The braid
Shin held the long unbraided strand in her hands. She’d waited, until she had no choice but to undo it. It’s gotten to tangled in the new hair growth, just a reminder of it all. Holding the little gems in her other hand, Shin sighed. it was the last thing Baylan really had done for her, the last personal touch. She tucked the gems into a pocket, brining a knife up to her hair. It was the end, now that she had no choice. She was never good at braiding it, and she wasn’t sure she was even an apprentice anymore. With a hesitant hand, she cut through the hair, tears stinging as they fell from her eyes.
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Okay, I'm compiling fics in one place, because I know my memory and I will forget shit and end up on a three-hour search for things again and it's just... Lost fics will also be here for when I find them.
Note: these summaries are actually the little pieces that I remember them by, so... not terribly accurate. Be warned.
The one with Argicorps member Obi and the potato sprouts: Put your empty hands in mine by K_R_Closson.
The one with Jango meeting Obi during Melida/Daan and being the one that brings him into the Mandalorian world: Stewjoni Traits. by TessaVance.
The one where Cody and Senator Obi end up together and meet Nield and Cerasi from MeliDaan: A Heart's Revolution by thevalesofanduin.
The one where female Obi gets married to Jango after their both held captive and she hides things in her hair: The Mandalorian Entanglement by InvisibleSilence.
The one where there's bird people and Fem!Obi attracts the attention of the queen: The Path of Rain by sirladyknight.
The one where Stewjon people leave unwanted children at the edge of a forest:
The one with an SI/OC that goes 'Nope!' every time they see Krell: An Ocean of Paths and Links by Maginary.
The one where Obi was married to Jango, ran away but was brought back years later with Anakin: The Dragon King by Shelaar (JonathanAnubian).
The one with the flowers: The Brute Divine by catboydogma.
The one where Obi is a medic and still falls in love with Cody: We’ll Meet Again by little_dumpling.
The three with Jango and courting via knife sheath: Kal'Koora by MusicSoul1982. Sheath and Dagger by Llamaal. Mandalorian Courtship by Lyricalvillain.
The one where Galidraan goes differently and a Jedi helps Mandos find Jango in a spice freighter/The one where Jedi help a group of Mando children stuck in comas: Defying Expectations by Thunder_and_Tea.
The one where the clones get mass adopted by Mandalorians: You Could Be My Luck (Safe and Sound) by SkybreakPrime.
That one with Mandalorian Obi kicking ass and taking names with a pet strill: Strangers Like Me by K_R_Closson.
The one where time-traveling Obi calls Jaster to help with Melid/Daan: Who you are today (is not who you have to be tomorrow) by wildimaginingsofhalfbakedideas
The one where Krell was captured on Umbara and put in a cell for wanting to be a Sith: Just this once, captain, everyone lives.
The one with the Kasava fruit: patron saint by spqr.
The one where Jaster shows up in the halls of healing to see padawan Obi/The one where Obi saves Depa from a holocron: The Star (-17) by handdrawnisopach.
The one where Obi becomes padawan to a wookie and there's a holocron of his father: No Absolutes by Eff_Dragonkiller.
The one with the doors depicting battles: Unintended Consequences by sparkly_seagull. and The Slave's Gambit by bgyeetusthefetus.
Fics about Jedi braids and beads:
Where Obi gets beads from everyone who loves him: You Are Wanted Obi-Wan Kenobi by Allwalkfree
Where he's adopted into a family of librarians: The Librarian’s Padawan by Mithril_and_Acorns (Feemor!!!)
With the Beskar bread from Feemor: Of Crechemasters and Archivists and Outtakes by Mithril_and_Acorns
Defying Expectations has a part about beads too.
Guard Feemor fics: list
The one where fem!Obi-Wan goes back all sneaky like to a compound where she was held prisoner: Ner Mesh'la Cyar'ika by wearethewitches.
The one where Jaster goes 'I have your kid- oh, wait, no! fuck! I meant we found your baby Jedi!': Buir by SkybreakPrime.
The one with time traveling Obi painting his beskar 212 gold/orange: (and now I lay myself down) and hope I wake up young again by cjwritesfanficnow
The one with the fanfic writing clone: Clone Company Companion by therehavebeenworsenames.
The AU with the unintentional Jedi shrine and safe place: they're neutral by deniigiq.
The one where Obi-Wan adopts all the clones. It's Buir Obi-Wan: He Let the Bounty Hunter Go by Lemonsunset
The one with post-war clone happiness/establishing their lives: Post here.
The one where Obi-wan and Jaster steal Bacta Robin Hood-style, making it more affordable by printing the code to make it across the internet: The Gift by handdrawnisopach, SniperAnon (The_Big_Reveal).
That one with the cave in where Obi-Wan rescued padawans from the corps: To Be Free Once More (That's Worth Fighting For) by Batsutousai
That fic where Obi-Wan, Quinlan and Bruck get trapped in a mediation with Sifo-Dyas before Obi-Wan brings them out: The Temple by me_again.
The one where Young Obi-Wan is sold to a spice frieghter instead of the deep sea mines, meets Jango there and they become family: Mand'alor bal Kaysh Vod'ika (The Mand'alor and His Brother) by sometimes_i_right
The one where young Obi-wan and Quinlan have a force bond, and can feel baby Maul through the force, and call him 'brother in the dark': The Temple by me_again.
That one with dualsex Obi, who was previously with Quinlan who wasn't attracted to his 'feminine parts': When You Say Nothing, You Miss the Understanding by MusicSoul1982
When Plo Koon has both the knife and gift in his hands (metaphorically): A Mandalorian Guide on How To Save the Jedi in Just Three Easy Steps by miyaji_08
The one with the mouse droids who go after ankles: Mando'jekai jedi by Anonymous.
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Tbh I don't really blame Obi-wan or Anakin for their mullets. As much as we as a fandom dig the padawan braid/nerf-tail combo, I could totally understand any human/near-human Jedi getting really tired of having the same dorky ass hairstyle for the entire duration of their padawan-ship.
So yeah, like no shit, it makes perfect sense why Obi-wan would grow out his hair into that infamous Jedi mullet that we all know and love. There's no doubt in my mind that Anakin refused to pull his hair back into a ponytail again after, no doubt, years of Obi-wan's teasing.
There's something there about Jedi Knights gaining a new form of independence once their padawan braid is cut. It's not just a symbolic transition of a Jedi's personal growth in the Force, but a sort of visible acknowledgement of a former Padawan reaching maturity (i.e. no longer needing their Master to maintain their braid/hair for them anymore).
But yeah. I like to imagine that even "Jedi mullets" are sort of an expected "phase" for newly Knighted Jedi. I could definitely see Masters and older Knights teasing or having inside jokes about it. That would be really cute, actually.
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