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justalittletomato · 1 month
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The arrival of the twins was a joy that increased ten fold. Starlight holding little Aster and Cress against her chest, a smile on her face.
A family. With Maul, Savage, Angel and now her little ones.
A family. Like the one she had lost.
Her joy came with memory. Starting with a sob when Maul coaxed the dying fire in their room. It cracked and roared to life.
The twins in their bassinets. Another crack and pop from the fireplace.
Starlight could not help the sob that broke out. Maul stopped. Worry and alert. An intruder? No he would never let one slip through? Pain? The twins were sound asleep. Their dreams knew nothing of terror.
But his starlight, now huddling into herself. Pressed tight to the bedframe.
“My star?”
“They started a fire…” she whispered. “A fire as we slept.”
Her breaths shallow, “ attacked as we all slept.” She whimpered and pushed past him to look into the bassinets. Her Aster. Her Cress. Sleeping with no cares at all…
He was the one who was plagued by nightmares…how he had thought.
His Starlight’s early life had been torn apart by the wars on Mandalore. All she knew lost as a child.
A fire. A attack. The crackling of wood.
Maul was not the one known to comfort. That was his Star. His Star was the one who made nightmares rush back into the darkness.
His star needed him. He stood beside her, looking down to their sleeping children. “ You are safe.” He assured. Starlight shook her head. “ You are safe. Our children are safe.” She trembled. Maul did as she did and wrapped his arms about her shaking form. Her heart raced as fast as his.
“My Star, our family is safe. I will never allow harm to come to any of you” he would burn the galaxy in turn. Turn it to cinders.
Starlight sobbed and nearly collapsed in his hold. Exhaustion. All those fears had broken free after years. “I won’t rest.” He assured her with a kiss to her brow. “ I won’t sleep, I’ll keep you three safe.”
Starlight whimpered and tears fell down her face, she was going to cry herself to sleep. And he would hold her…
Hold her and assure her of his promise. He let the fire dwindle to ash. His Star’s tear streaked face kissed tenderly.
He would keep his Stars safe. He swore it
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milkcioccolato · 7 months
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How to baby, with Good Dad Mace Windu and Questionable Dad Qui-Gon Jinn.
Yes I am reading Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray. Yes I’m only at the beginning. Yes Qui-Gon is trying, but he just doesn’t know what he’s doing, poor dude.
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shyranno · 30 days
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Here, have more Dad Maul--i hope it helps the dopamine because it for sure helped mine ;u;;
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puppetmaster13u · 4 months
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Prompt 107
“Hey uh pal, what you got there…?”
Grundy hummed a rumble, blinking slowly as he turned slightly towards his… what were they… Not an enemy, not a threat… they were… friend! Yes, they were the friend that didn’t mind that whenever he came back he came back different. 
He uncurled his arms slightly, proudly showing his friend what he’d found splashing in the water growling angrily. His friend blinked, mouth opening and closing for a few moments as he waited patiently, careful not to drop the squirming duo. 
“Babies,” he proudly declared as they let out squeaky roars. 
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kana7o · 9 months
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there are other jedi................
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incorrect-hs-quotes · 2 months
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Rose: You’re the alien? But they said you’d be bigger. And with claws.
Kanaya: Oh I’ve Got Claws. That Outfit Of Yours Is Hideous. See? Kitty Can Scratch.
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hildechainx · 3 months
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*some AU idk*
Anakin: Maul, Obi-wan, Padme is pregnant.
Obi-wan: Oh! Congratulations Anakin! How is she doing? Is she healthy? Bring her over for dinner sometime!
Maul: .... Did you really just make me a grandfather at 34?
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darth-iidiot · 6 months
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👁️👁️
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rogueskywalker · 6 months
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anyone else cry anytime they see clone wars anakin? no? just me?
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so a little while back I was talking to my sibling about jin guangyao’s customer service smile, used a pic of a meerkat to make my point and then was like Wait, actually I might be onto something here
cuz both JGY and meerkats? they are smol, got deceptively cute-looking, friendly faces + large dark eyes and seem so nice exCEPT
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yup :)
and now i have a bunch of meerkat-jin-guangyao drawings
bonus; the pic i made that started this nonsense
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justalittletomato · 9 months
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Now there was always difficulty in child rearing, more so in the case of young Zabraks.
The little tomato twins as so charmingly dubbed by their buir was weaning the little ones to solids.
However there was a dilemma…
Zabraks are more carnivorous, but as warned by Savage the little ones were no where near ready for delights such as Bantha steak or roasted tip yip.
Maul was also at a loss, with no memory of those early months or any experience with young Zabraks. His anxiety about the situation was “subtle” as he poured over books and prodded Savage for more information. “ I honestly can’t narrow it down, brother! The nightbrothers brought to us were fully weaned and already ready for meat cuts!” The golden night brother becoming worried for his own little ones who were just a few months younger…
Maul grumbled and looked over another book, meanwhile Starlight gently gave the twins a nice spoonful of bone broth. They delighted in the meal.
Cressie especially, almost seeming to dance in his high chair while his sister made a whining sound for more.
“They do love broth….”
“Bone broth? Oh yes it’s a favorite!” Savage commented.
“The marrow is the best part,” muttered a still upset Maul.
Starlight handed the bowl to Maul, an idea stewing in mind.
“The marrow….”
Savage and Maul were always generous with the bones in the broth, with a careful use of a knife, Starlight parted a bone.
Marrow. Soft and cooked, stir it enough and it should make a nice purée!
Starlight got to work.
A bowl of marrow, whipped up to a almost butter consistency. Perfect.
Well for starters the brother’s immediately looked to Starlight and their creation.
The aroma wafting about and little Cressie sniffing the air for the source. He waves his arms excitedly. Their little boy loved food!
Little Aster sniffed and cooed. More interest.
“Marrow, the best part” Starlight told the babies and raised a spoonful to Cress. He seemed hesitant but opened his mouth.
His little feet kicked and a grin spread over his face.
“Looks like we have a taker! Maul you give Aster some, you know your daughter, she’ll fuss less with you.”
No fuss was had. The twins happily ate up the whipped marrow with gusto and also a bit messily.
A bath would need to be ordered.
Maul already chatting about squiring more bones for the twins, “ Oh they’d love some Bantha, oh maybe a porg? Might need a bagful but…”
It was good to see Maul’s anxiety lessen, “ a gentle squeeze to the arm, “ One day at a time my Dawn…a Bantha will do fine for a long while.” A reassuring kiss to his cheek, “ Now does that mean you will go hunt it yourself?”
A low laugh, “ Of course, our little ones deserve grand foods.” Another squeeze to the arm, “and I will get them personally…”
Starlight smiles gently, “ what lucky little tomatoes we have..”
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eyecandyeoz · 1 year
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OC Commission: Sugar Plum Aster 🩰
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Thank you @justalittletomato for your patronage and endless support of my art journey. I've come a long way from ink on paper! 🥰🫂
ID: Digital artwork of Lis' Zabrak OC and daughter of Darth Maul known as Aster depicted as if she were the famous Sugar Plum Ballerina from The Nutcracker. She is bedighted in a silk tutu with nylon frills that is brightly bedazzled with sparkling jewels embroidered directly onto the fabric. Tap for higher quality. 👆
If you like this, consider getting one for yourself! Commissions are open and live on my Kofi!☑️
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milkcioccolato · 2 months
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We all start with a little one on the ear😌
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thesitharts · 10 months
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Sabine: You wanna cut off our fingers?!
Maul: One finger. The finger of the first person who doesn’t keep their Life Day promise.
Maul: I hope it’s the boy
Ezra: Why?!
Maul: I ENVY YOUR YOUTH!
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greenglowinspooks · 8 hours
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Btw I have no idea if it’s known about in the wider fandom, but there’s a sizable amount of riddler-centric fics on AO3 where he adopts Steph after he kills/otherwise maims her father. There isn’t a point to this I just thought you all should know about it
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tarisilmarwen · 8 months
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Rebels Rewatch: "The Holocrons of Fate"
In which things get Force Weird and Maul is the actual worst.
Full disclaimer in the name of honesty, I still think Maul's "resurrection" in TCW was stupid. It will never not be stupid.
That being said, I'm glad they decided, "Well, let's actually do something interesting with him." once they had him.
Making him into a Sisyphean/Tantalus-figure--always reaching, never grasping--adds a layer of depth and tragedy to him. No matter how hard he tries, Maul will never gain what he seeks. When it's within his grasp, he will inevitably self-sabotage or have it slip away from him.
We meet him at a time in his life when he's just lost everything, again. He finds new purpose and motivation in the form of Ezra Bridger figuratively falling into his lap--here's someone to carry on his legacy, that he can mold and teach--but in his eagerness to have him, he irreparably damages any chance the boy would have had to learn from him willingly.
But like Sisyphus pushing at that rock, like Tantalus reaching for the grapes above him, he cannot stop trying.
Probably fitting that his question to the holocrons is an answer to the inevitable existential dread of his own existence.
But I'm getting waaaaaay ahead of myself, he hasn't even shown his ugly face yet.
Instead we drop in on Kanan and Ezra, on a CR90, presumably coming back from a mission they headed up. Ezra's asking after the holocron again, still not quite over his obsessive addiction to it, still hyper-focusing on it as the only good thing that could have possibly come out of the mess at Malachor.
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"But if not to get the Sith holocron, why did Master Yoda send us to Malachor?" That's a good question. *stares at writers*
Kanan offers up the idea that is was for "a chance to destroy the Sith." Sure we'll go with that.
Their conversation is interrupted by them coming to their destination, a rendezvous point with another Rebel ship.
Thaaaaaaaaaat Maul has almost completely murderized. This scene is one of the ones that does a really good job subtly showing off Kanan's blindness. Ezra offers commentary for Kanan's benefit throughout, Kanan has a hand out to feel, he mentions the carbon scoring smell and inclines his ear towards the sounds coming from behind a door.
The only survivor can only gasp out about a "red blade... after you." ("you" being very specifically Ezra) and that the Ghost was in danger.
Right so I'd just like to emphasize, for the fandom's sake, Maul murdered an entire Rebel ship looking for Ezra.
Kanan and Ezra assume, naturally, that "red blade" means there's a new Inquisitor after them and rush to contact the Ghost. Whereupon they discover that it's Maul who's threatening them now.
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And ooooooh Ezra's piiiiiiiiissed.
"No... I betrayed your friends, but I would have remained loyal to you." *rubs eyes* That's... There's not a significant emotional distinction there for Ezra, you know that right, Maul? Of course you don't.
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Back when fandom was Absolutely Certain that Maul was going to successfully abduct Ezra in "Twilight of the Apprentice" there were theories flying around that Sabine would have to ply her Mandalorian connections in order to get information about where he might be hiding, since we knew by then her family had ties to Death Watch. Things didn't happen that way, obviously, but it was still nice to get a nod towards that connection.
Maul proceeds to be the world's worst houseguest, forcing Hera to take him on a "tour" of the ship while he comments snarkily about each room.
Like you have room to talk mister Lived In Literal Garbage For Years.
Anyway this tour seems to be mostly a ruse to look for Kanan's holocron, and Maul very creepily and uncomfortably pulls the information out of Hera's head. (Possibly along with Kanan's real name??? It was never actually elaborated on how Maul knows "Caleb Dume", but it would make the most sense he skimmed it from Hera, to throw her defenses off guard for his stronger mind probe.)
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You leave mom alone you cockroach.
I know this is serious but boy I would have LOVED to hear the conversation Kanan and Ezra must have had with Sato when they got back.
"Hey we need to borrow a speeder to go out into the desert past the sensor beacon fence where all the spiders are to visit a giant weird Force Moose and retrieve a Sith Soul Jar because a creepy spike-horned Dark Side nutcase kidnapped everyone else on our crew."
I'm just picturing Sato throwing up his hands all, "Just take whatever you need."
Also amusing: the idea of Ezra trying to describe the Bendu to Kanan later.
I absolutely dig this idea of holocrons creating a Force Convergence powerful enough to grant visions. I'm always in favor of Jedi artifacts being just a little bit weird with the Force. I mean, kyber crystals sing and hum to Jedi, lightsabers are a living extension of the Force moving through them, their temples carry thousands of years of emotions and feelings sticking to the walls, why shouldn't their holocrons be able to join with Sith holocrons to make an oracle?
The Bendu says he's neutral but he's also clearly set up this little test in order to help heal the rift between Kanan and Ezra (and he gives a fond little smile when he can sense their reconciliation).
"Why take his weapon?" "He's got to learn to solve problems without it." *WEEPS IN FINALE FEELINGS REMEMBERING THAT EZRA LEFT HIS LIGHTSABER BEHIND AND RELIED ONLY ON HIS UNIQUE FORCE ABILITY TO CONNECT IN ORDER TO SAVE EVERYONE*
Lol @ Maul trying to blunt force the Jedi holocron open. My dude. My guy. You were the one to point out that Sith holocrons can only be opened by a Sith or one who thinks like them. Follows that Jedi holocrons might operate on the same principle? Maybe?
Not sure what the point is of getting to the engine room quietly given the racket y'all made literally a second ago.
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This is actually a new part of the ship we haven't seen before now. It's accessed both by a grate in the floor under the main central ladder and the door at the very back of the cargo hold.
And this is a really clever idea with magnetizing the hold, remembering that Maul's legs are metal. They almost pull off their own rescue here.
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Bastard.
Sans his lightsaber, Ezra reaches for his blaster holster instead. Except I think that's empty too, I looked but I didn't see it equipped.
Kanan senses his panic and distress from outside and follows in. This scene reminds me a little bit of when Vision!Kanan showed up in "Path of the Jedi". Not sure why, just kind of does.
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Ezra instinctively moves to shield Kanan from the krykna, aww.
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Ugh this return to that timid, self-protective pose. :( We haven't seen Ezra shield himself like that in ages and it makes him look so much smaller.
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Kanan tells Ezra everything Ezra's been desperate to hear for six months:
It wasn't your fault.
I never blamed you.
Forgive yourself.
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Haven't talked about the music much but this is a nice rendition of Ezra's theme here for this heartwarming moment.
Ah noooooope I like the krykna EVEN LESS now, wtf is this it's creepy.
Ezra nervous little glances as the krykna uncurl. <3
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Ezra passing Kanan's mask into his hand. <3
Bendu's "Once a secret is known, it cannot be unknown." was a lot more ominous in the trailers, ngl.
Kanan showing a remarkable amount of trust in Ezra, leaving the decision on whether to open up the Sith holocron or not up to him. Ezra looks trepidaciously at it a moment and then decides not to, passing it back to Kanan.
(And then he never touched the Dark Side again lol.)
I can't even be mad that Ezra got the first blind joke in. At least he beat Maul to the punch.
Hhggngnghhh I hate him so much this rat bastard trash man. He immediately takes advantage of Kanan's blindness to lead him to an airlock and tries to space him.
EZRA WASN'T EVEN OUT OF SIGHT LONGER THAN A MINUTE OR TWO, MAUL, CAN YOU NOT?!
You actually can survive the void of space very briefly. You have about 15 seconds before you pass out, possibly more if you exhale first.
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Uggggggggghhhh this scene makes my skin crawl, Maul is literally fresh off his second attempt to murder Kanan and orders the droids to kill the rest and Ezra is standing there completely unaware of the danger he's in or what Maul's done.
Maul bald-face lies to him and tells him his friends are fine. Just imagining the horror of what would have happened if Kanan hadn't made it back inside, how Ezra would have emerged from the holocron vision only to learn the awful truth that Maul had killed everyone he loved, that he was alone, alone with a deranged murderer who had decided he was his apprentice...
*shudder*
As they prepare to join the holocrons, it's interesting to note that Ezra's wish is a bit Dark Side tinted--he wants the answer on how to destroy the Sith--while Maul's is Light--the vaguely described "hope". Hope for what it's not clear at first. Hope for meaning? Hope for purpose? Hope for another chance to fix what he considers the point at which things went wrong? Commentary from behind the scenes has said that Maul's motivation for revenge against Obi-Wan is primarily rooted in his fixation on his failure at Naboo. "If I can just kill this guy, the person who was there when everything went wrong, it will make it all better."
I think, given that Maul had become self-consciously legacy-minded, thinking about the future he planned to create with Ezra at his side, he turned his mind backwards to unfinished business from the past, messes he still had to clean up, in order to move forward.
And that's why he manipulates the holocron vision to show him Obi-Wan's fate.
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This sequence is really pretty.
The music cue that accompanies this moment is not overly bombastic, but rather sly, mysterious, and eerie, high vocals mingling with strings to create an odd balance.
The resignation on Sabine, Hera, and Zeb's faces when the droids point their weapons. :(
Hera's elation when she hears Kanan there. :D The very worried Spacefamily books it to Ezra of course.
Maul doesn't see anything from the vision at first, "Only oblivion!" he says, because the path he's on can only lead him there and urges Ezra to "Go deeper!" It just occurred to me that he's basically doing what his old master Palpatine would try to do in Season Four--piggybacking off Ezra's connection and using him as a conduit to achieve what he wants. He pushes Ezra to look harder because he can't see anything himself.
The brighter burst of blinding light could have just been an effect of Maul and Ezra sinking deeper into the vision but also I like to think Maul manipulated the convergence to try to keep the others away because it swells up right when we hear Hera calling for Ezra.
This bit is so cool, the Force is so loud and present in the room that Kanan's blindness doesn't matter, he can physically see through it even with his ruined eyes. Hera's voice distorts and fades as if it's coming across a large distance even though Kanan only goes a couple steps away. The orchestra rouses with full strings and chorus. The negative film effect makes Kanan, Ezra, and Maul look like celestial figures of pure energy.
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THE WAY THIS IS BOTH (LITERALLY) ABOUT THE TWIN SUNS OF TATOOINE AND (FIGURATIVELY) ABOUT LUKE AND LEIA, THE CHILDREN OF THE CHOSEN ONE AND THE TWO MOST KEY PLAYERS IN THE ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE SITH.
THE WAY ALL THREE OF THEM--LUKE, LEIA, AND EZRA--ARE NARRATIVE "CHOSEN ONES" WITHOUT BEING THE IN-TEXT CHOSEN ONE, HOW THE FORCE STILL PUTS THEM IN KEY PLACES IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY.
THE PATH TO LIRA SAN WILL BE DECIDED BY THE FATE OF THE THREE.
Ezra ultimately trusts Kanan and looks away just before Maul can discern where, exactly, Obi-Wan is. The severed connection explodes outwards, throwing them all across the room, and the holocrons are shattered.
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Maul's cackling and crazed body language as he stumbles out to escape make it seem like the knowledge that Obi-Wan's alive has actually driven him insane. It's quite disconcerting.
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The Spacefamily surrounding Ezra worriedly. <3 You have to wonder if Kanan is fearing a repeat of Ezra's collapse back in "Gathering Forces", if perhaps for a moment he's a bit too still here.
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Oh look the two Most Important People in Ezra's life and narrative journey!
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The way Kanan keeps his hand on Ezra's shoulder until the very end. <333333
With a few minor nitpicks (mostly that a few of the mysteries aren't well explained or answered, see Maul's knowledge of Kanan's real name) this is a pretty solid episode, a worthy follow-up to the premiere. We continue to settle Ezra's Dark Side temptations, burying them mostly for good in this episode, though the lingering effects it had on him emotionally will continue well into his characterization, motives, and arc down the line.
Maul is an awful bastard in this and such a good villain. :) He's so much more confident and assured of himself, clear-headed and calculating. 0 for 2 on successfully kidnapping Ezra but his menace will still pervade and influence a lot of Ezra's decisions this season.
I'll talk more about the overall effects and purpose of the holocron arc when we come to its end in "Twin Suns" but for now I'll just enjoy this episode once again, it's great.
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