#bo/pre

[synthwwavve]

Bo-Katan Week free day: alternate prompt "Death Watch" and belated day 5 "Mand'alor" 💀👑

mand'alor!Bo and nite owl!Pre clan/role swap au concept I've been thinking about 🦅🦉

I really just wanted an excuse to draw my trashlords in this ref pose lol

[g00seg1raffe]

Cursory research into the meanings of Mandalorian armour colours...

Black - ne'tra = justice, an unshakeable moral code (also wanting to avoid stains on your clothes)

White - cin vhetin = a fresh start or clean slate (good for converts/adult adoptions)

Grey - genet = mourning a loved one (or recently rejected)

Gold - ve'vut = vengeance (a warning colour)

Silver - shev'la beskar = unpainted armour, a search for redemption (Din Djarin's guilt complex, anyone?)

Bronze - tranyc'bes - nobility and high status (favoured by stuck-up self-important jackasses)

Brown - daryc - valour, galantry, The Audacity (particularly when associated with them cunty lil jedi cape drops)

Tan - vhekadla - loyalty (lit. 'sandy' but I don't like sand, it's coarse and rough and...)

Maroon - daryc'tal - power (all hail Maroon 5, our benevolent overlords)

Red - ge'tal = honouring a parent (very popular, 10/10)

Scarlet - galar'tal - defiance and relentlessness (Mandalorian Scarlett Johansson omfg be still my bi heart)

Orange - shereshoy = shereshoy, a lust for life (the party people)

Yellow - shi'yayc - remembrance, burnt out vengeance (makes for funky funerals)

Jade Green - ahan'vorpan - lust for peace, guardians and peacekeepers (does not necessarily mean I want to fuck guardians and peacekeepers, get your head outta the gutter)

Green - vorpan = duty, commitment and hard work (favourite of farmers, too)

Teal - jahaal = healing, violence as a last resort, I've seen some shit and now I defend peace (favoured by healers and New Mandalorians)

Blue - kebiin = reliability and faithfulness (favoured by single parents)

Sky Blue - kebii'tra = new love, newlyweds, marriage and all that fluffy stuff (Satine's famous jewellery TCW S2 - ObiTine for the soul)

Indigo - jiisaviin = prosperity, victory, the feeling that we have achieved our hopes (tempting fate, perhaps)

Lilac - saviin = luck, change, survival in adversity, hope for the future (associated with the old God of Luck)

Pink - cin ge'tal - respect and knowledge, a fusion of past and future (associated with journalists and academics)

Ofc this is a rough guide and if anyone either doesn't like my sense of humor or wants more detailed information, check out these posts too: x x x x

EDIT: @ranahan you've opened my eyes. Bro pointed out that after the Dral'han - aka the Annhilaton aka that one time the entire planet got carpet bombed - the entire surface of Mandalore is covered in the star wars equivalent of Trinitite, a pale green glass formed by the heat and pressure of atomic bombs. This isn't just normal green mixed with white, it's the colour of the absolute destruction of our home, and the grim determination to never let anything like this happen ever again. So, ahan'vorpan ("desolation green") instead of cin vorpan ("white green").

[redbean-nom]

headcanon that they've all known each other since they were kids by virtue of having to attend all the mandalorian civil war era political functions/negotiations/jastor fistfights

[now-you-sound-like-a-jedi]

The reason The Lawless arc of The Clone Wars is so incredible is because narratively-speaking it forms a perfect self-contained tragedy no matter which character's perspective it's from:

For Satine, it's a political tragedy in the style of Richard II, focusing on a conflict between vying factions and the fall of a well-intentioned ruler, but also with echoes of Dido, Queen of Carthage in the sense that it's ultimately not the politics that screws her over as much as it is the doomed love story.

For Maul, it's a revenge tragedy like Hamlet, in which his desire for revenge on Obi-Wan ends up not only doing harm to innocents (like Satine) but also to himself and his own family (as with Savage's death).

For Obi-Wan, he's the object of the revenge tragedy while also being trapped in his own Orpheus-and-Eurydice "you can't save her no matter how hard you try" narrative.

For Bo-Katan, it's about how her pride and ambition prevents her from seeing right from wrong and from noticing the writing on the wall until it's too late to stop the events which have been set in motion and too late to save her sister. It's the idea of a royal house torn apart by betrayal, remorse, and the dashed hopes of reconciliation.

For Pre Vizsla, it's similar to Macbeth in that his desire for power and his designs on the throne end up being his downfall.

In these episodes, every character is the tragic hero of their own little disaster, and I think that is just so cool.

[vellichor-lover]

Rip Kuwei Yul-Bo you would have loved ragebaiting kids on roblox and starting controversies on social media

[duchess-of-mandalore]

I have a rather lengthy backstory that even explains how [Bo-Katan] became a Death Watch soldier that goes all the way back to the time she and Satine are six. Because to figure out how she got to that point, and yet Satine is a Duchess …

I have a whole story about who their father was and what their relationships were and everything with [Pre] Vizsla, going back for a very long time and how that intersects with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

—Dave Filoni

[phoenixyfriend]

Silks Hiding Beskar Steel

Satine Kryze did not grow up knowing she has the Force. She knows now. (And 'now' is too late to save quite a few people.)

Read on AO3

Heyoooo I brainstormed this on tumblr years ago, and finally got around to writing it.

Things I included:

Satine has the Force (AU)

Jaster and the Duke were a thing (AU), also here, and here.

Satine spent time with a covert during YotR (hc)

Tarre's haunting the saber (fanon) and approves of Satine the most of current contenders (AU)

She wore more traditional armor during YOTR but has so much ptsd attached to it that she swaps out for battleweave silks (Mandalorian space Kevlar) as soon as she can and refuses to turn back without good reason (hc) I held a poll once, too

This isn't a headcanon but Bo's age makes NO sense

Also, "distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not some farcical [...] ceremony!"

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It is three months, two weeks, and one day into her time with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn that Satine tells them, I have a bad feeling, and immediately dodges a blaster shot coming from behind her.

Satine has, since her early childhood, always been aware of things that try to kill her. Preternaturally aware, some might say.

It’s paranoia, plain and simple. Learned hyperawareness. People love to try to kill her.

The people in her life had shrugged and said, well, we all learn to trust our instincts. You probably heard something subconsciously or noticed a shadow move without realizing. Try to stay sane about it.

After they escape, Qui-Gon Jinn pulls out a notebook—the pad broke ages ago—and draws a few things on the other side of the fire. She doesn’t pay much attention. She is too busy gathering the dryest kindling and wood she can find for the fire as Obi-Wan hunts for their dinner.

(Is Bo-Katan alright? She’s far away, hidden in the core with their mother’s sister, but perhaps that’s not safe enough.)

(Satine worries.)

Jinn sits her down with an odd look on his face after they eat. He holds the notebook in front of him. He says, I want to check something. Can you try to guess what object I’m looking at in this notebook?

It’s odd, but whatever. She figures he’s trying to test how well she can pay attention, pick up on things when she’s otherwise engaged, that sort of thing. So she watches his face, tries to remember what was on the page, but nothing. She doesn’t remember a single thing that was on that page. She wasn’t trying to get a look, so she’s not sure she ever got more than a glance.

She throws out a few wild, random guesses. Qui-Gon nods along, and Obi-Wan gets a weird expression, and when they’re done…

Qui-Gon says, “hm.”

“What?” she asks.

“I want to check something the next time we encounter medical treatment,” Qui-Gon says. “Did you know you might be Force Sensitive?”

What.

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Children from Mandalore rarely, if ever, go to the Jedi. They don’t even really get tested for that, aside from a handful of clans. Maybe it came up when Satine was a baby and too young to remember, but she did not know.

(There are children from Mandalorian space that go, sometimes, but not Mandalorians themselves. It’s a complicated subject.)

She lets the meddroid test her for it when they next see one.

“Mildly so,” Jinn tells her, looking over the results. “Bottom quartile of what we find among Jedi, but still enough that you would have been accepted had your family decided to give you to us. I don’t suppose you ever received any training?”

“I didn’t even know I had this,” she protests. Did Bo? Is it a family trait? Is it more common among siblings?

Her answer comes from Obi-Wan. He shrugs, and says, “that doesn’t mean you weren’t trained. Your parents could have kept it secret from you. It happens.”

Satine wants to protest that they wouldn’t, but she’s honestly not that sure. She understands operational security now, but she wouldn’t have when she was a child. She knows better than to do secret things without scanning each and every corner of a room for hidden cameras… but wouldn’t have been good enough to find everything just a few years earlier.

Most of Mandalore wouldn’t care. But there are pockets, often violent ones, that would have opinions.

Her mother died before she was old enough to be safely told. Her father…

Perhaps he thought she would need his full attention and several days to know. A vacation.

They haven’t had one of those since Jango died.

Well. ‘Died.’

“I don’t know,” she finally says. “I want to say they would have told me. But… I don’t know.”

Master Jinn nods. “Alright then. We can work on a few things when we have time that could help to keep you safe. Your instincts are already quite well-trained for short-term prescience, as with dodging the blaster bolts. We’ll see what else you show a talent for.”

“Okay,” Satine says, because she doesn’t know what else she could say. “That will likely be useful.”

(Continue on AO3)

[twinterrors29]

Jango and Satine have actually been staging the whole Mandalorian Civil War for the past two decades ('Pre Vizsla' is a grumpy Bo-Katan Kryze with a bad haircut) in order to manufacture excuses for why They Definitely Need A Jedi Watchman Stationed On Mandalore, Knight Kenobi Perhaps Will Do Nicely Wouldn't You Agree

Obi-Wan is aware, but also knows that no one will believe him

[theclonewarszine]

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[synthwwavve]

Bo-Katan Week day 2: Marriage

my big fat mando terrorist wedding 💍✨

[unclegrimsley]

[cinciri]

I told that I finished with it, but accidentally clicked on the wrong software shortcut and, well… It was really fun doing it in a first time and someone liked it, so I done some a couple more "move".

Just like a last time - not AI. Just official Lucasfilm Animation tribute poster as a base, something about five hours and 70+ new layers in Photoshop. Maybe it already 100+? To be honest, I'm not sure :D

So, I put Maul behind Bo-Katan's right shoulder and Vizsla - her left shoulder. It was really hard with Vizsla, so, if you thinking that he look some strange, you will absolutely right! Because in new place he don't look on the right side, and I just took his eyes from his another picture, and his legs… One of them even not his own XD I'm also had to update Qui-Gon's tunic - I still hoping of moving him next to Satine, so he is just preparing for it.

Former Vizsla's place is taken by Miraj Scintel and Atai Molec now. And former Atai's by Gregar Typho, because I was needed to patch up a free space and it just next to Jar Jar and not so much from Padme, so I thought Typho was suitable choice.

I think about put Quinlan and Ventress closer to each other and Rex - closer to Anakin, but Rex hugs with Jar Jar, that will makes this moves much more difficult.

Oh, and I added Coronet on the Space!

Feel free to say some ideas about this poster. I'm not promise anything, but I can try to do something :)

[darth-memes]

HAPPY REVENGE OF THE 5TH!!!!

[padawan-snack-packer]

Hey snackpacker!!! I read all of your clones headcanons and they are sooooo adorable!!! Can I ask for Mando clans ones please?🥺

Hey Anon!!! Oh gosh, sure sure there you go!!!!

⚠️ TW: Not a Lore Purist, Just Vibes™ I love Mandalorians with my whole chaotic heart but I’m not a walking Chronicles of Mand’alor PDF. These headcanons are powered by ✨emotion, vibes, and space chaos✨ more than textbook canon. If something’s not lore-accurate, please don’t come at me with a vibroblade (kinky though-)—I’m just here to emotionally adopt found family and throw glitter bombs with Clan Wren. 💖

This is the Way (but also, This is the Fanon).

NOW LET'S GO-

🛠️ Clan Ordo — (Tough Love, Duct Tape Edition)

Their love language is "I fixed this for you but insulted it the whole time." Example: “Your jetpack’s garbage. I upgraded it. Don’t die.”

No one says “I love you” out loud. Instead, they hand you soup and complain about your aim.

Armor polish is sacred. If someone else polishes your armor? You’re basically married now.

Family dinners are loud, full of arguments, and end with at least one person crying—but it’s always because of pride, not pain.

They absolutely have a thousand tiny clan traditions no one remembers the origin of, like giving newborns a mini hydrospanner “for luck.”

Secretly very sentimental. They keep the worst drawings their kids ever made... inside their chestplates. Under the beskar.

🖤 Clan Fett — (The Myth, The Mess, The Legacy)

Every child raised under this clan grows up under a ridiculous amount of dramatic pressure to live up to the legacy of Jango.

There are so many family debates over whether Jango would’ve wanted to be remembered as “That Cool Bounty Hunter Dad” or “The Guy Who Accidentally Created a Galaxy’s Worth of Emotional Clones.”

They have a tradition of forging "Memory Blades" — knives with etched names of those lost. Every Fett carries one. Some carry dozens.

At feasts, they always leave an extra seat at the table. For Jango. Even now.

Their humor is DRY. Like, “We took a bounty on a Sith Lord for fun” levels of deadpan chaos.

Boba won’t admit it, but he calls old clone commanders “uncle” under his breath sometimes.

👑 Clan Kryze — (Tea, Trauma, and Terribly Controlled Emotions)

Everything is Very Formal Until It’s Suddenly a Knife Fight. “Cousin Alric insulted the tea set? Pistols at DAWN.”

The tea ceremony is a full military-grade operation. You wear armor. You pour with honor. You do not spill.

Every Kryze is passive-aggressively dramatic. They’ll say, “You always do this, mother,” right before throwing a thermal detonator at someone.

Their lullabies are weirdly sad and haunting and about the fall of ancient Mandalore and the inevitability of loss. (“Sleep, little warrior, the stars burn cold / Our home was fire, our story old…”)

Once a year, they gather in complete silence and light sky-lanterns for every family member lost to war. The sky is full.

🦴 Clan Vizsla — Drama, Duels, and Delusions of Grandeur

Has a 200-slide holo-presentation titled "Why We Should Still Rule Mandalore." No one asked for it. They show it anyway.

Will duel you over literally anything. The last one was about soup temperature.

They're the type to say “we’re not dramatic” while igniting a Darksaber and monologuing.

Family game nights are just strategic combat simulations with a scoreboard and someone always cries.

Wear so much black armor they look like they’re attending a funeral at all times. (They might be. They’re dramatic like that.)

Lowkey keep backup capes. In case their first one doesn't billow enough.

🎨 Clan Wren — (Art Is War, and So Is Family Game Night)

If you can’t graffiti while doing backflips, are you even a Wren?

Sabine may say, “I don’t do art anymore,” but Tristan absolutely still has a sketchbook full of emo poetry and helmet redesigns. (One of them says “PEW PEW EMO BOY” in Aurebesh. Sabine keeps it.)

They have a tradition where each child gets their first paint set before they get a blaster.

Weddings involve throwing glitter bombs into the air and yelling “THIS IS THE SHADE.”

They once staged an “artistic protest” by painting the clan elder’s speeder hot pink. The elder loved it.

The phrase “Wren family therapy” is code for a paintball match where the winner gets to yell at everyone else. They do it weekly.

🧬 Bonus: Little Traditions That Hurt (Just a Little)

Some clans pass down lullabies, others pass down the frequency to old comm channels. They keep them on, just in case someone out there is still listening.

Every Mandalorian learns how to dance—not because of ceremonies, but because when the wars are over, they want to remember joy.

If a Mandalorian dies without family, another clan will claim them posthumously. They will engrave their name into the wall and say it out loud during honor rites. “You were one of us. You are one of us still.”

[duchess-of-mandalore]

Can we talk about the fact that in her portrait, Ursa Wren is wearing a dark-green, off-the-shoulder dress that is very similar to Satine’s “butterfly” dress? If you don’t think that one is supposed to evoke the other, look at the identical chokers. This was definitely a conscious design decision, even if we aren't given the significance behind it.

Depending on when Ursa’s portrait was done, I like to think that either a) Satine was considered a fashion icon and clothing inspired by her wardrobe was made for others, or b) Bo-Katan gave Ursa Satine’s dress after her death and Ursa made it a bit less conservative by removing the bit around the shoulders and shortening the sleeves.

Either way, it’s a really interesting connection that suggests that while Ursa Wren was a member of Death Watch (perhaps conscripted by Pre Vizsla as a vassal clan leader within his House), she may have appreciated Satine or even supported her during her reign. (The fact that her husband, Alrich, is not a warrior and may even be a pacifist could also support this as well.)

[phoenixyfriend]

GOD AM I FEELING EMOTIONS ABOUT JASTER/DUKE THIS MORNING

(Explanation: @archangelsunited once implied the ship in a fic and I've been obsessed ever since.)

They'd have gotten married if not for Korda VI. They were working to compromise and collaborate for the good of all Mandalore, both politically and romantically. And then Jaster died.

The almost-family of it all.

Stepsiblings but not. Jango was more aware of it as it was happening and Satine only really understood later in life as a teen when her dad explained some stuff. Bo is full of resentment because Jango abandoned Mandalore and left her without a fight-y role model. Satine resents him because he was back on the scene and Doing Bounty Stuff by the time her father was assassinated and forced her to go on the run, he should have come and HELPED, either to stabilize Mandalore or to protect her.

Jango views Satine's collaboration with the Jedi and her choice to not pursue reparations for Galidraan as a personal betrayal.

God they're so fucking. Juicy

@threebea:

And literally none of them have spoken since they were all teenagers/children but they've all been stewing on it

It's like: you disappointed me in this way when the person that they're disappointed with hasn't existed for at least a decade

Pre is also there. Not involving himself with the family bullshit. He's just here to Politik.

Pre has his own bitterness about not being included. Maybe even resentful of the kryze's because Jaster and his father(or uncle or whatever Tor is) was close to Jaster for a long time until he wasn't But keeps it very cool and professional

But he looks at the scattered family and he sees something whole

God the duke Jaster and tor definitely had the world's messiest threesome at one point during like their first and only attempt at talks. It was all broke up ex hate sex and it was very good but also did not help anything at all.