Thrawn - Blog Posts
Thrawn would kiss Eli Vanto's hand.
When inviting him to dance, Thrawn would bow down deep and brush his lips against the back of Eli's hand, light and enticing, before pulling him into his arms.
While meeting as civilians, Thrawn would greet him in the way that gentlemen greet their ladies in some reaches of the galaxy, with a kiss to his hand and a utter of his given name.
While gazing out of the viewport on their warship, he would grasp his hand and raise it to his lips, while they stood side by side in silence.
Before a mission, while outfitted in black armor, a helmet underneath his arm, he would pull the human to where no prying eyes could see, and lift his gloved hand to his waiting lips as they stared into one another's eyes and whispered their promises.
In the heat of passion, Eli's hand coming to rest against his cheek, he would turn into it and press a kiss to his palm.
While they readied to leave the Admiral's cabin, he would press their bodies together cupping his face and connect their lips, hot and heavy distracting the man in front of him. Pressing him up against the wall, and biting down on his neck, listening to the strangled gasps that escaped him. He would pull away and lift his hand for a chaste kiss, a tease, before leaving the cabin and him a disgruntled mess.
Long after Eli Vanto has become Mitth'eli'vanto, he would raise his left hand to his lips and kiss the ring there on his fourth finger, a symbol not only of Eli's human culture but of Thrawn's love.
Thrawn would kiss Eli, his, hand.
Eli: Basic is a difficult language. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
Thrawn: Please stop
Imperial!Ezra ends up on the ISD Chimaera, found family with dads/mentors Eli Vanto and Thrawn.
Rebels Thrawn: British Museum of Art
Books Thrawn: Refuses to take art even when it's offered to him.
I had a daydream that Thrawn got thrust back into the Acendancy and they have a punishment for murderers. Two cuts on his cheeks (like Indigo Montoya). They marked him and whipped him. And then my mind went wild, and they stripped him of his family name, honorifics, and status with ways to earn them back after paying penance.
But the sad part was that he believed that he deserved it.
i had a dream that tim z released like an “extended version” of lesser evil that featured a handful of extra chapters at the end. the dream was so vivid that my first thought upon waking up was “omg i can’t wait to finally read that!”
the extended content was pretty dark and heartbreaking. apparently there was more to thrawn’s punishment than just exile: he was to be publicly tortured - not to death, but still. something akin to being tied to a cross for three days. his allies suggested he should run, but it’s thrawn, so he surrendered willingly. the other things i remember are more fragmented - a scene with a forest and a lake, a dam in that lake; thrawn underwater, struggling to swim upwards.
in the dream i also drew this fanart of thrawn holding che’ri who is clinging to him, so of course i decided to recreate it (i love drawing things that come to me in a dream. it makes me feel powerful.) something scary was supposed to happen to che’ri though i don’t know what, and in the epilogue she was shown many years later, married and with kids, and still remembering thrawn and honoring his legacy.
i’m glad it was just a dream because it was very much grim and dark, but if it was real it would be an intriguing thing to read. anyway i’ve literally been thinking about this dream all day so i hope yall enjoy this little art and what my thrawn obsessed brain has produced in my sleep.
In the droid production facility on Mokivj...
Padmé: Hey, be safe
Anakin: Always
Outside in the ship...
Che'ri sarcastically: Cart ran'bin'he'ar (be safe)
Thrawn laughing: Ch'ah csarcican't cart cseo ran'bin'he'ar (I'll be so safe)
I hope that this is the mindset that Thrawn continues to have in live action.
He may serve the Empire but he is still fiercely loyal to the Chiss people. I hope we see that.
Chiss Officer: How...how many children do you have, sir?
Ba'kif tiredly: Biologically, emotionally, or legally?
Ar'alani: How many kids do you have?
Thrawn: Biologically, emotionally, or legally?
FIRST DRAFT
OCC Thrawn, Thurfian redemption arc, random idea!
Coming Home
Snow drifted past them all, sticking to their shoes and hair. His nose stung with the prickle of cold, his shoulders ached, and his hands began to numb. But Eli did not notice as he looked up at the face of the former Grand Admiral who stood before him, his head bowed, hands clasped behind his back. His red eyes were closed as tears trickled down the planes of his face, and Thrawn was smiling. A feeling of relief settling in his bones.
A Chiss with a general air of distain and wariness moved forward, an embroidered cloak, a sun on each shoulder, secured with a golden tassel moved forward and into Thrawn's line of sight.
“Exile.”
His eyes lifted up, tears still flowing freely.
“Thurfian, Patriarch. You are the one who called for my exile. Rest assured that whatever lesson you wished to instill in me, I have learned tenfold. I wish only peace upon the Chiss. But I understand our ways.” He fell to his hands and knees. “But please, if you are to kill me, shoot me now, so that I may not know a single more day away from Her.” Thrawn's finger curled around the snow beneath his palms, as if to soak up as much of the cold of his mother world as he could.
Thurfian, the Chiss, took a step back. His red eyes widening by a fraction. His head tilted to the others, military and political leaders alike, before turning his eyes once again to the Chiss before him. His shoulders slumped.
“Mitth’raw’nuruodo …” he stopped, and took a breath, he squared his shoulders, “My brother, you will not die today.” Thurfian unclipped the cloak from his shoulders and…and placed it on Thrawn’s.
“Welcome home, Mitth’raw’nuruodo. Welcome back to Csilla.”
Imagine Thrawn:
You are my flag, Y/N. You are my nation.
Suddenly remembered that Thrawn went from cadet to Grand Admiral in 12 years in a alien hating society. Icon.
Excerpt from The Last Command by Timothy Zahn (1993):
“But…It was so artistically done.”
Thrawn’s last line starts with the word “but,” almost as if under normal circumstances he would be furious that his plans had unraveled so spectacularly and without him knowing it. Instead, he says “but,” and he says it calmly, with a smile on his face. He can’t be mad, because to him, his opponent beat him with the same level of attention he put into his plans. Because it was masterful and because even he could not have predicted the genius of turning the Noghri against him and then silently infiltrating Wayland.
The irony here is that our heroes actually didn’t put that much thought into his defeat specifically. I would argue that Thrawn’s true opponent was Leia, as it was her skill in politics, negotiation and empathy that both turned the Noghri against Thrawn and got Mara Jade to reveal the location of Wayland. In a way, it was Leia’s art that Thrawn didn’t account for.
This line alone also makes me ask – what does Thrawn really care about? Looking only at Zahn’s Thrawn Trilogy and no other material, it is clear that Thrawn likes to win. He also likes to prove his worth, becoming one of the few high ranking, non-human imperial officials. But more than that, Thrawn loves art and psychology. He craves knowledge, surrounding himself by other cultures’ art in order to learn, to improve and to win.
So, did Thrawn really care about the Empire at all? What was his true motivation? There is little evidence in the trilogy to suggest that Thrawn cares a lot about ruling the galaxy or in reviving the Empire. In fact, Pellaeon even states at one point that Thrawn has created a new empire, different than the one before, with his ingenuity and proportional punishments for failure. So why is he doing it? Truthfully, I don’t think this question really answered in the trilogy, leaving it up to the readers to decide. But from his last line as he dies, I’d hazard to say Thrawn doesn’t care about the empire or superiority or anything of the sort. He cares only about the art of war. To him, war is a chessboard, a game for him to play. Sure, he loves to win but he can appreciate when he loses. And that is why he can’t be mad at his defeat. Because it was so artistically done.
What do you mean incorrect? This is every conversation they've had ever.
Thrawn: Let’s talk solutions. How do we deal with this potential alien threat?
Ar'alani: Unfortunately, it appears that we don’t have any legal recourse.
Thrawn: We don’t have any… “legal” recourse.
Ar'alani: No Thrawn…
Apparently Thrawn being your favorite character because you read all of his books before you even knew he was in "Rebels" is "beyond niche".
I want a book/show where the main "heroes" are the children of widely known villains, but instead of the whole repent for the father's sins thing they're incredibly proud that their dad helped build the Death Star.
I might write this.
Ahsoka (2023) Poster by Alan David
Ahsoka (2023) Poster by Alan David
if thrawn hadn't been gobbled up and wormholed by those purgill he'd be so mad abt his favourite art shop owner killing himself
Tarkin : Grand Admiral Thrawn... Why did u keep a... Piece of wall with art on it in your office ?
Thrawn: Perhaps Grand Moff I'm... ✨A material girl✨
I just KNOWWW Palpatine was missing Thrawn during Andor S2 and Rogue One 🤣🤣🤣 that guy took all the Empire’s braincells to a whole new GALAXY IJBOL
🚨ANDOR S2 SPOILERS🚨
Can’t stop thinking about how The Empire prioritizes subordination over competence.
Dedra FOUND Luthen. She solved the puzzle. She found a key part of the Rebellion. The Mastermind behind Aldhani. The guy who had a mole in the ISB’s inner circle for YEARS. But because she stepped out of line to do so she was thrown out. It didn’t matter that her insubordination was for the good of The Empire. The Empire lost one of their best minds because she hurt egos.
Anyways you know who would’ve loved Dedra?
Star Wars Rebels | original trilogy concept art by Ralph McQuarrie Garazeb Orrelios | Chewbacca Lothal landscape | Alderaan landscape Lothal capital city | Alderaan capital city Imperial Super Commandos | Boba Fett Azmorigan | Jabba the Hutt + Ralph McQuarrie concept art hanging in Thrawn’s office:
"Can i preen it like bird do?"
"... Yes."
The texture of the sail is soft and sensitive to touch due to it still being part of the skin. When relaxed, it is invisible even to the keenest of eyes.
Majority of scars on Thrawn's body came from training with Vanto. Despite the Lieutenant's protest against using sharp weapons against the Grand Admiral, Thrawn insisted there is no need to worry.
Extra note + doodles below:
I intended to make full anatomy of Thrawn one day but that been an uphill battle between me and the World(tm) so his anatomical notes is basically scattered doodle I have. He is a biological machine functionality wise. Less mundane and more the way he desceibe everything. Extra note but he DO have tail. It is stumpy and short.
^ this IS outdated pattern he have but it help to discern where everything is.
Thrawn ate whole cabbage head as morning snack. Good for 40 y'o man health with huge appetite.
(he's starving)
fun note below + doods
(note: Thrawn, at least in the Academy, have an absolutely horrid diet. I'm speaking downing three boiled eggs, 2 slice of cheese and dry crackers before washing it with waterdown coffee. All separately.)
(he stopped this after he finished the academy)
(this HC is all connected to Rewrite cause I'm mentally ill about it.)
"And without a word, you'll embrace the sea that sings." -(wiege)
Vanto need a better Chiss cause this one is Doomed (tm)
"He's the Saint and I'm his (dying) Angel" or some shit. All of these are Out of Context doodles regarding Star Wars Rewrite. Only Nightswan is literal one.
Vanto trans ^ Thrawn is too but not in a way you think (silly)
