Ficlet: The Path to the Force (Qui-Gon, PG-13, 1/1)

[salixbabylon]

Title: The Path to the Force
Pairing: Qui-Gon/himself
Word Count: 517
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: George Lucas owns everything. I just like to play naughty games with his dollies.
Summary: Padawan Jinn seems to be having some difficulties. As requested by the_little_owl.


The Path to the Force

Although the Jedi Elders never discussed it, a humanoid padawan's clearest path to the Living Force during adolescence was generally through his or her burgeoning sexual urges. Most of them seemed to discover this on their own.

Padawan Jinn was different. He retained a physical decorum that the other students did not. He had always held himself to the highest standards, never willing to accept the need to learn in small steps, demanding perfection right away. If anything, Qui-Gon's fault was a lack of patience and compassion with himself, which had never been an issue in his interactions with others.

He had also so thoroughly suppressed his hormonal urges that Master Dooku was beginning to wonder if his pupil, now fifteen, was physically all right. A boy who could stifle every hint of those desires was not normal. Qui-Gon seemed to have fully embraced the "There is no passion; there is serenity" part of the Code, but lacked the wisdom to know how to interpret the Code less literally. One so young, in the fullest expression of physical urges, should not have been able to suppress them so thoroughly.

By the end of the year, the problem had grown even greater; Qui-Gon could barely access enough of the Living Force for the aerial acrobatics, and he was no longer able to accommodate for that lack with his superior physical skills. He had suppressed his own natural urges for too long, despite being a model student in all other areas.

One evening Master Dooku overheard a group of padawans teasing Qui-Gon for being so aloof and asexual. Although his student seemed unruffled by the jeering and unashamed of his virginity, he could tell that the barbs about Qui-Gon's difficulties with the Force had hit their marks.

He was unsurprised when that evening Qui-Gon came to him and, kneeling in his customary place and posture for asking questions, inquired if it was true, that his difficulties with the Force stemmed from his virginity.

Dooku clarified that the problems were not because the boy was a virgin, but because in his self-denial, he had shut himself off from the currents of the Living Force. In so many roundabout words, he suggested (for the first and only time in Jedi history) that his padawan masturbate, and sent the embarrassed youth off to his rooms.

Three nights passed, with Qui-Gon growing more and more flustered and edgy. Over dinner, Dooku inquired whether he was having physical problems and suggested that perhaps they visit the healers in the next week for an exam.

That night, after an awkward discussion of what such an exam would entail, and spelling out in more and more clear terms that yes, it took more than a few minutes, and that Qui-Gon should just keep at it for a while, it happened. The entire Force signature of their apartments changed. It was all Dooku could do to keep from laughing as his blushing padawan made his way from his bedroom to the 'fresher.

The Force sang happily around them and all was again balanced as it should be.

~end~

Comments

[naotalba.livejournal.com]

That was adorable.

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

"yes, it took more than a few minutes, and that Qui-Gon should just keep at it for a while,"

LOL! That was good.

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

LOL. Thank you so much! That was sweet and funny, and I can so see Master Dooku and his embarrassed Padawan having a roundabout talk about masturbation.

[helena-s-renn.livejournal.com]

oh my lord, that was so good! and can't one just see that, huh, after having encountered the much older qui-gon? perfect!

[dirty-smudge.livejournal.com]

The Council's really just a bunch of perverts, aren't they?
No wonder the force was so strong in Anakin. Maybe the reason most Jedi don't marry is that they fear the temptation that comes with such power.

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic, funny and cute. I can completely picture the scene and feel his frustration and embarrasment.

it took more than a few minutes, and that Qui-Gon should just keep at it for a while
Very sound advice if you ask me. :-)

The entire Force signature of their apartments changed
I can only imagine.

[jane-sehrn-ta.livejournal.com]

ROTFL! That's just priceless. Why is it that corrupting a naive Qui-Gon turns me on every time. ;) Well done! Have you written any more Dooku/Qui?

[obi-ki.livejournal.com]

that was a cute piece--Qui-Gon's embarassment was great

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

being a model student in all other areas.

Just the idea of Qui-Gon being a dutiful, model student and Jedi apprentice is just so wacky -- the Council must have been asking "What went *wrong*?!" in increasingly more distressed tones for the next thirty years.

that yes, it took more than a few minutes, and that Qui-Gon should just keep at it for a while,

Hee! Oh, I can just imagine Dooku's face during this discussion. And Qui-Gon being all big-eyed and earnest. :D

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hehehe - no kidding. I had written quite a bit more about Padawan Jinn, but it was rambly and I cut it out. Suffice to say that yes, the Elders have been scratching their heads for a while, and wondering if it was all Dooku's fault or what. ;)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to explore his youthful awkwardness. ;)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

That was the first and only of that pairing, sorry. It was fun to play with Qui-Gon's youth for once, though. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Poor Qui-Gon, so earnest and determined to do the right thing. *g*

Maybe later Obi-Wan can help...

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Interesting... So maybe the Force is stronger in people who are mroe in touch with their sexuality, which means no wonder Obi and Qui made sauch a good pair. ;)

Poor Ani - apaprently Amidala wasn't putting out often enough for him.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I just can't see him as anything other than awkward and earnest and gangly, hoping that if he ignores sex, it will just go away and stop bothering him. *g*

I bet Obi-Wan doens't make that mistake. ;)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome! I'm glad you liked it, even if the pairing wasn't very well actualized.

I'd give anything for a transcript of that conversation...

"Padawan, haven't you ever, er, touched yourself."

"Of course Master, in the shower. To get clean."

"No, I meant, in a more self-gratifying way."

*silence*

*thinks "How can you be 15 and never have jerked off????"*
*boggles*
*thinks "Teenagers! So frustrating!"*
*turns to the dark side*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hehehe! Always happy to amuse you.

I won't say who told me that, but I know a Real Live Male who confessed to not masturbating for a long time because he just never seemed to get anywhere and gave up.

*I* never had that problem. ;)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was fun to peek at Qui-Gon's youth. :)

[the-little-owl.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you for telling us the true reason why Master Dooku turned to the dark side!

Let me thank you again for this funny story. It's such a fun to think of these two as Master and Padawan.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Heeee! I loved this.

[pronker]

Awww, cute and turned-on-to-the-Living-Force Qui-Gon ... how well he would teach Obi-Wan later, once they got past all those "I shouldn't"s ... I liked the Dooku-voice a lot.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hehehe! :) *hug*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was fun to peek into Qui-Gon's youthful perfectionism. :)

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it - I'm sure Qui-GOn's mistakes were something Obi-Wan benefited from. ;)

I've never written Dooku before, so I'm glad that POV worked. Thank you!

[dawndeline.livejournal.com]

That was too cute. I loved it

-Dawnie

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) Always happy to entertain.

(and *nice* icon!)

[dawndeline.livejournal.com]

mmmmmm....boots

[imogenelovelace.livejournal.com]

Loved it! Now I can't remember from the prequels - is it that Jedi are never supposed to get married, or was Anakin just too young? Because otherwise, where do the little Jedi come from?

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) And to be totally honest, I can't remember. I think they're not supposed to get married at all.

Little Jedi come from Big Jedi going out to all the communities in the republic and seeing which children are strong in the Force, from all over the place. I think they're taken before age 3 or something...

Or I could be totally wrong. That's just what I remember reading somewhere, some time. ;)

[imogenelovelace.livejournal.com]

Seems like George Lucas dug himself a plot hole, there - Force-strength is clearly hereditary at least in part, since Anakin passed it on to his kids. So relying only on spontaneous occurrences seems like a silly idea, unless the Jedi are deliberately trying to keep their numbers small.

Probably it works like magic in the HP-universe - having magic parents makes it likely the kids will be magic, but sometimes it just appears or disappears in kids and you get muggle-borns and squibs. Not that there weren't enough Star Wars parallels in HP already - I kept waiting for Voldemort to announce, "Harry, I am your father."

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

*snort* Well, plot was never George's strong point, IMO.

I like your parallel, of the Force being like magic in the HP world. TOo bad their fighting sticks were so much smaller. ;)