#darth maul’s son

[sophiemariepl]

Okay, I know that this may sound stupid, but this time it is not Tumblr at fault - it’s me, because I deleted the recent post on that by accident (gosh, why am I so blind, I just wanted to edit it because I found some interesting info, but nevermind).

So, the thing is, that I’ve been working on my Star Wars fanfiction for a while. The story would include Darth Maul having a daughter with his human lover before being cut in half on Naboo by Obi-Wan in Episode I. I remember that for some reason it made little sense to me that so many fan artists draw their Maul’s daughter OCs with horns and red skin when they choose mothers of their OCs to be clearly human women (because with other species it makes a little more sense, which I will explain in a second).

So, the first time I asked the question “How likely it would be for Darth Maul’s potential daughter to inherit his horns?”, I received an answer that in case when the mother is human, horns are very unlikely, with an Iridonian Zabrak mother are most likely and in case of other species it is hard to determine.

It makes sense to me - Maul is a Dathomirian Zabrak and it is commonly known that Dathomirians are a result of mixed breeding between Iridonian Zabrak men and human women. This means that Maul carries human DNA from his female line and Zabrak DNA from his male line. This specific Dathomirian DNA is likely to manifest itself differently in his offspring, depending on the kid’s gender. This means that a daughter with a human partner would inherit characteristics common in Dathomirian women, instead of Dathomirian men, such as pale, slightly gray-ish skin and slender figure. In fact, I decided that my OC would inherit many more of her visual characteristics from her mother (only paler skin and slender figure would be the slight signs of her half-Dathomirian parentage), which would perfectly add to the surprise effect when she finally learns that Maul is her biological father - because she will obviously assume at first that it's impossible because she does not resemble Maul at all 😜

In the case of a son with a human partner, I am not 100% sure. Perhaps he would inherit his father’s horns, perhaps not. Maybe he would have red/reddish skin, maybe not. I mean, here it kinda gets tricky like in human/Twi’lek hybrids. We’ve seen those with lekku (Lacquane kids who are half-human, although Cut is not their biological father) and without (Jacen Syndulla, who only has green hair, eyes, and tops of his ears). So I guess that in this case, all options are possible.

I am still not sure whether Maul’s kids with a human partner would inherit Zabrak two hearts though, since both Dathomirian men and women have two hearts. I guess it depends, but in case of my OC I chose not to give her two hearts.

So, now my question to you guys:

How do you think Maul’s children would look like, depending on the species of their potential mother?

Leaving this post so that everyone can share their knowledge and thoughts 📚

[shyranno]

What is Star Wars if not children healing your character flaws and emotional wounds?

[cakbanedraws]

3 years this WIP been abandoned....now it got their redemption.

Actually want to put Aurra, Mother Talzin, but I'm too lazy to draw rest of them...

[derpymidnight]

shitty alignment chart i did

[butts-art]

what's your sign?

high res:

[eldritch-horror-from-the-void]

I love my husband's tits SO much in the Son of Dathomir comics.

Here's a tit comp.

They're so plump. <3

Bonus from these comics (not titty related:)

Maul looks SO done after that Padawan fucks with Maul about a pair of Sith legs. He doesn't even instantly murder the kid, he just rolls his eyes, all defeated LMAO.

[metalmaul]

May The Fourth Be With You, Maul nation!!! 😈

Here's a collection of various Maul comic panels I have saved that I think are funny. There are some spoilers in this if you haven't read all of these comics, but I tried to mostly go for out of context.

Alt Text in images which I hope is okay and not confusingly put together or totally unnecessary in parts OR lacking in parts. (DM me for suggestions for them to be better if you feel they should be. since this post is Maul based, I kind of just skipped explaining who anybody is bc I guess my assumption is if you have any interest in this post anyway you're gonna know who those characters are, but I might be wrong about that lmk.)

Images #1, #2, & #3 are from Star Wars: Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir (2014;) Image #4 is from Star Wars: Darth Maul — Death Sentence (2012;) Images #5 & #6 are from Star Wars: Darth Maul (2017;) Images #7 & #8 are from Star Wars: Age of Republic — Darth Maul (2019;) Image #9 is from Star Wars: Darth Maul (2000;) Image #10 is from Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1999.)

[Miscellaneous character comic panels version HERE]

[johaycc]

Baby Maul goes to the dentist official art, the fact that maul doesn't floss is canon

[maulfvckers]

OK SO HEADCANNON TIME

Maul was re-alived by the Son. Just like Ahsoka was re-alived by the Daughter.

So we know this for Ahsoka because it's done right in front of you and we have the bird and all that jazz. "In plain light," so to speak.

BUT what happened to the Son at the fall of Mortis? Well if you look at it carefully they're immortal beings that aren't exactly bound by space and time. So the Son being pretty damn powerful but probably not as much as the Father. He decides to live on in a dark sider. So... Who's desperate enough, emo enough, and stupid enough to accept the literal embodiment of evil?

Our boy Maul.

It explains a lot about him. It gives a pretty neat Watsonian explanation for his change in voice, it explains why Sidious literally never thinks of him again and is kinda surprised that Maul's alive, and it even explains his weird behavior in Rebels (again a Watsonian explaination). His voice changes because it's literally the Son's voice. Sidious genuinely thinks he died because, well... He did. And his seemingly erratic behavior and split motivations would fit pretty neatly with two different souls fighting for dominance in one body. It even gives a little insight into how Maul was able to "see" more than the average force user even more so than just having the context of his abuser taking over the galaxy.

But we don't see this right? Well... In line with the "light/dark" dichotomy that star wars loves. The reveal of Maul's possession isn't as straight forward or "hidden in the dark." (Yeah it's simple but *sighs* Star Wars) But we DO see it. We see it with the repetition of "the chains are the easy part. It's what goes on in here is hard," by the Son on Mortis as he talks to Ahsoka and by Mauk when he see him on Lotho Minor. We also hear it in his voice. These choices made by the animators were not mistakes in this sense.

We also can see how this plays out in Maul's general inability to draw from the light side even while not being a Sith just like Ahsoka has a general inability to draw from the dark side even while not being a Jedi. For the both of them, they're more or less fixed in their alignments. It explains how no matter how hard Maul tries to do the ultimately right thing by seeking to destroy Sidious, he's never going to experience the connection that comes from being in the light. It's just like no matter how much she despairs that she'll fall to the dark side, Ahsoka never really does (okay I gotta say Warsonian a third time cos I will lose my shit if I say what I really think).

So what does this mean for the narrative? For those two specifically, I think they're a little less in line with the idea "you can choose to be good or bad" and little more "wouldn't it be fucked up if you were possessed by the literal embodiment of evil/good and didn't even HAVE a choice no matter how hard you tried?" And you get some deep thing about free will and moralizing about how great it is. Cos if there's anything Star Wars loves to do it's moralize about things!

So that's just my take on them and I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks this, bit I'd love to hear from your frens. Take care!

-♥️-

granmaul

I love this, and I'm going to throw in a devil's advocate "Doylist" thought for the hell of it: Witwer voices both the Son and Maul and has a really good grasp on the lore. I think we can feel his influence in both characters' acting, and those similarities may be deliberate choices in their design so those echoes become apparent when looking closely at the execution:

The Son of Dathomir and the Son of Mortis.

I'm particularly fond of your headcanon because I think there are mirrors between the architects (the Celestials, assuming the Mortis Gods were part of that ancient race -- I like to think so but unconfirmed in canon afaik) and the fruits of their efforts, no matter how far they've fallen from the tree.

Thoughts, frens?

Darth Maul is alive truthers, speak up or forever hold your peace.

[alphacomicsvol2]

Star Wars: Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir #4 Cover Art by Chris Scalf

[nik-barinova]

Help me why does this capture the essence of all three Opress brothers

[greenreticule]

It genuinely tickles me that Ezra is completely okay with Hondo fondly calling him his "student," and it mainly tickles me because it would be such a humiliating blow to Maul's ego if he ever found out.

[derpymidnight]

The Vizsla-Maul arc was as brilliant as it was petty. Pre-cum Vizsla saves Maul and his brother. In exchange, Maul takes control of his entire operation. Pre-cum doesn't like that so he blames the invasion on him, and Maul hates him so he kills him and takes his throne secretly. The Mandalorians have no idea.

[circle-around-again]

"'You should be relieved that Master Sidious was not present when you allowed me to break two of your ribs,' the droid said. 'He would have been most displeased.' (Windham, 53).

This seems like a Sidious-special line. However, I think this is D9 as well.

She can beat Maul and bully him and will regret none of it, because she firmly believes in the logic of survival of the fittest, just as Maul will grow up to believe.

She can also care for him. As seen from her rapid befriending of Maul, she can see him as a fellow slave and find solidarity in that bond. Maul, too, will grow under the mentality of servitude.

I would even say that at some point she shifted her priorities from being Sidious' servant to Maul's.

Isn't motherhood complicated.

[bossboudicca]

Symbiotic

y'all, I'm so freaked out to post this for some reason. It's already been on AO3 since January, so who knows?

Anyway, here's my first cross posting from the archive to tumblr.

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 55,489 / 17 chapters

Darth Maul/Original Female Character

During Maul's time as Mandalore and leader of the Shadow Collective, he discovers something, someone, from a bygone era. Events unfold, and the sinister nature of his discovery comes to light- as do his own conflicting feelings. ___

This story follows non-canon and canon events from just prior to The Lawless (E16/S5 TCW), through the Son of Dathomir comic series as well as the final episodes of season 7 of TCW and a bit beyond. Many references to characters and events from Star Wars: The Old Republic video game, specifically the Sith Warrior storyline.

(the art is my own, made with blender)

[nightsister-juisid]

I love him so much, I love his design, his patterns, his body type, his voice, his fighting style, his character’s story, I love his earring and him being powerful and intelligent, I love his alpha male attitude. I would totally say ✨Yes✨ to him to everything.

I wish we could see him again in an adaptation of the “Son of Dathomir” comics with the animation style of clone wars season 7 🥲💖