#his reunion with Crosshair is gonna make me cry

[boba-fettuccine-alfredo]

"We have not always agreed with Crosshair, but he is still our brother. We do not leave our own behind."

[oceanofsoup]

Figure I'd throw out my thoughts about the finale, right out the gate I fucking loved it and could not have asked for a better way to end their story. Tech not being cx 2 hurts, especially considering he's the only member of the batch that didn't get that happy ending, but something I have been seeing less of in media is actual sacrifices. It becomes much more meaningful to think back on that scene with the confirmation that he did indeed use his last moments ensuring that his family was able to get away, however I will be constantly making myself cry thinking about what could have been with him and phee.

The whole escape was amazing to watch, I particularly loved emerie and echo following the kids' path of destruction and just being like, ah yes classic omega. Everyone's roles were great conclusions to what we've been seeing the whole series, and one of the best character arcs in all of star wars with crosshair. The deaths of both rampart and hemlock were perfect, with rampart finding out the consequences of his actions and the boys getting revenge for all the pain that hemlock has caused. I also think is interesting that they didn't have omega try to do anything with the force, even connecting with the zillo beast (not in a negative way, i love moving on from needing a force user as a main character). For me it just confirms/backs up my own theory, it's not the she had a significant m-count, but because she's almost entirely unmodified she was able to keep whatever Jangos m-count was while the modifications on all other clones rendered m-count null or at least super low.

They more than deserved their life on Pabu, being able to live quietly and let omega grow up the way they never got to. And omega getting the chance to chose to get back into the fight, wanting to help people cause she knows all to well what the empire is capable of and what they'll do to get what they want. I wonder if those clone cadets joined the rebellion as well. Old man hunter is everything I could have ever hoped for, I was gonna point out hunters new bandanna to my dad but then I saw that omega had his old one and started crying a bit. Him calling omega their kid broke me and I don't think I'll be able to recover from this, he was able to fully embrace being a father and I couldn't be happier.

All in all this was so fucking good and I hope that zillo beast is having the time of his life on a planet all by himself and no one tries to hurt him again. Cannot wait to read the incoming horde of omega and hera reunion fics.

[aouralune]

thoughts on tbb s3 trailer?

I'M SO EXCITED AHHH!!

Can't wait to be heartbroken again!🥰

So excited to have Crosshair back with the squad 🫢🫢

And omggg FENNEC, CAD BANE, WOLFFE, AND ASAAJ FKN VENTRESS!?? I'm going insaaane!! Can't wait to get a reunion!! (I'm delusional)

And I swear, Tech is alive. If he's not, I'll lose it 😩✋️ (he's alive I promise)

The animation is getting so much better! So is the cinematography! And the damaged armor of Hunter and Wrecker is making me a bit uneasy ngl. AND HIS BANDANA?? HELLO?? OMG, And Omega's haircut! 🤭

Tho, it's making me nervous of how big of a time skip there's gonna be 😟

And istg, if we lose Hunter (based on the poster) or Echo (based on his lack of clips (1)) I'll cry my eyes out. Honestly, I feel like there's gonna be a LOT of angst, so I'm not surprised if more people die.

And WHERE IS CODY? WHERE TF IS HE? +Palpatine is making me extremely nervous 😟

[ezras-left-thumb]

Ahh, thank you for the tag!! I love doing these and your post genuinely made me smile and kick my feet🥰 let’s get into it.

1. Been into the show since it first came out! I remember waiting for the weekly episodes to come out whilst doing my homework.

2. Tech absolutely. I don’t know, he just really appeals to me?? Always has been always will be my fav <3

3. I hope no one comes at me for this but I honestly didn’t like Wrecker at first. Idk why, but i love him now!

4. That’s tough but I’d have to say… Phee or Rex.

5. Oh God. Probably Tech or Omega or Echo lol. For various reasons for each of them

6. I’m a sucker for villains so I’d have to say Hemlock, (kinda?) he’s just a character who’s so inherently evil. Hate him as a person but he’s a wonderful character.

7. Crosshair absolutely. He’s be like “Oh, you did something bad? I’ve got body bags and a solid alibi.”

8. Omega and Wrecker!! They’d make sure everyone has the appropriate amount of pillows and popcorn.

9. I can't exactly think of anything right now, not to toot my own horn or anything but I'm pretty observant.

10. Um I have a ton of headcanons in a google doc but it's far too long to put on here so I'd have to say (not weird but) when they got back to Pabu Omega took to collecting seashells to make necklaces for everyone once a year. (There's a tree with seashell jewelry on it next to Tech's goggles.)

11. Every inch of this show is worshipped by us fans, but a favourite of mine from S2 is "I may process moments and thoughts differently, but that does not mean I feel any less." -Tech

12. Eriadu. It's ridiculous how this scene stuck with me since it aired, but his death actually made me cry.

13. Writing and posting about my fic (which I need to start doing more!!) And just doing anything I can because it has a special place in my heart where all my fandoms live <3

14. Wrecker, definitely, and Hunter I think. He'd be screaming his lungs out and then come off it and grumble, "This never happened" before he goes away to vomit.

15. Hunter and Echo give oldest, Wrecker and Tech are the middle children although Tech does sorta give youngest, (somewhere in the middle) and Crosshair and Omega are the youngest IMO.

16. S2 EP4, Tech's racer episode. Or Reunion (S1 EP8) Or Ruins of War (S2 EP2) or the S3 finale.

17. Again, people are gonna come for me but probably The Outpost. Idk, it just didn't have what I wanted, personally. Or any of the ep's without the Batch as a focus. Call me needy/selfish, but...

18. Coming home from school and plonking my bag down, getting in pyjamas and grabbing my laptop to crawl into bed and watch the newest episode. Also buying my Tech action figure. He's pretty cool.

19. Mean Girls, 100%

20. Everything. The little debates over stuff, sharing headcanons and art, and everyone participates in some way or another. Fanfictions, art, animation, music, incorrect quotes, tiktoks, it's all beautiful.

BAD BATCH 20 QUESTIONS

Get to know your fellow Bad Batch fandom community! Answer the following 20 questions! (Thanks to everyone who submitted questions for this Ask Game!)

Answer the questions and tag whoever you'd like to see their answers too 🥰

When/How did you get into the show?

Who is your favorite character from the show and why?

Was there a member of the Bad Batch you didn't like at first? If so, why? Has your view changed?

Who is your favorite non-Batch character?

Which character from the show do you most relate to?

Who is your favorite villain/antagonist from the show?

If you needed a Bad Batcher to help you commit a crime, who would it be?

Which Bad Batcher would be in charge (or take charge) of movie night?

What's something you didn't notice the first time watching the Bad Batch? (Or...what's something you didn't notice until someone else in the fandom pointed it out)

What is one strange head canon you have about any of the Bad Catchers that you haven't seen anywhere else?

What is a character quote/moment that is under appreciated from the show?

What scene/moment from the show lives in your head rent free?

What's your favorite way to participate in the Bad Batch Fandom?

Which Bad Batcher would scream the loudest on a rollercoaster?

Based on vibes alone, what is the "birth order" of the Batch? (Oldest, middle, youngest)

What's your favorite episode from the show and why?

What's your least favorite episode from the show and why?

Do you have any fun memories associated with the show?

What family movie would the Cadet Batch watch on repeat?

What is your favorite thing about being part of the Bad Batch fandom?

BONUS QUESTION

Did you commit voter fraud during prompt voting for @summer-of-bad-batch? 😂 (I have a google sheet that I'll share screenshots of at the end of the challenge with PROOF of the insanity of Summer of Bad Batch voter fraud...peak insanity, peak hilarity, loved every moment of it!)

No Pressure Tags: (all the Summer of Bad Batch community...I'd tag y'all, but that tag list would get insanely long...you know who you are 😘)

[contrispos]

Episode 8 - Reunion

[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]

WARNING: This thing is long AF

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Oh no… oh shit… stop… Okay I’ve missed Mr Toothpick here we go

PLEASE LET HIM GO

LET HIM BE WITH HIS BROTHERS AGAIN GODDAMMIT

“It’s Clone Force 99” with a completely monotone voice… stop…

Can Lama Su stop calling them Experimental Unit 99??? THEY ARE SOLDIERS BITCH GIVE THEM SOME RESPECT

TERMINATE THEM?????????? FUCK YOU RAMPASS

Omega is so focused I love it🥺

Wrecker really knows his stuff… so much for being the dumb one(no offense)

Oh my god I know the stress she’s going through… gosh I hope Wrecker has a brain and doesn’t actually blow the whole thing up

YES UNCLE WRECKER

Mom is coming… Dad wants you back on the cruiser

ECHO DID A SUPERHERO LANDING

Awwwwwww I can’t with Wrecker and Omega🥺🥺🥺🥺

FUCK YOU SCRAPPERFUCKS

OH YEAH

THIS IS THE SOLDIER STUFF I CAME FOR

Can Omega stop being the cutest thing ever??

“That’s not comforting” Tech… I can’t explain how much I love you okay???

I got a bit of a heart attack when Wrecker hit his head AGAIN… but then I remembered the last episode…

TECH WHY DIDN’T YOU SHAVE THE OTHER SIDE??????? YOU HAD A CHANCE TO ACCEPT YOUR PUNK SIDE COME ON!!!!!!

Tech’s helmet is the cutest thing, he constantly looks like a little puppy🥺

I don’t like Hunter’s helmet tho… can’t explain it

Wrecker’s undying love for explosives, I can’t

No shit Tech, the lights LITERALLY JUST TURNED ON OF COURSE THE POWER IS BACK

TECH STOP BEING CUTE

I KNOW IT’S JUST HIS VOICE BUT IT’S CUTE AS HELL

THE WAY HE SAYS OMEGA

Echo… Just join Rex goddammit we know you want to

Is it just me or did Echo’s accent just fuck up a bit?? He almost sounded drunk… aRE yOu dRuNk?

YES IT’S THE TECH SCENE FROM THE TRAILER

HE’S TINKERING

TINKER ON BOY

COME ON TECH CAN YOU JUST GET PROPER ARMOR FOR GODS SAKE???? PROTECT YOUR THIGHS!!! PROTECT YOUR NECK!!!!! PROTECT YOUR BALLS I MEAN COME ON

Oh Tech my sweet, sweet darling Tech… JUST TALK ABOUT YOUR EMOTIONS!!!! TALK ABOUT THE STRESS YOU WERE UNDER DURING THE WAR!!!! TALK ABOUT YOUR FEAR OF LOSING YOUR BROTHERS!!!! I WANT TO BE HURT REAL GOOD!!! IF I DON’T NEED THERAPY AFTER AN EPISODE YOU HAVE FAILED!!!!

Okay please tell me Omega is standing on something, I really don’t want Tech to have worse posture. I know he’s 6’4” so like Omega should be WAY shorter than that compared to him

Ah shiet

Stop

No

Company, leave!!

Go

Away

LISTEN HERE YOU GIRAFFE!!!! I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN IF YOU DO ANYTHING TO MY PRECIOUS CHILD OKAY

Oh god

Stop this right now

DAMN HE IS LOOKING GOOD

sorry

I don’t like this

Crosshair knows them so well this isn’t good

WAS THAT??? NO IT CAN’T HAVE BEEN? WAS THAT HOPE IN HIS VOICE?? IS HE HAPPY TO FINALLY BE WITH THE BATCH????

Stop it I don’t like not liking clones

Oh Crosshair I have missed you and all but can you just like leave??

Oh my god the regs really are stupid huh?

Tech I love you you little smartass

Crosshair, stop it, get some help

I am honestly pissed at Tech, like constantly… WHY DOES HE GET FUCKING PERFECT THIGHS AND I DON’T

Oh hell nah

🎶 fuck this shit i’m out 🎶

i don’t like this

i’m scared

Tech you sneaky bastard

TECH STOP BEING SO EXCITED ABOUT MASS MURDER

I don’t like when Crosshair disrespects my children like that

I’m crying

this is too much

Omega, you get a golden star for being cute as fuck

Tech, you get a golden star for being cute as fuck

The rest of you, you get to sleep on the floor

OH HELL NO

DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE

“Your issue is with me, not her” Hunter, your dad is showing. Like literally it’s consuming you

HUNTER I TOLD YOU LAST WEEK THAT THIS WAS NOT THE KIND OF HUG I MEANT

HOLY FUCK MY FAMILY IS HOME I CANT LAUGH NOW

THAT SCREAM

AHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA

Wrecker this isn’t a video game, you know that right??

TECH HOLDING OMEGAS HAND??? KILL ME NOW

WAIT

crosshair held the side of his head

DOES THAT MEAN????

weeeee a slide

Oh Wrecker I love you

We should let them have more slides

I think it could be mutually beneficial

They have fun, I get some extra serotonin

Hey! You should have let him finish!

What are the engines capable of, Tech? *blinks unnaturally quickly*

HUNTER HOW FUCKING STRONG ARE YOU???

How did you do that? I wanna save Tech too 🥺👉🏻👈🏻

Crosshair clearly isn’t used to talking this much, his voice sounds kinda sore…

Tech could you maybe like, stop being emotionless? YOU ARE ABOUT TO DIE

holy fuck they’re gonna die

no

ohhhh no

no no no no no no no

OH YEAH MY SMART BABIES I LOVE YOU

OH MY GOD

they really are a group of dads

NOOOOO TURN THEM OFF

CROSSHAIR

NO

STOP

TURN THE ENGINES OFF MY BABY IS DYING

Omegas little welps🥺🥺🥺

CROSSHAIR MY CHILD

HE LOOKED SO SCARED

okay, who did that?

CAD FUCKING BANE????????

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

THIS JUST BECAME A WHOLE ASS WESTERN

THE MUSIC AHHHHHH

HOLY FUCK I NEVER THOUGHT ID BE EXCITED ABOUT CAD BANE YET HERE WE ARE

no

stop

nuh uh

nope

i’m out

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD

NO

HUNTER

STOP

OMEGA

Oh no

Crosshair is properly fucked

oh shit

IT CANT STOP THERE

okay not gonna lie that was a gorgeous scene

is that what it looks like in their helmets??? really? I thought is was just like, a window, but this makes more sense

HOLY FUCK

created by DAVE FILONI yeah bitch I am gunning for you. I will find you, and i will kill you.

BITCH

[contrispos]

Episode 14 - War-Mantle

[Star Wars: The Bad Batch]

Tears: Out of stock. Will to live: Never heard of her. Will to absolutely fucking smoke Dave Filoni: Very much fucking extremely present.

(Also: Sorry there was no post last week, I was dying over Tech’s light bomb)

——

What’s goin on

clone

who

hold up

that’s a monster doggo

he has weird armor

IS IT WOLFFE

OR GREGOR

ITS GREGOR INNIT

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH OMEGA TWIRLING HER LITTLE PEN THINGY LIKE HUNTER

HUNTERS FACE

REX??????

BY BOY

AN OLD FRIEND HUH

HOW THE FUCK DID REX AND GREGOR MEET THO

IS IT WOLFFE??????

what was rex doing huh?

TELL ME

CC- 5576

THATS GREGOR INNIT

YE ITIS

yea exactly listen to echo dudebros

okay now listen to MY CHILD OKAY

ya need food brothas

no okay now it’s omega

what the fuck is happening

okay THAT IS HANDS DOWN THE FUNNIEST WRECKER SCENE IN THIS SHOW

Echo’s got a point… OooOah yeah, Tech’s got a point… Well the kid’s got a point… BEST THING EVER

ALSO

THE SMILE AFTER HE SAYS ECHO HAS A POINT

HSBAOSIDVS AKDJDHEHSJD

SOOOOOO CUTTTTEEEEEEEEE

hunter looks as confused as i was

YEAH HUNTER

CHECK IT OUT

kamino?

wha?

CRISSCROSS😘😘

RAMPASS🤬🤬

hollup

are they evacuating kamino

are the clones gonna be completely removed now?

well of course they are dumbass the EPISODE IS CALLED WAR MANTLE ITS LITERALLY THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE CLONES

cadets🥺

sad life

they are never gonna become soldiers 😭

bish

whaddareya plannin

ya gonna leave or sum

ah yeah they are

why is it so satisfying when ships exit hyperspace

WHY IS ECHO GREEN

WHAT THE FAASAAAAAAACKKCKCKCCK

i am angy

come on tech

tHAt dIrEcTIoN

please

if anyone’s gonna know north and south and shit it’s tech

TECH MY BOY I STILL LOVE YOU REMEMBER THAT

hold up hunter gonna sniff something

sniff sniff

how the hell can he make out whether he was dragged or not

and how did he know the clone was hunted

how the f do hunters senses work??

TECHS VOICE IS SO ADORABLE I CANT FUCKING EXPLAIN IT

omg hunter is the daddiest dad to ever dad

WRECKER HOLDING A HAND BEHIND OMEGA

CAN YOU NOT

HOW DOES HE KNOW A SHUTTLE LANDED ON THE FUCKING GROUND

OH MY GOD

DID TECH JUST SLIP ON THE ROCK

he did didn’t he

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

how fucking fast are they climping

they are skilled af

damn brothas

OMG YOU CAN SEE HOW HARD THEYRE BREATHING

BITCH

TECHS EYES ARE SO PRETTY I CANT

those are stormies

i know it

stormy stormtroopers

oh no

i have a feeling this is bad

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

ECHO MY SON

SKAKO MINOR

BITCH

AH MY BABY

I CANT

IM CRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW

AH

THEY HAVE TO RESCUE CROSSHAIR NOW

HE IS BEING HELD AGAINST HIS WILL TOO

omg what is that game

ARE THEY PLAYING ON GONKY

AAHAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

they are gonna die

i know it

those commanders look hella scary

hold up

is that delta squad

it’s the armor

TK TROOPERS

I KNEW IT

that clones voice is weird

GREGOR IT IS THEN

he also has two eyes so wolffe

HIS LAUGH

YES

AH

CT-99’S

THEY HAVE A FULL ASS REPUTATION JUST WITH THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THEIR NUMBER

gregors arms are… uh… very defined

oh no tech failed

ITS OKAY BABY I STILL LOVE YOU

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES

some are graver than other but uh….. nevermind

how the hell does a droid popper work on humans

pew pew pew

OH MY GOD SHES HUGGING LULA

BABY OMEGA IS STRESSED

SHE NEEDS HER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PLUSHIE

uh

wrecker

they definitely do not have everything under control

they are basically dying over there

HOW DARE YOU HIT MY CHILD

HE HIT TECH

HE KICKED TECH

YOU BITCH ASS FUCKING INCAPABLE FUCK HORSE ASSBUTT I WILL MURDER YOU

eyyy

echo blew up too

bond bitches

bond

HOW DOES TECH THROW A BOMB THAT CASUALLY

OMG OMEGA IS FLYING THE SHIP

TECH HAS TAUGHT HER HOW TO FLY THE SHIP

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I WANNA SCREAM

I STILL CANT BELIEVE TECH TAUGHT OMEGA HOW TO FLY THE SHIP

WHERE DID THEY DO THE TEST FLYING

WHEN DID THEY DO THE TEST FLYING

I WANNA SEE THAT

AH

TECH

SWEETIE

AH

I CANT

GONKY TO THE RESCUE

OMEGAS THEME

I CANT

gregor looks positively terrified

this stresses me out

HUNTER

NO

STOP

WHY

NO

I DONT LIKE THIS

HUNTER

STOP FALLING

STOP IT

STOP RIGHT NOW

WHERE IS A JEDI WHEN YOU NEED ONE

OH THATS RIGHT

THEYRE DEAD

GONKY

NO

NO

HUNTER YOU LITTLE SHIT

DO NOT

I ORDER YOU TO STOP

RIGHT NOW

OMEGA

STOP

NO

I CANT HANDLE THIS

STOP

I CANT BREATHE

HER VOICE

THE PANIC

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

GO BACK THIS INSTANT

NO

I DONT LIKE THIS

stop

HUNTER

WAS THIS WHAT THAT FUCKING TWEET WAS ABOUT

“sometimes even the bad batch has to follow orders”

FUCK OFF

lama su is gonna die i just know it

oh

oh no

stop

i know what gonna happen now

crosshair

that’s what’s happening

nuh uh

i dont like it

it hurts

IT HURTS DO YOU HEAR ME

CROSSHAIR AND HUNTER MEETING LIKE THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANTED OKAY

I AM CRYING SO FUCKING HARD I CANT EVEN

DAVE FUCKING FILONI YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS

——

I know exactly what’s gonna happen now:

Hunter is gonna die

Crosshair is gonna die

Everyone’s gonna die

Filoni actually is kind for once and lets the batch have a nice reunion and be a family again.

its one of the above

and i am pretty sure it’s not the fourth…