I just like em'

[kimboboombloom]

Fic List

I too am fanfic writer and have been writing vigorously on various characters Mr. Pedro has played and wanted to share

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Reed RichardsxOFC

Your Grief For What You Lost

Materialists

Harry CastilloxOFC

Dance When You're Broken Open

Eddington

Ted Garcia x OFC

We Can Only Go Better

[no-1-reylo-fan]

[andrew-garfielld]

Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller in THE LAST OF US (2023-) S01E06 | “Kin”

[no-1-reylo-fan]

[kimboboombloom]

Outside of feeling Rage, I could guess that Din felt mortified when the Twins removed his helmet.

[kimboboombloom]

can I wax poetically for a moment now that the press tour is over? Pedro said he's more of a fan of movies than he is an actor and that is the perfect description of what I was trying to articulate in my mind.

We are watching a "regular" person have their queen for a day. Like Pedro never dreamed this would happen and now here he is in a movie with Sigourney Weaver and it's the Star Wars Universe. I feel so happy for him. Like watching someone graduate. I feel proud of him.

[silksaddle]

good god i forgot what it was like to watch din djarin do his thing. he’s so capable, he’s so protective, he’s so smart…. he’s a good pilot, he can fight, he fixes things….. he speaks multiple languages… his voice……… he’s so strong….

[kimboboombloom]

YESSSS. when he kicked that flaming storm tropper off the AT-AT I....

[kimboboombloom]

Can we talk about how it's time for Grogu to have a set of new outfits? some cute toddler jumpers with a little patch of the mudhorn on each Fit to represent their clan? I manifest a season 4. I manifest new outfits.

It's time to retire the robe.

[djarinmuse]

Agreed. If anything less peacoat and more tunic looking, he can have a lil belt for his pouch that holds exactly one bomb. His bomb bag belt.

[littlemissskuld]

Hear me out; Beskar colored overalls.

With snack pockets.

[kimboboombloom]

@littlemissskuld For sure. Definitely with snack pockets. So far, we have jumpers, tunics, Beskar colored overalls, a cape, and chanel brunch boots. Din Grogu it's going to be GIVING.

[kimboboombloom]

Can we talk about how it's time for Grogu to have a set of new outfits? some cute toddler jumpers with a little patch of the mudhorn on each Fit to represent their clan? I manifest a season 4. I manifest new outfits.

It's time to retire the robe.

[djarinmuse]

Agreed. If anything less peacoat and more tunic looking, he can have a lil belt for his pouch that holds exactly one bomb. His bomb bag belt.

[kimboboombloom]

@diarinmuse For sure a lil utility belt.

[kimboboombloom]

Can we talk about how it's time for Grogu to have a set of new outfits? some cute toddler jumpers with a little patch of the mudhorn on each Fit to represent their clan? I manifest a season 4. I manifest new outfits.

It's time to retire the robe.

[whereareyourightnow]

[katestewartt]

From lone gunman to loving father

[yourcoolauntie]

That's right.

[kimboboombloom]

I know the Phobes are mad chile.

[fanfoolishness]

You Okay? (The Mandalorian and Grogu)

They were on Nal Hutta.

Rich swamp smells, loam and river-weed, moist tree bark, springy moss and shading fern. Sounds of the deep fens, droids on patrol, frogs chorusing, the swell of countless insects droning. The feel of earth beneath his palms, his toes squelching in the puddles.

The way his father’s chest rose up and down, up and down, fast and shallow. The rattle of his breathing.

What if it had come out different?

What if he never found the kind man across the river? What if he never got the medicine?

He pulled at his father’s shoulder, tapped his armor frantically, listened for his heartbeat under beskar.

All was silent — all was silent — and he was alone —

*

Grogu woke up in the dark on Nevarro. He would know the closeness of their little home no matter what, the little hum of their security defenses in the background, the smells of caf and cookies, the way the air hung just so within four prefab walls. It was secure now. He could feel it in the Force.

But the dream was still so scary and so fresh. He froze, then pulled his blanket over his head. He stayed like that a minute before peeping his head out, ears brushing against the soft fabric. He called out, shyly, just once.

No answer.

He told himself he would be okay if his father slept through without realizing. They had been through so much these past days. They both needed rest. Grogu sighed and turned within his blanket, shivering a little, determined to fall back asleep on his own.

A hand, warm and steady on his back in the dark. “Hey, kid. You okay?”

Grogu hesitated.

He’d been okay after the assault on the Imperial warlord in the snow. Chilly, excited, but fine.

He’d been okay after they locked him in a cage. His legs were tired and he was embarrassed and worried about his dad, but they’d both been all right.

He was okay after he got his dad home safe again. They’d both fought so much, so hard, and they had won!

He was getting stronger. Better at helping his dad. Better at saving his dad. He knew that he was brave and that he’d done good.

“Grogu?” his father asked quietly, his voice rough. He clicked on Grogu’s glow-lamp. In the dim light, Grogu could see he had taken off his helmet, something he did only very rarely, when it was just the two of them in their clan and the world was quiet. His father’s face was lined and tired and kind. “You all right?”

Grogu shook his head no, and he held out his arms.

“Hey, hey. I got you, kiddo.” His father held him close, his embrace gentle as anything. They stayed like that until the sun crept around the edges of the windows, until the blurrg crowed with the morning. And Grogu knew that they were safe once more.

[thefrogdalorian]

i really love how much emphasis the mandalorian and grogu placed upon how kind din djarin is.

is he an incredible fighter? yes... it was cool to see him kicking ass on the big screen.

but more than that, i really appreciated his interactions with the anzellans how empathetic he was to rotta and of course how patient and loving he was with grogu. i loved how it was highlighted that din is actually kind of averse to violence, and mostly views it as a last resort that should only be turned to when talking doesn't work. that is one of the things i adore most about his character.

he's a walking beskar-played contradiction. he appears like a terrifying mandalorian warrior to the rest of the galaxy, but underneath that steel is a heart of gold. that part of him means so much to me, and i'm so glad it was present as he took the leap to the big screen!

[kimboboombloom]

I noticed that also! His gentleness is his most appealing trait as a character. I wonder if meeting and parenting Grogu is what shaped this. Yes it was always there, but before Grogu it seemed like he was just surviving without much feeling.

[thefrogdalorian]

Even amongst the terrifying ordeal of watching Din slip into a coma, Grogu still honoured and respected his father's way of life. Even as Din hovered perilously close to death, even when Din would have had no idea whether Grogu had removed his helmet or not, the child respected his father's creed.

In those moments, I'm sure that Grogu really wanted to use the force to remove Din's helmet so that he could check whether he was recovering. But no... the respect he showed for Din, by giving him water/feeding him by sticking his little claw beneath his helmet... it's so moving and such a testament to the depth of their bond.

And for such a tiny child to do all of that, to show such resourcefulness and bravery while keeping his dying dad's dignity in tact... my heart.. . it hurTS... also is someone chopping onions in here?????

[kimboboombloom]

[shardsrising]

I posted this elsewhere but I wanted it on here too, I was thinking about the parallels between Darth Vader/Luke Skywalker and Din Djarin/Grogu after the new movie because after seeing it I have it on the brain now.

On paper, the two father/son duos are similar, both are effectively a father in a cool mask and a Jedi son from Star Wars, but past that surface level they're so different.

Luke and Vader are these mythic figures, a hero and a hero turned villain, father and son at odds with each other (to put it lightly) with the fate of the galaxy resting on their every action whether they know it or not, with tragedy looming over them the whole time too, while Din and Grogu are not at odds, they're a team, they care deeply about each other, they're not burdened with the fate of the galaxy on their every move. A lot of times they're just trying to get through the day.

Anakin's whole downfall came from him being unable to let go, and going fully to the dark side from that. The fear of loss weighed on him and he couldn't bear it, and that traveled through the whole saga. While Din is aware that Grogu will outlive him, and does his best to prepare him and care for him and pass on what he's learned. There's a parallel to Jedi/Sith culture compared to Mandalorian culture somewhere in this too but that would probably make this post like 12 bajillion words long.

Without the heavy, often tragic weight Luke and Vader have, they're able to catch a break more and build connections and community, which I think is really nice. Grogu choosing that kind of life with Din instead of staying with Luke is important to this too, I think, if he stayed in Jedi training he'd be roped into that mythic Skywalker tragedy, but instead avoids it.

I think it's really thematically interesting that Din and Grogu aren't as "important" but finding a kind of peace that way. If they were the main characters of the galaxy, maybe tragedy and pain would follow them wherever they go. Not that things are always peachy for them or that they never experience any losses, but it does feel like the high level mythic characters lose just about everyone and everything, while the more ground level folks on the galaxy can make friends and actually like. Keep them. There's something really nice about that, and in general Din and Grogu being a response of sorts to Vader/Luke, a healthy father/son relationship which is probably a first in Star Wars. I keep thinking about a review for Mando and Grogu that said there's something just inherently kind about the movie, and I think that applies to the whole Mandalorian series, too.