Gotta pull out the wip that hurts most to still be a wip - the 20k+ word dinluke wip that is collecting dust cause its so ambitious and i dont know what to do with it

omg... sab...

Let's start with some DinCobb post BoBF!

I've been working on this since 2021 but I have this post s2 fic where Din is the space equivalent of a space trucker and spends the whole fic talking on the comms to the Armorer as if she's on the other line. It's very much inspired by the podcast Alice Isn't Dead and it's very outside my comfort zone writing style wise but its really cool

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DIN DJARIN:

I got stuck next to a philosopher on a bounty years ago. I was scoping out a bounty in a cantina, I don’t remember the planet. He didn’t understand that looking at him meant “kark off” and not “take this free seat.” He kept talking and talking about the sky, about the emptiness of it all, how we fill that emptiness with hyperspace lanes and focus on the planets, ignoring the space between.

I didn’t hear his whole manifesto, I was trying to focus on the target.

I don’t know why I just remembered that.

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Oooo, okay! I feel like I didn't read that much fic this year (at least in comparison to last year), but I definitely read some good fics! So let's dive into my bookmarks!

four times lucky by soft_witch -> a dincobb and bobannec foursome that was *chefs kiss*

A Night At Blackbeards's Bar and Grill by soft_october -> I didn't really dive into that much OFMD fic, but this restaurant au caught my eye and heart

And I Will Try To Fix You by xLoveMx -> easily my fave Binx/Andhera fic going into Andhera's shitty mom and, ooo, all the hurt/comfort!!

sneak home (and pray you'll never know) by Quietbang -> Mostly a backstory fic speculating about Hob's backstory and his PTSD. At least one major element is now not-canon because of other episodes that were released, ut I don't care, I still really love this fic!

This is Cap's very late birthday present and also my first try at writing skymandolo (which might be why it's taking me so long to write it)

“I can get it.”

Han stared as Din picked up everything from the trunk, the cooler, the chairs, the bag of beach toys, even the umbrella, which he managed to balance on his shoulder.

“Han-” Luke said, cutting himself off with a swallow as Din took a step back, still carrying everything as if it wasn’t a three-person job.

“I can see, Luke,” he said, slamming the trunk closed.

The two of them stared as Din started down the sidewalk before pausing, Grogu suddenly at his heels. Din paused, bending at the knees. Grogu scrambled up onto the cooler before Din continuing on his way.

“Han-” Luke said, emotion in his voice Han could definitely identify with.

Din is trans and bi, whether he's a trans man or nonbinary depends on the day for me

He can sew and has sewn stuff for Grogu

When he was younger he had a really rough time on Tatooine and was patched up by a group of Tuskens and had to stick with them while he healed. That's why he actually knows Tusken and isn't scared of them like... everyone else

Maybe this is just me liking political fantasies and projecting that onto Din, but I think he'd be really good at like, the domestic side of being Mand'alor. Like he's not a good talker but he knows a lot of languages, can mediate relatively well, and after being exposed to Bo-Katan "im gonna put as much venom in my voice when i say 'Child of the watch'" Kryze, he'd try his best to make sure all sorts of Mandalorians are comfortable on Mandalore. Also it'd be very funny to see him cut through the political bs and just say his opinion

But I'm also perfectly fine with him saying "no" and just continuing living his best bounty hunter life, but also with the darksaber.

I definitely don't think he'd be the type to be a king until he's old. Once someone who's worthy as a successor, he'll go back to exploring the galaxy or maybe settling down with a certain marshal, or jedi, or other bounty hunter, or so on

He uses things to the point of them breaking down except for his weapons. If it can be held together with Space Duct Tape, he'll still use it, even though the average person would've thrown it out and bought a new one

For dinluke, as he spends more time at the jedi school, he's the one to help around doing odd jobs. And Luke is initially very "you're a guest!" but Din is like "you spend your time teaching, Im going to help around whether you give me a list or not" and Luke's like "fine"

For dincobb, Din can usually rely on his helmet for hiding his Dramatic Pining for people, in this case Cobb, but Cobb wore Boba's armor for so long, he knows how visibility in the helmet works, so it's not at all secret pining

For bobadin, I just really like the idea of Din being the silent presence behind Boba to the point where people think it's just another set of armor but then Din moves and freaks ppl out (also late night armor painting sessions)

Anon, I don't think I have the words to describe what this compliment means to me because!!!!! my confidence in my writing has really been at a low so getting this randomly in my inbox just !!!!!!!!!!! Aaah!! Truly no words >////////////////<

Now on to the recs! I could honestly give a lot more but I didn't want to overwhelm ^^; Majority have trans characters. Ratings given as well.

Dincobb

it’s hard to make friends when you’re half in the grave by mothman182 (E)

safe & holy series by prettydizzeed (E)

what you don't surrender by ghost_teeth (E)

nau'ur (light up, illuminate) by retrojupiter (G)

Paintings on Your Skin by ful_crum (E)

Dinluke

More Light than Heat by gluten_full (E)

Let You Play That Role by mandocule (E)

Persevere by HiddenEye (T)

No Glory in the West by leorizanzel (T)

who carried the hill by spqr (M) (but really just read everything they've written. All bangers)