I hope Artemis gave him a good strong talking to for this one.

It is amazing how strong my feeling of DO NOT WANT is when translating Daphne and Apollo. Dude, if a girl would rather turn into a tree than have sex with you, SHE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU. Don't continue to assault her AFTER SHE'S BEEN TURNED INTO A TREE. "If you can't be my wife, at least you'll be my tree!" isn't sweet, it's just creepy, you asshole.

It's a good life lesson in general! If a girl is running away from you, DON'T CHASE HER. Don't chase her and say things like, "Run more slowly, and I will follow you more slowly!" Or talk about how lovely her body is when her garments are pressed against it because she's running so fast! JUST DON'T CHASE GIRLS. And don't start trying to kiss her when she's a tree, dude, I doubt she's any more into you now.

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The good thing about writing Star Wars is that your romantic dialogue can never go downhill. On the other hand, I got 1500 words into this scene before I realized that I'd actually locked my mains into a room to talk about their feelings, so I'm clearly not firing on all cylinders.

(You ever try and get a Jedi to talk about their feeilngs? It's ugly. One of the most lulz-worthy scenes in the comics is the one in "The Defense of Kamino" where Obi-Wan crashes his starfighter in the ocean and Anakin flies his starfighter into a giant monster's mouth in order to save him, so they're trapped in the middle of the sea while a battle is going on:

OBI-WAN: Well, assuming there aren't more of those things, and assuming the large beast doesn't return, I think we may be relatively safe for the moment.
ANAKIN: Except that your starfighter is sinking. I wonder how the battle is going?
OBI-WAN: Win or lose, it goes without us, Anakin. We have a moment, and I don't know if we'll have many while this war is on. We haven't talked much lately. You've been distant and I've been preoccupied. You have my trust, Anakin, and if you need to talk...
ANAKIN: Forgive me, Master -- but I sense something else near...THERE!

Why, yes. Obi-Wan's idea of a good time to have a meaningful conversation is on a sinking starfighter in the middle of a battle, where Anakin can't run away. OH MY JEDI BOYS. And Anakin's like, "OH GOD ANYTHING BUT TALKING ABOUT OUR FEELINGS.")

Am resisting the urge to write the lady!Obi-Wan story set about four or five years before AotC, where Obi-Wan decides to go find Shmi Skywalker to get a read on Anakin's past and leaves Anakin with Quinlan Vos and Aayla Secura, with strict instructions not to let him do anything illegal. Of course, they promptly go break up a podracing + gambling ring on another planet, and Obi-Wan ends up at the Lars moisture farm fighting off Tusken Raiders while Owen Lars hits on her. Then Anakin has a vision and a freak out and comes to rescue her, dragging Quin and Aayla with him. And Shmi goes, "MY BABY!" and Obi-Wan facepalms and yells at Quin. Bonus: Obi-Wan and Padme hanging out and palling around on Coruscant, because lady!Obi-Wan and Padme would be BFFs. Probably sometimes they make out a little (or a lot); Anakin walked in on them once. He still has dreams about it.

...okay, I just went to a happy place.