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@jasontoddiefor's new Jedi Traditions chapter mentioned Masters letting younglings sit in their laps during floating meditation and?? my crops are watered, skin cleared, food seasoned, a solid 11/10 in wholesomeness, would recommend
Mandalorian Armor, a simple guide
Oh dear. Several months late, but here we go. This will be a broad term overview of mando armor in canon at the moment, not an exhaustive list. Feel free to skip “materials & history” if you’d just like some more concrete guidelines and refs!
(Remember to click on the images for a better look!)
Material & History
A Small Intro Course
Mandalorian armor is supposed to be made out of beskar, an alloy (and yes all beskar is an alloy in disney canon (at least as of May 2021), like steel for example. Yes even “pure” beskar). The secrets of how to make it is limited to the Mandalorians, and the materials used to make it are most likely limited to Mandalore or the Mandalore system. It’s been in confirmed use as an armor material for at least 900 years & can take straight blaster bolts or hold off the circulating energy blade of a lightsaber for short periods of time, possibly until the beskar heats up enough to loose its integrity, but the heat would most likely cause serious damage to the wearers body before that.
Beskar armor is most often inherited, passed from generation to generation and reforged to suit the current wearers needs. It’s seen as passing down the history, the battles and the will of those who have worn it before and making it your own. However the material is rare, possibly because the mines have run dry ages ago (old EU), or because war and/or the New Mandalorians stopping production. The Empire interfering by taking over Mandalore and trying to get their hands on as much beskar as possibly and then later “glassing” the planet while hunting its only known creators surely did not help either, in any case.
This means that not all Mandalorians had access to the material, or at least large enough amounts to make a full suit of armor. This lead to the make of “impure” beskar that can take less of a brunt & armor made of other metals such as durasteel. This is most likely what makes up the majority of Din’s kit, beyond the helmet and possibly the chest piece, when he’s introduced in S1 and he still wears pieces that might be one of these materials as of Season 2.
Characters like Sabine Wren, Bo-Katan Kryze and Boba Fett all inherited their armor from their _aliit _(clan/family) through several generations and it’s most likely already pure beskar based on its age and how it reacts to blasterfire.
The armor is most often painted and there are various designs and colors that indicate personality, achievements or allegiances, but that would have to be another post. (Would anyone like a post on Mandalorian armor fashion? Because I have thoughts)
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How did fox get his scars?
So for his facial scars he got the one on his nose when a bounty hunter kidnapped some senator's son. Fox's squad was brutally murdered when they went after the bounty hunter and it the end it was Fox who cought him. I elaborated more on this here in this post
The one on his eyebrow is the most embarrassing one because he was so tired after Zillo beast incident that he didn't have time to sleep or even eat so on day 4th of no sleeping he just went to his office, wanted to sit for a second but he stumbled over one of the datapads laying on the floor and hit his head on the desk. Woke up 4 hours later with bloody face and was too embarrassed to go to the med bay to heal this properly. Every time someone ask him about it he tells a different sotry so no one knows the real one. As for his body scars he has a lot of them especially on his hands (he just like hand-to-hand combat). I wrote more about it here Generally Fox has a lot of scars mostly because he really thinks that some people will need bacta more than him and I have a hc that Corries sadly don't have a lot of medical supplies because they are 'easy to replace'. No one talks about this but it changes later when Fox and Thorn helps Cody and Obi Wan on a mission on Coruscant and Fox gets shot and nearly dies because they don't even have a bacta tank in their med bay and Cody really didn't know that it was this bad. Sorry for throwing my headcanons haha, hope it's enough for your answear, I can talk about Corries for hours.
Felt a little down lately so I tried to lighten up my mood a bit with some Baby ‘Soka doodles 🥺🧡
Also I can’t tell if my tooka looks cute or cursed, lmao
Mand’alor the Resolute
So, I don’t remember where exactly I saw this, but I remember seeing a tumblr post talking about the Armorer taking the darksaber and becoming the Mand’alor. I thought the idea was fucking amazing and ran with it! I fiddled with the lighting and colors for forever but I’m really happy with the final outcome!
I named the Armorer, who we see as a stoic and calm authority figure within the Coven, Mand’alor the Resolute for her stability both in demeanor and in beliefs. I do not see her budging from what she believes. Yet, she is a strong and benevolent figure towards Din and the others within the Coven. Her title reflects those traits. In her hand, she wields both the darksaber and her hammer, as she still holds onto her role as Armorer even as a leader of the Mandalorians. Even in her design, the Armorer exudes the power of an Elder, cloaked in furs with a beautifully crafted helmet that looks more ceremonial than practical. It’s easy to see this figure as a leader, and many all too easily follow the Armorer in her footsteps
Padmé wasn’t there to wipe the tears away, or kiss the bruises better… so Ahsoka made do the best she could.
Luke didn’t have a mummy, but he had an Ahsoka —and she could make the world go round.
(Kenobi Tano AU)
Din + taking hits to his right pauldron
(requested/insp by @fanfoolishness)
bonus (the Armorer, deciding what to do with the first bit of beskar):
Gosh, just imagine the kind of injury-induced hallucination Fennec thought she was having when Boba Fett saved her life.
Fennec (loopy from pain meds): Listen…I know I tried to kidnap your little sister that one time…but I sToLe sOme fOod foR hEr, I sweAr.
Boba: ….
Fennec: Didn’t there used to be three more of you?
Boba:
Boba: I’m going to double-check your dosage.
Your headcanon of The Armored having already adopted Boba and Fennec sight unseen is DEEPLY making me look forward to when they all do meet.
I have written them meeting a few times, but haven't yet found a version I'm super happy with. I'll get there eventually.
In the meantime, have this bit of Paz and Din being told off in front of Luke, Boba, and Fennec. In this little bit, Paz has been refusing to train with Luke and Din's youngest sister started a rumor that he and Luke were an item.
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Buir turned around and identified Luke immediately. She left Din and Paz to go stand in front of him (still ignoring Fett and Fennec somehow) and held out a hand. Luke was enraptured by her helmet. It took him a moment to notice the hand. When he did, he dropped Fennec, and, to Din’s utter shock, took it, dipped his head and brought buir’s knuckles to his bare forehead.
Paz’s hand came up behind Din’s neck to squeeze at it in equal anxiety.
Buir watched this in complete silence. Luke released her hand and lifted his eyes.
Buir held his gaze for a long moment before wrenching her body around to practically glow with fury at Din and Paz.
This time, Paz and Din executed a long-practiced maneuver called ‘huddle and pray.’
“He does not need to be asked for respect,” buir said with perfect consonants.
Scary. So scary. There was nothing to say to her now.
“Why must I ask this from my own son and comrade, and yet the ancestral enemy gives it without hesitation or stumble, hm?” buir asked.
There was literally nothing to say. Buir knew this. She held the silence before rounding on Luke again and gently taking his hand in hers.
“You are a very sweet boy, I see this,” she said. “Forgive my children, they are under-socialized and we lost the smaller one down a mine when he was young. He has never fully recovered.”
Um? Din had, actually?
It took about fifteen years and was not helped by Paz telling him that bats would nest in his ears at night if he didn’t turn over often enough, but he’d gotten there in the end, hadn’t he?
Fett lifted his eyes to the sky and pressed a fist into his nose and mouth next to Luke. He appeared to be blinking back tears.
“It’s an honor to meet you,” Luke said in the meantime. “And it’s alright. I fell into a cistern when I was three and now have a petrifying fear of drowning. Din has been nothing but kind to me. And I’m sure that Paz is a nice person deep down. Somewhere.”
“You poor thing,” buir crooned. “Your optimism hurts my eyes, but I will accept this kindness on behalf of our covert. Thank you for your efforts in attempting to teach Paz through non-violence, although I have some recommendations for you. Namely, a motivator.”
Paz whimpered into a palm. Din cringed.
“His name is Ban,” buir said. “He is useless to us all, and unfortunately our founding elder’s grandchild. But he has done much reading on you, my dear, and he is enthused to provide you with the means you need to keep Paz focused on lessons.”
Luke frowned and cocked his head.
“I’m not sure I understand, Ms.—uh—”
“You may call me ‘Goran,’” buir said benevolently. “It means ‘Armorer’ in our language. And perhaps I was being too delicate. What I mean is that Paz learns best when complex maneuvers have absorbed his anxious energy. Ban is his assigned provider, since Din has helpfully evicted himself from the position, and I am pleased to say that he is the most exhausting of the current line-up. I will set him to assignments in and around this moon so that Paz will have things to do in the space between your lessons. This should alleviate some of the pressure on you in the meantime.”
Luke forgot to blink for a good ten seconds.
“You’re giving me another Mandalorian?” he asked.
“A worse one, yes,” buir said.
Fett wiped at his streaming eyes.
Din couldn’t stand by in silence any more.
“Buir,” he said, shoving Paz away from him so that he could come and brush the tips of his gloves against her elbow. “Luke already has—”
“So familiar,” buir scolded immediately.
Luke’s eyebrows shot up. Din didn’t bother, he backtracked.
“Jedi Skywalker already has more Mandalorians than he can deal with,” he said. “He’ll be uncomfortable with Ban’s energy, even in short bursts. I’ll volunteer to do the work. Paz and I can hunt together. It will be sufficient; we can keep each other in line.”
The silence that followed was not comforting. It spoke of a scowl and a whole lot of skepticism.
“Did I say ‘Din?’” she asked.
No.
“When did I say ‘Din?’”
She hadn’t.
“Funny. That’s what I thought, too.”
Fett covered his whole face and shook.
“You are busy, ad’ika. Stressed, I’m sure,” buir said sympathetically, “You stand here before me in a shocking state. We will handle that momentarily, whoever touched your helmet last deserves to be boiled.”
Fennec stood up on her own power abruptly and dragged Luke off-balance.
“Goran,” she said with the utmost respect, “Perhaps you would do us the honor of overseeing Vizsla’s training? See, Luke is scared of him, aren’t you, Luke?”
Luke tried to pull out of Fennec’s grip with no success.
“I’m fine, actually,” he said.
“He’s miserable,” Fennec said over him. “He messages me in tears every night.”
“I do?” Luke asked.
Fennec crammed the side of her boot into his as a threat. Buir chose not to read into any of that. Her bullshit threshold was too high after Din and Paz within three feet of each other for more than five minutes now.
“I’m afraid that my responsibilities do not allow me to maintain this kind of surveillance over an individual member,” she said with perfect diplomacy. “Ban will report back to me, as will Paz should Ban make more than his share of nuisances. Is this satisfactory to you, Jedi Skywalker?”
Luke was trapped between a rock and a hard place, but not without hope. He gazed over buir’s shoulder to Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, who had apparently chosen to limit those who could see them for the moment. Kenobi tossed up a finger and did a fun little spin and a jog. Luke’s father glanced after him and gestured that they’d be right back.
Luke cleared his throat.
“If you would allow me to consult with my Master,” he said. “Just one moment.”
He wriggled out of Fennec’s grip and bounded off in the direction that his father stood. Together, they chased after Kenobi.
Because I keep forgetting this headcanon and need to remind myself:
The Armorer studies the fighting style of all the Mandalorians in their covert. Each one she watches, notes their strengths and weaknesses, and adjusts their armor accordingly as resources allow. All warriors are unique, and despite their many strengths, all have at least one weakness that could prove fatal. She realizes early on that Din Djarin always tends to lead with his right shoulder and consequently takes most of his hits there (check out chapters 1, 2, and 12 for starters, I think there’s more as well). So when he brings back an ingot of pure beskar, it’s not just idle fancy that leads her to immediately make him a right pauldron first off.
The vod has a blind spot the size of a bantha over this shoulder, she thinks as she forges the gleaming beskar. But perhaps I can help him keep this arm yet.
Dex’s Diner, Coruscant. We only do happy scenes here because I, the artist, am a big baby. 😢 Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! There are a few character specific requests that I will try to get to soon. 😊
Yesterday's meme!!! Had a blast and a cackle drawing this one!! First panel from @incorrectmandalorian , the last two inspired by my own HC that the Kryze's only speak Mando'a ceremonially (and Old Republic Mando'a at that), and read only barely??
I HC that they see it as a class symbol more than a tenant of the Resol'nare they don't follow?? Big Colonizer Vibes 😬👌🏻
Sorry, I’m not up to date on the details of Star Wars outside the movies, but was R2-D2, like, Leia’s droid between the Prequels and the Original Trilogy? Whatever the case, I think I might need it to happen in a crack fic.
Because I’ve suddenly imagined R2-D2 accompanying Leia to her Senate meetings. In reality, it would probably be very dangerous for R2 and Leia. But I think it would be perfect for a crack fic.
Like, just imagine if Leia and R2 are just strolling around the halls of the Senate, with Leia ranting to R2 about something or other. And then bump into an older Senator by accident. And at first it’s all pleasantries and apologies, but then the older Senator takes one look at R2, turns a color that is not a good color for their people to turn, and then says in utter horror, “IT’S YOU!”
Because surely there must be older Senators out there from before the Empire, who remember that horrible little nightmare droid who tailed those awful Jedi around and occasionally Senator Amidala. (Like, there must be people out there who witnessed R2 blow up a building or even straight-up kill someone.)
And Leia’s like, “What? You know my droid?”
And the Senator’s got a hand over their heart, both to soothe themselves and a little protectively, and says, “My dear, I couldn’t forget that thing if I was dead. That’s the little bastard who set me on fire! Granted, it was an accident and it saved Senator Amidala’s life again, but still. She was far too fond of it! That and that debonair Jedi it belonged to!”
And Leia lights up immediately because oho, this is interesting. Meanwhile R2 is basically swearing up a storm trying to push her away. And the Senator has an expression on their face like, “Oh, damn, I shouldn’t have said that.”
Anyway, Leia accidentally figures out who her parents were because R2 is a memorable asshole that old politicians still see in their nightmares.
My dream au is where the Jedi are slightly up and to the left of normal. Beyond what they already are. Maybe they are a bit genre aware/meta. Just Jedi being the crazy space wizards that normal people are like ‘be polite but don’t invite them for dinner’.
Oh man, I love fics in which people who have supernatural/magical abilities are just… unnerving to ordinary people… either because their behavior really is a couple steps to the left of what’s considered “normal” or because they have decidedly nonhuman physical attributes. (I’m not really writing MCU fic anymore, but Asgardians! You gotta write Asgardians as a little freaky, because they’re magic and also aliens and also semi-immortal, so they’ve gotta be weird.)
I’m not really writing Star Wars atm (at least SW with lots of particularly Force-attuned Jedi), but things that would be unnerving off the top of my head (do I sound like I care “how the Force works”?):
Jedi almost always react to something several seconds before anyone else. (In TCW, I imagine the clones roll with this immediately.)
To the point where some particularly precognitive Jedi answer particularly strong thoughts before they’re said aloud.
No, apologizing doesn’t really help, actually.
Jedi making casual comments displaying a high degree of psychometric ability (the psychic ability to read an object’s history through touch) or postcognition (ability to divine the past).
No, deep-cleaning your house won’t help. They know where that’s been. They know where everything’s been.
Jedi making casual conversation with non-sapient creatures.
Jedi being better at predicting the weather than any technology.
This is more annoying than anything else if they have this ability and keep not checking the weather anyway, or straight-up keep failing to inform you that it’s going to rain later.
Jedi using technology from across the room.
They can and they will thoughtlessly flip a switch from across the room, without dropping the conversation. No, their technology isn’t all automatic. It’s them casually using the Force.
Jedi displaying more physical awareness of your body and your surroundings than you yourself.
“Sorry, you were going to bump your head.”
Jedi who are powerful empaths always know your real mood.
“Sorry, you were projecting. Is everything okay?”
Jedi casually knowing what’s going on in the next room or making a comment that makes you realize they can eavesdrop on every conversation in a fifty meter radius.
They know it’s rude. It’s mostly unintentional.
Jedi floating, like, at all.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S AN ACCIDENT.
HOW DO YOU FLOAT BY ACCIDENT???
It’s really no wonder that the Jedi Council stresses control, because an open connection to the Force could be brutal on a person’s mental, emotional, and physical stability. (I’m still a little ticked we didn’t get overloaded, slam-dunked into the Force, out-of-control Rey in TLJ.) Jedi culture in the Temple must have been pretty interesting, from the standpoint of a building full of people with superpowers. I know the clones in TCW aren’t, like, paid, but that just means they’re definitely not paid enough to deal with this Jedi bullshit.
my cruel request is for this to happen at least once
Meet the Coruscant Guards! <3
I really like these boys and I wanted to do my take on their design. I also do believe that at the beginning of the war they tried to stick to the rules regarding appearance but since Senators don’t like to see them without helmets, Fox just said fuck it, keep the armour clean but do whatever the hell you want with your look ( I do believe Hound didn’t shave from the beginning.) Also another headcanon of mine is that the first thing Fox does in the morning is shaving, so looking at his stubble you can judge when was the last time he slept (Thire saw him once with a full beard and took him immediately to their medic)
tl;dr anakin comes to like din and proceeds to embarrass his son shortly after
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share with us an Armorer headcanon please thank u
Just one???
I can’t do that. Have these.
The Armorer’s pronouns vary among their foundlings and the covert. They use all pronouns, so each person sort of lands on one or a few that feels right. Din calls them she/her, but freaks out when other people he knows call them that because that’s HIS set and people outside the covert don’t understand that; they just keep calling them his ‘mom.’ He is deeply offended on the Armorer’s behalf. They do not care that much.
The only exception to this is that when orders are given out, they want a ‘yes, sir’ and nothing less.
The Armorer has tried to poison Elder Vizsla (Paz’s grandparent) on no fewer than four occasions.
The Armorer is very close to their Second in Command, Eegang. Eegang reciprocates the closeness, but also is subject to some of the Armorer’s innermost thoughts, many of which make him check over his shoulders at least twice a day.
The Armorer only drinks clear liquor.
They love all of their children (including the estranged ones), but get along best with Din and Shimmol (their youngest daughter) because those two do such stupid and wild shit so seriously that it makes them laugh.
The Armorer’s sleep schedule is less of a schedule and more of a pile of hours with a label on them that says ‘sleep?’
They met Jango once. They were not impressed.
They only know about Jedi because they were once weirdly invested in Obi-Wan and Satine Kryze’s affairs as covered by Mandalorian tabloids.
They consider Grogu their grandchild.
They are interested in Luke and are trying to figure out if he is going to try to seduce Din into an affair (see: Obi-Wan and Satine Tabloid Stories).
They have already adopted Boba and Fennec without having met them.
This is what I have for now. I will ruminate on this further.
by far the stupidest idea 4 a comic ive ever had and that's saying a LOT coming from me <3
I like to think din has no idea who the fuck luke skywalker is but leia organa??? the fucking hutt slayer??? like fuck dude what bounty hunter doesn’t know about her
The comments on my last post are sending me, so have some more TFU Boba, because while he may not be thirsty, you all sure are.
And don’t forget to say thank you to the comic’s artists, Omar Francia and Manuel Silva.
If you want to read the whole comic yourself, you can find the whole thing on readcomicsonline. I didn’t screenshot everything. ;)
Boba's dead but boy was it funny- 😂🤣
Founds a GREAT set of incorrect quotes from @incorrect-mandalorian and RAN with the idea!!
Mandalorians: He is the Mand’alor
Din: No you don’t understand. I never set out to be Mand’alor. I only wanted to save my child from Moff Gideon.
Mandalorians: He took on one of most dangerous Imperials in single combat to protect his family! Praise the Mand’alor!
Din: Wait, let me explain. The child was a foundling under my care…
Mandalorians: He treats the foundling as his own flesh and blood! All praise!
Din: No! listen! He was threatening my Child with the darksaber, so I took out my pure beskar spear…
Mandalorians: *shaking* This is the most mandalorian thing we’ve ever fucking heard…
Made a few doodles based off @keldabekush 's concept of Din adopting a Lothcat
Headcanon: Boba has mellowed quite a lot with age and instead of being angry all the time he's now just walking around quietly amused by how fucking stupid everything is
Yes! I think so too!!
After the sarlacc, things are different.
But they’ve always been different, he’s starting to realize. It’s just before he couldn’t see the patterns, the way strings connected figures and players and events across the Galaxy, all of it some grand cosmic play for an audience he couldn’t begin to imagine. The sarlacc’s consciousness, millennia old, had writhed into his, and though the worm had left its tracks remained, altering his perceptions. The human scale is such a small one.
Boba watches the story play out, himself just another player, and sometimes it’s all he can do to keep from laughing. It doesn’t really matter anyway.
The freedom in that realization is astounding.
Din sabotages his ruling as Mand’alor but it keeps back firing at him
So let’s say Bo-Katan manages to drag Din’s ass into taking on the title of Mand’alor after many escape attempts and threats. She sends Cara, Boba Fett, Fennec, anyone to drag his stubborn ass back.
None of them manage to catch him. So as last resort, Bo-Katan gets the Armorer and it takes one parental disapproving look from her and Din comes back like a resigned puppy with his tail between his legs. (Paz is laughing his ass off in the background).
Many mandalorians come to challenge him for the dark saber, and with a long suffering sigh, Din accepts. Unfortunately for him, he ends up winning.
The challengers are like: “omg, this Mand’alor is so strong, we stan 😍” even after they got their asses handed by Din.
Word spreads about the many achievement Din accomplished to the point people basically make poetry about him, and Din hates it so much that to blow off some steam he takes on more bounty jobs and ditches his responsibilities. Royalty isn’t meant to take on jobs such as bounty hunting, right? What a great opportunity to stain his image.
Din takes a bounty. Turns out, it involved some imps, and of course Din does the job, and of course mandalorians hear about it and are like “omg, our Mand’alor is so cool he took down imps on his own, we stan 😍😍”
His next move is to ditch important plans and meetings with important people to later hide at Luke’s jedi academy to be with his son. Luke doesn’t mind. He gets a call from Leia demanding to speak with Mando, but Luke, not really involved with politics so he doesn’t realize that Mando is a big deal right now, tells her he’s spending time with his son. After that, word spreads about the Mand’alor postponing his duties to take care of his foundling. The mandalorians, having a sacred creed about foundlings, are like “omg, our Mand’alor is such a dilf, we stan 😍😍😍”
Din hides at Boba’s palace. Boba won’t treat him differently, plus he gives goods drinks.
But of course, mandalorians find out and “Omg our Mand’alor is so cool he hangs out with criminals and does hot mandalorian shit 😍😍😍😍😍”
The people who’ve meet Din during his bounty hunting days begin to make stories about him.
“Mando is flawless.”
“I heard his beskar armour’s insured for 10000 credits.”
“I heard he does modelling commercials…in Nevarro.”
“One time he meet Luke Skywalker in an imperial cruiser and he ( THE Luke Skywalker ) told him he was pretty.”
“One time he punched me in the face…it was awesome.”
Din is SO pissed, because no matter what he does, people APPROVE of him. He could literally shot a random dude for no reason and everyone would worship him. He could kick someone’s ass for no reason, and the person would thank Din and ask his hand in marriage because what a fcking priviledge to be punched by the Mand’alor. He could literally start a war and the mandalorians would follow him which is really concerning and he doesn’t like the thought of having that much power. But the more he tries to avoid his responsibilities, the more people seem to like him.
So Din, reluctantly accepts his fate, and becomes a regular guest at Boba’s palace to get drunk twice a week and bitch about his life while the rest of the squad is in between pity him and laugh at him.