#separate ways really is *that* og dinluke fic

[stupidfatpenguin]

Salty I don't know you that well so sorry if this is a basic ask, but how did you get into the SW fandom, and what are some of your other fandom loves? Or passions that you just love to talk about but maybe don't get to do that often on Tumblr?

Hahaha I guess we don't know each other very well, but ever since I followed you I see you like in passing on my dash and always think "ah, look, there's sushi. they made me laugh a lot, the Han fic was great. hope they're living their best life" ksksks

Thank you so much for the ask, and sorry for the lengthy reply! To be quite honest, I tried my best not to get into the star wars fandom lol. (like a lot of people apparently) I grew up on the OT, but I didn't even consider that there would be a huge living fandom for Star Wars until the Sequels came out. My sister and I loved ep 7 when it first came out (and I think she was a kyluxer for a while, but we lived in different countries so she didn't share the details with me lol), but I avoided getting into it other than memes... I watched the Mandalorian with my dad last year and after the s2 finale I saw some DinLuke memes that I thought were funny, so I saved them so that I could show my sister. Except she still hadn't watched the Mandalorian by March this year... which was when I was cleaning out my phone and I found the bad boots joke and went "hmmm, I wonder if people actually shipped this, like seriously". I opened ao3 and was kind of shocked that the top fic by kudos had over 5k which is a pretty big audience (Yes, I'm talking about Separate Ways). I.... tripped and fell into the rabbit hole, so to speak. Suddenly I was writing fanfiction again and meeting amazing creators in this tiny crack pair fandom, and having a really good time tbh. So to all the dinluke shippers, thank you so much for making this experience a lot of fun! Let's pray we're still here after s3 lol

Other fandom loves? Hm. In sw I am actually not a strict shipper, and I enjoy most things (my new secret passion is Ashoka/Armorer, don't @ me). I did grow up with the biggest crush on Luke and Leia (yes, both), but nowadays Boba is becoming one of my favourite characters. I'm very hyped for his show! Outside of sw I love LOTR, it's kind of a timeless thing for me. I was in the YOI fandom, but it sort of lost its spark for me... I have a lot of fond memories form the fandom though. I've been a fan of BTS since 2015, I play Genshin Impact with my siblings more or less every day, and I'm secretly passionate about linguistics and global cuisines.

That's me in a nutshell, thank you again for the ask! I hope we'll get to know each other better, you're a very cool bean! :' )

[thewriterowl]

Oh, you've read separate ways? I love that one so much, it's my gateway to dinluke wonderland. I read it when there were only like 40 dinluke fics. It's crazy to think that Separate Ways was written before Mando S208. The author really took it upon themselves to write a story about the good tier characters who never meet in canon when most people thought it was too good or top outlandish be true... yet here we are... we got a 2 minutes interaction and bam! over 1400 fanfictions lol

Oh yes! I feel like most in Dinluke have read that fic--it is the OG dinluke fic

Something everyone should read. It is SO good. One of the best of the best!