#Aww look at qui gon in the back being so proud of his lil padawan for sharing food and socialising

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i am so sorry to say this to you, but have you ever considered that maul and jar jar are just garfield and odie in space.

YOU'RE RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT!!! I RESPECT YOUR CLARITY OF VISION.

I think jar jar and jedi!maul would be the perfect odd couple. on the surface they seem like totally disparate personalities, one is an disciplined warrior the other a clumsy clown, but they've both struggled with feelings of inadequacy, childhood trauma and the fear of rejection.

Maul is afraid that he will never truely belong in the jedi order because of his sith upbringing. he's known fear, hatred and pain. He's endured unimaginable suffering as a child and he's afraid that his trauma will make him a ticking timebomb, that there's some hidden darkness in his heart and one day the jedi will see it and cast him out. As a result, he is obsessed with being perfect and irreproachable. It's a defensive mechanism, just like jar-jar's goofiness.

They'll be positive influences for each other, Jar Jar learns to be assertive and Maul learns to loosen up. They learn that you don't have to be perfect to be worthy of love.

Also, the whole catboy vs dogboy personality thing is SOO funny. they LITERALLY cannot communicate with each other when they meet. straight up comedy of errors.

Jar Jar: I HAVE NOT RECIEVED ANY WORDS OF AFFIRMATION SO IM GOING TO ASSUME HE HATES MY GUTS AND WANTS ME DEAD.

Maul: *is frantically slow-blinking and purring, while wearing the galaxy’s most terrifying resting bitch face* this is going great! im going to get a good grade in Friendship, which is normal to want and possible to achieve. Btw this fic is on ao3 now!