HELLOOOO WHO ARE YOUUUUU????
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A storm on a snowy planet interrupted the local festival and forced the Outlanders to board a spaceship. The guys, of course, still managed to buy souvenirs — the horn of an unknown ice-dwelling animal, carved with a depiction of the planet’s landscape, and a garland of glowing crystals. Now, as they began to warm themselves with hot wine, fatigue overcame Lamarr, and he dozed off on his friend’s shoulder. Sheeku was genuinely touched by such an exceptional gesture of trust from his partner.
Well, in winter, we especially crave comfort and propinquity.
I deliberately chose not to depict any specific planet and left it unnamed.
I also designed traditional Duros (and Neimoidian) wine vessels here. They are based on Hungarian ceramic wine barrels.
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Cad Bane. It was my first time drawing him as he is my friend’s favorite character.
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Teal Duros Supremacy or, Nora sees a young upstart on her turf and has something to say about it
@ab-rinart I think your girl is pretty neat, so I drew her
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What is interesting about Shriv’s design is just beneath his jacket collar— they chose to give him “skin flaps,” or some kind of loose neck skin/scales, but for what purpose?
Google stated many lizards have this— it’s called a dewlap, which is a fold or flap of skin that can be extended.
“Dewlaps are often brightly colored and are used for communication, such as attracting mates, warding off rivals, or as a defensive display. “
Attracting mates you say?!
Oh my god. I bet you Cad has this going on too, it’s just hidden under his skullcap. Imagine he gets all pissy and his throat’s changing colors. You can tell he’s angry because he’s turning green and his throat is expanding. Hahaha. (That’s why he hides it)
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I have many scenarios in that they meet or know each other. I also ship them. I have an entire fic planned that will possibly intersect with an x reader I have already written, titled “Better than Candy,” but what comes before is something called “Tatooine Manhunt,” or at least it’s called that for now.
Essentially, the Empire is after the same target as the Rebellion for specific reasons–a man one wants dead, and the other wants on their side. Bane’s a bounty hunter, Shriv’s a rebel–it makes sense.
The Empire puts out an all call. Bane’s in the area and the reward is steep. He goes in on it along with several other hunters. It’s sort of may the best man win type of scenario–except he runs into Shriv.
I don’t want to give it all away, but they are forced to work together, begrudgingly might I add. They can’t seem to stand one another, yet are put into a predicament with the Empire now hot on both their trails due to things going awry.
I love a good rivalry. This is just the beginning, however. Eventually they cross paths again, and this time Bane has been hired by none other than Lando Calrissian, and as you can imagine, Shriv is none too happy.
That’s where the x reader comes in. This one might be a bit overbearing and obsessive. xD Bane decides he doesn’t like that for him. Let’s just say he’s good at picking up on things.
As far as headcanons…
[[MORE]]Shriv and Bane are somewhat alike but also completely different. They are both snarky and sassy and butt heads easily.
Sometimes Shriv pushes Bane’s buttons a little too far, and he will lash out physically, which at that point Shriv backs down because he wants to live to fight another day.
One day, Shriv has a terrible epiphany: “Oh no–he’s hot.” Bane can sense and smell the change in Shriv’s pheromones. It’s intriguing to say the least.
Bane will take advantage. I also think he would experience cuteness aggression. Shriv is as adorable as he is infuriating, and it baffles him.
I do think at some point, once Bane has decided “this is my Duros,” he will be overly protective of him. Think of a gargoyle or some kind of beastly creature looming over your shoulder. Things start going Shriv’s way a lot more often.
I think while Shriv may want a genuine relationship, Bane is unable to completely reciprocate. He wants more than he can give him, though he doesn’t want or mean to hurt Suurgav’s feelings.
Bane may wind up doing what he does best–flying off into the sunset, breaking hearts in the process. Shriv would pretend something like that doesn’t affect him, but he’s ultimately lying to himself.
I did have one more idea apart from all of this–two Duros walk into a bar situation. Reader is hit on by Bane but seems disinterested at first, which never happens to him. He’s annoyed, and in walks Shriv.
Reader talks to him, is amicable, is laughing, having a good time. Bane is infuriated by it. What’s this wimp got going for him that he doesn’t?
Bane’s pissed off enough to confront him. Shriv is his normal, caustic, humorous self. Before Bane’s temper gets out of hand, Reader steps in–she says there is more than enough of her to go around–that’s right. Now we have ourselves the beginnings of a threesome, though Bane is more of a “I go first and then sit back and watch” kind of guy.
I do like to think this turns into something else entirely. Shriv and Bane fucking each other instead, somehow. It would be hilarious to me if the reader got left out entirely. “What about me?” ;D
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Oh, yeah, for sure. I had a headcanon that they see hair as exotic. I think a lot of people in the Duros fandom see them as enjoying hair, since they don’t have any.
It’s soft and smells good. I imagine they enjoy running their long fingers through it, playing in it. I ship Poe Dameron and old ass Shriv, so I think he would rub up against his scruff, or play with his black locks.
The same would go for any humanoid s/o of course. Shriv is timid at first, but once he is comfortable with you, imagine he pets your head while you watch holomovies or while you nap on his chest or lap. T_T. He does it to relax and comfort you, but he also loves the feel–the texture.
Bane does it to assert himself and his dominion over you, although he also loves the way it feels. He’d twirl a piece of it along his finger, or thumb the end of a strand while tilting his head to the side.
“Well, ain’t ye pretty.”
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I saw this hottie and thought it was a good idea to draw him
@aloegator-arts @thecrossoverwriter15 our guy
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Well howdy there! This was a super cool ask to get—absolutely made my week, thank you for reaching out! Believe me, I get asked things like this not often at all, and it’s a huge honor for someone to enjoy the stuff I’ve made so much that it inspires their own creations and characters. <3 <3 <3
So 100% yes, you are totally cleared to use any Duros lore I dreamed up for your own character. And I would love to hear more about him! You’re not obligated to do so; I just love seeing what people make, and I’m a sucker for a cool Duros OC! :D
AND YOU ARE LANGUAGE CRAFTING I SEE 👀 👀 👀 HELL YES HELL YES HELL YES! If you ever want to share then plz, plz share
To answer your second question, while I’ve been working on the next installment to Gunslinger’s Paean, I definitely have been working on some additional worldbuilding. Right now I’ve been filling out some bits regarding how young children experience little rites of passage and religion on the homeworld—for example, my kid OC Wulo, he was taught to follow an old, old star-based faith, attending at one of the ancient temples that’s long since gone to ruin. He learned his constellations, which are shorthand for various gods/protection forces, through a few hundred simple rhyming songs about their placement and shape in the sky, and during ceremonies, he often served as a lamplighter—igniting the stars below, so to speak, to mirror those above. There’s a lot more going on there, but that’s the kind of thing I’ve been working with just at the moment! I also made up some really silly stuff around hatch-days, including a thing called a hatch-hat, which is sort of a gold egg-shaped cap lol. Ngl, I don’t know if I’m ever going to use that bit 😂 I just thought the idea of a bunch of Duros suffering to wear this silly gold cap during a hatch-day celebration was fun. It’s a work in progress and I’m always happy to chatter about worldbuilding and the kind of stuff you’d love to hear more about or things you’ve been working on yourself!! It’s really great just how much leeway we have to play with Duros culture as fans!
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As the comic relief (glorified bard type) of my Mando tribe - I like to do redraws of memes.
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Also the others suck cos they don’t wanna take off their helmets to sing with me or have drinks and I fer one, refuse to condemn myself to drinking my caf through a karkin’ straw.
Wait. Don’t tell them I said that-
