leias-left-hair-bun-again · 3 years ago
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Same Anon who talked about the mando husbands my question is what do you think of etain from republic commando I love her and dar so much
oh oH what a good question :DDD what do i think of her? i adore her, etain is the most precious girl and i just love that we get to see so much of the first two books through the eyes of someone who cares as much as she does. i mean she's the most nurturing person but at the same time she's as fierce and fiery as they come when anyone she cares about gets hurt.
she's just. she's so passionate about helping others and giving them a good life, and as a character she's really well done in that - both her best and worst mistakes and choices are born from that passion of hers. it can make her idealistic and short-sighted, but you can't help but love her anyways cause you know her heart's in the very best of places. and everyone around her knows that too <3 as they ought <3
also i think that, again, as a character she's very well positioned next to kal cause he's older and more experienced and knows a little better how to direct that desperate, protective need to help, but he messes up just as she does sometimes, and gosh i wish she'd had a happier ending, cause kal definitely sees something of himself in her and both loves her for it and hopes she'll be better than him, as any parent would hope. she and darman and kad and kal would have been the happiest little family and - i can't go there it's too sad D:
but yes, oh yes i love etain (': and dar!! they are a very sweet couple, they start out so hopeful and bright-eyed for all the darkness they've both already seen in their short lives, and it hurts to watch them grow up together, but they're so perfect for each other at every step of the way. they live rent-free in my head in a happy ending au where absolutely nothing bad happened to either of them and darman gets to spend lots of time at home between missions playing soldier with kad and catching beetles with him, and etain takes kad outside and teaches him how to feel the force in all the crops on the farm and the forest surrounding the compound. and etain and darman get to spend lots of evenings cooking together and exchanging stories and just sitting together in luxurious silence and - well, they deserve the whole galaxy and i wish they’d gotten it!
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