Somewhere Beyond The Sea

one star war viewing experience that i think has been totally 100% lost to time / cultural dominance: obi-wan being a mysterious and lowkey dubious figure in a new hope. he’s introduced doing this absolutely terrifying screech (which he never does again? before or since?), in a cloak with his face covered (classic villain coding, also very close to the emperor’s exact look) and this comes after a build up of him being some “old wizard” luke is told is dead, that he shouldn’t be going to see at all—and his dialogue only raises more questions than answers. a big part of it is alec guinness’ expert ptsd performance, of course, but there’s such a real strangeness to obi-wan’s debut. he’s a mentor, but he’s also a hardened warrior, also a deliverer of some incredibly ominous lines, also a disembodied voice, an undead, unkillable entity. i don’t think it was some accident that the “fake twist” used to hide the real twist in empire was that obi-wan killed luke’s father, is all i’m saying really. i think there’s an undercurrent in anh that, as the jedi/obi-wan/star war grew in popular culture and the light side/dark side lore got more ironed out, isn’t really accessible now. but it’s fun

Woe codywan be upon ye

I always keep coming back to that infinite sadness line and also the line from the ROTS book about Obi-Wan being the greatest hero of the age; anyone else would have fallen with what he had to go through, which is why he had to be the one to do it.

This man will never have an unhappy ending in any fic I write, I need him to have rest and happiness or i will cry ;o;

Obi-Wans trauma so overlooked in the fandom Dude went through similar shit like Anakin but never turned to the dark side.

Got taken from his Family when he was just a child. Lost his Lover that he would have 100% quit the Order for once the War was over.

Forced to go to exile and watch over his best friend's son whilst never really telling him anything until shit hit the fan.

Dude struggled and struggled. But he never gave into the darkness.

I can't take a any credit for this, I just found the ship like 2 months ago but DAMN when you're right, you're right.

I am honestly impressed with the Codywan shippers. Ya'll made this ship up out of nothing - the boys barely spoke to each other other than to discuss military stuff in the first few seasons of TCW- and managed to get the writers to put in a scene of Obi-Wan majestically stopping Cody from being shot with his lightsaber in the final season, got the original writer of the Kenobi show to make a subplot about them, AND now they're touching each other on the anniversary poster when Obi-Wan's canon love interest is standing all by herself on the other side. Somebody at Lucasfilm definitely likes ya.

same. joined the codywan fandom before seeing TCW, so now I'm watching to figure out wtf happened, but mostly to do the above

Rewatching star wars clone wars and watch me dissect every micro-interaction between cody and obiwan

they kiss and stuff

YESS. This, but especially if Obi-Wan like has caught feelings but doesn't want to impose or feels weird with the power imbalance and has himself in the "oh there's no way he wants me, i'm happy he found someone he's interested in though" and meanwhile cody has broken 7 visors slamming his head into a wall.

Cody: I’ve been dropping him the most insanely obvious hints for like a year now. No response. Obi-Wan: Wow. He sounds stupid. Cody: But he's not. He's really smart actually. Just dense. Obi-Wan: Maybe you need to be more obvious? Like, I don’t know… “Hey! I love you!” Cody: I guess you’re right. Hey Obi-Wan, I love you. Obi-Wan: See! Just say that! Cody: Holy fucking shit. Obi-Wan: If that flies over his head then, sorry Cody, but he's too dumb for you. Cody: Sir.

Rex: Okay who is the hottest person you can think of ?

Cody, slightly sobbing: General Kenobi

Rex: Ok Commander ...the General isn't here right know....you can be honest with me

Cody: The General is a 10

Rex, slightly flabbergasted: He is a six AT BEST

Cody,pulling his blaster: YOU TAKE THAT BACK

@new-anon THANK YOU FOR THE *FEAST*

been watching a lot of first responder docs these days

Cody: I cut my finger Obi-wan: I can kiss it so it'll get better Cody: Does it work? Obi-wan: Yeah the healers used to do it when I was a kid *later that day* Cody: I need you to punch me in the mouth Wolffe: Fucking finally