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entitled-fangirl · 2 months

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I know you made her your riduur.

Din Djarin x reader

Summary: Din finds his little clan held captive by Moff Gideon with the Darksaber. He intends to do anything to get them back.

Warnings: kidnapping, mention of blood, fighting, threatening

Author's note: I'm a huge sucker for protective Din, so any requests of that is more than fine by me...

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The door slid open to a sight Din never wanted to see.

Moff Gideon held the dark saber above the Mandalorian's clan.

Y/N and Grogu.

The two were in cuffs, the child in the woman's lap.

When she saw the familiar beskar, she let out a breath of relief, "…Mando…"

He stepped through the doorway slowly with his blaster pointed at the man. But he knew it did no good.

"Drop the blaster." Moff Gideon commanded.

When Din hesitated, Gideon lowered the blade closer to the woman's head.

The soft white glow from the saber illuminated the woman and child's faces, only spotlighting their concern gazes on the Mandalorian.

But Din could barely see it through the red anger that was clouding his vision.

"…Slowly."

Din obeyed, setting the blaster on the hard metal floor.

Y/N shifted in her chair, "Don't… please."

But Din didn't care.

As much as her frail voice made his stomach drop, he would do anything to guarantee that he could keep hearing her voice forever.

Even if that means surrendering.

"Now kick it over to me."

And Din did so. He pointed to his family, "Give me the kid and the girl."

"They are just fine where they are."

Just to tease the beskar-wearing warrior, Moff Gideon menacingly brushed the blade back and forth, mere inches from the girl's head.

She grimaced slightly, looking down at the child.

Moff Gideon didn't care to even look at them, "Mesmerizing, isn't it? Used to belong to Bo-Katan. Oh, yes. I know you've been traveling with Bo-Katan. A friendly piece of advice, assume that I know everything."

Din shifted his weight to his other leg, as he contemplated what to do.

"Like the fact that your wrist launcher has fired its one and only salvo. And that only two weeks ago did you make this pretty girl your riduur."

Din's voice hardened through the modulator, not only tired of the situation, but angered by the mention his weaknesses. "Where is this going?"

"This is where this is going: I'm guessing that Bo-Katan and her boarding party have arrived at the bridge, seeking me or, more accurately, this." He held the saber up. "See, but I'm not there. And I imagine that they've killed everyone on the bridge, the murderous savages they are. And now, they're beginning to panic.

"You see, she wants this. Do you know why? Because it brings power. Whoever wields this sword… has the right to lay claim to the Mandalorian throne."

Y/N's eyes shift up to Din at this information. She takes note of the light glow that reflects from his armor.

"You keep it." Din says immediately, "I just want the girl and the kid."

Moff Gideon tilts his head in consideration, "Very well. I've already got what I want from the kid. His blood. All I wanted was to study his blood. This child is extremely gifted and has been blessed with rare properties that have the potential to bring order back to the galaxy."

Din finally lets his gaze move to the woman and child. He takes notes of the small cut on Y/N's cheek, the unshed tears that sit in her eyes. The child seems unscathed enough, but his eyes are just as saddened as the girls.

"I see your bond with the child," Gideon continues. "Take them."

Din steps forward.

Moff Gideon's voice becomes low, "But you will leave my ship immediately and we will go our separate ways."

Din nodded, moving to his little clan.

Gideon stepped forward to let the Mandalorian do so.

When his gloved hands connected with Y/N's, Gideon ignited the saber, swinging it right into Din's back.

Y/N had never been more thankful that Din wore beskar.

He grunted at the impact, immediately blocking the next swing with his armored arms.

He managed to get the battle away from the two hostages as he lured Moff Gideon into the hallway.

As much as Y/N wanted to help, she knew she was in no state to do so. And she could help Din the most by protecting the child.

She stood up with him in her arms, moving towards the sound of the saber hitting beskar.

She stayed in the doorway, watching the two fight.

Finally, Din got the upper hand and kept his spear pointed at the defeated Moff Gideon who slouched on the ground.

The dark saber had been thrown from his hands, and now resided on the floor near Y/N. She hesitantly picked it up and pocketed it.

"You're sparing my life? Well," Moff Gideon smiled, "This should be interesting."

Din took a moment to remember the girl and child. He turned to see them standing in the hall a few feet back. He motioned them towards him.

Y/N immediately walked to him.

Din managed to get the cuffs off both of them, and only then did he relax.

His hand wandered to Y/N's cheek, lightly grazing over the cut there.

She leaned into his touch, "You came for us…"

"Of course I did. I made vows to you, and I intend to keep them." He lets his eyes wander down her frame, "Are you hurt?"

She shook her head, hugging the child to her, "We're just fine. Are you… are you alright?"

His helmet moved just barely in a nod, "I'm alright now."

She smiled, reaching into her pocket with the arm that didn't hold the child to retrieve the saber. "Here…"

If only she could've seen his own matching smile under his helmet, "Thank you, cyare."

He turned back to Moff Gideon, letting his voice harden once more to the warrior he was, "Let's go."

And just like that, Y/N felt safe next to the man who would kill anything that stood in his way.

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antianakin · 7 days

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Pong Krell. It’s universally agreed that he deserved worse than what he got and I get that. I just wished we got to see what he was like before he Fell. Did he always hate clones, was it gradual? Did he suspect something off and went over paranoid?

I’ll say this one and I’ll say this probably a thousand more times but I wished the creators focused on more details with characters. It’s absolutely fascinating that they created a Jedi that Fell but did nothing with it besides outright evil.

How other Jedi reacted to learning that a fellow Jedi betrayed everyone? How did the Republic?

I just wished they did more with him than just, yeah that dude was a dick and killed clones.

Yeah, it's one of the things I don't like as much about TCW, the extremely episodic nature of it means that there really is never any build-up to anything or lasting impact from anything. Unless it's happening within one of the 2-4 episode arcs, we RARELY get to see any kind of build-up or fallout. It's one of the major issues with Barriss, too, we see her ONCE in season 2 and she's calm, kind, methodical, and selfless. And then three seasons later in season 5 she's suddenly ruthless, selfish, doubting everything and everyone, merciless, etc. There is NO BUILD UP to that radical 180 to her character and there's no real exploration of how Ahsoka really feels about that particular betrayal afterwards, the focus in later episodes after the Wrong Jedi focuses only on Ahsoka feeling betrayed by the COUNCIL and her feelings about that. Nothing since TCW has ever touched it either (Rebels, Mandalorian, the Ahsoka show). Satine's death never really comes up again after it happens aside from Bo-Katan being an asshole. Obi-Wan goes from being totally fucked up about Maul coming back to being chill enough to take on Maul and Savage alone and winning without us getting to see him actually deal with those emotions.

Pong Krell and the Umbara arc IN GENERAL falls into this category easily (so do the Zyggeria and the Deception arc tbh). Krell is such a basic evil character, there's so little nuance to him and we never get to see the Jedi react to the revelation that one of their own turned at all. Dooku turned after he had already left the Order as far as any of them really know, but Krell was still IN the Order when he decided to betray them and it would've been really interesting to see the impact of that on them. It would've been ESPECIALLY interesting to explore that more during the Wrong Jedi arc in particular in how the Jedi feel like they can't trust their own people not to betray them anymore after Dooku and Krell.

Krell is presented with like. Zero nuance. He is just unequivocally evil and despite Anakin greeting him in a friendly way at the beginning, the visuals tell you this dude's no good right from his first appearance. There isn't really any chance that he's going to be a good guy at all. So all we are left with are headcanons.

And I remember discussing my Krell headcanons somewhere, but I think it might've been on a Discord server I've since left, so I unfortunately cannot find them again. So I'll try to remember them and immortalize them here, I guess.

Here's the thing about Krell. NO ONE suspects him. So he cannot be overtly acting like a bigoted asshole from the jump at any point, he HAS to be acting in such a way that it's not trickling out to the other clones and to the Jedi themselves that Krell is an absolute monster. Even Fives takes a moment to decide that Krell is suspicious and only brings up Krell's casualty numbers after he sees Krell's behavior for a minute and combines that knowledge with what he's now personally experiencing and is starting to come to conclusions based on that. He doesn't go into the relationship thinking Krell is worse than any other Jedi already.

And based on what we know of EVERY OTHER FALLEN JEDI (Dooku, Anakin, Barriss), they didn't start out as monsters. Dooku was a highly respected Jedi Master who seems to have had a really positive relationship with Yoda and Qui-Gon and simply became disillusioned with the Senate and his care for the people of the galaxy got twisted into something darker over time. Barriss was kind, selfless, compassionate, brave, and resourceful, and it was the war that caused her to start letting her fears and pain consume her into turning on the Jedi. Anakin was kind and spent years having his fears and doubts twisted into selfishness and greed and darkness that allowed him to justify murder and genocide for power. So it wouldn't make sense to me that Pong Krell wouldn't fall into the same pattern where he was once kind and good and selfless and brave, but that the circumstances surrounding the war caused him to lose faith and fall.

My headcanon is that he lost an entire battalion early in the war, much like we see happen to Plo Koon during the Malevolence arc and that that loss and failure just BROKE him. Krell DID care about the clones, he cared about his men, and he FAILED them all. And I think that he saw all of these clones dying by the dozens in all of the other battalions and instead of choosing to let go of his pain and fear and lean into his compassion, he chose to distance himself from them entirely to make it hurt less. If he didn't care about the clones, if he just saw them as the cannon fodder that the Senate treated them all as, then it would hurt less when they died. Maybe the Senate itself even dragged him over the coals for that initial loss. Or perhaps it was the opposite, maybe most of his battalion was killed, but it ultimately ended in a victory anyway because they were forced to just keep going despite the consequences. And so Krell decides to enter this mindset where he is disillusioned with the Senate and just CANNOT allow himself to care about the clones, because it won't change what the Senate is going to do to them anyway, so he may as well just treat them the same way.

And this wouldn't have happened overnight. It wouldn't have been a sudden 180 where he decided he was just going to treat them like shit. But he maybe decided to put some more professional distance between himself and his new battalion, not get close to them, not use their names (although he still knows them, still remembers them all). Maybe one day they're in a tricky situation and all of his options are bad, he HAS to sacrifice some of his men in order to salvage the situation at all, and it's a choice between a full retreat that he KNOWS the Senate won't take well, or sacrificing the men to achieve the victory. So he sacrifices the men. It's not an entire battalion, it's not even a whole company, but it's more than it would've been if he'd retreated. Maybe next time, there's a choice between going back to save some of the men even if it poses a risk to his own life or the mission or something, and he chooses not to go back for them because the mission is more important, or he rationalizes that his life is more important as the Jedi General. And it's just more and more little decisions like that that add up over time to being able to see the clones as nothing more than tools.

The disillusionment with the Senate leads to him sort-of agreeing with things Dooku and the Separatists have said and he can look at the war and realize that it's entirely possible that the Republic is going to LOSE, and he CANNOT be the one who loses again, so maybe he starts bouncing around the concept of maybe switching sides. And of course initially he rejects the idea. He's a Jedi, he won't just abandon the Republic, he can't be a traitor, who in the Separatist side would ever trust him anyway. But once that seed is planted, it doesn't go away and it keeps coming back up and he keeps finding ways to rationalize why it might be a good idea and then deciding not to do it over and over again. Until one day, he can't convince himself that it's a bad idea or that it wouldn't work. He tells himself it's the ONLY option, if he doesn't change sides then he's dead. But Dooku WON'T trust him unless he can prove that he's not on the Republic's side, so he has to come up with a plan to gain their trust. And what better way to earn that trust than to ensure a Separatist victory in an important campaign by double-crossing the Republic.

And once he's chosen to go down that path, it's even EASIER to stop caring about the clones because, well, they're all dead anyway. The Republic is going to lose, the clones are all dead men walking no matter what, so why bother caring about them or trying to keep them alive? He can't lose so often that the Jedi or the Senate become suspicious of him, of course, but it's REALLY easy then to get to Umbara and treat the clones like crap and turn them against each other and intentionally try to get them all killed. They're dead anyway, he's not the one killing them really, is he, the Senate is, the Jedi are, the war is. They were dead from the moment they were created in that test tube because they were created for this specific purpose. It's not his fault.

And much like Barriss turns against the Jedi in part because she did LOVE the Jedi and was devastated by what she saw happening to them and the pain of seeing her people forced to become something they were never supposed to be, as much as her actions were intended as some kind of message to try to sort-of save the Jedi from a course of action she saw as their downfall, I think that Krell turns on the clones because at some point he DID care about them. A lot. And that care became his downfall, the pain at what was being done to them just absolutely gutted him and it threw him down a path that ultimately led him to turn against the very people whose deaths had hurt him so badly just a few short years ago.

Krell might not have been the most effusive or emotional person prior to the war or anything, he might've been a more reserved person similar to Mace or Dooku or Luminara, but I think he probably was a perfectly good Jedi who was kind and selfless and compassionate once upon a time.

And none of the headcanons above have even touched what his relationships with other JEDI must have been like. It's just as possible that he did have friends and people he considered family among the Jedi. Maybe he had a padawan once at some point. And maybe all of those people had died by the time we get to Umbara. Maybe he had to watch a lot of the people he was closest to just fall like flies, and so it starts feeling like nothing matters. Maybe one of the Jedi who died on Geonosis was a former padawan of his, but Krell himself obviously wasn't there and the pain of THAT loss and the guilt he feels at not having been there (even though this padawan had been knighted for a while and there was a good reason Krell wasn't there that day) just sticks with him, too, and he never quite manages to let that go, either.

I think a lot of people choose to just headcanon Krell as having just always been kind-of an asshole even when he was a Jedi, but that doesn't work for me. If Krell was always an asshole, I feel like the Jedi would've stepped in at some point before the war even HAPPENED and tried to manage that situation. And it doesn't match up with the way pretty much every other fallen Jedi has ever been written, where they were GOOD PEOPLE once upon a time who saw awful things happen that they couldn't stop or had an awful thing happen TO them that they couldn't stop and the pain of that experience consumes them to the point that they spiral into darkness as a result. Krell should be the same way, which means he likely was a perfectly good normal Jedi before the war. He would've been kind, he might've been good with younglings (he's tall, maybe he was the one the younglings went to all the time for piggy back rides, maybe he often taught dual wielding to padawans who asked because of how clearly proficient he is at it), he might've taught a student of his own successfully, he would've been wise and selfless and compassionate, he would've loved the Jedi and the people of the galaxy.

Like, to be frank, if Tales of the Jedi HAD to explore a fallen Jedi story, they should've explored Krell instead of Dooku. Dooku has been explored before, we know quite a lot about him and his motivations and his backstory, but Krell, as you noted, is left a mystery and is stuck in the realm of being just purely evil for the sake of the story they were telling in this one arc. Krell needed more nuance in a way Dooku just did not.

#star wars #pong krell #tcw #the clone wars #umbara #umbara arc #krell

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gffa · 1 year

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Djarin and Bo-Katan were friendly enough for her to let him call her Bo, but she called him by his surname. Did she not know? Because it's funny if she didn't. Like she only realized when the Armorer said this. I imagine the awkward off-screen moment

Let's be real, that is the most Djarin thing that could have ever possibly happened. "Why didn't you say anything??" Bo-Katan asks, while Djarin just kind of stares at her blankly until she gives up with a huff and says, fine, can I call you 'Djarin' then? He gives an awkward helmet nod and then they never speak of it again.

#the mandalorian #the mandalorian spoilers #din djarin #i make myself laugh and that's all that's important #a quality addition!

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thornescratch · 1 year

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Okay TBOBF and Mando Season 3 have been twenty pounds of stupid in a ten pound bag a lot of the time, but it’s funny if, like, ever since then and the destruction of the Razor Crest that Din has been collecting friends and allies just so he has a variety of places to shower and piss and do his laundry at. Frequent pit stops waltzing in and out of Tatooine and Nevarro and Ossus just for that purpose. He stayed friendly with Bo Katan because her Gauntlet has a fresher in it.

Luke: (meditating with eyes closed) Are you here to do your laundry again. Din: (awkwardly hiding bag of dirty flightsuits behind his back) ...I love you? Luke: You didn't answer my question. Luke: ...I left you some food in the fridge and also we're low on milk, can you bring some by next time. Grogu: Patoo.

#Luke Skywalker #Din Djarin #Dinluke #Star Wars #The Mandalorian #The Mandalorian spoilers

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thesoundofrainbirdwings · 1 year

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POV you are a Rando Mando from the covert

You spend your days chilling in the covert and supervising foundlings. It's not as if you have anything better to do.

Din walks in fairly often but ONLY to talk to the armourer because he is ridiculously antisocial. You, on the other hand, chat with your fellow Mandos every day. He avoids everyone like he's going to catch Bothan Nether Rot just from making eye contact from you all.

One day he invites a girl to the covert and somehow she ends up being a Mandalorian princess with a fancy ship and fancy paint job. Din also brings an overwrought ship. Maker knows where he got it.

Naturally Din makes a beeline for the armourer because of course he does. The princess meets everyone and is surprisingly social for someone who Din brought over. You have no idea how Din brought a princess to meet the fam though. However, you assume they're together and will get married or something.

You notice next they, for some reason, do everything together. When the covert goes to rescue Ragnar, they go together. But it's a group situation so you think, "whatever". And don't even mention the weird "foundlings" that showed up too. They are easily the ugliest things you have seen in your life. You promise yourself you won't go near them.

But then that rando Blue shows up. For some reason Din knows who he is and goes to talk to him in private. And for some reason Bo-Katan goes to join him. You stay back with the rest of the covert where you feel safe.

You go to the gathering around the fire. She listens very closely to what he has to say. Then he goes and sits SUSPICIOUSLY close to her. This is where you decide they are actually married.

The next day you are going to Nevarro. It seems they just assumed they would go together. You admit they work well as a team and her ship is actually nice. You also realise the starfighter Din owns isn't a mid-life crisis purchase either.

She shows up with her helmet off and realise she is better looking than you expected. It doesn't hurt that she is quite friendly and more cheerful than dingy Din. You can see why Din likes her.

They then go off on some harebrained errand the armourer sent them on. They take the baby and it looks suspiciously like a family trip instead of a mission.

A few days later, a fleet shows up. You start to wonder what Din did for this to happen. They keep sticking to each other though. This seems to be the one constant, even with all the ridiculous things happening around you lately.

The princess announces a mission to retake Mandalore and wants volunteers. You mull it over in your head and do decide on it but before you say yes, Din volunteers himself. You assume this is a formality on his end.

They travel in the same fancy ship though you expected it to happen. You also expected them to disembark together, which also happens. Why are you even surprised anymore?

You end up on this weird ship looking thing. You start to get along with some of the Nite Owls and chat with them. They're not as bad as you initially thought and you think you can make friends with them. You notice Din and his princess talking quietly. You assume they're having an intimate conversation and mind your own business.

The very next day, Din gets captured and you see the princess is shocked and sad. You assume this is what losing a spouse looks like.

#dinbo #bo katan kryze x din djarin #din djarin x bo katan kryze #Anyone would assume they're married OK #They're the most married but not together couple ever #Rando mando series

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jessepinwheel · 2 days

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so for parasitic extraction, what's the original obi-wan up to/what's happening to him? What would cause him to help raise thousands of clones for the enemy? Is he a part of the hive mind? How do the Mandalorians (and the rest of the galaxy) treat the obi-clones? Are they considered a part of society by people other than their handlers or tools/slaves? (I'm just so intrigued by the concept, feel free to ignore any questions if you want)

so the thing with obi-wan is kind of complicated. basically, jango took the throne after jaster got assassinated, but he still had a couple years left in his military service at the time so there was this big hubbub about whether jango was even qualified to be emperor. but then jango managed to capture obi-wan, a jedi, alive. this is something that's never happened before because usually jedi are too dangerous to hold or will commit suicide before they can be taken in. so he publicly tortured and humiliated obi-wan on live television etc. and this pretty much cemented jango's legitimacy as an emperor

but instead of killing obi-wan, jango is obsessed with breaking obi-wan down and making him betray the jedi to prove his dominance and prove to himself that his emperorship isn't a sham. so he threw obi-wan into torture jail and tortured him. this obviously did not work.

but then jango was such a shit dad that didn't do very much parenting for cody or rex, so cody and rex ended up talking to obi-wan in normal torture jail and they liked him a lot because he's a nice person who pays attention to them. but because of them talking to obi-wan and learning things from him, they ended up letting a jedi go on a mission which jango was fucking furious about and decided to go get a new son (boba) about it, and also moved obi-wan from normal torture jail to his personal torture basement and also chopped off a foot while he was at it. for fun. at this point in time, obi-wan has been in jango's torture basement for 11 years and everyone thinks he is dead. even his obi-clones don't know if he's an actual human person or some kind of force ghost.

anyways. at some point jango made an offer to obi-wan that if obi-wan would let him make 2000 force sensitive clones of him to serve the mandalorian empire, he would let obi-wan go. obi-wan knew that this was complete bullshit and jango was lying, but he agreed because he had the idea that he would use these clones to take down the mandalorian empire instead because it was kind of the only way out that he could see. so he let jango make these clones of him and he trained and raised those clones via psychic skype without jango or anyone else realizing it, so that they would all conspire together to destroy jango's empire and also life.

but of course the jedi don't know that, so to them it looks like obi-wan is the biggest traitor of all time, because not only are the obi-clones clones of him, but they have actual psychic abilities that have been taught by an actual jedi (obi-wan).

re: the mandalorians, they're pretty naturally suspicious of the obi-clones, because they don't trust jedi in the first place. they're not treated as slaves because the mandalorian empire 'doesn't do slavery'. but a lot of obi-clones die from neglect or friendly fire. pre viszla actually pushes his assigned clone (boga) off a cliff because boga undermined his authority. bo katan straight murders her assigned clone (ben) because satine was being a little too gooey with him and also ben might have overheard something he wasn't supposed to. some people get along really well with their obi-clones. cody's got a weird situationship where he's kind of infatuated with his obi-clone, and ahsoka kind of sees her obi-clone (azar) as a mentor figure, and jango is just completely abnormal about his personal obi-clone (kote)

as mentioned in my previous answer, obi-wan isn't really part of the obi-clone collective consciousness, but he does have access to the obi-clone hive mind and in fact is basically using his obi-clones as a way to gather information across the entire mandalorian empire so he can plot how to destroy everything. he's kind of always watching over them (when he's not being tortured by jango). whether that is creepy is an exercise for the reader

ask me a question about parasitic extraction, the role reversal mandalorian empire au that I have

#ask jesse #fic: parasitic extraction

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ladyzirkonia · 1 year

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I hope I'm not reaching but I feel like Din essentially told Bo that he is spending the rest of his life with her. Din Djarin, the man who usually helps people and is on his way, told Bo that he will serve her until her song is written. He will be right by her side with Grogu who loves her too. Which usually would be after someone dies. If that is not setting up a clan of 3 I don't know what is.

I would love to hear your thoughts about how Bo's interactions differ from the other interactions he has with Pelli, Greef, etc. Because it's not lost on me that Bo acts like his mom. I would say that Grogu is so attached to her that he and Din cannot leave.

Hello my friend! And no you are absolutely not!

To understand this, one only has to look at what kind of person Din Djarin is. In season 1, he was an absolute lone wolf who roamed the galaxy to do assignments as a bouny hunter to support his tribe. Although he has always helped friends and acquaintances he met along the way, he has never committed his life to anyone other than his tribe. Some examples:

Boba Fett

I love Boba, he is my husband and I love the dynamic between him and Din. Din didn't hesitate for a second to help Boba Fett with his problem with the pykes. He didn't want payment, but just the fact that Fennec came to him to hire him suggests they have a different kind of relationship, although Din was absolutely willing to die for the cause when push came to shove. But that has more to do with the fact that honor is paramount for Din Djarin and when he promises something he keeps it.

I'm kind of sad there were no real interactions with Boba and Grogu I really would like to see that, because Boba knew a few jedi himself.

Peli Motto

First off I have to say that I adore Peli, one of my absolute favorite characters. And Grogu adores her too, as we found out this episode as he jumps into her arms with glee. Peli reminds me of my favorite aunt I got to spend time with as a kid and that meant lots of fun and action. She spoils Grogu, he gets his favorite food and has a lot of fun, yet a very different relationship than the one he has with Bo. Bo-Katan has spoken with Grogu on an equal footing since the beginning, not like a toddler or pet. Just think how much she talked to him in episode two and made a real connection. Bo explains, shows interest, and teaches him along with Din, taking on the role of mother rather than cool aunt.

Greef Karga

Grogu and Din share a special past with Greef. I really like the character, especially this season. Greef was Din's boss, then briefly his enemy. Grogu saves his life and it completely changes the relationship of the three. Din and Greef are friendly with each other, he doesn't hesitate to help when Nevarro needs help, but at the same time Din also has Greef's offer of a piece of land in mind. I love how Greef gives him a bottle... whatever that is... he reminds me of a good friend and he treats Grogu the same way. I would even say like a childless friend who appreciates the little one (after all, he saved his life!) but doesn't really know what to do with him. When Din insists on Grogu's name, Grogu doesn't seem to show any real interest.

Greef and most of the other acquaintances and friends call Din Mando. That's one of the first things I noticed, that Bo always calls him by his name. Both Bo's relationship with Din and Grogu was much more personal from the start. She shouldn't have taken care of Din or Grogu, but she did it and not just like that, but with interest and a lot of warmth that she never showed to anyone else.

Conclusion

I don't get the aunt vibes with Bo like some people say. I'm a mom myself and I've felt the connection between Grogu and Bo since the second episode. The way she treats him, how he is always close to her, how she protects and teaches him. Apart from the fact that Katee Sackhoff describes herself as a mummy and recently became a mother herself.

The same goes for Din Djarin. Yes, he is loyal and has so far helped all his friends without hesitation and would probably die honorably for most of them. But he has never committed himself to anyone so openly and without compromise and until his end. I'm pretty sure Bo-Katan understood what Din Djarin's words really mean is evident in her reaction. Astonishment, awe and full of emotion.

I realized too late that you were actually asking about the relationship between Bo and Grogu, now it's a mixture. Have fun with it and this is the way!

#the mandalorian #the mandalorian season 3 #ask box #grogu #bo katan kryze #dinbo #din djarin #mother role #boba fett #peli motto #greef karga #clan of three #and bo is a mummy #the mandalorian spoiler

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merrysithmas · 10 months

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friendly reminder i hate disney bo katan and im so glad mando3 failed bc she was shoehorned in and everyone knows it/rejects it. makes me feel all warm n fuzzy

#my vengeance is on tonight #lol the show is dead #so she killed her sister #her planet #AND mando's tv show #it tracks #anti bo katan #bo karen i need the whole cast and crew to defend my shitty moth eaten plot pot holed arc bc the fandom loathed it so much and killed the #whole show and hype for star wars in general in one fell swoop katan #the mandalorian

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Clan of Three (Book 3) Chapter Two

Father Figure! Mandalorian/Din Djarin x Teen! Reader

Chapter Two: The Scraps

Summary: (Y/N) and Mando fight pirates, can't get the droid they want, and talk to Bo-Katan. ((Y/N) gets disappointed by Bo-Katan)

Hands on their blasters, Mando and (Y/N) followed Karga through the streets of Nevarro to where a group of pirates were gathered around the schoolhouse, causing a disruption as they yelled at the civilians trying to go about their business. Grogu whined as he saw them from his cradle.

“Get out of my way, or I’ll split your circuits!” threatened a pirate, glaring at the droid teacher, who stood in the entrance of the school to keep them from entering.

“Oh my stars!” exclaimed the droid, raising its hands as a blaster was pointed at them.

“Stand aside, droid, don’t you know who we are?” sneered a pirate.

“Come on, Vane,” said Karga, stepping in before the situation got worse. “That’ll be enough of that.”

“Greef Karga, my old friend!” said Vane, grinning cruelly. “I knew you wouldn’t insult us! Come, join us for a drink!”

“Yeah,” clamored the rest of the pirate crew.

“Let’s continue this conversation back at my office,” said Karga, attempting to diffuse the situation. “This, this is a school.”

“Well, that explains why she wouldn’t let me inside,” said Vane, gesturing to the droid teacher. “I forgot, it was your cut of the boss’s treasure that built this saloon.”

“Pirate King Gorian Shard’s name is familiar to all in this sector,” said Karga evenly. “Come, join me for a drink back at my office. We’ll toast to your captain.”

“We drink here,” said Vane coldly.

“That is a school now,” said Karga firmly.

“I say it’s still a bar,” hissed Vane. “Now, bring us a drink.”

“Is there a problem here, Magistrate?” said Mando coolly.

“Is there a problem here?” said Karga, challenging Vane. “What do you think?”

“Not if you serve me a drink,” said Vane.

“Not in my school,” said Karga.

“His school.” Vane and his men blocked the street, the belts with gleaming blasters shining in the sun. “You paid us for murder and mayhem inside these doors. Sounds like you went soft.” His hand went to his blaster, and (Y/N)”s hand went to theirs.

“You think so?” Karga stood firm as he brushed back his robes to display his own blaster. “Try me.”

Vane chuckled, and tension hung over the group. Suddenly, he drew his blaster. Karga was faster and shot his hand before he could fire. It was a clear warning to Vane.

“Tell Captain Gorian Shard that Nevarro is no longer friendly to pirates,” said Karga. “Now get outta here.”

Vane backed up, but his men went for their blasters. Mando and (Y/N) reacted faster, and they shot down the four men, leaving Vane alone in the street.

“Get out of here, Vane. Now,” said Karga. Vane obeyed and ran.

“Sure you wanna let him go?” asked Mando.

“He’ll let it be known that Nevarro is respectable now and not to be trifled with,” said Karga. He turned to his droid. “Have the service droids scrub up out here.”

“Yes, sir, right away,” said the droid.

Karga sighed as they turned back to the square. “I gotta level with you, Mando. I need a Marshal.”

“What happened to Cara?” asked (Y/N).

“After she brought in Moff Gideon, she was recruited by Special Forces,” said Karga.

(Y/N) narrowed their eyes. “What about Gideon?”

“Ugh. He was sent off to a New Republic War Tribunal,” said Karga. “So, Mando…What do you say? You ready to put on the stripes and collect a healthy stipend? You’d make a very fine lawman.”

“Why not request one from the New Republic?” asked Mando.

Karga tsked. “The last thing we intend is to bow down to yet another far-off bureaucracy. No, under my watch, Nevarro will become the first truly independent trade anchor in this entire sector.”

“I can’t serve as your Marshal,” said Mando.

Karga sighed before raising his hands in mock-surrender. “I didn’t know you were here on business.” He chuckled. “What can we provide?”

Mando pointed to IG-11. “I need him back.”

Karga laughed. “IG-11 was destroyed on the lava river. This is just a statue.”

“Those are his parts, right?” asked (Y/N).

“What’s left of ‘em,” said Karga, shrugging. “We were lucky to recover any of his parts after he self-destructed.”

“I need a droid I can trust to help us explore Mandalore, and he’s that droid,” said Mando.

“Mando, we’ve got plenty of droids around here, we’ll find you one. I guarantee it,” said Karga.

“Let me give it a shot,” said Mando.

Karga shrugged. “Alright.” He turned to his droid. “Grab some help and pull down the top half.”

In Karga’s office, Mando began working on the remains of IG-11 on the table. (Y/N) handed him tools and quietly watched with Grogu. Sparks flew, but he seemed to be making progress.

“There,” he said. “He’s hooked up to power. Let’s see if we can wake him up.” He reached out and fiddled with two more wires.

Grogu, standing on the table, leaned over curiously with (Y/N) right behind him. Mando sighed as nothing happened and shook his head. (Y/N) perked up as IG’s fingers twitched. Next, his eyes lit up. He slowly sat up, even without his legs, and faced the group.

Karga laughed. “There you go!”

“Subparagraph sixteen-teen-teen.” IG’s voice glitched and distorted as he spoke. “…of the Bondsman Guild protocol waiver…Immediately produce said…”

Grogu cooed and waved at IG.

He saw (Y/N) and Grogu, and something activated. “The bounties are mine. Assets to be terminated.”

IG shot out a hand, and Mando grabbed Grogu and pulled (Y/N) back. The droid was a bounty hunter again, no training from Kuiil in its code after death. It lunged after them, and Mando drew his blaster, keeping Grogu and (Y/N) protectively close and behind him.

“Terminate assets. Terminate assets,” repeated IG as he dragged himself towards them with his one remaining arm. The blaster fire from Mando wasn’t stopping him. It grabbed (Y/N)’s ankle, and they jumped away.

“Greef!” said Mando, and he tossed Grogu to the Magistrate and pulled (Y/N) back away.

“Terminate asset!” repeated IG as it grabbed at (Y/N), and they kicked at it, not wanting to get closer.

Mando shot at it, and IG pushed himself away. Karga’s droid pushed over a bust of Karga, and the statue landed on IG, crushing its head. IG stopped moving, and the group breathed a sigh of relief.

“Now that’s using your head,” said Mando, and (Y/N) snorted. “I think he defaulted to his old programming.”

“You think?” said Karga. Grogu cooed in agreement. Karga nodded.

His droid spoke up. “Might I suggest taking the parts to some smiths?”

Karga nodded. “Maybe some professional will make it…not want to kill us.”

“That’s too big a job for you to do by yourself,” said Karga as he walked beside Mando and (Y/N). Mando pushed a cart filled with Ig’s parts, and Grogu happily rode within. “Fortunately, Nevarro has attracted the best droidsmiths of the Outer Rim. They’ll have IG back to his old self in no time.”

“Are you sure they’re up to it?” asked Mando. “I don’t think I can handle him with all of his limbs if things go scud.”

“Why don’t you ask ‘em for yourself?” suggested Karga, gesturing to the little door before them as a small alien waved at them.

Grogu sized, thought (Y/N).

“The Anzellans are fine droidsmiths,” said Karga.

“What do you want?” asked the Anzellan in a thick dialect. Grogu saw him and cooed happily, excited to see someone his size.

“Would you take a look at this droid, my friend?” asked Karga.

The Anzellan glanced at the cart and gestured for them to load the parts in. Karga waited outside, but (Y/N) and Mando hunched over to fit within the workspace. Grogu happily walked about in a room made to fit him. Many Anzellans joined the first in looking over the scraps of IG, poking and prodding and examining each wire. They spoke in rapid Anzellan, and Mando and (Y/N) looked at each other. They had no idea what was going on, but (Y/N) sensed it wasn’t going to be good news.

Sure enough, the Anzellan in charge sighed in disappointment and shook his head. “No. Can’t fix. No. No, no. Broken.”

“Uh…okay,” said Mando.

“The broken. It broke,” said the Anzellan. Unfortunately, he didn’t know enough Basic to explain the entire issue.

“I don’t understand. Do you speak Huttese?” asked Mando.

(Y/N) didn’t even bother asking about Ushti, such a small planet that no one but Ushti themselves spoke the language.

“Mando, he said he can’t fix it,” translated Karga, crouching by the door.

“That’s no good. I need this one. This one is my friend,” said Mando.

“It’s not friend anymore,” managed the Anzellan. “Memory circuit broken.”

“He says the memory circuit is shot,” said Karga.

“No more,” said the Anzellan.

“Well, put in a new one,” said Mando.

“No, no, no, no. Not work,” said the Anzellan. “Don’t make a new one. Very hard to find.”

“He said they don’t make ‘em anymore. They’re very hard to find,” said Karag.

“We got it,” said (Y/N).

“Buy new droid,” said the Anzellan. “This one poodoo.”

“He says you should get a new one,” said Karga.

Mando leveled a look at Karga, clear even through the helmet. He had understood. “Can you fix it without the memory circuit?”

“Yes, but IG no think,” said the Anzellan.

“What if we find the part?” asked (Y/N). Their group went on plenty of sidequests, so it was a possibility.

“Okay, now. Then no problem. We fix,” said the Anzellan.

“If you can get a new part, he says he can fix it,” said Karga.

Mando gave another look at Karga, and in the split second he looked away, Grogu grabbed the Anzellan and hugged him tightly.

“No, no, no, no!” repeated the Anzellan.

“Grogu, no,” said Mando, trying to grab Grogu across the table. “He’s not a pet.”

“No squeezie. Not squeeze!” said the Anzellan. Mando lifted him away from Grogu and put him down. “Not squeeze. Bad baby!”

“Sorry about that. He’s young,” said Mando.

(Y/N) smothered a laugh at Grogu’s disappointed expression. He looked at them and babbled in confusion. “Sorry, buddy. No squeeze.”

“We hope to see you soon,” said Karga as Grogu, (Y/N), and Mando clambered into the N-1 starfighter to depart Nevarro.

“Keep IG-11 safe until we get back with that part,” said Mando.

“If the Anzellans can’t find it, I don’t know who can,” said Karga. Mando just responded with a nod, and (Y/N) shrugged. “Safe travels.” He stepped back as the ship powered up. In another moment, the starfighter was lifting into the sky and out of Nevarro’s atmosphere.

“Being a Mandalorian’s not just about learning how to fight, you also have to know how to navigate the galaxy because you never know where you might be headed next,” said Mando.

Grogu sat on (Y/N)’s lap, and they were both leaning around the seat to watch Mando fly. These were the moments they really felt like a Clan. Mando was teaching them how to be a true Mandalorian, and although he never pushed the identity onto either Grogu or (Y/N), they both enjoyed the lessons, feeling closer to him. Not to mention, both didn’t mind being considered Mandalorian. For (Y/N), it was a more complicated feeling of having multiple identities that wanted to coexist, but that didn’t stop their heart from warming as Mando taught them more.

“This here is your hyperspace map,” said Mando. “You determine your range by looking at your fuel gauge. And this—” the next viewscreen began beeping.

“Let me guess, enemies?” asked (Y/N).

“Yeah, enemy proximity warning indicator,” said Mando. “Hang on, we’ve got pirates.” Three ships appeared behind them.

“Oh, we can get rid of Vane,” said (Y/N), grinning wildly.

“Avast, Mandalorian, Ushti,” said Vane across the radio. “You can’t just sneak away after cuttin’ down four of my brothers in cold blood. We’re Pirate King Gorian Shard’s men, now you’ll answer to him!”

“Gorian Shard should stick to hijacking and ransoming,” said Mando and promptly engaged the thrusters to fly forward into the asteroid belt.

Grogu squealed as Mando evasively maneuvered through the asteroid belt as the pirates chased them. He excitedly put his hands in the air, and (Y/N) grinned as they spun through the air. That was until the scanner beeped again and three more ships appeared. They had a feeling they were heading into a trap. Mando spun through more asteroids to avoid the oncoming ships.

“Buir, they’re putting us in a corner,” said (Y/N) as the Force hummed in warning. “Be ready.”

Mando nodded, trusting their instincts. He flew around an asteroid and shot down a ship before continuing on. The other five converged on the N-1 as it continued on, firing all the while. They dropped behind a large asteroid, and as a ship passed, Mando fired, taking the pirate down. Four left as the N-1 flew out once more. The smaller craft had the maneuverability to dance around and destroyed a third pirate, spinning to create a small target to hit. As the three remaining pirates joined up to hunt the Mandalorian and Ushti together, Mando flew up behind them. With a solid shot, another ship exploded.

Now the pirates were on the defensive, trying to fly ahead of the N-1 and avoid its firing. Unfortunately, they lacked the maneuverability and skill compared to Mando, and another pirate went down, careening into an asteroid. It was just Vane left as they flew towards the edge of the asteroid field.

“Still have that feeling?” asked Mando.

“Yeah,” said (Y/N), and Mando nodded. He’d be prepared.

True to (Y/N)’s sensing, the N-1 rounded an asteroid and flew out in front of a cruiser. It was undoubtedly the Pirate King Gorian Shard’s. Vane’s ship flew to safety as Mando hovered before the cruiser as it rolled out its powerful ion cannons.

“They have a target lock on us,” muttered Mando. He’d need to be quick to get them out.

“Stop where you are, Mandalorian, Ushti,” said the Pirate King Gorian Shard over the radio. “You’re outgunned.”

“We have no quarrel with you, Gorian Shard,” said Mando.

“Ha! What a kind sentiment from two people who just destroyed four of my fighters!” cried Shard. “Surrender your ship, and I will spare your life!”

No, you’ll kill us, thought (Y/N), rolling their eyes.

“(Y/N), what do we say to that?” asked Mando.

“Never trust a pirate,” said (Y/N).

Mando smirked proudly beneath his helmet. “Exactly.” He flicked a button, and the N-1 jumped into hyperspace in a moment.

They only came out of hyperspace above a planet of a combination of woods, mountains, and oceans.

“Where are we?” asked (Y/N).

“This is Kalevala,” said Mando. “It’s a planet in the Mandalorian system.” They began their descent towards what could only be described as a castle. “And that is a Mandalorian castle.”

(Y/N) looked down, and their mind flashed back to their vision with Mandalore the Great. They had seen Mandalore at its prime, and this castle was a clear symbol of the past, the architecture a miniaturized version of the edifices on Mandalore.

(Y/N) recovered from the memory and asked quickly, “Is Bo-Katan here?”

Mando nodded as they touched down. The three of them disembarked from the N-1 and walked towards the castle entrance. Grogu cooed from where he floated beside them as they approached a tall droid. It was silent as they walked by, seeing no threat as it scanned them.

Mando led them into a long hall of grey stone. Banners of House Kryze hung from various pillars, but the entire castle seemed dead, uninhabited. Even Bo-Katan, who should appear proud and self-assured, especially atop an ornate throne, appeared despondent as the group approached. She watched (Y/N), Mando, and Grogu in cold silence as they arrived at the bottom of her dais.

“Bo-Katan. It is Din Djarin,” said Mando.

“And (Y/N),” said the Ushti.

“I am here to join you,” said Mando.

(Y/N) understood the idea. Bo-Katan spoke of retaking Mandalore, and going with a group if they couldn’t go with IG would make it safer to find the Living Waters so that Mando could be redeemed.

“There’s nothing left to join,” said Bo-Katan.

“What of your plans to retake Mandalore?” asked Mando.

“When I returned without the Darksaber, my forces melted away,” said Bo-Katan.

(Y/N) was distinctly aware that they and Mando had beaten Gideon, therefore not allowing Bo-Katan to win the Darksaber.

“Where is the stolen fleet?” asked (Y/N).

“Making their way through the galaxy as mercenaries,” replied Bo-Katan. Her tone didn’t deviate from passive despondency, dulled from loneliness and broken dreams. “Do you, Din Djarin, still have the saber?”

“I do,” admitted Mando.

“Then you lead them,” said Bo-Katan. “Wave that thing around, and they’ll do whatever you say.”

Mando’s shoulders slumped in frustration as another lead was buried. “So you gave up your designs to retake Mandalore?”

“Your cult gave up on Mandalore long before the Purge,” retorted Bo-Katan, struggling to keep her tone at all civilized. “Where were you then? The Children of the Watch and all the factions that came before fractured and shattered our people.”

“The Jedi and Mandalorians have lost who they were. Neither should repeat the mistakes of the past.”

Mandalore the Great had warned (Y/N) that the Mandalorians had been destroyed by their people fracturing and not accepting one another. Bo-Katan’s accusations that Mando’s covert betrayed Mandalore and Mando’s inability to completely accept Bo-Katan as a Mandalorian without a helmet were examples of how the Mandalorians needed to avoid those differences destroying them again.

(Y/N) had a strange feeling weight on them as they realized how things were coming full circle. The Force hummed, and they were distinctly aware of the Darksaber somehow lightly whispering even though it was deactivated. Both seemed aware of something that (Y/N), Grogu, Mando, and Bo-Katan were not yet.

“Go home,” said Bo-Katan. “There’s nothing left.”

“I am going to Mandalore so that I may bathe in the Living Waters and be forgiven for my transgressions,” said Mando with calm determination.

“You are a fool,” said Bo-Katan. “There’s nothing magic about the mines of Mandalore. They supplied beskar ore to our ancestors, and the rest is superstition. The planet has been ravaged, plundered, and poisoned.”

“You said that the curse was a lie,” said Mando. “Make up your mind.”

“If you want to go to the mines, be my guest,” said Bo-Katan. “They’re beneath the civic center in the city of Sundari.”

“Thank you,” said Mando. “And I will find out if the plant is really poisoned.” He turned and walked away, Grogu floating with them.

“Goodbye, Din Djarin, (Y/N),” said Bo-Katan simply.

(Y/N) paused before they left and looked up at Bo-Katan. “You want to lead the Mandalorians back to honor and respect. Don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.” They turned and left, leaving the words of Mandalore the Great behind them.

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