#CX TECH

[collophora]

Concept I wanted to put on paper.

[talesfrommedinastation]

WIP Wednesday!

Man, haven't done one of these in a while. And it's a double for multiple reasons:

This art piece is a WIP, I'm coloring it in and fixing some parts. Also, it's from an upcoming chapter in To Guard Against Titans, where.....

CX-2/Roak and Tech team up to do some rescuing from Tantiss, break some ankles, and Just Be Problematic. Tech's in MCRN armor. Double the brilliance, double the trouble!

I like how my Thanksgiving post last year was all warm and squishy and this one's just weird. A reflection of our times, I guess.

[cabbagege]

With all love🪦

[m00ntunaart]

CX-2/Tech AU comic! Where CX-2 is Tech, but Tch isn't the only recognizable CX trooper!

*Cody enters stage*

I don't know what it is about Starwars comics but omg this looks like shit, but I'm blaming that on finals fatigue.

Anyways, I will do a separate post and reblog of this post with the lore of this AU! So look for that if you want to read more on this AU!

And if you don't care, then thanks for checking out my comic and I hope you have a great day!

[ghostymarni]

so will you wait me out-

-or will you drown me out?

[gorlicberd]

what if cx-2 was killed before his identity was confirmed?

[letshareapapou]

Woof

[eclec-tech]

At this point, I'd take either. But yes PLEASE to both!

Is it greedy to want both?

[stellarbit]

Found this on Pinterest and it made me almost huck my phone across the room

Credit: swninetynine Pinterest

[miss-musings]

How badly was Tech's Death handled in The Bad Batch S3?

I'm planning to do a full season review for The Bad Batch Season 3, and while prepping, I started thinking back about how Tech's death was handled.

I wonder if The Bad Batch never really mourned Tech on-screen because they all blamed themselves for his death:

Hunter bc he's the leader (even Hemlock noted this)

Wrecker bc he was trying to hold the rail car

Crosshair bc they were trying to save him from Tantiss

And Omega had never really lost anyone before, so she probably didn't know how to cope.

The time jump didn't help either.

Arguably it'd be in-character that their "mourning" style is just avoiding the topic. They hardly brought up Crosshair in S1 after he was mind-controlled.

Hunter shuts down the group's conversation about Crosshair in 1.03 partly bc he feels guilty about leaving Crosshair behind (even tho they didn't really have a choice). Consequently, the group doesn't really mention Crosshair except in passing after 1.03.

Look, I ultimately think the writers *should* have let the characters mourn Tech in a meaningful way. It'd allow them and us to have some closure. But they didn't, and that's partly why so many people expected him to come back (namely as CX-2).

Tech also just had such a suspicious "death":

No body on screen

He fell with all or most of his gear on him, and Hunter survived a 500+ foot fall on Daro without much issue

Hemlock as an unreliable death certificate

A character running around in S3 who was conditioned by Hemlock (who supposedly found Tech's body) and who moves & talks like Tech, and has significant interactions w/ Crosshair and Omega plus a weird scene w/ Phee

It didn't help that CX-2 survived *everything* - multiple explosions, falls, etc. Plus, we never saw him without his mask, unlike CX-0 in S2 and CX-1 in 3.06.

If the TBB creators wanted to avoid any theorizing that CX-2 was Tech or anyone else we knew, all they had to do was show him without his helmet at the end of 3.07. Boom, problem solved!

I really expected a CX-Tech reveal up until 3.14 "Flash Strike." But by then, we'd run out of time to bring him back properly. It really feels like the writers baited us, or something was changed last-minute during S3 production.

Even if we'd gotten a scene in, let's say, 3.05 "The Return" where the Bad Batch finally and properly mourned Tech once they were all together, I'm sure people still would've theorized CX-2 was Tech. But, I do think there would've been fewer.

As it stands, neither the characters nor the audience ever had a proper send-off for such a prominent character.

And CX-2 had all that screentime & build-up to justify cutting off Crosshair's hand???

TBB S3 was great in many respects, but how it handled Tech's death was a major flaw.

But, I just wanted to play Devil's Advocate for a bit. Maybe it wasn't as bad as we thought, and arguably was in-character for Tech's brothers to hardly ever mention him.

He's mentioned 7 times in S3:

Wrecker has an indirect mention in 3.02

Omega in 3.03

Echo in 3.05

Phee in 3.08

Crosshair in 3.09

Phee in 3.12

Crosshair in 3.15

And we know that last one is the most heartbreaking one of them all.

Phee and Echo seemingly have made some peace with losing Tech after 5-6 months. But it's clear Hunter & co still haven't. They all compartmentalized his death and never addressed it. Crosshair's little "Plan 99" speech in 3.15 proves that, I think.

Anyway, just throwing this out there. I'm planning to do a S3 review soon and go over the three best and three worst things about the season. SPOILERS: Tech's death and the CX-2 baiting was definitely one of the worst!

[collophora]

3am concept

[talesfrommedinastation]

OC Sunday means I should probably talk about homeboy right here.

We never got to see CX-2's face in the finale. There is some concept art of him, confirming that he was another regular clone.

But fandom do as fandom do. We got creative. I wasn't immune.

So, without further ado, meet CT-9949, aka 'Roak', later renamed CX-2 by Dr. Hemlock.

He and his squad were another 'bad batch', designed to be the exact same as Clone Force 99, the first round. But he's the only one that turned out kind of decent. Kind of.

So when Dr. Hemlock comes a-knockin' and asks his raggedy, sad self if he'd like to join the CX troopers, of course Roak raises his hand first and begs to join. He wants to be recognized as special and perfect, dang it! HE DESERVES IT!

Yeah, that doesn't quite work out now, does it.

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What makes Tech unique amongst 'smart' characters, is that, for all intents and purposes, he should be cold and mean due to his logic-oriented noggin'.

But he's not. DBB himself called Tech 'breezy', pointing out that few things rattle him due to his confidence, his logic, and his focus. That makes him secure and self-assured.

Now, let's take away that security. That self-assurance. Let's say Tech has no brothers, no individual bunk/gear, no Marauder shuttle, no knowledge that he's good at what he does. Just stress and anxiety and no outlet. No family.

Anxious people, especially if they're alone, mentally ill, and brilliant, are some of the scariest individuals to come across. They want the world to feel the pain they feel, and they know exactly how to inflict that pain.

That shit is scary. And that makes an awesome villain.

Whether or not someone like Omega, or Emerie, or, heck, TECH, can help poor Roak I can't tell you just yet.

The chapters I've written with him are the first to genuinely make me uneasy as a writer. I've read enough Stephen King to know that this is probably a decent narrative path to be on.

I hope you'll join me, too.

[bitterfishiesstuff]

I found this song about an hour ago and had to do a quick doodle of CX 2 Tech and Crosshair. Super quick doodle, but I like the bones of it so here ya go. Something thats not a reblog lol

[tech-aficionado]

I need everyone to stop what they are doing and join me in my latest fixation.

I’m seriously considering a AO3 book club and making a discord server dedicated to reading and sharing fic. I’m already on a few TBB servers (and I know there are many amazing ones out there too!), so maybe one more would be overkill? Idk.

Anyway, @niobiumao3 has crafted something ASTONISHING and yall need to come with me into this CX-2 Tech rabbit hole because my gods it’s incredible.

[ghostymarni]

thank you for all the love for cx-tech-

[sp4wnofch40s]

TELL THE WORLD

Oh He's SOMETHING

I can officially like him now as an individual character

Guys churn out the art dew it ahhhhhhhh

@secretly-a-trekkie @inkybyl @yunyun160

WE FINALLY HAVE A CX-2 FREAKIN’ FACE REVEAL?????

like LOOK AT THIS

HOW DID I FIND THIS, YOU MAY ASK???

ITS QUITE SIMPLE

Last night, Im browsing concept art from The Bad Batch on starwars.com, in HOPES TO FIND the concept for the general clone X assassin for a color reference when drawing them! (all the scenes CX-2 or another clone assassin appears, its in dark lighting so I can’t eyedrop the exact colors that the armor is)

I keep looking and I land in the concept art for THE SERIES FINALE. THE CAVALRY HAS ARRIVED.

And I see THIS.

ITS THE CONCEPT MODEL FOR CX-2’s KIRFFIN’ FRICKIN’ FACE?????

EXCUSE ME??????

I’M SO SORRY, TECH-IS-CX-2 AND CODY-IS-CX-2 THEORISTS/BELIEVERS

I was a huge believer of Tech beings CX-2 while the final season was going on, but I had to force myself to let go of Tech’s survival and accept him as gone because it was doing WILD things to my mental health (and potentially my safety, SORRYYYY) (heck I even began headcanoning my own clone OC to be him to help!)

but just makes me BELIEVE HARDER

I CANT TELL IF IM RELIEVED OR DEVASTATED

LIKE I MISS TECH, I LOVE ANGST, BUT AT LEAST THAT MEANS HUNTER DIDNT KILL HIM, RIGHT??

WHEN I FOUND IT LAST NIGHT I WENT SPIRALING

FELLOW TBB FANS!!!!!! REBLOG THIS!!!!! EVERYONE MUST KNOW!!!!!!