#the mandalorian liveblog

[americankimchi]

as someone who loves hearing your thoughts and is pro-jedi i am SO for your acolyte liveblogging. people in my feed were saying it's good and amazing and the best sw show and i'm like??? 😭😭😭 broooo

i'm only on episode 1 so who's to say if it's the BEST, but considering disney's recent track record as long as they're not crawlin they'll make it 😂

[starfiyah]

cool hair cutting scene but why didn’t sabine wear her armour anymore in the first place….

[falderaletcetera]

cara dune my heart my love

(it has been zero [0] days since i last questioned my asexuality)

[kad-dala]

Some days be like (T)

anyway im a mandalorian goin to the grocery store, skraan sha mandalore, on mandalore street, in the city mandalore, on the planet mandalore, that orbits the mandalore star, in the mandalore system, in the mandalore sector, governed by Mand’alor

[bardan-jusik]

10 people i'd like to get to know better

tagged by @mereelskirata @gh0st-c0mpany and @arliganzey !! thanks guys sorry this took a while lol, and brace for the tag games i've been keeping in my drafts (btw i am also @lazerbang which is the blog mereel tagged but i'm just doing it here <33)

Last song: V.A.N (Violence Against Nature) - Bad Omens, Poppy

Fav color: pine green!

Last book: currently reading Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor ( #mindor liveblog, if you wanna see me talk about it)

Last movie: the first half of rogue one, but the last complete movie was legally blond for the first time!! fun flick

Last TV show: uhhmmmm it's probably the bad batch, i don't watch a ton of tv shows

Sweet/spicy/savory: savory!

Relationship status: my life long bestie and co-homeowner @the-pyromaniacs-teki is proposing to me saturday (๑'ᵕ'๑) and is getting rings with the mando'a wedding vow engraved inside.... we get more and more queerplatonic every year although maybe nothing beats the middle school literal blood oath we did (dont do that. it was dumb. but it still counts)

Last thing googled: ..... 'cute emoticon'. yaknow.. for the cute emoticon in my last answer. damn

Looking forward to: my mercs group's armor party in february!! and also getting proposed to but i'm nervous lol

Current obsession: well, like, repcomm, but also fields of mistria (try it if you like stardew valley its so so so good i swear)

tagging: @arecait @aranov @finerafin @paintedprisms @mandalorian-general @zanabes @krakene @the-pyromaniacs-teki @fruitbatvampiresociety @viscanpikamine (the last 10 mutuals in my activity hiiiii guys)

[darlin-djarin]

rebels season 4 liveblog finally

THERE ARE SO MANY MANDALORIANS- FUCK EM UP GUYS 🗣🗣💥💥💥

lmaooo ezra with the jetpack

BO-KATAN RAHHHH

OH SHE’S SO FUCKING UGLY NOOOOO 😭😭 GIRL WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU

“i had my chance to rule and i failed. i am not my sister. i am not the leader you seek” EXACTLY. mando s3 my BELOATHED

kanera flirting so real and true anyway cockblock chopper keeping things halal alhamdulillah 🙏

sabine’s dad being desi is amazing like yes finally some mixed representation

CHOPPER WITH A GUN LMAOOO

URSA AND TRISTAN ARE FUCKING DEAD??????? WHAT THE FUCK??????????

[paradife-loft]

welp, I continue to learn about the world and the people in it by means of violence and murder 😢

Knight Artorias continues to be one of my absolute favorite boss fights

"victim of the Abyss" is the sexiest description one can read on a soul in this entire game by far

decided midway through fighting him that I wanted to go for a no-healing kill, mostly to prolong the experience and see if I could, and: success!! I can and did!

[saltinekryze]

ahsoka 1x06 liveblog / post mortem

the purrgil in hyperspace looked like some 80s vaporwave stuff … a vibe

dathomiri lore!!! let’s go girls

are those statues of the mortis gods or nah

O SHIT ARE THOSE NIGHTSISTERS (if morgan is a nightsister why doesn’t she look like them… maybe she’s a nightsister several generations removed?)

gosh ray stevenson has such presence, such gravitas. i’m so sad we won’t be able to see more of him after this.

very very curious as to what “beginning” baylan is seeking….

THE MF CHIMAERA

these troopers creepy as fuck!!!!! (bound together by nightsister magic?)

lars mikkelsen welcome to the show bestie

sabine as a loose thread the Mothers did not account for… her teaming up with ezra could be very well be a wrinkle in thrawn’s plan…. ok i see the vision!

i am very glad the show is delving into the possible serious ramifications of sabine’s devotion to ezra. as i’ve said before, it was the choice that made the absolute most sense for her character but did she doom the galaxy in the process? let’s hope not :( let’s just say the first order was like. completely unrelated. please?

SABINE LIGHTSABER FIGHT LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

sabine scolding the dog-horse alien thing omg.. i would like to pet the howler

are we getting closer to ezra…. lads i’m gonna lose it……

space hermit crab??? wearing clothes????

CRAB RECOGNIZES SABINE’S REBEL SYMBOL??? DID EZRA MAKE THOSE LITTLE PENDANTS FOR THEM???

baylan referring to ezra as “bokken jedi” hmmm… interesting

gotta say sabine’s draped shawl/cape over the mandalorian armor is a Look

EZRAAAAAAAAAA

“I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YOU” / “I CAN’T WAIT TO GO HOME” / “THANKS FOR COMING” WAAAAHHHHHHHH

(where did he get those clothes)

i do have to say i was expecting a little more emotion for the reunion… but hey i guess that’s what fic is for babyyyyy…. (🥲)

sooo thrawn doesn’t care for baylan or shin and is actively turning morgan against them… ¡qué interesante! will they turn against each other for good? what could happen next!!!!

but also who cares. we found ezra. just like sabine i’m gonna be enjoying this. ok thanks bye!!

[hummingbirdsaltimolockia]

another breeze by review of 2023 in books/movies/tv and one play

Books:

the beatryce prophecy - 3/5 v beautiful read. kate dicamillo has my heart

the summer of the swans - 3/5 really liked the dialogue in this, and I like the idea of like. a book in real time

ender’s game - 4/5 a very chewy read. more unsettling than I anticipated

the seven dials mystery - 3/5 a little disappointing in the climax

frankenstein - 5/5 so much better and so different from what I'd been led to believe by popular media. I'm a frankenstein snob now

the phantom of the opera - 5/5 also very different from popular understanding, and much more interesting. I'd really love there to be a faithful mini series adaption

the turn of the screw - 2/5 v longwinded and wordy, and a bit of a let down in the fright department

maus - 5/5 harrowing

lang fairy books (green, grey, crimson) - 3/5 enjoyable but got a bit repetitive after a while. I listened to these from many different readers, so that added to the experience

marlene - 4/5 really liked how frank she was, not only with herself but others too

a dark night’s work - 2/5 too much description, not enough dialogue, and took too long to get to the Event. kinda a drag tbh

the flying girl - 5/5 completely loved this. worth it just for chapter nine

the cruel painter - 3/5 unsettling and unintentionally hilarious

the water dancer - 4/5 beautifully written and v interesting story but kind of odd pacing

the thief - 4/5 already did a whole liveblog on this series so yeah. really enjoyed the myth story telling in this

the queen of attolia - 5/5 wild from start to finish. gen is insane. "I can steal the magus" gen that's just kidnapping sit down

the king of attolia - 5/5 probably my favorite of the series. really liked seeing an outside perspective to the consequences of qoa

tea with the black dragon - 2/5 v disappointing. the guy didn't even turn into a dragon at the end

the fall of the house of usher - 3/5 v atmospheric and unsettling

the sittin’ up - 3/5 lots of fun characters

a conspiracy of kings - 4/5 the pov changes was a interesting choice

true grit - 5/5 v engaging read even though I knew the story already

thick as thieves - 4/5 a little slow, and I would've been angrier longer at the end if I were costis

the house on mango street - 5/5 unexpected gut punch

return of the thief - 5/5 such a satisfying ending,

my sister lives on the mantelpiece - 4/5 borrowed from libby on a whim, and it turned out to be incredibly sad, and I did tear up at least four times

the thanksgiving play - 3/5 only listened to the audio adaption so it wasn't the true experience but. wild

old souls - 3/5 really went to a different place than I was expected. liked the art style but kinda a chewy read too

Film/tv

the last of us (s1) - 5/5 went into this knowing almost nothing about it and really enjoyed experiencing it

the mandalorian (s3) - 3/5 been so long since I watched it I kinda don't remember what happened but at least they got mandalore back. yay

mad max fury road - 5/5 knew it was good, didn't know it was gonna be that good. easily one of my top movies now

shrek 2, 3, and 4 - 4/5 overall, the all made me laugh

kung fu panda 3 - 5/5 the most beautiful one I think?

the sixth sense - 5/5 knew the twist going in but still incredibly well made movie

the others - 4/5 really enjoyed the double twist. gave me chills

the phantom of the opera - 3/5 really weird editing

black adam - 3/5 had a very different vibe from other superhero movies

instant family - 3/5

oh my ghost - 3/5 the only time I've cared about characters having sex

exclusive fairy tale - 3/5 could've used a murder ngl

gifted - 4/5 much deeper than I expected

the quiet girl - 4/5 really got to me in the last ten seconds

high seas (s1-3) - 3/5 liked the sister relationship, esp in s1, but s2 was too dramatic, and s3 was completely unnecessary

shutter island - 3/5 also knew the twist going in but it got worse. v interesting visuals and atmosphere

tom jones - 3/5 I would've made tom wait a year

mission impossible: rouge nation - 3/5 kind of a slow burner ending

mission impossible: fallout - 3/5 they were a little Too smart in this, but really enjoyed the final act

mission impossible: dead reckoning part i - 5/5 actually really enjoyed all of it

beef - 3/5 absolutely wild show. really well acted tho

the bourne legacy - 2/5 unnecessary and kinda weird

jason bourne - 2/5 jason bourne should not be using an smartphone. also had to step away after they ****** *****

man on fire - 3/5

only murders in the building (s3) - 4/5 really enjoyed everyone in this season

once upon a time (s3-s5ish) - 3/5 everyone is so Dramatic and Serious about everything but it's actually very silly

titanic - 5/5 actually a really good movie?? who knew

fair play - 2/5 watched this to see something bad happen and you know what. it did

practical magic - 3/5 darker than I expected. gave me tonal whiplash

one royal holiday - 2/5 enjoyed watching aaron tveit doing an ?? accent

sweeny todd - 3/5 helena bonham carter. carried this tbh. also they didn't have to do johanna like that

the christmas bow - 4/5 genuinely enjoyed this?? would actually watch again

home alone - 3/5 wild.

my happy marriage - 4/5 surprisingly really enjoyed this. I liked how understated the romance was

last holiday - 3/5 a really sweet movie actually

it’s time for him to come home for christmas - 3/5 actually really sad in some parts. and there was actually chemistry between the leads so it bearable to watch

the boy and the heron - 4/5 really bizarre but in cool fantastically way that I could really get into. somehow more beautiful than other ghibli movies. will need to watch again

the little mermaid (2023) - 4/5 liked this more than I thought I would. but disney really thought that we (me) wouldn't notice that they used two different horses interchangeably in the same scene??

polite society - 4/5 amazing leading lady. super enjoyable watch, no notes

attack on titan finale - 3/5 thank GOD this is finally over. zeke's death was really unsatisfying to me tbh but at least he died. and I wish armin had gone harder on eren on his bullshit bc good lord was he stupid. it sucks that the end is the weakest part of the story but at least it's over and levi was there. amazing animation tho

across the spiderverse - 5/5 actually amazing?? does anyone know this??

[chronically-ghosted]

house to myself tonight. wine, chocolate, finishing laundry, aaaand:

(I will liveblog my reactions)

[hinderr]

Ohh.....

rotj liveblog :)

[cogentranting]

Things Grogu is old enough for- a list by Din Djarin:

Combat training- Yes Helmets- No Operating Heavy Machinery- No Missions to retake dangerous planets filled with hostile species- Yes

[ohheyalex]

No matter what that Mandalorian theme is going to hit every single time. The goosebumps and joy hit immediately hearing it. Then seeing Din and Grogu pull up in the N1

[fanfoolishness]

Liveblogging The Mandalorian chapter 15, The Believer:

Still can’t believe that Din didn’t run up to Cara shouting “THEY HAVE THE KID” the instant he saw her, except, I can, because emotional constipation. Or, alternately, if he holds off on telling her, he can pretend for just a little bit longer that Grogu’s not in danger?

Industrial junkyard in Star Wars... it’s an engineer’s wonderland

At least the Republic doesn’t keep them in those tiny cages forever? Not that this is much better, but at least there’s some vitamin D, right?

Mayfeld: “The actual fuck???” At all times in this episode

Boba’s ship in the background, love it

“I thought you were this other guy” still lands great XD

Mayfeld says “long time,” so that makes me wanna let Din and Grogu have a good year or so together. Right? Right. That and Greef’s beard, baby, it tells me they had a lot of time :)

Ooooh love the industrial undertones in the Mando theme over the credits right here!

Also, Slave 1, how do you even work? So much twirling around

Din, where do you get your planet information? “There’s nothing on Morak!” How do you know? Maybe he had a short list of worlds he could hide on with the kid and thought that was one of them.

Oh good, Din does call him Fett. I can’t imagine him being on a first name basis with him for some time.

This episode is 99.5% perfect but I still get mad that Fennec didn’t get a joke or any real character development in it! She’s wanted by ISB but for WHAAAAAT

“But I won’t be showing my face.” Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Din

Cara I fucking love how you just smash those idiots into bits XD

Din trusts her so much, ahhhhh friends <3 (But I’m relieved that now there’s no chance of the show trying to ship them, given Gina Carano’s rightful ouster. Bummed that no recast has occurred, but at least I can always think of them as friends)

Mayfeld is such a chatty motherfucker, I don’t know how Din hasn’t knocked his block off yet

Din under his breath: “Grogu Grogu Grogu Grogu Grogu, I’m hanging out with this guy for *Grogu*”

Din’s posture is so stiff inside the transport. Ugh, how awful the borrowed armor must feel

I love how Din’s all “I’ll take care of it.” There winds up being how many guys? How many thermal detonators? And Din’s just glad to get out of the passenger seat and away from Mayfeld, back in his comfort zone

That blaster throw kills me every fucking time XD

Unnngth the way they just shredded so much of his armor :(

I love the stunt work in this episode so much — just some awesome punches, kicks, etc, I love how visceral everything feels

Aw poor Din with that *sigh* and readying his fists like “here we fuckin’ go”

So crazy to see the stormtroopers cheering and celebrating like actual people. I feel like this is one of the few times they let you remember it. And Mayfeld’s little salute... yeah, the Empire was wrong, but he was there, and that’s a part of him, something hard to forget.

Ohhhhh man that whole scene is so fucking tense! I was going to type my reactions during it but couldn’t because I was still too mesmerized. I just see Din’s mind as this white, howling panic during the entire scene. No thoughts, head empty, just sheer panic tamped down and funneled into a painful focus on getting that information. But then Hess goes up to him and how does he channel that my face is bare my face is bare howling terror into words? Answer: he almost doesn’t. It’s hard for him to even mimic Mayfeld’s “yes sir” or to come up with any kind of reasonable lie. Pedro’s acting is just so good with so little said, all of Din’s existential crisis coming out in all of his micro expressions, the stiffness of his shoulders, his faltering words, and alternating between inappropriate direct unblinking eye contact and inappropriate aversion of his gaze. I love love love gif makers for taking and looping those moments so you can really see them individually; you get the sense of them watching the performance through, but it’s hard to put your finger on what actions show precisely that Din is so awkward and so out of his element until you can examine them one at a time.

Yeaaaaah I’m gonna rewind and rewatch that part. It still makes my heart jump into my throat for him.

And the way he raises his eyebrows, and gulps, and just literally stands there with his mouth half open — just very little idea of how to guard against those expressions showing, and why would he have ever practiced it??? (Though, to be fair. My face is also that obvious at all times, and I have no excuse, I’m just a terrible liar. I can usually at least keep my mouth closed though!)

Still mad no Cara and Fennec banter... why can’t they at least compliment each others’ guns or something?

Din just looks so fucking exhausted during this scene with Hess having a drink with them. Literally dazed and dissociating.

Din, frowning, shaking his head at Mayfeld: “Am I doing this right??? But he’s still going? How do people do this?”

I love “mud scuffer” as a term. What is it? I don’t even know, but I love it.

Mayfeld realizing what the Empire’s gonna do with the rhydonium and doing the math in his head. “All right, so that’s how it’s gonna be.”

“I never saw your face” ;______;

Din’s little head toss to Mayfeld telling him to get outta there! Awwwww that’s almost a hug coming from him.

“What’s our next move?” “I am gonna send Moff Gideon the SICKEST BURN”

HE MEANS MORE TO ME THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW *sobbing forever*

[weepylucifer]

the guys really need the kid to painstakingly force every aberrant thought into their minds one episode at a time huh. like, i get it, they were raised in the military and all that, but jesus fucking christ. why is it up to omega to teach these grown men how their brains are used

spontaneously decided - extremely late i know - to give the bad batch a try. i'm 42 minutes in and so far i don't get the hype about these guys. they'd be cool if the big guy wasn't so dumbed down and needed everything explained to him twice (slows the pace down!!) and the sharpshooter with the snake voice exploded approximately 40 minutes ago (i just hate him!!). maybe that's just me being cranky. apart from those two it's quite nice to watch, if a bit predictable so far

[bardan-jusik]

BIO POST

verp | 26 | they/them

my ao3: verpineshatterrifle

repcomm art blog: @verpine-art

my accounts on other sites just in case

pfp credit

this is a general star wars blog, but Republic Commando (novels)/legends mandos are my primary interest and what basically all my own content is about

ABOUT ME

i go by verp or verpine, my blog name was previously trashcanmando

i don't interact with cloneshipping although i don't mind if other people do, i'm just not going to follow you if there's a lot of it on your blog. nothing personal

not pro-ship and not anti-ship, but a secret third thing: a person with nuanced opinions who can mind their own business

i will not reblog a post i disagree with unless the op is clearly inviting that sort of discussion. i will vagueblog though

FANDOM OPINIONS

top 5 characters: kal skirata, bardan jusik, ordo skirata, mereel skirata, fenn shysa

top ships: ordo/besany, atin/laseema, and manda help me, din/mayfeld and kal/mij

i don't like the writing of bad batch or 2008 clone wars very much sorry, also mando season 3 makes me sad

i'm picky about my fanon, but i don't just hate all fanon. i just prefer it generally consistent with canon

my facecast for kal is daniel craig, and i have an agenda about it

i am an aro/ace bardan jusik truther

in general i choose to ignore the ending of order 66 and 501st is a whump fanfic with interesting character and lore information in it but it isnt real xoxo #etainlives

kal skirata is my favorite star wars character and i will block on sight if you try and convince me he's homophobic/misogynistic/emotionally abusive/a fascist. if he's just not your cup of tea that's totally fine, but i'm gonna need you to display some reading comprehension

i like all of the characters, i genuinely like karen traviss' writing, (i also like kilo-5!) i strongly prefer legends over canon in any instance where the two conflict

TAG DIRECTORY

#verp talks : my own chatty posts

#verp chats : reblog chains of me having conversations with people, for easy blocking so you dont see the same thing a dozen times

#verp answers : my ask tag

#verp hc : my personal headcanons

#verp art : reblogs from my art blog

#costuming au : the repcomm characters are in the mercs/501st/rebel legion. my favorite modern au

#mindor liveblog : i read shadows of mindor and talk about it. any other liveblogging of other stuff i do will be tagged in a similar format

#fanon hate, #negative, #vagueblogging, #tcw critical, #tcw hate, #tbb critical, #tbb hate : i don't want to be a downer or ruin anyones fun but sometimes i just have to complain. block these tags if you don't wanna see me gripe. or search them if you wanna be salty with me

#mandalorian culture, and #jedi culture : this encompasses canon, fanon i like and think seems consistent with canon, and some joke posts

#beskargam : any time i think a post is notable for its mandalorian armor design or talking about the armor

#repcomm : the books

#republic commando : the game

#fanart : i dont tag all of it but i try

character tags: i try to use an intuitive version of their name, but some people are tagged with their ranks (#commander cody) some with their full name (#bardan jusik) and some with just their name (#sev). for hyphenated named i just do a space (#obi wan kenobi) yes i know i could just do the hyphen but its too late to change the system now ok?

i don't tag absolutely every post but i try to tag most things