The “Eclipse/Penumbra” Series by DBKate & KassXF

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Fandom: STAR WARS: TPM
Pairing: Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: unknown, and these e-mail addresses may be out of date — dbkate2@aol.com; kassxf@aol.com
Why this must be read:

It is rumored that one night a year, on Ootlak, they set out a dinner plate for the dead, leave the door wide open and await their arrival. "We must be ready," they chant, until the food is grown cold and the night has rotted away.

I never knew if any deceased actually make it to these strange suppers, but in my desperation, I confess, I've given it a try. Placing a goodly portion of my life aside, leaving the door to my soul open and inviting you to come in and feast on it, come what may. Night after night I did this, even if I was forced to starve so that you might come and partake of what was left of my existence.

So how ironic it is that you show up on this of all days, Qui-Gon.

The very day I stopped setting a place at the table for you.

Welcome to the I Love My Dead Gay Master Angstapalooza! As the authors of the crack_van SW:TPM overview have pointed out, “Qui-Gon's death is the object of a huge denial cult within the fandom,” but some writers choose to tackle it head-on. This series, set sometime before Episode IV: A New Hope, is a collaboration in which one author channels Obi-Wan while the other takes Qui-Gon’s point of view. Their duelling monologues brim with anger, guilt, grief, and longing. The writers also do a masterful job evoking the pitiless landscape of Tatooine and Kenobi’s metamorphosis from Obi-Wan the Jedi Knight to that strange old hermit, Ben.

Eclipse
Penumbra
Sunrise