#anyway this was from a talk on the dinluke server

[bon-sides-sw]

New Pilot Uniform lookin' Great!!

Inspired on this

[sluttysuperheroes]

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[trashquisitor-shirozora]

hello there shiro! i apologize if this is an odd question but how do you find friends in the dinluke fandom? i have been around for a while now (since the first season to be exact) but i noticed that unless you are not part of a friend group it's hard to find people to talk to or to hang out with. i have a lot of dinluke ideas to talk about but it gets really lonely sometimes. how do you navigate your way in the fandom?

Hello there! No need to apologize! So let me tell you how I ended up knowing the people I do - while browsing the AO3 in the weeks after the high of the Season 2 finale, I saw a fic that was more a massive list of prompts from a Discord community. It had an invite link and so I decided to join. From there, I found people I got along with and we stuck together while also finding new spaces and servers after the first dinluke server imploded. Sometimes, you just have to be brave and message an account that posts about dinluke regularly. I will admit, it was easier for me to find friends and dinluke spaces because I posted fic and art (and opinions on occasion) so prolifically which put me on a lot of people's radars.

But I have to say, it has gotten a LOT harder to find fandom communities and friends since the journaling fandom spaces fell off years ago. Tumblr and Twitter are pretty chaotic and disorganized, and they lack a directory that can point you to various community spaces. The only reason why I've been able to join fandom servers on Discord is because I either found a public invite link or had a friend/acquaintance invite me in, and I've never figured out how one can search Discord for servers. If you've never felt comfortable reaching out to strangers in hopes that their interests jive with yours, it can be incredibly hard to find that lifeline to a place where you can hang with like-minded fans.

I do miss the days of kink memes where you can post anonymously or as your account while engaging with prompts and fills and other posters, and i miss the days of being members of multiple journal communities that cater as generally or specifically to your needs as you like. I miss how much easier it was to find the fandom spaces that catered to your interests. Those sure were the days.

Your ask did inspire me to check if the "dinluke" handle had been claimed by anyone over at Dreamwidth. Anyway, there is now a dinluke community on DWJ. It is currently under construction so membership is moderated and I doubt anything will truly come of it, but it's nice to dream that it could act as a backup space when other spaces become inaccessible or incompatible.

I hope this answers some or all of your questions, Anon. My ask is always open for anything dinluke :)

[theydjarin]

*SLAMS FIST ON TABLE* DIN. CLONE.

> Somehow there is a Din clone. Nobody knows it’s a Din clone but they keep flirting with him anyway. It’s a problem.

[ask me about my fic ideas!]

Omg I see yall just asking about my silliest concepts 💀 (also caveat this is at least partially inspired by the dinluke server so there might be some overlap with the Din clone convos recently)

So this one, in my head, doesn’t start out with any sort of established relationship, but it’s all about the Mandocule. 

Don’t ask me HOW the Din clone exists. but he does. But he wasn’t raised Mandalorian so he doesn’t wear the armor. I like the idea that maybe he’s still a bounty hunter and ends up getting into Boba Fett’s inner circle

Din knows there’s someone new cause Boba keeps mentioning him, but he doesn’t know who this person is-- until he ends up going to the Fett palace on Tatooine and walks in on Fett and Vanth HIGHKEY hitting on a man who looks scarily like himself. Din, of course, doesn’t say anything but really tries to keep his distance from his doppleganger because WHAT THE FUCK

This is how he realizes that every single friend he has (aside from the lesbians ofc) is massively attracted to him-- but he thinks they’re not into him because they can’t see his face (he is Wrong)

Cobb and Boba have an ongoing wager to see who can bed the Din clone first-- it results in a draw

Even Karga meets the clone at one point and immediately goes into flirt mode, asking the clone if he wants to go to the salt baths with him. 

Mayfeld, obviously, actually ends up recognizing the Din clone but doesn’t question it, keeping Din’s secret safe. However, he absolutely uses it against Din, calling the clone brown eyes at every chance

Even Cara and Fennec are like “damn I’m not usually into men BUT”

Din spends a full week with a blush that just won’t leave him alone

It all comes to a head when Luke, Han, and Leia need to visit the Fett palace for some political reason idek 

Han (open relationship with Leia?) zeroes in on the Din clone IMMEDIATELY and begins sweet talking him. (Leia’s not paying attention, she’s too busy being doted on by Fennec and Cara) 

Luke doesn’t see who Han is flirting with at first, but at one point the clone turns around and Luke is VERY confused. 

“Din? I thought you didn’t take off your armor?” 

Din (in full beskar) walks in right then and freezes as Luke looks between him and the clone and then everyone kind of realizes what happened and all hell breaks loose

Idk exactly where this goes but, like, I’m guessing they have an orgy or something