i’ve been meaning to make a star wars fic reclist for awhile now but ive been too lazy. but since @jaegrdrifts asked me for sith obi wan recs this morning i’m gonna finally get off my butt and start it
so this is my sith!obi-wan fic rec list, ranging from unapologetically-a-sith to was-a-sith-but-not-anymore to kinda-a-sith-kinda-not. blanket warning for longfics, WIPs, violence, and/or filth from here on out and PLEASE HEED THE TAGS
‘In a Lonely Place’ by @deadcatwithaflamethrower; mature, 81k words
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con, major character death
Relationships: Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: Six years after the Battle of Theed, a Jedi thought lost returns. This is not necessarily good news.
Re-Entry / Journey of the Whills series by @deadcatwithaflamethrower; mature, 1.4 mil words [WIP]
Warnings: varies from fic to fic; some include graphic depictions of violence, rape/non-con, major character death, underage
Relationships: Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, many side pairings
Summary: Re-Entry is an alternate universe epic that spans time and possibility. Obi-Wan Kenobi, while still a young Padawan, suffers an injury and wakes up with all of the memories, experience, training, and Force-strength of Old Ben Kenobi. It isn’t long before the Jedi discover that Anakin Skywalker, a five-year-old slave from the Outer Rim, has undergone the exact same change. Obi-Wan and Anakin bear the scars of harsh lessons learned; those who love them must learn those lessons quickly, before the mistakes of old are repeated.
Notes: ‘OtherWhen’ in RE and from ‘A Drop of Fire’ to ‘Erratic Oscillation’ in JotW feature especially more sith!obi-wan. probably? i mean he pops up in other places too but. you really should just read the entire thing its v good
Morning Star series by Kurenaino; mature, 1.5 mil words [WIP]
Warnings: major character death, rape/non-con
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Satine Kryze, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Notes: theres no official summary for the entire series but i’m just gonna say here you got obi-wan falling to the dark side and being a scary sith and delighting in it – i still gotta finish this one
Sith Apprentice: Darth Venge series by @tsaomengde; mature, 222k words [WIP]
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, major character death
Relationships: Dormé/Anakin Skywalker Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Summary: What if Qui-Gon Jinn had been there to accept Maul from his mother on Dathomir? What if, then, Sidious had taken on a young man named Kenobi as his Sith apprentice?
‘The World Undone’ by @writegowrite; mature, 143k words
Warnings: none
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: Anakin Skywalker, proud symbol of the strength and purity of the Jedi Order, is the target of a strange and handsome Sith named Obi-Wan, whose only goal seems to be pulling Skywalker down into the dark with him.
‘Equinox’ by @writegowrite; explicit, 96k words
Warnings: none
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: “One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the sages can.”
– William Wordsworth
During the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan and Anakin crash on a remote planet and take shelter in the ruins of a grand estate only to find they are not alone.
‘Broken’ by @writegowrite; explicit, 39k words
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, suicide, major character death
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: The Twins are unstoppable enforcers of the Emperor’s will, the sun and moon that hang in the black void of his rule. It is said they are not the same age and that under their hoods they do not look alike, but they fight as one entity, silent and terrible as an eclipse in a spring sky.
Polaris series by @bluemaskedkarma; explicit, 104k words [WIP]
Warnings: implied rape/non-con
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/CT-7567 | Rex, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: What if Obi-Wan Kenobi never went to Bandomeer? What if, instead, he got on a different ship? Those steps set into motion an entirely different future, one where he takes on different names until an unlikely friend gives him one that sticks–Red. All he wanted was to help those in need, but somewhere along the way he became the one who needs. Who will help him?
‘Where Shall We Three Meet Again?’ by @fireflyfish; teen, 51k words [WIP]
Warnings: none
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Satine Kryze, Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: “Where shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lighting or in rain?
When the hurlyburly’s done
When the battle’s lost and won.
That will be ere the set of sun. ”
-Macbeth
“We are taught that the Force surrounds us. It binds us. And some believe, heretically of course, that Force binds not just our world but many worlds together.” -Master Saesee Tiin
‘Soldier, Poet, King’ by @glare-gryphon; explicit, 103k words [WIP]
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence, abuse
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: Second chances are very rarely given, but the Force smiles upon two of its favorite children and returns them to a time before their actions have met their consequences. Anakin Skywalker, also known as Darth Vader, seeks redemption while Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi, disillusioned with the Jedi Order and its Code, falls to the Darkness. Trapped out of time, Master and Apprentice must once again work together to stop Sideous’ plans from reaching fruition and bring Balance to the Force—all the while dodging the Jedi, the Sith, and their feelings for each other.
‘Negotiation’ by @glare-gryphon; explicit, 87k words
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: Over a year ago, Coruscant Police Detective Anakin Skywalker vanished without a trace while hunting the prolific serial killer known within the media as “The Negotiator”. Now, Skywalker has been found and rescued from captivity in a cabin deep within the Naboo wilderness, the only known survivor of an encounter with The Negotiator. The only question on anyone’s mind is: What happened during his time away?
Through a Mirror Darkly series by @dogmatix, @norcumi; teen, 45k words [WIP]
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence
Relationships: none
hold on to me, ‘cause i’m a little unsteady series by QueenWithABeeThrone; teen, 36k words [WIP]
Warnings: none
Relationships: Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: the one where Obi-wan falls off a ship and gets the Winter Soldier treatment, Anakin doesn’t fall to the Dark Side but still loses his limbs, Ahsoka can fly with a one-of-a-kind wing-pack, and Padmé gives birth to twins and a Rebellion.
‘Lightbearer’ by @esamastation; teen, 42k words
Warnings: graphic depictions of violence
Relationships: none
Summary: After his Master’s death Obi-Wan Falls. Anakin picks up the pieces.
‘Sith for Folly Said and Done’ by micehell; explicit, 4k words
Warnings: none
Relationships: Qui-Gon Jinn/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Summary: The annual Reasons To Get Rid Of My Sith Apprentice meeting with Yoda never went well.
and of course i can’t forget the fic that started this entire discussion, ‘wicked thing’ by @imaginaryanon; mature, 101k words [WIP]
Warnings: none
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Summary: There are rumours of yet another Sith Lord hiding among the Separatists. The Council sends Anakin to investigate. Anakin has a bad feeling about this.
or,
the story of how Anakin exists in a perpetual state of intense embarrassment, Kenobi is enjoying it a little too much, and everything is, generally speaking, a gigantic mess.
also these aren’t really fics but i’m extremely attached to @teapirate’s lord general hot stuff assassin art and @daryshkart’s wicked thing art
ALSO i wait with bated breath for @bedlamsbard’s ‘All Along the Watchtower’ which will feature kinda-sith-obi-kinda-not (as far as i understand it)