#fett feels

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a small list of personality traits observed in boba fett's character in the expanded universe series legacy of the force

i was compiling this list for my own writing reference for older (see: 60+) expanded universe boba fett but figured i might as well share it here as well! so, uh, here's a list of various boba fett personality traits i've observed while rereading the legacy of the force novels!

sarcastic and acerbic way of communicating. often frustrated by his own inability to be genuine and warm with people he cares about.

never raises his voice. gets annoyed when other people yell, esp over comms.

dry, self-deprecating sense of humor. doesn’t mind poking fun at his own ignorance or mistakes. 

cynical. tendency to expect the worst of people and situations. 

emotionally volatile: switches unpredictably between numb “scrupulous detachment” and overwhelming “raw emotions.”

uncomfortable in social/emotional situations. compares even basic social interaction to “a minefield.” “switches off” and/or attempts to flee when emotions become overwhelming. often relies on beviin to “haul him out of the mire” when he hits his limit socially or emotionally.

highly principled; always keeps his word, even when it pains him to do so. that said, in truly dire circumstances, is not above using wordplay to loophole his way out of a promise. like some fucked up fae. 

inner conflict between wanting to reconcile with/help/protect loved ones and deep-seated belief that he will inevitably bring them harm and suffering. 

often has violent thoughts about the people around him, including his loved ones, which contribute to his previously mentioned belief that he will inevitably cause harm to them. for example, he randomly feels the urge to strike mirta when she’s sitting next to him and gets a “predatory” feeling when he’s around a blinded sintas. feels disturbed by these thoughts, obviously never acts on them.

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little kid Boba Fett going on trips with Jango sometimes, learning to drive the Slave I, “Dad, how does this work?” “Dad, can you show me?” “Dad, can I try?”

Jango teaching him how to fight and protect himself, little Boba proving at a young age how smart he is, escaping from locked playpens and nurseries

Jango letting Boba try on the helmet and it being too big, but Boba loves it so much, he wants to grow up to be a bounty hunter just like his daddy

little Boba making his way through the Kaminoan dwellings down to the Clones’ training center to go find his daddy

the older clones playing with their baby brother sometimes

little kid Boba Fett with a little accent being absolutely adorable

the Kaminoan nurses and babysitters being beside themselves with glee whenever he does something cute, “yes the baby clones are interesting but have you seen the unaltered one?” 

baby Boba Fett *gushing emotions*

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another little moment i like from legacy of the force. the line, "he braced for mild embarrassment" always makes me laugh 😆

and then the emotional whiplash of him noticing that mirta looks distraught, and immediately looking around the crowd to make sure everyone he cares about is still alive :`) really says a lot that that's his first, kneejerk reaction to sensing bad news

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idk why, but this little throwaway line from beviin makes me crazy. it's so effortlessly compassionate in the face of boba's self-loathing and resigned certainty that beviin will hate him for what he's done. and like, beviin's gentle reassurance that he isn't going to "find out" anything; he'll just wait for if/when boba wants to share what happened.

beviin's genuinely such a mensch. i want to give him a hug.

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I know Bevin and medrit help boba in social situations which I love but do you think sintas ever helped boba with that when they were younger I can’t remember if she did

socially, i'm not sure. for one thing, i'm not sure boba would have experienced the same social difficulties as a teenager as he did as an adult—which isn't to say he experienced zero! he had a very uh... unconventional upbringing that doesn't seem like it would've been conducive to socialization. that said, between him and sintas, it seems implied that boba was probably the more trusting and emotional of the two—which, i know. the thought that boba fett could have ever been described as "trusting" or "emotional" seems wild, but we have a few pieces of evidence of this dynamic between them:

boba seems to have been the one to confess his feelings first and was the one who suggested they elope, while sintas seems to have been rather more cautious and pragmatic. we can see this when the telemetric kiffar reads her memories on the heart-of-fire and sees boba talking her into the idea, while she's concerned that he doesn't know what he's doing.

boba recalls that sintas "never trusted anyone," while she reveals that "jaster" (boba's alias back when they were teenagers on concord dawn) implicitly trusted the people around them on concord dawn bc they were mandalorians... much to both their eventual detriment.

after being assaulted by lenovar, sintas chooses a brutally pragmatic response: cover the whole thing up and make sure no one—especially not boba—finds out about it. she knows that she and boba are in a vulnerable position and that bringing what happened to light could ruin both their lives, so she crushes whatever emotional response she'd naturally have and takes an unflinchingly utilitarian course of action instead. meanwhile, when boba finds out, he does just the opposite: he totally gives into his emotions and lets himself destroy their lives. and it says that even after he found out, sintas was still trying to talk him out of it. she was still insistent they take a measured approach—and lbr, was probably hiding what happened from boba bc she knew he wouldn't.

this interpretation of sintas's personality seems supported by boba's own descriptions of her, in which he calls her "sharp" and "analytical." specifically, he uses these descriptors when he sees how she reacts in a careful, measured way to the revelation that mirta is her granddaughter—they're traits tied to the fact that she keeps a tight grip on her emotions.

all of this is to say that i don't think sintas would have helped him in the same way as beviin and medrit, because he was a very different person when she knew him and probably faced very different challenges socially. namely, i would guess that, rather than encouraging him to be more trusting and open as beviin often does, sintas would have been doing some of the opposite: trying to get him to be a little more cautious and level-headed when interacting with others.

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that one ninth doctor quote that's like, "that's how you slaughter millions. because once in a while, on a whim, if the wind's in the right direction, you happen to be kind," but it's about jango with boba 🤔

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also, thinking now about how boba’s relationship with mirta is practically the polar opposite of the one jango had with him him. like,

jango with boba: you are my heir, you are an extension of myself, you are everything i could have been, and i will do everything in my power to make you a perfect and uncompromising carrier of this legacy.

boba with mirta, gripping her shoulders: our bloodline is fucking cursed and i will do everything in my power, including literally actually dying, to prevent it from dragging you down with us

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god, rereading that scene after doing a bit of a beviin deep dive is making me want to write a oneshot where beviin is actually there for one of boba's panic attacks... why must inspiration always strike right before bedtime? ;_;