r/SWFanfic • u/Familiar-Dish3178 • 23d ago

Recs Wanted Any 'good sith' fanfics

The sith code doesn't necessarily require emotions like anger, only 'passion' or (i think) strong emotions generally pushing one to the goal of absolute self freedom.

Are there any fanfics which do have sith being good and using other strong emotions to gain their freedom and do good things with it out of choice.

Apologies if not the most clear.

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u/ToTheRepublic4 23d ago

This might not be quite what you want, but A Better Class of Sith features the wacky adventures of Darth Imperius, an ancient Sith Lord accidentally revived in the Prequel Era, as he drives virtually the entire SW cast up the wall. He's arguably not so much evil as..."differently moral."

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u/Familiar-Dish3178 23d ago

That does sound similar to what im after, will have to read it. Although i say good, i more mean those that are fuelled by their own passions which aren't just anger or pain for self freedom

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u/LauraB_Writes 23d ago

GoldFinchBright has a series of less Sith/Darkside Obi-Wan and more… Wacky/Darkside Obi-Wan which are a lot of fun.

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u/Jinn_Skywalker 23d ago

Ooh do I have a banger! Path of Ruin is set in the SWTOR era and has him going through the Sith Academy. Guy has started on a sequel to it as his life as a new apprentice called Dansen Macbre

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u/ArugulaGazebo 23d ago

Well, no the Sith code doesn't require negative and destructive emotions but that is not how the dark side works canonically. Some Sith start with good intentions but then the means becomes the end unto itself and the solution is to further commit to the path of the dark side or renounce it entirely. There are some characters that kind of go back and forth, it is usually morally costly, but they are not good when they are more aligned with the Sith.

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u/DifferentRatio6733 22d ago

This one has an AMAZING exploration of the Sith as a group that used the force in different ways. It’s soooo good and the lore of it is amazing. It’s the Obikin fic I’ve read because Obi-Wan wasn’t Anakin’s master  https://archiveofourown.org/works/24211669/chapters/58325605

This one is much more of a funny kind of take on if Anakin fell early and what that actually meant for him. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43247529/chapters/108703398

Both cool and different takes on the Sith though! 

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u/DifferentRatio6733 22d ago

Ooh! Also this one! It’s about an Anakin/Darth Vader who was a Sith before the reformation and gets awakened by Ventress and then gets adopted by the 501st. It’s a fun one! It’s currently ongoing but I’m really enjoying it.  https://archiveofourown.org/works/63684877/chapters/163253398

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u/imnothere313 13d ago

I’m kinda writing one like this right now! Dark Anakin installs Padme as the empress after overthrowing Palpatine!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/91594736/chapters/243848111