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"Well," Kilindi said, "I guess I'll see you later." She turned away from Maul and began walking toward the courtyard's gate. "Wait," Maul said. ... "I like to swim." (Windham, 87).

Another example of Maul lying through his teeth. He does not like or know how to swim.

Maul is an opportunist and a manipulator. These skills only get sharpened from his time alone, and serve him extremely well as the Shadow. Rebels' Maul is an old conman who many see as out of character, but if you look closely there are common threads of using language as a tool.

I firmly believe that he learnt this from Deenine.

And, dare I say, this may be an inheritance gift from his paternal master.

#The Wrath of Darth Maul #chapter 8 #notes & quotes #Maul #kilindi #deenine #maul is very socially aware in an abused kid kind of way #where he can read the situation in terms of power plays and danger #but not much else #interested in how this makes him almost a parallel to sidious #especially in rebels when he fully commits to being a creepy old man #all very... sidious #i truly wonder if maul took any other character ticks from sidious. if someone who knew them both could spot common mannerisms #wouldnt that be creepy?#my hcs

Thanks for the answers, Maulblr! I'm gonna ask your opinion along a similar vein; who should I meta for first in terms of Maul's most important/shaping relationships? I'm going by series. Series one is his earliest connections with others. Who gets the most votes will be the first to be written for, going down to least votes last.

Deenine

Sidious/ Sheev the Sh1t-Lord

Kilindi Matako

Trezza

Show me the results 👏👏

Voting ended onOct 3, 2024

#darth maul meta #maul meta #darth maul #maul #star wars #the wrath of darth maul #deenine #kilindi matako #sheev palpatine #darth sidious #sidious #palpatine #i couldn't figure out where to start so I've resulted to democracy #kilindi #star wars legends

leeeeetle hat

#Darth Maul #Maul #Obi-Wan Kenobi #Obi-Wan #Deenine #D-9 #sketchdump

"TD-D9 hobbled back into the chamber carrying a tray that held plates covered by domed lids. The droid set the covered plates before the seated figures, then said, 'Are you finished with me, Master Sidious?' 'Most definitely,' Sidious said. Keeping his eyes on Maul, Sidious waved at the droid. TD-D9 lifted off the floor, flew across the chamber, and smashed into the wall." (Windham, 70).

And so Sidious looks directly into Maul's eyes as he kills his proto-mother.

I'd like to talk about the class + gender dynamics of this little scene.

Deenine is obviously a British aristocratic servant, if we use the domed lid as a reference. She has served as Sidious' butler throughout the text, with the expected stoicism of the role having morphed into actual faceless steel.

What is interesting here is that she naturally doubles as another role; a mother. She controls the domestic space of this fortress while Sidious goes abroad. She raises and tyrannises Maul, but they must both bow to the patriarch.

Like the stay-at-home-mum and the Victorian nanny, she is dismissed once the little bird flies the nest. All power she once held evaporates.

kilindi 🤝 deenine

love language is ‘im breaking the rules for you’

#maul #kilindi #deenine #the wrath of Darth maul #seriously it’s how they show they care #kilindi tells on trezza about the hunt and Deenine dobs on sidious and his plans

"'You may put on a shirt now.' ... But before Maul could pick up the shirt, the droid snatched it and added, 'You may put on a clean shirt.'" (Windham, 54).

Maul was just about to re-don his bloody t-shirt with a hole in it.

1) Deenine being a fussy mum is very funny, and 2) I have to wonder if Maul goes shirtless because throg don't care

#The Wrath of Darth Maul #Chapter 5 #notes & quotes #maul #deenine

Deenine: "Maybe he'll replace me with a droid who actually enjoys inflicting pain." (Windham, 60).

Deenine, apparently, does not enjoy inflicting pain.

I won't say that she's secretly a saint, I have too much respect for her to think that. She's demonstrated that she's a bully in earlier chapters, when she beats and mocks Maul in training.

This negative behaviour can be programmed, which I suppose is a part of her soul. Droid souls can be utterly dominated by an external will. No wonder the Sith love them.

It is also a way in which Maul and Deenine differ, to me. Maul enjoys the hunt. Whether that is nature or nurture, I don't know. Just like Deenine, I suppose.

#The Wrath of Darth Maul #Chapter 5 #Deenine #Maul #notes & quotes #I love the questionable sentience and conscience of deenine #of droids #something which maul and the nightbrothers are often accused of lacking too #I love Deenine and Maul so much #no one. no one understands Maul as much as Deenine. not only in experiences #but in thought and logic. in the sith ways. their wavelength is almost the same

"'Is this true? You could have destroyed the droid?' 'Yes, Master Sidious,' Maul replied. 'Then why didn't you?' Maul tilted his chin toward the droid. 'Because I wanted to bring this thing back to you in pieces.'" (Windham, 67).

It looks like Deenine's scheming has paid off; Maul has learnt how to lie to Sidious to protect her (and his) life.

Clever. But not clever enough.

The pieces can be brought back dead. According to cold Sith logic, there was no reason to spare the droid. Sidious knows that. Ergo, he knows Maul cares for her.

Additionally, another cultish aspect of the apprenticeship is the abrupt changes to the 'sacred rules'. Maul was commanded not to destroy the droid. But now, he is disappointing because he didn't.