#mandalorian kinship

[ranahan]

This is what sometimes bugs me about fanmade Mando’a kinship terms. You can’t just translate terms like “cousin” or “nephew/niece” or “aunt/uncle” and assume that every culture shares those same categories. Because not every culture does.

The original Mando’a wordlist is incomplete, yes, and we can assume that there are more words missing than not. So maybe that goes for kinship terms too. But not necessarily—if we go only by the existing kinship terms, our diagram would look something like this:

And everyone in your grandparent’s generation in your aliit would be ba’buir.

Looks kinda like the Hawaiian kinship system, no? Just without gender distinctions and a distinction made for a parent vs. an aunt/uncle. And obviously the Hawaiian kinship system is a functional one and isn’t missing any words. And the Mandalorian kinship system can be too—we don’t have to assume it’s missing words.

And of course, Mandalorian kinship isn’t based on just blood. So your vod may be your biological sibling, your adopted sibling, your cousin, or just a good friend. And anybody who’s one of those things to one of your parents is their vod and your ba’vodu. And anyone who’s your buir’s or ba’vodu’s parent is your ba’buir.

Considering how messy Mandalorian family relations would get trying to explain them in English terms, I much prefer this.

i keep trying to phrase a post as like a helpful tip for people who like worldbuilding but. i have to be honest with myself. it is not a helpful tip because no one asked for it. i just want to rant about kinship terminologies.

[ebitenpura]

saw that ETL post about needing to have respect for your enemy to both loathe and love them, and sat there for awhile thinking about it in Eight's terms because when do I not have thoughts about him, lol.

Eight gives as much respect as he can to whoever he kills, but he can never despise them, unless they truly are someone who has fallen into depravity and cowardice (i.e. Valkorion). Even for someone like Arcann who effectively stole 5 years of his life away and hurt countless lives in pursuit of a rather close-minded goal, he could only judge him on what he saw of him on the battlefield in their private duels-- and that was Senya's son who fought every single time to destroy Valkorion. A conviction that he was unafraid to die for. Even "judging" is a loose term when it comes to his enemies because he cannot actually judge based on any morality: he can only see the full extent of their devotion to their own cause no matter how small and their lives in the few minutes before it is cut away.

People tend to show their true selves to him when they know these are their final moments, so he understands the full weight of taking that life. There is nothing glorious nor honorable about it. In fact, it only reaffirms that war is truly hell- where even the most fulfilling of lives can be struck down the same as the most insignificant ones. To that end, he believes true warriors should understand this: taking anything more from your enemy after taking their life is abominable; no killer should find peace or satisfaction from murder. An odd statement from one who does nothing but kill, but he despises the thought that killing is anything other than the act itself no matter how you dress it up. It can be for a worthy cause, but it should be seen for what it truly is at the end of the day.

That's also why he seems to bide his time waiting for the penultimate battle that barely lasts 10 minutes the entirety of a war. Everything else is just steps leading up to that. He conceals and holds back everything until he can meet his enemy face to face, which is why he essentially got...bored waiting to strike at Ardun Kothe, since it took forever to get to him with a bunch of menial tasks. He's a guy who does everything 0 to 100. It was the same with Hunter.

The real tragedy of Hunter was that they both knew they were very nearly the exact same-- only that Hunter could not stand up to him martially and once caught, was as good as dead. Eight just barely came out on top because of his doggedness and the fact that Watcher 2 and Keeper acted as his tactical minds. I think he wished Hunter could've met him on the same level in battle, but the way both of them fought was too different, despite the way they lived being extremely similar.

I guess the end point of this analysis is that Eight devotes his entire being to the fine point of a blade because it carries all the meaning in the world and none at all when it comes to those he meets and inevitably kills. You can attribute it partially to being Echani as yet another culture that thrives off war, but killing itself means nothing. It has no honor. It is yet another duty only he can carry out because of his detachment and dedication to it that surpasses everything. To his dear enemy that he meets for the first time on the battlefield, he'll give them his entire life- a meaningless thing designed to cut theirs.

[pyramidikompleksi]

Fictive kinship

Lol. Found out few days ago that there is a kinship called fictive kinship. It is not based on blood relations or marriage, but is a kinship between adoptive parent(s) and adopted child or between foster parent(s) and foster child. My mom is adopted and I know those relations are not fictional, but it is just how that kinship is called. But I was trying to think different names for such a kinship and now I am just telling myself I can not call it as a Mandalorian kinship.

[abiik]

i juust,,,,,,i wanna know if din intentionally reached out to the child the same way that the mandalorian who saved him did or if that was just like,,,,subconscious

[jetpuffedmarsh]

Need to stop reading fluff fics for the moment. Anytime there's any hurt/comfort I keep zoning out thinking about that one time my best friend held my head to his chest while I cried because I had a fight with my parents

[in-for-a-pennyx]

Kinktober 2022: October 16th

Day 16: Handjobs // Leather

Din Djarin x F!Reader

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 1.3k

Warnings: graphic descriptions of handjobs, mentions of cum, making up of Star Wars stuff, leather

A/n: A 3am offering from a fool.

|| Prompts by @absurdthirst ||

This is only for anyone 18+ years of age, minors - please do not interact. Only proceed if you're over 18 and have read and understood the warnings and rating.

Cobb Vanth had invited you and The Mandalorian to the annual Celebration Day of Freetown, and with some rare free time on your hands, you both had decided to go. Din had been missing Grogu a lot more than usual recently so you thought seeing an old friend would be a good idea. 

You chose to wear a deep-dyed bantha leather long dress that flared out at the bottom and was fitting on your top half, with the leather crisscrossing at the decolletage and going around your neck. The dress didn’t have sleeves and your shoulders were left exposed. You wore a long cape over your shoulders that Greef Karga had gifted you but the pièce de résistance were the elbow-length leather gloves you wore, given to you by the Tusken Raiders of Tatooine in a show of kinship. 

You step out of the ‘fresher after putting the last finishing touches to your outfit and bump into a wall of beskar and almost take a tumble. “Dank farrik!” Din’s quick reflexes save you from falling and he stands you upright. “Sorry Din, I didn’t see you there. I’m ready to go whenever you are”. 

He was ready. If there was one frivolous advantage of having your outer clothes dictated by your creed, it was that The Mandalorian didn’t need to fret about what to wear to social occasions. Not that you had the chance to go to many but you couldn’t deny this strange advantage of a uniform. 

Din steps away from you and you can tell he’s looking you over by the way his vizor stays very still, boring into you. He grunts and speaks in his modulated voice “Let’s go”. That’s all he says. You secretly hope he’s a little more social at the celebration but it doesn’t matter, really. The fact that he’s agreed to go is more than enough for you. 

He escorts you both to the only cantina in the town, with a hand lightly on your back the whole way through. He stiffens every time you lean into him or your hip brushes against his, and you can’t help but be intrigued. This is how you usually walk through crowded places - him keeping you close to him for protection as much as comfort. So why was he behaving this way today?

Cobb Vanth greets you both warmly when you arrive and thanks you for attending the celebration. You leave the two men to catch up and decide to mingle with the townsfolk. Every once in a while you feel the hair on your neck rise, feeling as if someone is watching you. You rotate around the cantina trying to shake the feeling but it only grows stronger.

This time when you turn to look around you catch Din staring at you, the chrome helmet directed straight in your direction. He holds your gaze for a long moment and something heated passes between you. The room around you disappears and your skin prickles under his gaze. He finally looks away and the spell is broken. You’re left feeling hot under your leather garments, your skin sticking to the material. 

When you return to the Razor Crest, Din locks himself in the cockpit and you go to your makeshift bunk to disrobe. Struggling to undo the fasteners on the back of your dress, you head to the cockpit to ask for Din’s help. 

You hear soft moans and a slick slapping sound coming from inside, growing louder the closer you get to the door. The door is ajar so you stick your head inside as much as you can without making any noise. Din is sitting in the pilot’s chair, his head thrown back and his right arm moving up and down furiously. 

It takes a moment for you to realise what’s going on and when it dawns on you, you let out the breath you didn’t realise you were holding. 

Din freezes at the sound and you open your mouth to apologise but stop yourself. This is a fantasy plucked straight out of your deepest desires and you don’t want to disturb it. 

You walk to stand behind Din’s chair and look over his shoulder. He’s holding his rock-hard cock in his spit-slick hand, a bead of precum forming on the tip as you gingerly put a gloved hand on his shoulder as if to encourage him to continue. You notice that he’s still wearing his gloves, which you find unusual. Surely it would be more pleasurable to feel skin against skin?

 Din turns his head to look at your hand and groans softly when he notices you’re still wearing your gloves. And that when it clicks for you - it’s the leather. He was eyeing you throughout the celebration because of the leather and how it looked on your beautiful form, how it accentuated your curves; how it hid and revealed your silken skin. It mesmerised him. He yearned to feel your leather-clad hands on him, wanting to replace his own hands with yours in his flights of fantasy. And here you were - a fantasy come to life. 

You slowly move your hand down from his shoulder to his chest, sliding slowly down till you reach his hand, and cover it with your own. 

“May I?” you ask, hoping for a yes with every inch of your being. 

He nods his head ever so slightly and your body floods with desire. You tighten your grip on his hand and start sliding it up and down slowly. You can hear breathy moans coming out of his vocoder and you increase the speed. He removes his hand from under yours and whines, as your gloved hand comes in contact with the heated skin of his cock. You feel the heat permeate through the leather and you yourself suck in a harsh breath. 

You run your thumb across the top of Din's cock, gathering the bead of precum and giving him the heat and pressure he needs to harden more. Your pace is slow, your movements unbothered. You’ve got The Mandalorian in the palm of your hand - quite literally - and you’ll savour the moment as long as you can. 

Din’s hands curl into fists on his thighs, the leather of his gloves creaking, and you can tell it’s taking every ounce of his self-discipline to not thrust up into your fist. His visor is fixed on every movement of your hand, his head bent down, observing its every ministration closely. 

You swipe your thumb over the slit of his cock and he twitches involuntarily. The leather of your glove is so soft, so supine that you can feel every ridge, every vein of his alluring cock and you commit each detail to memory: how it flushes pink under the slight tan of his skin, every twitch and swell, the hard steel wrapped in soft velvet.

Din’s hips start to thrust him into your fist and you know he’s close. His cock starts to throb and his breaths have turned into soft moans. You increase your pace and start alternating each stroke with a swipe of your thumb over the slit and a squeeze around the head. 

A rare, exposed strip of skin is peeking out from under his helmet at the nape of his neck and without thinking, you duck your head and give it a small lick. 

Din’s brain short circuits at the contact and he cums instantly with a strangled growl, his cum spilling in hot spurts over the dark leather of your glove. The heat of his spend transcends the barrier of the glove and you feel surrounded by the twin suns of Tatooine. 

Din’s breath evens out after a few minutes, as does yours. You feel paralysed about what to do next but Din, as usual, comes to your rescue. This time, he places his hand over yours and gives it a light squeeze. For anyone else, it's not much, but for you, it’s more meaningful than any grand gesture. 

END

[gffa]

It further strikes me one of the things that’s so significant about Boba and Din’s interaction, is that Boba Fett lost his armor, but explained to Din that it had been his father’s, who had been given it by a Mandalorian, which Din realizes makes him a Foundling, much like Din himself.  Boba tells him that Jango fought in the Mandalorian wars.  Din was raised in the Fighting Corps.  There’s a whole lot of parallels going on there!  This is a lot closer to what Din is familiar with when it comes to Mandalorians. So, when we see Din handing back the armor to Boba, saying it belongs to him, even after Boba lost it, even after Boba’s helmet was removed, he doesn’t object to Boba putting the helmet back on.  Agrees that the armor belongs to him. Whether Din eventually stays with his religious belief that the helmet never comes off in front of other people or if he decides that he can take it off and put it back on whenever he likes, he’s taken the step forward that it’s a choice he makes.  Whether that’s to acknowledge that there are other ways of being a Mandalorian but he retains his beliefs or whether he decides to change, this is an important moment where Din felt a connection, a kinship with a Mandalorian who wasn’t exactly the same as himself, someone who had the armor removed and then was allowed to put it back on.

[madarah52]

Beskar chainmail headcanons.

Some Mandalorians referred to beskar chainmail as Mandalorian Mithril.

Some Mandalorian artisans such as Alrich Wren, Sabine's Dad, will prefer to wear Mando Mithril instead of their plated armour.

Some Jedi, with ties, kinship, or relations with the Mandalorian, wear Mando Mithril with their robes.

Duchess Satine always wears a variation of Mando Mithril under her clothes.

Obi-Wan Kenobi was gifted a vest of Mandalorian Mithril which he always wears beneath his robes, which has saved his life many times. When he became one with the Force, the armour did too.

As thanks for their assistance on Mandalore during the Galactic Civil War, Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger were both gifted Mando Mithril, by Clan Wren, which they wear beneath their outfits.

[sleaze4sleaze]

Still rlly conflicted on if I wanna ship with Mando or not. I don’t know how I feel about him like he’s cute and cool and I adore him but do I like like him? What if it was a poly ship with Cobb in the middle and Mando and I just friendly and maybe mildly affectionate towards each other, feeling a kinship because we’re both Mandalorian and we both just really adore Cobb to pieces .

I like that actually .

[mwolf0epsilon]

All clones battalions have little self-made traditions that are unique to them.

Clone Culture, while heavily influenced by Mandalorian Culture, is still quite distinct in its own right, because the clones seek to differentiate and create their own identities since it's the one thing that's theirs. The 212th fixate heavily on bringing in and tending to strays, the 501st mourn their dead differently, the 104th perform the Haka dance before battle, etc...

The odd ones out are the Commandos, who all share a unique culture among each other. There's no visible difference among the squadrons and how they behave, and usually this means there's little to no competitive behaviour among different teams of commando clones. There is a hierarchy of course, and if one squadron must work the same mission with another, usually the leaders of said squadrons will face each other in hand to hand combat to see who gets to be the commanding officer on said mission.

Commandos are all equals, because they're so vastly different to the other clones (mostly due to being physically stronger and enduring much more extreme training to hone their deadliness in combat). Finding kinship in this shared difference is ultimately the best they can do to feel like they have a place in the GAR.

That said, had order 66 not happened, Delta Squad would have likely taken one look at Gregor, pointed in his direction, shrieked like banshees, and proceeded to adopt him into their squad. That is, if no other Squadron took him in beforehand (and if that ended up becoming a dispute, all things are usually solved in the ring with your bare fists). No Commando Brother left alone!

[thewriterowl]

Owl, you will agree that we Dinluke fans put the writers and directors of The Mandalorian in a very difficult position 😂

Just think, now they won’t be able to give us them meeting again, because I think that the fandom will just explode like an atomic bomb, because after a five-minute meeting, this couple became, in my opinion, even more popular than obikins, it literally became canon, even after how Din and Cobb Vant in the bar almost had non-verbal sex, and Luke and Din only had to look at each other for a couple of seconds, everyone decided that they were now in love and they were married, Grogu their son and a bunch of little foundling Padawans. I thought about Filoni letting Din and Ahsoka meet twice even though from their first meeting we got a lot of Jedi and Mandalorian content and I think this duo is very important in the series because they have such a rich history, feuds and wars, and I think Ahsoka and Din's second meeting was obviously superfluous, Filoni should have let Din approach Luke to talk about Grogu and it would be a very intense moment, the positions of absolutely two different cults and maybe we could see both the chemistry between them, so and their hostility due to their different positions on kinship ties. But alas, we saw an absolutely raw moment between Ahsoka and Din, and the fact that Luke offered Grogu to choose was left in the dark for Din.

I am sure that in the history of the Mandalorians, a moment of trial between these two cults is definitely needed, so that they fight together and cover each other's backs, and then declare an eternal alliance. But only if this is a duet of Luke and Din, then I think that even the most radical homophobes will say that these two are in love with each other and should get married so that Grogu already has two dads 🙏🏻✨✨

Multiple apologies for the delay in this! Been trying to catch up on my asks but it's been busy!

LucasFilm needs to hire someone from the Dinluke community (cough) we will know how to really get this show rocking...by letting Grogu have two dads who are so in love and are having a great time just being married and going around the galaxy making friends and doing side quests as one dad decides if he wants to be a king.

They can help Tatooine and Boba (And Boba's new husband Cobb) get things settled. They can have vacation home on Nevarro. They can see if Mandalore is poisoned. They can build a school.

All the good, romantic things where nothing bad happens ever.

EVER.

[headedtobandomeer]

Given that mandalorian adoption and mandalorian weddings are fairly simple ceremonies that don't require a lot of preparation or formality there is no proof that a kinship ceremony has not occurred between Boba and Fennec.

What I'm saying is that Boba, Fennic, and Din (Plus Grogu of course) should form their own mandalorian clan.

[himboskywalker]

I still keep coming back to Din’s line to Grogu about him belonging with Luke and how that idea is not only the keystone of the Mandalorian,but all of Star Wars. Belonging,and finding a people or identity or someone to belong with,is not only immensely important,but crucial to Din as a character. It’s crucial to every Mandalorian,it’s crucial to his identity as a foundling and a bounty hunter even.

But identity and belonging is a fixation and character driver for nearly every major character or group in Star Wars. It is incredibly important to the Jedi,their belonging and purpose of identity as a group and in one another. It’s important to Luke in not only becoming a Jedi,but also in finding his family in the Rebellion. And in the end that belonging is drawn to his father,who he finds belonging with in spite of their blood relation,rather than because of it. That sense of belonging is the same for Anakin and Obi-Wan and Ahsoka,who even after they leave the order (or destroy it in Anakin’s case) still have these unbreakable ties of belonging to a family,a family beyond blood ties.

Star Wars is about love and family,sometimes literally and sometimes in found family,in the people we belong with,who help us grow and who we find identity and connection and purpose through. The clones find belonging in one another,in their built culture and their brotherhood. We see this belonging time and time again,in culture and creed and banded together groups,rebels and descenters and armies alike. Rey’s drive is to find belonging,which she never expected to find in the Jedi,it’s for Fin who was stripped of an identity and people to belong to.

Often the characters’ drives find them seeking belonging and kinship in people you wouldn’t think they belong to. It’s Han and Leia and Chewie finding belonging in one another. It’s the Jedi forging master and Padawan bonds and family structures amongst one another when they are different species and from every corner of the galaxy. For Din it is a child who he deeply identifies with as a foundling with seemingly no one,who he can love and protect and nurture. But he also knows that Grogu truly belongs with who can help him the most,who can teach him where he can’t and give him the tools to protect himself and others. But Din is also finding belonging elsewhere,in other Mandalorians and the brotherhood he’s built with those he’s fought with.

Self perseverance and our drives of identity and well being are built in belonging,in our families that are found and built through all kinds and myriads of ways. We are not strongest alone and isolated and unmoored,without others to guide us and lend us love and strength and fellowship. It is one of the Sith’s greatest undoings,their singular monoliths of power. The Jedi are family,their strength is communal,just as the rebellion’s is,and just as the Mandalorians’ will be again. We belong,and it’s one of the archetypes of stories and the human experience to seek it and find light and love and strength from it.

[creativemessbyvd]

Fic Idea Vault #5 - Dinluke Mulan AU

I have a lot (A LOT) of ideas for fics that I feel bad leaving in my computer to gather dust. So I have decided to share them here so people know of them and I can focus on the stories that I am planning on actively working on. Most of theses are just going to be bullet points of general things that I had planned for these stories. Hope you enjoy and if you are inspired by anything here, let me know if you end up writing and publishing anything! Would love to read it!

Genetheseral summary of the fic and then under the cut I leave the detailed events! :D

MULAN DINLUKE AU

Summary:

Various things are different in this Galaxy Far Far Away, leading Luke to be in the middle of the war at 15, and leaving him scarred after ending it at such a young age. After 5 years spent trying to find peace within himself and trying to not be afraid of using the force, Luke answers the call to arms from the new Mand'alor to save his Uncle Cody. Hidden behind his uncle's armor, Luke must pretend to be a clone raised by famous Clone Wars legend Commander Cody and definitely not a Jedi, sworn enemy of the Mandalorians. Fighting with finding if he wants to be the one in charge of reviving the Jedi, he finds kinship alongside Din Djarin who is now in charge of reviving the Mandalorians. Fighting a war, trying to fit in with the other Mandos, trying to keep little Grogu from spilling out his secrets after Luke finds out the child is force sensitive and trying to bury his feelings for the Mand'alor, Luke is sure this is nothing compared to what awaits him once Uncle Cody and Uncle Ben see him again.

(Please be aware most of these notes were done as soon as I had the idea, so excuse my inaccuracies, but also Cannon is my sandbox and we throw away anything that doesn't spark joy XD)

If you have any questions or wish to scream at me about this tiny idea, please leave me a comment or send me a message! Would love to talk about this!

Pre-Story changes to Cannon SW:

- Palpatine does get control of the universe, he orders the wipeout of the Jedi and warps up Anakin, leading to Vader.

- Cody and Rex manage to avoid O66 and take Ahsoka and Obi Wan alongside the twins away. Luke stays with Obi-Wan and Cody and Leia goes to the Organa's. Obi-Wan doesn't want to screw up with another padawan and Ahsoka refuses to be called a Jedi, but they do teach him to be safe just not to fight or use a saber

- Various events lead Luke to be targeted by both Palps and Vader earlier, leading him to hide out with Yoda and start his training after he believes his family was killed, and then into the big fight in the second death star that leads to Palps dead and Vader/Anakin being redeemed

- With the Empire fallen but Luke being so young and still mostly untrained in the Force, the whole story is that it was the rebellion who did it, so he goes back to Obi and Cody and quiet life in Tatooine

Present Story Time:

- At 20, 5 years after the Empire has fallen, the events of the Mando Series take place, except that Gideon doesn't have his droid army yet and escapes after Din has won the Darksaber from him and become Mand'alor

- Luke has been struggling to let go of the war and his time in Palps clutches, and while in serious lessons to become a Jedi with Obi-Wan and Ahsoka, he feels like he'll never make it (he's sorta blocked bc he learned the start with Yoda on the idea that he was the only one left to save the Galaxy)

- Hearing that there is a new Mand'alor and he is preparing for war against Gideon and his robots, but will only accept Mandos to fight by his side, prompts Cody to go. Obi-Wan is against the idea, considering that Cody suffered greatly in the event that tore Luke away from them, but he won't leave his brethren to go to war alone. Luke has heard all the story and considers Cody a father and doesn't want him to die, so he takes his armor and leaves with it.

- At the camp, he is placed in the newcomer's side and rattled on his armor (clearly a clones armor but from before the fall of the republic) and boba is brought in to interrogate the truth of Luke's story: that he was a young shiny that Cody and Rex took on a mission for the rebellion and raised as their own. Boba has feelings about hearing of Kote and verifies he knows said clone as being trustworthy, especially considering that he is certainly not as young as he could be, even if Bo-Katan is not happy but Din won't hear of it as they need as many Mandos as they can for the imminent attack of Mandalore.

- Luke grew up on the stories from Cody and Rex about their own version of being Mandalorian as thought by Jango and his inner circle, but it is entirely different once he is subjected to the training courtesy of Bo-Katan, who is dropping half the army left and right due to being 'unmandalorian'. She fights constantly against Din's decision to call for help to all willing Mandos, saying her own leftover Death Watch is enough, but Din is in part not comfortable having so many unknowns around him and wished to try to contact his own covert, if any still lived.

- After two weeks and constantly being put down by the unforgiving training, Luke decides to give his all, finally making leeway in his training and inspiring the rest of his new brethren. Din takes notice and gets closer to the young man (finding kinship in him never taking his armor off much like Din) while Luke is very surprised to find the young child of the Mand'alor is actually force sensitive and of the same species as Yoda. Grogu is aware after a few encounters that Luke is actually a Jedi but is unable to actually tell his father (he knows that his father has been looking for Jedi to train him but also how much Bo-Katan has screamed whenever din asked after looking for help from the new republic, citing that Mandalorians should never seek help from Jedi or Jedi affiliated) so he silently watches and plans to matchmake when he sees how good they are together

- Gideon has decided to move in and they must go meet him, and they all get a glimpse of the planet of Mandalore. They encounter a mild surprise attack and Luke surprises them all by getting a mini frighter and going head to toe with Gideon himself. It seems like Gideon and his troops are defeated but Luke suffers some deep wounds.

- As they check him over, they must remove his helmet and the medics inform Boba, Din and Bo-Katan that he isn't a clone as they thought and Boba recognizes his face while Bo-Katan recognizes his name. Din is distraught to learn he had become friendly with a Jedi and Bo-Katan is prepared to kill him but Din simply dismisses him and they move on.

- Left with his droid and his original ship, Luke can't believe his luck until he sees Gideon going after Din, who had received word of the Armorer and was en-route to meet with her and the rest of the covert. Luke knows that he can't let him get to them all and goes after them.

- In the wilds of Mandalore, the Armorer and many other foundlings and displaced clans have gathered, welcoming their new ruler who defeated Gideon and preparing a feast and party. Luke blends in and tries to convince the others that Gideon still lives but is refuted, but some of his friends do believe him including Grogu. Gideon does attack and takes Grogu and the foundlings hostage, Luke sees the opportunity and is suddenly at peace with being able to use the force to help himself and the others going to rescue the little ones. Gideon takes after Luke who he recognizes as the one who tore through his troops and meets his end.

- After all of this, the Armorer admits that while being a Jedi, Luke was very obviously a Mandalorian at heart and Din lets it known that he is to be treated as one of them. Bo-Katan isn't happy at all, but is even more horrified when Boba says he could replace her as part of Din's inner circle and more than one person agrees. Luke takes it all in but admits that he left his own clan behind and will need to seek their forgiveness. He also admits that after so long, he finally knows his path: to restore the Jedi Order and train other Force Sensitives, but will make it better and honor all the teachings the Mandalorians have taught him. Din is heartbroken to know he might part from Grogu but Luke admits he wouldn't be able to offer him much considering he doesn't have a place to teach from. He leaves them and Grogu and Din both get the Armorer's blessing to go after him and maybe offer him a place to start his school.

- Luke returns home and aks forgiveness from his uncles but is instead welcomed without any repercussions. That night as he settles into a family dinner that includes his sister, Din arrives with Grogu and offers them a place to settle his new school. Being a Mandalorian was part of Luke's and Grogu's history and both groups needed each other to become mighty again. Luke accepts and is equally giddy to see Luke too seems interested, leading Grogu to say FINALLY!

Characters:

Mulan - Luke

Shang - Din

Parents - Obi Wan and Cody

Grandmother - Ahsoka and Rex

Chi-Fu (advisor) - Bo-Katan

Emperor/Shang's Father - The Armorer

Mushu - Grogu and R2D2

Shan Yu (bad guy) - Gideon

[itsagrimm]

How does Citizenship in Star Wars work?

(Ok this is a niche one and maybe I am the only person interested in this but guess that's what being a nerd and in law school does to you.)

Nobody flaunts a passport when coming to a space station or planet and it is nearly impossible to actually place set borders in space PLUS the population seems to move around a lot without legal hurdles , so:

Is there actually citizenship as we know it?

Everybody comes from somewhere in the galaxy. But that's it. No limits or regulations about moving somewhere new as long as one can afford the ride, no visible limits to participation in local politics for sentients where ever they are from, access to public services, etc... It appears that being part of a people is just a personal & cultural thing, totally transcending our* legalized understanding of nationhood and a homeland.

Planetary governments apparently provide and represent their people just because they live there or identify with it - not because of inherited or naturalized citizenship. Planets like Coruscant, where a lot of migration to and fro happens, and societies like the mandalorian, that are organized around a shared creed and culture and not necessarily genetically based kinship, exist and break our real life understanding of nation states consisting of a set national territory, a national people and state authority.

So, I don't think the Star Wars Universe HAS citizenships.

That's utopian, inclusive and really cool. #noborders

*our - as someone getting an education in central europe i have little to no access to other modes of legal governance internationally so keep the eurocentrism in mind

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To be clear, I want answers for all of them, but:

K: What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

L: What's the weirdest AU you've ever come up with?

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?

K: What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

Oh boy. I'm actually toying with the third installment of Blood Is Compulsory being a total angst fest—mostly using themes of monstrosity to delve deep into the problem of Henry. I've got a big beef with how Ted Lasso is portrayed as a father figure on the show to everyone except his own son. And while COVID does not exist in the Ted Lasso canon, it very much exists in my vampire series. So Henry has been living in the USA for three to four years at this point, going at least a year without seeing his father in person. Then he has to move to England, uprooting his life for a father who he probably feels abandoned by, and, by the way, his dad's starting a new family with this vampire dude and his daughter. Can you imagine seeing your estranged dad give piggybacks to another kid? If I were Henry, I would blow a gasket. Act out, start fights, etc.. I even considered writing a scene where Henry breaks one of Alice's favorite toys, leading to Alice shoving him, leading to a sprained wrist or something. If Ted wants to embrace his monster, he's gonna have to come to terms with the damage he caused to his son. Not sure if I wanna go there though, lol.

L: What's the weirdest AU you've ever come up with?

I mean, The Merry Adventures Robin Hood AU was pretty bonkers. But I also came up with an idea to age up both Henry and Trent's daughter and have them get married with Ted and Trent meeting at the engagement announcement dinner. But then I realized if Ted and Trent got together, Henry and TD would technically be step-siblings sooooooo.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?

God, I have this long, slow plotty fic that's been percolating for months where Trent is a cis woman. I love the idea of female!Trent navigating the world of sports and single-parenthood. I have this crystal clear vision of her breast pumping in the loo and then Rebecca walks in. After Rupert leaves, I want to have her torn between her respect, admiration, and honest fondness for Rebecca and her need to stay unbiased. I want to see Rebecca's camaraderie with Trent turn into something cold and distrustful and watch how they both find their way back to each other and slowly build a kinship. I want to see post-firing Trent be taken out for drinks with Sassy, Keeley, and Rebecca where they talk shit about Man City fans. I want to see how her experience as a female reporter would change her relationship to Ted—how she would love him and loath herself for it. It would be a story of female friendship, women in traditionally masculine spaces, and all the scarifies we make to get to the top only to realize we hate the view. If I do ever write it, it would be a massive undertaking that would span the length of the show, and the thought terrifies me.

I'm also planning a Mandalorian story with a Cobb/Din/Luke DP, but whatever.