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ackermental · 2 years

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Same anon who sent you that post about Daemon previously.. Another thing that gets on my nerves SO MUCH is that everyone sees Daemon as an asshole while he is literally just existing and minding his own business 🙄 It’s literally the council who talks shit about Daemon ALL THE TIME. They also love to remind Daemon of how unloved he is 🙄 And when the man stands up for himself they just attack him even more and pointing at him while telling “look how awful he is your grace” to Viserys. I truly believe that Daemon loves his brother and would be completely loyal to him if they just gave him a chance. Also it’s some clown shit when Viserys screamed at him for not being by his or Rhaenyra’s side while they were grieving.. Ummmmm excuse me!?!? You are her father and you weren’t by her side so why would he need to be?? All im saying is that Daemon’s actions are completely understandable. From his point of view everyone is basically just pushing him away and thinking of him as untrustworthy. Flea Bottom is probably the only place where he feels validated and loved so that’s why he hangs there so much but then when he does the council attacks and insults him again🙄 Honestly Viserys can just shut the fuck up about Daemon because he is no better! Forcing Aemma to have a c section without even explaining to her what will happen is the most cruel shit i’ve ever seen, i doubt that Daemon would ever do something like that to his loved one.

Daemon is not just minding his own business. Daemon is constantly trying to secure his family’s safety.

It simply baffles me how everyone dismisses Daemon’s presence in King’s Landing as him trying to take his brother’s crown or him avoiding his wife to fuck some virgins.

Why shouldn’t he be in King’s Landing? Viserys has no son and no dragon. After what happened in 92 and 101, it’s completely logical for Daemon to think of himself as heir. It’s not arrogance, nor is it ambition. Him staying close to Viserys and the Iron Throne is a matter of state and security, given that he’s the only dragon rider Viserys has at the time.

Renly wasn’t even half of that to Robert and he still had a place at his older brother’s court, a place he still would have had after he married Margery, so why not Daemon?

Also, Rhea is clearly barren. Which means that after thirteen years of being married neither of Baelon’s sons have an heir. And it’s not like he didn’t ask to set his marriage aside. Twice. He’s only cheating on his wife because nobody for some reason wants to give them divorce.

Rhea’s support is no longer needed after the Great Council. She doesn’t love Daemon any more than he loves her. And it’s not like anyone would cry over their separation back in the Vale, nor would anyone turn against the crown with Viserys being married to Aemma.

But somehow this farce goes on and him trying for a child with a Lyseni woman is so terrible? Please.

What the Council loves to remind Daemon of is that he’s not needed here, he should just go back home, to Runestone. It’s almost like they’re scared shitless that Viserys will choose Daemon for his heir or that Daemon will be there to stop them from making Alicent the next queen. Which he can totally do, what with two thousand armed men and a grown dragon.

The truth is Daemon is very needed in King’s Landing and very important to Targaryen’s succession, whichever way it may go.

Because there is no tradition or precedence, is there? Aegon didn’t even have any daughters and his sons chose to be co-rulers, then Maegor usurped the Throne, then Rogar Baratheon selected Jaehaerys and then we had the Great Council.

So Viserys still has two possible choices, none of them wanted by Oldtown conspirators. Getting rid off one by using another was a brilliant move. Or it seemed like it was brilliant at the time.

So yeah, Daemon is absolutely loyal to his brother.

That whole scene with Daemon and Viserys in a throne room deserves it’s own post, but I agree. It wasn’t Daemon’s job to comfort Rhaenyra, it was Viserys’. And just like Daemon was grieving in his own way, Viserys was doing the same. With Alicent.

I’ve got a feeling that Viserys was projecting his own guilt on Daemon there. I wonder if his night with Alicent ended up just with some innocent book reading. But even if it did, he should’ve been by his daughter’s side. And we know he wasn’t, because Rhaenyra says as much.

You see what a good, old propaganda can do? Daemon is a Prince, he’s not spending his nights in Flea Bottom but on the Street of Silk, which is on the other side of the Dragonpit.

And it’s not so much about being validated or loved. It’s where he was sent by the Council. Or did they want him to bring all those mongrels to the Red Keep instead? I’m not saying he’s having a bad time or that he doesn’t spend money on whores and alcohol, but he literally has no other place to go. What is he to do? Seat in his chambers all day long?

I think that Viserys was trying to keep Aemma calm, though. Let’s remember that maester didn’t make him choose between mother and a child but between child or nothing. I don’t know how you’re supposed to explain it to your wife, that she’s about to die horribly and the only way to save your son is to cut her open.

But if we’re talking about books, I’ve always found it funny how the fandom has been calling Daemon a pedophile based on a rumor and yet they’ve never done the same with Viserys, who we know for a fact has raped a twelve-year-old girl.

Sanctity of marriage can justify all, eh?

#hotd #house of the dragon #daemon targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #viserys i targaryen

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empiregalaxy · 7 years

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Dying Men, Priests, Samaritans & Ill Intents in ASOIAF

There was a man. He was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was set upon by men of ill intent. They stripped the traveler of his clothes, they beat him, and they left him bleeding in the dirt. And a priest happened by saw the traveler. But he moved to the other side of the road and continued on. And then a Levite, a religious functionary, he came to the place, saw the dying traveler. But he too moved to the other side of the road, passed him by. But then came a man from Samaria, a Samaritan, a good man. He saw the traveler bleeding in the road and he stopped to aid him without thinking of the circumstance or the difficulty it might bring him. The Samaritan tended to the traveler's wounds, applying oil and wine. And he carried him to an inn, gave him all the money he had for the owner to take care of the traveler, as the Samaritan, he continued on his journey. He did this simply because the traveler was his neighbor. He loved his city and all the people in it.

(What the hell does that mean?)

It means that I'm not the Samaritan. That I'm not the priest, or the Levite. That I am the ill intent who set upon the traveler on a road that he should not have been on.

One of my favourite moments in ‘Daredevil’ comes from the end of season one. It’s where Wilson Fisk, explains to a security force his story using a theological allegory. It’s effective, and meaningful. Fisk decides that he is the ‘ill intent’, not the Samaritian. It means alot for the show, for Wilson Fisk and the overall arching themes. It also reminds me of ASOIAF in a way.

We can establish the characters in his story includes

The dying man / traveller

The priest (who does nothing)

The Levite (who does nothing)

The Samaritan (who is a force of goodness, and helps the dying man)

The ‘ill intent’ (who is the reason why the man is dying in the first place)

So, who is who?

THE DYING MAN

Well, the first character to come to mind for the ‘dying man’ is Sandor Clegane. Not only do we have a scene of him physically dying in The Riverlands

She did the gash in his thigh first, then the shallower cut on the back of his neck. Sandor coiled his right hand into a fist and beat against the ground when she did his leg. When it came to his neck, he bit the stick so hard it broke, and she had to find him a new one. She could see the terror in his eyes. "Turn your head." She trickled the wine down over the raw red flesh where his ear had been, and fingers of brown blood and red wine crept over his jaw. He did scream then, despite the stick. Then he passed out from the pain. (Ch 74, ASOS)

Sandor’s also -left- to die. I don’t think, metaphorically Arya is the ‘ill intent’. (I’ll discuss her later in this meta). My focus here is on Sandor, and how he morphs into “The Gravedigger” (or if we are going by the show- “the broken man” identity). I think Sandor Clegane is rather suicidal and he is definately suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Whilst having those don’t make you ‘dying’ it does make you vulnerable. To quote Thoros Of Myr, ‘ Sandor Clegane was a man in torment.’

Travel also plays a huge role in his arc- from the King’s Landing location in ACOK to The Riverlands in ASOS / AFFC. Travelers, historically- can be naive and prone to being taken advantage of. I think this also applies to Sandor.

Another part of Sandor Clegane’s arc is dealing with the apathy of others- in this case, the ‘priests’ and ‘levites’. Joffrey and Cersei treat him horribly, and it’s Sansa, who is one of the very few people who try to reach out to him. There isn’t much indication in the first two books that Sandor Clegane had a strong relationship with The Faith Of The Seven, in fact he’s rather cynical about it. So overall, I think Sandor is the Dying Man. There’s a huge vulnerability to his character and I feel as if he is the best fit.

Another would be Bran Stark. Not only has he had trials and faced ‘ill intents’- from being pushed from the tower by Jaime Lannister, to having his family die and be seperated from the living members. He’s also travelled alot- and by A Dance With Dragons, is incredibly upset and even suicidal. The hospitality he gets by the Children Of The Forest is coded as rather spooky, untrustworthy and mysterious (hence the paste theories) and beyond The Wall is something out of a horror show, but it could be interpreted as Samaritan-like hospitality. Bran doesn’t encounter many travellers on his journey- not as many compared to the likes of Brienne and Arya. So that’s why I’d pick Sandor Clegane as the best example.

Theon Greyjoy, is a good fit in my opinion. The ‘ill intent’ is obviously Ramsay. Not only is Theon brutally tortured, but also deals with a degrading identity of ‘Reek’. He encounters many people who do nothing and do not care that he is being abused- numerous northern lords, for instance. They are the ‘priests’ in Theon’s arc. Is Theon dying? The cold is absolutely frightening, and his arc could take numerous directions. He’s a character who I feel is marked for death and sincerely believes he is going to die... only to find he will live.

A good female example for the ‘dying man’ would be Jeyne Poole. In a similar situation to Theon. An exception is that people are more invested in the abuse Ramsay is showing, but there is glaring ‘but’. People only care because Jeyne is “Arya”- Ned’s valiant daughter. Would people care for Jeyne if she had no disguise? That’s a rough question GRRM poses. And yeah, I think the answer would make us all uncomfortable.

PRIESTS & LEVITES

They both seem to be interchangable, and bare similarities. They both leave the Dying Man to die, and any attempts at pity ring false as they do not fully help him. Here apathy is a theme in ASOIAF, and also a theme in history, “when good men do nothing” (heavily discussed in a Post World War II-world). There are some instances of priests / levites

Lysa Arryn, her doing nothing in the War Of Five Kings

Kingsguard to Aerys II and Joffrey Baratheon

Barristan Selmy also considers the position of ‘knights’ (in particular, kingsguard) to have a role in general apathy

I took Robert's pardon, aye. I served him in Kingsguard and council. Served with the Kingslayer and others near as bad, who soiled the white cloak I wore. Nothing will excuse that. I might be serving in King's Landing still if the vile boy upon the Iron Throne had not cast me aside, it shames me to admit. But when he took the cloak the White Bull had draped about my shoulders, and sent men to kill me that selfsame day, it was as though he'd ripped a caul off my eyes. That was when I knew I must find my true king, and die in his service..

I think quite highly of Barristan in alot of regards, because he overcomes his apathy and qualms, in order to dedicate his life to something higher. So he is a good aversion to the ‘priest’- in Barristan’s version, he helps the dying man. He reflects quite frequently on him ‘doing nothing’ in his chapters in A Dance With Dragons:

He had seen things it pained him to recall, and more than once he wondered how much of the blood was on his own hands.

This also brings up a great philosophical question: if you leave the dying man to die, and he dies- is that blood on your hands? I think ASOIAF gives a clear answer - yes, it does. The series is about characters overcoming it, and becoming better citizens.

So who are the -straight forward- Priests & Levites in ASOIAF, besides Lysa Arryn? I’d also suggest Meryn Trant, who does not care, full stop.

Other men might have cursed her, warned her to keep silent, even begged for her forgiveness. Ser Meryn Trant did none of these. Ser Meryn Trant simply did not care.

But he could also be argued as the ‘ill intent’. Apathy is ugly, and does mean ill. Pretty much: anyone who turned away from the suffering another character experiences is a ‘priest’.

This is also clear in the arc of Sansa Stark. She is not a ‘priest’- she is quite kind after all, yet her arc is stacked with people who appear to care, yet don’t really. There’s the Tyrells in A Storm Of Swords, (I think Margaery isn’t a bad egg- but her cousins don’t really get a flattering description), Pycelle, Kevan and Lancel Lannister who have no issue doing actions that are tyrannical. Same could be said about Arys Oakheart, and all the times he strikes Sansa. Sansa herself is rather interesting, but her arc deals alot with ‘ill intents’ and ‘priests / levites.’

I’d also expand on Pycelle to be a Priest / Levite. His apologism for Lannisters has always been ridiculous, and then there is the part of him being okay with Daenerys Targaryen being murdered.

Yet I ask you this—should war come again, how many soldiers will die? How many towns will burn? How many children will be ripped from their mothers to perish on the end of a spear? Is it not wiser, even kinder, that Daenerys Targaryen should die now so that tens of thousands might live?

Therefore- we can establish that the major priests / levites of the story include Lysa Arryn, Meryn Trant & Pycelle

THE SAMARITANS

These are motivated by love and kindness. I love this part of the story, because I can think about just how awesome some characters are. You’ve got Sansa Stark, saving Lancel, Ser Dontos and just being her badass, kind self. You’ve also got Arya, who gives water to men in need to aid, you’ve got her standing up for the unfortunate and smallfolk. Not many people read the Stark sisters narrative as a Samaritan story, but it’s something to consider.

Others include- Brienne Of Tarth, Meera Reed, Edmure Tully, Podrick Payne, The Elder Brother and in the show, Ian McShane’s character Ray also fits. The whole thing about being a samaritan is that it’s usually at the expense of something. You are risking something huge, like your life or it comes at a large cost. The Samaritan in the story ‘gives all the money he had’. When Brienne Of Tarth is on her quest to save Sansa, she risks her life

I will never stop looking. I will give up my life if need be, give up my honor, give up all my dreams, but I will find her.

If the ‘soiled knights’ are priests / levites, then ‘true knights’ are the samaritans of the story. Brienne also goes on to say

Young or old, a true knight is sworn to protect those who are weaker than himself, or die in the attempt.

Brienne is probably my favourite example of a Samaritan. She, and Podrick risk so much for the quest for Sansa. It’s more than an oath- it’s love. Without getting all gushy, it’s hard to not be moved by these acts of pure selflessness.

THE MEN OF ILL INTENT

These characters are the reason why the problem exists in the first place. Why the man is dying. And this is for the villains of ASOIAF. Think Ramsay Bolton, Euron Greyjoy, Cersei Lannister, Gregor Clegane, Joffrey Baratheon. ASOIAF actually gives us a depiction of ‘men of ill intent’ and no one, fits the mould better than the men that Tywin Lannister employs. And that includes Gregor

Your Mountain stole my harvest and burned everything he could not carry off. He put my castle to the torch and raped one of my daughters. I will have recompense.

and in A Game Of Thrones, Gregor Clegane and his men on Tywin’s orders- sack the Riverlands. There are also the atrocities at Harrenhal, which Arya and the smallfolk experienced

A young mother with a pox-scarred face offered to freely tell them all she knew if they'd promise not to hurt her daughter. The Mountain heard her out; the next morning he picked her daughter, to be certain she'd held nothing back. The ones chosen were questioned in full view of the other captives, so they could see the fate of rebels and traitors. A man the others called the Tickler asked the questions. His face was so ordinary and his garb so plain that Arya might have thought him one of the villagers before she had seen him at his work. "Tickler makes them howl so hard they piss themselves," old stoop-shoulder Chiswyck told them. He was the man she'd tried to bite, who'd called her a fierce little thing and smashed her head with a mailed fist. Sometimes he helped the Tickler. Sometimes others did that. Ser Gregor Clegane himself would stand motionless, watching and listening, until the victim died.

I think if the Samaritan story had to take place in an ASOIAF location- it’d be The Riverlands. No location is more perfect. The Riverlands have suffered so much death and heartache. Therefore, Gregor Clegane fits the mould (quite) well. As does Tywin.

Tywin Lannister was as much fox as lion. If indeed he'd sent Ser Gregor to burn and pillage—and Ned did not doubt that he had—he'd taken care to see that he rode under cover of night, without banners, in the guise of a common brigand. Should

The ‘men of ill intent’ can also include the people who give the order. So Tywin and Cersei make a whole lot of sense in being included.

JAIME LANNISTER

Now onto the controversial topic: Jaime & Redemption. I know, it’s been discussed to death but here is my perspective (and how it fits in with the Samaritan story)

Jaime is an interesting aversion. He’s all five. His arc could be interpreted

He’s been in a state of mental and physical distress- when he loses his hand in A Storm Of Swords. This is described in depth, what this loss meant for him

"Jaime," Brienne whispered, so faintly he thought he was dreaming it. "Jaime, what are you doing?" "Dying," he whispered back. "No," she said, "no, you must live." He wanted to laugh. "Stop telling me what do, wench. I'll die if it pleases me."

(...)

The days and the nights blurred together in a haze of pain. He would sleep in the saddle, pressed against Brienne, his nose full of the stink of his rotting hand, and then at night he would lie awake on the hard ground, caught in a waking nightmare. Weak as he was, they always bound him to a tree. It gave him some cold consolation to know that they feared him that much, even now. Brienne was always bound beside him. She lay there in her bonds like a big dead cow, saying not a word. The wench has built a fortress inside herself. They will rape her soon enough, but behind her walls they cannot touch her. But Jaime's walls were gone. They had taken his hand, they had taken his sword hand, and without it he was nothing. The other was no good to him. Since the time he could walk, his left arm had been his shield arm, no more. It was his right hand that made him a knight; his right arm that made him a man.

Jaime, although his mental and physical health has improved, has experienced a stage of being ‘the dying man’. He’s also been the ‘ill intent’ in the lives of Bran Stark (as we all know, pushed him from the tower). You don’t have to like Jaime’s actions throughout the series. You don’t have to be okay with Jaime’s actions. The story of the samaritan is not about making excuses or apologizing. What I do think Jaime’s arc is about- is overcoming apathy.

Jaime has also been the Levite / Priest. This is when he was Kingsguard to Aerys II Targaryen.

The sight had filled him with disquiet, reminding him of Aerys Targ-aryen and the way a burning would arouse him. A king has no secrets from his Kingsguard. Relations between Aerys and his queen had been strained during the last years of his reign. They slept apart and did their best to avoid each other during the waking hours. But whenever Aerys gave a man to the flames, Queen Rhaella would have a visitor in the night. The day he burned his mace-and-dagger Hand, Jaime and Jon Darry had stood at guard outside her bedchamber whilst the king took his pleasure. "You're hurting me," they had heard Rhaella cry through the oaken door. "You're hurting me." In some queer way, that had been worse than Lord Chelsted's screaming. "We are sworn to protect her as well," Jaime had finally been driven to say. "We are," Darry allowed, "but not from him."

Jaime struggles with being in an apathetic position- I don’t think he likes being a Levite / Priest who does nothing. He in fact, calls out Meryn Trant on his apathy

"Ser Meryn." Jaime smiled at the sour knight with the rust-red hair and the pouches under his eyes. "I have heard it said that Joffrey made use of you to chastise Sansa Stark." He turned the White Book around one-handed. "Here, show me where it is in our vows that we swear to beat women and children."

So we can establish Jaime has a firm relationship with Priests / Levites- they disgust him, he doesn’t want to be one. I think Jaime has trauma from Aerys reign, and that influences him.

Now, the Samaritan part. Oh this is controversial. Like Brienne, this links with his quest for Sansa Stark and his relationship with Brienne Of Tarth

"I told you, I will never serve . . . " " . . . such foul creatures as us. Yes, I recall. Hear me out, Brienne. Both of us swore oaths concerning Sansa Stark. Cersei means to see that the girl is found and killed, wherever she has gone to ground . . . " Brienne's homely face twisted in fury. "If you believe that I would harm my lady's daughter for a sword, you—" "Just listen," he snapped, angered by her assumption. "I want you to find Sansa first, and get her somewhere safe. How else are the two of us going to make good our stupid vows to your precious dead Lady Catelyn? The wench blinked. "I . . . I thought . . . " "I know what you thought." Suddenly Jaime was sick of the sight of her. She bleats like a bloody sheep. "When Ned Stark died, his greatsword was given to the King's Justice," he told her. "But my father felt that such a fine blade was wasted on a mere headsman. He gave Ser Ilyn a new sword, and had Ice melted down and reforged. There was enough metal for two new blades. You're holding one. So you'll be defending Ned Stark's daughter with Ned Stark's own steel, if that makes any difference to you."

Part of being a samaritan is about sacrifice, and here is where I think Jaime’s arc becomes crucial: at the end of his arc in ADWD, he goes off with Brienne under the presumption that Sansa will be killed by Sandor Clegane. This is a meta for another time (because this is getting really, really long) but I feel as if Jaime could potentially have a role in the War For Dawn. That he’d put aside the allusions of ‘knights’ and actively do the right thing. This is not about redemption, but about being a better person. Like I said, you don’t have to like Jaime’s actions- I just think the five characters in the story of the dying traveller is interwovern in his arc.

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Okay, this got long. I just think ASOIAF is a text that is covering themes that are rather biblically epic- the scope of good and evil, and how man reacts to it. What I liked about the Samaritan story is just how real it felt. It reminds me strongly of ASOIAF, and I hope I made that clear.

#asoiaf meta #sandor clegane #jaime lannsiter #brienne of tarth #ramblings #oh boy this is long #*fingers crossed my comments about jaime are okay*

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aifsaath · 7 years

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Counterclockwise Snippet

Yeah. That Obikin timetravel AU. Not edited.

Suffer, Obi, suffer. And you too, @albaparthenicevelut @tomatosoupful @writegowrite and whoever wanted this to exist.

No, this isn’t the porn part yet.

The ship entered the night cycle. Obi-Wan excused himself to his cabin. It was the first time he had spoken up ever since Qui-Gon brought him – perhaps dragged was a better term – to the ship. Anakin had to force himself to focus on the steering rather than run after Obi-Wan.

The countless blue and purple bruises, the half-healed burns, the awful blaster wound on Obi-Wan’S left hand, the scars crossing his back and front. They were burned into Anakin’s memory like a brand ever since he met him in the hospital.

He had seen his master injured far too many times, but Master Kenobi was grown and strong, and the bloody idiot liked to joke about being on a verge of death. And even then, it was horrible to be confronted with the fact that Kenobi was not immortal nor invincible. That he could be taken away every moment by a madman with a gun, a hungry beast or a Force-damn Sith artefact that ripped people from their time. One day he would disappear, leaving only a deep void in Anakin’s core. But that nightmare had already happened.

Young Obi-Wan with gaunt face and twig-like arms had no right to scare him so much.

“What’s going to happen with him?”

“The decision belongs to the Council,” said Qui-Gon. “You should pay attention to your piloting.”

“They can’t refuse him, right?”

“They can and perhaps they should. He has already proven himself to be untrustworthy, susceptible to the Dark side and if the reports from Daanish are to be believed, my former padawan committed serious crimes against a legitimate government. He’s lucky that no one put him before a war tribunal.”

“Crimes? He freed people from a kriffing concentration camp!”

“I never thought you’d be sympathising with a criminal,” Qui-Gon said, his tone neutral. “The point is that those people were deemed to be political offenders, not innocents per the planetary law. We can disagree whether they actually deserved to be sent into the camps, but we have no power over their judicial system.”

“He did what was right.”

“He fought in a guerrilla. Destroyed factories. Killed people. Don’t pretend he did anything noble.”

“He tried to help them stop the war! Protect the innocents from two fighting sides! How can you call that a crime?! Isn’t that what are Jedi supposed to do?”

“Do or do not, there is no try. Obi-Wan did try, I believe, with the best intentions in his mind. But it was all pointless, because he couldn’t see past his own vanity. I warned him that he was going to regret it. That there was nothing for us to be done. The fool didn’t listen to the reason. Now, he’s here broken, and the friends he betrayed us for are all dead, and the only home he knew is possibly closed forever. Tell me, Anakin, was this pain worth the effort?”

Anakin bit his tongue to prevent himself from lashing out. How could you leave him then? Anakin did not doubt for a second that if he were in the same situation, Master would stay with him. Kriff, they had been in the same situation. And Master had pulled one of his tricks to make Republic forces do their actual damn job.

Anakin wanted to yell at him until his throat bled. How could you leave him in that hellhole? How dare you? He was yours to protect and you abandoned him.

But Anakin never voiced those thoughts. A low, tortured scream filled the silence and Qui-Gon bolted to Obi-Wan’s room, leaving Anakin alone on the bridge.

Seconds passed when a loud crash echoed through the ship. Anakin quickly turned on the autopilot and run after them.

Obi-Wan’s cabin drowned in pitch black; only the narrow crescent of light from the hall allowed Anakin to see the scene: Qui-Gon lying on his back trying to wrestle Obi-Wan off. The boy – Anakin gasped at his blank face, he must have been still asleep – pushed his knee into Master’s throat and punched him straight into his face. A disgusting crunch. No one that skinny should deliver such a blow. Another. And another. With the light-headedness usually associated with nightmares Anakin realized that this was the incident that left Qui-Gon’s formerly aquiline nose in the familiar crooked shape.

He snapped back to his senses.

“Obi-Wan!” he dragged the boy off the gasping man. Qui-Gon’s nose and mouth were covered with blood, but he wasted no time. He grabbed Obi-Wan by his shoulders and shook, violently.

“Padawan, WAKE UP!”

“You’re safe. You’re on a ship to Coruscant, you damn idiot, wake up!”

Obi-Wan’s eyes – bloodshot, empty – widened. He looked around and blinked, slowly. Anakin thought that he resembled more a frightened animal rather than himself.

“Fuck.”

#obikin #Anakin Skywalker #Obi-Wan Kenobi #qui-gon jinn #timetravel au #counterclockwise #ALL THE CLICHES

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