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.
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.
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
by far the stupidest idea 4 a comic ive ever had and that's saying a LOT coming from me <3
It's always darkest before the dawn.
"Tatooine Sunsets" pt2 Read pt1 here
Some of my favourite behind the scenes photos from the making of the prequel trilogy.
BONUS:
"FINALLY finished this!!
Mando!Wolffe gifting a Kar'ta Beskar (Iron Heart) to a recovering Master Plo!! In this Mando/semi-happy AU, Plo survived the crash, and was later saved by Wolffe! He's recovering with Wolffe's new clan, and his ad didn't want him to feel left out with the loss of the Jedi.
He's a good ad'ika, isn't he? 🥺💕💖"
Close-ups below!:
my cruel request is for this to happen at least once