all i know is war

[keldabe]

ᴀʟʟ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪs ᴡᴀʀ... a private multimuse featuring mandalorian characters. written by dima (he/she/they, 25). established February 2023. rules under cut.

my din blog. muse list. memes. metas.

this blog is private and selective. i only write with mutuals, and i only follow people i can see myself interacting with. blog is 18+.

i work a 7s schedule, one week i work 70 hours throughout 7 days, the next week i have off. my activity will reflect this.

there will be dark content on here, including violence and allusion to genocide. bo-katan's background involves an abusive relationship between a minor and adult. i will tag everything, but be warned.

i love shipping! as of right now all my characters are wlw/wlnb. i do like ahsoka&bo but i will only write them romantically post tcw ie when both are adults. same idea applies to all my characters.

i don't know all of star wars lore, i'm not gonna learn all of star wars lore, and canon is more of a suggestion to me. i appreciate those with the knowledge of deep lore.

graphics are made by me. this blog is iconless.

hi im dima, 25, he/she/they, lesbian. i love don djaron, i make art and i make weird jokes.

[keldabe]

hii prob gonna add satine and jac.k bl.ack oc sometime but come talk to me about them

[keldabe]

i could reply to threads or i could just say im making a j/ack bla/ck mando oc and say that counts as replies

[keldabe]

ijaat is the first person on this blog to be interested in men bc she exudes disaster bi energy

[keldabe]

hey i added a new oc, you can find info on her in my character about or below

Ijaat Manda Kors

ijaat’s covert was attacked, the adults fought while the children and elderly escaped, ijaat was just shy of adulthood. nearly all of their outnumbered warriors were wiped out by the enemies, leaving the covert comprised nearly all of dependents.

to provide for her covert, ijaat got into spice trading.

her parents raised her to be honorable and have a code, even naming her the mando’a words for honor and heaven/soul. when they died with the rest of the adults, ijaat gave up those beliefs. though while she’ll lie, cheat, and steal she remains as loyal as the mandalorian she is.

ijaat has always had a happy disposition, and cracks lots of jokes. after her parents death and the covert’s responsibility fell on her shoulders, she continued to outwardly not take things seriously. she also adopted an attitude that “life is chaos and nothing matters”.

alternate verse where she starts working for @pinebox ‘s boba

[phantomemes]

sentences from the youtube series  ,  buzzfeed unsolved .  primarily taken from season 5′s supernatural investigations .

“ it doesn’t matter because you’re dead ”

“ it’s not impressive  ,  no one’s impressed ”

“ the spot of your death is now a lovely gift shop ”

“ as god as my witness  ,  he snapped him in half ”

“ i seriously want you to throw something right at my face ”

“ you can live in the cave ”

“ i’m a big fan of your name ”

“ the fact that you steal  ,  that’s really funny to me ”

“ that’s the greatest thing to steal  :  a man’s joy ”

“ because i’m a masochist ”

“ i’m going to regret this ”

“ i’ve lost the ability to feel ”

“ they’re gonna fucking murder you ”

“ the way you shushed me was quite rude ”

“ cowards  ,  all of you ”

“ i’m strange and off putting ”

“ i should not feel confident in the face of any man ”

“ here you are  ,  smiling in the face of the devil ”

“ i hate bats ”

“ bats sometimes carry rabies and that’s a thing i’m afraid of ”

“ not today devil birds  ,  not today ”

“ i think i’m blacking out right now ”

“ i don’t think i’m going to remember this moment ”

“ i think i’m gonna cry ”

“ i keep forgetting there’s ghosts in here ”

“ if you know me and my debilitating fear of bears  ,  this is my worst nightmare ”

“ i’m standing on an altar alone ”

“ maybe you’ll wake up in the middle of the night and eat your cat ”

“ i’m so glad that’s over let’s go eat taco bell ”

“ were you making horse noises ? ”

“ in case any of you needed a reminder this place is a twisting nightmare ”

“ there’s a good chance i’m gonna fart in here ”

“ well this is horrifying ”

“ let’s do each other a favor and not show ourselves to each other ”

“ if you could do me a big solid and not do anything that would be sublime ”

“ this is just as horrifying as i thought it would be ”

“ you talk to hide from the silence ”

“ do i look like the kind of man who could give advice ? ”

“ several bad choices have lead me to this moment ”

“ let’s play look at the ceiling tiles !  1 , 2 , 3 , 4 … ”

“ i just wanna know if you think they have belly buttons ”

“ i did meet some of the most insufferable people but they also met me ”

“ if it sounds like a duck and walks like a duck ”

[keldabe]

oc idea In The Works

doctor from mandalore, is a New Mandalorian, pregnant wife died in purge while he was off world.

person work with/as spice trader to support a covert of mostly children/elders. some ways acts very dishonorable, other ways very honorable

someone who works with the first order just so i can have more threads w my first order besties

[keldabe]

Mandalorian Death, Memory and Honor

Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum Daily remembrance of those passed on *I'm still alive, but you are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal.* Followed by repetition of loved ones' names.

Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la. Not gone, merely marching far away. (Tribute to a dead comrade.)

Munit tome'tayl, skotah iisa translation: long memory, short fuse - said to be the typical Mando mindset

Mando'ad draar digu translation: A Mandalorian never forgets.

In the daily remembrance, it is through the actions of the living (by remembering and repeating the saying) that the dead become eternal, not because the dead exist in their own right in an afterlife (I will later write about Mandalorian concepts of soul, heaven, and an afterlife, specifically what "manda" is).

Similarly, this action of honoring the dead is not for the dead's sake, but for the living. The dead are owed honor and respect, not for the sake of the dead receiving honor but for the sake of the living showing respect.

In the season one finale, Din asks Cara to let him have "A warrior's death". Dying in battle is one of the highest honors, something which makes sense for a warrior and warring culture. Dying in battle is needed to war, thus it is valued using honor.

As the latter two Mando'a sayings suggest, there is a concept that Mandalorians hold grudges, they don't forget wrong actions. For Mandalorians, vengeance is an act of justice.

So you have a culture that encourages remembering the dead, but also remembering the wronged. It encourages vengeances, and it encourages war. Not only this, it gives a moral reward to the cost of war, ie dying in battle ie a warrior's death.

Mando'a sayings and translations courtesy of mandoa.org

[pinebox-deactivated20240317]

even through the beskar, he can feel the heat, the pressure of the explosion. this isn't good, not at all. he can feel lyali beneath him, vaguely hear her saying something, his name maybe. probably. the sound of the boom is still pounding in his head, and his ears are ringing. his helmet is supposed to prevent things like that, but it wasn't really built to survive being so close to ground zero of an explosion of this magnitude.

at his back, he can hear the debris falling. the ringing in his ears is fading away, and he can more clearly hear lyali calling for him. he opens his mouth, hears his jaw crack, but no words come out. his tongue comes out, wetting his lips, tasting sweat. after a moment of silence between them, he speaks. "i'm here. are you okay?"

[keldabe]

hyperventilation   and   panic   edge   in   as   lyali   begins   thinking   the   other   unconscious.   the   rubble   was   settling,   with   them   among   it.   she   couldn't   get   them   out,   she   couldn't   even   walk.   but   just   as   the   mandalorian   was   getting   ready   to   desperately   start   trying   to   wake   her   companion,   the   other   spoke.   relief   loosened   the   winds   of   her   muscles,  

'i'm...   i'm   the   same.'   a   pause,   the   comfort   that   she   was   not   in   fact   alone   easing   amid   the   falling   dust.   'did...   are   you   hurt?'   with   few   other   places   to   look,   lyali   turns   her   eyes   up   and   sees   a   peak   of   sky   that   wasn't   there   before,   the   ceiling   once   in   its   place   now   surrounding   them.

[keldabe]

SHELTER : seeing a threat barreling toward them (such as a storm, the shockwave from an explosion, or a building they’re in collapsing), sender holds the injured / incapacitated receiver close, turning their back to the threat to bear the brunt of the impact instead of the receiver. DIN FOR LYALI AHHHHHHHHH

pain   shallowed   her   breaths   as   her   fingers   turned   bone   white   gripping   onto   din.   she   tried   not   to   look   at   her   raw   legs,   even   still   tears   streamed   down   her   face.   they   weren't   going   to   make   it,   they   weren't   going   to   make   it.   it   all   was   just   too   much   for   lyali   as   she   squeezed   her   eyes   shut,   her   heart   about   to   leap   out   her   mouth.

din's   grip   tightened,   and   lyali   felt   him   hold   her   closer,   ducking   over   her   body.   they   didn't   quite   make   it,   the   force   of   the   explosion   razing   over   them,   no.   over   din.   lyali   could   feel   the   heat   and   impact   around   his   edges,   hear   the   sound   cut   past   the   helmet's   modifiers.   she   waited,   her   breath   heavy   enough   to   modulate.   'din?'   lyali   finally   spoke,   'din?' @pinebox

[curiositymemes]

HARD-TO-FIND HURT / COMFORT ACTION PROMPTS.

a selection of some of my favorite underrepresented situations and actions for one of my favorite tropes! feel free to add + REVERSE to any of the prompts to change the situation and provide context as necessary. do not add to this list.  

CRADLE : sender picks up the injured / unconscious receiver and holds them close to their chest, carrying them to safety. 

GUARDIAN : facing down a threat, sender pushes receiver back with an arm, moving to stand in front of them and protecting them with their own body.

TENDER : receiver wakes up to sender caressing them gently; a hand carding through their hair, brushing hair off their forehead, a hand on their cheek, a thumb swiping under their eye.

SHELTER : seeing a threat barreling toward them (such as a storm, the shockwave from an explosion, or a building they’re in collapsing), sender holds the injured / incapacitated receiver close, turning their back to the threat to bear the brunt of the impact instead of the receiver.

FLICKER : sender thinks they’re too late to save receiver and begins to mourn them / sinks in defeat and grief, holding them close, only to find through a simple action (a cough, a twitch of a hand, a murmured word) that they haven’t left them after all. 

DELIRIUM : receiver wakes up to sender’s relief, only for receiver to not believe it’s really sender (that they’re imagining sender or that they don’t think sender would come for them) or that they’re finally safe. 

CONCEAL : both muses have been injured or have fallen ill, though sender keeps their injury / illness secret in favor of taking care of receiver. however, as receiver gets better, sender’s injury / illness worsens from lack of care, and they wind up collapsing, their injury / illness fully revealed. 

GUIDE : sender has been injured, but their skills are needed to help with the muses’ current situation (an escape plan, tending a wound, or diffusing a weapon, for example). sender has to walk receiver through the procedure, all the while trying to stay conscious. 

SAVIOR : receiver is at the mercy of a threat, and all seems lost, only for sender to suddenly burst in and come to their rescue, bearing weapons and all the protective spirit they can muster, to the relief / confusion / anger of receiver. 

LAST RESORT : injured / sick and alone after an encounter with a threat or a run-in with a dangerous situation, sender finds themself at receiver’s door, coming to them because they have nowhere else to go.

[keldabe]

the armorer really is stuck just her and paz. can you imagine

[wizardjpeg]

you all only hate me because you do not like me and i am mean to you. grow up

[keldabe]

me going out and getting sushi and cold brew coffee from the grocery store:

the over 12 in. snow outside:

[keldabe]

lets start with a startercall... please specify muse

[keldabe]

see lyali is ok at the art of fighting. i mean she's been trained in combat since she was a kid and even with a complete lack of talent for it, she has some knowledge. she just gets too scared when it comes to a real world non-spar fight. if it's fight or flight she automatically goes with flight every time.

[keldabe]

tatooine   was   a   shit   planet.   but   bo-katan   knew   a   guy   who   knew   a   guy   who   could   help   with   a   particular   imperial   problem,   and   the   shaky   connection   frequented   some   dusty   cantina   on   tatooine.   so   there   they   were.   her   and   a   couple   companions   entered   the   cantina,   eyes   scanning   for   someone   matching   the   description   she   was   given   but   they   catch   on   someone   else.   'oh   you've   gotta   be   kidding   me.'   her   heart   rate   quickens   and   adrenaline   misfires.   telling   the   others   to   find   a   seat,   bo-katan   approaches   the   dark   corner   table   of   the   familiar   face,   takes   her   helmet   off   and   holds   it   on   one   side.   'i'd   say   this   is   a   pleasant   surprise   but   i   think   we   both   know   that   would   be   a   lie.'   a   beat,   and   bo-katan   examines   the   jedi,   'you   look   awful.' @kenoebi