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Honestly, yes. This is great.

broke: Ahsoka and Rex swap outfits and it’s horribly obvious plus fits badly

woke: Ahsoka and Rex swap outfits and look absolutely amazing in their new fits

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I see what you did there.

RIP to the skinniest waist in the galaxy

loving the dad bod tho

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Yes! I accept this so hard!

My headcanon addition — Crosshair started dying his hair grey after Wrecker went bald. He didn’t want to be blond if Wrecker wasn’t blond. He’s happy when his hair doesn’t grow back after his burn so that he finally matches Wrecker again.

Wrecker and Crosshair as two little blond boys

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Fives and Echo are absolute menaces to society with lightsabers. (They also carved the names of their fallen Domino Squad brothers into their hilts.)

Jesse winds up with a collection of cool scars for his efforts, but most of those stories aren’t that cool. (There’s usually toast involved.)

Hardcase planned a series of 501st lightsaber raves. (It went over about as well as you’d expect.)

Dogma’s got the best form out of all of them. The only time he breaks the rules is when he refuses to give his lightsaber back. (He likes it too much.)

Tup figures out how to modify the colors so that his lightsaber has stripes. He doesn’t share his secret, but it wasn’t that hard to do.)

Kix spends most of his time parked in front of a medical tent (for reasons), but everyone is just a little too afraid of his abilities with a lightsaber to make him move.

Waxer and Boil figure out how to play catch using plasma bolts and their lightsabers. (It’s as dangerous as it sounds.)

Cody would unapologetically never give Obi-Wan’s lightsaber whenever he lost it. (He wants to see how many he can carry at once and still be effective.)

And Rex? Rex’s would spend so much time looking at the camera like he’s on the Office. (He’s just enjoying the chaos.)

It is so vital to know that Obi Wan gave them the lightsabers and he continues to think it was his best decision.

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Absolutely.

Crosshair would absolutely sympathize with Hunter, except he’s recording the Tech/Wrecker charades escapades. (Someone has to keep Echo in the loop, and Hunter is still way too salty about being shit at charades to do it.) Omega does her best not to laugh while she’s giving Hunter the kind pats on the shoulder as he’s Totally Not Broody Sulking.

Meanwhile, Wrecker keeps coming up with new hyper-specific things to see if Tech can translate his increasingly vague hand gestures. (It’s good enrichment for them both.)

Thinking about Wrecker once again- in a previous post I talk about him having high bodily kinesthetic intelligence, a trait of that (generally) is being very physically expressive when speaking.. the fact that he canonically gestures a LOT when he talks has further fueled my headcanon that he’d do the thing where you try to describe something, but can’t find the exact words, so you just gesture- for example

Hunter: “what exactly did you see?”

Wrecker: “it was like- *mimes a vague shape in the air* “you know?”

Hunter: “….no-“

As a bonus, Tech always knows what he’s talking about

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Well, now I need to see Wrecker and Tech killing it at charades.

Thinking about Wrecker once again- in a previous post I talk about him having high bodily kinesthetic intelligence, a trait of that (generally) is being very physically expressive when speaking.. the fact that he canonically gestures a LOT when he talks has further fueled my headcanon that he’d do the thing where you try to describe something, but can’t find the exact words, so you just gesture- for example

Hunter: “what exactly did you see?”

Wrecker: “it was like- *mimes a vague shape in the air* “you know?”

Hunter: “….no-“

As a bonus, Tech always knows what he’s talking about

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The combination of Tech, Wrecker, and Omega is always dangerous. (We have canon proof of the types of things they get up to while left unsupervised.)

who let the child near the bombs

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Yes, use your local libraries. Keep these materials in circulation.

Also, if you have the resources to do it, look into setting up Little Free Libraries in accessible (and safe) space and keep them stocked with materials (especially if there is a kerfuffle about banning books in your area). This way, you can still circulate books around, if there is success in removing books from public libraries.

You can set Little Free Libraries just inside your property line, if you have the space and ability to do so. (It has absolutely nothing to do with the right of private property, of course.)

I'm already seeing advice from people in the US to purchase queer books and other banned or "controversial" books on paper as a way to combat the wave of government censorship that is coming. While this is a good idea (it is! absolutely!), it's not accessible to everyone, and truly, we're not going to be able to consumerism our way out of this one.

If you can buy the books, do. Whether you can buy the books or not, borrow them from your library.

Borrow the paper versions. Borrow the ebook or audiobook versions. Request the titles you want that your library doesn't have. The more a title circulates or is requested, the better librarians are going to be able to defend keeping it if and when it's ever challenged.

Use libraries like @queerliblib too. The more members they have, the better they'll be able to fundraise.

Your community resources depend on you using them. Borrow the books before they go away.

InB4: Piracy is not the solution here. We're trying to keep community resources available, not make sure individual people can read individual books. Different problems.

The books are still available. Borrowing them from your library and returning them on time and in good condition will help keep them that way.

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Bringing this back around for . . . reasons.

Wrecker hugs as therapy in the Star Wars universe, anyone?

Not gonna lie — I want a hug from Wrecker.

That man is basically built to give hugs that restore souls to bodies. He is definitely to the person who just puts his whole heart and soul into a hug, and it’s the best damn hug in existence.

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For shits and giggles, here are the hyper-specific descriptors my brain came up with for the Bad Batch:

Hunter

Sexy bandana man with a voice like good whiskey who got hit hard with the Dad genes

Crosshair

Hissy quasi-feral rescue cat with an injured paw (who likes one (1) person)

Note — My brain came up with Crosshair’s descriptor long before season 3 dropped. Season 3 proved how right my brain was.

Tech

Chaotic autistic badass AKA being the smart one does not automatically make you the responsible one (it just means you have extra reasons to be a chaotic little shit)

Wrecker

Emotionally intelligent gentle giant bruiser who needs a budget and supervision when he goes to buy fireworks

Echo

God’s favorite chaos gremlin had to become the Mom Friend (and he’s really grumpy about it)

Omega

Kind, compassionate, caring, and chaotic feral ball of sunshine

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To any trans person reading this, you belong and you are loved.

I know that the coming years are going to be difficult. I also know that we, all of us, can and will get through this. I want you here with us, with me, as we fight our way through these dark times.

And when we get through this, I want to see you still standing in the light.

To all the trans people who see this tonight, no matter what happens, we will survive. Trans people will still be here 4 years from now and 10 years from now and 100 years from now and tomorrow. We have always existed and we always will. The world cannot unlearn about us; we are too public, too loud, too beloved, too present. Ill be here tomorrow. Please stay here with me.

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This man is a thicc hourglass, and I am here for him looking like this.

I know everyone likes to thirst over Hunter's waist, but like...

*gestures*

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Hunter definitely started a swear jar when Omega joined them. (He wanted them to be better and set a good example for Omega.)

Echo is the worst culprit, of course. (He’s also giving Omega certain extra lessons under the radar, and he's so proud when Omega starts to deploy them effectively.)

i need to see more of echo being annoying so badly . you don’t grow up with fives and get assigned to the 501st without developing little shit instincts

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This is amazing!!

masks and helmets that hides someone's face in such a way that they become the face themselves my beloved

these are all creatures to me

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also, polling places aren’t opening the whole day tomorrow. make sure you know when your polling places close and open.

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I also feel like they pair up Wrecker and Omega at times to make the height disparity even more ridiculously funny.

I’m convinced they make the size difference between Wrecker and the rest of the batch look ridiculous on purpose sometimes…

It’s fantastic- it’s like:

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This is fantastic! I love it so much.

Also, why do I get the feeling that Crosshair has a neon pink Firepuncher that he breaks out whenever they go for this look?

On Wednesdays, they wear pink.

@summer-of-bad-batch's Post Credit Prompt: Pink