#the beard batch

[zaana]

I drew some old guys

[adh-d2]

*comes out of fugue state*

"...Zaddy..."

*gaze returns to the middle distance*

[nimue44]

The Bad Batch: The Clone Conspiracy (Season 2, Episode 7) & The Outpost (Season 2, Episode 12)

This is a bearded, jaded clone appreciation post. That is all.

[arliganzey]

Watched TBB S2 E11: The Outpost for the first time .... I'm not well

[inkyclone99]

This was the best ending they could give to us…I started crying so badly

This show means a lot to me. In a way I don’t even understand why. But those characters? Hunter and Omega. They changed me so much. They are so important to me

So, seeing them get a proper happy ending, together, in a dear like in Pabu, just felt…like a dream.

I’m not used to happy endings to stories. This was one I was sure would end with tragedy.

But it didn’t. I wish Tech was still here, with them. Cuz now they are a family actually being able to be one. Without the war…

They got rest and love…

Hunter and Omega, my most beloveds. I love you forever.

[cidade-tempero]

POOKIE LOOKS SO GOOD OMGGG

[shiversdownyourspleen]

I can't find a gif of it but there's a single moment in the newest Bad Batch episode that really stood out to me, when Rampart reaches for the gun and Crosshair just SNIPES it from his hand. No hesitation. no shaking. Just taking the shot

Comparing THIS scene

To when Crosshair's shooting at THIS mf

You put anything in the way of this man protecting his older sister and his focus is ZEROED in

[queencousland101]

“I’m ready”

“Yeah, I know you are, but I’m not”

[phantom-of-the-501st]

One thing that was not on my bingo card was Rampart getting more attractive and funnier

Like no no no no no. This was not what was supposed to happen. I hate this man for a reason. Don't do this

[zaana]

adding echo, tech and omega!

here's the first three (x)

[talesfrommedinastation]

“The constant mention of my genitals is starting to concern me, Captain Saavedra,” Tech smarted back as he put his data pad down, his hands on his chair, and leaned right back into Toivo’s face, “It almost seems as if you have been thinking about them since you walked into my office.”

-Tech, 'Of Void and Chaos, Part 6' To Guard Against Titans

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The ultimate weapon against Toxic Masculinity is Neurodiverse Honesty. Brag all you want, you won't impress the unimpressed.

And Officer Goggles here absolutely knocks it out of the park in this chapter. Seriously, if you need Tech annihilating arrogant jerks verbally, strap in.

Oh, lest I forget, the blond jackass to the right?

Meet Commander Toivo Saavedra, patriotic Belter, smuggler, womanizer, OPA terrorist, pilot, and Overall Asshole. He's going to be a thorn in the side of both the Rocinante crew and Clone Force 99.

Read more here: To Guard Against Titans - Chapter 7 - Mightymeatmuffin - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon) [Archive of Our Own]

[mooonjin]

CLIFFHANGER 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🔫

spoilers for tbb 03x12!!!!!!!!!

this is the calmest ive ever seen them after omega got kidnapped????

“tech told me all about your sparkling personality” TECH YAPPED TO PHEE ABT HIS BROTHERS IM SO SICKK

tech would’ve definitely protested about this stealth approach

IN HEELS

do you think tech taught him stuff 🥲

“how touching” UFF 🤤

gosh the way his voice got so low and demanding…. 🫠

hunter was gonna DRIVE DRIVE through

double cheekdd up

this looks so silly the power of brotherhood

[redbean-nom]

Beast Squadron - Phoenix Cell, 2BBY

featuring adult Omega, the cadets from the sarlacc planet, and adult Bayrn as their resident jedi!

Thoughts, details, and individual shots below the cut:

Their squad name is from the fact that both of their big inaugural missions were related to some sort of giant monster - the cadets killed the jungle sarlacc and Omega (with bayrn's not-help) released the zillo. All the cadets have a sarlacc motif on their armor (though Stak's isn't as visible since it's mostly on his helmet), and Omega and Bayrn both have a zillo design.

Omega was promoted from pilot to fulcrum-adjacent strategic officer. The cadets are probably commando cadets (or at least CCs of some sort), so Mox (beardy) is commando-adjacent, Deke (white streak) is ARC-adjacent, and Stak (buzzcut) is a lead pilot. Bayrn is just there to fill the token jedi position lol.

Younger-adult designs:

Omega

Mox, Deke, & Stak

Some fun facts and details:

All the clones are the same height; Mox and Stak are just standing on boxes of varying heights to make the shot work

Mox and Stak got their scars in the same incident

Deke is also their squad's Tech Guy

Stak's tattoo is a thermal detonator over his inhibitor chip scar

Deke's jaig eyes are from the jungle sarlacc mission - the tattoos are a little blurrier/more faded in this one than in his younger-adult design

Adult Bayrn is here because Baby Bayrn was the only kid entirely unphased by extreme violence

Everyone except Omega has a Rebellion insignia somewhere on their armor

Omega has a Bad Batch skull (not super visible in this pic but it's poking out a bit) instead of the rebellion logo

The gauntlet/vambrace with the green stripe is Omega's only standard white clone armor

Stak is wearing a clone pilot chest box over a rebel pilot flightsuit

My original adult-Deke design had blond dyed hair but it made him look a bit too much like Rex

Omega's crossbow-bow is a combination of the nightsister energy bows, her original zygerrian energy bow, and Echo's green bolt crossbow

They're part of Phoenix Cell because Hera wanted Omega to do strategy stuff

Everyone's lost at least one armor piece compared to their younger-adult designs

Alternate cuts:

Just the clones

Individual shots

[roseaesynstylae]

While some people may have had it on their bingo cards, I definitely didn't have "Rampart being helpful (?)" on mine.

[nerfpuncher]

No thoughts. Just Wrecker with a beard.