Yeah so uhhhhhh I’ve fallen in love with Kallus Star Wars Rebels? He’s my new trashman fixation. and if you expect me to have any chill about my hyperfixations...you shouldn't. you just shouldn't
Look ok I really love the idea of characters defying preconceptions almost entirely bc they're lying liars who lie. And Alexsandr Kallus is a big fat liar
My headcanon for him is he grew up in a crime family in the Coruscanti Underworld and got the hell outta moldy Dodge by teaching himself how to 'pass' as 'upper crust'. His accent is fake. His only schooling was the Imperial Academy and all'a those are gang tattoos he got as a teen. I did uhhh too much research for this? Really any research is too much but like. I went digging looking for Russian gang tattoo trends and found some doozies. Knife thru the throat = killed opponent in knife fight. Thieves adopted cats in hats/bowties as one of their like mascots. The Corusanti Ogre chewing on the republic symbol is basically a fuck you to the surface for leaving the Underworld to rot. And the shepherd’s hook is the symbol of his family and their commitment to ‘shepherding’ their community. Oh, and keeping mutant farm animals. On, like, level 800. I went a little far with it, I know.
