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[ninjigma]

DinLuke Week Part 4/7 - Previous / First / Next

Day 4: Western AU Track: 'What Was I Thinkin'' - Dierks Bentley (Spotify / YouTube)

Probably the one I am most excited about truthfully. It has just been a lot of fun to work on this piece from sketch to finish. I would've loved to have spent even more time on it, but alas, life. Maybe I'll do a redraw in the future :)

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[dinlukepositivityweek]

Prompts are finally here!

We've simplified some of the submissions to give creators the opportunity for more broad interpretations, but decided to include one of them as a bonus prompt as well.

As always, feel free to combine, modify, skip, or rearrange the prompts as you see fit. Just be sure to check the rules in our pinned before submitting your projects, and drop an ask if you have any questions.

Day 1: A reunion after a long time apart / Pining

Day 2: Grogu the Matchmaker / Growing old together

Day 3: Secret marriage / Din and Leia as best friends

Day 4: Lightsaber training / Din haunted by the ghost of his father in law

Day 5: Rebellion era AU / Hurt while protecting the other

Day 6: Competency kink / Mid-battle discussions

Day 7: Force visions & nightmares / Touch sensitivity

BONUS: Luke with a bounty on his head while Din follows him around swatting away hunters like flies

Dinluke Positivity Week will run from November 12th to the 18th, Sunday to Saturday, so you have around 4 months to get your submissions ready! Don't forget to tag us!

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[swinging-through-the-stars]

Dinluke Week 2022 Day 7 👑Mand'alor & Jedi Sith Master🔥

Thank you to everyone who appreciated my art from this week, even if it was pretty hyper-specific to an AU I'm making. I love all of you for the kind tags in reblogs and for even taking a peek at what I made. I'm tired now. Lol.

#dinluke week 2022 #dinluke week #dinluke #luke skywalker #sith luke skywalker #din djarin #mand'alor din djarin #emperor luke skywalker #darksaber din djarin #grogu #gogurt my beloved #din x luke #skydalorian #i also didn't have an idea for this one other than just drawing them standing lol

[aureutr]

I decided that this one fic idea I’ve had for a couple weeks will work for like...at least 5/7 if not 6/7 of the Dinluke week days. So I’m just gonna do one multi-chapter fic (probably won’t post the entire thing that week. But we’ll seeeeeee)

I’m so excited. I’ve got like 14 pages of outline and my main man Din is going through it

#it's the sequel to Resonance #that I think I only talked about in like one group chat #but hey Sith Crimson Dawn Din is SO MUCH FUN #and I want more of him #I marked him as 'dark din' but he's like...not all that dark #more self destructive with occasional lash outs #anywho #resonance #fanfiction meta

[annoyinglyfanon]

I posted 5,030 times in 2022

That's 318 more posts than 2021!

9 posts created (0%)

5,021 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bitegore

@sluttyquarantinetheory

@stephanidftba

@alolan-persians

@somethingunlikeanythingelse

I tagged 266 of my posts in 2022

#dinluke - 10 posts

#geraskier - 7 posts

#merthur - 6 posts

#merlin - 5 posts

#the witcher - 5 posts

#reference - 5 posts

#lol - 5 posts

#dragon age - 4 posts

#mass effect - 4 posts

#grogu - 4 posts

Longest Tag: 127 characters

#for a long time she just thought it was a fun friend code until she eavesdropped on a convo in the campaign and learned secrets

I sent 1 gift in 2022

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Crash

0 notes - Posted April 1, 2022

#4

A few weeks ago my coworker put googly eyes on my work phone

0 notes - Posted March 16, 2022

#3

My bad habit? Writing 20k+ of a fic, losing interest, and then it never sees the light of day

1 note - Posted April 11, 2022

#2

Dnd tonight was amazing!!

We had to escort a prisoner to their trial and it went sideways real quick!

Learned that in the bane and blessing of my party. I keep 'em together but also I could kill them all so fast it's awful. (Was temporarily turned against them in battle, not good for them!)

I tricked someone into chugging poison (win!) AND my character got asked on a date so that's what'll start the next session. Excited!!!

7 notes - Posted February 6, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The amount of lore learned in C3E26 has me vibrating in my skin but the things I've decided to focus on is Fearne's postcards.

I don't think her parents made them.

I think her grandma hand painted and wrote each one with love because she didn't want Fearne to feel abandoned by her parents (which she was).

9 notes - Posted July 11, 2022

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[iamscoby]

Sini Sabotage feat. VilleGalle, The Levi's rip (translation)

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[shirozora-draws]

I posted 56 times in 2021

48 posts created (86%)

8 posts reblogged (14%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 0.2 posts.

I added 310 tags in 2021

#shirozora draws - 48 posts

#star wars - 46 posts

#the mandalorian - 43 posts

#luke skywalker - 35 posts

#din djarin - 35 posts

#dinluke - 34 posts

#skydalorian - 32 posts

#grogu - 19 posts

#story: the suns - 11 posts

#cobb vanth - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#like y'aaaaaaaaaaaaaall i finished a sketchbook in 3 months? i mean sure it's just an itty bitty moleskine and not a honkin' regular sketch

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Runaway 2AM thoughts turning into runaway headcanons about Luke getting Mandalorian armor courtesy of the Armorer because my brain won't shut the fuck up.

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Leia: ... why do you have Mandalorian armor?

Luke: Oh, the Armorer made it for me.

Leia: Who?

Luke: She's part of Din's covert. He said it's a wedding gift.

Leia: A what? Since when did you get married?

Luke: Three weeks ago? I think? I'm not sure. Apparently we got married while fighting stormtroopers.

Leia: Stars, why didn't I think of that? We should've done that.

Han (off-screen): No, we didn't!

2313 notes • Posted 2021-04-09 07:41:51 GMT

#4

I said I was going to slow down to focus on writing and this is why - I, a fucking fool, am illustrating my own goddamn fic. Sure I'm working full time and taking an intensive class on character design but who needs sleep when there's a story to tell?

Anyway, here are the illustrations for the first chapter of The Storm sequel, The Suns.

*rolls the fuck away*

2445 notes • Posted 2021-04-17 03:19:50 GMT

#3

As the person responsible for a day's worth of chatter, art, and fic featuring Lightning!Luke at the dinluke Discord server, I figure I ought to post my own contribution. Don't usually post illustrations ahead of the chapter (have 1 more thing to sketch out, so looking at Saturday to post) but this is the "alt" version so have at it. Enjoy this visual vibe-y mashup of Sam Kim's Mandalorian version of the Luke Skywalker Theme and Into the Spider-verse's What's Up Danger

2525 notes • Posted 2021-07-09 07:50:29 GMT

#2

I, the biggest fool to ever fool, really thought I could put a moratorium on doodling Mando things until I was this much closer to finishing this goddamn 50k+ monster of a fic. Except I felt very naked about not doodling anything because I apparently developed this brand new habit of doodling Mando things all the time and posting at least once a week. The loophole is, “Well you said you were gonna commit to 1 sketchy illustration per chapter so we might as well start sketching those out.”

So I did just that. Have two sketches for fic illustrations. Goddammit and dank farrik.

2804 notes • Posted 2021-03-27 09:55:27 GMT

#1

So.

This is what happens when you try to stop hyperfixating for several days to do your goddamn art assignment and your hellbrain says, “I have an idea.”

Sure did take me 2 days and 2 near emotional meltdowns to learn how to use CSP’s animation tools and make this work.

I’ll maybe post the jpeg later. 

3196 notes • Posted 2021-03-10 07:31:41 GMT

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#2021 tumblr year in review #jesus bejesus #that is a freaking fuckton of traffic you guys have brought to my art blog this year #this is *mindboggling* #i am so grateful for y'all likes and reblogs and replies and TAGS I LOVE YOUR TAGS YOU GUYS HAVE THE BEST TAGS #puts my main blog to fucking SHAME haha oh my good god #fingers crossed that starting this month and into the depths of 2022 I'll be able to put out just as much nice art

[ace-din-djarin]

First Line Game

Rules: List the first lines of the last ten (10) stories you published. Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any. Then tag some friends.

If I have a story that’s multi-chapter, I’ve sampled from the most recent update!

1) there is peace

“I’m dreaming,” Obi-Wan muttered to himself, pacing the admittedly small length of the cave he had woken up in.

2) flee the fire that devours

When they finally found themselves cornered, Grogu cowering in Din’s arms and Din weaponless, ready to defend the child to the death-- it wasn’t much of a choice for Luke to step forward and surrender himself, and let them take him.

3) Dinluke Drabbles (chapter 14)

“Hey, uh, do you know why I’m here?”

4) Just Give Me Time

The Empire came with no warning.

5) Heed the Sirens

TK-6481 stands straight and tall in his designated position, rifle held crossed over his chest, eyes pointed straight ahead.

6) Far Across the Distance (chapter 5)

Later that night, long after Friday had melted into Saturday, Din and Luke stood at the top of the stairs to the third class cabins, unable to quite let each other go.

7) love was when I loved you (rated E)

Din pulled Luke into the back of the car, and Luke overbalanced, nearly falling.

8) I’ll be here to hold your hand

It was supposed to be an easy job.

9) a million choices (so little on their own) (chapter 4)

If you’d told Hakoda a few years ago, as he sailed on the Ulaakut between Earth Kingdom ports, trawling for Fire Nation ships to take down, that he’d one day find himself a guest of the Fire Lord in his own palace, he’d have laughed himself stupid.

10) I will carry you

It had been two weeks since Qui-Gon had died.

Personal observations: I definitely have a tendency to start with one, hopefully impactful, line. I kinda figured that, but it’s interesting to see it pop up in nearly half of just these 10 fics, lol. Anyone else see anything interesting? Any fics you wanna ask more of? :)

No pressure tags, if you wanna participate (and you don’t have to do 10 fics, you can do however many you like): @mari-wrongway @sadiebwrites @a-aristippus @purplesauris

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[dinlukenation]

What's A DinLuke Week?

Art by @ngrogu | original post here

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Dinluke week is an event scheduled over the course of 7 days for fancreators to participate in. It consists of the 6 most voted for prompts, plus one free day.

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How do I participate?

Each prompt has a date: you'll need to post your fill for the prompt on the according date.

If you post it here on tumblr, tag it with #dinluke week day x or #dinluke kink week day x and we'll reblog it here at the end of the day.

If you post it on Ao3, add it to the collection DinLuke Week 2021 (DinLuke_Week_2021) and we'll approve your submissions each day. If you need help adding it to the collection, message us here on tumblr, or dm one of us on Discord and we'll help you out!

If you're on Discord, we have a channel on the Dinluke Server dedicated to DinLuke Week, and you're welcome to post a link to your submission there for each day.

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If I participate, am I expected to do every prompt of the week?

No, you can pick and choose which ones you want to do. This event isn't so much a challenge as it is a fandom event to create more content for this ship.

Of course, if you want to do it as a "one day to fill one prompt" challenge, feel free to!

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Do we need to wait until the scheduled date to start making our prompt fill?

Not at all! The prompts are already available for 2021; feel free to start creating your fills for them now. The only requirement to participate (if you want us to share your post/add it to the Ao3 collection) is that your fill should be posted on the according day.

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Does it have to be Fanfic or Fanart?

Nope! If you want to fill the prompt with a video edit, or a photoedit, or a moodboard, or something else, feel free to!

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If your question isn't answered here, feel free to shoot us an ask, or check the FAQ tag.

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[ninjigma]

DinLuke Week Part 5/7 - Previous / First / Next

Day 5: Courting Gifts Track: 'I Was Made For Loving You' - Tori Kelly, Ed Sheeran (Spotify / YouTube)

Wasn't sure exactly how to depict this one, but just a soft moment right after giving the gifts seemed to work :) Just some small things for them each to carry, that can be hidden when needed and held close when needed more. Because what can say courting more then exchanging symbols for your heart?

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[dinlukepositivityweek]

Prompts are finally here!

We've simplified some of the submissions to give creators the opportunity for more broad interpretations, but if you're looking for inspiration you can find all the full unedited prompts below the readmore!

Day 1: Mand’alor Din & Ambassador Luke | Blindfolds

Day 2: Rebellion Era Meeting | Battle Couple

Day 3: Mandalorian Luke and/or Jedi Din

Day 4: Sharing Culture & Traditions | Where you go, I go

Day 5: Identity | Darksaber Training

Day 6: Wedding Date | Mandalorian Courting Customs

Day 7: Tending each other’s injuries | Mudhorn Signet

As always, feel free to combine, modify, or skip the prompts as you see fit. Just be sure to check the rules in our pinned before submitting your projects, and drop an ask if you have any questions.

Dinluke Positivity Week will run from November 13th to the 19th, Sunday to Saturday, so you have a little over 3 months to get your submissions ready! Don't forget to tag us in your submissions!

Good luck and may the Force be with you!

@swfandomevents

Original Winning Prompts:

Luke teaching Din how to use the Darksaber

Rebellion Luke meets bounty hunter Din

Din accidentally joins the Rebellion (Note: Combined with above)

Sharing Culture / Traditions

Tending to each other's injuries

Battle couple

Luke needs a wedding date to Leia and Han’s wedding

Mandalorian Courting Customs

Mand'alor Din & Ambassador Luke (but make it wholesome)

Identity porn (example: nobody knows The Jedi who saved the Galaxy and Luke Skywalker Rebel Hero are the same guy)

Din making and giving a mudhorn signet to Luke

"Where you go, I go"

Blindfolded Luke giving kisses

Mandalorian Luke and/or Jedi Din

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[captainkappa]

Fanfic:: What the Water Gave Us

Din can tell something is wrong the minute he walks off the ship. Luke and Grogu meet him on the landing pad as always, but there’s something in the way Luke holds himself, the simple way he says “Hey.”

Din doesn’t run down the gangway, but it’s a near thing. “What’s wrong?”

In which Din and Luke deal with some of Grogu’s more recent trauma, Din gets wet, ripcords are abused, and both of them are trans.

So this was supposed to go up for dinluke week day 6... and then day 7... and now it’s now ^^; BUT I’m still really excited for it and I hope yall are too!

Title inspired by Florence + The Machine’s What the Water Gave Me

AO3 Link

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Din can tell something is wrong the minute he walks off the ship. Luke and Grogu meet him on the landing pad as always, but there’s something in the way Luke holds himself, the simple way he says “Hey.”

Din doesn’t run down the gangway, but it’s a near thing. “What’s wrong?”

“I-” Luke sighs. “Nothing’s wrong, I’ll tell you later.”

“Tell me now.”

Luke doesn’t say anything as he passes Grogu to Din, letting Grogu get settled in his arms before continuing, “Grogu is fine, there was just… an incident. He fell into the lake and got… really scared.”

“Oh.” And Din immediately realizes the reason for that. When he had first gotten his quest, his focus had been on finding Grogu a teacher and he hadn’t considered the long-term effects of the events of Trask. Whenever he wakes up from dreams of water pooling up under his helmet, he considers it a good night and waits for sleep to claim him. He hadn’t considered…

But Luke is still talking.

“…so, I feel the easiest way to help him would be to teach him to swim but…” and now Luke looks embarrassed. “I can barely tread water and Grogu is so scared so… would you be able to help?”

“How?”

“I think you being there to show the water is safe would do a lot. Plus, if you knew how to actually swim, that would just seal the deal.”

“I… don’t.” And there are a lot of reasons for that. The main one being the Creed. All those years ago, Xi’an had made a quip about beskar bikinis and… yeah, the crew wrote a lot of terrible jokes. The second reason is that buying specific swimwear for him was never a priority. They had felt like a frivolous expense in the face of the Covert’s financial situation. As the covert’s bounty hunter and main source of income, he had limited all expenses on himself.

“But,” he continues before Luke’s expression can crumble further, “I want to help.”

“Okay that… that’s good. You’re not afraid of water, are you?”

He shakes his head. “I’ll be good.”

“I don’t think it’ll take that much to help him. We could try tomorrow? Forecast says it’ll be hot, we could go to the lake after lessons?”

Din nods. “Sounds like a plan.”

He smiles like the sun. “Great, let me show you to your room.”

Din knows where his room is, he’s been here a couple of times, but he doesn’t comment as he follows the Jedi.

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As he gets ready on the next day, for the first time in maybe ever, Din thinks about what he’s going to wear, which is a futile effort. He doesn’t exactly have… clothes, just beskar and flight suits. He leaves the armor in his room save the helmet. He’s been slowly trying out not wearing his helmet in front of people, but he only lasts maybe a half hour around people and situations he knows, so the helmet stays on.

Midway through zipping up the flight suit, he pauses, considering his compression top. Wearing it wet is never fun, but he also doesn’t need to disappear in his head when he’s trying to help Grogu. He keeps it on, figuring he’ll just endeavor to stay dry above the waist. Most of his weapons he leaves behind as well, except one blaster and a knife. Weapons are still his religion, even if he’s spending most of the day at a lake.

The sounds of Luke and Grogu leaving the Temple filter past his window. It’s a normal routine; Luke and Grogu doing their lessons, leaving Din to putter about for the day, and then they rejoin for the evening. He and Luke agreed he could come for some lessons, but Grogu should learn to control his powers independently of Din being there.

Thankfully, there was enough broken in the temple to leave Din’s hands busy. By the time he’s gotten the basement lights to stop flickering, Luke has lunch packed and Grogu in a sling at his side.

“I figured we could end lessons early to go to the lake,” he explains. Din nods, trying to take in the words and not be distracted by how Luke looks in a birikad.

It’s a longer walk than Din expected to the lake. It’s less than an hour away from the school, but between maneuvering the wild forest and the sun beating down, he’s actually looking forward to going for a dip. He guesses it wouldn’t make sense to have a large body of water near little kids.

When they arrive, Din can’t help but take a moment to admire it. The lake is a dark blue color, nearing green by the rocky shore’s edge, but the sun still makes it sparkle. Low hanging branches edge over the lake, casting shadows in the water. There are some large rocks to the far side as well as other clear pieces of shore.

They settle on a dry part of the shore, putting both picnic basket and Grogu down. The child immediately toddles towards Din, one hand gripping his flight suit, looking warily out at the water. Din leans down to scoop him up.

“It’ll be okay, ad’ika,” he says, “The water can’t hurt you.”

Luke chimes in, “Your dad’s right.”

Grogu doesn’t seem convinced yet.

With lunch set away, Luke pulls off his robes and then his tunic and oh- Din hadn’t been expecting that.

The other man looks up at him, suddenly sheepish. “Sorry, I hope you don’t mind? I’m baking under all those layers.”

Din stumbles through telling him it’s fine, hoping Luke doesn’t realize his gaze is at the twin incision scars on his chest, somehow drawing his eye more than the fractal scars that span the rest of his chest. It’s not a rarity to find others like Din in this wide galaxy, but it’s an unexpected familiarity, especially to find with his son’s teacher.

Luke pauses, still holding his tunic. “Are you okay? I don’t want you getting heatstroke either.”

“I-I’m fine!” he stammers out. Maker, he’s met other trans people before, why does it feel so different with Luke?

“Well, don’t feel obligated to take anything off,” Luke says, folding his robes. He pauses to look Din up and down. “Well, maybe your shoes if you plan on going in.”

Din takes the opportunity to set Grogu back down on the rocks, forcing himself to tear his gaze away. He kneels down to fumble his way through untying his laces.

“So, what is the plan?” he asks, gaze firmly on his boots.

There’s a thump of fabric. “I figured we could start by just getting the two of us in the water, show him it’s safe. Then we’ll just… play it by ear?”

Din looks up once he has his boots off and flight suit pulled up to his knees. Luke looks… nervous? That’s not the word, but there’s something in the expression that Din recognizes as Luke picks up Grogu, speaking softly to him and pointing across the way at the lake. He wants to get this right.

Grogu is still looking at the water hesitantly, big brown eyes threatening to wobble, ears pressed tight against his head. Din walks up and strokes one of them.

“Grogu,” his son picks up his head to look at him, something Din doesn’t think he’ll ever get tired of. “I’m going to go in the water, but I’ll be fine, okay? You can just watch.”

He tilts his head, considering him for a moment and when there’s no resistance, Din walks into the water.

He bites down on the curse threatening to escape when his bare feet touch water. It’s cold, despite the sun beating down. He looks behind to see Grogu staring at him wide eyed.

“I’m fine, ad’ika. See?” He waves his hands in what he hopes is reassuring.

He walks deeper into the lake, water halfway up to his calves before he hears Grogu’s whimpers. He turns, but his foot catches on a rock and suddenly the ground isn’t firm beneath his feet. The world goes sideways as he loses his balance and cold water is pouring through his helmet.

He scrambles up into a seated position, thankful beskar doesn’t rust. His chest feels tight with the compression top soaked though, which he files away to take care of later. He lifts the helmet just enough to spit out the water, to catch his breath. It’s only then does he hear the kid’s cries, Luke’s attempts to settle him.

“Grogu, Grogu, I’m okay, see?” But something tells him Grogu doesn’t care about his words right now. He sighs, soft enough for it not to be picked up by the voice modulator, and gets out of the water. He slogs through the water, happy that his son doesn’t seem to be reacting in any more dramatic way beside crying.

That is, until he reaches shore and the tide comes in with him. He sits none too gently besides Luke and his son. Grogu immediately holds his arms out to him.

Din takes him, only considering for a second before taking off his helmet. His son touches his face none too gently, grabbing and pinching with those tiny nails of his.

“Yes, I’m fine. I’m safe, Grogu,” he says, softly.

He doesn’t rush Grogu, letting him touch his face, feel the breath escaping his lips, touch the wet flight suit. He doesn’t think about Luke being right there, able to see this moment between them, able to see his face.

Grogu settles in his arms, head tucked between his shoulder and chin. Din turns just enough to catch Luke’s eye

“Call it a day?” Din asks, not being able to calm the annoyed feeling in his heart.

Luke shrugs. “We still have lunch.”

They do, so they settle a couple feet farther from the shoreline, Luke offering his robes by way of a blanket. He hands out the food he made for them. Grogu still seems scared for a couple of minutes, but then he’s wolfed down his food and found an insect to follow in and amongst the trees. Din knows he should stop him from then trying to eat the creature, but he doesn’t have the heart. Neither, it seems, does Luke.

The two of them eat in silence, eyes on the still lake or Grogu running around. Din can’t help but berate himself for such a simple slip-up.

He sighs, no longer hungry, as the question that had been on his mind since yesterday bubbles over.

“Did Grogu show… Did you see…?” He doesn’t understand the Force enough to begin to ask the question, but Luke, whether because he’s a Jedi Master or just a good person, seems to understand.

“He… showed me what happened. He was unharmed, but I think he was just… scared.”

“I should have realized he would remember that.”

“You had – have a lot on your plate.”

“But he’s my kid.”

“And I’ve met plenty worse fathers than you,” Luke says with an easy smile that betrays the weight of his words. “But really, you were trying to get him to safety. If we’re going to play a game of what ifs, then I should have gotten to the cruiser faster.”

“You got to us just in time,” Din says, the hint of a question in his tone.

Luke shrugs, “I was too far away. If I was closer, I could have stopped him from experiencing all of that fear and anger.”

Din’s heart clenches, remembering those few days between losing Grogu and getting him back, those sleepless nights, unable to think of anything but the worst possible scenarios.

“Maybe we should stop asking these questions.”

“I agree.”

The conversation dies down after that.

With his heart marginally calmer, Din finds himself better able to appreciate the space around him. The sun’s rays feel like a physical thing against his face. Has he ever had a moment like this? Was this what he was missing when he never took off his helmet. Can he say he missed it when this is the first time that he’s experienced it?

Grogu walks back a little later, dirty with an insect leg poking out between his teeth. Din and Luke share a look before they start packing up.

When they get back to the temple, Din is suddenly made more aware of his wet compression top, clinging to his skin like a vice. He also suddenly doesn’t feel like wearing his flight suit, like a too-small second skin.

Luke seems to notice some of this, because when they get back to the temple, he scuffs his foot on the cobble and asks, “Do you need a change of clothes? We’re not exactly the same… build, but I should have something that fits.”

Din thinks about how long it would take to dry out his clothing, whether he’s even done the laundry yet.

He shrugs. “Sure.”

Luke nods, beckoning him forward to a set of rooms he hasn’t been to before. They’re no bigger than the rest of the temple’s rooms, they honestly might be smaller, but that might be the clutter of droid parts scattered around the floor with every flat surface available covered in objects of strange shapes and yellowing books. It’s not at all what Din expected, but that seems to sum up his entire experience with Luke.

He stands there as Luke pushes aside machinery to open a set of closet doors. He roots around in there before pulling out a couple of black garments.

“These will probably do fine! Just let me know if they don’t.”

Din takes them and thanks him, but he stays where he is, a battle warring in his throat. He’s hyperaware of his chest and while he knows the robes will probably flow well enough to hide, he still feels the need to say something. He knows he doesn’t owe Luke or anyone an explanation, be he wants to.

“I… Back at the lake, I wasn’t staring at you… I mean… I’m trans too.”

“Oh, okay,” his smile is bright enough to fill his chest. “Will you be fine while Grogu and I finish up his lessons?”

Din nods and his heart feels a little more at peace.

The robes are indeed too short, leaving his wrists and ankles completely exposed. He’s not used to the extra layers, how it flows behind him, but the layers help hide his chest, so he’s able to get through the rest of the day.

Any initial discomfort is worth seeing Luke’s face when he comes back in from afternoon lessons. He tries to hide it, but Din spots how he pauses in the doorway, looking straight at Din as he cleans his armor. It only lasts a second before Luke is distracted by Grogu again, so Din files it away for later and goes back to rubbing out the lake smell from his helmet.

-=-

It’s the day before he has to go, but Din feels more restless than normal. Every day since they went to the lake, it’s rained, a downpour that soaked them to the bone if they had to leave the temple for anything.

Din turns to watch Luke and Grogu out the window, meditating in the rain, twin domed force shields above their heads to stay dry. His HUD lights the two of them up in bright reds and yellows as compared to the calm blue of everything else.

He turns back to the lamp he’s been trying to fix for the past hour. He just can’t stop thinking about that day on Trask, how he hadn’t seen the obvious trap, how he’d been unable to rescue his son, how his son still remembers that.

He has to make it right.

When the two come back inside to start their lessons, Din unceremoniously takes Luke by the elbow and brings him into the kitchen. Starts thank Luke, he doesn’t question the sudden detour and just stands there, waiting for Din to put his thoughts into words.

“Can… I borrow Grogu?”

Luke gives him a look. “Of course? He still has time between lessons so, yes?”

“No, I-” Din sighs, “I need both of you… for something.”

Luke tilts his head to the side and Din explains, haltingly, not knowing if this is the right course of action, but it feels necessary. Luke just smiles.

“I think it’s a great idea, and I’d be honored to help.”

They wait until after dinner, when they’ve cleaned up. Grogu just looks at them as the tree of then sit on the couch in the common area. Din’s heart has been jackrabbiting since he and Luke agreed to this, most of his afternoon taken up by what exactly he was going to say, what would happen if it went poorly.

He takes off his helmet, setting it on a side table. Grogu looks up at the movement and is already reaching for him. He can’t help the smile as he lifts him up. He glances over to Luke, who gives him an encouraging nod.

“Grogu?”

He looks into his eyes at that and Din feels his heart break a little more.

“I… I don’t want you to feel bad for being afraid of water. It’s understandable considering… everything. Luke and I will help you be less afraid if… if you want. I should never have put you in danger like that on Trask. I will always prioritize your safety. Ni ceta. Can you forgive me?”

Grogu stares at him with those big brown eyes before reaching for his face. Luke’s ungloved hand comes up and touches his son on the back.

Luke opens his eyes and gives him a smile.

“You were already forgiven.”

Din pulls his son in for a tight hug. If tears form at the corner of his eyes as he thanks Luke for his help, Luke doesn’t say anything.

-=-

The next day was supposed to be Din’s last day, but early that morning, when he wakes up and sees the rain has stopped, he calls Bo-Katan. What he wants to say is that he can come here to collect the damn darksaber because there’s nothing more he wants to do than stay here. He doesn’t say that, but he does tell her he’s staying a few days more. He hangs up on her before she can reach a fever pitch.

At breakfast, he just tells Luke he can stay longer. Then he recommends they try going to the lake again.

The walk to the lake isn’t any more tense, but he can feel Grogu curl up tighter against his chest as trees give way to the lake. The lake is bigger than last time, much of the coast now disappeared under the water.

“Why don’t you go in this time?” Din offers.

Luke smirks at him, “Now are you afraid of water, Mando?”

On instinct, forgetting he’s at a bright lakeside and thinking he’s in the sewers of Nevarro, he punches Luke’s shoulder like he would’ve Paz’s. Luke goes careening to the side, only barely keeping himself on two feet. His expression is shocked and there’s an apology on Din’s tongue until Luke bursts out laughing.

“Maker, if you wanted me in the water that badly, you only had to ask!” Luke says, punching Din back. The flight suit lessens the blow, but Din still feels as knocked over as Luke was.

“S-Sorry,” he manages to get out.

Luke waves him off, still smiling. “If I couldn’t take a punch like that, I’d never survive being Han’s friend. You just surprised me.”

He removes his robes again and Din is thankful he thinks to avert his gaze beforehand.

Luke walks in, hissing at the chill. He only goes up to his ankles, before kneeling down, black pants growing darker by the second as water laps around him.

“See, Grogu? The water’s fine.” Luke splashes his hands gently in the water, creating little ripples.

Din looks down at Grogu, still in his arms. His head is ducked into Din’s shoulder.

Din kneels down so they’re more at eye level.

“Grogu? Look, what’s Master Luke doing?”

The child turns and watches. Luke has the same kind smile on his face the whole time. Grogu watches, ears twitching the whole time.

And then a different expression comes over Luke’s face. He shifts his position, now sitting with legs crossed, his hands held out above the water and eyes closed. Din is just about to ask what he’s doing when the water around him moves and rises.

Individual balls of water lift into the air, surrounding Luke. A couple are as big as Grogu’s head, some are as small as a pebble, a multitude of sizes. Sunlight reflects off their surface so that it looks like crystals. Then they move, gently circling around Luke.

Luke cracks open an eye before smiling. “See, Grogu? Water can be scary, but it can also be beautiful.”

Din can’t get his mouth to work, still trying to put these two images together, of a man with a bright laugh and a decent punch, and this ethereal wonder.

He manages to break his gaze and look at Grogu, who for the first time this whole visit, looks at the lake with awe instead of fear.

-=-

The next time Din is able to make it to Yavin IV, after a long quest to retake a minor city in Mandalore, he’s met with smiling faces at the end of the ramp.

“C’mon!” Luke says with no preamble. “We have something to show you!”

It’s not the first time Luke has led with that. Grogu likes showing his progress and Din is the best audience, being impressed with whatever Grogu has to show.

Instead of the Temple or the usual outside training ground, Luke heads straight for the lake. As he follows, Din can’t help but spot how there’s more of a path worn in through the grass and plants. He can even see straight to the dirt in some areas.

The lake looks the same as ever, clear water, low hanging trees, a rocky coast.

Luke doesn’t bother shucking off his robes, just walks in the water with Grogu still in his arms and kneels down. Luke lowers Grogu down into the water and Din is glad his helmet doesn’t pick up his gasp when Grogu doesn’t fuss. He just stands there, waist deep, looking up to his teacher.

“C’mon, Grogu,” Luke says, smiling, “like we practiced.”

Grogu nods before taking a deep breath and blowing out air before slowing lowering his head into the water. Small bubbles escape the water where his mouth is. It feels like Din’s heart has grown in his chest.

“Good job, Grogu!” Luke exclaims as Grogu stands up straight.

Din rips off his boots before joining the two in the water. Luke picks Grogu back up so he’s not overwhelmed by the waves Din makes. He settles in beside Luke, sides brushing as he takes a knee.

“That was really good, kid!” Din exclaims, picking up his son and holding him tight.

Grogu burbles happily. Luke catches Din’s eye and he can’t help but smile more.

-=-

Trips to the lake become a regular occurrence when Din visits. Yavin IV is temperate, so if the sky is clear and the day warm, the three head out to the edge of the lake. Grogu is happy to chase frogs near the edge, less scared of falling in now, especially with more lessons in blowing bubbles and painstaking lessons in floating.

Din has since picked up swimwear of his own, after he couldn’t get the lake smell out of one of his flight suits. It’s a tank top that still functions as a compression top and board shorts. He still brings his helmet with him, but he finds himself wearing it less and less by the lake, especially when he gets in the water.

It’s… nice. It’s one of the nicest things Din has had in a while. It’s a sanctuary from the stresses and pain of life in the galaxy, something for just the three of them, even if three sometimes becomes four when Artoo gets bored, and sometimes four becomes seven or eight when Luke’s friends make supply runs and then linger after. Even still, Din thinks of that spot as “theirs;” him, Luke, and Grogu.

The thought frightens him sometimes.

What also frightens him his how his heart rate continues to skyrocket when Luke takes off his robes to bask in the sun, this time not because of that twinge of familiarity at seeing the incision scars. His heart also can’t calm down on the day when Luke explains how he feels more attune to the Force when he feels the sun beat down on his bare skin, how it almost feels like home.

Din doesn’t know how to respond, especially when he realizes in some way, he understands, so he can only nod.

-=-

Late one day, when Din is underneath his ship, tightening up a part that got loose the last time he jumped through hyperspace, he hears the familiar pat of feet against the launchpad.

“I was out by the lake late at night,” Luke says.

Din grunts in response.

“It was really beautiful. Felt like there were thousands of lightning bugs out there.”

“I bet it was.”

“I’d like to show it to you… tonight… alone.”

That gets Din to roll out from under the Crest.

“What about Grogu?”

“The Temple has a state-of-the-art security system and Artoo can keep watch.”

“Okay.”

“Okay?”

“Tonight.”

“Yeah, once it gets dark enough.”

And suddenly anticipation fills Din’s stomach for the rest of the evening. He doesn’t know what “dark enough” means, the sun’s barely set by the time he’s done with the Crest and he can see two lighting bugs blinking by the Temple Garden. Luke waits until after dinner and after Grogu is fast asleep to walk Din out, gloved hand in gloved hand, even though they both know the way there. Neither of them makes a move to disentangle themselves.

The lake is both gorgeous and terrifying at night. There are just as many lightning bugs as Luke promised, lighting up the area. Even still, the water is as dark as space, and looks just as infinite.

Din is thankful he kept his helmet on. He’s glad Luke doesn’t comment on it. In fact, Luke doesn’t seem to mind at all.

They only go up to their knees in the dark water, looking out at the dancing light show and just talking. Their hands keep finding each other, after taking off their shoes, after releasing a lighting bug that’s landed on one of them, after righting oneself after nearly slipping.

Din tries not to think about how perfect this feels.

-=-

It’s a couple of days later that they are able to go back to the lake. It’s another washout, but none of them particularly mind. Din finds himself bumping into Luke more and more, the physical contact a welcome novelty.

Neither of them talks about the night at the lake. They don’t have to.

Once the rain stops, they wait a couple of days for the waterline to recede before going back to the lake.

And he has to assume it was because of being cooped up in the temple for a couple of days that causes Luke to ask him, “Have you used some of those tools for… non-bounty hunting purposes?”

Din tilts his head in Luke’s direction and takes longer than necessary to respond. He knows its rude to watch Luke squirm under his gaze, but after a question like that, he has to.

“What do you mean?”

“I just… see that tree branch?”

Din looks in the direction where Luke is pointing and spots a tree hanging over the lake. He nods.

“I bet you could use your ripcord and swing into the lake.”

“Why would I do that?”

“Seems fun, I assume kids who grew up around water would do that. Seems like the kind of thing.”

It does, like when he and the other foundlings would climb the pipes in Nevarro before an adult found them out.

“I don’t want to be a bad influence.”

Luke gives him a look. “Grogu has seen you fly out of the mouth of a greater krayt dragon, which I still need more details on.”

Din snorts, before considering it. All of these days by the lake means he actually is a somewhat passable swimmer. He can’t swim fast, but he can hold his breath and maneuver pretty well.

Plus, the more he thinks about it, the more it does sound like fun.

“Fine.”

“What?”

“I’ll do it.”

“I mean… don’t feel pressured.”

“Nope, I have to now.”

Luke looks at him before cracking into a smile. Din just shakes his head as he divests himself of unnecessary gear. He takes only the gauntlet that contains his ripcord, leaving his helmet and everything else safely on the coast before walking in the direction of the tree.

He climbs through the thrush, glancing over to make sure Luke is still looking at him. Why does he care that Luke’s looking at him?

He has to circle back to find the tree Luke had spotted. He steps around roots poking out through the soil and into a flat rock. The tree itself bends over him, a couple of lower branches nearly skimming the water. He jumps up and grabs into the tree, making sure it can hold his weight and won’t snap when he’s airborne.

It feels solid enough, but he pulls on a few branches before spotting what looks to be the best for the job. He lets out the ripcord, tugging on the branch before disengaging the chord from the spinning mechanism.

He glances to the shore, where Luke and Grogu are watching him. Din shakes his head, why does he feel so nervous for something like this? Then he gives it a test swing, gripping the rope and running to the edge of the stone before jumping off.

He doesn’t let go just let, more focused on making sure the branch doesn’t snap as he swings back and forth. He lands back on the rock, firm ground beneath him.

He looks at the window of clear blue surrounded by leaves and trees. Something flies through his heart like hope, like joy, and he doesn’t think anymore. He grabs the rope, runs forward, swings out and lets go.

A whoop comes unbidden from his chest and soon he’s flying, but unlike those precious moments where he had the jetpack, he can feel the wind flow around all of him. He crests in the air and the weightless feeling lingers for a moment longer before he’s being pulled back down to the lake and is suddenly plunged into cold.

He takes a moment just to let the cold settle over him before searching out the light of the sun and kicking off a rock to shoot upward toward the surface.

He breeches the surface to twinned cheers and rapid beeping. He shakes the water from his eyes, peeling curling hair out of his eyes to see Luke cheering, with Grogu clapping on top of Artoo’s head. He waves, the grin on his face threatening to break.

Maker, he wants to do that again.

But with the buzzing on insects, the gentle lapping of the water around him, and the sun beating down above him, he can’t help but roll onto his back and float, his eyes sliding shut as the sun lands on him with warm pressure.

It only feels like a few seconds have passed when a loud and clear voice rings out tough the clearing.

“Look out below!”

Din opens his eyes and sees Luke, mid arc. He’s stripped off to his basics and he is soaring, arms spread wide, whooping and hollering as he flies.

He crashes into the water mere feet from Din, the waves he creates overturning Din. He tumbles briefly in the water before he’s able to resurface, coughing out a small mouthful of water.

Luke is beside him, golden hair clinging to his forehead, chest glistening, and absolutely beaming.

“Having fun?” Din asks, voice rough from the water swallowed.

“We have to do that again.”

“Where’s Grogu?”

“On the shore, being watched by Artoo.”

Din looks and sure enough, Grogu has attached himself to one of the droid’s legs.

“Race you back?” Luke asks, already turning in the direction of the rock.

“Wait!”

Luke turns back, an eyebrow raised.

Din pushes himself to close the small distance between them. “Can I kiss you?”

Luke smiles. “Yes.”

Din could count on one hand the number of kisses he’s had, and he’s definitely never been kissed while treading water. Their legs bump against each other and Luke has to steady himself on Din’s shoulders. Both of them taste of lake water and it’s hard to get a grip on Luke’s torso, but when Din lets himself forget about how they’re probably sinking a little, and just enjoy the press of their bodies, the glide of their lips, it’s everything he didn’t know he needed.

#dinluke #skydalorian #din x luke #luke/din #luke x din #i know it doesnt matter when a fic is posted #but this was like the first fic i had planned for dinluke week that had me super excited #especially when i made it t4t like i had that revalation and immediately wrote 2k lol #this is also the fic that made me want to write even more trans stuff for dinluke week #more trans dinluke yall its what we deserve #also this is one of those fics where i just had to stop looking at it and post bc just aaaaaaa #also now im taking a din/luke writing break bc 4 fics in a week is INTENSE lmao #and i dont want burnout #my fanfic #kappa writes #the mandalorian #star wars #sw

[treescape]

2021 Fic Year in Review

Another year gone, and my first full calendar year in Star Wars fandom 😅 In personal terms, this year was even harder than last year for me, concluding with a holiday quarantine when I tested positive for COVID (I’m asymptomatic) that, while ending tomorrow, means I’m now entering a third year in which I haven’t seen my family, who live in another province. Star Wars fandom has been one of the few bright spots in my year, and I wanted to say thank you, so much, to everyone who has interacted with me here or has interacted with my fics--whether by kudosing, commenting, bookmarking, liking, reblogging, prompting, whatever. It’s truly given me something to look forward to and I’m so grateful. 

I had set a couple of writing goals for myself this year, and I’m really thrilled that I made them both:

1. 100k words posted on AO3. I hit this today at 100,042 words 😂 (excluding things posted to my fragments series, since I sometimes expand these into longer works and the words get counted then).

2. 100 Star Wars fics on my AO3 account. I hit this in November and am ending the year with 110, with 59 Star Wars fics posted to AO3 in 2021.

And although this wasn’t a goal I set, I’m incredibly happy all the same that I managed to write fics for 7 fandom events over the course of the year: Obikin Week, Temples and Sabres Week, Rare Character Appreciation Day, Star Wars WLW Week, Thrantovember, Merry Chissmas Bingo, and Chissmas Secret Santa).

I’m going to be setting 3 writing goals for myself in 2022:

1. 85,000 words. Although I did manage to hit 100,000 this year, it was, to be honest, a struggle. I’m setting a lower goal that will still challenge me but will also let me take some more time to really sit with and enjoy the things I’m writing. And it will also give me more time for reading!

2. Hit 150 fics total on my AO3 account. I currently sit at 118, so I’ll need to write 32 fics. This is significantly less than the number I managed in 2021, because:

3. Finish some chaptered WIPs 😂 I have six ongoing chaptered WIPs on my AO3 account right now, which doesn’t include series like to have and to hold: 3 QuiObi, 1 Obikin, 1 Dinluke, and 1 Game of Thrones. I’d like to end 2022 with no more than 3 ongoing chaptered WIPs on my account, whether these are old ones or whether I finish all my old ones and start all new ones. This means I will, at the very least, have to finish 3 of my current ones. in darkness and light (Obikin) will absolutely be one of these, and likely North by Northeast (Game of Thrones), since those are the two I think I have the best handle on in my mind right now. Definitely I’d like to start posting a few new ones though, because I’ve got several that I’ve been working on.

Again, thank you so much to everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful New Years!

#trees writes

[swfandomevents]

June Round Up

After a busy May I hope you’re also ready for a busy June! Decided to go for more of a list style this time.

Fandom Events in June

All month:  @jedijune, more info including themes here

June 1-7 @kenfetti-week​, submission deadline was May 16, reveals at this AO3 collection during the event week

June 6-12 @cloneshipweek event week, prompt announcement May 23rd

@dinlukenation’s DinLuke week, prompts here

June 14-20 @subcodyweek event week, prompts list here

June 20-26 @bobadinweek’s Mini Father’s Day Fest on June 20, more info here

@celebraterogueone’s event, more info here

@quiobi-omegaverse week, prompts here

DinCobb Hurt/Comfort Bingo event June 24-30, more info here

June 27-30 Rare character appreciation day - June 27 for Knol Ven'nari and Commander Neyo, more info here

Other Fandom Event Info

@finn-week is currently in interest check until June 1st, you can find their survey here. 

@bobfbigbang sign ups are open until June 1, you can find more info here.

@kenobi-gen-exchange is open for nominations until June 5 and signups from June 5-19. More info at their 2021 post here.

@dincobbweek will have voting on prompts June 6-July 10, check out their blog for the post when that goes up.

@clonewarspx​‘s tag nominations will open June 11, and signups will open June 19.

Also check out the SW Book Club and SW Fic Reading Club if you’re interested for what they’re reading in June.

#roundup #sw fandom events #star wars fandom

[iamscoby]

A brief DinLuke pillow fight scene

Luke holds out his arm and calls a pillow from the top of the fort into his hand through the air. He plants his feet apart, takes a firm hold of the corner of the pillow and points it diagonally down by his side, in the same menacing stance that Din saw him face the dark troopers with.

“I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold”, Luke says, now with a serious face.

In just a few strides, Din is right by the pillow fort. He puts Grogu down on the closest mattress and takes the corners of the top pillow into his fists.

“That’s my line.” That is the only warning he gives Luke before he charges.

He slashes the pillow straight for Luke’s head. But the Jedi is quick to lift his own to block the blow. Then Luke spins around in a split second, whooping in satisfaction as he manages to hit his pillow flat on Din’s side. But Din uses the moment when Luke is distracted by his success to swing his pillow over their heads to land on Luke’s back.

The impact drops Luke down on his hands and knees, but before Din can take advantage of the situation, he bounces up with a backflip, still holding on to his pillow so that he can smash it at Din’s belly the moment he lands. This time Din is ready to block him. And Luke never gets a chance for another blow, because Din releases his whipcord and ties Luke’s arms to his sides.

The pillow falls from Luke’s hands, but not all the way to the floor, because he stops it with the Force and lifts it up between them. Then, with a sudden gesture of his fingers, Luke rips open the fabric holding the pillow together. A cloud of feathers breaks free from the confines of the fabric, but Luke does not let them fall on the floor. Instead, he floats them all towards Din.

Little feathers surround him everywhere. They wiggle themselves in through the cracks in his armour, into his helmet and boots and through his collar under his clothing. The tickling is unbearable.

Din tries to bite his lip and suck it up. He has been trained to resist torture, but not like this. Inevitably, a blend of scream and laughter escapes him.

“I’ll go, I’ll go, just take them off! Please, make them go away!”

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Excerpt from And they cuddled for DinLuke Week Free Day

Rating: G

Words: 2400

#dinluke week day 7 #dinluke #dinluke fic #dinluke fanfiction #din djarin x luke skywalker #din djarin #luke skywalker #grogu #pillow fight #pillow fort #dinluke fluff #the mandalorian fluff #star wars fluff #the mandalorian fic #the mandalorian fanfiction #sw fic #sw fanfic #scoby writes

[liathejedi]

Chapter 7 of the dinluke tangled au is up! Yes, the penultimate chapter is here, only one more to go and an epilogue and the fic will be finished! It’s been one hell of a ride and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it. This chapter features a little bit of fluff before some pretty angsty reveals, so ... yeah. Sorry in advance. Next chapter should be up in a few days, it’s already partially written so I’ll hopefully have it up before the end of the week.

#dinluke #dinluke tangled au #din djarin #luke skywalker