#OMG.. also oh mando

[eggdrawsthings]

The tbb finale was absolutely wonderful, but... since it now seems 100% for real that tech is gone for good (im firmly on team TechLives, never gonna change), it just makes me feel sad about how the show handled it. No mourning from the characters, not showing how cross or phee reacted to the news, no nothing... it actually makes me really sad. And a bit peeved.

What are your thoughts on it? Asking cuz youre my fav here <3

idk how I missed your ask for a whole ass month there I am so sorry. and yeh no I totally agree w your points there too.

🚨rant alert🚨 many personal opinions here proceed w caution🚨

I can't believe they just dangle Clone X in front of us to theorize omg maybe that's brainwashed Tech?? Maybe that's Crosshair clone?? And then?? It's just SOME GUY. Just a random ass clone. Bro you can't just give a character this much plot armor just to kill them off unceremoniously in the finale, with maybe like one blurry ass frame of his face just for it to be some guy. I can't believe it.

And what is it with recent Star Wars and grief man like are they so allergic to it or sth??? None of that in Mando 3 either??? Idm when a character dies as long as it serves the plot and makes an impact on the story and the cast. Hell my all-time fave SW movie is Rogue One and all of them die. Just let them grieve ffs. NO WAIT THE WHOLE AHSOKA SHOW IS SABINE MISSING EZRA WHAT THE FUCK. oH thEY aRe At wAr ThEY r sOldiERs. bro they fucking grew up together, hello???? What about Phee and Omega then? they are not soldiers, and they also spent a lot of time with Tech? Why tf they only mention Tech once or twice when the mission has sth Tech could do but they couldn't. Is Tech just a damn tool in their eyes???? Showing his goggles a few times is not the same as giving them at least a minute or so to reflect on their loss and figure out what to do from there. Bro Crosshair is sadder about Mayday's death than his own brother who's been through so many deadly missions with him is bonkers to me. When he said Tech is dead and so is TBB out of nowhere I lost my mind.

I love many things in this show, esp the improvement in their art direction and technical stuff but my god I have so many bones to pick with the story. Not saying that I can do any better, I suck balls at storytelling. But as a viewer who also reads and watches many other things, I can say that there are many different ways to sell this ending more successfully and impactfully to the audience, and this is not it man o(-(

[wowstrawberrycow]

Reading The Silmarillion Part 2 (#3)

Alas I had to break it up again😖 But that's fine. I have concluded that this is just gonna have to be that way. I will just have to creep at a snails pace through this book. Big oof. But eh, whatever. #4 will come soon!

Here's the Audiobook I'm using.

-We will continue your regularly scheduled program-

We left off with Every, villain, is, lemons as Melkor and friends brew chaos.

Wait Lemons? Like this right?⬇️

Totally foreshadowing with the bro in chains on the cover. Who knew Mr. Tolkein was into bondage.

-Meanwhile-

Valar: Ok people, it's time for our monthly business meeting. Yavanna you start.

Yavanna: Kay, so the babies' naptime is gonna end soon. Soon? Sometime? Eventually? And someone has to baby proof the nursery. Cause no baby of mine needs a table corner to the face. And who the hell is gonna take care of that JoJo's villain Melkor?? He's a bad influence on the babies!

Tulkas: Ya know she's gotta point. I say put the bastard in timeout! Permanently.

Mandos: Chill out they aren't up just yet. They still have nightlights, so it's not that bad... Yet.

Vada:⬇️

Elf Babies:⬇️

This happened ⬇️

Elf Baby photo album

Babies first encounter with water

Babies first song

Orame: Omg they're so damn cute! 🥰 Mine! *Attempts to adopt them all*

Babies everytime Orame gets too close:⬇️

Melkor: Constantly scaring the babies with bs about Orame for kicks. Idk? He probably tells them he's the headless horseman and sings them creepy ass Russian lullaby's about creatures coming to take um away???

Orame: Really?😡 Stop fuckin with my babies! Come at me bro!

Melkor: Oh come on, it's just a bit of fun! *Sends one of his goonies to do the truffle shuffle outside Orame's house.*

One day they egg Orame's house and this happens.

After that some of the babies start to like Orame.

-Saddness- 🥺

The babies who stayed with their uncle Melkor ended up traumatized and became meth addicts, I mean uruk's? , I mean orcs.

Is orc a racial slur now????

Uruk? Orc? Babies and elf babies forever can't play nicely on the playground. But, that's just because uruk's? orcs? Come from a low income broken household and Melkor is their abusive alcoholic father. They are sooooo jealous of the elf babies who seem to get all the nice things.

Uruk?orc?? Kids be like: Screw you dad!

Melkor: The fuck did you just say to me boys!? Get the hell back to your chores and get papa a beer while you're at it!!

Manwe: Kay y'all we gotta do something about this⬇️

*puts together a school board to take care of the bullying problems*

-Also-

Tulkas: 😃 War!

Aule:😩 War... Kay fine...

*Then they all fuck up Melkor's day*

Melkor: *glares at elf babies* and⬇️

Melkor's Sexy Man Servants:⬇️

Then this shit happens ⬇️

Babies forget everything ✔️

A mysterious force is looking over middle earth✔️

War is over✔️

-This happens. Again.-

Also Autunno and Melkor's Sexy Man Servants hook up⬇️

Eventually Melkor and Autunno become FWB's roommates⬇️

-Then suddenly-

Tulkas X Malkor Tulkas VS Melkor⬇️

-And this- *remembers the yaoi manga with the bro in chains on the cover*

Ohhhh right! That's Melkor⬇️

What about Sauron??? Fuck that hoe. We can't find him anyway.

Oh well life is good!

-But....-

here's the other parts!

Part 1

Part 2- #1, #2

-Stay tuned for more after another short break-

[purple-goo-writes]

Sooo currently obsessed with the realization that live action Thomas Curry is played by Tem, who also plays Boba Fett.

Meaning I can connect the universes through canon lore.

Aka Thomas Curry is a clone deserter who managed to get to Earth without being caught thanks to Earth being located in Wild Space.

Now you may be asking, what about the accelerated aging of the clone troopers which make them age about 3 years in one? Well I say fuck that canon and submit my own head canon that the reason they aged so rapidly after coming out od the cloning pods is because of hormones and chemicals laced in the Ration Bars specifically made for the Clone Troopers from Kamino. So a clone who has stopped eating them for a while slows down their aging to normal means.

Now back to my point- this means Arthur Curry is the son of a clone and an Atlantean, which helps explain why he is so fucking more then most atlanteans outside of just because he is royal blood and a hero. Cause Jango Fett is a hienz 57 thanks to the GFFA policy of humans fucking anything vaguely (and sometimes not) humanoid looking and I'm pretty sure he counts and primarily near-human instead of full human. Especially given some of the mutations and defects that possibly popped up during the cloning process. (Also pretty sure the Fetts were already mandos just ya know farmers before Death Watch fucked shit up. So there is also him being a heinz cause Mandos in fanon (and possibly canon) will fuck who ever didn't manage to kill them. Plus Fanon likes Mandos being not primarly human, so theres also that.)

So Arthur has a little extra boost with that and the fact that the troopers are Genetically Altered Super Soldiers. Therefore some traits can possibly pass to offspring. Not all cause it's more conditioning but his body would be predisposed to gain muscle and have stronger bones, better constitution and just stronger then average human.

Now what if Thomas manged to get a signal out to any other surviving clones or deserters? Arthur grows up with a bunch of near identical uncles (and aunts for the few Sisters amongst the Brothers) who have insane stories, odd names, a wide arrange of skills and secret stash of armor. Also who train in their spare time cause paranoia.

The JL find out about his extended family during something like the Reach invasion or something. Omg possibly fucking robots. Arthur like "Oh I know some specialists."

And calls in his dad and family.

[savebylou]

Hey CC!

Not sure what part of Louis' show you'll be missing but I've got a running update going, so here's the whole thing updates as the show plays out.

Looks very wet in Austria, hopefully the crowd can dry off soon.

Outfit of the day was a tucked in tee and joggers (Picture)

Tank top steve is back and Isaac is also back with the band today!

Hoth was in the rotation!!! As is High in California! and Copy! 19 songs in all!

Talked about the weather before silver tongues I wanna say...

Overall very little chaos other than the songs that rotated in and something weird that happened before copy but whatever it was Ben had it handled fast.

Hope your Friday is going well!

Elias 😭🤧 you make me a recap 😭🤧❤️ omg thank you so much this means a lot to me.

Oh so not a good weather? I do hope the fans were comfortable during the show.

I like the outfit, but what is new? The man always looks good, us mortals could never.

Steve 😑❤️‍🩹 haha but I understand for what you said the weather wasn't good he needs to protect himself, maybe another day. Yeih Isaac, I love Isaac, Scott is great but the og band has a special place in my heart.

HOTH 😭 that should always be permanent on every setlist from now to eternity and others songs too but anyway. High in California is such a festival song I love it so much, I'm so glad he sang it. I saw just the comments that Copy was back, it has been a while right? Since the end of the tour?

Of course he did Mr. Weather Man always wants to share his opinions on the weather. I would be disappointed if he didn't.

Oh I wonder what weird thing happened, I hope everyone was okay.

This was so kind of you Elias, you made my day. I think this is my first recap ever recieved, thank you so much 😭🤧. I love this recap.

I hope you have a great rest day of your day as well. Te mando un abrazo.

[oh-three]

Ahsoka Ep5:

Okay, the camera shots for the opening were perfect.

Omg, I forgot they left Huyang. That poor droid. "I told them to stay together. But they never listen." 😭

HIS FOOTSTEPS ARE ECHOING. TELL ME HE'S NOT VADER.

"One is never too old to learn, Snips." Yeah, you'd know.

Hey, that is Anakin's lightsaber after all.

"I won't fight you." "I've heard that before." 😭

Seeing Anakin in his ROTS era again, dueling someone, it's like time didn't go by at all. The nostalgiaaaaaa.

HE IS FORCE-SENSITIVE.

CHOPPER can't use the Force, Hera.

Does Jacen know he's Force sensitive?? Holy shit, he can hear them fighting

KANAN MENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it took them five episodes to mention him.

OKAY, ANAKIN. CHILL.

CLONE WARS FLASHBACK!!!!!!!!!

HE HAS THE ARMOR.

LIVE-ACTION REX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, that's totally Ryloth omg.

"Do you even want a Padawan?" Says Anakin, who'd claimed not to want one but had taken Ahsoka anyway.

There's something very significant here about Anakin walking away with his lightsaber in the same position as the one he'd had walking toward the Jedi Temple during Knightfall.

Huyang's description of Anakin as "intense" is so right lol.

SIEGE OF MANDALOREEEEEE

REX DIALOGUE.

Aww, Anakin praising Ahsoka over how Mandalore went.

OH. OH, THAT LIGHTSABER IS RED NOW.

BACK OFF, VADERKIN.

This scene is fucking awesome.

The musiccccccc.

The rising water, the peaceful gradualness of it, reminds me of the Living Waters of Mandalore from Mando S3.

Also, the sunlight coming into the Ghost- it reminds me of that one scene of Andor.

remembers that no one knows what Sabine's done yet

HEY, SHE'S WEARING WHITE. Talk about rebirth. (the whole Gandalf thing)

Ahsoka standing there and sensing what happened between Sabine and Baylan.

"It's the fleet. They're on their way....I don't think they're coming to help." Yeahhh, we knew this was coming.

I see you up there, purrgil. Her plan is definitely to use the purrgil to help them follow Morgan.

They're literally just gonna use the purrgil to gtfo of there and deal with the New Republic when they get back Lmaooooo. Once a rebel, always a rebel.

Oh god, this scene is painfully peaceful. LOOK AT ALL THOSE PURRGIL. Now I'm sad all over again with the tragedies of Rebels S4.

Yep, that's a fleet, alright.

Carson being an MVP. The "oh boy" look on his face 😂

Man, the New Republic sucks.

Oh, so Hera did tell Jacen about Ezra and the purrgil.

Damnnnn, Disaster Lineage is at its finest right here. Flying into the purrgil's mouth for transportation between galaxies.

"It could go anywhere." That's half the fun, friend.

And they're offfffffffffff!!

Ahsoka is definitely living up to Rebels' legacy right now.

[tathrin]

4 and 30? For the fic writer ask game !

Questions taken from this ask game. Thank you so much for asking! (And may I say, that's an excellent choice of questions to pair together, thematically.)

4. a story idea you haven’t written yet

Legolas and Gimli make it all the way to the Undying Lands before they start smooching, because it's not until they get there and meet some folks who didn't know them the whole way through their relationship, and thus aren't already inured to the two of them being Like That, that one (or more) of said folks asks Legolas "how long they've been wed" and Legolas is like "omg what? haha no, we're not...married...we're...oh."

So he asks his mom if she thinks Gimli like-likes him, maybe? Because he never thought about it before, but now that he is, he thinks that would be really cool actually!? Do you think there's any chance that this guy who literally left everything and everyone he ever knew and loved to come here and live with me forever in a place where no dwarf has ever been before, leaving behind all of his people forever, might sort of fancy me a bit too...?

Legolas's mom facepalms herself into the Halls of Mandos.

30. share a fic you’re especially proud of

I'm going to share two, because I know that most everybody hanging around tumblr with me these days is here for LotR stuff, so I want to link one of those, but I also cannot not link the Best Thing I Have Ever Written, which is a Star Wars fic:

Okay, and then returning from that galaxy far, far away and back to our regularly-scheduled hyper-fixation Middle-earth, we have this fic where I went outside my usual areas on several counts, and which I think came out really well, and also has a lot of really fun Celebrimbor Lore that I want to come back and do more with someday:

*note that the latter fic contains both (mild) torture and smut, although the first chapter has none of either.

[thelordofgifs]

A WILD FINARFIN APPEARS!!!

i really loved this chapter! Lúthien in her Finrod era is everything. And she's making friends 😩😩😩 my poor little baby she is everything to me and Also it looks like she's ready to return to her old maia shenanigans i like it

Morwen beloved i feel you... bright people can be So tiring sometimes

finarfin showed up and i was like HECK YEAH!!! THE MAN THE MYTH THE ULTIMATE POLL LOOSING CURSE BEARER!!! you have my permission to put him in the spinner and make him pathetic though he is very pathetic already. poor guy :(

eärwen is so everything to me!! i love my women angry and sad and bitter thank you

FINDUILAS AND CELEBRIMBOR ARE SO BABY I'M HOLDING THEM GENTLY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM I'M BURNING THIS PLACE TO THE GROUND

all in all amazing chapter!! fantastic work beloved

p.s. the russingon section is. hmm. i'm not sure i want to know how their dirty talk sounds like- they're so sad and doomed. poor babies. why can't they just have nice things. just make their vassals suffer their shameless flirting over war maps i'm sure that won't end badly at all

p.p.s. "we should move our armies here and here it would make fighting against morgoth much easier" - "omg babe that was so hot" - "i know 😏"

thank you you are the bestest ❤️❤️❤️ writing that Finarfin section like hmmmm… which of my mutuals might this appeal to… a mystery unfortunately…

Anyway yes Lúthien is very much in her Finrod era (“mortals are so cute and they’re all going to die OH NO”) and we love her for it. Writing her and Morwen was very interesting to me – I wanted them to have a difficult relationship without falling into any “women hating each other” clichés, so I’m really glad some people liked that! Lúthien is canonically So Much – incredibly powerful, terrifying to all villains, half the characters in her story fall in love with her at first sight – and I think the flipside of that is that she can be pretty exhausting for someone reserved like Morwen! (I read Morwen as autistic – very much inspired by @outofangband’s wonderful headcanons of course – and Lúthien is unintentionally triggering a lot of Morwen’s sensory issues.)

Eärwen is so fascinating to me because I think canonically she must have found her children’s decision to go on with the march so hard to deal with – and they were even planning to use the stolen ships her people had been killed for, before Fëanor quite literally set fire to that plan! I’ve always thought she would have a hard time reconciling with Finrod when he returned to life (and her other sons, but I think Finrod returned first); his own kin were killed at Alqualondë and yet he eventually made nice with his cousins!

In tfs Finrod’s refusal to come forth from Mandos for Celegorm’s sake is a Significant Plot Point, even if it’s one I don’t give too much attention to. The sacred right of refusal… the idea that you can be given a blessing from the gods themselves and yet choose to throw it away… these are themes that are going to recur. (Partly why in recent parts Fingon has been thinking about Eagles, and what the favour of the Valar means.) But! The flipside of Finrod’s decision is kind of an ugly one. Eärwen has every right to her bitterness! She sees this as Finrod once again choosing his Noldor kin over his Telerin kin, and the betrayal really stings. I will confess that I am not entirely sure how this is all going to pan out, but politics in Aman are going to have Ripples as a result of Finrod’s choice.

As for russingon – look this is my murder warlord OTP and I adore them. I think they’re both drawn to the other’s violent streak, and they do genuinely find military strategy talk very very sexy. Weirdos (affectionate). Whenever I write one of these conversations between them, I have to be sure never to suggest that, for example, Fingon’s hotness distracts Maedhros from the military talk – the military talk is itself hot to Maedhros (and vice versa). I find them so funny and so tragic ok.

[softdaemons]

@luckyswamps thank you for the tag omg!!!!

3 ships: sasunaru, shizaya, yamace!! i also love cloud/aerith red/green emetwol grahawol zorosanji anakin/padme mando/luke ;w;///

first ship: it was probably cloud/aerith LMAO last song: paradise (stay forever) - epoch

last movie: it mightve been the new tmnt movie???

currently reading: one piece hehehe

currently watching: adventure time/fionna and cake, one piece LA, malcolm in the middle, and ugly betty. alot of fun and upbeat comedy media lately vs my usual spooky O: still adventure themed tho :3

currently consuming: garlic bread!! and any final fantasy 7 gametime i can scramble to OH OH AND ai somnium files

currently craving: any fruit smoothie!! i ran out of stuff to make them U_U

9 people: I POSTED THIS WITH THE OLD TAGS IM SORRY LMAO!!! i have no one to tag but if anyone sees it do it >:3ccc

[yeehawgeek]

ok tales of the empire came out yesterday so i guess i’ll do a reaction post to those like i did with the bad batch

im just gonna binge all the episodes so it’s gonna be one long post

E1

oh is this the nightsister massacre

wow they look so much better then they did in tcw

like more variety

grevious looks sick af

were those the night brothers coming to her post battle

nope

damn they really said “y’all were never here”

i was under the impression that only the night sisters/brothers inhabited dathomir

wtf is the hunt

o shit the seppies are still here

ok scary morgan

mountain tribes gonna get wiped out

watch them get wiped out while these 4 are gone

their bows are like omegas

damn ok mountain lady

hey morgan i’d bolt

oh that shot of her in front of the burning stuff is cool

e2

i see thrawn in the thumbnail, does that mean we’re gonna see him and his bf

o shit tie defender

bitch morgan elsbeth did not fucking come up with the tie defenders, that was thrawns whole thing

also magistrate?

o this is the world she was on in mando

oh that’s thrawns ugly mfer

he’s even uglier now

o shit its thrawn

e3

when do we see bariss

bro who are you

oh new republic

love the aliens costume design

oh her hands are weird

i thought that droid or guy behind morgan was like vader for a sec

she’s gonna get sniped

not another razorcrest

HOLY SHIT BO KATAN?

the fire animations are beautiful

e4

BARISS LETS GO

was that like a pats falshback

yippee corries

oh this is order 66 so maybe not yippee

“will you take it?” *guns cocking*

does girlypop have a choice lmao

is her hair in like a weird ponytail

she really just switched one prison out for another

the floor is gonna be like it was in narkina 5 aint it

nvm

dante or whatever that guys name is looks like a clown

they’re gonna kill each other aint they

yep

bye clown boi

VADER LESGOOOOOOO

he is so menacing ❤️

e5

“local rebel cell” first thought was saw gerrera

bariss seems to still have some morals which is good

the kid is the jedi

or at least force sensitive

is she just killing EVERYONE

goddamn

that poor kid

bariss have you not figured out that the empire rules thru fear

knew lyn was gonna get the jedi from behind

canon enby jedi?

bariss, i love you

e6

oh cute critter

for some reason the mom reminded me of phee for a split second

maybe like the eye shape or something

now that i got a better look at her she doesn’t look like phee

awww baby

loving older bariss

how long was between these episodes

“an old friend” so she’s talking about her ex ahsoka right

wow lyn hasn’t aged at all

yay the cute family is safe

omg no bariss

well it seems she lived a good life after leaving the empire

i wonder if bariss ever found out what happened to her master

[merrysithmas]

starting to think the whole "din trains with the darksaber" thing was purely a fan-driven idea and instead he's just gonna randomly do smth "worthy" and suddenly be good with it lol 😴

[woogly-boogly]

i think some of Season 1 of The Mandalorian's success also came from the massive failure of The Rise of Skywalker. that movie came out while episodes were still being released weekly, just 8 days before the final episode, and everyone fucking hated it. they were still divided enough by The Last Jedi, and RoS was the last straw. so people started comparing it to this new Mandalorian show, and that made RoS look like a Big Mac - flavourless and made with no passion at all - and The Mandalorian looked like a burger made by Bob Belcher himself.

i think RoS's horrific shipwreck also made people look at Mando with starrier eyes than they otherwise would have because finally, they were getting something good! and they loved it! why, it was the best thing they'd ever seen! and Baby Yoda omg he's so cuuuuuuute!!!!! they fully hyped up just how great it was, but i don't think many people have actually revisited it since they first saw it.

i never got around to it when the hype was crazy because i didn't want to pay a subscription to Disney, but for years people kept telling me "oh The Mandalorian's so good you gotta watch it man it's incredible". so when i did end up watching it in 2022 i was expecting this amazing story that would capture my heart and convince me to give a shit about Star Wars shows... and yes it's definitely great. i can't deny that, it's really well made and tells a solid story. it was visually impressive and i enjoyed it, but absolutely nothing about it compelled me to watch the second season.

it gave itself some obvious threads to weave for Season 2 but i didn't have any interest at all in exploring them. i was satisfied, and i didn't need to gorge myself on more. i wasn't as hungry as people were in 2019 after being fed those fucking Big Macs for 4 years. it was easier to enjoy the meal for what it was because i didn't have The Rise of Skywalker fresh in my mind to compare it to, and i gotta say, The Mandalorian is no Bob's Burger.

and i'm glad it left that impression on me because literally nothing i've heard about Seasons 2 or 3 have been any good at all. it sounds like people got Big Macs again.

anyway that's enough rambling. Mando Season 1 was a burger from Betty's Burgers, the Obi Wan Kenobi show was the Nasty Patty from Spongebob, and Bob's Burgers is the true Bob Burger.

I keep up to date with Disney’s Star Wars shows out of like, a morbid fascination, and it’s incredible to me how much of a cultural touchstone season one of the mandalorian is and how bad everything after it was.

Like, you had this new, fresh entry point to Star Wars. It was flashy and new and mysterious- and entirely unconnected to everything else! Which, like, was the key reason people liked it.

Not one of the key reasons, the key reason. It wasn’t a continuation of a long held plot point from old cartoons, you didn’t have to do homework to understand the goings on in the galaxy, the show told you everything you needed to know. It was fun!

Anyway, after that every single show aside from Andor (which is obviously like, still connected to things) is mostly about dave filoni playing with his OC’s in a sandbox, and comes out Exacty as narratively satisfying as that sounds [not narratively satisfying. It sucks.]

Ashoka ends with the Star Wars Thanos equivalent being set up for Dave’s movie which I honestly kinda doubt will manifest. I really do not think Star Wars is a good fit for this interconnected crossover narrative writing which is 1: already grating to viewers at this point and 2: just bad.

Regardless it’s really wild to see these insanely high budget shows get produced where they show you this beautiful world and fascinating character designs and everything that happens in it is stupid or boring

[xxlumos]

Bestie, I got your silver haired middle aged white husband 😌❤️

(nearly got blown away in this storm lol)

DASGHDGJHFDGSFGSFDGJF I CANNOT WAIT TO HOLD MY SILVER HAIRED SPACE COWBOY

Thank you for sacrificing yourself, I am glad you didnt literally die 😀

[hotpinkboots]

Will you pls writ Din x reader who fixes up the razor crest in the middle of the night so he doesn't have to in morning? english isnt my first languge so I apologize if this doesnt make sense 😶‍🌫️thank you!

~~~~~~~~~~

~𝕯𝖎𝖓 𝕯𝖏𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖓 w/a Darling Who Fixes The Ship For Him~

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NO YOUR ENGLISH IS WONDERFUL IT MADE PERFECT SENSE DARLING

This is so CUUUTE THANK YOU FOR THIS REQUEST :D ALSO DARLINGS I think I should mention that I think I hit some sort of link or character limit on the Masterlist? Idk if that's how it works but it will NOT let me add anything else, so I'm gonna make a bunch of Masterlists instead like Undertale/Deltarune Masterlist, Star Wars Masterlist, DHMIS Masterlist, ect. So when I've finished them all, this'll be added to the Star Wars Masterlist rather than the current Masterlist. I said Masterlist so many times it sounds weird now woah... ⭐REMEMBERRR THIS IS ALL PART OF THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 3 EVENT THINGY! Any requests I get with Mando will be done BEFORE any other requests in my inbox! This goes all week long!⭐

~Enjoy~

★★★★

𝕯𝖎𝖓 𝕯𝖏𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖓

★★★★

~Din wakes up early already (not only does he have to, but he's already a light sleeper because he's always on high alert), but some days he wakes up even earlier to fix the ship.

~And he immediately is like "oh" when he sees there's nothing to fix.

~If you're the type of person where you can sleep in, he'll notice it and think it's nice that you woke up just to fix the ship for him. Will probably want to do a little something for you in return <<3

~Or if you're the type of person where you wake up early no matter how late you stayed up, he'll definitely notice you're more sluggish.

~You ruined your sleep schedule for him omg 🥺

~Mando will definitely make sure you know that he noticed you fixed it for him.

~But if you continue to stay up late to fix things so he doesn't have to, he'll ask you to stop. He thinks it's really sweet of you, but he doesn't want you being tired everyday. Not only can it make you slower to react in a dangerous situation, but he really hates seeing you exhausted because you were doing all the work.

~So now it becomes a thing you two bond over, and you end up fixing things together while you talk.

~He loves having a partner that cares about him so much to where they would literally ruin their sleep just to do something for him LOL

~But he won't let you do that anymore.

~Din didn't really realize you care that much until you did that for him.

~Makes him really happy and amused that you were so determined to help out that you woke up in the dead of night to do it.

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Dead Man's Hand 13 - It's Never Enough

Dead Man's Hand Masterlist tags: engineer!reader, gambler!reader, loose canon timeline, eventual smut, fluff, action, casino aesthetics, touch starved reader, touch starved din, reader and din get on each other’s nerves, also they’re idiots, defrosting ice king din, cinderella vibes, everybody loves grogu

chapter summary: They have a talk and she's determined to keep going. Unfortunately, there are other obstacles in their way.

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Grogu’s eyes regain focus and he smacks his lips, blinking away the rest of his tiredness. He makes a little squeak as he stretches his arms out, rubbing his eyes.

He hoists himself out of his pram and surveys the room, lit by the late morning sun. His big ears twitch when he hears the stream of the shower in the bathroom. Must be his father, seeing as how his armor is still laid out on the table. Speaking of table, he sees a tray two plates, one missing food and the other still covered. Did his dad order breakfast? Is there anything for him?

Oh, but he doesn’t want to eat alone. He waddles towards the bedroom door, wanting to go wake her up. Maybe she’ll let him take another bath with her too. Once the door opens, he climbs onto the bed and babbles towards her. She sleeps on her stomach, blanket covering her shoulders. Grogu walks towards her head and pats on her cheek. He coos, hoping the sound of his voice will wake her up.

“Mmgh…” She moans a little, stirring. A yawn escapes her as her eyes flutter open. “Mm… Grogu?” She pushes herself to sit up, the blanket slipping off her shoulders. It’s only now that she remembers she’s naked and quickly covers her chest. “Grogu!”

The child just tilts his head, confused at her reaction.

Memories flood back into her mind. It all happened in complete darkness, but each sound, each touch, each sensation was clear. So that… that really happened. Din and I… Her face reddens and she clamps her hand over her mouth to muffle a yelp. She looks over her shoulder… no Din. Oh Stars, he didn’t leave, did he? Wait, of course not, Grogu is still here. “Where’s…”

Grogu makes a noise and points towards the bathroom. Now that she strains her ear, she hears the shower turn off. Her heart immediately races. Grogu nudges her again, babbling and pointing towards the door. “Okay, okay. I’m coming.” She gulps and slips off the bed, wrapping the bed sheet around her torso. As she does, she winces and mouths a quiet “ow.” Why am I so sore — right…

Grogu leads the way, more interested in the food waiting for them. She lifts a brow. Food? Did… Din order this? She notices one plate is already finished. Sitting down, she uncovers the other plate, steam escaping and revealing a hearty plate of breakfast. Grogu jumps onto her lap, reaching for the small bites that he can shovel into his mouth. “You go ahead, kid,” she says, listening to the sounds behind the bathroom door. “I don’t think I can eat yet…”

She isn’t sure how this is going to go, but she doubts it’ll end in anything other than the Mandalorian telling her to forget about it, that it never happened. And will never happen again. She was, after all, just being selfish. Maybe he hates her for it. Her stomach feels too tight to accept any food, so she just waits in agony.

The door opens. She lifts her head and he steps out, helmet blocking any indication of his emotion. He’s fully dressed, apart from the beskar he needs to put back on. His heavy gait towards them makes her heart race and her mouth dry. Without a word, he sits down across from them, reaching for his armor and putting it on, piece by piece.

Nothing? He’s going to say nothing? She grits her teeth. “Okay, fine.” She breaks the silence. “I’ll make this easy for you, Mando.”

The use of the nickname stops his hands. He faces her. “What?”

“Let’s just forget about it,” she says, her eyes darting to the side, her voice wavering. “Pretend it never happened. I’m sorry. I… I shouldn’t have…”

Din’s chest heavies. Grogu is too busy eating to listen in on the conversation, but where he sits doesn’t go unnoticed. He even offers her a piece of fruit that she politely declines. “...Why?” Din asks.

“’Why?’ I…” She sighs, her hand running through her head. “Isn’t this… what you want?”

“When did I say that?”

She blinks in surprise. “You… don’t want that?”

“I…” Now it’s his turn to avert his gaze, even though he knows she can’t see his eyes. He rubs the back of his neck. “Oh boy…” He sounds stressed. “You… don’t regret it?”

“I-I don’t!” She shakes her head. “I th-thought you would regret it. I thought… I was being selfish. That I forced you into it and-and that you didn’t want to and—”

“Hey, hey, slow down.” He lifts a hand. “It’s okay. You weren’t being selfish. If anything, it was me.” He looks at Grogu, knowing it wouldn’t be the first time.

“Oh…” She cracks a smile, relief written in her visage. “S-So… what does that mean? If we’re… both selfish?”

“Well… the kid and I know a thing or two about that.” Grogu looks up with a gleam in his eye. It was selfish for Din to go back for him in the first place. It was selfish to endanger others just to rescue him from Moff Gideon. It was selfish for Grogu to leave Luke to return to him. At some point, it stops being selfish and becomes something else entirely. “So it wasn’t… bad?”

“Bad? Are you kidding me? It was...” She stops herself from sounding too giddy, considering the fact that Grogu is still present. And Din knows that he understands more than he lets on. “It was wonderful, Din.”

He grins. “G...Good…” Now that that’s taken care of: “Pack your things,” he says to her. “We’re going to leave.”

Her smiles drops. “Leave? Why? The tournament isn’t over.”

“I know.” He secures his vambrace. “But I’m not putting you in any more danger.”

“Hey! Wait just a minute!” She almost stands up, but Grogu is planted firmly on her lap. “You got rid of the danger, didn’t you? There’s just me and the Twi’lek now. I’m so close!”

“You were almost killed.” He stands. “You wanna walk around with a target on your back?”

“Oh, like you don’t?”

“That’s different. I’m a Mandalorian, I’m a bounty hunter. I know how to fend for myself.”

She huffs in frustration. “So I’m just supposed to give up now?”

“There’s other beskar in the galaxy. I’ll figure it out.”

Now she stands, carrying Grogu in her arms. “You listen to me, Din… I don’t know your last name—”

“Djarin.”

She blinks. “Really?” How pretty — not now! “You listen to me, Din Djarin!” Grogu giggles. “I didn’t come all the way here, get hit on, felt up, threatened, a blaster on my face, all to just give up right when I’m so close to the finish line!”

Din takes a step back. Felt up? “Wait… when did you get…?” His blood starts to boil.

She waves her hand. “It was Besporos, the trust fund kid. Said he’d give me some beskar if I went on a date, but we all see how that turned out. Anyway, I didn’t go through all of that for you to tell me to forget about it.” She takes a step forward. “I need to win this… for me. Don’t you get that?”

He resigns himself, lowering his head. “Of course I can.”

“Then it’s settled.” Another step forward. “But…” She lifts her hand, cupping the side of his helmet. “I do think it’s sweet that you care.” Din tenses out of instinct, but he breathes out and dares to lean into the touch. How he wishes he could feel it on his skin again… The best he can do is hold her hand, thumb brushing against her wrist. The bed sheet drapes around her makes her look like a work of art, like a statue that only he can admire.

He fantasizes about the curtain of night being drawn and carrying her back, their clothes on the floor leaving no barriers. Din never imagined he could feel so close to another person like that.

Grogu coos, tilting his head and giving him a look. Din knows the kid can’t talk yet, but he says enough with his expressions: what’s happening between you and her?

“Urm.” Din clears his throat loudly, pulling away.

She walks back to the table, setting Grogu down on it so he can continue eating. “I’m going to freshen up.” He nods, watching her walk towards the bathroom door. “The door’ll be unlocked, okay?” She winks, clicking her tongue before she walks in. Din’s throat tightens and he clenches his jaw. Din sinks into the couch and tries to shoo away those thoughts while Grogu eats.

He recalls how he once mused to himself that Grogu would be the death of him. Now he thinks the same thing of her, but for entirely different reasons.

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Her bath that afternoon is long. She savors it knowing that it’ll be the last time she gets to experience such luxury before leaving Canto Bight. Kriff, she hasn’t even decided where she wants to go after this… It doesn’t have to be Tatooine, that much she knows. What if she stays here? Or maybe goes somewhere else fancy, like Coruscant? A whole galaxy is at her disposal. So, instead of being alone on Tatooine, you wanna be alone somewhere else?

She sinks into the tub.

Of course, her heart knows exactly where she wants to go. Could she do it? Travel the galaxy, hop from one place to the next, not knowing what the next day would bring? Hell, that sounds amazing. And it wouldn’t matter where she went, as long as she had them.

Slow down. Maybe… maybe focus on winning the tournament first.

She finishes her bath and walks to the bedroom to pick her outfit for that night. As she goes through the many dresses that stylist left her, she notices that the hotel staff had put her Tatooine clothes on a hanger, its dull brown colors looking even muddier next to the vibrant ones. Taking it off the rack, she notices that it’s been scrubbed clean of dirt and sweat, even smelling nice.

The corner of her lips curls up. It was fun dressing up like a rich noble the past few days, but something about wearing her normal clothes seems right for tonight.

“Okay,” she says, stepping out of the bedroom. “I’m ready.”

Din looks up, a little surprised that she came out in her regular clothes. The last time he had seen her in those, they were bickering and biting each other’s heads off. Yet, he knows she’s still the girl from last night, the one that pulled him into her arms and accepted him entirely. She’s still just as beautiful. “Then let’s go.”

Walking across the casino is like wading through tar. Hundreds of people watch them, congest the walkways as they stare and whisper. She meets their gazes with a firm look, her hand clutching his wrist. As they near the room of the tournament, they hear arguing from inside.

“Oh boy,” she says. “This could get ugly.”

Inside, Dastiv shouts at his bodyguards while the Twi’lek and the other competitors watch, occasionally joining in. As soon as the casino owner sees the three of them walk in, his face reddens with rage and he points towards them. “You!” he shouts. “I want you out of my casino! Out!”

“Tournament’s not over,” she says, hiding the rising rage in her voice.

“Oh, yes it is.” Dastiv hisses. “I’ve already made the decision.”

“What?” She glares.

“You — or rather, your friend — murdered Bras Luum, another competitor! You are disqualified!”

The crowd around them gasps. “What?! That’s not fair!” she shouts. “He tried to murder me first! And you!” She points at him, her finger right in his face. “You helped him!”

“I’d watch your tone, scum. You’re lucky I’m not calling for your arrest.” Din is ready to step between them before she puts a hand on his arm, stopping him.

“Afraid the New Republic’s gonna investigate into your friend? Yeah, that might not look good.” She seethes with fury. “I don’t want to be here a second longer, but you’ll let me finish this tournament if you know what’s good for you.”

“No can do.” He takes a step back. “I’ve already called it. Your winnings have been added to the final pot. And since there are no more competitors, I shall declare Hadira Vossall the winner of this tournament!” The Twi’lek woman narrows her eyes at Dastiv, not appearing the least bit excited about this development. “She will receive the entire pot and the beskar.”

She pales, feeling her heart break in two. “So it’s decided…”

“Yes.” Dastiv smiles smugly. “Glad you understand.”

Her hand twitches. “Yeah… means I won’t feel bad about doing this.” She takes her fist and swings with all her might, punching him right in the face, the crowd gasping in response while Grogu giggles. “That’s for drugging me, you bastard!” Din sees that her fist is cocked for another cross and he catches her hands, pulling her back.

“That’s enough. He’s not worth it.”

Dastiv holds his cheek, spitting out some blood onto his hand. “My tooth! She broke my tooth!”

Din glares at him. “You’re lucky she didn’t break more. C’mon.”

She wishes she could delight in the sight more, but the heartbreak was too much. Not only did she lose the beskar, but all of her winnings… Everything that she worked for was gone. She bites down on her lip as Din leads her away, holding back the tears. “I’ve had enough of this city,” she tells him as they reach the casino’s exit. “Let’s get out of here.”

Just as the doors slide open, they hear a feminine voice call “wait!” The trio looks back, seeing a young, green Twi’lek girl run up to them. “Miss. I come on behalf of my mistress, Lady Vossall. She would very much like to extend a formal invitation for you and your friends.”

She blinks, exchanging a look of confusion with the Mandalorian. “That’s… generous, I suppose. What for?”

“She did not say. She told me only to make sure you did not leave. If you are interested, please come to the penthouse in one hour.” She tells them how to find it, then she bows and leaves them be.

Din looks to her. “It’s up to you,” he says. “We can leave right now if you want.”

She takes the time to think. Why would Hadira want to see her? Maybe they could negotiate for the beskar so far. If they could get it, then she wouldn’t care about the money loss. It’s worth a shot. “You think it’s a trap?”

“She just won the tournament. I doubt it, but then again… I don’t trust anyone.”

“If it is, then at least we’ll escape it together. What do you think, Grogu?” He coos in affirmation.

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Hadira Vossall’s penthouse sits on the top floor, overlooking the rest of Canto Bight. The first thing they notice is how warm it is, like a steam bath almost. If Din’s helmet weren’t specialized, it would have fogged up his visor. There are luscious green plants and flowers lining the hallways, alongside works of art and various artifacts. A servant leads them further into a spacious yet quiet room with a grand table in the center and a fountain on the back wall. At the head of the table, Hadira rises from her chair to greet them, stating the girl’s full name.

“That’s me,” she says. “Thank you for inviting us. You have…” she scans around. “A really lovely home.”

“Thank you.” Hadira walks around the table, servants following her. She walks like a queen… “I don’t know what transpired between you and Bras,” she says, folding her hands together. “And frankly, I don’t care.” She stops in front of them, a calm expression on her face. “Allow me to explain something to you. I don’t need to gamble for money. I do it because I love it, because I’m good at it. And I love winning… but you know what I don’t love?” She frowns. “Winning by default.”

She nods. “I… see.”

“I could tell that Dastiv had already made up his mind, but he cannot control what I do in my own residence. So, I ask you.” She once again uses her full name. “Would you kindly indulge in a game of sabacc with me?”

She blinks in surprise. “Wh-what?” Her heart swells in elation. “Really?”

“Indeed. I will gladly give you your earnings. However.” She holds up a hand. “Now that the beskar is in my hands, I ask that you provide something equal in value for the buy-in.”

At that, her face turns pensive. “I… I don’t have anything like that…”

Hadira grins. “Perhaps you don’t. But the Mandalorian does.” She turns to Din. “For five ingots of beskar, I believe his full set of armor serves an equal value.”

“No!” She shakes her head. “I-I can’t ask D– Mando to do that for me. It’s–”

Din says her name. He puts a firm hand on her shoulder and leans in so his voice through the modulator only reaches her ears. “Can you win?”

“I-I don’t know,” she stutters out. “She’s really good and… no, no, I can’t gamble with your armor—”

“Can you win?” he asks again, firmer. She closes her eyes, focusing on his voice, on his hand. “When you woke up this morning, did you think that you could win.”

“...Yes.”

“Is it any different now?”

“It’s your armor, Din.” She presses her temple against his. “I could never lose that.”

“...Then don’t.” He gives her shoulder a squeeze. “Go ahead. Play.”

She opens her eyes and gives him a look of pure determination, her brows fixed, her eyes brimming. A firm nod is all he needs to pull away. She faces Hadira.

“Let’s play.”

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Home, so let’s watch The Mandalorian Chapter 22!

Firstly I know it’s not gonna happen yet but I am CRAVING more Zeb and also Kallus ;-;

And damn it when will Sabine appear? The entire show is literally about Mandalorians; as much as I wanna see Zeb and Kallus, she has the best plot reason to appear

Love that Quarren ship already

OMG more Mando’s!!!

Love the star-crossed marine lovers

THAT FANFARE I AM DYING

Those tubes are amazing

… is that fucking Jack Black???

Grogu looking at that happy couple; is he thinking about the Jedi attachment rules?

Lmaoooo Grogu what the fuck

I love that woman’s star-flower-thingy behind her back

“You had me at ‘battle droids’” iconic omggg

Live action B1 battle droids reappearing I love that

That droid man for some reason gives me Star Trek vibes

Okay Star Trek dude pisses me off

Din using his Ugnaught buddy I love him for that

This season is really giving us good non-humans damn

Crying at the battle droids I love them so much ;-;

A DROID BAR

Where’s Chopper and R2-D2 omgg

Lmaoooo are we gonna go Detroit: Become Human now?

This Star Wars western is looking a lot like a Star Wars CSI lol

Star Wars Episode XX: Return Of The Nanodroids

SEE I KNEW I DIDN’T LIKE STAR TREK GUY

Oh my lord return of the Separatists I’m dying ;-;

Wait why is Grogu made a knight?

Also what is up with Din leaving Grogu with complete strangers?

Bo being a warrior yassssss queen go!

No Bo is not the true leader of Mandalore because it should be Sabine 😤

And she defends Din and the Creed that she scoffed about earlier 🥹

Yeah I’m not convinced by Bo wielding the saber again

Also fuck Axe Woves for completely ignoring foundling culture and discriminating Din, fucking asshole