A Matter of Control

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Title: A Matter of Control
Author(s): Analise
Date(s): 1999
Length: ~26,000 words
Genre(s): slash fanfiction
Fandom(s): Star Wars TPM
Relationship(s): Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan
External Links: A Matter of Control (TOTO?)
A Matter of Control (The Nesting Place)

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A Matter of Control is a Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan story by Analise.

Summary: Our heroes' search for a missing Jedi leads them to a dangerous new planet and a new step in their relationship. (hmm, haven't heard that one before, have ya?)

Recs and Reviews

I loved this story the first time I read it way back in 1999. It hit all my buttons, I liked the story, the characters, the setting, and I still do.

The title links to the story – control of a world, and control of one’s destiny. Obi-Wan, too, is caught up with matters of control, since he’s realised how much he desires his Master. Of course, he doesn’t realise Qui-Gon is battling with the same sorts of desire – though we know he too will eventually loose his control -- it’s one of those lovely UST stories.

It also has a plot, which is neat, and alternating non-central character viewpoints providing background information to tie in the history of the situation, which is again something I like to see done. There is drama, an interesting storyline, and some of the best on-board-ship sex you’re likely to find. I read it now and find one or two things that slightly annoy me - the repeated use of the word “youth” when talking about Obi-Wan, for example, and an occasional rare, but not terribly critical, viewpoint slip - yet on the whole it reads as well now as it did then. [...]

Note to MA archivist the version on M/A contains errors (actually, the one I found was in the middle of my quotation) hence my use of the other archived version.[1]

Oh, this one's a classic. Wonderful story, action, adventure, angst, tension, sex... And what more do we want, really? [2]

Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon struggle against their instincts in analise's wonderful tale of desire and repression.[3]

References

  1. ^ ausmac in tpm_flashback. A Matter of Control by Analise, 14 July 2004. (Accessed 17 April 2015)
  2. ^ "Emma Grant's Star Wars Recs". Archived from the original on 2018-02-06. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ^ Kirby Crow. Slash Girls - Kirby's Scorcher Files. (Accessed 11 December 2015)