#Bo Katan is new agey and Din is more traditional and conservative

[vvitchering]

Not to be Jewish on main again, but I’m actually very interested in this thing I’ve realized about The Mandalorian and I want to see if anyone else vibes with this. I don’t know my SW lore very well at all, I’m just a simple nerd, so everything that follows are just my own personal thoughts and impressions!

I don’t see the practice of not removing the buy’ce in front of other living beings as negative or oppressive at all. I’ve seen quite a few people discussing this and more often than not it seems people are interpreting this practice as negative which??? Baffles me???? Maybe it’s because I come from a culture that has similar “restrictions” and rituals that I see Din choosing to keep his helmet on as a sign of pride.

He’s honoring the customs of his family. This isn’t oppression; this is carrying on a tradition, this is making the choice to remember and honor your ancestors, carrying your faith and your culture and your people with you. I don’t know the actual SW lore behind it, so maybe I’m wrong, but it’s very interesting to me that so many people focus on when he removes it as a positive thing. To me, he always looked lost and scared and anxious during the scenes where he was forced to remove it.

Those weren’t times he felt liberated or relieved of a burden. He was being forced to compromise an extremely important part of his identity (which makes these scenes even more impactful when you think about how these instances were all done to protect The Child) I always felt both fascinated and absolutely horrified for him personally during those scenes.

#the mandalorian #and now I wait for the SW fandom to come for my throat because I misinterpreted lore LMAO #I’m sorry I am A Baby Fan and I know not of what I speak #but this is what I was feeling #a friend brought up that our backgrounds are definitely coloring how we see Din and this practice #you could go further into the parallel by talking about how Bo Katan calls Din a religious extremist #there’s different ways to practice the same religion #Bo Katan is new agey and Din is more traditional and conservative #and often less conservative practice people will view a traditional approach as cult-like #IDK MAYBE IM COMPLETELY WRONG WHO KNOWS