Actually? More on the train of thought "Alpha-17 getting away with waaaaay more then he should, through the sheer power of Audacity and just... just fuckin showing up and Acting Like He Has Every Right To Be There"?
Alpha-17 shows up, having lost(or won?) the to rock-papaer-scissors match with the rest of the Alpha Batch n Clone Commanders. All of who both HAVE through nebulous means been dropkicked through time. And ARE causing chaos just off screen to vent their frustration about it.
Shows up! For? Tubie Time. He has been Assigned™ the Jedi Tubies.
This is the Face Of Paternal Instincts.
Fucker just SHOWS UP for his shift at the Creche, in full armor and a stolen jedi robe, like "Vos had a nightmare and Krrrsksts threw up." *hands over one of the two babies he was rocking. Steals their coffee. Keeps walking* like? Huh. Did we get a new helper? We must have.
It would be RUDE and unspeakably un-jedi to ask him to remove his cultural dress(armor). Or suggest he's some sort of imposter. Granted, none of us know him... but SURELY someone verified this man! He's here isn't he?
*Alpha-17 walks by, cuddling baby-wan, whispering all the best places to stab a man under his breathe as a soothing lullaby*
Alpha-17 acknowledges that maybe there’s a thing in the mandalorian adjacent make up of himself that sets of baby fever
HOWEVER unlike some losers Alpha-17 doesn’t let baby fever make him think an entire clone army for a baby is at all a smart choice
No alpha-17 thinks breaking into a jedi temple to hang out with tiny commanders in their cadet stages is much less problematic
It's honestly a Skill Issue™ as far as he's concerned. Like? Look at this deal! This is SHIT: One whole ass ARMY of tubies you DON'T get to keep -> One(1)(SINGULAR) tubie you DO get to keep.
That? Is such a shit deal! Just take? All?? Of them??? Then you have MANY tubies. All for yourself!
Man you SUCK, Prime.
He, however, does NOT suck at his job. HE, quite reasonably (debatable), just fuckin moves in. They ALREADY communally raise kids. That's free real-estate! Just steal the jedi, Prime. It's not that hard. Look at all this tubie generals! All the cute of kids, none of the bullshit "Will Of The Force~✨️" (look, Alpha-17! A clearly cursed object/temple/cliff face! Let me throw my stupid, loveable, UNARMORED jedi ass DIRECTLY AT IT~☆! Because I clearly want to die~☆ and probably take you with meeeee~♡!) Nonsense!
Tubies don't run full sprint directly at danger. Tubies just want to cuddle. Tubies obey orders to sit still and eat something, General. *looks pointedly at Baby-wan, who blinks back in the happy blank confusion of babies everywhere*
Creche-helper... 17, was it? (Odd name, but who are they, to judge a culture's naming practices? Perhaps the strange Mandalorian clone cult he originated from simply uses numbers for ease of use, in differentiating each child? They will have to ask some time. When it is not flu season.)
(It is always, some form of flu season. They have a multi-species Creche. There is ALWAYS some disease hitting SOMEBODY. Children are drool covered disease vectors that like to chew on each other. We love them anyway.)
[The best part? Everyone who points out that Alpha-17 is as force sensitive as a ROCK is looked at with scandalized, pearl clutching HORROR! How COULD you!? How DARE you!? Oh, Helper 17! You must be so offended and upset! Dear, do you need to sit down? Take a moment to release and re-center your emotions? Meditate? We are here if you need us.
And Padawan/Knight/Master So-n-So! How DARE you say such hurtful things about your fellow jedi! Not everything is about sabers and atari flips! Jedi 17 is mindful of his presence to help sooth the children in his care! As we ALL should be! *several hour lecture on how hurtful false accusations can be. How judging our fellow jedi based on how "strong" their connection to the Force is, is wrong. And how they WILL be taking a mindfulness and Empathy For Others module!*
All while Alpha-17 stands in the background, holding a baby, going -> *blank yet somehow unbearly smug face* like? You little shit. They're on to you!
Yeah? How's gonna prove it?
☝️🤨->🤔->😶->😐->🙁->😟
That's what he thought.]
Okay on the one hand, cause a lot of the versions of creche masters I see are at least a little bit would-fight-mandos-for-their-kids-zero-hesitation, I refuse to believe they'd let someone they don't know around their adorable, precious VERY VULNERABLE kids with just a "someone must have let him in."
HOWEVER, I do believe they'd look closely at him, read the "if anything happens to these kids I'm committing mass murder, but nothing will happen because I'll do the murder first" in his force presence, and THEN go, okay guess we got a new helper. And then the fact that it's always flu season starts interferring because they do get overwhlemed.
Exactly! His vibes CLEARLY check out! AND he's wearing a jedi robe! Not flaring his force presence everywhere and upsetting the newborns/sensitive Littles with his emotions! So like... let's not be judgemental. He can be Mandalorian if he wants too! Every one of us is special in our own unique way, after all. A beautiful part of the Force.
AND he makes such a lovely sparring partner! So few fellow jedi will spar unarmed! (Having a lightsaber around grabby, curious, force sensitive infants is a BAD IDEA. They get entranced by the kyber crystal inside and try to grab it. It's a disaster waiting to happen.)
Besiiiides! You can't fool a room full of HIGHLY attuned Force Sensitive babies. They'll react to the TINIEST of negative impulses or intents! (By crying and screaming) And they all love their dear Helper 17! He must be a jedi! Probably from an outlying temple or something.
Yan Dooku, who possess The Common Sense and Scepticism rare to most Jedi? Presses X to Doubt. Unfortunately babies make him nervous. Which upsets the babies. And Alpha-17 keeps playing social conventions against him. Ironically, it actually DOES save him from the dark side! He's too busy with his Nemesis™ to respond to a senators calls.
(He doesn't know WHAT you plan for all those innocent children, scoundrel, but he WONT ALLOW IT! D:< )
Alpha-17 "Im totally using the force so you cant perceive my feelings" but hes just really really good at self regulation and mental mindfulness so he could take being tortured and walk away but hey skill transferring!


















