#quick gang we need to build an intricate fanon backstory for these two so we can be devastated when what canon gives us doesn't compare

[awsok]

there's so much we don't know about baylan and shin it fascinates me! like at all times i am thinking about:

what was baylan's relationship with his own master like (and how has that influenced his relationship with shin)?

what was baylan like as a jedi knight? (did he ever question the order before it fell? what was he like as a general during the clone wars?)

did he ever have a padawan when he was part of the order? if so, what was their relationship like (and how did it end)?

how did baylan survive order 66 and the jedi purge?

what caused baylan to see the jedi as "weak" with "no future"?

what was shin's life like before she met baylan? (did she know she was force-sensitive? did she ever have family or a community?)

how did shin and baylan meet? what drew him to her (or her to him)?

what made baylan decide to train shin? (was he looking for an apprentice? or did he just stumble across her, realise she was force-sensitive and — what? decide she could be useful? want to protect her from inquistors?) what made shin agree to be trained?

how old was shin when they met (and as a result, how long has baylan been training shin)?

how did their relationship develop? when we see them in ahsoka there was an unexpected warmth between them: mutual trust, a hint of playfulness. but there is also a significant distance: baylan gives the orders and shin follows, shin asks questions but rarely receives answers. baylan is visibly furious and protective when ahsoka throws shin into that rock in 1x04, yet a few short episodes later he sends shin away and leaves her to fend for herself. did they use to be closer? or is this as close as they've ever been?

how does baylan see shin (both what he consciously tells himself and what does he really feel)?

how does shin see baylan (both what she consciously tells herself and what she really feels)?

baylan said he was training shin to be "more than a jedi": what does that mean exactly? shin clearly draws on her anger for power and both wield sith-esque orange-red lightsabers. yet baylan also criticises anakin and ahsoka's legacy of "death and destruction" and claims to "serve a greater good".

and of course. what the fuck is baylan's mission?

this is absolutely an invitation to put your headcanons and theories in a reblog/the tags/the replies/my askbox/your own post/literally anywhere as long as i can read it. they make me soo crazy and i need to know everyone's headcanons right now immediately. pleak