baze begging “don’t go” as chirrut lay dying in his arms and the way chirrut lifted his hand to touch baze’s face gently and the way baze caught his hand and held it was the best, most romantic moment in all of cinema and will never be matched
(Source: kellymarietran, via windbladess)
Baze doesn’t start repeating Chirrut’s chant when he dies, at least not quite.
Chirrut’s chant is “I am one with the Force and the Force is with me”. What Baze says “The Force is with me and I’m one with the Force”.
Reverse order.
And it’s not because he’s just picking it up where Chirrut left off, Chirrut is silent when Baze reaches him. Plus when he starts his suicide run after Chirrut is dead he says exactly the same thing: “The Force is with me and I’m one with the Force”.
Again, reverse order.
It made me think.
What if the chant was always two part, meant for two people to conduct? One saying “I am one with the Force and the Force is with me” and the other replying “The Force is with me and I’m one with the Force”.
Chirrut haven’t heard the second part in years, not since Baze lost his faith. He could he supposes find another partner for the chant but he doesn’t want to, it’s Baze or no one.
He still keeps his own part, his own faith are as strong as ever and he makes no demands that Baze say his part. It will genuinely from the man’s heart or not at all, but he can’t refuse that the loss pains him some times.
Hearing Chirrut’s chant sometimes annoys Baze, it reminds him of what he once had but lost. But he says nothing. Whatever he does or doesn’t believes these days he won’t take faith away from another. And he knows that Chirrut isn’t doing it to upset him, but because it means something to him. So he stays silent on the matter, though sometimes he wishes he could say it again.
And the last thing - the very last thing - that Chirrut hears in this world, as consciousness fades from his body is Baze’s heartfelt voice saying “The Force is with me and I’m one with the Force”.
(via slyrider)
chirrut makes a bad joke and baze pretends he doesnt think its funny. “yes it is i can tell youre smiling” says chirrut. “no i am most certainly not” says baze, while smiling
chirrut with his hands on bazes face: “i can literally feel you laughing just admit im funny”
baze, laughing: “no”
(via windbladess)
Chirrut and Baze are great because it’s the first warrior/monk pairing I’ve seen where the monk is the one saying “hold my beer” and doing reckless shit and the warrior is the one shaking their head and doing damage control
(via skymurdock)
Anonymous asked: IT WAS SCREAMING SEEKING SCREAMING AND I THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME, SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE THIS MAN A NICE THING. also MAN chirrut and baze and the different things they judge people on, the different influences that shape who they can consider 'good', BAZE TAKING DARKNESS INTO HIMSELF TO SPARE CHIRRUT, JUST FUCK ME UP I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND NOW I CAN'T STOP
I’M GLAD MY DUDE BECAUSE IT’S ALL I’VE BEEN ABLE TO THINK ABOUT FOR LIKE THE BEST PART OF THREE HOURS NOW.
GOTTA SHARE THE PAIN.
Anonymous asked: HE HAS A FACE LIKE A FRIEND
First off, I love how obscure this is. Like, is this a prompt? Is this a request for meta? Is this just screaming? Who knows!
But I’m just gonna assume it’s screaming, seeking screaming, mostly because I have to get a couple things off my chest.
*deep breath*
OKAY SO, Chirrut’s comment about the Force moving darkly around someone who’s about to kill, HERE IS MY QUESTION. Chirrut whackin’ people with his stick looks pretty nonlethal–painful, certainly, but mostly not going to kill you. (The bowcaster thing will kill you, and Chirrut will kill you, but the stick won’t kill you.) On the other hand, you have Murder Master Baze, basically holding his own version of the Space OK Corral wherever he decides to open fire.
So does the Force move darkly around Baze? Do long strips of thick, sticky darkness cling to him, where he used to glow bright with faith? Does he do the bulk of the killing to protect Chirrut’s soul from them?
AND ALSO. Cassian, God, Cassian Andor lives so much in the desperate need to know that his terrible deeds, all the things he wishes he could forget, are what the cause needs. He has to know that his Rebellion needs him and needs his ruthlessness in order to absolve himself.
How much would it have meant to him, to have someone tell him outright that he doesn’t have the face of a killer? How much would it have meant to him to know that even to these monks, he has the face of a friend?
I JUST GOT IN FROM ROGUE ONE AND GODDAMN.
GODDAMN, THAT’S ALL.
I’m working on literally three short fics and a chapter for a long fic, but I’LL BE DAMNED, IF YOU WANT FIC FOR THAT MOVIE I AM H E R E FOR YOU.
