It may seem like a desperate attempt to wring-out every last ounce of canon/fanon from the series just so I'll have adequate information to fuel my daydreams/hc ideas.
But I'm really curious about Din's relationship wit the Razor Crest.
It might seem silly, but it's congruent with the stereotype that men who love cars tend to place them on pedestals, to the point where it's not only a focal point of grease-monkey sentimentality, but fixated idol worship. Men who love cars tend to want them pristine, fully-functioning, often loud, and "smooth". Oftentimes the men that fit into these categories are either self-proclaimed "ladies men", and/or loners whose heart belongs to their sweet ride (something safe to love without fear of rejection/abandonment).
So where does that leave Din?
For starters I can't help but notice how nonchalant Din is about anyone that boards his ship, regardless if he's present to oversee the visitation or not. In the very beginning the show cements his level of disregard with Karga's comment on his bounties already being unloaded as they spoke, a task that was being performed while Din was sitting in a cantina a good ways away. He doesn't appear bothered at the prospect of strangers on his ship, even for a brief amount of time. In fact the only thing that seems to register on his emotional radar is the next available job. He's more concerned about pulling up the landing gear and returning to space in search of his next quarry, he's not at all anxious/suspicious about Guild-members prowling around the Crest's hull, possibly being nosy about the contents of the ship.
And why wouldn't they be? Din is a Mandalorian after all, they're a source of entertainment (if not simple fascination) for everyone they encounter, with the exception of a select few. It stands to reason that if someone, given the opportunity without possible interruption, had the chance to take a look inside a Mando's ship, they would be snooping around the arsenal, the bunk, his private quarters, just anywhere that catches their fancy. It leaves room for invasion of privacy, as well as possible theft and tampering with this ship. But Din's casualness could mean either one/both of two concepts: A) he's relying on the pre-conceived notions of Mandalorian fierceness/intimidation to ensure someone wouldn't be so bold as to compromise the Crest, or B) he just doesn't care and if something should happen he'll just deal with the problem instead of stressing.
This leads me to wonder about his reactions regarding the ship's role in his everyday encounters AFTER he finds the baby. The very first time he appears upset, or even possibly panicked, that something has happened with the ship is when he returns with the child to find it stripped by Jawas. His reaction isn't even an expression of despair that his ship had been trashed, but rather that the situation left them stranded. Even when he approaches Kuill, nestled in his self-pity at being bested by creatures he holds in low regard, he automatically assumes there's no hope of repairing the ship. His general attitude is very telling of how he views something that is so integral to his job as a bounty-hunter, but more importantly his job as a provider: it's an inanimate object, easily lost, easily replaced (to some extent). This shows that Din either doesn't want to allow himself to become emotionally attached to the ship for fear he will lose it, or that he's lost a ship he valued in the past and learned a hard lesson as a result. He's more concerned about having a means of transportation, without which he would surely fail at his job, and that does not bode well for the future of the tribe.
There's also episode 6, where we finally get to see him interacting with questionable characters with whom, we can only assume, he had a falling out with during their last time together. Din's anxiety with having such morally-corrupt individuals on his ship is mainly due to the fact that the child is safely tucked away in the bunk, and Din's afraid they will find him (which of course they do). There is a moment where he's hovering over the droid Zero, who sits in the cockpit flipping switches, but it's safe to say that his being a helicopter to the robot was strictly because of A) his prejudice against droids, and B) he doesn't trust one around the child. Initially when I watched this scene, I thought maybe Din felt like his ship was being violated by having a droid sitting in the pilot's chair, touching switches and criticizing the Crest's functionality. Having re-watched the episodes, I'm firmly of the belief that Din doesn't really care about the ship at all, at least not enough to build his world around it more than it would take to stock up on basic necessities.
(Also I'd like to point out that when Din apprehended the blue-finned alien and brought him back to the ship, he seemed indifferent at the prospect of said alien possibly making a mess in the vac-tube)
@the-way-of-the-mandalorian I’m taking a page out of your book for this one lol; @oriyala @foundlings-are-the-future @crushingonmando @rzrcrst @swimmingbyrd @kanouchi @plainrea @spacedadheadcanons @just-add-butter and anyone else I may have forgotten, spare no expense!
