#tay rewatches the bad batch

[questforgalas]

Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E1 "Aftermath"

will shout it until i'm blue in the face but how in synch they are is unmatched to any other battalion (yes even the 501st as much as it pains me to say)

"Don't over think it, Wrecker" Crosshair babe it is possible to go more than 2 minutes without sassing your brothers. I know you don't believe it but it's true

Echo's big, patient eyes when Wrecker turns and asks "Exploits?" and getting ready to answer him before Crosshair butts in

Echo and Hunter's little smiles at Wrecker after he says "We're all ya need!"

literally skipped the Order 66 scene because i just genuinely cannot right now

but also Wrecker's extreme protectiveness of Hunter when the regs try looking for him 🥰

Echo's tired sigh when Tech over explains how long they've been gone

His even more tired sigh when he has to simplify it for Wrecker

Wrecker's face the whole time Tech is over explaining time zones

Hunter knowing Crosshair's looking at him without him making a sound (it's the sibling sixth sense, every sibling has it)

Crosshair crossing his arms when Hunter walks away. He's such a pouter i love him

All of Echo and Tech's glances at each other

Wrecker's shoulder shove to Tech

Tech's annoyed look at Wrecker after said shoulder shove

Hunter glaring down the reg who shoves Tech out of the way

Crosshair shoving his way into the barracks and Hunter's tired head shake at him

The Hunter/Crosshair glare off (Crosshair won, Hunter can glare but no one out glares the toothpick)

Wrecker jumping across the room purely to shove Crosshair's shoulder with enough force to make him stumble to then shove Lula in his face and force him into a side hug

literally just this perfect capture of siblings to ever grace Star Wars

Crosshair shoving Wrecker off

Wrecker retaliating by shoving Lula in Crosshair's face repeatedly

I'm crying laughing watching this scene again

Tech continuing his info ramble while his two brothers faux-wrestle, not fazed at all

Echo and Hunter just letting it happen

Tech and Crosshair's glare off (they need to stop trying to out glare him, they'll always lose)

"First time for everything" Tech you don't need to sass Hunter

Echo's pure look of "are you fucking kidding me?" at Wrecker when Wrecker says "you can say that again" about the emperor. Like Echo just wants one minute of normalcy

"Still don't think the regs are programmed" Tech needing to make sure his brothers knew he was right

so this now makes the separation even more sad, but I didn't notice until now how often Hunter and Crosshair look at each other, similar to Tech and Echo, when they're in a new situation or assessing something god that makes my heart hurt

Hunter and Crosshair's looks when Omega approaches them in the hallway

Crosshair's eye roll and head shake as Tech and Wrecker argue about being programmed

Echo's look at Tech like "just let him think he's right please he won't let this go"

"Well, I'm convinced"

Hunter's insulted look after Tech says "Hopefully not mental, clearly we'd never pass that" ���

Crosshair's "yeah he's right" accepting nod after he thinks about what Tech said 😂😂

Echo's insulted face when Wrecker punches him in the pec to then go right back into "don't fuck with us mode" at the regs

Wrecker escalating the situation after Hunter calmed it down

Not a single surprised face as the Batch turn to look at Wrecker after the tray is thrown

Hunter's no hesitation to start throwing fists

ECHO EXHAUSTEDLY RUBBING HIS HAND DOWN HIS FACE AND THEN SEEKING OUT A REG TO PUNCH 100000% SIBLING ENERGY

Crosshair ignoring the chaos around him letting his siblings be until someone fucks with his lunch

someone get Crosshair on a frisbee team

The batch coming to check on Echo 🥰

Crosshair and Wrecker betting on Echo's state

Crosshair's eye roll at losing said bet

Echo's sigh after the batch expertly sum up the citadel 😂

Hunter's amused smile at Wrecker

Wrecker shoulder shoving Tech (is that 2 for Tech and 1 for Echo so far?)

"Why don't you memorize them?" "I have!" Sibling 101: always sass even when in the middle of being shot at

Wrecker's tone when Tech gets shot off :(

"Tech hold tight buddy!" "I'm not going anywhere"

Wrecker's so impressed with Crosshair it's so fucking cute how proud they are of each other

Wrecker and Echo going right to Tech after the simulation 🥰

"He actually cried" "Hey! We both did!"

Crosshair's glare at Wrecker when he outs him

Tech and Wrecker arguing about Tech having to sleep next to a projectile

Crosshair's head shake at Tech and Wrecker

"Easy Wrecker, your programming's kicking in"

Tech is so subtly sassy in this episode

The entire exchange as they debate about the insurgents on Onderon

Crosshair's literal growl at being told he doesn't get to shoot anyone

so many sibling shoves this episode

Hunter and Crosshair's entire exchange on Onderon

"Well, I thought it was obvious" Tech is so done with his idiot siblings

Tech and Crosshair checking in with each other when Tarkin is talking in the hangar

"Smell's weird." "Because it's clean"

Wrecker and Tech's little smiles at Omega when they find her in the brig 🥰

Tech and Echo glances Tech and Echo glances

Omega checking in with Crosshair :(

All 4 batchers ready to absolutely throw hands when the reg stomach punches Hunter

Omega copying Hunter's movements

"Yeah well I beg to differ" Echo let him explain before you let the snark out!!!

"Astute as always Wrecker"

Hunter and Tech's tired sighs and head shakes at Wrecker's terrible attempt at distracting

Just broke out of prison and their first thought was finding their brother

they all just put on at least 20 pieces of armor in less than 30 seconds???

Their confusion and sadness when Crosshair walks in :(:(

Hunter and Crosshair's inability to not sass each other even when they're in a life-or-death standoff

oh no now they're separated and i'm sad and Croshhair's sad which makes me even more sad there's just so much sad

Wrecker refusing to cooperate so Tech and Echo can HEAL HIM

"You were down" "Yeah well not for long!"

Tech's smile and head shake at Wrecker's antics

[karlcagathon]

i’ve finished the clone wars for the very first time a couple of days ago and i just.... can’t stop thinking about it. it did such a good job filling in the spaces left by the movies, they expanded what was there in great ways and added wonderful characters and concepts. ahsoka is now my favorite star wars characters.

[nonhumanhottie]

The bad batch season 2 rewatch

Faster

Setting up the wager theme nice and early

Setting up that it's a Tech episode early too with that lingering shot of him sighing

Ben Schwartz's performance is absolutely phenomenal like the bitchiest droid (that can talk)

Omega cares so much about Cid and you can tell Cid cares about Omega but her bad traits and habits override that

Tech is so fucking sick of TAY-0 he hates that droid so much it's wonderful

TAY-0 getting hit by the speeder is the most slapstick thing to happen in this show it's never not funny

Man it's pretty obvious that something is gonna happen to Tech at the end of the season rip lmao

'No, it's called losing' wrecker is not dealing with Tech's antics in this episode

This isn't a filler episode. It's a 'hey get even more attached to this character before we do something terrible to them' episode

The crowd cheering for Tech is so cute but why the fuck did he use his real name oh my god

Cid saying she owes Tech makes me wonder if she'll help them get Tech back if he's alive

[keanusteddy]

༺ Characters I am currently creating bots for:

·:*¨ Keanu himself

·:*¨ Tommy Warnecki - Flying (1986)

·:*¨ Matt - River’s Edge (1986)

·:*¨ Michael Riley - Young Again (1986)

·:*¨ Jack Fenton/Jack-be-Nimble - Babes in Toyland (1986)

·:*¨ Winston Connelly - The Night Before (1988)

·:*¨ Rupert Marshetta - The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)

·:*¨ Ted Theodore Logan - Bill & Ted (1, 2, 3)

·:*¨ Tod Higgins - Parenthood (1989)

·:*¨ Marlon James - I Love You to Death (1990)

·:*¨ Johnny Utah - Point Break (1991)

·:*¨ Scott Favor - My Own Private Idaho (1991)

·:*¨ Johnathan Harker - Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

·:*¨ Don John - Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

·:*¨ Jack Traven - Speed (1994)

·:*¨ Paul Sutton - A Walk in the Clouds (1995)

·:*¨ Eddie Kasalivich - Chain Reaction (1996)

·:*¨ Kevin Lomax - The Devil’s Advocate (1997)

·:*¨ Thomas Anderson/Neo - The Matrix (1, 2, 3, 4)

·:*¨ Shane Falco - The Replacements (2000)

·:*¨ David Allen Griffin - The Watcher (2000)

·:*¨ Donnie Barksdale - The Gift (2000)

·:*¨ Conor O’Neill - Hardball (2001)

·:*¨ Julian Mercer - Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

·:*¨ John Constantine - Constantine (2005)

·:*¨ Alex Wyler - The Lake House (2006)

·:*¨ Tom Ludlow - Street Kings (2008)

·:*¨ John Wall - Generation Um… (2013)

·:*¨ Donaka Mark - Man of Tai Chi (2013)

·:*¨ John Wick (1, 2, 3, 4)

·:*¨ Evan Webber - Knock Knock (2015)

·:*¨ Hank - The Neon Demon (2016)

·:*¨ The Dream - The Bad Batch (2016)

·:*¨ Tex Johnson - Swedish Dicks (2016 - 2018)

·:*¨ Frank - Destination Wedding (2018)

࿐ If there's a Keanu character that you'd like to request a bot for but do not see them on this list, don't worry! I may get more ideas for other Keanu character bots from his other movies while I rewatch them/continue to watch ones I have not seen!

[morethansky]

thanks to @littlesoka7567 for the tag!

PART ONE

are you named after anyone: some random professor my dad found in a textbook??

when was the last time you cried: when i saw the first gif of Tech falling, and then when i was editing my mourning fic

do you have kids: no

do you use sarcasm a lot: what do you think

what's the first thing you notice about people: i’m extremely face blind, so literally anything else. usually hair or clothes

what's your eye colour: brown (like Tech... i’m doing fine)

scary movies or happy endings: happy endings, or even better, sad, ambiguous endings, when they’re written well

any special talents: analyzing fiction, memorizing numbers, cooking and understanding cooking theory, writing men crying and grieving, doing entirely too much research for fic

where were you born: chill out, opsec

what are your hobbies: writing, reading, drawing, cooking, drinking

have any pets: no

what sports do you play/have played: i have the athletic ability of a rock

how tall are you: not

favourite subject in school: history, sociology, media studies

dream job: to not have to work and not be beholden to anyone

PART TWO

first ship: ever? Tai/Sora from Digimon Adventure

three ships: currently consuming my soul are Crosshair/Hunter and Tech/Wrecker, and i’ve been reading a lot of Thrawn/Eli again

last (current) song: Eucalyptus by the National

last movie: The Banshees of Inisherin

currently reading: TGCF, vol. 5

currently watching: in the middle of rewatching Clone Wars and Rebels, and trying to get through Succession. i was rewatching Bad Batch before, but i had to stop after the finale because it was too much

currently consuming: lemon icebox pie

currently craving: boba

[rwby-redux]

I had the idea of a Remnant yearbook. A yearbook of all students of all years and all staff from all 4 four academies during Team RWBY's freshman year. But then I thought, how many teams are there in each year? We really don't know. We only know that there are at least 3 per year per school.

A yearbook is an amazing idea and I absolutely loathe that we never got anything even remotely like it. Can you imagine all of the cool or interesting things the show could have done with that? Like, Tai unshelving his old yearbook, and showing it off to his kids. Or Team CFVY pulling out a copy of theirs from first-year in order to prove some dubious fact (“I swear, Professor Oobleck used to have a beard. Look, here’s the picture—”).

Or, for something a little more somber: A third-year team who lost a teammate, and occasionally, one of the students stares quietly at the photo taken from the year before, back when their team was still whole.

There’s so much application for a yearbook in this setting and I am gutted we’ll never get to see any of it. What a waste.

Your second point warrants investigation, because the size of the student body always puzzled me, too. On a whim, I pulled up “The First Step” and rewatched the initiation scene. Here’s what I found:

The launch site that overlooks the Emerald Forest. | Source: RWBY Wiki contributor user:Maki Kuronami.

Total number of people: 16. Number of blacked-out silhouettes: 7.

All of JNPR is in this shot. We see three members of RWBY and two members of CRDL, which means that three of the silhouettes in the lineup belong to Blake, Sky, and Dove. That leaves four people unaccounted for, who presumably went on to form a fourth, unnamed team.

(Mind you, this is working under the assumption that the omission of Blake et al wasn’t an animation error. Which given the track record of V1 – V3, is a distinct possibility.)

This means that at the time Ruby entered Beacon, there were possibly four first-year teams.

On a superficial level, the math checks out. Sixteen entrants means that everyone gets neatly sorted onto a team without there being any stragglers.

But you’re right to wonder how many teams there are in each year, because when you think about how the enrollment system works, it doesn’t make any sense. Like, what happens if there are 22 applicants that year, and all of them come with glowing recommendations? Is Ozpin going to arbitrarily refuse two of those students because they would be two people shy of having another four-person team? Huntsmen are a non-negotiable part of the kingdoms’ survival, and training new batches of them is Ozpin’s job. Is he seriously going to turn away eligible students, and compromise the future security of his country, just because he’s adhering to a precedent derived from a fairy tale?

I wish I was kidding. Like, no joke, the (totally-not-a-retcon) reason why the academies assign students to four-person teams is because the King of Vale was inspired by a Mistrali folk story, The Hunter’s Children.

As V5 showed us, the kingdoms can—and sometimes do—face Huntsman shortages when a sudden, large number of them are killed off. That is a very real, very possible threat. Therefore, the idea that an academy might deny someone entry on the basis of four-person teams (and thereby contribute to a future shortage) is indicative of a dangerously flawed system.

Granted, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing from a story-telling perspective. For starters, plenty of real-world colleges and universities have waitlists because there are only so many students they can accommodate at a time. And there’s nothing wrong with including flaws in your work, if your plan as a writer is to point out and deconstruct those flaws within the story.

But RWBY doesn’t do this. It doesn’t tell us if the academies can only accept a certain number of students per year, or if that number has to be a multiple of four. It doesn’t tell us if they have a waitlist, or if there’s a vetting process for deciding which applicants get to enroll that year. It doesn’t take the time to draw attention to how tradition might actually make things worse, or have the characters propose new ideas in its stead.

But, yes. A yearbook would be a lovely idea. Perhaps we could use it to bludgeon the show to death.

[questforgalas]

Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E6 "Decommissioned"

Giving their 10 year old little sister shooting lessons in a bar

Wrecker and Hunter just watching and judging while Echo does the actual teaching

Soft Echo shoulder pats 🥹

Protective Wrecker and Hunter activated when the Weequay heckles Omega

"Not exactly a natural, is she?" 😂

Hunter trying to subtly agree with Wrecker's analysis

Hunter and Wrecker's faces at being caught by Cid after she hits Wrecker in the shoulder

In unison head nods at Cid

TECH SHOVING HUNTER AND ECHO OUT OF THE WAY TO EXPLAIN WHAT A TACTICAL DROID IS

the pure panic on his face as he looked around while no one info dumped about tactical droids is one of his funniest moments

Echo's "excuse you??" gasp at Tech for shoving him out of the way

Hunter's extremely unsurprised face at being shoved out of the way by Tech

Hunter's coy smile at Tech when he starts info dumping 🥹

have i mentioned how much i love how proud they are of each other?

Hunter's nonchalant shrug at Wrecker after he's offended by Cid for being shoved off the table

In unison check in glances

"This old trick??"

now rewatching with as much detail as I am, I never noticed how much Hunter observes the squad from the background, he always has an eye on his family

"But being the lookout was Crosshair's job" "That wasn't a request" younger sibling vs older sibling perfection

Tech and Echo's in unison grabbing and aiming their blasters on a dime so sexual

Tech and Echo's "uh oh" glances when they're caught by the workers

Hunter and Rafa need to bone

"Figure it out!" "Yeah, that's easy for you to say!"

"Wrecker, hurry!" "Wrecker, what are you waiting for?" literally no patience I love them so much

Hunter's panicked tone when he yells for Omega 🥹 the dad!batch era is beginning

Tech's worried tone when Wrecker doesn't respond 🥹

"I got tired of you guys having all the fun"

the battle droid that wakes up and asks "did we win?" cracks me up every time, the B1 droids are some of my favorite parts of TCW

Echo's little nod at Omega after she flawlessly shoots down the police droids 🥹

Tech and Hunter's bashful glances at each other when they admit they didn't know who the tactical droid was for, sheepish babies

[questforgalas]

Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E11 "Devil's Deal" and S1E12 "Rescue on Ryloth"

The batch are literally in Devil's Deal for 2 minutes so we be doing a joint watch babes. Special recognition to the introduction of the greatest hair in the GAR, Captain Howzer, and a lot of screen time for my favorite babes who I wish would stop committing war crimes for the Empire

Devil's Deal

Nothing says family bonding like black market weapon runs

"Tech won't let me train until I can recite all the ship's specifications from memory" IS THE MOST SIBLING THING TO EVER SIBLING LIKE NO YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH MY TOY UNTIL YOU CAN TELL ME EVERY FACT ABOUT IT GOOD LUCK IT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU YEARS

You can't tell me Omega doesn't know all the things she's showing Hera because she's 10000% sat in the copilot chair while Tech flew and asked "what's this? and what's this? and what's this?" repeatedly for days and it was probably the best days of Tech's life

"Did you know flying's about a feeling?" and Tech's immediately concerned "What feeling?" while giving concerned eyes at Hunter

Rescue on Ryloth angsty siblings 👏 angsty siblings 👏 angsty siblings 👏

Crosshair babe please stop hunting down children

Hunter's immediate appearance as soon as he hears sparks and a mini explosion happening

Gonky is the best side character of TBB

"You gave her our comm channel?" oh no big bro is exasperated

Hunter getting absolutely owned by the optimism and rose colored glasses of a pre-teen girl

His face is so "god dam it I'm really proud of you right now but I also wish you'd take a break for just one second"

Tech and Wrecker glance Tech and Wrecker glance

After Hera says "I don't have anyone else to ask", Echo mirrors Omega's same facial expressions and head movements behind her, the little empathetic babes

The grumbles after Omega points out Crosshair's there 😂😂

Here's why I'm putting that as a sibling moment - we've seen this squad face down entire cities worth of troopers at this point (Raxus was just 2 episodes ago, and we've seen them take on 3 ships worth of clones too) without even batting an eye. But one sighting of Crosshair and they're all grumbling and that's what throws them in the "we can't pull this off mentality" and I interpret that as coming from the continuing theme of the Batch being so proud of each other's skills and enhancements, they're so in awe of each other, and the only thing that could ever give them a challenge is one of them. He may be their enemy right now, but they still believe in Crosshair's skillset so much that just him makes them decide to abandon the mission

Wrecker's smile at Echo when Hunter drops down on the probe droid

Crosshair seeing a from-above POV scan of the Batch and knowing exactly where they would've been staking out

"She's trying to save her family, Hunter. I'd do the same for you" BOOM OMEGA COMING IN WITH THE FAMILY FEELS ARROW RIGHT IN THE CHEST

Oh no, this one really hurts after season 2

"We have a battalion of troopers right outside." immediately countered by Crosshair's "That's not enough!" emphasized so much he's jabbing his finger into Rampart's desk. They may be enemies but god these bros are all up in the proud feels

Shout out to Howzer for standing down immediately when Crosshair started glaring at him. Smart guy knows a battle he won't win

"Because he's my brother." this is such a cute Omega episode

Omega's coaching Hera about coming up with a plan is 100% Hunter teachings

"Wh-that was my plan!" sibling 101: never let them have credit

Wrecker and Echo glance Wrecker and Echo glance

the surprised "Really?"s when Hunter gives the ok on the plan like they can't believe their hairbrained scheme actually worked on big bro

Tech's fun smirk when Omega says "Do some damage Wrecker" and Wrecker starts laughing in the gunner seat

Crosshair figuring out the true plan like god dam it they were all so in synch I need a Bad Batch curing the clone wars show immediately I will literally fund it with the $10 in my bank account

The Hunter and Crosshair cut scene stares

Wrecker's high five with Omega on Ord Mantell 😂 he's so proud of his little war criminal sister

Nothing like sibling bonding via showing how to scramble a ship's signature

Tech and Wrecker's smiles at Omega they're so proud of her for making a friend

[questforgalas]

Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E15 "Return to Kamino"

Alright babes, if you've been along on TBB ride before, you know these next two are tension filled extravaganzas. The "sibling moments" are definitely going to be more on the hurt/emotional side, but we're gonna get through it together!

The tension between Hunter and Crosshair is supreme sibling angst. They're both so hurt by the other and so mad but have the literal emotional IQ of a 10 year old and are so bitter

"They'll still come for you" dripping with venom with the pause and pointed look back

Also wonder if he feels slighted at Hunter explaining the squad knowing it'd be a trap - Crosshair has predicted their every move during each of their encounters, of course he knows they'll know it's a trap. I don't think this was malicious by Hunter but I think Crosshair could take it that way

Echo taking on the role of distracting anxious sis and keeping her hands busy

"If I go any lower, we will be in the water" Tech just listen to your sister

"Never doubted you for a second kid!" Wrecker is so supportive of everyone and especially Omega 😭

Tech is so stoked about the tube system 😂

"You, uh, alright?" ECHO NOTICING OMEGA'S DEMEANOR AND TRYING HIS DARNDEST TO COMFORT HER STAHP IT

Echo's look up at Tech and Wrecker when Omega deflects 😭

Hunter constantly glances at the stormtrooper walking with him and Crosshair cause he wants to be alone with Crosshair so badly to knock him on his skull and try to knock some sense into him

Literally, his eyes only narrow when they go on the stormtrooper. Even when he faces Crosshair and keeps his Sergeant face, his eyes soften each time they land on Cross

Hunter's eyes are literally pleading with Crosshair

Dear god these rewatches and detail catches are going to be the death of my heart

"They'll come to us. They don't leave their own behind. Most of the time" HUNTER IS STARING DOWN AND TO THE SIDE WITH SHAME IN HIS EYES WHILE CROSSHAIR SAYS THIS

Hunter now doesn't give a fuck if the stormtroopers hear him, he's in desperation mode

"Hm. And I did" said while the same score that was used during the platform scene in "The Outpost" makes me want to throw myself off the roof now that I've realized this

This has turned into a Hunter and Crosshair analysis instead of sibling moments so sorry

"Is that true?" "How could I possibly know that?" said with an eye roll. Iconic

Hunter's attempt at trying to reason with Crosshair, his eyes are so soft the whole time 😭

Wrecker's amused and excited "Oho, he's waiting"

"Welp, guess you were wrong about that" at Tech thinking they were expected to come in the main entrance and not the lift BUT CROSSHAIR KNOWS HIS BROTHERS AND KNOWS WHAT THEY'LL DO

Hunter's shock and pain when Crosshair says "You weren't loyal to me"

Crosshair's entire speech is a desperate sibling needing his brothers back

"Omega belongs with us" when Hunter says "us" he doesn't turn his head to indicate the group behind him and himself, he leans towards Crosshair, emphasizing the word and widening his eyes like he's trying to drive the point that Omega belongs with the Batch and that includes Crosshair aka Crosshair belongs with them too

Tech noticing the pucks, elbowing Wrecker, and they both lower their shoulders slightly - that's a sign of trust

"Why would we trust you?" Hunter doesn't say this aggressively. He's in a casual position, his body sideways to Crosshair. His stance is not of action but observation. At this point, he feels no actual threat from Crosshair, and that line is a test

"Don't become my enemy." "Crosshair, we never were" SOMEBODY SEDATE ME 😭😭😭

COORDINATED BATTLE SCENE COORDINATED BATTLE SCENE AND THEY FALL INTO STEP LIKE THEY'VE NEVER BEEN APART

Honestly, what sibling pairing hasn't had to solve their issues by body slamming each other to the floor

So many pointed looks between Hunter and Crosshair trying to size each other up and figure out where they stand. They want to be on each other's side so badly

Hunter's face is so desperate during his final plea to Crosshair

The shock on Hunter and in Tech's eyes when Cross says he removed his chip 😭😭😭

Waist high hugs from Omega

Hunter immediately checking if there's a chip scar on Cross 😭

[questforgalas]

Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E2 "Cut and Run"

Fond smiles Echo! Fond smiles Echo! Went right into adopting another little sister

"That would be dirt" TECH LET YOUR BABY SISTER BE EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING FOR ONE SECOND

Hunter's exasperated sigh when Wrecker trips the trap

Hunter's face dropping as soon as Cut asks about Crosshair he's so sad about their brother someone give him a hug

"How else did you think it worked?" Tech is literally so done with being the only braincell in this family

Hunter being proud of Omega for socializing and catching the ball

Everyone no hesitation jumping outside as soon as they hear Omega's in trouble

Tech, Echo, and Wrecker awkwardly standing ready for action even though there's nothing they can do

Tech's sad glance at Echo when Omega's all scared :(

"All in all, I would say that could've gone much worse" TECH YOUR SISTER WAS ALMOST EATEN

Tech and Echo's plan

Hunter's extremely exasperated "Tech!" after the hip is taken

"I think it's a good plan Tech!" Omega filling out the role of supportive youngest seamlessly

Tech's little "come down" gesture to Omega

Everyone commenting on the mess on the marauder like 5 siblings didn't live on it 24/7

All of Tech and Echo's wordless communication

"We can't get caught at all what are you talking about!" exasperated older brother Echo

"Where'd the disks go? And where's Omega?" Echo and Tech losing babysitting duty privileges

"Found her"

"This great plan of yours is looking really lousy about now"

"Well, we didn't let her go"

"What is taking so long with the boot? Are you trying to get caught?" Tech's sass level is at 10000

"That is not ideal" "We're in agreement on that one" my god these two

side note, who is Su's baby daddy? i have questions

"Did I do something wrong?" innocent youngest babygirl 😭

Omega establishing healthy communication boundaries 😭😭

[questforgalas]

Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E8 "Reunion"

Sadly we don't have a lot to go on this episode because they're in their helmets most of it, and honestly I don't think I could survive if they gave us all their facial expressions this episode, especially their interactions with Crosshair. Might've actually killed me.

Crosshair rivaling Vader's obsession with Obi-Wan with his old fam

Kidding, no one beats Vader's Obi-Wan brain

Wrecker thinking it's a good idea to show the 10 year old sibling who'd never gone further than a cloning lab just a week ago how to dismantle a bomb

Wrecker making Omega think it's a live explosive the whole time

Omega's big eyes and rapt attention whenever Wrecker is speaking

Wrecker's solution to Omega's sass being throwing her right into a live dismantle

Wrecker loudly counting down with the only intention of adding stress

"Obviously not that one! Run for it!"

"You should've seen your face"

Echo's soft smile at Wrecker comforting Omega

"Wrecker's in pursuit. He says he has it under control" answered by Tech's dead pan "That's not comforting"

Hunter's tired sigh and head shake

Tech explaining the ship's intel would be more valuable than any weapon and Wrecker disagreeing with that very simple and factual statement purely because it talks down weapons

Echo's attempt to keep arguing completely stalled by Wrecker elbowing him in the stomach

Wrecker showing big sister how cool torpedoes are

Hunter and Echo continuing to squabble

Sibling bonding moments of teaching your sister how to hack into a ship's data center

Hunter's extremely tired and grumbly tone about Crosshair being there

Crosshair knowing exactly what they're doing even while still being fully in chip land

"Nice to see you too, Crosshair"

They're literally surrounded by stormtroopers and they still try to break through to Crosshair

Also, Hunter had a clear shot of Crosshair and knew exactly where he was after the canon fired, but he only fired at the stormtroopers

Me? Emotional about them wanting Crosshair back? Shocking, I know

"I don't even know what that means" Wrecker is so done with Tech's rambling during stressful situations 😂

Their exchanges in the ion engine: Echo "I didn't think you meant we'd be escaping through the engine" (tone is exasperated sass central). Tech "I could not have been clearer." Omega "Whoa, I've never been inside an ion engine before." Wrecker "It'd be weirder if you had" 😂 Tech rambling about the engine's engineering Wrecker "No one cares. Keep moving" shoving Tech forward

Crosshair not shooting Tech directly when he never misses and Tech was full body in the open

The rapid looks between Echo, Hunter, and Tech after Wrecker suggests Plan 7 😂

"Plan 7 has nothing to do with this situation whatsoever" "Well, well you think of something!"

Cad Bane calling Hunter son send me every time, It's so funny

Omega's frantic eyes when she first calls for Hunter are a stab right in the heart

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Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E7 "Battle Scars"

"That depends on when Echo plans to get the drive back on line" said with so much nonchalant sarcasm while they're literally fleeing a space battle

"I'm working on it!" older sibling is done with younger sibling shenanigans

"You named that thing?"

"Well, we did steal from them" "Technically, the Rhokai stole the lizard first" sibling 101: make sure you correct your sibling even when in the middle of piloting a ship while fleeing a space battle

"They don't see it that way!" older sibling needs younger siblings to just concentrate

Wrecker's check in glances at Hunter when Cid's sassing them

OMEGA AND WRECKER'S SHEEPISH SMILES

Post mission traditions

Hunter's unamused, exhausted face as he waits for Omega and Wrecker to get to the point

Omega's "fuck off" glance at Wrecker when he tries to pin it on her

"Uh huh. The kid"

Hunter's exasperated sigh

Omega and Wrecker's little hoppy excited dance 😂

Matching scrunchy faces as Hunter, Tech, and Echo stare down Cid

Tech and Echo glances Tech and Echo glances

Hunter's high pitched utter shock at the number of mantell mix

the gasp i uttered at 8am when i first watched this episode and the two bar regulars go up to the hooded figure and i caught the small glimpse of blue on the vambrace when he swirls his cup i had to pause the episode and scream into my hands i hadn't even seen his face yet

lord Rex owns me. anyway

Hunter and Tech glances Hunter and Tech glances

Hunter's smirk at "That's not her ugly side?"

Tech and Echo glances Tech and Echo glances

Echo's dagger eyes at Cid when she shoves Hunter

Echo the entire bar scene with Rex - I know it's not the batch, but Echo is pure "younger sibling in awe of older sibling and so excited to be reunited" energy and it's so freaking cute

also Hunter and Tech look so admiringly at Rex the whole time. they genuinely look up to him i just caught this and it's so precious

Echo and Tech's fond smiles at Wrecker as he hugs Rex

Echo's little laugh and head shake at "This one we like!"

ECHO LOOKING AT REX THE WHOLE TIME HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF TO OMEGA IS SO PRECIOUS AND HE'S SO HAPPY AND LOVES HIS BIG BROTHER SO MUCH SOMEBODY SEDATE ME

Hunter's immediate worry on his face and Tech's immediate move to Wrecker when he starts groaning

protective Rex activated is something that can be so personal

Hunter puts himself between Rex and Tech and Wrecker as soon as Rex moves for his blaster

Rex's haunted look as he reflects on his chip activating 😭

Tech and Wrecker glances Tech and Wrecker glances

Hunter's comforting shoulder pat on Wrecker

"I don't have an inhibitor chip" "Why not? That's not fair!"

"He means, it's almost finished"

this strut is so sexual and for what? ok back to the batch i promise

It's not the batch, but Rex keeping it hidden that Ahsoka helped him until they have their chips out is brother protecting sister energy

Hunter and Tech practically shoving Rex to the side to try and see Wrecker when he gets pulled underwater

When Tech says "Time to get scanned, Wrecker" it's light but concerned and his eyes are so big and worried

All their concerned little faces 😭

Tech's so worried as he looks at Wrecker while the pod warms up

Little sister grab

"is it supposed to take this long?" worried impatient siblings

Hunter's deep sigh and look down while Wrecker's still in the pod

THEY'RE JUST ALL SO CONCERNED 😭

Neither batcher going more than 2 feet away from the surgical pod while they wait

Echo standing with his arms crossed, not taking his eyes off the pod

Tech and Hunter literally falling asleep in their chairs

The gentle head pat on Omega 😭

"Why the long face"

Tech shooting awake and nonchalantly saying "Oh, you made it" 😂

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Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E9 "Bounty Lost"

Or aka when Hunter fully transforms into dad!batch mode

This entire episode is just protective little bros ready to tear apart the galaxy to find their big sister

Echo and Hunter's wide eye glances to each other when Omega's voice first comes in

Wrecker's pop into frame "Omega?!"

"Hang on, kid. We're coming for ya!"

Tech calmly walking her through how to best reach them

The others act quickly, but their voices are all frantic talking to her. You visibly see her relax as Tech calmly talks to her, and you can't tell me he didn't know what he was doing with her

Tech's "Excuse me???" stare at Hunter when Hunter literally shoves him out of the way after Omega calls after him 😂

Omega literally had no self defense training on Kamino, everything she deploys against Bane was taught by her brothers you can't tell me otherwise (her smarts are all her though)

My crush on Fennec Shand was activated in the Mandalorian, but this episode. Woooo baby

"Wheeere in the Lido system?" followed by Echo's "cool it" glance at Wrecker

Wrecker's big eyes and relief in his voice when he sees her in the pod

Wrecker hug Wrecker hug

They're all so proud of her for getting away and all so freaking worried, Echo's eyes literally cannot get sadder

You can literally see Hunter wants to fight every tear that dares fall out of her eyes like they're personally offending him and her

Hunter and Omega chat Hunter and Omega chat

I know we didn't have Pedro's Joel Miller for comparison back in 2021, but Hunter entered his Joel Miller era back in season 1 babes

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Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E13 "Infested"

Echo and Wrecker glances Echo and Wrecker glances

Omega and Tech glances Omega and Tech glances

Hunter's sigh when Omega points out Cid's helped them out before - bro is tired of his sister's bleeding heart ways and just wants to rest and not get involved with drug smuggling

Wow does Omega vouching for Cid really hurt now

After Cid explains it can't be known they're involved, Echo turn to Wrecker who then gives him a "I guess" shrug

Tech subtly reaches out to Omega to stabilize her when they get on the mining carts why is he so gentle he needs to stop for my emotional stability

"Ugh, and I thought Wrecker was a slob" you are on a stealth infiltration with a time crunch why are you sassing your sibling

synchronized jumps into the carts synchronized jumps into the carts

Hunter's little shuffling of Omega behind him as he moves up to try and reason with the Pykes

Wrecker turning his body towards Omega when the Pykes threaten them

THE 4 BROTHERS' NO HESITATION TAKING OUT ALL OF THEIR WEAPONS AS SOON AS THE PYKE BARGAINS THAT OMEGA STAYS WITH THEM WHILE THE SPICE IS RETRIEVED THEY DIDN'T EVEN DO THAT WHEN HE GAVE THE ORDER TO HAVE THEM ALL KILLED RIGHT IN THE PARLOR HUNTER TRIED TO REASON WITH HIM BUT THE SUGGESTION OF OMEGA BEING TAKEN CUSTODY BY THEM AND THEY'RE "BLASTERS OUT" NO QUESTIONS PROTECTIVE BROTHERS MODE ACTIVATED INSTANTLY

Omega cowering behind Hunter 😭 it's ok babes he's got you

They're all so grouchy walking to the Marauder after having to leave Omega

"I got the kid into this mess, and I'll get her out" GOD DAM IT CID WHY WHY WHY WE WERE ROOTING FOR YOU

Anytime Hunter uses his "Tech" warning voice

Hunter's smirk at Wrecker as they're safely on the platform

Hunter is so proud of Omega's compassion like they didn't just watch a drug dealers son get his horn chopped off by the biggest drug syndicate in the galaxy

Echo's big smile at Tech when Cid says "First round's on me"

Echo's laugh at Wrecker as he runs off to Cid's parlor

Echo and Tech running after Wrecker to the bar 😂

I'm sorry but the creators choosing to have Omega teach Hunter a lesson in empathy - the soldier who's only ever known "bad guy bad, they must be punished" and never had to face the grey areas of personalities and to look to his older but little sister and ask why she stuck up for him and then his proud shoulder touch and smile down at her - to end the episode was so smart and so well done

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Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E3 "Replacements"

Omega as youngest smallest sibling and getting the floor to sleep on

The shove backwards to have a sibling meeting about a sibling

Wrecker's second youngest energy

"Yeah add it to the list" as Echo casually noms on his ration bar

Tech COMPLETELY ignoring Echo as he rattles off about the ship's state LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO HIM

"Repairs would go faster if I had some help" combined with pointed head tilt and glare. A+ passive sibling sass Echo

"I thought you said they were defective?" Echo loves to call out Tech

"Getting thrown out of hyperdrive. I'd say that's pretty critical Tech." "It's not affecting life support. We are fine." "Are you kidding me?" Siblings 101: maintain sass levels at all times even when crashing towards a planet

Hunter's glare at Tech

Hunter's glance at Echo for support

Wrecker and Hunter both making sure Omega's strapped in

"We're gonna die we're gonna die we're gonna....be fine! We're gonna be fine"

THEIR CRESTFALLEN LOOKS WHEN OMEGA TAKES OUT CROSSHAIR'S KIT 😭😭😭

Allow me to go feral over over analyze this scene because it's one of the best examples of siblings confused and betrayed but still sad

Tech's sigh and frown deepening, eyes never leaving the kit

Hunter's deeeeep sigh and the way his shoulders sag

Hunter's glance away and eyebrow furrow when he says "Crosshair"

Echo's careful observation of Tech and Hunter

Echo's sad glance down when Hunter finishes explaining

Omega's big sad eyes 😭😭

Literally none of them take their eyes off of his kit

"I'll say it. I kinda miss 'im" and Tech immediately glances back down at the kit

Hunter's eyes softening and the brief nod he gives

"He shot you, remember?" "Ha! I sure do! That hurt!" Wrecker may be confused and hurt by Crosshair but he is still so proud and impressed by his sibling I cannot with him

The hope in Wrecker's voice and the hopeful glances they all share talking about the inhibitor chip

Hunter going full big brother mode focusing on the task at hand

Love the rollercoaster of going from soft, confused siblings to Tarkin experimenting on my fave. I want to throw a rock at his head

"Careful, those capacitors hold a massive charge" at the literal experimented genius. Echo is the sibling who needs to explain everything

"I'm a little busy at the moment"

Echo and Hunter both have the same tone and drawl when they say "Tech" in an exasperated way and that's hilarious

"That would've been good to know beforehand, Tech" Echo is so done with and also loves Tech so much

FUCK THAT LAST ONE REALLY HURTS NOW

"I'm part of this squad too now, right?" followed by Echo's shoulder shrug at Hunter like "I don't fucking know what else do we do with her?" was literally my siblings every time they had to babysit me

Hunter's "what's the worst that could happen?" shrug at Tech

Now for the scene that whenever someone says "Hunter doesn't care about Crosshair he never shows any emotion towards him" I will shove their face in the screen and make them watch until their little brains comprehend it

Little Omega copying everything Hunter does down to the same knee bend and finger sifting of the dirt

Omega asking a question every 10 seconds while Hunter is trying to complete a mission

"Can I learn to track like you?" BABES 😭

Hunter's glance back at "Crosshair" and the deep sigh he follows it with

His eyes widening and then turning down with sadness and some anger

Hunter's shoulder sagging sigh at "He can't help it"

"I'm angry at myself. We don't leave our own behind" someone sedate me

Hunter's determined nod after Omega says they'll find a way to get Crosshair back

Cut to the toothpick committing war crimes. IT'S FINE it's fine, he's just going through some things *anxiously sweats in Crosshair fan*

"I tracked the dragon, like you did" Omega is so precious dear god

"Is that my blaster?!" A+ older brother slightly concerned and slightly proud

Crosshair standing to glance around their barracks (keep in mind, last time we saw him enter them, he just shoved his way in, not giving anything a second glance, and in this shot we follow his gaze go across Tech and Hunter's bunks that still have their markings on them)

THE GLANCE DOWN AND PAUSE AT THE MISSIONS BOARD SERIOUSLY SOMEBODY SEDATE ME

Obviously all of these are solo and not actually interaction with the Batch, but Crosshair's slow walk to his bunk to be followed by a deep sigh and obvious look of contemplation/thinking on his face is 10000% him thinking about his brothers you cannot tell me anything differently because you are wrong they set it up for exactly that and the lone shot of him on his bunk, shoulders slumped and clearly defeated wrecks me

"Yeah took you long enough" Wrecker your brothers literally just fixed an entire ship

Hunter's fond and proud look at Wrecker as he unveils the room to Omega 😭😭

Just, like, Hunter that whole scene

Echo's tap on Wrecker's shoulder and his and Tech's approving glances at him

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Sibling moments in the Bad Batch that live rent free in my head

S1E16 "Kamino Lost"

No those aren't tears on my keyboard, it's its weekly salt bath

Here we are, the end of Season 1. You thought "Return to Kamino" was an angsty sibling machine? Buckle in kids

So so so many protect Omega moments just in the first 2 minutes

Crosshair waking up to them in a wrecked Kamino City has to be on similar energies as Obi-Wan waking up on the back of Anakin hanging from a chord in an elevator shaft with an elevator barreling down at them

Crosshair's "the audacity" face when Omega starts shooting the debris 😂

Crosshair gets a Wrecker shoulder shove 🥰

"Aha our old room! Wai-what happened to it?" "At least the smell's gone" Echo's the neat freak sibling who won't stop shaming everyone

"All those missions together, and you threw it away" Crosshair, babe, you are literally trapped in a city underwater, now is NOT the time to hold a grudge

A+ "check your attitude" shoulder shove by Hunter to Crosshair

"You done complaining?" Wrecker squaring off against the hangry sibling

"All that time, you didn't even try to come back. We still would have taken ya" and the camera pan to the rest of the group sharing looks with each other 😭

Crosshair's face when Tech is explaining his nature to Wrecker is so soft (for Crosshair) and hopeful that someone is finally getting him but also so shocked that someone is actually giving him somewhat of a defense (even though Tech clarifies after with one of the best lines written by Star Wars)

Ep 14-16 are just Hunter's no good very bad day when you think about it

AZI is the best part of this episode I swear

Until they show me the head scan there is nothing that will convince me Crosshair had his chip removed this episode makes me believe that tenfold

Hunter and Crosshair's get along pod 😂😂

"I barely fit in this thing." "Quit complaining! At least you're not doubled up" Echo is so done with everyone

Hunter frantically looking for Omega 0.5 seconds after their pod surfaces

The AZI part makes me ugly sob every time

The firepuncher didn't have the suction cup attachments already in place before they got in the pods which means Crosshair realized Omega wasn't going to make it, went into action to put on the attachment, and then saved her

"You coming with us?" said with so much hope and Echo's face is cautious but curious

It's such a serious moment but Crosshair answering Hunter's final offer by just looking to the side, arms crossed and hips cocked is peak grumpy sibling who knows they're wrong but don't want to admit it and are scared of going back to either option so they go with what they're most recently familiar with but can't look anyone in the eye while he realizes

Me? Overanalyzing Crosshair? Shocking

"You're still their brother, Crosshair. You're my brother too" followed by Crosshair's dejected sigh as he hears the Maruader power up and watches it fly away someone shove me off a cliff honestly it would hurt less

Well babes, this was a fun run. Going to take a little break and then pick this up again with Season 2 mid-August! Hope you all enjoyed the reminiscing and taking in all the sibling moments - I know I certainly did