“WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BE THAT PERSON?”

"I am capable." [ RP account for Star Wars’ Maul Written by Walden ]

[thereisonlymaul]

So, while I get my life together, here is a quick pinned post:

I am still working on Maul's carrd, but here is the link to the rules on Hector's blog, as the rules are the same across my blogs.

Listed below are my currently active—or, at least awake—muses/blogs. Any and all of these are available for roleplay.

A SELECTION OF MY OTHER BLOGS

None of these listed here are mains, except Maul and Hector. If I follow you here, feel free to assume that you're good across the board, because you are.

STAR WARS

@thereisonlymaul Maul, here.

@forcewoven daughter of Qui-Gon Jinn and Master Tahl; under construction

@ofthelivingforce Qui-Gon Jinn; under construction

@ofshadowedruin an exiled Nightsister, a Cassandra of Troy; under construction

@untilnolongerprofitable Hondo Ohnaka, a COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE TRANSPORT BUSINESS OWNER

@tillthelastemberfades Auros Vox; smuggler, pilot, too tired for this

@lightinhersmile Salju of Black Spire Outpost

@shroudedmercenary Umbaran mercenary

And possibly

@fromxthexdepths Kit Fisto, Aliza Organa, and "Kit's Kids"—AKA the clone troopers I created as being typically with him

@livefreeordiefree Marshal Cobb Vanth of the Mandalorian; previously same url but a main blog—which is now livefreeordiefree-m, if anyone wanted to see how I played him then

@eximpsharpshot Migs Mayfeld of the Mandalorian

Other fandom blogs that are awake?

PIRATE OF THE CARIBBEAN

@ambitiondamned Hector Barbossa of Pirates of the Caribbean

@porelpecadodelasoberbia Armando Salazar of Pirates of the Caribbean [ One day I will get it all down, but I am up for basically anything that isn't Dead Men Tell No Tales, or is a heavily altered DMTNT, as is his baseline existence when I write him ]

@liketheunyieldingsea Alexandra Norrington, older sister of James Norrington [ she originally was on my old Pirates multi, but I decided that she needed her own blog ]

@thetouchofdestiny Tia Dalma/Calypso. [ I've been toying with the idea for a while. Going to rewatch, and see how I'm feeling. ]

@governorswann Elizabeth's father

@listeningintently Lord Cutler Beckett

@ofguidingstars Carina Smyth; highly canon-divergent in terms of timeline and age; I have her born two years before the curse of the Aztec gold

MISCELLANEOUS DISNEY / DREAMWORKS

@likesolarfire Treasure Planet, anyone? xD

@roidestruands Clopin Trouillefou

@ofdarkestdreams [ Kozmotis Pitchiner ] Pitch Black

MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL AND FANDOMLESS OCs

@buscarparamivida My Roma OC of almost 15 years and her two siblings @doctorandpriest [ Father/Doctor ] Gabriel Kjeldsen

@notawench original character; innkeeper/barkeep's daughter

@maggiethecrow original character; pirate captain contemporary with Teach and Teague

@zhentagent a sideblog for Rugan from BGIII [ yes, he also has a Pirates verse ]

@thecurseofstrahd Strahd Von Zarovich [ I still can't believe that url was available. ]

@strifeisgood Black Sails' Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard

@unleashthekraken An ancient being capable of taking mortal form

@fateunceasing Ouroboros, also capable of mortal form

@poseidonasphaleios Poseidon of Greek Myth; various sources

@hadesagesilaos Hades [ and with a secondary muse of Thanatos; and occasional appearance of psychopomp Hermes ] of Greek Myth; various sources

@hermesmechaniotes Hermes of Greek Myth; various sources

@ofthedeathdance Tristan from King Arthur (2004) [ I'd love to do more with him; he does have a Pirates verse, as does @atrueandgentleknight. ]

[rpmemes-galore]

reign : season 2 … sentence starters

"I don't care. You need me."

"I won't risk the loss of you. I can't."

"We just need the courage to fight."

"Welcome to your rule, My Queen."

"Are all powerful men so insecure?"

"I've seen your death. You suffer, too."

"A compromised king is not a king at all."

"We'll see whose death is more painful…"

"I know what it is, to make a mess of love."

"No, he won't. Because he'll never find you."

"No matter what happens, you are my light."

"I slept with her fiancé. Just once. On a dare."

"My dear, never give up a crown. To anybody."

"The truth is, that child is whoever I say he is."

"I am more than your friend. I am your queen."

"But how can I possibly help you? I'm irrelevant."

"We are the outside world and we surround you."

"I want the same world as you do, the better one."

"Tell that to the people starving outside our walls."

"If you release them, you will be smiling on murder."

"I'm immune to the plague, My Queen, but not fire."

"A new king needs to know who his real friends are."

"You will survive this. I know this because I survived."

"There is nothing older or stronger than royal blood."

"We must think practically. We need to buy a horse!"

"If you want something to die for, I can give it to you."

"A favour for a favour, and it keeps you on the throne."

"The only thing that matters is that we face it together."

"Innocent men shouldn't die alone. You won't die alone."

"If you treat people as your enemy, that is what they become."

"I don't carry poison everywhere! I might accidentally kill myself."

"The only alliance I'm interested in is temporary, delicious, in bed."

"I pray the day will come when I no longer regret that I loved you."

"I'd like to apologize for the plague, famine, and religious violence."

"I can't always be your husband first. Sometimes I have to be king."

"I simply didn't have time before falling ill to murder that household."

"The beginning is often promising. The trick is to keep it going that way."

"You think you're untouchable, that your sins will stay buried… but they don't."

"Rise and shine! The only people in bed past noon are drunks and reprobates."

"What are you doing out here? There's a party inside to celebrate the new king."

"We do greater things when we act as one, when we trust each other as equals."

"You will be hanged for what you did to me. You will suffer and die, and I will live."

"Out of all the people you could have slept with, did it have to be one of my ladies?"

"You are not the man I fell in love with. And you are not the king I want to rule beside."

"Take my hand. Trust that I can get you through this, because I swear to you that I can."

"They will define who you are perceived to be, your place in history. Do not let them win."

"I know you're both very romantic, but I doubt this is the future together you had in mind."

"Oh, the things I have done for you, how I have protected you… You think that I don't love you?"

"And I learned that if you hold on to foolish romantic expectations, it'll make it that much harder."

"You didn't come here because your heart bleeds for your starving countrymen. What are you hiding?"

"For all that you claim you are trying to protect us, I have lost all faith in you. And the man I thought you were."

"They tried to destroy you by taking your pride and your strength, but those things cannot be taken. Not from you. Not ever."

"I've spent my life grasping for security, safety. But you offer something more interesting, something more challenging."

[thereisonlymaul]

[ @spokewar continued from here ]

"Oh, you're serious?" There's a slight hesitation to the way Obi-Wan drops from his position in the rafters and even more so to the way he trails Maul around the corner (as if chasing after him has ever done anyone any good). There's always more than one emergency escape exit for a vessel this large, but he's never heard the Sith so coherent before and it has him awfully curious, has him following despite his gut instinct against it. He can't help himself, it's in his nature to question and Maul is nothing if not a man completely shrouded in mystery. An enigma waiting to be unraveled. "Well, if you insist!"

It only takes a moment to match their paces, though Obi-Wan is careful to remain about a meter behind so neither of them are tempted to slash at each other while running. He's even clipped both his sabers to his belt in a sign of tentative truce.

"Do you have a ship?" Obi-Wan doesn't, but he's not going to say as much, seems like a very good way to spark Maul's bloodlust again. The lack of which is already quite disturbing, he's never not wanted Obi-Wan to die before, though perhaps he just finds the idea of being shunted into the vacuum of space too easy a death (Jedi can survive it, but it'd be a uncomfortable and he can imagine how cross the Commander would be if he had to come retrieve his frozen body). It's something he'll have to ponder over later once there's the oxygen to spare. If he's lucky, Maul's coherency will outlast the next fifteen seconds and he'll be able to ask him himself because somewhere deep in his illogical half, he's hoped he'd be one of the keys to ending the war. He's Sith, he has to.

"What manner of fool would arrive to such a place as this without a ship?" Maul retorts over his shoulder, though he suspects that he already knows the answer.

A Jedi would.

Kenobi would.

Doubtless, he had trusted that the Force would send him rescue.

And it likely would, wouldn't it? Of course it would for Kenobi.

No sooner than that thought occurs to him, he snarls and nearly stops as the realization grips him.

He is apparently to be the rescue.

Yet, however much it galls him, he tightens his grip upon his resolve and continues forward, running toward the other bay.

"Kenobi. Considering the arbitrary manner in which you seem to drift through the galaxy, that you have survived this long continues to defy all logic and expectation."

Never breaking stride, he takes a sharp turn down a hall to their right, towards the next bay, now within sight—along with his ship, the engines already on, awaiting his arrival.

"Do not fall behind, Kenobi, or you will be left."

[rpmemes-galore]

bittersweet reunions ... sentence starters

"You abandoned me."

"I didn't come back for you."

"You're too late. It's already over."

"I didn't mean to leave you behind."

"Where did you go? Somewhere better than here?"

"I'm glad you're okay. But, don't come back, again."

"Just because I'm back doesn't mean I forgive you."

"Did you think about me at all while you were gone?"

"You should have taken me with you. Why didn't you?"

"I wanted to come back sooner. I did. I just… I couldn't."

"Nothing here is the same. It hasn't been since you left."

"You broke (her/him/them) when you disappeared, you know?"

"I brought you something back. I know it doesn't fix anything, but…"

"Did you meet anyone…? It's been a long time. I wouldn't blame you."

"You thought about me? But, not enough to come back for me sooner."

"I'm not back for long. I have to go, again, but… I just wanted to see you."

"Did you think you could come back and everything would be the same?"

"Look at you. Triumphant hero's return! You must feel so proud of yourself…"

"You couldn't even call? Send a postcard? All this time I thought... I thought you were dead!"

"Don't be mad at me! I asked you to come with me! You said no. You don't get to be mad at me for leaving!"

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑺𝑻𝒀 𝑾𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛  i won't apologize for the way i chose to survive.  ❜ ❛  i won't ask you to love me.  ❜ ❛  i won't be another thing you ruin and walk away from.  ❜ ❛  i won't be here when you finally decide you need me.  ❜ ❛  i won't be the reason for you to stay.  ❜ ❛  i won't be your second choice anymore.  ❜ ❛  i won't forgive you just because you finally feel guilty.  ❜ ❛  i won't hold you back anymore.  ❜ ❛  i won't keep setting myself on fire just to keep you warm.  ❜ ❛  i won't let myself hope for you again.  ❜ ❛  i won't let you do this alone.  ❜ ❛  i won't let you turn this around on me.  ❜ ❛  i won't make it so easy for you this time.  ❜ ❛  i won't tell you when i miss you.  ❜ ❛  i won't wait forever just because you're scared.  ❜ ❛  won't you at least say goodbye this time?  ❜ ❛  won't you be lonely without me?  ❜ ❛  won't you be sorry for once?  ❜ ❛  won't you look for me when i'm gone?  ❜ ❛  won't you miss being loved like that?  ❜ ❛  won't you miss me?  ❜ ❛  won't you regret this when it's too late?  ❜ ❛  won't you remember that i tried?  ❜ ❛  won't you tell me what i did wrong?  ❜ ❛  won't you wish you had said something kinder?  ❜ ❛  won't you wish you had stayed?  ❜ ❛  won't you wonder what could have been?  ❜ ❛  you won't admit that you hurt me because then you'd have to care.  ❜ ❛  you won't be able to fix this so easily.  ❜ ❛  you won't be the reason for me to stay.  ❜ ❛  you won't even look at me anymore.  ❜ ❛  you won't find me waiting for you ever again.  ❜ ❛  you won't get another chance.  ❜ ❛  you won't get to break me twice.  ❜ ❛  you won't have to worry about losing me anymore. you already did.  ❜ ❛  you won't keep using my love against me.  ❜ ❛  you won't know what to do with yourself when i stop needing you.  ❜ ❛  you won't remember this the way i will.  ❜ ❛  you won't say it, but i know you blame me.  ❜ ❛  you won't understand what you lost until i'm gone.  ❜

[thereisonlymaul]

Maul is to the Force what Qui-Gon was to it, but from opposite sides. The man is too connected to it to hand wave.

I genuinely think it was perhaps a mercy that, if I recall correctly, he was in the Mandalorian Force-dampening/cut off box at the time Order 66 first began.

Because he was still able to feel some of it even despite that. I think if he had been fully in the Force as he usually is, he may well have gone completely mad feeling so much loss.

Note: I went back and skimmed the episode, and even in the Mandalorian "Bad Force-user! No Force-using!" box, he STILL senses the moment in Palpatine's office, because his eyes snap open, and he is clearly in distress, as is Ahsoka.

Ahsoka is understandable, considering her connection to Anakin.

Maul, however... To be able to sense that through the box, which is described like this on Wookiepedia:

A Mandalorian vault, also known as a Mandalorian sarcophagus, was a prison device designed to contain Force-users. Developed by the Mandalorian culture and manufactured by Concordian Crescent Technologies, it was sized to hold an adult humanoid inside it, standing as a rectangular slab with angled corners which was noticeably taller than an adult human. The vault floated slightly off the ground while being moved around, but had to be manually pushed by its escorts. It was similar to a slab of carbonite. Grey on the outside, the vault's door was decorated with a bas-relief in the style of the Mandalorian murals showing Mandalorian warriors fighting Jedi, with prominent depictions of Mandalorian helmets. A clear window in the top center of the door showed the face of the prisoner held inside, but also let them see out. However, the vault was soundproof, preventing a prisoner from hearing anything outside of their confinement. The vault had four orange control buttons on the left side, with one positioned above the others. Pressing the three lower buttons in succession from right to left would open the vault's door, while pressing the final button afterwards would release the prisoner. The vault's interior was grey with illuminated circuitry which glowed bright orange when active. It contained a recess shaped to hold a humanoid, with two arm holes, two leg holes, and a spot for the prisoner's head. Removable wrist restraints prevented prisoners from moving their hands, and a rigid gag moved in front of a prisoner's mouth to prevent them from speaking. The vault was capable of holding powerful Force-users, and even if the door was open, fully-restrained prisoners could not escape the vault without external assistance.

The entire point of the vault is to counter the abilities of Force users, both completely binding the captive and, allegedly, making it impossible for them to focus/concentrate.

Again, allegedly:

Force Suppression: It emits suppressive energy fields, tranquilizers, or vibrations that disorient Force-users and disrupt their concentration, making it impossible to tap into the Force.

This is the intention/possible method of it.

And, until the moment that the confrontation in Palpatine's office occurs, you mostly see Maul with his eyes closed. Whether he was trying to meditate or it was some sort of tranquilizers.

Regardless, when it does happen, his eyes SNAP open, and you can tell that he feels it. That he knows something is happening.

And, when Ahsoka released him? He falls out, gasping and coughing, his voice rough when he speaks.

He talks about voices crying out. The death.

He FELT IT, even contained in the box that was supposed to keep him from tapping into the Force, possibly affected by tranquilizers or reduced oxygen or both.

People do not give Maul enough credit for how connected and strong he is with the Force.

[rage-in-pastel]

Even while she sat still, there was an air of frustration around her. The force itself seemed to disrupt to her very aggravated presence. She was angry, volatile. Full of a simmering rage barley contained.

Why were they doing nothing when the world around them continuously burned? When there were people out there to avenge. That monster was still out there. Reaping the souls of the Jedi untamed and they sat here doing nothing.

Devon wanted to punch something, to scream. Listening to him now would be the only thing saving her from taking a saber and hunting down that thing like the beast it was.

"Tch." She narrowed her eyes in an annoyed squint at his snark. Hmpf. The girl had ever been blunt. It was her way to show her opinions and he had known that since the very first day they met.

Her asking something so close to the chest didn't really feel all that surprising with just how uncharacteristically headstrong she really could be. It had only gotten worse with her growing ire for the Empire.

Though she didn't regret asking, she expected his irritation to sharply show itself from his calm demeanor now. But it seemed to be an older wound than she realized. He hardly moved from his position, only opening his twin sun gaze to steady a glare at her.

He was far different indeed from the stories they had told her as a young padawan. The Sith rage she had known him for all but embers now. How had he learned to control his hate so well? How could he find balance especially in a time like this? It almost didn't feel fair. Devon looked away from his steady stare, glaring instead at the ground.

"So is that what we're suppose to do now? Just survive? Hiding in caves until the galaxy forgets about us?" She balled her fists. "They took so much from the both of us. And we're just not going to do anything but survive like bugs under a rock? Is that all we are now?" Emotions rose dangerously in her emerald eyes. Hate boiling fresh to the surface.

"I want to fight."

[thereisonlymaul]

"And, as I promised : you shall fight. And I shall supply you with the tools, the skills, and the power you require to stand beside me that we may overcome our enemies," he assures, voice even and level, perhaps even patient.

"However, there is little use to fighting those enemies, if you have not first fought and mastered yourself."

He closes his eyes and takes another deep breath.

"Your agitated pacing and refusal to show discipline will get you no closer to the vengeance you seek. Neither will it increase the chances of your survival. You must learn patience. And you must learn how to control your anger. If you cannot control it, it will control you."

It is a lesson he had learned all too well.

And also far too late.

"Sit with me, Devon. Close your eyes. And do not speak: Listen."

[catchameme]

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[rage-in-pastel]

Why...?

Why had he done that? Why would he risk himself as he did? One of the strongest men in the galaxy but stupid enough to protect a foolish runt like her.

It should have been routine because it had been. Stormtroopers were easy pickings. Never had it been a real fight to worry about. It was suppose to be simple. Get in, take them out and keep going.

The more they killed the safer their new spot of hiding could be and they could be left alone for longer. This was suppose to be easy.

But she had been too blind in her slaughter to recognize the walker in the darkness, watching her every movement, too blind to notice their canons locking onto her petite frame. And too blind to see him in time before he had used his own body to cover her from the explosion that lit up the sky moments later.

The blast had sent them both flying into a trench meters away, dirt and debris hiding them in the smoke for a moment where they fell. Devon had landed next to him only to gasp and cough and crawl her way through the smoke to his side.

"Master...? Master!" She cried out, watching as he stumbled and struggled to move. His shaky whisper of her name broke something in her, but she swallowed back the emotions to instead scoot closer, helping to sit him up.

The girl stiffened as she felt it. Blood slick, drenching one side of his face. "N-No, oh no." Came her panicked whimper. Her widening eyes scanning his form, seeing more blotches of blood. "Why-Why would you do that!" She half screamed.

"Why-..."

Her voice broke as she tried to steady him, holding him closer to her. She needed to get them out of the open before that thing fired at them again.

"St-Stay with me? You're too angry to die, remember!" The little twi'lek hissed. "I'll get us out of here. Just stay with me, alright...?"

[thereisonlymaul]

Something in his chest clenches that has nothing to do with his injuries.

She is... she is upset.

No. That is too slight of a word for the terror he can feel radiating from her.

She is distraught. He does not even require his vision to be able to discern as much—which is good because his eyes seem disinterested in functioning as they ought, instead leaving his vision dimmed and doubled.

"I am... not going anywhere... Except that we cannot remain where we are now," he says, attempting to reassure.

The intention is somewhat undercut when it forces a cough from him, and he quickly reaches up to cover his mouth, obscuring the blood on his dark glove.

"Focus, Devon. Focus. You must be my eyes as mine are not proving cooperative in this moment."

"it is imperative that we reach somewhere defensible ere this dust clears. What can you see?"

[thereisonlymaul]

I have had many thoughts today about different AUs. Of course, they mostly seem to spin around the concept that Qui-Gon had to be pivotal somehow in Maul's existence… Perhaps I will be able to share the two main ideas tomorrow.

[thereisonlymaul]

I am still alive, and I still very much have Maul muse. I'm just mentally exhausted at the moment from learning my new job. 😂

[thereisonlymaul]

I have seen a surprising amount of comments complaining bout how 'chatty' Maul is now or saying that they think Witwer "Does Too Much" with the voice.

I wish they would consider two things:

Maul is only just—at the end of the Clone Wars series and into Maul: Shadow Lord—starting to become a person, to figure out and decide who he is when he can choose. He didn't talk much in Phantom Menace because weapons/possessions don't need to talk. At best they need only reaffirm their wielder's belief(s) and assure their master of their utility. Which are pretty much the only lines Maul has throughout the entirety of the movie.

Even in becoming his own person: you can hear Palpatine's voice in the way that Maul speaks. The theatricality. The formality. The way that he shapes himself into whatever is needed to turn a person toward him rather than away. The way he knows—as of Shadow Lord—exactly what to say. In Clone Wars, he reached a point of being very verbal, but realized he had to adjust—when Ahsoka almost helped him and then refused him at the last because he was too honest too soon, before his audience was ready to hear the truth.

So, yes, the Maul of Shadow Lord is much more verbose because he is learning to be a person who can choose to speak and speak well… yet even his cadence and way of speech still cannot escape patterning his free choices after Palpatine.

Because even a Maul who is learning who he is can never be free. Not until he's willing to give up some of the very things he is least able to surrender: his anger [righteous or otherwise, as of the end of Shadow Lord], his need for vengeance, his pain, and his past.

He will never be free until he steps out from under the boulder and simply allows it to roll back down the hill… and walks away from it.

[thereisonlymaul]

It has been a long day, and my brain is Tired. Tomorrow, if I wake up early enough, I may try to do some replies prior to work—because I really REALLY want to—but, if not, I close and then I have the weekend off.

[thereisonlymaul]

HAS ANYONE SEEN CLINT EASTWOOD'S "HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER"?

Because I just had the best/worst idea.

@thejanixdrifter

[spockvarietyhour]

Maul: Shadow Lord "Strange Allies"

[thereisonlymaul]

Yep. After rewatching the Phantom Menace last night, it's official:

@ofthelivingforce

Because I really cannot help myself. 😂

[thereisonlymaul]

I am suddenly reminded by my dash that it is "sexy headcanons" day once more. Well, Maul doesn't do "sexy headcanons", so here's this instead: If he ends up—against all of the odds—in a relationship with someone, it's not that sex isn't an option [ though, obviously, there are certain liberties that must be taken and certain creativities that must be relied upon ], but as "sexy" as that can get, it's not the most dangerous aspect of Maul in a relationship. Sex? Sure. He's as diligent with it as he is with everything else. But the really dangerous aspect of a relationship with Maul... is the soul-crushing devotion. The Gomez Addams, "I would burn the galaxy down to embers and dust or I would save it by my own blood and my very soul, if you asked it of me. I would live for you. I would die for you. Either way: you are mine." [ And, at some point, much, much later, perhaps he can bring himself to add, "And I am yours." but that is a much harder utterance to give to someone. It's vulnerability. And it's so easy for it to tear at the old Nightsister/Nightbrother wound. He wasn't a direct victim of that particular aspect of the culture, but he Knows and he Remembers. So for him to add that is for him to say that there is trust beyond measure that such words will not be mistaken for weakness or for ownership. ] I tell you: the soul-crushing devotion is where it's at with Maul, and I don't know that anyone is ready for what all of that devotion and intensity and focus looks like when it has somewhere to go besides revenge or mere survival.