I really enjoyed this!

When I said Obi deserve bettet, I mean he deserves someone who will love him, encourage him to acknowledge how precious he is. Not someone making him self-same and invade his personal space without his consent which lead him to feel vulnerable like this Bali did. And if the reason of the boy's action is because he is young, then maybe it is better for Obi to not have padawan and have a friend that give him mutual respect instead. Thank you, goodbye.

Obi definitely deserve better than all these messes.

I read this a decade (or, likely more) ago, but something drew me back today. It’s still great!

Ohhhh, so Obi-Wan's messed up and unusually skilled because this is a stealth time-travel fic! Got it! No wonder he feels he's ready to die! And the desert is both calming and sad for him.

I was so worried when I started reading, that this fic wasn't complete. Thank the Force that it is AND there's a sequel! :D
Boy my heart went out for my poor dear Obi-Wan in this. But the way you wrote this was amazing! Bali is so cute and I love the ending, I'm so glad things are starting to look up for Obi-Wan. And does Qui-Gon giving back the river stone mean the start of them working things out? I'll just have to read the next one and find out. :)
Anyway, I know you wrote this literally a decade ago but I just had to review. I loved it!

I don't know how many times I've read this and I can't remember if I've commented before, but if I haven't I wanted to let you know that this is just incredible, its stayed with me for years and I keep coming back to it just like I would a published book...

Of course that's your reaction, Yoda. Is this how you solve everyone's difficult emotional problems? The ones you can't seem to budge? Give them children to take care of? I'm appalled you're encouraging this.
Pain and mistakes on all sides.

What on earth happened? Stars, I want to smack Qui-Gon. Smack them both. Qui-Gon, you already have a legacy! How dare you discard your Palawan and friend. What on earth -happened-?

In too many words, why can't Obi-Wan just said out loud why he went on those dangerous missions: he wanted to die. Nice back-story about this dispute/borken relationship between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan should Anakin was a padawan to Qui-Gon in the event he survived Naboo.

You wrote such an awesome fanfiction that I can't even put into to words how much I like it. It is really quite fantastic. Well written and so interesting that I just read all of it in one go. Which may have some consequences, but that's beside the point, haha. Thank you for writing it. I look forward to reading the sequel.

Beautifully, heart breakingly done.

I don't think the characters would have acted exactly as they did in this fic, but there's some definite merit to the way Qui-Gon could have fed Anakin's ego in allowing him to believe he could do no wrong. I've actually thought a lot about this recently and I was talking to someone about Qui-Gon being a better suited Master than Obi-Wan. It's something I love to analyze and pick apart.

Everyone's immediate reaction is yes, he would have. And in some ways, yes, I think he was better suited for Anakin's rebelliousness. There are a lot of other things that could play into this as well (which I won't talk about because every time I do, the post is hella long) but concerning this factor- there would've been also a danger in Qui-Gon being Anakin's master. Because as you display in this fic- it would have been Anakin and Qui-Gon against the council time and time again and that could have given Anakin a justification in turning against the Jedi (a "Even Qui-Gon agrees with me" kind of attitude).

Anyways, I love how you played with this. Obi-Wan was great in this fic, he broke my HEART. I definitely want to check out your sequel! Though now I have to go and read some really strong Obi-Wan/Anakin friendship fics because those two are my heart and this fic kinda stabbed me in the heart (by the way, random confession, but I love how you brought the original Obi-Wan into this for a brief moment!).

This was so well done. So heart breaking. Fantastic writing. I can't wait to see the rest of the stuff you've written!

Qui Gon being a less-than-perfect master to Anikin makes so much sense to me. I think I might rewrite my mental cannon to substitute this story in. I'm not quite sure HOW, but I'll figure it out...unless you already did it for me in the sequel, which I am off to read now

Wow, Jedi are evil.

Great story! :D Loved the character development.