#mandalorians

[fettunfettered]

[cyartomad]

Leía and Din interactions in fics are always so funny to me because there will never be a more perfect matchup than Leia “I learned diplomacy at age two and I’ve been a politician since I was still in my mother’s womb, address me with the proper respect and maybe I won’t manipulate you JUST as much” Organa and Din “I grew up ina sewer, my diplomacy is self-taught battle negotiation, and I wouldn’t know decorum or politics if it hit me in the face” Djarin

It’s even FUNNIER when one of them is a politician and the other is the fucking ACCIDENTAL KING OF A PLANET

Leia, already expecting yet another sleazy politician: *fake smile* it is an honor to meet you, Mand’alor

Din, glancing up from doodling grogu’s face on a bunch of paperwork: uh. It’s an honor to meet you as well, Miss . . . senator

Leia:

Din: *glances at Bo-katan* was that wrong? Am I supposed to bow or something

Leia, mentally rewriting all of her strategies: no you’re fine. Also, I now understand why your guards are so protective of you. We must not ever let you be corrupted by the horrors of the senate

Din: . . . Aren’t you part of the senate?

Leia: yeah

[raointean]

Most people rebelling against the Empire: Though it is futile, I must take this last stand. I have no hope of survival, nor do I think myself strong enough to win, but I will not go down without a fight

Mandalorians fighting the Empire: Get the fuck off my lawn!

[echosrobotarm]

Maul watched sunsets on Coruscant. Maul addresses women as “Lady” because he’s respectful (to women, and tbh that’s all I care about). Maul names his training droids. Maul spared a fallen Jedi who’d been tortured to the point of madness because he was impressed with how she fought against a syrox. Maul thought the castle in Theed was somewhere he could see himself ruling from. Maul was impressed by Qui-Gon’s fighting abilities. Maul misremembers his brother’s death. Maul returns Jesse to Ahsoka and Rex as a show of good faith, telling him to go back to his brothers. Maul created a memory where his own brother begged him not to go with Sidious because he wants to believe someone would miss him, wants to believe someone would try to stop him from leaving in the first place. Maul has nightmares about Kenobi. Maul swears not to allow what happened to himself at Sidious’ hands happen to anyone else, even though he doesn’t know how to meaningfully break that cycle. Maul drinks cassius tea because it’s what he is given by Pre Viszla, who tells him it brings good health, and enjoys it enough to keep drinking it long after Viszla’s death, offering it to Devon, a child of O66, as a show of peace. Maul sees himself and Savage in Scorn and Icarus, and is reminded of Savage’s death when Scorn dies. Maul made a friend at Orsis and she died at his hand with a smile on her face. Maul believed Sidious’ abuse made him stronger. Maul is desperate for an apprentice. Maul died in the arms of a man he loathed to the point that it fueled his survival in a trash heap for a decade. Maul spent a life experiencing nothing but violence, and he was last touched with kindness. Maul never got to see a galaxy without Darth Sidious.

[duchess-of-mandalore]

Duchess Satine forbade the people of Mandalore from speaking Mando’a, their native language, and forced them to speak only Galactic Basic, the language of the Republic. Here’s all of the evidence to prove it!

First off, we have … Oh, wait. Satine’s the only named character in The Clone Wars who speaks Mando’a, and she even uses the warrior dialect of the Concordians.

And hmm … there’s Mando’a on the police speeders.

(Also note that the police carry and use blasters and flame throwers, so she hasn’t outlawed weapons either. Mandalorians are also not forbidden from carrying weapons within the city, which is why the Death Watch terrorist pictured above was carrying a blaster. The only people forbidden from carrying weapons are outsiders ... and that was only a rule solidified in The Clone Wars Season 3.)

But surely the children are only taught Basic …

Nope! The children of Mandalore are taught both Basic and Mando’a, but you can see that Mando’a is what Korkie is using on his tablet.

It’s clear the children are bilingual. They use Mando’a for their studies, but Ahsoka’s presentation is in Basic. It's likely that they are using Basic to converse with her but speak Mando'a amongst themselves.

In fact, the only place in Sundari where we see Basic is on the dome’s exits (this says “Hangar 1”), with the implication that they are accommodating travelers.

Huh. It’s almost like violence isn’t the only tradition that makes up Mandalorian culture, and Satine loves her Mandalorian heritage even as she believes (as the majority of Mandalorians did who confirmed her right to rule) that the time of peace had come.

[wldasi]

He never could get the poor kid to smile for a picture

[dimsunstuff]

Older Anakin for my Obimando au

I couldn't resist taking some inspo from the 501st paint jobs. I gave him a sword because he would have been trained by Obi-Wan who'd still be keeping his saber skills polished. I tried to get the hilt as close to Anakin's saber as possible.