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Maul being an annoying little sh*t

IT’S FIVES FRIDAY!! Friends it’s officially time to indulge™. Help me decide between…

A. Te Oyatug’yc Mand’alor

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Mand’alor who lives again! Or rather: Mand’alor the Resurrected

B. Te Mir’shebs Mirdala Mand’alor

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Mand’alor the Clever :3c

As always I’m very normal about Fives. Yes. Mandokarla. Mando’karta even. Same heart same blood…. 😵‍💫 Im ok <- (lying)

Fives is actually alive and well btw. His death was staged as an elaborate prank to strategically disappear and assassinate the chancellor btw. He united the clans btw. He restored Mandalore to its former glory and officially ended the civil war btw… He’s off Kamino, spent a lot of time in the sun, got some freckles, and is smiling more than ever btw…

Heavily inspired by @emperor-palpaminty ‘s mand’alor!fives here + here !! More than anything I want him to succeed and I want to read more about him… 5s 4 Mand’alor….

Detail shot for fun!!

I realized there’s been a long time since I’ve drawn jedi!Maul, so here you have Maul and Obi-Wan getting along just great :^)

SLAYY

So, are you two volunteering to be my pilots or what?

Tech never died. What are you talking about? He’s living on Pabu with his brothers, helping to raise Omega as it should be

RIP to my home boy Wolffe

do you ever turn to your side expecting to see someone that isn't there

Everything about Maul makes a lot more sense when you realize that despite being an extraordinarily powerful and deeply talented force user, he is still extremely insecure + fear motivated.

Not only is he from a culture that inherently devalues him, but he grew up being told he was good for very little. Maul, at his core, is unchanged from the little boy who was given away by his mother. How would that not inform a core aspect of your thought process? That you are worth less than ehat you were traded for even by your own mother? He spends a great deal of the series still trying to prove himself, to Sidious, to Talzin, even to Obi-Wan, that he is worth something (not that he believes that himself).

He expresses the fawn trauma response when Sidious comes to collect, saying that he did this for him, he built this empire for Sidious, and when that doesn't work, he finally gives in and defends himself. Crucially, this is not true. He built that empire to defend himself because Sidious frightens him so much. He uses the defensive Soresu. I know people say that his fight against Sidious is one of thr biggest beatdowns in the show and he spends the runtime getting mollywopped, but I disagree. He puts up (in my opinion) a damn good fight against Sidious. I don't think he loses because Sidious is necessarily the better duellist, I think he loses because ensured that Maul specifically would never be able to surpass him. Maul couldn't have won that fight, because he was terrified.

When he's captured by Ahsoka, him begging to die is one of his most enlightening scenes. Death is preferable to being handed over to his master - maybe because he knows nobody will be coming for him this time.

He is desperate for People, but the only metric by which he knows to have a relationship is through that of master and apprentice. Everything else is out of the question because he was repeatedly punished for having friendships. He doesn't know how to be anything else. Not a brother, not a son. Maybe an ally.

I don't actually think power is his biggest motivator. He already is powerful. From the moment he's introduced in TCW, he displays a masterful grasp of the Force. His manipulation and control of physic matter is probably among the most impressive out of all the characters. He builds his body and uses the Force to ambulate, he throws starships around without breaking a sweat, all that preeminent duelling talent comes out in full force even without a lightsaber, and he holds the record for the strongest Force push in the show. He's one of his generations premier duelists (even if his arrogance costs him). And what does he do with all that skill? Fucks off to work from the shadows. Lets Dryden Vos take most of the credit.

He's already learned what being too open about power will cost him, and he already knows that nothing he can throw at Sidious will stop him, but amassing power is literally all he knows. It's what he's been taught since he was a child, despite the fact that that philosophy is actually damaging to his needs and desires. He's just using power as security. He has bodies to throw at his problems. If he needs to make a quick getaway, he can send some goons out to take care of it and leave, biding his time until he gets lucky enough to die.

At his heart, Maul is still the scared boy being handed over to Sidious.

darth maul with some more jewelry