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Contributor Applications for Baby Steps are now live!

The link to both Writer and Artist Applications can be found as a link below and on our carrd!

Applications close on 22nd June 23:59 PST.

We can’t wait to see you all there 🩵

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# forcing me to actually write fanfiction again

🩵 MEET THE TEAM! 🩵

Introducing vale.myas (she/her) as our Support Mod!

Vale is a fan fiction writer who has been helping run our social media. She also lends her writing experience to help in any way she can!

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😁😁😁

Introducing Baby Steps: A Bad Batch Zine!

Baby Steps is a non profit fan zine centred around Clone Force 99 as cadets, which will explore their early days as batch mates.

If this is a concept you’re interested in, we’d love to have you join us in our journey.

Interest check coming soon 🩵

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I freaking love my husband Technically Badbatch

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“A successful shifter is just one that tried one more time”

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how do you induce emotion / feel like your in your dr? maybe inducing isn’t the right word but how do you feel feelings when shifting?

There are so many ways to do this! Like listening to music, a song that sparks a memory from your DR, or even an ambient soundtrack that lets you fanfic your way deep into a scenario, really sinking into the vibe of the scene. There's no right or wrong method here. I promise, something in your life right now connects you to your DR and your DR self—whether it’s a song, a specific scenario you replay in your mind, or just that one thing that makes you feel like you’re already there, pulling out those strong emotions like a magnet.

Now, there’s this visualization I love—a simple, step-by-step process (because, ADHD brain here, I live for structured steps leave me alone). I usually use it to manifest in my CR, but it’s perfect for inducing that feeling of being in your DR, too. It goes like this:

Relax. Take a few deep breaths, let your body soften, melt into your chair, your bed, wherever you are. Let the tension drain away—really let yourself sink in.

Now, pick the scene you want to drop into. Maybe it’s your first morning waking up in your DR, maybe you’re chilling with your friends, maybe you’re wrapped up with your S/O. Whatever feels right.

Once you’ve got your scene, you’re going to count from 1 to 10. But with each number, you’ll visualize something specific in that space—look around, touch your surroundings, feel the textures, the warmth, the coolness. Flex your hands, feel your body in that world. It’s about anchoring yourself in the moment, fully immersing.

Let me give you an example so it’s crystal clear.

Say I want to shift to a DR where I’m waking up in a bedroom with an ocean view and my cat curled up next to me. I’d do it like this:

“One.” *I glance up at the ceiling, watching the ceiling fan spin, I notice the little imperfections in the paint, like I’ve seen them a thousand times before*

“Two.” *I sit up, feeling the softness of the sheets against my skin. I look at the clock on my nightstand, it reads 9:03 AM in glowing red numbers*

“Three.” *I turn my head toward the window. The ocean is right there, stretching out into the horizon, the waves crashing, the sunlight beaming through the window*

“Four.” *I stretch my legs under the blanket, my cat shifts displeased beside me, purring, and I reach out to scratch behind their ears, feeling the warmth of their fur beneath my fingertips*

“Five.” *I slide out of bed, my feet touching the cool, wooden floor. I hear the faint creak of the floorboards beneath my weight*

“Six.” *I walk over to the window, press my palm against the glass. It’s warm from the sun*

“Seven.” *I glance around the room: the books stacked messily on the desk, the glow of morning light spilling over everything. I can even see the coffee mug I left out the night before because I'm an idiot*

“Eight.” *I look down and adjust my pajamas, running my hands over my body, flexing my toes*

“Nine.” *I run my fingers along the windowsill, feeling the smooth wood beneath my touch, and I think about what I'm going to do that day*

“Ten.” *I reach for my phone, gripping it in my hand, feeling its weight against my palm, before unlocking it and seeing a dozen messages from my friends*

4. Once you’ve hit ten, just sit with it. Let yourself marinate in that feeling of already being there, of already having it. You’re not reaching, you’re not chasing, it’s yours now. Feel the weight of that reality settle into your chest. How do you feel? Happy? Calm? Relieved? Whatever it is, let it flow through you. Own it. You’re not imagining anymore—you’re experiencing.

And that’s it. That’s the whole process. Simple, but powerful, trust me!

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I really actually want a lotr dr but being sooo fr I am not about being a part of that plot 😭😭 the fellowship is cool and all but I’m so fine with just never leaving the shire 🫶 also struggling to think of a way to script my pookie in? Can’t really see him as a hobbit? 😭

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tried to redraw the scene where tech makes that face

and i felt like y'all would want to give him a little smooch so

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scents of my dr except only one of them is a scent and the rest are entirely abstract

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Loot I would drop if you killed me in my dr / What’s in my bag tour

lightsaber

commlink

perfume

mini loth cat figure

republic ID

kyber crystal

notebook

republic credits

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So, my love, as the stars twinkle above and the galaxies spin their endless dance, remember this: no matter where I am, no matter what trials we may face, my love for you will never waver. You are my forever, my always, my everything.

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I SHIFTED FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER ALMOST 5 YEARS!

This is gonna be a long ass post because as the title says, yes, I did shift for the first time on 31/12/24! I finally got to spend some time in my clone wars DR (if only for less than a minute), and if it were 2020 I’d be calling this a “minishift” but let’s be fr it’s 2025.. shifting is shifting.

My method ✨

For a bit of context- I used a method where I focused on getting super relaxed and basically in the void state. I just spent a bit of time doing some calming breathing and turning my attention to relaxing all my muscles and just being chill. Then I pretty much tried to visualise my dr room in as much detail as possible, picturing what it would feel like to touch certain objects around my room, and picturing where each item would be in relation to my body if I were in my dr bed. Like becoming aware of the fact that my datapad is beside me on my desk etc., and opening my awareness to my surroundings as if I were in my dr. It started to give me some mild symptoms as though I was floating and swaying gently, but I honestly didn’t pay any attention to it, and I think that was integral to me actually shifting.

The shift✨

In hindsight I am honestly shocked at how easy it was for me to shift. The transition from being in my CR to my DR was completely seamless. I didn’t notice a single thing had changed, as it felt so natural and genuinely like nothing at all. One second I was in my cr bedroom, and the next in my dr bedroom, and I didn’t even notice. In fact, I didn’t even realise I had shifted until the next morning.

But I’ll give you a storytime of what happened in the short time I did shift. Basically, I was half asleep laying on my back, and the environment was very bright around me. I had clearly just woken up so I wasn’t ready to open my eyes yet, but I was moving around a little. I felt the softness of my quilt and mattress, it was like laying on a cloud just like I scripted. The room was cool but not cold, and it felt like the sensation of crawling under a blanket when the room is warm but the bed is cold, idk 😭 except it was all a bit cold in a comforting way.

I was thinking about the fact I had to get up to do training that day, and I wasn’t that happy about it. It’s a bit weird to describe, because I didn’t literally think this, but I had the background knowledge that this training was mandatory training for all Jedi knights, regardless of the fact we had already passed our trials. This wasn’t actually a thought I had, it was just something I knew automatically. When people said you have all your previous memories when you shift they weren’t lying.

Anyway I kept laying there for a few seconds, mainly because I obviously didn’t realise anything was different. For some reason I flung my hand out to the side, and the back of my hand hit the wall a bit roughly. I felt the cold sensation of my hand hitting the marble wall, and a bit of pain in my knuckles from smacking my hand against a hard surface 😭 I swiped my hand gently across the marble and I felt how smooth and cold it was, but I didn’t gaf so I let my hand flop back down on the quilt. It was then that I opened my eyes and turned my head to the side a bit, and I got a glimpse of the wall. It was this off-white polished marble, with little specks and swirls of gold/brown speckled through it. I also got a little glimpse at the blanket on top of me, it was plain white with some large squares quilted in. The room was very bright, so I closed my eyes again.

It was at that point that I shifted back to my CR, but I honestly didn’t even realise I had done anything. I opened my eyes again and I was in my cr bedroom, and I literally just rolled over and went to sleep because I didn’t realise what had happened.

Final thoughts✨

I could make another long ass post about everything I have realised or learnt from this experience but that is a whole different story (which I’d be happy to talk about, if anyone wants) but yeah wow! It has honestly made this whole journey feel so worth it. It was for less than a minute, but I feel like all the effort I put in since 2020 has paid off. It doesn’t even matter to me that it wasn’t a “full shift”, I just care that I did it.

And with that, happy new year. And if you haven’t shifted yet, I know 2025 has it in store for you ✨

[valemya]

𝟐𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒. ❆ ⋆⁺₊❅ .

⌗ 𝟕. candy canes ; What gives you dr euphoria? (like gender euphoria but for your dr…)

Holding and spinning a lightsaber is a big one… it’s so fun 😎 although I can’t do it nearly as good as I can in my dr obviously, and this one’s just plastic 😔

credit to @solstices-dreams for the shiftmas prompts 🎄

[valemya]

𝟐𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒. ❆ ⋆⁺₊❅ .

𝟓. snowman ; What is your OOTD? (outfit of the day)

This is my ootd! Designed and brought to life by @badbatchbruna

The left pauldron says “V ✧ B” in aurebesh

The right pauldron has the jedi order symbol

And on the topic of ootd and art, here’s another drawing showing off my boyfriend my outfit, credit to @/lacunasky on instagram

credit to @solstices-dreams for the shiftmas prompts 🎄

[valemya]

𝟐𝟓 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐒. ❆ ⋆⁺₊❅ .

⌗ 𝟒. sledding ; What does a hang out with you friend group look like? Where do you go? Who is your friend group?

Because there’s kind of like a war going on a “hang out” is usually sitting somewhere on the starcruiser on the way back from deployment. Might be something like projecting Mario kart up on the wall and holding a bit of a tournament as a way to relax and have fun, might be sitting in complete silence eating dinner together. Who knows

Sometimes there are opportunities to go out, for example both myself and the clones do get the opportunity to leave the barracks/leave the temple and go out some evenings. Obviously the most popular spot is 79s, but I’m not a club girl so can’t say I go there all that often.

My friend group consists of 90% clones, 10% other jedi. Think all the most well-known clones and clone wars figures in canon. Rex, Fives, Echo, Jesse, Cody, Anakin, Obi-Wan etc. plus some more favourites like Depa Billaba, Cal Kestis and Trilla Suduri (I made them closer to my age so we can be friends 🙌) and the bad batch obviously.

credit to @/solstices-dreams for the shiftmas prompts 🎄