy you are continuing this AU story line. I like it a
lot! But what about Obi-Wan marrying Padme? I mean, is he still a Jedi? Is he
planning to keep the marriage a secret?
The short version of my response is:
I really don't think Obi-Wan would keep a marriage a secret, and since Panaka, the handmaidens, and Padme's family all know what was going on, I thought it was sort of clear that there would be no secret marriage here.
And since he left WITH Anakin, the implication was that they are not officially Jedi at this point. Beyond that I can't say too much, but if you've read my other work, you'll know that I work very hard to keep my stories as canon-tight as possible. Things work out.
The long version is a big, complicated character analysis that focuses on explaining why secret trysts, attempting to live a double life in complete disregard for his own belief system/ideals, and/or participating willingly in any kind of love triangle is (in our opinion) completely out of character for Obi-Wan; how there is no point to me in creating an AU that does nothing but re-create or exacerbate the level of destructive unhealthy psycho-emotional interplay that already exists in canon; and why those types of fics will never have a place onshipper_asylum.
I will spare you for the time being, but I'm sure that there will eventually be such a post on my LJ just because I've seen people making a lot of assumptions since I started writing in the Star Wars fandom that because my fanfiction is labeled "Obidala" all that means is that Obi-Wan's life ends up destroyed instead of/along with Anakin's, and I'd like to make the point that, while anyone else is free to write what they want, those are the kinds of fic that made me rather violently opposed to Obidala since the ship first started cropping up.
Make no mistake. Obidala is now my prequel-era OTP. That said, Obi-Wan has been my favorite character in the SW saga since I first saw ANH at like the age of five. I have no interest in seeing my favorite character destroy himself or in having him be taken entirely out of character for the sake of a really bad and probably already over done romance plot. Anyone who wants to read more on this, keep an eye on my LJ. ;)
shipper_asylum.I had a question that I feel needs addressing on the community. It will be added somewhere in the Intro/Author's Notes section when I figure out where with all my re-organizing last night the reader writes:
Very nice! I am so happy you are continuing this AU story line. I like it a
lot! But what about Obi-Wan marrying Padme? I mean, is he still a Jedi? Is he
planning to keep the marriage a secret?
The short version of my response is:
I really don't think Obi-Wan would keep a marriage a secret, and since Panaka, the handmaidens, and Padme's family all know what was going on, I thought it was sort of clear that there would be no secret marriage here.
And since he left WITH Anakin, the implication was that they are not officially Jedi at this point. Beyond that I can't say too much, but if you've read my other work, you'll know that I work very hard to keep my stories as canon-tight as possible. Things work out.
The long version is a big, complicated character analysis that focuses on explaining why secret trysts, attempting to live a double life in complete disregard for his own belief system/ideals, and/or participating willingly in any kind of love triangle is (in our opinion) completely out of character for Obi-Wan; how there is no point to me in creating an AU that does nothing but re-create or exacerbate the level of destructive unhealthy psycho-emotional interplay that already exists in canon; and why those types of fics will never have a place on
shipper_asylum. I will spare you for the time being, but I'm sure that there will eventually be such a post on my LJ just because I've seen people making a lot of assumptions since I started writing in the Star Wars fandom that because my fanfiction is labeled "Obidala" all that means is that Obi-Wan's life ends up destroyed instead of/along with Anakin's, and I'd like to make the point that, while anyone else is free to write what they want, those are the kinds of fic that made me rather violently opposed to Obidala since the ship first started cropping up.
Make no mistake. Obidala is now my prequel-era OTP. That said, Obi-Wan has been my favorite character in the SW saga since I first saw ANH at like the age of five. I have no interest in seeing my favorite character destroy himself or in having him be taken entirely out of character for the sake of a really bad and probably already over done romance plot. Anyone who wants to read more on this, keep an eye on my LJ. ;)
