#i believe in sabezra friendship rights first

[grxceful-ly]

random song playing at a cantina, probably in a language sabine mostly understands and ezra most certainly does not

ezra, leaning in: i wrote this one for you

sabine: *eye roll*

on a mission or smthn, having to deal with a terrible singer (who’s clearly never met anyone honest) as they belt out a song for one reason or another

sabine, whispering: hey, ezra.

ezra, clearly suppressing a wince as he listens: yeah?

sabine: this one’s for you.

ezra: *doing that lips-pressed-together thing, eyes beginning to water, refusing to even give her a smile*

[jedimandalorian]

Get ready, Church of Ezrabine. Your prophet is about to preach on more of the sacred texts. (Part 1 of 2.)

Some of you (mistakenly) believe that the only Sabezra content is in the first of the Star Wars Rebels novelizations. Today I will show you that you must also study Droids in Distress and Battle to the End.

Droids in Distress begins with a quick recap of events chronicled in The Rebellion Begins, including this iconic scene in which Sabine drinks the sacred elixir known as “blue milk.” Young Ezra can’t take his eyes off of the lovely Sabine, whose name he finally learned. In his desperation to learn more about this fair maiden, our hero is motivated to crawl into a vent like the Loth-rat he is. (Behold what a young man might be inclined to do in the name of love.)

Though they have only just met, Sabine takes up for Ezra.

(That’s right, girl! Take up for your man.)

Ezra is studying Sabine’s facial expressions and what they mean because he still can’t keep his eyes off of her.

Keep trying, Ezra! (Don’t worry. He won’t give up.)

(See? I told you he won’t give up.)

“Best friend?!” So that’s what they are calling it now. 🤔😂 (Now ask yourself, how much has Sabine’s and Ezra’s close friendship been emphasized in the Ahsoka show and by the actress who plays Sabine at Galaxy’s Edge lately?)

Yeah, Kanan and Hera are “best friends,” you know, who made a baby together. 🙄 😂

To be continued…

[kazoosandfannypacks]

⭐️⭐️⭐️ (sends you multiple stars so you can yap as long as you want)

This is (Kinda) the Way: Director's Cut

Though all Mandalorians placed heavy emphasis on the value of their beskar armor, for some it was just armor, a thing only to be taken up in a time of war. Others believed that to remove your helmet or even so much as a glove around another living being was to make yourself an outcast. Most Mandalorians fell somewhere on the spectrum between them, and house Wren and its clan leaned towards the latter, not allowing themselves to remove their helmet. Their custom held one distinct caveat: once a Mandalorian had chosen a partner, a partner for life, their souls bound by a tie no man could sever— then, and only for them, could they remove their helmet, and share their face for the first time with another living soul. Or "the au in which Ezra falls for Sabine without even seeing her face"

First off, the reason for the title. Of course, it's a reference to Din and his clan's trademark catchphrase, "this is The Way," but as I considered that, I went, "but Sabine CAN take off her armor eventually. This is only KINDA the way" and that phrase stuck with me, so I kept it for the title.

For those wondering about my personal knowledge of getting stabbed in the foot that I mentioned in the ao3 author's notes, I will be explaining it under the cut. TW: obviously, mention of stabbing, blood

As many of you know, I am an artist, and I typically do traditional, pencil and paper art. I also tend to do this a LOT while watching tv in the evenings with my family because I need to be doing two things at once. I feel crowded when I have a tray table in front of me, so I was holding all my art supplies in my hands/lap. I needed to get up to grab something, so I held my sketchbook and pencil, but the pencil slipped, and just as I stepped down so I could stand up, it pointed straight up, and I stepped on it, stabbing it several inches into my foot. We removed it without too much blood loss (though there was a lot of pain,) and it didn't cause any major damage, praise the Lord!

Anyways, onto the fic!

Though this is a sabezra fic, I also made sure to provide a lovely little treat for my kanera fans out there:

 "I just," Ezra sighed, "I know you're the best person to ask— that is if I don't wanna get laughed at for asking or end up getting my question answered with two more questions I don't know the answer to like Kanan always does."  Hera smiled a little as Ezra said that, which he added to his mental folder of What Exactly Is Going On Between Kanan And Hera, Anyways?

Later in the fic, when Ezra remarks to himself that it was almost like the sound of Sabine's voice was enough to give him unreasonable joy, that is a reference to an obscure novel from 1907, and I'll give you one guess as to which one it is. I also really loved, in that scene, having Zeb be one of the catalysts of Ezra realizing he likes Sabine, because the Zeb and Ezra friendship is criminally underrated.

Also? Ezra is goals throughout this entire fic, and I feel the need to say it. He's a respectful and dignified young simp and I think we need more people like him in the world. That is all.

That being said, my favorite inside joke in the Sabezra fandom is making fun of Ezra for kriffing up his first meeting with Sabine's dad, and I couldn't not include it in this fic as best I could.

I personally think that I have never summed up the entire Sabezra dynamic better than this scene:

 As the medical droid tended to his wound, Sabine sat next to him, holding his right hand lovingly as she sent forth a flurry of angry Mando'an words at him that amounted to a more colorful version of "don't you dare do something that dangerous and stupid again."  "Aww, 'Bine," Ezra smiled under his helmet, (he always wore one of his repurposed helmets on Krownest, to respect her people's traditions,) "I didn't know you cared so much."  "Maybe next time that happens I'll just let you bleed out," Sabine teased.  "You wouldn't dare," Ezra said, "besides, what is it you always say? Something about finding my combat skills and selfless bravery attractive?"  "Bravery?" Sabine asked, "more like borderline stupidity."  "And this one was skillful, brave, and borderline stupid," Ezra said, wishing his helmet didn't hide the playful expression on his face, "admit it, you thought it was hot."  "Maybe a little," Sabine said nudging his uninjured shoulder with hers, "just never do something that ho- stupid again, understand?"  "You and I both know I can't avoid that," Ezra said.  "I know," Sabine faked an overdramatic sigh as she rested her head on his shoulder.

And also? The Ezra-Sabine-Tristan banter in the next scene??? Top tier, if I may toot my own horn, and quite frankly I need to write more fics about the three of them as well.

 "Be good to her," was all Alrich said in reply, and as Sabine's hand slipped into Ezra's, he understood what he meant.  "I will," Ezra nodded, "I don't intend to do anything that stupid."  "He made a promise not to do anything stupid," Sabine said.  "The jury's still out on how long Bridger can keep from doing something stupid," her brother interrupted, "but he's earned my respect."  "I'll take care of her," Ezra said, "and if I don't, well, I have full confidence that she can 'take care' of me, and probably knows at least a dozen ways to hide the body."  "Two dozen," Sabine said, and that's when Ezra knew he'd been on Krownest for too long, because there was something almost romantic in the way she'd just threatened him, and he'd been around Mandalorians long enough that he enjoyed it.

I also want to point out the framing of the face reveal scene. If the "It's not like I'll never take off my helmet. Showing my face would be a sign of commitment. It would show that I'm absolutely sure I want to spend the rest of my life with someone. I'd have to know that I love someone enough, with all my heart and soul, to want to them to be my forever." sounded familiar, it's because I based it off of the blueprint for childhood friends to lovers, aka Cory and Topanga.

And yeah! That's about all I have to say on that one! Thanks for reading!