#no because hunter doesn’t have his red one and omega has a red one

[panic-in-the-multiverse]

Is that Hunter’s red bandanna on Omega when she’s grown up

[patolemus]

Sterek fic recs: ABO/Mpreg AU Edition

As per @oldefashioned's request, since this is for her, here you go. I tried to filter my bookmarks, so these are more about the plot than the smut. There's probably a lot of ABO without mpreg, but I hope some of these change your mind about it!!

1. Fire, Fury and Flame by IAmAVeronica

Stiles Stilinski was never going to be the omega who got knocked up right after high school, and then he's accidentally artificially inseminated with a stranger's sperm. Awesome. And the father of Stiles's baby just so happens to be Derek Hale. Half-feral, quite possibly a murderer, and pursued by a gleefully sadistic band of hunters who are only too eager to use Stiles and his baby to hit Derek right where it hurts. Joy.

Notes: this is Jane the Virgin if there were werewolves and abo. It’s absolutely phenomenal. That's it, I have nothing else to say, 10/10. It's completed!

2. I don't know why, but I guess it has something to do with you by LunaCanisLupus_22

“You smell like me,” the guy says, scowling as he crowds in and Stiles staggers back between the coats and finally hits the wall. “Why do you smell like me?” He barely lets out a garbled sound as the blood rushes to his cheeks. “No reason,” Stiles yelps, struggling to get his footing and grasping at a whirlwind of puffy fur. Or the one where Stiles goes thrift shopping and steals an alpha's shirt. And gets a lot more than he bargains for.

Notes: Stiles does something he's not supposed to. Derek is... confused. It ends up pretty okay. Also kind of an office au?? Anyways they're both dorks and I love them. It's completed, but you need to have an account to see this work.

3. Take Me Away From Here by Hedwig221b (also @hedwig221b here on tumblr!)

Derek Hale looked terrifying. With his broad frame and muscles, with his wild black hair and thick beard, with his eyes the color of blood and fangs of a killer. Despite his kindness and his apparent attraction to Stiles, he was still a stranger, a predator, a wolf. The thing is, Stiles would deal, but others might not. People found Lord Hale horrid, monstrous and unapproachable. If Stiles stood behind him, no one would touch him. He’d be safe with the wolf. If not from him, then definitely from everyone else. And that was enough.

Notes: of course I had to rec at least one Hedwig abo fic, they're the best! Don't you worry, there's a lot more in this list. This is a historical au... sort of. If history had werewolves and omegas. Don't worry, it works out fine. The whole world building in itself is interesting, because it treates omegas like a different species. Derek, my beloved, always and forever obsessed with Stiles! It gets dark for a little while, but don't fret, all is okay in the world. It's completed!

4. Scent Left Unsaid by bleep0bleep

In a society where werewolves are second class, Deucslist is an alternative werewolf network (similar to Craigslist) where humans and werewolves offer (mostly sexual) services. Derek is a long-term client of an anonymous human omega whose scent is just perfect. He never expects to meet him, until it happens.  Derek has slept with that faded red hooded sweatshirt every night since he got it in the mail. It’s calming, that scent; it’s everything to him. So it’s strange now that Derek is smelling it wafting from the end of the subway car as it careens towards the L line, lights flickering on the passing platforms.

Notes: imagine meet cute, only Derek is too socially awkward to actually enact the necessary steps to make it a meet cute, and Stiles has to do it instead. Also using the good old trope of Stiles' scent being like cocaine to Derek. It's very wholesome, and it's completed.

5. Never a Hardship by Julibean19 

“Derek, meet Stiles, your new bodyguard,” Talia says. Derek doesn’t get up. He’s frozen to his seat on the couch, staring at the man who will now be hounding his every step. “What’s a Stiles?” he asks dumbly, finally budging when his mother smacks him on the shoulder.  “That’s Chief Stiles to you,” his mother says, scolding him. Derek huffs in annoyance, wondering how this could possibly get worse. “Senior Chief Stilinski is a Navy SEAL, Special Operations Forces, and has been handpicked by me, out of several hundred options. You will treat him with respect and do what he says.” “I’m a grown man, Madam President,” Derek says through clenched teeth. “You can’t expect me to listen to this guy. I don’t know anything about him."

Notes: I love First Family aus! And Omega First Son!Derek with Alpha Bodyguard!Stiles is just delightful. There's a lot of omega politics, and Stiles gets to be a total badass when he and Derek are not pining after each other. Also, Chris Argent, surprisingly, is the best. I don't know what else to say without spoiling everything, so just know this is amazing! It's completed.

6. A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing by dumpac

"What the fuck, Stiles, what the fuck?!" "No, no, you don't understand, Scotty, this is the best idea ever!" "Because you think registering as a fucking alpha to college when you're actually an omega is the best idea ever? It's not even a good idea!" Or : Being an omega, Stiles has few chances to be accepted in the college of his dreams. Registering as an alpha seems like a good idea... until his new roommate, hot-as-the-sun alpha Derek Hale, comes in the equation.

Notes: I know I say this a lot but this fic is SO GOOD!! Stiles pretends to be an alpha and IT WORKS because he's a badass, only things go a little bit sideways because he's not an alpha and Derek... well Derek has no idea. My poor man is confused. Also has a dash of good old discrimination against omegas and nepotism. One of my favorite abo AND college au fics. It's completed.

7. Untouchable by Hedwig221b

The day Stiles Stilinski entered the Berkeley campus was the day all the alphas went absolutely fucking nuts. See, omegas were rare, even more than redheads. Got to be extremely fucking lucky to even see one in a lifetime. They were supposed to be these ethereal creatures of beauty and elegance, irresistible and blinding. And Stiles Stilinski was exactly that.

Notes: another Hedwig fic hehe. This one makes me go feral EVERY TIME. Literally one of my favorite fics to ever exist, I think I've read it three times in the last month and a half alone. If you're looking for unhinged sterek with absolutely besotted Derek, and pretty omega Stiles who has only eyes for him, this is the fic for you. They are literally so great!! 10/10, please please please go read this. It's completed.

8. You Smell Like Mine by bleep0bleep, marguerite_26 

People talk about the alpha instinct, an alpha's head being swayed by a nice-smelling omega, or the desire to drop everything and show off. Derek's never felt any of that. He's just not that kind of alpha. Then he meets Stiles.

Notes: I love Derek in this, he's trying SO HARD to remain nonchalant over Stiles, but he never stood a chance. One whiff of Stiles' scent and he was a goner, pathetically entranced. Good thing Stiles wants him back hehe. A sprinkle of Enemies to Lovers (and really, can we say it's sterek if it doesn't have enemies to lovers who are inexplicably drawn to each other despite their best efforts to appear indifferent?). It's completed.

9. His Only Defence by LunaCanisLupus_22

Stiles had just accidentally challenged an alpha. Oh God, and Scott had just stood by and let him do it. He was the worst best friend ever. Stiles was going to kill him. Except, oh right, the alpha was going to kill him first. Like beyond dead, ripped into tiny little pieces dead. So far dead that his dad would not be able to identify him, dead.

Notes: I honestly don't know how to explain this one. It's a modern au, only archaic abo rules exist and Stiles and Derek... well, Stiles is Stiles and Derek is Derek. They work it out. It's completed, but you need to have an account to read this work.

10. cheer up, babe by graveltotempo, SpringlockedSpectre

He was the basketball captain. And he was a cheerleader. Can I make it any more clear? OR: Derek Hale thought he had his crush on Stiles Stilinski under control. And then Stiles decided to show up to school in a skirt.

Notes: Derek is pining and makes a fool of himself all the time in front of Stiles. Stiles, thankfully for Derek, finds it charming. That's it, that's the fic. It's completed. I also recommend checking up graveltotempo's other works, they're great!

11. Love's Violent Delights by Dexterous_Sinistrous

Derek caught the way the man’s eyes looked over Stiles before lingering on his ass. He waited for the clerk to place the key on the counter before he reacted. Stiles startled at the loud noise, turning away from the pamphlets in the display box to see Derek pinning the clerk’s head against the counter. He drew in an even breath, looking between the struggling man and Derek. Derek briefly looked at Stiles, hesitating before he saw the gleam of excitement in Stiles’ eyes and the hint of lust in his scent. “Ever look at him, or any other Omega, like that again, and I’ll slice your eyes out with my claws.” He shoved the man back, not caring of the commotion that was made as he snatched up the key from the counter.

Notes: this makes me go feralllll it's so good. The Sheriff is imprisoned for what basically amounts to bullshit charges, and he and Derek share a cell. When Derek is freed, he looks for Stiles to make good on his promise to the Sheriff to take care of him. Somehow, they end up running from the law lol, my little criminal babies. Their relationship here is so uuuuuuughhhhh so wonderful! There's also critics to the system and talk about abo politics. It's completed.

12. Side Character by Hedwig221b

He should’ve kept his mouth shut. He should’ve smiled like always. Now everything was ruined, crushed, destroyed. Dust, shards, and the remnants of his pride. Love that no one needed. Derek’s gaze scalded the side of his face but Stiles refused to meet it. He had already revealed too much.

Notes: Hedwig, as always, writes such good stories! Seriously one of my favorite sterek writers! Stiles is oblivious and pining, Derek is also oblivious and pining, only in a completely different manner. They still end up together because they are meant to be in EVERY UNIVERSE. This doesn't have the traditional Alpha/Omega pairing, since Stiles is a Beta (really, the root of all this issue in the first place) He is very insecure in this one, but Derek is here for him. It's completed.

13. Made Your Mark on Me (A Golden Tattoo) by writteninthewolfstar

Beacon Hills High and Lycan Heights High are well-known enemies. Derek Hale, Lycan Heights' star quarter-back, is well-known for being aggressive and arrogant. Imagine Stiles surprise when he discovers that Derek Hale is actually his soul-mate.

Notes: this is a very sweet one. Pretty light hearted, especially compared to canon. The bullying does get a little intense at some points, though, so if that's triggering proceed with caution. Jock Derek, my beloved. Stiles is a loner, and also very insecure on this one! But Derek is an absolute sweetheart and a real champ, so love conquers all. Has some Bad Friend Scott, too, so if that's something you're interested in, this is your fic. It's completed.

14. We Gotta Hide What We're Doin' by CharWright5

As a Bodyguard within the Stilinski Rodzina, Derek's one and only job is to watch over the Omega son—and only child—of the Family's Head, Stiles, a task that is easier said than done some nights. It's just good that the Alpha knows the best way to punish the little troublemaker when his bratty behavior threatens to expose a secret that could get the Bodyguard killed.

Notes: this one has a lot of smut, and the premise is absolutely killer. I'm actually very sad it's not 200k words long, but what can you do? Stiles is the heir to a Mafia Empire, and Derek an enforcer and Stiles' personal bodyguard since he was young. Stiles is a spoiled brat here, but Derek likes that hehe. It's also a secret relationship. It's kiiiiind of dark, since this is a mafia au, but nothing too terrible. To be honest the most explicit part is the smut. It's completed.

15. Survival of the Species by Lissadiane

“I think I’m dying.” Nothing makes sense – and now Derek has left him. “No, Mr. Stilinski,” Deaton says grimly, rooting around in his special cupboard of herbs and remedies. “I’m afraid not. You’re merely suffering from a biological imperative to bear your alpha’s children and strengthen the pack.” Stiles considers that for a moment, as best he can with his mind a hazy mess, and then he says quietly, “I think that might be worse.” “So, so much worse,” Scott agrees. * In which Derek's pack is apparently stable enough to begin planning for the future, and somehow, the universe has decided Stiles is the perfect candidate to bear his alpha's children.

Notes: honestly?? One of the best fics I've read about mpreg, not just in the Teen Wolf, but in general. It keeps things real, everyone is the appropriate amount of freaked out, for a while no one is having a good time, and there's enough to hint at body horror that my angst thirst is satisfied. Don't worry though, everything's fine! And there's no actual body horror, Stiles just has a very wild imagination. There's also not actual mpreg either, it's just discussed. It's complete.

16. before the world catches up by negativelyme

Stiles is a beta, so he’s never been a part of the annual Winter Mating Rituals that take over his high school. Or so he thinks.

Notes: this one is so wholesome! Derek truly is trying his very best, you can do it, Derek! Stiles' I'm-a-Beta-no-one-wants-me issues are getting in the way of true love. All ends well. It's completed.

17. All You Ever Needed to Know About Knotting by orphan_account

Derek had started reading the column by accident. Really, reading strangers’ questions about knotting and heat had never really appealed to him. However, at that point in time, he was a little desperate. And he was right: most of the questions submitted by anonymous readers didn’t appeal to him. The answers, though, did. (Or: In which Stiles writes an advice column about knotting and Derek is smitten. Also they're neighbors.)

Notes: it's pretty much what it says in the summary. Overall very wholesome, made me laugh. Derek is absolutely precious here. It's completed.

18. You Want Me Back by graveltotempo

Stiles and the Hale pack come back to Beacon Hills for a High School reunion.

Notes: classic 10 year reunion fic (or maybe it's not classic in this fandom?? Tbh, most of the reunion fics I've read are from KHR), Stiles comes back to BH married and with a child. He, Jackson and Isaac are the best of bests, and Derek is, of course, wonderful. Peter is also pretty great, even if he appears for like 5 seconds. Canon Divergent from season 3b, bad friend Lydia, bad friend Scott. There's an epic smackdown and the Hales are basically top dogs. It's completed.

19. Over the Moon by likeshipsonthesea

Stiles and Derek spend a night together, and Derek, thinking he's protecting Stiles, tells him it was a mistake. Stiles leaves Beacon Hills. He also leaves behind 6 letters to say goodbye to the pack. From his letters, the pack thinks he's killed himself. Meanwhile, Stiles is in NYC, living with Jackson, going to Columbia, oh, and he's pregnant.

Notes: Derek is an idiot, but his heart is in the right place. Misscomunication ensues, basically, and it escalates way too much. Jackson and Stiles' broship is literally the best thing ever, I love them!!!! We should have more fics with them being the best duo ever.

20. the Jurisdiction series by elisera

John is a pretty level-headed guy. He wasn’t always, back during his own Sturm und Drang period, but he married a firecracker of a woman and got a kid with an affinity for trouble like he got payed for ending up in it, so someone had to level out or they would’ve ended up living in a treehouse or Lapland doing god knows what. Anyway, getting a hold of his temper is one of John’s better life achievements. It makes him a good sheriff and it kept him from blowing his lid too badly those last two years when Stiles started acting out in a way that John had never seen before.  But the temper is still there. He’s reminded of it when he comes home on a random Saturday in March after spilling his milkshake all over his uniform shirt only to notice he didn’t have a spare in the station and finds Stiles bend over the kitchen sink with hunched shoulders.

Notes: the first part of the series gets, admittedly, pretty violent. Everything after that is very wholesome though. The Sheriff is an absolute gem in this one! Also, the mpreg is a very important factor after the first part of the series, but the first part is mostly just sterek pining and the aforementioned violent events. I'd mind the tags. It's completed.

21. What To Expect When You're Expecting (A Litter of Sourwolf Puppies) by Brego_Mellon_Nin

The Sheriff sighs and plops down in a chair opposite his son. “Stiles, I’m going crazy here. We need to get you to a doctor. You sleep like you’re trying to get into the Guinness Book of World Records, and your eating habits are bizarre! You vomit around the clock and for some reason only the tea your mother used when she was pregnant will get your stomach to settle down for any length of time. Is there something you aren’t telling me? Can werewolves get guys pregnant? I’ve noticed how you look at that Hale kid-”  Stiles meeps and flails, sloshing tea down his front. Luckily it’s not scalding anymore, but still hot, so he jumps up and wrenches his shirt off. “God, dad, no! Guys can’t get pregnant, that’s ridiculous, it’s like...” “Like werewolves being real?” his dad questions, deadpan.

Notes: a wonderful accidental pregnancy fic. I love the Sheriff on this one, he's so supportive and actually has a hold of every single braincell because he is just THAT great. Stiles is also lovely, and while Derek is missing for like the first third of the fic he's great, too. This are pretty fluffy all around! It's completed.

22. I Don't Blame You for Being You (but you can't blame me for hating it) by LadySlytherin 

Derek hits Stiles with his Camaro - 'Dammit, Stiles, it was an accident!'...'Why don't I believe you?' - and hilarity ensues.

Notes: do you know how there are fics that make you go 'I LOVE STEREK SO MUCH AAAAAAAAAAH'? Well, this is one of them. Derek hits Stiles with his car, Stiles ends with a broken leg, Derek gets to take care of him while he recovers as payment. Oh, and there's a fight about which pack Stiles actually belongs to, but that works itself out. It's pretty great. It's also completed.

23. Predators by Hedwig221b

He was born for this. Nature itself whispered into his ear where he should put his hands, how to twirl his tongue just right and when to bite. Stiles knew well enough that his saliva was currently working its magic on this unfortunate man, making him hungry, lustful, and insatiable. Soon, all his thoughts would be consumed by Stiles. And, just this once, Stiles would allow Derek to consume him.

Notes: to be honest, I thought I'd be putting this on another section, since this is a creature!Stiles fic (and it'll definitely go there when I make that fic rec list), but if it has mpreg then it has mpreg. This is actually one of my favorite fics ever!! I feel like I'm always saying this but it bears repeating, so: Hedwig always makes such great stories (as proven by the sheer amount of Hedwig fics I have in my rec lists lol). Stiles is so uuuuuugh in this one, I love him! And Derek! Oh lord, Derek makes me go feral here. Honestly, so good! It's completed, but do mind the tags because it gets... intense.

24. Disposition by Tulikettu

Stiles has an itch. A kinky, kinda dirty itch he needs to scratch.  So why not go on the Internet and look for a complete stranger to scratch it?  Derek needs a partner for his rut.  What a coincidence.

Notes: alright so this last one really veers off track from the rest of this list. It's basically pure smut so if you're not into that, don't read it. It also doesn't actually have mpreg, it's just discussed (and barely as a subject, since in their current present it isn't possible). Also, the kinks are... well, they are. There are some pretty triggering stuff in here so please mind the tags before you read, because if it's in the tags, you will read it, in detail. Other than that, it's pretty great! Stiles and Derek are very obsessed with each other, as they should. It's completed!

And this is everything. I honestly surprised myself with the amount of fics that ended up here, I hadn't realized I'd read that many sterek fics with ABO and mpreg. I hope you like these, Shar! And of course, anyone else who bounds finding this, I hope you enjoy these too.

[jayholdenworld]

Okay so, I been sharing ideas about carcar, but I have a lot more, and I need an idea of what to post after I finish the Landoscar fic I have.

So, here you go. A Master List of all my Carcar ideas.

1. Super power AU where those with powers are hunted and killed because they “are dangerous”.

Carlos is a hunter, but he gets powers after a traumatic experience, so he’s scared someone will discover and kill him. And Oscar is a “guardian” (someone who protects those with powers because they have a bunch of abilities).

So, when Carlos discovers Oscar’s safe space while Oscar identifies Carlos has powers they need to learn how to help and trust the other one while they’re protecting their own friends and families in the process.

2. Beta Oscar (actually an Alpha) discovering that his omega mate and partner for life is Carlos and having to deal with the idea of being the only one between them who knows this is happening.

Usually Omegas are the ones with the ability to “find” their alphas, but Oscar was raised by and with Omegas. So, instinctually, he knows how to find his other half. But he pretends he’s a Beta because it’s easier for his career.

While Carlos was raised by Alphas, so he doesn’t understand a lot of his Omega instincts and abilities. This, of course, includes his understanding of his feelings for Oscar.

Featuring Lando having the time of his life after discovering Oscar’s secrets. Carlos having mixed feelings about the Australian due to the closeness he has with his (previous) teammates. And Charles, Logan, Max, and Mark trying to help Oscar.

Of course, this idea includes them sharing heats and ruts because I can.

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3. One version of my Red string of fate AU (the other version can be read here but it’s a Carlandoscar version) with Oscar discovering really young his soulmate is Carlos Sainz Jr. but not saying anything once they actually met.

After Spa 2023 Oscar loses his ability to see their thread, which usually means their destiny together has crumbled into pieces and the universe has decided they should not be together. So he starts to pretend it never happened and he never knew about it.

But, instead of the world deciding they should no longer be together, Carlos gets Oscar’s ability and now he’s the one who is pushing everything to make Oscar look on his direction (His last attempt is Miami and we know what happened there)

For those expecting angst from this one, this idea is not so sad in my mind because it’s like an immediate change. Oscar decides to give Carlos some space so he can move on and Carlos goes obsessed with Oscar because “Oscar and him are soulmates! Lando! Your muppet friend finally found his other half!”

(After Miami both see the thread so they decide to talk about it when they have the time. That’s why after Monaco they are so soft around each other)

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4. Oscar as Alonso’s adopted son who had a crush on Carlos since he was little. He was adopted by the Spaniard after some traumatic experiences for the Australian, so, when Nando finds the kid walking alone in Asturias (and after a lot of legal investigations) he adopts the boy and starts teaching him everything he knows about karts.

And Carlos, how grew up admiring Alonso, meeting the young boy he adopted and having the same crush but being too scared of Fernando to even think about making a move.

Carlos, of course, is Oscar’s first everything (friend, crush, loml, rival, sports enemy, frenemy, situationship, fwb, and so on), so Oscar is always scare they are not going to work. While Carlos is having constant meltdowns because he wants Oscar so much it scares him.

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5. Hidden relationship, where they accidentally got married in Las Vegas after 2023 race and now they need to keep it in secret until they find the way to get an annulment.

When I say “secret relationship “ it’s their marriage. Before that they were in a… mess, because it was not even a situationship, but too much drinks and now they’re married.

I don’t do comedy, but this is basically, everything that could go wrong, goes horribly wrong.

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6. Oscar being Mark and Fernando’s daughter (she transitioned from male to female) and was adopted by the Piastri family a year after she was born. +20 years later, she’s a motoGP driver instead of a F1 driver.

She, of course, is still Logan’s friend (and sister thanks to Jenson, but that is another can of worms, part of the fic drama), so she goes to a F1 race after having a bad incident with Marc Marquez and Carlos is like “Marc could have won and she is the one to blame.”

Then Carlos crashes with Logan and Oscar is mad because “this was Logan’s race, everything in this sport is so unfair.”

So, when they met both are mad with the other (yes, it’s Spa, but with different flavor). They don’t fight because they’re not in the same sport, but “fuck him/her. They are so bad they should retire.”

(Cut this to both being drunk in the same bar by accident and having a one night stand both “regret” and praying to never met the other again. Just for them to meet time and time again because Fernando is a little shit and enjoys the drama they do each time they are together.

Of course, he doesn’t know Carlos is ���doing” a lot of things to his sweet baby daughter every time they are alone. But Logan swore he would never say anything).

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7. 2021 Prema Oscar ends up playing “Marry, Kiss, Kill” with his teammates during and he picks Carlos, Charles and Seb as his options for the game. (They’re playing with Ferrari drivers only)

Carlos heard him and it’s been hanging over their heads the fact that Oscar jokingly (but also seriously) said he would pick Carlos, but Carlos never heard for what because he had a meeting so he needed to leave.

(This was based on the lyric of “so high school” from TS, where she says that she bets on all three for her and her lover. And Carcar definitely gives me those vibes)

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8. Prema Oscar meeting Carlos in 2021 and getting to date him. They keep their relationship hidden during 2022, but it’s harder for them to ignore each other once they’re together in formula one. So they decide to “beef” with each other to keep the other close without anyone noticing it.

The only ones who know about them are Charles, Logan and Fernando. Charles because Carlos is his teammate and it’s his fault (and Arthur’s) that they met. Logan because he’s Oscar’s best friend and knows him more than anybody else. And Fernando because him and Mark are like Oscar’s grid parents, and he knows Carlos too well, so he knew something was up (it’s not because he found them making out after Oscar revealed his contract with McLaren. Not at all.)

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9. Chatfic with Nico R. as Oscar’s adoptive brother (but more like a father figure) and Lewis as the “fun brother” (also Oscar’s father figure). And both of them panicking after Oscar starts to get the attention from different drivers.

Brocedes fixing their shit because they can hate each other, try to kill each other, but they will never allow their (son) sibling to be in a relationship with another driver. They know how messy that goes.

(Of course, Carcar is the endgame ship here)

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10. Modern Royal Prince! Oscar and just some guy Carlos. Carlos is just some guy how knocked up Prince Oscar (they were already together) so now he needs to show everyone he’s worth of being Oscar’s future husband.

(Carlos knew Oscar was a Prince but he thought it was a joke. That’s why he’s not mad with Oscar but with himself)

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11. Past lives AU. (Thanks to @carcarpodium)

Oscar and Carlos, always different lives, always different people. They are not lovers, never were. But they always cross paths somehow and Oscar is the only one how knows they do. He can feel Carlos’ presence when they are about to meet, so Oscar always know when he is back into his life.

People would call them soulmates. Oscar prefers to say they’re two dudes bumping into each other’s lives once per life. Of course, he doesn’t want to call what they don’t have like that.

Because Oscar always feeling when Carlos dies, he’s always at the scene, but never able to save him. Not even driving as fast as a plane can Oscar save Carlos. And he’s there, and he is always the first one to know, and how can he act like nothing if his heart is broken every time he sees Carlos die and someone dear to Oscar crying for him?

This life is no different, Oscar can feel him, all his emotions and thoughts are there for Oscar, but instead of letting him go, he decides to change things.

Oscar learns how to make Carlos feel better (using Lando or Charles at the start, because they’re not friends, but Oscar wants to make Carlos feel better all the time), and then Miami happens, and Oscar can feel Carlos wants to apologize but they’re not friends, so he doesn’t know how. So, Oscar is the one who does the first move.

This idea includes Senior mentoring Oscar so he understands this “power” and how to use it to protect Carlos.

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12. Carcar fluffy wedding AU. (This idea came to me thanks to @drsbutmakeitspicy )

Oscar asking the whole Sainz family for their blessing so he can propose Carlos first, because he knows Carlos will do it in a big fancy restaurant and will get down on his knee in the middle of it, capturing everyone’s attention. And he wants something private, only for them.

Then, after Oscar has their blessings, they have a family reunion with both families in the Sainz family’s farm and Carlos is unaware of what is going to happen because Hattie keeps showing him photos of baby Oscar.

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13. Carcar reading Carcar fics (I made two posts about this idea, so you can read more here and here.)

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14. Body swap Carcar (this was a collaborate idea with @drsbutmakeitspicy too)

Carlos and Oscar are rivals but are also in a situationship after Spa 2023. But the swap doesn’t happen until after Miami and they have 1 week before the next race (Imola).

While they are trying to change back both start exploring their new bodies and lives, trying to find something to use against the other. Because they can be a lot of things, but are rivals hungry for a win first and lovers/FwB/situationship second.

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15. Fem Singer!Oscar and Driver Carlos.

Oscar was a karting driver and got into England following that dream, but has an accident during a kart race and due to the injuries she cannot drive again.

In the middle of her pain she starts to play music, someone records her and she becomes popular really quick. So she decides to follow this new passion.

She invites Logan to one of her concerts and he brings Alex, who brings Lando and George, and Lando brings Carlos. And when they meet it’s like there was so much magnetism in the air. But then they say something that makes the other mad and they fight.

But destiny keeps bringing them together.

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16. Greek God! Oscar and Demigod Carlos forced marriage. (Have a longer post about this one, you can read it here.)

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17. Sad Mpreg One-Night-Stand Carcar

They had a one night stand and Carlos left before Oscar woke up. And when Oscar tried to talk to him Carlos acted like nothing happened between them, so Oscar goes away.

Then, Oscar feels sick during one of Logan’s visits when there’s no Indy race and they go to the doctor. They discover Oscar is pregnant and Logan has to promise he will not say anything to Carlos until Oscar is ready (if he ever is)

Then, during the Spanish GP (yes, it’s intentionally there) Oscar loses control of his car and has a bad crash. They take him to the hospital but some hours later the Australian is dead.

After the funeral Logan has a meltdown because he hears Carlos saying something to Lando about Oscar. He’s so mad with the Spaniard. His anger is not related to his lost seat or anything related jealousy. It’s related to his friend, his brother, his everything but lover. This is about Oscar’s sadness and heartbreak. About the nephew or niece Logan will never meet.

(This one has a good ending, believe me)

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18. Carlos as webbonso’s kid, being jealous of his father’s new favorite kid, Oscar.

Carlos was always closer to Nano, it was part of him and his favoritism for Spain. But, when Mark brought Oscar to the house, Carlos lost it. Why this kid was trying to take his father away from him!?

Meanwhile, Oscar is panicking, because “what do you mean the handsome guy I met years ago in Australia, who (by the way) was my bi awakening, is my boss’ son?!”

Featuring Logan as the worst best friend “So, instead of taking Mark’s offering of becoming his son, you can marry his son and become his son-in-law. Foolproof plan”

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I have more, but for now this are the ones shared. When the right time comes, I’ll do a poll to see which fic you want to read first.

[vodika-vibes]

Hi, it's Carol (@clonethirstingisreal)...

I was wondering if you would be willing to try one of the fluffy prompts with Hunter or Howzer, your choice: "finding someone flirting with your crush, but all they have is eyes for you, and on you" (with Hunter/Howzer being flirted with by someone other than the reader who is his crush.)

Or really any of those prompts with Hunter or Howzer would be fantastic! Or another clone if you aren't comfortable with Hunter or Howzer.

Thanks for offering!

Only You

Summary: You're a bartender, and Hunter is a regular who you also happen to call a friend. But things are a little different this visit.

Pairing: Hunter x Reader

Word Count: 1084

Warnings: None

Tagging: @trixie2023

A/N: I'm more than happy to write for any clone, though I admit that my knowledge of Hunter's personality isn't the most absolute. But I tried my best. I hope this is close to what you wanted. And thank you so much for your request!

Divider by Saradika

The bar is busy. Busier than it normally is at this time of day, and you know it’s because of the concert happening just down the road. Of course, the concert isn’t for another week, which means all of those people needed something to do.

And that something, apparently, is drinking away their sense at the bar.

You roll your eyes as yet another drunken idiot leans across your table and slurs out a pick up line that wouldn’t have worked if he was sober, let alone now. You flick a finger towards the bouncer, indicating to him that this particular guest is being cut off, and then you move back to the bar.

You flicker your gaze around the bar, most people are ignoring you. But you notice, near the back, Hunter has his gaze locked on you. You grin at him, and he flashes the smallest smile in return. And your grin widens when you see the woman at the table across from him. 

Good for Hunter. He needs to get out more.

Sure, you kind of hoped…well, it doesn’t matter. Handsome, charming guy like Hunter can do better than a bartender in a rundown bar in the middle of nowhere, after all.

You prep his drink, after all he’s a regular here and you know his drink by heart at this point, and you cross the bar to set his drink in front of him. “Here you go, Hunter.” You say cheerfully.

“You’re an angel.” Hunter replies with a small quirk to his lips as he wraps his hand around the drink.

“That’s me. I’m the Booze Angel,” You joke easily.

He keeps his gaze locked on you, even as the woman sitting across from him huffs, “The most important person in this bar, by far.”

“Ooh, clever.” You laugh, “You still have to pay.”

“Damn.” Hunter says with a laugh.

You shake your head with a fond smile, and favor the woman with a welcoming grin, “Can I get you a refill on your…club soda?” You ask, as you glance at the mostly empty drink.

The woman sniffs in disdain, and somehow manages to look down her nose at you, “No thanks. I’m done, I think. And so is he.”

Hunter doesn’t even spare her a glance as he lifts his drink and takes a sip, “No, I’m really not.”

The woman flushes red, and stands quickly, “You’re a pig, Hunter.” she snaps, and then she stalks away from the table.

You lightly pick up her glass to bring it back to the bar, “You know, Hunter, most women don’t like being ignored in favor of the bartender.”

“I’ll keep that in mind,” He says with a sigh, “Honestly, angel, I didn’t even want to come here with her.”

“Then why did you?”

“Omega.”

“What, your 13 year old sister bullied you into going on a date with a woman you aren’t interested in?” You ask, highly amused.

“You try saying no to her!” Hunter defends hastily.

“I do say no to her. All the time. It’s really easy.” You say with a laugh, “She’s going to be so disappointed that you snubbed your date, though. What are you going to do?”

He grumbles, “Don’t you have work to do?”

“Eh.” You shrug, “There are six other bartenders here, and my shift was supposed to end an hour ago.”

“Then you can join me.” He offers slyly.

“I could.” You agree easily, and then you shake your head, “Hunter, that lady was flirting with you hard.”

“Yes. I’m aware.” He grumbles, “Like I said, I’m not interested. I have my eyes on someone else.”

“Then maybe you should go ask them to drink with you.” You tease.

“Well, I’m trying but you seem to be resistant to the idea of sitting down.” He replies easily.

“I…wait.” You drop into the booth across from him, “Are you serious? Because if you’re just fucking with me-”

“I’m not fucking with you, angel.”

You squint at him suspiciously, “You bring a different date here every week, Hunter.” You point out.

“All of those dates were shoved on me by one of my nosey siblings,” Hunter points out, “And all of them have ditched me as soon as we got here.”

“Yeah, because you see me and you seem to be unable to stop…staring-” Your sentence trails off, and you groan and press your face into your hands.

“I do stare at you, constantly. And flirt with you constantly. And I’ve even asked you on a date before-” Hunter lists with a grin. 

You groan again and press your burning face into your arms, “I’m oblivious.” You whine.

“Just a little bit, but you got there eventually.”

“Don’t be nice about this!” You say as your head pops up, “Are you telling me that I could have been making out with you for months now, rather than just fantasizing about it?” You ask.

A wide grin breaks across his face, “You fantasize about me?”

Your jaw drops and your face burns even hotter, “Wait…no…I didn’t…”

“No, no. Tell me more about these fantasies. I’m sure I can make all of them come true tonight.”

“You’re drunk, that’s definitely not going to happen.” You scoff, your face still burning hot, “I don’t sleep with drunk men.”

“Who says I’m drunk, Angel?”

“You-”

“Are totally sober.” He leans across the table, “So…tell me about these fantasies of yours.”

You press your hands over your face, “Absolutely not.”

“I’ll tell you mine.” You peek at him from between your fingers, “Ooh, tempting, isn’t it?”

“Now you’re just picking on me.”

“Oh, absolutely. But I also mean it.” Hunter smoothly moves from his side of the table to yours, crowding into your space. Not that you mind, you’ve never minded being close to Hunter. 

Your breath hitches when he leans in and presses his nose against your neck, and you release an actual squeak when you feel his tongue against your skin. “Wait, Hunter-”

He pauses and tilts his head to look at you patiently.

“I…not here?” You ask weakly.

He chuckles against your neck, but pulls away. Hunter tosses some credits on the table, and then he kisses you, so quickly that you think you imagined it for a moment, and then he pulls you out of the booth. “Come on, Angel. Let’s go somewhere else.”

“Okay,” You agree, excitement building in you as he threads his fingers with yours and tugs you tightly against his side.

[happy-beeeps]

Hello there! My request is this: the reader wants to learn hand-to-hand combat but has a crush on Hunter and doesn’t know how to ask him. Omega helps the reader and the reader gets what she wants. On the first day of training she trips and lands on top of Hunter and fluff or smut happens. Up to you :)

hahahahaha heyyyyyy I'm so sorry this is so late. In good news, it got away from me and turned into 4k words of the softest smut I've written!!! I am in love with this man!!!!

(also if you're asking yourself if I was inspired by the top gun volleyball scene the answer is yes I was and no I won't apologize for it.)

Take My Breath Away

pairing: Hunter x f!reader

WC: 4k

MINORS DNI 18+ BELOW CUT

Warnings: p in v sex, fingering, first time, feelings confession, awkward reader

Summary: When Omega convinces Hunter to finally train you in combat, things don't go to plan... or do they?

You’re leering, you know it. You really can’t help it, your spot inside the Marauder has left you with a perfectly obscured view to watch the training exercises happening outside. There’s a box of medical supplies in your lap while you stare through the front viewport, watching Hunter and Tech team up against Echo and Wrecker as they practice hand-to-hand perfectly in your view. 

Hunter has long forgone his long sleeve black shirt, his tattoos on full display as his skin bakes in the sun. It is hot, you supposed, but you assumed nearly every midday on Jakku got this warm. They’re all in various states of undress, grappling with each other with the kind of joyful fighting that reminds you of the village boys and their games back home. 

Sweat beads roll off his chest in a slight pattern, and you can see through the viewport that he’s used his bandana as a makeshift tie, pulling his hair up into some kind of knot on the top of his head. Echo has gotten Tech into some kind of hold, and the latter is thrashing against him trying to wiggle his way out. Hunter, however, is practically glistening as he shoots Wrecker a grin while they circle one another, until his legs push against the coarse sand outside and he lunges for his younger brother’s legs. He must’ve gotten Wreck with an element of surprise because the larger clone actually tumbles a bit, his center of gravity thrown off. You can’t hear them from inside the ship, but from the looks on their faces you can tell they’re laughing. Echo seems to have succeeded in locking Tech down, and the four of them exchange shakes and smirks–and move to repeat the game. 

Happiness looks good on him.

“Why are you watching Hunter again?” Omega’s small, but chipper, voice startles you from your daydream (something involving Hunter and his back that you’ll never tell.)

“Nothing! I’m not, not even watching him,” you stumble, trying desperately to make yourself look busy with the box in front of you. “I’ve gotta keep an eye on his injuries Meg, that's all.”

“But I thought you said he’d be better three rotations ago?”

She’s caught you now, and your face grows hot with the realization. “Well, yeah, of course. But still, as a medic, it’s my job to keep an eye on you all.”

You move to stand and ruffle her hair, toting the box on your hip as you move to go back to the med closet. You suppose you’ve done enough gawking for today.

“Are you red because you’re embarrassed about something?”

Now this makes you stop in your tracks. You whip your head to turn and face the young girl, who’s mouth smiles innocently at you while her eyes smirk knowingly. Kriff. You knew you shouldn't have let her start watching romcoms. 

“I’m not embarrassed,” you start, still making your way to the closet while Omega follows closely behind. “I just don’t know any combat, so I’m watching to learn, it’s just embarrassing not to know.”

Nice. Good save. You’ll pat yourself on the back for that one later. 

“Oh, that makes sense.” Is all you get from Omega, before you’re met with the sound of her feet moving down the walkway. You’re left alone with your thoughts, idylly shuffling supplies around the closet, delving back to your daydream. Minutes pass like this, in quiet peace, before a rough, masculine voice snaps you back to reality.

“Hey,” Hunter starts, leaning against the doorframe that separates the main cabin from the armory and med closet. He’s not shirtless anymore, instead wearing a mockingly thin white tank top that’s becoming less and less opaque the more his chest is pressed against it. “Omega said you wanted to learn some moves?”

Sure enough, Omega stands behind Hunter, arms crossed proudly as she looks between the two of you. “She’s important Hunter, she has to learn!” The younger girl shouts, and Hunter smiles down at her.

“Sure she is. That’s why I’m gonna teach her,” he looks up at you now with questioning eyes, “that is, if you’re interested? Tech is gonna bring Echo and Wrecker on a supply run for a few hours, so you don’t have to worry about them?”

“Y-yeah, that sounds great.” Maker, is that stumbling voice yours? This is getting worse by the minute.

“Hunter, can I go with? Tech said the market is no worse than Mos Eisley, and you let me go there, Wrecker already said he’d watch me!” Omega pleads with her big brother, pulling at his fingers in a subtle gesture to lead the two of you outdoors. 

“Sure, Meg. If it’s fine with them, it’s fine with me.”

* * *

Your body aches, your joints cracking with each move. You’ve barely even begun the training, merely the warmups Hunter has put you through in this scorching heat has gotten you coated in your own layer of sweat. He moved through each warm up with ease, and finished his last stretch lazily, leaning his weight on his back leg and placing his hands firmly on his hips. It took nearly everything in you not to stare at him, his shirt back on but replaced by a mockingly thin white tank top that grew less opaque with every passing moment.

“Thought you said you wanted to learn?” His voice brought you back out of your daydream, reminding you exactly why you were standing here. You had gone this long without him really knowing your feelings, aside from the simple flirtation the two of you shared to pass the time. One afternoon wouldn’t kill you.

“Thought you said we’d start slow,” you grumble in reply, moving to face him with an agitated determination.

He doesn’t give you a verbal response, merely moving to stand behind you, placing his hands and your shoulders before reaching them across to grab your wrists. “I’m gonna put you in the first stance,” he says, moving his hands, and your wrists, up to a blocking motion before kicking one of his feet between your legs. With gentle, albeit rough, taps to each foot, your legs slowly shuffled wider apart, granting you more stability on the sandy terrain. The motion of him slowly spreading your legs open, however, had the complete opposite effect, and your stomach dropped nearly to your toes as your chest flutters with warmth. This was exactly why you hadn’t asked for help in the first place.

“Looks good,” he started, moving back to face you. “Now, when you punch, you’re not just pushing your fist out, right? You’re punching with your whole arm, try hitting my hand.”

“But, I don’t want to hurt you!” You sputtered, and his lazy, easy smile returned.

“Trust me, you won’t.”

You pass nearly an hour like this, moving to punch Hunter with as much force as you could muster, and him blocking you with ease. It’s not that you were weak by any means, you wouldn’t have lasted as the Batch’s medic if you were, but this kind of strength was foreign to you. You were slipping, growing more tired by the moment. Your punches slowly falter. Finally, as the heat and the exertion caught up to you, your legs followed the swing of your arm, sending you toppling your whole weight onto Hunter.

He too must’ve begun feeling the heat, as his normally subvert reflexes failed him. Your weight and his surprise sent the two of you toppling onto the sand, his arms reaching to cup your elbows, carefully guiding you to land on his chest. The sweat on both of your skin made the two of you sticky, and your thin shirt did little to hide the flush of your chest as you pressed against his toned body. Hunter also seemed to be responding to the moment, his eyes opening and closing rapidly, his chest rising and falling with increasing speed.

Maker. You hadn’t thought about how awful you must’ve smelled.

“I’m sorry Hunter, I’m sure I smell-“

“Great,” he gritted out, you assumed his tone was dripping in sarcasm. Your wince must not have garnered the response he was hoping for, and his eyes widened in panic. “No, no, I mean it. Kriff, that’s not what I meant.”

“No, it’s fine, it’s warm out here, don’t mention it,” you shook awkwardly, moving to push off of him. Instead, Hunter’s grip on the backs of your arms tightened to hold you in place.

“I mean it,” he murmurs, “you’ve been driving me crazy all day.”

You blink in surprise as that warm feeling from before returns, and you resist the urge to press yourself against him even further. 

“What, just because I’m a slow learner?” you blush and shake your head, trying to hide your face from the intensity of his stare, and the overbearing Jakku sun.

“Why do you always do that?”

“Do what?”

“That,” he removes one hand from its spot on your arm to tug your chin back at him, his eyes falling to your lips for the briefest moment before coming back to yours, “hide from me.”

Your response is quiet, timid. “Because you don’t mean it.”

“Why would you think that? We’ve kind of been toeing around it for weeks now.”

You’re sputtering now, “I thought you were joking.”

“I don’t joke when it comes to you,” something akin to hurt flashes across his eyes, and his grip on your arms loosens slightly. Kriff. You’re losing him now, and the panic that settles in your chest takes over before your brain can properly think its way out of it.

You’re fully pressing your breasts against him now, relenting the rest of your weight onto him as your arms snake their way to his face and you pull him towards you before he has a chance to feel any more hurt at your expense. Your lips crash to his in a kiss that’s equal parts full of reassurance and want, and he molds against you quickly. Whatever doubt and hurt he might’ve felt a moment ago is replaced by something darker, something needier.

Hunter adjusts you on top of him easily, pulling you up and wrapping your legs around his waist. When you pull away from the kiss you watch as he brings your legs tighter around his waist and, with little struggle, manages to stand up against the sand, never dropping you from your perch.

You try not to go faint at the way his leg muscles tense beneath the rolled up cuffs of his pants as he lifts the two of you from the ground with ease. Hunter has always been scrappy, never as much bulk as Wrecker but easily the second largest of his brothers. Echo used to joke that what he lacked in height he made up for in muscle mass.

You can’t stop yourself from leaning in to him, placing needy open mouth kisses along the curve of his neck, the sharp edges of his jaw. He groaned at your touch, his steps quickening towards the Marauder. There’s a break as he fidgets with the controls to lower the ramp and it starts its painstakingly slow descent. In a fit of impatience, Hunter has your back pressed against the side of the ship and moves to kiss you again, this time it’s bruising and impatient. He’s been wanting this just as long as you, you realize. Whatever the door the two of you just opened isn’t going to be easily shut.

He’s methodical with the way he kisses you, but his hands are anything but. He pulls teasing tugs at your lower lip, slowly parts your mouth with his tongue–like he’s testing something. 

“Hunter,” you beg, turning your head from him in a feeble gesture to get him to notice that the ramp has lowered.

“I’ve just wanted to kiss you for so long,” he admits, a tenderness in his eyes that your stomach doing backflips, “I don’t think I can ever stop.”

He walks to the two of you up the ramp of the ship before setting you down gently in the hull. You’re staring up at him now, his hands resting on the small of your back, keeping you close.

“You tell me what’s too much cyar’ika. I’ll take whatever part of you you’ll give me.”

“All, all of me. I’m not afraid.” You murmur, pressing yourself against him before leaning to loop your arms around his neck.

He meets you halfway to kiss you, albeit gentler than before, before turning you and moving you backwards with small steps. You know this ship like the back of your hand, even backwards and with your eyes closed, and you can tell from the way he’s moving you that you’re moving towards his quarters.

“We can go to my room?” You ask, breathless. They had graciously turned the small medbay into a space for your quarters, of sorts. You had a larger bed than any member of the batch, with the caveat that your roommates were small surgical machines and overflow boxes of bacta. 

“No, want you in my bed, if that’s ok?” 

You nodded while he continued to guide you towards the rest of the batch’s quarters, your vision becoming shaded from the darkness of the room. You were grateful now that Hunter’s bunk was on the bottom, as the backs of your legs bumped into the mattress.

He laid you down on the mattress and quickly stretched across you, giving you full freedom to remove your arms from his neck and let them roam against the broad expanse of his back. His kisses met your neck almost as soon as he settled on the mattress, and from the way his teeth nipped at the soft skin, you knew you’d be littered with marks.

Whatever. You’re sure they’d pick up on it eventually. 

Your thoughts were interrupted as Hunter pulled you up towards him, using the space to pull your shirt off and discard it on the floor, leaving you in the thin cottony breastband you’d picked specifically because it was too hot to even think about something better. You, in turn, pulled at the hem of the thin white tank top, and he smirked at you as he moved back, pulling it up over his head. There was enough space between the bunks for him to sit comfortably upright, and you moved forward to meet him, bringing his hands to your waist.

“It’s too hot for all these layers.”

If he was surprised he barely showed it, raising an eyebrow before moving to unfasten your breastband, leaving the two of you bare from the waist up.

“Mesh’la, I can’t… I can’t stop.”

“Then don’t.” You smiled, leaning back on his mattress, watching his form cage you in.

His response was immediate, falling closer to you and moving his kisses farther down your neck before moving to bring his mouth to your breast, now bare to him. His lips dragged over your newly exposed flesh, before his tongue flattened over the stiff peak of your nipple.

He wasted no time in palming your other breast, and the briefest glance you got of your skin beneath his inked fingers was enough to elicit the smallest of whimpers from your mouth. He paused from his work on your nipple to glance up at you, before sending a devilish grin as his hand removed itself from your chest and made small movements towards your thighs. With a quick and decisive movement he placed his hand just on the squishy flesh of your inner thigh, before hooking a finger around the seam of your panties and shifting them down.

You jostled a bit to help them come off and Hunter surged to kiss you again, his breath warm and inviting on your mouth. In an instant you let out a soft gasp as his fingers began to move towards your folds, before he slowly pushed two fingers into your heat. 

The feeling of being filled in any capacity by him immediately sent warmth flooding to every corner of your body, and you bucked your hips against him as he moved his fingers in a delicious hooking motion, pulling you closer and closer to oblivion with each movement.

“So warm for me, so wet.” He grumbled against your neck, and your hands threaded through his hair, desperate to keep his body against yours.

“Hunter, need you, now.”

“Shh,” he murmured, moving faster, and a twisting in your feeling in your gut suddenly struck, along with the realization that you were quickly approaching an orgasm. “Come for me first, princess. Need to make you feel good first.”

His words and motions combined sent that first orgasm crashing over you fast, the tips of your fingers and the lower half of your body shaking in pleasure while he took his sweet time, coaxing every bit of your oblivion out of you in slow, melodic motions. When you had come back down to earth, he pulled his hand from you before bringing it to his mouth, bringing his fingers to his mouth and tasting you finally.

“Next time you’re finishing on my tongue,” he groaned, head thrown back. You took his momentary distraction to pull at the band of his boxers, already eyeing the deliciously thick silhouette of his hard length pressing against the fabric.

“Hunterrr,” you whined, leaning up and pressing kisses from his collarbone down his chest, before deciding you couldn’t take it anymore and plunging your hand into his boxers, running your hand up and down the velvety skin of his shaft. You paused at the tip, running your fingers over it and collecting the precum already leaking out.

“Need to learn some patience,” he groaned, before shifting to pull the last offending article of clothing off, and pressing you firmly, and softly to the mattress. With his boxers gone you could see him now. He was big, bigger than any man you’d been with before, and prettier too. The inky black markings of his tattoos led down his whole torso, pausing just at the start of his shaft. It was one of the few spots on his body where you could admire every inch of tanned, warm skin.

Hunter moved down to kiss you, this one sweet and short, running a hand down your core to collect some of the mess he’d already made of you, before running it along his length. He leaned back and looked at you, his eyes warming with a fondness that suddenly had you feeling more naked now than you had this entire time. 

“You take my breath away,” he murmured in a voice dripping with an emotion you weren’t bold enough to try and name, before picking up one of your legs and easily tossing it over your shoulder. “You’ve been my dream this whole time. Wanna make sure you’re ready.”

“Hunter,” you paused, reaching a hand up to his cheek, “if you don’t fuck me now, I’m going to go catatonic.”

His laugh had your leg shaking, and he rolled his eyes, “remind me to fuck some manners into you next time.”

Without any more pretense you felt his tip surge past your walls, stretching you out deliciously and giving a sense of satisfaction greater than anything you’d felt before. He pushed farther before bottoming out and nudging just right against that spot you’d always struggled to reach. The same one that had you tossing one arm over your eyes and another grasping at nothing out of pure bliss. His name breathed past your lips like a prayer, and you felt him shiver a bit at it.

“Fuck, that’s my girl.” He moaned, starting his thrusts at a slow, manageable pace. You felt one of his hands slide up the sheets on his mattress before sliding and weaving his fingers between yours. “Don’t hide from me.” He whispered, and you brought your arm down, placing it firmly on the bicep he was using to support himself against you.

He felt fucking amazing. You had met a guy in an alley on Coruscant who tried to sell you deathsticks once, and you felt like you had to go back and tell him he was wrong. There had to be a better high. Being fucked into your pillows by Hunter while he held your hand and whispered to you had to be better. You weren’t a scientist (ok, maybe you were) but this had to be the best feeling a human being could feel.

Hunter’s pace quickened, and soon the cabin was filled with the sickeningly sweet sound of skin slapping against skin, his hips snapping against you. His senses must’ve made him perfectly attuned to how you were feeling, any shift in pleasure, any barely audible moan. His hand had removed itself from yours, instead holding your wrist and pressing you firmly into the bed in a move that felt more possessive and dominant than threatening.

“You’re mine.” You had moaned without realizing it, and his pace picked up again. A twisting, numbing feeling began to blossom in your core and Hunter brought your leg down, surging forward to kiss you as he fucked you farther into oblivion.

“You’re my girl, you’ve always been my girl.” He groaned into your neck before pulling back. “Just been waiting for you to realize it. I wanna hear you say it.”

“You’re mine, I’m yours.” You groaned, his hips bucking up and nudging again and again into that spot. His hand removed itself from your wrist and you used the newfound freedom to rake your hands down your back, sending moans of pleasure out of Hunter.

“I’m all yours princess,” he groaned, “so sweet, so soft for me. Fuck, so tight.”

His praise and words and breakneck speed had you hitting your orgasm like a brick wall, turning you from head to toe in a shivering, gasping mess as your walls clenched around him. You gripped his hair in a desperate attempt to tether yourself to something corporeal as he fucked you through it, his own pace becoming quick and sloppy.

“‘M close, where,” was all he was able to rasp out.

“In, ‘s okay.” Was the closest thing you had to a response. You’d tell him about your implant later.

In an instant, he was groaning into your neck, his hips slapping against yours sending you nearly into sensory overload, before you felt his warmth against you. For a moment after he barely moved, just breathed against you as if he couldn’t imagine this had actually happened. The two of you stayed like that for a moment, you running a hand along his back and through his hair as he pressed sweet kisses along your neck, likely trying to soften the purple marks you were certain he had left.

“Lemme get you cleaned up,” he whispered, as if careful not to scare the moment away. He pulled back from you slowly, before reaching to tug his pants back on and heading to the fresher. He was only gone for a few moments, returning with a warm, wet rag that he lovingly dashed between your legs and a pair of clean shorts from your quarters and one of his shirts.

“Thought you might want something comfortable.” He said as he passed it to you, and you quickly changed into it, relishing into how the shirt smelled so distinctly of him.

You moved to sit up but he toppled in bed next to you before you could. His bunk was small, barely enough space for the two of you, so he wrapped his arms around you and pulled you into his chest.

“Don’t go. Meant what I said.”

You blushed as you shimmied to turn your face to him. “Which part?”

“All of it. I’ve always wanted you. Not just for, you know,” he stumbled, seeming suddenly embarrassed.

“Sex?”

“Yeah, but I’m not gonna complain about that part,” he winked, before pulling you into him again, resting his head on top of yours. “I want to… care for you. In every way. You really take my breath away, always have.” He pressed a kiss against your hair, and you pressed closer to him in return.

“Then you’ll have me. For as long as I’m here and then some.” 

The two of you stayed like this into the night, wrapped up in each other’s arms, tangled limb to limb. Soon enough the lull of his heart had drifted you into sleep, and he did his best to shield you from the prying eyes and loud noises of the rest of the Batchers as they returned from the market, just as he swore to himself that he’d shield you from anything that threatened to take you from them, from him.

His girl he had said. And he had meant it.

[wolveria]

👀👀👀 can I ask about the wing AU??

Yesss!! The Wing AU! Which is really just a long document with the various clones and Jedi/Sith what their wings would look like.

I'm going to post it as it is because the bullet point works, and this is the "baseline" part of the winged universe. I might have several stories stem from it, because... I just really love wings and I feel like I could go in several directions. So here it is!

There are only two beings in the galaxy with wings: those who are Force-sensitive, and the clones engineered by the Kaminoans

The wings of a child will be drab until they molt in maturity, bringing in their true colors

Touching another person’s wings without permission is disrespectful and invasive, while trusting someone enough to allow them to preen their wings is a sign of trust and closeness

The clones were engineered with wings to keep up with the Jedi during the war, though this has brought its own controversy with senators questioning if engineering wings is a step too far in cloning technology, as wings are supposed to be sacred (but the Chancellor claims this is a sign they are on the side of righteousness, though in reality he wants the clone troopers to have wings to keep up with the Jedi when he orders their execution)

Yoda has grey wings, Dooku has elegant black wings, and Darth Sidious has no wings at all (he removed them at an early age to hide his affinity for the Force, and he almost abhors the idea of them), Maul’s wings are black with red tips, and Ventress has wings of white with black tips

Anakin has beautiful golden-brown wings, Obi-Wan has soft sandstone-colored wings, and Ahsoka has white wings with blue stripes

Cad Bane has wings of blue variation, light blue at the base and darker at the tips, though they are so ragged from being unpreened and kept in bindings against his back that they can only glide, not fly, until they are restored with care and practice (which is unlikely since he always keeps them hidden and no one knows he even has them)

Clones Wings:

Hunter has dark grey wings, the same color as his eyes, and the feathers are broader and longer than a typical clones’ (his brothers used to joke that his missing height went into his wingspan)

Crosshair has silvery white wings that match his hair, and they’re especially soft around the shoulders of the wings, almost downy, but if anyone tries to touch them, they’ll get pummeled for it. Not with his hands—Crosshair has learned how to “punch” with his wings with uncanny accuracy, and other troopers learned long ago to steer clear of them

Wrecker has reddish-brown wings that have golden highlights in the sun, though he had to have cybernetic feathers and muscles implanted into his left wing after the explosion that took his eye

Tech’s wings are golden-brown, and they are prone to being unkempt much like his living space, the clone too distracted with his work to care for them, and if it wasn’t for his brothers they would be nearly unusable (which would be a shame, because he flies like a mynock on fire)

Echo used to have grey speckled wings that complimented Fives’ grey and white wings, but once he was captured, the Separatists cut them off. After he was rescued, Rex and Cody made sure there were funds to build him advanced mechanical wings so he could fly again

Omega has golden-white wings, and the Batch had to teach her how to fly because the Kaminoans didn’t show her and probably never would have

Crosshair would be the one to preen Hunter’s wings after a battle, and Hunter would preen his (Crosshair would let Wrecker preen his wings but no matter how hard he tries, Crosshair’s too sensitive, and Hunter is the only one with a light enough touch to do it)

Tech doesn’t really care who preens his wings out of the Batch, just as long as they don’t screw up and pull out any feathers, and he’s more than happy to let Wrecker do it since the big clone loves preening his brother’s feathers

If a flyer goes through a traumatic event, their feathers will molt and grow back a different color: this is what happens to the clones after Order 66, they lose their individuality/feathers, and grow all white wings to match their bleached armor (Crosshair loses his silvery feathers and they grow back in a much darker shade, showing he’s not completely under their control and is suffering for it)

There are only a few Imperial clones that don’t grow plain white feathers, but instead, they grow in pure black. The ones with black wings are selected to be Death Troopers

Crosshair’s new wings are not technically black, they’re more of a dark grey, and coincidentally, the same shade as Hunter’s wings

For clones who start to fight their chips, or their chips start to fail, they gradually shed their feathers and start growing them back with color. Such as Howzer, who started to grow back his teal-tipped feathers, and he had to bleach his wings so his superiors wouldn’t find out

The new TK troopers are given mechanical wings, but they are far inferior to the natural wings that clones are engineered with, but mechanical wings are cheaper than biological ones, and the clone troopers that remain are taken to Tantiss for experimentation

[myfanfic-urfantrash]

omega blade who constantly gets confused for an alpha because of his stature and bc he doesn’t release his scent all that much and/or smells like the alphas in the stellaron hunters (*cough cough* thanks kafka *cough cough*)

i can imagine how red in the face he gets the first time he sees his future mate bc he’s never released his scent around other people (their in the courting phase or something) and blade does it by accident because they’re helping him stitch an injury he got. doesn’t realize he’s doing it until the smell of lilies and sugar water (idk what else to call it, it’s like that naturally sweet tasting spring water?) gets more obvious/his fm is staring at the area where his scent glands in curiosity like (O_O;)

-messy anon

I sure do love putting Blade into situations :D

cw: omegaverse

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Blade is mistaken for an alpha on account of one: his tall and intimidating stature, two: no one knows his scent as he uses scent patches and suppressants all the time, and three: he's always surrounded by the scent of other alphas such as Kafka who scent him regularly.

The only times one could even get a hint of his scent are during his medical check ups where he removes his scent patches and during his heats where the scent of lilies, nectar, and a hint of iron fill the room. He's so careful with his scent that he's become comfortable in the fact it'll never be released without his knowing.

A mistake on his part.

He's getting patched up by one of the doctors they have on standby though he insists it's unnecessary they heal him anyway with Kafka standing just a few feet away looking through the medicine cabinet out of boredom. He doesn't notice it, spaced out admiring their gentle hands as he let's them wrap up his hand until they stiffen. Snapping back into reality he's aware of the stares he's getting to which he just glares at the nosy assistants to focus back on their duties.

Looking at the face of the doctor he finally realizes why they're giving him such a strange look and Kafka has to put a hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing at him. He flushes a little before glaring at her too which just makes her snicker even louder tossing him his medication as she leaves the room.

The doctor simply continues their duties though they keep glancing at his scent glands with curiosity and interest. They get him a cup of water to take his medication and a new pack of scent patches while giving him the cutest smile which just makes more of his scent leak out making them smile wider.

He downs his medication and slaps on the patch and storms out of the infirmary. How unbecoming...at least they're cute.

[kybercrystals94]

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Febuwhump 2024 | Day 16 | Prompt 16: Came Back Wrong

Rated: G | Words: 741 | Summary: Crosshair struggles after their rescue. [Character Focus: Crosshair, Hunter]

Crosshair watches from his perch on a wall as the sun sinks into the sea, dissolving into swatches of reds, yellows, and oranges. Discolored by twilight, sky bleeds through with deep blues and purples. It is beautiful here. Peaceful. Quiet. Safe.

He does not belong here.

Omega gave him a tiny box of toothpicks when they first arrived on Pabu. He holds the gift tightly in his hand, corners biting into the calloused skin of his palm. Still unopened.

He does not deserve this gift. This comfort. This small joy from a life murdered by the Empire.

But he holds it and silently cries.

“So this is where you’ve been sneaking off to.”

Crosshair doesn’t turn to face Hunter, mopping at his wet face with his sleeve. A rough, natural material. Wool?

“You tracked me,” he says, hard tone hiding shaking breath.

Hunter chuckles, sitting down beside him. “Old habit.”

Crosshair smirks.

Hunter doesn’t look at him, staring straight ahead, eyes focused on watching the sunset colors being absorbed by dusk. Crosshair watches too, but his focus is on the proximity of his brother’s shoulder to his. Nearly brushing. Familial.

He leans away. Subtly, he thinks, but a slight twitch of Hunter’s jaw suggests he failed.

“We missed you, Cross. We’re happy you’re back.”

Crosshair swallows. “I shouldn’t be back.”

Hunter doesn’t react to that. Not bodily at least. He remains motionless, dark eyes roving the horizon. He says, “Because you shouldn’t have been gone in the first place.”

“Yes,” Crosshair says, softly, like the click of a gun’s hammer drawn back. Loaded.

Hunter hums. “You’re right.”

Crosshair scowls, resisting the burning sensation behind his eyes. It hurts that Hunter so easily agrees, even if it is true. A blade twisting in an invisible, weeping wound.

“We should never have left you,” Hunter continues. “You should never have had to come back. We should never have had to get you back. And I’m so sorry that’s how it happened.”

Crosshair blinks, surprised, a tear escaping unbidden. He turns to face Hunter. “What?”

“We don’t leave our own behind,” Hunter says, “but we did. We left you. Over and over again.”

Hunter won’t look at him, not even a glance.

“I made my choice,” Crosshair argues weakly, voice tripping over the emotion building in his throat.

Hunter shakes his head, a harsh, singular movement. “No. It was the chip.”

“At first, but–”

“No!” Hunter nearly shouts, an explosive noise shattering the quiet. “We left you! We left you, Cross, when it wasn’t your choice.”

Cross. He missed that name with an ache.

“You did,” Crosshair says, “You left me. But I wasn’t in my right mind. You had to protect the squad.”

“We could’ve…”

“Maybe,” Crosshair interrupts, “but maybe I would have killed one of you. All of you. I don’t know, you don’t know. What I do know is that I would never–” Crosshair’s voice cracks, breaks. An inhale, and he composes himself. “I would never have forgiven myself, Hunter. Never.”

Hunter has finally turned to face him, dark eyes wet.

Crosshair looks past him, over his shoulder into the darkness that has blanketed the island. “I don’t blame you for leaving. I did, at first. I was angry. But…I would have done the same.”

“We could have–”

“Stop it!” Crosshair snaps. “We can’t change what we could have or should have done, can we? Everything happened, didn’t it? It happened, and we can’t change it. Tech almost died. Omega was captured. I was…”

Tortured. Abandoned. Lost.

He finishes, voice hollow, “I may have come back wrong, but I came back. We came back.”

Crosshair, Omega, Tech. They came back.

With a nod of finality, Crosshair begins to turn away, but a gasp of air is knocked from his lungs when Hunter barrels into him. Crosshair can’t remember the last time his brothers embraced him, arms locked around him, unyielding.

Before the Empire. Before the chip.

Before.

Not even Wrecker has given him more than one arm draped tentatively over his shoulders since the rescue. Crosshair hadn’t wanted that. He didn’t deserve that. Had shrugged out of the light hold with a snarl.

But, Maker, did he miss it.

Slowly, Crosshair lifts his arms to wrap them around Hunter, returning the gesture. His grip tightens, fingers curling into the soft fabric of Hunter’s scarf. Hiding his face against his brother’s shoulder.

He might not belong here.

But he will stay.

END

*****Note: this story takes place before my story Scars & Toothpicks from Whumptober 2023!*****

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[fanfictasia]

Team 27 - Out of Time

Writer: CourtesyTrefflin (@fanfictasia and @disastertriowriting)

Artist 1: @pidgotto.arts (Instagram)

Artist 2: @aceinspaceart (@ace.in.space.art - Instagram)

WC: ~46k

Rating: General Audiences

Characters: Hunter, Tech, Wrecker, Crosshair, Echo, Omega, Anakin, Fives, Ahsoka

Relationships: Hunter & Crosshair, Wrecker & Crosshair, Hunter & Tech & Wrecker & Crosshair & Echo & Omega, Wrecker & Tech, Echo & Fives, Crosshair & Fives, Anakin & Crosshair, Anakin & Hunter, Anakin & Echo, Ahsoka & Omega

Summary: In the quest to find Omega, the remainder of the Bad Batch stumble on an old Republic base while following the trail of what they hope is of a surviving Jedi. Instead, they walk into a Sith trap, and awaken back in the Clone Wars. Finding one another scattered across the galaxy may be more difficult than it seems.

Excerpt

Echo seemed certain this might work. Hunter… isn’t, but it’s the only chance they have. And they have to try. There’s nothing he wouldn’t be willing to try. Nothing he wouldn’t be willing to do.

Anything, so they can get Omega back.

She gave them purpose. They were supposed to take care of her – they would do anything for her. They would die for her.

They… did.

Tech did.                    

Any of them would’ve done it.

And it feels like a part of him died there, too. Wrecker is the only one of the brothers he grew up with who he has left. Tech… used to be the middle. He always was. Now, it’s Hunter. Even if he’s still – somehow – supposed to be their leader.

He feels… empty. The Marauder is quiet, too quiet.

It would be easier if Tech was here. At least that way, everything would make a small amount of sense. They hadn’t even had time to grieve or process before they lost Omega, too.

So, when Echo suggested they go to this now-abandoned Republic base, despite the potential dangers, Hunter didn’t think twice. But now that he’s here, now that he’s inside – he left Echo and Wrecker with the ship, so he could scout out alone, just in case – he knows something’s wrong. He can’t even say what it is, but it’s… something.

He senses it, that energy is pooling to center at a point in… the middle of the room, which doesn’t make sense.

Something in the darkness is shimmering red. If Omega were here, Hunter would tell her to stay back, because it looks… dangerous. He knows it is, but after… after, he can’t even care about that anymore – not so long as they take the chance they have.

He should hold back, should wait. Something is… wrong.

Hunter knows that, so he doesn’t know why he moves forwards, anyway. He can almost hear Tech’s voice in his mind, telling him to be careful, that this is dangerous, and they don’t know anything about the Jedi’s Force abilities, or whatever this object is.

But in the end, he can’t change the past. He can’t turn back time. He can’t… bring them back.

Tech should have been here with them. He would have been, if Hunter hadn’t let them go in blindly after Crosshair. Because for all that they want their little brother back, this isn’t about what they want. It’s about survival.

It’s about Omega. It’s always about Omega.

And in that hope-driven moment, he let himself forget that.

They lost Tech for that. They lost…

Everything.

And there is nothing he wouldn’t do to get them all back.

The energy in the room is shifting, pulsing. The object is… radiating energy. It’s gathering, whirling around it in a violent storm, and…

Hunter doesn’t really remember what happened next.

@clonebang

[image-thot]

Would a request for PLATONIC! Yandere! Bad Batch headcannons with a preferably teenage reader be acceptable?

Ok gonna be honest when I saw your request one thing came to my mind " Two of those works don't belong that close together." But never one to back away from a challenge I shall do my best 👍 Also sorry it took so long with this one had some stuff come up in rl that stopped me from writing for a bit.

Warning ⚠️  It's been ages since I was a teen so my depiction of one may be off 😅 

Overall 

• They all see you in a similar way to Omega however as you are older than her, they know a lot more risks and have a harder time keeping you close/dependent on them.

• They'd prefer that you stay on the ship during missions, especially if one of them can stay behind and watch you.

• If they can't be prepared for what can only be described as being grounded to hell and back. Starting with Tech locking down the ship, no one is getting in or out of that thing. Echo has hidden away any of the dangerous items and Wrecker has put out some fun but safe things for you to do after you finish the list of chores Hunter has left for you.

• It's not all bad however, after a while they did think it best to use you as the emergency pick-up driver. Tech taught you how to fly and operate the ship under emergency scenarios, yes Hunter was present during those and yes he almost had a heart attack.

• Sometimes their styles do clash when it comes to how they want to treat and spend time with you, for example, Hunter is a lot very blunt when than Echo is when it comes to protecting you (think of Hunter as the Overprotective father and Echo as the kind but Overprotective Mother).

• Omega and Wrecker are the only two that don't but-heads over their needs for you, they are both clingy but they were like that before you joined them so they are used to being around one another that it would feel weird if either one of them wasn't there with you as well.

• Crosshair often gets into arguments with Echo and Hunter usually over something Crosshair wants to do with you, for example, Crosshair doesn't mind taking you on missions with him. He's often perched away from the fights and wants you to watch him work, maybe even show you a trick or two. Hunter and Echo strongly disagree with this and have had some physical altercations over it.

Hunter

Type: Overprotective 

Hunter can't be classed as anything but overprotective when it comes to you.

He wants to keep you safe and will do everything in his power to do so.

Which makes him the worst in the group.

 Why you may ask, well those keen senses of his. He can tell the moment something changes with you, then he's on you faster than you can say oh no. It can be literally anything as well, he knows what's normal for you and what's not. So even the smallest change in your vitals, behaviour, hormones and scent and it’s all 21 and counting questions.

If you happen to be a girl... Yeah if you've already had your first visit from aunt flow, you’re in for a real treat. Of course, he knows what it is but it takes a two-hour talk with both you and Tech to assure him that the process is completely normal. Still doesn't stop him from going into red alert (pun intended) every time it happens.

He does, however, respect your privacy, if you ask him to leave you alone for a bit or deny him access to your room he respects it. It doesn’t mean that he won't be listening in on you in other ways or that he won't bust down the door if he feels you're in danger.

Echo

Type: Overprotective 

Like Hunter, Echo is very protective of you in a mother goose sorta way.

He’s a lot more gentle about it than Hunter is, to you at least. To everyone else well I didn’t say goes for no reason.

He’ll often explain why he does/suggests something when it comes to keeping you safe and with them. For example, with a mission, he doesn’t stop at “It’s too dangerous” but goes on to say why specifically that mission poses a risk to you "It's too dangerous because it involves x which you haven't trained for that" etc.

He'd come off a lot more reasonable and a better listener than everyone else.

He's reasonable yes unless it involves current/former Separatists.

If there happens to be a mission that brings them into contact with them be prepared for him to not let you out of his sight and to go full lockdown mode. 

To be fair he has a valid reason after what they did to him he doesn't want it happening to you, he just gets a little too carried away with that.

Tech

Type: Manipulative 

He'll manipulate you with facts (I could just stop there but he's me boy so).

To put it simply anything that you think/want to do that would in his opinion be bad for you, he somehow has a fact that proves it's wrong. Even if the information is slightly skewed.

It's not like he's completely making up data, he's simply not revealing the entirety of it. Honestly, you'd think it would bother him but when he first started to use facts to persuade you they were all very much true. The only problem was that after a while he was running out of relatable factoids to use.

Like the rest of the squad, he is protective of you, in his own unique way. Yes, he would 100% get into a fight if needed for you but he also prides himself on preventing that from happening in the first place.

It works 99.9% of the time, mainly due to how persistent he is about it. It's easier just to do what he suggests rather than argue against him, it won't take you long to learn that. If you do manage to outlast him be prepared to face smug and sarcastic Tech. Don't get him wrong he's still going to fix it but not before/after he makes you feel bad first.

Honestly, he doesn't change too much, he seems a lot more interested in your health and well-being than his brothers. But aside from that to anyone else he could appear to be his normal self.

Wrecker

Type: Clingy 

Literally wants to be around you 24/7

He's the big bro that may be 1000% too Overprotective but will at least attempt to make up for it with tons of fun

He is the first one to go with you for after-mission snacks or to go out for a little bit of RnR. He's also the first one who's going to start a fistfight in the name of your honour or minor inconvenience 

He can be a bit impulsive and forget that he is way bigger and stronger than you, often leading you to either be dragged along with him or being crushed by his inhuman strength.

He tries not to use his impressive strength to do you any harm and he will try to avoid using it to get you to do what he wants, but at the end of the day, he isn't going to totally cut that option off.

Crosshair

Type: Stalker/Possessive 

Crosshair is the group's cat you could say. He loves your attention and company but at the same time also likes to have his space.

It often leads him to be caught between wanting you to hang out with only him and him wanting to be left the hell alone.

That doesn’t mean he isn’t going to keep an eye on you when he does have some solo time, he will watch you like the hawk that he is.

So expect if Hunter doesn’t know something about you then Crosshair certainly will know it.

He wants to teach you how to shoot properly, unfortunately, that is a no from both Hunter and Echo. It also doesn’t help that he is the world's worst teacher, despite being observant he forgets others aren’t always as quick learners as him.

He has numerous amounts of times suggested that you be assigned to him during missions, after all, he is often up and out of harm's way. 

He can be borderline clingy in public, but that’s mainly his strong dislike of regs with the small (very large) fear that you will be taken away from the group. 

(sorry that some of these are way off my norm, my brain was having a lot of trouble writing this.)

[btschooseafic]

AO3 Recs - Jungkook Centric [Completed]

Decided to update the old one as well, so this one is just for completed fics for now

When Night Comes by Oh_Hey_Tae [completed]

ot7, jungkook centric, supernatural creatures, polyam, college au

cool magic system with lots of different magical creatures. Jungkook is super lovable. the twist at the end was a little heart breaking? super emotional. very interesting plot wise.

And have our fire and laugh by vmkhoney [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, modern fantasy, a/b/o dynamics, werewolves, polyam

this author is just so great! soft, emotional works. jungkook gets turned into a wolf and gets taken in by the others, who are in a pack

Good Hands by glitterandgilt [completed]

ot7, jungkook centric, a/b/o dynamics, polyam

I love fics that play with the idea of what a ‘typical’ omega is. The focus on hands to express Jungkook’s identity struggles make this fic kind of poetic and pretty :)

A Dream You Dream Together by glitterandgilt [completed]

Ot7, canon compliantish, deaging, jungkook centric

The other members take care of jungkook when he is deagged.

Our Fake Omega by Sialucky [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, jungkook has trauma, royals, violence, adventure, manipulation, action, polyam, a/b/o dynamics

jungkook gets off to a rough start with the others, but I love the way their relationship developed slowly over time, and everyone’s character growth together. tae’s part of the story in particular made me emotional.

Paint My Heart Red (and keep it, it’s yours) by CelestialSilences [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, they live in a train, based on the run mv, (non idol) modern, polyam

let the light in by sharpa [completed] need an account to read!

yoongi x jungkook (yoonkook), jimin x taehyung, magic shop, college au, jungkook centric, found family, trauma recovery, magical realism

okay, so… this is so good. one thing I love, is although this isn’t polyam, it doesn’t dismiss that the love of the other boys is just as important as the romantic relationships. we’ve also got ace!jimin, it’s not a major theme in the story (although it’s still a lovely detail that does impact jimin’s character/life/relationship).

It Might Just Come Back To Bite You by Arobeebee [completed]

ot7, jungkook centric, vampires, hybrid au, supernatural creatures, polyam, college au

jk as a struggling college student who meets the others who are supernatural creatures in a polyam relationship. ot6 are all vampires. and jk is part bunny hybrid. starts tae x jungkook. very good, interesting world building, and jungkook who works too hard and deserves all the love. overpowered seokjin, which I am now finding is a thing I like.

The Stowaway by Arobeebee [completed]

namjoon x seokjin x hoseok x yoongi x jungkook, jungkook centric, space au, aliens, spaceship, some star wars vibes, some smut, futuristic

on the run from bounty hunters, jungkook hides in an empty storage container, accidentally stowing away on the starship bangtan. / this was sweet! the different elements of the different alien cultures were interesting. the backstories were intriguing. I’m looking forward to tae and jimin being introduced in the sequel

of witches, covens, and matters of love by almostsophie1 [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, witches, polyam, magic, urban fantasy

jungkook moves to seoul to do his apprenticeship. he doesn’t think he’ll get a coven because he’s ace. interesting world building! seokjin has rabbits! there is a cat!

the map, the plan, and the territory by segfaults [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, sky pirates, steampunk, polyam

great world development! love the dog! all of the characters struggle with self-doubt in some form, but are reassured by the others. there’s a scene where hoseok sees an element of himself that he struggles with in jungkook, but doesn’t lash out, doesn’t react in anger or hatred, but just gets quietly overwhelmed and sympathetic, and that really touched me.

Your Strings That Bind Us by MuscleBunni [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, superpowers, soulmates au, polyam

jungkook doesn’t have a superpower, which means he doesn’t have a soulmate. except, what if he does?

I’ve Got The Magic, Baby by MuscleBunni [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, overpowered jungkook, supernatural creatures, polyam, reconnecting, siren, hell hound, incubus, witches

jungkook is human when he falls in love with his six hyungs. he’s not human when he goes looking for them again / interesting world building and plot

Numinous by BBQkitten [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, werewolves

when the human taehyung befriends gets injured, the pack takes him in, against their better judgment

Redamancy by BBQkitten [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, magic, supernatural creatures

jungkook has a vision of yoongi’s death and wants to stop it

A Way Home by lesbianwluv [completed]

ot7, jungkook centric, fantasy au, witches, magic shop, college au, gender queer characters, polyam, ace characters

this story is beautiful and touching. I think if I had to sum it up, it would be jungkook noticing there are seven chairs at the table, and at first thinking that’s too much, but slowly coming to realize it’s just right.

more than survival by feraljk [completed]

Ot7, jungkook x ot6, jungkook centric, polyam, a/b/o dynamics, wolf shifting, jungkook has had a rough time, hurt/comfort, lowercase fic

abused omega jungkook has been feral (stuck in his wolf form) for a while before he meets the others / i liked the way the others treated him

at the end of the rainbow by haejung (be aware you need an ao3 account to read this!) [completed]

ot7, jungkook centric, spirit animals, futuristic, fantasy, royalty, prophecy, found family, polyam, magical realism

jungkook lives over a bookshop that he and his grandfather run. in his spare time he likes to read about the prophecy involving the lost prince. this was very interesting! the wordbuilding magic/futuristic combination is nice, the backstories are interesting, and the relationships are well-developed.

wanted to see what i was made of (turns out it was all love) by embyr [completed]

jimin x jungkook x taehyung, jungkook centric, magical powers, old timey fantasy, jungkook has had a rough time, witches, dragon, found family

jungkook has to suppress his magic’s desire to bring home animals because they would get scared by taehyung’s magic. but what happens when jungkook finds two baby dragons on their own?

the pure gold of it all by embyr [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, dragons, supernatural creatures, fantastical discrimination, hurt/comfort, found family

Jungkook thinks he’s the last dragon. He’s fading, and then he’s saved / lovely

Honey Trap by vidurnaktis [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, hybrids, predator x prey, hunters, smut, heat sex, bunny jungkook

Rabbit Jungkook is caught by several wolves just as his heat is starting

Not All That Glitters Is Gold by vidurnaktis [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, dragons, hoarding

Jungkook hoards his hyungs. They don’t mind. / cute i liked

in a moonlit clearing by donateblood [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, old timey fantasy, magic, kidnapping, curses, polyam

namjoon and his boyfriends decide to kidnap and sacrifice the duke’s son in order to break the duke’s curse on the village’s fields, and save the village from starvation. unfortunately, jungkook seems nothing like his horrible father / i really like this!

golden ashes by donateblood [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, rumplestiltskin au, hurt/comfort, jungkook has a rough time, magic, old timey fantasy world, corrupt royalty

jungkook agrees to go to the castle to protect the orphanage, but then the king tells him to spin straw out of gold or else the orphanage is doomed. desperate, jungkook tries to summon the fae

Drape Me In Your Warmth by cherubkookie [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, a/b/o dynamics, college au

jungkook thinks the pack is just temporarily looking after him. they’ve been trying to court him since the beginning / it was cute!

We Built a Home by cherubkookie [completed]

Ot7, other pairings, jungkook centric, magic, fae, old timey fantasy world, jungkook has been through some shit, hurt/comfort 

after the fae vs. human war, the humans thought all the fae had been killed, until jungkook finds one as a child and is cursed with the sight. years later his village finds out so jungkook runs--straight into the arms of several fae who are willing to risk a lot to help him

Grind to a Halt by blithelyblooming [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, magic, post apocalyptic, magical creatures, fantasy racism, everyone has trauma

shapeshifter jungkook is sent to an island to fight for his life. meanwhile, a group called Bangtan is working to free all magical beings from the government’s capture / to be continued in a sequel

little brave, breathe by shadowsinsounds [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, polyam, soulmates au, gangs, smut, jungkook has a rough time

jungkook doesn’t have a soulmark, until he has six

Your Eyes Tell Me Of My Worth by preciousbirdie [completed]

Ot7, a/b/o dynamics, jungkook centric, jungkook’s had a rough time

Jungkook’s old pack had strict ideas about betas. He’s never even had a bath.

Shadows Within by uhgoodblueside [completed]

Ot7, jungkook x ot6, witches, covens, smut, trauma recovery

Jungkook has been kept hidden from the magical community for nearly his whole life, until he rescues a dog and finds himself acquainted with the most famous coven.

Wonder in Me by delphiniumelatum [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, magic, witches, mystery

Jungkook goes to potion maker Jimin to find out what the medicine his mother used to give him was. / very cute and sweet! Nice world building, the vibes~

In a Field of Asphodels by Seemylia [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, a/b/o dynamics, canon compliantish

Jungkook accidentally takes too many suppressants because he doesn’t want to inconvenience the others / i enjoyed this even though it’s kinda intense, a staple of the genre i feel like

to feed the heart by exarite [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, a/b/o dynamics, courting

Jungkook is unaware he’s subconsciously courting the others with food. / cute!

put me together, fix me right (i don’t want to be a monster anymore) by JINKOOKER [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, college au, beta discrimination, traditional pack, werewolves, mating, everyone is intersex

Jungkook meets a pack who challenge his perception of himself and betas in general/ i enjoyed this

An Impossible Door by Lilmochimoch [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, magic, fantasy, isekai, supernatural creatures, jk has a rough childhood, there is a magic whale, minor smut, polyam

this is so good! the pacing is perfect, with soft moments, action packed moments, moments of high emotional impact, and moments where everyone is super horny… lol.

Love Yourself by v_iolet [completed]

Ot7, jungkook x ot6, jungkook centric, soulmate au, self doubt, hurt/comfort, past abuse, trauma recovery

Because of his parents’ reaction to his six soulmates, Jungkook never wanted to meet them. When he does, he’s terrified. They are understanding, and willing to wait.

infinitely the most important by ali_oops [completed]

Ot7, a/b/o dynamics, jungkook centric, idolverse, canon compliantish, discrimination

jungkook is feeling down about being a beta

Doe-Eyed Mystery by Shadow_to_rant [completed]

Platonic! Ot7, jungkook centric, overpowered jungkook, consultant jungkook, crime solving, magic, supernatural creatures

jungkook saves taehyung’s life. taehyung and his Family are quickly wrapped around his little finger. / super enjoyable and interesting! The mystery was interesting, the world building was fun, a little too much almost, like a lot of moving pieces, but very well done. The platonic angle was very nice and romance was not missed.

Misty Heart by accioblueberrypancakes [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, magic, supernatural creatures, magic shop au, smut

another one of those, jungkook comes across the powerful ot6 and they are quickly whipped for him. the magic system is very interesting. i like the descriptions of the magical items and auras.

shining through the city by calmkook [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, dynamite vibes

While exploring the city, jungkook meets six beautiful men / i liked this a lot!

Slow Rain by mangust_d [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, historical fiction, a/b/o dynamics, eventual smut

Jungkook’s parents arrange a marriage with Namjoon, a scholar. And then Jungkook meets Namjoon’s five other mates.

Folklore: The Jade Rabbit by Luminaraed [completed]

ot7, jungkook x everyone, jungkook centric, namjoon x seokjin x jimin x taehyung x yoongi, hoseok x jungkook, dark themes, royalty, fantasy kingdom, war, slavery, assault, bunny hybrid! jungkook, polyam

okay, if you want to  read this, be aware that there are some very dark themes, and detailed  descriptions of… very sad and gross things. the author is very good at  painting a picture with their words, and some of the pictures are just not pretty. please mind the author’s tags! that said, it is super well  written, and the character development and world building are amazing.

‘Cause I’ll Be In Love Maze by KookieGotMeOnASugaHigh [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, a/b/o dynamics, CEO!nj

jungkook is having trouble finding a job because of omega discrimination. he competes in an athletic competition to get a position at the company ot6 run. they fall for him. a lot of drama ensues. / entertaining, and we love a strong omega

i’ll always come back by wooneye [completed]

ot7, everyone x jungkook, jungkook centric, magical realism, polyam, pocket demensions

jungkook is a space/time/dimension traveling delivery boy who makes a series of weird deliveries to six strangely connected people. / love the vibes! feels very terry pratchett-y

Rain and Raspberries by gukiss [completed]

Ot7, a/b/o dynamics, jungkook centric, hurt/comfort

short fic about ot6 taking in teen jk. Jk has a rain scent. Nice descriptions of scents

somewhere under the iridescence by doyathang7 [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, magic, old timey fantasy world, somewhat overpowered jk, war

During Jungkook’s ceremony, he’s revealed to have no magic. Shortly after, his parents are murdered and he’s on the run for his life. / I liked it! Interesting world building and magic systems. Relationships were well done as well. The namkook element stood out to me

Marked as Ours by deebainwonderland [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, shifters, magic, slight open ending, soulmates au, soulmarks, supernatural creatures

Jungkook meets a strange man and a mark appears on his skin/ the world building and magic systems are interesting and the relationship dynamics overall were good. Open ending didn’t bother me, but wasn’t extremely open either, just some loose ends and implications

knot a problem by yxxnjing [completed]

Ot7, jungkook centric, a/b/o dynamics, canon complaintish, presenting fic

Jungkook surprisingly presents as an alpha / There’s a sexy tooth brushing scene lol

Familiar by jungkook_blossom [completed]

Ot7 (can be taken as pre-romantic or platonic), ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, de-agging, time travel? , canon compliantish

15 year old Jungkook wakes up in 2018. / very cute and good

Slow Rain by mangust_d [completed]

Ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, historical fiction, a/b/o dynamics, eventual smut

Jungkook’s parents arrange a marriage with Namjoon, a scholar. And then Jungkook meets Namjoon’s five other mates. / I’m really enjoying this so far! The author has put some research into the clothing/ world building and it really shows. Jungkook’s situation is sad, but I’m looking forward to the others helping him to be happier.

Magic Under Moonlight by hyyh_13 [completed]

ot7, ot6 x jungkook, jungkook centric, vampires, magic, mystery

some interesting takes on fantastical racism and jungkook’s backstory

[arlothia]

@robotsandramblings Awesome post! I totally didn't catch that! So of course I scrambled to check out the very final scene with Hunter and Co. on the Marauder and I saw that Wrecker DOES have his knife on him!!

I'm putting this under the cut because it got long. Very, VERY long!!!

As you can see from an earlier shot, there's a red light on the hilt

And in the shot where you see Wrecker cradling Tech's glasses (pardon me as I sob into my pillow again), you can see that his hilt is back, and while it's baaaaarely visible, you can see a faint red light so you know it's not just some random part of the ship getting into the shot.

And if you can, watch this again because you can see this bit moves with Wrecker and it's just easier to see instead of with a still shot. This could be an animation mistake or maybe they DID keep their gear and stuff on the ship and he slipped it back in once he got onboard 🤷‍♀️

As always, @heyclickadee has some fabulous tags and I want to pull a few out because they're interesting to consider.

#in fact #they might all be missing weapons

I really love this idea because it makes the whole thing even more dire. Yes, they can always get new blasters and they can even get more knives - I don't think their weapons are super super unique in any way - but so far they've been the ones helping to smuggle weapons and it'll be hard for them to get new ones because the Empire is freaking everywhere. We see them with weapons on the teaser (and I'll share stills

#Omega doesn’t have her bow #not on her anyway

We honestly don't know if the Imps took her bow when they took her (right? Did anyone see anyone carrying that after she was stunned?), so it would be interesting to see her with new weapons once she escapes/is rescued in S3

#Tech let go of one of his blasters as he was falling #and I need to check if he still has the other one

I will take one for the team and watch that scene again to track his weapons. Please hold.....

*muffled sobbing noises in the distance*

*sniff* Okay, so if you'd all like to relive the Saddest Scene of Any Media Ever™ with me, here we see one blaster holstered and the other blaster fitted with a grappling hook attachment.

He still has it in hand as he's running along the track:

Pardon the super bad and blurry quality, but you can kinda sorta see when he drops the blaster as he's being thrown back from the blast.

In hand:

And this could be it next to his hand here, or a piece of shrapnel:

Either way, once he falls onto the track, you can see it's not in his hand anymore, so that means he dropped it 😭

But then he grabs THIS grappling hook from back around his right side:

This could be an extra grappling hook attachment he keeps on him because come on, he's Tech, he probably has triplicates of everything on him! His backpack always looks so heavy and I am SURE it's because he has every piece of equipment known in the galaxy in there!

And yes, he does drop his blaster...

(I'm not doing the whole picture because it's just so freaking SAD and I am NOT strong enough!!!)

but who's to say he can't grab it back? We don't see it fly off really far from him. Also, the car above him has several blaster carbines from the Stormtroopers they shot down, so he could use one of them, as well.

And I looked these up and they're DC-15A blaster carbines and the wookieepedia page says that you can "also attach ascension cables" to them, and that is exactly what Tech has on him.

AND!!! He's still attached to the car when he falls, so it would be an easy thing for him to reach the car now and grab one! 'Cause let's be real here, Mr. "I can do both" has enough time to do so, and once he does, he could detach the grapple, fit it onto one of the carbines, and then shoot a passing mountain or (what I find more likely) one of the support pillars he's suspiciously close to:

Now, if you thought I was done, then more fool you because I'm NOT!!!

In another reblog of this post, @lightwise said "I’ve also been wondering overall what might happen to their armor. In the season 3 teaser, Hunter doesn’t have his teal outer pauldrons that he got with his armor changes in season 2."

So just like what I did above, I scoured the (regretfully very bad quality but very much appreciated!!!!!) the S3 teaser for glimpses of their armor (not much for their weapons, though, but I was able to get a tiny crumb) and here's what I got:

First and foremost, here's the baseline armor for Hunter, Echo, and Wrecker's S2 look

When we end S2, they look like this:

Echo has all his gear on while Wrecker is just in his under armor (shoulder/chest/arm/leg pieces) and Hunter doesn't have his chest or arm/shoulder pieces, though his leg armor is still the same. And neither of the latter two have their helmets.

Now let's look at what we can make out in the teaser:

First off, Wrecker HAS his helmet, but it looks like he still doesn't have his shoulder and chest armor, but it's unclear about his arm/leg armor, but he DOES have his helmet!

And these are all dangerous situations we see him in where it would make sense for him to have all his armor on if he had it.

We get one good shot of his blaster here:

But this could either be his usual one or the one he grabbed while escaping at the end of the finale:

(they're both very similar, so I could go either way on this one)

Next up is Hunter:

First we see him like we did at the end of the finale (sans bandages), and the other two shots we see he has his helmet, but none of his other armor. Again, those last two pics are when they're out in the field, so again, it would make sense to have all your armor on, meaning he probably doesn't have it.

And crap!!! I just noticed that Hunter's not wearing his fabulous red scarf anymore!!! Nooooo!!!!!!

HOWEVER!!! In that last pic, Hunter appears to have some sort of lighter colored chest plating on (and maybe Wrecker has something, too?), so they could have gotten some replacements. And you know? The more I look at it, the more it seems like they both got some new chest plating, but just no new pauldrons (arm and leg armor tbd).

And it makes sense - it would be stupid to go out on dangerous missions without proper protection, and while it looks like the pauldrons are being forgotten in exchange for a simpler look (which I'm totally okay with - for one it looks good and for another, like I said above, it adds to the direness of the situation if they're not fully decked out in armor), chest plating is one of those really vital things that help a lot! And since Rex has a whole network of regs, I'm sure that they have access to some spare armor/gear they can give to the Batch, or have ways to find armor that can fit them (because Wrecker isn't really close to reg sizes 😉).

OH!! Fun thought! We know that Hunter and Co. are going to be spending at least the first half of S3 looking for Omega* and they're also going to need more gear and weaponry because they can't count on Cid to provide for them/be a source of money. BUT!! All through S1 and 2 they've been exposed to people who could end up helping them, either with information or with getting equipment et al. We see Fennec Shand in the teaser and we see Hunter and Wrecker walking behind a Pyke in one of the above pictures, so this could be a really cool way for them to revisit some old friends/enemies as a sort of "we helped you (as clients of Cid or whatever) and now you can help us" kinda thing. But there could also be an element of "we'll give you this information/equipment if you do XYZ for us first." I don't know, I'm just spitballing here. There are characters I want to see again (if for the sole purpose of being able to mark them off of my bingo cards) and this could be a fun way to do it.

(*We pretty much know that the trailer only shows footage from the first half of S3 because of Joel Aron's famous tweet on April 10th [so post SWC] where he said he was working on "mid s3 episode", so chances are there wasn't a lot of finished footage from the mid-season episodes to use while making the teaser.)

Anyway, side rant aside, let's get back to the main rant!

So all these pics from the teaser beg the question: if they don't have their original chest plating, then why do they still have their helmets if we didn't see them with them at the end of S2? My theory is that they left their helmets on the ship and they stayed there. 'Cause you gotta think - they're not going to keep their helmets on the entire way from Eriadu to Ord Mantell. I was able to find map of the galaxy and they are VERY far away! I had to scroll out until it was hardly legible in order to fit them both in the same shot!

(Ord Mantell in the top white box, Eriadu at the bottom)

So it could have taken DAYS for them to get back for all we know! So if you think about it, they were trying to get there as fast as possible, and yes, there are hyperspace routes they could use to get them there faster, but it must have taken a while to get there regardless and both Hunter and Wrecker were pretty beaten up as well so I can imagine they took their armor off so they could tend to their injuries as well as Omega's while they were on their way. So maybe they left their armor on the ship once they landed, racing Omega to get AZ's more complete medical assistance. So maybe they DO have their original armor on the ship and what we're seeing is their normal armor with more wear and tear (i.e. the paint job coming off) and them not caring about protecting their shoulders anymore, or (just like the jump between S1 and S2) they've just normally had to replace various pieces along the way because our poor boys just keep getting beaten up.

Or that's all wrong and they kept their armor on and took it off at Cid's and they have to find new armor so they don't die in their first firefight! 🤷‍♀️

But (and I swear this is the final thing I PROMISE!!!!), with the whole thing about the boys' armor getting more wear and tear and needing to be replaced, that requires a time jump to work and we know that there's at least one, maaaaaybe two time jumps in the show because of the evidence of Omega's hair! I go into further detail HERE (definitely read @heyclickadee's original post because it's fantastic, though if you're only in it for the hair then 'keep reading' my post and scroll down about a half mile until you reach pictures), but this post is bloody long enough as it is, so suffice it to say, Omega definitely has a new/longer hair style in the teaser which means that there's a time jump at some point, but we also see her with her S2 hair (meaning the season might start off very soon/right after the events of S2 before jumping into the future by X amount of time), and there's maybe an in-between hair style as well that could be an indicator of multiple time jumps.

But of course aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall of this is just speculation and theorizing and we will know all the answers when S3 comes out (hopefully in the first half of next year!!! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞) so I'm going to sleep now because it is WAY past my bedtime and anyone who's made it this far is probably sick of me by now.

Toodles!! *crashes into bed*

interesting little thing i noticed:

Hunter & Wrecker don't have their knives with them going into Season 3.

and even more interesting? it's not because the Imperials took them away. it appears when they arrived on Ord Mantell, they left their knives behind somewhere - probably in Cid's parlour. (they could have left them on the Marauder, but that's so far away, why do that??)

and why do it at all?? it's such a weird and unusual thing for them to do. even on Pabu, after being there a few days/weeks, they still have all their weapons on them. so why'd they remove their knives at Cid's of all places??

i dunno the "in-story" reason, but from a writing perspective, my best guess: it's a plot device to force them / give them a good reason to return to Ord Mantell / Cid's and have a confrontation with her. guess we'll find out!!

(see below for photo proof of when we last see them and when they go missing, along with more in-depth discussion and theorizing.)

Exhibit A: Wrecker still has his knife right before Tech's fall. he could have lost it when the railcar crashed (we don't have a view of Wrecker's lower body until they're at Cid's and it's gone by then).

But, Hunter definitely still has his knife after the railcar crash.

Exhibit B: Wrecker's knife is missing as he sits at Cid's bar. Hunter no longer has his knife whilst waiting beside Omega's bed, and it's still missing when he confronts Hemlock.

So, they removed them when they arrived on Ord Mantell. where exactly they left them is a mystery. all in all, i just thought it's... interesting? kinda weird?? esp when they've never done it before?? and these days they trust Cid even less than before?? so i really do wonder what the explanation for this is going to be.

as to the "Why [don't they have their knives in S3]" and "Why write the story like that", i have a couple theories.

As i said above, most likely it's a plot device that forces them to return to Cid's, to retrieve their knives but also have a confrontation with Cid about what she did to them. (which could lead to her 'act of redemption' where she helps them out in some way, if that's the route they're taking her on. or straight up her death.)

(i do have my own doubts about my own theory lmao. like do they "need" the knives as an excuse to go after Cid?? not at all. but maybe they're wary of going to Ord Mantell specifically, because there's probably a bigger Imperial presence there now, but the knives "give them reason" to. idk.)

Another possible idea, though a long stretch, is that it will end up linking them to someone?? as in, Cid either displays or tries to sell the knives, and someone recognizes them - it would have to be someone like, i dunno, C O D Y !!! - and buys them and that's how said person discovers CF99 is alive. or maybe the buyer is a significant character and CF99 tracking down their knives connects them to this character in an important way?? lol yeah it sounds convoluted ngl

It's also possible the writers are purposefully "getting rid" of the knives because they don't want Hunter and Wrecker using them. (by that i mean, they don't want to keep putting H & W in situations where they can and should be using them against other people, but they're not, because "tHiS iS a KiD's ShOw" lmao.) (look back at Season 2, they hardly - if ever?? - used them, except against a droid here or there.)

(i hope i'm wrong, not just because i do want them to stab people lmao, but because it's entirely hypocritical. fucking Pong Krell BROKE A CLONE'S BACK OVER HIS KNEE LIKE A STICK. what the fuck is a no-blood-splatter stabbing motion compared to THAT!?!?!)

anyways, those are just my thoughts and ideas. i'd love to hear yours!

[heckyeahponyscans]

So in the past few years I’ve seen so many videos / posts that are like:

“Actually wolves don’t have hierarchies!  They live in family groups where the ‘alphas’ are mom and dad and the other wolves are their CHILDREN and offer their respect willingly! :D”

and I just have to say

how dare you try to make normative nuclear families out of wolves

Yes, a lot of the old “nature red in tooth and claw” stuff about wolves is nonsense. (Like anything from Jack London.) And anything ‘alpha’ you see sleazy men trying to relate to dating (yikes!) is especially nonsense.

But wolves are complex social creatures and they create complex social structures. Just as you can’t say “THIS is the way human society is structured. Just THIS single way and no other”, so too there is no single form for a wolf pack.  

Some packs are a mom wolf and a dad wolf and their wolf children.  Others are two small ragged packs that combine to form a large pack.  Others are packs where a lone wolf joins and eventually becomes a leader. Others are packs where a grown child-wolf has pushed their parent out of the leadership role.

Speaking of the latter, let’s look at the tale of Wolf 40 and Wolf 42.

Wolf 40, Wolf 41, and Wolf 42 were wild Yellowstone wolves, daughters of the alphas. Their father was illegally killed by hunters and shortly after ambitious Wolf 40 ousted her mother, driving her out of the pack.  Wolf 21 became the new alpha male, and 40′s mate.

Wolves have personalities, and Wolf 40′s personality was “volatile”.  Imagine Scar from The Lion King combined with the boss from Office Space, and you have Wolf 40.  She habitually bullied the other female wolves, attacking them until they expressed abject submission.  And the wolves that got the worst of it were her sisters, Wolves 41 and 42.

Wolf 41 got tired of the bullying and left.  Wolf 42 remained, perhaps because she was close to Wolf 21, the alpha male.  Despite that, Wolf 21 did not interfere when his mate harassed Wolf 42.

Unlike 40, Wolf 42 got along well with the other female wolves, spending time grooming them and relaxing with them. Wolf 40 could have followed her sister’s example and built up positive social bonds. But she didn’t.

One day, Wolf 40 went out on an important task.  She was going to kill another litter of her sister’s pups--having done the same in two previous years.  This isn’t uncommon wolf behavior (but is not universal, as we will see.)  Typically only the alphas breed.

However, Wolf 40 never returned from her important task because Wolf 42--who previously had submitted to her alpha and sister, who had allowed the killing of two previous litters of pups--had had enough.  She fought back.

And the other female wolves jumped to aid her.

Collectively, they killed Wolf 40. Because “alpha” isn’t a magic cloak of protection, it doesn’t even mean “strongest wolf”, it’s just a job title.

The next day Wolf 42 carried her pups, one by one, to her sister’s den.  She set her children among the pups of her dead sister and raised both litters together. And when another wolf in the pack had pups, Wolf 42 carried them to the den to be communally raised as well.  She was the alpha female now and she made the rules, and the first rule was “we don’t hurt pups here.”

As for Wolf 21, he became the mate of Wolf 42.  Maybe he understood that Wolf 40 had been riding for a fall. 

As alpha female, Wolf 42 continued to be supportive and kind towards the other pack members.  Wolves who had been nervous wrecks under Wolf 40 began to relax and come into their own; one of the former omega wolves gained self-confidence and became one of the best hunters.

“Alpha”, for wolves, just means leader.  They might be good leaders, whom you respect, or they might be bad leaders, who fill you with dread.�� They might be your parents, or they might not.  Even if they are your mother or father, wolves don’t contextualize those relationships the same way humans do.

But one thing wolves have in common with humans is that they have individual personalities and experiences, and their actions derive from those.  There is no “typical wolf pack.” And I think that’s beautiful.

If you want to learn more about wild wolf dynamics, I recommend reading the annual Yellowstone Wolf Project Reports.  Which are FASCINATING.  There are also some good wildlife specials out there.

Wolves are my favorite animal. <3  It pains me to see them misunderstood as crazed bloodthirsty brutes, but it also pains me to see them woobified.  They deserve better than that.

[starboundanon]

⭐️ herbie’s fics ⭐️

✨dinluke✨

♥ [Starbound] | Rating: E | Chapters: 4/4 | Words: 27,108 WARNINGS: soulmate AU, read the tags, dark!Din, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Summary:

This is just a job, Din reminds himself. Darth Vader himself put out a call for every morally dubious bounty hunter in the galaxy, a 3 million credit bounty placed on the crew of the Rebel ship, the Millennium Falcon.

But Din has his eyes set on something even bigger.

He heard whispers of it on board Vader’s Star Destroyer. There is one Rebel the Emperor’s attack dog is seeking above all the others; the infamous and mysterious X-Wing pilot who destroyed the Death Star: Red Five.

♥ [Where we are is nowhere near Stockholm] | Rating: M | Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 2065 WARNINGS: drabble, captivity, read the tags, dark!Din, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Summary:

When Din comes home from work, like most days, he finds Luke upstairs in Grogu’s room, entertaining their rambunctious toddler with some game or another.

The sound of Din unlocking the doors to the inner part of their estate — the ones Luke has no hope of ever opening by himself — alerts his lover and son of his arrival home. He has the footage from the nannycam open on his phone, watches as Luke stops dead and turns his head toward the stairs, his arms freezing, outstretched, moments from lifting Grogu into the air.

♥ [The Arrangement] | Rating: E | Chapters: 3/3 | Words: 13845 | Unofficial Epilogue WARNINGS: A/B/O dynamics, read the tags, dark!Din, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat Summary:

It wasn’t an accident that, until now, Din has never lived with an omega. He’s fucked them, sure, but lived with? No. It’s a level of responsibility that he has never been interested in committing to. Even 98Grogu’s mother, Cara, had been an alpha. It worked for them. Cara never expected Din to take care of her and Din never felt inclined to. Cara didn’t need Din for anything; every single facet of their relationship was the product of choice. They chose each other. They chose to cohabitate. They chose to have Grogu.

Din’s not an idiot and he isn’t blind. Omegas are rarely so lucky. Very few people advocate for their right to choose anything, least of all where they’ll end up, and who with.

He doesn’t delude himself into thinking that Luke is here of his own free will.

♥ [A Slice of Christmas Cake] | Rating: E | Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 7874 Warnings: Shameless smut, unrealistic sex. Summary:

It's Din and Luke's first Christmas together, and they're both anticipating it in their own ways.

When a snowstorm traps them alone in Din's cabin, they decide to spoil each other the best way they know how: with shameless, filthy sex.

✨dad!Vader✨

♥ [The Rod is Mightier Than the Lightsaber] | Rating: M | Chapters: 23/23 | Words: 86250 WARNINGS: Unhealthy relationship, spanking, read the tags Summary:

In which Luke sacrifices himself on Cymoon-1 to make sure everyone else gets away, and Vader takes things too far before figuring out that this insolent young Rebel is his son.

♥ [How to Domesticate Your Unruly Omega Son, A Guide by Emperor Darth Vader] | Rating: E | Chapters: 28/28 | Words: 104980 WARNINGS: A/B/O dynamics, unhealthy relationship, read the rags. Summary:

A rewrite of The Rod is Mightier Than the Lightsaber that takes place in an omegaverse setting.

Vader learns that the Rebel pilot who destroyed the Death Star is not only his son, but an Omega as well. His hopes for their future together as a father-and-son duo co-ruling the galaxy quickly changes into something much darker — after all, Omegas should be cherished and pampered, whether they want to be or not.

Also Din is there, because heats can be a real bitch.

♥ [iams™ your father] | Rating: T | Chapters: 3/? | Words: 10044 WARNINGS: tooka-hybrid!Luke, feral behavior, fluff and angst (snippets: 1, 2) Summary:

Darth Vader, plagued with visions of a boy he doesn't recognize, travels to Tatooine to find answers.

There he meets a 12-year-old stray, the spitting image of a young Anakin Skywalker, except for the features only Padmé and the royal family of Naboo possessed: two pointed ears and a tail, identical to those of a tooka-cat.

Vader refuses to be parted from his son after only just finding him, but Luke is wild, and more than a little feral, and on top of that — he's the last of his kind. Vader knows nothing about fatherhood, and less than nothing about human/tooka hybrid rearing. He's going to need all the help he can get.

Thankfully, the Death Squadron always have their General's back.

♥ [scarred & sunkissed] | Rating: M | Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 654 WARNINGS: darkfic, nc touching, somno, Vader’s A+ Parenting. Summary:

After Bespin, Vader sits in his meditation chamber with his unconscious son, reflecting on the necessity of human touch.

♥️ [Vader’s Gold] | Rating: G | Chapters: 1/1 | Words: 732 WARNINGS: implied kidnapping/captivity, themes of somno, Vader’s A+ Parenting. Summary:

Vader returns to the Executor after a weeklong mission, and wakes his hatchling from his nap.

✨vaderluke✨

♥️ [Sins of the Father] | Rating: E | Chapters: 24/24 | Words: 97555 WARNINGS: READ THE TAGS, darkfic, NC, DC, UA, modern AU, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

(snippets:  1,) Summary:

Three months before the end of his senior year, Luke comes home to find a man he doesn't recognize sitting on his uncle's couch.

What follows is the happiest moment of his entire life: meeting the father he never knew.

What follows that is worse than anything he could have imagined.

✨Unposted WIPs (in the order they will be posted in)✨

1. Deaged!Luke Mando Foundling AU (snippets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

2. Filth bodyswap oneshot  

3. Dark trucker!Din (snippets: 1)

4. Fleshlight AU  

5. Luke is The Only Omega AU  

6. dark The Rod AU (snippets: 1, 2, 3)  

7. Dad!Din & Son!Luke AU (snippets: 1)  

8. Deaged!Luke AU  (snippets: 1)

9. Untitled Rod Sequel (snippets: 1, 2, 3)  

(iams™️ your father will be completed here)

10. opera singer!Luke AU  

11. Bespin spanking oneshot (snippets: 1)

12. Vaderluke sickfic oneshot (snippets: 1)

13. Halloween tentacle torture oneshot

[jessiebanethedragon]

Rampage (Hunter x reader)

WARNINGS BAD BATCH EPISODE 5 SPOILERS

click read more if you've seen the ep bc this fic is about it!

also to be clear i'm not romanticizing slavery - there's nothing romantic about it. The fic is supposed to be more about how hunter feels towards the reader when she's put in danger.

summary: Captured by slavers, hunter witnesses the leader of them make a fatal mistake.

reader pronouns = she/her

warnings: mentions of slavery and implications towards reader being sold to the hutts...

Hunter is beginning to wonder if the galaxy is working against him. After all, how does a simple smash and grab go so wrong? In his squad's defense they hadn't prepared for whatever flying menace the zygerrians had tamed. Though it doesn’t make the electro-collar sit more comfortably around his neck, even if his vod are being just as problematic as usual.

“I think it’s getting looser!” Wrecker says, twisting it around his neck, before promptly being shocked by the guard looking over them. And as Echo points our the laws against slavery, and he too is shocked Hunter see’s you push the fragile clone behind you protectively.

“Come off it!” You sneer in your coruscanti accent. And while his face stays solom Hunter can't help but enjoy the way your voice sounds and his heart flutters at your protectiveness. The sound of the whip makes everyones head turn.

“You want to say that again, skug?” the slaver taunts you. And unconsciously Hunter is already moving towards you. Maker, you stir up feelings in his chest Hunter didn’t even know existed. Tech had called him obsessed when you had first joined the team, but obsessed didn’t seem to cover all the different ways he fell for you. Had he had more time to contemplate what was going through his head and his heart he might’ve realised not only that he was in love with you, but that you had fallen head over heels for the sergeant as well.

Hunter is broken from his thoughts by the sound of laughter.

“Look at what we have here.” says the zygerrian obviously in charge, as he walks down towards the group of you. “ Five new slaves to add to my collection. Strong ones too.” Hunter hates the way he’s looking and talking to his vod, but when the slaver scum turns and notices you, a different type of hate starts to boil.

“Look at you!” He exclaims, clapping his hands together in excitement. Watching you front your knelt place in front of Echo and essentially giggling when you swift backwards away from him.

“How lucky am I…” He says as he motions for his guard to wrench you to your feet, Hunter watches as you struggle and twist in your armour and how your hair goes wild with the movement. “To have had a creature as stunning as you, just waltz into my hands?” As Hunter goes to stand as well, he’s stopped by the chain that restrains him to the rock. He settles to glaring at the man instead, even more so when he stands too close to you. Looking you up and down and craning his neck around as well.

“Savor the view while you can, I won’t be in your hands for long.” You tell them determinedly and dangerously. Chuckling again the zygerrian reaches out slowly to wrap his hand around your jaw and grip your face until it hurts.

“I can tell you’ll need an attitude adjustment.” He snarls watching your hands come up to try and pry his own off of your face.

“Get your fucking hands off of her.” Hunter says slowly. The tattoo looking more mancacing than normal thanks to the way his face glares at the zygerrian. With a snap of his fingers, a moment later there's searing pain throughout his body, his muscles clenching and tensing against the electrical current forces through them. Hunter stiffins and then slumps as the collar turns on and off. And when his eyes open again the man has dragged you over to Hunter, a firm hand around your neck.

“Take her in.” The Slaver says, pushing you to your knees so that you’re level with the love of your life. “Take a good long look.” He says into your ear, but he’s not really talking to you, more like taunting a very dangerous man. Hunter knows he’s the one binded at the moment but all he can focus on is everything he's going to do to the zygerrian when he gets out of his shackles. Only to acknowledge the man when you let out a noise of pain as he pushes you forward.

“I hope you realise how generous I am.” He states, “letting you say goodbye.”

Hunter goes feral, at the implication of never seeing you again, at the inferred separation he sees red and tugs impossibly hard on his chains.

“There’s so many places she could go,” He taunts ever so calmly. Hunter can recognize Tech trying to reason with him, telling him it’s a mind game and to relax, but he doesn’t care. The only thing he can see and hear is you - and the threat of never seeing or hearing you again.

“If she’s lucky i’ll sell her as a servant, but that would be a waste, imagine how much the hutts would pay for something like this.” Hunter assumes he’s actually beginning to scare the slaver because he receives another shock.

And by the time he recovers, you’ve been thrown aside as everyone races after the Rancor and Omega.

It’s much later when the sergeant seeks you out. Preoccupied with the adrenaline and the events from the day, he hasn’t been able to get the privacy he wanted. But now the ship is quiet, and the only thing interrupting the two of you is the hum of the engine as the ship hurtles through hyperspace.

“You killed him, didn’t you?” It's a question he knew was coming, and he considers lying to you telling you he left him for officials to find, but Hunter can’t bring himself to be dishonest. He could never be dishonest to you.

“Yes.” He says plainly, turning his head to look at you in the passenger seat, a conflicted look on your face, shucking off his gloves, Hunter engages autopilot.

“I’m sor-”

“Don’t.” you cut him off, “don’t apologies.” Your voice is softer now. And he can't help the way he looks at you as he moves to kneel in front of your chair. Running his bare hands over your thighs, which look so much smaller without the armour plating attached.

Intimacy isn’t foreign between you and him, in fact you’re the only person Hunter likes to be close to. Rather than get overwhelmed by you, he indulges in the way you feel under his hands. He smiles as you gasp when his hands meet your waist.

“Is this okay?” He inquires, seeing you nod before sinking down awkwardly to be level with him. Hunter has to bite back a groan when his hands move under your tunic and his calloused fingers splay over your shoulder blades.

“Hunter…” You murmur his name as he pulls you flush against him and buries his face into your neck.

“I was scared.” He admits, for the first time in his life, the sergeant of Clone Force 99 tells someone he was afraid.

“I wasn’t.” You pull back to stare him down. “I’m never afraid when I'm with you.” you’re trying to read him - he can tell. And he tries not to think of how much he enjoyed when his hands wrapped around the zygerrian’s neck and he flailed around as life was choked out of him and he realized his fatal mistake.

He pushes all of that from his mind as he kisses you.

[cross-my-heartt]

Looking forward to your meta post and I agree with a itsclydebitchez meta recommendation too, great read, a lot of points I agree with and was asking myself too.

I think it comes down to writing and how much is still to be revealed in S2. Maybe they planned it such a way all along that all the inconsistencies and head scratchers would be resolved after we see S2. Unfortunately I don’t believe it and trying to convince myself “it will all make sense, just wait and watch” isn’t working. The problem is, I don’t have any reason to trust in their writing ability. I would if it was Filoni writing it. I watched his interviews and trust his thought process when it comes to character arcs. When I watch tbb writers and creators I just end up with more questions and find even more inconstancies with what they say compared to what they actually showed. A red flag if you ask me.

There are too many obvious characterization inconsistencies just from episode to episode, let alone a noticeable difference between how not only crosshair but some other members of cf 99 are portrayed compared to TCW

For example Wrecker, who was ecstatic and boisterous when their ship was shot down in tcw s7e1, always cheering “we always get shot down with regs, hahaha!!” Now he is trembling like a coward during an emergency landing??? What? Why? Because Omega is next to him? It wasn’t a concern for her, he was just scared for his life.

And it can’t be described by “they spent time with omega and being uprooted and taking care of a child changed them”. It happened in ep 3.

And of course the most egregious one of all. Crosshair. There are many situations with him or about him that don’t make sense.

In the first episode he says “republic, empire, what’s the difference” and by episode 15 is shown to despise the republic all of a sudden(“you betrayed everything we stood for, and for what, the republic”- said with disdain). He is now somehow an imperial fan and wants them to protect the galaxy. All that after his character was built on pragmatism and indifference. Or so I was lead to believe. What even made him to become a loyalist? The chip? But loyalty isn’t an order to follow??? What then? Never shown and we’ll never know, Who cares, right?

What if it’s because Filoni(who wrote them in tcw and ep 1 of tbb) had a different idea for Crosshair and portrayed him as rogue, deviant and disobeying and Jenifer Corbett wanted him to be more of a perfect soldier, disciplined, rigid, structured and “by the book”? So she just changed his whole personality to her needs and they were like “oh yes, they intensified the chip but now it’s out, but he always was like this anyway, see, tech says he’s always been unyielding!”) . Yeah, just ignore that in your own show in episode 1 many characters point out repeatedly that he’s acting strange and not himself. Because he isn’t.

But then this is most likely going to continue in S2 with Rampart even commending his loyalty…

Now all his character became is “I am a soldier”. Was he of this belief in tcw? He was insubordinate every time they showed him. Even in ep 1 of tbb he mocks the obedient reg soldiers by answering to hunters order as “sir, yes, sir”

Ugh…🤦‍♀️

I just can’t forgive or forget such blatant and obvious change for no reason at all. It feels like flipping a light switch, it isn’t explained and doesn’t make sense.

Another example: ep15 - Crosshair tells Hunter “you weren’t loyal to me”, he is visibly hurt in that scene. And all season when they show him looking at them flying away. He is hurt by the fact they left him behind and never bothered to get him back. But then in ep 16- “you’re taking things too personally, Hunter”. Really? Followed by “they did what needed to be done”. Now was that even intentional to write Crosshair as a hypocrite? Or was it because ep 15 was written by Matt michnovetz and ep 16 by Jen Corbett? We’ll never know.

He clearly understands after Tipoca has been bombed to the bottom of the ocean that he, even with all his talents doesn’t matter to the empire. This soldier mentality “it’s not about me, it’s bigger than myself”, “bigger picture” and all that just doesn’t fit Crosshair. A guy, who is arrogant, prideful and has a superiority complex and he’s willing to be a pawn and a cog in the machine? A nobody? A number? How is it even making any sense?!? But then again in s2 he tells the same to Cody, “we do what need to be done”. So again, this nonsense will continue..

I feel like Jen Corbett has her idea for Crosshair’s character that just doesn’t sit right with me. It’s different than how he was written by Filoni and I don’t like where this is going.

It just seems that they were trying to make him an “interesting character” but instead of making him complex they made him inconsistent and unpredictable. I already mentioned it but I keep seeing the idea that they accidentally made him the best and most compelling character and are now stuck with no idea how to resolve and progress from it😂

Even if they say “he’s interesting” doesn’t mean you can just change his personality and let it be the reason for unexpected “twists”. Yeah it’s unexpected but not because of smart writing. It’s because he acts unpredictable due to the writers having no idea what his personality even is. And I’m glad so many fans noticed it.

And then in a post season 1 interview(the one where they reveal he removed the chip for real) Jenifer Corbett claims that “eagle eyed fans” would notice the moment when his character changes because he removed his chip. Wow. As if they didn’t change his character regardless of the chip and used this chip mcgguffin to suit their writing. Or at least it seems that way to me.

It was never explained how exactly the chip affected him. And especially the chip amplifying procedure. Right after the procedure in episode 1 when he confronted the batch in the hangar he was strangely enough more like himself, not robotic or droid-like like other clones, not even like “terminator Wrecker”, when his chip went off. He mocks hunter, is condescending, berates their choice while smirking and being as arrogant as ever. Then in episode 3 - completely different personality. Cold and ruthless, none of the pride or arrogance, just “do what needs to be done” “good soldiers follow orders”. Devoid of character. Why? What happened? Episode 8 - ordered to “terminate”(!) them but stops to mock and berate them again, not trying to kill them at all at first(wtf????, didn’t he have his orders?), then goes completely crazy and tries to burn them alive, gets injured, cant’t walk but proceeds to chase them like a rabid hound. So bizarre. Next time we see him in episodes 11 and 12, he’s apathetic and mostly chill, doesn’t accomplish anything (other than that easy shot of senator🤣), doesn’t care. I feel like I just described 3 different characters. Which one is supposed to be real Crosshair again?? I guess the one in episodes 15 and 16? But there he still acts weird and not like him from TCW or even before the chip amplification. He explains a little of his motivations. And then…He changes his speech from trying to get omega to safety to his “superiority spiel” so abruptly and unprompted. I was taken aback. Even a sudden musical cue from his own theme transitioning to synthetic beats is just like a slap in the face.

I’m not even gonna mention the “does he have the chip or not” or when did he take it out, how and who did it. That’s another Pandora’s box and a topic that has been discussed extensively but is still controversial. I’m sure it will come up again when Season 2 airs.

What a shame. For a character with the most potential out of the series to be mishandled like that. Or ignored and sidelined in favor of more silly adventures given out by a funky lizard grandma.

PS. Sorry for invading your ask with my essay. I recently read another analysis post on Crosshair and… it still bothers me. Looking forward to S2 but just can’t help but to prepare myself for disappointment. I can’t get my hopes up after all their creative choices with that character in S1.

Oh let me tell you I have little to no faith that they delved into Crosshair's arc with any clear plan in mind, not after what happened with the sequels and most of Disney Star Wars. At this point it feels like they're throwing shows at the wall to see what sticks and then randomly decide to make second seasons. ‘Oh the bad batch is doing okay, what can we do to make more people watch? *pulls out list of characters that aren’t dead yet* people like Cody right?’

It’s entirely possible they left Crosshair’s arc vague and when it was clear there would be a second season they decided to go down the easier path. So he’s a bad guy drone now.

Oh my god, you’re so right about Wrecker 😂 I didn’t pay as much attention to the other characters but apparently neither did the writers. You have a good point, when I rewatched the last two episodes I thought Crosshair didn’t match my general impression of him and that’s probably because my impression comes mostly from TCW. People can say whatever they want about Filoni but he knows how to write distinctive characters and keep them consistent and we get a good idea of who Crosshair is from TCW alone.  

Pragmatism and indifference is a good way to put it! He was also somewhat arrogant, acting like he was the smartest person in the room or just challenging authority for the fun of it or out of spite. I’ll never forget that scene where he’s the first to stand up to Rex, literally stood up and got all up in his face, questioning his orders. And now we’re supposed to believe he’s okay with Rampart? And the way the TK troopers treat him? Unlikely.

Also where is the Crosshair who says ‘no he won’t’ after Echo tells Wrecker he’ll beat him next time? Gone. Even the way he taunts people has changed as you pointed out.

I HADN’T NOTICED THOSE LINES 😂 Crosshair honey make up your mind. I was wondering why it was so hard to break down some of what he says, now I know. The thing is, I wouldn’t have been so mad that he contradicts himself if it was done right. If it were a result of him being confused or having a malfunctioning chip going on and off or maybe just fighting it. Sometimes he makes up the excuse himself, sometimes the chip does it for him.

It’s a good way to build character, when the audience can see something is wrong and the character’s words don’t match his actions which isn’t too out of line for Crosshair. But nope, apparently that wasn’t the intention. We could have had the batch point out that he’s acting crazy but they take everything he says at face value and lying down. People who have known him all his life. Sure, sure.

Oh don’t get me started on how much I hate that interview. I still remember how bummed out I was when I first read it, it changed my perception of the writers completely. Up to that moment my favorite line was when Hunter asked Crosshair when he removed his chip and Crosshair asked him if it mattered. I was like brilliant! Fantastic foreshadowing! he’s circumventing the question! Such clever dialogue! But it turns out it was just so ‘eagle-eyed’ viewers could feel smug for noticing something changed after Bracca. As if the giant conspicuous burn mark wasn’t any indication.

So who is Crosshair now?? As you said, there’s about three of them. Really though, Crosshair who is cold and robotic doesn’t feel right at all. Jesse and Tup were like that when their chips had activated but Crosshair doesn’t have his, right?

I get it, they want to the conflict between him and Hunter. Except the tension between those two, very believable tension I might add, I’ve always liked the idea of them being at odds, reaches its peak in episode one and then by the end of the series Hunter is kind of… bland if you ask me. At least his responses are.

I remember reading somewhere that if your viewers can anticipate the twist that means you’ve laid down good groundwork with foreshadowing and when the thing happens the audience can feel satisfied. What we got however was little signs like no scar and obvious headaches that lead to a dead end. Unless this is all a big masterplan to delude us and there’s a chip after all (praying to all deities out there to manifest that).

“What a shame. For a character with the most potential out of the series to be mishandled like that. Or ignored and sidelined in favor of more silly adventures given out by a funky lizard grandma.” Best way to summarize it. I love the batch but they’ll have to work hard to keep me interested in them. I don’t know if dramatic shots of Palpatine will help.

And don’t apologize please!! I love talking about his and your insight has helped me make sense of what’s going on behind the scenes. Which is indeed a red flag but still.

PS I would love Omega as Iroh 😭 I’ve read a lot of fics where Crosshair and Omega are stuck and isolated together for whatever reason and Omega manages to break down his walls a bit. So much potential for an Iroh moment there.