#save crosshair 2k21

[nimata-beroya]

I remembered that it's Friday (finally!!) and I should be doing some self-promotion today, so here it is! It's my take on how Wrecker lost his eye and got the scar on his face that I wrote for Whumptober 2 years ago. Enjoy!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Words: 1097 Relationships: Crosshair & Hunter & Tech & Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) Characters: Hunter (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Tech (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Wrecker (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), Crosshair (Star Wars: The Bad Batch), CC-2224 | Cody (mentioned) Additional Tags: Whumptober 2021, Angstober 2021, Star Wars X-tober Extravaganza 2k21, swxt 2k21, Whump, Hurt No Comfort, Hurt Wrecker, Hurt Tech, Pre-Canon, Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Injury, Major Character Injury, Serious Injuries, Head Injury, Day 6 Series: Part 5 of Star Wars X-tober Extravaganza 2k21, Part 6 of Good Soldiers Follow Orders, Good Brothers Disobey Them Summary: The Bad Batch goes on their first mission to the battlefront. Things take a sudden turn south.

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SEEING RED

Red.

All that Tech can see is red. Standing outside the medbay in the middle of the hallway, he can’t stop watching his trembling hands drenched in blood. It’s not his, it belongs to Wrecker. His big brother, who after saving Tech’s life on the battlefield, is now at the medics’ care, battling for his own life. 

Tech closes his eyes, trying to block the gory view, to no avail. The memory of how his hands ended up in such a state plays in his mind with vivid accuracy. It took only a second for their first mission on the battlefront, which they thought accomplished, to turn into a living hell. 

Tech stopped running and turned around before pushing the button in his datapad to detonate the droid poppers he had placed on the enemy, and watched the clankers fall onto the ground with their circuits fried. A few feet away to Tech’s right, Hunter downed his last targets with powerful slashes of his vibroblade. Crosshair did his thing, taking out the stragglers perched on a close-by hill, while Wrecker tore apart droids with his bare hands and laughed uproariously. They wiped out the droid battalion, leaving none standing.

No longer having to worry about the enemy, Tech went to inspect the cargo The Batch was tasked by Commander Cody to intercept if possible or destroy otherwise. He jumped on the skiff and scanned the crates. 

“What do we have, Tech?” Hunter asked through the commlink.

“Four crates, twenty-four kilos of Detonite each. And one crate full of thermal detonators. The cargo is intact.”

“Good. Let’s get that to the Commander.”

“Sir, yes, sir.”

Tech went to the skiff’s control panel to pilot the transport closer to the camp of the Republic’s forces. It wasn’t safe to delay delivering the explosive to someone who would properly handle it. By his calculations, more clankers were on their way.

“Can we keep a crate?” Wrecker asked.

“No!” Tech said, two more voices echoing in unison through comms.

“Oh, why not? C’mon! The GAR won’t miss one tiny crate. I can do good use o’ it.”

“I said no, Wrecker,” Hunter said in a commanding voice that brokered no argument.

Tech awaited Wrecker to grumble about the denial, but instead, he heard shots fired and Wrecker shouting his name in alarm and much closer than expected, “Tech!” 

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[nahoney22]

It’s Bad Batch Eve

[autistic-puffin]

shoutout to the corner of tbb fandom that yells "WHAT ABOUT CROSSHAIR" every week, we're doing amazing and totally aren't heartbroken from how conflicted and sad our boy looked this latest episode

[sisterofleatherfrog]

Crosshair Being the Mother Hen of the Batch

On this post I made a comment about Crosshair being a mother hen and @lisasstars​ suggested I should write something for that, so I guess this is for them! Enjoy!

-So, my reasoning behind this is that because he’s such an exacting person (being a sniper and all) that overall he’d be the matronly one of the bunch. I know Echo is usually the one given the title of momther, but that’s only really because we haven’t seen this man in action.

-There’s no way in hell this guy is anything other than a mother hen, he’s broody (like a hen), and he’s also a sniper, and sniper’s have nests (you know, like a hen). 

-So like, he’s the first one to snip a little at the rest of the batch for leaving a mess around but will begrudgingly huff and clean up behind the hurricane that is the messier members *cough cough* Wrecker *cough* when they inevitably pass out after a day of excitement.

-He will cross his arms, stare someone down, and tap his foot impatiently if somebodies mess is immediately affecting him.

-I bet he’s also like, a master at sewing. 

-”Stitches? What stitches? This uniform looks brand new!”

-Definitely has embroidered small, individual, decorative things on his vode’s clothes (b/c making things/acts of service is his primary love language b/c it doesn’t require words)

-And I know he’s a toothpick, but he’s definitely on all his vode’s asses about getting proper meals and follows them up and down the ship until they agree to eat their proper calorie intake (and is smug when he succeeds).

-Like yeah, he’s an asshole, but he also shows he cares by being an asshole.

-While he’s the first to peck at the rest of the batch to do their work and take care of themselves, he’s also the first in line to teach somebody an important skill.

-When Omega joins the crew he is all over that role

-All these headcanons with Crosshair being the distant one? Nope. Hunter may be the primary dad™ but Crosshair is sure as shit going to make sure his vod’ika knows every basic life skill there is like their life depends on it. 

-Omega doesn’t know how to cook? Here’s how not to ruin it and give yourself food poisoning. 

-Sewing has two different applications: saving clothes and others from bleeding out.

-’I don’t care if it’s movie night, we are not relaxing until everything is back to where it was this morning! You’re in this too Wrecker!’

-Can you imagine this dude trying to explain budgeting to a literal 9 year old? ‘We need x supplies and we have this many credits, what should we do?’ ‘Mantel mix?’ ‘No.’

-I feel like mechanical work and taking care of the ship is definitely something tech is all over, but Crosshair will not miss an opportunity to show Omega how the gear he uses is properly cared for and stored (even if she’s not allowed to use it).

-He has his softer moments too though.

-Omega’s upset? He likes his hair being played with so he just does that and it always seems to get a smile out of her.

-Also, even if it’s usually Wrecker that’s sneaking treats, he has his own stash hidden away that he will share with someone when circumstances call for it  (like Lupin giving Harry chocolate on the train).

-Will cause his own brand of background mischief, definitely the master of ‘firing shots’ with his words, excellent at one-liners.

-All in all Crosshair runs a tight ship, but only because that’s who he is and it’s his own way of showing he cares.

Bonus

-You know the single eyebrow-raise mother’s do when they’re questioning what you’re doing and it makes you smile as cute as you can and apologize while you immediately stop what you’re doing? Yeah, he’s the master of that.

Extra Bonus

Edwardian matron Crosshair (please ignore the shitty bits of the drawing I literally do not have the attention span to practice art):

Link to the gown

[sisterofleatherfrog]

I mean same, but at also: A) How do they find him to rescue him? It’s not like they would have a certain eta on his location. B) How do they even carry off the rescue? First they have to know where and when he’ll be somewhere (along with what he’s doing so they know what they’re getting into), then they have to extract him without him or them dying, and without bringing the rest of the Imperials he’s working with there down on their heads (as we saw happen this episode).

I’m certainly unhappy they haven’t even talked about him or getting him back and I totally understand, but I feel like there’s a lot of logistics here (I’m not even going to get into their characters and how things like Hunter’s ‘mission mindset’ affects this) that the show isn’t getting into. 

The last few episodes I feel like they’ve been alluding to a rescue though (esp. the last episode and that conversation Hunter and Omega had about forgiveness), and now that Hunter and Crosshair are together in the same place, I imagine maybe now we’ll get to see Hunter planan escape/rescue? Gods I really hope so, if they come back get Hunter, and LEAVE CROSSHAIR AGAIN, I will scream. I understand this is the first season, Dave Filoni has a way of setting up his series and what the characters do/don’t seem to prioritize, so for now (and probably into the second season of the show) I’ll be giving it the benefit of the doubt. 

But goddamn, 

BRING HIM THE FUCK HOME!!!

It's the fact that tbb saves another stranger from a highly secure imperial facility before they even think about rescuing their brainwashed brother for me

[sana-katarn]

hsivbsjv Just here to say that I literally laughed bc of your tag that said the skinny legend is starting to grow on you bc SAME. I think with this episode, even though his actions were really hard to watch, the scene with him looking around the barracks really hit me.

SAVE SKINNY LEGEND CROSSHAIR 2K21

No seriously though, that barracks scene was SO HARD TO WATCH. Especially when he looked at the etching on the wall that marked how many missions the bad batch had completed! I really hope he returns to the team in the end without his chip and Dave Filoni doesn’t give him a horrible death ksjsjsjsksjs

[nahoney22]

Obligatory ask from one Crosshair stan to another on how hot you think Crosshair is

Crosshair - OFF THE CHARTS. It wasn’t an option so I made it an option. What a fan ass mine. He a little moody and psychotic at the minute but his looks, skill and voice make up for it. What a god of the Star Wars universe. 🥵

[sisterofleatherfrog]

My prediction for ep. 12 Rescue On Ryloth

Hi, hello, greetings, welcome, prepare for pain.

So I know a lot of people (me included) have been dreading tomorrow’s episode on the potential threat of Crosshair being the one to kill Hera’s parents, and that is definitely still on the table. But what if we get something good, but the death of Eleni and Cham is infinitely worse than we predicted?

So something about SW is that things across the various media rhyme (words, phrases, situations, etc. are used to compare/contrast different characters/situation) and this can happen within the same work. I bring this up because for some reason I’m getting the sort of vibes I got from ep. 7 Battle Scars.

In that episode, a reg clone (Rex), whom we as the audience trust meets the Batch and we know everything will be fine because he doesn’t have a chip anymore. Later on, Wrecker’s chip activates but disaster is averted thanks to Rex (the reg).

So what if it seems like everything will be fine, the reg (Captain Howzer-more-like-Wowzer-amiright) seems like he’ll save Hera and the day while the clone with the activated chip (Crosshair) is on everybody’s tail.

Then Howzer is given the order.

Howzer, who the Syndulla’s seem to really trust, executes Eleni and Cham in front of Hera. He isn’t the hero like Rex (whom a lot of us have been comparing him to) and maybe Crosshair pulls his shots at the batch like in ep. 8 Reunion and he actually gets saved by doing that (like Wrecker getting stunned by Rex before killing Omega) because Chopper gets a go at him in typical Chopper style. Maybe he directly stuns him, or maybe he sabotages something, either way he’s unconscious and the batch are dragging him and a hysterical Hera onto the Marauder and getting away.

After this they meet up with Rex again, because they have a traumatized child who needs to be kept away from the Empire at all costs (ie, hidden in the resistance), and a murderous brother that needs an urgent chip removal.

[sisterofleatherfrog]

Clone so hot

Hot hot clone

Clone so hot he bake a scone

Shut up, he is so soft!! You all just don't know him good enough-

[sisterofleatherfrog]

I really love this show, but yeah. Yeah. 

Where the fuck is Crosshair?!

How to perfectly describe the main problem I currently have with the show lmao

Don't get me wrong I love Hunter & Omega and their relationship, but,,,,the show is called The Bad Batch, and right now it feels like the other four are just side characters

[sisterofleatherfrog]

Made even more poignant by that fact that (so far) he’s either missed vitally wounding hiw brothers or missed them entirely. 

His aims been off and you can’t tell me it isn’t him in there fighting his chip.

I can’t help but think

After Crosshair is de-chipped (if he does get rescued)

He wouldn’t be able to touch his rifle because of all the guilt weighting on his shoulder

It’s only when his family will be in real danger than he’s going to pick it up and shower the field with blaster shots, never missing

[sisterofleatherfrog]

We keep tryna manifest this and every time I feel like:

can i get uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh crosshair chip removal scene in the next few episodes

[autistic-puffin]

why did wrecker say “great. just what we need” when they found out crosshair is there as well :’( wrecker he’s still your brother 

[sisterofleatherfrog]

Save Crosshair 2k21

If I see one more thing villainizing Crosshair for everything he’s doing while literally being mind controlled it is ON SIGHT

Yes this big bad villain who WANTS to gun down his SQUAD, the only people that ever accepted him for the SNARK that he is, when you can see so many times how soft he is with them

“Don’t worry Wrecker, you’ll top him next time.” “No he won’t.”

After one upping Wrecker he clearly is having fun teasing him. You can hear the grin on his face. He loves being with them even though he’d probably rather die than admit it.

“But OP!” You might say. “OP, he hates regs! He antagonized CAPTAIN FREAKING REX how can you say this??” Now I’m not one to ever tolerate someone smack talking regs and certainly not Rex. But I’m gonna surprise y’all, he was justified. Yeah he was extremely harsh and was absolutely gunning for Rex’s buttons, but A. He just said what literally everyone else on that mission was thinking (that maybe Rex was getting too emotionally involved) and B. We see from Aftermath that many regs honestly treated TBB like GARBAGE. Of course Crosshair wouldn’t find it worthwhile to go out of his way to help one.

We jump straight from Rex literally DECKING him (valid on Rex’s part) over Echo to CROSSHAIR PROTECTIVELY PUTTING HIS HAND ON ECHO’S SHOULDER TO STEADY HIM. Why would it matter to let one more reg fall to his death? Because Crosshair isn’t the emotionless, heartless, and callous soldier he spends all of his time convincing everyone he is.

To everyone saying he’s not pulling his shots in the recent episode, I rewatched every episode he was in back to back. He did not miss once. Not a single time. And now suddenly he’s missing shots on Tech and Hunter? Twice? Sounds like he’s fighting the chip if you ask me. Just like Rex did when he told Ahsoka to find Fives; it’s possible to get bits of himself through the cracks, if only for a split second before he’s gone again.

And I’m ending this with the gif of when Hunter invites Echo to be a Bad Batcher. Despite Crosshair’s obvious distaste for regs, he clearly has no problem following Hunter’s lead and accepting someone new into their very niche squad. He never questioned Hunter on anything that we saw, and I doubt he did very much prior to Order 66 judging by Hunter’s horror at Crosshair’s lack of acknowledgment on Kaller. He is not a villain. He’s yet another clone that never deserved the life he was constructed for, another clone with no agency or choice. I will die on this hill

[sisterofleatherfrog]

Here’s one from me! 💋

I want to give him all the forehead kisses. <3

[autistic-puffin]

YOU"RE RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD FUCKING SAY IT

I mean it would make sense for them to leave hunter behind because that’s exactly what they did with crosshair