#pabu spoilers

[writingforfun0714]

Spoilers for Bad Batch S2 E13: Pabu

I definitely expected more from this episode. That’s not to say I think it’s bad. The music was great, the setting/background animation was beautiful and I actually enjoyed the slight Phee development we get. However, this is the 13th ep this season. I definitely think this ep would’ve been better if it was shown earlier in the season so we could focus more on what was already set up.

I wasn’t sure about Phee at first, but after this episode, she’s really started to grow on me and her character really highlights the differences between her and Cid and how they’ve treated the Batch.

I liked that they sort of made her more into ‘Indiana Jones’ instead of just a regular ‘pirate’ since she goes after artifacts important to the refugees of Pabu.

I also liked Phee’s niece Lyana and loved the friendship between her and Omega.

However, I’ve noticed the writing is…lacking. It was very easy for me to predict what was gonna happen and I thought it was a little….idk, it seemed very 🙄 that the Batch just happen to get to this planet when they have a tsunami, something they haven’t had for 30yrs. 30yrs. And all of a sudden they just have one the day CF99 arrives? Nah man…that just felt like lazy writing. I understand that it would’ve happened sooner or later but I just feel like we’re too late into the season to pull that kind of stunt (I probably wouldn’t have minded if this was the 4th or 5th ep).

But again, it was very predictable throughout the episode. The villagers would be accepting, a problem comes up and CF99 have to save the day (and Omega/Lyana). I knew throughout that whole scene with the tide taking them out that nothing bad would happen to them and there was no suspense. I liked the domestic scenes but really, nothing seemed to advance anything that was set up.

We’ve gotten a Zillobeast set up with Rex/Echo, Crosshair shooting Nolan/getting experimented on, and Lama Su ratting on Omega. That all seemed super important and we get a beach day ep. The writing is very jarring going from a whole bunch of different topics and it makes the episodes disconnect.

I understand this is a sort of ‘calm before the storm’ type of set up but it’s so late into the season. This set up would’ve worked as the midway point.

I like the fluff/domestic stuff, but I had expected something more serious/high stakes this late into S2.

Also I’m a little upset w/ Shep’s design. He’s clearly taken inspiration by island natives. His skin is a nice dark tan and his features aren’t too sharp. Sound familiar? This is what the clone template/model should’ve looked like. I’m not saying Shep looks exactly like Temuera Morrison, but Shep’s design definitely looks closer to him than the current clone model (the ‘reg’ model).

The introduction of Shep seemed like a slap in the face to all fans that care about the whitewashing (of clones specifically) cuz it proves the animators can do rounder, darker features and instead we get white guy clones. I like Shep’s character, he seems really nice and caring towards everyone, but his design really upset me.

So overall the setting was beautiful and the music was amazing, but the actual plot was very predictable and had no suspense at all (for me).

[zaana]

adding echo, tech and omega!

here's the first three (x)

[lornaka]

Omega and her little brother :>

[gil-estel]

family vacation on pabu after the war

[mantellmix]

Omega is the amalgamation of all the people she loved.

Omega is all her brothers. 🥹

[verc0pa]

blew up his own domicile i cant believe him

[saltyseaturtle]

It's like poetry...

... it rhymes

[amalthiaph]

"Tech told me about your ✨sparkling✨ personality" because the writers refused to give us this scene.

And I will shamelessly reuse this quote from Everything Everywhere All At Once featuring The Universal Horrors.

I knew it was just one line in Juggernaut but it was enough to make me run to my drawing tab and create this. I love how that ONE LINE made Techphee canon to me because it implied that they had ✨moments✨, they had dates, they had slow walks in the cold nights of Pabu where they talked about anything under the stars.

He would talk about how the regs made fun of them for being different, how they learned to embrace themselves and how his brothers used to fight a lot and make up afterwards.

He would talk about the Clone Wars, all their missions together, and that one time the male Yalbecs tried to mate with them.

And him.

And Phee would listen. She would lovingly look up at his brown eyes, and listen.

And this is why I'm not a writer.

[moriaarts]

Omega and Echo reunion at the rebel base c:

Saw ppl freaking out that Echo isn’t with the bad batch at the end but i offer you this: Echo is a workaholic and was absolutely the only reason Hunter let Omega go off on her own to rebel.

Echo: Thought I told you to stop growing, tooka.

Omega: As soon as you stop gettin’ old, ruug’jag (old man)

[ohsnapitzmarvel]

An actual HAPPY ending???? In STAR WARS?????? Involving THE CLONES????? They got to be A FAMILY???? They grew OLD and GREY??? STOPPED fighting??? Omega joining the REBEL ALLIANCE????????

[sticks-and-souls]

Echo helping Crosshair come to terms with limb loss

Echo helping Crosshair adapt to a prosthetic

Echo finally understanding the torture that Crosshair experienced and supporting him to open up now that they just know rather than him having to tell them

Echo and Crosshair bonding over shared trauma

Echo and Crosshair—

[anstarwar]

I see your old man Tech. And I raise you, Tech and Phee together.

Ohhh challenge accepted! They’re just having a nice relaxing afternoon on Pabu enjoying the sun and being alive and happy and old together. Perhaps they just got back from an adventure?

[the-good-batch]

THE WAY IT KEEPS BEING MILKED BY TBB CREATORS/VIEWERS HOW DARK THE SECOND HALF OF SEASON THREE WILL BE IT CONCERNS ME

[ladyzirkonia]

Please take some happy kids from my salty ass, I know you loved them last time. 💗

[clownbloody]

I love old men ooooooohhhhhh I love old men. They didn't show me old man Crosshair because I would have transcended time and space to get my hands on him, woof.

No taglist this time cause of old man spoilers :3

[magicandmundane]

Hunter: Hey Crosshair, I need you to take out the trash.

Crosshair: Nuh uh

Hunter: Tf you mean “nuh uh”?

Crosshair: You can’t give me orders. I outrank you.

Hunter: The Empire doesn’t count.

Crosshair: Says who? A promotion is a promotion.

Hunter: Bullshit.

Hunter and Crosshair: *continue squabbling*

Wrecker, whispering: Uhhhhhh, should we remind them we aren’t even soldiers anymore?

Omega, kicking her feet up and eating popcorn: Naaaaaahhhhhhhhh.