Warnings: Angst, violence, canon-typical blood and gore, language, hurt/comfort
A/N: i wanna thank yall for sticking around during my hermit era, in the time ive been gone i am now officially a junior at a university majoring in aerospace and it’s a fuckin nightmare and i hate everything and god help us all literally kill me and I will be posting INCREDIBLY slowly because of that (I’m talkin weeks or months in between updates yall, im sorry I can’t dedicate more time to this but I am going to finish this fic within the next handful of chapters idk maybe 5 or 6 so you shouldn’t have to wait too too long). As a heads up there will be hard angst as we enter the final arc, there will be hurt and it’ll get dark but everything is gonna turn out alright so thanks for sticking with me and continuing to stick with me. im sorry if you dont like it or your expectations were subverted or if this isn’t what you’d hoped it would be after following and waiting around for so long but this was planned a long time ago and it took me a good year or two to recognize that I started writing this fic for me and now I’m going to end it writing for me and I hope yall can respect that
ALSO I asked my best BEST FRIEND in the entire world @cptnbvcks to collaborate with me for this after we both took a very long break from creating and she drew some GORGEOUS artwork for this chapter so it will be posted at the end, everyone please go follow her and say hello
ps brittany girl you’re a fuckin menace i had to use my own two ears and listen to ethan literally say the words “the mandalorian cums, hard” what the fuck was that im actually suing
anyways chapter below the cut lets get serious yall
Mature content: Sexual themes
This post may contain content not suitable for all audiences.
to those of you asking, apparently tumblr decided to defy all conceivable understanding of the laws of physics and become even more unusable than it was before I left so chapter 19 was flagged as mature (ugh) and is now hidden automatically from view (ugh) unless you go on a desktop (UGH) and change your settings. so just go on ao3 and read there instead if you haven’t already tbh wtf is tumblr live and tumblr mart?? and the paid checkmarks christ don’t fuckin encourage them it’s embarrassing
alright gotta do another edit it’s 13.7k right now im nervous dsksjfjf
to those of you asking, apparently tumblr decided to defy all conceivable understanding of the laws of physics and become even more unusable than it was before I left so chapter 19 was flagged as mature (ugh) and is now hidden automatically from view (ugh) unless you go on a desktop (UGH) and change your settings. so just go on ao3 and read there instead if you haven’t already tbh wtf is tumblr live and tumblr mart?? and the paid checkmarks christ don’t fuckin encourage them it’s embarrassing
alright gotta do another edit it’s 13.7k right now im nervous dsksjfjf
sorry I had to take a sip of water a year and a half ahem ah yes like I was saying rough day chapter 20 will be posted on Sunday March 12 2023 at 9pm est thank you
Warnings: SMUT, somnophilia helloOooo everyone I am BAAACK, oral sex, face sitting, cockwarming, domestic kink idk if that’s even a thing but it’s in here, mentions of death, canon typical violence, descriptions of hunting an animal, ends on a cliffhanger, this might actually be the longest most descriptive explicit smut I’ve ever written I was left alone for too long send help
A/N: 😏😏😏 hiya yoditos missed yall like hell, thanks for sticking with me in my 100+ day long era of broodiness I swear to god I’m gonna fuckin finish this story if it’s the last thing I do
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Even after all that excitement and adventure, if there was ever one single moment with Din you’d want branded into your memory forever, it’s this one.
Mature content: Sexual themes
This post may contain content not suitable for all audiences.
So I know I’ve been gone a long time but a couple of things have happened since I went on a break and I’d just like to make a post addressing them before I scurry back into my cave once again.
First of all, I’ve been made aware that some readers of Rough Day have been mistreating Mandalorian content creators, leaving rude messages or sending them hate. It’s unacceptable behavior and anyone who engages in it is not welcome on my blog and strongly discouraged from reading any works within the fandom altogether. I’ve maintained from the very beginning that this space is meant to be enjoyable and drama-free, and sending others cruel messages concerning this story has discouraged many creators from contributing and sharing their talents within the fandom. This immature behavior has not only negatively impacted other authors and artists, but as a result, I have also received hate and threats from multiple different sources that can likely be traced back to the careless mistreatment of others by the a small portion of the audience of this fic. I know most of you reading this are not involved, but to those of you who are, please know that your actions have directly contributed to an environment that has become increasingly toxic and negative for the Mandalorian content creator community as a whole. I turned off anonymous messaging on this blog for that very reason, and I imagine many others have also been forced to do the same on their blogs.
I will remind you that every author has a different and unique voice, every creator within the fandom has their own wonderful style, and the world would be an incredibly dull and disinteresting place if there was only one story to be told. Please show your appreciation for these incredibly talented people because they work very hard and their contributions should be recognized within the community.
With that being said, I’ve decided to formally announce a small hiatus from this blog. I’m not sure when I’ll be back because finals are coming up very soon, but I will try to have at least a few chapters of Rough Day written before I come back to post them. I have every intention of finishing this story the way I’ve been imagining, however recently I feel like I’ve muddied the line between my love of writing and my discomfort with the unexpected social media discourse as a response to my writing, and I’m attempting to separate them once again. Please do not blame anyone in particular for my temporary absence, do not attempt to retaliate or accuse in any way. This was a decision I made for my own mental health and personal well-being, and after being radio silent for the past few months for that very same reason, I hope this announcement doesn’t come as too much of a shock to anyone reading. I have already made a little headway on the next chapter, I work on it at night when it’s just me and my own happy place and the words are starting to come a little easier. To any artist that has reached out to me concerning the potential for a collaboration for the next chapter, I have your information saved and I promise to contact you once I am ready to post again, but I also understand if you happen to lose interest at that point in the future so just let me know.
In the meantime, remember to please treat others with compassion and respect. This is something we all do for fun, without a single other goal beyond that, and there is never an acceptable reason for anyone to be pushed away from using their talents to create something people enjoy. I’ll see you soon.
Warnings: SMUT, religion kink (maybe?), squirting, consensual stalking/pursuing, canon-typical violence, mention of underage drinking, uhh I believe that’s it but as always, let me know if I’ve forgotten anything please!
A/N: Hey yall!!! So I know this chapter has been a long time coming and though I’m not completely satisfied with it, I hope it brings a little happiness to you for an hour or two while you read! School has been kicking my ass and I’ve been in a bit of an emotional slump recently, but I pulled a few all-nighters to post this on time and it’s finally finished! Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me and sent me encouraging words over the past month or so, I hope you enjoy the end of the Sanctuary arc💕
Also like last time, part 2 of my collaboration with @followwhereshegoes will be posted after the chapter!! As a reminder, sweet girl is a reader insert and every imagining of her will be different—this is Lisa’s interpretation of her and her artwork is absolutely gorgeous, so please go give her a follow!
I’m at 12k for this chapter so far SO WE’RE GETTING THERE but it’s so sad because I’ve got two midterms this week, a quiz, and an essay due 😭 but I’m getting close to finishing the first draft of the next chapter and just needing to edit and post, so YAY, just two more scenes to write!! I want to work on it so bad but I also don’t want to fail my classes and I’m sorry I’m not great at excelling at both at the same time, classes get harder every semester and I’m genuinely trying my best. Thank you for everyone who has been supportive and patient with me, I know it’s been a little over a month since the last chapter but it’s almost there so don’t worry! Should just be another few thousand words so I imagine a drop date will be announced within the next week or two.
I’ve also decided I’m going to turn off anonymous asks for awhile. I don’t ever answer any of the hate messages I get because I don’t want to start drama or disrespect the space I’ve created for us to have fun and goof and be happy together, I want the space to continue to have an integrity that’s not muddied by people in my inbox who just want to spread negativity, shitty assumptions, and unnecessary rudeness. I didn’t originally want to turn off anon because I know that people tend to get discouraged from sending messages altogether if anon is off and I’m so sorry if this prevents you from saying hi, but unfortunately every time I log on to draft an update for yall, I read some messages that sometimes make me want to announce this as the last chapter of the story and just have it be done and over with. I’m not going to because it’s not fair to me as the author to not let my ideas play out the way I’ve been planning for an entire year, it’s not fair to the readers who have been incredibly supportive about their response to the story, and it’s not fair to the story itself to let it finish early and not be told the way it was meant to be. So I’ve decided to switch off anon for a little while and I hope that’s okay, it’s just a way for me to be able to continue writing and posting in my own space until rough day concludes the way it’s meant to without my mental health suffering. This story is a comfort to a lot of people, including myself, and I don’t want to do a disservice to it or its readers by not finishing or finishing early just because of hate.
ANYWAYS NO MORE NEGATIVITY NO MORE TALK ABOUT SAD THINGS YALL I’ll keep chugging along on this next chapter and we can have some nice pics of Pedro in comfy white teeshirts in the meantime god bless
I love y’all dearly, I hope everything is going well for you 💕
Also ps because I feel bad for the majority of this post talking about heavy things, here’s another sneak peek if you want it! I know it won’t make up for the wait but I want you to know that I am continuing to work diligently on it and it will be out soon 👀
so for anyone who scrolled over how long this post is and having a bit of a scare, DO NOT WORRY THERE IS NOTHING BAD GOING ON and I am continuing to work on the next chapter of rough day to post as soon as I can so HAPPY BEEPS NOTHING BAD, just an update for anyone who is interested 🥰
okay okay I know it’s been a hot fuckin minute since I’ve been on and I’ve read through the super supportive messages people have sent and I just wanna start out by saying that you’re seriously the greatest group of people on this fuckin planet and I’m so very thankful for all the love and good vibes everyone has sent my way 🥺 I feel bad that I haven’t updated or interacted but I’ve been very busy with classes and family things for the past few weeks. I was also having a little trouble writing for some reason, which really sucks because I decided to take a break right before finishing out this arc and that’s not cool of me tbh I’m sorry I left on a cliffhanger
I spent a little time getting introspective and unfortunately sometimes negativity can get to you even when you’re trying your absolute best to see the positives in everything, and I think I just allowed the pressure and negativity to get to me a little bit. My writing felt stunted because I kept thinking about what people want and what people think instead of the way I want the story to go, and though I work on it every single night, the next chapter is still nowhere close to where I want it to be. This isn’t even the last chapter of rough day, there’s a lot more that I have planned, but I’ve only been able to write about 6k of the newest chapter so far (about a little less than half, I think?) and I feel so bad for saying that because I know a lot of you hoped for a Valentine’s Day update and I couldn’t make it happen this time around and I’m sorry, but I still consider it to be progress even if it’s not nearly as much as I hoped I’d make!
BUT GOOD NEWS IS I’m continuing to inch through and fight my way through this writer’s block, thanks for hanging tight and being patient with me! I’ll drop a lil sneak peek if anyone is interested, and I’ll see you soon with the next chapter!! 🥰🥰
ah I’m sorry I haven’t been around much yall but I’m feeling kinda bleh for some reason idk I know a lot of people are waiting for this last part and I’m trying to write it but it’s been a little difficult unfortunately. I’m trying to stay positive tho!! I haven’t gotten much done (maybe 2k I KNOW IM SO SORRY) but I just wanted to update u and tell you that I’m currently inching my way through it and have not abandoned it or anything. I just needed a little teeny week long break from the blog and writing and stuff before trying to get back into it, but y’all are so sweet and nice and supportive and make me wanna do the best I can for u so 🥺 thank you I’ll see u with the next part hopefully soon!
listen y’all are sending me SO MANY AMAZING ASKS I want to keep answering them so please do keep sending them because I LOVE HEARING ALL YOUR THOUGHTS but alas I do have to go for now and get some stuff done for school, I’m really sorry I could only hang out for a bit. I plan to keep working on this next chapter (already 1,000 words in the bag yall we out here) and answer more asks either tomorrow or Friday so please stay tuned🥰🥰
in the meantime take these no context spoilers for the next part oke
The way that you slowly show Din and Sweet Girl’s relationship deepening is fucking masterful. You have such a good understanding of them as characters it’s seriously so impressive. I love how she continually wants to show him the comforts of life, like physical touch, sex, good food, a comfortable bed. It’s definitely her love language and it’s so pure and sweet. Agh just the unique ways that they love each other makes my heart melt. Bravo, I can’t wait for the next chapter
YES YES YES sweet girl being denied these comforts for so long and wanting to experience them, meanwhile Din shuns them and refuses to even partake because his entire life has been under this helmet. He has the free ability to let himself experience these comforts too, but he doesn’t. Before he met her, he used to sleep on an even MORE uncomfortable place than the floor, he doesn’t value the ability to stop and have conversations with people like she does because he never wanted to let himself have connections anyways. So sweet girl wants to show him all these nice things—a soft bed, enjoying food instead of shoving it down in a few seconds while nobody is looking, wanting him to sleep for longer than just a few hours, wanting him to feel good. I love the contrast between them and how much they’re really impacting each other on a fundamental level and how their love manifests through all these differences and YESSS thank you for this ask 🥰
Any thoughts on how Din would react to a reader thats tall/taller than him?? My 5'10" ass is curious as hell
Yooooo 5’10 club what upppppppp
So here’s the thing. I am very tall too and I happen to be the kinda person that likes being tall but also likes big people that make me feel short for once in my life right, and so in my head when I’m writing Rough Day, I’m imagining Mando that’s like maybe 6’3-6’4 with the helmet and boots and maybe 6’1 or 6’2 without them, but that is a personal headcanon for me only. I ALSO UNDERSTAND LIKING A PEDRO PASCAL 5’10 MANDO AND KEEPING YOUR HEIGHT EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU ARE PERFECT WITHOUT NEEDING TO CHANGE ANYTHING, so if you don’t want to change anything in your imagination about you or about canon Din (feel completely free to do either of those things because fanfic is awesome and personal and flexible) then please read this post that I made about what Din Djarin would think about his S/O if they had specific physical attributes🥰
Listen I... can feel myself actually sweating seeing this artwork oh my GOD the... the shine on his chin we are all going to HELLLLL
thank you so much for drawing this omg because like. it’s one thing to just think about a scene in your imagination right, but then it becomes realer and tangible when it’s written down, but then when it’s drawn it’s like BAM THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE HERE YA GO ITS SUPER REAL and I am overWHELMED thank you for making this holy wow
Ch 17 was so, so, so good (thank you!!) 🥺 i am still processing. ((Edit: this turned into an essay so i Am Very Sorry in advance, there is a tldr at the end though))
First of all. We get to see Din going through it the same way sweet girl was a couple chapters ago and I love it! She’s been so clear from the start that she doesn’t want to run away from him and now Din’s getting to the point where he doesn’t want to chase her anymore because he just wants her to be physically there with him again. The second night of comms while she’s camped out at the orphanage?? “I thought this was going to be alright, but I hate it.” ??????????? i am a Puddle of Emotions no one look at me 😭
And then the way he’s so unsure about whether she hasnt begun to reconsider wanting to keep up with his bounty-hunter life now that she’s finally gotten a break if being forced to outrun a mandalorian can be really even be called a break for the first time in a year?? And he can SEE all the places she’s stopped to talk to people on this planet (his comment about the number of times the blond guy turned around to talk to her in the line? 🥺.) Din knows she’s enjoying these small encounters with people, getting to interact with a new planet and learn new things as she’s making her way through each place, and since they’re only talking at night he gets to think about it literally all day long as he follows her trail and tries to figure out what her plan is. This is truly an exercise in Din thinking nonstop about sweet girl (which ofc he does already, but like, thinking critically about what she thinks/wants/does/needs and why) and I feel like that’s causing him to slowly start to second guess himself in terms of where he would put himself on sweet girl’s list of priorities. And I wonder how much of this he’s actually considering for the first time? because it’s always him who leaves and comes back when he gets jobs — this is the first time that sweet girl has left him instead of the other way around. Sweet girl has had tons of time to think about these things, whereas Din hasn’t really had to... because it’s not the one who leaves who feels the absence most, it’s the one who’s left behind (even if just temporarily).
I can just picture Din’s increasing doubts as the chase keeps going, whether he’s worth putting up with his lifestyle and whether sweet girl wouldn’t rather have a life like the people he sees in the footprints around hers? because he knows her, knows she likes soft beds and meeting people and fresh fruit and beautiful scenery, which are all things that living on the razor crest can’t always provide except for the last one bc Din Djarin IS beautiful scenery let’s be clear and just. the ANGST. I cannot. ( a n d meanwhile sweet girl is having a breakdown thinking he wants to STOP looking and LEAVE her? As if)
So when she shuts down his tentative doubts about it on the second night she’s at the orphanage and Din starts asking questions about favorite animals and flowers and things?? 🥺🥺🥺🥺 I lost it. Din is mirroring the love and care he receives from sweet girl (and learning to tap into those emotions as he does) and I am just in awe of both his character development from ch 1 to here and your ability to show that gradual shift in your writing.
Tl;dr thank you very much for this latest chapter! I will continue to be a soft emotional little puddle for the foreseeable future, or at least until I can figure out to scrape myself off the floor and function like a human being who has not just read rough day ch 17 and promptly dissolved as a direct result🌻
okay
okay first of all ma’am/sir/friend, please do not put tl;dr’s on a fucking MASTERFUL DISSECTION LIKE THAT like I genuinely hope people read every word of what you have written because you’re so spot on about everything that I was almost taken aback JEJFJJDJFJF
I would like to say, and I need to do this in list form because you have presented so many beautiful points that I’d like to address them one by one,
1.) Din Djarin is used to being alone. Full stop. Like even with sweet girl helping out with the baby and agreeing to stay on the ship while he goes and grabs quarry, he’s gone for weeks sometimes. He is used to being by himself, to fending for himself, protecting himself, patching himself up, EVERYTHING by himself. He is the most independent self-sufficient driven bounty hunter Karga has on the payroll and he’s reliable, which is why Karga would give him four pucks at a time. Giving anyone else four pucks would mean that if they happened to die during their hunts, then more than one puck would be lost and that’s money down the drain. Din doesn’t die, he always comes back with all four bodies and he’s fucking quick about it. Him telling sweet girl “I thought this was gonna be alright” is apt, because he’s been able to exist without her and do good work while he knows she’s safe on the Crest. In fact, the only time he EVER didn’t do good work is when a) she was attacked on the Crest on Corellia, or b) when he desperately wanted to get back to her as quick as possible and he pushed himself too hard and put himself in danger (aka frozen on Hoth scene). And actually c) when he stole Grogu back from the empire and had Karga and the guild on his ass about it. Those were the only times Din had trouble doing his job. The only times he stopped looking and gave up. “I thought this was going to be alright, but I hate it” means that YES ABSOLUTELY DIN DJARIN DOES NOT LIKE STAYING PUT WHILE SHE LEAVES, even though he’s okay with going out and doing his job when she stays. Even though he’s still hunting, it’s like the roles have been reversed. She’s understanding his side, and he’s understanding her side. It’s been 4 days and he hates it, so imagine weeks or months of that. Not being able to move or chase after her either, just hanging out on the crest with Grogu and waiting to see if she’ll be able to make it back. Which
2.) makes it hurt just a lil more in that wonderful delicious angsty way when he actually asks if she wants this life. On Naboo, he didn’t know where she went or where the kid was—he didn’t know if they were in danger, if she was safe. He said he’d rip the galaxy apart to find her if she ever disappeared like that again. But... she’d be safe on Sanctuary II. This is different, and just like you said, he’s had multiple days where all he did was try to think like her. Get in her head, predict her. Understand her more than he’s ever attempted to do before, in a NECESSARY capacity, like he would a bounty he’s hunting. Din Djarin is used to being alone. He’s used to being silent and that’s how connections are severed before they can even be established. His only practice at empathy was through his job, a job that he is very very good at, but it was never enough to get him to stop looking. He would never be able to empathize enough to ask if the bounty wanted him to stop looking for them. Even with the baby, he turned him in at first and then let the guilt eat him alive before going back to save him. So, if you couple that with his true connection to sweet girl, the natural empathy he has for her and the kid (him immediately following her after he accidentally snapped at her on the Crest and apologizing) and Din is now TRULY beginning to understand her on a level he’s never experienced with another person
3.) BUT!!! Even though he “needed to ask” (meaning he understood enough to know that asking the question was necessary) he started out the entire conversation by admitting he doesn’t think he could do it. Before ever telling her what specifically he doesn’t think he could do, he already knows this about himself and says it flat out. I don’t think I could. Even if you asked me to, even if you said you’d be happier if I did, even if you told me right now that it’s what you wanted, I don’t think I could ever stop looking. And a lot of the turmoil he experiences is because of that. I make you sleep on the floor. I teach you to fight when you just want to look at waterfalls. I do all these things that you’d never willingly do yourself, and I’m a bad person BECAUSE I still want you to always be here with me in spite of all that.
4.) Meanwhile sweet girl just has no fucking clue all this is happening and it seems to come out of nowhere, all she knows is that he’s been in the city when he should’ve caught up to her days ago. She’s out experiencing things and meeting new people and yet she always comes back to Din and the baby and how much they should be here with her. She tries to come up with clever ways to outthink him but she also offers to give her coordinates to him practically every single night. Her wanting to be with him so bad but trying to hold out (“ask me again tomorrow”) while Din is also wanting to be with her so bad and also trying to hold out (“find her again tomorrow”) 🥺
So yeah basically in conclusion I love them together and they’re so different but they make each other somehow both stronger and softer in so many ways and yeah u mighta heard of DD/LG u kinky fucks but lemme present to u DD/SG
Also talking about bloodhound setting, sweet girl worrying Din is only seeing the world in black and white is kinda heartbreaking, she just wants to show him how the world sparkles more with him around and that’s exactly how he feels about her and I love the slow burn of it.
I KNOWWW😭😭
I think somebody asked if he only sees black and white through the helmet and the answer is NO he can see color, he can see infrared, he can see night vision like he’s got so many different settings on it but the greyscale is for when he’s tracking someone, their footprints will show up bright red and nothing else is in color. Here sweet girl is just wanting him to look at the sky and see all the pretty colors even when he’s chasing after her, and here he is looking up at the sky but not being able to see any of the colors when she’s not with him and 🥺 omg anyways gonna go in my feels brb
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