this is v true. qui gon kept his manipulations to manipulating the council and the people around him, not his family
(b/c really: qui gon and obi wan are totally family and it breaks my heart)
(hell yeah)
It’s weird because he really skirts the line of being a manipulative jerk at times. Just not to Obi-Wan. Not to any child under his care. In Jedi Apprentice grief sometimes leads him to shut Obi-Wan out, but he’s never more than honest and apologetic about it afterwards. And I don’t think he ever, ever lies to him.
(Honestly, at this point Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan probably take the crown for Most Healthy Father-Son Relationship in the entire Star Wars saga.)