#clone wars the bad batch

[theartgremlin]

Okay, so apparently these exist? And they’re the perfect size for an itty bitty Omega to cuddle?? C’mon, you didn’t think I wouldn’t take advantage, did you?

[disastertriowriting]

[theartgremlin2]

Emotional support Wrecker

This is the Bad Batch’s emotional support Wrecker.

He is strong and an extremely competent soldier, but he’s also an emotional centre for his team. He is the one who tally’s the Batch’s successes and collects their battle trophies. When Omega joined the group, it was Wrecker that welcomed her the most openly, creating a space for her on the ship and spending time teaching her how things work with the Batch. He is always making sure his family gets to safety first. When Crosshair leaves, he is the first one to start trying to pick up their broken pieces. He is always asking what’s next, offering his support however he can. Wrecker is the Batch’s emotional center.

And in episode 9 of season 2, Wrecker teaches us a very important lesson: even the emotional center of the family can have breakdowns. Just because people are depending on him doesn’t mean he can’t get angry, or upset too.

[adh-d2]

One of my favorite pieces of canon continuity is that clones cannot lie for shit

[meandtheyeehaws]

who is my favorite character. u are right it is echo

[rackcty]

interest check for devin’s apocalypse zine opens this week! @devinsisland

[phi8]

A little too late for the Bad Batch finale and May the 4th, but I had to get this out of my system. Both unaltered clones of Jango growing up at a regular rate compared to their Trooper brothers, and discovering they have one more sibling.

[theartgremlin]

YOU GUYS I FOUND IT!! I FOUND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ART!!!

I agree with this analysis 100%

You are never supposed to go in after a drowning person. This is swimming safety 101! You are supposed to get a floatation device to them so that they get brought up to the surface and kept there. The reason for this is that it is incredibly hard to pull a person who is unconscious to the surface, especially in waters with a current. And if the person is conscious and struggling, it is highly likely that their panic will make them climb you to try and get to the surface, impeding your own swimming. There is a high likelihood that Hunter would’ve drowned attempting to save Omega. He has no floatation device, and though she is small, she’s still pretty deep down. Crosshair was either a) going to stop Hunter outright, or b) was setting up to grab him with his cable if things went south, which they were very likely to do.

Hunter should’ve thanked Crosshair. Not because he saved Omega, but because he was ready to save Hunter. Again.

Scene analysis

There's something that struck me about this scene – I’ve always had one single interpretation for it, ever since I watched it for the first time but I haven’t seen many people interpret it that way.

The thing is, I don’t think Crosshair was thinking about saving Omega here. At least I don’t think that was at the forefront of his mind. In fact, I don’t think it occurred to him that he was repaying her for saving him until she brought it up on the platform.

What I believe Crosshair was doing in that scene was protecting Hunter. Because Hunter would have jumped after Omega and Crosshair knew it and he had to stop him from doing it. We know the water is crawling with sea monsters and littered with debris, not to mention that Hunter may well drown in his frantic urge to save Omega. He can’t see into the water as well as Crosshair after all.

And I think that’s the case because throughout those two episodes we see numerous instances of Crosshair protecting or attempting to protect his brothers, from trying to convince them that the Empire is safer to killing his own squad and helping them fight the simulation droids (in that scene he sends a bolt flying above Hunter’s shoulder to dispatch the droid he’s fighting, proving that he’s not just fighting in self-defense).

That’s why I think his brothers’ rejection hurts so much afterwards. Why he huddles down in the pod looking hurt and he’s definitely hurt there. This isn’t about the Empire anymore this is about them. They’re telling him they don’t trust him anymore even after he’s repeatedly proven he won’t hurt them now that he hasn’t got his chip. Where they once let him use their shoulders as a rifle rest without a second thought (in TCW with Tech), they now turn their weapons on him just because the barrel of his gun got near Hunter.

(To be clear the angle makes it hard to tell just how close he was to aiming at him but I if you look closely you’ll see that he’s aiming over Hunter’s shoulder and Hunter only gets in the way once he turns around.)

I also think that’s the moment it starts to click - when Hunter turns to glare at him with suspicion we see Crosshair hesitate:

The camera lingers and something in his expression shifts, as if he's finally realizing what's going on.

So yeah, to me that’s what this scene is about. Hunter goes to jump and Crosshair’s knee jerk response is to stop him somehow. It’s not about Omega, it’s not about a life debt, it’s a simple response that’s been ingrained into him over the years.

Only now it's being rejected.

[skywalkerrtno]

SLAYY

[theartgremlin]

Happy MerMay everyone!!

(The discord shenanigans are getting out of control)

[meshla-cyarika]

[boggsart]

audio seemed fitting

[phantasm-echo]

Cat dad captain Rex cat dad captain Rex—

[zaana]

Bad Batch cadets could have their own show

[baaaaaaaam]

[mroddmod]

some more of my cadet batch au, ft. some clingy omega