Teldryn Sero: Too much body positivity in my life.
Teldryn: Humans are disgusting. Skin is gross. We have so many holes. There is a skeleton inside.
Teldryn: Uncomfortable just seeing one of us in public.
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Duke, picking shards out of his hair: why is it that people seem to aim right for the helmet
Jason, mooching: I know right? like it didn't go well for the last ten guys why would it go well for you? anyway did you at least have a mask underneath?
Duke: no i didn't have a mask underneath, i Have shadow powers, the fact that you have one is dumb as hell, how do any of you see shit in those
Jason, rifling through the Hatch's pantry: practice
Duke: you wear a domino under a face covering mask with the tiniest little eye holes imaginable, its a miracle you don't shoot like a stormtrooper
Jason: hey its harder to shoot with a concussion ill tell you that
Duke: ya know what, fair, did i get all of it?
Jason, looking up from mauling a box of pocky: yeah looks good
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So people have been arguing over whether the children of the watch is a cult or not. It is. It was kept relatively vague in season one, only giving hints when Din was rescued by members of death watch, that only people familiar with them would pick up. But the whole din's-in-an-extremist-cult plotline has been picking up since season 2, and will likely come to a head this season.
Before you get angry at me I would ALSO like to say that the show clearly isn't condemning Din's religion. They do not condemn his face covering, they do not mock his religious beliefs, they do not treat his beliefs like something that needs to be stripped from him for Character Development. The show is specifically criticizing the children of the watch and their religious extremism. But you know what they ALSO criticize? Bo-Katan's lack of belief.
The Children of the Watch are religious extremists. Not because they wear helmets, but because there is no choice in wearing helmets. Because one lapse is grounds for instant dismissal from the cult, with absolutely no nuance. They are extremists because they view those that don't follow their extremely strict interpretation of the creed to be non-Mandalorian, despite Mandalorian being a culture as well as a religion, and despite other interpretations of the religion.
The Children of the Watch are wrong, unless you actually believe that Din was no longer a Mandalorian when he took his helmet off. Unless you believe that Bo-Katan isn't a Mandalorian, or that the others who take their helmets off aren't Mandalorian.
I think what the show is leading to is a compromise between Bo-Katan's nihilistic lack of belief and the children of the watch's extremism. I believe a middle ground will be found, where to take off your helmet is a personal choice, but the religious decision not to is respected. Where nuance exists in the religion, and the religion is brought back to the people of mandalore as a whole.
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