Beyond the Roundels

space_swap has gone live! I haven't had the chance to read round the rest yet (41 fanworks in space fandoms, for anyone else that would interest XD), but I have read my two lovely gifts.

They are both for my request for Qui-Gon/Shmi, which is (understandably) a very rare ship, so that is a treat in itself, and they are both different - one (which I assume must be my gift proper) starting an intriguing and more hopeful AU and another (a treat!) that steals something rather beautiful into the corners of canon.

Connection to Explore (2167 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Qui-Gon Jinn/Shmi Skywalker
Characters: Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker, Quinlan Vos, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Relationship
Summary: Qui-Gon uses the warrior's presence as a reason to stay behind and pursue the connection that was building with Shmi.


Promise (1063 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Qui-Gon Jinn/Shmi Skywalker
Characters: Qui-Gon Jinn, Shmi Skywalker
Additional Tags: Canonical Character Death, Character Study, Force-Sensitive Shmi Skywalker, Loss of Virginity, Mild Sexual Content
Summary: Qui-Gon makes a promise to free both Shmi and her son. He keeps that promise.


Plus, my recip has already read and liked my fic, so all is well. And later on, there's a lot of very shiny-looking stuff in there to investigate...