Me: Okay Brain We Have To Do Things

romance is lame and overrated i love mentor/mentee relationships in fiction and especially when theyre sort of fucked up

there’s been assumptions that din’s covert is an offshoot from death watch or the true mandalorians, and I currently believe that the tsad’ade actually predate both factions, and are descendents of a mandalorian diaspora that occurred after the dral’han. this would explain

their devotion to their armor and why removing it would mean you could no longer be mandalorian—it’s a reaction stemming specifically from the demilitarization of mandalore and installation of the pacifist, unarmored new mandalorians, several centuries removing from the specific context that prompted it

why the jedi are considered ancestral enemies of according to the tsad’ade—because this group was formed immediately after the jedi-led orbital bombardment of their home planet

why bo-katan dismisses them as a splinter group of religious zealots who want to return to the old ways—the tsad’ade predate death watch by many centuries, and were formed by people who prioritized maintaining their traditions over staying on their planet

why din is immediately skeptical of retaking mandalore—unlike the faithful (traditionalist mandalorians who prioritized their planet and practiced in secrecy) who believe it can be reclaimed, the tsad’ade are descended from people who left and likely never intended to return

why din knows next to nothing about recent mandalorian history—the tsad’ade consider themselves to be mandalorians, not the people who stayed on mandalore. what history he does know—like the purges—stems from times when the tsad’ade answered other mandalorians’ calls for aid, much like how bo-katan and her people answered din’s

why armored mandalorians are still recognized by the wider galaxy as great warriors despite (supposed) pacifists having ruled mandalore for the past seven centuries—tsad’ade continued maintaining that reputation prior to the relatively recent establishment of groups like death watch or the true mandalorians

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noticing a pattern of unusual instruments being used in the soundtracks of the disney+ tv shows. bass recorder and electric guitar in the mandalorian and theremin in loki. it’s so different and fascinating compared to the standard john williams orchestral soundtracks and i love it

happy pride month! here's the aroace flag colorpicked from din djarin:

screenshot study 3h

Digital artwork

new normal

the mandalorian color study artwork

fans: how did padme die?

george lucas: she died in childbirth

fans: oh that's so s—

george lucas: of heartbreak

fans: ...

this reminds me of chapter 8 when it’s revealed that all the mandalorians in din’s covert were forced to take off their helmets after saving din. the armorer, who in the show represents the ultimate moral authority on the creed, appears to approve of their decision because they were prioritizing one aspect of the creed over another (i.e. helping fellow mandalorians > keeping the helmet on). she considers it a tragedy but not a sin. this is evidenced by the fact that she says “we were forced to reveal ourselves” rather than morally separating herself from the others by using they/themselves.

I keep seeing people say that Din broke his Creed in Chapter 15 but I think that is a misread of the scene and the show overall. I think what happened was that Din re-ordered the collection of tenets his follows so that the child’s safety supersedes all else.

The two most important parts of the Creed (as represented in the show) are wearing armour and protecting foundlings. In Chapter 3, Din is faced with a moral problem - does he protect this foundling or reclaim his peoples’ armour? His chooses the latter, and then goes back on that decision to rescue the child. That episode is titled The Sin for this exact reason - he made the incorrect moral decision, but he was no less of a Mandalorian for it.

In Chapter 15, he is then presented with the exact same problem, but this time he chooses the child over the armour. This is why that episode is titled The Believer - Din is in the process of reorganising his religious priorities, not abandoning them. Just as he was a Mandalorian when he decided to forsake the child, so too does he remain a Mandalorian when protecting him.

can I dream for a few months more?