I’ve been thinking a lot about terms I’ve only seen in fanon for Jedi, such as “lineage-sibling” or “grand-padawan”, and I have no problem with the terms in themselves and have also used them in my fics, but I often wonder what that would actually mean to a Jedi. If specific familial references would actually hold that much weight. We know the Jedi consider each other family, but it’s based on community and shared devotion more than anything else, and that’s definitely special and beautiful. I just think some have a tendency to project a very nuclear structure onto independent lineages and I don’t think that’s a realistic lens through which to view Jedi culture, since most of them don’t know (or even want) life outside the temple. Like, I don’t think a lot of Jedi would have to dignify their masters by comparing them to a parent, because they are pretty far removed from the concept of one or two parents, and already value and love their master as a teacher and mentor, and that is the part that’s meaningful for them. I’m not trying to gotcha anyone with this, it’s just something I think about when writing Jedi family. I think sometimes we undersell how community based they are.
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