King of my Bed

First off, that's not true. He doesn't wanna have his helmet off. All of the interviews of him being asked about this, he always maintain that Din's helmet is part of his character, and aside from that he always look cooler wearing it. And if you really think that he's being dramatic on the set, people will notice. Like the cast and crew clearly loved the man, for example in the most recent panel that they have, with Dave and John, the three of them seems really close, John even admitted that he loves watching The Last Of Us and how awesome is Pedro in it, and that's not how you treat people you hate working with. Even with their disastrous fallout, Gina Carano never said anything bad against him. Because he's just that genuine.

And people ran with the idea that his character is being sideline because he wanted to leave the show, because he wants more screen time. Which is also not true, because as recently as March 2023, he said that he sees himself playing Din for a very long time, and that's not something you will say if you wanna quit.

I know that he doesn't want it, but passing it to Bo-Katan felt like less of his decision, and more along the lines of "Well I can't use it and I also don't want it, I should just give it up to Bo."

We should be rooting for Bo because "she can do it" not, we will root for Bo because "the other guy can't do it" Most of my issues here, is they make him incompetent just to justify her having it.

Just imagine for a second, that Din finally mastered the DarkSaber, which will make him worthy of leading (atleast at the standards of Mandalorians), but still gave it up because he doesn't want it. See, how much more impactful it is when he shows that He "can" do it but still "doesn't" want it. It felt like more of an active choice on his part, than being pushed because he lacks the skill. It felt more in character, it feels more Din.

"But he doesn't want it, so why should he mastered it " Because he's a Mandalorian. Weapons are part of their religions, and for him being a believer and not practicing or atleast honing it feels like uncharacteristic of him.

"Why did you assume that he will learn how to use it?" Because we literally pulled 2 episodes of TBoBF just to setup his struggles, so I assumed that he will have mastery with it. If they're just showing it to prove that he's unworthy, then what is character progression right?

I know that the season is not yet over, and maybe this will turn out to be a part of his journey that will eventually lead to his eventual acceptance of the responsibility of leadership (I'll even apologize to them if this is what will unfold) , or maybe this is really the end goal, which is the DarkSaber at the hands of Bo. It makes me wonder, what's the point of detouring it. Because if Bo defeated Moff at the end of Season 2, she will still have the DarkSaber, and no Din at the equation.

"maybe they did it for the drama?" Bruh, there's literally no drama here. They didn't even struggle with it, it's barely an inconvenience to them.

"I don't wanna have him be the leader, I just wanted him to have a space adventure with his son" They are already doing that in the first 2 seasons, and if that's what you only want from him in this season, then he's gonna be a stagnant and boring character.

"I'm tired of the reluctant leader trope, let him be a normal guy," I am too, but then again, what's the point of setting it up in Season 2 and BoBF, if your not gonna follow through. But if that's the original goal, then what's your plan with his character then. Redeeming himself? Bruh, we barely struggle with that one

"People missed the point, he just wanna be a background character, he doesn't want attention" Yes we know, and we love him for that, and that's what made him special, but even those times, he still has a motivation and story to tell, here, he was just being sideline, which goes back to my original question, "Why is he here?" I know that he's not a passive character, and his choices still affect the overall story, but so does other the characters. Give us a moment that we'll have us say, that, "Yup that's Din, and that's why he is here." Because the moment that he choose to save Grogu in chapter 3, and both times that he removes his helmet, are those moments that we realized why are we rooting for this guy. And so far this season, he doesn't have that moment yet.

"It's called the Mandalorian, not Din and Grogu show, it's Bo-Katan's turns since technically she's a Mandalorian" Then what's with the promotionals and trailers that you have released leading up to that season, which barely show Bo. And I know that it's probably for marketing, they knew that we are here only for those two, and basically bamboozled us. Have they called this The Bo-Katan show and have it package to us that way, I would have no issue with them being sideline.

And dont get me started with Grogu. He is no longer a plot device, he is not mc guffin anymore, it's time we gave him a character.

The reason why we fall in love with the show in the first place is because of the relationship between Din and Grogu. And the writers clearly forgot that part. Don't get me wrong if they don't want Din to be a leader and just a ✨ Space dad✨ I'm on board with it. But please give us that properly and not just the scraps and bare minimum just to justify them being in here. They're barely interacting in this season. We didn't even get to see Din's reaction when the armorer made the new piece of armor for Grogu with their clan's signet. Heck it was not even acknowledge by Din, making me wonder if that's only created for just merch. We didn't even linger on Grogu after the flashback, like after next scene it was already forgotten. Imagine how beautiful it would be when Din returns and sees how sad Grogu is, and how he tried to cheer him up by giving the ball (which for a very important object in their relationship from the previous season, was not yet shown here). We barely got a moment between this two, just hanging out and enjoying each other's company because they have to be dragged to a plotline that they're barely connected just to justify them being here. It's a problem when they have more intimate moments in season 2 than this season considering that they were separated midway through that season. If you're not interested in moving his character forward, and has barely shown the relationship that we cared about, I'd rather have their story ends now, instead of them being static wallpapers only here for merch.

In a way, this is inspirational for a lot of people. For those who are passionate yet, hasn't gotten what they deserve. Here we have a man that is genuine in what is doing, earning the fruits of his labor. It took a while, but he got there eventually. And I couldn't be more happier for him. You fuckin deserve it bud, just reap what you sow.

Also to point out the irony of the meme, using Pedro Pascal here, where he usually played a character that dies most of the time in any movie or tv series that he's in it. Like at least 80% of the time that he's on it, you might as well expect him to die, so a very fitting meme.

"I will train you to be a great Jedi. It will take you many years to master the ways of the Force, and may never see the Mandalorian again because, Grogu, a short time for you is a lifetime for someone else. Which do you choose?"

And then it hit me, Grogu will outlive Din, and for a very long time. Like Yoda mastered the arts and become Jedi at around 100 meaning we can assume that he's mentally developed at that point and can think and remember. We start the series with Grogu around age 50, now Din doesn't have a specific age, however we can assume that he is around 30-45 at the time, then when Grogu reach 100, Din will be around 80-95, and assuming that he's aging like human, then he's dead at this point. Take that on the account around human age, Grogu is showing metal development of children around 5-7 years old. And by the time he hits 100, we can assume that he is probably teen or preteen in terms of human. Dude I'm just 22, but I barely remember anything past 11 years old, and Yoda died around 900, assuming Grogu will only lived around 800 -900, and he'll lived at least 50 years of his life, most of it as a kid with Din, would he even remember him?

Dude thinking about it hurts me already,so I made a little prompt here.

like imagine around year 700 of his life full of adventure and meeting new people, around this time is when he started to forgot Din due to time and age. But he still has the metal sphere, he doesn't recall where and what this is, but somehow he knew that he has to keep it with him. And every night there's just a distant flashes of metal armor that always visits him in dream, something that he doesn't recall, yet somehow comforting.

Imagine him on his death bed, his life is starting to flash before him, and the first thing that he remembers is the first time Din showed his face saying don't be afraid. And when he dies, the first one to greet him is Din holding the ball, asking him if he's ready to take on a new adventure.