concept for a fic i will never write

[anundine]

You know how in fic we tend to assume that Cody like, genuinely cares for Obi-wan? That Cody likes him and worries about him and gets along well with him and trusts him, that they’re friends. What if that wasn’t the case? Sure, Cody’s loyal, but he’s loyal to the Republic and the GAR and the regs, mostly. On a personal level, he doesn’t much care about General Kenobi one way or another. He sees Kenobi as entirely too self-absorbed and frankly egotistical, always thinking he (and the council) knows best despite not being trained for war at all and getting a lot of brothers killed.

Meanwhile Obi-wan does actually care about Cody, very much. He cares about every single one of the clones very much, especially the 212^th, he hates getting them killed and he hates that they’re slaves and he wants to do right by them as best as he can, and he hates himself most of all for failing to be a Jedi in this (in everything). He thinks Cody is magnificent, and the fact that he knows for a fact that Cody sees him as an obstacle more than anything else does not in any way stop him from falling in love because Obi-wan is, frankly, a disaster of a human.

(crossposted from my tumblr here)

 

Comments

[wrennette]

are you trying to make me sad? because the idea of cody not even liking obi-wan definitely makes me sad. i mean, the writers show us so little of cody that it wouldn't be too hard to read him that way. he definitely always comes across as very professional. and obi-wan is definitely enough a disaster to fall in love anyway lol.

i have had similar thoughts before, but regarding cody and rex. like, we all tend to write them as best bros, but what if cody was just like, "that's rex, he works from me and i guess he does a good job but goddamn does he get into a lot of messes." and rex was just like, "yea that's cody, he's my boss and i guess he's alright but he ate the regs for breakfast and has a stick up his ass." and i kind of find that a little hilarious, especially if you combine those inner monologues with the respectful-friendly interactions we see on screen.

[anundine]

Listen. Sometimes I have sad thoughts, and I see no reason not to inflict those sad thoughts on the maximum number of people possible. Also I have a thing were I am constitutionally incapable of looking at a popular headcanon and going "what if every single one of you was wrong". In my defense, just like you said, Cody just isn't there on screen a lot, and when he is he's very professional. If we're going purely by what we the audience see, it's actually far more reasonable to assume that Cody doesn't care for Obi-wan!

I've never thought of Cody and Rex not liking each other, and now that you've introduced me to the concept, I will attempt to never think of it again because it hurts me.

[wrennette]

i totally get it. what good is coming up with angsty thoughts if you can't inflict them on others? (and turn about is fair play!)

[anundine]

exactly.