I’d like to hear your thoughts on him too, actually. Levet could use so much love. He’s a good one.
First impression :I don’t actually think I had much of an impression about Levet? I remembered him, sort of, but it was more in the sense of being aware he at least existed.
Impression now : The only actual adultier adult in this joint. Still waters run very, very deep with this guy, and he’s interesting because you’d have absolutely no way to know how much is going on in his head if he didn’t sometimes open his mouth and drop absolute game-changers. (RIP Ordo, slaughtered where he stood. He was so young.) Sees everything, says nothing, but has a well of intense emotions deep in the center of himself that’s absolutely fascinating to consider.
Calm, mild, reserved, and terrifyingly sharp, but he also has a strict “not my business” policy that I can respect, especially since he seems to adopt it primarily out of respect for the people whose business it actually is. It’s not that he doesn’t care or doesn’t want to care, he just respects boundaries. It’s not his fault you’re all careless with your dirty laundry that he can’t help but notice it when it’s getting blown all over his yard where he’s over here just trying to mind his own business (ignoring that he’s so naturally observant that ‘obvious’ means different things for him than for most people), but he’s still going to go through the trouble to neatly pack it up and give it back to you in a discreet little box and pretend he never saw a thing. We need a thousand more like him. Seems like the kind of guy who you wouldn’t notice was starting to warm up to you, because his default setting is “quietly polite” and “refuses to talk about himself without significant motivation” with absolutely everyone, right up until you hit Max Friendship and you end up with him fussing with your hair while he complains about dirt at you because all he’s got to work with is his little farming book and a lot of passion and that’s fine but being so hyper-competent all the time is hard. I feel like Yayax has figured this out about him, which is why they’re all together all the time. They’re friends.
Favorite moment : When Ordo turns up on Qiilura in full hush hush Secret Squirrel mode, face-to-face with Levet all set to lie, misdirect, and dazzle, and Levet’s just like, “Oh, there you are. Yeah, she’s right up those stairs. Still super pregnant.” in the secret language. And Ordo just like...grinds to a halt. The wind is just gone from his sails.
“...Ah,” he says. And that’s it. That is literally all he can say.
“Yep,” Levet says, and Ordo - literally in the narrative it says this - Ordo is bracing (bracing!) in case Levet decides to drop any more bombshells, but, nah. The birds tweet a bit and Levet, apparently satisfied that he’s already rocked the Captain’s world enough, just pops his helmet on, politely gestures good-bye, and goes on about his day. I’m sure the 50,000 other major secrets Levet’s carrying around inside his cuirass aren’t any of Ordo’s business, and it would be rude to share.
Idea for a story : ...So up in the Impression Now section I nearly wrote something like, “If, in a surprise soap opera twist, Levet turned out to actually be one of the “dead” Nulls I wouldn’t be surprised”, and...uh...
UH.
(N-8 didn’t fail to gestate. Examination of the genome showed flaws that indicated a high chance of failure to express certain key features, and it was put on freeze instead for future examination. Eventually the motion of put forth that perhaps the key features N-8 lacked could make for a more controllable specimen, if also developed under the new, proven indoctrination program. It could give them a better understanding of exactly where the Null genome failed, and improve any future attempts at enhancement to the product. So CC-3388/0021 was born. dun dun DUN.)
Unpopular opinion : This section doesn’t fit so INSTEAD I’m going to take the opportunity to say that I am extremely curious how Levet - an infantry commander - fell in with a Commando squad to the point where they all tumbled onto Mandalore at the same time and proceeded to live forevermore attached at the hip. What a noodle incident.
Consider: Cov and Levet both convinced they’re the one who adopted the other.
Favorite relationship : The general one he was with Yayax squad, honestly. They didn’t get too much characterization so I can’t go in deep, but whatever they have going on over there seems great for them, and that’s nice.
Favorite headcanon : To this day, Ordo regards Levet going about his “I’m just humble farmer” routine with vague wariness and every time Levet says anything there’s a tiny little part of Ordo braced for a heart attack. Never forget. (Little known fact that Levet has a terrible sense of humor and finds this very funny.)
Levet
I’d like to hear your thoughts on him too, actually. Levet could use so much love. He’s a good one.
First impression :I don’t actually think I had much of an impression about Levet? I remembered him, sort of, but it was more in the sense of being aware he at least existed.
Impression now : The only actual adultier adult in this joint. Still waters run very, very deep with this guy, and he’s interesting because you’d have absolutely no way to know how much is going on in his head if he didn’t sometimes open his mouth and drop absolute game-changers. (RIP Ordo, slaughtered where he stood. He was so young.) Sees everything, says nothing, but has a well of intense emotions deep in the center of himself that’s absolutely fascinating to consider.
Calm, mild, reserved, and terrifyingly sharp, but he also has a strict “not my business” policy that I can respect, especially since he seems to adopt it primarily out of respect for the people whose business it actually is. It’s not that he doesn’t care or doesn’t want to care, he just respects boundaries. It’s not his fault you’re all careless with your dirty laundry that he can’t help but notice it when it’s getting blown all over his yard where he’s over here just trying to mind his own business (ignoring that he’s so naturally observant that ‘obvious’ means different things for him than for most people), but he’s still going to go through the trouble to neatly pack it up and give it back to you in a discreet little box and pretend he never saw a thing. We need a thousand more like him. Seems like the kind of guy who you wouldn’t notice was starting to warm up to you, because his default setting is “quietly polite” and “refuses to talk about himself without significant motivation” with absolutely everyone, right up until you hit Max Friendship and you end up with him fussing with your hair while he complains about dirt at you because all he’s got to work with is his little farming book and a lot of passion and that’s fine but being so hyper-competent all the time is hard. I feel like Yayax has figured this out about him, which is why they’re all together all the time. They’re friends.
Favorite moment : When Ordo turns up on Qiilura in full hush hush Secret Squirrel mode, face-to-face with Levet all set to lie, misdirect, and dazzle, and Levet’s just like, “Oh, there you are. Yeah, she’s right up those stairs. Still super pregnant.” in the secret language. And Ordo just like...grinds to a halt. The wind is just gone from his sails.
“...Ah,” he says. And that’s it. That is literally all he can say.
“Yep,” Levet says, and Ordo - literally in the narrative it says this - Ordo is bracing (bracing!) in case Levet decides to drop any more bombshells, but, nah. The birds tweet a bit and Levet, apparently satisfied that he’s already rocked the Captain’s world enough, just pops his helmet on, politely gestures good-bye, and goes on about his day. I’m sure the 50,000 other major secrets Levet’s carrying around inside his cuirass aren’t any of Ordo’s business, and it would be rude to share.
Idea for a story : ...So up in the Impression Now section I nearly wrote something like, “If, in a surprise soap opera twist, Levet turned out to actually be one of the “dead” Nulls I wouldn’t be surprised”, and...uh...
UH.
(N-8 didn’t fail to gestate. Examination of the genome showed flaws that indicated a high chance of failure to express certain key features, and it was put on freeze instead for future examination. Eventually the motion of put forth that perhaps the key features N-8 lacked could make for a more controllable specimen, if also developed under the new, proven indoctrination program. It could give them a better understanding of exactly where the Null genome failed, and improve any future attempts at enhancement to the product. So CC-3388/0021 was born. dun dun DUN.)
Unpopular opinion : This section doesn’t fit so INSTEAD I’m going to take the opportunity to say that I am extremely curious how Levet - an infantry commander - fell in with a Commando squad to the point where they all tumbled onto Mandalore at the same time and proceeded to live forevermore attached at the hip. What a noodle incident.
Consider: Cov and Levet both convinced they’re the one who adopted the other.
Favorite relationship : The general one he was with Yayax squad, honestly. They didn’t get too much characterization so I can’t go in deep, but whatever they have going on over there seems great for them, and that’s nice.
Favorite headcanon : To this day, Ordo regards Levet going about his “I’m just humble farmer” routine with vague wariness and every time Levet says anything there’s a tiny little part of Ordo braced for a heart attack. Never forget. (Little known fact that Levet has a terrible sense of humor and finds this very funny.)