DinLuke Week Day 3 - Battle Couple

I want this mainlined straight into my body.

fantasy seijoh 4 illustrations i made a while back i wanted to post them together eheh

Din/Luke Pacific Rim AU pt.4

Pt.1 | Pt.2 | Pt.3

Posting part four of this for a slightly late Star Wars day post. (It's technically still May 4th for me).

I had a lot of fun designing/drawing their drivesuits. I've always been a fan of drawing armor, so this was definitely my comfort zone.

More sneak peeks for this WIP fic under the cut, for funzies. And may the 4th be with you!

Din rolls his shoulders in his drivesuit as he makes his way through the shatterdome. After all these years he thought it might be odd to get back into the suit, but it's like he never left. It's almost uncanny how natural it feels to put on the old polycarbonate armor.

After the confrontation between Marshal Skywalker and Luke, Din isn't sure what to expect as he makes his way to the Crest's conn-pod. It was clear Luke was the best candidate, even ignoring their drift compatibility, he was the only other person who had experience in an actual Jaeger. It made no sense for the Marshal to keep Luke grounded from a strategical standpoint, so it must be personal.

It didn't take a genius to realize that the relationship between the Marshal and his son was strained. Din didn't have the first clue as to why, but despite it, he understood where the Marshal was coming from. Even with everything on the line, he's not sure he could ever willingly put his son's life on the line. Thinking about it, Din is surprised that the Marshal even let Luke pilot for as long as he did. If Grogu grew up wanting to be a pilot, if the war lasted that long, Din isn't sure he'd be able to handle it.

But the way Luke and him fought. His skin was still electric from the way they met strike for strike. Din can't imagine piloting with anyone else after that. He isn't sure he'll even be compatible enough with any of the other candidates. Then what? Will he just go home? Watch from the sidelines as they make a run for the breech? He isn't sure what's worse, being unsuccessful here and watching his slow death on the TV, or being unsuccessful at the breech. Either way he'll die knowing he failed, failed the world, failed his son. He can't let that happen. So he'll just have to succeed. And the only way to do that is with Luke.

Din had just made up his mind when he approached the scaffolding that would lead him to the Crest's conn-pod. He was about to turn around and find the Marshal when a familiar figure walked towards him.

"Luke..?" Din trailed off. Luke was wearing a shiny black drivesuit and a sunny smile.

"Looks like I won that bet after all." Luke jogs over to Din's side, giving him a friendly punch on the arm before making his way to the ladder.

Din stays frozen for a long moment, unsure of what to make of the situation. He just stares as Luke begins to climb the ladder up to the conn-pod, helmet under his arm. Halfway up Luke pauses and turns towards him, meeting his gaze.

"You coming or not, partner?" Luke asks with a smile bordering on mischievous.

Din can't but help but return a small smile before jogging to catch up to Luke.

~~~

Just a cute little moment before reliving ✨trauma✨ in the drift!

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Day 3: Battle Couple Track: 'Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've?)' - Buzzcocks (Spotify / YouTube)

I am actually a sucker for a good Battle Couple pose, absolutely love em. Especially when it involves iconic blaster and saber duos.

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the photos luke vs. the photos din

takes of din: takes of luke:

luke is actually very photogenic and expressive but din snaps as many pictures as he can whenever he can. which can, ultimately, lead to some...unflattering...pictures. he has thousands of photos of luke in his phone and camera sd cards and luke doesn't unearth them until he asks din if he can look through his camera roll/files to find a photo from a night out and luke just sees face. everywhere.

luke is both flustered and so endeared but he still makes din delete the ugly ones bc "my eyes are half closed! and my pores! they're huge! and i look so goofy in this one! sweetheart, please have mercy 🥺"

and din? well, he obliges, of course, bc luke said so. tho, he thinks it's alright bc by deleting a couple thousand or so photos, he now has fresh storage to take more. and luke, this time, is ready to turn to din and flash him a silly lil grin or make a funny face or just smile, unrestrained and fond, and din is there to capture every one.

I need this post at the ready to prove a point.

luke skywalkers gayest looks: 

gay ass yellow leather jacket. i mean come on………………..with the floppy ass hair. easily one of his best and gayest looks.

farmboy chic tatooine look. to add another layer of gayness add the poncho and bucket hat. simple yet gets the vibe across.

twink ass green dagobah tank top doing nightmare crossfit. even yoda needed a closer look. need i say more

This is how we start

I am taking the opportunity to start this descent into madness to bring up that currently I am wasting all my writing time on writing smut for my OCs rather than actually writing the story. 

P.S. Hello tumblr :)

Hello there! I don't think I will ever finish this sketch, so here you go. Felt the urge to feed Din‘s competence kink a little bit 🤭 Have fun ❤️

DinLuke week day 5 - Prince/Protector AU

Once again this was an excuse to draw Luke in the Padmé drip. I absolutely love this dress so I had to draw it. So here it is, Prince of Naboo Luke and Knight/Bodyguard Din.

Close up and nighttime version under the cut.

Backgrounds are hard.

you guys made luigi mangione trend for days and I need to see the same energy for brianna boston. she is a 43 year old mother of three who ended a phone call with blue cross blue shield (after being denied a claim) “delay deny depose, you people are next” and is now being held under a 100,000$ bond and could face FIFTEEN years of prison if charged. she has no weapons, her record is clean, and yet she is being held behind bars. they are afraid of the public and are trying to subdue. do not let them!!!! be outraged that our freedom of speech is being threatened!!!!! deny defend depose! free brianna boston!

Let's gooooooooo

🖤DinLuke Week 2024 Prompts List💚

Hear ye! Hear ye! Here are the final results for this year's DinLuke Week Prompts 📢

June 23 Din Takes the Red Five Bounty / DinLuke Meet During Mandalorian S1 June 24 Meet the Family / Culture & Traditions June 25 Touch-Starved!Din / Blindfolds June 26 Childhood Friends AU / Din Owes Luke a Life Debt June 27 Bodyguard!Din/Prince!Luke / Medieval AU June 28 Getting Together / Love Confessions June 29 Scars / Beskar Hand!Luke

We'd like to thank everyone who submitted all these amazing prompts💕! Some of the entries were similar to prompts from previous years, so we didn’t include them in the final tally (you can check them out in our guide here).

With so many interesting prompts this year, we've given them a special place as our honorable mentions:

Lightsaber Training/Dueling

Historical AU

Mechanic!Luke

Co-parenting

Undercover Spies AU

When posting week arrives, @dinlukeweek and/or include #dinluke week 2024 in your tags so we can find and reblog your submissions! If you're posting to AO3, you can also submit your creations to the DinLuke Week 2024 collection!

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We hope these prompts will inspire all you lovely fanwork creators to create 💖!

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