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Luke Skywalker is a hero for people with anxiety

(Contains spoilers from Episodes 4-6).

A lot of people relate to Luke Skywalker. He's down-to-earth, honest, and always strives for the light. Watching Star Wars again for the first time in a while, however, I realized something. When I looked it up on the internet, I was surprised that I couldn't find a lot of discussions about it. What do I mean? That Luke Skywalker suffers from anxiety.

The deleted scene from Tosche station, which I recently saw for the first time, sheds some light on this aspect of Luke's character. In the scene, we learn from Luke's friends that he panics easily. They're all chiding him for ‘again’ thinking that the Empire is coming. Even though he's just seen Princess Leia's ship fighting with Darth Vader's ship, his friends begin gaslighting him.

Someone online pointed out that this scene causes Luke's statement “there's nothing left for me here, now” to be more forceful. Upon finding out that his Aunt and Uncle are dead, Luke doesn't go to his friends for help. You wonder what his friends thought upon hearing that Luke's family had been killed by stormtroopers, right after he'd tried to warn them.

This aspect of Luke's character, and how he is treated by his friends, conditions him to not ask for help. In the ESB, as he's dying on Hoth, he never calls for anyone. If Obi-Wan hadn't shown up, Luke wouldn't have started calling out to him. If he hadn't started shouting, Han Solo wouldn't have seen him. 

This trend continues. Luke panics about things, but doesn't ask for help. Yoda tries to help him, getting him to relax and clear his mind. But, the vision of his friends worries him too much. He makes light of Obi-Wan’s warning that the Empire is after him for his talents. Luke is still holding onto what he told Biggs in the deleted scene from Tosche station–that the Empire will never draft him. 

During the fight on Cloud City, Vader acknowledges that Luke has learned to control his fear. Remember, Luke canonically gets so scared of the Sand People that he faints in the first movie. There's almost a parallel of that first moment, as Vader knocks Luke down and holds his lightsaber to Luke's throat just like the Sand People knocked him down before.

Luke has always gotten through things on his own. But, at this moment, he loses his hand. Losing his hand is symbolic of Luke losing the ability to do everything on his own. His father, who he always idolized and held onto, is evil. He's alone. He realizes that everyone was trying to protect him from this reality. Even his aunt and uncle let him think that his father was a hero, because it helped Luke to hold on. 

He finally reaches out to Leia. He finally forms a real connection with someone, which requires being vulnerable, and overcoming his fear of not being taken seriously. And, Leia rescues him. 

In the ROTJ, Luke tells Obi-Wan that he can't do this alone. He starts working with Han and Leia, and realizing that he is actually important to them. He trusts Leia enough to tell her that she is his sister, and that he has to save their father. 

But, still, Luke is trying to do everything on his own. He goes to face his father, and tries to be calm. He tries to avoid becoming angry. He tries to control the anxiety that got him ridiculed by his friends. The anxiety that led him to destroy Vader in his vision during his training on Degobah. The anxiety that he sees as his greatest flaw. 

But, he panics. He goes after Vader, and cuts off his hand. And, that's when he realizes it. 

All his life, Luke has wanted to be like his father. He praised himself for the positive qualities that are like his father. Being a good pilot. Being a Jedi (before he knew that his father was Vader). But at this moment, Luke looks at Vader's mechanical hand, and realizes that his father is just like him. His father is anxious. His father was scared, and overwhelmed once, just like him. His father didn't have anyone to turn to. 

Luke stands up to the Emperor, but that isn't what causes this scene to be so powerful. It's the fact that, as Luke is dying, he says the words his father once desperately wanted to say to someone.

“Help me.” 

“Please, help me.”

And Anakin, who wished someone would help him, who told Luke that it was too late for him, realizes that he can be that person for someone else. The pain he's gone through his whole life doesn't have to be passed on. He can save his son from the same fate. And he does. 

That's why Luke Skywalker is a hero for people who suffer from anxiety. Because he shows us the importance of accepting ourselves. Of self-compassion. Of reaching out to others. Of not being afraid to ask for help when we need it. And, if we do, we might just be that little spark of hope that someone else needs. 

May the Force be with you, always.

[pomplalamoose]

Heyyy!!!

whenever u have time if u could PLEASEEE write some more ANH Luke Skywalker hc 😍🥰

pls there is a a serious lack of Luke content 😪🫶🫶

Of course dear anon, here you go🩵🩵

We, as a society, need more Luke content in our lifes and I'm more than happy to deliverrrr

• Tatooine is a pretty shitty place to get to know or to date anyone, so I think the young people have their own way around that

• because you can't go anywhere without potentially running into someone wanting to rob/enslave/blackmail/hurt/kill you, I think spending time with Luke would consist mostly of doing your everyday chores together

• safety is in numbers and companionship makes even the most drab tasks seem bearable

• and nobody will notice if both of you take way longer than usual because you're so busy making googly eyes at each other

• (they do notice but Owen is mostly glad how your company keeps Luke from talking about leaving, so he doesn't mention it)

• so imagine cleaning up and sorting through the garage together

• just sitting by his side, sharing jokes while he works to fix his uncle's equipment or looks after his land speeder

• maybe, if that's your thing, you help out as well and then try your hardest to get the oil stains off your skin after while Luke laughs at your frustrated face

• probably the height of romance is going to the market together to buy ingredients for your meals with two of your fingers intertwined because it's too hot for holding hands and you're both shy

• or taking trips to Tosche station (because of course) and, with a racing heart, you slowly and carefully rest your head on his shoulder

• when he doesn't shake you off you're overjoyed

• he, on the other hand, doesn't dare to say anything, too afraid you're going to scooch away again

• so he drives more slowly than usual to have more time alone with you

• halfway there you have lunch together in the shade of big rocks and talk about everything and nothing, blushing and looking in another direction when one of you makes eye contact for too long

• and, my favorite: watching the two suns set together

• he'll bring you home after because Tatooine is even more dangerous at night

• he says goodbye with a small and polite kiss to your cheek, hoping your family won't see

• he'd notice your nervousness once aboard the Falcon

• while he isn't so sure about all of this himself he wants to seem cool and tough in front of you and does his best to keep up with Han and Chewie

• secretly he might be worried that you will end up liking Han more

• he's totally the type to get a little jealous when he sees you smiling at someone else other than him

• (there's no way Han hasn't outright flirted with you yet)

• so he does his best to keep the two of you separated and as far away from each other as he possible can

• like, no, you can't sit there, he's going to sit next to Han in the cockpit!

• no, you can't go looking for Han, he was just about to ask you a question!

• Han isn't even that funny, why are you laughing??

• he'd sulkily sit in a corner and throw looks in your direction whenever you're with Han too

• if you notice, he'll pretend to not care at all with whom you're having a good time

• but truth to be told, he's sad

• I'm not sure whether he's even aware that he's acting like that

• someone (Obi-Wan) could probably intervene at this point, but there's no way he's going to do that

• he's having the time of his life

• don't worry though, Luke's time to shine comes around when you declare how unbearably cold you are

• did you exaggerate to get his attention? Possibly

• either way it works immediately and he'll offer to sit next to you to keep you warm

• when you agree he's ready to burst with pride

• he waits until Han is looking and then drapes his arm around your figure, feeling absolutely superior

• it takes a lot of restraint to keep himself from grinning obnoxiously

• when Obi-Wan starts teaching him about the Force and lightsaber techniques however, he isn't so self assured anymore

• especially not when he's supposed to ditch or reflect blaster bolts while not being able to see

• underneathe the helmet his cheeks are burning red when he hears your laugh ring out alongside Han's

• he feels decidedly better when you start cheering him on and clapping loudly once he gets the hang of it

• you think he looks adorable when he finally removes the helmet and his hair is slightly sweaty and all over the place

• maybe, if you're feeling bold and the moment is right, you'd like to run your fingers through it under the pretense of tidying him up a bit?

• think of that scene where they hide in the Falcon's secret luggage compartment to make it seem like nobody is on board after being sucked into the Death Star

• because wo do you think you'll get pressed close to while waiting for the Empire's men to leave?

• sadly we never get to see how exactly they all fit in there but imagine half sitting half lying directly on top of Luke

• possibly he's even holding you very close, the situation totally requires it if you ask him

• you can feel his heart beating steadily but fast with how your head has to rest against his chest

• is it because he's afraid you'll get caught or can you dare to hope it's because of you?

• much later you can't take your eyes off him because he looks just a little too good in his new pilot uniform

• at this point it's probably your turn to be a little bit jealous as you are by far not the only one trying to check him out discreetly

• people shout greetings and turn their head after him wherever he goes

• (not just because he spectacularky saved their princess, although that's what you want to believe)

• and, because of the way Luke is, he'll reciprocate the attention happily, unaware of your feelings

• too bad you don't know he'd never chose anyone over you

I'm not quite sure whether you wanted just Luke headcanons or Luke x reader headcanons, hopefully I got it right😅

[burnwater13]

Grogu greeting R2-D2 on Moff Gideon's ship after Luke Skywalker's arrival on the ship. Image from The Mandalorian, Season 2, Episode 8, The Rescue. Calendar from DateWorks.

Grogu recognized R2-D2 immediately. It had been a long time since he'd seen the mech roaming around the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. A long time. So many things had happened since then. Grogu hadn't really expected the mech to survive it all. Even back in those days, R2-D2 was known to be risk taker. But somehow, here it was tootling a ‘hello there’ as if they had just missed each other at the flight training center canteen.

Grogu replied ‘Long time, no see' or words to that effect and the mech had laughed, as mechs do, in a stream of binary that was far too fast for the humans to understand. Grogu asked R2 who had trained the ‘Kid’, because it was clear to him that the young human male was not what he would have called a Jedi.

R2 shared what it knew. Grogu was impressed. Obi-Wan Kenobi? Master Yoda? A holocron? Wow. He kind of wished he'd been able to do things that way. Instead, he had to deal with the old fashioned go to classes, take tests, practice, practice, practice method. It did at least explain why Luke was wearing the wrong colors. No Jedi worth their kyber crystal ever dressed all in black. That's what had Grogu worried about going anywhere with the youngster. Obviously no one had bothered explaining how the exterior was a reflection of the interior. 

R2 commented that the Kid was in mourning. Huh? That was a reason to dress plainly Grogu supposed, but given the number of people he had lost, his coverall’s color should have duplicated a Sith’s heart. Grogu had often imagined that was like looking into a void in the space/time continuum. But you couldn't just order your robes in the color of despair, so you put up with what you had and made do. 

Grogu asked who the Kid was mourning and was surprised at the answer. Vader? Why would anyone mourn Vader? He looked at the Kid again and wondered if he could just slowly back away? But the Mandalorian really wanted him to go with the Kid and learn something. Grogu chirped at R2 and asked him the obvious question, was the Kid a Sith?

A gale of laughter met his ears when the mech replied. Of course Luke wasn’t a Sith. He was Anakin Skywalker’s son. Anakin had become Vader and had never known he had children until it was too late. 

Oh. Alright then. Huh?

Grogu asked R2 to explain it to him like he was back at the Jedi Temple. It took a few moments because R2 streamed the information to him at a frequency that Grogu could hear but the humans simply ignored. To them it probably looked like the two of them were just sizing each other up, but that was just a convenient cover for their intense discussion. 

So Luke (Grogu still thought of him as ‘the Kid’) was Anakin’s son, had a sister, Anakin’s daughter, and had grown up on Tatooine, not far from Tosche Station. Ben Kenobi (Obi-Wan’s cover name) kept an eye on Luke and eventually helped him reunite with his sister, Leia, while helping her escape from Imperial captivity, thwarting Darth Vader's plans to get the princess (princess? Yup) to betray the Rebel Alliance. Kenobi helped them escape by tricking Vader into fighting him instead. That hadn't worked well for Obi-Wan, but then it wasn't supposed to. Anyway, then there was a bunch of running around with the Rebel Alliance and eventually Luke went to Degobah to train with Master Yoda. On the plus side, Master Yoda recognized R2, on the downside, Luke really struggled with balance. A lot. A lot a lot. That made sense. After some training from Master Yoda, Luke had to go back to the Rebellion, met Boba Fett, sort of, and ended up not being able to finish his training after he returned to Degobah and Master Yoda became one with the Force. But Luke still had to help the Rebellion because he was the only Jedi anyone knew about. Wow. That’s how he ended up meeting Vader again. Again? Yup, the first time he met him was when he was trying to help his sister and her friend Han. It turned out that the whole thing was a trap! R2 had done what he could to help, but Luke ended up getting his hand cut off by Vader's lightsaber (Grogu had wondered about the gloves) and had to recover from it. It had been a tough first meeting. 

Grogu had wanted to know more, but he sensed that all the humans in the room were getting a little antsy. Was he staying or going? He sighed. He really didn't want to leave the Mandalorian. Din Djarin needed a friend and that’s what Grogu was. His friend. But… he really wanted to know what happened when the Kid met Vader the second time. He felt like he would learn something pretty important. It felt just like the the time he met the Mandalorian. That had worked out pretty well, all things considered. 

This is the Way?

R2 whistled to him that they needed to go. It was a long flight to Ossus. 

Ossus! Why didn't the mech lead with that?! Ossus had amazing history within the Jedi Order. Of course Grogu wanted to go there. He could go for a couple of weeks and check things out, get the rest of the Kid’s story from R2 and then head back to Nevarro or Tatooine or wherever the Mandalorian was at the time. Grogu would find him. They were part of the same clan. You couldn't keep them from finding each other, even if you tried. 

This is the Way.

[sonofthedunes]

ok i have an ask for you… tell me your favorite Luke headcanons, but like, the cutest ones that make you smile 💗

ahhh okay! let’s see what i can come up with…how about some anh and earlier luke?

when luke was little, his favorite toy was a stuffed bantha that he carried around the farm and slept with every night. eventually (when he was around 8) owen decided he was too old for stuffed animals and took it away…but luke knew which storage bin it was hidden in, and from time to time he’d cuddle it in secret when he’d had an especially rough day

he blushes more easily than you’d think and sometimes he snorts when he laughs

like most pilots, luke has a good luck ritual he performs before he takes off: he always says a little prayer he learned from a trader at tosche station. it’s in the slave dialect of tatooine—a language once spoken by his father and grandmother

bedtime headcanons: he starts out curled on his side but usually ends up on his back. he likes to have a cup of water by his bedside “just in case,” even though he almost never finishes it. he’s been known to talk in his sleep…but rogue squadron are kind enough not to tease him about the nonsense he spouts

he likes to hang out in the cockpit of the falcon with han and chewie, point to different controls and ask “what’s that do?” until han loses patience and makes him sit in the lounge. luke’s personal record is seven minutes :p

[cchsunday]

A Gemini With Two Distinct Faces — excerpt taken from Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams by Nick Tosches

"Dean doesn't have an overwhelming desire to be loved. He doesn't give a damn," Jeannie would say. "He doesn't get involved with people because he really isn't interested in them." Maybe that was why he and Johnny Rosselli got along. [Rosselli, a mobster who washed up on a Florida shore one day in 1976, cut in pieces and jammed inside an oil drum, was a long time friend]. The two of them could sit there together, saying nothing, savoring the darkness of one another's solitude, letting those darknesses entwine in a silent interchange more comfortable, and in a way more expressive, than conversation.

Jeannie could not broach Dean's lontananza. She would describe him as "cold, calculating," as "an impersonal man." She had the feeling that she "bored Dean," that she was invisible. "He'd come home, I'd say, 'What happened today?' He'd say, 'Nothing.' I'd look at the news, and there would be the king and queen of England visiting the set and meeting Dean Martin. It just simply didn't faze him. No one, nothing impressed him deeply."

She would love him as a man, as a father; but she would never figure him out. "I don't know him," she would say. "He's either the most complex man imaginable or the simplest. There's either nothing under there or too much." He was "like a lunar lab, he was just from another planet." He and his brother, William, his own flesh and blood, "were just absolutely day and night." There was something that had settled deep within him long ago— "something disturbed him," she said; "something in him that is unreachable" —but what it was, she would never know. What she did learn was that one either accepted him or lost him, for there was no changing him.

Jerry agreed: "Dean was Dean. Dean didn't adjust or change. He had a wonderful way of putting up a facade, and that kept people at bay. And the thing that I loved about him was that he let people know, in front: This is how I am, and here's how you gotta take me; I'm taking you with whatever your foibles, whatever the good and the bad is, and I'm asking you to do the same with me.

[veggiehomosapien]

Movie ask: 1, 5, 9, 43 :-)

hiiiiiiiiiiiii pal how are youuuuu

okay i gotta lock in

1. what is your favorite movie of all time?

starting off easy i see lmao

i'm hesitant to say this, but Coraline (fuck neil gaiman). disgusting author aside, the movie is incredible - stop motion, beautiful visuals, eerie score, easter eggs up to your ears (seriously, i learn something new every time i watch it). the amount of video essays i have seen on this movie... i can never get enough of it honestly. i also adore Laika and everything they create.

5. name a movie you put on to cry to

oddly enough, i don't know if i have a movie like this! i cry at a lot of things and a lot of movies, but idk if i have one that i would go to to cry.

(if this question was about shows, my answer would be the s5 finale to merlin. or the s4 finale to mr. robot.)

9. guilty pleasure movie?

this one is super hard bc there are varying degrees of guilty pleasure, but i'm gonna go with the 2015 live action Cinderella. there's something so gentle and comforting about that movie to me, and i'm not gonna lie the 'lavender's blue' lullaby brings me to tears every time i hear it.

43. which movie do you quote the most?

GREAT question. i think the most quotable movie i have ever watched is The Princess Bride (come on, a classic), however i think the one i quote the most is Star Wars: A New Hope. like the whole movie has quotable lines, but i specifically gravitate towards ones where luke is being whiny lol

"bUt i wAs gOiNg to ToScHe StAtiOn tO pIcK uP sOmE pOwEr ConvErTeRs"

"...☝️i care"

"3PO oH wHeRE cOuLD hE bE??"

whiny luke is my favorite lmaoooo

thanks for the ask, pal ❤️❤️❤️

[oldwickedsongs]

Hello internet stranger! I'm terribly sorry to bother you but I was hoping you'd be able to help me. I am trying to find information on Carolyn Rothstien as I've been asked to play her at a LARP event next year. Your post came up in my google search and I saw you mentioned her biography. I was wondering if you could tell me how you were able to find her biography, I've tried everything, even the library of congress website and I cannot find a digital version anywhere. Thank you so much!

No worries! Unfortunately there is not a digital copy available as Carolyn updated her copyright in the 1960s but the publisher has not put it online. A few years ago some of the Boardwalk Empire fandom uploaded it as a PDF, so I can dig into the depths of my computer to see if I still have it for PSA IF ANYONE HAS IT STILL ON TUMBLR!! OHANA MEANS SPEAKEASY!

Another option is doing a inter-library loan. I did mine through Dallas Public libraries, all you need is a library card! But yeah I'm pretty sure Nick Tosches stole the LoC's Now I'll Tell. He hints at it in his book King of the Jews. Also can I be nosy? Please tell me more about your LARP??

[dustedmagazine]

Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia)

How does one tell the story of an artist as influential as Little Richard? The same way you tell the story of the Universe, by keeping it simple: A long time ago there was the Big Bang. 

Little Richard: I Am Everything, a new documentary directed by Lisa Cortes, presents Little Richard’s existence as an analogous cosmic event. Rock ‘n’ roll as we know it exists because on December 5, 1932, Richard Penniman was born in Macon, Georgia.

Cortes isn’t the first to frame Little Richard in terms of cosmic energy. As Nick Tosches once put it, “[v]ia his pure white-energy raunch and total over-simplification, [Little Richard had] the power to make people say 'fuck it' and turn their backs on their own control conditioning and just go out and debauch and catch a glimpse of the violent, drunken, loving, dancing Universe.” I Am Everything is similarly reverential, but the power of the film stems from its focus on Little Richard’s strange, conflicted human experience. 

Growing up, Little Richard, as he would later be nicknamed, was scolded in church for singing too loud — an impressive feat for a Pentecostal. He exuded a preacher’s charisma and even as a young boy parishioners asked him to pray for them. When he started playing piano, he banged on the keys the way that Sister Rosetta Tharpe, an early influence, banged on her guitar. The idea, Little Richard said, was to drum away at your instrument until you reached “the peak.” 

The nature of that “peak,” would remain a lifelong tension. That erratic blurring of sexual and spiritual extasy, one of rock music’s central paradoxes, is what made his music both threatening and irresistible. 

Fans of Little Richard specifically and rock history in general are likely familiar with the raw information that I Am Everything offers. But in addition to the more expected talking heads —  Mick Jagger, John Waters, Billy Porter — some fresher contextualization comes from Black, queer academics and music historians. “The south is the home of all things queer” says writer and sociologist Zandria Robinson, and she means “queer” in every sense of the word. Homosexuality was illegal, as was drag (the maddeningly circular nature of culture emerges as one of I Am Everything’s subtler themes) but the edges of that reality were “soft.” Little Richard performed with minstrel shows and on the vaudeville circuit, sometimes appearing as Princess LaVonne. 

Like many raised in the church, Little Richard always suspected that rock ‘n’ roll was the Devil’s music. That persistent belief, Jagger notes, “can’t be much fun for those involved,” an observation that further emphasizes how heavy Little Richard’s baggage was in comparison to some of his imitators. 

In 1957, the story goes, Little Richard saw Sputnik in the night sky and interpreted it as a sign from God to repent. He enrolled in Bible school, hosted a buy-back/burning of his records, started making Gospel music, and married a woman. Over the course of his life, he would waffle between publicly denouncing homosexuality and embracing it. As one commentator puts it, “He was good at liberating other people by example, he was not good at liberating himself.” 

Little Richard didn’t come from nowhere: Artists like Billy Wright and Esquerita heavily informed his flamboyance. But it seems most everyone else came from him. Jimi Hendrix, of course, got his start in Little Richard’s band. The Beatles opened shows for him when, as he said, “only their mothers knew their names.” Paul McCartney developed his wild yelp by imitating Little Richard, and Jagger copped his stage moves. 

When Little Richard is given his due, he’s credited with inventing not only rock ‘n’ roll but helping to invent the teenager. Greil Marcus called it “Little Richard’s First Law of Youth Culture:  attracting kids by driving their parents up a wall.” As Waters puts it, “the first songs that you love that your parents hate are the beginning of the soundtrack to your life.” In a recent New Yorker profile Paul Schrader, another artist pulled between the spiritual and carnal, recalls his mother smashing the radio after catching him listening to rip-off artist Pat Boone. One imagines that if it had been Little Richard, she might have burned the house down. 

Eternally offered a kind of ambient credit by musicians and critics, the lion’s share of the specific attention (and money) is paid to the (often white) artists Little Richard inspired, or who arguable just straight up stole his shit. (In terms of respectful homage, there’s a chasm between McCartney’s “Long Tall Sally” and Boone’s “Tutti Frutti.”) It’s as if the man is at once too bright to look at directly, and too Black and queer and alien to fully acknowledge. 

He often made his rightful frustration known. In one clip, Little Richard and David Johansen, fully in his Buster Poindexter era, present the 1988 Grammy for Best New Artist. Little Richard, usually unpredictable on live TV, says of Johansen’s pompadour, “I used to wear my hair like that. They take everything I get. They take it from me.” He opens the envelope and declares himself the winner. It’s a joke but it isn’t. “I have never received nothing,” he continues. “Y’all ain’t never gave me no Grammy and I been singing for years. I am the architect of rock ‘n’ roll and they never gave me nothing. And I am the originator!” He gets a standing ovation, which is something, but it isn’t enough. 

Almost every review of the film mentions this moving, uncomfortable scene, because it teases out one of Little Richard’s most powerful realities. He didn’t always seem to know what he was supposed to be doing, or even who he should be, but he always knew what he was worth. 

Margaret Welsh

[airlocksandaviaries]

STILL have not read Watching The Skies, I'll start when you feel like working on it so we can get through it together, but

Gimme a reason to >:3 <3

Okay bestie. I'm planning on working on it once I get my Nitearmor fic finished, which shouldn't be long. But here is a snippet, to entice you...

Luke swallowed. “Uh… I mean, I just… I…” he stuttered, trying to find the right words. The young Mandalorian’s eyebrow raised. Luke realized that his awkward position of peeking over the side of a booth seat wasn’t ideal. Quickly, before the young Mandalorian could walk away or anything, Luke hopped around the side of the booth and sat down in the seat across from the older boy.

“Are you a Mandalorian?” Luke asked, speaking so quickly he almost tripped on his words. The kid shrugged and parted his hands as if to say the answer was obvious.

“Of course I am. What else would I be?”

“It’s just…” Luke faltered. He looked back at the Mandalorian clad in orange painted armor. He looked back at the kid. “you don’t have a… I mean, where’s your…” Luke tapped his head.

“What? Helmet?”

Luke nodded. The older boy huffed as though this were a bit of a sore subject.

“I don’t get one until I’m old enough. Then I get inducted into the creed,” he explained.

“Ohh,” said Luke. “So, you’re not technically a Mandalorian yet?”

“Not yet ,” said the kid, emphasizing the second word significantly. Luke tugged his blond bangs and gave the older kid a little smug grin.

“So… I was right, then,” said Luke. He couldn’t resist. The not-yet-Mandalorian kid did not take kindly to this. He scoffed and got up from the table.

“Whatever. I don’t have time for you. Why don’t you just scram?” he said. This was not a request. Luke sped off in the opposite direction towards the opposite end of the station, giggling uncontrollably. He had expected a negative reaction, he just couldn’t resist it. But the kid didn’t seem angry or malicious. Annoyed and a little fed-up, sure, but he didn’t seem cruel or bad-natured. In fact, he even seemed just the slightest bit curious as to what Luke was saying.

Or maybe it was just Luke’s imagination. Either way, Luke absolutely needed to talk to this kid again. He hadn’t even asked him about his adventures yet! Luke made his way through the room again, this time with less stealth. He was the regular to Tosche Station, after all. The Mandalorians were the new ones.

And that's only in chapter 2!!!

it's your choice tho... 😉

[mywifeleftme]

179: Elvis Presley // The Sun Collection

The Sun Collection Elvis Presley 1975, RCA Victor

Is there anything left worth writing about Elvis? Well, people still find smart things to say about Jesus. Getting through all the muck around him took some doing for me, and it was probably the mythic intensity of Nick Tosches and Greil Marcus’s writing on his career (and particularly the Sun Sessions) that gave me a framework for understanding what made him so electric, something more than the pancake-foundationed Engelbert Humperdinck- or Wayne Newton-type Vegas tchotchke he seemed to be. I don’t have a ton to add to the conversation around Presley, but I was curious about how people think about him these days, whether they still have any strong opinions at all. I asked a bunch of friends (and my grandma) to give me their impressions of the King, and their thoughts follow.

18 Takes on the King

“I guess he's like a sexy (not as in attractive, but more like assuming the affectation of sex) Gumby who was the perfect conduit for music producers looking to extract culture from Black communities, can it, and sell it to white America like tinned fish. It's like if Hank Hill had a verbal aphasia and could only stutter vowel sounds, but it somehow still slaps despite the odds.”

“The quintessential model for a pop star who is overtly sexualized but also somehow innocent or naïve. This presentation can range from cool to creepy. Elvis didn’t do it first, but he did it the best to that point and his version came off on the cooler end of that spectrum.”

“Elvis isn’t my thing, but without him I don’t know what ‘90s independent cinema would even be.”

“I have conflicted feelings about Elvis—while I think there's something truly timeless and unique about the timbre of his voice and the way he sings (my family plays his Christmas record on Christmas Day without fail every year), I also recognize that he is overrated in that his material is neither original nor is it particularly revolutionary in any way, and if anything is just a glossed, whitewashed version of music that already existed previously that white audiences couldn’t handle. But ultimately, I do legitimately like listening to his music.”

“I’m not a major Elvis person, but early rock dude who combined gospel/blues with the developing genre of rock. Don’t think he ever claimed to be THE GUY who created the genre and from the little I know, he acknowledged the importance of Black artists in inspiring what he did. Particularly known for his cover of ‘Hound Dog.’ There we go.”

“Elvis Presley, the hip-shaking maestro of rock 'n' roll, could make even a hound dog blush with envy. His voice was smoother than peanut butter on a hot skillet, and his hair was so iconic, it had its own fan club. If music be the food of love, then Elvis was the chef who cooked up a whole lotta heart-throbbing tunes! (ChatGPT lol, sorry, busy day at work!)”

“A bejewelled sex wizard.”

“Elvis Presley allegedly came in his all-leather flight suit during his iconic ‘comeback’ special. He is one of a select few celebrities with a fervently believed rumour of being not-dead. People dress as him and marry other people together. Also, he invented a sandwich. — King Status”

“Mediocre singer who abused women and whose signature sandwich is overrated.”

“His career ate him up, then he ate everything else.”

“The King of Ripping Off Other Artists. My earliest memories of Elvis are my family listening to the Christmas album ad nauseum, but they’re good memories nonetheless. Regardless of how you feel about Elvis, you must admit ‘Jailhouse Rock’ fucking RIPS.”

“White as winter snow pills jam and peanut butter A king on his throne”

“A lot of people dismiss Elvis because of an opinion they've been told to have and have never really critically assessed, and I imagine a lot of people you ask about this will give you the standard take; I'm not going to fault them that, I think a lot of us have opinions like that, it's not really efficient to assess the validity of every single one of our received assumptions.

There's an absolutely dogshit short story by Alice Walker about an Elvis stand-in character and a Mama Lou Thornton stand-in character, which seems to imply that Thornton wrote ‘Hound Dog’ herself and was effectively exploited and that Elvis isn't a real artist because he can't write his own songs, which is a crock of shit because: two Jewish white guys wrote the song for Thornton; she made it a #1 record; and performance IS real artistry and Thornton, like Elvis, was a real artist and interpreted the song in a very powerful way.

The fact is, you listen to that Ed Sullivan ‘Hound Dog’ performance, and it doesn't take much to see how different it is from the original—not ‘better’ or ‘worse’ but very obviously distinct, and if you tell me otherwise you are absolutely approaching it in bad faith and there's no reason for me to even waste my time explaining that to you.

Elvis absolutely kicks the doors down in the opening bar of his version of ‘Hound Dog,’ it sounds extremely dangerous and you can immediately see why he scared parents—he was wild and in-your-face, an extremely prescient innovator who sounded totally unlike anything that came before him no matter what the haters mindlessly repeat, and he WAS a true contender for the title of King of Rock & Roll.”

“My ability to produce an opinion here was contaminated by the Baz Luhrmann movie.”

“apparently influential in bringing some sort of music (maybe it’s dance hall music) to white America but I dunno really

also he died on the toilet

or maybe aliens got him

not sure”

“A man with a good heart, in a physique of timeless beauty that comes along once in a civilization. True to his roots, and the foundation of his time, he kept his focus on God. However, his body and mind went wayward to a decadence not uncharacteristic of the chapter unto which he was born. His Spirit shone through regardless, right to the end.”

“Elvis is America in the sense that his impact was so seismic and society changed so rapidly while he was active that he basically had to become a nostalgia peddler for like, his own vibe in his own time. He went from Little Richard to Michael Bublé in like a year and a half.

He’s a perfect representation of suspended youth in that I think a lot of what makes him so iconic is that all his excesses (Graceland, the Outfits, the Karate, the Sandwiches) are basically a broke 12-year-old boy’s version of what being rich and famous looks like, which objectively rocks.

His best record is a Christmas album which I think is an appropriate celebration and condemnation of his legacy.”

“He was my youth. 😊 He was my exam study music! I loved him and his music and his movies. I still love him!”

179/365

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Prompt: Finn teaching Poe how to use a lightsaber 

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I particularly enjoy: Fluff! Quaint slice-of-life type stories.

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I particularly enjoy: Queers (canon or hc), shatterpoint lineage, high republic, angst

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4. Prompt: After an exciting day where Luke was offered by multiple Knights/Masters to be their padawan, Luke has chosen. Luke experiences his first night as Mace Windu's Padawan in the Old Order. (The Jedi Order never fell and Palpatine is just dead for some reason, nobody cares about him)

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I particularly enjoy: Overpowered Luke Skywalker, Master-Padawan Fluff

Deal-breakers: Jedi Bashing, Luke Bashing

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Prompter age: 18+

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I particularly enjoy: imperial defectors, mon mothma/tay kolma, the high republic (yes, all of it), anything to do with mon mothma ever

Deal-breakers: i will read literally anything so long as it is tagged properly

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Prompt: Spot has been defeated. Due to extensive multiversal traveling because of cleaning up the last of the Spot’s shenanigans, Miguel O'Hara ends up in the GFFA and meets (Living Legend) Luke Skywalker. Miguel is immediately smitten and feels very hopeful in finally opening up to someone in a romantic interest again, something that Luke also shares 💖💖

Prompter age: 18+

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I particularly enjoy: Miguel being absolutely down bad for Luke, please. Feminine AFAB he/him Luke, if you can 💖💖

Deal-breakers: No gore, No Anti-Jedi bs, No Miguel being unnecessarily mean to Luke or treating him like a “Well, why not?” side chick, and top Miguel/bottom Luke preferable please.

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Prompt: Han and Leia take little Ben to visit his grandparents (Ani n padmé) for the first time, both are a little nervous but everybody has a good time 

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: General Audiences (G): Suitable for all ages. Contains little to no disturbing, violent or sexual content, and no or mild bad language., Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ...

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I particularly enjoy: Alternative universe Modern day Au’s but cannonverse is cool too ! 

Deal-breakers: I’m not sure I have any? Not including Luke? He’s gotta be there too bc family 

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8. Prompt: "The stars have never looked so bright." Character views the world in a different (better) way when they embark on a new path.

Prompter age: 18+

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I particularly enjoy: Redemption

Deal-breakers: 1. Y/N 2. Whump 3. Excessive violence 4. 1st person

Claimed by a writer: Yes

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9. 

Prompt: Chewbacca takes Han to Kashyyyk to visit what remains of his tribe and family. Shenanagins ensue as Han has to navigate the cultural and social barriers set up as a human among wookiees.

Prompter age: 18+

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Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: Han adopting Chewie's mannerisms and body language as a result of living with him; any references to the Holiday Special (The Bacca household basically just being a '70s house cracks me up)

Deal-breakers: Chewie and other wookiees being treated like animals or pets, Han being written as an overly insensitive asshole, Han bashing in general

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10. 

Prompt: Each member of the Ghost crew's new beginnings with the crew... so perhaps flashbacks to Kanan's first mission with Hera, Kanan meeting Zeb, Sabine meeting them, etc...

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ...

Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: soft found family themes, kanan pining for hera, different perspectives

Deal-breakers: anything that has to be tagged with ao3 content warnings

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11. Prompt: Scenes from Anakin and Obi-Wan early on in Anakin's training...Obi-Wan just out of the Trials, his master dead, and a little boy he has to take care of, and Anakin's struggles

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+.

Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: mentions of Qui-Gon, fluff and light angst, obi wan and anakin being silly

Deal-breakers: NO obikin or lead up to it or anything

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Prompt: Hera finds Leia alone on Home One in caged-off disquiet in the wake of Alderaan's destruction and the victory over Yavin 4. Family is a sensitive subject for the two of them, but for different reasons too.

Prompter age: 18+

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Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: Leia's connection to her parents and home on Alderaan being contrasted with the strain and disconnect Hera feels for Cham and Ryloth; acknowledgements of Leia's appearance in s2 of SWR

Deal-breakers: Han/Leia being portrayed as a toxic relationship, "Space Mom" being Hera's only defining personality trait, Jacen Syndulla's existence (sorry)

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Prompt: A brutal ending for a soft beginning

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Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Angst, can be Hurt/Comfort or No Comfort i prefer Anakin/Vader-centric or Luke-centric

Deal-breakers: If NSFW : Public Sex, Public Humiliation

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14.

Prompt: Sometimes, new beginnings aren't for the best, even when you truly believe that it is

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Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Angst, can be Hurt/Comfort or No Comfort, prefer Anakin-centric (or Vader-centric) or Luke-centric

Deal-breakers: If NSFW : Public Sex, Public Humiliation

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Prompt: Moving to a new home and starting to bond with the community

Prompter age: 18+

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Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Found family

Deal-breakers: Non con, incest, underage relationships with adult, fantasy racism, homophobia, transphobia

Claimed by a writer: No

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16.

Prompt: Rey, Rose, Finn and Poe building a life together after the fall of the First Order; can be a (queer-)platonic situation or a ReyRose & FinnPoe one

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: General Audiences (G): Suitable for all ages. Contains little to no disturbing, violent or sexual content, and no or mild bad language., Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ..., Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ..., Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: (domestic) fluff, hand kisses, Jedi!Finn, found family, trans and/or genderqueer characters, Rey & Finn sibling dynamic, low-stakes action/adventure, mild wlw mlm hostilities

Deal-breakers: all archive warnings, cancer, podfic,

Claimed by a writer: No

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17.

Prompt: Finn/Poe pivotal relationship moment (e.g., declaration of love, proposal, wedding) in the style of the Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner wedding in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (i.e., big relationship milestone in the heat of battle) - movie scene for reference - https://youtu.be/EGE1Y_RwhPA

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ..., Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: angst, SW-universe

Deal-breakers: reylo

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

18. 

Prompt: Rogue One survives AU. Luke is fascinated by Chirrut and views him as a source of answers to all his questions about the Force. But the wounds of Obi Wan’s death are still fresh, and he’s left with conflicting loyalties between his old teacher and a potential new one.

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: General Audiences (G): Suitable for all ages. Contains little to no disturbing, violent or sexual content, and no or mild bad language., Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ..., Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ...

Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: Chirrut/Baze, The exploration of faiths other than the Jedi, Rogue One and the Golden Trio becoming something of a “blended unit”

Deal-breakers: TBH I’m not sure what problems would arise from this aside from Luke maybe being portrayed as too naive. Other than that go nuts

Claimed by a writer: Yes

Claimed by an artist: No

19.

Prompt: Through some Force juju, General Anakin Skywalker and Commander Luke Skywalker switched places during the height of their wars. They now have to lead their new troops to victory, with Luke literally building a new beginning with all that he knows from his era, and Anakin forging a new end. Luke faces everything that was lost to him (the Jedi Order, his mother, a Republic - no matter how flawed), and Anakin faces the monster he becomes.

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: General Audiences (G): Suitable for all ages. Contains little to no disturbing, violent or sexual content, and no or mild bad language., Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ..., Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ..., Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Overpowered and highly competent Luke Skywalker, Luke-clones fluff, Luke-Jedi Order fluff, everybody loves Luke Skywalker tbh

Deal-breakers: Anti Jedi rhetoric, Luke bashing, babying Anakin

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

20.

Prompt: Han and Luke do some surveying around Echo Base. Trouble is, Luke’s first encounter with ice made the task a bit difficult. Han wished he had a holocam to capture some of his scrambling.

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: General Audiences (G): Suitable for all ages. Contains little to no disturbing, violent or sexual content, and no or mild bad language., Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ..., Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ...

Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: Banter. Lots of banter.

Deal-breakers: Skysolo (No hate if you ship, I just really like platonic bonding), treating Luke’s inexperience with other climates as stupidity

Claimed by a writer: Yes

Claimed by an artist: No

21.

Prompt: Luke in the early days of the rebellion

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ...

Comfortable with NSFW: No

I particularly enjoy: Aunt Beru <3, Han and Luke (as friends), OT trio hurt & comfort, Luke and Biggs (as friends)

Deal-breakers: People acting like Owen Lars was a good father figure and minimising the fact he was abusive, people acting like Luke was a perfect guy, but also I hate Luke bashing. Nuance please!

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

22.

Prompt: Luke trying to be a teacher for the first time despite not having had a model teacher himself (Owen was an abusive ass, Ben died soon after they left Tatooine, and ESB Yoda was ESB Yoda.) Particularly his relationship with Ben Solo.

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Teen and up

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Angst, Han and Luke (as friends), OT trio hurt & comfort

Deal-breakers: People acting like Owen Lars was a good father figure and minimising the fact he was abusive, people acting like Luke was a perfect guy but also I hate Luke bashing. Nuance please!

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

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23. Prompt: Former Senior Padawan Luke (Trans/Genderqueer) is pregnant and has to adjust to a new life outside of the Jedi Order after he left his training. He decided to have his child in Naboo with his family, the Naberries. He's adamant not to reveal the father of his child (your choice how to resolve or why - either it was complicated or it was a Mamma Mia AU and he doesn't know who the father is among Boba, Din, and Paz lol)

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ..., Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Dinluke/Bobaluke/Pazluke or Luke Harem, Humor, Breeding Kink, Smart and Competent Luke, Besotted Mandalorian lover, marriage proposals

Deal-breakers: Jedi/Luke Bashing, OOC Luke (you know), Bottom Mandalorian/Top Luke, Bobadin/BobaPaz/Pazdin

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

24. Prompt: Din Djarin and his son Grogu (human or alien) is on the run from a dark past and bad guys. They seek sanctuary from (Trans/Genderqueer) Jedi Luke Skywalker who keeps them safe and gives them a new life in his Temple. Din and Luke quickly realize they have an undeniable attraction to each other and acts on it, but Din wants more than just a casual relationship.

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ..., Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Mommy Luke, Besotted Din Djarin, Overpowered Luke Skywalker, Dirty Smut lol go ham!!

Deal-breakers: Bobadin, Bottom Din/Top Luke, Thinking Love equals Attachment, Jedi/Luke Bashing

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

25. Prompt: Boba Fett and Trans/Genderqueer Luke Skywalker (or Luke Fett ?) prepare for their first baby. Boba is an excited father-to-be. (Can be AU.)

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW content: Yes

I particularly enjoy: Obsessive/Besotted Boba Fett, breeding kink, Trans pregnancy, Mommy Luke

Deal-breakers: Anti Jedi Writer/Jedi Bashing (in-character sentiments are understandable to an extent- seeing it's Boba), Bobadin, Bottom Boba/Top Luke, Luke Bashing

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

26.

Prompt: the clones after the war in a no Order 66 AU suddenly finding themselves at the beginning of the rest of their lives; I love all clones (including the Bad Batch), take your pick; clone ships I like are Codywan, Rexwalker/Rexanidala, Quinfox

Prompter age: 18+

Rating of fic preferred: General Audiences (G): Suitable for all ages. Contains little to no disturbing, violent or sexual content, and no or mild bad language., Teen and Up Audiences (T): Suitable for those aged 13+. ..., Mature (M): Suitable for those aged 18+. ..., Explicit (E): Only suitable for adults.

Comfortable with NSFW: Yes

I particularly enjoy: (domestic) fluff, found family, trans and/or genderqueer characters (including genderfluid/non-binary/etc.!!), clones accidentally acquiring pets, sweet gentle (and maybe a bit kinky) lovemaking

Deal-breakers: all archive warnings, cancer, x reader or x oc ships, podfic

Claimed by a writer: No

Claimed by an artist: No

[ladamedusoif]

forgot to mention in my reblogs one of my favorite moments from the halloween party where Ben is just sitting there thoughtfully stroking his mustache since Lyd just admitted how hot she thinks they are. these two, man... the signs are THERE!!

and prayer hands for your inclusion of the leather shoulder holsters. Ben deserves to be in a leather harness, always.

Hahaha, I loved writing that bit - they’re both sufficiently doused with Spooky Margaritas for Lyddie to just wax lyrical about Ruffalo and his sexy moustache and Ben to sort of take it in, clearly, but not quite to join the dots… or so she thinks. At least, she thinks that until he sends her the message about Ruffalo not having a moustache in Zodiac.

She’s got a type, our girl. And me.

I was going to have him as Ruffalo-as-Tosche anyway and then when I did the research for the costume, I remembered he’s basically in shoulder holsters the entire time. Yep. Yes please.

(If things work out, Lyd might be asking if he kept all the accessories… 👀)

[pomplalamoose]

Pre ANH luke and reader hc’s??

YESSSS here they are! Pre ANH and ANH Luke is such a sweetheart, I love him so much🥲 thank you for your ask <3

However I'd appreciate a more polite wording for next time :(

• there are several ways you could have met Luke before he left for his adventures in ANH

• the most common I usually come across is of you growing up together and eventually developing feelings for each other 

• that's also most likely in my opinion since there isn't exactly something like tourism on Tatooine 

• or a market for good housing opportunities 

• still, outside of this idea I have some more

• maybe, for whatever reason, you and your family come to live near where Luke does out of necessity

• I don't know what you would have to do to end up in that kind of situation but potentially you need a place to hide for some time, similarly to Obi-Wan

• I also could see you as part of a little smuggler crew making a stop for business and staying to watch some pod races 

• I imagine those to be fun when you're not the one potentially dying 

• but maybe you even want to participate yourself because you desperately need money or lost a bet 

• maybe you've come looking for someone to get back at them because they still owe you money/information/etc.

• basically, you're either suffering a hard life or are a criminal, is what I'm saying

• (or both, not gonna lie)

• it's possibly for your relationship to be one of true feelings

• especially if you grew up together 

• maybe though you've always just acknowledged each others presence and it turns into a simple and practical opportunity to discover your sexuality 

• there is not much going on on your planet after all and I imagine you get to know all the people your age pretty fast 

• (probably at Tosche station, where Luke picks up the famous power converters)

• so if you're lucky and there's a person you like, or think you could grow to like, better secure them before someone else snatches them away 

• in that regard it doesn't matter if it's just for a friendship with the added bonus of occasionally fooling around or something actually romantic 

• of course if you just got to know each other it could be love at first sight too

• or just as well a quick hook up somewhere in the desert 

• (this could turn into more as well but doesn't need to, maybe you're both fine with casually making out and having sex with no feelings attached)

• for now I want to go down the "there are real feelings involved" route though 

• I think it's really cute and fits ANH Luke well

• so imagine sweet teenage boy Luke with a crush on you

• whether you have realized what is going on depends on how often you actually see each other and how attentive you are 

• either way I'm sure you will notice sooner or later though 

• I said before that ANH Luke is not subtle whatsoever and I mean it 

• he stares. A lot.

• he thinks he's so sneaky too, always averting his gaze as fast as he can when you turn your head towards his direction 

• his blush will tell on him though 

• while he is really tan I still believe he has the ability to turn as red as a tomato 

• and you better believe his friends will tease him about it like crazy 

• when he speaks to you he's so nervous and excited he's always talking too fast and stumbling over his words 

• you feel horribly sorry when you have to ask him to repeat what he said because he looks so ashamed of himself then 

• when you decide to iniate conversation first he will doubt for a moment that you really are talking to him, maybe even looking behind himself to check if there isn't someone else you could be speaking to

• he can't believe he got so lucky

• I imagine he has difficulty keeping eye contact at first, it makes his stomach feel funny and he doesn't know how to deal with it 

• often his gaze will shoot up and lowers just as quickly again, obviously he doesn't want to miss seeing your face from up close 

• he probably has lots of day dreams 

• and you better believe you are playing a/THE major role in them too 

• it starts with very innocent things like simply holding hands, you resting your head on his shoulder, kissing your cheek 

• or your lips!!!

• OR his personal favorite, seeing your beautiful smile directed at him 

• alternatively he thinks about marriage (he's a hopeless romantic) and having your own farm like his aunt and uncle do, growing old together 

• at the same time he wants to leave Tatooine with you as soon as possible, to travel and explore the galaxy 

• in the end he decides it doesn't really matter what your future will look like as long as you will be by his side 

• there is absolutely no way he never stumbled across porn on the holonet though

• possibly he looked it up on purpose

• and suddenly he has an even harder time (lol) in your presence because he can't keep his mind off what you may look like naked 

• no matter what he does, he can't get these thoughts out of his head 

• he keeps wondering if your skin is as soft and smooth as it looks

• if your hair tickles 

• how you smell

• he wants to explore every part of you

• you aren't necessarily his sexual awakening but maybe the first person he seriously wants to share more intimate moments with 

• to his dismay he keeps having wet dreams and waking up hard in the morning 

• I see him feeling kind of guilty 

• like he took something from you without your knowledge 

• he'll probably talk to Biggs about it because he's so upset 

• OR, bless him, he'll confess to you

• I genuinely believe he'd apologize for something like this 

[burnwater13]

Grogu didn’t understand why the Mandalorian was explaining anything to Gor Koresh. The mob boss certainly hadn’t deserved an explanation. On the other hand, Grogu was glad to get that insight into the bounty hunter’s life. He had no idea that Din Djarin had spent a lot of time on Tatooine. It seemed absurd really. All that sand. Uff.

Grogu could believe that Din Djarin had not seen another Mandalorian there. Mandalorians were pretty rare anywhere and Tatooine was in the middle of nowhere. Sure, maybe if you had to collect bounties there, you’d go to Tatooine, but how did Din Djarin manage to go to Tatooine and never meet Peli Motto before that trip he made there with Grogu? That made no sense. You would have had to skip going to Mos Eisley entirely. 

Hmmmm. Maybe the Mandalorian had skipped going to Mos Eisley. But then, where had he gone? Mos Espa? Anchorhead? Tosche Station? Where ever it was, Din Djarin had learned Tusken customs and their language. That hadn’t happened by mistake. You wouldn’t learn that just to collect a bounty, would you? Or would you? Grogu didn’t really know much about how a bounty hunter learned to be a bounty hunter. He decided to ask the Mandalorian and see if that would help. 

So, when they were in hyperspace, and Din Djarin wasn’t sleeping, fixing stuff around the Razor Crest, or telling Grogu to sleep, Grogu managed to ask him about Mandalorian training for bounty hunters.

“Kid, even with the things you can do, I don’t think you’re cut out to be a bounty hunter. Maybe you should plan on being a healer.”

Grogu snorted at that. He wasn’t asking the tall human for career advice! He just wanted to understand why Din Djarin knew anything about the Tuskens and how that came to pass. He tried his question again. 

“You don’t need to yell or go that slow. I got it. I know Tusken because I learned it when I was living with a Tusken tribe near the Dune sea. Pretty hard to survive on Tatooine if you don’t know some Tusken.”

The Mandalorian went back to running diagnostics on the port engine. 

Grogu grumbled at him that they’d been traveling together for some time and Mando hadn’t really made much effort to learn his language. 

“I let you think that, kid. Plus, you seem to be mostly interested in eating, sleeping, and asking me questions about when we’re going to eat next. It’s hard to pick up a lot of vocabulary from that.”

Din Djarin replied without looking up from what he was doing. Which was good because Grogu was caught somewhere between being really aggravated at the bounty hunter and admiring how he’d handled that. He figured that his face looked like it was caught between a sneeze and a ‘Dank Farrik’ and that wasn’t a look he wanted the human to figure out.

Once he was calm again, Grogu waddled over to the Mandalorian and asked him in a polite tone with a moderate volume level if he would please tell him the story of how he came to live with the Tuskens on Tatooine. 

“Buddy. I appreciate your interest. I do. But if I tell you then you’ll know all my secrets and how will I find a way to surprise you again?” Din Djarin replied as he stood up and walked over to a panel on the command console and looked at the read out. 

Grogu was about to protest when he heard the faint sound of the Mandalorian chuckling to himself. Then it struck Grogu that Din Djarin was practicing a trick on him that the bounty hunter had once been the victim of. Ha! The Mandalorian’s mentor or teacher or master, whatever, must have said the same to thing to him once, or a thousand times. Likely the later. 

Hmmm. That meant that Grogu was going to have to out clever his protector. Well, he had been Ian’s best friend at the Jedi Temple, and if anyone could teach you ways to handle and mete out mischief it was Ian. So, what did Ian do when anyone tried to put one over on him? Hmmmm.

Ah ha! Ignore them. Just pretend that what they did or said hadn’t happened. You didn’t notice. It didn’t affect you. Great. He’d try that with the Mandalorian and see how long it took for the bounty hunter to just start blabbing to him.

Grogu waited and waited for the Mandalorian to come around and insist on telling him all about his time on Tatooine, but nope. Nothing. They just ate, slept, and did chores. Uff. Chores. Grogu needed to recheck his Ian playbook and see what else had worked. Maybe he needed to use the other variant of pretending you hadn’t paid any attention to them, which was pretending you still needed the question answered, no matter what answer you were given. 

Grogu had noticed more than once that Ian had asked the librarian for access to restricted data cards so many times that she did one of two things. She either called Master Beq and asked him to address the youngling’s hearing issues or, after Master Beq made it perfectly clear that Ian had perfect hearing, she just gave him partial access to the data set he was interested in.

Since Ian was excellent at working out puzzles, the redacted information always ended up visible and he’d gotten what he wanted. Grogu never asked him why he wanted it. Ian was all about 'wheels within wheels’, annoying enough. But that didn’t matter. What mattered was that repetition had worked. 

Grogu tried it and then realized, sadly, that Ian had never been pitted against a stubborn Mandalorian bounty hunter. Dank Farrik!

“Kid, why is it so important to you that you learn about how I learned my trade? I thought we already established that bounty hunting wasn’t a likely career path for you?” 

Now, that was a good question. Grogu was reminded of another person he knew at the Jedi Temple and explained it to Din Djarin. 

“As long as you keep learning, you will be able to follow your path, no matter where it takes you? Okay, that’s pretty good advice.” The Mandalorian commented after Grogu had explained it several times. 

Grogu waited impatiently for his answer. The Mandalorian finally noticed the look of irritation and sighed.

“I was an exchange student. Since I don’t know how to swim, I wasn’t allowed to go to Canto Bight or Naboo.  Two years on Tatooine and I needed to learn something other than how to smuggle spice. Does that help?” Din Djarin replied. 

Grogu nodded his head but he also waited to see if the Mandalorian was going to laugh again. If he did that, then Grogu would have to try another way of getting information from him. Too bad the Razor Crest didn’t have a street light.

[materassassino]

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8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

I claw my eyes out every fucking time I see the "Uncle Owen was abusive!" take because WHERE??? TEXTUALLY, WHERE??? The idea that a gruff farmer who encourages his nephew to both be responsible (chores before Tosche Station) and is also TRYING TO KEEP HIM SAFE FROM THE MURDEROUS EMPIRE is automatically physically or emotionally abusive is just... You People Do No Know How Farms Work.

Also uwu soft boy Din Djarin. Man kills people constantly. He only, canonically, gives a shit about his son, and that's it.

13. worst blorboficiation

Here's a question: does this mean the same as woobification? I genuinely don't know.

Anyway, both Jin Guangyao and Jiang Cheng. But especially Jiang Cheng. JGY people completely ignore the fact he has, absolutely, done some heinous things (including killing his own son or at least having him killed - I've seen people justify it). JC people have the world's biggest hateboner for WWX, they literally think he should have died of starvation on the streets as a child because then at least JC would have his father's attention. They act as if the story is JC's and WWX is stealing his spotlight, and WWX should grovel more at Madam Yu's feet (which, like... fuck Madam Yu but that's for another day).

Also Ahsoka Tano. She was cool in TCW but man Dave Filoni blorboified his own OC into a borderline Mary Sue. Her constant presence in everything and perfect perfectness is grating on me.

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