skellymom

[skellymom]

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! I LOVE THIS!!!

That Hunter/Crosshair sandwich is VERY appetizing!!!

Great job with weaving your OC in with the canon story!

Tag me on the next installment!!!

We Were Golden Part 6

Summary: Omega has a run in with a Nexu, You and Hunter argue about what's best for her. Crosshair tries to navigate life without his squad. Pairings: Ex!Crosshair x f!Reader, eventual (?) Hunter x f!reader Warnings: 18+ Minors DNI; Angsty af, pining Hunter, confused reader, love triangle at work WC: 4k A/N: Soooo it's been a year and a half since I posted the last part BUT I always said I'd come back to it. So here I am, coming back to it. I have so many ideas for this story and how to make it different from the show. So for the next part, it will be a bit different. And I'll try to get it out in a better timely manner lmao.

Masterlist │ Taglist Form

The door to your barracks slides open and you make eye contact with Crosshair. When you stand up, he strides to you in less than 10 steps, wrapping his arms around your waist. Your fight feels so silly now, you realize, with the way that he’s looking at you. Like you’re everything to him.

“I’m sorry-” You both start. “No, I’m-”

Both of you chuckle, smiling at the other. Sliding your hands up his cheeks, holding him there as you stare up into amber brown eyes, warmth and forgiveness takes over. It doesn’t even need to be said. 

“I understand you need your alone time.” He murmurs, brushing his lips over your forehead. 

“Thank you.” You smile up at him before reaching up and kissing him. “And I love spending time with you, I hope you know that.” 

“I do.” He nods. “I think I was afraid you were getting tired of me…”

“I could never.” You promise him.

This was the Crosshair you loved- 

Wait… Do you love him? You’ve never said as much. Neither of you have. 

I think I do, you think to yourself, searching his eyes for any hint of the possibility that he could feel the same way that you do.

He kisses you deeply and grips your hips in the way that he always makes you feel wanted.

“Crosshair-” You sigh against his lips.

“Hm?” He murmurs as he guides you to his bunk. 

“I’m in lo-” You start as the doors slide open and both of you glare at Hunter as he walks in with the rest of the Batch. 

“Did we interrupt something?” Echo smirks. 

“Yeah, I’d say so.” Crosshair grumbles, letting go of you with an irritated huff. 

You have plenty of time to tell him how you feel. There’s no need to rush it. 

“Hmm. It appears all public transport is now restricted without chain codes.” Tech is telling the group after you sit down at the table next to him. 

“Which Cut can’t sign up for.” Suu chimes in. “He’ll be arrested when they discover he’s a deserter.” 

“The next shuttle leaves in a few hours. Codes or no codes, we need to be on it.” Cut looks at Hunter. 

“Sorry, what’s a chain code?” You ask, looking at Tech.

“They are being used for identification purposes. They can tell your age, family history, and criminal record.” He tells you, handing you his datapad so you can look at what he’s been searching. 

“Mom! Mom, it’s Omega!” Shaeeah comes running into the house, pointing out the door, clearly panicked. “She went out past the fence!”

Suu grabs her gun and immediately runs out the door with Hunter right behind her. You’re up out of the seat next, panic running through your veins as you drop the datapad to the table. You don’t know what sort of danger lies beyond the fence, but clearly it’s not good if Shaeeah looks that scared. The rest of the batch follows behind you, prepared to run to Omega’s defense. You watch Hunter run toward Omega and then you see it… a wild Nexu. 

The Nexu growls dangerously, making your blood run cold. Hunter acts immediately, drawing out his vibroblade, heading toward it as Omega tries to make a run for it toward you. It pounces but gets stopped as a blast from Suu’s rifle rings out, stunning it for only a moment. Long enough for you to reach Omega and pull her behind you. Hunter swings his blade at the Nexu but Suu hits it again and it immediately takes it as a sign to retreat, thankfully. Suu gives it a few more warning shots as it retreats back toward the woods. 

Hunter backs you and Omega up, looking up at you full of worry before giving Omega a frustrated look.

“What were you doing out there?!” Hunter demands. “Do you realize you could’ve been killed?”

“Hunter…” You give him a pointed look as Cut tells him to take it easy.

Omega curls into you and you lean down to make sure she’s alright.

“She’s not a soldier.” Cut puts his hand on Hunter’s shoulder before squatting down to look at Omega. “Are you hurt? Now, let’s take a look here.”

“I’m sorry… I was just trying to get the ball.” Omega looks down. “I didn’t know.” 

Cut takes her from you and picks her up. “You’re safe. That’s all that matters. Come on.” 

You watch as the father of two who clearly knows a thing or two starts walking back toward the house.

“Hey kid, you alright?” Wrecker asks, his face full of concern. 

You give him a soft look. Wrecker is always the first to ask if someone is okay when something happens. It’s one of the things you love about the gentle giant. 

“She’ll be fine.” Cut looks back for a moment before taking her up to the porch. 

The guys all share a look of worry because clearly this isn’t something any of you are used to. You look over at Hunter who looks deep in thought and you feel like you can read his mind as usual. He’s probably thinking that this squad isn’t a safe place for a child as young as Omega. And while you can understand that way of thinking, you almost disagree. Omega seems to really look up to them already and you know that she isn’t going to want to part from them. 

“All in all, I would say that could’ve gone much worse.” Tech speaks up. 

Normally, you’d chuckle at his comments but he’s definitely not wrong. 

“Tech, think you could forge some chain codes?” Hunter asks him.

“I only learned of them moments ago. But yes.” Tech nods, making you snort. 

“Do it. We’re getting Cut, Suu, and the kids on that shuttle.” Hunter tells him, starting to walk away. 

“When you say kids…” You start.

“Shaeeah, Jek, and Omega.” Hunter nods.

You stop him, placing your hand on his shoulder. “Hunter…” 

He looks at you for a moment and then shakes his head. “Not up for discussion.”

“No, of course it isn’t.” You glare at him. 

Echo, Wrecker, and Tech all look uncomfortably at each other before walking away to give you and Hunter a minute. “She’s a child.” He leans in close, too close. 

You can’t help but stare up at him. “A child that deserves to be with her brothers.”

“A child deserves to be safe… cyar’ika.” He glares but then softens at the last word.

You let out a frustrated sigh. Maybe he’s right. You don’t know the first thing about raising a child. None of you do. 

Irritated, you walk away around the back of the house, pacing back and forth trying to work through your frustrations with your sergeant. Why is he so stubborn? You’ve always wondered if that could be a Jango thing. Not that you ever met the man. But none of the other batchers were like that. Except maybe Crosshair on a bad day. 

As you approach the house, you see Hunter and Suu talking. 

“I forgot how good of a shot you are.” Hunter praises Suu, his arms crossed as he smiles up at her. “I owe you one.” 

Something confusing stirs inside of you. Heat crawls up your neck at the praise that Hunter just gave Suu. You know deep down that it’s not him flirting. But still… it does something to you that you don’t particularly like. 

“Children will always find ways of getting into trouble, Hunter.” You hear Suu tell him as you’re walking by. 

You don’t see the way that Hunter’s eyes follow your every move as you go into the house to grab your pack and head back to the ship. You’re grateful for the hospitality of the Lawquane’s of course, you just need some space. 

Mostly from Hunter. 

“Where are you going?” Wrecker asks. 

“To take a nap in my bunk.” You mutter, not looking up at him. 

You start to walk back out of the house at the same time that Hunter is starting to walk back in and the two of you practically bump into each other.

“Sorry-” You both murmur at the same time and if the two of you weren’t in such a weird place, you’d both laugh. 

Suu and Cut both look at each other with knowing smirks before looking back at you and Hunter being awkward around each other for the first time ever. It’s weird and you hate it and you desperately want things to go back to normal. 

You both try to move out of each other’s way and end up mirroring each other. With a sigh, he steps back and lets you out of the house.

“Where uh… where are you going?” He asks.

“Back to the Marauder.” You tell him, looking out at the tall popper stalks, seeing the tip of the tips of the Marauder’s wing in the distance. 

“Echo, Tech, and Omega are out there too, so if you’re going for a nap, I’m not sure if you’ll be able to get one.”

You let out a soft sigh and shrug. “I’ll take my chances.”

Cut and Suu take that as their cue to walk back into the house, leaving you and Hunter wallowing in awkwardness. 

He shakes his head. “How did we end up here?” 

“What?” 

“Like this.” He gestures between the two of you. “Off. I hate it.” 

You shrug again. “I don’t know, Hunter. And I don’t know how to fix it. But…” 

Tech’s voice breaks through Hunter’s comm device. “Hunter, we have figured out that since clones now control the spaceport, we can tap into their network and replicate the chain codes for Cut and Suu. Though to get into the spaceport, we’ve called the authorities to come seize the Marauder since you said they’re tagging the ships inside the impound facility.” 

Hunter’s eyes go wide and you immediately start to look around for Omega. 

He brings the comm up to talk into it. “YOU DID WHAT?” 

Suddenly, you hear and see an impound vessel come in and pick up the Marauder. 

“Hunter, where is-” You start as Wrecker, Cut, and Suu come out and look up at the impound vessel, clearly having heard it. 

“Tech!” Hunter’s frown deepens as he watches it take the ship, his breathing becoming panicked. 

“This was the simplest solution.” Tech tells him. 

“Getting our ship impounded is not my idea of a solution.” Hunter replies, stepping away from you and Wrecker. 

“Where’s Omega?” You ask Wrecker.

He shrugs, looking around. A bad feeling courses through your gut as you start to tell Wrecker to go search the barn but Tech’s voice stops you. 

“We’ll meet you at the spaceport with the chain codes.” Tech tells him, confidently. “I have this under control.” 

“There’s one big problem. Omega’s on the ship!” Hunter says and immediately your jaw drops as you see the impound vessel disappear out of view. 

Oh you’ve gotta be kidding… 

By the look on Hunter’s face, he’s thinking the same as you as he rubs a hand down his face, clearly exasperated and over the day. 

Cut and Suu usher the kids in to go get their bags. 

“We’ll meet you at the spaceport. Have the chain codes ready to give to Cut, Suu, and the kids.” Hunter tells Tech.

“Copy that.” Tech replies.

Hunter slips the comm into his pocket and looks at you. It’s even more obvious how much Hunter has started to care for Omega and it makes all the weirdness you two were feeling just a few moments ago fade away. 

“Breathe… Echo and Tech won’t let anything happen to her.” You try to assure him. 

He nods, knowing you’re right. But since he’s a leader… it’s more than that. It’s the fact that he feels responsible for this child. For all of you, really. 

“First, we lose Crosshair… if we lose Omega-” He starts to murmur, watching the Lawquanes gather their stuff up. 

“Stop, stop.” You murmur softly, cupping his face. “Don’t do that.” 

Your eyes search his as you look up at him. Everything always weighs so heavily on him, you know that. 

Every order. Every failure. 

You wish you could help him carry that weight. 

“Listen to me… What happened with Crosshair… wasn’t your fault. None of us could stop that, okay?” Your thumbs stroke his cheeks, kindly. “We’re in weird and uncharted waters.” 

He gives you a small, grateful smile, giving your elbows a comforting squeeze.

It gives you hope that maybe soon, things can return to normal. Or at least as normal as things can feel until you figure out how to get Crosshair back. 

“We’re ready to go.” Cut tells Hunter, making the two of you pull apart. 

You go warm in the face and throw your pack onto both shoulders, starting to walk with Suu and the kids in the direction of the spaceport. 

“So you two-?” Cut murmurs to Hunter.

Hunter shakes his head. “Stow it.” 

Cut chuckles softly and smirks as you all walk to the spaceport. You try not to glance back at Hunter as you walk next to Suu. 

The moment you get to the spaceport, everything feels off. More tense than you’re used to. Which is really saying something because you’re used to being in intense situations. It’s an occupational hazard. But this… this is unsettling. It’s almost too quiet. 

“Mom, I don’t like this.” Jek murmurs to Suu, clinging to her arm.

You can’t blame him, feeling the same way yourself. So you stick close to Wrecker, just in case. 

Hunter glances down at Jek and then back up at you before pulling the comm up to his lips to speak subtly into it. “Hurry up. We need those chain codes to get them on the shuttle, or we’re going to have to blast our way out of here.”

“Don’t worry, I can slip through security unnoticed and deliver the disks to you momentarily.” Tech tells him. 

The seven of you walk up to the end of the line to go through the spaceport to get to the shuttle. You know that you, Hunter, and Wrecker are there as backup in case things go south. 

It gives you a little sense of peace to know that Omega is at least safe on the ship with Echo and Tech and as long as she stays there, it should be okay. 

“The chain codes are en route… With Omega.” Tech’s voice suddenly breaks through the comm and you and Hunter share a look of exasperation. 

“By herself? You let her go by herself?” Hunter asks, angrily and then looks to Wrecker to go check on Omega. 

“Well, we didn’t let her go.” Tech says, a little defensively. “She ran off on her own.” 

Wrecker hands the crate he was carrying to Cut. “I’m on it.” 

“If something happens to her-” Hunter starts.

Wrecker takes off toward the impound lot and you start to put a hand on Hunter to try to calm him down but Suu beats you to it, putting her hand on his shoulder.

“Like I said, kids always find trouble.” She tells him.

Your shoulders draw up ever so slightly and you tighten your grip on your backpack straps, looking away. 

A few moments later, you hear blaster fire coming from the impound lot and you let out a sigh. 

“I’ll go give them some more back up.” You murmur to Hunter and start to head that way but he steps away from Cut and Suu to stop you, saying your name in a way that makes you stop and look at him.

“Just… be careful.” He looks like he wants to reach out to touch you but stops himself.

You give him a soft smile and nod before running in the direction of the blaster fire. 

As you make your way, you run into Omega and give her a warm smile, just glad to see that she’s alright. 

“Be careful.” You tell her, echoing Hunter’s words he just said to you.

Omega gives you a smile and nods as she runs toward Hunter and the Lawquanes. You watch her disappear around the corner before pulling your blaster out and taking cover near Wrecker, watching as he launches a heavy crate at some troopers, taking them out. You set your blaster to stun and start to shoot at the very clone troopers that are shooting at you. 

It’s a weird feeling having regs shoot at you. While they didn’t always see eye to eye with the batch, they weren’t enemies. This is new and scary territory.

“Good shot!” Wrecker shouts to you, somehow full of glee. 

You can’t help but give him a smile. “Thanks.” 

“Hopefully Hunter will be here soon.” Tech calls over to you and Wrecker. 

“Is the ship started up?” You ask him.

“Affirmative.” He shoots at a clone trooper, making him drop. “Echo is trying to get the clamp off the ship. He could probably use backup.” 

You give him a grateful nod, knowing that Tech knows you’re not really a big fan of being in the middle of a firefight, and then go join Echo where he’s still trying to get the clamp off. 

“Struggling?” You ask, lightly.

“Not in the mood.” He grumbles, making you chuckle. 

You notice Hunter jump over the wall and then start to take out the remaining troopers. Seeing him in action has always been interesting.  His skill with a gun and also with fighting always proves exactly why he’s a great leader. It’s also just incredibly fun to watch him in action. 

You can’t help but notice the way his muscles tighten in that short sleeve tunic makes you go warm all over. 

What the hell? 

Where did that come from?

You shake those thoughts away and then notice Omega isn’t with him and you realize he made the choice to send Omega with the Lawquane’s. It breaks your heart but also you know why he did it. So you’ll stand by him. 

He makes his way over by Tech and then shouts over to Echo, continuing to shoot at the new wave of troopers. “What are we waiting for?” 

“The clamp’s still magnetized. The system’s not responding.” Echo tells him, impatiently still trying his best.

Hunter nods to Wrecker who comes over to help Echo. You cover both of them, still shooting at the clones shooting at all of you. 

“Move.” Wrecker starts to get to work, pulling on the clamp, successfully yanking it off. “It responded to that!” 

You and Echo make your way onto the ship at the same time that Hunter and Tech start to run back to the hatch as well. Echo and Tech take their places in the cockpit, preparing to take off. 

“Wait! Omega’s not back!” You hear Wrecker tell Hunter and your heart breaks at the realization that Hunter didn’t tell him. 

You and Hunter share a soft look before Hunter looks back at Wrecker on the hatch to tell him Omega’s going with Cut and Suu. 

“Wrecker, she’s not-” Hunter starts but you all hear a small familiar voice shouting. 

“Wait for me!” Omega’s voice carries over to you. 

She starts to run over but a clone trooper getting up from being knocked out sees her and starts to catch her by the leg. Hunter instantly goes to help her, not even thinking about it. He shoots the trooper and then starts to shoot at others while leading Omega back to the ship. You grab her hand and pull her up into the safety of the ship. Shortly after, Hunter and Wrecker join you. 

You’re checking her for injuries and she smiles up at you.

“Are you okay?” You kneel down to her level as the hatch closes and you hear the loud pings of the clones shooting at the Marauder. 

“I’m alright.” She assures you. 

You look up at Hunter and he’s got his hands on his hips, clearly at a loss for words. 

“I’m gonna… go change…” You look down at the clothes that Suu let you borrow, and then smile at Hunter and his eyes travel from your eyes, down, and then back up again. 

Your stomach flutters but you try to ignore it. 

He nods and you give Omega a reassuring squeeze and then go to the fresher to change into your regular clothes. 

You look at yourself in the mirror, just as you did at the Lawquane’s. Something still feels different when you look at yourself. You just can’t put your finger on it. 

Exhaustion starts to settle in and you decide to go take a nap in your bunk. 

“You okay?” Hunter asks you, sitting in his bunk across from yours. 

You nod, sitting on the edge of the bunk, leaning toward him like magnets do.

“I talked with Omega. She says this is where she wants to be. So I told her this is where she’ll stay.” He tells you and you grin.

“I think that’s a good thing. I think we could all learn a thing or two from her.” You shrug.

He chuckles softly, nodding in agreement. 

“I just… don’t know anything about parenting.” He shrugs.

“So… just be her brother.” You pat his hand. 

He turns his palm up, slipping his fingers through yours. You both look down at your hands intertwined and you feel your heartbeat pick up. His ears perk up slightly and his brown eyes stare into yours, letting you know he heard it, too. 

“Hunter, you’re going to need to come look at this.” Tech’s voice carries from the cockpit and Hunter lets out a sigh.

“Duty calls.” You give a teasing squeeze to his hand.

He squeezes back as he lets out an unamused huff of a laugh, clearly not wanting to leave this spot. 

“It’s okay.” You nod. 

He nods once and then lets go, getting up to join his brothers in the cockpit. You take that time to finally lay down and get that nap you wanted earlier. 

But as you lay there, looking up at Crosshair’s bunk above yours, you’re reminded of him. And you wonder if he’s thinking of you as well. 

Kamino, that day

Crosshair lies in his bunk of the barracks that he once shared with the rest of the squad. It’s too quiet now. 

Way too quiet. 

He’s used to Wrecker’s boisterous laugh, or Tech tinkering with whatever new gadget he’s working on. He’s used to Echo helping Tech. He’s used to Hunter’s broody ass working out or sparring with Wrecker. 

He’s used to you being there in his bunk with him, cuddled up against him or tapping away on your datapad doing whatever.

Why did he say that awful shit to you? Why did he push you away like that? It was like watching himself through a mirror, unable to stop himself from being hateful. 

The look on your face when that trooper shot you plays over and over in Crosshair’s mind. The look of absolute betrayal. Something he never wanted to happen. 

He sits up, angrily, looking at the empty spot next to him in his bunk and then gets up and starts to pace. 

Good soldiers follow orders.

He misses your laugh. 

Good soldiers follow orders.

He misses your smile. 

Good soldiers follow orders.

He misses the way you run your fingers through his hair at night to comfort him. 

Good soldiers- No.

No. 

What was he thinking? He can’t do this on his own. He needs his squad. He needs you. He needs to know if you’re okay. 

How would he even find you, though? He doesn’t know. All he knows is… he has to try.

TAGS: @rebel-finn @rexandechosandwich @madameminor @dumfanting @corona-one @tecker @ladykatakuri @brynhildrmimi @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-the-diamond @zoeykallus @maulslittlemeowmeow @littlemousedroid @arctrooper69 @rexxdjarin @padawancat97 @hated-by-me @sleepingsun501 @idledreams @redheadgirl @themcuwriter @ashotofspotchka @sunshinesdaydream @crosshairsimp73 @ariadnes-red-thread @rosmariner @heyitsaloy @starstofillmydream @high-ct5555 @echos-girlfriend @sleepywych @nekotaetae @justanothersadperson93 @aconstructofamind @book-of-baba-fett @chopper-base @palliateclaw @501st-rexster @nahoney22 @where-is-my-mind-tho @jediknightjana @erishimoon @witching3 @queen-of-many-fandoms @wizardofrozz  @burningfieldof-clover

[skellymom]

\m/ <3

This is meant to be just a silly little sketch about Hunter nothing more. I’m also trying to change my style more like trying thinner lines but I failed at that obviously 😩😩😩.

[skellymom]

AAAAAAAHHH! I LOVE THIS LITTLE METAL GOBLIN!!!

Thorn is giving me Fabio vibes, too.

Commander Thorn: Hey Fox! Look what we‘ve got here! That's 10RD, our new caf droid! We should call him "THE DARK LORD"! Because of dark caf and reading his numbers as letters, you know what I mean? What do you think?

Meet 10RD, the dark caf lord 😂 Thorn has another selfie time and of course he is annoying his ori'vod unaware 🙈 10RD makes not the joyful beeps as most of the other droids. He might be one of the first quite imperial looking caf droid designs 😱🖤 And he absolutely sounds like one! Maybe he just can't beep, but he has an integrated coffee mill 😽

Close ups and 10RD concept under the cut 😂

One day I noticed that my own caf droid looks like a grumpy little tank and he's a demanding emperor because [require: WATER!!] and [grounds container = FULL! (How dare you); require: EMPTY!... slave!] 😂🤪

So I got the idea of getting Fox and the Corries their own new caf droid! 🦊☕️

I imagine poor Marshal Commander Fox stressed and tired, looking at his holopad, receiving from time to time the occasional and inevitable holoselfies of Thorn, kind of hating and loving him for them 😂 Thorn sees all the colorful worlds on his missions and Fox is mostly trying to keep Coruscant and himself from drowning in work and from exploding! 🤯 Thorn's posing doesn't help and his speeches neither 🤪 But Thorn is actually trying to lighten his brother up and Fox knows that... and endures 🙄

And even when Thorn is back at the headquarters he's obviously not safe from getting a posy holoshot 🦊👿☕️

Have close ups 🧐 I headcanon Commander Thorn's eyes with heterochromia 🫠 the "thunder flash" of Thor(n) right through his iris 😎✨

☕️🤖

And have a clean look without the holoframe 🤓

I hope you enjoy my crazy shenanigans-predesigned droid OC hehe! 🤪

Taglist: @lezz-agna @returnofthepineapple @sunshinesdaydream @covert1ntrovert @vrycurious @dystopicjumpsuit @chaicilatte @ladylucksrogue @freesia-writes

My Chaos vode💥 @ghostymarni @lonewolflupe @wings-and-beskargam @eclec-tech

Precious friends 🫶 @foxwithadarkside @crosshairs-dumb-pimp-gf @feralferrule @clonethirstingisreal @nocturius8015ficore @mamuzzy-art @fuzzyenthusiastnelket01

[skellymom]

Baby Miss Fangirl too! ❤️

Little Trouble, Little Infatuation

Ms Fangirl as a little bebo already chasing after Echo.

@zaya-mo @oldmanwithashield @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond @chrissywakingup @ladykatakuri @indira-korr @marierg

[skellymom]

I LOVE BABY PHEE!

I'm sure Tech does too!!! ❤️💛

The Baby Batch: Tech & Phee

@the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond @ladykatakuri @marierg @thecoffeelorian @salubriousbean @bring-backup-99 @99tech99 @clonethirstingisreal @sunshinesdaydream @jane8675 @eclec-tech @noblelightfighter @nika6q @snowlotr @heidnspeak @ilovethebabybatch @skellymom @diamondluna2 @cr0sshairr

[skellymom]

Aww 🤍🖤❤️

Failed Deduction

Description:

Totally out of it and boiling with a fever, Hunter receives care from one of his siblings after being gravely wounded in battle. Through the murk of his current state, the sergeant has trouble distinguishing who that person truly is.

In the fog of his mind, he makes it into a little guessing game... A game of deduction, if you will. His instincts are always right!... right?

💀🥽🏋️👁️🦾 …👧

AO3 link-

https://archiveofourown.org/works/69154901

Quick fix out of nowhere… or somewhere🤯

[skellymom]

@minimxl Hello there!

Please read my TBB Masterlist pinned at the top of my Tumblr account!

Also at the end of my Masterlist is a Writers and Artist Wall Of Fame for CLONE CONTENT. They both have a huge list of creators that I update every few weeks containing The Bad Batch, Clone Wars, and Clone OC Tumblr and AO3 content!

REMINDER: PLEASE LIKE, COMMENT, AND REBLOG! Creators will stop creating content or leave the platform if readers do not do this. Content only gets seen if REBLOGGED. Otherwise it just sits with no eyeballs to see it, and it's discouraging!!! ❤️

where are my clone wars/bad batch fanfictions going… why are we losing the sacred texts…

[skellymom]

Shitposting for fun! Enjoy!!!

@returnofthepineapple @genericficerblog @boredzum-671 @thecoffeelorian

[skellymom]

Oh thank you Friend! Hope you are doing well!!!

No trouble lately...but I'm planning some soon in a future protest downtown...

For now settled for eating an edible and made some jewelry:

Self taught myself to wire wrap since 2000. Besides doing it at home, I go into my vendor stand downtown and do custom beadwork for customers who visit!

My art is for my mental health...really helps.

[skellymom]

Don't forget to add sugar to the gas tank. It helps clean the engine.

Spic and span inside and out.

Oh my god we actually did it.

[skellymom]

THIS!

Even if my old ass never sees this day...I HOPE a lot of you out there do. I hope this BS will eventually end and life is somewhat normal...even boring...consistent...and the world is a place you enjoy living in.

Sending love and hope for a brighter future.

Sending love and hope to get us there.

i hope every single one of you outlives these hateful fucks on the news right now. i hope each and every one of you is able to find joy and support throughout these tumultuous times and i hope you get to live so fiercely as yourself. i hope you wake up one day to news that you’ve outlived those pieces of absolute shit and whether that brings you joy or relief or hope or what have you, i hope you live to see that day

[skellymom]

I absolutely love The Bad Batch...but I have to agree. I wonder if the writers strike had them cutting more meaningful storytelling? Or Disney hobbled the writers? Because I feel the Clone Wars era storytelling did a bit better with loss.

However I can't be too taken aback by how they handled Tech's death. Because they remedied Crosshair's PTSD and shaking hand with cutting it off and using meditation as the "it's your issue and you must fix it" approach, which is NOT helpful for a soldier who is trying to unpack his programming and what months of torture and detainment has done to him...on top of losing a sibling he was never able to reconnect with.

I LOVE happy endings; they are definitely my preference. There are also several shows/movies I've watched that have bittersweet and even tragic endings that I still find satisfying because it fits the story and the major storylines are fully resolved.

This is the main reason why the Bad Batch finale falls flat for me (and, by extension, a lot of season 3): there are a LOT of great elements to it, and yet the way it resolves its main plot line is just plain weird because it doesn't really fit the story or the mood/feeling it seemed to be aiming for.

The plot that forms the very foundation of the entire story is family - specifically, a family that breaks apart but wants to pull back together (though ideas on how they should pull back together diverge - see: season 1). The driving conflict is set up with Crosshair's chip activating and leading to him breaking with the squad - this is the opening scene of the show, the one that sets the stage for the rest of the story, and it comes long before Omega is even introduced. THE main question for more than 2/3rds of the show (I would even argue, for the entirety of the show) is "Will the broken family ever be whole again?" And... well, we get to the finale, and Crosshair has returned, but the broken family is still broken. Yay.

Here's the thing: the show could have confirmed Tech's death and ended with the broken family still broken, while still being satisfying. How? Have the family be broken physically, maybe, but NOT emotionally. The show had an entire season to explore not only the topic of a family coming to terms with a death, but also delve into the heavier topic of finding reconciliation/closure with a loved one even when they are gone and it is too late to do so in person. Yet somehow, the show addresses the first topic by ignoring it, and won't touch the second topic with a ten-foot pole. In fact, the show seems to double down not only throughout season 3 but especially in the finale on establishing just how thoroughly broken the family is emotionally regarding the loss of one of their own, and never resolves it.

As it stands, the last time Tech is mentioned by name in the show is when Crosshair says the squad - the family - is irreparably and permanently broken because Tech died, and so Crosshair deserves to die alone. (Seriously, I think the fandom at large tends to gloss over the fact that Crosshair isn't just trying to save the brothers he has left by going back in to Tantiss alone - he believes he deserves to die alone. He has survived and come back to his family, but he doesn't believe he deserves to be with them.) And I guess Hunter and Wrecker kind of address the "I should die alone" thing by basically saying "We know the risks, if we're going to die let's all go die together!", but there is no answer to Crosshair truly coming to terms with the fact that he will never see Tech again. The last we see of Crosshair in relation to Tech's death, he's not at peace, he's angry and frustrated and traumatized over it. And we end the show that way.

This doesn't even begin to address the fact that season 3 does literally nothing to honor Tech's sacrifice, because the only times it's ever alluded to, it's always framed as a bad thing. *Tech sacrificed himself, and Omega got captured anyway. *Tech sacrificed himself, and the only reason why Hunter didn't stay on Pabu and leave Crosshair to his fate is because Omega was captured. *Tech sacrificed himself, and the squad doesn't have its tech support. *Tech sacrificed himself, and every mission is harder. *Tech sacrificed himself, and the family is permanently broken physically AND emotionally - in Crosshair's words, the squad died. (Which, by the way, is the complete OPPOSITE of what Tech was aiming for when he sacrificed himself!) *Tech sacrificed himself, so all you viewers who have been watching for 2+ seasons for a resolution to the "broken family" question - well, all y'all just need to learn to let go and move on or something even though for all you can tell the titular characters themselves don't. (I'm still a little bitter over some early fan discussions about this, can you tell? 😅) There is literally nothing in the entirety of season 3 to indicate the squad is doing anything in Tech’s honor (no “It’s what Tech would have wanted,” nothing) or that his decision to sacrifice himself for them has had any lasting impact on them besides make them depressed.

I cannot stress this enough: the ONLY indication that Tech's sacrifice contributed in any meaningful way to the family's “happy” ending on Pabu comes from the fans themselves saying it. THE SHOW NEVER, EVER SAYS OR OTHERWISE INDICATES IT. EVER. And this unavoidably leaves the lingering sense that the family remains not only physically but also emotionally broken apart all the way through the end of the show.

What I'm getting at is this: if the show wanted to pull a reality check and resolve the family plot that formed the foundation of the show with "The family started the show broken and ended broken," that's a valid - and, sadly, realistic - narrative choice and it could have still been satisfying (if bittersweet) if the show had also fully addressed other main character arcs (including Tech and all his brothers, but mainly Crosshair) and at least started them on the path of emotional healing in relation to Tech’s apparently permanent absence. But it doesn’t. Not even by accident. In fact, in my opinion, it is so completely thorough in NOT doing it that the only reasonable explanation is that it’s a very deliberate choice. ...And then despite all this, the show basically ends on the note of "They're HAPPY, don't you see how happy they are sitting under that tree, alive while the family unit is still split apart?? They have yet to fully process and recover from the death of one brother (not to mention all the other trauma they just endured) but at least no one else died! Broken family is permanently broken, YAY!!" and it's that dissonance in not only the emotional narrative but also the resolution of the main theme of the show that, frankly, drives me absolutely bonkers to this day.

The positive side to all this is: the way I see it, there is no way all the writers and creatives who showed for 2 seasons that they know what they’re doing, would botch this part of the narrative this hard by accident. So, either they were deliberately trying to break every rule known to man on how to write a satisfying conclusion to a main character death (not to mention a main character sacrifice) for… what, just for kicks?; OR season 3 - even any finale rewrites - was always written with the intention for Tech to come back. (Honestly, I would have preferred that they still addressed Tech’s apparent death appropriately even if they did mean for him to come back, because Tech’s family doesn’t know he’s alive so the issue still has to be addressed; but since that didn’t happen I’m even more convinced the plan was to leave his fate open-ended in every narrative sense they could manage.)

So, while the finale still drives me bananas, I live in hope that there IS a longer game being played here by the creatives and that future shows will actually wrap up all the dangling plot threads from this show - including the plot thread that started this show off in the first place.

(The CX clones subplot is another topic that brings a lot of thematic dissonance to the finale for me; but that's something I can make myself ignore and, anyway, if I got into it that would be another full essay, so I'll just leave this topic alone for now.)

[skellymom]

@ladykagewaki I LOVE THIS!

Miss Fangirls story is sad and sweet. Crosshair's story is almost the beginning of demigod epic poem.

I believe we have these narratives to help our inner children heal due to situations and people who couldn't give us what we needed at certain critical periods of our lives. So we created our own mythos.

Some of us become heroes, villains, or a mixture of things. And if done well provides a coping mechanism to survive trauma and adversity.

It's also a great storytelling device. You knocked this one out of the park!

I'm sending you hugs and loving howls...

Glad I'm not alone because I have a secret to share...

I'm a Lycanthrope.

That's a werewolf that can change at will...

Imma dopey silver haired dog-wolf witch.

And yes, I've actually growled and bitten people.

The moon is my friend. Saw her fullness last night. We smiled at each other and I did a little tiny howl...

Didn't want to wake the neighbors.

This is a story I told myself to survive childhood abuse. That brought on my "affliction" (Polish/Hungarian/Slavic monster lore). But a good Garou (yep I know it's French-Canadian, and yep I grew up in Michigan, so it carried over with the French settlers and Indigenous people) controls their transformation and rage. It can be destructive, like the household and mother I came from, OR a gift of bravery, self discovery, and transformation...

Feminine RAGE used constructively.

NOW I RAGE with others who have yet to find their HOWL.❤️🐾

YOU ARE MAGICAL MISS FANFIRL!

You wield your glamour spells and incantations very well! ✨❤️💜🖤

The Origins of Ms Fangirl

Part 2

@zaya-mo @chrissywakingup @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond @aintinacage @ladykatakuri @marierg @isthereanechoinhere96 @thecoffeelorian

[skellymom]

THIS!

EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO GET SMUTTY!!!

Right now, the Internet as we know it is changing. Meaning this is the time to go support your local NSFW artist.

It's time to leave comments and kudos, to keep their morale up. It's time to follow that patreon, because you don't know how much longer it'll be before they're forced to close it down.

It's time for YOU to write or draw that sexy thing that is scratching on the inside of your skull. Get creative, let your wild side out. Because right now, creating NSFW art is in itself a protest.

[skellymom]

Ohhh I can DEFINITELY see where all the kinky Hunter In Restraints art and fics comes from...

yep...

Poke

Slap

Tickle

Tie

Make 'em beg...

Gonna stick my head in the freezer now...

BYE!

Okay but why aren’t the Hunter Fangirls and fanboys talking more about this scene?

I’ll never shut up about how handsome clones are

[skellymom]

THANK YOU @thecoffeelorian and @ladykagewaki

And back at ya lovelies!!!

HERE YE, HERE YE...I SHALL BOOP THEE (no pressure tags):

@aloofturtles-blog

@nocturius8015ficore

@fionajames

@genericficerblog

@talesfrommedinastation

@gun-roswell

@boredzum-671

@crosshairs-dumb-pimp-gf

@dreamie411

@leenathegreengirl

@noblelightfighter

@the-bi-space-ace

@kybercrystals94

@freesia-writes

@eobe

@foxwithadarkside

@echo-lover

@wolveria

@wolverina2002

@tacticaltoothpick

AND THERE ARE SOOOO MANY MORE OF YOU!!!

LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE!!!

🧡💛 send this to people you think are amazing and deserve a boop on the snoot!! 💛🧡

@mysticalgalaxysalad:

I wanted to draw a reaction, but since I'm running out of time...perhaps this will be faster:

Also tagging:

@ilovemedia @leenathegreengirl @gun-roswell @skellymom @the-osborn-way

@five-a-battery @unstable-kiwi @ladykagewaki @ghostymarni @eobe

@amor-vivere @little-caeruleum-blog @littlefeatherr @braveincafleet @techhasmjolnir and everyone else who visits regularly/reblogs my stuff, etc! Love you all!!

[skellymom]

❤️

UPCOMING TRILOGY PROMOTION!

Where the Silence Ends Trilogy - The Lines Between Book 1 - Prologue

Main Pair: Commander Cody/Original Female Character Medic Genre: Romance, Military Romance, Survival & Legacy Quick Summary: A medic named Rhea serves alongside Commander Cody and General Kenobi, forming a quiet but deep bond with Cody during the Clone Wars. As the war nears its end, shifting battles and personal feelings push them to navigate the line between duty and desire—until the galaxy, and their lives, shatter.

1 OUT OF?

One Year - A faint chuckle from the clone beside her. Older, first generation, or at least close to it. He had a scar above his left eye, cutting through his brow, resting slightly above it, then trailing down with a curve to his cheek. Never told her how he got it, she assumed reckless behavior or worse, suicidal sense of duty. Either way, the two remained quiet. The spice tea that she had gotten a hold of while General Kenobi was busy with battle plans, he mostly understood, even after his clone Commander had watered it down for him. He took more of the clones' suggestions than he would like to admit, often humming and nodding. Feigning understanding, more than eager to return to his tent and drink his tea and eat whatever rations he had left. Then, finally, the clone spoke. Dry as always. “I will stay in the army when it does end, I have no real interest in anything else anyway.” And like that, he answered a question that always lingered in the back of her mind. Well, at least in terms of her thoughts about his future. But she looked at him, not a side glance but fully. Taking him in as he was. He looked like the rest of his brothers with deep-set brown eyes that were heavy-lidded with fatigue, tan skin that usually showed the scars he had earned. Even his skin was worn from his accelerated aging, highlighted by his close-cropped black hair that was within the standard regulations. But in the light, there were notes of gray at his temples. And if you asked her, the tight tension that was always set in his jaw, awake or not, had to be something he was born with. She let out a sigh and looked away, because around six months earlier, the clones were issued new armor. Phase II, or how she called it, 'the bulk of someone who knows nothing of battle,' but she had cut it down to 'it looks stupid,' and more often than not, the Commander would smirk faintly at her words. But what she didn't see after she turned away from him was how he caught the light in her eyes. The way the sun's rays hit her hazel-green eyes just right, where he could see what looked to be golden flecks in the irises, eyes that were always narrowed and focused when she was working on keeping one of his brothers alive while another medic worked on another clone elsewhere. He gave a faint smile he would deny if anyone saw it or brought it up, a firm and direct 'this is a war, a battlefield, not some training field to play around on,' but for now, he would look at her like she held the secrets to life. Because in this moment she had, even when her medium-length cut was somewhere between copper or maybe some forgotten name for some color that mixed reddish-brown together. The hell he would know, but the messiness of it, the imperfect barracks haircut that some clone trooper probably talked her into, was all tied up in a bun. Even though she kept her head covered with a helmet, which he wished the General would follow in line with.

Thanks for reading! Keep an eye out! Follow my blog and get notified when it hits! Also, follow me on AO3 where the story will be published all at once!

Tags:

@skellymom, @orangez3st, @book-of-baba-fett, @burningfieldof-clover