#je’daii

[nerdyerror]

Ili-Raisa Aang (the mother of Obi-Wan Kenobi and scarer of Qui-Gon Jinn) Pictured age 60 (star wars: attack of the clones era)

The fandom apparently: Stewjon is space Scotland

Me: Stewjon is a mash-up of all human cultures (and several non-human ones), held together by the ancient religion of the Je’daii.

[rakatan]

tim lebbon, dawn of the jedi: into the void claudia gray, the high republic: into the dark

[david-talks-sw]

What are your thoughts on the je'daii? Do they even work, like I find myself irritated by the concept because people often use them to validate/prove the notion that "balance = both sides of the Force"

If you stick to what George Lucas said, in Star Wars a person being "balanced" is someone who accepts their inner darkness and resists its pull nonetheless.

When fans mention the Je'daii, it's usually in the context of:

"The Jedi downgraded from the Je'daii, limited their studies of the Force, refusing to study the Dark Side was a mistake. It was an original sin that caused them to create an imbalance within them."

Which is weird, to me, because the whole point of the comic's narrative is that:

the Je’daii Order’s way was doomed to fail.

Introduced in the Legends comic series Dawn of the Jedi (2012), the Je'daii are the predecessors of the Jedi. They are an order of Force users who studied and practiced both the Light Side and the Dark Side in hopes of finding Balance.

The reasoning is simple: everyone has a bit of good and bad in them, you learn to master the good and the bad sides inside of you, indulging them equally. But while this method seems sound on paper… it didn't work.

Consider that they’re already dabbling with the Dark Side...

... but hey, at least they’re aware of its dangers, they’re trying to be responsible about it.

There's a support system where they all warn each other when they're about to cross a line. But even then, there's many who've fallen and been exiled to a moon, to be rehabilitated.

Suddenly, circumstances compel all of them to use the Forcesaber, a weapon that only activates when you draw on the Dark Side.

And that does something to them. Over the course of a year, they all become increasingly aggressive.

Soon, a faction breaks off because they no longer want to stop using the Forcesaber. They’re addicted to the Dark Side.

A war ensues, at the end of which the Jedi Order is born, a group of Force users who:

acknowledge and accept their inner darkness,

while also striving to overcome it rather than give it power.

So that’s the moral of the whole Je’daii story.

Their idea of "Balance by wielding both" was actually so fragile and difficult to maintain that all it took was a little push for them to become vulnerable to the Dark Side's temptation.

Hell, even after the Jedi Order was established, one of its founders, Master Rajivari - who in Dawn of the Jedi (2012) is framed as a wise ex-general who, albeit strict, spends his days meditating and philosophizing - he goes to the Dark Side too! 

Because that's how the Dark Side works.

The Dark Side isn’t just "negative feelings" or a "bad guy superpower" that you can mix with a "good guy superpower" to unleash the ultimate 'Force blast'. This isn’t an anime.

The Dark Side is a drugs/smoking/drinking addiction.

It's selfish, temporary pleasure. The more you consume it...

... the more you get addicted...

... and the more it consumes you right back...

... until nothing remains.

Jon Ostrander, who wrote Dawn of the Jedi (2012), echoed this sentiment multiple times:

“As I see it, those working on the light side work with the Force, channeling it, open and sensitive to what it tells them. They serve it. Those on the dark side try to impose their will on the Force, to make it do their will, to make it serve them. The Je’daii believe in a balance between the light and the dark side and so attempt to use both. Problem is, a balance is hard to maintain and the dark side is so very seductive.” - John Ostrander, LA Times, 2012

“The Je'daii aren't light side or dark side, although they know and are aware of both. Instead they seek a balance in the Force between light and dark. Balance, however, is a difficult thing to maintain and there is always the danger of falling wholly to the dark side — and some Je'daii have done so.” - John Ostrander, Newsarama, 2012

And this is a recurring theme throughout all of Ostrander’s comics, by the way. Be it with the Je’daii, but also with Quinlan Vos or Cade Skywalker, the point remains the same: 

"Yes, wielding the Dark Side gives you great power, and you get to show off some badass new tricks...

… but it ultimately destroys you and everyone around you."

Remember: if it weren’t for Cade or Quin’s loved ones, neither of them would have come back from the Dark Side. They aren't badasses because they can use Force Lightning, they're badasses because they found the strength to give that up.

So if you genuinely think the Jedi "downgraded" by refusing to give the Dark Side more power than it already has on them... you're missing the point.

“It’s not about ripping things out of the sky using the Force or Force Lightning. A lot of people, they think “oh look how powerful Vader is, look how powerful the Emperor is, I want to play be the bad guy because I get these powers”. It’s an empty feeling, at the end of the day, after the moment. [...] The Dark Side is a spiral downward that you’re trapped in.” - Dave Filoni, “Force of Rebellion”, 2018

It was an upgrade.

Framing "balance" as "equal Dark and Light Side" is like consuming one (1) salad a day and one (1) whole bottle of vodka and calling that "balanced". No, buddy, that'll kill you. Because:

The vodka is better at being destructive than the salad is at making you healthy.

It's won't stay just one bottle per day. It'll eventually become two, three, etc.

Because as George Lucas stated time and again, resisting the Dark Side is a constant struggle.

So that's my two cents.

You've probably already heard about the recent announcement of a Dawn of the Jedi feature film, a biblical epic that will be directed by James Mangold.

And truth be told... it scares me SO much that we came THIS close to an Episode IX: Duel of the Fates that framed "balance" as - you guessed it - giving equal power to your light and darkness.

Like, how did this ⬆️ get as far as it did? Did nobody think to sit Colin Trevorrow down and explain to him that he fundamentally misunderstands how the Force works?

So all I can do is cross my fingers and hope James Mangold has a better grasp of - if not the lore (I wouldn't be surprised if the words "Je'daii" or "Tython" aren't uttered once in the film) - at least the message.

[lilredghost]

WIP Wednesday: "Who says I don't love you?"

Context: Obi-Wan has just found out a horrible truth about his marriage with Anakin. That is, his husband didn't actually propose because he wanted to-- he just thought he had to.

Recap:

“Not us,” Hera laughs. “The Freed all value our choice of a spouse rather dearly. I'm sure you can understand our hesitation to follow the Jedi tradition and marry for the sake of diplomacy.” Obi-Wan puts down his spoon, horror creeping up his throat. “The Je’daii have not practiced such a tradition for centuries, atleast. Tatooine was the one to write marriage into their negotiation terms.” Obi-Wan feels like he’s back in Jedha’s courtroom, on the edge of a terrible truth. He feels like he’s back in his wedding finery, wondering why his fiancé won’t look at him. His husband won’t look at him. Obi-Wan hates that he can’t read his scent, hates this stupid body of his, hates— “We didn’t know,” Anakin says quietly. “We thought… We thought it was required.”

----

When Anakin finally finds Obi-Wan, it’s in the cave system, at the pool they’d been to just last night.

He has his back to Anakin-- pant legs rolled up, feet in the water. He doesn’t turn around, though he must hear Anakin’s footsteps.

“I can pack tonight,” Obi-Wan says. “I’ll be out of your hair first thing tomorrow.”

The words stop Anakin in his tracks. “What?”

“I don’t want to bind you to me. The Empire will gladly renegotiate with Tatooine even without that.”

Renegotiate?

“The Je’daii give equal weight to omegas in divorce, you know. Khula is always an option.”

Feelings flicker through Anakin faster than he can catalogue them. Disbelief, fear, panic, outrage—

“Not to me,” he seethes. “When you get married in Tatooine, the bond between souls is for a lifetime.”

For seven lifetimes—

“We are not getting a divorce!”

The words don’t seem to move Obi-Wan. “Okay,” he says simply.

The easy agreement blows the wind out of Anakin's sails. “Okay?”

His husband casts a tired glance over his shoulder. His face is blotchy, his eyes red-rimmed.

And yet, he’s miles away from the soft, openly emotional man who Anakin has gotten to know, these last few months.

This is Emperor Kenobi, who keeps his face blank and his voice steady as he looks away.

“Of course. We can discuss what that will look like another time.”

What does that mean? Anakin wants to ask. Why are you shutting me out?

But the words catch in his throat, unspeakable. He realizes that he’s afraid of the answers.

“It’s irony at it’s finest, I suppose, that I married someone who doesn’t believe in divorce. Karmic retribution, maybe, being bound to someone who won’t ever love me.”

The words are said quietly, clearly something Obi-Wan meant to keep to himself. But the echo of the cave carries them to Anakin's ears anyway, and his heart breaks for the man in front of him.

“Obi-Wan,” he breathes. “Who says I don’t love you?”

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Read more in the next chapter of Their fragrance came from you - Ch 16: Celebration!

[meantforinfinitesadness]

Fantasy Fic Recs

I’m back with more fic recs. I know I’ve done a rec list for fantasy fics before, but just like the Sith Obi-Wan fic recs, I wanted to do more because it’s been a hot minute!

Ships will vary! I’ll be sure to let you know what fics have what ships though, so don’t worry!

Also, these recs don’t contain like...modern fantasy recs, but I’ll probably do another list for those tbh, probably one for like...in-world fantasy...if that’s what I should call it....

CODYWAN

A Single Sunbeam - @lillytalons The first time Obi-wan met Cody, he hadn’t even gotten his name. It wasn’t a friendly meeting at all, which was a shame. The second time Cody met Obi-wan, he wanted to punch him, just a little. Wandering scholar of the Je’daii order, Obi-Wan travels the lands with his companion & friendly dragon, Boga. There's a darkness growing in Mandalore and a people with no trust for outsiders that Obi-wan wants to help but first he has to convince Cody to trust him. Or: 11 times Obi-wan and Cody meet, with varying degrees of success.

light as whispers - @bluemaskedkarma  The west isn’t safe, not since King Qymaen took the throne. There are awful rumors flying around, especially once Count Dooku joins the King's court. The west isn't safe, not for a lot of people, especially not dragons.

It’s an end to the evil (of all Skyrim’s foes) - @nerjetii Kote wants to reach Skyrim to become a legendary blacksmith under the tutelage of Eorlund Gray-Mane. Obi-Wan wants to reach Skyrim to study at Winterhold Academy to become a great mage. Neither one of them is really looking for adventure. Adventure, however, will find them when Kote learns he is the Dragonborn, Nord Hero destined to defeat the Black Dragon Alduin, a burden he never wanted in the first place and that he reluctantly accept.And Obi-Wan...well, what's Khajiit to do when the nice Redguard seems so lost yet determined to do good in his unexpected quest? Why, of course, Khajiit will go with him!

The World Offers Itself - @brigittttoo  Cody and Obi-Wan embark on their journey to find the boy who will defeat the darkness, as foretold by the Jedi many centuries ago. On their way, they encounter fantastical nature, magic and monsters, and secrets surrounding the history of the Empire; sometimes, even a crafted fate cannot always go as planned.

send you a postcard from heaven - @blackkatmagic  “Is this the part,” Obi-Wan drawls, balanced on the very edge of the plank, “where I say I would rather die?”

Bookworms, Warriors and Princes (Series) - @wanderingjedihistorian  Every time he had to sit through another one of these boring events, Cody gave serious consideration to abdicating his position as Crown Prince of Mandalore and running away to be a bounty hunter. His father would never forgive him, nor would any of his brothers, but it was so tempting.Cody slipped through a door and was pleasantly surprised to find that it led to a library. (summary from the first fic in the series)

Peace in the Realm - Rosawyn When young Lord Anakin's elopement threatens the fragile peace of the entire kingdom, Lord Obi Wan and Prince Codex must find a way to prevent his impulsive decision from toppling everything into chaos.  With threats of war looming on their borders and petty nobles squabbling in Obi Wan's own duchy, things are feeling a lot less stable.  And that's all before the assassination.

JANGOBI (KENFETTI)

The Otherlands - @feybarn Jango glared up at the man who was staring down at him, brows furrowed and lips pursed in what looked like disbelief. “You’re Jango Fett?” The man sounded a mix of offended and disbelieving. Jango raised his eyebrow as derisively and dissuasively as he could. “Last I checked.” The man looked around their surroundings, as though trying to reconcile the putrid-smelling prison cell with Jango’s reputation.The man pursed his lips. “I’d like to hire you.” -_- Obi-Wan needs a guide to the Demon's Lair - Jango Fett just happens to be his best chance of getting there.

ALPHAOBI (ALPHA-17/OBI-WAN)

The Lone Wolf Dies (Series) - @mageofcole  Obi-Wan had never been able to turn away from something in trouble. There’s an injured animal in the forest, he can hear the sounds from the dense underbrush of the woods that surround his home, and it's accompanied by the sound of hunting dogs. (summary from first fic in series)

GEN

ashes to ashes, dust to dust - @crablad Obi-Wan surveyed the pub, taking in the various creatures spread out. Looking for a dragon, as rare as they were, was impossible, especially with the nagas roaming around. He couldn’t catch a sight of those leathery wings, and if he did they were usually harpies with their sharp teeth and red hair. He thought he caught sight of something other than a harpy, with scales along the neck, but the shaded glasses, and squirming hat revealed the creature as a gorgon. He sighed, sinking further into the seat. His wings recoiled from the dusty ground, shaking themselves to clean. It ended up just leaving them covered in more grime, something he would have to deal with later. The scales were more important now, he needed to find a dragon… or someone who knew one. His informant was supposed to meet him an hour ago.

[ospreyeamon]

A non-exhaustive list of paradigms used to help understand the Force.

The Je’daii Model is obviously rooted in the idea of Ying and Yang, though it would have felt improper just slapping the symbol unmodified up there. To quote Dawn of the Jedi "In the light, there is a darkness and in the darkness, a light. [...] Be a prisoner of neither Bogan nor Ashla. Strive to live in balance".

The Later Orthodox Jedi Model developed much later, after the Jedi had left Tython and after the First Schism. Most of the history of the Jedi Order is only loosely sketched out, but my current feeling is that it only became the accepted orthodox position of the Jedi Order around the period of the Second Great Schism; it had been present as one of a collection of competing models before but had not been persistently dominant.

Kissai is a word that requires some explanation. It is the name of the priest caste of the red sith population on Ziost and some parts of Korriban at the time of the invasion by Ajunta Pall and the other Jedi Exiles, but I use it as a catchall term for the Korribani Force-practices and traditions which evolved independently of the Jedi. Their influence can be seen to varying degrees in the teachings of the Sith — it is the primary reason there is such a diverse and contradictory array of Sith philosophies.

The Early Kissai Model was one of those carried to Tython with the Force-adepts brought together by the Tho Yor. Unlike the Je’daii and Orthodox Jedi models, which view the Light and Dark Sides of the Force as two distinct forms of energy, it conceptualises the Force as a substance like fabric or water which has other things (the proverbial dyes) carried within it. Instead of the Force being viewed as light or dark it is seen as empty or saturated.

The Later Kissai Model has become more concerned with the various things that can be absorbed into the Force and the potential interactions of their layering. Because the Force is only ‘light’ when it is empty and the areas of the Force aligned with inhabited worlds and systems are very rarely empty and once discovered can quickly become smudged this is a very ‘dark’ centric model. The outermost green, yellow, and orange portions at the bottom of the graph would be considered ‘light’ by the Jedi understanding. There are other iterations of this model which spread the darkness in the Force out across five or seven axes, rather than six.

The Voss Mystics conceptualisation of the Force has diverged significantly from the Jedi and Sith’s in the thousands of years since they last had contact with them. They do not divide it into aspects as the Jedi and Sith do. I imagine that the Voss’ view of the Force is strongly connected to their view of fate. Fate cannot be altered or escaped, you can only choose the manner in how you will reach it — the road, but not the destination. A single choice, a single individual — the power of these things is nothing compared to the weight of cultures, societies, institutions. The world around you will always affect you more than you effect it because it is vast and you are small, and you cannot stand apart from the world to make your own fate because everything is connected.

You can see the future in the Force because the events that will lead to the future have already occurred. Are occurring now in the present as well, in ways that are beyond your influence. The past reverberates in the present which reverberates into the future — and then from the future that impact washes back into the present. Not only through the Force, but through people's own logic and foresight as they anticipate events.

[codywanreversebang]

Masterlist Part 4: Codywan Reverse Bang 2022

Team 27

Team 27 [Art] by @ahsokatano-thetogruta

The Chance of a Lifetime [12.3k] by @littledumplingwrites

Astronaut Cmdr. Cody Fett was excited to be picked for the mission to colonize the closest habitable planet KX-724-M34, in the Andromeda galaxy. It will take years of hibernation to get there, but he’s not worried, he knows this is an important mission and the only way is forward. At first, everything goes smoothly, until suddenly, he’s awoken early from hibernation only to find out his ship is on a direct course for destruction. Can Cody save the mission, himself and his crew from certain death? And when everything seems lost, Cody finds help in a place he would have never expected.

The Unexpected Changes of Life [14.7k] by @ann-i-inthestars

It was only logical that there was life outside of their System. As a Commander in the RAS, Cody Fett had always known he would likely be one of the first to meet that life. When his newly offered contract gave him the chance to do so, but with the stipulation of capturing all he encountered, he declined. Declined, and alongside his loyal team, sought out a way to protect whatever life they could fine. Cody just hadn't ever counted on finding life as, well, beautiful as the being he stumbled upon on a seemingly uninhabitable planet. Nor had he expected to form such a strong connection with them so quickly. That was the way of life, though. It never turns out the way you expect it to. Sometimes, it turns out even better.

Team 28

Team 28 [Art] by @wrennette

Is that another whispered plan? [16k] by @vhetin

Cody just wants to get through one last summer on the ranch before he calls it quits and leaves the country. Obi-Wan just needs some money and a ranch desperate for new hands on their drive is the perfect answer. Neither of them are staying in Texas for long, and neither of them need to be getting feelings for anyone else. Too bad it doesn't work like that, huh?

Team 29

Team 29 [Art] by @offcular

A Single Sunbeam [6.5k] by @lillytalons

The first time Obi-wan met Cody, he hadn’t even gotten his name. It wasn’t a friendly meeting at all, which was a shame. The second time Cody met Obi-wan, he wanted to punch him, just a little. Wandering scholar of the Je’daii order, Obi-Wan travels the lands with his companion & friendly dragon, Boga. There's a darkness growing in Mandalore and a people with no trust for outsiders that Obi-wan wants to help but first he has to convince Cody to trust him. Or: 11 times Obi-wan and Cody meet, with varying degrees of success.

Team 30

Team 30 [Art] by @binouchetruc

A Dream Vacation [5.1k] by @jaded-unit

Obi-wan and Cody have a getaway for a bit and talk about their past.

Team 31

Team 31 [Art] by @binouchetruc

Darkness to Light [7.5k] by @ladylaran

Cody and Obi-Wan are pulled off course, and things don't seem to be going right at all.  Yet, the Force seems to have done this for a reason!

Team 32

Team 32 [Art] by punkascas

Six Months In A Leaky Boat [47.4k] by @ossidae-passeridae [with bonus art!]

The year is 1998. Australia is fucked to hell and back, but its neighbour New Zealand is doing surprisingly alright. Well, if it wasn't for the supply shortages, persistent earthquakes, and the government's increasing heavy handed attempts at censorship. Cody, a presenter at Radio Hauraki, is particularly pissed about that last thing. And he knows just what to do about it, too — all they need is a boat. Radio Hauraki started life as pirate radio back in the sixties, what's stopping them from going back on the waves? Also, if his coworker, Obi-Wan, could stop making his life a living hell that'd be great, but Cody is pretty sure the world will end for real before that happens.

Team 33

Team 33 [Art] by @binouchetruc

Heartlines [9.6k] by @agreekdemigod

Obi-wan doesn’t need to look at the knives to know how sharp they are. His gaze focuses instead on the face of the man who he is about to entrust his safety to, the one who is both his partner and opponent in this narrative they had both set on stage and in the relationship they had built outside of it. And he doesn’t look away when Cody throws the first knife at him.

Team 34

half my soul, as the poets say [Art] by @cmmdrkote

half my soul, as the poets say [22k] by @theforceisnotwithme

Obi-Wan and Cody have grown up together, they have played and trained together. It is no surprise that they fall in love with each other. When the war with Troy comes, Obi-Wan goes to war. Cody follows him. The War will only end in tragedy. Inspired by the story of Achilles and Patroclus

Team 35

Team 35 [Art] by @cosmic-pindrops

(I'm gonna) make this place your home [10.1k] by @mymblesbuir

Cody the centaur is walking home through the woods one day when he comes across a beautiful but scared kirin hiding with a fawn. Concerned for their wellbeing, he ends up inviting them to stay with the rest of his herd, not knowing this would be the beginning of a love story that would see the two of them raising the fawn together as they do their best to stay safe from the danger that lurks deep in the forest...

[lillytalons]

Got to do the 2022 Codywan Reverse Bang @codywanreversebang​ with the awesome artist @offcular​ 

A Single Sunbeam

The first time Obi-wan met Cody, he hadn’t even gotten his name. It wasn’t a friendly meeting at all, which was a shame. 

The second time Cody met Obi-wan, he wanted to punch him, just a little.

Wandering scholar of the Je’daii order, Obi-Wan travels the lands with his companion & friendly dragon, Boga. There's a darkness growing in Mandalore and a people with no trust for outsiders that Obi-wan wants to help but first he has to convince Cody to trust him. 

Or: 11 times Obi-wan and Cody meet, with varying degrees of success.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40084893

[nerdyerror]

Jinn Skywalker Kenobi (age 48)

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Daughter

Luke Skywalker’s Wife

Spy Commander for the Rebel Alliance

Council member on the Tatooine High Council (she beat up boba fett for democracy)

Restored the 3rd Je’Daii temple on Tatooine.

[dougielombax]

Regarding my Star Wars OC Leon Vartanian.

I created him due to a lack of explicit queer rep in Star Wars.

That stuff is largely kept to the side in novels and comics.

Which bugs me.

Same for neurodivergent rep. Hence why he’s autistic like me.

He’s not exactly a self-insert though. Only partially.

As for his religion, I don’t have a name for it.

But it’s commonly referred to as the Cathar Order of the Great Light.

It’s an ancient Force religion which predates the Jedi by hundreds of thousands of years.

It was already ancient history before the first Jedi temples were built and before the earliest proto-Jedi sects such as the Je’Daii had formed.

Only Cathar can adhere to it and you can’t convert. One must be born into it (some real religions are like this such as the Druze or the Mandaeans). Hence why all it’s adherents are only Cathar or humans adopted by Cathar.

This stems from a long history of persecution from outside enemies such as the Rakatans (who the Cathar believe to be monstrous savages), the Sith, Zygerrians, the Mandalorians, and many others.

Their religion in question has a great deal of emphasis on knowledge, education, self improvement, environmentalism, selflessness, bravery, justice, collectivism, and altruism.

It also places a great deal of emphasis on ritual baptisms, prayer, and scrutiny and analysis of its own holy texts.

Their religion regards the Jedi as being well meaning, but also single-minded and dogmatically possessed, while it views the Sith as an abomination.

Many key figures in the Cathar religion also show up in some Jedi texts.

The Jedi name is even derived from the Old Cathar (Kedhari) term “Zhi-deikh”.

It had a HUGE influence on the Jedi religion but many Jedi are completely oblivious to this fact. The Jedi emphasis on justice is noticeably similar to that of the Cathar Order.

And many passages from the Jedi texts are said to have been taken directly from Cathar holy books and apocryphal texts.

Unlike the Jedi, adherents of the Cathar religion are allowed to marry and start families.

Cathar religious doctrine encourages adoption and rescue of orphans, particularly in turbulent times in turn with this allowance for starting families.

Hence why Cathar people believe in having two families. Your birth family and your found family.

I’ll add more to this where I can

[padawansuggest]

Hello, I hope you're having a nice day! 😃

I just saw your post about bby Obi-Wan & his soulmates (& I love it!) and wanted to ask if you've thought about the vod'e's soulmate marks! You said Kaminoian-Mandalorian would be the cultural type of soulmate mark, but what does that look like? Do the Command class have marks for their Alpha class trainers & vice-versa? Do they paint their markings on their armor when they're allowed to be individuals or are they more private?

tldr: please I just want to know if Alpha-17 gets to have little markers to remind him of his chaos-causing little cadets when they're grown

Hello hi this is so adorable thank you.

Now here’s an explanation for how the soulmate marks work in my idea of it: I HATE it when it’s an image you have to match. I genuinely don’t like that because it confuses me and makes no sense and it would be mega easy to fake and tattoos would be seen as impure because they can imitate a mark… things like that. So normally I do the name on the wrist. But, at the same time those also have the issue of names being fluid (or the fucked up idea of ‘what if your child has a slave code on their wrist’ and how fucked up that would be) and so I like this idea the most because it’s Star Wars!!!!!

What if instead, everyone ever, has a pocket of cells in that area of their body with the highest level of midichlorian concentration possible? Which would make SENSE cause I’ve already put that soulmates are people with pre-existing bonds (this is something I also do for Star Trek, if you have a Vulcan soulmate it’s the one bond that you were born with) so it would make sense that the force itself made those bonds.

Now, without getting into the whole idea of how the clones came to be, because I have had many different ways to make the clones come to be without Jango hating the Jedi, and a general favorite of mine is that it was an ACTUAL experiment for human genetic clone testing as a reason to get the republic to start LETTING clones be made in the republic, and that Jango isn’t the only one who made clones since they obviously would have needed multiple test groups.

Now, again, not explaining too much of that, but I think in general, they would have chosen Mandalorians for athletic standards and because their system isn’t part of the republic.

Now that aside, there would def be a different culture on Kamino for Mandalorians. They would be learning Mandalorian culture from secondary sources until they were given leave to be welcomed into homes in the Mandalorian system.

Which would mean they would have a sub-culture for Mando’a. Not main culture. Sort of like how Mandalorians who grow up mainly on colonies outside the M system or in Little Keldabe on Coruscant, wouldn’t have the same culture as those who grew up in the system.

There is culture and then subculture.

Anyways. Obviously a lot of the clones would choose to stay on the planet to work with the Kaminoians and take care of the babies. And Alpha and Colt are def two of them. Alpha and Colt both have a tooooon of apprentice marks (maybe 10 or so each that’s considered a shitton for just about anyone but that itself started a new round of testing over clones themselves) and yes, they have a bunch of lil rugrats they love with all their hearts.

Now the marks themselves: everyone has a main mark (this is the piece that glows) and this mark depends entirely on the person it exists on. It could be a shape or a picture or a flower it depends on them. Obi likes shapes. And most people have a secondary mark (the piece that Jedi use to signify an apprentice or a sibling or a romance) which 100% depends on the subculture you grew up on. Obi-Wan’s mark is in Dai Bendu, not just because he follows the force, but because he very specifically follows the Old Je’daii ways (I just think he fits more into that category than the modern Jedi way but explaining that is a bit above my brain capacity for the most part, lots of philosophy type speculation) and that reflects him to a very core of his self. Because his characters are in Dai Bendu, he actually speaks the language more than most Jedi because he likes feeling connected to their roots from before Dai Bendu stopped being a slave language, and started being a religious one. (This is another fanon idea. In canon they decided that the pyramids were built as 8 arks to hold Je’daii pilgrims and bring them to Tython, but there have been a few different fanon ideas of what if the Tho Yor started as slaves for their force sensitivity and the Tho Yor were built to help them escape their captivity. I know what’s canon but I like giving the Jedi roots a bit more spice sometimes.)

Anakin’s, on the other hand, ends up having characters in a slave language. When Obi-Wan finds those and asks Shmi and she tells him, and hers are in that language too, Obi-Wan makes a vow then and there and no student of his will call him master. They call him Jeiah, which is a fanon translation in Dai Bendu for teacher. Anakin’s mark for him means ‘learning’ and his mark for Padme means ‘Angel’ but that’s just the modern translation of it, Shmi says (when Arla asks her why she would be Shmi’s Angel) that it used to mean ‘lover’ but for some reason a rumor spread that when two soulmates touched, and one was wearing a slave collar, it would short out the lock and the collar would pop open. They decided Angel was a better word than savior.

On that note, when they had pulled the slave chip from Shmi’s middle back behind the spine, after Arla had touched her, the chip WAS fried… so…

Idk if Anakin has any soulmarks for siblings, but he DEF has one for Ahsoka, but when Shmi says it means ‘student’ Obi-Wan points out that it’s not the same as the sibling mark the Jedi are used to, but in Dai Bendu, that SAME character means ‘baby darling’ and darling in the language is often used for little siblings. So, double one there. Lmao. Language fun.

Mandalorian identifiers, on the other hand, don’t tend to be language. Since the culture is so mish mash about letting anyone and everyone in, they tend to be pictographs. Things like extremely simple images to show a swaddled baby (that’ll be your ad, Jaster only has that for Jango because Jango is his baby boy who will follow in Buir’s footsteps to lead their people, but for Jango it’s a picture of a smaller hand in larger) and a lover could be anything from a traditional heart image to two weapons clashing (there are no markers for enemies because I don’t believe in the force bonding you against your will to someone you’ll hate) and Jaster has a picture of two lightsabers clashing for him and Feemor. He was pretty dubious about that one, trying to pass them off as beskade for a while (Beskar sabers) but now they’re together and he has the darksaber, it makes so much sense…

Anyways. Markers and then their identifiers is something I’ve been thinking about a while and I like it.

Please don’t get weird about my bullshit excuse for the clones to exist without war tho, Palpy choked on a dick and passed away sadly, but I still want my sons without Jango being evil and I use the ‘Palpy kidnaps Jango to make clones’ option too often it’s getting weird. I love the clones tho.

[galahadwilder]

Jedi, Sith, or Je'daii?

Je’daii, 100%. I am the wielder of the flame, protector of balance.

There is no dark side or light side. There is only The Force.

[lilredghost]

drabble: a/b/o arranged marriage

CW: Sort of dark toward the end but there's no violence or gore

Anakin breathes. A light wind breathes with him, picking up sand and carrying it onward.

Anakin, too, will move onward. He’s had the chance to throw his tantrums. The last few days, if he was not packing, he was shouting at the sands and reshaping the earth in his fury. Now, he has wrapped things up and said goodbye to his friends.

Anakin breathes.

He says goodbye to the warm air, too, the desert heat on his skin, not knowing when or if he’ll get to feel it again.

Tomorrow, he will leave for Stewjon, to marry one Obi-Wan Kenobi. An alpha.

A king.

Anakin breathes.

The door behind him opens, spilling light out onto the sand. His mother comes to sit beside him.

“I see your rage is spent,” she says.

“Enough of it,” Anakin shrugs.

“Don’t let them take that from you. The Je’daii, they’re not like us.” Her own emotions—anger, briefly, but mostly grief and loss—swirl around her in a way Anakin can practically see. “Find a place that is safe, there. Somewhere you can work through your feelings without lashing out at anyone.”

Anakin lays a hand over hers. “I know, Mom.”

He won’t let them push him around. Even when the negotiations were happening, Anakin—veiled then, and hidden among other omegas for his protection—had been able to make demands about the way he would be treated in his future home.

And Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Negotiator, had agreed to all of them without a fight. Just like that.

“You are walking into the krayt’s den, and you don’t know if the dragon is home,” Shmi says abruptly. “You don’t know if they’ll actually honor any of the agreements they’ve made, Ani.”

His mother has always had an uncanny ability to tell what people were thinking. He supposes she's right.

But it seems she’s not done yet. Shmi turns his hand over, pressing something into his palm.

It’s a small flask, deceptively plain. The kind of thing that slaves would have worn, once, to hide things from their masters.

“Take this with you, in case you need it.”

Anakin freezes.

“Remember what our people say.”

He knows what’s in the vial.

“It is etched into our bones and baked into our blood.”

Poison.

“Dukkra ba dukkra, little one.”

Freedom or death.

[groguandthebadbatch]

My of my top favorite subjects to learn about in all of Star Wars!!!! What I would be!

[jxyridin-g]

@irxnworks he closed his eyes while in cc but just know that they’re Green

[short-wooloo]

The je'daii are a failure

the je’daii order are often brought up in SW fandom discussions, mostly as a way to bash the Jedi and show the “right way” to use the Force, that the je’daii’s way of balancing between the dark and light was how to do it, and that it was people going for only light or dark respectively is what messed things up

but this ignores how the je’daii failed

because you cannot balance between light and dark, one side will win out over the other, plus the dark is corruptive, malicious, and actively brings suffering, what exactly is the “balanced” amount of those things?

the je’daii and their philosophy were left behind to history for the same reasons we leave behind ideas, tools, and philosophies in the real world:

the were outdated and didn’t work