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Experimenting with collecting my answers to this ask game over here in the comments, since Tumblr is being...Like That.

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Jaing

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(Hint for all of these: the more I ramble the less confident I am in my grasp of a character. Jaing especially is like...I have this extremely consistent image in my head of who he is but actually breaking down WHY I have him that way is extremely hard and it doesn’t come out quite right. He’s still in the early soup stage. Canon scenes and general impressions have yet to dissolve and mix together into something coherent, which is why here you have this chunky, gloopy mess. He’s not done! Put him back on the stove!)

First impression : Gloves. Out of a person.

Impression now : Still Did That. But, like...He’s complicated, all right? He had to make that leather. He had to make those gloves. That is an involved process? He spent days at least neck deep in that particular activity, and I am NOT sure how to take that, because on one hand, of course, yikes, that’s worse than just a crime of passion, but on the other this...somehow seems to have actually been therapeutic for him? An act of closure and comfort? Afterward he’s significantly more relaxed and in a better mood overall, and is even noted in 501st to have taken it upon himself to keep Mereel company as moral support. Jaing. For Mereel. It’s an interesting contrast, that Mereel’s still (understandably) struggling (and might have re-traumatized himself with the way they handled Ko Sai’s body, which is why extreme acts of vengeance like this are typically not recommended, besides the whole...extreme acts of vengeance thing, obviously), while for Jaing, for all that his actions were incredibly disturbing, it’s apparently more of a closed chapter. He’s found some sort of peace with the issue now. And that seems to...sort of characterize him? He’s guided by his emotions primarily, and since his emotions tend to be very extreme this means he lives in extremes, and seems to deal in them, too. And once it’s done, it’s done. This isn’t exactly healthy, but then, none of them really are. It just seems to be how he operates.

In terms of emotional honesty I’d set Jaing closer on the spectrum to A’den, just also with more extreme mood swings and a much better grasp of social manipulation. I feel like he’s somewhere middle of the pack in terms of emotional intelligence (he’s a bit callous about Ordo’s feelings a couple times in 501st, but doesn’t seem to do it deliberately), but is on the slightly higher end in regards to actual compassion - still not a lot, and he doesn’t like it, but he does have it, even if it’s only enough to make him a bit uncomfortable sometimes. See his reaction to Kom’rk over Jusik and the fact that he’s always the Null notable for being around when someone needs care? (Which is...interesting, considering, but Jaing was the one helping Fi’s early recovery and settling him in on Mandalore before Parja took over. He’s the one noticing Mereel struggling and keeping him company when he’s distressed in 501st. When the extraction of Niner and Darman fails and the others are still reeling about failing the mission, he immediately moved to keep some of the heat off Niner’s back without instruction and without saying anything until it was already done, which was about when everyone else only started worrying about the cameras. One interpretation of his relationship with Kom’rk is he’s the one keeping tabs and checking in on him, since Ordo usually gets Kom’rk’s status from Jaing. I’m not sure what to do with all this yet, but it’s sure there.)

He’s very charming too, of course, especially when he’s in a good mood, but he can swing to sullen at the drop of a hat and can be a very grumpy boy when he’s not excited (and he basically seems to swing between “irritable” and “excitable” with minimal stops in between), which makes sense because emotional swinging is exhausting and he’s liable to be overly sensitive to most social stimuli in response, since anything would be liable to set him back on that roller-coaster.

Favorite moment : When they’re trying to extract Niner and Darman and as soon as things start to break down, Jaing’s mood immediately plummets into sullenness and he gets a bit grumbly. But when they have to leave Niner and bang out, while even Ordo is still reeling a bit from what’s going on, we find out Jaing’s already moved without needing to be prompted to keep some of the heat off Niner’s back. That’s sort of his job, sure, but it still shows that he was thinking about it even when he’s being a grump and...I don’t know, I liked it. Jaing’s gonna help you out but he’s gonna be super grumpy and flippant about it.

He also seems to like Niner at least a bit (they interact a lot in 501st, comparatively, and their dynamic is kind of fun), which is also why I like that scene.

Idea for a story : Still feeling a winter holidays sort of vibe, I guess. Jaing hunting Kom’rk - who’s been alone for way too long - down somewhere remote and he’s hauled actual space hot chocolate up three damn mountains or something, and once he finds Kom’rk proceeds to bitch him out the whole time he makes the hot chocolate and then makes him take the hot chocolate and they sit up on a cold ass cliff with their hot drinks and swing their legs out over the abyss and watch the skyline for a bit while Kom’rk’s emotions slowly creep back into existence and it’s nice.

Unpopular opinion : I don’t know enough about the popular opinions. I know they’re out there, but hell if I know what they are. So instead, have a song! (Youtube link for MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS - Savages. ‘Cause why not.)

Favorite relationship : The one he has with Kom’rk, for basically the same reasons I listed in Kom’rk’s section. Okay I stopped being lazy and went and copied it: A very interesting take on the those two guys concept that I adore. I also like the idea that Jaing “People Gloves” Skirata, was probably the one who followed Kom’rk “nobody got me a cake /jk /kinda not really” Skirata to the Outer Rim to provide emotional support for him while he self-isolated. Their dynamic is bloody and sweet, I think. Also, smooth, personable, soft-spoken Kom’rk and Jaing, who can be very charming in a more endearing, toothy smile sort of way, but comparatively is a bit more a bull in a china shop and is more easily and obviously wounded (Skirata) and...I don’t know. I feel like Jaing might take care of Kom’rk as much as Kom’rk takes care of Jaing, and I just like it.

Favorite headcanon : The mood swings and emotional dysregulation fall into headcanon territory, I think. Also the mental image I have of him from kaasknot’s fic. I think that’s my favorite version of Jaing, honestly.