#null trooper

[mamuzzy]

When ARC troopers feel threatened they raise their shoulder pauldrons like collared lizards.

[nocturius8015ficore]

Kal Skirata, Jango, Orum Wa and the Nulls (by me, Nocturius)

Nocturius: Oh crap, I thought I've already shared that one here, but, hey, enjoy!

It's a piece I made on Krita last Winter. It feel aaaaaaaaaaaaages ago since do RC and TBB content (well... mostly memes tbh) on a regular basis.

It took me over 50h to do. 9 characters, Tipoca City and the work of light and storm. That was an hard one for sure! Still not 100% happy with the perspective, shading and composition but that's a ''me'' problem as an artist. I tried hard to respect the books description and also material from The Clones Wars and Attack of the Clones for the visual as reference pictures. I found some useful concept art online too. That was a very formative project. I think it was the first time I did piece directly on Krita instead of scanning a sketch. I was getting more confident with my stylet and wacom!

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Here some WIP, for the funzies.

Go well with that fine fan-made audiobook reading of that exact scene! (no need to have read the first book to enjoy ^^)

[clonememesfrikyeah]

Scenario

Due to an employee error the ration bar factory accidentally laced all their product with space weed, what do you think happens to the GAR?

[arliganzey]

Tag your favorite Repcomm war criminal

[artbypockets]

stupid star wars doodles 🌈

[nereiix]

A space dad and his favorite son.

I took some liberties with their armors. I made a mix of the canon ARC armor and the official representations I could find for Ordo. And I did whatever I wanted with Kal, because I can't imagine he wears the exact same armor as Jango but in gold. Added his Bantha jacket too, because it's implied he wears it on his armor (in this scene in Triple Zero where Darman is on fire).

Rough sketch under the cut.

[roseaesynstylae]

So, the idea of the Bad Batch (minus Echo, plus Emerie) being the other half of the Nulls has consumed my goddamn mind. Therefore, as you do when an idea takes up residence in your frontal lobe for the foreseeable future, here's some headcanons.

The Bad Batch (except for Echo and Omega, who have no clue what's going on) hate the Nulls. As in, "murder on sight" hate them. From an in-universe perspective, there could be a myriad of reasons, ranging from feelings of abandonment to resentment over them having a better life. From a writer's standpoint, it's because I love me some good old familial dysfunction and angst.

The more...unhinged...tendencies the Nulls are known for manifests in the Bad Batch more as "let's jump off this cliff and use explosives to direct our fall!" and less as "hey, check out my new skin gloves!" Of course, if you push them too far, it's a different story. In order of least to most likely to pull a "lemme turn you into an art installation," it's Omega, Wrecker, Hunter, Crosshair, and Tech. Omega wouldn't do that, at least not at this point in her life. Wrecker, when enraged, goes for the just-hit-them solution. Hunter's a decent human being and usually wouldn't do something like that...Unless his kid's been kidnapped by a crazy Imperial doctor for the fifteenth time, on which point he starts becoming a little deranged. Crosshair hovers close to the line but wouldn't do it to someone unprovoked. Tech is a special case, in that he has to be pushed, but when he is, the results make the rest of the Nulls go "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST."

The Nulls want to reunite with their lost siblings and build a relationship, but that's kind of hard to do when said siblings (except Omega) keep trying to kill them on sight and none of them were built for intricate and deeply complicated emotional issues. Still, they persist. Eventually, they could probably get to the level of "awkward conversations" but it'll take a lot of work.

The Bad Batch have what makes the Nulls superior to regular clone troopers, plus their unique enhancements (which in this version are less defects and more Nala Se picking an attribute for each of them and cranking it up to 11). They feel that it makes them better than the Nulls, something they're not shy about expressing.

Emerie is the same height as her estranged (I can't think of a word that applies to this specific situation but this one will do) brothers, because I stan a tall queen.

Nala Se is smug as hell whenever she sees Orun Wa. "CT-9904 just broke all records for accuracy, CT-9902 discovered a new element, CT-9903 crushed beskar like it was paper, and CT-9901 tracked a man through five systems and a solar storm. What are your clones doing, again?"

There is no understating the sheer "wtf" that goes through the Nulls' heads when they first see Omega. But, of course, this is Omega. Imagine the cutest image of her you've seen, fanart or canon. That's what the Nulls see when they meet her. Unsurprisingly, the Nulls, who got the Mandalorian gene to adopt anything that isn't nailed down, go from "wtf" to "so smol 🥰" in roughly a minute.

Kal Skirata is in the corner. His attempt to interact with the Bad Batch did not go well. He casually calls Hunter "son," as he does with various characters, and the resulting explosion puts a thermal detonator to shame. Since it's clear that his presence is not making things better, he's sort of just in the corner.

The rest of Clan Skirata, and associates, are staying out of this. Gilamar and Vau took one look and retreated to the bar because they know better than to get involved. Everyone else witnessed one of the less acrimonious encounters and collectively decided that they are not jumping into the emotional equivalent of a pit of rabid wolverines.

Echo is the go-between. He does not want to be the go-between. But he's the only neutral party in this thing aside from Omega, and the rest of the Batch don't trust the Nulls with her.

Spare a though for 99. He raised four of these guys, often with the aid of leashes. Truly, he is an unsung hero of the Clone Wars

[lalogawrites]

MRW reading the RC novels for the first time 🥰

[loverboy-havocboy]

ordo skirata for @mamuzzy <3

[babyscilence]

Kal if anyone disrespects a clone:

[mamuzzy]

Teaching gf the differences between blorbo and precious meowmeow. Both are beloved fictional characters, but not the same.

Tup is a blorbo but Dogma is a precious meowmeow.

Tech is a blorbo but Crosshair is a precious meowmeow.

Niner is a blorbo but Darman is a precious meowmeow.

Scorch is a blorbo but Sev is a precious meowmeow.

The Nulls are precious meowmeows.

A blorbo cannot do wrong, a poor meowmeow is a miserable mental mess who commits warcrimes.

[mysticaltora8276]

As I often say I don’t like Republic Commando characters save for Maze because he acts like a decent human being and would fit in perfectly with TCW because he actually acts like character from Star Wars not Traviss’s mouthpiece but I’d want to fix Zey, Prudii because he’s the least problematic of the Nulls and Etain so that they’re the sane ones there and actually call the other characters out on their bs. Especially against Bardan. Bardan I just want to smack along with the remaining Nulls.

[flashthescalesian-art]

Mereel: Prudii? I mixed redbull with coffee and now I can see sounds, should I worry?

Prudii: Mereel, I swear to Manda -

[arliganzey]

talk about ordo if you want~ or like the nulls in general and their relationships with each other and other clones :3

Oh man where to start.

Ordo and Mereel are very near and dear to my heart, maybe I’ll start there. They’re close, right? And I see them as foiling each other in a lot of ways: Ordo is like a steady, straight line and Mereel is a squiggly line going erratically around him like a V-tach EKG. Mereel can hold it together better than the rest, and he’s always A-OK around Kal, but with Ordo he feels safe… not being okay.

I still don’t think Mereel allows himself to completely fall apart around anyone (INCLUDING HIMSELF). Ordo is the only exception. I think it’s still important to Mereel to seem “okay” even to the rest of the Nulls. (It’s totally unsaid that they all know none of them are truly “okay” but you get what I mean.) We had talked about when Mereel is really struggling he needs to let it all out somehow and like Ordo is the one who will both let him do that and also be there to reel him back in (see what I did there? Reel? ok done).

This is probably explained better narratively. Stay tuned??

Next up: Kom’rk. I’m taking his little-to-no screen time face and holding him in my hands. Here’s some headcanons:

- he spent a LOT of time alone out in the field hunting Grievous, and this was extremely difficult for him (and the Nulls and Kal)

- to cope, he as a very dark/dry sense of humor

- he spends a lot of time in cantinas and places where he can feel less alone, which is why he is included with Mereel when they talk about Corr’s “rich social education”

- just for fun I’m sprinkling in that he volunteered to do the big solo field mission so the other Nulls didn’t have to, love me some self sacrificing nonsense

I love everything about this scene!! cries

send me asks to get me through all day training hell!

[clonememesfrikyeah]

Prudii while petting Mird: “You have a smooth brain. No ridges or lumps, or valleys or bumps. All ideas slide right off, like a water slide. Smooth brain. Smooooth braaaain.”

[mamuzzy-creates-stuff]

Surprise self-rec time! Pick 3 of your favorite things you’ve written / draw and share them here, then put this in the inbox (anonymously or not) of your fellow writers to spread the positivity and help celebrate already written fics 💞

I realized that I had this in my inbox for a while and also @runekirikjartan tagged me for this game, and I finally have the mood for eh, fuckit, why not. Thank you for the ask and tag <3

PLEASE MIND THE CONTENT WARNINGS!!!!!!! And the descriptions.

KNIFE GAME - CW: SELF-HARM Republic Commando Characters: Kal Skirata & Null Cadets Gen fic, whump, hurt/comfort Word count: 407

Kal is having self-harming tendencies and I experimented with the thought that children who are isolated from society, how would react to something that a "normal pristine pure citizen of society" would shun and would react with disgust, helplessness and fear. But not the Nulls.

DEVOTION The Clone Wars Characters: Sheev Palpatine, Commander Fox Ship: Sheev Palpatine x Commander Fox Word Count: 302

Have I mentioned that I love messed up toxic fictional dynamics? Now I mention it. I present you my favorite toxic workplace dynamic, Sheev x Fox.

I DO DESERVE BETTER (Cloneship) The Clone Wars Character: Clone Trooper Dogma, Clone Trooper Tup Ship: Dogma x Tup Word Count: 559

This plays after winning the campaign of Umbara, and before taking away Dogma. Basically a break up fic. I love this fic, because I had a chance to experiment with Dogma's character how I see him, closest to the canon.

As for art... not sure, currently I don't really have anything I'm particularly proud of and I'm probably would choose the one with the most notes.

Eh FUCK IT. Fuck the notes.

YOU LIED TO ME - CW: VIOLENCE CW: BLOOD When you click on the link, there is a thumbnail. the actual picture is under the cut. Darman beat the shit out of Kal after learning that Venku was his child all along.

This art was the reason I started the febuwhump in the first place and eventhough i never finished the challenge itself, I was really proud of myself ^^

FALLOUT!ORDO I absolute loved this style I drew Ordo.

ANIMATIC: EXPECTATIONS Fanon treats Tup as a baby, and Tup has enough of that :PPPP /jk TCW x Joshiraku animatic I really enjoyed doing this silly animatic~~~

I hope you enjoyed my little tour of my stuff. ^^

NPT if you want to do it ^^

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