#jango's the sole survivor of a massacre twice over who is essentially trying to correct his own ''mistakes'' through his son

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yes, jango genuinely and absolutely loved boba as a son. yes, he also left boba posthumous instructions to seek out dangerous individuals with the express intent of destroying his trust in others by exposing him to harm and possibly death at their hands.

understanding jango's character means understanding that he would not even REMOTELY consider these two facts to be contradictory <3

#boba fett #jango fett #listen. it is not nearly as interesting (and also not supported by the text imo) to conclude that jango fett is incapable of love. #he loved boba. hell one could convincingly argue that he loved ZAM too #and not only did it not stop him from doing any of the things he did—in many cases it expressly MOTIVATED him to do them #jango's the sole survivor of a massacre twice over who is essentially trying to correct his own ''mistakes'' through his son #to make a version of him who never trusted anyone and never cared for anyone and therefore never suffered through what he did #trying to mold his son into a perfect solitary ruthless killing machine is 100% an act of love in his mind #plus it makes it 10000x more devastating when later in life boba is convinced he's incapable of caring for or loving anyone— #even though it's almost comically obvious to the reader that this isn't the case— #bc /he doesn't love them like his father loved him/ #never realizing that uh. that's not necessarily a bad thing... #boba fett meta